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Sixty-four-year-old Pierre Deom has spent his entire life close to the woods and fields that he loves. Twice a year, his magazine, La Hulotte, focuses on an animal or plant native to the French countryside.
The 100th edition was published in November. The magazine counts more than 150,000 subscribers in many countries, and is doing very well financially. Deom says it all began in January 1972, when he was teaching science in a one-room schoolhouse here. “It upset me how the forests and swamps were beginning to be ruined. The word ‘ecology’ (生态学) didn’t really exist yet. Some friends and I wanted to call attention to the issue. So we said, let’s educate the kids. They’re ready to hear our message.” So he took a step into the unknown, planning to publish his nature journal.
Deom does all the research and writing and the illustrations (插图) of the magazine by hand. He combines science and humor in his writing and drawing to describe the daily life and sufferings of his creatures. Animals you might overlook or consider dull are magically and vividly brought to life in La Hulotte. “I try to write about animals and plants that are easy to find because I want kids to put on boots, take a magnifying glass, go to the woods and fields to observe and be amazed by what they find,” Deom says.
And it seems to work. Biologist Jerome Fournier began subscribing to La Hulotte when he was just eight years old. “For me it was the first contact with nature when I was a child. And maybe it’s the beginning for my life of scientist. I think so.”
What’s amazing is its approach. The magazine has realistic drawings and also a little cast of cartoon creatures who comment on things and give a different views. You can read it as an adult or a child; it can be understood on two different levels. So scientists, regular people and children all get something out of it. “It’s extraordinary.” Fournier says, who works at the Museum of Natural History in Paris, where he says La Hulotte has a crazy following.
1.What does the underlined word “subscribers” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?
A. Readers. B. Editors.
C. Sellers. D. Collectors.
2.What’s the purpose of creating the magazine?
A. To make a lot of money.
B. To finish the task of teaching.
C. To enlarge the areas of forests.
D. To promote people’s awareness of ecology.
3.Which words can best describe the magazine La Hulotte?
A. Scientific and interesting. B. Magical and dull.
C. Vivid and unreal. D. Hard to understand.
4.What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. The magazine is a cartoon one.
B. Adults find the magazine too easy.
C. Many scientists are the fans of the magazine.
D. The magazine is not fit for regular people to read.
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听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1.How long has Herman lived in New York City?
A.Only recently. B.His entire life.
C.Since he was eight years old.
2.According to the man, how many taxi drivers are there in New York City?
A.Hundreds. B.Thousands. C.Millions.
3.What does the man say about the subway?
A.It’s really fast.
B.It goes everywhere in the city.
C.It isn’t very convenient on weekends.
4.Why does the woman suggest visiting other cities?
A.To meet some nice people.
B.To appreciate New York more.
C.To compare them to New York.
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I am an educator born to make a difference. I have spent my entire life at the ____. And we know why kids drop out. But one of the things that we never discuss or we ____ discuss is the value and importance of human ____.
A colleague said to me, “They don’t pay me to ____ the kids. They pay me to teach a ___.” Well, I said to her, “You know, kids don’t learn from people they don’t like.” Some think that you can either have it in you to build a ____, or you don’t. I have had classes that were so ____ that I cried. I wondered, “How am I going to ____ this group, in nine months, from where they are to where they need to be? It was difficult, awfully ____. How do I ____ the self-esteem (自尊) of a child and his academic achievement at the same time?”
One year I ____ a bright idea. I told my students, “You were ____ to be in my class because I am the best and you are the best.” One of the students said, “Really?” I said, “Really. We have to show the other classes how to do it, so when we walk down the hall, people will ____ us, so you can’t make noise.” And I gave them a saying to say: “I am ____. I was somebody when I came. I’ll be a better somebody when I leave. I ____ the education that I get here. I have things to do, people to impress, and places to go.”
Teaching and learning should ____ joy. How ____ would our world be if we had kids who were not afraid to take risks, who were not afraid to think, and who had a ____? Every child deserves a champion. An educator should be an adult who will never ____ on them, who understands the power of connection, and insists that they become the ____ that they can possibly be.
1.A. school building B. college C. community center D. prison
2.A. frequently B. partly C. finally D. rarely
3.A. relative B. connection C. experience D. understanding
4.A. please B. satisfy C. like D. treat
5.A. lesson B. joke C. way D. class
6.A. friendship B. bridge C. gap D. relationship
7.A. excellent B. low C. sad D. adaptable
8.A. join B. own C. take D. manage
9.A. upset B. boring C. frustrated D. hard
10.A. raise B. arise C. show D. control
11.A. came out B. came to C. came up with D. came about
12.A. led B. placed C. chosen D. thrown
13.A. notice B. look C. find D. call
14.A. nothing B. somebody C. anybody D. something
15.A. reserve B. expect C. observe D. deserve
16.A. catch B. bring C. express D. indicate
17.A. powerful B. magical C. fearful D. imaginative
18.A. prize B. supporter C. teacher D. champion
19.A. put up B. depend C. give up D. refuse
20.A. bright B. best C. confident D. determined
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As a children's author and former English teacher, Abi Elphinstone has spent almost all of her life surrounded by the written word. Now an ambassador for the charity Coram Beanstalk, Ms Elphinstone plays a key role in championing the importance of literacy (读写能力）and the role played by its volunteers.
The charity has teamed up with the i (a British newspaper) to increase the number of its helpers, which it sends into schools to give children aged 3 to 13 who have fallen behind with their reading or are at risk of doing so support with their reading.
“I think there is an absolute need to reach kids who don't have access to books,” she said. “Just reading for 10 minutes a day improves a child’s achievement at school. Books show children the world is big and varied and full of wonder.”
And Ms Elphinstone knows first-hand how tricky reading is from her own experience. “In class when the teacher said 'could you read aloud', the words would jump all over the page and I’d stumble （结巴）and lose so much confidence,” she said. “That was difficult. Until way after leaving school, I just assumed I needed to put in a lot more work than other people to finish an essay or process information.”
Nowadays she thinks one of the biggest challenges is the competition books face from screens, which are being used by children for everything from videos and games to social media.
“There's so much demand on their time and it’s such an easy, quick-fix demand,” she said. “It's immediate satisfaction. Screens are loud and books whisper with quieter magic, but I think the effects are transformative and they are longer lasting than a Screen.”
This is where she thinks Coram Beanstalk can help, both with reading and also making children Feel valued.
1.Why did Coram Beanstalk work with the i ?
A.To advertise its ambassador.
B.To find more book donators.
C.To attract more people to volunteer.
D.To help increase the newspaper's subscription.
2.What is the goal of Coram Beanstalk?
A.To teach children English.
B.To encourage reading in children.
C.To inspire children to write books.
D.To improve children's social skills.
3.Which of the following Ms Elphinstone's school experience?
A.She had limited access to books.
B.She could hardly finish reading a book.
C.She was afraid of reading loudly in public.
D.She seldom handed in her class essay on time.
4.What's Ms Elphinstone's opinion on screens?
A.They affect children in a quict way.
B.They have a short-term effect on children.
C.They offer children easy access to books.
D.They bring children transformative change.
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Though brought up in Los Angeles, Steven Davidson spent his whole life in New York．
A．mostly B．constantly
C．roughly D．merely
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Though brought up in Los Angeles, Steven Davidson spent his whole life in New
York．A．mostly B．constantly C．roughly D．merely
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My grandfather spent most of his life in a turbulent (动乱的) India. After settling in New York, he took up his true passion: gardening.
Grandfather’s garden was where I took refuge (避难) from a world of adults and schoolwork. My grandfather cultivated squash (南瓜) and tomatoes — it was not rare to find me somewhere in the garden, either secretly eating a tomato, or just sitting and admiring my grandfather’s hard work. However, as time went by, I did not have the chance to visit his house as often as I used to.
On my eleventh birthday, I received a gift bag wrapped in pretty paper from my grandfather. Excited to see what he had given to me for my birthday, I tore apart the paper only to find a yellow squash. I was very angry. What a stupid present!
But gradually, I realized that in my developing a relationship with his garden, I had unknowingly grown very close to my grandfather himself, something he wished to remind me of through his gift. His commitment towards doing things definitely influenced me. It could bring him a sense of accomplishment. Because of him, I try to model the idea of approaching everything with both drive and passion.
My grandfather passed away five years ago, but his influence on me could not be bigger than it is today. As I prepare to enter college and move on from my relatively sheltered high school life toward achieving complete independence, allowing my passions to find their way into whatever I may be doing will be very necessary. I still look up to my grandfather very much to this day, and I hope that one day I will be able to sow in my own garden, and give someone else a squash on his or her birthday — it was the most meaningful gift I have ever received.
1. When the author was young, she often visited the garden mainly to ______.
A. have a taste of her favorite vegetables
B. help her grandfather cultivate the garden
C. escape from the adults and schoolwork
D. admire her grandfather’s hard work
2. When the author saw the squash gift from her grandfather, she was ______.
A. excited B. confused
C. curious D. upset
3. Why did the grandfather send the author a squash?
A. Squash was the author’s favorite vegetable.
B. Squash was the greatest achievement of him.
C. He wanted to remind the author that they had been close.
D. He wanted the author to follow his career.
4. What’s the best title for the text?
A. A Special Gift — Yellow Squash
B. Grandfather and India
C. Life with Grandfather
D. Gardening and Life
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Though brought up in Los Angeles, Steven Davidson spent his whole life in New York．
A．mostly B．constantly
C．roughly D．merely
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My grandfather spent most of his life in a turbulent (动乱的) India. After settling in New York, he took up his true passion: gardening.
Grandfather’s garden was where I took refuge (避难) from a world of adults and schoolwork. My grandfather cultivated squash (南瓜) and tomatoes — it was not rare to find me somewhere in the garden, either secretly eating a tomato, or just sitting and admiring my grandfather’s hard work. However, as time went by, I did not have the chance to visit his house as often as I used to.
On my eleventh birthday, I received a gift bag wrapped in pretty paper from my grandfather. Excited to see what he had given to me for my birthday, I tore apart the paper only to find a yellow squash. I was very angry. What a stupid present!
But gradually, I realized that in my developing a relationship with his garden, I had unknowingly grown very close to my grandfather himself, something he wished to remind me of through his gift. His commitment towards doing things definitely influenced me. It could bring him a sense of accomplishment. Because of him, I try to model the idea of approaching everything with both drive and passion.
My grandfather passed away five years ago, but his influence on me could not be bigger than it is today. As I prepare to enter college and move on from my relatively sheltered high school life toward achieving complete independence, allowing my passions to find their way into whatever I may be doing will be very necessary. I still look up to my grandfather very much to this day, and I hope that one day I will be able to sow in my own garden, and give someone else a squash on his or her birthday — it was the most meaningful gift I have ever received.
1.When the author was young, she often visited the garden mainly to ______.
A. have a taste of her favorite vegetables
B. help her grandfather cultivate the garden
C. escape from the adults and schoolwork
D. admire her grandfather’s hard work
2.When the author saw the squash gift from her grandfather, she was ______.
A. excited B. confused
C. curious D. upset
3.Why did the grandfather send the author a squash?
A. Squash was the author’s favorite vegetable.
B. Squash was the greatest achievement of him.
C. He wanted to remind the author that they had been close.
D. He wanted the author to follow his career.
4.What’s the best title for the text?
A. A Special Gift — Yellow Squash
B. Grandfather and India
C. Life with Grandfather
D. Gardening and Life
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Imagine someone who has spent the majority of their life sitting with a sign on the side of the road and that very person giving someone their last 20 dollars. That’s exactly what Marine Corps veteran (退伍军人) Johnny Bobbitt, 34, did in October in Philadelphia.
Bobbitt served in the U.S. Marine Corps and worked as a paramedic (医务辅助人员) in Vance County, N. C. before he became homeless. Nobody knew how he got to where he was because he was discreet about that.
One night in October, Bobbitt was sitting roadside with a sign in Philadelphia as usual, when Kate McClure of Florence Township, N. J. was driving home down Interstate 95 and ran out of gas. Scared and nervous, she got out of the car to head to the nearest gas station. As McClure was heading to the nearest gas station, she ran into Bobbitt and he told her to get back in the vehicle and lock the door. Minutes later, he appeared with a red gas can. He’d used his last $20 to buy her gas.
After that unexpected meeting, McClure and her boyfriend, Mark D’Amico, who both live in New Jersey, visited Bobbitt several times to deliver gift cards, cash, snacks and toiletries. They then decided to create a fund raising page so he wouldn’t have to spend the holidays sleeping on the street.
McClure started the GoFundMe page on November 10. With the page, the couple hoped to raise $10,000, enough money for his rent, a reliable vehicle and up to six months’ expenses. Bobbitt’s story ran in a local paper. By November 15，more than 10,000 local people had made donations through the GoFundMe page and more than $300,000 had been raised.
On Thanksgiving, Bobbitt was resting in a hotel, his feet up on the bed, drawing up a grand plan for his new life, thanks to several thousand dollars raised to repay him for a good deed.
1.What does the underlined word “discreet” in paragraph 2 most probably mean?
A.Doubtful. B.Cautious.
C.Guilty. D.Optimistic.
2.McClure met Bobbitt when she .
A.couldn’t find a gas station B.got to the way home
C.couldn’t unlock her car D.was in search of gas
3.It can be known from the text that .
A.Bobbitt’s story obtained wide attention
B.Bobbitt became world-famous overnight
C.the GoFundMe page collected over $400,000 for Bobbitt
D.the GoFundMe page was started to help people like Bobbitt
4.What is the best title for the text?
A.A Homeless Veteran Paid Kindness Forward
B.A Homeless Veteran Had a Generous Heart
C.A Homeless Veteran’s Kindness Paid Off
D.A Small Kindness Made a Big Difference
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