A cup of coffee is a good way for many people to start their day. It can also pass on kindness.
Manyang Kher used to be a Sudanese child refugee(难民). When he was three years old, his village was burnt in the war. He was separated from his parents and never saw them again. He became one of the 20,000 young Sudanese who had to leave their home for Ethiopia’s Gambella area. He lived there as a refugee for 13 years.
When he was 16, Kher went to the United States. While he was in college, he started a program to help the refugees. Now, he owns a coffee company (公司) called 734, which is a part of his program. The company has helped more than 200,000 refugees living in the Gambella area till now. Kher said, “I know the difficulties and pains they face every day. You see kids die from hunger. You see kids dying of illnesses. You see kids running away from the refugee camp to find a place to be home, but die on the way.”
Eighty percent of the money made by the coffee company is used to send more of the children to school. And, as Kher explains, the money helps refugees to help themselves. For example, a cup of 734 coffee can also buy one fishing net(网) for a refugee. They can fish for themselves.
Kher sells the coffee online and to coffee stores. Megan Murphy owns a coffee store in Washington, D.C. She serves 734 coffee in her store and people love it. The coffee tastes delicious, so it’s a win-win on both sides.
1. Kher left his home when he was three years old because ________.| A．his parents opened a store | B．his village was burnt in the war |
| C．he had to move to the US | D．he lost his home in an earthquake |
| A．making fishing nets | B．offering coffee to them |
| C．starting a program | D．sending them back home |
| A．Kher sells his coffee both online and to coffee stores |
| B．you’re helping the refugees when enjoying 734 coffee |
| C．coffee from Megan Murphy’s store tastes delicious |
| D．Megan Murphy is one of the refugees in Gambella |
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【推荐1】Campbell Remess is a teenager from Australia. He has been sewing(缝制) toy bears for sick children for several years. The story began in 2013 when Campbell was nine years old. Seeing sad and lonely kids in the hospital, he told his parents that he wanted to give Christmas gifts to children in hospital. But his parents said no because with nine children of their own, they don’t have enough money to buy gifts. The little boy didn’t give up. However, he decided to make toy bears by himself.
Campbell made his first toy bear with his mother’s sewing machine in his bedroom. It was hard for him as he had never done this before. He downloaded models from the Internet and learned how to make a toy bear by watching video online. It took him five hours to finish his first toy bear. He can now make a toy bear in an hour. He has also started a project called “Project 365 by Campbell”. And he tries to make a toy bear every day in the project.
Young Campbell uses his pocket money to buy materials for making toy bears. To make more pocket money, he helps his parents with housework whenever he is free. Sometimes he also sells his toy bear online to get money for sick children.
Campbell has given away about 1, 300 toy bears so far. Ailish is one of the sick kids in hospital. “It’s like an angel(天使) to me,” Ailish says, “Whenever I see it I see hope.”
Campbell’s motto is very simple: “Everyone can do something.” Just as he has said, everyone can do something to help. In this freezing season, let’s bring warmth to those in need, shall we?
1. Why does Campbell make toy bears?| A．To help someone in need. | B．To make pocket money. |
| C．To celebrate Christmas. | D．To run the Project 365. |
| A．For 365 days. | B．For about an hour. | C．For about five hours. | D．For a day. |
| A．the hope | B．the angel | C．the toy bear | D．the project |
| A．Campbell’s bears are very cheap | B．Campbell taught himself to make bears |
| C．Campbell’s parents disagreed with his project | D．Campbell has 9 brothers and sisters |
【推荐2】Jimmy is a delivery man (快递员) in England. He goes to a neighborhood twice a week.
Mary loves her friend very much. Every time she sees Jimmy, the little girl gives him a very warm welcome. However, Jimmy has difficulty communicating with Mary because he is deaf.
Recently, Mary wanted to give her friend a big surprise. She decided to learn sign language (手势语).
Mary’s mom, Amy caught their friendly interaction (互动) on video and shared it online.
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| A．Many people watched the video. |
| B．And he has developed a close friendship with the people there. |
| C．In the video, Jimmy said he truly found happiness in Mary’s action. |
| D．Although there are difficulties, Mary always finds a way to show her kindness. |
| E．She learned how to say “have a good day” in sign language and walked a mile to tell Jimmy that. |
Up to now Jack has helped some children from poor countries all over the world by sending them $ 200 a month. The money was used for the children's study, food, medicine and clothing. Jack received a report each year on the children's progress. They can write to each other, but usually the children do not speak English.
When Jack first heard about these children, he wanted to help them. "It was nothing special," he said."Until I went to these countries and met the children I was helping, I didn't know anything about their life. "Once Jack went to meet a little girl in Africa. He said that the meeting was very exciting. "When I met her, I felt very, very happy," he said. "And I saw that the money was used for a good cause. It brought me happiness. I want to do everything I can to go on helping these children. "
1. Why didn't Jack need to look for a job?
| A．Because he is an office worker. | B．Because he lives in Washington. |
| C．Because he went to college. | D．Because he got one million dollars. |
| A．By sending them each $ 200 a month. |
| B．By giving, $ 10,000 of his money to a charity. |
| C．By writing letters and reports to them. |
| D．By buying food, medicine and clothing for them. |
| A．visiting them each year | B．asking his college friends |
| C．getting a report every year | D．talking with them in English |
| A．功绩 | B．行善 | C．优惠 | D．赏赐 |
| A．Help others and you will feel happy. |
| B．Poor children need our help. |
| C．Living a simple life is the secret to happiness. |
| D．Giving your money to poor children, please. |
Look,a horse,a panda and a cat are running.Over there a dog and two tigers are jumping.Two monkeys are climbing the trees.Four birds are flying around and singing.
There’s some other animals there, too.The elephants are standing.A monkey in sitting on an old elephant.The monkey has a flay in his hand.polly is sitting in the tree.A fox, ababy panda and some small animals are sitting under the tree.They are all watching.
1. What colour is the sky today?It’s _________.
| A．white | B．blue | C．Black | D．yellow |
| A．Fourteen | B．Six | C．Eleven | D．eighteen |
| A．The monkeys | B．The panadasand the foxes |
| C．The elephants and the cats | D．The hens. |
| A．not any birds | B．a lot of animals | C．many people | D．Many kids. |
| A．rain | B．fine | C．windy | D．Cloudy |
【推荐2】Mr. White was in bed and was trying to go to sleep when he heard the bell ring. He turned on the light and looked at his clock. It was twelve o’clock. “Who can it be at this time of night?” He thought. He decided to go and find out. So he put on his dressing gown (晨衣) and went to the door. When he opened the door, there was nobody there.
“That’s very strange,” he thought. Then he went back to his bedroom, took off his dressing gown, got back into bed, turned off the light and tried to go to sleep.
A few minutes later he heard the bell ring again. Mr. White jumped out of bed very quickly and rushed to the door. He opened it, but again he found no one there. He closed the door and tried not to feel angry. Then he saw a piece of paper on the floor. He picked it up. There were some words on it, “It is now after midnight, so it is April Fool’s Day. April fool to you!”
“Oh, it was the English boy next door!” Mr. White exclaimed (惊叫) and almost smiled. He went back to bed and fell asleep at once. The bell did not ring again.
1. Mr. White was ________ when the bell rang.| A．getting ready for bed | B．playing computer games |
| C．making a call | D．watching TV |
| A．打开 | B．关掉 | C．修理 | D．摔坏 |
| A．Because he was afraid of the ring. |
| B．Because he was waiting for someone. |
| C．Because he wanted to open the door for the visitor. |
| D．Because he wanted to find out who the visitor was. |
| A．He was a bad boy. | B．He was friendly to him. |
| C．He was very stupid. | D．He was really impolite. |
【推荐3】Do you like fishing? Have you ever put a fish back into the water after catching it? What made you decide to do this?
One day, two fishermen were fishing in a pond (池塘). Both of them were looking forward to getting a big catch. The first fisherman caught a big fish in a few minutes. He was very happy. He put the fish in his box. He would cook it in the afternoon. Soon the second fisherman also caught a large fish. However, he threw it back into the pond. Later, he caught many more big fish, only to throw them back into the water again and again.
The first fisherman was surprised. “Why are you throwing the fish back into the water? They are beautiful and big!” The second fisherman answered, “I know they are big, but I don’t have a pan (锅) that is big enough to cook big fish! I’m looking for a small fish that fits my cooking pan.”
The first fisherman was surprised by the answer. He told the second fisherman that he could just cut the big fish into small pieces to fit them into the small pan.
Many of us are just like the second fisherman. We don’t think carefully and this sometimes causes us to lose chances.
1. What did the first fisherman do with his fish?| A．He put it in his box. |
| B．He cooked it right away. |
| C．He cut it into small pieces. |
| A．Because he didn’t catch any fish. |
| B．Because he couldn’t find any bigger fish at all. |
| C．Because the second fisherman put big fish back into the water. |
| A．He didn’t know how to cook fish. |
| B．His pan was too small to hold them. |
| C．He didn’t like eating fish. |
| A．He is silly. | B．He is very funny. | C．He is very nice. |
| A．Never put big fish back into the water. |
| B．Actions speak louder than words. |
| C．Think twice before you act. |
When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor, Dr. Gibbs. He didn't look like any doctor I'd ever known. He never invited us to play in his yard, but he was a very kind person. When Dr. Gibbs wasn't saving lives, he was planting trees. He owned a large field and wanted to make it a forest. The good doctor had some interesting ideas about planting trees. He never watered his new trees. Once I asked why. He said that watering plants spoiled(毁坏) them, and that if you watered them, each baby tree would grow weaker and weaker, so you had to make things difficult for them and pick out the weaker trees early on.
He talked about how watering trees made for shallow(浅的) roots(根), and how trees that weren't watered had to grow deep roots in search of water under the earth by themselves. Deep roots were very important. So he never watered his trees. He'd planted an oak(橡树)and instead of watering it every morning, he'd beat it with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree's attention.
Dr. Gibbs died several years after I left home. Every now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I watched him plant about twenty-five years ago. They're very big and strong now. I planted some trees a few years back and carried water to them for a whole summer. After two years of caring too much, whenever a cold wind blows in, they shake a lot.
Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. Mostly I pray (祈祷) that their lives will be easy. But lately I've been thinking that it's time to change my prayer. I know my children are going to face difficulties. There's always a cold wind blowing somewhere, so what we need to do is to pray for roots that reach deep into the brave heart, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we could face it strongly and won't be beaten down.
1. We know from the passage, the doctor______.
| A．didn't know how to plant trees at all |
| B．wasn't good at his own medical job |
| C．had his own ways of planting trees |
| D．had nothing to do but plant trees |
| A．some weak trees would be easily found out at the beginning |
| B．he would choose the weak trees to water earlier |
| C．the weak trees would be sent to his patients later |
| D．he would not plant weak trees so early anymore |
| A．should beat his trees with a rolled-up newspaper |
| B．didn’t often water his trees |
| C．didn’t have a large field |
| D．took too much care of his trees |
| A．his trees will be stronger than Dr.Gibbs′ |
| B．his trees will not be beaten down |
| C．his sons will be better at planting trees |
| D．his sons will be able to face difficulties |
| A．Watering Trees | B．Growing Roots |
| C．Doctor and his Neighbor | D．Father and his Children |
Sign language is popular among dumb people who are unable to speak or don’t want to speak. If you want to communicate with a foreigner ,but you can’t speak his language and he can’t speak Chinese, what can you do ? Maybe you can communicate by making signs. Now let’s learn some signs Indians often use.
★When they are hungry, they move their right hands back and forth in front of their stomachs.
★When they mean “ Let’s eat”, they put their right hands and move them up and down in front of their mouths.
★When they have had enough, they part their thumbs and first fingers, and move their hands from their chests to chins.
★If they have a stomach ache, they put both hands on their stomachs, and move them back and forth.
1. The most common way to communicate is ________.
| A．by calling others |
| B．by talking with others |
| C．by using body language |
| D．by using signs |
| A．blind | B．deaf | C．disabled | D．ill |
| A．move your left hand up and down in front of your mouth. |
| B．put your right hand in front of your mouth. |
| C．move your right hand back and forth in front of your stomach. |
| D．move your right hand from your chest to chin. |
infer(推断)____
| A．he has a stomach ache |
| B．there’s something wrong with his legs |
| C．he is too tired to walk |
| D．he wants to sit down and have a rest |
| A．Getting to Know Sign Language |
| B．The Most Common Way to Communicate |
| C．The Importance of Using Hands |
| D．Indians And Their Hands |
| Train No. | From | To | Departure Time (出发时间) | Arrival Time |
| D 3104 | Fuzhou | Shanghai | 9:54 | 16:05 |
| D 3114 | Aojiang | Hangzhou | 15:53 | 19:30 |
| D 3113 | Wenzhou | Fuzhou | 7:38 | 9:24 |
| D 3110 | Ruian | Wenzhou | 22:31 | 22:42 |
1. The train from Fuzhou to Shanghai leaves at ________.
| A．8:45 | B．9:54 | C．6:05 | D．16:05 |
| A．4 hours and 40minutes |
| B．5 hours and 47 minutes |
| C．3hours and 37 minutes |
| D．6 hours and 45 minutes |
| A．D 3110 | B．D3113 | C．D3104 | D．D3114 |
| A．9:30 a.m | B．7:30 p.m. | C．7:30 a.m. | D．9:30 p.m. |
| A．20 minutes | B．11minutes | C．10 minutes | D．9 minutes |
【推荐1】Can you think of a way of cleaning dirty water by using the sun? How about getting salt out of water by using the sun? In this activity, you will make a “solar still(太阳能蒸馏器)” .Let's get started!
What You Need:
·a wide plastic basin(盆)
·a smaller glass for collecting the clean water
·a large piece of plastic paper
·a thin string to hold plastic paper tightly
·a stone
·salt
What You Do:
Step 1: Put salt in some tap water.Pour the salty water into the bottom of your basin.Make sure the water is below the height of your collecting glass.
Step 2: Place your collecting glass in the middle of your basin.
Step 3: Cover the basin with the plastic paper.Make sure that it is secured(牢固的) tightly at the edges.Use a string to seal off the edges.
Step 4: Place a stone in the middle of the plastic paper just above your collecting glass.
Step 5: Carefully move your “solar still” into the sun and watch it carefully.
After a few hours, when you take your “solar still” apart, taste the water in the collecting glass.You will find it is pure(纯的), not salty.Do you know why?
1. You should put salty water_________.| A．in the glass | B．in the basin | C．on the cover | D．on the floor |
| A．the plastic paper | B．the glass | C．the cloth | D．the stone |
| A．dirty water | B．salty water | C．pure water | D．sweet water |
| A．Your solar still is far away from the sun. |
| B．You can get a stone from water by using the sun. |
| C．Your solar still needs the heat from the sun. |
| D．You can't watch the glass without the sun. |
【推荐2】Smile Train is a charity ( 慈善团体) that helps the millions of children around the world, who suffer from a facial defect（ 缺 陷 ）. The defect happens when a baby’s top lip or mouth doesn’t form properly before birth. Eating and drinking is very difficult for these babies. The charity provides free operations, which give these children a new smile, and with it, new hope and a new beginning.
Children with the defect need all the help. Although many sufferers are accepted by their families, sadly, others are not. In some countries, children with this defect are often abandoned at birth because their parents feel ashamed（ 尴 尬 ）of them or cannot afford the operations. The good news is that the operation is not difficult. It takes less than an hour and costs the family nothing. The charity raises money and finds the right medical volunteers to perform the operations.
A Smile Train doctor from the UK said, “Each child who has the operation is given a second chance at life. After years of staying at home, the children can finally go to school and be happy. Every year I perform hundreds of operations free of cost through Smile Train. Some of the stories I have heard are quite surprising.
One newborn baby girl was found abandoned on a train. Luckily for her, she was found and adopted（收养）by a passenger. This lady then heard about Smile Train and brought the baby to our hospital. I did the operation and gave hope to the family. Experienced doctors like me share our skills with local doctors. In this way make sure that these operations will always be available（可获得的）.”
1. Smile Train is a charity which________________.| A．provides food and medical care for poor children |
| B．raises money for all the doctors working in the UK |
| C．offers free medical help to children with the facial defect |
| D．gives children without parents a new hope and a new beginning |
| A．given upB. dressed upC. called upD. brought up |
| A．It costs nothing. |
| B．It takes many hours. |
| C．The operation is easy. |
| D．The right medical volunteers perform it. |
| A．Dangerous. | B．Surprising. | C．Relaxing. | D．Valuable. |
| A．Children with the facial defect are becoming more ashamed than before. |
| B．More doctors are trained to help children with the facial defect. |
| C．Fewer baby boys with the facial defect are operated on than girls. |
| D．Doctors in Smile Train are always well paid for doing the operations. |
【推荐3】Tom and Jack are good friends. They both like eating fish very much. One day, they want to have fish for dinner. So they go fishing together.
They get to a river. There are many fishes in the river. Tom and Jack start to fish. After an hour, Tom only gets some small fish. He wants to get a big fish, so he puts the small fish in the river. “Where is the big fish?” he asks himself.
After an hour, he has no fish with him. “Can Jack get a big fish?” he thinks and goes to see Jack. Jack is busy, and soon he gets a big fish. “You’re great, Jack, but...” he says, and then he sees Jack put that big fish into the river. And then the second, the third... Jack puts all the fish into the river!
“Why?” he is amazed and asks. “They are big and nice. We can eat them for our big dinner.”
“I know they are great,” Jack says, “but we don’t have a big pan(平底锅) to cook them! We only need some small fish.”
1. What do Tom and Jack like?| A．Cooking dinner. | B．Having a trip. | C．Eating fish. | D．Playing with fish. |
| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Zero. |
| A．Because the fish are too small. | B．Because the fish are too big. |
| C．Because he just catches fish for fun. | D．Because he wants to catch a perch. (鲈鱼) |
| A．angry. | B．surprised. | C．happy. | D．sad. |
