【推荐1】That day, I was stabbed(刺) in a knife fight after school. By the time a neighbor drove me to the hospital, I had lost consciousness. I spent two weeks in the hospital and more than a month at home before I was allowed to go back to school. My biggest fear at the time was that I would have to repeat 7th grade, having missed so much time from school. I would have, if it had not been for two people. Together, they taught me two life lessons that run deeper than the scars.

David Kurlander, also 12, appeared at our door with a stack of homework not long after I left hospital. He had collected it from each one of my teachers and delivered it on his bike. Every day, he delivered my homework and picked up completed homework for the return trip.

I learned the second lesson from one of my teachers, Mr. Sanders. To tell you the truth, he was hard on us and didn't have much of a sense of humor. A couple of weeks before my recovery, Mr. Sanders started coming to our house. Upon entrance, he unpacked a case in the bathroom. Out came the flasks and beakers, tongs, and chemicals. Once he set everything up, he and I recreated the science lessons.

By the time May rolled around, I was able to go back to school full-time. I completed 7th grade with my class and moved on to 8th.

David taught me about friendship. I learned from David that the real test of a true friend is whether a person is there when it's not easy. Mr. Sanders taught me about dedication（奉献）. He seemed unlikely to do it. Yet there he was, three times a week, giving his dry explanation of what was to me, a bone dry subject.

The scars faded（变淡）over the years. But David and Mr. Sanders stayed with me and the lessons they taught me still had an effect on me later in life.

1. What do you learn about the author？

A．He was always ready to make trouble.

B．He was interested in science lessons.

C．He had to say sorry to his teacher.

D．He didn't repeat his 7th grade.

2. Before he was stabbed, the author ________.

A．had enjoyed Mr.Sanders' lessons

B．had not liked Mr. Sanders very much

C．had not got along well with David

D．had often helped David with lessons

3. It can be inferred that Mr. Sanders was a ________.

A．history teacher	B．music teacher
C．science teacher	D．maths teacher

4. Which of the following is the best title of the passage？

A．What Happened to Me After I Was Stabbed？

B．The Lessons I Learned from Being Stabbed

C．A Friend in Need Is a Friend Indeed

D．Scars Fade While Friendship Remains

【推荐2】How to Enjoy School

School is a great place where you are always busy in enriching your knowledge and further improving yourself. But School doesn’t have to be a prison(监狱). Whether you find school difficult, boring, or stressful, you can try to make it easier.     1    

Cheer yourself up each day. You could wake up each morning with a bad attitude and each morning will turn into a bad day. Or you could listen to some energetic music, eat a breakfast to your taste and make your school day pleasant.     2    

    3       If you want to be happier and more comfortable with your environment, try decorating(装饰) your schoolbags, notebook, locker, and so on. Use stickers or colorful pens to make your school things a little more fun to carry around with you.

Join an after school club. It’s a great way to make friends by joining a formal club or group at your school.     4     Check out the choices offered at your school and consider joining one that lines up with your hobbies.

Avoid distractions(避免分心).     5     But it also risks getting you into trouble, and forcing you to fall behind when you’re not paying attention. It may not seem like it, but the best way to enjoy the lessons is to listen more closely, not find ways to distract yourself.

A．Buy things to make you feel happy.

B．Personalize(使个性化) your school things.

C．Join a club that you have little interest in.

D．If you decide that your day will be fun, it likely will be.

E．For example, you could join the music lovers or chess players.

F．It might seem fun hiding an iPhone in your sweatshirt at school.

G．Here are some strategies that can help you enjoy your school life.

【推荐3】After graduating from Ontario College of Teachers, I became a teacher at a one-room country school in Aldborough Township.

That first day of school as a 19-year-old female teacher was a frightening experience. It was one thing to have graduated as a successful student; it was another thing to face a classroom of little faces that were waiting for the “new teacher.” I had a classroom of 21 children of different shapes and sizes. The youngest was five going on six and the eldest was 16.

There were two doors for entrance in my school, one for the girls, one for the boys and just inside each door was a chemical toilet — no outdoor facilities for us! The heat in the building was a wood-burning furnace (火炉) down in the basement. Tending the furnace was one of my responsibilities. Luckily, I knew a bit about starting a fire, so the school didn’t burn down.

What I found most difficult was that a parent might take a child out of school for any reason. I had one Dutch family, whose father would keep the children out of school to help with the farm work. Finally, I got tired of this and sent an education officer to solve the problem. Needless to say, I was very unpopular with that father from then on, but the children came to school much more regularly!

In the classroom, the older students helped the younger ones with learning, as well as with putting on coats and hats. If someone’s lunch was forgotten, everyone shared a bit of their food. We were a family. We had good times and bad times, but we kept learning. Far beyond maths, social studies, reading, grammar and writing, we learned how to get along with each other.

I loved teaching at this small school and knew I was teaching the children about life as much as about subjects. I’d like to believe some students will have an influence on the world that will last long after I am gone.

1. Why did the author feel her first day as a teacher frightening?

A．So many students were in class.	B．The situations were quite different.
C．No outdoor facilities were provided.	D．The students were curious about her.

2. What do we know about the school?

A．It was poorly equipped.	B．The playground was large.
C．It was once damaged by a fire.	D．The students were of similar age.

3. What was a headache for the author?

A．A Dutch family hated her.

B．The students preferred farm work.

C．The education officer offered little help.

D．Some parents ignored children’s education.

4. What can be inferred from Paragraph 5?

A．They cared about each other.	B．They had an influence on the world.
C．They laughed away bad times.	D．They did well in almost every subject.

【推荐2】One of the most famous buildings in the United States is Carnegie Hall, the home of classical and popular music concerts in New York. Carnegie Hall is known not just for its beauty and history, but also for its amazing sound. Carnegie Hall is named after Andrew Carnegie, who paid for its construction. Construction of Carnegie Hall began in 1890 and the official opening night was on May 5th, 1891.

The hall was owned by the Carnegie family until 1924 when it was sold to Robert E Simon. The building became very old and in 1960, the new owner made plans to destroy it and build an office block. Isaac Stem led a group of people who fought to save Carnegie Hall and finally, the city of New York bought it for $5 million. It was then fixed up between 1983 and 1995.

Advertisements and stories in newspapers about how Carnegie Hall needed help to recover its history led people to send in old concert programmes and information from all over the world. Over 12,000 concert programmes were received and with these it was possible to make a proper record of Carnegie Hall’s concert history.

Carnegie Hall is actually made up of several different halls, but the Main Hall, now called the Isaac Stem Auditorium, is the most famous. The hall itself can hold an audience of 2,804 in five levels of seating.

Because the best and most famous musicians of all time have played at Carnegie Hall, it is the dream of most musicians who want to be great to play there. This has led to a very old joke which is now part of Carnegie Hall’s history. Question: “How do I get to Carnegie Hall?” Answer: “Practice, practice, practice.”

1. It can be inferred that people wanted to save Carnegie Hall mainly because________.

A．it made a lot of money

B．it was worth visiting

C．many important concerts were held in it

D．it made some players become famous

2. How did Carnegie Hall recover its concert history?

A．Through newspaper reports.

B．Through old concert programmes.

C．Through old photographs.

D．Through old jokes.

3. Why is the Carnegie Hall joke funny?

A．Because you expect the answer to be directions but not advice.

B．Because Carnegie Hall is a place where musicians practice a lot.

C．Because it is difficult to find your way to Carnegie Hall.

D．Because you don’t expect the answer to repeat the same word three times.

4. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A．The history of Carnegie Hall

B．The best musician having played in Carnegie Hall

C．A joke about Carnegie Hall

D．The dream of most musicians

【推荐3】For many people around the world, the recent pandemic has meant having to work from home. Their work in offices has been stopped for a period. This means different working practices, which have advantages and disadvantages for employees. But the big question is, will they ever see their offices again?

Home working has made people realize what tasks they can perform at home, rather than standing the rush hour to the office to do the same thing. It has given them more time with the family; they’ve been sleeping better and have saved money by not travelling or buying lunches. And recent research suggests the majority of people working from home are just as productive.

For some people，this could be a permanent arrangement. In the UK, fifty of the biggest employers questioned by the BBC have said they have no plans to return all staff to the office full-time in the near future. One main reason is that firms can’t provide enough space for large numbers of staff while social distancing rules are still in place. But the BBC also heard from some smaller businesses who are deciding to give up their offices altogether.

Other bigger companies are also looking at shutting offices to save money as many jobs can be performed at home. Peter Cheese, head of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, told the BBC: “We’re at a moment of real change in the world of work, driven by big existential problems.”

But this isn’t great news for everyone. Some employees can feel lonely at home, and there’s less opportunity to network or learn from other people, especially if they’re new staff. Also, city centers may suffer most from a change in working habits. Shops and cafes rely on the footfall of office workers. and without them, they face closure. So it may be too early to say where our desks will be permanently located.

1. What is the second paragraph mainly about?

A．The discomfort of home working.

B．The costs of home working.

C．The benefits of home working.

D．The bad influence of home working.

2. What can we know about the workers in the UK?

A．Fifty percent of them will work part-time.

B．Workers of smaller businesses will be unemployed.

C．They will work in larger offices in the future.

D．Some of them will continue to work at home.

3. What kind of employee is more likely to dislike working from home?

A．New employees.	B．Old employees.
C．Employees of big companies.	D．Employees of small companies.

4. What’s the author’s attitude to the future of home working?

A．Unconcerned.

B．Uncertain.

C．Optimistic.

D．Negative.