A boy lost in the wilderness was saved by a kangaroo. That’s the story floating around after Simon Kruger, a 7－year－old boy, was rescued from Australia’s Deep Creek Conservation Park.
According to Australia’s 7 News, the saga(传奇故事) began when Simon wandered off after the family ate a picnic lunch. Apparently the lost boy drifted away to pick flowers for his mom. Instead, he got hopelessly lost—and without adequate warm clothing to stay out overnight in the forest.
A police search, including helicopters, followed. But Simon wasn’t found for 24 hours—even though he was ultimately discovered only about half a kilometer from the family’s campsite. His father Etienne Kruger thinks his son was disoriented when the rain and wind swept in after he got lost.
However it happened, Simon wasn’t found for almost a full 24 hours. The overnight weather was cold and wet, dropping to a low of around 43 degrees Fahrenheit.
So how did the lost boy survive the cold, wet night? The family said that Simon’s flowers for his mom attracted a kangaroo. His dad explained, “A kangaroo came closer to him and ate the flowers from him, and the kangaroo fell asleep next to him. I think God sent a kangaroo to keep him warm.”
1. The purpose of the writer is to ________.| A．inform us a moving story between a boy and an animal |
| B．teach the children to protect the environment |
| C．ask the parents to look after their children more carefully |
| D．praise the policemen for their great effort to rescue a lost boy |
| A．The kangaroo feeds on flowers. |
| B．At first sight, the little boy was fond of the kangaroo very much. |
| C．It was the flowers that attracted the police to the place where the boy was found. |
| D．It was lucky for the boy to have a kangaroo with him. |
| A．determined | B．excited | C．confused | D．concerned |
| A．Realizing he was lost, Simon tried his best to find the way back. |
| B．The police found the boy because of the signs that a kangaroo had left. |
| C．With the help of the police, the lost boy could survive the cold night. |
| D．The lost boy was lost for almost 24 hours without adequate warm clothing to stay out overnight in the forest. |
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【推荐1】A few years ago, a friend sent me a restaurant gift card for New Year, and I picked a pretty, sunny Sunday afternoon to use it. It felt good taking my grown son and daughter to a nice restaurant instead of the fast food places we usually ate at. The meal was delicious, and we all had a good time just being together. The gift card covered almost all of the check. I reached into my wallet to get enough cash to cover the rest. I saw two bills (钞票) in it. The first would cover the rest of the check. The second would cover the check and give the waiter a nice tip. I reached down to pick out the first one.
At that moment, my mind flashed back to 30 years ago. I was working as a busboy (餐厅勤杂工) in a restaurant much like the one we were in. It was long hours of hard work for low pay. I went home just barely (勉强) making enough to feed my young family. I also remembered how more than once I saw the waiters counting their small tips while worrying about how they were going to pay the rent and buy their kids the things they needed. I remembered the pain in their eyes and saw the sadness in their faces at the end of the day.
I blinked (眨眼睛) and was back in the present again, with my fingers touching the smaller bill in my wallet. I smiled, pushed it back down and picked out the larger bill. As we all got up from the table, I handed the bill and gift card to the hardworking waiter. “You keep the change,”I said with a smile and a happy heart.
We are all one family in this world. We live together, rejoice (高兴) together and suffer together. Do your best to be kind. Do your best to be a good person and replace the suffering with joy.
1. Why did the author go to the nice restaurant?| A．He made big money. | B．His friends invited him. |
| C．He could pay with a gift card. | D．His children preferred to go there. |
| A．got generous tips | B．earned a poor living |
| C．had a hopeful future | D．brought free food home |
| A．He gave a tip to the waiter. | B．He ordered some takeout. |
| C．He paid with the small bill. | D．He refused to use the gift card. |
| A．Calm. | B．Honest. | C．Patient. | D．Caring. |
【推荐2】Han Tianheng picked up a carving knife at the age of 6 and never put it down. Today, the 79 year-old artist, one of China’s most respected living masters of seal carving(印章雕刻), calligraphy and Chinese painting, still remembers the incident the first time he held a knife in his hand.
“I cut my thumb badly and was scared by the bloody sight,” he said, adding that his mother applied ashes because she couldn’t afford to take him to a hospital. “The cut left a scar, which is still clear today.”
An eye for an eye and blood for blood, the incident didn’t set him back. Instead, it aroused his passion for the ancient art form. He was determined to pursue a path that would lead to a career in seal carving. Han said.
The journey of art exploration was a little bumpy for the young man in his pursue for excellence, and his seal works were seriously criticized by a famous old painter.
Most would have crumbled under the criticism, not Han. It made him even more determined. After six months’ hard work, he visited the painter again.
“This time, he asked me to carve a seal for him. This was positive affirmation,” Han said. “Praise is candy and criticism is medicine. We can live without candy, but cannot live without medicine when ill.”
Han rose to fame during the early 1960s famous for bird and insect seal art. Han’s seals are an essential ending part on the paintings of a long list of well-known artists.
“A seal for a good painting is like the buttons for an haute couture(高档女子时装). An experienced tailor always knows how to choose buttons that matches the whole style. What’s more, a good seal carver should keep his own style, and at the same time go well with the painting’s style.” he said.
1. What influence did the incident have on Han when he was six?| A．He got injured very seriously. |
| B．He learned how to use a knife. |
| C．It aroused his interest in seal carving. |
| D．It helped him learn how hard life was. |
| A．Smooth | B．Inspiring |
| C．Boring | D．Tough |
| A．The huge respect they earn. |
| B．The flexibility they display at work. |
| C．The targeted customers they serve. |
| D．The efforts they have to make to succeed. |
| A．Education. | B．Events. |
| C．Entertainment. | D．People. |
【推荐3】Two years ago I was very lonely and didn’t talk with anyone about my feelings. At the time I didn’t have many friends. I wanted someone to share my experiences and secrets with. I wanted someone to understand me. I started to imagine this friend and often imagined our conversations and what we would do.
Some weeks later we started a new project in school and I was working with one of my schoolmates. We had never worked together before but we got along well. After the project we started to spend some time together in school. One day we decided to take a walk. Ever since that walk we’ve been best friends. We listened and really understood each other.
I had wished for a best friend, but the universe gave me so much more. I have met one of my soul mates. We can sense each other, and it just takes one look and we know what the other is thinking. I didn’t think our friendship could grow much stronger. But now we have known each other for two years and our friendship is growing all the time.
It hasn’t only been easy. We have gone through both easy and hard times. But I’m thankful for the hard times, because they have forced me to grow and taught me a lot. My best friend has changed me. She has made me believe in myself. And I am now focusing on achieving one of my biggest dreams. Without her I wouldn’t even have realized what my biggest dream is.
I know there are soul mates out in the world for you. I am so thankful to have met one of mine. Believe in them, and your paths will cross!
1. What did the author do before meeting her soul mate?| A．She chose to stay alone. | B．She spent time with other friends. |
| C．She told others about her feelings. | D．She pictured a friend in her mind. |
| A．By taking a trip. | B．By attending a party. |
| C．Through a school project. | D．Through a friend’s introduction. |
| A．Their friendship is ending. |
| B．She is the author’s only soul mate. |
| C．They are trying hard to realize their dreams. |
| D．She has little confidence in their friendship. |
| A．She got to know her best friend. | B．She has learnt a lot from them. |
| C．They have brought money to her. | D．They have made her dream come true. |
【推荐1】Every morning, little Sebastiana Balistreri makes the day of bus driver John Reed. The Milwaukee kid is known to wave and jump up and down as Reed' s bus pulls up to her stop. So when Reed' s route changed. he knew he had to deliver a proper goodbye to the 4-year-old. his favorite passenger. for all the sweet memories from the little angel.
“Good morning, sweetie!” he greeted the child and her mom, Tracy. “Oh my God. How are you? I got you a card, I got you a coloring book and there' s something else in there for you.” he told Sebastiana as he handed her a goodie bag.
The sweet moment was recorded by security cameras inside the bus.
“My daughter is very happy,” Tracy told a website Friday. “That' s just the way she is. In the morning, when she sees him coming, she gets very excited. They just developed a friendship.”
Inside Sebastiana's card, Reed wrote, “I can honestly say that over the past months you have been my favorite bus passenger. Your happy smile and warm Good Mornings have brightened my every day. I want to thank you for being a GREAT EXAMPLE for others to follow.”
Reed was very kind to little Sebastiana and the other passengers. That' s what made Tracy so impressed. So she took to her Facebook account to explain her daughter' s special connection to the bus driver.
“Every morning Sebastiana and I take the city bus to school and work,” she wrote. “We try to always take the same bus because we made friends with the driver John.”
“She is always super excited to see him, she always wishes him a good morning, and tells him the latest news in her 4-year-old life. She wrote him a valentine card, and he gave her one too. They are best friends.”
1. Why did Reed decide to say goodbye to little Sebastiana Balistreri?| A．The girl no longer took his bus. |
| B．He would be on a different route. |
| C．He changed his present job. |
| D．He was transferred to another company. |
| A．Reed's kindness. | B．Reed's driving skills. |
| C．Reed's enthusiasm. | D．Reed's happy smiles. |
| A．True friendship is a plant of slow growth. |
| B．Learn to love yourself and to forgive yourself. |
| C．Friendship is a single soul living in two caring bodies. |
| D．Understanding is not a responsibility, but an opportunity. |
When my family decided to move to Europe, we were excited . But we had a problem. We couldn’t find a vehicle that had enough space to work for our five-member family, so my dad decided he’d just made one. No matter where we were , our new home took some getting used to (花时间适应). I had to leave a lot of my stuff behind because so little of it would fit into my tiny new room. We had to be careful to save our water. And we were doing home school, which worked out great.
No matter what, I made sure to look out my window every morning , because the view was different every day — England, then France, Italy,Greece... each special in its own way. In country after country, we touched around and tried to pick up little bits of the local language, but that didn’t help us much. Luckily we kept finding people who knew some English. Everywhere we went , we saw the most amazing things. I love reading about places in my textbooks and then getting out of our vehicle to look right at them . I can’t pick a favourite spot, because whichever one we were at seemed to be the best at the time.
After our trip ended , we moved to Florida. But it makes me happy that my family had this great year-long experience together. I’m thankful for that.
1. Compared with the seventh-grade school year, Grace’s sixth-grade year was ____
| A．normal | B．painful |
| C．unusual | D．successful |
| A．By car | B．By taxi |
| C．By bike | D．By plane |
| A．her parents didn’t allow her to keep them |
| B．there was not enough room to keep them |
| C．she had other similar things |
| D．they were out of style |
| A．Grace likes Italy very much |
| B．Grace prefers travelling to reading |
| C．Grace can speak different language s well |
| D．Grace enjoyed the experience with her family |
| A．Getting along with my family |
| B．Looking out of my window |
| C．My new moving home |
| D．My life on the road |
【推荐3】One evening, when I asked my 17-year-old son, Ray, for help with dinner, his response took me by surprise. “What’s a colander (漏勺)?” he asked.
I could only blame myself. In the family, nobody’s hands went in the sauce except my own. But as I explained with a touch of panic that a colander is the thing with holes in it, I wondered what else I hadn’t prepared Ray for. Suddenly it hit me: He’d be leaving the house in a year to attend college. No way was I going to send a spoiled prince into the world.
As parents, while focusing on our children’s character, we are also raising someone’s future roommate, husband, or father. I’d raise a boy who would never ask the woman in his life, “What’s for dinner?” So, I came up with a plan to offer Ray a private home economics course. Gladly, he didn’t say no. For two hours, three days a week, Ray was all mine. One day, as his tomato sauce reduced on the stove, he washed and seasoned a chicken for roasting. Then he rolled out the pie crust(大馅饼皮) and filled it with apples, while listening to my explanation for the importance of preheating an oven.
One day we covered Advanced Laundry, in which I taught him never to mix a red sweatshirt with white ones. I knew that he would rather have been shooting hoops in the driveway than learning to mend socks with his mother—he tried to beg off sewing lessons—but it couldn’t be denied that he was learning, and more than just housekeeping. “I appreciate what you do as a mom,” he told me one day.
Ray now understands the finer points of cooking, and more importantly, he realizes there’s nothing masculine(男子气概的) about being helpless. Not only can he make his own dinner, but also he can make a big meal for his family. That’s what I call a man.
1. Hearing her son’s question, how did the author feel?| A．Angry. | B．Disappointed. | C．Shocked. | D．Calm. |
| A．Ray’s lack of basic living skills. | B．Ray’s absence in the kitchen. |
| C．Ray’s leaving to attend college. | D．Ray’s misunderstanding of a colander. |
| A．Ray fell in love with housework. | B．Ray did other work in the house. |
| C．Ray began to be more independent. | D．Ray recognized his mother’s efforts. |
| A．Family education for boys | B．The importance of housework |
| C．Boys should be involved in housework | D．Cooking and sewing make boys masculine |
