Once upon a time, there was a businessman who owed(欠债) a lot of money to a noble(贵族). The noble said he would forget about the money if he could marry the businessman's daughter. The businessman didn't want his daughter to marry the noble, but he was too poor to pay back.
The noble said. "I have an idea, I will put a black stone and a white stone into an empty bag. Your daughter has to pick one from the bag. If she picks the black one, she will become my wife and you won't need to pay me back. If she picks the white one, she needn't marry me. When your daughter picks the white one, you needn't pay back, either." The businessman and his daughter agreed.
The noble went to pick two small stones. As he picks them up, the girl noticed him pick two black stones and put them into the bag. He then asked the girl to pick one. The girl put her hand into the bag and chose a stone. Without looking at it, she threw it into a river.
She said, "Oh, silly! I didn't see the color of the stone. But if you look at the other one, you will be able to tell which one I have picked."
1. The businessman borrowed ________ from the noble.| A．some stones | B．some food | C．some bags | D．some money |
| A．rich | B．poor | C．young | D．old |
| A．she needn't marry the noble | B．the businessman has to pay back |
| C．she can put it into the bag | D．she has to throw it into a river |
| A．two white stones | B．two brown stones | C．two black stones | D．two red stones |
| A．happy | B．disappointed(失望的) | C．scared | D．patient |
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【推荐1】On a hot day, Dog finds a tent on the beach. “Cool!” he says. “Now I can stay away from (躲避) the hot sun.” And he walks inside.
“Hey, Mouse! Come and see the tent I find,” says Dog.
“Thank you! It is a great place to stay away from the hot sun!” says Mouse, and he walks into the tent.
“Hey, Cat!” call Dog and Mouse. “Come and see our tent. It is a nice place.”
“Thanks,” says Cat when he walks inside.
“Hey, Chicken!” they call. “Come into our tent and cool off!”
“Thank you,” says Chicken, and walks inside.
“Hello, Elephant!” say Dog, Mouse, Cat and Chicken. “We would like to ask you to come into our tent, but there is no more room. We are very sorry.”
“I am sorry for you,” says Elephant. “You see, this is not a tent. It is my hat.”
“Oh,” says Dog. “We will look for a tent somewhere else.”
“That’s OK, friends,” says Elephant. “We can share it!”
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. Who finds the tent first?
| A．Cat. | B．Dog. | C．Mouse. | D．Chicken. |
| A．sleep. | B．keep cool | C．have a big party | D．stay away from danger |
| A．They can’t find a tent for Elephant. | B．They want Elephant to leave the tent. |
| C．They can’t let Elephant into the tent. | D．They don’t know the tent is Elephant’s hat. |
| A．Smart. | B．Young. | C．Cute. | D．Friendly. |
| A．In a storybook. | B．In a photo book. | C．In a history book. | D．In a telephone book. |
【推荐2】What do people think of doing chores? Do they like it or not? How do a couple do chores? Who often does chores at home? A husband(丈夫) or a wife(妻子)? Here is an interesting story about doing chores.
Mr. and Mrs. Jones hardly go out in the evening, but last Saturday Mrs. Jones said to her husband, “There is a good film at the cinema tonight. Shall we go and see it?” Mr. Jones was quite happy about it. So they went, and both of them enjoyed the film very much. When they came out of the cinema, it was already 11 o’clock. They got into their car and began driving home. It was quite dark. Mrs. Jones said, “Look, a woman is running along the road very fast and a man is running after her. Can you see them?” Mr. Jones said, “Yes, I can.” He drove the car slowly near the woman and said to her, “Can I help you.” “No, thanks,” said the woman, but she didn’t stop running. “My husband and I always run home after seeing the film, because whoever gets home late will wash the dishes.”
1. What is the story about?| A．Watching a movie. | B．Running. | C．Doing chores. | D．Going out. |
| A．went out for a walk | B．went to see a movie | C．went to see a woman | D．went to buy a car |
| A．Only Mr. Jones | B．Only Mrs. Jones. | C．Mr. and Mrs. Jones | D．The woman |
| A．a man running after a woman | B．two men running together |
| C．a woman running after a man | D．two women running together |
| A．Because the woman’s husband was angrily with her. |
| B．Because they like running. |
| C．Because neither the man nor(既不……也不……) the woman wanted to wash the dishes. |
| D．Because they tried to catch the car. |
【推荐3】I live in Mentone, a quiet, simple, peaceful place, where the rich never come. I met Theophile Magnan, a retired, rich, old man from Lyons yesterday, in the Hotel des Anglais. Theophile looked sad and dreamy, and didn’t talk with anybody else, which brought me back to the past.
A long time ago, Francois Millet, Claude, Carl and I were young artists—very young artists—in fact.
Yes, Francois Millet, the great French artist, was my friend.
Millet wasn’t any greater than we were at that time. He wasn’t known, even in his own village.
We were all poor though we had stocks(存货) and stocks of as good pictures as anybody in Europe painted. Once a person ever offered four francs (法郎) for Millet’s “Angelus”, which he meant to sell for eight.
It was a fact in human history that a great artist would never be accepted until after he was starved and dead. His pictures climbed to high prices after his death.
Then we made a decision that one of us must die, to save the others and himself.
Millet was chosen, chosen to die.
During the next three months Millet painted with all his power, enlarged his stock all he could, not pictures, no! sketches, studies, parts of studies, fragments of studies, of course, with his cipher(暗号) on them.
They were the things to be sold.
Carl went to Paris to start the work of building up Millet’s name. Claude and I went to sell Millet’s small pictures and to build up his name as well.
We made Millet a master. I always said to my customer, “I am a fool to sell a picture of Francois Millet’s at all, for he is not going to live three months, and when he dies, his pictures can’t be had for love or money.”
Claude and I took care to spread that little fact as far as we could.
Carl made friends with the reporters, and got Millet’s condition reported to England and all over the Europe, and America, and everywhere.
The sad end came at last, Millet died, not really. He became Theophile Magnan.
The pictures went up. There’s a man in Paris today who owns seventy Millet pictures. He paid us two million francs for them. Do you still remember the “Angelus”? Carl sold it for twenty-two hundred francs.
We are no longer artists and Millet dead.
1. Why did the four friends decide to choose one of them to die?| A．They wanted to be rich. | B．They wanted to be famous. |
| C．They wanted to save money. | D．They wanted to be respected. |
| A．The story was written in memory of Millet. |
| B．Millet was still alive but had a new name. |
| C．Millet lived a wealthy life at first. |
| D．Millet failed to make a famous artist. |
| A．That they didn’t want to be artists any longer. |
| B．That Millet’s pictures were sold at very high prices. |
| C．That people had pity on these poor artists. |
| D．People’s wish to own valuable art works at low prices. |
【推荐1】Yesterday, I was very sad because my father had passed away a few weeks before. I felt down and I thought that I had lost my courage in my life. In fact, I am an adult. I have been a father for several years. But in my mind, I am not old enough, especially in front of my father. He always made me do the right thing.
My father grew up in a traditional old-fashioned (保守的) family. He brought me up in the same way. I don’t remember being hugged by him after I reached a certain age. Until the end, I didn’t get just one last hug from him. Unluckily, he fell seriously ill, and throat cancer took his life.
One night, I had a dream, and in that dream, I was still a teenager playing happily with my father. But little by little, he became smaller and disappeared. All of a sudden, I woke up and tears were full of my face. After that, I could not fall asleep. I got out of my bed and found that my son was standing by the bed. Suddenly, he gave me a heartfelt hug. He seemed to understand what I had been through. Just then I heard my father’s voice deep in my heart, “Eric, this hug is from me!” I cried and smiled at the same time. I felt my father’s love.
Life seems to be long, but in truth, it is short. Try to show your love, and always open your heart and arms to accept a hug!
1. What can we know about the writer’s father?| A．He didn’t love hugs. | B．He never hugged the writer. |
| C．He loved the writer in his own way. | D．He had a bad relationship with the writer. |
| A．an accident | B．old age | C．illness | D．sadness |
| A．The writer’s son. | B．The writer. | C．The writer’s father. | D．The writer’s friend. |
| A．Because he was not old enough to take care of himself. |
| B．Because he felt his father’s love in his heart and was moved. |
| C．Because it was the first time for his son to hug him. |
| D．Because his son did the same thing as his father. |
| A．Hugs can work out all problems. | B．We should value the chances to show our love. |
| C．It is impolite to refuse other people’s hugs. | D．The writer didn’t like to live in a traditional family. |
Mr. Smith like swimming and reading, and Mrs. Smith has the same hobbies. They often go swimming in the afternoon and read in the evening. Sam and Sue like playing games with Chinese boys and girls.
Sam's uncle has a farm near London. He likes swimming, too. He wants to work in Shanghai, but he can't speak Chinese. So he is still there and goes to Chinese classes every day.
1. Sam and Sue are from __________.
| A．Canada | B．America | C．England | D．China |
| A．Swimming | B．Running |
| C．Playing basketball | D．Walking |
| A．A teacher | B．A worker | C．A farmer | D．A doctor |
| A．Swimming and readin |
| B．Learning Chinese |
| C．Watching TV |
| D．Playing games with Chinese boys and girls |
| A．Mr. and Mrs. Smith |
| B．Mr. Smith and his brother |
| C．Mrs. Smith and her children |
| D．Mr. Smith and his children |
【推荐3】“I can’t find Jack,” Mary says, “Our class pet is lost.”
“We will find him,” Paul says. “Jack is a green lizard (蜥蜴). He can’t go out of our classroom.” Paul helps Mary look for Jack. Jack isn’t under the yellow desks or the blue chairs. Mary goes to the brown bookcase.
“Oh, a brown lizard is on the book.” Mary says.
“The lizard is not green. It’s not ▲ It’s a new lizard,” Paul says. Mary says, “Let’s put it into Jack’s box.”
Paul puts the brown lizard into the box with some green leaves. Oh, what do they see now? They see a green lizard. The brown lizard turns into (变成）a green one!
1. Where are Mary and Paul?| A．In Mary’s room. | B．In Paul’s room. | C．In the classroom. | D．In the library. |
| A．green | B．brown | C．blue | D．yellow |
①Mary sees a lizard on a book.
②Mary goes to the bookcase.
③They see a green lizard in the box.
④Paul puts the lizard into the box.
⑤They look for the lizard under the desks.
| A．②⑤①③④ | B．①⑤②③④ | C．⑤②①④③ | D．③②⑤①④ |
| A．hers | B．ours | C．theirs | D．mine |
| A．Jack has two new boxes. | B．Paul and Mary have two lizards. |
| C．Mary and Paul find the lizard Jack at last. | D．Mary isn’t happy at last. |
【推荐1】Better Time for Teenagers to Keep Healthy
| Things to do | Brushing teeth | Drinking milk | Going to bed | Eating fruits |
| Common time | After getting up or before sleeping | During breakfast | Around 23:00 | After meals |
| Time from experts’ suggestion | 3 minutes after meals | Before sleeping | Around 21:00 | An hour before meals |
| Advantage | To reduce germs(细菌) in the mouth | To keep bones strong and help sleep well | To be good for a deep sleep | To keep the body strong |
| Warm tip | Brush the tongue while brushing teeth | Avoid drinking it when having a stomachache | Sleep for at least 8 hours every night | Wash carefully before eating them |
| A．before sleeping | B．during breakfast | C．3 minutes after meals | D．at around 23: 00 |
| A．one | B．two | C．three | D．four |
| A．Drinking milk; eating fruits | B．Going to bed; brushing teeth |
| C．Eating fruits; reducing germs | D．Drinking milk; reducing germs |
| A．5:00 | B．6:00 | C．7:00 | D．8:00 |
| A．Some experts suggest washing fruits carelessly an hour before meals. |
| B．To brush the tongue after meals is good for a deep sleep. |
| C．Teenagers with a stomachache had better avoid drinking milk. |
| D．Teenagers should sleep for more than 8 hours every night. |
【推荐2】Easter Island is a famous place. It is home to about 900 large stone statues (石头雕像) called Moai. The average (平均的) height of the statues is about 13 feet, but the tallest standing stone statue is 33 feet tall. People living there many years ago made them. There are still many questions about how they were able to make and move such large statues.
Hundreds of stone statues are inside Rapa Nui National Park. Sadly, a fire happened in the park. People worked for many hours to control it. It wasn’t until late the next day that the fire was under control. The park worker said it didn’t have enough people to fight the fire more quickly.
The park workers still work to find out how bad the damage (破坏) is. In fact, the fire damaged some of these famous stone statues. It is said that the stones became bigger because of the fire, and then smaller as they cooled.
People don’t know how the fire started clearly. But the park workers believe the fire didn’t start naturally (自然地). “All the fires on Rapa Nui are from human beings (人类),” one worker said. He believes the island needs more help to be able to deal with (解决) situations like this one.
The stone statues make Easter Island a very popular place. Easter Island had lots of visitors every year before COVID-19 (新冠病毒). People only re-opened the park after it was closed for about two years because of COVID-19. It’s now closed again as scientists try to learn more about the damage because of the fire.
根据短文内容，判断句子正（T），误（F）。
1. There are about 900 large stone statues on Easter Island.
2. The smallest standing stone statue is 13 feet tall.
3. The park workers believe the fire started naturally.
4. The park was closed for about 2 years because of COVID-19.
5. People can’t visit the park because scientists need to do more study about the damage.
【推荐3】At school，besides cheating on a test，a kid might cheat in other ways．They might steal someone else's idea for a science project，or copy a book report from the Internet and hand it in as if it's his or her work．
Cheating can happen in a lot of different ways．When people cheat，it's not fair to other people，like the kids who study for the test or who are the true winners of a game．
Some kids cheat because they're busy or lazy and they want to get good grades without spending the time studying．Other kids might feel like they can't pass the test without cheating．Even though there seems to be a"good reason"for cheating，cheating isn't a good idea．
A kid who thinks cheating is the only way to pass a test need to talk with the teacher or another grown-up．They can find some ways to help solve this problem．Talking about the problem and working it out will make him or her feel better than cheating．
Kids who cheat may feel worried about getting caught．Whether they are caught or not，these kids may feel guilty or embarrassed．Even if they feel fine or don't get caught，that doesn't mean it's OK．
There's an old saying that cheaters never win and winners never cheat．This may sound difficult to understand，because sometimes it seems like cheaters do win---at least for the moment．However，sooner or later，they'll pay the price．It's just a matter of time only．And kids who don't cheat are true winners because，when they win，they do it honestly．
1. What does Paragraph3 mainly talk about？ ______| A．Why kids cheat. | B．How kids cheat. | C．What cheating is. | D．How harmful cheating is. |
| A．To keep it a secret. | B．To try not to be caught. |
| C．To study hard for the test. | D．To turn to grown-ups for help. |
| A．Lucky | B．Proud | C．Sorry | D．unfair |
| A．He is against it. | B．He agrees with it. |
| C．He doubts whether it is true. | D．He thinks it is only partly true. |
| A．introduce the different types of cheating. | B．show how popular cheating is at school. |
| C．tell several cheaters’ stories. | D．tell kids not to cheat. |
【推荐1】What do you do in a situation like this? You’re calling dinner with friends at a nice restaurant. You’re having a great time when a phone rings at the table next to you. A man takes out his phone and starts talking loudly about problems he’s having with his girlfriend. He talks for almost ten minutes! This happens all the time-on buses, in restaurants, everywhere!
Many people find cell phones useful in their daily lives. But we’ve all sat next to someone talking too loudly on a cell phone. You may want to tell the loudmouth to end the conversation, but let the management take care of those noisy customers. You can only control your own behavior. Here are a few rules:
Off means off! Follow the rules of restaurants and other public places. If a sign says “turn off cell phones”, don’t use your phone. If you are allowed, speak softly and for a short time and try to move away form other people.
Lights off, phone off! Never make calls in a theater or at the movies.
Pay attention! Talking on a cell phone while driving is dangerous. And watch where you’re going when you’re walking down the streets and talking on the phone.
As more people use cell phones, things are only going to get worse. So, the next time you’re getting ready to make a call, stop and consider the people around you.
1. The man talking on the cell phone loudly in the restaurant will _________.| A．talk for half an hour | B．pay more for his meal |
| C．make other customers angry | D．be driven out by the boss |
| A．they don’t consider the people around them | B．some public places allow them to do so |
| C．they are proud of having cell phones | D．cell phones are common and available everywhere |
| A．in restaurants | B．on buses | C．at the movies | D．on the street |
| A．cell phones have become the most useful tool in our life |
| B．public manners play an important role in our life |
| C．cell phones lead to people’s bad relationship |
【推荐2】Mrs. Brown is very fat（胖）.
“Don’t eat meat or cakes,” her doctor says to her.
“I’m going to stop her eating them, doctor,” her husband (丈夫) says.
The next morning, Mrs. Brown makes a nice cake, and her husband eats half of it. After he goes out, Mrs. Brown cuts (切) a very small piece of the cake and eats it. It is very good. She cuts a bigger piece and eats it. In a few minutes she finishes the cake. “My husband is going to be very angry (生气),” she says. “What am I going to do?”
She makes another cake very quickly, eats half of that, and leaves half on the table.
Her husband comes back later. He sees the half of the cake on the table and he is very happy.
1. The doctor tells Mrs. Brown not to eat meat or cakes because ________.| A．Mrs. Brown likes them |
| B．meat and cakes can make her fatter |
| C．Mr. Brown tells the doctor to say so |
| D．meat and cakes are not good food |
| A．her husband | B．her children | C．her sister | D．the doctor |
| A．one cake | B．one and a half cakes |
| C．half a cake | D．many cakes |
| A．she is good at making cakes |
| B．her husband likes cakes |
| C．she wants to eat more cakes |
| D．if her husband knows she eats the half of the cake, he will be angry |
| A．Because he is angry. |
| B．Because Mrs. Brown likes cakes very much. |
| C．Because the cake is nice and delicious. |
| D．Because he thinks Mrs. Brown begins to stop eating cakes. |
【推荐3】Life comes in a package. This package includes happiness and sadness, failure and success, hope and despair. Life is a learning process. Experiences in life teach us new lessons and make us a better person. With each passing day we learn to deal with kinds of situations.
Love plays an important role in our lives. Love makes you feel wanted. Without love a person could be cruel. In the early stage of our life, our parents are the ones who show us with unconditional love and care, they teach us about what is right and wrong, good and bad. But we always tend to take this for granted(认为理所应当) . It is only after marriage and having kids that a person understands and becomes sensitive to others' feelings.
Happiness achieved by bringing a smile on other' s face gives a certain level of fulfillment(成就). Peace of mind makes you feel happy. No mind is happy without peace. We realize the true worth of happiness when we are sad. Sadness comes from the death of a loved one or the failure. But all of these things will pass away.
Failure is the way to success, and it helps us to touch the sky, teaches us to survive and shows us a specific way. Success brings in money, fame, pride and self-respect.
Hope is what keeps life going. Parents always hope their children will do well. Hope makes us dream. Hope builds on patience. Life teaches us not to despair even in the darkest hour, because after every night there is a day.
Life teaches us not to regret over yesterday, for it has passed and is beyond our control. Tomorrow is unknown, for it could either be bright or dull. So what we can choose is to work hard today, so that we will enjoy a better tomorrow.
1. In which section can readers probably read the passage?| A．Education | B．Travel | C．Lifestyles | D．Business |
| A．package | B．happiness and sadness | C．failure and success | D．hope and despair |
| A．颓废 | B．遗憾 | C．悲伤 | D．绝望 |
| A．What you only can choose is to work hard every day. |
| B．If you work hard today, you will have a better life in the future. |
| C．When choosing between "today" and "tomorrow", you'd better enjoy tomorrow better. |
| D．Enjoying a better tomorrow is your only choice. |
| A．To encourage people to love each other. |
| B．To tell people how to deal with happiness and sadness. |
| C．To remind people of working hard for a better tomorrow. |
| D．To give readers some information about life. |
