I recently gave my adult class homework. The assignment was to “go to someone you love and tell them you love them. It has to be someone you have never said those words to before or haven’t shared those words with for a long time”.
That doesn’t sound like a tough assignment, but most of the men in that group were over 35 and were taught that expressing emotions is not “macho(男子汉的)”.
At the beginning of our next class, I asked if someone wanted to share what happened when they told someone they loved them. One of the men raised his hand. He appeared quite moved and a bit shaken.
He began by saying, “I didn’t feel that I had anyone to say those words to. But as I began driving home, I knew exactly who I needed to say ‘I love you’to. Five years ago, my father and I had a disagreement and never resolved it. We hardly spoke to each other.” “The next morning, I called my dad. When he answered the phone, I said, ‘Dad, can I come over tonight? I have something to tell you.’ I assured him it wouldn’t take long, so he finally agreed.”
“At 5:30, I was at my parents’ house ringing the doorbell. As luck would have it, Dad answered the door.”
“I took one step in the door and said, ‘Dad, I just came over to tell you that I love you’”
“His face softened, his wrinkles(皱纹)disappeared and he began to cry. He reached out and hugged me and said, ‘I love you too, son, but I’ve never been able to say it.’”
“Dad and I hugged for a moment longer. I hadn’t felt that great in a long time.”
“Two days after that visit, my dad had a heart attack and ended up unconscious in the hospital. I don’t know if he’ll make it.”
“My message to all of you is this:Don’t wait to do the things that need to be done. Take the time to do what you need to do and do it now!”
【小题1】Why might the assignment challenge the students?(no more than 10 words)【小题2】What happened to the author’s student and his father five years ago?(no more than 15 words)
【小题3】What is the meaning of the underlined part in Paragraph 5?(no more than 5 words)
【小题4】Why did the student’s father cry? (no more than 10 words)
【小题5】What do you often do when you have disagreements with your parents? Please explain.(no more than 20 words)
During the 1930s, the Great War broke out. A 25-year-old American soldier, probably never thought that his life would change forever when he volunteered to go to France.
One night while the American unit was returning to the base after a bloody fight, Suleyman stumbled into the ground and noticed a bit of movement from the bush. Being stuck between two choices either its enemy or an animal, Suleyman found a five-year-old girl from the bushes shivering with cold and utmost fear. Due to the atrocity of the war, the girl was abandoned by her family and the whole village was killed.
During the war, it was impossible to find the child’s family so Suleyman took this little French girl under his wings and gave her an American name Flora which means like the flower. Soon, Flora became the apple of the eye of everyone living in the army camp.
For one and a half years, Flora and Suleyman became inseparable; however, every fairy tale comes to an end. When the war ended, Suleyman was sent back to USA, while Flora was put in an orphanage, the Normandy School, which was founded by the American government for orphaned French children to have an education.
For years, Suleyman always thought about Flora. When the French National Olympic Team was playing in the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in 1984, Suleyman gazed through the audience on TV, hoping to catch a glimpse of Flora, but he never could.
At the age of 85, Suleyman attended the 60th anniversary reception of the Great War where Suleyman shared his story with American and French officials. After hearing his story, a French journalist started to investigate the story, and all government files were read in detail. The moment the journalist helped dial the number, in tears, Flora said Suleyman was her hero, and everything came flooding back to her.
【小题1】What does the underlined word “atrocity” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?A.Cruelty. | B.Challenge. | C.Range. | D.Stress. |
A.Because Flora might be in the French team. |
B.Because Suleyman was greatly interested in sports. |
C.Because Flora might be watching the event. |
D.Because Suleyman wanted to travel to Los Angeles. |
A.Flora and Suleyman became attached to each other. |
B.Flora was sent to an orphanage called Normandy. |
C.Suleyman found some animals in the bush. |
D.Suleyman would never see Flora again. |
A.A Tough Flower in the War | B.The Influence of the War |
C.The Lost and Found Love | D.The Apple of the Father's Eye |
A judge was working in his room one day when a neighbour ran in and said, “If one man’s cow kills another’s, is the owner of the first cow responsible?”
“It depends,” answered the judge.
“Well,” said the man, your cow has killed mine.
“Oh,” answered the judge. “Everyone knows that a cow cannot think like a man, so a cow is not responsible, and that means that its owner is not responsible either.”
“I am sorry, Judge,” said the man. “I made a mistake. I meant that my cow killed yours.”
The judge thought for a few seconds and then said, “When I think about it more carefully, this case is not as easy as I thought at first. ”And then he turned to his clerk and said, “Please bring me that big black book from the shelf behind you.”
【小题1】The neighbour asked the judge_______.A.whether the first cow was responsible |
B.whether the owner of the first cow was responsible |
C.whether both cows were responsible |
D.whether both the owners were responsible |
A.there was nothing happened |
B.his cow had been killed |
C.it was his cow that had killed the judge’s |
D.both cows had been killed |
A.got angry |
B.said nothing |
C.put his neighbor into prison |
D.changed what he had said at first |
A.a clever judge | B.a humorist | C.unfair | D.Foolish |
Aaron Fotheringham has been an amazing person with backflips(后空翻) and other skateboarding tricks throughout his teens. And his famous backflip has won worldwide notice in the form of Record. Why did his particular backflip earn such a reputation? Aaron was the first person to successfully perform a backflip in a wheelchair.
Aaron was born ill. He has been in a wheelchair since the age of 8. Since then, he has even developed a new extreme sport in which wheelchair-bound athletes use their chairs like skateboards or bikes to do tricks. Now Aaron's friends call him "Wheelz", and he says it's huge praise.
Though Aaron makes his stunts(特技表演) look easy, doing tricks in a wheelchair is very different from using a skateboard or bike. It's a completely different skill set.
If a skateboarder goes into a backflip like Aarons and doesn’t start out with enough rotation (旋转), he or she can bend his or her body to speed up. This allows a skateboarder to make complete rotation in time for a successful landing. But Aaron can't bend his body any more than it is already.
That means Aaron has to have everything perfect before going into a backflip. He needs to launch himself to just the right height. If he doesn't, he could fall on the ground completely. "My rotation is so quick that I don't have much time to think," says Aaron.
Aaron's stunts take a lot of practice. He tries to make it to the skate park every day to work on his backflip and try out new tricks. Even though he's an excellent athlete, Aaron doesn't always land his stunts perfectly. But Aaron says he doesn't let bad landings stop him. He gets right back up and goes for his backflip again.
【小题1】What do we know about Aaron?A.He can do backflips as a disabled person. |
B.He is an excellent skating athlete. |
C.He has had to sit in a wheelchair since birth. |
D.He has developed a new game by using chairs. |
A.disappointed | B.happy | C.angry | D.ashamed |
A.Starting out with enough rotation. |
B.Bending the body to speed up. |
C.Reaching a suitable height. |
D.Having enough time to think. |
A.A Disabled Teen Competes in Adventure Games |
B.A Teen Performs Excellent Stunts |
C.A Disabled Teen Wins Respect from Others |
D.A Teen Performs a Backflip in a Wheelchair |
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