【推荐1】When Lew Alcindor was 13, and obviously still growing, a group of schools began offering him scholarships. The Alcindor decided to send their only child to Power Memorial Academy, a small school on Manhattan’s West Side.

At Power, Alcindor came under the control of Coach Jack Donohue, a strict young man who already gained his fames as one of the best coaches in the city. Donohue brought Alcindor along slowly. As a first-year student, the boy was not able to do much but wave his long skinny arms and shoot a basket now and then. But by the second year, when he was 15 years old and nearly 7 feet tall, Alcindor was quick and skilful enough to make the high school All-American team and to lead Power to an undefeated season.

From then on he simply got better. Some rival coaches (对方教练) used to take their teams quickly away from the floor before Power warmed up so that their players would not see him any sooner than they had to. Wearing size 16D shoes and sucking a chewing gum, Alcindor would loosen up by starting his leaping lay-ups (擦板球). Then he would casually shoot the ball with either hand, to the delight of the fans.

When reporters and photographers began to follow Alcindor closely, Donohue protected his boy firmly. He simply ordered Lew to talk to no member of the press, and this suited Lew fine. He was not comfortable talking to grown-ups, perhaps because he towered over them. Discouraged photographers began following him in secret as though he were an easily-frightened giraffe. Once after ducking into a subway to escape, Alcindor told a friend that it was all becoming like policemen and robbers. “People want you not for yourself,” Donohue warned him, “But because you’re a basketball player. Don’t forget that.”

1. Many schools offered Alcindor scholarships because ______.

A．he was young	B．he was hardworking
C．he was tall for his age	D．he was skillful at playing basketball

2. Which of the following best describes Donohue as a young coach?

A．Serious, popular and slow	B．Tall, skillful and successful
C．Kind, powerful and undefeated	D．Well-known, strict and experienced

3. Why did some rival coaches take their teams away from the floor before Power warmed up?

A．Their teams refused to play against Power	B．Their teams feared to see Alcindor
C．Their teams would lose courage	D．Their teams would lose interest

4. What does the last paragraph mainly discuss?

A．How Donohue protect Alcindor from the press	B．How Alcindor disliked meeting reporter
C．Why the press followed Alcindor closely	D．Why the public wanted Alcindor badly

【推荐3】Professional athletes in most sports start to slow down after the age of 35. Some retire (退役). Jamaican Olympic runner Usain Bolt has talked about retiring, for example. He is only 30 years old. But on Thursday, Serena Williams earned a spot in the Australian Open finals. She will face her older sister, Venus, who won her semifinal (半决赛) match a day earlier. It is the first time that the Williams sisters will play in a Grand Slam final since 2009. Venus is 36. Serena is 35. One of them will win the championship (冠军) at last.

One older champion will play in the men’s final, too. Roger Federer qualified for the final by defeating Stan Wawrinka. Federer, like Serena Williams, is 35 years old It will be one of the sport’s oldest finals in a long time.

Ken Rosewall of Australia is the oldest winner of a Grand Slam. He was 37 when he won the Australian Open in 1972.

Serena Williams is already the oldest winner of a women’s Grand Slam match. She won Wimbledon last year at the age of 34.

Many people are impressed that three of the finalists are 35 or older. All of the players have recently had injuries (受伤). Federer missed six months due to back and knee injuries.

He told the crowd that he did not think he would be able to make it back to a Grand Slam final.

The Williams sisters have had difficulties, too. Earlier this month, Venus won a match in New Zealand but withdrew (退出) from the final after hurting her arm. She also learned in 2011 she had the immune system disorder. The disorder kept her from practicing and staying in good physical condition for a number of years.

Serena took time off to recover from knee and shoulder injuries after losing in the semifinals of the U. S. Open last September. It is the ninth time that the sisters will face each other in a major final. Serena has defeated her sister six of those times. If she wins, Serena will beat Steffi Graff’s record for the most Grand Slam titles ever in women’s tennis.

1. Who will win the championship in the Grand Slam final this time according to Paragraph 1?

A．Usain Bolt.

B．Stan Wawrinka.

C．One of the Williams sisters.

D．Steffi Graff.

2. What do the final players have in common?

A．Their sports skills are falling.

B．They all have physical problems.

C．They are all considering retiring.

D．Their old ages influence their retiring.

3. What do you know about Serena from the last paragraph?

A．She will set a record if she wins this time.

B．She was beaten by her sister in most cases.

C．She needs time to recover from her injuries.

D．Her knee and shoulder injuries made her lose to her sister.

【推荐2】阅读理解。
JAMES shook his money box again. Nothing! He carefully counted the coins that lay on the bed. All that he had was $24.52 . The bicycle he wanted was at least $90! How on earth (究竟) was he going to get the rest of the money?
He knew that his friends all had bicycles. It was hard to hang out with people when you were the only one without a bicycle. He thought about what he could do. There was no point asking his parents, for he knew they had no extra money.
There was only one way to get money, and that was to earn it. He would have to find a job. He decided to ask Mr Clay for advice.
“Well, you can start right here,” said Mr Clay. “You see, my windows need cleaning and my car needs washing.”
That was the beginning of James’ part-time job. For the next three months he worked every day after finishing his homework. He took dogs for walks, cleared out cupboards and mended books.
The day finally came when James counted his money and found $94.32. He wasted no time and went down to the shop to pick up the bicycle he wanted. He rode home proudly, looking forward to showing his new bicycle to his friends. It had been hard working for the money, but James knew that he valued (珍惜) his bicycle far more because he had bought it with his own money. He had achieved what he thought was impossible, and that was worth even more than the bicycle.
1. Why didn’t James ask his parents for help?

A．Because they didn’t love him.

B．Because they didn’t have extra money.

C．Because they lived far away from him.

D．Because they didn’t need a bike.

2. James did the following jobs EXCEPT ____.

A．walking dogs	B．clearing out cupboards
C．cooking meals	D．mending books

3. How much money did James earn?

A．$24.52	B．$90
C．$94.32	D．$69.80

4. What does the writer want to tell us?

A．We should buy everything we want.

B．We should get what we want through hard work.

C．Parents shouldn’t give children any money.

D．We shouldn’t show off new things to poor children.

【推荐3】Jordan Mittler has been spending weekends teaching seniors in New York how to use technology for years, but he never expected he would be streaming a class online.

He has taught texting, emailing and video chatting to dozens of seniors for years, beginning when his grandparents first got smartphones. Teaching them how to use apps and send messages inspired the teen to offer his services to more older people. In February 2019, he created a formal curriculum and started hosting free, hour-long sessions for seniors every Sunday.

Immediately, he was flooded with interested participants. His course, spread out over 10 weeks, was an instant success. One of his favorite lessons was helping his students surprise a family member with a video call.

But when the coronavirus hit New York City, Jordan had to end his classes. He wasn’t sure if he could move the lessons online—it was much easier to help students understand their devices in person —but he knew the importance of keeping older folks connected online. Most of the attendees were retired or lived alone and needed to find ways to connect with family members remotely. “It gives them somewhere to be and something to do,” he said.

So he spent a week ensuring each student could use Zoom, an online video chat platform. For most of the seniors, that meant calling them individually with step-by-step instructions. Since then, online classes have been going smoothly. He has reworked his curriculum to include tasks relevant to life in isolation, like staying in touch with family, checking the news, and playing online games.

His project, Mittler Senior Technology, has taught Jordan the value of making intergenerational relationships. He frequently invites his teenage friends to participate in his classes, hoping more young people will take time to help older relatives or neighbors.

1. What made Jordan decide to help the old?

A．Buying smartphones for his grandparents.

B．Streaming a class about smartphones.

C．Guiding his grandparents to use smartphones.

D．Learning more skills about surfing the Internet.

2. What does paragraph 4 mainly talk about?

A．How Jordan began his online classes.

B．Why it was necessary to help the old.

C．What Jordan thought of the coronavirus.

D．Why it was hard to teach the old online.

3. What can we know about Jordan’s online teaching?

A．It got support from apps.	B．Jordan had confidence in it at first.
C．Its curriculum never changed.	D．Jordan well prepared for it.

4. What can we infer about Jordan Mittler?

A．He is considerate and patient.	B．He is humorous and positive.
C．He is curious and brave.	D．He is honest and determined.

【推荐1】On the day the tornado hit, there was no indication severe weather was on its way—the sky was blue and the sun had been out. The first alert my husband, Jimmy, 67, and I, 65, got came around 9 p.m., from some scrolling text on the TV Jimmy was watching. He ran upstairs to find me in our third-floor bedroom, and we changed the channel from the presidential primary debate I had been watching to our local Pensacola, Florida, station.

No sooner had we found coverage of the tornado than it was on top of us. It was the loudest thing I have ever heard. The bones of the house shook, and the power went out. Pink insulation flew into the room from a trapdoor to the attic, and the wind began to roar through the house.

I didn’t know how or if we would make it down the steps. It felt as if there were no floor underneath me as the wind lifted me off my feet. I gripped the banister (栏杆) and tried to move forward, but this intense pressure held me in place.

By the time I reached the closet, the tornado had been over us for about a minute. Jimmy pushed me down to the closet floor, but he couldn’t get inside himself because of the wind. I gripped Jimmy’s arm. My knees and scalp were full of glass, but in that moment, I felt no pain.

All of a sudden, Jimmy lifted off his feet like people in tornadoes do in the movies. I thought he was gone. And then everything stopped. He landed on his feet. In those first quiet moments, I couldn’t believe it was over. Jimmy said he’d go outside to check. “No,” I said. “Don’t leave me.”

Our neighbor says the storm lasted four minutes. In that time, four of the twelve town houses in our unit were completely destroyed. Of the houses left standing, ours suffered the most damage. Amazingly, none of us were severely injured.

1. How is the text organized?

A．In order of time.	B．In order of frequency.
C．In order of preference.	D．In order of importance.

2. What can we infer from the first paragraph?

A．We didn’t get the alert until we began to watch TV.

B．The weather was severe on the day the tornado hit.

C．We changed the channel to find out what was happening.

D．The author was sleeping when the tornado came.

3. From the text, we can find the author was the following except ________.

A．fearful	B．courageous
C．senseless	D．determined

4. What does the underlined sentence mean?

A．The author had no sense of pain.

B．The author was absorbed in saving her husband and extremely worried about her husband.

C．The author was fearful that her knees and scalp were full of glass.

D．The author was terrified in that moment.

【推荐2】Evenings With Dad

Some of my earliest memories involve sitting with my dad in his study every night when he came home from the office. I’d watch as he put his personal items away: his watch, wallet, comb and car keys would always occupy the same spot on the table every time.

Dad’s comb was jade green. I heard he bought it when he married Mum. Every night, he would smile, hand me the comb and say: “Be a good girl and help Daddy clean it, OK?”

I was more than happy to do it. At age five, this kind of task brought me such joy. I would excitedly turn the tap on, then brush the comb with a used toothbrush as hard as I could. Satisfied that I’d done a good job, I would proudly return the comb to Dad. He would smile at me, and place the comb on top of his wallet.

About two years later, Dad left his sales job and started his own wholesale business. I started primary school. That was when things started to change. Dad’s business wasn’t doing so well, and our stable life started getting shaky. He didn’t come home as much as he used to. And when he did come home, it was always late and I’d already be in bed. I started to get mad. Why didn’t he listen to Mum and just stick to his old job? Why take the risk and place the whole family in trouble? Over the years, I stopped waiting for him to come home, and stopped going downstairs to check on him.

Now 28, I’ve graduated from college and got a job. Dad’s business has also started to get back on track. Yet the uncomfortable silence between Dad and me went on.

Two days before my birthday last year, Dad came home early. As usual, I helped him carry his bags into his study. When I turned to leave, he asked me to clean his comb. I looked at him for a while, then took the comb and headed to the sink.

It was a new comb. This one was brown. I hadn’t noticed that he’d changed it. After cleaning it, I passed it back to Dad. He looked at it and smiled. But this time, I noticed something different. My dad had aged. He had wrinkles next to his eyes when he smiled, yet his smile was still as heartwarming as before.

1. How did the author feel about her earliest memories with her Dad?

A．Moved.

B．Cheerful.

C．Challenging.

D．Tired.

2. The reason why Dad started his own business was most probably that ________.

A．he lost his job and had to make a living

B．he was eager to get a sense of achievement

C．he hoped to earn a better life for the family

D．he wanted to protect his life from getting shaky

3. From the passage we know that the author’s Dad was ________.

A．kind to the colleagues	B．confident in his work
C．strict with his daughter	D．responsible for his family

4. The author shared her story with her Dad because ________.

A．she intended to remember their happy time

B．she took pride in helping her father clean the combs

C．she was grateful for what her father had done for the family

D．she wanted others to draw a lesson from her personal experience

【推荐3】Once there was an 11-year-old boy who went fishing with his father in the middle of the Finger lake. On the day before salmon(鲑鱼) season opened, they were fishing early in the evening, catching other fish with worms. Then the boy tied on a small silver lure (鱼饵) and put it into the lake. Suddenly he felt that something very big pulling on the lure. His father watched with admiration as the boy skillfully brought the fish beside the bank. Finally he lifted the tired fish from the water. It was the largest one he had ever seen, but it was a salmon.

The boy and his father looked at the big fish. The father lit a match and looked at his watch. It was 10 pm – two hours before the season opened. He looked at the fish, then at the boy. “You’ll have to put it back, son,” he said.

“Dad!” cried the boy, “There will be other fish,” said his father. “Not as big as this one,” cried the boy. He looked around the lake. No other fishermen or boats were in sight in the moonlight. He looked again at his father.

Even though no one had seen them, nor could anyone ever know what time he had caught the fish, the boy could tell from his father’s voice that the decision couldn’t be changed. He threw the huge salmon into the dark water. The big fish disappeared. The boy thought that he would never again see such a big fish.

That was 34 years ago. Today the boy is an successful architect in New York City. He often takes his own son and daughters to fish at the same place.

And he was right. He has never again caught such a large fish as the one he got that night long ago. But he does see that same fish … again and again … every time he has an ethical (伦理的,道德的) decision to make. For , as his father had taught him, ethics are simple matters of right and wrong. It is only the practice of ethics that is difficult.

1. What happened when the big fish turned out to be a salmon?

A．The boy and his father discussed what to do with the big fish.

B．The boy threw the salmon back into the water willingly.

C．The father lit a match in order to check the time.

D．They worried other fishermen may discover what they had done.

2. From the text we know that the father _________.

A．didn’t love his son	B．always disagreed with his son
C．disliked the huge fish	D．was firm and stubborn

3. The successful architect went fishing with his children at the same place because _________.

A．they might catch a big fish there	B．he was taught a moral lesson there
C．it was a most popular fishing spot	D．their children enjoyed fishing there

4. What does the story imply?

A．It is easy to say something, but difficult to do.

B．An ethical decision is always easy to make.

C．It’s hard to tell right from wrong sometimes.

D．Fishing can help one to make right decisions.