HE is one of the most charming young heroes since Harry Potter. Like Potter, he is chosen by fate to carry out a , but unlike the boy wizard, he doesn't get any chances to have fun or hang out with friends because he's a little too busy preparing to lead during an upcoming war to save the Earth. Meet Ender Wiggin, 15, the main character of the hit US sci-fi movie Ender's Game (<<>> ), which will come out on Jan 7 in China. The story opens in 2086, 50 years after an insect-like alien race, called the Formics, attacked the Earth and killed tens of millions of people before being driven back to their home planet. Since then, human beings have been in a state of fear, awaiting a second attack. Earth's military leaders seek young warriors to risk going into space for battle, and children are taught to compete for these positions. As the film explains, youths can make leaps of logic and intuition, devising effective attack strategies more quickly than adults. So here comes Ender, the savior of all mankind. Though Ender is a skinny kid, smaller than most, he is also smarter than average. He tends to analyze situations and easily find ways to achieve the most positive outcomes. This rare gift makes him stand out in the program and get promoted to the Battle School, where he is directed to plan and carry out a series of virtual attacks on the Formics. Can he use his military talents to wipe out Earth's enemies? Despite the obvious "be all you can be" subtext , the movie "explores complex issues, including the consequences of violence and maintaining humanity and morality during wartime with intelligence and insight," commented Yahoo. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film best presents the power of empathy , which is what makes Ender a good leader. "The reason Ender succeeds is because he understands what makes his opponents tick on the battlefield," explained the entertainment news site. Earth's military leaders want to choose youths to be warriors because they think _ . A) youths are smarter and more fearless than adults B) youths are more willing to take risks in space C) youths have sharper intuition and quicker reactions than adults D) youths adapt to new battle environments more quickly than adults
C
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You've probably heard about sports coaches, fitness coaches, voice and music teachers, career counselors, psychiatrists and other specialists who teach skills and help us cope with daily life. But there's a rapidly growing kind of professional who does a little bit of everything. She or he is called a " _ ". People who are at crossroads in their lives, and corporations that want to give certain employees a career boost, are turning to them for help. The idea that one person's success story can change other people's lives for the better goes back at least to the 1930s. Dale Carnegie's famous self-improvement program "How to Win Friends and Influence People" came along soon thereafter. But this new style of life coaches includes more than enthusiastic speakers or writers. They use their own experiences in business, sports, military service, or psychotherapy to help others make critical life decisions. They often give their approach a slogan, such as "energy coaching" or "fearless living" or "working yourself happy". Dave Lakhani in Boise, Idaho, for instance, works with salespeople to develop what he calls a "road map". He says an ongoing relationship with a coach is like having a personal fitness trainer for one's career and life outside work. Lakhani's Bold Approach coaching firm also donates some of its time to help people who are anything but successful---including battered women and struggling single mothers. But others in the so-called "helping professions" are not thrilled about the life-coaching movement. They say that anyone, trained or untrained, can call himself or herself a life coach, and that slick promoters who mess with people's lives can do more harm than good. Which of the following is the best title for the passage? A) Working Yourself Happy. B) Life Coaches Help with Tough Decisions. C) How to Cope with Daily Life with Life Coaches. D) The Life-Coaching Movement.
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B
Ques: An Australian man who has been donating his extremely rare kind of blood for 56 years has saved the lives of more than two million babies. James Harrison has an antibody in his plasma that stops babies dying from Rhesus disease, a form of severe anaemia . He has enabled countless mothers to give birth to healthy babies, including his own daughter, Tracey, who had a healthy son thanks to her father's blood. Mr. Harrison has been giving blood every few weeks since he was 18 years old and has now racked up a total of 984 donations. When he started donating, his blood was deemed so special that his life was insured for one million Australian dollars. He was also nicknamed the "man with the golden arm" or the "man in _ ". He said, "I've never thought about stopping. Never!" He made a pledge to be a donor aged 14 after undergoing major chest surgery in which he needed 13 liters of blood. "I was in hospital for three months," he said. "The blood I received saved my life so I made a pledge to give blood when I was 18." Just after he started donating he was found to have the rare and life-saving antibody in his blood. At the time, thousands of babies in Australia were dying each year of Rhesus disease. Other newborns suffered permanent brain damage because of the condition. _ . It stems from one having Rh-positive blood and the other Rh-negative . His blood has since led to the development of a vaccine called Anti-D. After his blood type was discovered, Mr. Harrison volunteered to undergo a series of tests to help develop the Anti-D vaccine. "They insured me for a million dollars so I knew my wife Barbara would be taken care of," he said. "I wasn't scared. I was glad to help. I had to sign every form going and basically sign my life away." Mr. Harrison is Rh-negative and was given injections of Rh-positive blood. It was found his plasma could treat the condition and since then it has been given to hundreds of thousands of women. It has also been given to babies after they are born to stop them developing the... Why did James decide to donate his blood? Because _ . A) his daughter asked him to help her son B) he has a golden arm worth a million dollars C) a vaccine called Anti-D is to be developed D) someone else's blood saved his life
Ans: D
Ques:One should be moderate ( ) in all things. Moderation is always the safest way to do things, and a virtue we should have. Let's take the student life for example. There are some students who study too hard and play too little, while there are others who play too much and study too little. On the one hand, it is harmful to his health if he has too few physical exercises, and on the other hand, it is harmful to his mind if he plays too much. In the matter of eating, one also should be moderate. Do not eat too much or too little. Too much eating will make you sick, while too little eating will make you weak. The man of progress is he who neither has too high an opinion of himself nor thinks too poorly of himself. If he thinks too highly of himself, he is surely to become very proud, but if he has too poor an opinion of himself, he will have no courage to make an advance. Both the conditions above will make you lose your aim in life. A broadminded man is he who always moves within the orbit of reasonableness . In any activities in one's life, moderation is one of the best ways to enjoy real happiness. In the passage the writer suggests that a student should _ . A) only study hard without any time to play B) spend most of his time playing different games C) have much more time to study than to play D) correctly arrange his time for study and play

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D