Paul is eleven years old. He lives with his parents in the USA. Paul’s birthday is coming. He wants to get some nice gifts (礼物).
Paul has an aunt. She is in Kenya. She has a great idea. She gives some money (钱) to a group to celebrate (庆祝) Paul’s birthday. The group helps save elephants.
On Paul’s birthday, he gets an e-mail from the group. They say thanks to him. Paul is very happy. He wants to learn about elephants and the group’s work. So he finds time to go to Kenya with his mother. The boy loves the animals and he wants to help save them, too.
When Paul comes back, he sets up (创建) a group. It tells people to save the elephants in Kenya. Paul also works to make money for an elephant park in Thailand. “On my next birthday,” he says, “I don’t need any gifts. I hope my friends can give money to the park.”
Paul loves his work and he is happy he can help elephants.
1. Who gives money to a group for Paul’s birthday?2. What does the group say in the e-mail?
3. Where does Paul go with his mother?
4. 请将划线句子翻译成汉语。
5. Which one is the best title (标题) for the passage?
| A．Paul’s birthday | B．A special birthday gift | C．Love elephants |
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【推荐1】阅读短文，根据要求完成下面各小题。
After the examination the doctor told my parents my sight would get worse and that I would lose my sight eventually. On the way home from hospital, nobody said a word. One day would I only imagine the scenery beyond my glasses rather than see it? That September, I entered a middle school. Most nights I had homework that included an armful (一堆) of books to read. (3) To keep up with other children, I made a great effort to finish the task. With my nose a couple of inches from the page, I was tired easily. What’s worse, after I had read several pages on my own, the words slipped off the page into inky pools.
However, I did not have audio books or electronic devices like kids do now. Instead, Mom volunteered to read out loud. Mom worked part-time, cleaned the house, cooked and spent time with Grandma. In spite of being so busy, she showed up in my room like clockwork. In my room, Mom’s voice competed with the ticking of the clock. Being forced to focus on listening, I found a way to keep my marks up and compete with the other kids. When the teacher asked a question, I raised my hand with confidence and answered the questions correctly. Teachers praised me.
Reading helped to remove my fear for my failing sight, and it made me curious about other people’s challenges and how they managed. Though I could not use my eyes to fix on each passage, my mind lit up with every new book.
(4) True to what the doctor said, the worst came, but thanks to Mom, my sense of hearing now allows me to “see”. This was the most precious gift from a mother to her child.
A.根据短文内容简要回答问题。
1. How did the writer feel on his way home from hospital?
2. Why did the teacher praise the writer in class?
B.将短文中画线的句子译成汉语。
3.
4.
C.请给短文拟一个适当的英文标题。
5.
After 12 hours on the operating table(手术台) and 4 hours of sleeping in bed, I woke up in the hospital with my leg bandaged. For the next three months, I couldn’t walk; I couldn’t drive; I couldn’t even take a shower on my own.
I turned to my husband, Adam, and asked. “How are we going to deal with all the problems in front of us?” Who would pick up our kids each school day? Who would feed and walk the dogs? Who would prepare dinner?
“We’ll work it out.” Adam said. I just nodded(点头) my head, saying nothing. But nowhere in my heart did I believe him. Not even a little bit.
I shared my accident on the Internet. And something I never expected happened: friends both near and far asked me how they could help. I wrote back, thanking them all but not accepting their kind offers. But when we got back home, a friend helped to take care of our meals for the first month of my recovery(恢复). Parents in our school picked my kids up from school each afternoon. Friends sent books and food.
My children also changed a lot. They no more asked me to send them to school, to prepare their lunch boxes or to make sure their homework was in their bags. They learned to do it by themselves. Each day after school, they ran back home quickly to see if I was fine. My daughter tried many ways like playing light music or funny movies to help me go through the hard time. When I was taking my slow, painful PT exercises(术后康复训练), my son got a fork or a bottle of water for me whenever he was asked, never complaining. They all seemed to be better for my accident.
1. How long wouldn’t the writer be able to walk?2. Did the writer ask for others help on the Internet?
3. Why did the writer say her children seemed better for her accident?
4. Do you like sharing your situation on the Internet? Why or why not?
【推荐3】Everyone has his hero（英雄）. Who is yours? Many people think a hero is someone who is on the news. But for me, my hero is someone who has a big influence（影响）on my life. He is my grandpa.
Grandpa was born（出生）in a small town. He went to fight in the war（战争）at the age of 18. After the war ended, he went to a university to learn medicine and then became a pharmacist（药剂师）. Grandpa got up at four o'clock every morning because he wanted to prepare medicine early. Then he opened the store at 5 a.m.
Grandpa had an operation（手术）on his heart in 1999. The doctor said he would have only 3 years to live, but he lived for 8 more years. He wanted to live longer so that he could help more people. My grandpa was 82 years old when he died on June 14, 2007. 1 was so sad about it.
Grandpa once told me to help others as often as possible. I always remember his words. Every time I see people in need, I'll give them some help at once.
I am very thankful to my grandpa. He is a real hero.
1. Does the writer have his hero?2. Why did grandpa get up at four o5clock every morning?
3. What do you think of the writer's grandpa?
4. Who is your hero? Why? （20 词左右）
【推荐1】In Europe many people died during World WarⅡ. As a result, at the end of the war there were many orphans(孤儿) there. A man called Hermann Gmeiner wanted to help these children. His idea was simple. He wanted the orphans to have a home, and to have the care and kindness of parents. Gmeiner asked people to raise some money. With the money he built the first SOS Children’s Village at Imst, in Australia. It opened in 1949. This is how the SOS Children’s Village started. The letters SOS stand for “Save Our Sols(灵魂)”. This means “please help us!” The SOS Children’s Village gives help to orphans.
Hermann Gmeiner’s idea of helping orphans soon spread all over the world. By 1983, there were 170 SOS Children’s Villages in the world. People in many countries give money to help the villages. Today the children from the first Children’s Village have grown up. Now some of them work in other SOS Children’s Villages. In SOS Villages orphans live in family groups. There are several houses in each village. The biggest villages have 40 or 50 houses! From seven to ten children live in a house. A woman lives with each group of children and looks after them. She gives the children a lot of love and kindness. She cooks for them and makes a comfortable and happy home for them.
Of course, the children don’t spend all their time in the village. They go to school, go out with their friends and also go to town. But the village gives them a home—for the first time in their lives.
1. What do we call a child who has no parents?2. What do the letters “SOS” stand for?
3. How many SOS Children’s Villages in the world were there by 1983?
4. Can the woman who lives with the orphans do some cooking for the children?
5. The children don’t spent all their time in the village, do they?
Yang Xiaojuan and her husband Guo Qingshun run a small baozi shop in Haiyan County of Zhejiang Province.
At about 3 a.m. on October 29th, when they were busy making baozi, they heard a loud cry near their shop.
Yang carried the girl into the shop right away and helped the girl put on a thick coat.
After the police came, they brought the girl to the police station. The police helped the girl find her parents.
Very soon, the parents picked up their daughter at the police station. On their way back home, the parents came to the baozi shop and thanked the shop owners.
The shop owners were awarded 5,000 yuan for helping the lost girl. With the prize money, they decided to send hot and free baozi to the sanitation workers working in the early hours in winter.
Yang and Guo still make baozi every day. They said, “We will go on giving a helping hand whenever someone is in need.”
A. At the same time, Guo reported it to the police.B. Are you looking for a way to help more people?
C. They become famous because of their kindness.
D. Then Yang noticed a little girl running on the street.
E. They hoped that a warm breakfast could help the workers drive the cold away.
5. What do you think of the shop owners? Why? ( 共约 15 词，请用完整句子表达）
【推荐3】Children across the world are taking pictures of their school meals. They are sending these pictures over the Internet to a young girl in Scotland. Then she shares the pictures and stories with people around the world.
The girl’s name is Martha. She likes to write. So Martha decided to start her own blog. Every day, Martha writes on the Internet about the meals she eats at school. She also takes pictures of the food.
Martha is very honest about the food. She does not just describe the food. She judges （评价）the taste of the food. She also judges how healthy the food is. Sometimes she likes the food, and sometimes she does not. Now, other people send pictures to Martha. Students around the world share their pictures of their school food!
Martha also started her blog for another important reason. She began to raise money for the organization （组织）Mary’s Meals. Mary’s Meals works in the East African country of Malawi. It provides food for children in schools. Martha encourages her readers to send money to Mary’s Meals to help build a kitchen.
Martha hoped to raise about 10, 000 dollars. But the total reached 100, 000 dollars and still keeps on growing!
Martha’s blog has also helped to improve meals at her school. Martha and her school friends have found their meals improved since she started writing her blog.
No one knows what will happen to Martha’s blog in the future. But already this girl has helped to change the eating experience of many children just by sharing pictures of her school meals.
根据短文内容，回答下列问题
1. Where does Martha come from?
2. What does Martha like to do?
3. Why does Martha encourage her readers to send money to Mary’s Meals?
4. How much money did Martha hope to raise?
5. How has Martha helped to change the eating experience of many children?
【推荐1】Good readers often use a flowchart（流程图）or webs(网状图）to have better picture of what they read (see the drawing on the right).
A flowchart is used to put events in a certain order. Webs show a main idea and supporting details(细节).
Now try to be a good reader and finish the following TWO tasks.
Task 1: Read Passage l and complete the flowchart.
Task 2: Read Passage2 and complete the webs.
1. ①
2. ②
3. ③
4. ④
5. ⑤
In Hanyang, Hubei Province, there is a place called Guqin Platform（古琴台）. It is named in memory of Yu Boya.
Yu Boya is a great musician of the Zhou Dynasty. He is famous for playing the qin. But he is always unhappy because he thinks no one can understand his music.
On the night of one Mid-Autumn Festival, Yu is playing the qin on a boat. As he finishes playing it, he hears a loud applause (掌声), It comes from a young named Zhong Ziqi. Yu invites him to come on board, and talks about music with him. He is quite surprised at Zhong’s deep understanding, and he thinks of Zhong as his “zhi yin”（知音）.
Yu has to leave to go on with his journey（旅程）, but they decide to meet one year later.
It is time for them to meet again. Yu waits and waits, but Zhong doesn’t come at all. Then he finds a grave (坟墓) with the name of Zhong Ziqi along the river. He plays a piece of music with tears. Then he breaks（使断裂）his qin. Nobody will understand him, he thinks.
Ever since that day, the expression “zhi yin” usually means a friend who knows your heart.
回答下面5个问题，每题答案不超过6个词。
1. What is Yu Boya famous for?
2. Where is Yu Boya playing the qin when he meets Zhong Ziqi?
3. When do Yu and Zhong decide to meet again?
4. Why does Yu break his qin?
5. What kind of friend do you want to have?
【推荐3】根据短文内容完成短文后的思维导图，并将答案写在答题卡(纸)的相应位置。
Life Is Full of the Unexpected
In May 2001, I found a job in New York at the World Trade Center. On September 11, 2001, I arrived at my building at around 8: 30 a.m. I was about to go up when I decided to get a coffee first. I went to my favorite coffee place even though it was two blocks east from my office. As I was waiting in line with other office workers, I heard a loud sound. Before I could join the others outside to see what was going on, the first plane had already hit my office building. We stared in disbelief at the black smoke rising above the burning building. I felt lucky to be alive.
Almost 10 years later, I woke up at 10: 00 a m. on February 21, 2011 and realized that my alarm had never gone off. I jumped out of bed and went straight to the airport. But by the time I got to the airport, my plane to New Zealand had already taken off. “This is the first holiday I’ve taken in a year, and now I’ve missed my plane. What bad luck!” I thought to myself. The other planes were full so I had to wait till the next day. The next morning, I heard about the earthquake in New Zealand the day before. My bad luck had unexpectedly turned into a good thing .
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