When Josephine Cooper was growing up，she learned the importance of charity from her parents．Although they made a modest living for their family of 10，they insisted on sharing with those less fortunate．
Half a century later，Mrs Cooper became a beloved volunteer at the San Diego Food Bank，where she devoted herself to helping others．She organized and ran a distribution center from a church，helping it become the organization’s largest emergency food distribution center in San Diego．She was one of 25 outstanding senior volunteers in the nation selected and invited to Washington D．C．to receive the award．
“She was the main person who helped us make that program grow,” said Mike Doody，former director of the Food Bank．“She had a way of getting people to work together and to work hard．She was determined and stubborn，but in a good way．She had a good heart．” People knew her as “Grandma” because of her selflessness and her devotion to helping hungry children and families．“She reminded people of their Grandma．” Doody said．
As a widow with a young child in 1979，Mrs．Cooper was helped through a difficult financial time when the Food Bank provided her with groceries．“She dedicated her life to giving back,” said her daughter，Monica Cooper．It wasn’t unusual for a local church to call Mrs Cooper to ask her to aid a needy family．“She would give people food out of her cupboard．Sometimes we would cook a meal for a family living out of their car,” Cooper said．
Although Mrs Cooper was honored to receive the national award for her volunteer work，she said being able to help others was her reward．She died of liver disease and kidney failure，aged 93．
1.The underlined word “charity” in Paragraph 1 refers to ．
A．offering help B．donating money
C．providing services D．showing sympathy
2.Which of the following is true of Mrs Cooper?
A．She died at an early age．
B．She refused the national award．
C．She was kind and devoted．
D．She was not easy to get along with．
3.Mrs Cooper’s story suggests that ．
A．everyone needs a Grandma nearby
B．children are what their parents are
C．a sound mind is in a sound body
D．a mother’s love never changes
假如你是学生会主席李华，你校学生会将于12月12日下午4点在学校报告厅举办高一、高二年级英语短剧大赛。请你根据以下信息，用英语写一篇书面通知。内容如下：
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Nowadays, there is a increasing number of people joining in the activities of volunteering. It’s well-known that volunteering jobs are making contributions to society with something in return. It’s as the Spirit of Lei Feng. However, knowing this, there are still many people would like to devote themselves to this trend. For instance, the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games had such many volunteers. They make lots of contributions to the success of the Olympics. Moreover, we can often see many students go to visit the old to take warm to them. Even though some people’s career is a volunteer. They are ready to helping others. Although the volunteers are much more common, we still need to thank they for devoting themselves to society.
Recently a new science behind incentives(激励), 1._ (include) in education, has been discussed. For example, researcher Roland Fryer wanted to see what works best in motivating children 2._ __ (do) better in school. _3._ _ some cases, he gave students incentives based on input(输入), like reading certain books, while in _4._ _, the incentives 5._ (base) on output, like results on exams. His main 6._ _ (find) was that incentives increased achievement when based on input but had no effect when based on output. Fryer’s conclusion was that the incentives for inputs might be 7._ ____ (effect) because students do not know how to do better on an exam, apart from general rules like “study harder”. Reading certain books, on the other hand, is a well-set task over 8._ ___ they have much more control.
As long as you have direct control over your goal, you have 9._ __ much higher chance of success. And it’s easier to start again 10._ you fail, because you know exactly what you need to do.
The family had just moved to Rhode Island, and the young woman was feeling a little depressed on that Sunday in May. After all, it was Mother's Day—and 800 miles her from her parents in Ohio.
She had called them that morning, to wish her a happy Mother's Day and her mother had how colorful their backyard was spring had arrived. Later, she told her husband how she those lilacs in her parents' yard. “I know where we can find some,” he said. “Get the and come on.” So off they went.
Some time later, they stopped at a hill and there were lilacs all round. The young woman rushed up to the nearest and buried her face in the flowers. Carefully, she some．
Finally, they returned to their car for the home. The woman sat smiling, surrounded by her .
When they were near home, she shouted “stop,” got off quickly and to a nearby nursing home. She went to the end of the porch (门廊), where a(n) patient was sitting in her wheelchair, and put the flowers into her lap. The two , bursting into laughter now and then. Later the young woman turned and ran back to her . As the car pulled away, the woman in the wheelchair with a smile, and held the lilacs .
“Mom,” the kids asked, “ did you give her our flowers?” “It is Mother's Day, and she seems so while I have all of you. And anyone would be by flowers.”
This satisfied the kids, but not the husband. The next day he some young lilacs around their yard.
I was the husband. Now, every May, our yard is full of lilacs. Every Mother's Day our kids purple lilacs. And every year I remember that smile of the lonely old woman.
1.A. movedB. keptC. separatedD. made
2.A. learnedB. mentionedC. imaginedD. realized
3.A. as ifB. so thatC. now thatD. even if
4.A. grewB. missedC. wateredD. showed
5.A. carsB. kidsC. clothesD. lilacs
6.A. yardB. hillC. bushD. door
7.A. boughtB. pickedC. setD. raised
8.A. breakB. holidayC. tripD. dinner
9.A. friendsB. memoryC. honorD. flowers
10.A. respondedB. pointedC. droveD. hurried
11.A. elderlyB. lovingC. seriousD. sensitive
12.A. hesitatedB. waitedC. chattedD. sat
13.A. familyB. motherC. pathD. home
14.A. noddedB. leftC. wavedD. continued
15.A. sadlyB. politelyC. quicklyD. tightly
16.A. whyB. whenC. howD. where
17.A. lonelyB. confusedC. aloneD. patient
18.A. calmedB. persuadedC. disappointedD. cheered
19.A. arrangedB. plantedC. driedD. hid
20.A. findB. gatherC. receiveD. sell
Coconut oil has become popular as healthier oil in cooking, cleaning and even as part of a natural beauty product. At room temperature except in warmer climates, it hardens, but naturally becomes liquid as the temperature rises. 1. Healthy fat is an important part of the diet,
and coconut oil is one source of the healthy fat. Coconut oil is also nature’s richest source of medium-chain fatty acids (脂肪酸). This oil’s health benefits include, but are not limited to, improving heart health, helping chemical reactions on our body, keeping a healthy weight, helping weight loss and supporting the immune system. 2.
Coconut oil is all-natural and does not contain the chemicals you will find in most shampoos and body washes. It is a wonderful body wash that can be applied directly to your skin to keep your skin wet. 3. Using it in your mouth for twenty minutes is a much better method of cleaning the entire mouth and removing bacteria.
Strong chemical cleaners are not safe or healthy for you, your family or the environment. _____4. It can be used to clean and shine furniture or leather. You can even use coconut oil as a spot remover.
5. Do you use it for cooking, cleaning or as a natural beauty product?
A. It can also take the place of mouth-wash.
B. Instead, clean with greener methods, like coconut oil.
C. There are a number of health benefits of using this oil in your daily life.
D. How do you use coconut oil in everyday life?
E. Coconut oil removes more bacteria.
F. So you can replace most of your cooking oils with coconut oil for better health.
G. It can change our immune system.
