When I was six, Dad brought home a dog one day, who was called “Brownie”. My brothers and I all loved Brownie and did different things with her. One of us would walk her, another would feed her, and then there were baths, playing catch and many other games. Brownie, in return, loved each and every one of us. One thing that most touched my heart was that she would go to whoever was sick and just be with them. We always felt better when she was around.
One day, as I was getting her food, she chewed up (咬破) one of Dad’s shoes, which had to be thrown away in the end. I knew Dad would be mad and I had to let her know what she did was wrong. When I looked at her and said, “Bad girl,” she looked down at the ground and then went and hid. I saw a tear in her eyes.
Brownie turned out to be more than just our family pet. She went everywhere with us. People would stop and ask if they could pet her. Of course she’d let anyone pet her. She was just the most lovable dog. There were many times when we’d be out walking and a small child would come over and pull on her hair. She never barked or tried to get away. Funny thing is she would smile. This frightened people because they thought she was showing her teeth. Far from the truth, she loved everyone.
Now many years have passed since Brownie died of old age. I still miss the days when she was with us.
1. What would Brownie do when someone was ill in the family?| A．Look at them sadly. | B．Keep them company. |
| C．Play games with them. | D．Touch them gently. |
| A．She was too hungry. | B．She chewed up one of the shoes. |
| C．The author criticized her. | D．The author didn’t prepare food for her. |
| A．Shouted. | B．Smiled. | C．Lay. | D．Jumped. |
| A．Shy. | B．Polite. | C．Brave. | D．Caring. |
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【推荐1】When a humpback whale began playing with Nan Hauser like a toy, she feared the worst. The 50,000-pound mammal swam toward the marine biologist and began to push her forward.
Nan had been deep-sea diving for 28 years, but had never known a whale like this. It seemed to keep throwing Nan on its head and back. Most of all, it wanted to keep Nan under its pectoral fin (胸鳍). For ten tense minutes, the whale lifted Nan out of the ocean. She tried to keep cool and calm, but she was aware that at any moment, the whale could break her bones or organs. She smelt death.
Nan believed the encounter would not end well. Fortunately for her, it did! The whale left her alone long enough for her to surface and return to her research vessel.
Onboard the boat, she saw a 15-foot-long tiger shark swimming quietly on the other side of the whale. The heroic humpback wasn’t playing with her or attacking her. It was protecting her from a deadly predator. Nan later learned that at the same time, another humpback whale was busy keeping the shark at bay. She was moved to tears.
In another story, biologist Adam Warwick saved a black bear from drowning.
When the authorities saw a bear wandering around the streets of Florida, they shot a tranquilizer dart into the 375-pound hungry male, but he escaped into the Gulf of Mexico. The bear was attempting to swim four miles across the harbor. But after just 25 yards, he began to struggle.
Realizing the bear would drown, Adam jumped into the water immediately. He got in front of the bear and began splashing and shouting to try to make him turn around. In a panic, the bear attempted to attack Adam. The six-foot-tall bear reared up, but then fell backward underwater. Adam wrapped his arms around the half-awake animal’s neck. Keeping the bear’s head above water, he dragged him to safety.
1. How did Nan really feel when the whale lifted her out of the ocean?| A．Calm. | B．Excited. | C．Desperate. | D．Puzzled. |
| A．Target. | B．Boat. | C．Laboratory. | D．Car. |
| A．He got to swim in the gulf. | B．He would swim across the harbor. |
| C．He attempted to save the bear. | D．He decided to drown the bear. |
| A．Life and death rescue | B．An encounter with the whale |
| C．Bears: dangerous or endangered? | D．The wild within the city |
【推荐2】Abralda, one of the largest coral reefs in the world, is truly an amazing place for scientific research.
However, when we arrived there, things didn’t go as smoothly as expected. It was raining so hard that we couldn’t dive into the sea for research. What’s worse, we didn’t know how long we had to wait.
Since we couldn’t dive, we stayed on our boat that was meant to keep track of us when we were diving.
There were various sea creatures swimming around us. Interestingly, I was joined by a turtle which stayed on ray mask for a while. And it followed me during the rest period of my dive.
| A．It made us disappointed and upset. |
| B．We were dissatisfied and decided to leave there. |
| C．However, we had to do research on wildlife there. |
| D．I looked around to explore the fantastic underwater world. |
| E．Exploring so well underwater, I was unwilling to leave the sea. |
| F．Luckily, the rain stopped on the fourth day，and we went diving. |
| G．Therefore, we went to study and record the wildlife there months ago. |
【推荐3】Though March remains cold, the return of the bright and gently warming sun wakes winter-sleeping plants and seeds from their sleep. Today, I’m out here to sow seeds for the summer garden: tomatoes, peas, cucumbers. All of these plants are easy to grow, pretty and tasty.
Initially, I plant the little tomato seeds into rows in a single seed plate, each variety divided by a sideways stick and labelled. Then I cover a fine layer of soil over them and put the tray in a basin of water to make the compost(堆肥) wet.
For tomatoes, it is not yet warm enough for reliable growing outdoors. In the main, a warm home is a good place to get seeds going, as they don’t necessarily need a great deal of light at this stage. In a few weeks, when their two young leaves have come out, I will gently dig them out. Softly pick up one of their delicate leaves between finger and thumb, I’ll slip a pencil below their young roots to carefully dig the plant from its birthplace.
I’ll then place the seedling in a, pot to grow, big, and strong, and begin to feed, the plants with a liquid from brewed(发酵) chicken waste. These tomatoes, being tender, will stay in my house until early May then settle into their forever home in the unheated greenhouse.
Despite there now being enough light for tender plants to grow outside, it is still too cold for them. A sunny balcony, warm glasshouse or passageway will do them well until the frosts pass, and day and night temperatures consistently reach 8—10℃.
Learning to be guided by cues from the wild can deepen our relationship with the living world, allowing us to experience ourselves as part of rather than separate from the rhythms of life on Earth.
1. What’s the first step of planting tomatoes?| A．Sowing the little tomato seeds. | B．Putting the tray in a basin of water. |
| C．Covering a fine layer of soil over them. | D．Placing tomato seeds to a warm home. |
| A．Temperature. | B．Light. | C．Liquid. | D．Time. |
| A．Generous. | B．Considerate. | C．Tolerant. | D．Impractical. |
| A．Joys of Life: Live Our Life to the Fullest |
| B．Joys of Life: Tips for Our Relationship with the World |
| C．Joys of Spring: Winter-sleeping Plants Wake Up |
| D．Joys of Spring: Gardening Tips for the Growing Season |
【推荐1】There was once a boy called Mario who loved to have lots of friends at school. However, he wasn’t sure whether or not his classmates were his true friends, so he asked his grandpa. The old man answered, “I have just exactly what you need; it’s in the attic(阁楼). Wait here for a minute.”
Grandpa left, soon returning as though carrying something in his hand but Mario could see nothing there. “Take it. It’s a very special chair. Because it’s invisible, it’s rather difficult to sit on, but if you take it to school and you manage to sit on it, you’ll be able to tell who your true friends are.”
Mario took the strange invisible chair and went to school. At break time he asked everyone to form a circle, and he put himself in the middle, with his chair. “You’re about to see something amazing,” Mario said.
Then Mario tried sitting on the chair. He missed and fell straight onto his backside. Everyone had a pretty good laugh. Mario wouldn’t be beaten. He kept trying to sit on the magic chair, and kept falling to the ground — until, suddenly, he tried again and didn’t fall. This time he sat, hovering(悬停) in mid-air.
Looking around, Mario saw George, Lucas, and Diana — three of his best friends — holding him up, so he didn’t fall. At the same time, many others he had thought of as friends were doing nothing but make fun of him, enjoying each and every fall.
Leaving with his three friends, he came to understand what a true friend is.
1. The chair is “invisible”, which means ________.| A．the chair is expensive |
| B．it is an ordinary chair |
| C．we can’t see it with our eyes |
| D．the chair will be broken when we sit on it |
| A．To see whether Mario could sit on it. |
| B．To test who Mario’s true friends were. |
| C．To let Mario have fun with his classmates. |
| D．To test whether Mario did well at school. |
| A．He saw the invisible chair suddenly. |
| B．He managed to sit on the chair finally. |
| C．His classmates gave him a chair to sit on. |
| D．His friends held him up to steady him. |
| A．Never laugh at our friends. |
| B．Friends can help us do magic. |
| C．Having too many friends isn’t a good thing. |
| D．True friends are those who care about us when we are in trouble. |
【推荐2】A nice girl is in my class—Class Five, Grade Seven. She is fifteen years old. She is tall. She has a round face, big black eyes and a small nose. Her mouth is wide, and her ears are small. Her hair is short and black. She likes skirts, now she is in a short blue skirt. It’s nice. She is in a white T-shirt. She has a white dog. It is her friend. Who is she? She is Julia.
1. The nice girl is ______ years old.| A．13 | B．15 | C．16 | D．14 |
| A．long; small | B．round; wide | C．round; small | D．small; big |
| A．short skirt | B．blue T- shirt | C．pink cap | D．long dress |
| A．class | B．mom | C．name | D．dog |
【推荐3】Nicolas Chorier is not a usual photographer, but a kite aerial (航空的) photographer. He uses a kite to lift his camera into the sky and clicks photos. As a teenager, Nicolas had two passions — photography and kite flying. During a trip to India to make a photo report on kite making, he learnt about this unique style of photography. Fascinated, he literally tied his two hobbies together for a living. Nicolas learnt to make strong kites modelled on Rokkaku, a kite that could stand high winds. As a newbie in his chosen field, he set out to train himself.
Today he is one of the most well-known kite aerial photographers in the world. The technique is to tie a basket containing the photography equipment to the string of the kite and then fly it, thus launching the camera into air, From the ground, Nicolas controls the angles of the camera with a remote. An air-to-ground video link enables him to see the view from the kite’s point. Once satisfied with the frame, he clicks a picture. However, the job does have its pitfalls, too. Once, his kite disappeared in the Yamuna River, with his expensive camera following it.
He is especially fond of India, having made a couple of trips and taken many spectacular photos. “India is a too vast and beautiful country to be captured through the cameras in one life,” he says. He recently released a book，Kite’s Eye View; India between Earth and Sky. Though it includes photographs of “No Photo” sites like the Taj Mahal. it shows them from a totally different perspective.
1. Why did Nicolas Chorier go to India?| A．To buy a camera. |
| B．To make a kite, |
| C．To make a photo report on kite making. |
| D．To learn how to take photos. |
| A．A kind of kite. | B．A picture. | C．A camera. | D．A job. |
| A．Benefits. | B．Risks. | C．Secrets. | D．Choices. |
| A．Generous. | B．Honest. | C．Brave. | D．Creative. |
【推荐1】Mr. Read was born in a small village with high mountains all around it. He has few fields and he can’t get enough food for his family. He’s often worried about it. So he works harder and harder and tries his best to get more money.
One afternoon, Mr. Read went out to look for some grass for his cows. It was very hot and he had to have a swim. Suddenly he saw a big tortoise in the water. He swam there and caught it. The next morning he went to the town to sell it in the markets. When he was walking in the street, a car hit him down and he was hurt. He was sent to hospital at once. The doctors looked him over and had an operation on him. Two weeks later he felt much better. The doctors were satisfied with the operation and said,“You’ll be fully recovered in a week. We’re sure you can write when you leave hospital.”
“It’s really a miracle (奇迹)!” shouted Mr. Read, “I could neither read nor write before!”
1. The Reads have little food because .| A．they have few fields | B．they live in a small village |
| C．they’re too lazy to work | D．nobody would help them to get money |
| A．he wanted to have a swim | B．he wanted to look for a tortoise in the water |
| C．he wanted to have a good rest in the water | D．he wanted to get some grass in the water |
| A．Head | B．Leg | C．right hand | D．left hand |
The idea had come to me as I listened to a talk on my car radio. The speaker was quoting a Biblical passage about husbands and their wives. Then he went on to say, “Love is an act of will. A person can choose to love.” To myself, I had to admit that I had been a selfish husband. Well, for two weeks that would change.
And it did. On arriving at the beach cottage, I kissed Evelyn meeting me at the door and said, “That new yellow sweater looks great on you.” “Oh, Tom, you noticed”, she said, surprised and pleased. Maybe a little puzzled. After the long drive, I wanted to sit and read. Evelyn suggested a walk on the beach. I started to refuse, but then I thought, “Evelyn’s been alone here with the kids all week and now she wants to be alone with me.” We walked on the beach while the children flew their kites.
So it went. Two weeks of not calling the Wall Street firm where I am a director; a visit to the shell museum though I usually hate museums. Relaxed and happy, that’s how the whole vacation passed. I made a new promise to keep on remembering to choose love.
There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment, however. Evelyn and I still laugh about it today. On the last night at our cottage, preparing for bed, Evelyn stared at me with the saddest expression.
“What’s the matter?” I asked her.
“Tom,” she said in a voice filled with distress, “I don’t?”
“What do you mean?”
“Well…that checkup I had several weeks ago…our doctor…did he tell you something about me? Tom, you’ve been so good to me…am I dying?”
It took a moment for it all to be understood. Then I burst out laughing.
“No, honey,” I said, wrapping her in my arms. “You’re not dying; I’m just starting to live.”
1. From the story we may infer that Tom drove to the beach cottage ______.| A．with his family | B．with Evelyn | C．alone | D．with his children |
| A．he was determined to be a good husband |
| B．he had made a lot of money in his Wall Street firm |
| C．she looked lovely in her new clothes |
| D．the doctor said his wife was seriously ill |
| A．He praised her sweater, which puzzled her. |
| B．She insisted on visiting a museum, which he hated. |
| C．He knew something about her illness but didn’t tell her. |
| D．He was so good to her that she thought she must be dying. |
【推荐3】Rob Kenney’s dad left him when he was little. At a time when he was on the path to young adulthood, he had no father to guide him on the way. He had a painful experience as a young boy, but learned, with the help of his marriage, to forgive his dad just before his dad died in his 80s. Now, with a wife of 29 years and two successful adult children — Kristine, 27, who works with kids, and Kyle, a software engineer — Kenney wants to pay it forward.
“My goal in life was to raise good adults, not good children,” he explains. The fact that his kids have both grown up and left the house left him thinking how he might help others. And the quarantine (隔离期) was actually the perfect time for him to finally share some key life skills with other kids who might be growing up in difficult situations — maybe they’ve lost a parent or have parents who are absent.
So the dad set up a heart-warming YouTube program called Dad, How Do I?, a program that shares instructional videos like how to cook a meal and tie a perfect tie.
His practical tips have really touched the viewers, which are growing in number day by day. Rob Kenney is just what the Internet needs — a caring dad who wants to share his skills. It’s no wonder that he has gotten as many as 1.9 million fans in return.
The unbelievable success of Rob Kenney’s videos suggests the need for a good father figure in a child’s life. From teaching basic life skills to encouraging them to be kind, a father figure helps kids develop into active members of society. He especially instructs them in good manners, being honest, and being grateful.
1. What do we know about Kenney?| A．He learnt a lot from his dad. | B．He learnt life skills from his wife. |
| C．He once hated his father so much. | D．He recognised his failing as a father. |
| A．To offer tips on how to deal with loneliness. | B．To teach life skills to kids with absent parents. |
| C．To prepare his own children for the adulthood. | D．To encourage people to lead a healthy life. |
| A．Their popularity is no surprise. | B．They are beautifully made. |
| C．They should cover more skills. | D．They need something moving. |
| A．Best qualities of a good father figure. | B．Lessons learnt from Kenney’s success. |
| C．A father figure’s role in child development. | D．Kenney’s achievements as a father figure. |
