Sonya and her family have been homeless since she was 3 years old. Over the years, they have moved more than 15times to different shelters around New York City. Moving around was hard on Sonya。At school, Sonya hid her homeless from teachers and other students. She didn’t want to be treated differently from other kids.

In sixth grade, Sonya discovered a way to deal with some of her stress. She began studying dance at her middle school. “IT was a way for me to express myself, instead of just holding everything in,”she explains. Soon, Sonya auditioned(试演)for a summer dance camp run by Alvin Alley, a famous dance company. She was accepted. “I was excited,”says Sonya.

Dancing became an even more important part of Sonya’s life in high school. But things were not going well for Sonya at school. Each time her family moved to a new shelter, Sonya often took care of her younger sisters and brothers. She helped them get ready in the morning and took them to school. They would be on time, but Sonya would be late.

Worrying about her family kept Sonya from thinking about her own future. That changed the summer after 11th grade. Sonya learned she would have to go to summer school to graduate. She became determined to succeed, no matter what. “It was a wake-up call,”she says.“I had to focus on school and on myself.”

Sonya made up the work that she had missed, and finally graduated from high school. No one in her family had gone to college before. But in September 2015, Sonya enrolled in the State University of New York at Potsdam. She plans to become a doctor for kids and to teach dance to children who have disabilities.

1.According to the text, Sonya_____________.

A. learned to dance at the age of 3

B. kept moving to a better school

C. hid to secrets from her teachers

D. became homeless at an early age

2.From Sonya’s experience, we can infer__________.

A. she could express herself by dancing

B. teachers and other students laughed at her

C. Sonya determined to be a doctor for people with disabilities

D. her sisters and brothers stopped her from thinking about her future

3.By saying“IT was a wake-up call,” Sonya means that__________.

A. she needed to teach herself

B. she must support her family

C. she should focus on dancing

D. she had to finish high school

4.What’s the main idea of the text?

A. A girl finds hope through dance.

B. Dancing makes people confident.

C. Sonya dreams of becoming a dance star.

D. More and more kids stay at shelters in New York.

For a long time Gabriel didn’t want to be involved in music at all. In his first years of high school, Gabriel would look pityingly at music students, across the campus with their heavy instrument cases. at school for practice hours anyone else had to be there. He swore to himself to music, as he hated getting to school extra early.

_____, one day, in the music class that was ____of his school’s standard curriculum, he was playing idly (随意地)on the piano and found it _______to pick out tunes. With a sinking feeling, he realized that he actually ____doing it. He tried to hide his ____pleasure from the music teacher, who had ____over to listen. He might not have done this particularly well, ____the teacher told Gabriel that he had a good ____ and suggested that Gabriel go into the music store-room to see if any of the instruments there __48__ him. There he decided to give the cello(大提琴)a ____. When he began practicing, he took it very ___. But he quickly found that he loved playing this instrument, and was ____to practicing it so that within a couple of months he was playing reasonably well.

This ____, of course, that he arrived at school early in the morning, ____ his heavy instrument case across the campus to the ____ looks of the non-musicians he had left ____.

1.A. travelling B. marching C. pacing D. struggling

2. A. rising up B. coming up C. driving up D. turning up

3. A. before B. after C. until D. since

4. A. betray B. accept C. avoid D. appreciate

5. A. Therefore B. However C. Thus D. Moreover

6. A. part B. nature C. basis D. spirit

7. A. complicated B. safe C. confusing D. easy

8. A. missed B. disliked C. enjoyed D. denied

9. A. transparent B. obvious C. false D. similar

10. A. run B. jogged C. jumped D. wandered

11. A. because B. but C. though D. so

12.A. ear B. taste C. heart D. voice

13. A. occurred to B. took to C. appealed to D. held to

14.A. change B. chance C. mission D. function

15. A. seriously B. proudly C. casually D. naturally

16. A. committed B. used C. limited D. admitted

17. A. proved B. showed C. stressed D. meant

18.A. pushing B. dragging C. lifting D. rushing

19.A. admiring B. pitying C. annoying D. teasing

20. A. over B. aside C. behind D. out

Becoming Refreshed without sleeping

Sometimes there is just not enough hours in the day to get everything done and get a good night’s rest.1. Once in a while you can get away with a sleepless night and still feel reasonably good by adjusting your meals and activities.

2. The last thing you want to do when you are tired is get warm and cozy, this will cause you to fall asleep. Keeping the air conditioner on will make you feel much more alert and refreshed.

Eat small amounts. Eating small amounts of healthy food will help refresh you. Fruit and nuts are a good choice because they are nutritious and will energize you 3.Try to stick to low carbon meals to keep you going. Chewing gum after your snack or small meal will also help keep you awake.

Keep it bright. When it is dark your body thinks it is time to go to sleep. Turn on lots of lights, which will trick your body into waking up and feeling better. 4. You get double the benefits if it is daytime.

Take a break. Taking a little break will help you in the long run. Turn up some energizing music to get yourself positive. Relax and talk to a friend in person or on the phone for a few minutes.5.

A. Keep it cool

B. Calm down and sleep

C. Avoid big, heavy meals as they will make you tired

D. Going outside whether it is day or night for some fresh air

E. Missing sleep regularly can make you sick and should be avoided

F. When you are tired, you may just want to sit around and do nothing

G. Having a good time for a few minutes will refresh you quicker than anything else.

The youngest of five children in a middle-class family, Clara Barton was born on Christmas Day, in 1821, in Oxford, Massachusetts. Although she was educated at home, Clara began teaching school herself at the age of fifteen until 1854. Later, before the Civil War (内战), Clara’s greatest achievement was the establishment (建立) of a free public school in Bordentown, New Jersey. What’s more, her only medical experience was when she cared for her invalid (病弱者) brother for two years.

When the Civil War broke out, Clara soon learned that many of the wounded soldiers had suffered from lack of medical supplies. So she asked for donations (捐款) to buy those supplies and began her own operation to hand out these supplies. In 1865, Clara built an information centre to serve war-torn families and often gave speeches. With so much work, she fell ill in 1868 and went to Switzerland to recover, where she learned something about the International Red Cross founded in 1864. But the United States could not take part then. Barton, returned home and began to establish the Red Cross in America. She worked hard, travelling to Washington for support, gave speeches and wrote articles to win the support of the public. She told people the Red Cross was not only important during times of war, but also useful in peace time. This got the attention of both the public and the politicians, and thus the American Association of the Red Cross came into being in 1881.

1.What did Clara Barton want to do during the wartime?

A. Advise the government to buy more medical supplies.

B. Help some families to rebuild their home.

C. Collect money to buy medical supplies.

D. Treat the wounded soldiers by herself.

2.According to the events in Clara’s life, which of the following is the right order?

a. Travelled to win support for the Red Cross in America.

b. Offered medical supplies to the army.

c. Established a free public school.

d. Stayed in Switzerland to improve her health.

e. Worked as a teacher at school.

A. e, c, b, d, a B. e, c, a, b, d

C. e, b, c, d, a D. e, b, a, c, d

3.Clara Barton insisted on establishing the Red Cross in America because ________.

A. it could stop a war breaking out

B. it was a sign of a powerful country

C. it could keep America at peace

D. it could help to overcome unexpected trouble

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