I’m Lin Yue. In March, 2022, COVID-19 started suddenly in my city. It was so serious that the whole city was locked down. At the very beginning of the lockdown ( 行动限制 ), some old people, especially those living alone, had difficulty getting vegetables.
One day, in the community WeChat group, an old man said that he was short of vegetables so I had an idea of setting up a food bank in the community, and my neighbors were also ready to offer help.
To keep social distancing ( 社交距离 ), I used a large box as the food bank, and put it in the public area. Neighbors could give away and get some food there. The large box was quickly filled with vegetables, rice and snacks.
One evening, I saw a bag of vegetables with a note saying “These are fresh vegetables. Please take them home if you need.”
In the WeChat group, an old lady who got the vegetables said, “I was so moved by the good-will ( 善意 ), but I only took three tomatoes, because I wanted to leave the rest for those people really in need.”
There were many similar stories in my city during the lockdown. Although COVID-19 keeps us apart, we can get through the hard times as long as we pull together.
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
66 ． When did COVID-19 start suddenly in the city?
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67 ． Who had difficulty getting vegetables?
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68 ． Where did the writer put the large box in the community?
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69 ． Why did the old lady only take three tomatoes?
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70 ． What can we learn from the passage?
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In March, 2022. 67 ． Some old people, especially those living alone. 68 ． In the public area. 69 ． Because she wanted to leave the rest for those people really in need. 70 ． We can get through the hard times as long as we pull together. （答案合理即可）
【导语】本文主要讲述了作者在新冠肺炎疫情期间在社区建立食物银行，来帮助买菜困难的邻居的善行义举。
66 ．根据 “In March, 2022, COVID-19 started suddenly in my city” 可知， 2022 年 3 月，作者所在的城市突然爆发了新冠肺炎疫情，故填 In March, 2022.
67 ．根据 “At the very beginning of the lockdown ( 行动限制 ), some old people, especially those living alone, had difficulty getting vegetables” 可知，一些老人，尤其是独居老人，很难买到蔬菜，故填 Some old people, especially those living alone.
68 ．根据 “To keep social distancing ( 社交距离 ), I used a large box as the food bank, and put it in the public area” 可知，把它放在公共区域，故填 In the public area.
69 ．根据 “but I only took three tomatoes, because I wanted to leave the rest for those people really in need” 可知，因为想把剩下的留给那些真正需要的人，故填 Because she wanted to leave the rest for those people really in need.
70 ．开放性题，答案合理即可。参考答案为： We can get through the hard times as long as we pull together.
阅读短文，根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。
It’s always challenging to face fear. Here are some ways to help you overcome（克服）it.
Breathing
As we know, breathing can help us relax. If you purposely breathe out longer than you breathe in, your body will calm down. If you start to feel fearful, try this. Take a breath in (to a count of 7 in your mind), and then slowly breathe out (to a count of 11 in your mind). To your surprise, if you do this for a minute or so, you’ll calm down quickly. We call this "7/11 breathing".
Using a different part of your brain
When we feel fearful, it’s harder to think clearly. But if we force ourselves to use the part of thinking brain, this will help to calm us down. The easiest way to do this is with numbers. You can set your own fear from l to 10, 10 being the worst state and 1 being the most relaxed state. When you’re feeling fearful, ask yourself; “Okay, what grade do I get right now? 7 or 5?” Just doing this will reduce fear because it starts the thinking brain. Once I gave a speech to three hundred people and I felt fearful. So I graded myself at 6, and waited for myself to go down to 3 before starting. I took control.
Getting control of your imagination
Imagine seeing yourself in the situation you were scared, but see yourself being calm and things going well. Doing this starts to recondition your mind to more calmly face the coming events which were causing fear.
It seems that overcoming fear is always the first step to finish all you need to do and it will help you devote yourself to what you really want to be and to do. It takes efforts, but it’s worth your try.
| 59． to overcome fear | |||
| Introduction | It’s challenging to face fear in your life. | ||
| Ways | Breathing | To calm down, you can breathe out 60． than you breathe in. You’ll be 61． that you’ve calmed down very quickly if you take 7/11 breathing. | |
| Using a different part of your brain | You can set ten 62． for your own fear with numbers. Grading your state of mind helps 63． the thinking brain and make you 64． fearful. | ||
| Getting control of your imagination | Imagine you’re in a bad 65． but you feel calm and things go well. It can help you feel 66． to face the coming events. | ||
| Conclusion | To finish all you need to do, you must overcome fear 67． It’s worth 68． though it takes efforts. | ||
