武汉市高三年级调研测试(二)

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potatoes because they thought they would bring some disease. was easy for Louis XVI,the King of France, to persuade people to eat potatoes. people were hard to be convinced so that they soon began to refuse potatoes. B What words e to mind when you think of an older person? If your answers are: mean, cranky (古怪 ), helpless, or boring, you are not are the same words some Philadelphia students used to describe older people. That was before the students joined Across Ages, a new Ages pairs youths with older people who act as their mentors (顾问 ).The purpose is to get teenagers and older people to understand and help one another. “ When we first found out we were going to have mentors, we asked how old they would be,” says Will Bush.“ They told us 40 and thought, man, that39。 s old. “ But when the first meeting was over, nobody wanted the mentors to were having so much fun. Mentors meet with students once a week. Together, they talk about school, homework, personal problems, or whatever else es also go on trips to places like basketball games,museums,and restaurants. Reaching out to someone older has helped Steven Mason find direction in his Across Ages, he was missing wasn39。 t doing his didn39。 t have a lot of faith in himself. Then Steven met his mentor, Earl he39。 s getting A39。 s and B39。 s instead of failing. “ When we get together, we go to eat somewhere and talk,” says Steven.“ We talk about my grades and what I want to be when I grow encourages me to do my best in makes sure I do my really cares. Some students have problems at live with just one are exposed to violent crimes as well as drugs and alcohol at a young like the extra attention they get from their mentors. “ When our mentors talk to us, they listen and understand,” says are often easier to talk to than parents or relatives, he says. “ Parents are busy , they can be too busy to hear everything a child has to say,” says Anna Mizell, 68.“ But I39。 m have plenty of time to listen and help. Antonio Walker is glad for that. “ Mentors give great advice,” he says. “ You can trust them because they have all this know how it is. Sam Wyche, 75, is the mentor for Will and says he gets as much out of the program as the students. “ I enjoy the like doing things with them,” Sam says.“ They39。 re interested in what I have to tell makes me feel good. Sam got involved for another reason, too.“ I hope I39。 m helping kids who really need it,” Sam says.“ I wasn39。 t the greatest boy in the world when I was their age. But it39。 s even tougher to grow up now, and I want to push these kids through it. Ages is_____. bridge connecting young people and old people new program for Philadelphia students teenagers only people at the age of 40 or older achieved at school_____. he got help from a mentor he went to eat somewhere with his mentor, Earl Powell lived with him he lived with just his father of the following is NOT true according to the story? the young people and the old people enjoy the Across Ages program. students39。 parents are too busy to enjoy the Across Ages program. is a better munication between students and mentors than between students and their parents. Wyche wasn39。 t the greatest boy when he was young. C CLEARWATER, Florida— People will be put into prison if they don39。 t return books to a library in Florida. Beverly ,24,a pregnant(怀孕 )mother of two spent a day in jail for allegedly ignoring notices from a public library in became the second reader in a week to be locked up for overdue books in Pinellas County. Goldman said she changed addresses and didn39。 t receive a single notice from the library or the courts until two detectives showed up at her door on Thursday. Goldman, who is seven months pregnant, was arrested on charges of failing to appear in court on seven allegedly failed to return overdue library materials valued at US $ . The detectives let Goldman send her 5yearold son and 6yearold daughter off to school before taking her 19yearold boy was jailed earlier in。