Once upon a time there lived a king in southern India named Sri Rana Charya.
One day he called out a group of courtiers (朝臣) and said, “Go and bring the person knowing about the secret of work." The courtiers walked away.
First they saw a woodcutter (樵夫) cutting down trees, and then they went to him and said, “Do you like this job, sir?"
The woodcutter answered, “No, I do it because this work comes from our ancestors (祖先)，so my parents asked me to do this job."
The courtiers said goodbye to the woodcutter and walked away. While traveling farther, the courtiers saw an angry washerman and they decided to talk to him.
One of them asked, “Hello, sir! We've come to visit our friend Ram living somewhere nearby. Could you please tell us his address?"
The washerman said, “Are you mad (疯的)? Can't you see what I am doing? I am doing a tiring job.”
The courtiers said sorry to him and went away. They made up their minds to leave the job and send a message to the king that no one in the village knew about the secret of work.
But suddenly, they saw a teacher studying a science book in a school. They went inside and asked the teacher the same question.
The teacher answered, "I love this job and it gives me satisfaction and happiness to teach so many children."
Hearing this, the courtiers took the teacher to the king and the king appreciated (欣赏) him for knowing the secret of work and soon he became the best teacher in the village and was given an award (奖品)，and soon a big school was built.
阅读短文，根据短文内容回答下列问题。
1. Does the woodcutter like his job?
2. What did the washerman think of his job?
3. Who knew the secret of work according to the passage?
4. How many persons did the courtiers see?
5. What is the secret of work?
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Sometimes, as they say, there is a very thin line between the greatness and the ridiculous. I never really thought about it until a clear winter morning when I was relaxing in the sun and burying my nose in a novel. Suddenly and rudely, I was pulled back to reality.
“Madam!” It was a strange cry. I put my book down. “Madam!” It was coming from the kitchen. I hurried in to it and found Ramu, our soldier.
“I found him, madam! And I’ve got him!” He cried and pointed to a drawer that was shaking.
A human could not hide in a drawer. A snake wouldn’t make sound like that, I thought. Ah! It must be that rat! “Good for you, soldier, I thought. But now what?”
He smiled and said, “I’ll bag it.” Expertly, he caught the rat, tied its neck, like the way you’d put a rope on a dog.
Something must have shown on my face. “Cannot kill the rat, madam,” Ramu apologized softly. “I’ll take it to the other side of the river and leave it.” Clearly, he did not think it was necessary to hurt this small rat.
Before I could reply, he had let the rat out of the bag, and — to my surprise — began walking it out of the kitchen.
“Wait!” I shouted, “it’s just going to come back.”
Ramu stopped and turned back to me. “Then I’ll catch it again, madam.” He promised.
I watched, as the two, man and rat, set off, and walked together? It was a sight I’d never seen: a small rat walking down the road behind a strong man.
When I calmed down, I looked over the wall to make sure they were really going all the way to the river. Then, to my amazement, Ramu handed over the rope to a boy on the bike. I watched to my further surprise as the rat began to run to keep up with the boy.
When I retell this story at parties I often play up the funny part. As I write this, however, I thought deeper: the unexpected kindness I saw, between man and the rat, proved the soldier’s deep belief —
| A．Soldier. | B．Snake. | C．Rat | D．Boy. |
| A．The writer felt angry for letting the rat go. |
| B．The rat has been around for many times. |
| C．The soldier gave the rat to the boy as a gift. |
| D．The boy finally took the rat home on his bike. |
| A．All men are born equal | B．Two heads are better than one |
| C．Time waits for no man | D．Life is fall of ups and downs |
A businessman had a great day at the market. He sold all his products and filled his money bag with gold coins. He wanted to make his way home and be in his own house before nightfall. So he put the money bag onto his horse and rode away.
At noon, he had a rest in a town. When he was about to go on his way, a stable (马厩) boy brought him his horse and said, “Sir, a nail(钉子) is missing from the shoe on his foot.” He didn’t answer the boy.
That afternoon, when he stopped once again, another stable boy came up and said, “Sir, a shoe is missing from your horse’s foot. Shall I get him a new one?”
“Let it be,” answered the businessman. “The shoe will stay on for a few hours. I’m in a hurry.” He rode on, but the horse began to limp (跛行). Then it fell down and broke a leg. The man had to leave the horse behind, carry his money bag on his shoulder and walk home on foot. He did not arrive until the second day.
Sometimes small things make a big difference, so we must pay more attention to details.
1. What did the businessman put on his horse? (不超过10个词)2. Why didn’t the businessman accept the stable boys’ suggestion? (不超过10个词)
3. What does the story want to tell us? (不超过15个词)
Last year, I did not like my English class. Every class was like a bad dream. The teacher spoke very quickly and I couldn’t understand her most of the time. I was afraid to ask questions because I didn’t know how to read the words correctly. I just hid behind my textbook and never said anything in class.
Then one day I watched an English movie—Toy Story. I fell in love with this exciting and funny movie. So I began to watch other English movies, too. Although(尽管) I could not understand everything the characters(角色) said, their body language and the expressions(表情) on their faces help me get the meaning(意思). I understood I could get the meaning by listening for just the key words. I found out that listening to something interesting is the secret to the language learning. I also learned some useful sentences like “It’s a piece of cake.” and “It serves you right.” I did not understand these at first. But because I wanted to understand the story, I looked them up in a dictionary.
Now I really enjoy my English class. Do you want to learn English like this?
| How I learned English | |
| Last year | I The teacher spoke I was afraid I thought I had to |
| Then | Everything changed after I watched an exciting and funny movie ※Watching their ※Listening for just the ※ |
| My idea | Listening to something |
The Chicken and the Eagle （鹰）
One day, a boy picks up an eagle egg on his way home. He takes it home and puts it with chicken eggs.
Some days later, the eagle egg hatches（孵化）, and a beautiful eagle is born. He loves his home and family. He lives a happy life with them. He thinks he is nothing more than a chicken. But when he sees eagles fly high in the sky, he cries, Oh, I wish I could fly like those birds.
The chickens laugh and tell him, You cannot fly like those birds. You are a chicken, and chickens don't fly.
The eagle still has the dream to fly. But each time he tells his dream to the chickens, they tell him, You can never fly." Many times later, the eagle believes the chickens and stops dreaming. Finally, after a long life as a chicken, the eagle dies.
Yоu bесоmе（成为） whаt уоu bеlіеvе（相信） уоu аrе.
（文章选自《英语读本》）每题不超过七个词
1. What does a boy pick on his way home?
2. What kind of life does the eagle live with his family?
3. What does the eagle wish to do when he sees eagles fly high in the sky?
4. Why do the chickens laugh at the eagle?
5. What can we learn from the story?
【推荐2】Tom was a college student. He often made excuses(借口) not to have classes. Also, he spent much of his free time playing football. He never went to the library to study.
How time flew! At the end of the term, the teacher was coming. “What should I do” Tom walked up and down in the room the day before the exam.
The next morning, Tom went into the exam room very early. He found a young man next to him who looked so confident(自信).“Hey you” Tom greeted. “What?” The young man asked.
“Can you do me a favor?” Tom begged(恳求), “ please let me copy your paper during the exam I have to depend on you!” When hearing his words, the young man just smiled but said nothing.
When the bell rang, the young man stood up immediately and came to the front, saying, “Now I will hand out(分发) the papers to all of you and collect them in one hour.” Tom sat there with his mouth wide open.
1. What was the young man?2. Why did Tom walk up and down the day before the exam?
3. Do you often make excuses not to have classes or why not?
【推荐3】Thousands of years ago, there lived a king. His people loved him since he looked after their needs well. He would often invite some smart people to look at his work and give him advice.
The king built many things. As he grew old, the king thought, “I will build a perfect palace to remember my whole life. It will be the best one not only in my kingdom（王国）, but also in neighboring states.”
It took the king a month to work out a perfect design（设计）for his palace. He invited his advisers（谏言官）, as well as smart people from neighboring states, to get their ideas about the design.
“Unbelievable! It will be a perfect palace,” all the advisers said, except for an old man standing in the corner.
The king turned to the old man and asked, “Why are you silent? Don’t you think that my palace will be a perfect one?”
The old man replied in a calm voice, “Dear king! Your palace will be strong and last forever. It will be beautiful but not perfect. It may take tens of thousands of workers a whole lifetime to build it, working day and night. Your palace will cost a lot of money, which must come from the people. If your people will live worse due to this building, how perfect can it be?”
The king thought for a while and thanked the old man for his words. He decided to give up his plan and care more about people’s lives.
Answer the following questions according to the passage.
1. What was the king like from the first paragraph?
2. Why did the king want to build a perfect palace?
3. How long did it take the king to work out the design?
4. All the advisers said the design was perfect, didn’t they?
5. What made the king give up his plan to build a palace?
【推荐1】“Every worker coming to Beijing has their own reasons. No one lives here without a dream.” said Chen Jianguo, a 35-year-old food deliveryman (送餐员) from a small city called Songyuan.
Chen Jianguo dreamed of having his own business in Beijing about 16 years ago when he left senior high school. But his father asked him to take his place as a truck driver at the oil field. Although Chen disliked the job, he didn’t want to let his father down. He took the job as a truck driver. Then he got married and had a son. “I got quite good pay, but life was boring during those years.” said Chen.
Two months ago, Chen decided to give up his job and come to Beijing. His wife agreed that he should go for his dreams. Chen has been a food deliveryman for a month. He works 15 hours a day and hardly has time for lunch at noon. Chen spends only 10 yuan on each meal to cut the cost of living in Beijing. “I want to give a better life to my wife and little son,” he said. “I must work harder and try to become the best food deliveryman at my station.” Chen likes his job because he can meet many people. Every “thank you” from a customer is like praise for his work.
Chen plans to start his own restaurant in the future, so he always writes down what food people have ordered. In this way, he gets a better knowledge of people’s tastes.
回答下面5个问题，每题答案不超过5个词。
1. How old is Chen Jianguo?
2. What did lie do before he came to Beijing?
3. Who supported his decision (决定)?
4. How long does Chen work in Beijing every day?
5. Why does Chen want to get a better knowledge of people’s tastes?
When we talk about archaeology (考古学), we usually picture a group of people digging in the dirt. They put together the things they collect and find out the stories behind them.
These are all things archaeologists do. According to Encyclopedia Britannia (《大英百科全书》), archaeology is the study of things that people made, used, and left behind. Its goal is to understand what people of the past were like and how they lived. For example, archaeologists study tombs, city ruins and cultural relics (文物). They try to find out how ancient people made tools, why they moved around, and what customs were like in their times.
But what about dinosaurs (恐龙) and fossils (化石)? Do archaeologists study these as well? Actually, that is a misunderstanding. It is paleontologists who study ancient animals. Although “paleontology” and “archaeology” both mean the study of old things, archaeologists just study ancient humans. There is another common misunderstanding about archaeology. Many people think archaeologists only try to find beautiful relics that they can keep for themselves.
First, professional archaeologists do not keep, buy or sell any relics, according to the Kentucky Heritage Council. And second, “archaeologists care about the stories behind the relics more than the relics themselves,” Liu Huiyun, an archaeology student at Peking University, told TEENS. For example, even burned grain can be valuable to archaeologists. I can show them what ancient people ate.
Archaeology work could be difficult and dirty sometimes, but it truly is meaningful and important work, as it brings light to the unknown past.
1. How does the writer explain “archaeology” in the first paragraph?By describing a
2. What are paleontologists?
Paleontologists are people who
3. How many misunderstandings about archaeology are mentioned in the article?
There are
4. What do archaeologists care more about?
They care more about
5. What does the writer think about archaeology work?
It’s
【推荐3】Andy lived high in the Rocky Mountains. He hunted wild animals there and he also took other men hunting. That was his work.
One day, a letter brought Andy a new job. This job changed both his feeling about animals and his way of hunting. The letter said, “I want to write a story about bighorn sheep. I need pictures to go with my story. Will you get pictures of the sheep for me?”
Andy’s two sons wanted their father to take the job. “We will help you!” they said. Bighorn sheep are very wild. Andy knew it would be hard to get their pictures. “But why not try?” they said. For days, Andy and his sons tried to get their pictures. They did not want the sheep to hear them or see them, so they walked softly. They hid behind rocks, but the sheep always ran away.
Then one day, Andy and his sons walked around a big rock. They met some sheep face to face, but they didn’t run. “Now I know why the sheep run away,” Andy said. “They run because we come up behind them. From now on, we will stay where they can see us.” The next day, Andy saw some sheep right out in the open. He and his sons walked toward them. They did not try to hide, and they did walk slowly. They knew that any fast move would scare them away.
“Don’t look right at the sheep,” Andy said. “Wild animals do not like to be looked at. They will run away.” They looked off to this side and to that side, and they walked closer and closer. And soon they were close enough to get good clear pictures.
They made good friends with the wild sheep—and sent many fine pictures to the writer for his story. Since then, they have never hunted the bighorn sheep again.
1. What’s Andy’s new job?| A．To protect bighorn sheep. | B．To take pictures of bighorn sheep. |
| C．To hunt bighorn sheep. | D．To write a story about bighorn sheep. |
| A．Trying to hide and then following them from behind. |
| B．Running from one side and moving fast towards them. |
| C．Looking directly at them and touching their heads slowly. |
| D．Walking slowly to their faces and staying where they can see us. |
a. Andy received a letter and accepted a new job.
b. Andy and his sons took photos of the bighorn sheep.
c. Andy and his sons walked softly and hid behind the rocks.
d. Andy and his sons met some sheep face to face and they didn’t run away.
| A．a-c-d-b | B．d-c-a-b | C．d-c-b-a | D．a-c-b-d |
Many students have to take online classes at home because of COVID-19. ________ Some students give their own opinions.
To Zhao Yuchen, a 13-year-old girl from Beijing, the biggest headache about studying online is the poor quality(质量) of her Internet connection. During one of her online classes, she couldn’t hear her English teacher’s voice and she had to reconnect. It wasted lots of time. Since then, she has checked her network before class every day and asked other family members not to use the Internet while she was having a class.
Lin Xiyu is 14 years old. She is from Shanghai. Studying at home has made it hard for her to plan her time. She had a hard time planning her course timetable at first. Later, she knows that planning ahead and creating a study calendar(日程表) are very important. She says students need to estimate(估计) how much time each task will take, review the class content, ask questions and take notes, and make a to-do list for their homework. These are all good ways to help students learn better online.
Zhang Penghui, a 15-year-old boy from Heilongjiang believes online learning takes strong self-discipline(自律) and willpower, because there are lots of distractions(使人分心的事) while studying at home. His family like to offer him snacks and drinks, which sometimes distracts him from listening during his classes. He has asked them to stop interrupting( 打 扰 ) him while he was studying. He says a quiet room and a clean desk can help students concentrate(集中注意力).
1. What is the biggest problem for Zhao Yuchen to study online?2. Who thinks it’s hard to plan the time when having online classes?
3. Why does Zhang Penghui think online learning takes strong self-discipline and willpower?
4. Did Zhang Penghui’s family often interrupt him while he’s studying?
5. What sentence can be put in the blank in the first paragraph?
6. What is your biggest problem when taking online classes? How do you solve the problem?
One day as two little boys were walking along the roads,they met a woman carrying a large basket of apples. The woman looked very pale and tired, so they said.“Are you going to town? If you are,we will carry your basket. ”
“Thank you,”replied the woman,"you are very kind.”Then she told them that her husband had died,and that she had a sick son to support.She lived in a small house three miles away,and was now going to town to sell the apples which grew on the only tree in her little garden.
"We are going the same way you are.”said the boys."Let us have the basket, ”And they took hold of it, one on each side.
The poor woman then offered to give them a few of the biggest apples for their help."No,thank you.”they said."we do not want any pay for what we have done. "
When the woman got home,she told her son what had happened on the road,and they were both made happier that day by the kindness of the two boys.
Perhaps some may say that this is a little thing.Sure ,it is .But to do great things,we should begin with little labors(工作)of love.
1. Where was the woman going?(不超过 10 个词）2. What did the woman offer to thank the boys?(不超过 15 个词)
3. What can we learn from the text?(不超过 15 个词)
【推荐3】Get your work done on time
There was once a man who built his own house. From top to bottom, he designed and built every inch (英寸) of his home. ①In the end, he had a beautiful house of his own. No other house in his neighborhood (邻里) looked like it and many of his neighbors admired it.
But as time went by, (A)his house had some problems. One day, a neighbor said, “Friend, it looks like your front yard is a bit overgrown.”
②The man replied, “Yes, I know. But it’s okay. I’ll cut the grass tomorrow.”
A few days later, a postman came by with a letter for the man. The postman said, “Friend, it looks like your house is a bit dirty.”
The man replied, “Yes, I know. But it’s okay. I’ll wash it tomorrow.”
(B)几周过去了。Finally, the man’s brother came over to pay a visit. He took one look at his brother’s house and couldn’t believe what he saw. The yard was a mess, the paint on the walls was falling down (C) ________ the windows were covered with dirt (尘土). The house looked like it could fall apart at any second-all because the man put everything off until “tomorrow”.③
When we procrastinate (拖延) “tomorrow” can turn into “next week” or even “next year”, it’s much better to just take care of things today (D)______ to wait until some imaginary (想象的) “tomorrow” that might not actually come.
1. 将文中画线部分(A)改写为：2. 将文中画线部分(B)译成英语：
3. 在文中(C)和(D)的空白处填入适当的单词：
4. 在文中①②③选出能够填入“It took him over a year.”的位置：
5. 从文中找出两个描述房子的形容词：
