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al food. 21. How does Intensive Course differ from Standard Course? A. It is less effective. B. It focuses on speaking. C. It includes extra lessons. D. It gives you confidence 22. When can a student attend Standard Course? A. 13:0014:30 Monday. B. 9:0012:30 Tuesday C. 13:0014:30 Friday. D. 9:0012:30 Saturday. 23. Before starting their programme, students are expected to _____. A. take a language test B. have an online interview C. prepare learning materials D. report their language levels 24. Which of the following may require an extra payment? A. Cooked dinner. B. Mealtime dessert. C. Packed lunch. D. Special diet. B Yesterday, as I approached the front door of our public library, a white haired gentleman stepped back to hold the door for me. You see, I have to go everywhere these days with a walker, and folks are constantly holding or opening doors for me, so this was not unusual. However, I told the gentleman that the door had an automatic opener, and he did not need to stay to hold it open. He said, “Here I thought I would have an opportunity to be helpful. ” At that, I backed up, let the door close, and allowed him to reopen the door, not using the automatic control this time. His ment then was “Well, now I feel like that I have acplished something helpful and worthwhile today. ” We never know how someone else is feeling. We seniors seem to feel we can take care of ourselves at all times. That random act of kindness brightened not only my day, but to my joy and delight, also the day of that whitehaired senior citizen. I felt a glow for the rest of the day, and, hopefully, so did he! So, gentle readers, never hesitate to offer kindness. You may find to your amazement that there is more kindness in your munity than you ever believe possible. 25. What does the underlined word “this” in the first paragraph refer to? A. Going everywhere these days. B. Going to the public library. C. A whitehaired gentleman’s opening doors for me. D. A walker’s holding the door for me. 26. Why did the author allow the gentleman to reopen the door? A. Because the door was closed after he entered it. B. Because the door was broken by the whitehaired gentleman. C. Because he wanted to control the automatic door. D. Because he wanted to give the gentleman an opportunity to be helpful. 27. According to the passage, the author is . A. a senior citizen B. a young man C. a gentle whitehaired man D. a walker 28. What did the author want to tell us by writing the story? A. Offering kindness can bring happiness. B. Senior citizens need our care. C. Opening doors for others is helpful. D. The whitehaired gentleman was kind. C Our character, basically, is made up of our habits. “Sow a thought, reap an action。 sow an action, reap a habit。 sow a habit, reap a character。 sow a character, reap a destiny, ”as the saying goes. Habits are powerful factors in our lives. Because they are consistent, often unconscious patterns。 they constantly, daily express our character and produce effectiveness or ineffectiveness. As Horace Mann, a great educator, once said, “A habit is like a cable. We weave a strand(線 )of it every day and soon it cannot be broken. ”I personally do not agree with the last part of his expression. I know habits can be learned and unlearned. And I also know it isn’t a quick fix. It involves a process and tremendous(巨大的 )devotion. Some of us who watched the lunar voyage of Apollo 11 were shocked as they saw the first men walk on the moon and return to the earth. But to get there, those astronauts had to break out of the tremendous pull of gravity of the earth. More energy was spent in the first few minutes of liftoff in the first few miles of travel than was used over the next several days to travel half a million miles. Habits, too, have tremendous pull. However, most people don’t realize or admit it. Getting rid of bad habits really requires great willpower and some changes in our lives. Liftoff takes tremendous effort, but once we break out of the pull of gravity, we can enjoy unprecedented(空前的 )freedom. Like any natural force, the pull of gravity can work with us or against us. The pull of some of our habits may currently be keeping us from going wherever we want to go. But it is also the pull of gravity that keeps our world together and keeps the plas in their orbits and our universe in order. It is powerful force, and if we use it effectively, we can create cohesiveness(凝聚力 )to establish effectiveness in our lives. 29. Why did the author quote the saying in the first paragraph? A. To show the author was a wise man. B. To support the author’s opinion a