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Leapirg on a narrow balance beam( 平衡木) is not easy. But Lola Water. a 13-year-old gymnast is an expert at it.

To perfect her skills. Lola_____ for four hours a day, five days a week. At the slate championships in March,she finished seventh out of 16 girts. That's especially impressive. ___she is legaly blind, horn with a rare condition that causes her eyes to shift (转移)canstantly. She offen sees double and can't___ how far away things are.

When she was little, her mom ___ even though she couldn’t____, she was fearless. So her mom signed her up for gymnastics when she was three. She loved the____right away and gymnastics became her favorite.

Though learning gymnastics has been more_____for her than for some of her tournaments( 锦际赛). she has never quit(放弃). She doesn’t let her____ stop her from doing anything that she warts to. She likes the determination (决心)it takes to do the sport. Her biggest __ is the balance beam. Because she has double vision , she often sees two beams. She must use her sense of touch to help her during her routine. Sometimes she even clones her eyes. "You have to______your mind that it’ll take you where you want to go”, says Lola.

To be a top-level gymmast, one must be brave The beam is probably the most __ for anyone because it’s only four inches wide At the state competition, Lob didn 't____the beam, In fact, she got an 8.1 out of 10 一 her highest scone yet.

Lola doesn’t waat to be ____, differently from the other girls un her team, At the competitions, the judges don’t know about her vision____. She doesn’t tell them, because she doesn't think they need to know. Her mom is amazed by her _______altitude.

Loda never thinks about____. She is presently at level 7 while the highest is level 10 in gymnastics. Her____is to reach level 9.She says she wants to be a gymnastics coach 10____what she s learned to other kids when she grew up.

Lola is____of all her hard work and success. She says it has helped her overcome problems in her life

Outside gymnastics,too. Her __for others is “just be1ieve yourself ”.

1.A. runs B. leaches C. trains D. daneeft

2.A. since B. uritciab C. after D. ihDUgh

3.A. tell B. guess C. fancy D. pmlict

4.A. doubied B. remembered C. imagined D. noticed

5.A. deeply B. well C. ahead D. carefully

6.A. task B. sport C. event D. show

7.A. boring B. enjoyable C. difficult D. unsatisfying.

8.A. talent B. quality C. nature D. condition

9.A. doubt B. advantage C. challenge D. program

10.A. examine B. express C. open D. trust

11.A. fearful B. harmful C. unfair D. inconvenient

12.A. full down B. fall over C. fall off D. fall behind

13.A. greeted B. treated C. served D. paid

14.A. pains B. stresses C. injuries D. problems

15.A. positive B. friendly C. selfless D. devoted

16.A. defending B. quilting C. winning D. bargaining

17.A. standard B. ranga C. view D. goal

18.A. go through B. pass by C. hand down D. give out

19.A. proud B. tired C. ashamed D. confident

20.A. plan B. advice C. reward D. Responsibility

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For a year and half, kids sent hurtful messages like “You are ugly.” or “Why are you still alive?” to Rebecca Sedwick. In 2013, Rebecca, then 12, couldn’t stand it anymore. She took her own life near her home in Florida. Soon afterward, Trisha Prabhu read about the story. “I was surprised and heart-broken,” said Trisha, now 15, who is from Naperville, Illinois, “I know that I had to do something to stop this from ever happening again.”

Trisha did some research. Studies show that one fourth to half of all teens in the US have been cyberbullied (网络欺凌). Experts say that if you are ever bullied online, you should tell a trusted adult. Tell the cyberbully to stop, and prevent him or her from contacting you again. Print and save messages to share with the police. This is good advice, agrees Trisha. But these methods all take place after the bullying has already happened. Trisha had a different idea. Why not teach cyberbullies to stop before they post these messages?

Trisha’s research won awards, including a prize in the Google Science Fair. Then, Tresah built the ReThink app (应用软件). It is programmed to recognize words or phrases that could be hurtful. When that happens, different warning messages come out. “Don’t say things that you may regret later!” says one message. Others ask, “Are you sure you want to say this?” and “Are these words really yours?”

Now Trisha is working on a version(版本) of ReThink for computers. “I am a big dreamer,” she says. “I want to stop cyberbullying before the hurt is done.”

1.What do we know about Rebecca Sedwick?

A. She was one of Trisha's best friends.

B. She sent hurtful messages to others.

C. She ended her life at the age of 12.

D. She went to Florida to study further.

2.What is Trisha’s suggestion for stopping cyberbullying?

A. Stop talking with the cyberbully.

B. Stop the messages before they are sent.

C. Turn to your parents or close friends

D. Show the messages to the police at once.

3.What is the third paragraph mainly about?

A. People's attitudes to the ReThink app.

B. Trisha's research on cyberbullying.

C. How the ReThink app works.

D. The Google Science Fair.

4.Which of the following can best describe Trisha?

A. Honest and careful. B. Helpful and clever.

C. Proud and impolite. D. Strange and impatient.

1.市政府对治理污染河流充满自信。

The city government ________ __________ ________ controlling the polluted rivers.

2.说起我的理想, 我只想碰碰运气,在家乡开个公司。

As to my dream, I just want to _________ __________ _________ and set up my own company in my hometown.

3.老张可能不会乘高铁去杭州,因为他喜欢自己开车。(运用情态动词)

Mr. Zhang ________ ________ ________ the high-speed train for Hangzhou, for he likes

driving his own car around.

4.我妈妈答应来参加我的毕业典礼的, 可是到现在她都没有到,真让人着急啊!

My mum promised to attend my graduation ceremony, but by now she _______ _______ ______, which is really worrying.

5.下周举行的大会是为了纪念他们的祖先100年前来到这个村庄。

The meeting that will take place next week is ________ ________ _______ their ancestors’ arrival in the village 100 years ago.

6.如果你不为自己做过的事情道歉的话,他们是不会放过你的。

They won’t let you ________ ________ ________ it unless you say sorry for what you have done.

7.我仍然对日本是否是个独立的国家持有怀疑。

I still have the doubt of ________ Japan is ________ ________ country.

8.昨天的天气很好,我本来不用带伞的。

The weather turned out to be fine yesterday. I ________ ________ ________ the umbrella with me.

9.三年之后,他发现家乡不再是过去的老样子了。

Three years later, he found his hometown wasn't ________ it ________ ________ be.

10.他懒散而又骄傲自满,这充分说明了他失败的原因。

He was lazy and proud, ________ fully ________ ________ his failure.

How old are the apps on your smartphone? Is it time for an update? Here are three apps for you. Try them out and have fun.

DuoLingo

Learning a foreign language doesn't always mean you have to sit in a class and take endless exams. An app called Duolingo has been designed to help you memorize(记住) new words and grammar in creative ways, such as online lessons, games and interesting exercises. For example, one exercise asks you to put words in the right order to make the correct sentence. You can also try translation practice.

Douban FM

A music app is necessity for almost every smartphone now. Douban FM might be the right thing for you.

There is no playlist on Douban FM—songs just keep streaming(播放) one by me, You can use the “heart”, “trash” and “skip” buttons (按钮) to mark the songs you like, don’t like and want to cut short, respectively(分別地). Those marked with a heart will be stored in another list as your favorites for you to listen to anytime you want. Douban FM also has different channels(道频). There are many types of music, such as blues, jazz, and pop. You can choose the music for outdoor activities work or studying depending on your mood (心情).

Flipboard

It is one of the hottest news apps right now. With Flipboard, you can make everything personal to you. All you have to do is open up the app, “flip through” to select whatever interests you, and click the button. At the end you’ll have your own magazine, complete with a front page, new articles, and information.

1.What’s the purpose of the passage?

A. To show a new way to learn English.

B. To offer a hottest news website.

C. To introduce three apps.

D. To give advice to music lovers.

2.What does Duolingo help you do?

A. Get away from endless exams.

B. Keep words and grammar in mind.

C. Have easy access to online lessons.

D. Practice speaking English correctly.

3.Which statement is true about Douban FM?

A. There is no playlist on it, making a smartphone easier to operate.

B. It has special channels where concerts are regularly broadcast live.

C. It knows about your mood based on what you are doing.

D. You can choose with it your favorite songs and music as you like.

4.According to the text, what can you do wish Flipboard?

A. Make a personalized news magazine.

B. Go through everything that interests you.

C. Safely store some personal information.

D. Contribute your articles to popular magazines.

Teaching is challenging and teaching college is often a mixed bag.Sometimes my class feels more like a cafeteria,where students come and go,______ in the middle of my lectures.Mostly these students have entered college right out of high school.College seems to them like ______ a continuation of high school,______ the sense of newness that often drives curiosity and achievement.

But there is a category of students that gives everyone reasons for ______.They are the so called “nontraditional students”:those who,for one reason or ______,didn’t go to college when they were 18,but many years later.Some years back in my teaching,while calling out names from the name list on the first day,I noticed a gray haired woman of about 70.She was wandering in the doorway,______ her new books like a schoolgirl.

“I’m not on the name list,” she volunteered.“But I was ______ if I could sit in for the first class,to see what marine(海洋) biology is about.” This woman’s eagerness ______ me,so I invited her to have a seat.I began the class with questions to get a(n) ______ of how much knowledge they were bringing to the course.As I questioned them about the difference between fishes and seagoing mammals,most of my new students remained ______.But Natalie,the older woman,was on the edge of her seat,______ answers.At the end of the class,she came up to me and apologized for being the “extra” student.She said,“Will you ______ me another chance?” ______ at losing her,I acted quickly to remove her ______.“I’ll see you next class,”I said.Natalie turned out to be a vital and ______ student.She commuted 50 miles each day to get to school,often in the severe winter,and never missed a class.______ this,she was enthusiastic about helping my younger students.Apparently these older students have the ______ over them.It lies in the breadth and depth of their path of life.After having ______ numerous personal and professional barriers,they have an expansive world view.______ a return to school may,at first,be frightening for them,they tend to make it because they are ______ great trouble to put their studies into an already full life.

1.A. often B. seldom C. never D. hardly

2.A. more than B. other than C. rather than D. no more than

3.A. creating B. lacking C. involving D. inspiring

4.A. anger B. desperation C. hope D. pity

5.A. another B. others C. the other D. none

6.A. bringing B. buying C. holding D. fetching

7.A. hoping B. wondering C. thinking D. expecting

8.A. impressed B. embarrassed C. puzzled D. amused

9.A. plan B. sense C. concept D. idea

10.A. enthusiastic B. silent C. interested D. calm

11.A. asking B. repeating C. rejecting D. volunteering

12.A. offer B. make C. learn D. introduce

13.A. Relieved B. Relaxed C. Alarmed D. Annoyed

14.A. concern B. curiosity C. attention D. concentration

15.A. diligent B. humorous C. intelligent D. open?minded

16.A. Regardless of B. But for C. Except D. Apart from

17.A. ability B. experience C. advantage D. belief

18.A. got over B. got across C. got away from D. got through

19.A. Unless B. Until C. When D. While

20.A. demanding B. taking C. sparing D. escaping

If you want to cook something quickly, you heat it from both sides.That's what's happening to the West Antarctic ice sheet(南极洲西部冰盖).A new study reveals that the area under the ice sheet is far hotter than previously thought, fed by an unexpected flow of geothermal energy (地热能).While the CO2 we send out heats the atmosphere above the continent, earth is melting its ice from below.

If you were to drill (钻)deep at some place on the continents, you would find that the temperature increases about 25℃ for every kilometer deep into the hole on average.Scientists call this the geothermal gradient (地热梯度).Until recently, no one had drilled deeply enough through the West Antarctic ice to determine the geothermal gradient underground.For the new study, researchers drilled all the way through the ice and into the mud.They found that the geothermal gradient was about 200℃,which is several times the global average on continents.Few predicted this result, although it had been showed that the earth below the West Antarctic ice is unusually hot.

Even with the new discovery, though,we still don't know exactly where the heat is coming from.One interesting possibility is volcanoes, which are under the ice.As recently as 2013, scientists were still discovering volcanoes under the ice in the area, and there may be many more.

Some people say that these volcanoes, rather than man?made climate change, are responsible for melting the area's ice.While it's true that heat coming from within the earth, including heat related to volcanoes, makes the melting faster, it is just one contributor to the loss of the West Antarctic ice sheet-not the main cause.Today's study could help us understand how the whole system, including global warming, is melting the ice.

1.What's happening to the West Antarctic ice sheet?

A. The ice sheet is getting hotter and hotter.

B. It is heated from below rather than from above.

C. The ice sheet is producing a new kind of energy.

D. It is melting from both sides.

2.What can be learned from the second paragraph?

A. It was the first time that researchers had tried to measure geothermal gradients.

B. The geothermal gradient showed where the heat came from.

C. The result was beyond the researchers' expectations.

D. Researchers never knew the earth under the West Antarctic ice was hot.

3.The author would probably agree that ________.

A. the new discovery is unhelpful without a certain conclusion

B. no volcano has been found to support the

researchers' idea

C. volcanoes are the most important reason for the melting of the ice

D. global warming is surely one reason for the melting of the ice

4.What's the main idea of the passage?

A. The West Antarctic ice sheet is in danger.

B. Researchers are trying to stop global warming.

C. The West Antarctic ice sheet's melting will bring terrible consequences.

D. It has been known how to stop the melting of the West Antarctic ice sheet.

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