Long long ago there lived an administrator(管理者) who often thought, "Nothing good can come to a town or a village whose people only complain and expect others to solve their problems. "One day, he had an idea to teach people a lesson.
The administrator dressed up and went to a village nearby. He placed a large stone in the middle of the main street and hid gold coins under the stone. Then he hid behind a huge maple tree and watched.
The first person who came along the street was a milkman with his cart. He crashed into the stone, spilling the milk everywhere. "What fool put this stone here?" he shouted. He picked himself up and angrily went away.
A moment later, a group of women down the street, each balanced a pot of water on her head. One woman tripped over the stone and her water pot went crashing to the ground. She picked herself up and limed away in tears. Neither she nor her friends thought about moving the stone out of the road.
The administrator kept watching all day as many people complained about the stone, but he found nobody making an attempt to move it. The administrator was deeply disappointed. "Is there no one this village who feels it very important to keep their neighbors from harm
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Just then, a young girl was coming along.
The administrator stepped out from behind the tree,
Tai chi chuan or Chinese boxing, is ancient and distinctive Chinese form of exercise is popular throughout the world. As exercise, tai chi chuan is designed (provide) relaxation in the process of body-conditioning exercise and is drawn from the principles of taiji, notably with the harmonizing of the yin and yang, respectively the active principles. It employs flowing, rhythmic, deliberate movements, with carefully appointed stance（s 站姿）and (position), but in practice no two masters teach the system (exact) alike. As a mode of attack and(defend), tai chi chuan is properly considered a martial art, (resemble) kung fu. It may be used with or weapons.
Freehand exercise to promote health (practise) in China as early as the 3rd century, and, by the 5th century, monks of Shaolin Temple were performing exercises imitating the five creatures: bear, bird, deer, monkey, and tiger. The snake was added (late), and, by the early Ming Dynasty, the yin and yang principles had been added to harmonize the whole. An assimilation（同化）of these developments, the art of tai chi chuan was systemized and named in the early Qing Dynasty.
Even though this is not the greatest act of kindness, I still think that I was able to make someone's day brighter. My family and I (be) together enjoying Sunday afternoon. My father had just given me my allowance（零花钱）of 100 dollars, I was planning to save in order to buy a phone case. That afternoon we went to church since we hadn't gone for a long time. We entered and sat on one of the wooden (bench). Time went by quickly, and soon we were leaving.
Outside the church, there was old, poor woman asking for money. She seemed to be (home). No one was giving her any money, and I felt the need (help) her. I remembered that my dad once told me, “You shouldn't give any money people on the streets. If they want money so badly, they should get a job.” I thought to myself, “there's no way this woman can get a job (easy).” So I carefully approached the woman and gave her the 100 dollars I (give) earlier. In the end, she looked at me and smiled while (say) “thank you.” I really felt like I was able to improve that lady's day.
If you could have one superpower, what would it be?
Dreaming about whether you would want to read minds, see through walls, or have superhuman strength may sound silly, but it actually gets to the heart of what really matters in your life.
Every day in our work, we are inspired by the people we meet doing extraordinary things to improve the world.
They have a different kind of superpower that all of us possess: the power to make a difference in the lives of others.
We're not saying that everyone needs to contribute their lives to the poor. Your lives are busy enough doing homework, playing sports, making friends, seeking after your dreams. But we do think that you can live a more powerful life when you devote some of your time and energy to something much larger than yourself. Find an issue you are interested in and learn more. Volunteer or, if you can, contribute a little money to a cause. Whatever you do, don’t be a bystander. Get involved. You may have the opportunity to make your biggest difference when you’re older. But why not start now?
Our own experience working together on health, development, and energy the last twenty years has been one of the most rewarding parts of our lives. It has changed who we are and continues to fuel our optimism about how much the lives of the poorest people will improve in the years ahead.
When people make travel decisions regarding destinations, recreation usually sits at the top of the most considered factors. But in recent years, with a rising awareness of health, travelers are beginning to upgrade their expectations. They want a place where they can relax and do some sports with local features, which can explain the emergence of a sports tourism market.
We have selected several places around China that have a perfect combination of recreation and health, in case that is what you have in mind for your next holiday.
Beijing Olympic Park
Located at the north end of the Beijing central axis line, Beijing Olympic Park witnessed the glory of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Apart from visiting the renowned Bird's Nest and Water Cube, you can try some leisure and sports activities.
Wanlong Ski Resort, North China's Hebei Province
Wanlong Ski Resort in North China's Hebei Province is nicknamed "heaven for ski lovers". The 2022 Winter Olympics will be held here, which will boost ski development and tourism activities in Hebei Province. If you happen to be a skiing fan, try the professional trails here!
Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center, East China's Shandong Province
The Olympic Sailing Center has become a new landmark in Qingdao, a coastal city in East China's Shandong Province. It was a host venue of the sailing games for the 29th Olympics in 2008 and the 13th Paralymic Games. You could visit the match venue and enjoy a cruise around Qingdao.
Zhangye in Northwest China's Gansu Province
Hot-air balloons glide across the Danxia landform during the first hot-air balloon festival in Zhangye, Northwest China's Gansu Province, July 20, 2019. The unique Danxia landform in Zhangye features multicolored ridges of weathered strata. Visitors can not only be impressed by the natural wonders here, but also can try hot-air balloons, helicopters and powered parachutes.
The service at Holiday Hotel failed to live up to its ________.
A ． reform B ． reputation C ． reality D ． resource
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Contact: Joseph Smith
City: Little Rock
Post code: 72223
Posted in: Little Rock Restaurant
Job purpose: the primary purpose of this position is to create a unique and personal experience for Buffalo Wild Wings' guests by effectively presenting food and drink options in a friendly and enthusiastic manner.
Your questions：
1．Height and age limitation?
2．Working experience?
3．Parttime or fulltime?
4．Work days per week?
5．Pay?
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May I ask a question after class，Sir？
_______，but not during my lunch break．（ ）
A．I'm sorry B．Anytime C．Certainly D．Go ahead
Regret can be a terrible addiction.Those who suffer from it so often become bitter and full of self-pity.It is an emotion that serious entrepreneurs（企业家）cannot afford,they must keep moving ahead and should not look back.As Alexander Graham Bell,inventor of the telephone said: when one door closes,another opens,but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.
Entrepreneurs must learn to manage the conflict between constant experiment,which means lots of painful mistakes and a fear of failure,which can lead to paralysis（能力丧失）.
Likewise,past glory can be a killer.For example,Greg Dyke,who is a clever fellow,still looks back too much to his resignation as director-general of the BBC.He should move on and stop complaining about the injustice of it all. And Tim Waterstone should give up trying to buy back his bookshop chain,which he finally left more than lo years ago.He has tried to repurchase it at least five times.
By all means treasure experience and learn from your failure,but don't put yourself in the past sadness.Rather,go ahead and seize the day no matter what it is.I have little time for those who say: I wish I had started my own business. My only response is: so do it now.
28.According to Paragraph 1,regret can make one feel .
A.bitter and self-pity B.upset and hopeless C.disappointed and scared D.confident and brave
29.It can be concluded from Bell's words that .
A.one should learn from others B.shouldn't forget the past
C.one should keep moving ahead D.life often gives us many challenges
30.When entrepreneurs face conflict,they will experience .
A.arguments and failure B.mistakes and fear C.choices and changes D.encouragement and confusion
31.What is the main idea of the text?
A.One should feel regret about the past. B.One should give oneself opportunity.
C.One should act now and look into the future. D.One should be confident about the past.
A. procedure B. transplant C. attempt D. native E. extinct F. prohibited
G. worth H. appreciate I. reintroduce J. undertaken K. groundbreaking
With only about 1,000 pandas left in the world, China is desperately trying to clone the animal and save the endangered species. That’s a move similar to what a Texas A&M University researchers have 41 for the past five years in a project called “Noah’s Ark.”
Noah’s Ark is aimed at collecting eggs, embryos (胚胎), semen and DNA of endangered animals and storing them in liquid nitrogen. If certain species should become 42 , Dr. Duane Kraemer, a professor in Texas A&M’s College of Veterinary Medicine, says there would be enough of the basic building blocks to 43 the species in the future.
It is estimated that as many as 2,000 species of mammals, birds, reptiles will face extinction in over 100 years. The panda, 44 only to China, is in danger of extinction in the next 25 years.
This week, Chinese scientists said they grew an embryo by introducing cells from a dead female panda into the egg cells of a Japanese white rabbit. They are now trying to 45 the embryo into a host animal.
The entire 46 could take from three to five years to complete.
“The nuclear transfer of one species to another is not easy, and the lack of available panda eggs could be a major problem,” Kraemer believes. “They will probably have to do several hundred transfers to result in one pregnancy (怀孕). It takes a long time and it’s difficult, but this could be
47 science if it works. They are certainly not putting any live pandas at risk, so it is
48 the effort,” adds Kraemer, who is one of the leaders of the project at Texas A&M, the first-ever 49 at cloning a dog.
“They are trying to do something that’s never been done, and this is very similar to our work in Noah’s Ark. We’re both trying to save animals that face extinction. I certainly 50 their effort and there’s a lot we can learn from what they are attempting to do. It’s a research that is very much needed.”
Mr. Smith, ____ of the ___ speech, started to read a novel.
A. tired; boring B. tiring; bored C. tired; bored D. tiring; boring
LONDON(Reuters)—Quiet please—Britain’s Queen Elizabeth is preparing to have her swans counted.
Buckingham Palace has announced that the annual Swan Upping，a tradition dating back to the 12th century which involves a census of the swan population on the River Thames，will be conducted by the Queen’s official Swan Marker from July 20—24.
“With the assistance of the Queen’s Swan Warden，Professor Christopher Perrins of the University of Oxford，the swans and young cygnets(小天鹅) are also assessed for any signs of injury or disease，” Buckingham Palace said in announcing the count.
The process involves the Swan Marker，David Barber，rowing up the Thames for five days with the Swan Warden in traditional skiffs while wearing special scarlet uniforms and counting，weighing and measuring swans and cygnets.
It may seem eccentric，but it is very important to the Queen.According to custom，Britain’s sovereign owns all unmarked，mute swans in open water，but the Queen now exercises the right only on stretches of the Thames and its nearby tributaries.
In medieval times，the Swan Marker would not only travel up the river counting the swans，but would catch as many as possible as they were soughtafter for banquets and feasts.
This year，the Swan Marker and the Swan Warden are particularly keen to discover how much damage is being caused to swans and cygnets by attacks from dogs and from discarded fishing tackle (渔具)．
It is also an important year because Queen Elizabeth has decided to join her team of Swan Uppers for part of the census.She will follow them up the river and visit a local school project on the whole subject of swans，cygnets and Thames.
“Education and conservation are essential to the role of Swan Upping and the involvement of school children is always a rewarding experience，” Buckingham Palace said.
68．In medieval times，________.
A．swans were better protected than now
B．a lot of swans were killed by dogs
C．swans were a delicious dish on royal banquets
D．common people could catch the swans
69．We can infer from the passage that the process of counting the swans________.
A．remains almost unchanged in the past years
B．involves a lot of royal members
C．sometimes lasts longer than before
D．is always guarded by special soldiers
70．Which of the following is the main idea of the passage?
A．Britain’s Queen is concerned about swans.
B．Britain’s Queen orders a count of swans.
C．An old tradition in Buckingham Palace.
D．Queen Elizabeth will count swans herself.
71．The underlined word “tributaries” can be best replaced by________.
A．districts B．banks
C．trees D．branches
Lessons can be learned to face the future, ________ history cannot be changed.
A. though B. as C. since D. unless
"Please read this," my three-year-old Claire said one day, pointing to a page with an old children's song: "Do you know how to plant cabbages". In blue ink, someone had crossed out cabbages and written "Watermelons!"
"Daddy! Did you do that?" Claire asked, looking up with an expression of shock. We had only recently asked her not to write in books, and suddenly here was proof that her parents weren't practicing what they asked. I told her it was written by my grandfather and sat down to tell the story.
I grew up on Granddad’s farm in Nebraska, America. One afternoon, I decided to plant some watermelons.
"Hmm, there's a crop I haven't tried!" Granddad smiled. "Let's do it now!"
With Granddad’s help I planted the seeds.
The next morning, I found a big watermelon there. I knew it was Granddad that put a watermelon there and I thought he had played a joke on me.
Later that month, Granddad gave me a book. "For school," he said seriously. I opened it to where he'd written "Watermelons!" and laughed at another of his jokes.
Claire listened quietly to the story and asked to plant seeds too, so I took her to buy some seeds. On the walk home, I realized for the first time that Granddad could have met my childish enthusiasm with some disappointing facts such as that watermelons don't grow well in Nebraska or that it was too late to plant them anyway. But instead of doing that, he had stolen back into town that afternoon and bought the biggest melon on the market. That night, after I was asleep, he had awkwardly unloaded it and, with a painful bend, placed it exactly above my seeds. He made sure I experienced the "wow."
I had always thought the midnight miracle（奇迹）was just one of Granddad’s jokes. Now I realized he had planted hope that day. As Claire planted the seeds happily, I watched my grandfather's joy take fresh root in her life. And that was the biggest miracle of all.
28. Claire was shocked at the mark on the page because_____.
A. her great-grandfather did something her parents forbad
B. someone preferred watermelons to cabbages
C. she thought her parents didn't act as they said
D. there should be a mistake in the book
29. Why did Granddad put a watermelon where the author planted seeds?
A. Because he didn't want to waste the watermelon.
B. Because he didn't want to disappoint the author.
C. Because he wanted to make fun of the author.
D. Because he wanted the author to be a farmer.
30. Which of the following best describes Granddad?
A. Talented and reliable. B. Generous and patient.
C. Determined and happy. D. Caring and humorous.
31. What's the best title for the text?
A. Grandfather's great love B. Set children a good example
C. The day we planted hope D. Happy memories of childhood
It was a winter morning, just a couple of weeks before Christmas 2005.While most people were warming up their cars, Trevor, my husband, had to get up early to ride his bike four kilometers away from home to work. On arrival, he parked his bike outside the back door as he usually does. After putting in 10 hours of work, he returned to find his bike gone.
The bike, a black Kona 18 speed, was our only transport. Trevor used it to get to work, putting in 60-hour weeks to support his young family. And the bike was also used to get groceries（食品杂货），saving us from having to walk long distances from where we live.
I was so sad that someone would steal our bike that I wrote to the newspaper and told them our story. Shortly after that, several people in our city offered to help. One wonderful stranger even bought a bike, then called my husband to pick it up. Once again my husband had a way to get to and from his job. It really is an honor that a complete stranger would go out of their way for someone they have never met before.
People say that a smile can be passed from one person to another, but acts of kindness from strangers are even more so. This experience has had a spreading effect in our lives because it made our confidence in humanity（人性）as a whole. And it has influenced（影响） us to be more mindful of ways we can share with others. No matter how big or how small, an act of kindness shows that someone cares. And the results can be everlasting.
24. Why was the bike so important to the couple?
A.The man"s job was bike racing.B.It was there only possession
C.It was a nice Kona18 speed.D.They used it for work and daily life.
25. We can learn from the text that .
A.the couple worked 60 hours a week. B.people were busy before Christmas
C.the stranger brought over the bike. D.life was hard for the young family.
26. How did people get to know the couple"s problem?
A.From radio broadcasts. B.From a newspaper. C.From TV news. D.From a stranger.
27. What do the couple learn from their experience?
A.Strangers are usually of little help. B.One should take care of their bike.
C.News reports make people famous. D.An act of kindness can mean a lot.
