Look for an inspirational (鼓舞人心的) story? I’m afraid nothing is greater than that of Zhang Jiwen. His story is beautiful and moving.3. He made the impossible possible and his work has made a difference to lots of people’s lives.
Mr. Zhang, 76 years old, comes from Chongqing. From 2012 to 2015 he built an about 1.5-kilometer-long road with the help of his wife. For the old man, it is more than a road. It’s a dream.
Mr. Zhang grew up in a village. Later he moved to Chongqing, but he never forgot about his hometown. He got the idea of building a road after he heard the news—children from a faraway village had to come down a dangerous mountain to reach their school. He paid himself. What made the building even harder was that the old man is almost deaf.
When he started working, many people thought he was crazy. However, the brave man didn’t care. His wife was his helper. She visited him in the mountain and brought him meals.4. Because of Mr. Zhang and his road, children now go to school more easily. The strong-willed man didn’t stop there. He has marked over 100 dangerous mountain roads on a map, and plans to improve as many as possible.
1题和2题根据短文内容简要回答问题；3题和4题将短文中划线的句子译成汉语；5题请给短文拟一个适当的英文标题。
1. How long is the road that Mr. Zhang built in the passage?
2. What did Mr. Zhang do after building the road?
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Running a marathon is not easy. It takes hard work, practice, and patience. To run a marathon, you have to run 26.2 miles by foot! 26.2 miles is the same as running the length of a football field more than 460 times. It takes most people four or five hours to finish. In 2013, the world’s fastest marathon runner finished the race in 2: 03: 23. Imagine running for over two hours without a break!
By the age of 30, Lea Tambellini had run more than five marathons and had no plans to stop. She had always been an athlete. When she was 14 in high school, she swam on her school’s swim team and began to train relay race. Her mom and dad ran marathons,and when she was 22, they helped her train for her first marathon.
Lea’s first marathon took place in Ohio, which was called “The Flying Pig.” “I was very nervous,”she said, “but I had my mom there, so that helped. ”
Running the race was hard, but the hardest part was when she ran past a cookie factory and smelled cookies at mile 18. “I just wanted to be done, ”she said. “I
Runners train for months to get ready. To prepare for one of the marathons, Lea ran four to five times every week. On weekdays, she completed shorter runs, five or six miles at most. But on the weekends she ran long distances—13 miles, 15 miles, and 20 miles!”
“I don’t mind training because I get excited about working towards something. And I love running with a group of friends and working towards the goal together. But it does take a lot of time.”
Running a marathon is a great achievement. “It’s a great feeling of accomplishment and nothing feels as wonderful as reaching my goal when I cross the finish line,” Lea explained. “I can’t wait for the next one!”
1. How long does it usually take most people to finish a marathon?2. Lea didn’t train for her first marathon at the age of 22, did she?
3. How did Lea feel when she ran her first marathon “The Flying Pig”?
4. Does Lea run shorter distances or longer distances on weekdays?
5. Why doesn’t Lea mind training?
6. What can be filled in the blanks in the fourth paragraph?
China is known for long history and rich collections of ancient relics (文物) from different dynasties. So it’s necessary to restore (修复) the relics often. To become a restorer, one needs to have skillful hands, years of experience and a deep understanding of history. As unknown heroes, many of them are working hard to protect national treasures.
Zhang Juncai, born in Shanxi in 1949, has been interested in repairing broken objects since childhood. When he was just 25, he joined the Shanxi Archaeological Institute to learn to restore cultural relics Four years later, he became an official member of the organization. He also set up a cultural relic restoration workshop in 1982. Over the past 40 years, Zhang has restored many cultural relies. Experts say the cultural relies he has restored are “mentally (精神上) and physically” alive. Now, the 72-year-old is also making efforts to breathe life into the relics.
Wang Jinyu, 60, is an ancient book restorer at the Tianyige Museum in Zhejiang. Built in the 1500s, Tianyige is the most ancient private library in China with a collection of more than 300,000 ancient books. In 2018, Wang led a team to restore a set of 58 books produced around 200 years ago, of which 19 were so damaged (破损的) that their pages could not be turned. It took them over two years to finish the restoration work. The satisfying results were accepted and praised by experts in the field.
| Best Seasons: All seasons available Opening Hours: The museum will be closed every Monday morning, and open at 1:30 p.m. ● Summer opening time: May 1—October 31 8:30 a.m.—5:30 p.m. (no entry after 5:00 p.m.) ● Winter opening time: November 1—April 30 8:30 a.m.—5:00 p.m. (no entry after 4:30 p.m.) |
Chart Ⅰ Travel guide of the Tianyige Museum
Wang is a real master in this field who sets a good example for young people. For younger staff at Tianyige, Wang is a role model they look up to. But for Wang herself, the road to perfect skills is endless.
Chart Ⅱ
1. Please translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.2. What did Zhang Juncai like doing s a child?
3. According to Chart Ⅰ people can’t visit the Tianyige Museum on
4. What is Wang Jinyu like in the eyes of younger staff at Tianyige?
5. Please complete the facts about Zhang Juncai and Wang Jinyu in Chart Ⅱ.
6. What do you think of the work the restorers are doing? What can we learn from them?
【推荐3】Mr. White teaches English in a high school. He has two daughters .They are twin（双胞胎）sisters. Mr. White calls them Lily and Lucy. Jim and Alex are Mr. White's students. They often go to see the twins and play with them at home. They often buy something for Lily and Lucy. One Sunday, they go to Mr. White's home. When the twins see Jim and Alex, they are happy. Jim asks Lucy, "How old are you, Lucy?"
"Three," she answers（回答）.
Alex says, "Lily and Lucy, These are bananas. Would you like them? Well, I have a small question（问题）. If one of you can answer it, I will give her one banana. I have two bananas, now I eat one. How many bananas do I have, then?"
"One," Lily says.
"Two," Lucy answers.
"Two?" Jim says, "Why?"
"Oh, one is inside（在里面）and the other is outside（在外面）."
1. Are Lily and Lucy twin sisters?2. How old are the twins?
3. What does Mr. White do?
4. Do you think Lucy is right? Why or why not?
he stopped his old truck and got out．Although he was smiling，the old lady was worried．Was he going to hurt her ?He didn’t look safe．
The man could see that she was frightened，so in his friendliest voice he said，“ I'm here to help you，madam．Why don’t you wait in the car where it's warm ?By the way，my name is Bryan Anderson．”Bryan quickly fixed the car and the lady thanked him．Then she asked how Much she should pay him．
But Bryan wanted no money．He was just giving a hand to someone in trouble．This was normal for him．He said，“If you really want to repay me，next time you see someone in need ,help them and think of me．”
After saying goodbye，the lady continued down the road until she reached a small care where she decided to stop for something to eat．As the pretty waitress took her order，the lady noticed she was nearly eight months pregnant(怀孕)．Although the waitress looked tired，she was very kind．As the lady was going to pay the$1 0 bill she remembered Bryan’s words．
She paid with a hundred—dollar bill．But when the waitress returned with the change，the lady was gone．On the table she saw a small note．There．were tears in her eyes when she read it：“Somebody once helped me the way I'm helping you．If you want to pay me back，continue being kind to others．”Under the note were nine more$1 00 bills．
Was the old lady an angel ?The waitress was so excited that she called her husband to tell him the news．“Bryan···Bryan Anderson my dear···you’re not going to believe what just happened．．．”
1. When the lady saw Bryan，she was worried because she thought ．
| A．he may hurt her |
| B．he was n’t going to stop |
| C．he could n’t help her |
| D．she did n’t have enough money |
| A．She was never kind to others． |
| B．She was usually quite careless. |
| C．She was probably very rich． |
| D．She was not a very good driver． |
| A．he change | B．the bill | C．the note D·the order |
After she retired, she started volunteering to help the old. When her father was older, he was not able to see as well as he used to, which made her sad because he had always enjoyed reading.
She decided it would be fun to read to elderly people in her community. She also helped one woman write her stories. Ann was almost 100 years old, and Helen wrote down information about her life when she visited her. She put the information in a book and got it published. Ann was very excited to share her life story with her children and grandchildren.
After a hurricane( 飓风 ) destroyed some southern cities, Helen volunteered again for the American Red Cross. She prepared food and answered phones in a care centre. She says,” I have always liked the Red Cross because the organization helps people in need no matter what.”
One day Helen read an article in the newspaper about refugees( 难民 ) who needed to learn English. Now, she meets once a week with Sahra, a 38-year-old woman from Somalia. Sahra is reading and writing skills. Helen gave Sahra a camera and asked her to take pictures of her daily life. She developed the pictures, and then asked Sahra questions about them. In the end, they wrote a book together and used the photos in the book. This helped Sahra learn many new words about
her everyday life.
Helen says, “The most rewarding( 有益的 ) part of volunteer work is becoming friends with the people I help, They enrich my life as well as I enrich theirs.”
1. When was Helen’s first volunteer experience for the American Red Cross?
2. What did Helen do after she retired?
3. Why was Ann excited when her book got published?
4. Where did Helen work when she volunteered again for the American Red Cross?
5. How far is Sahra living and working from Helen’s home?
6. Did Helen help Sahra to learn English?
7. What can you learn from Helen?
Gan Yu and Luo Yong are the workers of a hydro power station(水电站). When a 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit Luding County in Sichuan Province on September 5, they chose to stay and save people’s lives.
They climbed up to the dam(水坝) and opened two floodgates to let the rising water out. It saved the lives of hundreds of villagers. Then Gan and Luo realized the generator(发电机) was still on. It was a huge risk, so they rushed to turn off the station that day without eating any food.
The next day, they moved out together to save themselves. Gan is nearsighted. Unluckily, he lost his glasses and got too weak to walk on. He asked Luo to leave first and he would stay where he was and wait for help.
Before parting from Gan, Luo found some dry leaves to help Gan stay warm. He also left some wild fruits, bamboo shoots and other food. Luo was rescued(营救) on September8, but Gan was no longer at the place when a rescue team arrived.
On September21, Gan was finally found by a local farmer named Ni Taigao. Ni’s village is at the foot of the mountain. After knowing that the people were looking for Gan, he joined the search. He set out for the mountain early that day. Two hours later, he heard Gan’s weak cries for help. He soon found him lying on the ground. Later that day, other rescuers arrived and took Gan to the hospital.
The whole rescue has been called a “miracle(奇迹) of life”. Luo Yong, Gan Yu and Ni Taigao are all heroes.
1. How did Gan Yu and Luo Yong saved hundreds of villagers’ lives?2. Why did Gan Yu ask Luo Yong to leave first?
3. When was Gan Yu saved?
4. Is Ni Taigao one of the members of the rescue team?
5. What do you think of Gan Yu and Luo Yong?
【推荐1】Top student Liu Weijian had a problem recently. The 14-year-old from Xiamen used to get marks of over 110 points (out of 120 points) on his math tests._ 1 .
“I didn’t know what happened,” said Liu, who kept feeling nervous and frustrated about math during the following month.
Like Liu, many of us experience setbacks (挫折) in life. ②你会怎样应对这些挫折呢？ Would you just let them be and give up?
Liu chose to face his problem. His parents and teacher also gave him help. After some hard work, he now gets marks between 100 and 110 points on his math tests. “Don’t be afraid of setbacks,” he said. “You will beat them.”
Guo Xingjuan in Shenzhen also has a story to tell. The 15-year-old girl is not good at doing sit-ups (仰卧起坐), ③which is necessary for the coming high school P.E. entrance test (体育中考). One has to do at least 35 sit-ups in a minute to pass the test. However, she could only do 20.
Feeling worried, Guo decided to do something. She did sit-ups for half an hour every day after school. Now, after a month, she can do 30 sit-ups a minute. “I finally found what made me slow through practice, and then I improved the skill little by little,” said Guo. “I believe next month I will be able to do 40!”
根据短文内容，完成下列任务。
1. 将文中划线的句子①翻译成汉语。
2. 将文中划线的句子②翻译成英语。
3. 指出文中③处划线的关系词which指代的内容。
4. 猜测词义。
The underlined phrase “little by little” means “
5. 回答问题。
What did both Liu Weijian and Guo Xingjuan do when they met with setbacks?
【推荐2】①I never loved soccer. Not because I didn’t find it interesting, but because I never understood the game. Quite silly if you asked me! Two teams kicking a ball into a giant net. In the 90 minutes they did this, I could read through an interesting book!
②I was a disappointment (失望) to my father. He even gave me a football with Pele’s name on it for my birthday. Funny looking thing. It was in the gift paper and there was a card that read “Happy birthday, Xolisa, love from Mum and Dad”. I put the ball, still in its gift paper, on my study table just to look at.
③One day, my new friend came to visit. “Don’t you go out to play?” he asked. “No!” I answered as quickly as I could. He rolled his eyes and fixed them on the football on my study table. “Whose is that?” he asked excitedly. “Mine,” I said. He reached for it. He took off the paper and bounced the ball all over the place. “Come, let’s go. We’ll play outside with this!” I nodded. It was my ball so I followed him! I left my book on the bed.
④I had no idea what I had to do standing in the middle of the field. I just stood there looking at my new friend as he played happily with my ball. He kicked the ball to me. I didn’t know what to do. I picked up the ball and ran with it. “Kick it at me!” he screamed from across the field. So l placed the ball near my feet and kicked it as hard as I could. It was a bad kick and the ball hit the girl standing in front of me. How embarrassing! Luckily it didn’t hurt her!
⑤Soon, other kids joined us. Everyone quickly got into two teams. I didn’t know the rules then, but watching others and running just to keep up in the game. I quickly learned. I didn’t kick a goal, but that didn’t matter.
⑥To my surprise, I enjoyed the experience even the sweat and the mud. Afterwards, I dribbled (颠) the ball all the way home. When Mum saw me she could hardly speak. Then she smiled and said, “Take off those shoes here, mister. I don’t want mud in my house!” I ran inside, hopping (双脚跳) all the way to the bathroom.
⑦From that day onwards,
1. What did Xolisa mean by saying “I was a disappointment to my father” in Paragraph 2?
| A．Xolisa liked reading but his father didn’t like it. |
| B．Xolisa’s father was good at football but Xolisa wasn’t. |
| C．Xolisa’s father taught him to play soccer but Xolisa didn’t learn it. |
| D．Xolisa’s father wished Xolisa could love football, but Xolisa didn’t love it. |
| A．She didn’t like sweat and the mud. |
| B．She didn’t know Xolisa was playing outside. |
| C．She was surprised to know that Xolisa played football. |
| D．She was unhappy to see that Xolisa was not reading a book. |
| A．Never say never. | B．A good book is a good friend. |
| C．Practice makes perfect. | D．A bad beginning makes a bad ending. |
Wen Xinrui ,a student from Shanghai ,together with her family ,is seeing the great changes of China in recent years．
Wen's grandparents have been enjoying free health checks for people aged above 65 since 2013．It was hard to imagine in the past．The river near Wen's house used to be dirty and give out a terrible smell．But last year．（C）it was cleaned up and trees were planted on both sides Now there are even fish swimming in it．
From 2013 to 2016 ,55.64 million people in（A）_____ have been lifted out of poverty（贫困）．This means their personal income（收入）has increased to more than 3 ,000 yuan a month． China aims to（力求达到）make all the people get out of poverty by 2020．
Also ,China now has more than 22 ,000 kilometers of high-speed lines．That's about 60 percent of the world's total high-speed railways．
Such progress can't have been made without the leadership of the Communist Party of China．（D）As the ruling party in China ,the Party has more than 89 million members．
They are from all walks of life（各行各业）．They have a big influence on both the government and people's lives．
According（B）_____ President Xi Jinping ,our socialism（社会主义）with Chinese characteristics（特色）has entered a new era（时代）．The Party must always put people first and continue working hard to help people live better and happier lives．
1. 在文中（A）和（B）的空白处分别填入适当的词：2. 文中划线部分（C）指代的是：
3. 将文中画线部分（D）改写成为：As the ruling party in China ,the Party has
4. 从文中找出两个能体现中国人民生活的形容词：
5. 从文中找出能说明本文中心大意的单词或短语：
【推荐1】Mrs. Brown had a good friend named Alice. Mrs. Brown asked Alice to come and have dinner with her and her husband that evening. At twenty to six, Mr. Brown came back from work. He found his wife seemed very worried. “What’s the matter with you, dear?” he asked. “I’ve made a big mistake, my dear,” she said, “I’ve asked Alice to come and have dinner with us this evening.” “That’s a good idea and there’s nothing to worry about,” Mr. Brown said. “We haven’t seen each other for a long time. I’m sure we’ll have a good evening together.” “But I’ve just found out that there’s not enough food in the fridge. I asked you to get some meat on your way home three days ago but you forgot.” “Oh, my dear!” said Mr. Brown. He ran out of the house and rushed to his car. There he found a piece of meat. It had been in the car for three days.
1. Who did Mrs. Brown ask to have dinner with her and her husband?2. Mr. Brown found his wife unhappy when he came back home from work, didn’t he?
3. Why was Mrs. Brown worried?
4. After hearing Mrs. Brown’s complaint(抱怨), what did Mr. Brown do?
5. When did Mr. Brown buy the meat?
6. What do you think of Mr. Brown?
I love travelling so you can imagine my disappointment when I know that my local train station would be closed for five months. Unfortunately I do not have a car but I realized that I could start carpooling.
Carpooling is the sharing of car journeys so that more than one person travels in a car. As a result, carpooling can be a cheaper choice than public transport because everyone in the car shares the cost of petrol (汽油). I recently did carpooling for the first time and it was very easy to find a driver. I used a website which lists drivers’ descriptions and found someone who was going to the same place as me. The descriptions provided a lot of information such as the driver’s first name, age and gender as well as reviews form previous (以前的)passengers. I decided to travel with a lady who had very good reviews. I paid for my share of the petrol through the website and planned to meet her in the town center.
It may seem quite dangerous to travel with strangers but there are some safety actions. Firstly, the driver cannot receive your money until you text him or her a code (密码) at the end of your journey. This means that if you are unsatisfied with your trip, the driver will not be paid. Secondly, it is important to read quite a number of the drivers’ descriptions and reviews when you choose a driver. Lastly, I would suggest travelling with a friend so that you will feel safer and less lonely.
I had a very good experience of carpooling. Not only was the trip very cheap, but the driver and the other passengers were really friendly. They were all French so I had the chance to practice speaking some French. As train and petrol prices are rising, both drivers and passengers can benefit from this cheaper form of travel. More importantly,, carpooling provides a fantastic opportunity to meet interesting people on your travels.
1. How did the writer usually travel before starting carpooling?2. Who pays for the petrol when people do carpooling?
3. When can the driver receive the money from a passenger?
4. To keep safe, what does a passenger need to do when choosing a driver?
5. In the writer’s opinion, what are the advantages of carpooling?
【推荐3】Mrs Sail worked in a big building in the city. She often went to work by train because she lived in the countryside.
But last Thursday, at the station, the man who worked there said, “Sorry! There are no trains today! The driver is ill, and there’s lots of snow.”
Mrs Sail wasn’t happy!
“Well, I don’t want to, but I must try and drive to work today,” she thought.
But driving to the city was very slow because there was lots of snow on the road.
There was a car park near the building where Mrs Sail worked. But that morning, there were hundreds of cars in it.
“Oh no!” she thought. “Where can I put my car today?”
She looked at her watch and started to drive around the busy city. Then she looked at all the pretty snow on the roofs and on the grass and she had an idea. She drove home again!
When they saw the car, Mary and Fred ran outside. “Why aren’t you at work today, Mum?” they asked.
“Because I want to have some fun with you! Go and get your coats! Come on! Let’s all go to Lake Park!”
“Hooray!” the children said. “We can go ice skating there!” And they did.
1. Did Mrs Sail live near or far away from her office?She lived
2. Why were there no trains last Thursday?
Because the
3. How was the car park near the building where Mrs Sail worked that day?
It had
4. “She had an idea.” What was Mrs Sail’s idea?
She decided to
5. How did the children feel when they saw Mrs Sail’s car?
They were
6. What did Mrs Sail’s family do that day?
They
