【推荐3】There was once a professor of medicine, who was very strict with the students. Whenever he took the chair on the exam committee(委员会), the students would be in fear, because he was seldom pleased with the answers they gave. A student would be lucky enough if he or she could receive a good mark from him. At the end of the term, the students of medicine would take their exam again. Now a student entered the exam room and got seated before the committee. This student was a little nervous as he knew it would not be so easy to get through the exam at all.

The professor began to ask. The student was required to describe a certain illness, his description of which turned out to be OK.

Then the professor asked about the cure(药剂、疗法) for the illness, and the student, too , answered just as right. “Good,” said the professor, “and how much will you give the patient?”

“A full spoon,” answered the student.

“Now you may go out and wait for what you can get,” said the professor. At the same time the committee discussed carefully the answers the student had given. Suddenly, the student noticed that there was something wrong with his last answer. “A full spoon is too much,” he thought to himself. Anxiously he opened the door of the room and cried, “Mr. Professor, I’ve made a mistake! A full spoon is too much for the patient. He can take only five drops.”

“I’m sorry, sir,” said the professor coldly, “but it’s too late. Your patient has died.”

1. The students were afraid of the professor because _______ .

A．they often angered and disappointed him

B．their answers often astonished him

C．their answers seldom satisfied him

D．he often misunderstood them and gave them bad marks

2. The student’s description of the illness was ________ .

A．not correct	B．not satisfying
C．completely discouraging	D．accepted

3. Which guess is the most reasonable from the passage?

A．The student must have passed the exam.

B．The student may not have passed the exam.

C．The student must have been very happy when he heard, “Your patient has died. ”

D．The professor must have been very pleased and given the student a good mark.

【推荐1】An old friend from California called from the airport to tell me that he had arrived. I was not able to leave the office, but I had made plans for his arrival. After explaining (解释) where my new house was, I told him that I had left the key under the doormat (门垫). Since I knew it would be pretty late before I could get home, I suggested that he make himself at home and help himself to anything that was in the refrigerator(电冰箱).

Two hours later my friend phoned me from the house. At the moment, he said, he was listening to some of my records after having had a delicious meal. Now, he said, he was drinking a glass of orange juice. When I asked him if he had had any difficulty finding the house, he answered that the only problem was that he had not been able to find the key under the doormat, but luckily, the living room window by the apple tree had been left open and he had climbed in through the window. I listened to all this in great surprise. There is no apple tree outside my window, but there is one by the living room window of my next door neighbor's house!

1. An old friend of mine called ______.

A．to tell me to meet him at the airport

B．to tell me about his arrival

C．to ask me to leave the office

D．to ask me to make plans for his arrival

2. My friend climbed into the room because ______ .

A．there was an apple tree outside

B．the living room window was left open

C．he had difficulty opening the door

D．he hadn't found the key

3. My friend telephoned me two hours later ______ .

A．from my home	B．at the airport
C．in his office	D．from my neighbor's house

4. The purpose of writing this passage is to ________.

A．introduce a friend	B．tell an interesting story
C．explain something	D．show what friendship is

【推荐2】On Aug. 17, the National Parks Service posted the tale of the adorable note on their Facebook page, where it has since been liked over 5,200 times, and shared more than 700.

“Dear Park Ranger, Deep Creek Conversation Park was great! I especially liked the Tom Branch Falls,” the youngster, named Karina, began her letter. “I love it so much; I wanted to have a souvenir to come home with me, so I took a rock. I’m sorry, and now I want to return it. Also, here’s a donation!”

The heartfelt letter concluded with a postscript to “also look on the back”, where the girl drew a picture of the Tom Branch Falls, a waterfall in the grand park near Swain County, N.C. Lucky for Karina, the park rangers were touched by her sincere apologies for the small “theft”, and even wrote back.

“Dear Karina, thank you so much for returning the rock. It has made its way back to the Tom Branch Falls. We are so glad you enjoyed your visit,” the park officials wrote in their Facebook post. “Already, you are becoming an amazing keeper for the park. Thank you for recognizing that what is in the park should stay in the park. If every visitor took a rock home, that would mean 11 million rocks would be gone from the park every year. Now that you know to leave nature the way you find it, we hope you will help share this message with others. It is always a good thing to give another the chance to discover!” the officials concluded.

The cute letter evidently hit all the right notes with Facebook commenters, who agreed that Karina had the quality to be a “future park ranger”, and praised her parents for the valuable lesson the exercise taught the girl.

1. Why did the girl write the letter?

A．To make an apology for her stealing a rock.

B．To appreciate the beauty of the park.

C．To share her wonderful experience of visiting the park.

D．To thank the park rangers for doing a good job.

2. How did the park rangers’ feel about Karina’s letter?

A．Delighted

B．Moved.

C．Confused.

D．Curious.

3. What can we learn from the text?

A．Easier said than done.

B．Always prepare for a rainy day.

C．It’s never too late to apologize.

D．Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.

【推荐3】An old man lives with his little grandson. Every day the old man gets up early to read books.

One day the grandson asked, “Grandpa, I want to read books as you do. But I always forget what I read. What are the advantages of reading?”

The grandfather didn’t answer him, but said, “Take this little basket to the river and bring me back a basket of water.” The boy did as his grandpa said, but all the water leaked out before he got back home. The grandfather laughed and said, “You’ll have to walk faster next time.”

The next time the boy ran faster, but the basket was still empty before he returned home. The boy said, “See, Grandpa, it’s no use!”

“Is it no use?” the old man said. “Look at the basket.”

The boy looked at the basket and found that the basket was different. It was cleaner, inside and out.

“That’s what happens when you read books. You might not understand or remember everything, but when you read them, you will be changed, inside and out.”

1. Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?

A．After the grandson reads books, he can’t understand what he reads.

B．After the grandson reads books, he gets up late.

C．After the grandson reads books, he always forgets what he reads.

D．After the grandson reads books, he sleeps late.

2. How many times did the grandson go to the river to get some water?

A．Once.

B．Twice.

C．Three times.

D．Four times.

3. According to the grandpa’s words, what happens when we read books?

A．We won’t have any changes.

B．We can understand everything.

C．We will be changed, inside and out.

D．We can never forget what we read.

【推荐1】Jon Pedley is making a big change. He is giving up his life as a businessman for a life of helping others. He is trading his beautiful farmhouse in England for life in a mud hut (小屋) in Uganda, East Africa.

Pedley admitted that he had not always led a very positive life. At times he drank too much and got in trouble with the law. “I had always put the pursuit (追求) of money in front of everything else. As long as I was all right, I didn’t care who I was hurting,” says Pedley.

But a visit to Uganda in 2007 gave Pedley a new outlook on life. He was amazed at what he saw and how much the people there appreciated the work he was doing. “I worked there for a few days and these people who have nothing were thanking me by giving me bags of potatoes, which are a fortune for them,” he said. Now Pedley is selling his business, his $1.5 million farmhouse, and his expensive car—and moving into a hut made of mud and boards in a small Ugandan village. There he will help run an organisation that hopes to improve the quality of life for people in the village of Kigazi. He will help to build schoolrooms for children and tanks to hold clean water for villagers. Today, people in Kigazi must walk two miles to a hospital, so Pedley will help to build doctors’ offices, too.

Pedley’s organisation will also work with English teenagers who are in trouble. The teens will be sent to a “camp” in Uganda that Pedley will run. The teens will live in mud huts and help to build water, health, and education facilities (设施) for kids in Kigazi, many of whom have lost their parents to poverty or disease. Pedley hopes the teens will see a side of life that might help them turn around their own lives and set them on a new and more positive path.

1. Which of the following best describes Pedley in the past?

A．Negative.

B．Creative.

C．Positive.

D．Selfish.

2. What will Pedley do in the small Ugandan village?

A．Do business with the local people.

B．Help farmers increase potato output.

C．Help villagers with building work.

D．Introduce tools to improve English teaching.

3. Why will Pedley work with English teenagers in trouble?

A．To encourage them to make friends with locals.

B．To inspire them to live a more positive life.

C．To train them to become doctors in the future.

D．To make them learn about different cultures.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．From a millionaire to living in a mud hut.	B．A life-changing adventure.
C．A rich man becoming homeless.	D．More money, more worries.

【推荐2】A librarian in Indonesia's Java island is lending books to children in exchange for trash they collect in a novel way to clean up the environment and get the kids to read more.

Each weekday Raden Roro Hendarti rides her three-wheeler with books stacked up at the back for children in Muntang village to exchange for plastic cups, bags and other waste that she carries back.

Raden said that she thought of the program because she intended to help inculcate(反复灌输)reading in the kids as well make them aware of the environment. As soon as she shows up, little children, many accompanied by their mothers, surround her "Trash Library" and long for the books. They are all carrying trash bags and Raden's three-wheeler quickly fills up with them as the books fly out. She's happy the kids are going to spend less time on online games as a result.

"Let us build a culture of literacy from young age to reduce the harm of the online world," Raden said. "We should also take care of our waste in order to fight climate change and to save the earth from trash," Raden said.

She collects about 100 kg of waste each week, which is then sorted out by her colleagues and sent for recycling or sold. She has a stock of 6,000 books to lend and wants to take the mobile service to neighbouring areas as well.

Kevin Alamsyah, an enthusiastic 11-year-old reader, searches for waste lying in the village. “when there is too much trash, our environment will become dirty and it's not healthy. That's why I look for trash to borrow a book." he says.

The literacy rate for above-15-year-olds in Indonesia is around 96 percent, but a September report by the World Bank warned that the pandemic will leave more than 80% of 15-year-olds below the minimum reading proficiency(精通)level identified by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.

1. What's the purpose of Raden's lending books to children?

A．To appeal to more people to resist the online games.

B．To educate mothers to do more reading with their kids.

C．To inspire reading and raise awareness of the environment.

D．To help children accept the concept that the trash is treasure.

2. What does Raden's colleagues do to help her?

A．Build the culture of their library.	B．Classify the waste and dispose of it.
C．Attract children by handing out candies	D．Send the books to the neighbouring areas

3. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A．Pandemic lowers teenagers reading levels.

B．15-year-old teenagers don't like reading.

C．Reading becomes more difficult during the pandemic

D．Indonesia government is responsible for teenagers' reading ability.

4. What's the best title for the passage?

A．Books Are on the Wheel	B．A New Way to Save the Earth
C．Books Help the Environment	D．Collecting Trash Gets Kids Books

【推荐3】Many years ago, my dad was facing a serious heart condition. He was unable to work a steady job. He fell suddenly ill and had to be admitted to the hospital.

He wanted to do something to keep himself busy, so he decided to volunteer at the local children’s hospital. My dad loved kids. It was the perfect job for him. He ended up working with the seriously ill children. He would talk, play, and do arts with them.

One of his kids was a girl with a rare disease that paralyzed (瘫痪) her from the neck down. She couldn’t do anything, and she was very depressed. My dad decided to try to help her. He started visiting her in her room, bringing paints, brushes and paper. He stood the paper up, put the paintbrush in his mouth and began to paint. He didn’t use his hands at all. All the while he would tell her, “See, you can do anything you set your mind to.”

At the end of the day, she began to paint using her mouth, and she and my dad became friends. Soon after, the little girl was sent home because the doctors felt there was nothing else they could do for her. My dad also left the children’s hospital for a little while because he became ill. Some time later after my dad had recovered and returned to work, in came the little girl who had been paralyzed, only this time she was walking. She ran straight over to my dad and hugged him really tight. She gave him a picture she had done using her hands. At the bottom it read: “Thank you for helping me walk.”

My dad would cry every time he told us this story and so would we. He would say sometimes love is more powerful than doctors, and my dad – who died just a few months after the little girl gave him the picture – loved every single child in that hospital.

1. The author’s father worked at the local hospital to _______.

A．ease his serious heart condition	B．realize his childhood dream
C．earn money to pay for treatment	D．keep himself occupied and happy

2. How did the author’s father help the paralyzed little girl?

A．He showed her she could still do things.	B．He painted special pictures for her.
C．He helped her practise walking.	D．He visited her and made a toy for her.

3. According to paragraph 4, the paralyzed girl _______.

A．eventually became a unique painter	B．gradually recovered and walked
C．was sent home and never seen again	D．sent him a picture painted with her mouth

4. What message does the passage mainly convey?

A．A sick person should not focus on his disease.	B．Volunteering is a worthwhile thing to do.
C．Love can sometimes bring great results.	D．It’s better to give than to receive.