My father woke me up early one summer morning when I was fourteen and said," Get up. You're going with me to cut the grass in the garden."
The idea that my father thought I was old enough to help him in his business(生意) made me feel proud and excited. From sunrise to sunset, my father, my younger brother and I worked in the large garden, in a rich part of Atlanta, Georgia. By the end of the day I was too tired to say a word but I felt good. This was my first time to help my father in his business. I got for my work that day.
One day, my father found some leaves I had missed and pulled me aside. "Take away these leaves!" said seriously, "and don't make me have to tell you to do it again." The message was clear. Today I value it, which my father gave to me that day. It will always be helpful to impress (给……留下印象)the person you are working for.
After two years, I left home and went to another town to start my new life .Luckily for me, I quickly found a job to wash dishes in a restaurant. Every morning, I set off early, always with the same strong wish I got long long ago. I felt like I was old enough to be independent and make a living by myself.
In fact, washing dishes was not exciting, but that didn't matter. It taught me that any job was a good job and whatever I got from the job was more than had before. I could learn something meaningful from every job and it better and better .One day, a newspaper reporter once asked me how someone could possibly live with hard work and low pay. "If you only think about hard work and money, ▲ ”, I answered.
In every job, from cutting the grass to washing dishes, I've learned much. I've learned something that helps me in my next job.
1. The writer felt proud to cut the grass because ______.| A．he was not old enough to help his family |
| B．he thought he became important to his father's business |
| C．he could cut the grass without others' help |
| D．he could get $ 6that day by cutting grass |
| A．you will stay away from your family |
| B．you will make a lot of money |
| C．you won't any better than you're doing |
| D．you will learn a lot from your job |
(①=Para.1 ②=Para.2 ③=Para.3 ④=Para.4 ⑤=Para.5 ⑥=Para.6)
| A．①②③; ④⑤; ⑥ | B．①; ②③④⑤; ⑥ |
| C．①②; ③④; ⑤⑥ | D．①②; ③④⑤; ⑥ |
| A．parents are the best teachers in our life |
| B．work hard and then you can succeed |
| C．we should help our parents with housework |
| D．we should keep learning from every job |
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There is an apple tree, and it loves a little boy. The boy also likes to come and play around it. One day, he needs a toy, but he has no money, so the tree asks him to sell all the apples on the tree.
Remember to love your parents at any time !
| A．Can you help me? |
| B．At last, the boy gets the toy happily. |
| C．So the man gets the house. |
| D．One summer day, the man returns and the tree is very happy. |
| E．But he doesn’t go to see the tree for a long time. |
【推荐2】One day, while I was waiting for my father, I saw a little boy, around two years old, running freely on the grass as his mother watched from a short distance. The boy had a big smile on his face. He would then fall to the grass, get up, without looking back at his mother, run as fast as he could, again, still with a smile on his face, as if nothing had happened.
At that moment, I thought to myself, “Why aren’t most adults this way?” Most adults, when they fall down, make a big deal out of it and don’t even make a second attempt. They would be so embarrassed (尴尬的) that they would not try again if someone saw them fall. Or, because they fall, they would find a good excuse for themselves that they’re not fit for it. They would end up being too afraid to attempt again for fear of failure (失败).
However, with kids, when they fall down, they don’t consider their falling down as a failure, instead, they treat it as a learning experience. They try again and again until they succeed. The answer must be that they have not connected “falling down” with the word “failure”. What’s more, they probably think to themselves that it’s quite okay to fall down and that it’s not wrong to do so. In other words, they allow themselves to make mistakes, so they remain energetic.
I was deeply impressed by the boy’s persistence (坚持不懈) and the manner in which he did.
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1. What did the little boy do when he fell down?
| A．He cried and lay on the grass. | B．He asked his mother for help. |
| C．He got up and went on running. | D．He got up and stood there crying. |
| A．A failure. | B．A joke. | C．An interesting game. | D．A learning experience. |
| A．Because they are afraid of being embarrassed. |
| B．Because they can’t find a good excuse |
| C．Because once they fail, they won’t attempt again. |
| D．Because they don’t allow themselves to make mistakes, |
| A．尝试 | B．放弃 | C．面对 | D．怀疑 |
| A．Practice makes perfect. | B．Failure is the mother of success. |
| C．All roads lead to Rome. | D．Each coin has two sides. |
A beautiful girl with a master’s degree(硕士学位) went through a lot of challenges and her name was on the list. In the final stage she faced an interview together—with another girl. Both of them were outstanding, not only in looks but also in education.
The girl was successful in the interview. It seemed that she would get the chance. At last the examiner asked her, “Can you come to the office next Monday?” Shocked by the unexpected question, the beautiful girl couldn’t make a decision at the moment, so she said, “I have to talk with my parents before I give an answer.” The examiner felt surprised but said calmly, “If so, let’s wait till you are ready.”
The next day, the girl came to tell the examiner that her parents had agreed to let her begin work next Monday. But the examiner said regretfully (遗憾地), “Sorry, another suitable candidate (选手)has got the job. You had better try another place.” The beautiful girl was surprised. She asked for an explanation(解释) and was told, “What is needed here is a person who knows her own mind.”
That was how a good opportunity right under the nose of a beautiful girl ran away.
1. The beautiful girl wanted to ask her parents for advice because_________| A．she didn’t like the job | B．she didn’t expect the examiner would ask such a question |
| C．she didn’t want to answer the question | D．her parents would be angry if she didn’t ask them |
| A．the company lost its best clerk |
| B．no girl got the job |
| C．the other girl who failed at the last interview might get the job |
| D．the examiner was very pleased with the girl |
| A．a person’s confidence |
| B．a person’s knowledge |
| C．aperson’sage |
| D．a person’ s beautiful looks |
| A．就在鼻子下 | B．想要得到的 | C．没有把握的 | D．就在眼前的 |
| A．Make Decisions With Your Parents |
| B．A Successful Interview |
| C．Use Your Own Mind |
| D．Answer the Examiner’s Question Quickly |
【推荐1】Mrs. Baker’s sister was ill. She had someone to look after (照顾) her on weekdays, but not at the weekend. So every Friday evening Mrs. Baker often went off to spend the weekend with her sister in a neighboring town. But as Mr. Baker could not cook, he asked his own sister to come to look after him at their home.
This meant that Mr. Baker had quite a busy time on Friday evening. First he had to drive home from work. Then he had to drive his wife to the station to catch her train. And then he had to wait until his sister’s train arrived, so as to take her to his home.
Of course, on Sunday evening he had to drive his sister to the station to catch her train back home and wait for his wife’s arrival.
One Sunday evening, a porter (搬运工) at the station came over and spoke to him, “You are having a lot of fun,” he said, “but one of those women is going to catch you with the other, and then you will be in real trouble (麻烦)!”
1. Where did Mrs. Baker spend the weekends?| A．At her own home. | B．At her sister’s home. | C．At Mr. Baker’s sister’s home. |
| A．Because he was ill. |
| B．Because he couldn’t cook. |
| C．Because he wanted his sister to play with him. |
| A．To see his sister off and bring his wife back home. |
| B．To see his wife off and take his sister to his own home. |
| C．To see his wife and sister off and brought them home. |
| A．抓住 | B．追上 | C．接住 |
| A．The porter thought the two women were Mr. Baker’s girl friends. |
| B．The porter thought the two women would laugh at Mr. Baker. |
| C．The porter thought the two women were playing games with Mr. Baker. |
There are about 1.4 billion (十亿) people in China. WeChat is part of life for many Chinese. We use it to chat, send photos, pay for things, etc. It is playing a bigger role. But do you know who invented WeChat? The man behind it is Zhang Xiaolong. He is the vice president (副总裁) of Tencent and is called “Father of WeChat”.
Zhang Xiaolong was born in Shaoyang, Hunan Province in 1969. He graduated from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 1994. While at university, he had many hobbies, such as chess, tennis and bowling. His classmates said whatever he did, he could get quite good at it after trying hard for several years. He liked to sleep late, but that didn’t mean he was lazy. He would keep working hard on something for many hours till midnight.
Such a clever and hard-working man would surely succeed. In 1997, he created Foxmail and achieved success. He created WeChat in 2011, and it became a bigger success. It is so easy to use. ________ . Because of it, Zhang has become rich and successful, but he always keeps a low profile (低调). Few people know about him. He only lets his work speak for him. You may have a good understanding of him by using WeChat.
January 21, 2021 was the 10th birthday of WeChat. It’s said that Zhang Xiaolong is making his another 10-year plan for WeChat. Will he surprise us again? That’s for sure.
1. If you forget to take money, you can ________ by WeChat.| A．cook | B．chat | C．send photos | D．pay for things |
| A．in 1969 | B．in 1994 | C．in 1997 | D．in 2011 |
| A．lazy | B．hard-working | C．relaxed | D．friendly |
| A．About one billion people use it now |
| B．Few people find WeChat very interesting |
| C．People never use WeChat in their daily life |
| D．Someone likes using WeChat to do many things |
| A．Zhang Xiaolong likes speaking for himself. |
| B．People have used WeChat for less than ten years. |
| C．WeChat is playing a bigger role in people’s lives. |
| D．Zhang Xiaolong can get good at something easily. |
“It’s raining cats and dogs!” shouts Grandpa.
Little Richie comes running to the window. He wants to see the cats and dogs. He really likes cats and dogs, but when he looks out of the window, he is disappointed. He only sees the rain. There are no cats or dogs at all.
“The rain is coming down in sheets (床单),” says Richie’s cousin, Thomas.
“Sheets?” Richie looks again. He doesn’t see any sheets.
Everyone in the family starts to look out of the window now.
“Yes. It’s really coming down in torrents (急流)!” Uncle Bob says when he looks out of the window, too.
Richie thinks, “What is coming down? First someone talks about cats and dogs. Then someone talks about sheets. Now someone says ‘it’. Why can’t I understand (理解) them?”
“Wow!” Aunt Susie shouts when she looks out of the window. “It’s raining really hard.”
Richie looks at his aunt. “Yes. It is raining hard,” he says, “but where are the cats, and sheets?”
“Richie, all those just mean it’s raining really hard.” says Grandpa.
“So why didn’t you just say that?” asks Richie.
“We did. You didn’t know these sayings (谚语),” says Richie’s cousin.
“Well, now I do,” says Richie.
“Oh, the cat’s out of the bag, then,” says Grandma.
“What cat?” asks Richie.
Everyone says, “Oh, not a real cat again,”
“Right,” says Grandma. “The secret (秘密) is out.”
“I get it,” says Richie.
1. Why does Richie run to the window in the second paragraph?| A．To see rain. | B．To see cats and dogs. |
| C．To see sheets. | D．To see torrents. |
| A．激动的 | B．烦躁的 | C．失望的 | D．忧虑的 |
| A．The rain. | B．The dogs and cats. |
| C．The sheets. | D．The torrents. |
| A．The family has a special secret. |
| B．Richie’s family has many cats and dogs. |
| C．Thomas doesn’t get Grandpa’s words. |
| D．Richie looks for sheets outside but only sees rain. |
| A．About different types of rain. |
| B．The real meanings of some special sayings. |
| C．How to look after pets in the rain. |
| D．Why rain is important for nature (自然). |
【推荐1】A Juice Carton's Diary
January 16
I'm siting on a shelf in a big store！I am an orange juice carton（硬纸盒）！I'm made of hard paper.This morning，something great happened.A little girl looked at my shelf for a long time，and then she chose me！She's taking me to a picnic by the lake so I hope she'll drink me.
January 17
I’m in a lake. The little girl drank the juice, but left me in front of the lake. The wind blew me into the water.I don't like it here.
January 18
I saw a man taking rubbish out of the lake with a net. He saw my bright orange colour，and he saved me.He caught me and a plastic （塑料的）bottle in his net. Now，we're in the boat，and we aren't waste anymore.We're happy.
January 19
I'm at the recycling factory. I feel a little afraid here because there are large machines that make loud noises. My plastic bottle friend is across from me.I think this is a good place.
January 20
I'm sitting on a shelf in a stationery store!
Everything here is made of paper. Yes, they recycled me into a notebook.I'm very happy and excited, and I really want to see the recycling factory again. Maybe next I' ll be a comic book!
1. How many places has the juice carton ever been to?| A．1 | B．2 | C．3 | D．4 |
a.A man saved the carton with a net.
b.The juice carton felt a little afraid.
c.The girl took the juice carton to a lake.
d.The juice carton sat on a shelf in the store.
e.The juice carton was recycled into a notebook.
| A．c-a-e-b-d | B．c-b-a-e-d |
| C．d-c-a-b-e | D．d-a-c-b-e |
| A．food | B．clothes | C．toys | D．exercise books |
| A．It's important for us to recycle things. | B．It's easy to change a bottle into a notebook. |
| C．We can buy a lot of drinks in a big store. | D．We should pick up the rubbish from the lake |
| A．a comic book | B．a plastic bottle | C．a newspaper | D．a postcard |
【推荐2】An Australian zoologist(动物学家) brought two monkeys from Amazon. One was very strong; the other was a little weak. He put them in two cages（笼子）,feeding them carefully and watching their living habits every day. A year later, to his surprise, the big monkey died with no reason. In order to research, he had another brought from Brazil. This one was bigger than the dead one, but it died in less than half a year. In order to make sure of the reason, he dissected(解剖）their bodies, but could not find out the reason of death from the beginning to the end.
After that, he returned to Amazon and made research about those monkeys there. It showed that every big and strong monkey has quite good relationships with others. When other monkeys get food, they always can share a piece. But this kind of monkeys are seldom able to keep their cool. They will jump here and there when free, playing with each other. However, once they have been caught, few can live for a year. While those monkeys who are good at staying in the sunlight and refreshing(使......恢复) their spirit by closing their eyes are different because they don’t get on well with others, few of those monkeys can share the others’ food. This kind of monkeys grows smaller and weaker; however, they can live longer after they are caught.
The zoologist later concluded(做结论) that , for monkeys, the life short of communications is a defect( 缺失）while the life short of being alone is a disaster(灾难).
Such is the world of monkeys. Isn’t it the same in the human world?
1. The first strong monkey’s death made this Canadian zoologist amazed.2. The second strong monkey from Amazon died in less than half a month.
3. From the research the zoologist found that strong monkeys have better communication than weak ones.
4. Weak monkeys live longer because they do not need others very much.
5. From the passage we know that learning to live alone sometimes is more important than communication.
【推荐3】In an English class, students are talking about a problem in groups.
Gao Bokun: Parents worry about their children when there is no one at home. Through home cameras, parents can not only keep their kids from the danger, but also encourage them to develop good study habits.
Zhang Keqi: When I was in middle school, my mom set up a camera. I wanted to play computer games now and then. But after playing games, I couldn’t go back to my study immediately. So I think my mom help me a lot in this special way.
Veronica Shirokon: Kids who are older shouldn’t be monitored (监控), but parents can limit (限制) the time their children spend on apps. It would be much better to help students learn how to make full use of their time. Meanwhile, parents also need to trust their children and give them enough freedom.
Rena Chen: How to control themselves is one of the important skills kids will need in the future. But using cameras won’t help kids get the skill, and they will always find ways to avoid the cameras. What’s more, having a camera might also do bad for parents’ work, too.
1. What are they talking about?| A．Should parents monitor their kids? | B．How to deal with problems with parents? |
| C．Is it important to develop good study habits? | D．What are the skills students need in the future? |
| A．Parents should trust their children. | B．Parents help her a lot in a special way. |
| C．Students should limit time on using apps. | D．Students should learn to control themselves. |
| A．Gao Bokun and Zhang Keqi. | B．Zhang Kegi and Veronica Shirokon. |
| C．Gao Bokun and Rena Chen. | D．Veronica Shirokon and Rena Chen. |
【推荐1】O. Henry was well-known as an American short-story writer. His real name was William-Sidney Porter. He was born on 11 September, 1862 in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Porter attended a school taught by his aunt and then worked in his uncle's drugstore. The working experience helped him a lot. He saw the humour in everyday life, and made notes of all the colourful characters he met, which became the fodder (素材) for his future stories. In 1882 he went to Texas, and began writing at about the time of his marriage to Athol Estes in 1887, and in 1894 he started a humorous weekly, The Rolling Stone.
In 1902 Porter arrived in New York. He produced a story a week for the New York World, writing also for magazines. His first book, Cabbages and Kings (1904), showed fantastic characters against exotic backgrounds. Then a number of his stories came out. Among them, The Gift of the Magi was popular. The story was about James and Della, a young couple who were poor but still tried to give each other a nice gift on Christmas Eve.
In the following years came The Voice of the City (1908), The Gentle Grafter (1908), Roads of Destiny (1909), Options (1909), and Whirligigs (1910). Whirligigs contains perhaps Porter's funniest story, The Ransom of Red Chief. These stories were printed under another name, his favourite being “O. Henry”.
O. Henry's stories always expressed the effect of coincidence (巧合) on characters through humour and irony (讽刺意味), and often had surprise endings. He said, “A good story is like a bitter pill, with the sugar coating inside of it.”
1. The experience of _____ had a big influence on O. Henry's writing.| A．learning from her aunt | B．getting married with Athol |
| C．working in a drugstore | D．starting a weekly newspaper |
| A．Cabbages and Kings. | B．The Voice of the City. |
| C．The Gift of the Magi. | D．The Ransom of Red Chief. |
a. He went to Texas and began writing.
b. He started a weekly, The Rolling Stone.
c. He received education in his aunt's school.
d. His first book came out and became popular.
| A．c-a-b-d | B．c-b-a-d | C．a-c-b-d | D．a-b-d-c |
| A．Most of them are about the rich people's life. |
| B．The endings often give the readers a surprise. |
| C．The characters are usually humorous and fun. |
| D．Characters with foreign backgrounds are popular. |
【推荐2】As we age, our ability to think and remember starts to become worse. But not everyone. Some of us are super-agers, who are over the age of 80 and have the brain of much younger people.
Scientists know that parts of the brain become smaller in size with age. But in super-agers that goes much slower. In her recent study, Emily Rogalski, a neuroscientist (神经科学家), showed that super-agers have young brains. The area of the brain for attention and memory was shown to be thicker in super-agers. “When we look at a super-ager’s brain, we see that it looks more like a 50-year-old brain than an 80-year-old one.”
Scientists say super-agers have several things in common, including an active lifestyle. Many travel and play sports. They are often big readers. And they usually have healthy relationships and spend time with friends. “Growing old,” she adds, “does not have to be depressing and sad. Perhaps, if we expect a little better from ourselves, we will understand that not all aging makes us doom and gloom (愁闷).” Rogalski jokingly said that super-agers do not grow on trees — meaning they are special and few. She says she wants to find out why a super-ager’s mind is working so well and not aging as quickly as most.
The science behind super-aging is a new, but growing field. Scientists in the research offer this advice as we age: Stay active. Learn new things. Challenge yourself. Develop healthy relationships.
1. In Emily Rogalski's recent study, what does she find?| A．When people get older, the ability to think and remember starts to become worse. |
| B．Super-agers have nothing in common with each other. |
| C．Super-ager’s brain looks younger that it really is. |
| D．The area of the brain for attention and memory was shown to be thinner in super-agers. |
| A．In a math book. |
| B．In a love story. |
| C．In a health research report. |
| D．In a sports magazine. |
| A．Scientists haven’t found out all the secrets to super-aging. |
| B．Super-agers have several things in common, including an active lifestyle. |
| C．If people feel sad more often, they probably will live longer. |
| D．If a person lives longer than 100 years old, he will be very wise. |
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【推荐3】Sign language is a kind of body language. Body language includes eye contact, walking postures, standing postures and gestures. Body language can express all kinds of thoughts and feelings. Different cultures have different body language. Here are some common gestures in different cultures.
In China, a thumb-up sign is used to praise someone for being “good”, “great” and “smart”. In America, a thumb-up sign means “It’s good” or “It’s OK” while a thumb-down sign means the opposite (相反的). But in some countries, there are other meanings. For example, in Japan, that also means “man”, “your father” and “the highest”. In South Korea, it also means “the chief”, “one’s own father”, “minister” and “captain”. In Australia, the United States, Mexico and other countries, it means “the fate of prayer (祈祷的命运)”. As for French people and Indians, this gesture can be used when asking for a ride.
Point with your forefinger (食指). It is very impolite in Europe and America. British and American people make a circle with the thumb and forefinger and the other three fingers keep straight, which means “Excellent”.
Put out your forefinger. In the United States, it’s used to ask someone to wait; French people ask for an answer by using this gesture; In Myanmar, it means “please”; In Singapore, it shows something or someone is the most important.
Hold out your forefinger and middle finger and make the V word. “V” is the first letter of victory (胜利), so it means “victory” in Britain, France and other countries. But in Serbia, the gesture stands for “heroism” and in the Netherlands, it stands for “freedom”.
Besides, the “OK” sign means “money” in Japan while it means bad behavior in Latin America.
1. What does the underlined word “that” refer to?| A．The thumb-down sign. | B．The thumb-up sign. |
| C．The hand-up sign. | D．The hand-down sign. |
| A．The thumb-down sign may mean “It’s bad” or “l don’t agree” in America. |
| B．People will be unhappy if you point with your forefinger in America. |
| C．People in Singapore usually put out their forefingers to show “please”. |
| D．The “OK” sign in Latin America has a different meaning from Japan. |
| A．①② / ③④⑤⑥ | B．① / ②③/④⑤⑥ | C．① / ②③④⑤⑥ | D．① / ②③④⑤ / ⑥ |
| A．Different meanings of sign languages. | B．Sign languages in western countries. |
| C．Different countries have different cultures. | D．Body language in world is all different. |
