Many healthy women in their late 70s tie up their walking shoelaces (鞋带) or hiking boots to stay active. But not Suzelle Poole. Six days week, the willowy (苗条的) 78-year-old Dallas ballet instructor laces up her dance shoes and teaches classical ballet, as she’s done for decades.
Madame Poole, as her students call her, also regularly performs ballet throughout the Dallas area as a guest artist with local dance companies. And she dances at the assisted-living centers along with her students. “People in care centers can relate to me because I’m about the same age.” Poole said, “I hope to get them interested in exercise. Plus, I enjoy showing them that it is never too late to do something you love.”
Ballet has always seemed as natural to her as breathing, she said, beginning with the first day when she took lessons at age 7 in London, where she was born. “I loved it from the start,” she said. “and when my parents took me to watch the well-known Margot Fonteyn in a ballet, I just knew it was something wanted to be a part of forever.”
Because 30 is the average age for most dancers to retire, Poole said, she thought she would be lucky to continue performing into her late 20s. Nobody was more surprised than she was when she continued to dance into her 40s, 50s and beyond. “I didn’t set out to be dancing ballet in my 70s,” she said, “but I’m certainly happy that it turned out that way. I have strong feet, strong knees and very strong back.” she added.
1.How is Suzelle Poole different from those of her age?
A.She often goes for walk. B.She starts learning ballet late.
C.She keeps fit through dancing. D.She loves collecting hiking boots.
2.Why does Suzelle Poole dance in care centers?
A.To meet dance companies’ requirement. B.To motivate people there to stay active.
C.To support her students’ volunteer work. D.To make friends with some people there.
3.According to the text, we know that Margot Fonteyn ________.
A.informed Suzelle Pooles’ parents about her talent
B.continued dancing ballet with Suzelle Poole on stage
C.taught Suzelle Poole to dance ballet for several years
D.inspired Suzelle Poole to devote her whole life to ballet
4.What can we say about Suzelle Poole’s dancing ballet in her 70s?
A.It is out of her expectation. B.It is her original dream.
C.It earns her nothing but reputation. D.It has little to do with her health.
Pet Therapy Program
Our program involves trained volunteers and their dogs who visit the children at CHOP. This program gives the children the opportunity to interact safely with the dogs and receive their unconditional love and acceptance in the hope of making the hospital environment more comfortable and less stressful and helping them recover.
For the safety of our patients and their families, we ask all possible volunteers to meet the following requirements:
● Age. You must be 188 years or older, and your dog must be at least one year old.
● Certification. We require all therapy dogs and handlers have a current therapy certification through Delta Society or Therapy Dogs International.
● Time commitment. We ask pet therapy volunteers to commit to a minimum of one two-hour shift (轮班) per month.
● Health. All volunteers and their dogs are required to be healthy. Volunteers have to receive the seasonal flu vaccine (疫苗), which is provided free of charge at CHOP. Dogs cannot be on a raw food diet at any time during their participation in the program. Dogs must be washed within 24 hours of the visit and dry upon entering the hospital.
● Restrictions. Volunteers must obey all patient confidentiality (隐私) guidelines and hospital policies. Dogs must be on leash (皮带). For identification purposes, your dog must wear a piece of colored cloth at all times while in the hospital.
If you’re interested in our program, please call 215-590-2001 or e-mail PPPTP@email. chop. edu.
1.What is CHOP?
A.A pet hospital. B.A medical school.
C.A children’s hospital. D.A volunteer organization.
2.What is the main purpose of the program?
A.To reduce patients’ pain caused by their diseases.
B.To train therapy dogs well enough to serve the patients.
C.To make child patients feel comfortable and recover soon.
D.To do some research on dogs’ contribution to medical science.
3.What can we learn about the dogs that work for the program?
A.They must be on a diet.
B.They must be kept clean and dry.
C.They are allowed to walk around freely in the hospital.
D.They must wear colored clothes to attract people’s attention.
最近央视节目《朗读者》掀起了一股全民读书潮，假定你是李华，你和你的朋友在学校创办了一个英文读书俱乐部（English Reading Club）。请你在社团艺术节上做一个演讲，介绍一下俱乐部的一些情况并招募会员。内容包括：1.创办目的；2.活动安排；3.会员条件。
注意：1.词数100左右，文章开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Hello, boys and girls!
I’m Lihua, a senior two student.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Thank you!
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有5处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词；
删除:把多余的词用(\)划掉；
修改:在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意:
1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改5处，多者(从第6处起)不计分
Tommy is four years old, an age that children usually have a lot of questions. Every time when he goes out with parents, he asks a million questions. Some are embarrassed. Last week he asked a middle-aged woman, “How old are you?” She didn’t answer. Maybe when he grew up, he won’t ask so many questions.
Last summer vacation, I was invited to be an instructor at a high school ____ camp. On the first day, I ____ a boy under the tree. He was small and seemed ____. I walked toward him and said, “Come and join us, Tom?” He quietly replied, “No, that’s really not my ____.”
The next day I found myself leading camp songs. The campers eagerly ____. Again I saw the boy from under the tree, sitting alone. From that day on, I spent time with him ____ I could.
___ I knew it, it was the final night of camp. ____ , I saw him, who was now a shirtless dancing wonder. I watched as he shared meaningful time with people at whom he couldn’t even ____ just days earlier.
Three months passed, I got a late-night phone call. A soft-spoken ____ voice asked politely, “Is Kevin there?”
“You are talking to him. Who’s this?”
“This is Tom’s mother. Do you remember him from leadership camp?” A long pause followed. “My Tommy was walking home from school yesterday when a car hit him.” she continued.
___, I offered my condolences(慰问).
“Tommy ____ you so many times. I wanted you to know that he went back to school this fall with ____. Thank you for making a difference.”
In that instant, I realized how ____ it is to give a bit of yourself every day. You may never know how much each ____ may mean to someone else.
1.A.singing B.leadership C.drama D.teamwork
2.A.watched B.recognized C.spotted D.met
3.A.shy B.excited C.frightened D.sad
4.A.career B.business C.choice D.thing
5.A.followed B.participated C.attended D.replied
6.A.whatever B.however C.wherever D.whenever
7.A.As B.Before C.Since D.Until
8.A.Fortunately B.Exactly C.Suddenly D.Absolutely
9.A.speak B.laugh C.introduce D.look
10.A.unfamiliar B.weak C.uncertain D.unhappy
11.A.Shocked B.Depressed C.Confused D.Inspired
12.A.discussed B.commented C.mentioned D.criticized
13.A.knowledge B.satisfaction C.confidence D.pride
14.A.easy B.disappointing C.challenging D.useless
15.A.camp B.gesture C.word D.instructor
The world has a water problem which is simple to understand but not to solve. The amount of water in the world is limited. Water usage in the world has increased during the past 10 years. Usages will continue to increase as the population grows and uses more water. A third of the world’s population lives in countries that have too little water. 1.
It’s strange to think that there is more than enough water available for everyone’s basic needs. 2. Some countries are much drier than others, for example Sudan in Africa. The UN says that people need a minimum of 50 litres of water a day for drinking, washing, cooking and sanitation(卫生). In 1990, over a billion people did not have even that . 3. Water shortages can mean long walks to get water, high prices to buy it, food insecurity and disease from drinking dirty water.
Governments that try to improve water supplies need to think carefully about how to do this. Dams and other large projects now affect 60 percent of world’s largest rivers and provide millions with water. 4.
5. New technology can help, especially by cleaning up pollution and so making more water usable, and in agriculture, where water use can be made far more efficient. For millions of people around the world, solving the problem is a matter of life and death.
A.So what can help?
B.The rest along major rivers in the world have no worry about water.
C.Unfortunately, it’s poor people who suffer most.
D.By 2025, scientists expect this to increase to two-thirds.
E.It’s just not spread evenly throughout the world.
F.Meanwhile, electricity from these dams can provide people with clean energy.
G.But in many cases, homes and the environment are destroyed as a result.
