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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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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My son has poliomyelitis (小儿麻痹)and he suffered from it a lot. When he was young, my wife and I took him to see so many doctors and got different kinds of treatments. But still, he couldn’t walk like a normal kid.
So he was laughed at by his peers for his walking style. His tears burnt our eyes like sulphuric acid (硫酸 ). Then, he became afraid of going to school. He wouldn’t go anymore.
One night, my wife had a breakdown and shouted at him, “I tell you, my kid, you might be like this forever. You are a freak in other people’s eyes, and perhaps it would never change. But in my eyes, in your dad’s eyes, you are not a freak! You are not! Even if you are, we love you and we will love you forever!” My son spoke nothing for two days. He didn’t eat or sleep. We could read he was hurt. We hoped something wonderful would fall in our family. On the third morning, he struggled to walk to my car, with his school bag in his hand of course. He raised his head high and hugged me, saying “want to go to school. Nothing will beat me.”
You know, from then on, he was never afraid of being mocked or despised anymore. If he couldn’t avoid these looks, he chose to look at them in the eyes. Later, something nice really happened and my son went to MIT. When he was asked how he managed to bear the pressure, he said, “Because of my parents.”
My dear fellows, if you care too much about how other people look at you or what their opinions are, you will never become what you want to be.
1.The author’s son was laughed at by his peers, because_________.
A. he didn’t do well in his lessons
B. he walked in a strange way
C. he was from a poor family
D. he often burst into tears
2.After hearing what the mother said, the son__________.
A. quarreled with his mother and left home angrily
B. went to school unwillingly without speaking anything
C. burst out crying complaining about his bad experience
D. didn’t say anything without eating or sleeping for two days
3.Which of the following is NOT right according to the passage?
A. The boy was brave to face any difficulty after being encouraged by his mother.
B. The boy achieved success and was admitted to a famous university.
C. The boy finally could walk like a normal child after some treatments.
D. The boy owed his success to his parents and was grateful to them.
4.From the passage we can say the boy is_________.
A. confident and outgoing B. brave and hard-working
C. wise and easy-going D. determined and brave
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Michelle Yeoh also known as Yeoh Choo Kheng was born in Ipoh, Malaysia. At a very young age she dreamt of being a ballerina. Unluckily, when she was 16, she suffered a serious back injury and her professional dancing career was broken down.
Michelle would have given up her dreams and become a lawyer instead. Against her doctor’s advice, she continued going for her dream. She believed that if she can’t dance, there must be something else she can do. In 1983, at the age of 21, she won the Miss Malaysia beauty contest. Thin won the attention of Jackie Chan and the Hong Kong movie industry. In 1988 after her 5th movie, she married to retire from the silver screen. Her marriage was somehow filled with tears and loneliness. It ended in 1992 in the end.
So again, another of her life dreams was blown away. But Michelle did not think over spilled milk. Although she had been away from the movie industry for over 4 years, she had an attractive comeback. She costarred with Jackie Chan in Police Story 3 : Supercop. It was the top popular film in Asia for the year. Michelle Yeoh became the most popular and highest paid actress in Asia with a huge number of fans following throughout the world.
1.What contributed most to Michelle’s high pay in Asia?
A. Her winning the Miss Malaysia beauty contest
B. Her performance in Police Story 3: Supercop
C. Her wonderful dance on the silver screen
D. Michelle became the most popular actress in Asia
2.Which is the right time order of the following statements according to the passage?
①Jackie Chan became interested in Michelle
②Something terrible was wrong with Michelle’s back
③Michelle said goodbye to her husband
④Michelle became the most popular actress in Asia
A. ①③②④ B. ①②③④
C. ②③①④ D. ②①③④
3.What does the underlined sentence mean?
A. She wasn’t interested in milk products
B. She was quite poor at doing housework
C. She recovered from the sorrow soon
D. She decided to take up something new
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So popular _____ in his adopted hometown that he has been named honorary citizen of Beijing.
A. Stephon Marbury is
B. Stephon Marbury will be
C. is Stephon Marbury
D. will Stephon Marbury be
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From a young age, Michael Platt loved two things: Martin Luther King and cupcakes. He remembered statistics about income inequality and children hunger. But he also ____afternoons at his computer in his Bowie home, awestruck by YouTube bakers who transformed a base of eggs, flour and water ____edible (可食用的) works of art.
Michael saw a way to____his twin passions. At age 11, he founded a bakery that operates on the Toms one-for-one model: For every cupcake, cake or cookie Michael ____, he donates another to the homeless and ____. Michael, now 13,said he ____enjoys handing out cupcakes to kids.
Sometimes Michael bakes to____money for hunger-fighting nonprofit groups, too. He spent a morning last weekend teaching a baking class to raise money for No Kid Hungry.
He can keep up with his baking in part because he is homeschooled by his mother, who quit her job to_____Michael full time. Michael ____from public school-and his mother from job-after his epilepsy (癫痫) was diagnosed in sixth grade. His epilepsy became too ____ and too frequent to allow him to sit in a classroom, his mother explained.
“It was a very, very ____time, “ she said of the period after the diagnosis, during which Michael had to ____ his physical activity. “He had to stop everything he ____:Gymnastics, climbing trees, diving. So that’s when he kind of threw himself into baking,” she said. Baking, Michael said, makes him feel ____ .
But when he started the bakery, he knew from the beginning that he wanted his ____ to do more than make money. Michael hopes his cupcakes spread awareness of the past and ____others to work for social equality.
Sometimes, Michael ____ , he grows tired of being in the kitchen. Then he remembers the ____ boy he met once while ____cupcakes. A couple of days afterward, the boy’s father messaged Michael on Facebook to say that his son, encouraged by Michael’s example, now aspired (向往) to ____ a baker, “That inspired me,” Michael said.
1.A.spent B.cost C.wasted D.took
2.A.about B.with C.from D.into
3.A.separate B.connect C.hold D.achieve
4.A.throws B.burns C.sells D.eats
5.A.thirsty B.hungry C.black D.foolish
6.A.gradually B.generally C.especially D.only
7.A.save B.pick C.get D.invest
8.A.attend to B.lead to C.turn to D.respond to
9.A.withdrew B.graduated C.heard D.escaped
10.A.real B.normal C.exciting D.severe
11.A.pleasant B.significant C.inadequate D.rough
12.A.limit B.clear C.practice D.exchange
13.A.forgot B.adored C.appreciated D.explored
14.A.sad B.calm C.amazed D.wealthy
15.A.attitude B.skill C.business D.explanation
16.A.adapt B.follow C.inspire D.inform
17.A.believes B.refuses C.imagines D.admits
18.A.poor B.diligent C.anxious D.lovely
19.A.picking out B.giving out C.making out D.working out
20.A.teach B.employ C.convince D.become
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From a young age, it was my dream to go to Africa and work with animals. Everybody laughed at me, but my mother, Vanne, told me never to give up, and that I could always find a way.
So, when I was 23, after saving up my earnings from working as a waitress, I went to wild, untamed (野性的) Africa and began my work. In 1960 I went to the Gombe Stream Chimpanzee Reserve. At that time, we knew nothing of the behavior or social structure of chimps (黑猩猩), and I was to go there and see what I could find out. Usually, when you wake up, you leave your dreams behind you, but I found myself waking up to my dream.
As the British government wouldn’t let me go without older women’s company, my amazing mother came with me and stayed for four months. We shared a second-hand army tent, and we used the stream for fresh water and washing. We could swim in the lake, although there were crocodiles.
It was beautiful there, although both my mother and I nearly died of malaria (疟疾). I was scared I wouldn’t be able to do what I had set out to, because, at first, the chimps ran away from me in fear. I spent my days watching, listening, tracking and in the evenings writing up my notes.
For my mother, who stayed back at the camp, it must have been terrifying, and very lonely. There were snakes and spiders, as well as an old leopard who would come by. But she had an amazing way with people, and would hand out medicines to the fishermen, who saw her as a witch doctor.
In my fifth month there, I finally saw one of the chimps, which I called David Greybeard, stripping (剥光) straw to “fish” for termites (白蚁). It proved that man wasn’t the only toolmaker, and that everything had to be redefined.
1.What does the author mean by saying “I found myself waking up to my dream” in the second paragraph?
A. She lacked sleep due to busy work.
B. She found her dream was hard to realize.
C. She had more new dreams about her work.
D. She tried to realize her dream every day.
2.The author was afraid at the Reserve in the beginning because _____.
A. there were crocodiles in the lake B. she could not get close to the chimps
C. it was hard to get clean water D. the chimps attacked her sometimes
3.The author’s mother was thought of by the local people as _____.
A. helpful and warm-hearted B. funny and selfish
C. romantic and talkative D. honest and hardworking
4. Which of the following is the author’s important discovery?
A. She found a new kind of termite.
B. Chimps can communicate with each other.
C. Some other animals can also make tools.
D. Chimps can find medicines to cure themselves.
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From a young age, I was taught to be kind to people around. My parents ________ explained to me the importance of giving help generously to the less ________. So out of habit, whenever there is something I can ________, I give it to someone on the streets.
Last week, as I left the house for work, I carried with me some ________ clothes, a handbag and some food to hand over to someone ________.
As the car ________ at a traffic red light, I saw a girl of five or six asking for money. I ________ her to come to me and quickly ________ all the stuff I had and put them into the handbag. As I started handing it over, she seemed ________. She looked up at me with a sweet smile on her face and asked what was in the ________. I told her there were some clothes and food for her.
Once again she ________ me, “Can you give me some water?” It was then that I ________ her dry lips. It seemed that she had not had a ________ of water all day. I ________ the water bottle that I always carry with me and helped her to drink from it. She finished it quickly and gave me a heartwarming smile of ________.
I was thankful that I could ________ what she really wished and realized once again that day that you don’t necessarily have to make big ________ to help someone. And this incident, as well as a lot that followed,______my belief in the simple acts of kindness and how they can make someone’s day.
Next time you want to do something nice for someone, don’t ________, seizing the right ________, or it would be late. Go ahead and do it!
1.A. cheerfully B. confidently C. particularly D. smoothly
2.A. difficult B. rich C. comfortable D. fortunate
3.A. find B. exchange C. spare D. abandon
4.A. casual B. worn C. old D. fashionable
5.A. needy B. clumsy C. lucky D. lonely
6.A. pulled B. stopped C. approached D. drew
7.A. wanted B. ordered C. touched D. signaled
8.A. threw B. collected C. dragged D. dropped
9.A. surprised B. embarrassed C. panicked D. worried
10.A. bag B. pocket C. car D. hand
11.A. waved at B. looked up at C. shook hands with D. nodded at
12.A. realized B. watched C. recognized D. noticed
13.A. bottle B. drop C. lot D. cup
14.A. pointed out B. gave out C. picked out D. took out
15.A. satisfaction B. communication C. appreciation D. expectation
16.A. afford B. offer C. understand D. remember
17.A. donations B. differences C. senses D. kindness
18.A. strengthened B. changed C. shook D. destroyed
19.A. hold out B. hold on C. hold back D. hold down
20.A. idea B. power C. position D. opportunity
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—Tom graduated from college at a very young age.
—Oh, he ______ have been a very smart boy then.
A. would B. should C. must D. might
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— John graduated from college at a very young age.
— Oh, he _________a very smart boy then.
A.could have been B.must have been C.should be D.might be
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阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Starting from my early young age, I was a happy child. However, at age twelve, my life had a huge _________ . I developed obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). I started to wash my hands ten times an hour to _________ bacteria and I frequently checked my kitchen oven to make sure that it was _________ . This way of life continued for four _________ years, and by then, my OCD had led to _________ . I was no longer the happy little girl I had been. I told my mother that I was suffering from depression. So Mum took me to a _________ . The medicine didn’t help me very much. I was still _________ sad, believing that my life no longer _________ .
One autumn evening two years ago, I hit rock bottom. I _________ thought suicide was the only _________ to my depression problem, so I wrote a suicide _________ to my family. As I was folding the note, my _________ fell on a photograph. It was a picture of a lovely little girl with dark-blue eyes _________ of adventure and curiosity. It took me a few minutes to _________ that the smiling girl in the photo was me. The photo had been taken at one weekend at my uncle’s house when I was seven. Suddenly I felt a chill (惊悸) and it was like my younger _________ had sent me a message. Once I had been a _________ little girl, and I had to become strong like that again.
I tore up my suicide note and swore that I would have to _________ the depression with my mind, too. I could make myself happy again. It has been two years _________ I “rediscovered” myself. I am OCD- and depression-free. I am prepared for whatever _________ life may bring. My hero is a seven-year-old girl, _________ back at me from a photo on my desk.
1.A. request B. breakdown C. outcome D. drawback
2.A. avoid B. breed C. carry D. examine
3.A. down B. hot C. off D. clear
4.A. boring B. careful C. shy D. painful
5.A. impression B. pressure C. motivation D. depression
6.A. doctor B. stranger C. teacher D. schoolmaster
7.A. generally B. suddenly C. occasionally D. constantly
8.A. changed B. mattered C. succeeded D. failed
9.A. still B. even C. yet D. barely
10.A. situation B. method C. solution D. relation
11.A. essay B. notice C. note D. poster
12.A. hands B. heart C. head D. eyes
13.A. full B. free C. proud D. fond
14.A. imagine B. realize C. predict D. guess
15.A. brother B. sister C. uncle D. self
16.A. strong B. beautiful C. young D. curious
17.A. accept B. fight C. relieve D. distract
18.A. when B. after C. before D. since
19.A. concerns B. demands C. challenges D. chances
20.A. crying B. shouting C. smiling D. going
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