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故事类
1
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My family came
to the United States from Mexico when I was 5, so
I was an
English-language
learner
in
school
and
had
to
work
very
hard.
After
finishing
high
school,
it
took
me
eight
years
to
graduate
from
University,
while
working
full
time
at
night.
I
started
out
as
an
aerospace(
航空宇宙
)
engineer
and
changed
into
marketing,
working
at
Hewlett-Packard
and
IBM
for
most
of
my
career.
Then
I
became
a
financial
adviser, but
eventually didn't find it satisfying enough.
I
had always dreamed of teaching children with a
background like mine, and
I was 59
years old, so l knew it was now or never. I found
out about the EnCorps
STEM
Teachers
Program
in
California,
which
would
allow
me
to
explore
the
possibility
of becoming a science, technology,
engineering, or math teacher in a high-needs
middle or high school. I quickly
applied and was accepted.
My
first
job
was
the
hardest
assignment(
任务
)
you
can
get.
I
spent
my
first
year there teaching
math in a middle school, and the following two
years I taught
at the Academy of
Science & Engineering. When I spotted a job
opening within the
high school network
Soledad Enrichment Action and I saw the students,
I knew it's
where
I wanted
to work. I'm in my third year there, and I love
it. It's so much
more
satisfying than
what I used
to do for work. The
best is
when you see a student
really
getting
something
for
the
first
time.
Especially
algebra,
which
can
be
very
confusing. Sometimes I
was so confused at their age that
I
couldn't even ask a
question, so I know
that feeling.
I feel relevant again, like
what I do is really important. I don’t plan on
ever retiring.
do we know
about the author from the first two paragraphs?
had to begin working from an early
age.
was good at language learning
when young.
graduating, he enjoyed
trying different jobs.
satisfied with
his job, he changed jobs constantly.
did the author realize his dream?
applying to be a math teacher in a high school.
teaching children with a background
like himself.
getting the hardest
assignment to challenge himself.
changing his job for a satisfying one as an
engineer.
was the author satisfied
with when being a teacher?
found
algebra can be very confusing.
settled
confusing math problems for his students.
taught at the Academy of Science &
Engineering.
saw a student really
getting improved for the first time.
can be a suitable title for the text?
Be a Teacher and Never to Be a Successful Teacher
g a Satisfying Job Is ng after You
Retire Is Worth It
2
、
Born blind is
tough in any things were even harder for Srikanth
Bolla
who
was
born
in
a
small
village
in
India,where
the
common
belief
was
that
kids
with
disabilities wer
e “of no
use” and therefore,better off
ately,Srikanth’s parents loved their
son and refused to give him
d,they
encouraged the blind boy to dream big and reach
for the star.
Srikanth
did
not
disappoint
his
now
twenty-four-year-old
is
the
founder
CEO of Bollant Industries.
Of
course,getting here was not both blind and poor
meant that Srikanth
had
to
face
hard
a
young
boy,Srikanth
attended
a
regular
school
near
his
unately,the
students
and
teachers
didn’t
quite
like
him
because
of
his a result,the young boy was largely
ignored and often spent the
entire day
alone.
Concerned this would hold
back Srikanth’ s development,his family decided
to send him to a special school in
enough,the young boy soon rose
to
the
top
of
his
class,earning
awards
in
speech
and
debate
Srikanth
was prevented from
studying sciences when he reached 10th
grade,because it was
thought
too
“dangerous”
for
a
blind
t
wanting
to
give
up,Srikanth
took
legal action and became the first blind
student in the country allowed to study
sciences.
Late,after graduating from
the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology,Srikanth set up Bollant
Industries in just four years,it has
become
a
powerhouse
with
over
450
employees,70%
of
whom
are
physically
challenged.
Being disabled doesn’t mean being
unable.“If the world looks at me and
says,‘Srikanth,you can do nothing,’ I
will look back at the world and say I can
do any
thing.” the young man
says.
was Srikanth sent to
a special school?
parents became
richer than before.
could be treated
equally there.
school was free for
disabled students.
was sent away by
the regular school.
can we know about
Srikanth from the text?
was born in a
poor village.
cared about disabled
people.
parents were strict with him
in his study.
was loved by the
villagers when he was young.
words can
best describe Srikanth?
igent and
determined.
and honest.
t
and careful.
but stubborn.
can be the best title for the text?
s
Are Everywhere
Challenges,No Success
Dream Makes a Difference
lity Doesn’t Mean Being
Unable
3
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His parents may
have named him Edson Arantes do Nascimento, but to
the rest of
the world, he is known as
Pelé. Without doubt, Pele is the greatest soccer
player
ever.
Born
in
a
small
village
in
Brazil,
Pelé
grew
up
playing
soccer
like
most
other
children
of
his
age.
Too
poor
to
afford
a
soccer
ball,
Pele
and
his
playmates
often
made
one
by
tying
together
a
bunch
of
rags.
Their
playing
field
was
usually
a
sidewalk.
Old
tin
cans
marked
where
the
goalposts
should
be.
Pelé
and
the
other
boys
from
his
neighborhood
often
dreamed
of
one
clay
becoming
professional
soccer
players.
At
the
age
of
eleven,
Pelé
was
discovered
by
Waldemar
de
Brito,
a
former
professional
player.
Waldemar de Brito was then the coach of
the Bauru Soccer Club and he signed Pele
to play for the junior Bauru team.
In
1956, when Pele was fifteen, Waldemar de Brito
took him to the city of
Santos, Brazil,
to try out for the Santos professional team. Pele
immediately
distinguished himself as
one of the best players.
In 1957,
Pelé
was selected to
p
lay
on Brazil's
national team.
He
scored
the
only goal for Brazil in
the first game and another goal in the second
game. Then
in 1958, Pelé helped Brazil
win ils first World Cup.
Between
1958
and
1970,
Pele
played
in
four
World
Cups.
He
is
the
only
person
who
won
three
World
Cups.
Pelé
played
his
last
game
with
the
Brazilian
national
team
in 1971, but he
continued to play for the Sanlos team for three
more years before
calling it quits.
Throughout his career, Pelé had an
amazing ability to touch peo
ple. Once a
war
was
suspended
for
two
days
because
the
Santos
team
had
been
invited
to
play
there
and
people on both sides were so eager to see Pelé
play.
Pelé's
name
represents
excellence
in
soccer.
His
20
-year
career
has
yielded
some
of the most memorable moments in soccer histoiy.
People today still refer to
him as the
great Pelé, the King of Soccer.
was Pelé's soccer playing environment
like when he was young?
-developed.
.
ng.
rd.
's the focus of
Paragraphs 3 to 5?
é's
influence.
é's
achievements.
é's personal
development.
é's
international records.
was
the war in Nigeria suspended for two days?
ans were fed up with wars.
é
refused to play soccer unless the war was
stop
ped.
ans didn't want to
injure Pelé.
wanted to see
Pelé's game.
do we know
about Pelé?
g up in a soccer
family influences him a lot.
is a
selfless and generous player.
has a
talent for soccer and practices a lot.
received professional training at age 15.
4
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When I was in
fourth grade, I worked part-time as a paperboy.
Mrs. Stanley was
one of my customers.
She’d watch me coming down her street, and by the
time I’d
biked
up
to
her
doorstep,
there’d
be
a
cold
drink
waiting.
I’d
sit
and
drink
while
she talked. Mrs. Stanley talked mostly
about her dead husband, “Mr. Stanley and
I
went
shopping
this
morning,”
she’d
say.
The
first
time
she
said
that,
soda
went
up my nose.
I
told
my
father
how
Mrs.
Stanley
talked
as
if
Mr.
Stanley
were
still
alive.
Dad
said
she
was
probably
lonely,
and
that
I
ought
to
sit
and
listen
and
nod
my
head
and smile, and maybe she’d
work it out of her system
.
So that’s what I did, and
it turned out
Dad was right. After a while she seemed content to
leave her husband
over at the cemetery
(
墓地
).
I
finally
quit
delivering
newspapers
and
didn’t
see
Mrs.
Stanley
for
several
years. Then we
crossed paths at a church fund-raiser. She was
spooning mashed
potatoes and looking
happy. Four years before
, she’d had to
offer her paperboy a
drink to have
someone to talk with. Now she had friends. Her
husband was gone, but
life went on.
I
live
in
the
city
now,
and
my
paperboy
is
a
lady
named
Edna
with
three
kids.
She asks me how I’m
doing. When I don’t say “fine,” she sticks around
to hear
my
problems.
She’s
lived
in
the
city
most
of
her
life,
but
she
knows
about
community.
Community
isn’t
so
much
a
place
as
it
is
a
state
of
mind.
You
find
it
whenever
people
ask how you’re doing
because they care, and not
because they’re getting paid to
do so. Sometimes it’s good to just
smile, nod your head and listen.
did soda go up the author’s nose one
time?
was talking fast.
was shocked.
was in a
hurry.
was absent-minded.
did the author sit and listen to Mrs. Stanley?
enjoyed the drink.
wanted
to be helpful.
took the chance to
rest.
tried to please his dad.
of the following can replace the
underlined phrase “work it out of her
system” in Paragraph 2?
r from her sadness.
out of
the neighborhood.
to her old friends.
out about her past.
does
the author think people in a community should do?
up to others.
on each
other.
for others’ help.
about one another.
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