On the first day of school our teacher introduced a special student to us. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand _________my shoulder. I turned around to find a little old lady _________at me. She said, “Hi, My name is Rose. I’m eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?”I laughed and_______replied,“Of course you may.”

“Why are you in university at_________a young age?” I asked_________. She replied, “I’m here to meet a rich husband, get married, have some kids, and then retire and travel.”

I knew she was joking. I was curious(好奇) what may push her to take on this challenge at her age.

“I always dreamed of having a university_______ and now I’m getting one!”she told me. We became friends. I always enjoyed listening to this “time machine” as she_______ her experience with me. And Rose easily made friends _______ she went.She loved to_______ to make herself look younger.

At the end of the term we invited Rose to make a speech. I will never forget __________she taught us. As she started to make her prepared________ ,she dropped some cards on the floor.“I am so________, ”she said,“I will never get my speech back. Forget the cards! As we laughed, she cleared her throat and began,“we grow old________we stop playing. There are some secrets to staying young, being happy, and achieving success. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You’ve got to have a dream.”

“There is a huge difference __________growing older and growing up.

Remember, we can’t stop growing up, but we can__________how to grow up.

1.A. touched B. beat C. moved D. shook

2.A. looking B. pointing C. shouting D. smiling

3.A. carefully B. comfortably C. happily D. peacefully

4.A. so B. as C. quite D. such

5.A. seriously B. hopefully C. really D. truly

6.A. dream B. job C. education D. uniform

7.A. shared B. spent C. talked D. provided

8.A. whenever B. when C. wherever D. where

9.A. wake up B. dress up C. get up D. put up

10.A. what B. which C. why D. how

11.A. dinner B. speech C. rule D. plan

12.A. worried B. happy C. weak D. nervous

13.A. so B. but C. because D. and

14.A. between B. before C. from D. after

15.A. manage B. promise C. remind D. choose

A friend asked me for my Calgary address last week. “Oh, are you sending me a present?” I asked. “I love presents.”

“No, it’s not for you. It’s not about you,” he said, “it’s for baby Rowan.”

Damn. He’s right. No one cares about me any more. At 5:30 the other morning, exhausted after another sleepless night, I hit my nose on the bedroom wall while walking. There was a lot of blood and I wanted comfort, so I called my mommy.

“So did you e-mail the list yet?” my mother asked.

What? Didn’t she hear me? I had just told her that I ---her daughter had walked into a wall and had likely broken my nose and would have to go to a doctor.

“We need to buy all the things for the baby Rowan,” she answered. “You’d better get on with that.”

My husband and I are coming back to Toronto for a visit next week and my mother offered to buy and set up a baby room in our house before our arrival. My list was very long and included everything for baby Rowan.

Whenever people call now, they want to know about baby Rowan first. On my husband’s birthday several weeks ago, even his parents asked how Rowan was before wishing him—their son---a happy birthday.

We took baby Rowan out for her first dining experience. I was so hungry that I thought I would faint.

“So, how old is she?” the waitress asked.

“She’s four weeks old,” I answered. “How big is your salad? Is it enough for a meal?”

Was the waitress pretending not to hear me? “On, she’s so small,” she responded. “How much does she weigh?”

“Yes, yes, she is small. Should I start with a Diet Coke?”

“She’s really cute,” the waitress continued.

Yah,yah, she is lovely but can I please order now?

All this has made me realize that indeed, it’s no longer about me. So I’ve gotten smart. At the bottom of the list of things I want my parents to get for baby Rowan, I added a few things for me. Perhaps my parents will actually believe that a five-week-old can eat apples and yogurt and drink bottled water.

1.Rowan is ________

A. a baby boy. B. five weeks old now

C. able to eat apples. D. living with her grandparents.

2.Why did the writer call her mother the other day?

A. She had a sleepless night.

B. She e-mailed a list to her mother.

C. She got hurt and wanted comfort from her mother.

D. She was going to see a doctor.

3.What’s the meaning of the underlined word “exhausted”?

A. excited. B. happy C. tired D. upset

4.How did the baby influence the people around?

A. Baby Rowan ruins the relationship between the writer and her husband.

B. The writer’s parents buy a new house for the baby.

C. The waitress became politer because of the baby.

D. Baby Rowan has changed the writer’s life and makes her feel less important.

Zhang Zhiyuan, who works in the film and television industry, uses the De Dao app when he goes to work every day, according to Xinhua News Agency. The app offers written articles and podcasts from famous personalities that the user must pay for, with topics ranging from music to economics.

Zhang is not alone. By May 2017, De Dao had 7 million users, according to Bloomberg. The De Dao platform is just a small part of China’s knowledge economy. These days, more Chinese people are willing to pay for knowledge online than before, according to an article published by AFP in September.

Many Chinese people used to be unwilling to pay for content online. However, many internet users’ attitudes have changed since they began to see quality content as valuable, wrote China Daily.

Meanwhile, Chinese people, especially the young, are suffering from so-called Knowledge anxiety. In such a rapidly changing society, people are afraid of not being able to get the latest information and feeling left out, according to The Wall Street Journal.” In big cities, people are too busy to read books and watch movies. Famous personalities can teach you knowledge that lets you seem as if you have read the book or watched the movie yourself,” De Dao user James Lu told the Financial Times.

However, this way of learning has also been criticized. “Knowledge is not the same as information. It’s certainly not something that can be gained by watching a few television shows, any more than it can be gotten by reading a few books or listening to a few podcasts,” Sixth Tone reporter Tao Lixing noted. He believes that to get real knowledge, one has to ask questions, analyze and reflect, rather than rely simply on internet content.

In spite of this, it seems that paying for knowledge online is a popular phenomenon that shows no signs of slowing down.

1.What do you know about De Dao?

A. People can read articles on De Dao. B. People can only write articles on De Dao.

C. People can’t listen to music on De Dao. D. It’s free.

2.Which is not the reason that people like to pay for knowledge online?

A. The society changes so rapidly. B. people are afraid of being left out.

C. It’s cheaper to pay for knowledge online. D. people are too busy to read books and watch movies.

3.Which statement is the writer’s opinion?

A. By May 2017, De Dao had 7 million users, according to Bloomberg.

B. Famous personalities can teach you knowledge that lets you seem as if you have read the book or watched the movie yourself

C. Knowledge is not the same as information.

D. It seems that paying for knowledge online is a popular phenomenon that shows no signs of slowing down.

4.This passage may come from __________

A. a science book B. a newspaper C. a magazine D. a novel

Believe it or not, humans have been in debt(负债) to the Earth Overshoot Day this month. The Earth Overshoot Day fell on August 8th. As of that day, we have used as much from nature in 2016 as our planet can provide in a whole year. In other words, we have run out of this year’s “ecological budget”, and for the rest of the year we’ll be eating into our “savings”.

Global Footprint Network has been watching the Earth Overshoot Day since 1971. This year, the day came five days earlier than it did last year (Aug. 13th), 11 days earlier that the year before (Aug, 19th) and is the earliest date yet.

Global Footprint Network said that humans now use 1.6 Earths worth of crops, forest, livestock, energy and other resources (资源) every year. By the 2030s we will be using more than two Earth’s worth of resources every year. The situation is more and more serious and the world needs to find better balance in how to use the Earth’s resources.

Overshoot Day is a red light warning of trouble ahead. “That is, we’re using up what our planet does for us, so year after year, there is less for us to use,” Stuart Pimm, an American professor of ecology, explained. “Less forest, fewer fish in the ocean, less productive land.” Two of the main causes are over-population and pollution.

Small actions make a big difference and all of us play an important role in creating a better world where we live. Even a few simple changes around our home can reduce the resource that we waste, from taking a shower instead of a bath, to using our own reusable bags at the store instead of ones that are made of plastics. In this way we can reduce waste and pollution. Let’s start today to live greener in no time.

1.What can we learn from the first two paragraphs?

A. The Earth Overshoot Day is coming earlier and earlier.

B. The Earth Overshoot Day falls on Aug. 19th.

C. Humans will have to spend more money for the rest of the year.

D. Humans have used as many resources this year as we did last year.

2.According to the Global Footprint Network, which of the following is true?

A. By the 2030s there will be no resources left on Earth.

B. Humans need to find better ways to use resources properly.

C. Humans use more than 1.6 Earths worth of resources every year.

D. Aug. 13th is the earliest date of the Earth Overshoot Day since 1971.

3.Which one can’t help us reduce the resource that we waste?

A. take a shower. B. take a bath.

C. use the reusable bags. D. recycle the waste water.

4.What can be the best title for the passage?

A. Living a Saving life B. Aug. 8th—an Important Day

C. Small Actions make a Big Difference D. Eating up Our Planet

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