A 69-year-old American soldier who served in Vietnam is living the American dream by starting his retirement early thanks to a considerate gesture by his boss of over 13 years.
Albert Brigas was a ______ car mechanic who 's worked for Rudy Quinones since 2006. He was planning to ____ after paying off his mortgage(贷款) next year. But thanks to Quinones’ big ______ Brigas can now retire and live in his long-time house, with his long-time wife, but without his long-time mortgage payment. “Rudy Quinones ______ his people and what happens,” Brigas said.
Rudy Quinones, the owner of Renown Auto Restoration, said, “He would come to work everyday even when he was _____ Just that level of loyalty, the ______ you just don't find anymore.” Quinones has known about Brigas’ ______ to retire for a while. Quinones said, “Albert has been complaining about that for the past year. His final ______ was to retire and have the mortgage on his house ______ off.” Last month he ______ Brigas into his office. Quinones added, “I asked Albert to come into my office. ______, when an employee has to come to his boss's office, there's always some ______ for him to come in.” Then Quinones ______ out a check for about USS5,000. Brigas said, “He gave me the ______ mortgage on the house. We went to the ______ and paid it off.”
“Not enough good news is out there and this is one of those things that I think should be ______, so people know there are people out there who do ______ things for other people,” said Joseph Winkler, another employee of Quinones.
Now Brigas has more ______ to spend with his family. “We ______ up our 12-year-old granddaughter and she's doing great, and now we've got a nice little grandson.” Brigas said. Quinones added, “To give them something they've been ______ for their whole lives, it's fantastic.”
1.A.funny B.loyal C.crazy D.perfect
2.A.marry B.study C.retire D.travel
3.A.heart B.freedom C.plan D.effort
4.A.believes in B.cares about C.depends on D.agrees with
5.A.energetic B.sick C.sad D.hopeless
6.A.imagination B.reaction C.admiration D.determination
7.A.habit B.wish C.advice D.doubt
8.A.goal B.decision C.potential D.opinion
9.A.cut B.got C.kept D.paid
10.A.followed B.guided C.called D.employed
11.A.Exactly B.Simply C.Usually D.Hardly
12.A.pride B.offer C.anxiety D.excitement
13.A.filled B.looked C.turned D.helped
14.A.middle B.common C.final D.special
15.A.factory B.home C.office D.bank
16.A.asked B.used C.discovered D.shared
17.A.good B.terrible C.strange D.wise
18.A.space B.time C.power D.duty
19.A.took B.set C.put D.brought
20.A.doing B.losing C.practicing D.expecting
Who are the top ten people in your life? Do they know they are important to you? The following are things you can do to cherish (珍惜) life and the people in your life.
1. A couple of months ago my grandchildren planned on coming to Arizona for a week's visit. I decided I would fly to Detroit, rent a car and fly back with them. 1 cherish my grandchildren.
Tell the people in your life how you feel about them. If it doesn't come natural to you, do it often. 2. Of course, “I love you” is what everyone wants to hear. Other phrases are, “I'm happy to see you. I care about you. You mean so much to me. 1 think of you often.” Everyone has three things in common: They need to receive love, give love and know that they matter. Tell people they matter!
Become grateful. If you have friends and family, you are blessed. Share your gratitude with them. 3. In the world of texting and email, receiving a card is a rare treat.
Don't hide yourself from others. Let your light shine. Be yourself. 4. Real people are attractive people. The world needs the unique you, not a scaled-down (缩小比例的) version of you.
Cherish yourself. Tell yourself how important you are and stop self-hatred. 5. Treat yourself to concerts.
The world would be a happier place if we all practiced cherishing. It would be a more loving place as well.
A.Do nice things for yourself.
B.You will begin to feel natural soon.
C.Surround yourself with memories.
D.Surprise them with a card in the mail.
E.Don't waste time on unimportant things.
F.Spend time with your friends and family.
G.Learn to feel good about yourself and respect who you are.
Asthma (哮喘) and allergy (过敏) attacks have increased in the United States, despite the fact that our outdoor air quality has improved. Some researchers think these problems have increased because kids are spending too much time indoors.
When outdoors, we are exposed to different kinds of pollen (花粉) and dust. But when indoors, we are also exposed to allergens (过敏源) . Allergens cause allergies and most people know that allergens can make you sneeze, have runny eyes, and other cold-like symptoms (症状). But allergens can also lead to asthma attacks, which are more serious. Asthma symptoms include coughing, shortness of breath, especially during exercise and tightness in the chest. Allergic asthma affects about three million children (8 to 12 percent of all children) and seven million adults in the United States each year!
You can get rid of the allergens from your environment! Most children with asthma are allergic to something, so staying away from the allergen should help control the asthma. If you have asthma or allergies, stay away from animals, remove the teddy bears, rugs and curtains in rooms that you spend a lot of time in. Removal of dusty things can help you breathe more easily. If it's trees and pollen that affect you, air conditioning and air filters(空气过滤器) should help.
And research helps, too! Children whose parents, brothers or sisters have asthma are more likely to develop it themselves. But even though our genes do play some part in whether or not we'll have asthma, researchers hope to make the most progress in fighting the disease by looking at the environmental aspect (方面) of asthma. The hope is that if kids are exposed to fewer allergens early in life, they'll be less likely to develop allergic responses. Asthma research is performed at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases(NIAID).
1.What makes asthma and allergy attacks increase in the United States?
A.Poor outdoor air quality. B.Not enough outdoor time.
C.Too much pollen and dust. D.The decrease of people's physical condition.
2.What can we know in the second paragraph?
A.Allergens in home environment can affect our health.
B.The number of allergens in the average home has decreased.
C.Asthma symptoms are the same as those of the common cold.
D.Allergens from outdoors are more dangerous than those in our homes.
3.What do we know from the passage?
A.Allergies are more serious than asthma.
B.People do not get asthma when they are outdoors.
C.We should stay away from allergens to help control asthma.
D.Children whose parents have asthma are certain to develop it.
4.Where can you most probably find this passage?
A.In a storybook. B.In a news report.
C.In a travel guide. D.In a health magazine.
Chef Wolfgang Puck told Fox News on Tuesday that the nationwide near-shutdown of the restaurant business will not only be a disaster for its workers due to the novel coronavirus (新型冠状病毒), but also will have a bad effect on the nation's economy in the long term.
Puck said that the American restaurant industry gives jobs to 15.6 million people nationwide. He added that in a normal year, the food service industry provides USS I trillion to the U.S. economy.
“How are we going to continue this way with no work for so many people?” Puck said, “It's really a tragedy to have so many people out of work, not getting their money.”
Puck said Congress must act to protect the restaurants and help them get back on their feet when the coronavirus contagion(扩散) declines. “If every restaurant should go to the government, local state or federal individually and say, 'We need money', it would be impossible. We would be waiting for ten years.” He said, “We've seen in the time after Hurricane Katrina how long it took to get money from the federal government to the people in need. We really need it now. We cannot wait a month.”
Puck pointed out that some restaurants survive on takeouts (外卖) and delivery orders, but it is not possible in the long term.
Puck was joined by chef Thomas Keller, who said the federal government is the most effective way to bring relief to the food service industry right away. “The most important thing is that the restaurants survive,” Keller said.
1.What can we learn about the American restaurant industry?
A.It can't be saved by the government.
B.It can survive on takeouts in the long term.
C.It has a bad effect on the nation's economy.
D.It provides jobs for a large number of people.
2.Why did Puck mention Hurricane Katrina?
A.To stress how serious the current economic situation is.
B.To show that the government failed to provide timely help.
C.To tell us that the country has gone through too many disasters.
D.To compare the different effects of the hurricane and the coronavirus.
3.Who could save the restaurant industry according to Thomas Keller?
A.Insurance companies. B.The federal government.
C.The food delivery industry. D.Restaurant owners and employees.
4.What does the passage mainly tell us?
A.People are dissatisfied with the federal government.
B.The novel coronavirus has not influenced restaurants.
C.The restaurant industry needs relief in the United State.
D.The restaurant industry is important in the whole economy.
With attractiveness in its structure and in its presence, the Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of France and Gustave Eiffel's architectural (建筑的) wonder. Do you know how tall the Eiffel Tower is? Standing at 1, 063 feet tall, this is the second tallest monument in France after the Millau Viaduct, a road bridge over the river Tarn. The tower was built between 1887 and 1889 as the entrance arch for the World Fair. About 18,038 pieces of iron were put together with millions of rivets (铆钉). Gustave Eiffel was helped by several design engineers. Ironically, at first, the tower was considered unpleasant by a lot of artists. Several members from the arts community said it only ruined the empty skyline of the Paris city. French novelist Guy de Maupassant expressed his dislike for the tower by eating lunch everyday at the tower's restaurant-his explanation was that it was the only place in Paris where one could not see the structure!
The tower, weighing 10,000 tons, includes several non-metallic (非金属的) parts as well. The metallic parts used in the structure weigh 7, 300 tons, which, if melted, will fill up a 125-meter square with a depth of 6 cm. At the time when the tower was built, the great structure amazed lots of engineers and common people. The Eiffel Tower needs 50-60 tons of paint every seven years to keep the rust(铁锈) away.
Being one of the most visited sites in the world, the Eiffel Tower still remains an architectural wonder! To sum up its beauty, here's a quote by Gustave Eiffel, “I ought to be jealous (嫉妒的) of the tower. She is more famous than I am!”
1.Which of the following about the Eiffel Tower is TRUE?
A.It runs across the river Tarn. B.It's the tallest monument in France.
C.Gustave Eiffel was its leading designer. D.It has become a less popular landmark.
2.What does the underlined word “Ironically” in the first paragraph mean?
A.Impolitely. B.Excitingly.
C.Surprisingly. D.Carefully.
3.How much paint was probably used from1996 to 2016 on the tower?
A.About 7,300 tons. B.About 170 tons.
C.About 10,000 tons. D.About 55 tons.
4.What is the purpose of the second paragraph?
A.To show how grand the Eiffel Tower is.
B.To show what the Eiffel Tower was used for.
C.To show what was used to build the Eiffel Tower.
D.To show how difficult it is to clean the Eiffel Tower.
General Library of the University of Tokyo
Opening Hours:
Monday to Friday: 8:30-22:30
Weekend: 9:00-2 1:00
National Holidays: 9:30-17:00
Rules and Regulations:
➢ Please keep quiet.
➢ No smoking.
➢ No eating.
➢ No photography.
➢ Drinks only in spill-proof(防溢的) containers are allowed.
➢ Phone calls are only allowed in the lounge(休息厅) (2F).
Admission:
➢ Current students or faculty (教员) of the University of Tokyo: .
A student ID or faculty ID card is required to enter the General Library.
In some cases, it is necessary to register or renew your ID at your department library. If you don't have an ID card, please contact your department library. If there is no library in your department, please ask at the General Information Desk.
➢ Former students of the University of Tokyo:
A “University of Tokyo Library Pass (UTL Pass)” is required to enter the General Library. With this pass, you can use the General Library during its opening hours. (On Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, only books and journals in the open-shelf section are available.)
➢Students and staff of other universities:
Show your university ID card at the reception desk to fill out the application for a one day pass (from 9:00 to 17:00 on weekdays). If you bring a litter of introduction, you may use the General Library continuously for an extended period of up to two weeks, including Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. (On Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, only books and journals in the open-shelf section are available.)
1.What time can you go to the library on Saturday?
A.At 8:00. B.At 10:00. C.At 21:00. D.At 22:00.
2.Where can you make phone calls?
A.At your department library. B.Outside the reading room.
C.In the lounge on the second floor. D.At the General Information Desk.
3.How can students of other universities enter the library?
A.By showing a student ID. B.By showing a faculty ID card.
C.By showing a UTL Pass. D.By applying for a one-day pass.
