2023-2024学年高一上学期英语每日一练18

每日一练18

第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

Austin along with his father TJ ____36____ (watch) a program on Animal Planet about a mother panda leaving her new-born babies when TJ told him that the baby pandas ____37____ (be) homeless for a while. Austin then 4, didn’t know what homelessness meant, but he was sad and wanted to know more.

Seeing this ____38____ a teachable moment, TJ took Austin to the Firehouse Ministries, a local shelter (避难所) ____39____ provides housing, food, and other services for homeless men. As they drove by the redbrick building, they saw a group of 25 homeless men standing on the street corner. “Dad, they look sad,” Austin said.“____40____ we take them some food and make them smile?”

That day, Austin used his allowance (零花钱) to buy each man a Burger King sandwich and handed the food out ____41____ (he). Seeing what their ____42____ (present) meant to the men, Austin and TJ returned every week. After five weeks, word of Austin’s acts of kindness spread through social media. Since then, donations ____43____ (pour) in.

Austin isn’t just filling bellies (肚子) of those he meets. The levels they are living at ____44____ (raise) as well. Austin’s passion has now become his family’s calling. After raising money through a Go Fund Me page, his mother, Audrey, established the Show Love Foundation, a nonprofit devoted to ____45____ (fight) homelessness. TJ left his job to oversee public relations for the foundation full-time. As for Austin, he continues to give out food, smiles, and his inspirational message of love. “It makes me feel like I’m saving the day.”

B

The year I turned fifty, I resolved to do something new every day. However, balancing 365 new things with work and family, while still managing to do the washing and get dinner on the table every night, was not always easy. In the early weeks of the project, I found it difficult to find so many new things.

It wasn't long before my friends learned that I was open to almost anything I could consider a new thing, and the invitations began flooding in not just from friends, but friends of friends. As a result, my life was new. I went dog sledding (雪橇). I attended a fashion show. I went to many lectures on all kinds of topics that I never would have previously considered useful or interesting and found something to value in every single one. I even signed up immediately when learning about a local group trying to get into the Guinness Book of World Records by doing something unusual.

As time went by, whenever I learned about something that seemed unusual, I did what I could to achieve it. Instead of“Why”, I began to ask "Why not". Now I find it is easier to just keep my eyes open to the possibilities that surrounded me. It turned out that there were new things everywhere, and all I had to do was to make a little effort to enjoy them.

I looked back on the year. It doesn't matter to me that many of my "new things” weren't exactly meaningful. What matters is how to make full use of them when discovering there is an endless number of new things for me. It seemed to me an obvious sign that at fifty, my life was full of promise. I could continue to grow, spread my wings, and learn more every day for the rest of my life. I enjoyed the idea of something new, and it gave me a reason to welcome each day as a chance to experience the world a little differently.

4. Which can best describe the author's feeling according to paragraph 1?

A. Better late than never.

B. Action speaks louder than words.

C. Saying is one thing but doing is another.

D. Experience is the best teacher.

5. What's the author's attitude toward new things?

A. Doubtful.        B. Appreciative.       C. Careful.       D. Negative.