In July, my daughter Becky graduated from Washington High School. During the graduation party, one of her classmates gave a simple speech that I will remember. She talked about the “givers” of this world. She said, “You are a success if you make another person smile. If you are a friend to someone who needs a little help, you get an ‘A’!”
After the party, when all the students were outside the hall trying to find their parents and friends, a man and his wife came to me and asked if I was Becky’s mom. I said yes and the man handed me a gift and told me how much they would like thank Becky for her kindness to their daughter, Jessica, during the school sports meeting the week before.
Jessica’s left leg was hurt and she was not able to finish the up-hill race. Becky was worried about her and kept going back to check on her. Jessica’s dad told me that Becky had shown more kindness for her daughter than even the coach, and that he and his wife would never forget her kindness. Of course, by this time I had tears in my eyes, I was so proud of her.
I asked her, “So, does Becky get an ‘A’?”
He just smiled and said, “She gets an ‘A’!”The speech the writer will always remember is about ______.
| A．how to succeed | B．helping others |
| C．how to study well | D．making friends |
After the party, Jessica’s parents looked for the writer to ______.
| A．give her a gift from Becky |
| B．ask her how to get an “A” |
| C．learn about Jessica’s behavior |
| D．thank Becky’s kindness for Jessica |
Jessica ______ during the sports meeting.
| A．hurt Becky’s leg | B．fell from the hill |
| C．hurt her left leg | D．lost the race |
Which of the following is the best title(题目) for this passage?
| A．She gets an “A” | B．A graduation party |
| C．A popular girl | D．An excellent mother |
Chopsticks originated from(起源于) China. Though simple and little, they are a great invention in the history of humans. There are many legends about Chopsticks, Da Yu and Chopsticks is one of them.
It is said that during Yao and Shun times, Shun ordered Yu to control the flood. One day, Yu took a boat to an island, he was so hungry that he used an earth pot to cook meat. After the meat was well-done in boiled water, he didn’t want to waste time to wait for it to cool, so he took two branches to pick up the meat from the soup. After, to save time, he always took small branches to take out food from the hot pot. For a long time, he was skilled at picking up food with small sticks. In this way, the first types of chopsticks were born.
The chopsticks are made of different kinds of materials including bamboo, wood, animal bone, beautiful stone, and some other materials. There are more than 200 types of chopsticks now, among them, the bamboo chopsticks are most widely used.
“A chopstick can be broken easily, ten pairs of chopsticks hold each other tightly(紧紧地)...”The song is popular with many people, and it always encourages people to work together.
(1). What does the underlined word “them” in Paragraph 1 refer to?
| A． | Chopsticks. |
B． | Humans. |
C． | Legends. |
D． | Branches. |
(2). How did Da Yu go to an island?
| A． | On foot. |
B． | By boat. |
C． | By bike. |
D． | By bus. |
(3). Why did Da Yu always take out food with small branches?
| A． | To save time. |
B． | To save food. |
| C． | To save chopsticks. |
D． | to save money. |
(4). Which of the following is right?
| A． | Chopsticks aren’t a great invention. |
| B． | Yu ordered Shun to control the flood. |
| C． | Ten pairs of chopsticks are easy to break. |
| D． | The song encourages people to unite as one. |
Terry from Kenya, 62 years old, has spent 20 years in the city he now calls home. Having lived in Beijing for more than 20 years, Terry has finally made his Chinese dream come true—becoming a volunteer.
He is often seen giving tourists directions, getting water for a baby and even helping a neighbor sell cold drinks.
“I like helping other people.” he said,“This is where I live, where my friends are and where I call home.”
Terry became interested in Chinese culture as a teenager when he read the Tao Te Ching by Laozi.
In 1981, he went to Shanghai. His first visit to Beijing was six years later on business. Terry and his family moved to Beijing in 1997, since then he has lived and worked in Beijing. Now Terry can make traditional Beijing bean-paste noodles, and when he goes to a restaurant, he usually orders dumplings and some traditional Beijing dishes.
He likes chatting with local people, especially taxi drivers.
“I am more familiar with the lives of taxi drivers than most Beijingers,” he said,“when I see their license numbers, I can tell how many years they have worked.”
“They are so knowledgeable,” he said, “I learned many Chinese from them.”Terry does not want to leave Beijing. He said. “Your home is where your things are. In this sense, Beijing is my home. Now I just enjoy living here.”
(1). What’s Terry’s Chinese dream?
| A． | To be a volunteer. |
B． | To eat dumplings. |
| C． | To read the Tao Te Ching . |
D． | To live in Shanghai. |
(2). When did Terry and his family move to Beijing?
| A． | In 1981. |
B． | In 1987. |
C． | In 1997. |
D． | In 2008. |
(3). Who does Terry especially like to chat with?
| A． | Shop keepers. |
B． | His neighbors. |
| C． | His friends. |
D． | Taxi drivers. |
(4). What’s the meaning of the underlined word “familiar” in Paragraph 7?
| A． | 厌烦的 |
B． | 陌生的 |
C． | 熟悉的 |
D． | 不同的 |
Welcome to Austria!
Soll is a village in the mountains in western Austria, and the Hotel Post, opened by a local family, is clean and cheap. From the hotel you can see the whole village, the forest and the mountains. The temperatures in summer are usually 20℃ to 25℃ in the daytime, but much cooler by evening.
Have a good trip to Thailand!
When you visit Bangkok in Thailand, don’t miss the early morning river boat trip to the Floating(漂浮的) Market just outside the city. There you will find many kinds of fruits and vegetables, and you can pay for them when you sit in your boat. Don’t forget your hat—the sun can be strong and it may be as hot as 40℃ about midday!
Welcome to Guangzhou!
Guangzhou is a wonderful place for traveling and there are a lot of things to do. You will find many large department stores in the city. You will also find small shops near the train station. In the evening, you can take a boat trip to enjoy the beautiful scenery of Guangzhou from the river. At night, travelers can enjoy eating at food stalls(货摊) on the streets because the food there is cheap and delicious.
(1). How is the Hotel Post?
A. Expensive and big.B. Clean and cheap.
C. Dirty and small.D. Tidy and expensive.
(2). What can you buy from the Floating Market?
A. Flowers.B. Clothes.C. Fruits.D. Shoes.
(3). Where can travelers enjoy delicious food at night?
A. In Soll.B. In Hotel Post.C. In Bangkok.D. In Guangzhou.
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Silk, the word itself is beautiful. The story of silk started in China over 4,000 years ago. It says a silkworm’s cocoon(蚕茧) fell into a woman’s teacup. It then opened into a single, unbroken thread (线).___(1)___ The Chinese learned they could use the cocoons to make cloth that was both beautiful to look at and soft to touch.
___(2)___ In other countries, silk was valuable and not often seen. Often it was worth more than gold. It’s said that the secret finally got out when a princess left China to go to India. In her hair, she secretly carried many silkworms.
By the year 1 A. D., silk was sold as far west as Rome, and all along the Silk Road. ___(3)___ Centuries later, in 1522, the Spanish brought silkworms to Mexico.
Nowadays people around the world still make many beautiful things from silk. Silk isn’t only beautiful. It seems that it’s easy to break. ___(4)___ For example, it has been used to make bicycle tires(轮胎). And some doctors even use silk threads in the hospital. ___(5)___ This makes it great for clothes like winter jackets, pants, and shoes.
All of this from a little insect—the silkworm. That is the miracle(神奇) of silk.
| A． | Actually it’s very strong. |
| B． | Silk is also light and warm. |
| C． | This was an important discovery. |
| D． | The woman became famous and popular. |
| E． | A princess started the silk trade between China and India. |
| F． | Making silk was a protected secret in China for many years. |
| G． | Around the year 300, silk also traveled from China to Japan. |
Improvements in technology often happen overnight. Some gadgets get smaller and faster. Others are replaced (代替) by newer things like smartphones. They can do hundreds of things. Here are some old gadgets that people used to use.
①________
Do you have a landline at home? These are phones that people plug (插入) into their living room walls. Mobile phones didn’t use to be so common at that time, so most families had a landline. But landlines only worked at home. What did people do when they were outside and needed to call someone? They looked for a pay phone! Then, most people had their own mobile phones and many homes no longer had landlines.
②________
People today store plenty of information online, or on SD cards. But in the 1980s and 1990s, people used to use floppy disks. The first floppy disks were large, expensive, and not very useful — each disk could store just 175 KB of information! Later, floppy disks got smaller and better. But even the best ones could only hold 1.44 MB. You would need three or four disks just for one song, and about 22,000 disks to match the storage (储存空间) available on a 32 GB phone!
③________
It’s easy to take photos today. People often have thousands just on their phones! But photos used to be expensive, and people took fewer of them. To take a photo, you had to buy a roll of film. This allowed you to take about 30 photos. After finishing the roll, you left it at a shop. The shop developed the photos to make them be seen, which you could collect after a few days.
Technology changes all the time, and the gadgets we use today will one day be old. What do you think will be next to disappear?
(1). What does the underlined word “gadgets” mean in Paragraph 1?
| A． | Toys. |
B． | Tools. |
C． | Games. |
D． | Phones. |
(2). Match the title with each paragraph.
a. Goodbye Disks b. Music to My Ears c. Picture This d. Call Me e. Film Development
| A． | ①-d, ②-b, ③-e |
B． | ①-d, ②-a, ③-c |
C． | ①-c, ②-a, ③-b |
D． | ①-c, ②-b, ③-e |
(3). What were the first floppy disks like?
| A． | They could store much. |
B． | They were very useful. |
| C． | They cost a lot of money. |
D． | They were easy to carry. |
(4). What can we get from the passage?
| A． | It was convenient to take photos with film. |
| B． | People outside used landlines to call someone. |
| C． | Improvements in technology change people’s life. |
| D． | For a time, many people had pay phones at home. |
(5). What would be the best title for the passage?
| A． | The Changing Phones. |
B． | The Products of Tomorrow. |
| C． | Old Things We Use Today. |
D． | The Things We Used to Use. |
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