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Cyrus E. Dallin Art Museum

611 Massachusetts Ave., Arlington

781-641-0747

The name Cyrus E. Dallin (1861—1944) might not be familiar, but several of the sculptor's works are. His "Appeal to the Great Spirit", an example of the many sculptures Dallin made relating to Native Americans, stands in front of the Museum of Fine Arts. Born in Utah, he lived in Arlington (Texas) for the final four decades of his life.

Norman Rockwell Museum

9 Glendale Road, Stockbridge

413-298-4100, www.nrm.org

Rockwell (1894—1978) moved to Stockbridge in 1953. By then he was already America's best-known illustrator (插图画家). The museum, founded in 1969, moved into its present, Robert A.M. Stern-designed building in 1993. Its 998 paintings and drawings are the largest single collection of Rockwell's art.

Kids 6 and under FREE, adults $20, students with D: $10.

Edward Gorey House

8 Strawberry Lane, Yarmouth Port

508-362-3909

Edward Gorey (1925—2000) was an artist but, he was other things as well: author, playwright, set and costume designer. Gorey purchased this 18-century house in 1979 and lived there the rest of his life. The house currently serves as a museum celebrating Gorey's life and work. It's also known as the Elephant House. That's appropriate, in light of Gorey's passion for animal welfare.

Gilbert: Stuart Birthplace and Museum

815 Gibert Stuart Road, Saunderstown, R.I

401-294-3001

Gilbert Stuart (1755—1828) is responsible for what may well be the most familiar work of any American artist. His portrait (画像) of George Washington is the basis of the first president's image on the dollar bill. As one of the early Republic's most distinguished artists, Stuart painted more than a thousand portraits over the course of his career.

In the year when her parents determined to go their separate ways, Alice initiated the allocation of a considerable span of her time to the Polka Café, a venue that surfaced as the exclusive location where she could truly immerse herself in rumination, and her mother seemed to manifest no dissent regarding her spending the bulk of the summer there.

Antecedent to the commencement of the summer season, two momentous occurrences had materialized. The primary occurrence, without doubt, was the egress of her father from their domestic abode, and the secondary one was the disintegration of her amicable bond with Sarah. Alice was incapable of precisely identifying how their relationship had degenerated to such a deplorable state. They had been involved in a vehement quarrel at school shortly subsequent to her parents' public announcement of their irrevocable decision to part.

On every occasion when her friends questioned the non - appearance of her father, who no longer served as her escort to school each morning, Alice would unfailingly proffer the untruth, "My father is preoccupied with business engagements elsewhere." She discontinued extending invitations to them for recreational gatherings at her residence and fabricated a plethora of pretexts to evade social interaction with any other individuals. "I am occupied with alternative arrangements," she would communicate to Sarah.

On a particular day, as they were proceeding homeward from school, Sarah accosted Alice in a somewhat irritated intonation, "Alice，what is the underlying issue? Why are you refraining from engaging in dialogue with me?" Alice simulated auditory impairment and persisted in her forward movement，entertaining no inclination to deliberate on the matter with Sarah at that juncture, or with anyone else for that matter.

"I am speaking with utter earnestness, Alice. My mother has divulged the pertinent details to me," Sarah further stated. "I am cognizant of the situation unfolding with your parents." This disclosure caused Alice to come to an abrupt standstill. In reality, their habitation was in a compact community where confidential matters were notoriously short – lived, yet Alice had cherished a feeble aspiration that the news would remain under wraps for a sufficient duration to enable her to ascertain the appropriate moment to broach the subject herself. She was overcome with feelings of mortification and emotional injury, yearning to reveal the information to Sarah in accordance with her own volition.

Consumed by a surge of fury, Alice launched a verbal assault. "How can you have the audacity to assert that you possess any knowledge!" she vehemently exclaimed. "You are an exceedingly despicable friend. I harbor no desire to engage in any form of verbal exchange with you ever again!"

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Now it was August, and Alice sat in the Polka Café, lost in thought.

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"I'm sorry too for having shouted at you," said Alice.

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（2）你的建议。

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Dear Zhang Min，

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Yours,

Li Hua

A

Davyon Johnson, an 11-year-old boy, was honored by his community after saving two lives in one day. On Dec.9, a choking student tripped into the classroom Davyon was. Davyon did the Heimlich immediately and saved him. Hours later, on his way home, Davyon spotted a house on fire. Everybody (run) out except for an elderly lady. As the woman struggled (move) using her walker, Davyon raced up the steps and helped her escape the burning building.

B

Cats are second only to dogs as the most common pets in the world. (compare) with dogs, cats might seem cold, but they can form strong emotional bonds with their owners.Studies have shown that cat-owning seniors often exhibit lower levels of (lonely) , anxiety, and depression. (own) a cat invites several costs, for food, litter, medications, toys and care. However, cats do not need regular bathing they have health problems that make it necessary.

C

Soil (find) nearly everywhere. And it seems unlikely that we would ever lose all the soil on Earth. However we may lose is the deep and rich agricultural soil because of over-farming, a lack of plant cover off-season and a collection of salt from watering and fertilization(施肥) . proper measures, some experts warn, there could be serious agricultural soil problems before the end of this century.

On Aug 5, the river flooding2 the community when they were away on the mountain biking trip. Several homes were destroyed or partially destroyed. None of the3 was as notable as that of their house, with video of this widely shared online.

The couple4 to the site of the house three days later to sort out new living arrangements and search for Leo, with the5 of having an encounter with their beloved cat again. Wilkins was holding onto the belief that if any animal would6 the house falling into the river, it would be Leo, the couple's black and white cat who shows no7 of bears.

They called out Leo's name and left food for him in the coop (笼子). By then, it seemed like everyone in the8 was looking for him. There were plenty of9 of Leo, but it appeared that there were just many black-and-white10 cats in the neighbourhood.

Eventually, her faith11 26 days after the flood when a photo of Leo was posted to the Facebook page. She12 to meet Leo. When Leo did turn up, he appeared to be a little thinner, but otherwise13 fine.

‌"It's14 to have him back and it's nice to have some good news," she said. And just like Leo, some of their other15 are finding their way back to them, but not in as good of condition as the cat.

Just in the past few weeks, my wife has become the supporter of the concept of zero-waste living. Zero-waste is obviously about changing behaviors to produce less waste. But as my wife shared with me all the inventive ways people are getting around using plastic or reusing clothes or controlling the desire to accrue (积累) things we don't really need, I realized that, zero-waste starts with something else. And in many ways, the first step, which is simply being willing to do something differently, can be the hardest step of all.

This came to mind as I read a cover story in education. Ostensibly (表面上), it's about more and more colleges agreeing to drop standardized tests as a required measure of student aptitude (天赋).

That is always going to be hard. But in recent decades, colleges have realized that the old ways of judging individual value, while not necessarily wrong, were narrow. While they identified one kind of student well, they did not account for a wide range of experiences, skills, and qualities that were no less important to achievement and success. The tests weren't good enough. Schools could do better.

So what has happened? Schools are increasingly consenting to think differently about admissions. They have resolved to do the best they can to see the whole individual. Some think dropping mandatory standardized tests is a mistake. However, once the first step is taken, the onward pull of reason and morality speed progress.

At a time when there appears to be so much confusion in the world, it is possible to look out and instead see something else: the world struggling with the perpetual (长久的) task of consenting to new ideas. Politics today show how easily we can become stuck in the mentally familiar.

That can be an admissions officer wanting to be more thoughtful in extending the benefits that her school offers. Or it can be a zero-waste blogger asking us all to think differently about how we contribute to greater balance in the world.

The only constant is the universal need for progress, and that will never leave us where it found us.

A. It starts with consenting (同意) to change thought.

B. Undoubtedly there have been missteps along the way.

C. In short, they left a lot of amazing people out and didn't even know it.

D. But at its heart, it reveals something more fundamental: how we judge individual value.

E. They offer the most challenging academic programs and ensure every student's physical and mental health.

F. The world, on the other hand, is constantly demanding that we be kinder and more connected and think ever larger.

G. Many universities known to be highly selective in their admissions policies received more applicants than usual.