Mr. Clarke works in New York and he brought his family to China last summer. They visited many places of interest and had a good time here. Before they left for New York, the Clarkes climbed the Great Wall. It was the greatest project over two thousand years ago. They took a lot of photos there and then they had a picnic under a big tee. Suddenly it began to rain and they hurried to the car. And when they returned to the hotel, they couldn’t find the bag in which their expensive camera was. They were all sorry for it. They could buy another camera but had no time to go to the Great Wall again. They could not miss the plane!
That evening they didn’t have supper. Mr. Clarke hoped to make them happy, so he said, “Well, let me tell you a story. An old man lived in a sixty-storey building. One day he fell down from it when he was cleaning the window. But he didn’t hurt himself.”
“It was a miracle!” called out his children, “Why?”
“Because he lived on the first floor!”
They all began to laugh while two policemen with a bag came in. They said a Chinese boy found it under a big tree and he asked them to find out who lost it.
“It’s really a miracle!” the Clarkes said happily.
1. Where did the Clarkes enjoy themselves before they left for New York?| A．In London. | B．In Beijing. | C．In Shanghail. |
| A．They left their bag in the plane. |
| B．They left their bag in the car. |
| C．They left their bag under a big tree. |
| A．Because they were sorry for losing the camera. |
| B．Because they were not hungry. |
| C．Because they had no time to have supper. |
| A．His children asked him to do so. |
| B．He wanted to make his family happy. |
| C．He wanted to tell them a miracle. |
| A．Two policemen. | B．A Chinese boy. | C．A Chinese girl. |
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【推荐1】Do you have any pets? Are your pets small or big? Some people like keeping small pets like cats and dogs. Some people like keeping big pets like tigers and lions. Does that sound scary?
Zhao Min is from Beijing, China. She has a pet dog. It’s only one year old. It’s very cute and it can dance to music. She often plays with it when she’s free.
Peter from Brazil has a tiger at home. The tiger lives with his family. It even eats and swims with the family.
Anna from South Africa has a big animal, too. The animal looks scary, but it is very friendly. It loves sitting on the sofa and watching TV with Anna. What is it? It’s a lion. The lion is not the only pet of Anna’s. She also has a leopard at home.
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1. Peter’s pet is a _______.
| A．lion | B．dog | C．tiger |
| A．It is Anna’s only pet. | B．It looks scary. | C．It is very friendly. |
| A．fruit | B．vegetable | C．animal |
| A．Let’s Save the Animals | B．People and Their Pets | C．Don’t Be Afraid of Big Animals |
【推荐2】Anna: I work in a bank from Monday to Friday. My home is about twenty kilometers from my office. I usually go to work by train.I usually get up at 6:30 a.m.and take the train at 7:00 a.m. It usually takes me about thirty minutes to get to my office. I am never late for work.
Joe: I am a student. My home is not far from school.I can go to school on foot. It takes me about forty minutes. But I often go to school by boat because it is more fun. It takes me about twenty minutes.
Nancy: I'm a waitress. I work in a restaurant from Monday to Friday. I often go to work by bus. It is about five kilometers from my home to the restaurant. It takes me about twenty-five minutes to go to work. Sometimes I am late for work because the traffic is very busy.
1. Anna usually gets to her office at about_______.| A．6:30 a.m. | B．7:00 a.m. | C．7:30 a.m. | D．8:00 a.m. |
| A．takes a bus | B．takes a train | C．walks | D．takes a boat. |
| A．five | B．fifteen | C．ten | D．twenty |
| A．Thirty minutes. | B．Twenty minutes by boat. |
| C．Forty minutes on foot. | D．B or C. |
Lily is a nice girl at school. She likes playing soccer. And she wants to be a great soccer player.
Lily’s friends think it’s not good for a girl to play soccer. But she thinks it’s interesting and relaxing. For her, she just wants to play her favorite sports. Every day, after school, Lily finishes her homework and goes to practice soccer. Lily’s mother knows her love for the sport and encourages (鼓励) her to play it. Her teacher says she can play in a school game. Lily is very happy. But her friends are sure that she can’t do it well. After the game, all of her friends are surprised (惊讶的) because she plays very well.
Lily is great. She can do well in what she wants to do.
1. What does Lily think of playing soccer?| A．She thinks it’s not good for a girl. |
| B．She thinks it’s boring and difficult. |
| C．She thinks it’s interesting and relaxing. |
| A．评论 | B．练习 | C．欣赏 |
| A．Her friends and teacher. | B．Her mother and friends. | C．Her teacher and mother. |
| A．Lily’s favorite sport is soccer. |
| B．Lily only plays soccer after school. |
| C．Lily does well in the school game. |
| A．Friends can help us when we meet difficult things. |
| B．We can do the thing well when we want to do it well. |
| C．Our parents always know what we can do and can’t do. |
Last May Day my family went to the country by car for our holidays. There was too much traffic on the road，so we had to move very slowly. It took us about an hour to get out of town. After some time，we came to a hill. It was green and beautiful. We thought this was a good place for a picnic，so we stopped and took the food，fruit and drinks out of the car. We sat down and began to eat. Suddenly a strong wind blew and soon it started to rain. We had to run back to our car and had our picnic in the car. Then we drove back home. What a bad holiday!
1. Which one is RIGHT in the following sentences?
| A．Many people like staying at home on holidays. |
| B．People living in the city often go to another city for travelling. |
| C．It is easy to buy tickets on holidays. |
| D．Many people take cars or buses for travelling on holidays. |
| A．Half an hour. | B．About an hour. |
| C．One and a half hours. | D．Two hours. |
| A．happy | B．excited | C．unhappy | D．lucky |
【推荐2】Hello, Li Ming and Lucy. What about your summer holiday? This summer I went to a farm with my parents. It was wonderful! Here is some information about the farm.
| Welcome to Children’s Farm Our farm is open from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. From Monday to Friday. What you can do: Feed small animals. Make cheese. Pick vegetables and fruits. Go fishing in the river. Enjoy nice food at a farm restaurant. What you can’t do: Don’t feed animals with your own food. Don’t go fishing by yourself. An adult (成年人) should be with you. Never swim in the river. You should pay: $5.00 for an adult(成年人). $10.00 for a child (over 3 years old). Tel: (480)892-5874 E-mail: childrentar@hotrai.com |
| A．On Tuesday morning. | B．On Friday evening. | C．On Saturday afternoon. | D．On Sunday afternoon. |
| A．We can swim in the river. |
| B．We can feed animals with our own food. |
| C．We can go fishing by ourselves. |
| D．We can pick vegetables and fruits. |
| A．$10 | B．$20. | C．$30. | D．$40 |
London is a great place for many tourists. In this article, we will introduce four wonderful tours and travelers must have a try. Tour 1: Tower of London Tour Time: 4 hours Cost(per person): $106 Explore the Tower of London and learn about the city’s royal (王室的) history. Guests will be led by a beefeater(伦敦塔卫兵). Tour 2：Charles Dickens Old London Walking Tour Time: 2.5 hours Cost(per person):$127 Without Charles Dickens, the world wouldn’t have classics like A Christmas Carol. Taking a walking tour of old London will guide visitors through old London. Tour 3: Cloak and Dagger Tour Time: 3 hours Cost(per person): $122 It’s common to hear positive stories of victory and good times in history. However, many parts of history are not so great. Those interested in learning about London’s dark past will love the Cloak and Dagger Tour. Tour 4: Black Cab Tour of London’s Christmas Lights Time: 3.5 hours Cost(per person): $387 During Christmas, London is decorated (装饰) with a rainbow of festival lights which make the city a magical wonderland. |
| A．Tower of London Tour. | B．Cloak and Dagger Tour. |
| C．Charles Dickens Old London Walking Tour. | D．Black Cab Tour of London’s Christmas Lights. |
| A．$106. | B．$127. | C．$122. | D．$387. |
| A．Visitors can watch Christmas magic shows during Tour 4. |
| B．If you are interested in London’s royal history, you can choose Tour 1. |
| C．Taking a riding tour of old London will guide visitors through old London in Tour 2. |
| D．If you are interested in learning about London’s wonderful past, you will love Tour 3. |
【推荐1】Recently I have been thinking a bit about happiness. How can you be happy now? The environment, the politics, the sense of so many things worsening in our own lifetimes…
However, I’m feeling an out-of-step happiness. This may come from the fact that for nearly 35 years, my wife, Christine, and I have been living, writing and trying to grow a garden in Kilturnper, on the west coast of Ireland. I don’t mean to suggest that we are not affected by what is going on. Nor is Kilturnper the nicest place to live. And for the past four years we have been in and out of the hospital ever since Christine had been diagnosed with bowel cancer（肠癌）.
So, happiness? Really?
A first excuse might come from Wendell Berry. In Think Little, the American poet wrote that, “A person who is growing a garden, if he is growing it organically, is improving a piece of the world.” All gardens are asking for attention all the time. The return for that attention is to gift you an essential now, the present moment, where you are face to face with the nature of things.
Another excuse of happiness comes from Michael Dooley. He was a silver-haired farmer we met on our early days in Clare, a rural farming community, where we looked for a simpler life. Because Michael seemed to be working on the land all day every day, and never complained, I once asked him if he ever took a holiday.
“A holiday?” He looked at me wonderingly.
“I mean, what do you do to be happy?”
The question was a novelty（新奇的事物）to him and he considered it from all sides before answering.
“When I want a holiday,” he said at last, “I go over the road as far as the land. I go in there, take off my jacket, and lie down on it. I watch the world turning for a bit, with me still in it.”
He smiled then, his eyes full of the ordinary wisdom of a well-lived life. That was a wisdom that came with seeing our breathing and dreaming despite the many failings of the world. With a conclusive nod that defeated all arguments, he said, “That’s happiness.”
1. According to the article, the author feels happy because he ________.| A．is on good terms with his neighbors |
| B．now lives in a place with a beautiful scenery |
| C．knows nothing about what’s happening in the world |
| D．has been living a simple life with his wife for many years |
| A．How to grow a garden. | B．How to improve the world. |
| C．Wendell Berry’s great work | D．How gardening can do good to a person |
| A．It means getting closer to nature. |
| B．It means taking a holiday regularly. |
| C．It means living a simple life and seeing the good in your life |
| D．It means doing whatever it is that you like to do in the countryside. |
| A．To offer people to take up gardening. |
| B．To encourage people to find happiness in small things. |
| C．To show the importance of focusing on the present moment. |
| D．To advise people to move away from big cities to live in the countryside instead. |
【推荐2】Linda comes from the US. Today is her 16th birthday. Now she can drive with an adult (成人) if the adult has a driver’s license (驾驶执照).
Linda’s mom teaches her how to drive. They go driving every Wednesday and Sunday. After about two weeks, Linda’s mom says they can go driving on the freeway (高速公路).
Linda is afraid. Many cars are on the freeway and they are very quick. Linda doesn’t like driving on busy freeways and driving quickly. It’s never easy for her. “Don’t be afraid. Just drive like we do these days,” says Linda’s mom. She thinks her daughter can make it.
1. Linda starts to drive at the age of ______.| A．16 |
| B．17 |
| C．18 |
| D．19 |
| A．On Monday and Wednesday. |
| B．On Wednesday and Sunday. |
| C．On Tuesday and Sunday. |
| D．On Monday and Tuesday. |
| A．Boring. |
| B．Easy. |
| C．Difficult. |
| D．Interesting. |
| A．isn’t good at driving on the freeway |
| B．wants her daughter to drive well like her |
| C．doesn’t want her daughter to drive quickly |
| D．thinks her daughter can drive well on the freeway |
| A．Linda likes driving quickly. |
| B．No cars are on the freeway. |
| C．Linda’s mother has a driver’s license. |
| D．Linda’s mother teaches her to drive for one week. |
【推荐3】I got to the house, but no one came out. I got out of the taxi, walked up to the door, and knocked.
“Just a minute,” answered someone. After a long time, the door opened. A small old woman stood before me. I took her bag and let her take my arm. Then we moved slowly to the taxi. She kept thanking me for my kindness. “It’s nothing,” I told her. “I just try to be nice to my passengers, because I want others to be nice to my mother, too.”
When we got in the taxi, she asked, “Could you drive through the city?” “It’s not the shortest way,” I answered. “Oh, just do it,” she said. “I’m on my way to a hospice（安养院）. I don’t have any family left.” For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me a building—she and her family once lived there. Sometimes she asked me to drive slowly in front of some buildings, and she would look at them and say nothing.
We got to the hospice. I took her bag to the door. “How much should I pay you?” she asked, “Nothing,” I answered. Without thinking, I gave her a hug. “You make an old woman happy,” she said. “Thank you.”
I didn’t have any more passengers that day. I just thought about that woman. I’m happy that I helped her. It was a small thing, but it was a great moment in life.
1. What is the author?| A．A doctor. | B．A policeman. | C．A taxi driver. | D．A volunteer. |
| A．She wanted to visit her family in the city. | B．She wanted to run away from the hospice. |
| C．She wanted to see things about her past life. | D．She wanted to have more time with the author. |
| A．She had no money. | B．She walked slowly. |
| C．She was the first passenger that day. | D．She didn’t want any help. |
| A．He took the bag for her. | B．He gave her some money. |
| C．He cared for her family. | D．He found her a better home. |
