Americans will long remember President Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the UnitedStates.
At the age of 19, Abraham Lincoln took a boat down the Ohio River to New Orleans. There Lincoln saw for the first time slaves being sold in the marketplace. At that time, Lincoln made up his mind to work to end slavery for the rest of his life.
In 1836, Lincoln became a lawyer and was famous for being hard—working and honest. He believed that the US stood for freedom for all. He wanted to become a senator（参议员）. In 1858, Lincoln debated（争论） against Stephen Douglas who was also a candidate for the Senate from Illinois.
Because of the Lincoln—Douglas debates, Lincoln became known across the country. Then he decided to run for the presidency in 1860. At last he ran against Stephen Douglas and two other candidates.
Lincoln took the oath（誓言） of office to become president of the United States on March 4, 1861. It was a difficult time to be president. Many southern states did not agree with Lincoln about canceling slavery, and declared（宣布） that they were no longer part of the US. The famous Civil War began in April, 1861.
Lincoln’s Union Army fought the Southern Confederate Armies. Many soldiers were killed in the battles. One of the battles took place in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. In 1863, a ceremony was held to memorize the dead on the Gettysburg battlefield. Lincoln made a famous speech known as the Gettysburg Address.
Unfortunately, Lincoln was shot while watching a play at Ford’s Theatre and passed away on the morning of April 15, 1865.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
1. Lincoln decided to work to end slavery because ________.
| A．he became a lawyer |
| B．slaves were not sold in the marketplace |
| C．he expected the freedom for all |
| D．slaves mustn’t work for their lives |
| A．自由人 | B．候选人 | C．州长 | D．奴隶主 |
| A．1858 | B．1860 | C．1861 | D．1863 |
| A．many southern states didn’t support Lincoln |
| B．southern states were not a part of the US |
| C．Lincoln was shot at the theater |
| D．many soldiers were killed in the battles |
| A．Lincoln passed away in the year of becoming a president. |
| B．Slaves could be sold in the marketplaces after 1865. |
| C．Stephen Douglas became famous for the speech in Gettysburg. |
| D．Lincoln made a great contribution to ending the slavery. |
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【推荐1】Since last December, an outbreak of NCP, or COVID-19 as named by WHO, first broke out in Wuhan, Hubei province. It later became a national epidemic and even spread to other parts of the world.
Speaking at an inspection(调研) of epidemic prevention and control work in Beijing on Feb 10, Xi said the Party, the armed forces and the people of all ethnic(民族的) groups stand together with Hubei and Wuhan, the center of the outbreak.
On Feb 5, President Xi Jinping held a meeting in Beijing. Xi stressed the utmost importance of carrying out this work in a law-based and orderly manner.
China has full confidence and capability to win the battle against the outbreak of NCP, Xi said.
| A．So, Chinese government has paid great attention to the spread of the disease and made efforts to fight it. |
| B．President Xi Jinping inspects NCP prevention and control work in Beijing. |
| C．By Feb 10, a total of 160,000 tons of daily necessities had been sent to Hubei. |
| D．Xi pointed out that epidemic prevention and control needs not only medical efforts, but also social efforts. |
| E．Xi also called for punishing those who commit crimes that make epidemic prevention and control more difficult. |
| F．For example, persons and organizations should report both confirmed and suspected cases to hospitals or control centers. |
| G．Nothing matters more than people’s safety and health. |
【推荐2】The colorful clothes we wear these days are made by machines. But what did ancient people do if they wanted to wear something colorful? Tie-dye (扎染) was away to do this.
More than 1,000 years ago, the Bai ethnic group in Yunnan used tie-dye to dye their clothes. During the Tang (618-907) and Song (960-1279) dynasties, this technology became so popular that people gave tie-dyed clothes to the emperor as gifts.
To tie-dye, you need to first use thread (线), rope or other tools to tie, sew (缝), or clip (夹) your cloth together. The folded cloth is then put in dye. The Bai people usually make blue dye from a plant.
As the cloth is folded, some parts become dark blue, while other parts have a lighter color. When you open the cloth, you’ll see beautiful patterns.
In the 1960s, tie-dye became a fashion trend in the US. People tie-dyed T-shirts and jeans in imaginative ways. Many children in the US still learn tie-dye in their art classes.
At Dior’s spring 2019 show, Italian designer Maria Grazia Chiuri surprised people with a series of tie-dye dresses. Chiuri said, “Its creative process is a sort of unpredictable performance, right until the very end. It’s a surprise.” It seems that the tie-dye trend has never really gone away.
判断正误(正确“T”,错误“F”)1. During the Han dynasty, tie-dyed clothes were given to the emperor as gifts.
2. A cloth must be folded after tie-dye.
3. Tie-dye became popular in the US in the 1960s.
4. The tie-dye dresses at Dior’s spring 2019 show became a success.
5. Tie-dye is a kind of technology with a long history.
Everyone would like to be remembered. A few people even try to do something that no one else in history has ever tried to do. These people sometimes have their names recorded（记录）in the Guinness Book of Records.
Often it takes a group of people to do something unusual. One such team paddled（用桨划）a bathtub（浴缸）145 kilometers for 24 hours. This group had 13 members. They paddled their bathtub on a river near Ashford, Great Britain on May 28 and 29. 1983. A month later, a racing team of hospital bed pushers in Avon, Great Britain, pushed a hospital bed 16 kilometers in just 50 minutes! However, the distance（距离）record for hospital bed pushing is still held by the men of Bruntsfield Bedding Center. This team from Edinburgh pushed a hospital bed 5,203 kilometers in 1979. It took the team 35 days to cover the distance.
Another group of record makers held the highest dinner party in the world. Nine people from Sydney,Australia, climbed Mountain Huascaran on June 28, 1989. The climbers carried a dinner table. chairs, and a meal up the mountain. When they reached the top, they all put on warm suits for dinner.
People all over the world are trying hard to do something unusual to make a record. It should be understood, however, that now not all the records will be kept in the Guinness Book of Records.
1. According to the passage, what record was made near Ashford in May, 1983?
| A．A record for paddling a bathtub. |
| B．A record for climbing a mountain. |
| C．A record for pushing a hospital bed |
| D．A record for swimming across a river. |
| A．start | B．go through | C．keep | D．know |
| A．The people who held the dinner party all came from Sydney. |
| B．Only nine people held the highest dinner party. |
| C．They had a meal on the mountain. |
| D．They carried a dinner table and chairs up the mountain to hold the dinner party. |
a. A group of 13 members paddled a bathtub on a river near Ashford.
b. A team from Edinburgh made a distance record for hospital bed pushing.
c. A group of nine people from Sydney had a dinner party on the top of Mountain Huascaran.
d. A racing team pushed a hospital bed 16 kilometers in just 50 minutes in Avon.
| A．a-b-c-d | B．d-b-c-a | C．a-d-b-c | D．b-a-d-c |
| A．Hospital bed pushing was a popular sport in Edinburgh. |
| B．People living in Ashford usually used a bathtub to carry things. |
| C．Two different records for hospital bed pushing were given. |
| D．Hospital bed pushing was held twice a year in Avon, Great Britain. |
【推荐1】Li Shizhen was one of the most famous doctors in Chinese history. He was born in Qichun, Hubei in 1518.
Both of Li Shizhen’s father and grandfather were doctors. Li Shizhen’s grandfather was a country doctor who traveled in the countryside with a bag of herbs (草药) and medications and cured people. His father was a doctor who wrote several books.
Li Shizhen used to help his father in his medical practice when he was young. Li Shizhen’s father wanted him to enter politics (从政). Li Shizhen studied for the exams and passed the country-level examination, but he was never able to pass the imperial examination (殿试).
When he was 38, he cured the son of the Prince of Chu and was invited to be a medical official in that court (宫廷). A few years later, he became an official at the Imperial Medical Hospital.
Even though he realized his father’s dream, he didn’t want to continue working for the court.
One year later, he left the court and returned to be a doctor again.
Li Shizhen was famous for his book, Compendium of Materia Medica《本草纲目》. He spent 27 years writing the book. Unluckily, Li Shizhen died before the book came out officially. It is such a successful book. Now it is still one of the most important medical books in China.
1. What was Li Shizhen’s grandfather?| A．An official. | B．A farmer. | C．A doctor. | D．A writer. |
| A．To be a doctor. | B．To be a writer. |
| C．To be a prince. | D．To be an official. |
| A．made him dead | B．made him healthy |
| C．made him worse | D．made him beautiful |
| A．Working for the court. | B．The book, Compendium of Materia Medica. |
| C．His long traveling. | D．Curing a lot of people. |
| A．Li Shizhen’s life. | B．Li Shizhen’s grandfather’s life. |
| C．Li Shizhen’s father’s life. | D．Li Shizhen’s book. |
1. What was valuable to Marie Curie?
| A．Science and research. | B．Fame and honor |
| C．Character and spirit. | D．Persons and things |
| A．things | B．Marie Curie | C．Marie Curie’s husband | D．science |
| A．came from Greece | B．was an official |
| C．enjoyed meeting great persons | D．knew the King of Greece well |
| A．The King was angry with Marie Curie. |
| B．For the sake of her friend, Marie Curie met the King of Greece. |
| C．The King wrote a letter to invite Marie Curie met the King of Greece. |
| D．Marie Curie held another party for the King. |
| A．fix our attention upon our work and study. |
| B．always attend parties and meetings |
| C．sing high praise for officials and officers |
| D．try hard to get fame and honor |
【推荐3】Yan Hui was one of Confucius (孔子) best students. During one trip, they were kept in a house for seven days. They were hiding from wars. They had nothing to eat, Confucius became very weak. Yan Hui realized that he had to go out and ask for food. Finally, he met a kind old woman and got some rice. He went back to the house and cooked it on a small fire.
Confucius woke up and saw Yan Hui cooking. After some time, he saw his student put his hand in the cooking pot, pick up some rice and put it into his mouth. When the rice was ready, Yan Hui went over to Confucius and asked if he wanted some food. Confucius did not get up to eat right away. He said, “T dreamt of my ancestors just now, and I must honor them with a bowl of rice first.”
Yan Hui said, “I’m sorry that I have spoiled (糟蹋) the rice, Master. You can’t use it to honor your ancestors.” Confucius asked him why.
“Some ashes (灰) from the fire fell into the pot,” Yan Hui said. “I removed that rice, with my hand. I wanted to throw it away, but I was hungry and…” Yan Hui was ashamed of his action, but Confucius was even more ashamed for doubting his student.
1. How long were Confucius and Yan Hui kept in the house?| A．A week. | B．A month. | C．A year. |
| A．Confucius. | B．An old woman. | C．His ancestors. |
| A．Because Yan Hui ate the rice before it. |
| B．Because Confucius ate the rice before it. |
| C．Because the ancestors ate the rice before it. |
| A．开心 | B．满意 | C．惭愧 |
| A．We are supposed to honor our teachers. |
| B．We are supposed to eat before our teachers. |
| C．We are supposed to spoil rice before eating. |
I usually go to school at 7:00 a.m. My mom always gets up at 6:00 a.m. to cook healthy and nice food for me. But I sometimes complain (抱怨) and want to eat outside with my friends. My mom always tells me, “ The food outside is not healthy. Eating at home is good for you.” Now I know it. Dear Mom, my health is the most important to you.
My parents always buy me my favourite things. I like strawberries very much. My dad likes to buy strawberries for me. But when I want to give him a strawberries, Dad says, “ Oh, I don’t like strawberries, my girl.” I didn’t know why my dad said that before. But now I know it. Dear Dad, you like strawberries but you like me more.
My parents are always with me and do many things for me. I can’t do many things for you but I want you to have happy and healthy lives!
1. The writer is a _____.
| A．son | B．daughter | C．father | D．mother |
| A．let the writer get up |
| B．drive the writer to school |
| C．cook breakfast for the writer |
| D．do exercise with the writer |
| A．He doesn’t like strawberries. |
| B．The writer doesn’t give him strawberries. |
| C．There are not many strawberries for him to eat. |
| D．He only wants to give strawberries to the writer because the writer likes to eat. |
| A．Thank you, my parents |
| B．Parents always with me |
| C．My love to my parents |
| D．Breakfast and strawberries |
【推荐2】①Green is the color of nature and the symbol of life. For thousands of years, humans have followed the laws of nature to live in harmony (和谐) with nature.
②That has been seen in ancient Chinese houses. Ancient Chinese often built their homes at the foot of the mountain with a river running nearby. The mountains could stop the cold wind from the north and the river provided water for life. Most houses were also built facing south or west so that the rooms were able to get enough sunshine in winter and keep cool in summer.
③In modern times, humans didn’t follow the laws of nature during fast development. Luckily, it’s never too late to make changes.
④Green development is the goal of all countries. On April 23, 2016, China signed the Paris Agreement on climate change, giving a strong push to the international efforts against global (全球的) warming.
⑤Also in China, the government added green development to the country’s work plans. From 1999 to the end of 2018, by carrying out Mother River Protection Operation, China raised 600 million yuan to build over 5,700 green projects.
⑥Denmark is a leading country in wind and solar technologies. This year Denmark has started the “Power-to-X” plan, providing about 1.25 billion kroner (about 1.27 billion yuan) for projects producing hydrogen (氢气).
⑦Builders across the world are also playing a role in green development. In Chicago, pressed newspapers, recycled glass and plastic are used on buildings. In Bali, the green school is made from bamboo. The school gets its electricity (电) from solar panels (太阳能电池板), water power and a generator that burns farm waste.
⑧Following the laws of nature is the only way out. A small move in one country may influence the global community as a whole. Let’s join our hands to make the world a better place for now and future.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。1. What do we know about the ancient Chinese houses?
| A．They were built on the mountains. | B．They were built far from rivers. |
| C．They were built facing south or west. | D．They were built to get enough wind. |
| A．By explaining the results. | B．By raising questions. |
| C．By comparing differences. | D．By giving examples. |
| A．Everyone is part of the green development. | B．Green buildings are the future of the world. |
| C．Green development is just protecting nature. | D．The future of humans depends on technology. |
A． | B． |
C． | D． |
| A．The color of nature | B．Following the laws of nature |
| C．Ancient Chinese houses | D．The goal of all countries |
【推荐3】I asked my dad if（是否）I’d ever made him cry before because I couldn’t remember ever seeing him cry.
“There was once,” he said.
He told me that when I was one year old, he put a pen, a piece of paper money and a toy in front of me. He wanted to see which one I would choose. It’s a tradition（传统）that a lot of Chinese people do when their kids are one year old. According to this tradition, it shows what the kid will value（重视）most when he or she grows up. For example, if the kid takes the pen, it means he or she will be a smart person in the future. If the kid takes the money, it means he or she will value money more than others and will become rich. If the kid takes the toy, it means he or she will like fun things and play a lot.
My father was doing it because he was curious. It was interesting for him to see which one I’d choose.
He said that I just sat there and looked at the three things. He sat across from me and waited to see the result（结果）. According to him, I moved towards him and he held his breath（呼吸）. Then I pushed everything aside and went right into his arms. He didn’t know that he was one of the choices. And that was the first and only time I made him cry.
1. According to the tradition, if a child chooses the paper money, it means that he or she will be ________.| A．a smart person | B．a rich person | C．a lazy person | D．a kind person |
| A．Moved. | B．Worried. | C．Angry. | D．Sad. |
| A．not to follow any traditions | B．not to try if you are a father |
| C．how to celebrate a child’s first birthday | D．how a baby could make his/her father cry |
【推荐1】Do you like putting on an apron(围裙) and making a delicious dinner for your family? How about making cookies by cutting out your favorite shapes? Although making food is fun, it's important to know how to be safe(安全的).
If you're a kid, an adult(成年的) helper can help to make cooking easier and keep you safe. Some things in the kitchen like knives(刀) may seem simple to use, but once you use them yourself, you might be surprised by how difficult they are. With your adult helper, you can stay safe and have fun when you cook.
Wearing an apron will keep your clothes clean. If you don't have an apron, some old clothes will do. But don't wear big ones. They are easy to catch fire.
A big part of safe cooking is keeping the cook and the kitchen clean. The idea is to keep germs(细菌) out of your food. Always wash your hands with soap and water before you begin to cook.
Before you start, it's a good idea to learn a few rules of the kitchen. For example, don't look at the TV for a quick second. It's easy to get injured(受伤) in the kitchen if you're not careful, and a cut or burn will put an end to your fun cooking.
1. The underlined word “cookies” in Paragraph 1 may be a kind of ________.| A．food | B．soap | C．fire | D．drink |
| A．cleaning the room once a week | B．keeping germs out of the food |
| C．using clean and beautiful soap | D．washing hands before dinner |
| A．wear big and old clothes | B．have your little sister around |
| C．watch TV when cooking | D．use a kitchen knife carefully |
| A．2. | B．3. | C．4. | D．5. |
| A．kids | B．parents | C．teachers | D．doctors |
1. Mr. Smith has _______.
| A．two small cats | B．two big cats |
| C．a big cat and a small one | D．a cat and a bird |
| A．Mr. Smith | B．Mrs. Black | C．the cats | D．the holes |
| A．The big hole | B．The small hole | C．The big door. | D．The small door. |
【推荐3】Experts say that students usually need eight to ten hours' sleep at night, but most Chinese students do not get enough sleep. Some Chinese parents are usually glad to see their children studying late. They will think their children work very hard, but not all parents are happy about this. Once a mother told us that every morning her 10-year-old boy put up one finger with his eyes still closed, begging(请求) for one more minute to sleep. Like thousands of students " early birds" in China, he has to get up before six every morning.
A report shows that without a good night sleep, students seem to be weaker (虚 弱) than they should be. Many students have fallen asleep during class at one time or another. Too much homework is not the only reason why students stay up late. Some watch TV or play the computer games late into the night.
Experts have ever said that the students should develop good study habits. So some clever students never study late, and they are able to work well in class.
根据短文内容选择最佳答案
1. The l0-year-old boy begged for one more minute to sleep because________.
| A．he didn't want to go to school | B．it wasn't time for him to get up |
| C．he didn't have enough sleep | D．he wanted his mother to wake him up |
| A．not work well in class | B．go to bed early |
| C．be weak in English | D．become too weak to sleep |
| A．don't want to sleep | B．get up late |
| C．get up early | D．sleep less |
| A．Less than 6 hours | B．8 to 10 hours |
| C．6 to 8 hours | D．over 10 hours |
| A．If you want to study better, you must work hard at night. |
| B．Some clever students are able to work well in class because they have good study habits. |
| C．Students don't have enough sleep because they have lots of homework to do. |
| D．Sleeping less means working hard. |
