I remembered I had a gun if I needed it, and turned back towards this man of the island. He was hiding behind another tree but stepped out to meet me.
“Who are you?” I asked, staring at him.
“Ben Gunn”, he answered, and his voice sounded rough and strange. His skin was burnt nearly black by the sun and his clothes were made from pieces of a ship's sail. “Poor Ben Gunn, he went on.” Alone for three years.
“Were you shipwrecked(船遇难)?” I asked.
“No, my friend”, he said. “Marooned.”
I had heard the word before, and knew it meant cruel(残忍的) punishment often used by pirates-leaving a man alone on some distant, empty island.
“Marooned for three years,” he continued, “living on wild goats and fish. But I'm in great need for real English food back home. You don't have a piece of cheese, do you? Many nights I've dreamed of cheese.”
He continued. “Well, tell me your name.”
“Jim,” I told him.
“Well, Jim”, he said, looking around and lowering his voice to a whisper, “I'm rich”. I was now sure the poor man was crazy, but he repeated his words. “Rich, I say! Now, Jim, that isn't Flint's ship, is it?”
I began to think that I had found a friend, and I answered him at once. “It's not Flint's ship any more. Flint is dead, but there are still some of Flint's men aboard, and that's bad news for us.”
“A man with one leg?” he asked, fear in his voice.
“Silver?” I asked.
“Yes, Silver,” he said, “that was his name.”
“He's the cook, and their leader too. And told him the fight between Flint and the cook, and the danger we were now in.”
“You're in trouble, Jim,” he said when I'd finished. “Well, Ben Gunn will help you. Will your squire(乡绅) be generous if do, do you think? I don' t want him to give me a job, but will he give me one thousand pounds out of money that's really mine?”
“I'm sure he will,” I said.
(Adapted from Treasure Island)
1. What were Ben's clothes made from?| A．a fishing net | B．a piece of ship's sail | C．a piece of old cloth | D．a blanket |
① Jim met Ben on the island.
② Ben wanted to get his 1000 pounds.
③ Silver became the leader of the ship.
④ Flint was dead
| A．①④③② | B．①④②③ |
| C．④①③②. | D．④③①② |
| A．绞刑 | B．释放 | C．流放 | D．谋杀 |
| A．America | B．Brazil | C．Britain | D．France |
| A．Ben was marooned for 3 years on the island |
| B．Ben became a rich man with the help of Jim |
| C．Jim and Ben used to work on Flint's ship |
| D．Silver was an awful man and perhaps he had Flint killed |
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One day, as Andy was crossing the track, he saw that there was something wrong with it. One of the rails seemed to be out of its place. Just then he heard a noise. Dear, dear! The train was coming! It would soon be there! He must try to stop it in some way.
Andy did not think of any danger to himself, but he ran and stood in the middle of the track, not far from the place where the rail was broken, and then he held out his arms and waited.
On and on came the train. The engineer saw the boy on the track and whistled for him to get out of the way. But Andy stood still and did not move.
The engineer had to stop the train. He was very angry as he cried out to the boy and asked him why he stood on track.
But when Andy pointed to the broken rail ，the man understood everything. Andy saved the train and the lives of all the people on it.
1. When Andy was young, _____.
| A．he often liked playing at the foot of the hill |
| B．he often ran on the track up and down |
| C．he often enjoyed listening to the click of rails |
| D．he often watched the train pass by |
| A．he thought there was something wrong with it |
| B．he saw the train was coming |
| C．he found one of the rails was broken |
| D．he heard a noise |
| A．Andy stood on the track to hold out his arms |
| B．Andy ran to the train to stop it |
| C．Andy ran out of the track quickly |
| D．Andy cried out to the engineer |
| A．he asked Andy why he stood there |
| B．he shouted at Andy |
| C．he whistled for Andy to leave the track |
| D．he asked Andy to get out of the way |
| A．the engineer got off the train and repaired it |
| B．the engineer understood and got very angry |
| C．the engineer understood why the boy tried to stop the train |
| D．the engineer came out to see what was the matter |
【推荐2】An old cowboy was riding his trusty horse followed by his honesty dog along an uncommon road. The man was enjoying the new scenery（风景）, when he suddenly remembered dying. He realized that the dog beside him had been dead for years and so had his horse. He wondered what was happening, and where the road was leading them.
After a while, they saw a tall arch topped by golden letter "H" and a gate in the arch that looked like mother-of-pearl. The street that led to the gate looked like gold.
He rode toward the gate and saw a man at a desk. Thirsty and tired out by his journey, he called out," Excuse me, where are we?"
"This is Heaven, sir," the man answered.
"Wow! Would you happen to have some water?" the cowboy asked.
"Of course, sir. Come right in, and I'll have some ice water for you."
"Can I bring my partners, too?"
"I'm sorry, sir, but we don't accept pets."
The cowboy thought for a moment, then turned back to the road and continued riding, his dog running by his side.
After another long ride, he came to a dirt road leading through a gate that looked as if it had never been closed. As he went closer to the gate, he saw a man inside, leaning against a tree and reading a book. “Excuse me,” he called to the man. "Do you have any water?"
"Sure, there's a pump right over there. Help yourself."
"How about my friends here?" the cowboy pointed at the dog and his horse.
"Of course! They look thirsty, too," said the man.
The three went through the gate and sure enough, there was an old-fashioned hand pump with buckets（水桶）beside it. The cowboy took a long drink, as did his horse and dog. "What do you call this place?" the cowboy asked the man who was still standing by the tree.
"This is Heaven," he answered.
"That's strange," the cowboy said. "The man down the road said that was Heaven, too."
"Oh, you mean the place with the shinning, gold street and fake pearly gates? That's Hell." "Doesn't it make you angry when they use your name like that?"
"Not at all. Actually, we’re happy they screen out the folks who would leave their best friends behind."
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. The cowboy didn't know about________.
| A．his death | B．his destination | C．his partners | D．his partners’ death |
| A．he didn't like ice water served here |
| B．he was unwilling to be separated from his friends |
| C．he believed he would find the real Heaven |
| D．he disliked the rule of forbidding keeping pets here |
| A．水井 | B．水池 | C．水泵 | D．水缸 |
| A．He thought only people who wouldn't leave their friends behind can go to Heaven. |
| B．He was angry with the man in Hell. |
| C．He wasn't used to keeping open house for travelers. |
| D．He enjoyed having pets around. |
| A．A Long Journey | B．Heaven and Hell | C．Friends in Heaven | D．A Kind Cowboy |
One day. a man named Tom came to the village where Ms. Smith lived. He heard about her illness and came to her house. He told Ms. Smith that he had much experience. He was sure to cure her eyes. But she must pay him a large amount of money. Ms. Smith agreed. “But you can't get a penny if you fail，" said the lady.
During the treatment， Tom found Ms. Smith was very rich. There were plenty of good thing in her house. He stole many valuable things from the house. Several weeks later， Tom cured Ms. Smith. The lady could really see with her eyes. When Tom asked for moneys. Ms. Smith refused. She said. '*You haven't cured my eyes. Before I was blind， I could all the things in my room._____________________”
Hearing that， Tom stood there and couldn’t say a word.
根据短文内容选择最佳答案。
1. The underlined sentence "She was born with a silver spoon.” most probably means .
| A．she had poor parents |
| B．she was born in a rich family |
| C．she had meals with a very expensive spoon |
| A．wanted to steal her money |
| B．wanted to help her for free |
| C．wanted to cure her illness in order to make money |
| A．Tom paid her a lot of money |
| B．she refused to pay Tom any money |
| C．she paid Tom lots of money at once |
| A．Ms. Smith was horn blind. |
| B．Many valuable things were stolen from Tom' 8 house. |
| C．It took Tom several weeks to cure Ms. Smith. |
| A．What a colorful world! |
| B．But now I can't any of them. |
| C．Thank you for curing my eyes. |
A man was driving his car one day when he saw an old lady on the road. Her car broke down and she needed help. The man stopped his car and got out. Even though the man wore a smile on his face, the lady was worried, because the man didn't look safe. He looked poor and hungry. “I’m here to help you. Don’t worry. My name is Bryan Anderson,” he said.
After he fixed the car, the lady wanted to pay him. Bryan smiled and said, “If you really want to pay me back, the next time you see someone who needs help, give that person a hand. And think of me.”
On the same evening, the lady stopped by a small cafe. She noticed the waitress was nearly eight months pregnant (怀孕的), but she never let it change her attitude (态度) when she served customers. The waitress had a sweet, friendly smile, although she had spent the whole day on her feet.
The lady wondered how someone who has so little could be so kind to a stranger. Then she remembered Bryan. The lady finished her meal and paid with a $100 bill. The waitress went to get change (零钱). When she came back, she found the lady had gone and left a note on a piece of paper. “You don’t owe (欠) me anything. Somebody once helped me the way I’m helping you now. If you really want to pay me back, do not let the love end with you.” Under the paper were four more $100 bills.
1. Why was the old lady worried when the man offered help?| A．Because she had difficulty talking to a stranger. | B．Because she found him in trouble, too. |
| C．Because she feared he might hurt her. | D．Because she had no money with her. |
| A．He hoped the lady would never forget him. | B．He hoped the lady could help others as he did. |
| C．He wanted to get some more money from the lady. | D．He wanted to make friends with the lady. |
| A．helpful | B．silly | C．wise | D．humorous |
| A．the meal cost the old lady 400 dollars | B．Bryan must be helped by someone before |
| C．the old lady was able to fix the car herself | D．the waitress will probably help someone in the future |
| A．A Man and an Old Lady | B．Let the Love go on |
| C．The Kindness of Strangers | D．Happiness Is priceless |
【推荐2】“All right, are you ready? Okay, the camera’s rolling.” I was really realizing my dream. I stood inside the empty school hallway on a spring afternoon. In my slightly shaking hand, I held the script On Patrol. “For this scene,” I explained, “all I need you to do is walk quietly.” In front of the camera was my best friend, Gavin, wearing a blue uniform. “Would it be funnier if I looked into the camera?” Gavin suggested. “Hmm.” I said. “Yeah, you’re right. Let’s do it that way.” This was certainly not a Hollywood blockbuster. I didn’t have a producer, a script director, or even something as simple as a light setup. The only equipment (设备) I had was my camera and my tripod (三脚架), but they were enough to make my dream come true. “Okay, are you good?” I asked. Gavin nodded his head. “Okay. Action!” I said.
Since my preschool years, movies have been my life. Some people may think back to their childhood as they hear the sound of table tennis or see a baseball flying into the blue sky during a backyard game, Some people may smell the salty air of the ocean during a family vacation. As for me, I hear the sound of the video recorder, as it replays the tape of a video. The movie I watched most as a child was Sam Raimi's Spider-Man. From then on, I watched as many movies as I could. When I began high school, I was wondering what I should choose as a job. After months of not having any idea of what I would become, an idea appeared: if I love movies so much, why not make it a career? I began to write my first short film, On Patrol, a ten-minute silent video about a hall monitor trying to stop someone from throwing rubbish at a school. After I finished my first script, I was very excited. Then I was thinking, “Now it is up to me to make my first movie.”
It was not a famous movie, but it was my step-ping-stone. Now looking back at On Patrol still gives me a dream that could direct more good movies. Watching my first movie not only gives me a laugh, but also gives me the encouragement to continue running after a love I have had since I put Spider-Man into my video recorder many years ago.
1. What was the writer doing according to Paragraph 1?| A．Directing a movie |
| B．Writing a script |
| C．Taking photos of his friend. |
| D．Talking about his movie with his friend |
| A．A big cinema. |
| B．A movie poster. |
| C．A successful movie. |
| D．A famous film festival. |
| A．The sound of table tennis |
| B．The scene of a baseball |
| C．The smell the salty air of the ocean |
| D．The sound of the video recorder |
| A．The equipment for making On patrol is very simple. |
| B．Before the writer figured out what job to choose, he began to write short a film. |
| C．He decided to make his first movie after his first script. |
| D．On patrol is a short film without any sound. |
| A．It was his best movie. |
| B．It was a big success. |
| C．It was an interesting story. |
| D．It was an encouragement for him |
| A．Turing My Dream into Reality |
| B．Learning to Make Movies |
| C．Choosing a Life-long Job for Myself |
| D．Preparing for My First Movie |
At the end of the term, I invited Rose to make a speech (演讲) to our basketball team. I'll never forget what she taught us. She said, "There are some secrets of staying young and being happy.You have to laugh and find happiness every day.
You must have a dream. When you lose your dream, you will find life boring. There is a big difference between growing old and growing up Anybody can grow old That doesn’t need any talent or ability. To grow up, you must always find the chance (机会) to change. Have no regrets. The people who are afraid of death are those with regrets（遗憾）. At the end of the year, Rose finished her college. One week after graduation (毕业), Rose died in her sleep. I will never forget the great woman.
1. From the passage we know that Rose .
| A．went to college at an old age | B．was a teacher in a college |
| C．was afraid of death | D．had some regrets in her life |
| A．have dinner | B．go to a party | C．play basketball | D．give a talk |
| A．help others | B．have a dream |
| C．get on well with others | D．have much money |
| A．训练 | B．方法 | C．途径 | D．能力 |
Mei Lanfang began his stage life at the age of 8. His teacher said he showed little hope because of his boring eyes. To improve this，he exercised them day after day. He would fly kites and look at them moving slowly in a blue sky. He also kept pigeons in order to look at them flying higher and higher until they disappeared into the clouds. Thanks to his efforts，he managed to change his dull eyes into a pair of bright and expressive eyes and win national fame before the age of 20.
In over 50 years on the stage，Mei Lanfang played no less than 100 different characters in the traditional Peking Opera performance(表演).He completely changed both stage make-up and costurnes，and made characters' performance richer. He also wrote many new plays，designing the dances himself. They are part of the great legacy(遗赠)that he left to Peking Opera.
In 1930，Mei Lanfang started on a successful US tour. There his great performances fascinated the audience，making them realize that Peking Opera was a most valuable form of art.
1. What does the first sentence of the passage mean in Paragraph 1?
| A．Peking Opera would not be well-known without Mei Lanfang. |
| B．Mei Lanfang made Peking Opera a complete art form. |
| C．Mei Lanfang won international fame in the world. |
| D．Mei Lanfang plays an important role in Peking Opera. |
| A．About 8 years. | B．About 10 years. |
| C．About 12 years. | D．About 14 years. |
| A．The history of Peking Opera. |
| B．Mei Lanfang's early stage life. |
| C．Mei Lanfang's great contributions to Peking Opera. |
| D．The creations of Peking Opera by Mei Lanfang. |
Biggie Burger, a new fast food restaurant, will soon be opened in the town. A large group of kids and parents were holding signs shouting outside it yesterday. They were there because hey didn't want the restaurant to open. Never!
“This kind of food is really bad for us!” said Diana,” It’s high in salt, fat, and sugar. it’s unhealthy and we are going to say ’no’ to it!”
“Our town has been a quiet place. Restaurants like this bring people and also a lot of trouble to this area,” said Barbara.” And I’m afraid they will take business away form our local restaurants.”
Other local people disagree .The officials believe that Biggie Burger will bring in huge amounts of money to help improve the town. And 17-year-old Sandy can’t wait for Biggie Burger to open.” I love their hamburgers and fried chicken wings! And I can get a job there.”
Sandy’s dad, a cleaner, agrees,” Biggie Burger’s prices are just right for a family like ours.”
Michael, who owns a toy shop next door to Biggie Burger, is excited, too.” Maybe people who come for a Biggie Burger will spend a few minutes in my store and pick up something.”
The town will hole a meeting on Thursday to hear sides. Everyone is welcome to attend it. Come and voice your opinion!
1. Biggie Burger was opened yesterday and many people were there.
2. Diana thinks that the food in Biggie Burger is too expensive.
3. Barbara is afraid that fewer people will come to the local restaurants.
4. Sandy has found a job in Biggie Burger and loves food there.
5. Cleaners like Sandy’s dad in the town can afford the food in Biggie Burger.
6. Michael welcomes the opening of Biggie Burger.
7. The town doesn’t care about people’s opinions when making a decision.
【推荐3】Chinese scientists have used lasers（激光）to accurately identify space debris（碎片）in the Earth's orbit.
The team applied a specially developed set of rules to laser-ranging telescopes, which enabled them to identify space junk more effectively than previous techniques. “After improving the pointing accuracy of the telescope through a neural network（神经网络）, space debris with a cross sectional area of one square meter at a distance of 1500 kilometers can be detected,” Tianming Ma, an author of the study from the Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping, said in a statement.
According to NASA, orbital debris is any man-made object in orbit around the Earth that no longer serves a useful function. Debris can include non-functional spacecraft, abandoned launch vehicle stages, and other mission-related space junk. It poses a significant risk to astronauts and spacecraft in orbit above the Earth as it travels very fast—up to 18,000 miles per hour, which is faster than a bullet. Worryingly, there are estimated to be many millions of tiny debris pieces in low-Earth orbit, and tens of thousands times larger than a softball, the space agency said. Fortunately, there have been surprisingly few collisions.
In the study, Ma and his team used two different neural networks to help identify space debris with the laser-ranging telescope. They then tested this method against more traditional techniques. According to the team, this is the first time that neural networks have been used to significantly improve the pointing accuracy of a laser-ranging telescope. They say the latest findings could have significant implications for manoeuvring spacecraft in orbit.
Laser-ranging technology has previously been used to detect space junk. However, these systems have limitations when it comes to accurately identifying small, fast-moving pieces. In fact, previous laser-ranging methods have only been accurate to about 0.6 miles. In an attempt to overcome the inaccuracies of laser-ranging techniques，the Chinese team used so-called neural networks to improve the effectiveness of their telescope system. Neural networks are computing systems which are inspired by biological networks in the brain and have the ability to learn to become better at tasks without being given a specific set of rules to follow.
1. How have Chinese scientists made progress in identifying space debris?| A．By improving the accuracy of laser technology. |
| B．By adopting newly developed telescope systems. |
| C．By upgrading the advanced traditional technology. |
| D．By applying neural networks to laser-ranging telescopes. |
| A．The introduction to orbital debris. | B．The advantages of neural network. |
| C．The threat of space junk to the Earth. | D．The importance of detecting space debris. |
| A．To add some background information. | B．To provide some advice for scientists. |
| C．To summarize the previous paragraphs. | D．To introduce a new topic for discussion. |
| A．They can speed up computing systems. |
| B．They can learn to perform better independently. |
| C．They can detect space junk in low-Earth orbit. |
| D．They can perform tasks accurately under a set of rules. |
A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said: “I am blind, please help.” There were only a few coins in the hat.
A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and put them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.
Soon the hat began to be full of coins. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized(辨认出) his footsteps and asked, “Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?”
The man said, “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a different way.”
What he had written was: “Today is a beautiful day but I cannot see it.”
Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?
Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first one simply told people to help by putting some money in the hat. However, the second one told people that they were able to enjoy the day. It told them they were lucky and they were not blind.
There are at least two lessons we can learn from this simple story.
The first is: Be thankful for what you have. Someone else has less. Help whenever you can.
The second is: Think differently. There is always a better way!
1. The blind boy _________ on the steps of a building.| A．sold his old hat | B．asked for money |
| C．was busy collecting coins | D．showed his good handwriting |
| A．footsteps | B．voice |
| C．words | D．figure |
| A．the words on the sign | B．the money in the hat |
| C．the step of a building | D．the beautiful day |
| A．polite and patient | B．honest and funny |
| C．kind and clever | D．careful and rich |
| A．A man who helped a boy | B．A blind boy in the street |
| C．Let’s help the blind people | D．power of different words |
| AQI colors | AQI Numbers | Health word(s) | What to do |
| Green | 0-50 | Good | Just enjoy the clean air! |
| Yellow | 51-100 | Moderate (适中) | Air quality is fine for most people. |
Orange | 101-150 | Unhealthy for sensitive(敏感的) groups | Active children and adults and people with lung(肺) disease should spend less time outdoors |
Red | 151-200 | Unhealthy | People with lung disease and active kids and adults shouldn’t spend too long time outdoors. Everybody else should try to spend less time outside. |
Purple | 201-300 | Very unhealthy | People with lung disease and active kids and adults should not spend any time outdoors. Everybody should try not to go outside. |
1. If the weather report says today’s AQI is 39, we can ________.
| A．enjoy the clean air | B．spend less time outside |
| C．try not to go outside | D．stay inside most time |
| A．orange | B．red | C．purple | D．yellow |
| A．bigger; better | B．bigger; nicer | C．smaller; better | D．smaller; worse |
① color ②words ③weather ④numbers
| A．①②③④ | B．①②③ | C．①②④ | D．②③④ |
| A．If the AQI number is 140, the AQI colour will be red. |
| B．If the AQI colour is purple, the air is the best for people. |
| C．People with lung disease are very sensitive to the air. |
| D．The AQI can’t help people know the air quality. |
An urban legend is my modern story, usually fictional, but which is told as if it really happened. These legends are passed from person to person and reach a wide audience. A lot of them are inspired by a real event but the story changes as it is passed on. Although most legends are false, some turn out to be true. Here are some examples. Do you think they are true or false?
Unlucky
A student had not done his homework. The day before the essay was due in, he went to the university library and found an old essay written on the same subject. He simply copied it, typed it up and handed it in. A few weeks later, the teacher was handing the essays back to the class. She stopped by the student’s desk and said, “Twenty-five years ago, when I wrote this essay, it got a B, __________” She set the essay on the student’s desk, and there on the cover was a big A! The teacher continued, “If you try anything like this again, I’ll have you thrown out of school.”
Caught on film
A young couple were married. The bride’s father gave them a lavish wedding and took a large wad of cash to pay people like the band, bartender, waiters, etc. At one point, the father took off his jacket to dance. When he later retrieved it, he discovered that the money was missing. A couple of weeks later, the entire family gathered to watch the video of the wedding. At one point, the groom’s father, unbeknown to him, could be seen in the background taking the money from the bride’s father’s coat! Of course this created a scandal(丑闻) and the marriage was immediately declared invalid.
Confusing packaging
The packaging of consumer products, a convenience so familiar to Americans, can be confusing to a foreign visitor. I was lunching in the college cafeteria one afternoon with a young student from overseas. Noticing that he had torn open his tea bag and emptied his contents into his cup, I explained that the bag itself was meant to be dipped, unopened, into the water. A bit surprised, he thanked me graciously for correcting him – and then confidently dropped an unopened envelope of sugar into his tea.
1. According to the passage, urban legends are stories that ________.1.are always based on a true story
2.are told as if they are true
3. are always false
4.are modern
5. are known by lots of people
| A．1,2,4,5 | B．2,4,5 | C．1,3,4 | D．3,5 |
| A．he wrote the wrong essay | B．the teacher gave him the wrong grade |
| C．he couldn’t find his copy of essay | D．he copied the wrong person’s essay |
| A．I wrote it by myself instead of copying | B．It needed a lot of improvement. |
| C．You did much better than I. | D．I always thought it deserved an A. |
| A．amused | B．emotional | C．embarrassed | D．angry |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．amusing | B．impossible | C．exciting | D．shocking |
