All her life, my mother wanted busy children. She thought it was very important that her house should be kept clean and tidy at all times.
You could turn your back for a moment in my mother's house, leave a half written letter on the dining room table, a magazine open on the chair, and turn around to find that my mother had "put it back where it belonged（属于）." As she explained.
My wife, on one of her first visits to my mother's house, put a packet of biscuits on a table and went to the kitchen to get a drink. When she returned, she found the packet had been gone. Confused (疑惑的), she put down her drink and went back to the kitchen for more biscuits, but when she returned, she found that her drink had disappeared. She had guessed that everyone in my family held onto their drinks so that they would not make water rings on the tables. Now she knows better.
These disappearances had a confusing effect on our family. We were all inclined to（有...的倾向）forgetfulness, and it was common for one of us, who returned from the bathroom, to find the every sign of his work in progress had disappeared suddenly. "Do you remember what I was doing?" was a question often asked, but rarely answered.
Now my sister has developed a second-hand love of clean windows, and my brother does the cleaning in his house every day. I try not to think about it too much, but now I have started to clean my room once a week.
1. Which of the following is TRUE about my mother?
| A．She enjoyed removing others’ drinks. |
| B．She became more and more forgetful. |
| C．She wanted to keep her house in good order. |
| D．She preferred to do everything by herself. |
| A．she had already finished them | B．my mother had taken them away |
| C．she forgot where she had left them | D．someone in my family was holding them |
| A．is happy to clean windows | B．loves to clean used windows |
| C．is fond of clean used windows | D．likes clean windows as my mother did |
| A．my mother helped us to form a good habit |
| B．my family members had a poor memory |
| C．my wife was surprised when she visited my mother |
| D．my mother often made us confused |
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1. Where does Lily live?
| A．In the school． | B．In the USA． | C．In the UK． | D．In the shop． |
| A．a doctor | B．a teacher | C．a student | D．a driver |
| A．Yes，she does． | B．No，she doesn’t． |
| C．Yes，she is． | D．No，she isn’t． |
| A．By bike． | B．By bus． | C．On foot． | D．By car． |
| A．Do the exercise． | B．Go to the zoo． |
| C．Watch TV． | D．Have classes． |
I grew up with very practical parents. My mother washed aluminum foil (铝箔纸) after she cooked in it, then reused it. She was the recycle queen, before they had a name for it.
My father was happier getting old shoes fixed than buying new ones. Their marriage was good. Their dreams focused. Their best friends lived so near. I can see them now, Dad in trousers, T-shirt and a hat and Mum in a house dress, lawn mower (割草机) in one hand, dishtowel in the other.
It was the time for fixing things — a curtain rod (杆), the kitchen radio, the oven door, the hem (褶边) in a dress — things we kept.
It was a way of life, and sometimes it made me crazy. I wanted just once to be wasteful. Waste somewhat meant affluence (富裕). Throwing things away meant you knew there would always be more.
But then my mother died, and on that clear summer’s night, in the warmth of the hospital room, I was struck with the pain of learning that sometimes there isn’t any more.
Sometimes what we care about most gets all used up and goes away… never to return. So, while we have it, it’s best we love it, care for it, fix it when it’s broken, and heal it when it’s sick.
This is true for marriage, old cars and children with bad report cards, dogs with bad hips, aging parents and grandparents. We keep them because they are worth it, because we are worth it.
1. The writer really wanted to tell us .
| A．her mum was the recycle queen. |
| B．her dad liked fixing old shoes. |
| C．throwing things meant there would be more |
| D．we should cherish (珍惜) what we care about while we have it |
| A．knocked | B．touched | C．stuck | D．caught |
| A．Fixing things is a way of life. |
| B．Waste somewhat meant affluence. |
| C．The writer’s family was very poor. |
| D．The writer’s parents were practical. |
【推荐3】I have a happy family. I live with my father, my mother, my brother and Teddy. Teddy cooks wonderful food, loves wine and, most importantly, describes me with the words “the best”. I can’t live without that.
My father likes cooking and that’s why we always have great food at home. So we don’t like to go to restaurants. He also likes to watch the TV news at least four times a day and knows all of the people who have ever appeared in new programs.
My mother laughs uncontrollably. She thinks stealing her purse is “a great international city experience”, because it could happen in any city in the world even if there was much money in the purse. Having a mother like her is a bit like having a sister. Perfect mothers are, of course, also experts in all fields, including medicine.
My brother decided to break the family tradition after several years as an airline pilot. He always tells me not to get discount (打折) tickets, but I think it is unfair. I should also say that he’s a great man, because he’s flying an airplane in the sky.
The family got even bigger when my brother married a lovely woman named Paulina. My family will be even bigger at the end of the summer, when I become an aunt.
1. What does the underlined word “that” refer to?| A．Food. | B．Wine. | C．The words. | D．Teddy. |
①He is good at cooking. ②He likes eating out.
③He watches TV every day. ④He knows all the people on TV.
| A．①④ | B．②③ | C．②④ | D．①③ |
| A．knows medicine well | B．lost her purse |
| C．has a sister | D．is perfect |
| A．He can fly a plane. | B．He always teaches her. |
| C．He does lots of great things. | D．He breaks their family’s traditions. |
| A．The writer’s brother will have a baby. | B．The writer will get married soon. |
| C．A lovely woman will come in summer. | D．They will move into a bigger house. |
【推荐1】Hello! I’m Paul. I’ m in China with my parents. I like China and Chinese food. I have breakfast at home. I eat an egg and some chicken for it. I don’t like salad. I have lunch at school. The lunch in my school is good. I can eat different (不同的) food. I eat a hamburger, a banana and some vegetables. Sometimes(有时)I have chicken and French fries. I have dinner at home and I like to eat some fruit and dessert.
1. Paul eats _______for breakfast.| A．an egg and some fruit | B．a hamburger and a banana |
| C．chicken and French fries | D．an egg and some chicken |
| A．Eggs | B．vegetables | C．salad | D．hamburgers |
| A．at school | B．at home | C．in the club | D．in the picture |
| A．Breakfast | B．lunch | C．dinner | D．Dessert |
| A．chicken and French fries | B．some fruit and dessert |
| C．an egg and some chicken | D．a hamburger and some vegetables |
【推荐2】Mr. Hand is busy every day. He has a big clothes store. He usually gets up at 6:00. After brushing his teeth, he does some running in the park. He has breakfast at 6:30 and takes a bus to his clothes store at 7:00. His clothes are nice and cheap. So many people get to his store to buy clothes. He has a lot of customers no matter what season. He is friendly to his customers. He usually has lunch at 11:30 in the store. For lunch, he usually eats hamburgers, salad or oranges. He gets home at 19:00. He has dinner with his family-his wife Julia Brown and their daughter Nancy Hand. They like chicken, broccoli, salad and tomatoes. After dinner, lie takes a shower. Then he watches TV. He goes to bed at 21:30.
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1. Mr. Hand usually gets up at ________.
| A．6:00 | B．8:00 | C．10:00 |
| A．In the zoo | B．After running | C．On the way |
| A．by car | B．by train | C．by bus |
| A．he is friendly and always sends them clothes |
| B．he is friendly and has lunch with them in his store |
| C．he is friendly with nice and cheap clothes in his store |
| A．3 | B．4 | C．5 |
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1. On ______, Paula usually gets up at 7:10 a.m.
| A．Thursdays | B．Wednesdays | C．weekdays | D．weekends |
| A．drink | B．fruit | C．toy | D．food |
| A．volleyball | B．table tennis | C．yo-yo | D．soccer |
| A．watches TV | B．does her homework | C．washes her clothes | D．goes to see her friends |
| A．Paula goes to school from Monday to Friday. | B．Paula goes to bed after ten o’clock. |
| C．Paula has sports in the afternoon. | D．Paula usually has pizza for lunch. |
【推荐1】Nature is beautiful, but it’s also dangerous. As we have already seen, everything in nature must fight to live. Some things do their best to hunt and kill while others do their best to protect themselves.
Plants are no different. Plants develop all kinds of defense (防卫) in order to tay alive. However, some plants don’t just have defenses. Some plants are carnivorous. If something is carnivorous, it eats meat. Carnivorous plants trap and eat insects (昆虫).
Carnivorous plants have several skills that they use to trap (诱捕) insects.One of them is called “flypaper” skill. Flypaper plants have a sticky (黏) surface. When an insect lands on the surface, it can’t run away. After the animal is stuck, he plant will slowly curl its branch and eat it.
Another skill is called the “snap trap.” If something “snaps”, it opens and loses very quickly. There are only two “snap trap” plants. One of them is the Venus fly trap, which is probably the most carnivorous plant. When an insect lands on the Venus fly trap, the flytrap’s mouth snaps closed. Many people say that it looks like an animal eating its prey (猎物).
Lobster trap plants have another skill. A lobster trap is a trap that’s easy to come in but almost impossible to go away. After an insect enter a lobster trap plant, it cannot run away. This is because the inside of the plant has very small hairs that stop them away. It has other hairs that force the insect to move towards the plant’s stomach. Then the plant eats the insect. The plants are called lobster trap because people use similar traps to catch lobsters (龙虾).
We don’t notice carnivorous plants very often, ___________. In fact, there are about 630 different carnivorous plants around the world.
1. Which animal is carnivorous?| A．Elephant | B．Cow | C．Tiger | D．Giraffe |
| A．Lobster trap | B．Snap trap | C．Sticky trap | D．Not mentioned |
| A．They work like lobster traps | B．They trap lobsters |
| C．They look like lobster traps | D．They look like lobsters. |
| A．Its tiny hairs eat the insects quickly. | B．Tiny hairs force the insects to move into its stomach. |
| C．When the insects land on it, its mouth closed quickly. | D．Its sticky surface stops the insects from running away. |
| A．Because they’re uncommon | B．So they are uncommon. |
| C．Although they’re common | D．But they are quite common. |
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One of the phrases which greatly puzzled me was “entertaining angels unaware”. How could anybody be unaware of entertaining an angel? I had never thought that angelic qualities could hide under very common voices and in everyday bodies.
My angel, as it turned out, hid inside the little figure of my school-teacher, Miss McKenzie. To me, she was always a little old lady, with her grey hair framing a round rosy face and caught up in an old-fashioned bun (发髻) on top of her head.
Although I enjoyed Miss McKenzie’s approval, I never really felt very close to her. It never dawned on me to ask her advice as to what I should do when I left school. Surely there was only one thing to do: get a job and earn money as quickly as possible. But Miss McKenzie had other ideas. We in our house knew nothing of scholarships for fatherless children. The idea of a child from a working-class family going to college was the very thing of story-books.
Unknown to us, she forced the headmaster to put my name forward for a special scholarship open to children who showed some promise, and who would receive further education. He agreed, although he was a bit worried about the cost of keeping me at college for a whole year. No earnings from me, and fares and clothes to be covered, for, of course, only the fees would be paid if I won.
Miss McKenzie brushed all argument (争论) aside. To this day I can remember my complete feelings when, on being asked if she felt I had any special qualities, this elderly teacher banged the desk with her hand, and declared (断言) in an American saying I never suspected she knew, “I’d bet my bottom dollar on this girl!”
I shook at the passion (激情) in her voice, and at her trust in me. “What if I fail her?” I thought to myself. “What if she has to pay all the money back if I let her down?” I knew we hadn’t a spare dollar to repay anybody, and I was sick with a sense of responsibility in case I messed up.
The time at college went by quickly. At the end of my year at college, I was able to lay before her the college gold medal as the year’s top student and a whole pile of awards.
And suddenly as I looked at her, and saw her eyes shining with pride behind the gold-rimmed glasses, I realized how widely she had thrown open the door of chance for me. And I knew for the first time what the phrase “entertaining angels unaware” meant. For there, standing before me in class, was my very own angel, Miss McKenzie.
1. In Paragraph 6, the writer felt ________ when she heard Miss McKenzie’s passionate voice.| A．surprised and encouraged | B．excited and pleased |
| C．nervous and curious | D．worried and hopeful |
| A．everyone could get a scholarship if the headmaster agreed to |
| B．she finally found that her angel was Miss McKenzie |
| C．it is unlikely for children from an ordinary family to further their study in college |
| D．the writer had the idea of going to work after she left school |
| A．A Successful Girl | B．An Important Chance |
| C．Love from Teacher | D．Gift from Scholarship |
In the middle of the crops in the field, a sparrow(麻雀) had built a nest. She lived in the nest. She got two children. The little sparrows lived with their mother happily.
Days passed by. It was time for the harvesting season. The corns were ripe. And everywhere people started their harvests.
The little sparrows said to their mother, “Mummy! We will have to fly away.”
The mother sparrow replied, “Not so soon babies! The farmer is not ready. ”
One day, they heard the farmer saying, “I must call my neighbours and make them do the harvest.’’ The little sparrows said. “Mummy, tonight we shall fly away.” The mother said, “Not so soon babies. The farmer won’t make it.” The words of the mother came true. The neighbours did not turn up.
The next day, the farmer was heard saying, “I will call my relatives and make them do the harvest.’’
This time also the little ones wanted to fly away. But the mother asked them to relax. Once again, the words of the mother came true.
Now, they heard the farmer saying, “Tomorrow I will do the harvest myself.’’ By hearing these words, the mother said, “Come, my children. It is time for us to leave this field.”
1. The underlined word “ripe” in the passage means “__________” in Chinese.
| A．成熟的 | B．繁茂的 | C．茁壮的 | D．枯萎的 |
| A．happy | B．lucky | C．angry | D．worried |
| A．twice | B．three times | C．four times | D．five times |
| A．The neighbours helped the farmer do the harvest. |
| B．The relatives helped the farmer do the harvest. |
| C．The farmer did the harvest by himself at last. |
| D．Only the mother sparrow flew away in the end. |
【推荐1】I was riding a bike and saw a person about 250 meters ahead（领先）of me. He was riding a little slower than me and I decided to try to catch up with him. I had about a kilometer to go on the road before turning off.
I started riding faster and faster and with every block（街区）, I got just a little bit closer to him. After a few minutes I was only about 100 meters behind him, so I tried my best and really speeded up. Finally, I caught up with him and passed him. I felt so good. I “beat him”! But he didn’t know we were racing.
After I passed him, I found that I missed my turn, and went six blocks past it and had to turn around and go all the way back.
Isn’t that what happens in life when we race with others, trying to pass them or trying to show that we are more successful or more important? We spend our time and energy running after them and we miss out on our own paths.
The problem with unhealthy race is that it’s a never-ending cycle. There will always be somebody ahead of you in one way or another. What you should do is just run your own race and wish others well.
Wherever you go, no matter what the weather is like, always bring your own sunshine.
1. How far was the writer away from the man at the beginning?| A．250 meters. | B．100 meters. | C．500 meters. | D．1,000 meters. |
| A．He felt angry. | B．He felt calm. | C．He felt happy. | D．He felt sad. |
| A．The man shouted at him. | B．He fell off his bike. |
| C．He was too tired to ride. | D．He missed his turn. |
| A．moved slowly | B．rode faster | C．warmed up | D．waited |
| A．Racing is important in life. |
| B．Try to be more successful than others. |
| C．Follow your own path and wish others well. |
| D．There is no need to take part in any race in daily life. |
【推荐2】A cafe in Japan is using robot waiter controlled (控制) from home by the disabled.
The robots, about as tall as a seven-year-old child, send out sound and video over the Internet, allowing the disabled to control them with computers.
Engineers behind the project said that they hope to provide jobs for people who have difficulty in moving their bodies.
If it is successful, there will be a permanent (永久的) cafe before the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
"Everyone should have the freedom to work in the way they like," said Masatane Muto, an ALS patient and one of the leaders of the project. "I want to send out the message toward 2020 that you can show your friendly behaviour even if you have disabilities."
The cafe in Tokyo will open on weekends from November 26 to December 7.
They have also been used in classrooms by students who cannot go to school because of illness or other reasons.
"I want to create a world in which people who can't move their bodies can work too," said Kentaro Yoshifuji, the CEO of Ory Lab, the developer of the robots.
Yoshifuji had some illness as a child that left him socially isolated. He had to stay away from others. This experience drove him to study robotics at Tokyo's Waseda University in the hopes of connecting (联系) people through robots.
1. According to the news, the engineers behind the project hope to .| A．bring more new robots to the cafe | B．set up more modern coffee shops |
| C．help more children to learn about robots | D．give the disabled more chances to work |
| A．Yoshifuji studied robots to cure his own illness |
| B．Yoshifuji is disabled and controlled by a robot |
| C．Robots can connect the disabled with others |
| D．Robots are designed just for the Olympics |
| A．separated | B．treated | C．avoided | D．supported |
| A．Tokyo cafe trying hard to prepare for the coming Olympics |
| B．Tokyo cafe to use robot waiters controlled by the disabled |
| C．Disabled people playing a role in developing robot waiters |
| D．New robots to be provided in cafe for the 2020 Olympics |
A Sweet Success
One weekend, Taylor, an eight-year-old girl, asked her parents to buy a toy for her, but her father encouraged her to make money by herself. "How can I make money?" Taylor thought for a while and had an idea, “Why not make cakes and sell them at church to raise money to buy the toy?”
The next day, Taylor started her plan. She borrowed $40 from her parents in order to buy tools and materials at first and promised to pay it back. Then she began to make cakes by herself. To her parents’ surprise, she made $175 by selling the cakes that Sunday.
Everyone thought Taylor would buy the toy she wanted. She certainly had made enough money for it, but she didn't. Instead, Taylor decided to buy business cards and had her father's phone number on them. Then she began handing the cards out. More people knew Taylor and came to buy her cakes. Even large companies began to try buying her delicious cakes.
Though Taylor has made a lot of money, she still works hard at school. She also likes to take part in other activities. So Taylor must carefully manage her time. For example, instead of watching TV after school, Taylor might have to bake a lot of cakes for customers. When she has dance lessons on some days, she needs to get her baking done on time so she isn't late for class.
Making cakes may take time and be hard work, but Taylor sees the fun in it. “ I think making cakes is mostly my hobby. ” She says. She also decorates the boxes that are used to pack the cakes. Taylor uses all kinds of decorations to make sure each box looks special for her customers. People love the extra feeling Taylor gives them by decorating the boxes, so more and more people come for her cakes.
Taylor's cakes are becoming very popular. She achieves a sweet success.
1. Taylor started making and selling cakes at first because .| A．she wanted to buy a toy |
| B．she wanted some beautiful cards |
| C．she loved baking cakes very much |
| D．her parents encouraged her to sell cakes |
| A．She bought a phone for her father. |
| B．She went on with her business. |
| C．She bought a toy for herself. |
| D．She started a big company. |
| A．Taylor likes making money |
| B．Taylor is talented in business |
| C．Taylor likes watching TV all day |
| D．Taylor doesn't work hard at school |
