Imagine a house made of glass in the forest. You can watch the sunset(日落) in the house every night. A young artist couple made that dream come true. Nick and Lila built such a house. They made the whole thing by hand for only $500. Why did it cost so little? Because it’s mainly made of old windows.
Nick and Lila traveled around the country collecting windows from old houses and yard sales. They only had to buy a few new windows to complete the wall. Another cost saver—Nick’s family happens to own a piece of land in West Virginia, so they built on that land.
The crazy couple gave up their jobs and spent months just building this glass house in the forest. It sounds like a joke. Wouldn’t we all love to drop everything and build a glass house in the middle of the forest, right? I’m crazy about the house and the way they made it.
I love what Lila says about the house. “I never thought I could build such a house. When you build something like this, you feel great. Nick and Lila say the light in the house changes during the day. If you have time, you can spend the whole day just looking out of the windows, watching the light and paying attention to all those little changes. They feel a sense of satisfaction.
1. Where is the house?2. How much did it cost to build the house?
3. Did the couple buy a piece of land for building the house?
4. How long did the couple spend building the house?
5. Why do you think the house makes the couple satisfied? (本小题答案限定在15个词之内)
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Among all the people who were presented with Touching China Award this year．Lu Hong left a deep impression on me．
Lu Hong became disabled after a fever when he was a little boy．However, he didn’t give up and kept learning. Unluckily, after he graduated, he failed to get the opportunity to work because of his disability, For living, he repaired bikes, sold boiled water, and finally succeeded in running an album(相册) factory, in which 21 disabled people were offered a chance to make money and realize their own value．He said that he understood how hard it was for the disabled to get a job．
In a word, being disabled exactly brings Lu Hong trouble and unhappiness, but Lu shows the power of persistence(坚持) and the warmth of kindness．Just as a saying goes, “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.”So let’s learn from him and make a contribution to our society．
1. What happened to Lu Hong when he was a little boy?2. Why did Lu Hong repair bikes and sell boiled water after graduation?
3. What did Lu Hong offer to disabled people?
4. 把文中划线句子翻译成汉语。
5. 请为文章拟一个恰当的标题。
Daming and Tony are talking about their school project. Tony has just made a model spaceship. But Daming hasn’t started it yet. Tony has heard the latest news. Scientists have sent a spaceship to Mars and it has arrived. But they haven’t discovered life on it. And no astronaut has been to Mars yet because it is very far away, much father than the moon. At last, Tony advises Daming to go online to search for information on space travel.
1. What has Tony just made?2. What is the latest news?
3. Have the scientists discovered life on Mars?
4. Why has no astronaut been to Mars?
5. What does Tony advise Daming to do?
【推荐3】On July 30, after days of rain, many roads and houses in Beijing were broken. Many passengers (乘客) had to stay on a train for two days because of the flood.
On July 30, Yun Peng, a railway (铁路) worker, also a party member (共产党员), found that there was too much water under a bridge. The K396 train from Wuhai to Beijing Fengtai Station was about to cross the bridge. Yun called other railway workers right now, asking them to call the train back.
After the train turned back to the station, there was a landslide (滑坡). Yun and the other workers cleaned it up. But the water rose quickly and the rocks started falling. Luckily, they got away. Later, Yun received a call. The 980 passengers staying on the train needed to be moved to safe areas. Yum placed the passengers in their dormitories (宿舍) while he slept in the hallway. He took out all the food, medicine and gave them to the passengers.
The railways were covered by fallen rocks. Yun went with another 11 workers there, trying to repair the railways. Without big machines, they used their bands to clean up the stones. “Even though the trains can’t go through, we need to dig a way for them,” said Yun.
On August 2, good news came. Police officers would lead the passengers out on foot to a station and there they would get a train to Beijing Fengtai Station. Yun volunteered to lead the way. Finally, all the passengers walked out safely. They said thanks to Yun and his workmates over and over again.
A reporter asked Yun, “You didn’t know any of the passengers. Right? But why did you volunteer to do all these things without thinking twice to help them?” “Well. Yes. It doesn’t matter whether (是否) I know them or not,” said Yun. “As a party member, I think _________
1. Did all the passengers walk out of the train safely at last?2. How did Yun and other workers repair the railways?
3. Finish Yun Peng’s words according to the passage. (at least 15 words)
I want to tell you something about my dream house.
In the future, my house will be very big. In summer, it will be cool and in winter it will be warm, so it will be comfortable. There will be a beautiful garden in front of it. We can see many trees and flowers in it. And we can change the seasons from spring to winter in the garden as we like.
We can also travel everywhere with our houses. The house will be very light and it will be easy for us to move like a vehicle (交通工具). In the houses robots will do the heavy jobs, so we’ll have a lot of free time to relax ourselves.
Will these houses be very expensive? No, it will be very cheap. Everyone can buy it. We don’t need to worry about the money.
1. When will my house be warm?2. What will be in front of my dream house?
3. What can we see in the garden?
4. Will it be easy to travel everywhere with our houses?
5. What will robots do if we want to have a lot of free time to relax?
Hello, everyone. I’m Jill Green. I’m a middle school student. It’s nice to meet you here. First, let me tell you something about my family. There are five people in my family. They are my mother, my father, my sister, my brother and me.
My father is a driver. My mother is a teacher of English at my school. My sister is sixteen and my brother is sixteen, too. They are twins. I am twelve. We all enjoy watching football games.
My home is on West Street. There is a big tree and a lot of small trees around my house. The big one is a pear tree and the small ones are apple trees. But there aren’t any pears or apples on them. There is a photo of my house. In the photo, you can see a cat in my house. It’s black and white. We like it very much.
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【推荐3】Americans are glad to talk about their houses. If they have a new house, they’ll show show other around it. Americans usually have gardens and letter boxes of their own. Here’re five different kinds of houses in the USA. Let’s visit them.
Bungalow (平房)
A bungalow is a small house with one or with one or two bedrooms, and usually has one bathroom. It has only one floor.
Mansion (公馆)
A mansion is a large house with many bedrooms and several bathrooms. It looks like a small palace.
Ranch house (牧场住宅)
A ranch house has only one floor too. It usually has a roof (房顶), and the roof doesn’t slope (倾斜) much. There are three or four bedrooms in it. The bedroom for the mother and father has its own bathroom.
Flat
There is a set of rooms like bedrooms, kitchens, bathrooms and studies in a flat. It is a living place in a building. Some flats can be in the same building. They share a garden and parking places.
Town house (排房)
A town house is a two-floor flat. The kitchen, the living room and the dining room are usually on the first floor and the bedrooms are on the second floor.
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BBC World Have Your Say today: “ Life in China” Every day, BBC News on TV, radio and online brings you stories from across the world. But what we want to hear are the stories that matter to you. Have you got a story about life in China today? If you do, please put your story here. |
I like traveling and I have traveled a lot around China. During the trip, I often find that a number of Chinese don’t have good public manners(举止). They always talk loudly on the phone and smoke everywhere. The worst is that they often break the rules in public. For example, when I traveled in Hong Kong in January this year, I saw a kid eating noodles on the underground, which is against the rules. However, the kid’s mother didn’t think he did wrong. Can you believe it? Let’s improve our public manners. (Mike, Shenzhen) |
I am a 14-year-old boy from a poor village in Fuyang, Anhui Province. Like many other left-behind children(留守儿童) in China, I live with my grandparents now. My father went to work in Shanghai several years ago. Last year, my mother went there to care for him because his health is not as good as before. They tell me to listen to my grandparents and call me about twice a month to ask about my study. I really miss my parents and I hope I can afford to go to school in Shanghai. I think every child needs parents’ love and care. (Wu Peigen, Anhui Province) |
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【推荐2】One day, a farmer’s donkey fell into a dry well. The poor animal cried for hours before his owner finally found him. The farmer tried hard to pull him out from the well but failed. He felt very sorry for the donkey but after carefully thinking about the situation, he decided that he would not save the donkey. Since the donkey was too old and it was not worth the trouble of saving. So he invited his neighbours to help him bury (埋葬) the old donkey in the well so that it would make him end his pain.
Hearing many people coming to help, the old donkey was excited at first. As they began to scoop the dirt into the well with shovels (铲子), he soon realized what was happening. He felt very upset and cried sadly again. As the farmer and his neighbours continued throwing the dirt on his back, he suddenly had a good idea. Some time later, when the farmer finally looked down into the well, he was surprised at what he saw: every time the dirt landed on his back, he shook it off and took a step (步) up!
Soon, everyone was amazed when the donkey stepped proudly over the edge of the well and ran away quickly! It seemed that it would bury him at first, but it actually helped him later because of the manner in which he faced his trouble.
That is life! Just like the donkey, life is going to throw dirt on us, all kinds of dirt. As long as we face our problems in an active way, and refuse to give in to any trouble, each dirt is like a stepping stone with which we get out of the deepest wells. Never stop and never give up. Success is just on the way.
1. What did the farmer decide after carefully thinking about the situation?2. Why did the farmer invite his neighbours to help bury the old donkey in the well?
3. How did the donkey’s feelings change in paragraph two?
4. What did the donkey do when people threw the dirt on his back?
5. What can we learn from the story?（自拟一句话）
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Can you imagine how people on a more than 1200-meter-high mountain in Hunan get their letters and parcels? Over the past 16 years, Yang Zhengui, a 60-year-old man, has always been able to help people there to get them in time.
Yang is the only postman there. In order to get to the office from his home on time, which is over 30 kilometers away, he has to get up at around 5 a.m. on workdays. 4. 出发前，杨桢桂在邮递办公室把包裹分好。As an experienced postman, Yang can complete his sorting in just about 30 minutes. He has to ride more than 70 kilometers along the mountain road for nearly three hours to complete his work.
When the parcels need to be delivered right away, he will always find a way to deliver them to the villagers, even if he goes there on foot, regardless of the bad weather. In 2007, when Yang was new, the road was not completed, so he had to deliver the parcels on foot for nearly one year. “5.The bags weighed about 35 to 40 kg and I had to carry them, walking over 30 km a day,” said Yang.
Before Yang started his job, his elder brother and father had also been postmen working there since the late 1990s. Together with Yang, his father and brother have provided delivery services there for over 20 years.
So far, Yang has traveled more than 40,000 kilometers and worn out four motorcycles. Although the trips were hard. Yang said he got such a strong feeling of satisfaction when he saw the smiling faces of the villagers after they received their parcels.
1. When does Yang Zhengui have to get up on workdays?
