Hannah Taylor is a schoolgirl from Manitoba, Canada. One day, when she was five years old, she was walking with her mother in downtown Winnipeg.They saw a man _______out of a garbage can.She asked her mother why he did that and her mother said that the man was homeless and hungry.Hannah was very _______.She couldn't understand why some people had to live their lives without shelter or enough food.Hannah started to think about how she could_______，but，of course，there is not a lot one five﹣year﹣old can do to solve（解决）the problem of homelessness.
Later , when Hannah attended school， she saw another homeless person. It was a woman，_______an old shopping trolley（购物车）which was piled with_______.It seemed that everything the woman owned was in them. This made Hannah very sad, and even more_______to do something.She had been talking to her mother about the lives of homeless people_______they first saw the homeless man.Her mother told her that if she did something to change the problem that made her sad，she wouldn' t_______as bad.
Hannah began to speak out about the homelessness in Manitoba and then in other provinces.She hoped to_______her message of hope and awareness. She started the Ladybug Foudation, an organization aiming at getting rid of homelessness. She began to ________ "Big Bosses" lunches， where she would try to persuade local business leaders to________to the cause.She also organized a fundraising（募捐）drive in "Ladybug Jars" to collect everyone′s spare change during "Make Change" month. More recently, the foundation began another ________ called National Red Scarf Day﹣a day when people donate $20 and wear red scarves in support of Canada′s________and homeless.
There is an emergency shelter in Winnipeg called "Hannah′s Place", something that Hannah is very ________of. Hannah′s Place is divided into several areas, providing shelter for people when it is so cold that________outdoors can mean death.In the more than five years since Hannah began her activities，she has received a lot of ________.For example, she received the 2007BRICK Award recognizing the________of young people to change the world.But ________all this，Hannah still has the ________life of a Winnipeg schoolgirl, except that she pays regular visits to homeless people.
Hannah is one of many examples of young people who are making a ________ in the world.You can，too!
1.A. eating B. jumping C. crying D. waving
2.A. annoyed B. nervous C. upset D. ashamed
3.A. behave B. help C. manage D. work
4.A. holding B. carrying C. buying D. pushing
5.A. bags B. bottles C. foods D. goods
6.A. excited B. determined C. energetic D. grateful
7.A. although B. unless C. since D. as
8.A. feel B. get C. sound D. look
9.A. exchange B. leave C. spread D. keep
10.A. sell B. deliver C. pack D. host
11.A. agree B. lead C. apply D. contribute
12.A. campaign B. trip C. procedure D. trial
13.A. elderly B. lonely C. hungry D. sick
14.A. aware B. proud C. afraid D. sure
15.A. sleeping B. going C. traveling D. playing
16.A. invitations B. praises C. replies D. appointments
17.A. needs B. efforts C. dreams D. interests
18.A. for B. through C. along D. besides
19.A. healthy B. public C. normal D. tough
20.A. choice B. profit C. judgement D. difference
Negative situations happen all the time. We can’t avoid them, so how can we deal with their negative effects? 1.
Join a positive support group.
It’s important to join a positive support group. Surrounding yourself with positive people will help you stay positive in a negative situation. 2. Their negative attitudes will bring you down and prevent you from practicing positive thinking.
3.
Talk about the things you are grateful for with your friends. Keep a gratitude journal to record the thankfulness you feel on a daily basis. Actively acknowledging what you’re grateful for will help you to always have a grateful mind and heart, even when bad things happen.
Retrain your mind.
Do you constantly question your actions? 4. The more you talk negatively to yourself, the more that negativity will become a part of you. Instead, practice the power of positive thinking. Any time a negative thought comes into your mind, replace it with a positive one. Gradually, this will become more natural for your brain to automatically turns a negative into a positive.
Exercise your body and mind.
Exercise is good for your bodies and your minds! 5. Besides, getting out there and moving around will keep your body in better shape, as well as boosting your self-esteem for having the discipline to exercise.
A. Express what you are grateful for.
B. Retrain your brain to stop doing that to yourself.
C. There are plenty of negative people out there avoid them!
D. The positive people help to focus on the brighter side of things.
E. It releases the chemical in your brains that makes you feel better.
F. Here are some tips that help us to stay positive in negative situations.
G. When you’re in a negative situation, you can get stressed out very easily.
Last week, two companies, Kitty Hawk and Uber, announced their plans to bring flying cars to reality very soon.
Imagine never having to worry about traffic, stop lights, or road construction. A flying car would get to a place much faster than one travelling by road. On the other hand, imagine having to avoid drones (无人驾驶飞机) and other flying cars. Also, what if your battery dies when you are in the air? And, how will you know where to land?
Kitty Hawk is a start-up tech company supported by Google co-founder, Larry Page. According to the Kitty Hawk website, its car will be able to travel at speeds up to 40 kilometers an hour in the air. It says under US aviation law such a machine “does not require registration or a pilot’s license and may be flown in uncongested (不拥挤的) areas for recreational purposes.” As of now, the car can only be flown over fresh water.
Kitty Hawk is making a list of people interested in buying the flying car. They must pay a deposit of US$100. Those who get their names on the list early will receive US$2, 000 off the final cost of the car. However, Kitty Hawk has not yet announced the price. Kitty Hawk expects its first flying cars will go on sale by the end of this year.
At a conference last week, Uber announced plans for flying taxis to begin carrying passengers. Unlike the Kitty Hawk company, Uber does not plan to build its flying cars. Instead, it will use the resources of partner companies.
Like the Kitty Hawk car, Uber flying taxis will use electric power. Uber says its flying taxis could travel up to 241 kilometers an hour. The company said that could reduce the travel time between San Francisco and San Jose, California from two hours on the road to 15 minutes in the air.
Riders could use the Uber app to book a flying taxi to take them to their destinations. The company has not yet said how costly air taxi travel would be compared to road taxi travel.
1.What could the main problems for flying cars be?
A. There is not enough space for them to land.
B. Sky transportation would cause more traffic jams.
C. They may hit other flying cars or have a dead battery in the sky.
D. They travel much more slowly than travelling by road.
2.According to the passage, the pilots of flying cars ____________.
A. must be professional pilots B. are not required to have a pilot’s license
C. are required to fly in crowded space D. are not only allowed to fly in urgent situations
3.What is Kitty Hawk doing to attract customers?
A. Reducing the price for all customers.
B. Giving rewards to those visiting its website.
C. Advertising its first flying cars on public media.
D. Offering a discount to those paying a deposit early.
4.What is the difference between Uber and Kitty Hawk in the flying car market?
A. Uber’s flying taxis will use electric power.
B. Uber intends to build its flying cars to fly very fast.
C. Uber prefers to use the resources of partners rather than build its flying cars.
D. The trips made by Uber’s flying taxis are much cheaper than road taxis.
There is no denying that some people live to be older than others. Followed are the standard explanations: keeping a moderate diet, engaging in regular exercise, etc. But what effect does your personality have on your longevity (长寿）？ Are there any kinds of personalities contributing to longer lives? A new study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society looked at these questions by examining the personality characteristics of 246 children of people who had lived to be at least 100.
According to the study, those who live the longest are more outgoing, more active and less neurotic(神经质的）than other people. Long-living women are also more likely to be sympathetic and cooperative than women with a normal life span. These findings are in agreement with what you would expect from the evolutionary theory: those who like to make friends and help others can gather enough resources to make it through tough times.
Interestingly, however, other characteristics that you might consider advantageous had no impact on whether study participants were likely to live longer. Those who were more self-disciplined, for instance, were no more likely to live to be very old. Also, being open to new ideas had no relationship to long life, which might explain all those bad-tempered old people who are fixed in their ways.
Whether you can successfully change your personality as an adult is the subject of a longstanding psychological debate. But the new paper suggests that if you want long life, you should strive to be as outgoing as possible.
Unfortunately, another recent study shows that your mother's personality may also help determine your longevity. That study looked at nearly 28, 000 Norwegian mothers and found that those moms who were more anxious, depressed and angry were more likely to feed their kids unhealthy diets. Patterns of childhood eating can be hard to break when we're adults, which may mean that kids of depressed moms end up dying younger.
Personality isn't destiny, and everyone knows that individuals can learn to change. But both studies show that long life isn't just a matter of your physical health but of your mental health.
1.The purpose of the study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society is .
A. to see whether people’s personality affects their life span
B. to find out if one’s lifestyle has any effect on their health
C. to investigate the role of exercise in living a long life
D. to examine all the factors contributing to longevity
2.What does the author imply about outgoing and sympathetic people?
A. They have a good understanding of evolution. B. They are better at negotiating an agreement.
C. They are more likely to get over hardship. D. They generally appear more resourceful.
3.What finding of the study might prove somewhat out of our expectation?
A. Easy-going people can also live a relatively long life.
B. Such characteristics as self-discipline have no effect on longevity.
C. Advantageous personality characteristics actually vary with times.
D. Readiness to accept new ideas helps one enjoy longevity.
4.What is the main idea of this passage?
A. Anger and depression cut one’s life span short. B. Health is in large part related to one’s lifestyle.
C. Personality plays a decisive role in longevity. D. Longevity results from mental and physical health
They like using the Internet. They have lots of pocket money to spend, and they spend a higher proportion of it online than the rest of us. Teenagers are just the sort of people an online seller is interested in, and the things they want to buy games, CDs and clothing are easily sold on the Web.
But paying online is a tricky business for consumers who are too young to own credit cards. Most have to use a parent’s card. They want a service that allows them to spend money.
That may come sooner than they think: new ways to take pocket money into cyber (网络的) space are coming out rapidly on both sides of the Atlantic. If successful, these products can stimulate (刺激)online sales.
In general, teenagers spend huge amounts: $153bn (billion) in the US last year and ￡20bn annually in the UK. Most teenagers have access to the Internet at home or at school 88 percent in the US, 69 percent in the UK. According to the Jupiter Research, one in eight of those with Internet access has bought something online mainly CDs and books.
In most cases, parents pay for these purchases with credit cards, an arrangement that is often unsatisfactory for them and their children. Pressing parents to spend online is less productive than pressing on the high street. They are more likely to ask “Why?” if you ask to spend some money online.
One way to help teenagers change notes and coins into cyber cash is through prepaid cards such as Internet Cash in the US and Smart cards in the UK. Similar to those for pay-as-you-go mobile telephones, they are sold in amounts such as￡20 or $50 with a concealed (隐藏的) 14-digit number that can be used to load the cash into an online account.
1.What does the word “They” in paragraph 1 refer to?
A. Sellers. B. Teenagers C. Buyers. D. Parents.
2.According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Most teenagers in the US and the UK have bought something online.
B. Teenagers pay for goods online with their own credit cards.
C. More than half of the teenagers in the US and the UK have Internet access.
D. Teenagers found it easier to persuade parents to buy online than in a shop.
3.A new way to help teenagers shop online is to use _________.
A. prepaid cards B. special coins and notes
C. a new machine D. pay-as-you-go mobile phones
4.What is the passage mainly about?
A. The arrival of cyber pocket money. B. Internet users in the US and the UK.
C. New credit cards for parents. D. Online shopping traps.
Are you looking for a reading lamp/ If you are, here are some for you to choose from.
Home Design Lamp With Side Reading Light Listed Price: $50 This lamp by Home Design Lighting is suitable to small or medium – side rooms. You can place it in the corner for a living room for mood light. You can also place it next to a tall bookshelf to help show a collection: Standing just over 71 inches tall, the lamp has a black – painted finish and a beautiful plastic shade(灯罩). | Import Wp 48’ Gry Goose Floor Lamp Listed Price: $60 Buy now and get up to 25% off the price! If you are looking for a lamp whose light looks like sunlight, then this is a great one that you should take a close look at. The lamp is best for reading and studying. Of course, it is also useful when you do any office work at night. |
KVART Floor Reading Lamp Listed Price: $ 45 It is certainly not the kind of lamp you want to provide enough light in your rooms. However, it is perfect if you need a floor reading lamp. A long flexible(易弯曲的) neck makes this lamp easy to change directions and direct the light wherever you might need it to be. The lamp is available in various colors as well. | Bell and Howell Brass Tone Sunlight Lamp Listed Price: $70 Buy now and get a 50% discount. This is a great sunlight lamp. It provides visibility to help you see more clearly and comfortably and also helps reduce eyestrain, An energy – efficient 27 watt bulb provides as much light as a l50 watt bulb. The lamp will add a beautiful look to any room. |
1.What do we learn about the first lamp?
A. It has a red appearance. B. It isn’t very bright.
C. It is really worth collecting. D. It shouldn’t be in the sitting room.
2.Which of the following comes in different colors?
A. The KVART Floor Reading Lamp B. The Bell and Howell Brass Tone Sunlight Lamp
C. The Import Wp 48’ Gry Goose Floor Lamp D. The Home Design Lamp With Side Reading Light
3.If you buy an Import Wp 48’ Gry Goose Floor Lamp now, how much do you need to pay?
A. $35 B. $40 C. $50 D. $45
