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I was blind, but I was ashamed of it if it was known. I refused to use a white stick and hated asking for help. After all, I was a teenage girl, and I couldn’t bear people to look at me and think I was not like them. I must have been a terrible danger on the roads, Coming across me wandering through the traffic, motorists probably would have to step rapidly on their brakes. Apart from that, there were all sorts of disasters that used to occur on the way to and from work.
One evening, I got off the bus about halfway home where I had to change buses, and as usual I ran into something, “I’m awfully sorry,” I said and stepped forward only to run into it again. When it happened a third time, I realized I had been apologizing to a lamppost. This was just one of the stupid things that constantly happened to me. So I carried on and found the bus stop, which was a request stop, where the bus wouldn’t stop unless passengers wanted to get on or off. No one else was there and I had to try to guess if the bus had arrived.
Generally in this situation, because I hated showing I was blind by asking for help, I tried to guess at the sound. Sometimes I would stop a big lorry and stand there feeling stupid as it drew away. In the end, I usually managed to swallow my pride and ask someone at the stop for help.
But on this particular evening no one joined me at the stop; It seemed that everyone had suddenly decided not to travel by bus. Of course I heard plenty of buses pass, or I thought I did. But because I had given up stopping them for fear of making a fool of myself, I let them all go by. I stood there alone for half an hour without stopping one. Then I gave up. I decided to walk on to the next stop.
After the girl got off the bus that evening, she_________.

A.began to run
B.hit a person as usual
C.hit a lamppost by accident
D.was caught by something

At the request stop that evening, the girl___________.

A.stopped a big lorry
B.stopped the wrong bus
C.made no attempt to stop the bus
D.was not noticed by other people

What was the problem with guessing at the sound to stop a bus?

A.Other vehicles also stopped there.
B.It was unreliable for making judgments.
C.More lorries than buses responded to the girl.
D.It took too much time for the girl to catch the bus.

Finally the girl decided to walk to the next stop, hoping __________.

A.to find people there
B.to find more buses there
C.to find the bus by herself there
D.to find people more helpful there
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Who Is Kimberly Kirberger? Kimberly Kirberger is the president and founder of Inspiration and Motivation for Teens, Inc.(I.A.M.for Teens, Inc.) a corporation formed exclusively (专有地) to work for teens.It is her goal to see teens represented in a more positive light and it is her strong belief that teens deserve better and more positive treatment.
She spends her time reading the thousands of letters and stories sent to her by teen readers and traveling around the country speaking to high school students and parents of teens.She has appeared as a teen expert on many television and radio shows.
Kimberly says that the College Soul book has been an amazing journey.In getting close to and heating from so many teenagers she kept hearing about this very emotionally packed time that begins with application to college and extends through the four-year experience.It became clear to her that this was a time of life that was filled with many challenges and that college students could really benefit from a book like this.For her, it was simply a continuation of a commitment that she has made to teenagers to do what she can to inspire and motivate them while letting them know there are people who believe in them.
Kimberly is the co-author of the bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul and the New York Times bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II, as well as Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul Journal.She is also the co-author of the forthcoming Chicken Soup for the Parent’s Soul and Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul III, and the author of Teen Love: On Relationships, a Book for Teenagers.
Kimberly started the Teen Letter Project with Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen and Health Communications, InC.The Project is responsible for answering the heartfelt letters received from teenagers and also reaching out to teens in trouble and encouraging them to seek professional help.
To book Kimberly for a speaking engagement or for further information on any of her projects, please contact:
I.A.M.for Teens, Inc.
P.O.Box 936, Palisades, CA 90272 phone: 310-573-3655
fax:.310-573-3657
e-mail for stories: stories @ teenagechickensoul.com
e-mail for letters: letters @ teenagechick
Web site: www.Teenagechickensoul.com
68.Kimberly Kirberger devotes herself to ________.
A.helping people in trouble   B.writing books for children
C.the research of teen problems   D.the healthy growth of teenagers
69.The third paragraph mainly tells us ________.
A.why Kimberly wrote the College Soul book
B.how Kimberly wrote the College Soul book
C.the College Soul book was a great success
D.college students benefit from the College Soul book
70.Which of the following was written alone by Kimberly Kirberger ?
A.Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul.
B.Chicken Soup for the Parent’s Soul.
C.Teen Love: On Relationship, a Book for Teenagers.
D.Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul.
71.What’s the purpose of the Teen Letter Project?
A.Helping problem teenagers. B.Collecting teenager problems.
C.Attracting the teenagers. D.Offering help to teenagers.

Submit your photos and videos to You Witness News to have them considered for use on Reuters.com, Yahoo!, and the Reuters professional picture service, used by thousands of news organizations worldwide.
When you send images to pics@ reuters.com, please provide the following so that we can review and post them:
·Your full name
·Your email address or phone number
·A brief description of the event you shot with the place and date that it occurred.
The next images shown across the world’s newspapers, television channels, and news sites could be yours.Share your take with the world.
What makes a good news photograph?
As you’re thinking about taking news photographs, think about what makes up a good picture.
Most importantly, it will be of interest to a wide audience.It may describe an event in the news: a train crash, a clash in the streets, crazily happy fans the moment the big game is won.
Uniqueness is eye-catching.A picture that no one else took has much more news value than one taken alongside a rank of other photographers.A good news picture will tell a story without words.It will have context by showing the surrounding scene, or show the emotion on the faces of the people in the picture.
Timeliness is critical.Whatever the content, a news picture can lose its value in a short space of time.News events move quickly, and the shot of a mini tornado you took last week may have been destined for the front page when you took it, but of no interest to a newspaper or a website a week later.
Control is important.Please remember, absolutely no photo is worth bothering others, putting yourself or others in danger, or getting in trouble with the law.
We’re looking forward to seeing your pictures.
64.The following are the features of a good news photograph except that.
A.it is unique B.it is timely
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65.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
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D.Any photo or video you take will be accepted by You Witness News.
66.The purpose of the passage is.
A.to teach you how to take photos
B.to tell people what makes a good news photo
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67.Which of the following is a good news photograph?
A.A bird escapes from the cage.
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Animal Services
Town Lake Animal Center is the largest animal shelter in Central Texas, offering shelter to more than 23,000 animals each year and animal control services to all of Austin and Travis County.In the shelter, no animal will be turned away.
Hours of Operation
Shelter:
Monday-Friday, 11:30 a.m.to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday-Sunday, 11:30 a.m.to 5:00 p.m.
Closed City Holidays
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Animal Protection and Control:
Monday ― Friday, 7:00 a.m.to 6:00 p.m.
Saturday ― Sunday, 7:00 a.m.to 5:00 p.m.
City Holidays, 7:00 a.m.to 3:00 p.m.
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Mailing address: Town lake Animal Center, POBox 1088, Austin, TX 78767
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PURPOSE: To teach people how to recognize and report animal cruelty.
WHO: All citizens are encouraged to take this class.
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Because the shelter accepts all animals, and because there is a big problem of a large population of pets in our area, the shelter does carry out painless killing of animals that have no other choices for lifetime care.
60.According to the passage, Town Lake Animal Center.
A.is the largest animal shelter in the USA
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C.offers many services to animals
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A.send it to the shelter directly
B.call Administrative Offices immediately
C.send it to Animal Cruelty Prevention Classes
D.call Animal Protection and Control officers
62.Attending Animal Cruelty Prevention Classes can also help.
A.avoid family cruelty B.know more about the wildlife
C.stop any animal cruelty D.treat injured animals quickly
63.According to the passage, Town Lake Animal Center has the right to.
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Q:
I’d like to know about fluency.What can I do to feel better when I’m talking to other people? Do you have some ways to learn it faster? Please help me!   —Roberto in Brazil
A:
Roberto wants to know how to become more fluent in English, and this is something you want to be able to do “fast”.
First, if you get to meet English speakers much, the important rule is to listen not just to native speakers of English, but also to very good users of English.If you don’t, then listen to the radio, TV or films in English.
The next step is to notice what it is that speakers of English do, which makes them sound fluent.The first trick(诀窍) is to probably have confidence.Some people think they might make mistakes.Don’t worry about that.Your listeners will usually try hard to understand you — a few grammar mistakes aren’t going to worry them.
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Another good thing that speakers of English do is to have a few tricks up their sleeves(袖子) for when they need to give themselves thinking time.Sometimes they use “filler sounds” like er, um and so on.
It is also useful to know how to bring other speakers into your conversation so that you keep them interested - and this is often done by asking questions like “What do you think?” “How do you feel about this?” and so on.
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C.talk to English speakers D.buy a radio or a TV set
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D.One can become fluent if one practises one of the suggestions.


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Whatever sport you take up, you can make it greener by using environment-friendly equipment and buying products made from recycled materials.But the final goal should be “green gyms”.They are better replacements for traditional health clubs and modern sports centers.Members of green gyms play sports outdoors, in the countryside or other open spaces.There is no special requirement for you to start your membership.And best of all, it’s free.
49.The author thinks the golf is resource-hungry because of the following EXCEPT that_____.
A.Golf wastes large areas of countryside
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50.According to the passage, which of the following is an environment-friendly sport?
A.swimming in the pool B.hiking in the hills
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51.The reason why the author uses power walking as an example mainly is because _________.
A.it improves our health B.it uses fewer resources
C.it is an outdoor sport D.it is recommended by experts
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A.show us the function of major sports
B.encourage us to go in for green sports
C.discuss the major influence of popular sports
D.introduce different types of environment-friendly sports

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