Little Hands, a raccoon (浣熊) without parents, was just a few weeks old when it was found all alone on the side of the road. It was early June, and all the wildlife rescue centers (救助中心) in the area were already full. Then Nikki Robinson decided to take it home.
While Robinson was busy with her work, her mom, Linda, was retired at home. So after Robinson made it clear that she wouldn’t have grandchildren soon, Linda became Little Hands’ mom. “The first time my mom bottle-fed it and it looked up at her, her heart was greatly warmed,” Robinson said. “She treated it very sweetly early on because it liked to be touched a lot. So she created a strong connection with it, even knowing it would go back to the wild some day.”
Little Hands grew up strong, and by the end of the summer, it struck out on its own. But Little Hands kept coming back and remained friendly with the whole family and it was very kind and sweet with them. “My mom has a bench where she sits outside, and it would come up and climb onto the bench and sit beside her,” Robinson said. “It snuggled (依偎) up to my mom, and then it would have its food and run off. ”
Since Little Hands left the house, Linda has taken in many raccoon babies that have no parents. And each year, the raccoons she releases (释放) into the wild continue coming back. “Every day, she sits outside and waits, and even when they’re grown up, they’ll visit her and she just loves it,” Robinson said.
Because of Linda, the little raccoons are able to live out their lives in the wild, but just like her human children, they know they can always come home to Mom for a snack and a hug.
1. What caused Robinson to take Little Hands home?| A．She wanted to keep a pet. |
| B．She found it had nowhere else to go. |
| C．She noticed it was badly hurt. |
| D．She wanted it to play with her mom. |
| A．Linda failed to take good care of Little Hands. |
| B．Little Hands finally found its mom in the wild. |
| C．Little Hands was afraid of going back to nature. |
| D．Linda had a close relationship with Little Hands. |
| A．Little Hands completely lived on its own. |
| B．Little Hands went to the rescue center by himself. |
| C．Little Hands began to live in the wild alone. |
| D．Little Hands went away with other raccoons. |
| A．To wait for the raccoons’ visits. | B．To enjoy the beauty of nature. |
| C．To play with her grandchildren. | D．To teach the raccoons survival skills. |
| A．How to get on with wild animals | B．An interesting but dangerous job |
| C．A woman and her special children | D．How to help animals live well in the wild |
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Protect the sea with us! Volunteers from all over the world are welcomed! | |
| You will | help recycle plastics. teach children how to protect the sea in local schools. join in the weekly beach clean-up with local students and teachers. |
| You need | to be at least 18 years old. to be able to speak Chinese. to be interested in protecting the sea. to be able to start work on Monday. |
| You can | have colorful activities. have three meals a day. stay in a beach room. |
Join us now! | |
| A．how to protect the sea | B．how to write a letter |
| C．how to speak Chinese | D．how to play the piano |
| A．The volunteers can have breakfast, lunch and dinner at the service center |
| B．The volunteers can stay in a room beside the sea without paying money |
| C．Tom, 17, a good Chinese-speaker, can be the volunteer |
| D．Lucy, 19, a good Chinese-speaker, can be the volunteer |
| A．news report | B．diary | C．poster | D．letter |
Next Saturday is the Volunteer Day of our community (社区). Here is the plan.
7:30 a.m.: Meet at the Community Center for breakfast.
8:00 a.m.—8:30 a.m.: Decide which of the following organizations you’d like to work for. You can begin thinking about what you may want to do now.
Happy Homes: It provides home repairs for people in need.
Elder Care: It sends volunteers to old people’s home. Volunteers can play games with the old people there, or talk with them.
City Parks Association: It needs volunteers to help plant flowers and pick up rubbish in city parks. These are outdoor activities, so remember to bring some drinking water!
Love and Learning: It helps children with learning disabilities. Read books out loudly to groups of children and help them with their homework.
8:30 a.m.—9:00 a.m.: Get on the bus and it will take you to the activity place.
9:00 a.m.—12:00 p.m.: Work as a volunteer.
12:00 p.m.—1:00 p.m.: Share lunch with your volunteer group.
1:00 p.m.—3:30 p.m.: Go on with your volunteer work.
3:30 p.m.: Get on the bus that will take you back to the Community Center. You can talk with other volunteers and share your experiences.
To know more information, please call 718-384-782. We are looking forward to your joining.
Central Community
1. What do volunteers for Happy Homes do?| A．They repair homes. | B．They clean up homes. |
| C．They visit old people’s home. | D．They look after children at home alone. |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．1:00 p.m. | B．1:30 p.m. | C．3:00 p.m. | D．3:30 p.m. |
| A．show the meaning of volunteering | B．ask people to do Volunteer Day activities |
| C．describe a volunteering experience | D．tell people how to be a volunteer |
【推荐3】There are many different clubs in the school. Do you know Detective Club? There is one in a middle school in Perth. There are twelve students in the club. They learn a lot from detective books. Sometimes, they learn from policemen. Last Sunday afternoon, they even helped the police find a missing 89-year-old man.
Last Sunday morning, Perth police posted a note on Facebook to look for Abel, the missing old man. In the afternoon, the students from the Detective Club came to the police.
“I want to help”, said 14-year-old Anna. “I like helping others.” Anna and Mike rode their bikes with their friends to find the old man. When Anna fell off her bike, the team had a break. “Carlos helped me,” Anna said. “He put some medicine on my wound（伤口）.”
Although with the injury, the kids didn’t give up their jobs. After a quick dinner, they got back on the street, and with the help of the neighbours, they found the old man wasn’t far from his house.
The police really appreciate the students’ detective actions.
1. Who teach(es) students in the Detective Club?| A．Books. | B．Policemen. | C．Their teachers. | D．Both A and B. |
| A．Some members in the Detective Club. | B．An 89-year-old lady. |
| C．A letter on Facebook. | D．Anna’s house. |
| A．By car. | B．By bike. | C．On foot. | D．By train. |
| A．Helpful. | B．Honest. | C．Lazy. | D．Naughty. |
【推荐1】Everybody has a home. People have homes. Animals have homes. People live in many different kinds of houses. Animals have different kinds of homes, too. Some animals live in holes under the ground. The woodchuck (美洲旱獭) lives under the ground. His home has two doors. If any enemy (敌人) comes in through one door, the woodchuck will go out through the other. Some animals live in holes in trees. Some squirrels (松鼠) build their nests (窝) high in trees. Most of the birds live in nests in trees.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1. People live in _______.
| A．different kinds of houses | B．holes |
| C．different kinds of mountains | D．all kinds of trees |
| A．some trees | B．animals’ living |
| C．the homes of some animals and birds | D．different animals |
| A．All the animals | B．The woodchuck and the squirrel |
| C．Some birds | D．Some animals |
| A．Two. | B．One. | C．Three. | D．No one. |
| A．the same | B．in trees | C．in holes | D．not the same |
【推荐2】Jane is very happy because her mother takes her to the zoo today. There are many different kinds of animals in it. It is so interesting to go there.
First, Jane and her mother go to see tigers and lions. Lions and tigers are scary animals, so when they are in zoos, they live in cages(笼子). They eat a lot of meat every day.
There are also two big elephants and a small one. The elephants are friendly. Jane rides on an elephant and she is so happy.
In the zoo there are also some cute pandas. They are fat and shy. So people need to be very quiet when they go near them. There are five giraffes in the zoo, too. They come from Africa. They are interesting. They like eating grass and leaves(树叶) very much.
1. Why do lions and tigers live in cages?| A．Because they are scary. |
| B．Because they may run away. |
| C．Because they need protection(保护). |
| D．Because people may kill them. |
| A．Tigers and lions. | B．Pandas. | C．Elephants. | D．Giraffes. |
| A．Jane rides an elephant to the zoo. |
| B．Jane goes to the zoo with her mother. |
| C．Pandas are dangerous, fat and shy. |
| D．Giraffes come from China. |
【推荐3】Koalas are one of the loveliest animals all around the earth. They look like teddy bears. They are gentle and quiet. Children and adults all like them.
Australia is the only area of the world that has koalas. Koalas means “no water” in Australia. Because koalas hardly drink water, but they get fluids from their food — eucalyptus (桉树) leaves.
Koalas are marsupials (有袋类动物). They carry their babies in the mother’s pocket. A newborn baby koala is born blind and hairless. At first it drinks its mother’s milk. It spends its first six months inside the mother’s pocket. The next 2-3 months the baby koala will be seen catching its mother’s fur in the daytime. But it always hides in its mother’s pocket at night for safety. A mother koala will carry her baby until it is old enough to be its own.
Koalas live in trees in their lifetime. A baby koala starts to climb trees by itself when it is nine months old. After a long time of eating and climbing, the little koala is ready to sleep. They usually come out at night and they sleep for eighteen hours during the day. They are moving slowly and really don’t move around a lot, except to feed. Koalas are also excellent swimmers. They sometimes swim across rivers when there is flood (洪水) in their areas.
1. What do we know about koalas from Paragraph 1-2?| A．Koalas drink much water. | B．Koalas only live in Australia. |
| C．Koalas are a kind of teddy bears. | D．Koala means “water” in Australian. |
| A．液体 | B．细菌 | C．营养 | D．热量 |
| A．One year. | B．2-3 months. | C．6 months. | D．Until it is old enough. |
| A．Koalas aren’t good at swimming. |
| B．Koalas sleep for long hours in trees at night. |
| C．Koalas move quickly and don’t move around a lot. |
| D．When koalas are born, they can’t see anything clearly. |
【推荐1】My name is Dave. I have two good friends. On Saturday we usually go to see the animals in the zoo. Tom likes pandas, because they are kind of shy. He likes Ling Ling best. Ling Ling is three years old now. Tom often goes to see her. Mary likes to play with giraffes. There are two giraffes in the zoo. They’re friendly to people. My favorite animals are lions. I think they’re strong. But Mary doesn’t like them. She says lions are too scary. We have a dog. Its name is Bargo. It’s black and white. Bargo often goes with us to the zoo. It’s cute. We all love it very much.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. When do they usually go to the zoo? ________.
| A．On Monday | B．On Thursday |
| C．On Saturday | D．On Sunday |
| A．Because they’re shy |
| B．Because they’re friendly |
| C．Because they’re scary |
| D．Because they’re strong |
| A．Pandas | B．Lions |
| C．Giraffes | D．Dogs |
| A．Bargo | B．Tom |
| C．Mary | D．Dave |
| A．Because they’re lazy |
| B．Because they’re scary |
| C．Because they’re strong |
| D．Because they’re cute |
【推荐2】We often hear stories of animals rescuing (营救) people. But now someone has managed to return the favor（善行).
The event took place one snowy January morning. Thomas Smith was walking his dog, Jack, in the park. “As I was walking, I just saw Jack running onto the ice towards the ducks in the middle, and then he fell into the water and couldn’t climb out,” said Smith. He realized he had no choice but to try and save his dog. “Someone else told me the lake was only one-meter deep, but it was at least twice that. I had to break my way through the 6 cm ice. Finally, I got Jack by the neck, and pulled him out. I don’t think I have ever felt so cold by the time we got back to dry land. And when we got there, everyone was asking if Jack was okay. No one was particularly (尤其) worried, about me!”
A neighbor, Julie Brown, saw it all happen. “The dog went onto an icy lake. All of a sudden, it started to go under. There were crowds of people around, and they were all shouting and screaming (尖叫). Before I knew it, the owner Smith was in the water forcing his way through the ice. I can’t begin to imagine how cold it was. Everyone was very nervous, but he was as cool as a cucumber—he just crawled (爬) back out, put the dog on its lead (在沿上), and went home.”
Many regard him as a hero, but Mr. Smith is quite laid-back about it (心平气和) . “Most dog owners are the same as me. They would do what I did without a second thought. But in the future, I’m going to make sure he’s on lead near any ice ponds (池塘).” Pets are members of our family. Would you do the same for them?
1. What happened on a cold January morning? ________| A．Mr. Smith met Jack in the park. |
| B．Jack fell from the ice into the water. |
| C．Mr. Smith ran after Jack on the ice. |
| D．Jack played with the ducks in the water. |
| A．He asked a neighbor for help. |
| B．He broke the ice and shouted to Jack. |
| C．He got Jack by the leg and pulled him out. |
| D．He pulled Jack out of the icy water by the neck. |
| A．shy | B．proud | C．relaxed | D．brave |
| A．A Dog’s Best Friend. |
| B．Suggestions for Pets’ Owners. |
| C．The Danger on the Icy Lake. |
| D．A Man’s Pet Dog. |
【推荐3】Amy is a biologist working at a marine(海洋的) park. These kinds of parks provide fun and education for tens of thousands of people each year.
Amy takes care of many animals in the park, but she also does important research. As she observes the animals that she looks after, she learns more about their needs and behavior. This information helps the animals in the park, but it can also be used to protect other members of the species in the wild.
It’s hard work to look after these animals. Their needs often change according to different hours of the day. So Amy must depend on her science knowledge and good number sense to help her make the right decisions all day long.
Even though dolphins spend much of their time underwater, they are mammals(哺乳动物). This means that they must come to the surface to take in air. Dolphins give birth to their young. They’re not hatched from eggs. Just like all other mammals, mother dolphins must nurse, or feed milk to their babies.
Amy and her team know this first-hand. One of their dolphins recently gave birth. A baby dolphin is not small, either. It was almost 1 meter long the day it was born. A big dolphin usually eats about 4% of its body weight in food every day. Amy knows that a mother dolphin that is nursing needs twice the food. So when the baby dolphin was born, Amy immediately doubled the mother’s food every day.
1. What does the underlined word “observes” in Paragraph 2 mean?| A．nurses the young animals | B．watches something carefully |
| C．plays with something | D．says something about |
| A．It helps to protect the animals in the park as well as those in the wild. |
| B．It offers fun and education to tens of thousands of people. |
| C．It helps dolphins to feed milk to their babies. |
| D．It helps underwater animals to come to the surface. |
| A．Good eyes and quick mind. |
| B．Swimming skills and spirit of competition. |
| C．Love and care for animals. |
| D．Science knowledge and good number sense. |
| A．600kg. | B．12kg. | C．24kg. | D．52 kg. |
| A．dolphins’ life and food | B．Amy’s job at a marine park |
| C．education in a park | D．protecting animals in the wild |
【推荐1】I’m Thomas. I have three good friends in my class. We all like sports very much. My favorite (最喜欢的) sport is basketball. I have three balls. I think playing basketball is fun. Jim and Tim think it is boring to play basketball. Their favorite sport is soccer. They play soccer in the afternoon. They have four balls. Mary is a nice girl. Her favorite sport is volleyball. She plays it very well. It’s relaxing for her to play volleyball. But she has only one ball.
Sports are good for us.
1. What does Thomas think of (认为) playing basketball?| A．Relaxing. | B．Boring. | C．Interesting. | D．Difficult. |
| A．Soccer. | B．Basketball. | C．Volleyball. | D．Baseball. |
| A．Thomas. | B．Jim. | C．Tom. | D．Mary. |
| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
| A．Easy games. | B．Favorite sports. | C．Tidy classrooms. | D．Nice basketballs. |
【推荐2】Last week, I drove from Los Angeles(洛杉矶) to Dallas(达拉斯) with my daughter. Unluckily, we ran out of gas on the way and we couldn’t see a gas station.
My daughter came up with an idea. She wrote a sign that read “No gas. Can you help us?” and put it outside the window. She hoped that a driver would stop to offer help when he saw it.
There were few cars at that time. About an hour later, a car passed by us quickly. We thought it drove away. Instead, it stopped and a man got out and walked up to our car. The man thought we had no money to buy gas, so he gave 20 dollars to us. When he knew what the matter was, he said, “My farm is about 10 minutes away. If you give me 20 minutes, I will be back and get a can of gas for you.”
Sure enough, the friendly man was back with the can quickly. We tried to pay for the gas, but he refused. “Everyone should help those in need,” he said.
1. Where did the story happen?| A．In Los Angeles. | B．In Dallas. | C．On the way home. | D．In the US. |
| A．It was broken. | B．It didn’t have any gas. |
| C．It had a broken gas tank. | D．It hit a kind of gas. |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．A car repairman. | B．A truck driver. | C．A friend. | D．A farmer. |
| A．The man gave the writer 20 dollars. |
| B．The man took the writer to his farm. |
| C．The man went home and brought some gas to the writer. |
| D．The man took some gas from a gas station. |
【推荐3】YOU will finish your 3-year school life very soon. Do you want to say something about your middle school life? What were the rewards（收获）of the three years? Teens readers have their stories to share.
| Ma Jie, 14, Guangzhou, Guangdong I had a hard time in grade 8 when my grades suddenly dropped a lot. I faced great troubles. In the following summer vacation, I worked really hard by studying from 7:30 am to 10:30 pm every day. It was crazy, but I felt good about myself. I succeeded at last. |
| Wang Lulu, 15, Hangzhou, Zhejiang I lived in a dormitory（寝室）during my middle school. It was a great try since I had never left my parents before. I had to take care of everything by myself. I learned to clean the dormitory and get on with my roommates. I also learned to make good use of my time. I’ve done a good job and I feel proud of myself. |
| Wang Wei, 15, Beijing I won the first place in the rope skipping（跳绳）competition in the sports meeting the first year of middle school. To prepare for it, I practiced hard and skipped rope 500 times every day. Finally I skipped over 210 times in one minute. You don’t know how excited I was then! |
| A．Three hours. | B．Four hours. | C．Fourteen hours. | D．Fifteen hours. |
| A．Ma Jie | B．Wang Lulu | C．Wang Wei | D．Xia Mei |
| A．Ma Jie couldn’t catch up with other students at last. |
| B．Wang Wei could win the competition because he practiced hard. |
| C．Wang Wei skipped only 210 times in one minute in the competition |
| D．Wang Lulu lived in the dormitory but she needn’t take care of everything herself. |
