Nadim and Anneena got a magic key one day. And the magic key would bring them and their friends into some amazing adventures.
On a hot summer day, Nadim and Anneena came to play at Biff and Tim’s house. Nadim had a model book—a book which has lots of shapes and you press out the shapes, the fold and glue them to make a model.
They read about the great country Egypt and decided to make a model of it. Tim found some glue. Then Nadim pressed out the shape and the others began to fold them. First they made the pyramids. Anneena had a difficult shape to fold. “This is a sphinx.” She said. They pressed out some tiny trees and people. Biff glued them all on a piece of paper. It made the scene of Ancient Egypt. At last, the model was finished. The children were pleased with it and laughed happily. Their happy laughter brought their dog, Sam, in. He stepped in the model with his big paws. He knocked over a tree and crushed the sphinx. “Oh, Sam.” everyone yelled.
Sam looked unhappy because he knew he made the children upset. Suddenly, the magic key began to glow. The key took them back to Ancient Egypt. They were standing by a pyramid, the pyramid was still being built. Far off they could see two more pyramids. “That’s amazing!” said Nadim. “I didn’t think the pyramids were so big and they were made with such big blocks of stone.”
“Look over there!” gasped Anneena. She pointed to a huge stone sphinx. “Let’s go and look at the sphinx.” She said. They all began to run towards it. But Sam didn’t, he had seen a cat. He chased it. It jumped up to some blocks of stone. Sam jumped up, too. But the cat ran too fast for him to follow and that made Sam rather disappointed. Then he had another problem. He couldn’t get down. So he baked and baked. All the Egyptian slave workers saw them. They talked in a strange language, Nadim and his friends were frightened. They didn’t know what to do. But to their great surprise, all the people there put their hands together and raised them in the air. Then they sank down on their knees. They bowed to Sam. Just as the Egyptians were catching them, the magic key glowed again and brought them back home. What an exciting adventure!
1. Did Nadim and Anneena get a magic book one day?2. Where did children glue the tiny trees and people?
3. How did the ancient Egyptians make the pyramids?
4. Why couldn’t Sam catch the cat?
5. What do you think of the story? Please give a proper title to the passage. (In less than eight words)
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To Dream and to Create
According to Guinness World Records, Sydney girl Roxanne Downs is the world’s youngest magazine editor. She joined the It GiRL magazine in 2017 at the age of eight and has seen its readership grow continuously since then. In a recent interview, the girl shared her story and offered some great advice to young people.
Tell us about yourself and your role at It GiRL
I’m just an ordinary girl who likes to dream. I don’t like taking “no” for an answer. At It GiRL, I enjoy creating things and meeting new and exciting people.
So what is It GiRL? Can you introduce it to us?
Sure. It GiRL is a magazine that is based in Australia. It targets girls between the ages of 7 and 14. It offers games, puzzles, celebrity(名人) interviews, posters, jokes and many other interesting things.
So how did you end up becoming an editor when you were only eight years old?
It GiRL was actually my favorite magazine. I was always coming home and sharing my ideas for it with my parents. One of the magazine’s editors was a friend of my dad’s. Soon after he came to know my story, I started to edit the magazine, interview famous people and attend meetings with people five times my age.
Apart from your own, do you have a favorite record in Guinness World Records, or maybe one that you want to break?
I’m the shortest girl in my whole class at school. So it may be fun to be the tallest person in the world even if just for one day!
Do you have any advice for other young people?
Sure. If you know what your dream is, then chase it because a dream will not chase you back. Just go for it because you never know what will happen unless you try.
1. How old is Roxanne Downs now in 2022?2. Does Roxanne Downs like taking “no” for an answer?
3. Who are the target readers of the magazine It GiRL?
4. Why does Roxanne Downs dream to be the tallest person in the world?
5. What is Roxanne Downs’ attitude to a dream?
6. What is your dream? What have you done or what will you do to make it come true?
Have you ever heard about automata(机关人偶)? Automata, the ancient art form, look like humans or animals. Actually, the name comes from the Greek word automatos which means “moves on its own”.
Automata were machines produced in ancient times, and how they work hasn’t changed for thousands of years. But in the modern times of technology, there are plenty of electronic products in the market. As a result, automata have attracted(吸引) no more than 10 full-time makers across our country China.
Yu Chenrui is one maker of automata. When he studied at the Communication University of China in Beijing, he first met automata at a fair in 2015. From then on, he falls in love with making them and doesn’t refuse to use modern technology. He has made some amazing works with the help of modern technology. Last year, he made a cycling machine for the Community Art Project in Chengdu. It uses pedal (脚踏板) power to control wheels that “fire” tennis ball-sized objects.
Although the start of automata dates back thousands of years, a fascinating thing about Yu’s works is that they are loved by people of all ages. Adults admire them as art, while children regard them as toys to be played with.
Technology makes it possible to produce plenty of automata and makes the ancient art form more popular. But Yu thinks technology brings automata back to life.
1. What does the name automata mean?2. Do you think there are many full-time makers in China?
3. Where did he first meet automata?
4. 请把文章中划线的句子翻译成汉语。
5. 请给文章拟一个合适的题目。
Chen Qingyue, 13, is a common student in Grade 8 in the United States. But he has made himself a “star” on Wechat!
He has a public Wechat account (微信公众号) to share his life in the us, from study to after-class activities. He has about 1,200 followers. All his posts are original 原创的) and he updates (更新) them almost every day.
Chen moved to the US four years ago. He studies at Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle School, Califomia. He started using Wechat this time four years ago.
To write high quality (高品质的) articles every day, Chen worked very hard. He watched life more carefully. And he read more books and learned how to design (设计) pages. “I found everything in life could be written about. The key is to find a point and make it clear,” he said.
The latest article he wrote is about the difference between the first school day in the US and China. Through pictures, he showed that US students would receive many materials (资料) on the first school day, including the head teacher’s letter and different forms to fill in.
Many readers encourage and thank him by sending messages and money. So far he has received about 1,500 yuan. “I will keep writing at least until high school I won’ t let my followers down,” he said.
1. Chen Qingyue2. Chen Qingyue began to use Wechat
3. Many readers encourage and thank him by
4. Chen Qingyue’s latest article is about the difference between
5. Chen Qingyue will
A student was so excited to be accepted by a university this year that he rode a bike for more than 43,000 kilometers across the country to his university in 22 days.
Lin Jinmin, who lives in Pingnan County, Guiyang, received an admission letter(录取通知书) from Qiqihar
Medical University in Northest China’s Heilongjiang Province on July 23.
Lin said that it was a very important thing for him, and he thought that riding his bike would be a special way to get there. “I wanted to be brave and learn to solve difficult problems by myself,” he said. “It really changed me. I told myself I couldn’t give up during the riding journey.”
Lin started his journey on August 1, riding across 8 provinces and 2 municipalities(自治区), and finally reached his university.
During the journey, he experienced terrible weather, hunger, traffic jams and many other problem. When he reached a university, such as Tsinghua University and Northeast University, he would take a photo in front of the university’s gate.
His success has made him famous among his classmates. Lin said he would take another ride in the future.
1. How long is it from Lin’s hometown to his university?2. When did Lin get to his university?
3. Lin decided to ride to the university, because his family was so poor. Is that true?
4. What did he do when he reached a university during his journey?
5. What’s the best title for the passage?
【推荐2】(Mike is telling a story. It happened when he was seven.)
It was New Year’s eve. In the morning, I heard Grandma tell Mum she needed a football for the New Year’s Eve dinner.
“A football for the dinner? What’s it for?” I wondered. “Anyway, I will get one! I can do something nice for Grandma.”
I remembered my friend Joe had an old football. I went out quietly and found him. I gave him my favourite model car in exchange for his football.
I took the football home, shined it and put it on the living room table secretly. I waited in my room for Grandma to notice it.
“Mike!” Mum shouted. I ran to the living room. “Why can’t you put your things where they belong? Get the football out of here!”
“But it’s for Grandma. She said she needed a football for the New Year’s Eve dinner,” I said.
“A football for the dinner? Mum laughed.” “No, Grandma needs a fruit bowl, not a football.”
“Fruit bowl sounds like football I have done a silly thing!” I went back to my room, embarrassed and disappointed.
Before dinner, Mum came in and asked me to meet my uncles and aunts. When I walked into the living room, Grandma was showing them a pretty fruit bowl with the old football in its center. I was surprised.
“Look!” Grandma said. “Today Mike brought me a nice present, this football. Isn’t it beautiful?” She continued, “It’s beautiful, yes—because anything from a child is beautiful.”
根据短文内容，回答问题。
1. How old was Mike when the story happened?
2. What did Mike give Joe to get the football?
3. Whom did Mike expect to notice the football?
4. What did Grandma do with the football?
5. How might Mike feel after hearing Grandma’s words?
That cold January night, I was growing sick of my life in the city I lived. There I was walking home at one in the morning after a tiring practice at the theater. I was having trouble dealing with my part-time job at the bank and my acting at night at the same time. As I walked, I thought seriously about giving up both acting and the life in this awful place.
As I walked down the empty street under tall buildings, I felt very small and cold. “Run!” I told myself and began to do so, both to keep warm and keep away from any possible danger.
About a block from my flat, I heard a noise behind me. I turned quickly, but the street was empty. The noise had made me nervous, so I started to run faster. I didn’t realize what the noise had been until I reached my flat. It had been my wallet falling to the street.
I wasn’t cold or tired any more. I ran back to where I had heard the noise. Although I searched the street for a quarter of an hour, my wallet was nowhere to be found.
Just as I was about to give up the search, I heard a rubbish truck stop next to me. A voice called from the truck driver, “Alisa Camacho?” I thought I was dreaming. How could this man know my name? The door opened and a man jumped out. “Is this what you’re looking for?” he asked, holding up a small square shape.
It was nearly 3 a. m. by the time I got into bed. I wouldn’t get much sleep that night. But I had got my wallet back. I also had got back some enjoyment of city life.
请将答案写在答题卡上。
1. How many jobs did the writer do in the city she lived?
2. Why did the writer run while walking down the empty street?
3. When did the writer realize that the noise had been her wallet falling to the street?
4. Who found the writer’s wallet?
5. What was the writer’s feeling after he got the wallet back? （请自拟一句话作答）
【推荐1】Get your work done on time
There was once a man who built his own house. From top to bottom, he designed and built every inch (英寸) of his home. ①In the end, he had a beautiful house of his own. No other house in his neighborhood (邻里) looked like it and many of his neighbors admired it.
But as time went by, (A)his house had some problems. One day, a neighbor said, “Friend, it looks like your front yard is a bit overgrown.”
②The man replied, “Yes, I know. But it’s okay. I’ll cut the grass tomorrow.”
A few days later, a postman came by with a letter for the man. The postman said, “Friend, it looks like your house is a bit dirty.”
The man replied, “Yes, I know. But it’s okay. I’ll wash it tomorrow.”
(B)几周过去了。Finally, the man’s brother came over to pay a visit. He took one look at his brother’s house and couldn’t believe what he saw. The yard was a mess, the paint on the walls was falling down (C) ________ the windows were covered with dirt (尘土). The house looked like it could fall apart at any second-all because the man put everything off until “tomorrow”.③
When we procrastinate (拖延) “tomorrow” can turn into “next week” or even “next year”, it’s much better to just take care of things today (D)______ to wait until some imaginary (想象的) “tomorrow” that might not actually come.
1. 将文中画线部分(A)改写为：2. 将文中画线部分(B)译成英语：
3. 在文中(C)和(D)的空白处填入适当的单词：
4. 在文中①②③选出能够填入“It took him over a year.”的位置：
5. 从文中找出两个描述房子的形容词：
Ma Yun became one of the richest men in China when his company Alibaba went on the stock (股票) market last year with a value of around 140 billion—the largest public offering in history. Here are some stories about him on the way to success．
Ma made his first trip to the US in 1995 and used the Internet for the first time. After searching for “beer”, he saw that no results came up about China. Then he searched for “China” and still saw no results. He decided to set up a Chinese website—the seed for Alibaba was sown (播种).
Ma said he was refused many times in his life. He failed the College Entrance Examination in China three times and few companies offered him jobs, including one at KFC. And he was refused by the famous Harvard University 10 times. It was difficult to learn English when Ma was a teenager because of limited resources. However, he found that he could learn English well by giving tourists free guides around his hometown Hangzhou. And he kept it for nine years. Ma said that tourists opened up a new world for him because everything they said and did was so different from what he had been taught at school and by his parents．
Ma’s hero is Forest Gump who never gives up. When he made a speech about his success at Davos (达沃斯论坛) in 2015, Ma said, “Life is like a box of chocolates because you never know what you are going to get.”
1. What’s the name of Ma Yun’s company?
2. Where did Ma Yun make his first trip to in 1995?
3. How many times was Ma Yun refused by Harvard University?
4. Why was it difficult for Ma Yun to learn English when he was a teenager?
5. What did Mar Yun say at Davos in 2015?
【推荐3】Liu Sanjie was born in a beautiful mountain village in Guangxi. Her parents died when she was a little child, and her elder brother brought her up. Liu Sanjie was very clever and beautiful. All the villagers loved her. What’s more, she had a wonderful voice. So people thought of her as the top singer of folk songs. And many singers often competed with and learned from her. That made the bad people angry. So the brother and sister had to leave their home. Standing on the boat running along the river, Liu Sanjie sang loudly about the spirit of her love for the beauty of nature. And she taught the local girls many songs when they picked tea leaves.
Hearing Liu’s beautiful songs, one bad person wanted Liu Sanjie to be one of his wives. He decided to have a singing competition between Liu Sanjie and him. Of course, he couldn’t beat Liu Sanjie. So he caught Liu. But with the help of people, the brave Liu ran away.
From then on, Liu Sanjie and her brother moved along the Dragon River to Liuzhou. She sang as she traveled. The goddess(女神) in the heaven(天宫) heard her and thought highly of her.
Later, Liu Sanjie jumped into the Lijiang River to keep the villagers’ safety. But the moment she hit the water, a huge golden fish jumped out and carried her to the heaven. There she became the folk song fairy.
To remember Liu Sanjie, local people always gather along the river side of the Lijiang River and organize a folk-song competition on the day of March 3 rd. The beautiful and colourful folk songs remind the people of Liu Sanjie and show their hope for love and happiness.
根据短文内容, 回答下列问题.
1. Who brought up Liu Sanjie?
2. Why were bad people angry with Liu Sanjie?
3. When did Liu Sanjie teach the local girls to sing?
4. What did one bad person want Liu Sanjie to do?
5. What did Liu Sanjie become after her jumping into the Lijiang River?
