The person I admire most is not famous at all, yet in my mind his achievements are as important as those of any historical figure. Gary is a fellow classmate of mine at college, and for him this is a major .
We know that Gary suffers from a , which makes it almost impossible for him to his movements. As a result, he will his life in a wheelchair. He cannot write with a pen or a pencil, and speaks so slowly and strangely that it takes to understand what he is saying.
However, behind his appearance, Gary is a warm, fun-loving, intelligent person. His disability affects his muscles, not his mind or . He enjoys the same things as any student does—listening to music, making and so on—and he is not only the best student in our class, but also has a sense of humor and genuine interest in other people.
The main why I admire him so much is that he is determined to lead a life, in spite of his physical difficulties he has to overcome. Although his prevents him from going to school, he gives himself an education by studying at home. Being unable to himself, he uses a special typewriter to write letters to his friends and beautiful poems which the true depth of his thoughts and character. Another reason why I admire Gary is that he never feels sorry for himself. He says, for instance, that being unable to move around gives him more time to think. In fact, he always to see the bright side of any situation, so instead of needing his friends to him, he actually cheers us up when we are or depressed.
I would admire Gary he didn’t have any disability; in fact he does, and to let it spoil his life, which makes him the most remarkable person I have known.
1.A. problem B. impressionC. achievementD. joke
2.A. headacheB. defeatC. disabilityD. pain
3.A. controlB. affectC. removeD. replace
4.A. spendB. saveC. wasteD. ruin
5.A. courage B. chanceC. abilityD. patience
6.A. chemicalB. medicalC. physicalD. mental
7.A. personalityB. behaviorC. healthD. method
8.A. neighborsB. friendsC. driversD. writers
9.A. terribleB. similarC. wonderfulD. practical
10.A. problem B. needC. matterD. reason
11.A. dangerousB. disappointing C. normal D. careful
12.A. movementB. conditionC. choiceD. decision
13.A. explainB. expressC. introduceD. enjoy
14.A. leaveB. giveC. bringD. show
15.A. justB. mostlyC. hardlyD. ever
16.A. continuesB. arrangesC. managesD. begins
17.A. comfortB. helpC. forgiveD. tease
18.A. ashamedB. regretfulC. worriedD. doubtful
19.A. even soB. ever sinceC. as ifD. even if
20.A. wantsB. refusesC. stopsD. Loves
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
We parents have sky-high hopes for our children. 1. What can we do to help our kids grow up to lead happy lives? According to the experts, we can do many things to help our kids.
● 2. In order to succeed, children need to feel they’re good at something. So expose your children to as many interests as possible, and then let them choose those they like best.
● Applaud their achievements. A study found that students whose parents paid attention to their abilities were far more likely to do well in school and in life than students whose parents didn’t show such support. 3.
● 4. Making his/ her own decisions increases a child’s sense of control and builds his/ her self-esteem. And allowing kids to make wrong decisions so long as doing so won’t harm them helps kids learn from their mistakes.
● Encourage them to solve their own problems. As they grow, children need practice in communicating standing up for themselves and compromising(妥协). One of the best places to learn skills is at home. 5.
A. Help them to find their talents.
B. Let them make decisions and mistakes.
C. Don’t criticize the kids in front of the public.
D. We expect them to be more confident and content.
E. The children will lead a happier life if given more freedom.
F. So celebrate your kids’ achievements, no matter how small they are.
G. So the next time your child runs to you complaining her brother is blaming her, step back and let them work it out.
FREE $ 10 Gift Card with ANY Purchase at CVS
September 4, 2013 by Michelle
New Plink members are invited to join and make any purchase at CVS to get a $10 gift card from your choice at places like Amazon.com, Target, Walmart, Kohls, Starbucks and more!
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※ New Plink members only, one sign-up bonus per person.
※ Plink Member must link a credit or debit card and make a purchase at CVS by Sunday, 9/15 11:59 EST.
※ Purchase is necessary (after the member links a credit/ debit card to their Plink account) to qualify for the bonus 1,000 Plink Points by Sunday, 9/15 11:59 EST.
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1.What is the first step to get the gift card?
A. Link a credit or debit card. B. Make a purchase at CV
S.
C. Open a bank account. D. Sign up with Plink.
2.CVS customers can get the gift card when their purchases happen on _________.
A. 9/14/2013 B. 9/16/2013 C. 9/17/2
013 D. 9/18/2013
3.Which of the following statements is true?
A. Goods at CVS are always sold at discounted rates.
B. New Plink members have the chance to get two gift cards.
C. The bonus is enough to be exchanged for a $ 10 gift card.
D. The bonus can be sold for $ 10 whenever you like.
The illegal ivory(象牙)
trade has been a major problem in Africa for decades. Poachers have killed hundreds of thousands of elephants to obtain ivory. Now, affected areas are taking action. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) announced on Wednesday key African states where poaching takes place have promised to stop the ivory trade to protect elephants.
Over the past few days, top officials and experts from 30 states met at the African Elephant Summit. The conference, organized by the IUCN and the government of Botswana, was held in Gaborone, Botswana.
Conservation efforts will include China and Thailand, where much of the ivory is sent. “Now is the time for Africa and Asia to join forces to protect this universally valued species,” said Botswana President Ian Khama.
In the 1980s, as many as 1 million elephants across Africa were killed for their ivory. The ivor
y was used to make jewelry and other items. This continued until 1989, when the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) voted to ban all the trade in ivory. As a result, demand for ivory fell. Governments cracked down on poachers. Elephant populations slowly began to increase. However , this progress was short-lived.
According to the IUCN, 2011 saw the highest levels of poaching and illegal ivory trading in at least 16 years. Around 25,000 elephants were killed in Africa that year. Data from the IUCN show even higher levels of illegal trade may have been reached in 2013. “With an estimated 22,000 elephants illegally killed in 2012, we continue to face a critical situation,” said John E. 
Scanlon, CITES Secretary-General. “Current elephant poaching in Africa remains far too high, and could soon lead to local extinction if the present killing rate continues.
At the African Elephant Summit , key African states where elephants make their home agreed to develop a “zerotolerance approach” to poaching. The deal calls for maximum sentences for poachers and hunters, and increased cooperation between affected states. Officials are committed to classifying wildlife trafficking (交易) as a serious crime --- and to making sure that the people who commit it are punished. All participants at the conference agreed to sign the deal. With these states working together, there may yet be hope for elephants.
1.The purpose of holding the African Elephant Summit is to _________.
A. make new laws to punish poachers.
B. prevent elephants from being poached.
C. collect money for elephants’ protection
D. call for African countries to save elephants.
2.Why are China and Thailand mentioned in the text?
A. The ivory is illegally sold in these two countries.
B. Elephants need protecting in these two countries.
C. They know how to protect wildlife like elephants.
D. They prefer jewelry and other items made of ivory.
3.What can we learn from Paragraph 5 ?
A. The governments do nothing to protect animals.
B. Elephant poaching in Africa is out of control.
C. A large number of elephants have been killed.
D. Illegal ivory trading is to blame for the elephants’ extinction.
4.What would be the best title for the text?
A. Wild Animals Are at Risk B. New Hope for Elephants
C. Elephants Need Our Help D. Wildlife Protection in Africa
Londoners are great readers. They buy vast numbers of newspapers and magazines and of books --- especially paperbacks, which are still comparatively cheap in spite of ever-increasing rises in the costs of printing. They still continue to buy “proper” books, too, printed on good paper and bound (装订) between hard covers.
There are many streets in London containing shops which specialize in book-selling. Perhaps the best known of these is Charring Cross Road in the very heart of London. Here bookshops of all sorts and sizes are to be found, from the celebrated one which boasts of being “the biggest bookshop in the world” to the tiny, dusty little places which seem to have been left over from Dickens’ time. Some of these shops stock, or will obtain, any kind of book, but many of them specialize in second-hand books, in art books, in foreign books, in books on philosophy, politics or any other of the countless subjects about which books may be written. One shop in this area specializes only in books about ballet!
Although it may be the most convenient place for Londoners to buy books, Charring Cross Road is not the cheapest. For the really cheap second-hand books, the collector must venture off the beaten track, to Farringdon Road, for example, in the East Central district of London. Here there is nothing so impressive as bookshops. The booksellers come along each morning and pour out their sacks of books onto small hand carts. And the collectors, some professionals and some amateurs, have been waiting for them. In places like this they can still, occasionally, pick up for a few pence an old one that may be worth many pounds.
1.”Londoners are great readers” means that ___________.
A. Londoners are great because they read a lot.
B. There are a great number of readers in London.
C. Londoners read a lot.
D. Londoners are readers who read only great books.
2.According to this passage, Charring Cross Road __________.
A. is in the suburbs of London B. is the busiest street in London
C. contains various kinds of shops D. is famous for its bookshops
3.In this passage, what does the und
erlined part “venture off the beaten track” mean?
A. move away from a busy street
B. buy books in a most busy street
C. waste time looking for books
D. take a risk of losing one’s life
4.On Farringdon Road, _______________.
A. you can find fine bookshops for the latest books
B. there are only small bookshops for the second-hand books
C. you can see book sellers selling books on hand-carts
D. the same books as the ones in the bookshops of Charring Cross Road are sold
Just two years before her 100th birthday, Sensei Keiko Fukuda has become the first woman to achieve a tenth-degree black belt --- the highest rank in the martial art and combat sport judo(柔道). Fukuda is now one of only four living people who’ve earned the tenth-degree (or dan) black belt. Throughout history, only sixteen people have ever achieved this honor.
Fukuda began practicing judo in 1935 and is the onl
y surviving student of its founder, Kano Jiguro. Urged by her teacher, she learned English to help spread judo internationally.
During a time when getting married, building a family, and becoming a housewife was the standard, Fukuda went against tradition, opting out of marriage to pursue the martial art.
“All I did was judo ... this was my marriage,” Fukuda reflected tearfully to the San Francisco Chronicle. “This is when my life destiny was set. I just never imagined how long this road would be.”
She described the Jiguro’s school, known as the Kodokan, as “old-fashioned and sexist(性别歧视的) about belts and ranks”. In fact, an order that prevented women from achieving any higher than a fifth-degree black belt kept Fukuda at that level for thirty years. She was finally promoted to sixth dan in 1972 when a woman’s division was created.
Fukuda said she approached judo and her life with the intention to “be gentle, kind and beautiful, yet firm and strong, both mentally and physically”. Fukuda said this kind of beauty is decidedly not external (外部的). “ A kind soul is inner beauty,” she explained to the paper. “I believe
this is true beauty … All my life this has been my dream.”
Dream realized, the 98-year-old Sensei Keiko Fukuda continues to teach judo three times a week at a woman’s judo.
1.It can be learned from the passage that ____________.
A. Fukuda achieved the tenth-degree black belt at 97.
B. four people earned the tenth-degree black belt in history.
C. nearly all of Kano Jiguro’s students were dead.
D. the Kodokan was founded in 1935.
2.The underlined part “opting out of” in the 3rd paragraph is closest in meaning to _________.
A. choosing or welcoming B. longing for or desiring
C. keeping out of or avoiding D. missing or having no chance of
3.Why did Fukuda remain at fifth-degree black belt for so long a time?
A. It was hard for her to improve her level.
B. She suffered from a foolish rule.
C. Her family life took up too much of her time.
D. She didn’t want to improve her level.
4.Which of the following is the main idea of the passage?
A. The only surviving student of Kano Jiguro remains single.
B. The tenth-degree black belt is the highest rank in judo.
C. Sensei Keiko Fukuda spreads judo throughout the world.
D. 98-year-old woman becomes the first woman ever to earn judo’s highest-degree black belt.
