Shawn Dromgoole is a 29-year-old black man wh...

Shawn Dromgoole is a 29-year-old black man who has lived in the same neighborhood his entire life. His family has been in the neighborhood for 54 years. But Dromgoole said that since he was a child, he felt an unease in his hometown, strongly aware that few people looked like him.

“Growing up in my neighborhood, I could always feel the eyes, the looks and the cars slowing down as they passed by me, ” said Dromgoole, who was recently told to stay away from his job temporarily because of the epidemic (疫情) .

As a young man, Dromgoole watched from his window as the neighborhood gradually changed before his eyes: Black families moved out and white families moved in. With each passing year, he felt more and more unwelcome, he said.

Those feelings grew in recent weeks when he heard about Ahmaud Arbery, a black man who was out jogging in Georgia when he was shot to death, and then George Floyd, a black man killed while in police custody (羁押) in Minneapolis. “What happened to these men could easily happen to me,” said Dromgoole. “I became scared to walk past my porch.”

There were also frequent postings on Nextdoor, an app that connects neighbors, warning residents to look out for “suspicious black men,” he said. Filled with fear, Dromgoole took to Facebook and Nextdoor, deciding to finally share his own post. “Yesterday, I wanted to walk around my neighborhood but the fear of not returning home to my family alive kept me on my front porch,” he wrote.

Unexpectedly, responses from his community started pouring in. Neighbors, none of whom Dromgoole had ever spoken with, asked if they could join him on a walk. “Neighbor, after neighbor, after neighbor started reaching out, telling me they wanted to walk with me,” he said.

Last Thursday afternoon, Dromgoole notified his neighbors that he was going for a walk at 6 p. m, and anyone who wanted to join him was welcome.

Dromgoole tied his shoes, ventured (冒险) off his porch and walked to the meeting spot in a nearby parking lot.

There he found 75 people waiting for him.

1.According to the passage,which of the following is NOT true?

A.Dromgoole lives in the same neighborhood for a long time.

B.Dromgoole was out of work recently at his advanced age.

C.Dromgoole felt anxious and unwelcome in his hometown.

D.Dromgoole’s neighborhood has changed a lot before his eyes.

2.What does the author mean by mentioning the two things in Paragraph 4?

A.The racial discrimination(歧视)is in existence in Dromgool’s country.

B.People who were out jogging in Georgia is likely to be shot.

C.The police in Minneapolis has no right to kill people.

D.The human rights should be respected in Dromgool’s country.

3.Dromgoole shared his own post on Facebook and Nextdoor to_________.

A.persuade his neighbors to walk with him

B.show his will to make friends with others

C.express his fear of probably being hurt

D.promote the development of his community

4.What do you think the author’s feeling is after he found 75 people waiting for him?

A.amazed B.frightened

C.puzzled D.indifferent

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Lin Hanxing is a 30-year-old who lives in Beijing. She owns just five shirts, two pairs of pants, four pairs of shoes and a few other things. It's hard to believe that only five years ago, Lin was one of those people who couldn't stop buying stuff. Back then, she had more than 400 pieces of clothing and handbags

But that was before she saw an online challenge in 2014, introduced by Joshua Becker, a blogger in the United States who was promoting(推广) a minimalist lifestyle(极简生活方式). He encouraged people to reduce the number of their belongings to fewer than 100. Lin wasn’t strongly against it, so she got rid of 90 percent of her stuff. She also deleted(删除) 120 contacts she never spoke to from her social networking account. After doing all that, Lin said she felt “lighter”.

We used to think owning more was the way to lead a rich life. But now many people tend to believe that the opposite is also true--and perhaps truer.

According to US sociologist Joel Stillerman, people who are educated and well-off are more likely to have a minimalist lifestyle. “These people are making the statement: ‘I can afford to have less.’,”he said.

But leading a minimalist lifestyle doesn't mean spending less. A report by UK market research company Euromonitor found young Chinese people spend less on possessions, but more on short holidays and visits to the movies.

“They are looking for a life that is all about culture,” Alison Angus, head of lifestyles at Euromonitor, said about Chinese youth.

So perhaps it all comes down to how we define(定义) “rich”. Is wealth in life about buying more and owning more, or is it about having a more colorful life?

1.The author mentioned the change of Lin Hanxing to _______.

A.introduce the minimalist lifestyle

B.encourage us readers to buy less

C.explain the popularity of owning less

D.explain the importance of a new lifestyle

2.What’s Lin Hanxing’s attitude towards the online challenge in the beginning?

A.She was very fond of it.

B.She thought it worth a try.

C.She was strongly against it.

D.She thought it must be painful.

3.According to the passage, young Chinese people care more about _______.

A.possessions B.culture

C.education D.clothes

4.If one is rich, he is more likely to _______.

A.spend less B.buy more

C.own less D.experience more

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--- Who is the man  ___________here?

--- Mr. Black.

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Michael Shirazi is a 67-year-old American who has been feeding more than 150 homeless cats in Shanghai for the past eight years. Every night, he leaves his home at 11:00 pm and takes 20 kilos of cat food to the street feeding the homeless cats. So he is called by people "the king of homeless cats".

Eight years ago, Michael came to Shanghai for his family's business. At that time, he was a successful businessman. Until one day after living in Shanghai for a year, a homeless cat he named "short tail" came into his life. He still remembers the night when he saw "short tail" and the way it searched for food in the garbage can for her and her newborn babies. He had pity on "short tail" and brought it food and water. Since then, he has been feeding more and more homeless cats. He even shut down his company and closed his family business because of it.

These homeless cats have brought many happy moments to Michael. Every time they see him, they jump with excitement and kiss him. But unfortunately, his wife left him because he no longer managed his family business and spent nearly 10, 000 yuan a month on cat food. Though all the things happened to Michael, he still leaves his home on time every night.

Michael said: "My experience makes me feel that people are made of love. We must return our love to the world so that we can find our inner(内心的) peace." This is the happiness he gets every night when he's on his way to feeding food: feeling loved and needed.

1.Why do people call Michael "the king of homeless cats"? ______

A.He plays with homeless cats. B.He raises homeless cats at home.

C.He takes photos of homeless cats. D.He gives food to homeless cats.

2.When did Michael start feeding homeless cats? ______

A.Before he came to Shanghai. B.After meeting "short tail".

C.When he was 62 years old. D.After closing his family business.

3.What can we infer from paragraph 3? ______

A.Homeless cats love and trust Michael. B.Michael's wife strongly supported him.

C.Michael made money by selling cat food. D.The feeding will never continue any more.

4.Which of the following can best describe Michael? ______

A.Kind and generous. B.Ordinary and shy.

C.Helpful and calm. D.Brilliant and serious.

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Kieron Graham has known from a young age that he was adopted. While he loves his adoptive family, he has always wondered about his birth mother and brother. When his adoptive mom gave him a DNA test tool, they both hoped it might lead to his birth family. But neither guessed it would work so quickly, or that when it did, Graham would learn he and his long-lost brother may have crossed paths every day.

It took just one week from the time Graham, a college student at Georgia's Kennesaw State University, received his DNA results on Ancestry.com for him to connect with his brother. Graham's DNA results showed that his closest match was a man named Vincent Ghant, and it turned out Ghant lived just a few minutes away.

Graham reached out and learned that the two were in fact long-lost brothers. Their mother, Shawn Ghant, made the difficult decision to place Kieron in adoptive care when he was just a baby. And she has worried and wondered about her youngest son ever since. Graham has since been reunited with his mother and both of his brothers on his mother's side.

“It’s all surreal(离奇的), too many emotions to describe exactly what I’m feeling about the entire situation, but it’s a good situation,” Graham tells MNN.

As fate would have it, Kieron and Vincent are both students at Kennesaw State. They even have the same major: political science. So it's a safe bet the two crossed paths many times over the past three years. And now, thanks to some DNA sleuthing(筛查), the two will cross paths many more times in the years to come.

“We’re getting together on Christmas with everyone, birth mother included,” Graham says. “That's sure to be a very indelible Christmas indeed, which will always be treasured by us.”

1.According to the passage, Graham ___________.

A.is quite familiar with his birth family

B.relied on a website to find his birth family

C.happens to be working in Ancestry.com

D.is studying engineering in the state university

2.What can we infer from the third paragraph?

A.It was hard for Shawn to place her son in adoptive care.

B.Graham has three adoptive brothers on his mother’s side.

C.It was too difficult for the whole family to get united.

D.Shawn Ghant loves her older sons more.

3.What does Graham probably think of his experience?

A.Unbelievable and exciting. B.Surprising but common.

C.Undoubted and inspiring. D.Moving but painful.

4.What does the underlined word “indelible” in the last paragraph mean?

A.Normal. B.Silent. C.Traditional. D.Unforgettable.

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In many ways, Alma Deutscher is like other 11-year-olds. She loves to climb trees, dance, read, and draw. But Alma, who lives in Dorking, England, has made one very special achievement. She has composed a full opera and brought it to the stage. Her opera, a retelling of Cinderella (灰姑娘), premiered (首次演出) in December 2016, in Vienna, Austria.

“I’ve loved Cinderella since I was 3,” Alma said. But she felt the story needed an improvement. “I didn’t like the thing about the shoe,” she says. “Why should the prince find her because of her feet?”

In Alma’s version (版本), Cinderella is a composer. She creates a melody (旋律) that she sings to the prince before fleeing the ball. “He remembers the beginning but not how it went on,” Alma says. The prince realizes that only Cinderella would know how the melody continues. He uses that knowledge to find her.

Alma began writing the opera when she was 8. It premiered on December 29, 2016, and the audience stood up and cheered. Alma played the piano and violin and performed in the show. “It was something that was completely inside my head, in my imagination, and then it came to life,” Alma says.

Alma says she is sure that music will remain a major part of her life. “I have lots of things that I want to compose,” she says. “The first one is a piano concerto (协奏曲). Then I’m writing a novel, and I want to write a movie based on it, and the music for that.”

She also has advice for kids who want to achieve their big dreams. “It’s a lot of work to reach a high level,” Alma says. “But if you love what you are doing, it doesn’t feel like hard work. Don’t let anyone stop you from doing it.”

1.What does the author mostly want to tell us about Alma Deutscher in Paragraph 1?

A.She is a cute girl. B.She lives in Vienna Austria.

C.She has a special music talent. D.She is always ready to help others.

2.What can we learn from Alma’s version of Cinderella?

A.The prince knows how the melody continues.

B.The prince finds Cinderella because of a melody.

C.The prince finds Cinderella because of her shoes.

D.The prince sings a melody to Cinderella before her fleeing the ball.

3.How was the performance of Alma’s Opera Cinderella?

A.It was a great success. B.It disappointed the audience.

C.It set a good example for other kids. D.It was something in Alma’s imagination.

4.What can we learn from Alma’s advice to other kids in the last paragraph?

A.Knowledge is power. B.A good beginning is half done.

C.Failure is the mother of success. D.Nothing is difficult if you’re enthusiastic.

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The handsome man is my uncle ________ overcoat is black and white.

A. who　　　 B. that　　 C. whose　　 D. his

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-----Who’s the man over there?Is it Mr.Black?

——It______be him.He’s much taller.

A.may not　　　　　 B.can’t　　　　 C.will not　　　　 D.mustn’t

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In China, Double Eleven Shopping Day is approaching. And there is a similar case in the United States—Black Friday. It has been regarded as the beginning of the holiday shopping season. Although it’s not an official holiday, millions of employers give their employees the day off, and many people use that day to get a jump-start on their holiday shopping. A similar day in Canada and Great Britain is called “Boxing Day”.

Black Friday has become somewhat of a marketing sensation in recent years. Since 2005, it has been the busiest shopping day of the year. To lure shoppers, retailers (零售商) routinely open their doors as early as 4 a.m. and offer special sales and promotions to the shoppers that arrive early. Some of the special deals offered by stores are only available in limited quantities. That is why some shoppers intent on getting the best deals often camp out in front of stores overnight so that they’ll be the first in line when the doors open.

But why is it called Black Friday? Historians believe the name started in Philadelphia in the mid-1960s. Bus drivers and police used “Black Friday” to describe the heavy traffic that would block city streets the day after Thanksgiving as shoppers headed to the stores.

Businesses, however, didn’t like the negative tone associated with the “Black Friday” name. In the early 1980s, a more positive explanation of the name began to circulate. According to this alternative explanation, Black Friday is the day when retailers finally begin to turn a profit for the year. In accounting terms (会计行业), operating at a loss is called being “in the red” because accountants traditionally used red ink to show negative amounts. Positive amounts were usually shown in black ink. Thus, being “in the black” is a good thing because it means stores are operating at a profit.

Recently, for those who are too busy to shop on Black Friday or who just don’t want to fight the crowds, the Monday following Black Friday has become known as Cyber Monday (网络星期一) for the many online deals.

1.On Black Friday, the Americans　　　　 .

A.don’t have to go to work as usual

B.look exactly like the Canadians

C.are usually busy doing shopping

D.stay at home and relax themselves

2.The underlined word “lure” (in Paragraph 2) probably means　　　　 .

A.protect

B.attract

C.persuade

D.remind

3.How do the retailers understand Black Friday?

A.It is totally different from Boxing Day.

B.They usually lose some money on the day.

C.It never keeps them very busy.

D.It probably brings them more money.

4.The author writes this passage in order to　　　　 .

A.state the development of Cyber Monday

B.tell the difference between red and black

C.introduce Black Friday to the readers

D.explain the meaning of Boxing Day

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Rebecca, who is a 25-year-old woman, has a rare condition. She can remember all the events she has experienced in her life. The events are so vivid(生动的), as if they happened just moments ago. But her vivid memories often become a reality. Rebecca said, “When I relive(再想起) memories, the emotions come back. So if it’s something that happened when I was younger, my emotions are about what I felt then. I also re-experience pain. For example, I remember falling over and hurting my left knee when I was three. When talking about it now, I’m getting pain in my left knee.”

However, there are times when Rebecca’s memories prove to be too overwhelming(压倒性的), and she has learnt relaxation and mindfulness(聚精会神) techniques to solve. “At school, it is a hindrance. I’m not very quick at processing(处理) things, so there is always so much going through my mind. At night, I have to sleep with the radio on and a soft light. If it’s too dark or quiet, my mind just recalls(再回忆起) all these memories and I can’t sleep,” Rebecca said.

In addition, Rebecca has no control over whether the memories she recalls will be positive or negative – recalling painful experiences with such vividness that she has suffered from post-traumatic (创伤后的) stress disorder. Rebecca said, “Recently, I went back to my old school for my sister’s high school graduation. Being in that building again brought all those memories flooding back. I burst into tears and had to leave.”

Rebecca and her mother Mrs. Barnes got in touch with the University of California in 2011. It was there that Rebecca knew she had Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory (HSAM). It’s reported that Rebecca is one of just 80 people worldwide, who have HASM. “Finding out about HASM has been such a positive experience. Now, Rebecca has been more positive and able to do things independently, which has been excellent,” Mrs. Barnes said.

1.What’s wrong with Rebecca?

A. She hardly sleeps well at night.

B. She usually gets hurt easily by others.

C. She can’t distinguish between reality and dreams.

D. Her vivid memories lead her to experience sufferings.

2.What does the underlined word “hindrance” mean in Paragraph 2?

A. priority(优先权)　　 B. advantage.

C. difficulty.　　 D. opportunity.

3.What can we learn from Paragraph 3?

A. Rebecca had a strong dislike of going to school.

B. Rebecca was moved to tears at her sister’s graduation.

C. Rebecca and her sister once studied in the same school.

D. Rebecca enjoyed a happy life during her high school years.

4.It can be inferred from the last paragraph that Rebecca_____.

A. has got her life improved gradually

B. was influenced by her mother to be positive

C. was admitted into the University of California

D. became well-known due to her rare condition

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