Linda Spelman was a lawyer who found a new jo...

Linda Spelman was a lawyer who found a new job in a circus. She now works as a trapeze artist, travelling with the circus around the world. Here is an interview with her.

How did you get the job? My father’s a lawyer, so I thought I’d become one, too. Studying law was really hard work.1. When I finally passed my exams, I thought, “I need a break. I want to travel and learn a language.” So I joined a circus. I went to Canada and did a trapeze course and, amazingly, I was good at it.

2. The excitement and the travel. I always wanted to travel and learn languages and I’ve done all of that. Also, I get on really well with circus people. I’ve learned so much about life from them.

Have you made any sacrifices to do this job? No, I haven’t, not really.3. I do miss my family sometimes, but that’s all.

What would you like to do next? I’m 34 now.4. There are Russian trapeze artists still going strong in their fifties.

What advice would you give to someone who wanted to do your job? 5. But generally, I’d say to anyone with a dream, “Go for it! You only live once, so why stay in a boring job?”

A.What do you like most about it?

B.What’s your daily life like?

C.We often do the act in the evening.

D.You need to be fit and strong and have a good head for heights.

E.I’d like to carry on doing this until I’m at least 50.

F.So I took up gymnastics in the evenings to help me relax.

G.I gave up doing something that I hated and I’m doing something that I love.

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阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150左右。

In September 1960, I woke up one morning with six hungry babies and just 75 cents in my pocket. Their father was gone. My boys were from three months to seven years, and their sister was two.

I cleaned up the kids until they looked brand new, and then put on my best homemade dress. I put them into the old car and drove off to find a job. The seven of us went to every factory, store and restaurant in our small town. No luck.

The last place we went to was now called the Big Wheel, and an old lady named Granny owned the place. Finally she told me she needed someone to work from 11 at night to seven in the morning. She paid 65 cents an hour, and I could start that night. I returned and left the children at home.

Then I left to start my new job at the Big Wheel. As the weeks went by, the tires(轮胎)on the old car began to leak(漏气). I had to fill them with air on the way to work and again every morning before I could go home.

One cold fall morning, I dragged myself to the car to go home and found four tires in the back seat. New tires! There was no note, just those beautiful brand new tires.

Christmas was coming, and I knew there would be no money for toys for the kids. So, I found a can of red paint and started repairing and painting some old toys. Then I hid them in the basement so there would be something for Santa to deliver on Christmas morning. Clothes were a worry too. I was sewing patches(补丁)on top of patches on the boys’ pants, and soon they would be too far gone to repair.

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John lost his job last year, but it wasn't long ______ he found a new position in another company.

A. after                     B. while                        C. as                  D. before

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Alice Walker makes her living by writing. And her poems, short stories, and novels have won many prizes for her. She was born in Eatonton, Georgia; she went to public schools there, and then to Spelman College in Atlanta before coming to New York to attend Sarah Lawrence College, from which she graduated in 1965. For a time she lived in Jackson, Mississippi, with her lawyer husband and small daughter.

About Langston Hughes, an American Poet, in her first book for children, she says, “After my first meeting with Langston Hughes, I promised I would write a book for children someday. Why? Because, at twenty-two, I knew next to nothing of his work but he didn’t scold me. He just gave me a pile of his books. And he was kind to me. I will always be thankful that in his warmth he fulfilled my deepest dream (and need) of what a poet should be.”

“To me he is not dead at all. Hardly a day goes by when I don’t think of him or speak of him. Once, just before he died, when he was sick with the flu, I took him a full basket of oranges. The joy I felt in giving that simple gift is undiminished by time. He said he liked oranges, too.”

1.In the passage, Alice Walker is _________.

A.a researcher at Sarah Lawrence College

B.a professor at Sarah Lawrence College

C.a writer of plays for children

D.a prize-winning writer

2.From the passage we can conclude that Alice Walker was twenty-two years old when _________.

A.she moved to Jackson, Mississippi B.she moved to New York

C.she first met with Langston Hughes D.Langston Hughes died

3.What is the meaning of the underlined word in Paragraph 2?

A.speak to someone happily B.speak to someone angrily

C.speak to someone proudly D.speak to someone eagerly.

4.What is the main topic of the passage? _________

A.Alice Walker and her thoughts on Langston Hughes.

B.The childhood of Alice Walker and Langston Hughes.

C.Langston Hughes, American poet.

D.Langston Hughes’ books about Alice Walker.

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Every day, unemployed men gather in Jackson Heights, Queens. Many of them are homeless. All of them are hungry. At around 9:30 each night, Munoz's truck arrives, filled with hot food, coffee and hot chocolate. For more than four years, Munoz and his family have been feeding those in need seven nights a week, 365 days a year. Munoz was born in Colombia and his father died in an accident when he was young. When his mother found it difficult to support Munoz and his sister, she made her way to New York, finding work in Brooklyn as a nurse. As immigrants(移民), they often suffered starvation. Later Munoz found a job as a bus driver. “When I see these guys on the street, it's like seeing me 20 years ago when I came to this country,” Munoz recalls.

Munoz began his meal program-An Angel in Queens-in the summer of 2004.Within a few months, Munoz and his mother were preparing 20 home-cooked meals daily. Numbers gradually increased over the years to 35 per night, then 60.In recent months, that number has jumped to as many as 140 meals a night. Munoz gets up around 5:00 a.m.to drive his bus route, and he calls home on his breaks to see how the cooking is going. When he gets home around 5:30 p.m.—often stopping to pick up food donations-he helps pack up meals before heading out to “his corner” in Jackson Heights. “He comes here without fail,” says one of the men. “It could be cold, it could be really hot, but he's here.” Watch Munoz in action in Queens, New York.

“If I don't go, I'm going to feel bad,” he says. “I know they're going to be waiting for me.”

Munoz estimates(估计)that food and gas cost approximately$400 to 450 a week; he and his family are funding the operation through their savings and his weekly$700 paycheck. Asked why he spends so much time to help people he doesn't know, he answers, “I have a stable job, my mom, my family, a house...everything I want, I have. And these guys don't”. So I just think, 'OK,I have the food. At least for today they're going to have a meal to eat.’”

Munoz was named one of the CNN heroes.

1.Why did Munoz's mother leave Colombia for New York?

A.Because Munoz's father worked in New York.

B.Because they were not used to the life in Colombia.

C.Because she couldn't support the family in Colombia.

D.Because she was born in New York.

2.As immigrants, Munoz's family　　　　　　

A.were often helped by the government B.often went hungry

C.were looked down upon D.went begging in the street

3.Which word can be used to describe Munoz?

A.Lucky. B.Kind. C.Adventurous. D.Devoted.

4.What is the main idea of the text?

A.A bus driver provided free home-cooked meals.

B.God helps those who help themselves.

C.The government helped immigrants.

D.CNN heroes were asked to help immigrants.

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A new study has found evidence of aggressive(富于攻击性的)behaviors in children who drink four or more servings of soft drinks every day. Information for the study came from the mothers of 3, 000 5-year-olds.

Researchers asked the women to keep a record of how many servings of soft drinks their children drank over a two-month period. The women were also asked to complete a checklist of their children’s behaviors.

The researchers found that 43 percent of the boys and girls drank at least one daily serving of soda, 4 percent of the youngsters had four or more servings of soda to drink every day.

Shakira Suglia is with Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health in New York City. She worked on the study with researchers from the University of Vermont and Harvard University School of Public Health. She says they found that children who drank the most soda were more than two times as likely as those who drank no soda to show signs of aggression.

“For the children who consumed four or more servings of soft drinks per day, we see an association between aggressive behaviors, attention problems and withdrawn behaviors. ”

The aggressive behaviors included destroying possessions belonging to others, taking part in fights and physically attacking people.

Doctor Suglia says it’s not clear why young children who drink a lot of soda have behavior problems.

“We can’t prove that this is a direct cause and effect relationship, having said that, there are a lot of ingredients in soda, a lot of ingredients that have not been examined in relation to behaviors. ”

Earlier studies of young adults have found the highest sugar levels in those who carry weapons and show signs of negative social behaviors.

1.What’s the main idea of the second paragraph?

A. The aim of the research.

B. The members of the research.

C. The method of the research.

D. The organizer of the research.

2.Which of the following is TRUE about the study?

A. Researchers had face-to-face talks with some children.

B. Mothers played an important part in the study.

C. Half of the children drank one daily serving of soda.

D. The result of the study is unknown.

3.What does the underlined word mean?

A. Bought.　　 B. Drank.　　 C. Fought.　　 D. Studied.

4.What can we learn from Doctor Suglia?

A. The relation between aggressive behaviors and soft drinks is not clear.

B. Children who drink a lot of soda must have behavior problems.

C. There are a lot of ingredients examined in relation to behaviors.

D. Children shouldn’t drink soda.

高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

The new China was founded in 1949, ______ great changes have taken place.

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One young person, who was well educated, went for a job as a manager in a big company. The president did the final ___.

He discovered the youth was ____ and felt satisfied. Then the president asked who paid for his school fees. The youth answered, “My mother did it. She worked as a clothes ____.”

The president requested the youth to ____ his hands. So the youth did. They were smooth. Then he asked, “Have you ever ____ your mother wash the clothes before?” The youth answered, “Never, my mother always wanted me to ____.”

“Go and clean your mother’s ___ when you go back today, and then ____ me tomorrow morning,” the president said _____.

The youth felt his chance of getting the job was high, so when he went back, he ____ requested his mother to let him clean her hands. However, his tears fell ____ he cleaned his mother’s hands slowly. It was the first time he had ____ that his mother’s hands were so wrinkled (布满皱纹的). After that, the youth didn’t say a word and washed all the remaining clothes for his mother ___. That night, Mother and Son ____ for a very long time, longer than any talk before.

The next ____, the youth went to the president’s office. The president noticed the tears in the youth’s eyes and asked: “Please tell me how you _____ about helping your mother.” The youth said, “Number One, I know now what _____ is. Without my mother, I wouldn’t be successful today. Number Two, by helping my mother, I realize how _____ it is to get something done. Number Three, I’ve come to realize the _____ of family relationship.”

The president said, “You are ____. This is what I’m looking for to be my manager.”

1.A. election　　 B. test　　 C. interview　　 D. competition

2.A. strong　　 B. excellent　　 C. humorous　　 D. cute

3.A. maker　　 B. cleaner　　 C. mender　　 D. seller

4.A. wash　　 B. hide　　 C. show　　 D. dry

5.A. found　　 B. let　　 C. helped　　 D. watched

6.A. study　　 B. ignore　　 C. work　　 D. rest

7.A. clothes　　 B. hands　　 C. feet　　 D. shoes

8.A. see　　 B. move　　 C. recognize　　 D. answer

9.A. on purpose　　 B. in patience　　 C. by chance　　 D. at last

10.A. carefully　　 B. nervously　　 C. happily　　 D. shyly

11.A. after　　 B. until　　 C. because　　 D. as

12.A. believed　　 B. sensed　　 C. noticed　　 D. expected

13.A. quietly　　 B. sadly　　 C. excitedly　　 D. angrily

14.A. thought　　 B. slept　　 C. sat　　 D. talked

15.A. morning　　 B. noon　　 C. afternoon　　 D. evening

16.A. worried　　 B. felt　　 C. brought　　 D. spoke

17.A. courage　　 B. appreciation　　 C. success　　 D. family

18.A. important　　 B. difficult　　 C. different　　 D. impossible

19.A. value　　 B. secret　　 C. type　　 D. change

20.A. educated　　 B. respected　　 C. trusted　　 D. hired

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One young person, who was well educated, went for a job as a manager in a big company. The president did the final _______.

He discovered the youth was _______ and felt satisfied. Then the president asked who paid for his school fees. The youth answered, “My mother did it. She worked as a clothes _______.”

The president requested the youth to _______ his hands. So the youth did. They were smooth. Then he asked, “Have you ever _______ your mother wash the clothes before?” The youth answered, “Never, my mother always wanted me to _______.”

“Go and clean your mother’s _______ when you go back today, and then _______ me tomorrow morning,” the president said _______.

The youth felt his chance of getting the job was high, so when he went back, he ________ requested his mother to let him clean her hands. However, his tears fell ________ he cleaned his mother’s hands slowly. It was the first time he had ________ that his mother’s hands were so wrinkled (布满皱纹的). After that, the youth didn’t say a word and washed all the remaining clothes for his mother ________. That night, Mother and Son ________ for a very long time, longer than any talk before.

The next ________, the youth went to the president’s office. The president noticed the tears in the youth’s eyes and asked: “Please tell me how you ________ about helping your mother.” The youth said, “Number One, I know now what ________ is. Without my mother, I wouldn’t be successful today. Number Two, by helping my mother, I realize how ________ it is to get something done. Number Three, I’ve come to realize the ________ of family relationship.”

The president said, “You are ________. This is what I’m looking for to be my manager.”

1.A.election B.test C.interview D.competition

2.A.strong B.excellent C.humorous D.cute

3.A.maker B.cleaner C.mender D.seller

4.A.wash B.hide C.show D.dry

5.A.found B.let C.helped D.watched

6.A.study B.ignore C.work D.rest

7.A.clothes B.hands C.feet D.shoes

8.A.see B.move C.recognize D.answer

9.A.on purpose B.in patience C.by chance D.at last

10.A.carefully B.nervously C.happily D.shyly

11.A.after B.until C.because D.as

12.A.believed B.sensed C.noticed D.expected

13.A.quietly B.sadly C.excitedly D.angrily

14.A.thought B.slept C.sat D.talked

15.A.morning B.noon C.afternoon D.evening

16.A.worried B.felt C.brought D.spoke

17.A.courage B.appreciation C.success D.family

18.A.important B.difficult C.different D.impossible

19.A.value B.secret C.type D.change

20.A.educated B.respected C.trusted D.hired

高一英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

A foreign degree was once believed to be a sure path to a well-paid job. However, more and more graduates have found that this is not necessarily true.

The number of Chinese studying abroad grew at a slower rate in 2018 compared with 2017, according to a recent report released by the Ministry of Education. In 2018, 662,100 Chinese went abroad to study, up 8.83 percent from a year earlier, while the growth rate was 11.7 percent in 2017.

A major reason for the slower growth is that more and more students have realized that overseas study does not necessarily guarantee a well-paid job, reported China Daily.

According to a 2018 report by the Center for China and Globalization (CCG), about a third of graduate returnees to China earn less than 6,000 yuan a month, while 25 percent make between 6,000 and 8,000 yuan a month.

For example, Lucy Liu, a woman from Beijing, was disappointed after being interviewed by a famous film studio in Beijing. She had just finished her postgraduate (研究生) studies in documentary production at New York University in the United States.

“The pay would be 150,000 yuan for one documentary, and at best I could finish one documentary a year,” Liu told South China Morning Post.

“After spending so much on my studies, I couldn’t accept that pay,” said Liu. She spent about 1 million yuan in tuition and living expenses while studying abroad.

Worse still, it takes over four months for over 50 percent of returned students to land a job, and only 20 percent get job offers before graduation, according to Qi Bin, from Haiwei Career Services, a company that specializes in employment for returnees.

Two major reasons are that they often miss the main job-seeking season while they’re abroad and they lack internship experience, Qi told China Daily.

However, this doesn’t mean studying overseas is useless.

On the contrary, it may provide students with good language and communication skills, an independent character and a global mindset, which are important for their career development, according to Qi.

“Studying overseas cannot guarantee everything, but foreign-educated students have great potential, and at some point their break will come,” Li Qing, a researcher from CCG, told the South China Morning Post.

1.What does the report by the Ministry of Education tell us?

A.Fewer students returned to China after studying overseas in 2018.

B.The growth of Chinese students studying abroad slowed in 2018.

C.Fewer Chinese students went to foreign universities in 2018.

D.More Chinese students found good jobs after studying abroad in 2018.

2.The example of Lucy Liu proves mainly that ______.

A.an overseas degree doesn’t guarantee a good salary

B.the cost of studying abroad is too great for an ordinary family

C.foreign-educated students earn less than those who studied at home

D.it takes a long time to produce a good documentary

3.What does Qi Bin think of studying abroad?

A.It is a waste of students’ time and money.

B.It gives students better internship chances.

C.It limits the possibility of students’ getting jobs that interest them.

D.It provides students with useful skills for their career development.

4.How does Li Qing feel about the future of foreign-educated students?

A.Worried. B.Unsure. C.Positive. D.Challenged.

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