21世纪报文章阅读理解(中考复习)

1. Super food guy勇敢的牙买加少年在美国小城里掀起食物革命。

IN 2010 when Kevon Johnson was 13 years old, he left Jamaica (牙买加) to live with his mother and sisters in Hartford, Connecticut. He quickly found life in the US was new and challenging, 1. e________ when it came to food.“I didn’t like the way the chicken tasted. It tasted spoiled,” Johnson, now 18, recalled. “And the fruit 2.t_______ like it was picked too early.”In his family’s old home in Jamaica, there were goats and chickens everywhere. As 3.____ fresh fruit, “I’d just climb up a tree and pick it 4.m_______,” he said.But in Hartford, Johnson found that fresh food was harder to get. Stores sell a lot of processed foods (加工食品). And his family liked the cheap fast food 5._____ can be found everywhere.With concerns for his family’s 6.h______, larger questions about obesity (肥胖) and how to get fresh food, Johnson joined Grow Hartford. This is a youth program that has been harvesting vegetables on urban (城市的) farms and promoting (提倡) healthy food.Johnson quickly became a top youth leader for Grow Hartford. All while in high school, he worked as an urban farmer and 7.______(教育) people about the lack of full-service supermarkets in poor cities. He has done workshops (讲座) for groups including the Boys and Girls Club and Hartford Parent University.He also wants schools to have tastier and different types of school lunches, such as a weekly meal with Puerto Rican or Western Indian cuisine (饮食). Students would enjoy the different tastes and eat 8._____ junk food, he said.Johnson’s suggestions have been 9._____ (接受)by the Hartford school system. He was also 10._______ as the youth winner of the 2015 Hartford Community Food Security Award because of his outstanding work.2. AS more adults turn to meditation (冥想) for peace, more children are taking up this practice too. 1.______ Here are some simple meditation exercises kids can try.Look at cloudsOn nice days, go outside, lie down on the grass and look up at the sky. The clouds move through the sky. But the sky stays clear, open and free. This is also how our thoughts work. 2.______ Allow your thoughts to come and go. Then you know your mind is clear and free just like the sky. Mindful jarFill a jar (罐) with water. The jar of water stands for our minds. Then add red and blue sand to it. Red stands for our thoughts, and blue represents our feelings and emotions (情绪). Now shake it up.3.______ We need to wait and watch the sand settle (沉淀), as our thoughts, feelings and emotions settle just like the sand.Mindful listeningSit comfortably and hold a bell or anything that makes a simple sound in your hands.4._________ Pay attention to the sound from the very first moment you hear it all way to the end. When you can’t hear the sound anymore, open your eyes or raise your hand.Positive affirmations(正面肯定)This is an exercise for older kids who are between the ages of 9 and 13. 5._________ And say positive affirmations such as “I am strong.”“I’m confident.”Meditation is when people practice training their minds. They self-regulate (自我调节) and clear their heads. People find relaxation and peace through it.3. ALMOST any reader could find the charm in the little library on the Schuster family ’s front yard. The library is in Minnesota, US. Set on a 4-foot (1.22-meter) post, it holds 45 books. Anyone can borrow the books for free, as 1._____ as they return them or exchange it with another one.Mrs. Schuster, or Molly, received the little library 2._____ a Mother ’s Day gift two years ago from her husband, Josh. Their kids Riley, 8, and Rowan, 5, decorated it with some neighborhood pals. “I fell in 3. l______ with it,” said Molly.The Schuster family is not alone. With the mission to promote the love of 4._______(阅读), the nonprofit organization (非营利性机构) the Little Free Library started a new library movement. Now over 25,000 little libraries can be 5. f _____ in more than 70 countries. The Schuster family is one of them.Each Monday, Molly and Riley stock (备货) their library with donated books and 6._______(杂志). Molly has met many people from around town through the library. And as a member of Little Free Library, she has also connected with 7.o_____ little librarians across the country and internationally. “The community,” Molly said, “has been the best part of this library for me.”Their library even has its own Facebook page, 8.____ has more than 200 followers. Through Facebook groups, people 9._____(分享) ideas, exchange books and form friendships.“The attraction is simple ”, says Rowan. “People like to read 10.m_____ books.” The library increased the whole family ’s excitement for reading, Molly adds. “Now my husband, my kids and I, we ’re always reading new books.”4. D.Film makes big splash 幽默喜剧《美人鱼》传递环保意识。