Her parents tried to do their best for their daughter and they asked a young teacher called Anne Sullivan to their home to teach Helen. Anne herself was almost blind in her youth. Helen was a smart girl but she couldn’t hear or talk. She was angry at this. So she was always crying and shouting. Then Anne often went for walks with Helen in the country near her home. After two weeks, Helen became quiet. Anne began to teach her how to spell and Helen learned to write. Boards(木板) with lines on them helped her to keep the words straight. Soon her talents were famous all over the world. There were her stories in newspapers and magazines. By the time she was 17, she was studying French, German, Latin, physics and many other subjects. She was still blind and deaf. In 1902, she wrote a book The Story of my life. It became well-known all over the world.

【1】Helen became blind and deaf when she was ___________.

A.one year oldB.half a year old

C.one year and a half oldD.two years old

【2】Why was Helen always crying and shouting?

A.Because she couldn’t hear and talk.

B.Because she felt lonely.

C.Because she was angry with Anne.

D.Because Anne always went out with her.

【3】Anne taught Helen how to __________.

A.runB.speak and write

C.play footballD.swim

【4】Why did Helen need to use special boards to write on?

A.Because she didn’t like desks.

B.Because she didn’t have desks.

C.Because boards with lines on them helped her to keep the words straight.

D.Because she liked to use them.

【5】How old was Helen when she finished the book The Story of my life?

A.51.B.42.

C.22.D.17.

In 1925, Richard Drew worked as an engineer for a company. He wanted to _______ a kind of material which could be strong enough to hold things together, but his boss didn’t let him think about it. Drew had to use his _______time to think about his idea, and he had a hard time to make the idea _______. Finally, he made the kind of tape, which now is used everywhere by people. The boss learned from his mistake. After that the company made a rule of asking _______ workers to spend 15 percent of their work time just thinking about and developing new ideas.

In developing our creativity, childhood is a _______ age. It is important for schools and parents to help their children to develop their creativity. Teachers should not only develop the students’ reading, writing and math skills, _______ help the students use them to work out problems. Parents should give children more choices. From the earliest age, children should learn to make decisions. For example, let them choose rice or noodles for supper. As children grow older, parents should let their children make their own decisions on how to use their time or spend their money. _______ not to help them too much when they make the wrong decision, ________ the child may have a hard time.

【1】A.questionB.answerC.wordD.expression

【2】A.strengthB.abilityC.thoughtD.activity

【3】A.visitB.inviteC.inventD.buy

【4】A.workB.fullC.schoolD.spare

【5】A.come trueB.come outC.come backD.come up

【6】A.yourB.itsC.theirD.our

【7】A.shortB.brightC.longD.golden

【8】A.andB.as well asC.untilD.but also

【9】A.RememberB.ThinkC.ForgetD.Wonder

【10】A.as long asB.so thatC.even thoughD.as soon as

---Thank you. We may use less plastic in this way.

A.howB.whatC.what aD.how a

A.Not only; but alsoB./; rather thanC.Both; andD.Neither; nor

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Green is the Way to Go

Today, communities（社區(qū)）around the US are going green. For some, that means paying attention to the environment by recycling or controlling pollution. But others are turning their neighborhoods green by planting community gardens.

Green Brings Benefits

A growing number of government and community leaders point out that gardening is a great way to improve the appearance of a neighborhood. It also unites neighborhood residents（居民）. Research at Texas A＆M University and the University of Illinois shows that city areas with more green have less crime.

One Neighborhood's Story

Norris Square in Philadelphia is a neighborhood that has benefits from a community garden. In the 1980s, Norris Square was known for its run-down buildings and vacant parking lots filled with rubbish. Then a group of Puerto Rican women planted vegetables and flowers in one vacant lot. Soon there was also an outdoor kitchen and colorful murals showing rural life in Puerto Rico.

The community garden became a place of beauty and a source of fresh food for Norris Square residents. It also became a source of neighborhood pride. Soon people were working together to do home repairs, clean up other vacant lots, remove graffiti, and plant more trees and flowers throughout the neighborhood.

Today, instead of fights in the park, there are festivals. Instead of abandoned cars along the streets, there are trees. People can now enjoy a neighborhood that is cleaner, safer, and more beautiful.

Plant Your Own Seeds

If you want to start a community garden in your area, you can get information from the Community Gardening Association at www. communitygarden. org.

【1】How are other people turning their neighborhoods green?

【2】What benefits does green bring?

【3】When was Norris Square known for its run-down building?

【4】What is Norris Square like now?

【5】Where can you get information if you want to start a community garden in your area?

“We are excited by the findings because we saw such a meaningful improvement in both clinically depressed and non-depressed students, ”said lead author Dr. Brandon Alderman.“It is the first time that both of these two behavioral ways have been looked at together for dealing with depression.”

Researchers believe the two activities have an interactive（交互的）effect in combating depression. Alderman and Dr. Tracey Shors discovered that a combination of mental and physical training( MAP) enabled students with major depressive disorder not to let problems or negative thoughts defeat them.

Rutgers researchers say those who participated in the study began with 30 minutes of focused attention meditation followed by 30 minutes of oxygen sport. They were told that if their thoughts drifted to the past or the future they should refocus on their breathing, which enabled those with depression to accept moment-to-moment changes in attention.

Shors, who studies the production of new brain cells in the hippocampus-part of the brain involved in memory and learning-says scientists have shown in animal models that oxygen sport exercise keeps a large number of certain cells alive.

The idea for the human intervention（干預(yù)）came from her laboratory studies, she says, with the main goal of helping individuals acquire new skills so that they can learn to recover from stressful life events.

By learning to focus their attention and exercise, people who are fighting depression can acquire new learning skills that can help them process information and reduce the overwhelming recollection of memories from the past, Shors says.

“We know these treatments can be practiced over a lifetime and that they will be affective in improving mental health, ”said Alderman.“The good news is that this intervention can be practiced by anyone at any time and at no cost.”

【1】What made the research so different?

A.Adopting a way of meaningful talk.B.Treating depression with special medicine.

C.Combining the two ways to reduce depression.D.Comparing the depressed with the non-depressed.

【2】The underlined word "combasting" in Paragraph 3 probably means __________.

A.fightingB.developingC.improvingD.examining

【3】What can we know about what the participants did in the research?

A.They did oxygen sport half an hour before thinking.B.They thought quietly and then took exercise.

C.They took exercise longer than they thought.D.They took exercise while thinking quietly.

【4】What is Shors' main purpose of her studies?

A.To find out certain brain cells of humans.B.To study the production of new brain cells.

C.To offer people a new method to reduce stress.D.To decide the links between stress and exercise.

The Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA, carried out a survey of students' ability to work together in groups. They found that students who do well on tests by themselves are also likely to be better at working with other people.

This finding was true for many countries. Students in Japan, South Korea, Finland and Canada, where test scores are high, also did well in working together to solve problems. But this was not the case for every country. Chinese students, who tend（趨向）to have high scores as well, displayed just average collaborative（合作的）skills.

“One reason might be that Chinese parents and teachers focus too much on grades, ”said Zhao Zhongxin, former vice president of the Chinese Family Education Association.“Students have a lot of exam pressure and they view school as a place for competition.”

“However, collaborative skills are very important for preparing students for today's society, ”he added.“Luckily, more Chinese parents and teachers are realizing the importance of this and are thinking of ways to help students improve this skill.”

Another interesting finding from the PISA survey was that girls tend to be better than boys at working together. They said girls show more positive attitudes toward relationships, which means they are more willing to listen to others' opinions.

PISA also found that the classroom environment tends to influence how well students collaborate. In classes where there are a lot of activities that require communication, such as class debates, students tend to have better attitudes toward collaborating.

【1】Which of the following is NOT one of the survey's findings?

A.Those who do well on tests are also better at working with others.

B.Collaborative skills are more important than scores for students' futures.

C.Girls are better at working with others than boys.

D.The classroom environment can influence students' ability to work in groups.

【2】What can teachers do to improve their students' ability to work with others?

A.Give students high scores on every test.B.Help students to get used to exam pressure.

C.Make girls work with girls instead of boys.D.Arrange more communicative activities in class.

【3】What's the passage mainly about?

A.How to improve collaborative skills.

B.Who tend to cooperate in working.

C.The result of a survey on students' collaborative ability.

D.The process of a survey on students' collaborative ability.

However, Yuncheng's condition has not stopped him making the most of his life. Yuncheng also taught himself to write and when he was 17 he wrote a letter to a newspaper describing his situation and his dream of a better life. The letter was read by Zhang Danuo, an editor at the newspaper, who was inspired by Yuncheng's spirit.

Zhang Danuo offered to help Yuncheng achieve his ambition to write a book. Yuncheng was always happy when he finished an assignment.“I felt everything in the world was beautiful and how wonderful it was to live in the world, ”he said. Yuncheng's book describes what his life is like, what his hopes and dreams are and how he overcomes the problems he faces every day. Readers have been inspired by his courage and his good heart and his book has sold extremely well. Yuncheng says that because his life will not be long one, he must do as much as he can in the time that is left to him.

【1】Yuncheng couldn't __________when he was seven years old.

A.walkB.jumpC.seeD.hear

【2】__________helped Yuncheng achieve his ambition to write a book.

A.His parentsB.His teacherC.An editorD.A writer

【3】Why has Yuncheng's book sold extremely well?

A.Because his book describes what his life is like.B.Because he got help from Zhang Danuo.

C.Because his story is very strange.D.Because his courage has inspired readers.

A.holdB.is heldC.will be heldD.will hold