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Mom’s rhubarb plant is at the east of our 37 . Grandma moved it there from the farm. 38 I’ve always regarded it as an overgrown weed.
We kept the largest garden in the neighborhood. Each growing season, we 39 the plentiful rhubarb, tomatoes, beans and carrots with our neighbors and friends. More families took the rhubarb than any other fruit.
Nearly three years ago, while 40 Mom’s flower bed, I finally asked if I could dig out her rhubarb. 41 , she didn’t bake with it anymore. “Absolutely not,” Mom said. Clearly I hadn’t 42 her devotion to it.
As I continued weeding, I thought about how rhubarb is one of the 43 plants to appear in early spring. It breaks through the snowy, icy ground before buds (芽) form on trees. How can anyone fail to 44 such a passionate desire?
When those first sprouts (嫩芽) 45 , I’d find Mom outdoors, examining them like a 46 counting a newborn’s fingers and toes. She would estimate about how long it’d be until she could make her rhubarb 47 .
But when I was a kid and she gave me that pie, it made me 48 . In my teens, it made me complain. 49 ice cream did not sweeten the deal for my young taste buds. Rhubarb was something to be 50 at all costs.
Then, last summer, I searched for Mom’s 51 . I found the one for her rhubarb pie. So I 52 to give it a try. A few tries later, I 53 rhubarb pie to family and guests. It tasted incredible.
Since then I’ve come to two 54 about rhubarb. First, you can take rhubarb out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the rhubarb. And second, rhubarb’s taste may be lost on children, but adults can 55 it. Like my wise mother, I now understand that “Nothing beats a good bite that bites back.” 36. A. effort 37. A. garden 38. A. So
B. love B. farm B. And B. prepared B. making
C. hope C. house C. But
D. regret D. country D. Or D. shared D. digging D. After all D. ignored D. common D. challenge D. appeared D. friend
39. A. planted 40. A. weeding 41. A. As usual 42. A. noticed 43. A. first 44. A. miss
C. collected C. examining C. Above all C. followed C. strange C. admire C. dropped C. doctor
B. As a result B. understood B. last
B. question B. stayed B. child
45. A. survived 46. A. parent
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B. pie B. cry B. Just
C. soup C. cheerful C. Even C. valued
D. salad D. peaceful D. Yet D. avoided D. secret D. hesitated D. showed D. suggestions D. appreciate
48. A. laugh 49. A. Only
50. A. obtained 51. A. recipe 52. A. refused 53. A. taught 54. A. theories 55. A. sense
B. gathered B. advice B. agreed B. served B. ideas B. trust
C. notebook C. decided C. passed
C. conclusions C. discover
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Volunteers wanted
Be a part of Micah House, our local mission opportunity! We need volunteers like YOU to make this program the BEST! Micah House kids need volunteers for homework, reading and recreation.
Times: Monday to Thursday, 3:00 to 4:00 pm for first to fifth grades, 4:00 to 5:30 pm for sixth grade and up. Specific needs
Homework Helpers: 3:00 to 4:00 pm (first to fifth grades), 4:00-5:30 pm (sixth to twelfth grades). Bible/Life Lessons Story Time Readers: 2:30-3:00 pm.
Recreation Time Leaders: 3:30-4:00 pm. Teach art, gardening, sewing, cooking etc. What are your loves? Share them with a child. Literacy program needs
Helper on computers/printers when needed Reading ability tester for students when needed Listener when students read
Leader of a reading group two days a week Drivers needed for field trips
Trips usually happen between 2:30 and 5:30 pm. Driver’s license, car insurance and background check required. Contact us for details if you are interested. 只供学习与交流
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Great things happen through unity. Your participation shows your support of our mission. The time you spend helps kids’ lives, their financial futures and their family health. It also contributes to unity for the community.
Join with others who have seen the difference Micah House is making in the Redlands community. The chance to help a child is a great reward for both you and the kids.
Make an impact on the next generation!
Critical time: 3:00 to 4:00 pm A typical day at Micah House
First track (first through fifth grade)
2:00 — 2:30 Check-in/Snack time 3:00 — 3:40 Homework/Tutoring 4:00 First track ends
Second track (sixth through twelfth grades)
4:00 — 4:15 Check-in and Snacks 4:15 — 4:35 Story Time 4:35 — 5:30 Homework/Tutoring
If you have questions, contact: Armando at Micah House Chapel (909) 747-7447 or Lisa at Micah House Oxford (909) 747-0319.
56. From the text above, we can conclude that . A. kids can choose either of the two tracks as they wish B. bible story reading is not currently available for 12th graders C. anyone with a driver’s license is welcome to join the field trips D. volunteers must visit Micah House Chapel to apply for the positions 57. Which of the following people is most suited to the literacy program? A. Judy, local library staff, free every evening B. Heidi, babysitter, cannot read, free on weekends C. Molly, English teacher, available on weekday afternoons D. Ted, part-time programmer, available on weekday mornings
58. If Tom loves drawing and wants to volunteer for Micah House, he needs to be free from . A. 2:30 — 3:00
B. 3:00 — 3:40
C. 3:40 — 4:00 B
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D. 4:35 — 5:30
2:30 — 3:00 Story time 3:40 — 4:00 Recreation
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When Taking an Uber — Should You Tip or Not?
Taking an Uber car may no longer be a direct driver-passenger and guilt-free experience. The ride-sharing experience is about to get awkward.
With the wide application of the Internet, Uber, a new approach to your destination instead of taking an ordinary taxi, has become more popular recently. However, benefits won’t come without its fair share of drawbacks.
Uber drivers are a part of the so-called sharing economy: they use their own vehicles, receive customer reviews via the app’s five -star rating system and make their own hours. Unlike other services, Uber claimed that drivers all over the country could clearly alert customers that tipping is not included. Those drivers that expect to be tipped can make their wishes known. But the company is holding to its official no-tip-required line, according to its website. “Once you arrive at your destination, your fare is automatically charged to your credit card on file—there’s no need to tip.” Although drivers value their independence-the freedom to push a button rather than punch a clock, lack of a clear policy, however, leaves Uber drivers in a vulnerable (脆弱的) position: if they ask a customer for a tip or put up a sign, that customer could give the driver a low star-rating, and the driver could finally be deactivated from the app.
But has the company done a good job working with customers? Some observers say that this new grey area for tipping will create awkwardness about whether they should tip or not-something most Uber customers have not bad to deal with until now. Uber did not respond to customers’ comment, just leaving their rating in the air (ignoring it).
Providing an option to lip on an app sends a clear message to customers lo reach into their pockets. Nearly 30% people would be more likely to leave a tip if they were presented with a “no tip” button, according to Guinn’s 2015 survey of roughly 500 people. When people are presented with three tip choices—20%, 25% or 30%—they’re more likely to choose the middle option even if it’s more than the traditional 20%, according to a separate 2014 analysis of 13 million New York City taxi rides.
If the service is twice as expensive during a rain storm or public transport delay, the customer has the right not to tip. However, if the driver is extra helpful or avoids traffic to reach your destination in a more timely manner, you could give an extra tip, says Uber, who will leave tipping options in the hands of the consumer rather than the app. 59. Compared with taxi drivers, Uber drivers . A. enjoy more freedom and choices C. clock up the miles while driving
B. support the company’s practice D. receive customers reviews directly
60. The underlined word “deactivated” in Paragraph 4 probably means . A. removed
B. degraded
C. tracked
D. Charged
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