【推荐1】When I met him，I had a lot of anger inside me. I’ve lived my whole life in Spanish Harlem， but in my neighborhood，there are shoot-ups all the time. I know kids who have been shot or beaten up. I have friends who ended up in prison. I could have ended up that way，too，but Mr. Clark wouldn’t let that happen.
Mr. Clark worked long hours，making sure I did my work. My grades rose. In fact，the scores of our whole class rose. One day，he took our class to see The Phantom of the Opera，and it was the first time some kids had ever been out of Harlem. Before the show，he treated us to dinner at a restaurant and taught us not to talk with our mouths full. We did not want to let him down.
Mr. Clark was selected as Disney’s 2000 Teacher of the Year. He said he would draw three names out of a hat；those students would go with him to Los Angles to get the award. But when the time came to draw names，Mr. Clark said,“You’re all going.”
On graduation day，there were a lot of tears. We didn’t want his class to end. In 2001，he moved to Atlanta, but he always kept in touch. He started giving lectures about education，and wrote a bestsell -ing book based on his classroom rules，The Essential 55. In 2003，Mr. Clark took some of us on a trip to South Africa to deliver school supplies and visit orphanages(孤儿院). It was the most amazing experience of my life. It’s now my dream to one day start a group of women’s clubs, helping people from all backgrounds.
1. Without Mr. Clark，the writer _________.

A．might have put into prison

B．might not have won the prize

C．might have joined a women’s club

D．might not have moved to Atlanta

2. The Essential 55 is ___________.

A．a show

B．a speech

C．a classroom rule

D．a book

3. How many students’ names were finally drawn out of a hat by Mr. Clark？

A．None

B．Three

C．Fifty-five

D．All

4. In the passage, the writer intends to tell us that ___________.

A．Mr. Clark went to South Africa because he liked traveling

B．Mr. Clark helped to set up a group of women’s clubs

C．a good teacher can raise his or her students’ score

D．a good teacher has a good influence on his or her students

5. What is the writer’s attitude towards Mr. Clark？

A．He speaks highly of Mr. Clark.

B．He looks down upon Mr. Clark.

C．He doesn’t show his attitude towards Mr. Clark.

D．He takes a neutral(中立的) attitude towards Mr. Clark.

【推荐2】I became a teacher at 55 years of age. Things were going on so well during my first two periods. Then came my 3^rd period class – the 8^th graders with only one girl in the class. I thought the class was bad until the intercom(内部通话系统) came on and the office was asking if I was in my classroom. “Of course,” I responded. A student who knew he was going to be late for class had informed the office I was not in my classroom – 10 minutes after class began.
When the student came in and I walked over to greet him, he said, “Don’t touch me.” He then put his head on his desk and did not seem to listen to a word I said. I did not comfront(使面对) him with the “lie” to the office.
The next day he came into class on time. This time instead of listening or following instructions on keyboarding software, he played Internet games. I walked over to him. He looked at me ready to snap back(没好气地顶撞) at anything I said. I asked him, “Where did you learn to use a computer like that?” he looked at me surprised. I repeated, “You are really good at that. Where did you learn so much?” He began to tell me his father “used to” buy him games to play, but not anymore. I could feel the pain. Instead of blaming him for being off task, I surprised him and praised him for his skills. Then, I asked him to show me what he could do in our software. He was amazed.
On a Friday night at a high school football game, I really got my breakthrough(突破). From about five feet away, in front of his friends he came over to me and gave me a big hug saying, “Hi, Ms. Marie.” We talked for a while and before he walked away, he had hugged me two more times. This was a long way from “don’t touch me” on that first day.
1. How did the boy react(反应) towards Ms. Marie’s greeting on the first day?

A．Gratefully.	B．Coldly.
C．Respectfully.	D．Amazedly.

2. From the dialogue between Ms. Marie and the boy in Paragraph 3, we can infer that _____.

A．the boy was impatient with Ms. Marie’s interruption

B．the boy was proud to show how to play games

C．Ms. Marie was curious about the boy’s father

D．Ms. Marie felt sorry for the boy

3. By saying “I really got my breakthrough”, Ms. Marie meant _____.

A．she finally learned to play games

B．she won the boy’s trust in the end

C．she scored at the football game

D．she made great achievements in teaching

【推荐3】My first impression of Miss Vicki was a highly authoritative(权威的) person towering over me. She spoke in a loud voice and the earth shook whenever she marched. That was in the first year of high school. She was a knowledgeable literature teacher then. However, during my first year in school, she struck terror into my heart. And everyone else’s of course. Just the mention of her name made the most annoying classes silent.
However, the two years of junior high passed by rather quickly. Soon I went to senior high class. I had worked hard and got the subject combination that I wished for. Together with a group of old friends, I soon settled down in class comfortably.
To everyone’s surprise, she was fortunate enough to be my teacher that year. I was shocked when I heard the news. This time round, however, I decided not to hide in terror whenever she was near. I decided to face the fact. Instead of trying too hard to lick her boots , I tried my best to be my natural myself in front of her.
Still, I could not shake off the ice-cold impression that she put in my heart. True, her jokes sometimes sent me into fits of laughter, yet at other times these jokes simply fell flat the moment she told them . My lovely class, however, was always ready to laugh at the right time of her amusing stories. After all, we would not want to run the risk of making her angry.
Unluckily, life was not to remain boring. One day we received news that Miss Vicki was to leave Singapore for the Philippines where she would take part in a voluntary teaching program for the poor. We did not know what to say actually. All of us cried at the airport.
1. During the first year in school, the author thought Miss Vicki was __________.

A．proud but patient

B．beautiful but strict

C．scholarly but serious

D．humorous but single-minded

2. What does the underlined phrase “lick her boots” in paragraph 3 mean?

A．Win her favor	B．Upset her
C．Shock her	D．Follow her closely

3. What can we learn from paragraph 4?

A．Miss Vicki was a good joke teller.

B．Miss Vicki’s jokes were always boring.

C．Students liked Miss Vicki’s class very much.

D．Students pretended to laugh to please Vicki.

4. What can we infer about Miss Vicki from the last paragraph?

A．She was dismissed from the school.

B．She was not accepted by the students.

C．She was unwilling to leave her students.

D．She had a strong sense of social responsibility.

【推荐2】The history of microbiology begins with a Dutch cloth maker named Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, a man of no formal scientific education. In the late 1600s, Lecuwenhoek, inspired by the magnifying lenses he used to examine cloth, built some of the first microscopes. He developed a technique to improve the quality of tiny, rounded lenses, some of which could magnify an object up to 270 times. After removing some plaque from between his teeth and examining it under a lens, Lecuwenhoek found tiny twisting creatures, which he called “animalcules”.

His observations, which he reported to the Royal Society of London, are among the first descriptions of microbes, Leeuwenhoek discovered an entire universe invisible to the human eye. He found different microbes in samples of pond water, rain water, and human blood. He gave the first description of red blood cells, observed plant tissue, examined muscle, and investigated the life cycle of insects.

Nearly two hundred years later, Leeuwenhoek’s discovery of microbes helped French chemist and biologist Louis Pasteur to develop his “theory of disease”. This concept suggested that disease originates from tiny organisms attacking and weakening the body. Pasteur’s theory later helped doctors to fight infectious diseases including anthrax, diphtheria, polio, smallpox, tetanus, and typhoid. All these breakthroughs were the result of Leeuwenhoek’s original work. Leeuwenhoek did not foresee this legacy.

In a 1716 letter, he described his contribution to science this way:“My work, which I’ve done for a long time, was not pursued in order to gain the praise I now enjoy, but chiefly from a strong desire for knowledge, which I notice resides in me more than in most other men. And therefore, whenever I found out anything remarkable, I have thought it my duty to put down my discovery on paper, so that the scientific community might be informed thereof. ”

1. Which of the following best describes Leeuwenhoek?

A．A trained researcher with an interest in microbiology.

B．A curious amateur who made pioneer studies of microbes.

C．A talented scientist interested in finding a cure for disease.

D．A bored cloth maker who accidentally made a major discovery.

2. The underlined phrase ”this legacy“in paragraph 3 refers to________.

A．the discovery of microbes.	B．Pasteur’s theory of disease.
C．Leeuwenhoek’s contribution.	D．the origin of the tiny organism.

3. What does the quote from Leeuwenhoek’s letter suggest?

A．He admitted that many of his discoveries happened by chance.

B．He considered his work to be central to later medical breakthroughs.

C．He was greatly concermed with improving people’s living conditions.

D．He believed the sharing of knowledge was a key to scientific progress.

【推荐3】Sasha Masakowski remembers being six years old, seated at the piano next to her father — the well-known jazz guitarist, Steve Masakowski.

“He’d play harmonies in the background on the guitar, and he’d encourage me to improvise (即兴演奏),” Sasha recalls. “He’d tell me to play something using just the white keys or just the black keys, and I’d make up music.” She says she was a little composer playing along with her dad in their New Orleans home. “I love those memories,” she adds.

As Sasha got older, though, her interest in jazz began to flag. Sasha went to a local arts high school and focused on musical theater. Steve admits to hoping his daughter would develop a love for jazz.

The father’s expectation was eventually met when the daughter rediscovered jazz music. Sasha says she admired a guy in the jazz department and on the day they met, the first thing he said was, “I’m such a big fan of your dad’s!” She says the experience helped her realize that her father and his music were, in fact, cool. Finally, Sasha decided to study jazz instead of musical theater at the University of New Orleans, where her father headed the Jazz Studies Program.

Now, Sasha and Steve love playing together and they treasure the common language jazz gives them. Both compose music, but while her father is more focused on traditional jazz and teaching, Sasha likes to produce music with more electronic trends than Steve’s. Despite different interests, Steve’s pride in his daughter is clear. Today, Sasha is known for her musicality and her ability to improvise. “Improvising scares a lot of singers, but for me I feel like a little composer again at the piano next to my dad. I love it in large part because of him,” Sasha says.

1. What do we know about young Sasha?

A．She was well-known as a jazz guitarist.

B．She learned to compose when she’s little.

C．She was good at improvising on a piano.

D．She performed with her father worldwide.

2. What does paragraph 4 stress about Sasha?

A．Her preparation for a university.

B．Her admiration for a jazz student.

C．Her going back to jazz and her father.

D．Her studying at a local arts high school.

3. What makes Sasha different from her father?

A．The style of her music.

B．Her preference for the piano.

C．Her opinion about improvising.

D．The teaching method she sticks to.

4. What can be a suitable title for the text?

A．Love of music leads to a career of uncertainty.

B．Jazz deepens the bond between father and daughter.

C．A daughter’s musical choice is made by her father.

D．A musical family brings joy to millions of people.

【推荐1】My hands were shaking uncontrollably. I tried incredibly hard to focus on the words that I spent hours putting down on paper. I tried to conquer my fear of speaking in public on numerous occasions throughout my life. During college and at my first few jobs, I would get ridiculously nervous when I had to give a presentation or lead a meeting. Public speaking had been my nemesis for as long as I could remember.

Then in my mid-thirties, I decided to join the public speaking group Toastmasters. At every meeting, we were rated and forced to compete with other speakers for an award. You would think that I would walk away from these experiences as a polished speaker, but nothing seemed to work.

It wasn’t until recently, when science and scientific institutions were being attacked for unfair reasons during the pandemic, that I decided I must speak out. Science has made this country a place where dreams come true — this is why we all need to protect science. In addition, as a science writer, I try to get readers to understand how science is related to their daily lives.

So I ended up on that frightening stage on that sunny Saturday in April — Earth Day. Despite the body shakes and fear, I persevered. That day, I looked out into the crowd of like-minded science supporters and I felt comfort.

Reaching that milestone goal of getting through a speech truly changed me. At almost forty, I learned that passion can set off a flame in my heart to do things I never dreamed possible. The darkness that led to my speech is sure to lead to new opportunities and adventures.

1. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “nemesis” in Para. 1?

A．Strength.

B．Confusion

C．Preference.

D．Struggles.

2. What happened to the author when leaving Toastmasters?

A．Things got worse for him.	B．Nervousness remained with him.
C．He became a polished writer.	D．He began to feel more competitive.

3. What made the author want to speak out on Earth Day?

A．He must rise up to defend science.

B．It was a good chance to learn science.

C．It was a project organized by Toastmasters.

D．He couldn’t have people attacking his fellow scientists.

4. What lesson did the author draw from his successful speech?

A．Frustration can be a stepping stone to success.

B．Love motivates us to achieve the unachievable.

C．Science can lead us to make wonderful changes.

D．Any difficulty can be overcome with great effort.

【推荐2】Like everybody else, I was addicted to my devices. When realizing its harm, I decided to make a change.

“I’m doing Tech-Free Sundays now!” I told my mother, on the Saturday night before my no-tech journey started. “Oh,” she said. “So are you giving up, like, the wheel?” I defined my terms. No: computer, phone, iPad. No: email, Twitter, Instagram. Yes: wheels, modern medicine.

But when I woke up in the morning, I failed. The problem was my work: I needed to meet a deadline. I thought I could just use the computer for work, and wouldn’t check Twitter. And I didn’t, for many hours. And then I did. It was right there! And though I checked it very briefly, just in case anyone was mad at me, the spell(咒语) was broken.

But the beautiful thing about Sundays is that there is always another one. The next week, I changed my approach: no tech, at all. This time, I was prepared. On Saturday, I made a list of everything I wanted to accomplish over the weekend, and then worked my way through all the parts that require technology. And then I put my phone down, and when I woke up on Tech-Free Sunday, I did not pick it up again.

Instead, I finish a book—one with paper! Do you know how pleasurable it is to read a book by touching it? It is a delight, like petting a very literary cat. However, the trouble came when I went to meet a friend. I was running late, but had no way to tell her because my phone was at home.

Was I relaxed on such a Sunday? It was an unfamiliar feeling, but I was. I felt a sense of control over my life. But because life is nothing if not a learning process, the next weekend, I told everyone who might need to get in touch with me that I would not be reachable on Sunday.

1. What can we infer from the author’s conversation with her mother?

A．The author’s mother was unfamiliar with technological terms.

B．The author wouldn’t refuse all modern technology.

C．The author wouldn’t drive on Tech-Free Sundays.

D．The author’s mother agreed with her decision.

2. What happened on the first Tech-Free Sunday?

A．The author went against her original wish.	B．The author got her computer checked.
C．The author got annoyed by others.	D．The author broke a spell happily.

3. How did the author feel about her Tech-Free decision finally?

A．Disappointed.

B．Hesitant.

C．Satisfied.

D．Tired.

4. What can be the best title for the text?

A．“Tech-Free Sundays” Become Popular

B．Being Addicted to Devices Is Harmful

C．I Tried Going Tech-Free on Sundays

D．I Realized the Harm of Devices