One day a teacher entered the classroom and gave the students a surprise test. He gave out the paper and asked his students to turn the page and begin. To everyone's surprise, there were no questions, just a black dot in the center of the page.
The teacher saw the expression on everyone’s face and said, "I want you to write what you see there. The confused students got started on the hard task. At the end of the class, the teacher took all the answer papers and started reading each one of them. All of them described the black dot and tried to explain where it was on the paper.
After all had been read, the classroom was quiet. The teacher began to explain, "I am not going to grade you according to this. I just wanted to give you something to think about. No one wrote about the white part of the paper. Everyone focused on the black dot (点). The same happens in our lives. We have a white paper to enjoy, but we always focus on the dark spots. Our life is a gift filled with love and care. We always have reasons to celebrate—friends that help us or jobs that support our lives."
"However, we keep focusing only on the dark spots, the health problems, the lack of money or the bad relationship with a family member. The dark spots are really annoying, but they are very small. Take your eyes away from the black spots in your life. Enjoy each moment that life gives you. Be happy and live a positive life!"
1. The test was surprising because ________ on the test paper.| A．there were too many questions | B．there was nothing |
| C．here was just a black spot | D．there was only one question |
| A．None of the students passed the surprise test. |
| B．None of the students understood the purpose of the test completely. |
| C．The teacher gave some students very high marks in the surprise test. |
| D．The teacher explained nothing to the students. |
| A．students | B．students' answer papers |
| C．students' hard tasks | D．the black dots |
| A．Life is a Gift | B．Dark spots in Life |
| C．Focus on the positives | D．A Wise Professor |
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【推荐1】One of my favorite proverbs says, “Life is a test. It is only a test. If you face the life at ease (舒适自在), you will know where to go and what to do.” It reminds me not to take my life too seriously, and then I will have a more relaxing life.
Maybe you have many problems in your daily life. However, if you regard a problem as a test, you will get a chance to grow up. Whatever problem you have, just look at it as a test, and then you will always have a chance to succeed because it is a battle (战争) that you must win to save yourself. It is a time when you are probably in a very hard journey. The only time you are likely to be happy is when everything is working out just right.
Perhaps you have much pressure from your parents or a very strict teacher. Just face it. Rather than worrying about your problems, just ask yourself, “Why is it a problem in my life and what can I do to solve it?”
In fact, life is a test. Just face it at ease. If you think about your problems in this way, you will be surprised to find that you have changed yourself and have become the owner of your life.
1. The proverb in paragraph 1 reminds us ________.| A．to mind our problems in life | B．not to take our life too seriously |
| C．to try to face the problems in life | D．to take our life too seriously |
| A．We can get a chance to grow up and succeed | B．We can never have a chance to grow up |
| C．We can hardly ever have a chance to succeed | D．We can often have a chance to grow up |
| A．everything is working out just right | B．you have much pressure to face |
| C．you are probably in a hard journey | D．you don’t pass the test |
| A．Life is a problem. | B．Life is a test. | C．Life is pressure. | D．Life is a book. |
| A．We need to take life seriously; don’t take it easy. |
| B．We should try to run away from the problems in life. |
| C．We should face the problems and pressure at ease. |
| D．We shouldn’t care about pressure. |
 | On the Stock Tower By Wang Zhihuan The sun beyond the mountain glows, The Yellow River seawards flows. You can enjoy a great sight, By climbing to a greater height. |
 | The Book By Zhu Xi There lies a glassy oblong pool, Where light and shade pursue their course. How can it be so clear and cool, For water fresh comes from its source. |
| A．Sunny | B．Cloudy | C．Windy |
| A．Alfred, who thinks people should climb the mountains to admire the beauty of nature. |
| B．Gina, who thinks the higher people stand, the farther they can see. |
| C．Lily, who thinks climbing can help improve people’s eyesight. |
| A．clear and cool | B．fresh and bright | C．cool and bright |
| A．aa-bb; aa-bb | B．aa-bb; ab-ab | C．ab-ab; aa-bb |
| A．Where did Wang visit? |
| B．Which book did Zhu read? |
| C．Why do the poets write the poems? |
【推荐3】It was a usual morning. After snoozing (瞌睡) twice, I took care of my three cats, and then hurried to complete housework while drinking some coffee. Oh, my dear! I nearly forgot my mid-morning appointment. I raced out!
By the time I finished my appointment, I felt a little hungry. I stopped at Moe’s to order a pie to take home and eat while working.
Since it was a little before noon, there was a line of people. A woman, who I later learned was Marcella, was paying at the register (柜台). She asked the woman behind her in line if she would like a drink and then asked me. We both said no, and must have looked confused (困惑的), because she said, ‘I got you.’ She continued to pay for both of our meals – even though we were strangers.
I asked Marcella why she did this, and she shared that someone once did something similar for her. The person asked that she might pay it forward some day and she was making good on her promise.
Before leaving, she gave me a warm hug (拥抱) and asked me to do an act of kindness for a stranger when I could. I nodded. I arrived home, but instead of working through lunch, I sat and kept thinking of her kindness.
Marcella didn’t need to pay for my lunch. But she did, and it brightened my day. Not because I got to keep my $15, but because she was kind – and did not want to receive anything in return.
▲ I’ll make a small difference in someone else’s life, and the ripple effect (连锁反应) will continue. Because that’s what being human is all about – being kind – even to a stranger.
1. What can we learn from the first paragraph?| A．I was very kind. | B．I was very poor. | C．I was very relaxed. | D．I was very busy. |
a. Marcella hugged me and left.
b. I raced out to my appointment.
c. Marcella paid for my lunch.
d. I stood in line to order a pie.
e. I knew her name was Marcella.
| A．cabde | B．bacde | C．bdcea | D．dabec |
| A．I knew Marcella before. | B．Moe’s is a restaurant. |
| C．The pie cost me $15. | D．I didn’t keep the promise. |
| A．I must refuse others’ kindness. | B．I have to break my promise. |
| C．I have been friends with Marcella. | D．I plan on paying my kindness forward. |
Children in the USA will leave their parents when they grow up. They want to find better jobs, so they usually live far away from their parents. They often write to their parents or call them. And they go to visit their parents during their holidays.
Parents will ask their children to do some work around their house. In many families children will get money for doing some housework so that they can learn to make money for their own. Parents usually let their children choose their own jobs. Americans think that for young people it is important to decide on their lives by themselves.
1. In most families in the USA there are usually _________.
| A．no parents | B．no children |
| C．over 5 people | D．less than 5 people |
| A．go to other countries |
| B．decide on their lives themselves |
| C．find jobs for their parents |
| D．do better jobs around their house. |
| A．They are old enough to live all by themselves |
| B．The parents are too busy to look after their children |
| C．They want to have more chance(机会) to look for better jobs |
| D．They can keep in touch(联系) with their parents by writing and telephoning |
| A．Useful | B．Strange |
| C．Dangerous | D．Funny |
| A．leave their parents when they grow up |
| B．often spend holidays at their parents’ house |
| C．sometimes look for jobs for their own parents |
| D．often call or write to their parents for money. |
【推荐2】Zhang Guimei, the headmaster of Huaping High School for Girls in Lijiang city of Yunnan Province, got the title “Role Model of the Times（时代楷模）” in 2020, because of what she has done for the girls from poor families. When Zhang was teaching at Huaping Minority Middle School, she noticed fewer girls attended school in Huaping. So she started visiting the homes of the girls who had left school and she learned the main reasons. The parents thought that it was useless to send girls for education. Most of them wanted the girls to marry. However, they treated the boys differently. This made Zhang realize that how difficult it was for girls to get an education. She came up with an idea of establishing a special school for girls. Huaping High School for Girls, a free school for girls, was completed in 2008 after overcoming all kinds of difficulties.
Anybody who knows Zhang’s own conditions will be more deeply moved by her. Since the school started, she has been living with her students. And she spent most of her money she had or received on her students, although she has serious health problems herself. Besides her work at school, she also has a part-time job to help the children who have lost their parents. Thanks to her efforts, more than 1,800 girls from poor families have entered universities since 2008. What’s more, many of her students have chosen to teach in poor areas, while some have even come back to teach in her high school. Her efforts have also helped to improve the local education. Education for girls in poor areas has received more attention and help from all parts of the country. What she has done will be long remembered and encourage more to follow her example.
1. When was Huaping High School for Girls completed?| A．In 2008. | B．In 2012. | C．In 2020. | D．In 2021. |
| A．Studying. | B．Helping. | C．Sending. | D．Building. |
| A．She got the title “Role Model of the Times”. |
| B．She helped all the children from poor family. |
| C．She has serious health problems herself. |
| D．She helped to improve the local education. |
①Over 1,800 girls from poor families have entered universities.
②Many of her students have chosen to teach in poor areas.
③Her efforts have also helped to improve the local education.
④Education for girls in poor areas has received more attention and help from all parts of the country.
| A．①② | B．②③ | C．①②③ | D．①②③④ |
【推荐3】Summer Fun at Happy Kids’ Learning Centre
Are you looking for something that can add colour to your summer holiday? If yes, here are the summer courses that you cannot miss!
Children Can Cook
The course is to improve children’s knowledge in the kitchen. They will learn basic cooking skills, kitchen safety, and how to buy proper ingredients (原料) and follow steps in recipes (食谱). Children can sit comfortably and eat what they have cooked at the end of each lesson.
Little Writers
The course is divided into two parts. In the first part, children are introduced to famous stories and their writers. In the second part, they are taught to write their own stories. Children also get the chance to write other text types, such as poems and plays.
Acting for Fun
This is a course that lets children enjoy the fun of acting. Through acting and speaking in front of people, children will be more confident. Parents are welcome to watch the performance (演出) given by the children at the end of the course.
Watercolour Painting
This course teaches children the basic skills of painting people and animals. We encourage children to watch, imagine and create their own works.
1. What can children do in the cooking course?| A．Sell the food. | B．Buy the bowls. |
| C．Learn how to cook. | D．Eat what teachers have cooked. |
| A．One part. | B．Two parts. | C．Three parts. | D．Four parts. |
| A．Acting for Fun. | B．Watercolour Painting. |
| C．Little Writers. | D．Children Can Cook. |
| A．The importance of acting. |
| B．How to buy proper ingredients. |
| C．Famous stories and their writers. |
| D．The basic skills of painting people and animals. |
| A．cook a meal for their parents |
| B．act with their parents in public |
| C．join the summer courses at the learning centre |
| D．read more books during the holiday |
【推荐1】Once there was a boy and his little sister living in a small village. The boy was good-looking but his sister was not. One day they found a mirror(镜子) and they saw what they looked like for the first time. The boy was very pleased and he said to his sister, “How handsome I am! I look nicer than you!” The girl didn’t like what her brother said and gave him a hard push. “Go away!” she said angrily. Their father saw what was happening. He went up to them and said to the boy, “You must always be good as well as look good.” Then the father said to the girl, “My dear, a beautiful heart is more important than a beautiful face. If you are good to others, you will be happy too.”
根据语篇内容，判断下列句子正误，正确的为“T”，错误的为“F”。
1. The sister was good-looking but the boy was not.
2. The boy and his sister saw what they looked like in the mirror.
3. The girl was angry at what her brother said and pushed him.
4. Their father said nothing to them after seeing what happened.
5. Their father thought being good to others could make the girl happy.
【推荐2】Will Liu, a singer and actor from Taiwan, has taken the internet by storm in an unexpected way—being a livestreaming (直播) personal trainer on Douyin.
His workout routines (健身操) are so popular that they have broken Douyin’s livestreaming record for 2022 so far, according to the data analysis platform (数据分析平台) Chanmama. Within a month, Liu’s livestreams had been watched about 100 million times.
The 49-year-old often exercises with his wife and mother-in-law. They dance to popular songs . One of Liu’s most-watched routines is set to A Herbalist’s Manual ( 《本草纲目》) by pop singer Jay Chou.
Ever since Liu’s videos went viral (走红), people across the country have been practicing the workout routines at home, schools, quarantine centers (集中隔离点) and even while waiting for nucleic acid tests (核酸检测).
Liu isn’t the only person to get popular from the fitness wave. According to Douyin, followers of fitness videos were up by 208 percent in 2021 compared to 2020. This shows the increase of the online fitness business and fitness influencers (网红) since the pandemic (瘟疫) started.
1. This passage talks about ________.| A．music | B．Art World | C．a popular person | D．Great People |
| A．In two months. | B．In two weeks. | C．In 30 days | D．In one year |
| A．Will Liu is a singer and dancer. |
| B．His workout routines are so popular on Wechat. |
| C．Will Liu is the only person to get popular from the fitness wave. |
| D．Jay Chou sings this song called A Herbalist’s Manual. |
【推荐3】Hello! My name is Tom. I like to go out for a picnic with my parents on Sundays. I like fish and vegetables very much. My father is a driver. He likes meat and fish a little. My mother is an office worker. She likes apples and vegetables very much. But she doesn’t like bread and hamburgers at all. So we usually take some fish, meat, vegetables and apples with us. Then my father gets water. My mother likes to cook for us and she cooks fish, meat and vegetables. I fly a kite. We sing some songs. We are all very happy.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1. Tom likes to ______ with his parents.
| A．go shopping | B．go out for a picnic | C．go to the zoo | D．sing some songs |
| A．An office worker. | B．A doctor. | C．A driver. | D．A cook. |
| A．Fish and vegetables. | B．Meat and fish. |
| C．Apples and vegetables. | D．Bread and hamburgers. |
| A．vegetables, fish, meat and apples | B．vegetables, fish, meat and bread |
| C．vegetables, fish, meat and hamburgers | D．vegetables, fish, bread and hamburgers |
| A．Tom | B．Tom’s brother | C．Tom’s father | D．Tom’s mother |
Roy Chapman Andrews was an American explorer born in 1884. He liked traveling to different places and studying animals. Andrews wanted to find fossils that would tell him more about early humans. Instead, he found something that changed what everyone thought about dinosaurs.
Andrews and his team made many trips to Asia during the 1920s. There, they found dinosaur fossils, as well as fossils from different mammals (哺乳动物), including a type of early rhinos (犀牛). Andrews sent his discoveries to the American Museum of Natural History in New York. They liked what he found and encouraged him to keep searching.
Andrews’ most interesting discovery was made in 1923 in the Gobi Desert. He and his team became the first, people to find dinosaur eggs. Until this discovery, scientists weren’t sure whether dinosaurs laid eggs or gave birth to live babies.
In 1927, the Boy Scouts (童子军) of America made Andrews an honorary Scout. He was the first person to receive this award. Today, Andrews is regarded as a model explorer and adventurer.
1. Why did Andrews want to go to Asia in the 1920s?| A．To learn more about early humans. | B．To discover dinosaur eggs. |
| C．To find new lands to live on. | D．To become a Boy Scout. |
| A．Because they liked his discoveries. | B．Because he was earning a lot of money. |
| C．Because he was not welcome at home. | D．Because he hadn’t found enough about early humans. |
| A．He discovered an early type of rhinos. | B．He was given an award by the Boy Scouts. |
| C．He took a trip to Asia. | D．He began working at the museum. |
a. Andrews and his team found dinosaur eggs. b. Andrews and his team found dinosaur fossils.
c. Andrews was awarded a prize. d. Andrews sent his discoveries to the museum in New York.
| A．b→c→d→a | B．a→d→c→b | C．a→b→c→d | D．b→d→a→c |
| A．Andrews traveled to Asia during the 1920s. | B．Andrews discovered an early type of rhinos. |
| C．Andrews’ most interesting discovery was dinosaur eggs. | D．Dinosaurs didn’t give birth to live babies. |
| A．Earth History | B．American Explorers | C．Oceans & Animals. | D．Early Humans |
All high-speed and intercity railway stations on the Chinese mainland will allow passengers to use electronic tickets, the country’s top railway operator said on April 28.
With the use of e-ticket service on the high-speed line linking Lanzhou of Gansu province and Urumqi of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region on Wednesday, all 1,075 high-speed stations will allow passengers to check in without a paper ticket said the China State Railway Group.
The move will simplify boarding procedures(简化上车程序) and improve services, the company said. This will allow for more efficient.
When entering the station and checking in, passengers only need to swipe (刷) an identification card-a second-generation ID card for Chinese mainland residents a permanent residence permit for foreign “green card” holders—at the self-service counters.
Those whose ID cannot be read by the machines will be able to check in through the manual (人工的) channel.
Also, as of April 28, disability certificate holders are able to buy discounted(减价的) train tickets at 12306.cn, the official train ticket booking system.
The system has grouped disabled people with children, students and the military in online accessibility to discounted tickets.
Disabled people had to go to ticket offices for such tickets before.
1. Which of the following is not the reason why electronic tickets are used?| A．Using electronic tickets can simplify boarding procedures. |
| B．Using electronic tickets can improve services. |
| C．Using electronic tickets can protect the environment. |
| D．Using electronic tickets will allow for more efficient. |
| A．How people check in at the high-speed station. | B．How the ticket system works. |
| C．How people go through the manual channel. | D．How to swipe an identification card. |
| A．They had to go to ticket offices. | B．They had to buy them on the Internet. |
| C．They had to ask their family members for help. | D．They had to order tickets by telephone. |
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