A one-armed 13-year-old basketball player in a video moves China. He is Zhang Jiacheng, from Guangdong Province. In the video, facing a taller, stronger, and older opponent （对手），he isn't afraid at all.
Attracted by his good skills in the video, many people even fail to know that Zhang Jiacheng has only one arm. Although the young boy lost one of his arms in an accident, he became crazy about playing basketball at 12. "Work hard or just give up," he always says. Thus, he spent all of his free time on it without considering his body condition.
People's attention has encouraged him to work harder towards his goal---to become a top basketball player "I just keep practising every day to improve myself whether at home or in the playground, he says, "My biggest challenge is to control the ball much better." After only a year of hard practising, Zhang Jiacheng has improved his skills greatly. Through patience, confidence and determination, the young basketball player is getting closer to his life goal.
His effort and courage finally caught the attention of Yi Jianlian, a Chinese professional （MR 业的）basketball player, who shared the video on his own Weibo.
1.Why do people fail to know the boy has only one arm?
A.Because his good skills attract people.
B.Because his life goal encourages people.
C.Because he jumps to an amazing height.
D.Because he hides the other arm carefully.
2.What is the biggest challenge for the boy?
A.Controlling the ball better. B.Keeping his balance.
C.Making some more friends. D.Getting closer to his family.
3.What is the boy's goal according to the text?
A.To live a comfortable life. B.To become a top basketball player.
C.To set up a basketball team. D.To build a large gym for his school.
4.Which of the following can best describe the young boy?
A.Humorous. B.Confident. C.Careless. D.Noisy.
5.What will probably be talked about in the following paragraph?
A.Yi Jianlian's cute pets. B.Yi Jianlian's courage.
C.The video's influence. D.The video's quality.
假定你是李华，你的美国朋友Alice在给你的邮件中提到最近在家里上网课，心理压力很大，很无聊而且苦恼，请回复邮件，内容包括：
1. 安慰对方；
2. 分析原因；
3. 给出建议。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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单词拼写，用必修三、四的单词填空。
1.I would like to apply for ___________(允许进入) to the English Department of your school.
2.We measured the __________(长度) and width of the living room.
3.They _________(拥抱) each other when they met at the station.
4.As I __________(接近) the house, I noticed a light upstairs.
5.To avoid being heard, they _________(低声说) to each other.
6.In my opinion, much of the research is ___________(令人信服的).
7.I can’t __________(作出评论) on your decision but you’d better consider it again before you start your project.
8.She is old enough to have the __________(自由) to do what she likes.
9.At present the government is taking __________(措施) to reduce the pollution.
10.The new owners have tried to give the restaurant a more family-friendly __________(气氛).
The COVID-19 pandemic（疫情）has left many worrying about the future. However, I’ve found ____ in my mother’s one simple self-care ritual（仪式）and I have decided not to keep ____ in a sort of uncertainty.
I was ____ by a single mom who had two kids, two jobs and a mile-long ____ of cleaning, cooking and bill-paying. ____, she was never seen with a hair out of ____. Every morning, she’d head to a ____, lift her chin（下巴）up slightly, a gesture of confidence, and put on lipstick （口红）____ delivering a forced yet toothy smile. I was too young to ____ why.
My mother ____ her red lips until the very end. In hospital, she asked me to help walk her to the basin to brush her teeth. I stared at her from behind _____ she might fall. 1 was deep in sorrow and uncertainty, tears ____ down my face. Then suddenly, from behind, I sensed that ___ gesture. Chin up. Confidence. A second later I heard the click of the ____.
We don’t know what’s going to happen next. Yet one thing is ____. When the world falls apart, we’ve ____ got unbelievable power to choose. I'm not suggesting we ____ what’s around us but focus on what we can control to ____ getting knocked around by uncertainty. Get up and shut the door on anything ____. Just be sure to keep putting that _____on.
1.A.beauty B.knowledge C.strength D.evidence
2.A.drowning B.dreaming C.praying D.working
3.A.praised B.greeted C.circulated D.raised
4.A.roll B.pile C.list D.chain
5.A.Otherwise B.Therefore C.Besides D.However
6.A.sight B.place C.reach D.balance
7.A.mirror B.table C.comer D.wall
8.A.when B.after C.before D.till
9.A.ask B.realize C.doubt D.advise
10.A.wore B.bit C.read D.rounded
11.A.convinced B.confused C.surprised D.worried
12.A.streaming B.getting C.pulling D.pointing
13.A.different B.familiar C.proper D.strange
14.A.camera B.door C.lock D.cap
15.A.easy B.subtle C.sure D.necessary
16.A.even B.still C.already D.also
17.A.ignore B.examine C.favor D.hate
18.A.practice B.accept C.avoid D.finish
19.A.challenging B.discouraging C.amusing D.terrifying
20.A.power B.coat C.mask D.lipstick
Have you ever frequently put off things you should do for various reasons? If so, it is procrastination (拖延). Procrastinators often put off doing things and leave them to the very last moment. 1.Lazy people simply don’t do anything and are just fine with it. Procrastinators, on the other hand, have the desire to do something but can’t force themselves to start.
You might think procrastination is a bit annoying but fairly harmless. However, long term procrastination has bad effects on your health. Not having seen the doctor when your illness was easier to treat may shorten your life. Just thinking about what you haven’t done may cause discomfort. 2.
Don’t place too much pressure on yourself. “This project has to impress everyone; I really can’t blow this opportunity,” 3. Overcome this mental block by simply allowing yourself to be imperfect with the next small task. You can always improve your work later.
4. Concentrating on the size and difficulty of a task will overcome you and promote procrastination. Any work can be broken into smaller steps. The trick is - with each step along the way — to focus on the next achievable tasks. Make sure you can easily imagine the outcome of your small task. Don’t write a book; write a page.
Focus on starting, rather than finishing. For someone who’s having a hard time starting a task, imagining a hard-to-grasp future can be depressing. The solution in this case, then, is to focus on starting. 5. We all know that if we start, we’ll eventually finish the task.
A.Break a long project down into short tasks.
B.So procrastination is about managing the time.
C.So we should apply ourselves to overcoming it.
D.However, procrastination is different from laziness.
E.Focus on the negative effects of the procrastination.
F.Bring your focus from the future to what can be done right now.
G.Placing such high hopes on a project only adds anxiety and fear of failure.
We know them when we see them: The TV shows and movies we love, even though we just know they’re bad. The worthless books we simply can’t put down.
Yes, these are our guilty pleasures — what some people consider the junk food in our media diets. But if we enjoy them, why should we feel guilty? As it turns out, these so-called “guilty” pleasures can actually be good for us, so long as they’re enjoyed in moderation.
According to Robin Nabi, a professor at the University of California, a guilty pleasure is something that we enjoy, but we know we’re either not supposed to like, or that liking it says something negative about us.
Studies suggest that guilty pleasures can bring back some psychological resources. Besides, giving ourselves permission to enjoy downtime is also an important part of self-pity, which is an effective way of fighting anxiety and sadness. Perhaps the most important value of a guilty pleasure is the bond it can create between people.
If that’s true, why do guilty pleasures get such a bad reputation? Actually, it’s not the indulgences themselves, but the attitudes we take when talking about them. “We have the cultural value of media consumption being instructive, and that what we do should be about growing and achieving,” Dr. Nabi said. “We don’t focus as much on refreshment and enjoyment, and these are such important aspects of being a human being.”
Feeling guilty about activities we enjoy can diminish the benefits they offer us. But removing unnecessary embarrassment about our interests can enrich our social lives, which is why it’s time to get rid of “guilty pleasure” from our vocabulary.
While guilty pleasures benefit us in some cases, they can also push us to indulge in behaviors we feel guilty about. Therefore, it’s best to follow the age-old advice our parents taught us: Everything in moderation.
1.Which of the following might make us feel guilty pleasure?
A.Eating an entire bag of chips in one sitting. B.Telling an old bedtime story.
C.Staying up late doing your homework. D.Giving up seats to the elderly.
2.Why do people think poorly of guilty pleasures?
A.They take guilty pleasures too seriously. B.They dislike the behaviour of indulgence.
C.They ignore the benefits of guilty pleasures. D.They are influenced by their cultural value.
3.What does the underlined word “diminish” in paragraph 6 mean?
A.Reduce. B.Increase. C.Maximize. D.Destroy.
4.What is the best title for the text?
A.Guilty pleasure? Avoid it B.Guilty pleasure? No Such Thing
C.Everything in Moderation D.New Trend in Media Consumption
