As soon as Bassanio and Graziano left for Venice, Portia told Lorenzo that she and Nerissa were going to stay in a convent（女修道院）until their husbands came back. She told him she wanted to prepare herself for marriage. She asked Lorenzo and Jessica to look after the palace and the servants until she came back. Lorenzo was very happy to do this for her. He thought she was a very wise and kind woman. “Bassanio was lucky to have her for his wife,” he said. Portia said she agreed to let Bassanio go to Venice because Antonio’s letter showed her that he must be a very good man.
Portia and Nerssa, however, were not going to a convent. Portia had a different plan, but she did not want to tell Lorenzo and Jessica what it was. It was a secret. She called one of her servants.
She told him to go to Padua and find her friend, Bellario. She gave him a letter to give to Bellario.
“He will give you some clothes and other things to bring back to me,” she said, “Bring them to the ship that goes to Venice. Hurry! I will be at the ship before you get there,”
The servant hurried away with the letter, and Portia called Nerissa. “Come on, Nerissa,” she said, “we are going to see our husbands sooner than they think.”
She told Nerissa that their husbands would not recognize them because they were going to disguise（假扮）themselves as men. “I know how to behave like a man, ” she said. “I will wear a dagger and walk like a man. I will talk about the battles（战争）I have won. I will tell lies about the women who fell in love with me. I’ll tell people that I refused their love and that they cried and that some of them even died of sadness. I’ll say that I’m sad about causing them to die, and everyone will believe that I’m a man.”
1. Where would Portia and Nerissa finally go according to the passage?| A．A convent. | B．A ship. | C．Venice. | D．A village. |
| A．They would disguise themselves as men. | B．They would tell lies about the women. |
| C．They would prepare themselves for marriage. | D．They would ask their husband back. |
| A．锤子 | B．短剑 | C．徽章 | D．烈酒 |
| A．Women’s lies | B．Wise and kind Portia |
| C．Leaving for a new place | D．Portia has a plan |
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【推荐1】Each nation has many good people who help to take care of others. For example, some high school and college students in the United States often spend many hours as volunteers in hospitals, orphanages (孤儿院) or homes for the old. They read books to the people in these places, or they just visit them and play games with them or listen to their problems.
Other young volunteers go and work in the homes of people who are sick or old. They paint, clean up, or repair their houses, do their shopping or mow their lawns. For boys who no longer have fathers there is an organization called Big Brothers. College students and other men take these boys to baseball games or on fishing trips and help them to get to know things that boys usually learn from their fathers.
Each city has a number of clubs where boys and girls can go to play games or learn crafts. Some of these clubs show movies or organize short trips to the mountains, the beaches, museums or other places of interest. Most of these clubs use a lot of high school and college students as volunteers because they are young enough to remember the problems of younger boys and girls.
Volunteers believe that some of the happiest people in the world are those who help to bring happiness to others.
1. Where can you often find volunteers in the United States?| A．At a bus stop. | B．In a park. | C．In a hospital. |
| A．They cook, sew or wash their clothes. |
| B．They tell them stories and sing and dance for them. |
| C．They mow their lawns, do their shopping and clean up their houses. |
| A．It’s the name of a club. |
| B．It’s an organization for boys who no longer have fathers. |
| C．It’s the name of a film. |
| A．Because they can still remember what they felt when they were younger. |
| B．Because they know how to do the work. |
| C．Because they like younger boys and girls. |
| A．When they are happy, the others will be happy. |
| B．The happiest people in the world are those who help to bring happiness to others. |
| C．The happiest people in the world are those who make themselves happy. |
【推荐2】It was another day to jump rope in gym class. Lynn and Mike turned the long rope in big, slow circles. The whole class hurried to get in line to wait for their turn to jump. Millie stood at the back of the line and frowned.
Nick went first. He watched the rope and ran in at just the right time. Everyone counted. He made it all the way to 30 jumps. One after another, the kids watched the rope, ran in, and jumped. Then it was Millie’s turn. She watched the rope go around and around, but she didn’t move. She felt like everyone was looking at her.
Millie’s friends cheered. “Go, Millie, go!”
Millie’s face turned red. At last, she gave it a try, but she failed.
The truth was that Millie had been jumping rope at home every day. With a short rope, she could jump 100 times without missing. She just didn’t know how to run in and start jumping with a long rope. Since she was the only kid on her street, there was no one to help turn the long rope.
Just then, Ms Miles, the gym teacher, brought out a bunch of short jump ropes.
“Let’s see how long each one of you can jump without missing,” she said as she gave each student a short rope, ”Ready, set. Go!“
Millie smiled for the first time ever in gym class. As she jumped, she sang rhymes quietly to herself.
After a while, Millie realized that everyone was cheering, “Go, Millie, go!”
She was the only one still jumping rope! The surprise almost made her miss a step, but she kept going. When at last she was too tired to go on, she stopped. The whole class cheered. Everyone was looking at her and smiling. Millie smiled back!
1. Which word is the opposite of the underlined word frowned?| A．Sat. | B．Hid. | C．Smiled | D．Cried |
| A．She didn't have any friends in her class. |
| B．She felt sad because Nick made fun of her. |
| C．She didn't know the cheers that the other kids knew. |
| D．She didn't know how to start jumping with a long rope. |
| A．She did something well at last. |
| B．She knew the class would cheer for her. |
| C．She thought that she was going to make a friend. |
| D．She believed that she would be the winner of the contest. |
Millie was nervous about jumping.
She tried the long rope but failed.Ms Miles brought our short ropes.________| A．The class decided to play baseball. |
| B．Millie was the last one still jumping rope. |
| C．Nick won the rope-jumping contest. |
| D．Millie tried to hide in the back of the line. |
| A．Proud. | B．Bored. | C．Mad. | D．Silly. |
In 1990, he took her to lunch in a Mercedes（奔驰）car for her 80th birthday.
Schroeder’s family was very poor when he was young. Once his grandma had to steal（偷）meat from their neighbors. That was the only way to give the family a good supper. His mother was very sad and cried about it. Young Schroeder held his mother in his arms and said, “Mom, one day I’ll take you out in a Mercedes.” Forty years later he made these words come true.
Schroeder gave the old lady a second special present ten years later.
His father died before he was born. He was killed in World War II. His family didn’t know where his grave（坟墓）was. So Schroeder gave his mother a map on her 90th birthday. This map was very special. It showed where his father’s grave was. The old lady smiled happily at the surprising gift. Then Chancellor held his mother in his arms and kissed her face.
1. Where did Schroeder take his mother to lunch for her 80th birthday?
| A．In a big restaurant. | B．In his office. |
| C．In a Mercedes car. | D．At home. |
| A．In 1990. | B．In 1950. | C．In 2000. | D．In 1948. |
| A．A Mercedes car. | B．A grave. |
| C．A very special map. | D．A big cake. |
| A．The war. | B．His grandfather. |
| C．A driver in a Mercedes. | D．An earthquake. |
| A．Schroeder’s family was rich when he was young. |
| B．Schroeder’s grandma liked stealing things very much. |
| C．Schroeder was very young when his father died. |
| D．Schroeder has a strong love for his mom. |
【推荐1】①The word “zhiyin”, which means close friends, comes from the story of Yu Boya and Zhong Ziqi in the Warring States Period.
②Boya was good at playing the guqin. One day, he was playing music on his way home on the boat. To Boya’s surprise, Ziqi, a woodcutter (樵夫) who happened to pass by, could understand exactly what he wanted to express through his music. After a long talk, they became good friends. Before Boya had to return to his state, they agreed to meet again in the following year.
③The following year, Boya took his guqin to the place where they met for the first time. It was an exciting date for him to meet Ziqi. He waited for a long time,but Ziqi didn’t appear. Unfortunately, when visiting Ziqi’s father, Boya heard that his good friend had died from a disease. Boya was so sad and in front of Ziqi’s tomb (墓), he played again the music he had played when they first met. The feeling of the music was so strong that it was as if the rivers and the mountains were crying. When finishing playing, Boya broke his guqin into pieces. From then on, Boya never played again.
④People in the Song Dynasty built the Guqin Tai in Hanyang to the memory of the deep friendship between Boya and Ziqi. It became an important part of the local culture.
⑤Zhiyin culture has new development in the new period. The famous ancient Chinese classical music piece Gaoshan Liushui was performed during the G2.0 Summit (峰会) in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province in 2016. The musical performance not only showed the beauty of traditional Chinese culture, but also expressed China’s willingness to develop its friendship with people from around the world.
1. Why did Boya and Ziqi become good friends? ________| A．They often went out on boat. |
| B．They often cut wood together. |
| C．Ziqi could understand Boya’s music. |
A． |
B． |
C． |
| A．Instead | B．Unhappily | C．Unluckily |
| A．In 2016 |
| B．In the Song Dynasty |
| C．In the Waring States Period |
| A．a true friend is hard to find |
| B．old friends and old wine are best |
| C．a friend to everybody is a friend to nobody |
【推荐2】Some people have a very poor sense of direction. Unluckily, I am one of them. I have visited a place many times but I may still get lost there the next time.
When I was a little girl, I never dared to ask strangers the way. And so I used to walk around in circles and hope that by chance would get to the place I was going to.
I am now no longer too shy to ask people for directions, but I often receive helpless or even wrong information. So I try to avoid giving people wrong directions. If anyone ever asks me the way somewhere, I would say, “Sorry, I am a stranger here.”
Once on my way to work I was stopped by a man. He asked me if I could tell him the way to the Friendship Building. I gave him my usual reply. But just as I walked on only a few steps, I realized that he had asked the way to my office building. However, I had no time to turn back and look for him. I was rushing to meet with someone at my office and I didn’t want to keep him waiting.
When I just got to my office, the secretary (秘书) showed in the man who had asked me for directions. Imagine how embarrassed I was and how surprised he was when we saw each other at first sight he doesn’t know the people at first sight (初次见到).
1. The writer always refuses to give people directions because ________.| A．she is a stranger to the city | B．she doesn’t know the people |
| C．she is afraid of giving wrong directions | D．she has no time to help others |
| A．ask her the time | B．sell her something | C．make friends with her | D．ask for directions |
| A．lives | B．studies | C．works | D．teaches |
| A．激动的 | B．尴尬的 | C．困惑的 | D．拮据的 |
| A．The writer is too shy to give others directions. | B．The writer has a very poor sense of direction. |
| C．The writer never got lost when she was young. | D．The man was quite nervous when he saw the writer. |
【推荐3】Yang Bi comes from Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province. He is a deliveryman (快递员) and he always takes his elder daughter along with him during work. His elder daughter Tongtong is a little girl with cerebral palsy (脑瘫).
“Dad will take you for a ride right now.” Yang said to his daughter. He put his daughter on the seat of a motorbike. Tongtong looked at her father and showed a sweet smile.
Tongtong is five years old now, but she can’t talk or walk. She has to spend all day with her father. “She is like a 6-month-old baby, and she can’t take care of herself.” Yang said.
Five and a half months after Tongtong was born, she was found with cerebral palsy. In order to make herself get better, Tongtong has spent most of the last four years in the hospital. From Monday to Friday, she has to undergo treatment (接受治疗) in the hospital. Yang said the price (价格) of treatment is very high, and it is a great hardship to Yang’s family. For the past few years, Yang has worked very hard and has hardly bought any new clothes. Yang’s neighbours call him “father kangaroo”. And they hope Tongtong will be able to take care of herself one day.
1. Tongtong can’t ________.| A．talk or walk | B．see or walk | C．talk or hear | D．hear or see |
| A．as soon as she was born | B．when she was one year old |
| C．when she was four years old | D．when she was about six months old |
| A．chance | B．difficulty | C．moment | D．subject |
| A．Tongtong’s father is a doctor. |
| B．Tongtong is able to look after herself. |
| C．Tongtong calls her father “father kangaroo”. |
| D．Tongtong has spent a lot of time in the hospital. |
| A．A terrible Illness | B．The Most Difficult Time |
| C．A Girl Who Has Cerebral Palsy | D．A Father and His Sick Daughter |
One day some friends came to me and said, “We’re going to Africa to do business. Why don’t you come with us? We’ll all be rich after this journey!”
How stupid I was! I had an easy, comfortable life in Brazil, but, of course, I agreed. And so in 1659, I went to sea again.
At first, all went well, but then there was a terrible storm. For twelve days the wind and the rain didn’t stop. We lost three men in the sea, and soon the ship had holes in its sides. “We’re all going to die this time,” I said to myself. Then one morning one of the sailors saw land. but the next minute our ship hit some sand just under the sea. The ship could not move and we were really in danger now. The sea was trying to break the ship into pieces, and we had very little time. Quickly, we put a boat into the sea and got off the ship. But the sea was very dangerous and our little boat could not live for long in that wild water.
Half an hour later the angry sea turned our boat over and we were all in the water. I looked round for my friends, but I could see nobody. I was alone.
That day I was lucky, and the sea carried me to the shore. I could not see the land, only mountains of water all around me. Then, suddenly, I felt the ground under my feet. Another mountain of water came, pushed me up the beach, and I fell on the wet sand.
At first I was very thankful to be alive. Slowly, I got to my feet and went higher up the shore. From there, I looked out to sea. I could see our ship, but it was broken and there was nobody near it.
There was nobody in the water. All my friends were dead. I was alive, but in a strange wild country, with no food, no water, and no gun.
It was dark now and I was tired. I was afraid to sleep on the shore. Perhaps there were wild animals there. So I went up into a tree and I stayed there all night.
1. Where was Robinson before he fell into the sea?| A．On a small boat by himself. |
| B．On a small boat with the other men. |
| C．On the ship which was stuck in the sand. |
| D．On the ship which was sinking in the water. |
a. The ship was wrecked (被毁掉) in the sea. b. The ship had some holes in its sides.
c. Robison and the other people left the ship. d. The ship hit some sand just under the sea.
| A．d-c-b-a | B．b-d-c-a | C．b-c-a-d | D．d-a-c-b |
| A．Lonely. | B．Afraid. | C．Thankful. | D．Comfortable. |
| A．He slept in a tree. | B．He built a fence. |
| C．He went back to the ship. | D．He slept holding a gun. |
【推荐2】Choose the correct answer according to Journey to the West you read.
1. What did Monkey come out of?| A．a tree | B．a rock | C．a river |
| A．He gave everyone money. |
| B．He found the cave. |
| C．He was really big and scary. |
| A．very young people | B．very wise people | C．very rich people |
| A．Monkey learned from the woodcutter. |
| B．Monkey wanted to learn how to live forever. |
| C．Monkey found Subodhi’s temple. |
 Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Writer: Lewis Carroll Price: ¥25 (in bookstores) ¥20 (online) Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is an English novel that came out in 1865. At the beginning, the book was not written for all the people but for a little girl. On a summer day, the writer Carroll made a short trip along the Thames River and told the story of Alice. The young girl falls into a rabbit hole and goes on an Amazing adventure (冒险) into a wonderland. |
 Peter Pan Writer: J. M. Barrie in Scotland Price: ¥15 (in bookstores) ¥12 (online) (with 2 tapes) It is a children’s story full of imagination and adventures, which is about Wendy, Joan and Michael Darling’s adventures in Never Land with Peter Pan, a boy who would not grow up. The children are happy and lovely. |
 Uncle Tom’s Cabin Writer: Harriet Beecher Stowe Price: ¥20 (in bookstores) ¥16 (online) The most famous novel in American history. Uncle Tom’s Cabin talks about the fight between free states and slaves (奴役) states and the book is still popular today just as when it first came out more than 150 years ago. |
The Secret Garden Writer: Frances Hodgson Burnet in America Price: ¥35 (in bookstores) ¥30 (online) Mary Lennox, a sick girl, finds herself in her uncle’s dark house. Why are so many rooms locked? Why is one of the gardens locked? Through the power (力量) of hope, friendship, and magic of nature, the brave girl brings the house and a long-lost garden back to life. |
1. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland talks about ________.
| A．a short trip along the Thames River |
| B．an amazing experience of Alice |
| C．a fight between the free states and slaves states |
| A．The Secret Garden is the cheapest of the four |
| B．Peter Pan tells a story about four sad boys |
| C．Uncle Tom’s Cabin was written more than one and a half centuries ago |
| A．Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland |
| B．Peter Pan |
| C．Uncle Tom’s Cabin |
| A．¥17 | B．¥78 | C．¥95 |
| A．introduce cartoon movies |
| B．offer some information about books |
| C．teach how to write stories for kids |
