【推荐1】What personal qualities are desirable in a teacher? I think the following would be generally accepted.

Firstly, the teacher’s personality should be lively and attractive. This does not rule out people who are plain­looking, or even ugly, because many such people have great personal charm.     1    .

Secondly, it is not merely desirable but essential for a teacher to have a capacity for sympathy, a capacity to understand the minds and feelings of children.     2    —not of what is wrong, but of the weaknesses and immaturity of children, which cause them to make mistakes.

Thirdly, I hold it essential for a teacher to be both intellectually and morally honest. This means that he will be aware of his intellectual strengths and limitations, and will have thought about and decided upon the moral principles by which his life shall be guided.     3    . That is part of the technique of teaching, which demands that every now and then a teacher should be able to put on an act—to enliven(使生动) a lesson, correct a fault, or award praise.

A teacher must be capable of infinite patience.     4    , for we are none of us born like that.

Finally, I think a teacher should have the kind of mind which always wants to go on learning.     5    ；there is always something more to learn about. There are three principal objects of study: the subjects which the teacher is teaching; the methods by which the subjects can best be taught to the particular pupils in the classes he is teaching; most importantly, the children, young people, or adults to whom the subjects are to be taught.

A．This, I may say, is largely a matter of self­discipline and self­training

B．Closely related to this is the capacity to be tolerant

C．Teaching is a job at which one will never be perfect

D．Children, especially young children, live in a world that is rather larger than life

E．There is no contradiction (自相矛盾) in my going on to say that a teacher should be a bit of an actor

F．But it does rule out such types as the over­excitable, sad, cold, and frustrated

G．There are two fundamental principles of British education today

【推荐2】Mr. Smith is forty-eight years old. He began to teach in a middle school twenty-four years ago. He works hard and always comes to his office on time. He expects his students to be honest and is strict with them. Some of his students become famous people, but they still remember him and often write to him. Of course the old man is proud of it.

This term he began to teach Grade One. Some of the new students were told about him, but the others didn’t know him well. He told them how to be an honest person. He gave them several examples and said, “I hate telling a lie most.”   

Before class was over, he told all his students to finish Exercise 7 in Unit 1. The next morning, as soon as he came into the classroom, he asked, “Who’s finished Exercise 7?” A few students put up their hands. He shook his head and said, “Open your workbooks and see whether there’s Exercise 7 in Unit 1 or not.”

The students had a look at their workbooks and their faces turned red at once.

1. What is Mr. Green proud of?

A．His students are hard-working.	B．His students often write to him.
C．He leaches math very well.	D．He is strict with students.

2. Mr. Green told his students ________

A．to study hard

B．not to be late for class

C．to be brave

D．not to tell a lie

3. Why did Mr. Green tell his students to finish Exercise 7 in Unit1?

A．Because he wanted them to do more exercises.

B．Because Exercise 7 was very easy for them.

C．Because he wanted to know if they were honest.

D．Because the students could do it well.

4. The students felt ________ when Mr. Green found them telling a lie.

A．angry

B．happy

C．sorry

D．bored

5. How long has Mr. Green taught in the middle school?

A．For twenty-four years	B．For forty-eight years
C．For twenty years	D．For thirty-six years

【推荐1】A US girl's dream to end poverty started with a walk down a street in downtown Fresno in California, US. Kaitlin Riffel was visiting her father at work -the Fresno Rescue Mission, a shelter for the homeless and those in need.

"I never realized there were people in the world who didn't have a home or food before," recalled Kaitlin, who is now 16. "I knew there was something I had to do about that." At age 8. she started raising money to build a playground at Rescue the Children, an organization in Fresno for women and children in need. "It took me two years, but my sisters and I raised S365（2,520vuan）," Kaitlin said. “We started small. We knew we wanted to do something to make a difference."

The amount jumped to $80,000 the following year after the girls worked with friends, and the playground was built in 2013. It inspired Kaitlin to found Kids on a Mission, a kid-powered nonprofit organization that has helped hundreds of people living in poverty in the US and abroad.

The work overseas started when Kaitlin, then 13, visited El Salvador in Central America. There, she saw people starving and families living in shelters made of cardboard. "The rooms were smaller than my bedroom, but there would be eight people living in each one," Kaitlin recalled. "We also got to see the rivers that these people were drinking out of, and the water was dirty."

Providing clean drinking water for people living in poverty is now a focus for Kids on a Mission. Children and adult volunteers dig wells and also help orphans（孤儿）by providing food and clothes.

Kids on a Mission is giving children larger leadership roles within the organization. Now that Kaitlin is a junior in high school, she may not play as big of a role in the organization if she moves away for college.

"This young lady just understands that by giving and having a huge heart, she's not only changing the hearts of people in this community, but she's changing the world," said Jim Yovino, Fresno County Superintendent of Schools.

1. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A．Kaitlin was inspired to help the poor when she worked at her father's organization.

B．Kaitlin succeeded in raising enough money for a playground with other people's help.

C．It took Kaitlin and her sister two years to raise $80,000 for Rescue the Children.

D．Kaitlin started volunteering at Rescue the Children when she was 8 years old.

2. What can we learn about Kids on a Mission?

A．It was founded by Kaitlin and her sister in 2013.

B．It is a nonprofit organization aiming to end poverty in the US.

C．Only children from Kaitlin's community can join in it.

D．It is now focusing on providing clean drinking water to the poor.

3. According to the passage, Kaitlin________.

A．will continue to lead Kids on a Mission when in college

B．is now working on improving her leadership skill:

C．has a good effect on people in her community

D．has received much financial support for her work from her family

4. The article is mainly written to________.

A．call on readers to help people in need

B．introduce the work of Kids on a Mission

C．show that everyone can make a difference

D．share Kaitlin's story of helping the poor

【推荐2】Alan Tong was the worst driver in town. He had an accident of some kind almost every week.

Alan lived with his mother. His mother was always worried about him. Every day she worried that police would appear to arrest him. This wasn’t a foolish worry because they usually visited Alan’s house about once a week to send a speeding ticket or to serve him notice to appear in court (法庭).

Most of his accidents were caused by his carelessness. He drove through red lights. He turned left or drove at night without proper lights. He overtook other cars on hills. In short, there wasn’t a traffic rule that Alan had not broken, and he had had so many accidents that it was a surprise that he was still alive. But luckily for Alan, he had never hurt anyone in his accidents or even gone to the hospital.

Although Alan wasn’t popular with the police, he was very popular with his lawyer. Alan’s lawyer, Mr. Tsui, had earned a lot of money from Alan’s cases and always felt very excited when he saw Alan coming into his office.

One day Alan was working in the garage, painting his car when his mother walked in. “What are you doing?” his mother asked.

“Painting my car,” Alan replied.

“I can see that,” his mother said, “but why are you painting one side of the car red and the other side blue?” “Because every time I have to go to court for a traffic crime, there are always two witnesses (目击证人) . “What color was the car?” the judge always asks, and the two witnesses always give the same answer. Well, in the future, one witness will say it was blue. Mr. Tsui will then say to the judge, “Your honor, the witnesses cannot even agree on the color of the car involved in the accident.” And the judge will have to dismiss the case against me.

1. Which of the following is true of Mr. Tsui?

A．He always volunteered to help Alan.	B．He was popular with the police.
C．He was good friends with Alan.	D．He looked forward to Alan’s visit.

2. What was Alan doing when his mother walked in the garage?

A．Painting his car all red.	B．Painting his car two colors.
C．Painting the garage.	D．Cleaning his car.

3. What is the purpose of what Alan did to his car in the last paragraph?

A．To confuse the evidence against him.	B．To help the judge in court.
C．To make the witnesses agree.	D．To leave a good impression in court.

4. What’s the meaning of the underlined word “dismiss” in the last paragraph?

A．Remove.	B．Continue.
C．Reconsider	D．Accept.

【推荐3】As a young boy, I sometimes traveled the country roads with my dad. He was a rural mail carrier, and on Saturdays he would ask me to go with him. Driving through the countryside was always an adventure: There were animals to see, people to visit, and chocolate cookies if you knew where to stop, and Dad did.
In the spring, Dad delivered boxes full of baby chickens, and when I was a boy it was such fun to stick your fingers through one of the holes of the boxes and let the baby birds peck on your fingers.
On Dad's final day of work, it took him well into the evening to complete his rounds because at least one member from each family was waiting at their mailbox to thank him for his friendship and his years of service. "Two hundred and nineteen mailboxes on my route," he used to say, “and a story at every one." One lady had no mailbox, so Dad took the mail in to her every day because she was nearly blind. Once inside, he read her mail and helped her pay her bills.
Mailboxes were sometimes used for things other than mail. One note left in a mailbox read, "Nat, take these eggs to Marian; she's baking a cake and doesn't have any eggs." Mailboxes might be buried in the snow, or broken, or lying on the ground, but the mail was always delivered. On cold days Dad might find one of his customers(顾客) waiting for him with a cup of hot chocolate. A young girl wrote letters but had no stamps, so she left a few buttons（纽扣）on the envelope in the mailbox; Dad paid for the stamps. One businessman used to leave large amounts of cash（现金）in his mailbox for Dad to take to the bank. Once, the amount came to $ 32,000.
Ten years ago, when I traveled back to my hometown on the sad occasion of Dad's death, the mailboxes along the way reminded（回想） me of some of his stories. I thought I knew them all, but that wasn't the ease.
As I drove home, I noticed two lamp poles(杆), one on each side of the street. When my dad was around, those poles supported wooden boxes about four feet off the ground. One box was painted green, and the other was red, and each had a long narrow hole at the top with white lettering: SANTA CLAUS, NORTH POLE. For years children had dropped letters to Santa through those holes.
I made a turn at the comer and drove past the post office and across the railroad tracks to our house. Mom and I were sitting at the kitchen table when I heard footsteps. There, at the door, stood Frank Townsend, Dad's postmaster and great friend for many years. So we all sat down at the table and began to tell stories.
At one point Frank looked at me with tears in his eyes. "What are we going to do about the letters this Christmas?" he asked.
"The letters?"
"I guess you never knew."
"Knew what?"
"Remember, when you were a kid and you used to put your letters to Santa in those green and red boxes on Main Street? It was your dad who answered all those letters every year. "
I just sat there with tears in my eyes. It wasn't hard for me to imagine Dad sitting at the old oak table in our basement reading those letters and answering each one. I have since spoken with several of the people who received Christmas letters during their childhood, and they told me how amazed they were that Santa had known so much about their homes and families.
For me, just knowing that story about my father was the gift of a lifetime.
1. It can be inferred from the passage that the writer considered his travels with Dad as       .

A．great chances to help other people

B．happy occasions to play with baby chickens

C．exciting experiences with a lot of fun

D．good opportunities to enjoy chocolate cookies

2. The writer provides the detail about the businessman to show that        .

A．Dad had a strong sense of duty

B．Dad was an honest and reliable man

C．Dad had a strong sense of honor

D．Dad was a kind and generous man

3. According to the passage, which of the following impressed the writer most?

A．Dad read letters for a blind lady for years.

B．Dad paid for the stamps for a young girl.

C．Dad delivered some eggs to Marian.

D．Dad answered children's Christmas letters every year.

4. What surprised the children most when they received letters in reply( 回复) from Santa Claus every year?

A．Santa Claus lived alone in the cold North Pole.

B．Santa Claus answered all their letters every year.

C．Santa Claus had unique mailboxes for the children.

D．Santa Claus had so much information about their families.

5. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A．The Mail	B．Christmas Letters
C．Special Mailboxes	D．Memorable Travels