One day, a big red hen is playing with her chickens in the garden. After some time, she wants to eat something and she takes her chickens out to look for food.
When they are eating, she finds a grain of wheat(小麦). So she asks her chickens to plant it in the back garden. But no one wants to do it. The big red hen has to do it herself.
After a few months, they get a lot of wheat. She says to her chickens, "who will take the wheat to the store and get some flour?" But they don't want to do it. So she takes the wheat to the store and brings the flour home.
After she gets home, she says, "who will make some bread with the flour?" They all say they are too busy and don't want to do it.
When she makes the bread, she says to her chickens, "who wants to eat the bread."
"I will," they say.
"No, you can't. You don't want to do anything before I make the bread. You must know "No pains, no gains." She doesn't give any bread to her chickens and she eats the bread herself.
1. The big red hen wants to plant the grain of wheat because ______.| A．she has nothing to do | B．she doesn't want her chickens to help her |
| C．she wants to get lots of wheat | D．she doesn’t want to play with her chickens |
| A．The chickens | B．The big red hen | C．The big red hen and her chickens | D．No one |
| A．面粉 | B．大米 | C．面包 | D．食品 |
| A．Because they aren't at home. | B．Because they don't like them. |
| C．Because they don't do anything | D．Because they don't want to eat it. |
| A．The big red hen and her chickens. | B．No pains, no gains. |
| C．From wheat to bread. | D．Look for food. |
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【推荐1】Long ago, there was a swan（天鹅）with golden feathers（金羽毛）. She lived in a lake. A woman lived in a small house near the lake with her two daughters. They were very poor. They worked hard all year round, but still, they lived a hard life. The swan was sad to see that. She said to herself, “I’ll give one of my feathers to them each day, and then they can live a happy life with the money selling my feathers.” That evening, she flew to the poor woman’s house and left a golden feather. From then on, the swan came every day and gave them a feather. The woman was very happy because their life was better. But day after day, the woman became greedy（贪婪的）. She wanted to take all feathers of the swan. But her daughters didn’t agree. They thought this would hurt the swan. But the mother wouldn’t listen. When the swan came as usual, the mother caught her and took all her feathers. But suddenly, the golden feathers changed into chicken feathers. Then, the swan said, “Poor Mother, I came to help you, but you wanted to kill me. Now, I am leaving and get all my feathers back. Never be greedy!” With these words, the swan flew away.
We can’t be too greedy, and we should be grateful（感激的）to accept the help.
根据短文内容判断正误，正确的写（A），错误的写（B）。
1. The woman and her two daughters lived near the lake, and they had a hard life.
2. The swan gave the poor woman all her gold feathers at a time.
3. The poor woman and her daughters were grateful to the swan for her help.
4. The swan still helped the poor woman when she knew the poor woman wanted to kill her.
5. This passage mainly tells us that we shouldn’t be greedy, or we’ll lose all that we have now.
【推荐2】On the first day of school, our professor challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t already know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned round to find a little old lady looking up at me with a smile. She said, “Hi, handsome! I’m Rose. I’m 87 years old. Can I give you a hug?”
I laughed, “Of course! Why are you in college at such a young, innocent(幼稚的)age?” I asked.
She jokingly replied, “I’m here to meet a rich husband, get married, have children and then travel around.”
“No seriously?” I asked. I was curious why she took on this challenge at this age.
“I always dreamed of having a college education, and now I’m getting one.” she told me.
We became friends. Every day for the next three months we would leave class together and talk for hours. Listening to this human “time machine” as she shared her years of wisdom and experience with me was so interesting. Over the year, Rose became a campus icon(校园偶像)and she easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and enjoyed the attention from other students. She was living it up.
At the end of the term, we invited Rose to speak at a student gathering. I’ll never forget what she taught us. “We do not stop playing because we are old, we grow old because we stop playing. There are only a few secrets to staying young. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You’ve got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die. There are many people walking around who are dead, and they don’t even know it.” she said.
“There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. Anybody can grow older. That doesn’t take any talent or ability,” she added. “But growing up requires finding the opportunity(机会)in change. Have no regrets. People usually don’t have regrets for what they did, but rather for things they did not do.”
Rose taught us by example that it’s never too late to be all you can possibly be.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. Why did Rose go to college?
| A．Because she was at a young innocent age. |
| B．Because she wanted to meet a rich husband. |
| C．Because she wanted to get married and have children. |
| D．Because she dreamed of having a college education. |
| A．Enjoying life. | B．Achieving big things in life. |
| C．Being friendly to others. | D．Working hard at college. |
| A．It means taking on more responsibilities. |
| B．It means people stop playing. |
| C．I means people have a lot of regrets. |
| D．It is related to the opportunities in change. |
a. Rose became popular among students.
b. Rose explained why she went to college.
c. Rose gave an inspiring speech.
d. Rose and the author became friends.
e. Rose introduced herself to the author.
| A．e-d-a-b-c | B．e-b-d-a-c | C．d-e-a-c-b | D．d-a-c-e-b |
| A．Being nice to people can gain respect from them. |
| B．The secret of staying young is never stopping studying. |
| C．Do what we dream of and live without regrets. |
| D．No matter how old we are, we should keep playing. |
One day, a young man called Daniel was reading in the garden when his mother came. She pointed to something and asked Daniel what it was. Daniel felt quite surprised, but he told her it was a sparrow and got back into reading.
Several minutes later, his mother pointed to the same thing and asked the same question again. Daniel got a little angry but still answered such an easy question. After a little while, his mother did the same thing again. This time Daniel could not control his great anger. He shouted at her for disturbing (打扰) him again and again.
The old lady said nothing but took out an old diary quietly, turned to one page and showed it to Daniel. Though a little impatient, Daniel began to read it.
“Today, I was watering the flowers in the garden when little Daniel pointed to a bird on the grass and asked me what it was. I smiled at him, said it was a sparrow and smiled him. After a while Daniel asked me again and I did the same. Pointing to the same sparrow, little Daniel asked me what it was twenty times and I kept on answering his question and kissing him every time.”
Something touched Daniel’s heart gently. He felt so sorry for being so impatient to his mother and he hugged (拥抱) her.
Your parents have given you many things in their life, but you may not realize that until they are gone.
1. One day, Daniel’s mum pointed to ________ and asked Daniel what it was.| A．garden | B．sparrow | C．diary | D．heart |
| A．second | B．third | C．fourth | D．fifth |
| A．To read it for Daniel. | B．To throw it. |
| C．To ask Daniel to write it. | D．To ask Daniel to read it. |
| A．happy and surprised | B．angry and impatient |
| C．sorry and touched | D．sad and patient |
| A．Everyone should realize parents are the persons who love their children most in the world. |
| B．Daniel loves his mother less than before, while his mother loves him as usual. |
| C．We should treat our patients patiently when they ask questions about animals. |
| D．A person can teach his/her parents words when he/she grows up. |
【推荐1】A young man with a large bag on his back came far away for a master (大师). He said, “Master, I’m so lonely and so painful that the long trip makes me tired out，my shoes worn-out，my feet cut, and my hands also injured and bleeding… Why can’t I find the sun in the heart?”
The master asked, “What do you put in your large bag?”
The young man said, “It is very important to me, inside it including the pain each time I fall, the tears each time I’m hurt, the trouble each time I feel lonely… Depending on it, I can come to you here.”
So the master took the young man to the river, where they crossed in a boat. On the other side of the river, the master said, “Hurry on your journey carrying the boat!”
“What, carrying the boat?” the young man was surprised, “it is so heavy. How can I carry it?”
“Yes, my son, you can’t carry it,” the master just smiled and said, “when you cross the river, the boat is useful. But after crossing it, you will put down the boat and hurry on. If not, it will become a burden (负担). Pain, loneliness and tears— all these are useful to life. They can improve life, but if you don’t forget them all the time, they will become the burden in life. Put it down! My son, life can’t bear a heavy burden.”
The young man put down his bag and hurried on. He walked easily and happily, and much faster than before.
1. What does the underlined words “the sun” mean probably?| A．Health. | B．Wealth. | C．Success. | D．Happiness. |
| A．Clothes, tears and food. | B．Pain, tears and trouble. |
| C．Clothes, food and water. | D．Pain, water and trouble. |
| A．By boat. | B．On foot. |
| C．By swimming. | D．Across the bridge. |
| A．To teach him to improve his life. |
| B．To tell him the boat is very useful. |
| C．To tell him the boat is very important. |
| D．To teach him to put down his burden. |
| A．Awful. | B．Painful. | C．Relaxed. | D．Surprised. |
Yang Zhen was a government officer during the Eastern Han Dynasty（25-220）.
One day, Yang met his old workmate Wang Mi on a trip. They had fun talking about their life experiences and good wishes to the nation. Once, Wang’s ability and political ideas were not accepted by the people around him. But Yang Zhen saw his talent and promoted him（提拔）. The chance helped Wang to be successful. So Wang invited him to stay over for the night.
It was near midnight when Wang knocked on the door of Yang’s bedroom. He handed Yang a bag and said, “This is to thank you for teaching me and helping me become who I am today. ” Yang looked in the bag. It was full of gold.
“Do I look like a person who accepts bribes（贿赂）from others? I thought you knew me well!” Yang said angrily.
“It’s late at night. No one will know if we keep it secret, ” said Wang.
“What do you mean no one will know? Heaven（天）knows, Earth knows, ” said Yang. “You can cheat anyone but not your own heart.”
1. According to the passage, what made Wang Mi successful? ________| A．Yang Zhen gave him a chance. |
| B．Wang Mi gave Yang a bag of gold. |
| C．They both have good wishes to the nation. |
| A．Because they are workmates. |
| B．Because they understand each other well. |
| C．Because Wang Mi wanted to bribe Yang Zhen. |
| A．angry | B．shameful | C．unsatisfied |
| A．Wang Mi knows Yang Zhen very well. |
| B．Yang Zhen was an honest and clean officer. |
| C．Nobody knows the secret between Yang and Wang. |
| A．The Secret Between Two Workmates! |
| B．Bribes, Another Way to Success! |
| C．Heaven Knows, Earth Knows! |
【推荐3】An old man lived in a village. He was one of the rudest people in the world. The whole village was tired of him.
The longer he lived, the more bad-tempered he became. People stayed away from him because his bad mood was contagious（传染性的）. It was even unusual and impolite to feel happy around him.
But one day—the day he turned 80 years old, in fact—an unbelievable thing happened.
The villagers said among themselves, "The old man is happy today. He hasn't complained about anything.
The whole village went to see the old man. One of the villagers asked the old man, "What happened to you? Why are you so happy now?"
"Nothing special has happened, in fact," the man said. "For 80 years I've been looking for happiness, but it was no use.
It is important to realize that your mood can affect（影响）the moods of those around you. Everyone has bad days sometimes.
Will you feel happy if your friends are happy? If your friends are sad, how will you feel? Do you have any ways to cheer yourself up when you feel sad? Please share your ideas with us.
| A．Because he was always unhappy. |
| B．He is smiling and his face looks kind. |
| C．I want to affect others around me and help them a lot. |
| D．If someone tries to cheer you up, don't be rude to them. |
| E．Most of villagers felt happy while the rest felt sad every day. |
| F．And then I decided to live without happiness and just enjoy life. |
| G．By behaving like this, he made the rest of the village feel unhappy as well. |
【推荐1】Once upon a time, there was a poor man. One day, after working for hours, he had a rest under a tree in the middle of the field. Just then, he saw a terrible snake coming out of an anthill(蚁丘). The man thought that the snake might be the god(神灵) of the field. He did not give it anything, so he could not get anything from the field.
At once he went to bring a bowl of milk and gave the milk to the snake. “God of the field! I didn’t know that you live here. That’s why I never gave you anything. Please forgive me. ” Then he went home.
The next day, when the man came, he found a gold coin in the bowl near the anthill. From then on, the man gave milk to the snake and found gold coins.
One day the man was so busy that he couldn’t send milk to the snake. So he asked his son to take care of the snake. The son brought milk to the anthill and gave it to the snake. The next day, when he came back, he found a gold coin in the bowl. After taking the gold coin, he thought, “This anthill must be many gold coins. I would kill the snake and take them all.”
The next day, the son came to the field with milk and a stick. He gave the milk to the snake and hit it with the stick. The snake escaped(逃跑) and bit(咬) the boy and the boy died.
1. The man might(可能) get ________ from the field before he found the snake.| A．anything | B．nothing | C．gold coins | D．some anthills |
| A．忘记 | B．忽略 | C．原谅 | D．离开 |
| A．the snake didn’t offer him any gold coins | B．his father was too busy to take care of him |
| C．he didn’t give the snake any milk. | D．he wanted to get all the snake’s gold coins. |
| A．too much greed(贪婪) is harmful(有害的) | B．we should protect the snake |
| C．the snake is terrible | D．people can’t get coins from the snake |
| A．in a history book | B．in a sports magazine | C．in a poster | D．in a storybook |
【推荐2】He was in the first third-grade class I taught at St. Mary’s School in Morris, Minnesota. All 34 of my students were dear to me, but Mark Eklund was one in a million: very neat in appearance with a happy-to-be-alive attitude（态度）. He also talked endlessly.
I had to make him remember that talking without being allowed was not acceptable. What shook me so much, though, was his honest reply every time I corrected him for misbehaving（行为不当）:“Thank you for correcting me, Miss!” I didn’t know what to make of it at first, but before long I got used to hearing it many times a day.
One morning, I made a new teacher’s mistake. When Mark talked once too often, I told him angrily, “If you say one more word, I am going to tape your mouth shut!”
It wasn’t ten seconds later when Chuck said suddenly, “________”And since I had stated the punishment in front of the class, I had to act on it.
I remember the scene as if it happened this morning. I walked to my desk and took out a roll of sticky paper tape. Without saying a word, I went forward to Mark’s desk, cut off two pieces of tape, and made a big X over his mouth. I then returned to the front of the room. As I looked at Mark to see how he was doing, he winked（眨眼） at me. That did it! I started laughing. The class cheered as I walked back to Mark’s desk, removed（去掉） the tape, and couldn’t keep from laughing.
His first words were “Thank you for correcting me, Miss.”
1. The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refers to ________.| A．warning him not to talk too much | B．allowing him to talking freely |
| C．correcting him for misbehaving | D．listening to his reply many times a day |
| A．Mark is talking again. | B．Mark opens the door. |
| C．Mark’s pen is broken. | D．Mark is having a fever. |
| A．she regretted that she had hurt Mark |
| B．she thought it would make the class happy |
| C．she felt she wasn’t angry with Mark any more |
| D．she hoped Mark would say “Thank you for correcting me, Miss.” again |
| A．Lazy but helpful. | B．Noisy but careful. |
| C．Special but polite. | D．Boring but hard-working. |
Dancing is popular all over the world. People dance in theaters, in parks or in their own living room. But Yang Liu, a woman in Guizhou, dances in an unusual place. Her dancing place is a bamboo pole (竹竿).
Yang is a performer of bamboo drifting (独竹漂). It is a traditional skill (技术) in the girl’s hometown. In the past, the local people were so poor that there were few bridges over the river for people to walk across. They crossed the rivers by riding on a bamboo pole. Now, bamboo drifting has become a folk sport.
Yang started to learn bamboo drifting at the age of seven. The bamboo pole is very slippery and it never stops moving. Yang fell into the water again and again. But the girl didn’t want to give up. She always got back up on the pole and tried again. She practiced hard every day for three years. Finally, she was able to keep her balance on the pole.
But Yang didn’t just stop there. She wanted to live out her dream of becoming a dancer on a bamboo pole. The girl practiced many difficult movements on the pole. She failed lots of times, but she never stopped trying.
Her hard work finally paid off. Now 26, Yang has made a name for herself as a dancer on a bamboo pole. People can’t believe their eyes whenever they watch her performances. Through Yang’s dances, many people now know about bamboo drifting. They have learned the beauty of this traditional skill.
1. Yang Liu learned bamboo drifting because she ________.| A．wanted to make money for her family | B．liked crossing the river in a special way |
| C．hoped to find the beauty of her hometown | D．followed a traditional sport in her hometown |
| A．why Yang learned to dance | B．how Yang practiced dancing |
| C．when Yang started to dance | D．what Yang liked to learn |
| A．失败 | B．训练 | C．拒绝 | D．表扬 |
| A．got popular as a bamboo drifting dancer |
| B．performed bamboo drifting best in the world |
| C．stopped dancing in the face of hard work |
| D．played a great role in traditional music |
| A．A sport for unusual people | B．The dream of leaving home |
| C．A dancer on a bamboo pole | D．The beauty of traditional sports |
【推荐1】Near the North Pole, there are only two seasons. They are winter and summer. In winter, nights are long. For more than two months you can't see the sun, even at noon. In summer, the days are long. For more than two months the sun never goes down and there is no night.
The people living near the North Pole are called Inuit (因纽特人). In summer they live in tents and catch deer for food. In winter they live in small round snow houses. They can build a snow house in two hours. They travel around by using dogs to carry their things. They make holes (洞) in the ice and catch fish and seals. They eat much meat but not many vegetables.
1. The two seasons near the North Pole are ________.| A．spring and autumn | B．summer and winter |
| C．rainy season and dry season | D．spring and winter |
| A．a season | B．half a year | C．more than two months | D．a year |
| A．holes | B．tents | C．snow | D．ice |
| A．vegetables | B．meat | C．milk | D．bread |
| A．the days aren’t long | B．the nights are long |
| C．24-hour days last two months | D．there’s no night for over two months |
Recently, people pay special attention to a highway (高速公路) project from Shenzhen to Zhongshan. The highway is 24 kilometers long. And it includes one underwater tunnel (隧道), two bridges and two man-made islands. So it is one of the most challenging projects in the world.
The underwater tunnel of the highway project is the most difficult part. Although it’s about only 6.8 kilometers long, it is the largest and widest underwater tunnel in the world. Luckily, it was completed on November 28, and it will open in 2024. When it is open, the travel time between Shenzhen and Zhongshan will be much shorter. People spend two hours from Shenzhen to Zhongshan now.
The highway will not only be a transport link. It will be a social, economic, cultural (大湾区). “It will provide more space for the development of cities along the highway.” said Deng Xiaohua, Party Chief of Guangdong Transportation Group.
1. The tunnel is 24 kilometers long.2. The highway project is one of the most challenging projects in the world.
3. On November 28, 2023, the underwater tunnel was completed.
4. The travel time between Shenzhen and Zhongshan will be much longer.
5. The text comes from a music magazine.
【推荐3】The Simpsons’ (辛普森一家的) family tree
根据辛普森一家的图片内容判断正(A)误(B)。
1. Clancy and Jackie don’t have any sons, just three daughters.
2. Bart has two aunts, one uncle and three cousins.
3.
is Lisa’s cousin and 
is Ling’s grandmother.4. Herb is Maggie’s father’s uncle.
5. There are three couples (夫妇) in this big family.
