Someone online sold my mailing address, so now instead of just getting letters from the few charities I can afford to support, I am also getting letters from a dozen other charities asking for my help. One of my more cynical (愤世嫉俗的) friends talked a lot about the old saying, “No good deed (行为) ever goes unpunished.” I just smiled and didn’t argue knowing it wouldn’t change his mind. My own mind, however, was remembering another moment from many years ago.
It was a windy, snowy day. I was a young dad who had saved just enough cash to buy my children a few presents for New Year. As I walked to the store I saw a man ringing a bell standing beside a kettle. Next to him was his daughter, a little girl no more than three feet tall. They got together against the biting cold. I took a one-dollar bill out of my wallet and dropped it into the kettle. As the man was thanking me, though, I felt pressure on my legs. I looked down and saw that the little girl was giving me her own thank-you hug. I smiled down at her, bent down and hugged her back. Then I went inside feeling the warmth that no winter wind could ever take away.
Thinking back to that moment in time reminded me that no good deed ever goes unrewarded. We may not always get a heartfelt hug but in time every act of giving, every act of kindness, and every act of love that we make flows from heart to heart, around the world and back to us again.
No good deed is ever wasted. Don’t let this sometimes cynical world get you down then. Share your love today! Give from your heart. Fill your life with acts of kindness.
1. Why did the author receive a lot of letters?| A．He had a good many friends. |
| B．His mailbox was made public. |
| C．He let out his personal information. |
| D．Many charities had his mailing address. |
| A．To ask for help. |
| B．To buy presents. |
| C．To raise money for the poor. |
| D．To give the passers-by warmth. |
| A．Hard-working. | B．Thankful. | C．Helpful. | D．Brave. |
| A．unhappy | B．unpaid | C．unfinished | D．unusual |
| A．A good deed is never lost. |
| B．A little help is worth a deal of pity. |
| C．No good deed ever goes unpunished. |
| D．Treat others as you want to be treated. |
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【推荐1】At noon that day, I drove back to my house after the performance. Just as I entered the living room, I heard a gentle sound coming from the bedroom upstairs—it was the sound of my favorite violin.
“Thief!”
I dashed upstairs. Sure enough, as expected, a boy of about 12 years old was petting my violin. The boy had messy hair and a thin face, his oversized coat seemingly filled with something. At first glance, I found a new pair of shoes missing. It seemed that he was surely a thief.
Then, I saw his eyes full of fear and despair. My anger was immediately replaced by a smile. I asked, “Are you Mr. Ram’s nephew, Michael? I’m his housekeeper. Two days ago, I heard his nephew living in the countryside will come. It must be you. You’re really like him!”
Hearing my words, the boy was first astonished but then quickly said, “Has my uncle gone out? I think I’d better first go out for a walk and visit him again in a while.”
I nodded and asked the boy who was preparing to put down the violin, “Do you like to play the violin so much?”
“Yes, but I’m so poor that I can’t afford it,” the boy replied.
“Then I give this violin to you.” The boy looked at me questioningly, but he picked up the violin. Going out to the living room, he suddenly saw on the wall my huge color photo I performed in the Sydney Opera House. He trembled for a moment and ran out without looking back.
I was sure that the boy had understood what happened because no one would decorate the living room with the housekeeper’s photo.
A few years later, at a music competition of senior high school students in Melbourne, I was invited to judge the final. Finally, a violin player called Merritt won the first prize with his strength!
After the award, Merritt ran to me holding a violin box, excited, asked,“Mr. Brian, do you still know me? You have given me a violin which I have been treasuring until today! Today, I can give back this violin to you without regret...” It turned out that he was “Mr. Ram’s nephew Michael”!
Tears welled up in my eyes.
1. Who is the author?| A．The house owner. | B．The housekeeper. |
| C．The boy’s uncle. | D．The boy's teacher. |
| A．Because Michael is the boy’s name. |
| B．Because he mistook the boy for Michael. |
| C．Because he wanted to protect the boy’s self-respect. |
| D．Because he would like to make friends with the boy. |
| A．The boy became a senior high school student. |
| B．The writer knew the boy would win the competition. |
| C．The boy had taken good care of the violin for many years. |
| D．The writer knew the boy really like the violin very much. |
| A．Music has strong power. | B．Being kind can get rewarded. |
| C．Practice makes a good musician. | D．Small kindness can be meaningful. |
【推荐2】A pizza shop in Ligonier,Pennsylvania did something more than just sending pizza last week.Terribly cold weather made lots of people across America stay inside their homes,especially young children and the elderly(老人).
While children have at least one parent to bring home things like food and water,many elderly people who live alone don’t have anyone to bring them things they need———that includes very important medicine.
Wynkoop,the owner of Fox’s Pizza Den,realized that there are people in the community who needed help during the bad weather and decided to try to make their lives easier.He posted on the company’s website.
“This goes out to our dear elderly.If something is wrong with you,PLEASE do not try to leave the house.Because of the bad weather conditions,please call my cellphone and I will try my best to do everything to let things brought to you(medicine,food,etc.)No food ordering required.”
“I know it’s hard for elderly people to get out and we live in an elderly community,and we’re small.You have to be there for them,”Wynkoop told a local news station.
As news of Wynkoop’s kind offer spread,donations started pouring into the pizza shop.The shop’s workers have all agreed to give the money to the local Meals on Wheels,a service that gives meals to elderly people.
Wynkoop wants his act to encourage people who need help,especially in times of need.“We just did what we can,Help somebody that needs help.Don’t be afraid.”By last Wednesday,Wynkoop had helped fifty people in the community.
1. How was the weather last week?| A．Windy | B．Rainy | C．Very cold | D．Very hot |
| A．The poor | B．The young | C．The rich | D．The old |
| A．He will send things needed to the elderly people every day. |
| B．He will send things needed to the elderly people in bad weather. |
| C．He will send things needed to the elderly people lower price. |
| D．He will buy something expensive for the elderly people. |
| A．药物 | B．捐献 | C．衣物 | D．急救 |
| A．some people really need help | B．no one really need Wynkoop’s help |
| C．Wynkoop has helped some young kids | D．Wynkoop will stop his plan soon |
【推荐3】A musician（音乐家）named Becky Dell, from London, decided to test herself for a year after watching David Attenborough’s Blue Planet.
Becky set herself a rule of not buying anything “I didn’t need”. She managed to save an amazing £1,621.69, which she donated to charity. She said, “I didn’t buy clothes, shoes, presents, other makeup, hair products, jewelry, bags, decorations, anything disposable, plants, flowers, house items etc.”
Over the year, she bought 12 unimportant items, adding, “For example, a new jacket when my zip（拉链）broke at -l5℃ up a mountain, a couple of essential（必不可少的）things for my very elderly cats and a couple of essential house items.” She managed to get around giving a gift for Christmas and birthdays by making presents instead. And while the first six months were easy, Becky said it got hard around August. She said, “It got way hard from August, as clothes started running out and I darned（缝补）my socks with holes. It got easier in December as I could start counting down. The thing I missed the most was buying plants and flowers. I love nature and found that hard.”
Now her test is over. Becky said the first thing she was looking forward to was buying some socks. She said, “I watched the plastic floating（漂浮）in the seas and wondered with shame how much was mine. I decided to do a year of not consuming. Actually thinking about it, I think it was my desire（渴望）for a £40 cushion（靠垫）that pushed my guilt over the edge last December. Nobody needs a £40 cushion, no matter how pretty it is, especially when they already have seven cushions on their sofa.”
1. Which of the following is true according to the passage?| A．Blue Planet may be a TV programme about pollution. |
| B．Becky Dell set herself the rule in order to save money. |
| C．Christmas and birthday gifts were among the 12 items. |
| D．The first item Becky would buy would be some flowers. |
| A．When people “count down”, they will feel worried and nervous. |
| B．“… found that hard” means “found not buying plants and flowers hard”. |
| C．“… a year of not consuming” means “a year of not buying”. |
| D．“…pushed my guilt over the edge” means “made me feel bad for not living a green life”. |
| A．Para. 1. | B．Para. 2. | C．Para. 3. | D．Para. 4. |
| A．A Great Musician. | B．A Generous Donation. | C．A Meaningful Test. | D．A Hard Year. |
Mum: Good evening, Tom.
Tom: Do we eat chicken for dinner, Mum?
Mum: No, we eat fish and carrots, dear.
Tom: Mum, I don’t like carrots. I like chicken.
Mum: But we need more (更多) vegetables, not only meat. It’s not healthy to eat chicken every day.
Tom: OK. But dad likes chicken, too.
Mum: Well, let’s eat chicken and broccoli tomorrow (明天).
Tom: That sounds great!
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. What do they eat for dinner?
| A．Chicken. | B．Carrots. |
| C．Carrots and fish. | D．Milk. |
| A．Fish. | B．Chicken. |
| C．Broccoli. | D．Eggs. |
| A．Chicken. | B．Meat. |
| C．Vegetables. | D．Fruit. |
| A．No, he doesn’t. | B．Yes, he does. |
| C．We don’t know. | D．No, he does. |
| A．Fish and carrots. | B．Chicken and fish. |
| C．Broccoli and chicken. | D．Hamburgers and milk. |
【推荐2】An old man often asks for money outside of 7-11 (便利店). Because of him, I have become a believer in sharing with the poor.
About a year ago, this old man began to appear on my way to Tali Department Store every Saturday at noon. My lunch break is not very long, the store is some blocks from my office, and my Saturday lunch is quite expensive, so at first I just walked past him or paid no attention to him. But the more often I saw him looking ill-fed and penniless (身无分文的), the more I felt sorry for him.
Finally, I began to drop the pocket money that I got after buying my lunch into his white plastic bowl. It felt good to be a little bit generous (慷慨的), so I started making sure I had pocket money for him before I left the office. Soon he came to know me and thanked me with a smile.
Now we greet each other like old friends. If I do not see him in his usual place at the usual time, I worry that something bad has happened to him. When I see him back from other places, I feel comfortable. One interesting thing is that since I started usually dropping some pocket money into his bowl, I have had a larger, better income (收益) than ever before. That seems strange, but I could be greatly blessed for (被祝福) the small acts of generosity and friendliness I show to “my lucky beggar” once a week. We should try to help the people in need.
1. The writer met the old man ______ for the first time.| A．on the way back home | B．on the way to the store | C．near the restaurant |
| A．Rising income | B．Kindness | C．Friendliness |
| A．Every dog has its day. |
| B．Where there is a will, there is a way. |
| C．Helping others is helping yourself. |
| A．A Saturday Lunch | B．A Plastic Bowl | C．Love and Luck |
【推荐3】Most of us had no idea what to expect last Monday. Our teachers told us that it was School Poetry Week. The whole school would see a show called Poetry Play.
When we got to the hall, we saw a big box in the middle of the stage. A man was sitting on it. After everyone sat down, the man stood up. He started pulling up the sail on a ship. There was no ship. There was no rope. He didn’t say anything. But we could understand exactly what he was doing. We all got very quiet and watched. Soon he was sailing on the sea. He began speaking, “If I had a ship, I’d sail my ship.” He was reciting The Island, a poem by A. A. Milne.
By then we knew that Peter Williams, the man on the stage, was going to give us a great performance. Between poems, he often lifted the lid (盖子) of the box and put his head inside. When he came out, he had changed into a different character by putting on a funny nose or a hat. First he was a silly guy with big red cheeks and a round nose. Then he turned into a very proper English gentleman. Next he was a cat. With each change he used a different voice. Williams was truly amazing. He became five different characters and recited more than twenty poems in all.
His performance of Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll was one of the best parts of the show. The poem is filled with made-up words. No one knows exactly what they mean. But when Peter Williams acted out the poem, it became an exciting experience.
Williams was often very funny. But he was serious, too. He really showed how poems can fit every mood. He told us that we should say poems out loud. We should all try to learn some poems by heart. He left us with these words from a poem by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers, “Keep a poem in your pocket.”
If you visit our school today, you’ll see that Peter Williams’ words come to life. In every room you will hear people reading poems out loud. Ask anyone what his or her favourite poem is. Your friend will probably start reciting (背诵) it!
Poetry Play got School Poetry Week off to a wonderful start.
1. Why did Peter Williams put his head inside the box between poems?| A．Because he wanted to be a silly guy. |
| B．Because he wanted to use different voices. |
| C．Because he wanted to act different characters. |
| D．Because he wanted to be a proper gentleman. |
| A．The poem is filled with made-up words. |
| B．We saw a big box in the middle of the stage. |
| C．Our teachers told us that it was School Poetry Week. |
| D．Poetry Play got School Poetry Week off to a wonderful start. |
| A．make a difference | B．drive us mad |
| C．win high praise | D．lead to success |
| A．It helped students write poems. | B．It was a boring performance. |
| C．It turned out a big success. | D．It helped students know the made-up words. |
| A．explain how to write a poem | B．tell about a show called Poetry Play |
| C．give information about poetry | D．make the readers learn how to recite poems |
What’s My Line?
“One of my actors is sick! He has just one line and you’re the only one who fits his clothes!” One afternoon, the school drama director suddenly shouted to me. She looked so nervous and worried that I felt sorry for her and said, “OK”.
“You will be fine. It’s easy!” She said. But it wasn’t easy at all. On the stage, four other actors and actresses spoke their lines, and I opened my mouth. Nothing came out. I couldn’t even breathe. I just wanted to leave. The next thing I knew, I was running off the stage.
When I was running off the stage, I accidentally knocked over a glass of grape juice that was on a table. The purple juice hit the girl next to me — Andrea, the leading actress of the drama. She gave me a nasty look. I thought she was going to kill me!
But then, Andrea quickly said, “Darling, you’re so silly! Let’s toast (干杯) to my darling’s silliness! Cheers!” She quickly took another glass of grape juice and drank it. The other actors quickly followed Andrea’s lead and saved the scene. The audience (观众) thought my mistake was part of the play!
I said sorry to everyone after the play. To my surprise, they were not angry with me. They told me, “It’s all a part of being on stage.” I could be wrong, but I think I liked being on stage. I think I will try again.
1. Which of the following was a problem in the story?| A．The writer forgot his line. | B．Andrea was the leading actress of the drama. |
| C．Andrea drank the grape juice. | D．The writer had only one line. |
| A．sad | B．afraid | C．angry | D．surprised |
| A．pretty | B．silly | C．warm-hearted | D．quick-minded |
| A．The writer made Andrea’s dress dirty. |
| B．The audience knew something was wrong. |
| C．The school drama director asked the writer to play a role. |
| D．The writer said sorry to the drama club. |
| A．dislike Andrea | B．join the drama club |
| C．stay away from the stage | D．help Andrea wash her clothes |
【推荐2】When Suansuan first read Peach Blossom Shangri-la(《桃花源记》) in her high school Chinese textbook, she didn’t think too much about it.
One day in college, she remembered the article again. After studying more about it, she found something interesting behind the 320-word text. For example, the peach blossom Shangri-la not only appears in Tao Yuanming’s article, but also in many poems, paintings and plays. The fisherman in the text doesn’t have a name, for he is a symbol of a special group of people—the hermits. Usually for some reasons, these people live a very simple life alone and do not meet or talk to other people
The simple text became much more fun and attractive(吸引人的) to Suansuan. She wants to share her ideas with more people—by making videos. To better present her ideas, she paints in her videos. For a video about 10 minutes in length, she may draw up to 80 paintings.
Starting in May 2019, she has made more than 50 videos. Seven are about the hidden stories behind some texts in Chinese textbooks. The rest are about learning methods and other works.
These have won her more than 1.5 million fans on Bilibili, many of whom are teenagers. They have left bullet comments(弹幕) and messages of thanks. They say she has made their school life more interesting.
Suansuan says the two things that bring her the most happiness are learning and creating. Making videos combines(结合) both. So she will keep doing it.
1. When did Suansuan change her opinion about Peach Blossom Shangri-la?| A．In her junior high. | B．In her senior high. | C．In her college. |
| A．In many paintings. | B．In many plays. | C．In many pieces of music. |
| A．隐士 | B．侠士 | C．穷人 |
| A．The videos made by Suansuan have no influences on tanagers. | B．Suansuan has used a modern way to introduce some Chinese texts. | C．Suansuan doesn’t like to share ideas with other people. |
| A．Failure is the mother of success. | B．There is no end to learning. | C．It is never too late to mend(修补). |
As teachers, we just love to encourage our students to try new things at a young age.
Take myself as an example. I didn’t start playing ice hockey until my early 40s. My son is a huge sports fan and he often asked me to take him to watch games between the big teams.
To be honest, it’s the hardest sport I’ve ever done. There was so much to learn. In addition to mastering skating skills, I also needed to learn how to pass and shoot. I saw a lot of players get on the ice and pick it up quickly and easily. But I was an exception (例外).
It’s good to learn new things, whether they come easily to you or with more difficulty. Maybe you didn’t use the past year to improve yourself or to learn a new skill—but that’s OK!
| A．Gradually, I fell in love with the sport. |
| B．However, I think this is a huge mistake. |
| C．It won’t be late to start anything at any time. |
| D．But as adults, we don’t often follow that advice. |
| E．I was so terrible at skating, but I never thought about giving up. |
| F．Learning hockey has also helped me be a better teacher in some way. |
