When I was fifteen years old, I became very interested in shopping.
On July 18th, 2015, I made my own account and began to start my own business. Things were going great and then I realized that selling things around the house wasn't enough for me.
Last October, I went to a yard sale that was a little bit different. A lady had many nice things to sell.
| A．I bought all her things. |
| B．So I decided to increase my business by running a re-sale shop. |
| C．And I decided to stop my business. |
| D．I went up to her and had a conversation with her. |
| E．I have never felt so pleased to help someone in my life. |
| F．After being just a buyer for a while, I wanted to sell something. |
| G．After that I took away some of her things and over the next month I made $ 1,500 for her! |
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It’s the first time I write to you, my children. You are in great danger but you didn’t know it. I sent you many messages. You got them but you never thought about them. So I’m writing to you now.
First, let me tell you more about our family. Dear humans, beside you, I have many other children. Some of them fly in the sky; some of them swim in water; some of them are in ice-covered (覆盖的) places; some of them run in the grass. Some of them are as small as your fingernails (手指甲), such as bugs (虫); some of them are as big as cars, such as elephants. They might be very close (近)to you, or even in your house. But there are others that you may never meet.
You bring them home to be your pets, friends, and helpers. You put them in the cages (笼子). You kill them for their meat and fur. And you even hunt them for fun. They bring you money and happiness. But they also bring you danger and death.
I hope you can remember that wild animals aren’t your food or clothes. They are not killers (杀手), either. They are in fact (事实上)your brothers and sisters. You’re equal. You should grow up together.
Humans, you are smart and hardworking. You made colorful world and advanced technologies (先进的科技). You can decide where you go, as well as where I go. But you don't respect (尊重)me. You change the weather, my lands, the forests and my rivers. You ask so much of me, more than what I can give you. I’m worried that one day you will be lonely.
So, grow up, humans. Grow up to be responsible (责任的). I hope you and all the wildlife can have a happy life in my arms.
Yours,
Mother Earth
1. Mother Earth wrote a letter to humans this time because _____.| A．She missed humans a lot | B．Humans are in great danger |
| C．Humans didn’t get the messages | D．Humans asked the Mother Earth for help |
| A．Birds. | B．Cars. | C．Bugs. | D．Fish. |
| A．Making friends with them | B．Killing them for fun |
| C．Keeping them in cages | D．Making clothes from them |
| A．自由的 | B．平等的 | C．残忍的 | D．做错的 |
| A．Humans are Mother Earth’s only children. |
| B．Humans are smart, hardworking and responsible. |
| C．Humans should respect all the lives on the earth. |
| D．Humans shouldn’t kill any animals for food or clothes. |
【推荐2】A rose is a member of the rose family. The apple and the peach are also members of the rose family. The morning glory is a flower. It belongs to the morning glory family（牵牛花家族）. The sweet potato is a food. It belongs to the morning glory family, too! Weeds（野草） do not belong to any one family of plants. Weeds belong to all families of plants.
How can this be? Weeds are plants that people have not found a use for yet. People decided some plants were for food. People grow peaches and apples to eat. They grow tomatoes and sweet potatoes to eat. People decided some plants were pretty to look at. A rose is a pretty flower. Weeds are not to eat, and they are not pretty. Weeds are left out!
What is a weed in one place might not be a weed someplace else. You might think that dandelions（蒲公英）are weeds. These yellow flowers pop up in people’s lawns, but people do not want to grow dandelions. They want to grow grass. Americans think that dandelions are weeds. In Europe people grow dandelions to eat. They eat the leaves in salads. They steam the leaves and eat them like spinach. In Europe, a dandelion is not a weed. It is a food.
A potato plant is not a weed, is it? In the garden it is not a weed, but if it sprouted in the middle of your lawn, it would be a weed. Weeds are plants that grow where people do not want them to grow.
1. What does sweet potato belong to?| A．Rose family. | B．Morning glory family. | C．Any one family. | D．All families. |
| A．A plant grows in the garden. | B．A plant has roots that people eat. |
| C．A plant grows where it isn’t wanted. | D．A plant has leaves that people eat. |
| A．Americans. | B．Everyone. | C．Nobody. | D．Europeans. |
| A．Sent. | B．Shot. | C．Grew. | D．Broke. |
| A．We should plant weeds in the middle of the gardens. |
| B．Only when people are in the right place can they play a role. |
| C．Tomatoes and sweet potatoes are to eat in salad. |
| D．A weed is always a weed. |
【推荐3】A big company wanted to find someone to work for them. Lots of young college students came to ask for the job, but only a small part of them were left. And this time, the company didn’t plan to choose the right person as usual.
Here came the day when they took the final interview. A big box full of papers was placed on the way to the interview room, and a few papers were lying around the box.
The first student came. He hurried along the way to take the interview. “Who put this box in the middle of the road?” the student said to himself, but he did not try to move the box away. Instead, he passed around the box and continued his way.
The second student came along and did the same thing. Then another came, and another. All of them complained (抱怨) about the box but none of them tried to move it. What’s worse, someone even stepped (踩) on the papers and left without having a look at the things on the ground.
Half an hour later, a thin young man with glasses came. He was also among those who were left to take the interview. He saw the box and the papers around it. Without thinking twice, he stopped and began to pick up the papers and put them into the box. Then he managed to move the box to the side. To his great surprise, he found an invitation under the box. On it were the following words, “Congratulations, young man! You are the right person we are looking for! Would you like to join us?”
根据短文内容判断正误，正确的写(A)，错误的写(B)。
1. Many young college students came to ask for the job and they were all left.
2. The box full of papers was placed on the way to the interview room to help choose the right person.
3. All of the students complained about the box and nobody tried to move it except a young man.
4. At last the fat young man with glasses got the invitation of the company.
5. From this passage, we can know that sometimes helping others is helping ourselves.
【推荐1】It was a hard year for my family. Whenever my mom looked over at the tree and presents, she would warn us, “There won’t be as much for Christmas this year. Try not to be disappointed,” Christmas had traditionally been a time for my parents to make us happy. In years past, we had a lot of presents here and there, taking over the living room.
On Christmas morning, we nervously waited in the hallway until dad told us everything was ready. We rushed into the living room and let the wrapping paper fly. “Here’s another one for you,” said mom as she handed me a package. I looked at it, confused. Having spent so much time examining the presents before Christmas, I recognized this one. But it had not been mine. It was my mom’s. A new label（标签）had been put on it, with my name written in my mother’s handwriting.
“Mom, I can’t…”
I was stopped by my mother’s eager, joyful look—a look I could not really understand. “Let’s see what it is, honey. Hurry and open it.”
It was a blow dryer. Though this may seem a simple gift, to me it was so much more. Being an eleven-year-old girl, I was stunned. In my world, where receiving outweighed giving, my mom’s act of selflessness was incomprehensible. It was a huge act. Tears filled my eyes and I thought in disbelief about how much my mom must love me to give up her Christmas so I could have a few more presents.
I have always remembered that Christmas. It had such an effect on me. As a mother with children in my life whom I love, I can now understand my mom’s actions because giving truly is better than receiving. My mom’s simple act meant the world to me.
1. What can we learn from the first paragraph?| A．The author wanted very much to get Christmas presents this year. |
| B．There were many presents for the author in years past. |
| C．The author’s mother wanted to give a surprise to her children. |
| D．The author’s mother was excited about the Christmas presents. |
| A．she loved her daughter |
| B．she didn’t need the present |
| C．she didn’t like her present |
| D．she thought the present was simple |
| A．worried | B．bored | C．interested | D．surprised |
| A．Friendly and energetic. |
| B．Strict and intelligent. |
| C．Selfless and kind-hearted. |
| D．Helpful and patient. |
| A．good is rewarded with good |
| B．giving is better than receiving |
| C．a friend in need is a friend indeed |
| D．where there is a will, there’s a way |
【推荐2】One day Mrs White took Trudy and Ben to go shopping. They went to the supermarket in the new shopping mall(购物中心).
“Why do you buy things here, Mum?” Trudy asked.
“Because they are cheaper than those at the corner store,” Mrs White said. “Help me check(检查) the prices.”
The Whites were not wealthy(富有的) and Mrs White was always careful with her money. She looked carefully at the prices of things. She bought some groceries(杂货) in the supermarket.
When they got home, the children said, “We don’t think you saved money by going to the supermarket there.”
“Of course I did,” said Mrs White, “everything was cheap there.”
“We know,” said the children, “but we came home by taxi because we had too much to carry. The cost(花费) of the taxi was more than the money you saved!”
Mrs White added everything up and found her children were right.
“Well done,” she said, “next time we will do shopping near our home.”
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。1. Mrs White took Trudy and Ben ________.
| A．to the supermarket | B．to the zoo |
| C．to the park | D．to the museum |
| A．goods there had good quality |
| B．there were many goods |
| C．goods there were cheap |
| D．goods there were expensive |
| A．by bus | B．by minibus |
| C．by taxi | D．on foot |
| A．in the shopping mall far away |
| B．in the cheapest shop |
| C．in the most expensive shop |
| D．near her home |
【推荐3】Donna Ashlock, a 14-year-old girl from California, was very sick. She had a bad heart. “Donna needs a new heart,” her doctor said, “she must have a new heart, or she will die soon.”
Felipe Carza, 15, was worried about Donna. Felipe was Donna’s friend. He liked Donna very much. He liked her freckles, and he liked her smile. Felipe didn’t want Donna to die.
Felipe talked to his mother about Donna. “I am going to die,” Felipe told his mother, “and I am going to give my heat to Donna.”
Felipe’s mother didn’t pay much attention to Felipe. “Felipe is just kidding,” she thought, “Felipe is not going to die. He’s strong and healthy.”
But Felipe was not healthy. He had terrible headaches sometimes. “my head hurts,” he often told his friends. Felipe never told his parents about his headaches.
One morning Felipe woke up with a sharp pain in his head. He was dizzy (眩晕的), and he couldn’t breathe. His parents rushed Felipe to the hospital. Doctors at the hospital had terrible news for them. “Felipe’ s brain is dead,” the doctors said, “we can’t save him.”
The parents were very sad. But they remembered Felipe’s words. “Felipe wanted to give his heart to Donna,” they told the doctors.
The doctors did several tests. Then they told the parents, “we can give Felipe’s heart to Donna.”
The doctors took out Felipe’s heart and rushed the heart to Donna. Other doctors took out Donna’s heart and put Felipe’s heart in her chest. In a short time the heart began to beat.
The operation was a success. Felipe’s heart was beating in Donna’s chest, but Donna didn’t know it. Her parents and doctors didn’t tell her. They waited until she was stronger; then they told her about Felipe. “I feel very sad,” Donna said, “but I am thankful to Felipe.”
Three months later the operation Donna went back to school. She has to have regular checkups, and she has to take medicine every day. But she is living a normal life.
Felipe’s brother John says, “Every time we see Donna, we think of Felipe. She has Felipe‘s heart in her. That gives us great peace.”
1. Felipe was worried about Donna because .| A．she had freckles |
| B．she was very sick |
| C．she would have a new heart |
| D．she had a sharp pain in her head |
| A．Felipe promised Donna to give her his heart |
| B．Donna needed a new heart instead of her own |
| C．the doctors asked Felipe’s parents to donate his heart |
| D．Felipe never told anyone about his terrible headaches |
| A．Felipe’s parents told her the bad news |
| B．the operation was going to start |
| C．she was well and strong enough |
| D．she went back to school |
| A．Felipe’s brother often goes to see Donna in hospital |
| B．Donna can live a normal life without medicine |
| C．the doctors did several tests during the operation |
| D．the Carza have great peace because of Donna |
| A．The Gift | B．The Operation |
| C．The Peace | D．The Illness |
