高三英语限时练（二）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
A
Best Books to Make Your 2022 Happier, Brighter and More Creative
To discover nature
Today's urban living makes it easy for us to feel divorced from nature. Like so many others, we are feeling the call of the wild. Urban Wild by Helen Rook is out in February and full of positive suggestions to help you discover wildness on your doorstep. The month-by-month format is such a great tool for discovery and will tell you exactly what to look out for each ason. Melinda Salisbury's The Way Back is a change on the traditional monthly almanac(历书) and a truly modern guide back to natural rhythms，which is designed for tho who feel most removed from the old ways and cycles.
To go in for sports
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Finding an exerci that you enjoy-one that you want to stick to becau it's so much fun—is a surefire way to have you bounding into the year. Take a stroll with 52 Ways ToWalk. Annabel Streets digs into the science and romanticism of walking and explores the good things that can happen with this one small act. And the classic Running LikeAGirl然的词语 is still a hugely inspiring book that will make you want to pull your sports shoes on before you've finished chapter two.
To find your creativity
From its tiniest details to its most dramatic events, your story is a sacred gift. But 新生儿吃奶粉how do you find and tell that story? Nikesh Shukla's new book Your Story Matters is out on March 17 and it's full of writing inspiration to help you with your own stories, JuliaCameron’s classic The Artist's Way turns 30 this year. Her program for creative recoverybegins with the Morning Pages,a daily writing ritual of three pages of stream-of conscious, and the Artist Date,a dedicated block of time to nurture your inner artist.
1. What is special about Urban Wild?
A. It comes out every month. B. It shows traditional life styles.
C. Itmarks the start of each ason. D. It promotes nature in the city.
2. Which book will fire your love for exerci?
A. The Way Back. B. The Artist's Way.尖利
C. Running Like A Girl. D. Your Story Matters.
3. What is the Morning Pages by Julia Cameron?
A.A creative writing task. B.A book on her own story.
C.A famous artistic work. D.A diary of classic writers.
B
One year before，at age 18，Leszyeski had aged out of foster care(寄养中心)，having been in the system since she was four when her single mother was no longer able to car
eer for her. Leszyeski was now enrolled in college hoping to become a doctor. And the only furniture she had in her apartment was an air mattress with a hole in it.
Then she learned about an organization Chairity. The organization provides furniture and houhold goods for young adults who have left foster care. Leszyeski reached out toChairity,a nonprofit formed by 23-year-old Maria Paparella.
Paparella first became aware of foster care in elementary school when her parents were considering adopting a child. The plan didn't work out, but Paparella often found herlf thinking about that child.“I'm really clo with my family, and I just couldn't imagine being completely on my own at 18,”she says.
At 16, Paparella visited Summit County Children Services, with a list of questions,trying to understand what aging out looked like. One of her questions was“What's not being met for the young people?”Near the top of the list was furniture,“That struck home,”says Paparella. The idea of“moving into an apartment without a bed to sleep on or a sofa to sit on”pulled at her heartstrings.
足球简笔画Paparella contacted her parents'friends, asking if they had spare furniture to donate.A local furniture store offered free ware-hou space and its delivery truck, Watching the recipients'faces when they received a bed,a couch—whatever-was amazing. Paparella remembers delivering a gold lamp to a woman and watching her polish it lovingly, getting rid of dirt and fingerprints.
Today, Chairity has given furniture to nearly 200 young adults in homes across six Ohio counties. Paparella is convinced the contributions give the recipients hope and confidence. Leszyeski agrees.“It makes me feel like I'm not different from other people.My whole life,I've felt abnormal,”she says,“Now,I feel normal.”
4. Which can best describe Leszyeski's life after leaving foster care?
A. Tough but hopeful. B. Poor and aimless.
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C. Wealthy but boring. D. Independent and carefree.
5. Why did Paparella found Chairity?三伏天从什么时候开始
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A. To get some financial benefits from it.B. To help tho aging out of foster care.
C. To aid the needy couple adopt a child. D. To ask people to donate some couches.
6. When was Paparella most touched at the age of 16?
