In this modern age, most of us have forgotten to be patient and get angry very quickly over minor things like a traffic jam, a baby crying and such things. It often seems so easy to get what we want right away that when we have to wait even a little while, it seems like we are waiting for ages. We used to be happy to wait 10 - 15 minutes it took to reheat food in the oven(烤箱)，but now we’re impatient when waiting two minutes it takes in the microwave.
With the convenience provided by modern society, is patience still a virtue(美德) in the fast-paced world? To begin with, I'd like to share the meaning of the word “patience”. Generally it means being able to tolerate delay without getting impatient. However, it isn't necessarily a passive activity. It takes an active behavior, knowing when to take action and when not to.
So I would argue that patience is still -and always- a virtue. Sure, I used to be one of those who often stared at the microwave for the full two minutes it took to heat my food. And in the end， the food tasted bad. If I had had the patience to heat the food properly in the oven, I would have enjoyed a delicious meal.
Actually the benefits of patience go beyond just heating up our food. Patience is an exercise in self-control which shows that we can exercise good judgment. Lack of patience can cause us to make wrong decisions that negatively affect our health and happiness, waste our time, put us under a lot of stress and affect our relationships in a very negative way.
Everything in life happens for a reason. Sometimes we face an obstacle(障碍) because we need to grow in ways we didn't realize. It's not always obvious when that was happening, but with patience we will soon see clearly why it occurred and what we were meant to learn from it.
Taking time to think about our actions and being patient are a small price to pay when we determine the best possible solution to any problems.
1.The author uses the example of reheating food to show that_______.
A.more people lack patience now B.high technology brings more benefits
C.people have no time to enjoy the meal D.the fast-paced life makes people stressed
2.What could be inferred from Paragraph 4?
A.People under stress are more likely to get angry.
B.Patient people are less likely to meet difficulties.
C.People with self-control are easier to succeed.
D.Patient people tend to make better decisions.
3.What does the author intend to tell us in Paragraph 5?
A.A wise man learns from experience.
B.A brave man is not afraid of challenges.
C.A man should be patient to deal with difficulties.
D.A man should find out reasons for things occurred.
4.What can be a suitable title for the text?
A.The causes of impatience B.Is patience really a virtue?
C.Ways to exercise patience D.What does the word patience mean?
Many people especially children, do not have good handwashing habits. Children may think that it is a tiresome thing to do. To help solve this problem, two entrepreneurs (企业家) from India created a product to tum handwashing into a fun activity. Amanat Anand and Shubham Issar created a device called the SoaPen. Issar said, “The SoaPen is a soap that kids can draw with. It's a fun way to teach kids how to wash their hands.”
AS the name suggests, the SoaPen is a pen made out of soap. The children draw on their hands with the soap pen and then wash it off. If they do not spend enough time washing it off, the colors remain on their hands.
To get their product on the market, the two women joined a business development program in Washington D. C. called Halcyon Incubator. Mike Malloy is the program manager at Halcyon Incubator. He said turning a great idea into a product that can help others is not easy. “There is kind of an up-and-down- roller coaster ride in the journey of being an entrepreneur. One day things are going great; the next day things are terrible. And if you' re doing that alone, it can be really, really difficult.”
Halcyon connects what it calls “social entrepreneurs” with business professionals. These experts help the entrepreneurs sell their products. Anand said that with this business help, they were able to do more than they would have by themselves.
Anand and Issar said their goal is to donate one SoaPen to children of poor families for every three they sell at full price. The product could have a real influence on public health. The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, UNICEF, reports that 1.5 million children die each year as a result of diarrhea (痢疾). UNICEF says good handwashing could decrease that number by 40 percent.
1.Why did the two entrepreneurs create the SoaPen?
A.To teach kids how to draw. B.To help kids have some fun.
C.To get kids to wash their hands quickly. D.To encourage kids to wash hands carefully
2.How did the two entrepreneurs try to market their product?
A.They turned to Halcyon Incubator. B.They created a development program.
C.They asked other entrepreneurs for help. D.They employed some business professionals.
3.What does the underlined sentence mean?
A.Being an entrepreneur is full of surprises. B.Being an entrepreneur is very painful.
C.Being an entrepreneur is a cool thing. D.Being an entrepreneur is really hard.
4.What does the author want to tell us about the SoaPen in the last paragraph?
A.Its price. B.Its value. C.Its popularity. D.Its quality.
A Kenyan teacher who gave away . most of his monthly salary (工资)to poor people has won a $1 -million Global Teacher Prize.
In 2016, Peter Tabichi came to Keriko Mixed Day Secondary School, a public school, in a faraway Kenya s Rift Valley. The school had just a single computer and had problems connecting to the Internet. It had no library or laboratory, as well. To make matters worse, the students came from poor families where basics like food and clothing were hard to come by. While these difficulties would have caused most people to leave quickly, Tabichi stayed.
Realizing that starving kids make for poor students, the teacher began using as much as 80 percent of his monthly salary to buy food and learning objects for them. He set up a science club to get kids interested in the topic. “Our laboratory does not have everything, but I encourage them to think wider and use what we can get locally. ”
Tabichi and other four teachers regularly visit low-achieving, at-risk, students at their homes to provide one- on-one help and to understand the difficulties these children face daily. Tabichi also encourages parents to allow girls to continue their high-school education.
Tabichi's efforts have made a difference. School registration (注册)has more than doubled to almost 400 now since he came . In 2017, 16 of the 59 graduating students went to college, while in 2018, the number rose to 26. In 2017 , five students qualified(有资格)for the Intel ISEF (International Science and Engineering Fair). This year, two other students will compete in the 2019 Intel ISEF to be held in Phoenix, Arizona.
The teacher, however, owes his success to his students, saying,"I am only here because of what my students have achieved. This prize gives them a chance. It tells the world that they can do anything. " As would be expected, Tabichi plans to spend the prize money on his school community and to feed the poor.
1.What is the text mainly about?
A.A school located in a Kenya's Rift valley became famous.
B.A Kenyan teacher helping poor students won Global Teacher Prize.
C.A Kenyan teacher helped girls to continue their high-school education.
D.Five Kenyan students qualified for the Intel ISEF for their performance.
2.What can we know about Keriko Mixed Day Secondary School?
A.It had dozens of teachers. B.It was in the of a city.
C.It owned a modem lab. D.It was in poor condition.
3.Which word can be used to describe Peter Tabichi?
A.Honest. B.Wealthy. C.Kind. D.Humorous.
4.Which is the closest number of students when Peter Tabichi began teaching there?
A.90. B.190. C.290 D.390.
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阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文。
Mum and Her Bank Account
My family had the tradition to sit down by the kitchen table every Saturday night to count out the money Dad had brought home.
These are for the rent, and these for the groceries. “ Mum counted out and divided the big silver pieces.
I’ll need a notebook, “ That would be my sister Christine, my brother Nels or me.
After Mum put one or two coins to the side for the notebook, she said that was all we needed to buy for the week and we all relaxed a little. We didn’t have to go downtown and draw money out of Mum’s bank account, which could always give us such a warm and secure feeling for having enough to afford the life.
When Nels graduated from grammar school , he needed some money for high school We sat by the table and I offered my “ Little Bank” which was used for sudden emergencies such as the time when Christine broke her arm and had to see a doctor. I laid the box carefully in front of Mum. After counting out the money in the little bank and finding there was not enough, we all agreed not to go to the bank but to find some ways.
Nels volunteered to work in Dillon’s grocery after school and Dad said he would give up smoking. Now there was enough money. We felt relieved.
So many things came out of the little bank that year: Christine’s dress for the school play, Nel’s operation ... Whatever happened , we always knew we still had the bank to depend on. We never used her bank account.
That was twenty years ago.
Last year, I sold my first story. When the money came I thought of Mum’s bank account.
注意 1.续写词数应为120左右:
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
So I hurried over to Mum’s home.
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Knowing that there was no bank account at all, I felt shocked.
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1.对Mark的决定点赞；2.简要介绍中国美食；3.邀请他到你家做客。
注意:
1.写作词数应为80左右；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
