At my heaviest I weighed 370 pounds. I had a very poor relationship* with food: I used it to__________bad feelings, to make myself feel better, and to celebrate. Worried about my health, I tried many different kinds of__________but nothing worked. I came to believe that I could do nothing about my__________ .

When I was 50, my weight problem became __________. I didn’t want to live the rest of my life with this weight any more.

That year, I __________a seminar* where we were asked to create a project that would touch the world. A seminar leader shared her__________ story —she had not only lost 125 pounds, but also raised $25,000 for homeless children.

__________ by her story, I created the As We Heal*, the World Heals project. I wanted to lose 150 pounds in one year and raise $50,000 in support of a movement founded 30 years ago to end hunger. This combination* of healing__________and healing the world struck* me as the perfect solution.

__________ I began my own personal weight program, I was filled with the fear that I would run into the same difficulties that beat me before. While the__________hung over my head, there were also things that I was headed down the right path. I sent letters to everyone I knew, telling them __________ my project. It worked perfectly. Donations * began flooding in from hundreds of people.

Of course, I also took some helpful steps to lose weight. I asked suggestions from a doctor, I hired a fitness coach, and I began to eat small and________meals. My fund-raising focus also gave me new motivation to exercise.

A year later, I________my goal: I lost 150 pounds and raised $50,000! I feel ________I’ve been given a second life. What’s more, I did something that is__________and valuable.

1.A. add B. mix C. kill D. share

2.A. diets B. drinks C. fruits D. dishes

3.A. height B. size C. age D. weight

4.A. happily B. recently C. seriously D. secretly

5.A. attended B. organized C. left D. held

6.A. humor B. success C. life D. science

7.A. Surprised B. Interested C. Influenced D. Amazed

8.A. herself B. himself C. itself D. myself

9.A. As B. Until C. If D. Unless

10.A. excitement B. happiness C. anger D. fear

11.A. in B. to C. about D. of

12.A. heavy B. full C. expensive D. healthy

13.A. set B. reached C. missed D. dropped

14.A. that B. what C. which D. who

15.A. careful B. painful C. meaningful D. peaceful


 

When was the last time you used a phone booth on the street? With the rise of mobile phones, they have become something out of date. But Shanghai is trying to bring new life to the old phone booths by turning them into mini-libraries.

Shanghai plans to divide 263 phone booths in Xuhui District into six new types. One type will each offer 60 books for people to read or borrow. A second type will allow users to listen to audiobooks and even record their own voices. A third type will become “Celebrity Exhibition Halls (名人亭)”, showing old photos and works of famous artists like Ba Jin and Zhang Leping.

Shanghai is not the only city trying to save the old phone booths. The British care about them even more, since the red phone booths have long been a part of the country’s identity*. The world’s first phone booth was built in the 1880s in Germany. But in the 1930s the UK painted them red and made them a special attraction in cities.

In recent years the country has come up with many ideas to help phone booths stay useful. The UK company British Telecom has added screens and free WiFi to some booths. Users can use them to surf online and search for maps and weather reports. The company also allows people to rent some booths to change them as they want to. Since 2009, more than 1,500 phone booths have been turned into flower shops, mini-cafés, art museums and even shower rooms, according to the Sina News. Besides, the town has made it into a museum to show visitors the local history. Today the phone booths is filled with photographs, ancient jewelry, and paintings, which anyone can stop in to admire. Every three months, they will change for a new theme.

Maybe in the future phone booths will become city attractions once again, but in a more creative way.

1.How many books will each library booth in Shanghai offer?

A. 263. B. 60. C. 360. D. 1,500.

2.Among the six new types of phone booths in Shanghai, people can NOT_______.

A. read and borrow books B. listen to audiobooks

C. record their own voices D. play video games

3.What is the main idea of the fourth paragraph?

A. British Telecom has new ways to reuse telephone booths.

B. The British can buy flowers from a telephone booth.

C. If you want to take a shower in the UK, just enter a booth.

D. The red phone booths in the UK have been useless for years.

4.What can we infer from the story?

A. No one wants to use the telephone booths now.

B. Britain’s red phone booths are losing their social identity.

C. Phone booths will attract people’s attention again.

D. Phone booths around the world are becoming popular.

She had been shopping with her Mom in Wal-Mart. She must have been 6 years old, beautiful and innocent*. Outside, it was pouring so heavily.

We all stood there just inside the door of the Wal-Mart. We waited, some patiently, others annoyed because nature messed up their hurried day. I got lost in the sound and sight of the heavens washing away the dirt and dust of the world.

Her voice was so sweet that it woke me up.

“Mom, let’s run through the rain,” she said.

“No, honey. We’ll wait until it slows down a bit,” Mom replied.

Waiting about another minute, the young child repeated: “Mom, let’s run through the rain. ”

“We’ll get soaked if we do,” Mom said.

“No, we won’t, Mom. That’s not what you said this morning,” the young girl said, pulling her Mom’s arm.

“This morning? When did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?”

“Don’t you remember? When you were talking to Daddy about his cancer*, you said if God can get us through this, he can get us through anything!”

All the people stopped dead silent. You couldn’t hear anything but the rain. No one came or left in the next few minutes. Mom paused and thought for a moment about what she would say.

Now some would laugh it off or tell her not to be silly. Some might even pay attention to what was said. But this was a moment in a young child’s lifetime that some innocent trust may bloom into faith. “ Honey, you are right. Let’s run through the rain. If get wet, well, maybe we just need washing, ” Mom said. Then off they ran.

We all stood watching, smiling and laughing as they rushed past the cars and they held their shopping bags over their heads just in case. They got soaked. But they were followed by a few who screamed and laughed like children all the way to their cars. And yes, I did. I ran. I got wet. I needed washing.

You may lose what you have, your money and even your health, but no one can ever take away your valuable memories. So don’t forget to make time and take the chance to make memories.

1.What does the underlined words “ get soaked” probably mean?

A. Get lost. B. Get changed. C. Get wet. D. Get worried.

2.What do we know about the mother in the story?

A. She was not worried about her husband’s cancer.

B. She had a strong will and cared about his family.

C. She seemed to forget what she said at that time.

D. She persuaded her daughter not to run in the rain.

3.The best title for the passage might be _______.

A. Run Through the Rain B. Be a Determined Mother

C. Wait in the Rain D. Have a wonderful experience

4.Why did the mother finally decide to run although it was raining heavily?

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