Garbage collector （垃圾回收员） Jose Gutierrez is 53 years old. When he was young, his family was too poor to keep him in school. Jose left school when he was in Grade Two. But that did not stop him having a love of reading.
Jose said he got the love of reading from his mother. She always read to him, “She read me stories every night.” said Jose. He hopes that every poor child in his city can have books to read.
Jose started saving books from garbage 20 years ago. Every day he drives the garbage truck through the city’s rich neighborhoods to get old books. Now there are about 20,000 books in Jose’s small house. It is already a famous library in his neighborhood.
Books are rare things for boys and girls in poor neighborhoods. New books are too expensive. There are 19 libraries in Bogota, the city where Jose lives, but they are all far from poor neighborhoods.
Now Jose is famous in Bogota. Many people give old books to him. Jose plans to make more libraries to help more children.
1. Why did Jose leave school?2. How did Jose save old books?
3. 将Books are rare things for boys and girls in poor neighborhoods. （翻译为汉语）。
4. 根据文章内容填空，词数不限。
Jose Gutierrez is a
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Cigla, from a poor family in northern Tibet’s Nagqu City, hopes to get into a sports college and become a professional (专业的) basketball player. Studying at Nagqu No. 2 High School in Lhasa has made it much easier for her to achieve her basketball dream.
In recent years, the Tibet government has set up several schools in Lhasa. Each school has seven basketball courts and a soccer field, which gives students chances to train their bodies and find sports that they like.
Basketball is one of the most popular sports among the girls at Nagqu No. 2 High School. More than a quarter of the school’s 1,600 girl students play the sport during PE classes or after school. Basketball competitions between classes are often held to draw more girls to the sport.
Cigla said she fell in love with the sport in her first basketball game. When she scores and hears her classmates cheer for her, she can’t help feeling proud. Playing basketball has helped her stay healthy and build up confidence (自信心) over the years. And meeting players from different schools has certainly made her a more outgoing person.
Unlike many top sports students who are not interested in other common subjects, Cigla is also good at some subjects including Chinese, English and math. She learns English even harder. She often memorizes English new words between the breaks of basketball training.
1. Is it Cigla’s dream to become a basketball player?
2. How many girls play basketball at Nagqu No.2 High School?
3. How does Cigla feel about playing basketball?
4. Why do you think Cigla, a top sports student, learns English so hard? (Write about 30 words in the blank to end the passage.)
【推荐2】Mike is eleven years old. He lives with his parents in the USA. Mike’s birthday is coming. He wants to get some nice gifts.
Mike has an aunt. She is in Kenya. She gives some money to a group to celebrate Mike’s birthday. The group helps save elephants.
On Mike’s birthday, he gets an email from the group. Mike is very happy. The boy loves the animals and he wants to help save them, too. So he finds time to go to Kenya with his mother.
When Mike comes back, he sets up a group. It tells people to save the elephants in Kenya. Mike also works to make money for an elephant park in Thailand. “On my next birthday.” he says. “I don’t need any gifts. I want my friends to give money to the elephant park.”
Mike loves his work and he is happy he can help elephants.
1. Where does Mike live? (不超过 10个词)2. What does Mike get from the group? (不超过5个词)
3. What does Mike want for his next birthday? (不超过 15 个词)
【推荐3】You run among crowded people in a railway station, only to find that the train has left. Do you feel depressed(沮丧的)? Probably. But if you are in France, someone may play the piano
for you. It might be a performance of Chopin's Fantaisie-Impromptu or the Pirates of the Caribbean theme song. To our surprise, it is not performed by a paid musician or a street
entertainer asking for coins. Instead, a passer-by jams (即兴演奏) on the piano in the station.
The national railroad company SNCF has put pianos in nearly 100 stations across France. They are rented from Yamaha Corporation. The first piano was set up in the Gare Montparnasse in Paris in 2012.
The pianos have proved to be very popular. In 2014, the SNCF and Yamaha organized a nationwide contest called "Your Turn to Play". It asked participants to upload (上传) video clips of themselves using one of the pianos. At last, about 900 people took part in the contest.
So if you miss a train in France one day, perhaps someone will be playing your favourite piece, and that will reduce your anxiety (焦虑) a bit. Or perhaps you'll sit down, roll up your sleeves and play your sadness away yourself.
回答下面 5 个问题。( 56--58 小题回答不超过 7 个单词。)
1. If you miss a train in France, who may play the piano for you?
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2. When was the first piano set up in the Gare Montparnasse in Paris?
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3. What was the name of the contest organized by the SNCF and Yamaha in 2014?
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4. Why has the company SNCF put pianos in nearly 100 stations across France?
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5. If possible, would you like to jam on the piano in such stations? Why or why not?
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If you tap your fingers on the screen, your favorite books will be delivered (递送) to your door in a few hours. Cultural consumption (文化消费) in China becomes as easy as ordering a sandwich. It is now happening at the Chengdu Library.
The “Loving to Read at Home” program allows readers to log on (登录) to a mini program of the same name. Then readers can choose their favorite books and wait for them to be delivered to their home by EMS for just 6 yuan for one to three books. Each user can borrow up to eight books at a time for 30 days.
The program covers the whole city. More than 20, 000 books from 22 public libraries in Chengdu are ready for loan. So far, more than 300 books have been sent out to readers.
The Chengdu Library is not the only library providing books-to-go services. “Flying books home” is a similar program run by the Zhuzhou Library in Hunan Province. In Beijing, a similar service is also provided by the Chaoyang District Library.
There have been more than 3, 300 public libraries and more than 100, 000 physical book shops across the country. Chinese people’s interest in reading has been growing. “Reading has become an important part of promoting public education and increasing people’s confidence in Chinese culture and tradition, ” said Xu.
1. Cultural consumption in China becomes2. After logging on to the mini program, readers can
3. With the help of the program,
4.
5. Reading helps people become more confident in
【推荐2】This book is for children. It is about the seas. It tells us about different kinds of water pollution and the things we can do to keep the seas clean. It also tells us about the different ways we can save water. In this book, Simon Walker said, “Three-fourths of the Earth is water. For thousands of years, the seas have helped us by giving us food and water, but we are feeding them with dirty water from factories and rubbish from our homes. Now, the seas are crying because they are very sick. Please help to save them!’’
You can see many wonderful photos of the seas in this book. There are also beautiful photos of sea animals like whales and seahorses. You can also see photos of the pink dolphins.
I think it is a very interesting and useful book.
1. Who is the writer of the book?2. Is the book for children or adults?
3. Why are the seas crying?
4. How much of our Earth is water?
5. What is the book about?
6. What do you think of the book?
There is no doubt that speed-reading is an important skill in the fast-paced information age. We need to quickly get key words to find what really need. Speed-reading is quite helpful in some situations, for example, during an exam. But it seemed we read more, we enjoy less pleasure of reading than before. Besides, some of us even have lost the ability of enjoying reading, enjoying the beauty of the language and understanding the meaning of it.
So today, the idea of “slow-reading” has become popular. People are encouraged to shut off their computers and mobile phones for at least half an hour each day. Therefore, they can enjoy the pleasure of reading a good book slowly! Of course, it’s different. When I am reading a fiction slowly, I am relaxed. I can imagine I am with the character and see the world through their eyes. This helps me learn about the world around me. Since the age of ten, reading also provide me with a kind of education.
In a word, we’re supposed to choose the way that works best for us.
1~2题完成句子；3~5题回答问题。1. We need to quickly get
2. Nowadays, the idea of “slow-reading” has
3. What are people encouraged to do to support slow-reading?
4. How does the writer feel when he/she reads a fiction slowly?
5. Do you like speed-reading or slow-reading? And why?
【推荐1】Liu Tuchi, an 87-year-old man, has given away thousands of books to kids in five villages in Southwest China and built some reading rooms in the past 13 years by collecting and selling rubbish.
“After selling the rubbish, I go to bookstores to look for good books,” Liu said. When he has enough books, he sends them to the kids in the villages.
“I passed by a primary school in Qilong Village in 2005 and was shocked by the poor condition. With old classrooms and broken desks, the students hardly had any books.” he said. So Liu took out more than 5,000 yuan and raised more than 8,000 yuan from his family and friends to give away books to the school. Since then, he has kept on giving away books to poor kids.
Liu’s work has opened his new lifestyle. He collects and sells waste, such as bottles (瓶子) and old newspapers. In 2008, Liu started building reading rooms. So far he has built more than 15 reading rooms.
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
1. How does Liu Tuchi make money to buy books and build reading rooms?
2. Where did Liu pass by in 2005?
3. What does Liu Tuchi keep on giving away to poor kids?
4. Did Liu Tuchi take out and raise more than thirteen thousand yuan to help the school?
5. How many reading rooms has Liu built?
Hello, everyone! Here is a photo of me. Am I a dog? No, I am a schoolbag and I am yellow. What can you find in me? A computer and a book.
Nick Smith is my owner (主人). He is a middle school student. This morning, Nick lost (遗失) me in the library. Luckily (幸运地), he has a good friend.
Her name is Lisa and she is a nice girl. She wants to help Nick find me. Lisa’s brother works in the Lost and Found (失物招领处) at the school. Lisa calls him and he says I am there now. Then Nick goes to the Lost and Found with Lisa. He finds me there and says thanks to Lisa and her brother.
回答问题，每题不超过5个单词。
1. What color is the bag?
2. What is in the bag?
3. Who is the owner of the bag?
4. Who works to help people find their things (物品) ?
5. Where does Nick find his bag?
【推荐3】This is such a heart-warming piece of news in the cold winter. Some days ago, the temperature was only -6℃ in Kaifeng, Henan. Someone ordered 50 cups of warm porridge (粥) through Meituan App and noted “Please give the porridge to those sanitation (环卫) workers who are clearing snow on the road near by and those delivery (递送) men who are delivering food.” When the porridge shop owner received the order, he was moved by the note and provided 60 cups.
The story didn’t end here. As soon as the food delivery man got the big order, he shared it with his workmates so that they could also get paid. Finally, Meituan returned the money to the porridge buyer, Mr. Zhang and gave him a reward of ¥500. Although he had to raise his newly-born baby and pay for his house every month, Mr. Zhang said he would surely continue delivering love.
The kind help also encouraged many other citizens in Kaifeng. This summer, volunteers are sending cool drinks every day.
Similar stories have happened in many other places in China. Outdoor workers in different cities are able to enjoy free and caring help. Lots of “love posts” are providing “coolness” in hot summer and “warmth” in cold winter. Just as a citizen of Kaifeng said, “I feel deeply moved and warm in heart.”
In fact, we get love and give love every day. Love delivery makes our life better and more beautiful.
根据上面短文的内容回答问题 (每个小题答案不超过6个单词)。1. How many cups of porridge did the shop owner provide?
2. What did the delivery man do when he got the big order?
3. What can you learn after reading this passage?
When Emma and her family went out to dinner, they always went to their favorite restaurant. Their favorite restaurant was a Malaysian restaurant, and they usually went there once a week.
One week when they were getting ready to go out to dinner, Emma’s dad wanted them to try the new Chinese restaurant in town, but Emma and her little brother Josh both disagreed.
“In fact, you might like it in the end if you give it a try,” said their mom. Their dad added, “Let’s try it once, and if you don’t like it, we can go back to the Malaysian restaurant.” Emma and Josh agreed and got into the back seat of the car.
When they arrived at the Chinese restaurant, a waiter met them at the door and greeted (问候) them with a smile. He led them to a table. The restaurant looked pretty cool, and the waiter was very nice. He told them what some of his favorite dishes were. Emma and Josh took his advice and ordered their dishes. Soon the dishes were ready. After Emma and Josh tasted them, they both said,“You were right, Mom. The food here is pretty delicious.”
When the meal was over, Emma said, “I think I have another favorite restaurant.” Josh agreed and asked, “When shall we come here again?” “On Children’s Day,” said Emma’s mom with a smile.
1. How often did the family go to the Malaysian restaurant?2. Who disagreed to try a new restaurant at first?
3. How did they go to the new Chinese restaurant?
4. Did Emma and Josh think the food in the Chinese restaurant was pretty delicious?
5. When will they go to the new Chinese restaurant?
A set of photos of a boy carrying his tennis rackets in a bamboo basket has gone viral (走红).
The 14-year-old boy, Wang Fa, is a member of the Va ethnic group (佤族) from Yunnan. After winning the under-14 title (冠军) at the ASICS Tennis Junior Tour in Guangzhou, a tennis lover from Yunnan gave him the bamboo basket as a gift and the photos were taken.
“We always carry bamboo baskets when we work in the fields. This is a typical farming tool of the Va ethnic group. I carried my rackets in this basket to honor my hometown,” Wang said after the match.
Before tennis, Wang was just a farm boy from a village. But in 2016, he was chosen by a local club as one of the first 10 local children to learn to play professional tennis. “I was nervous at the beginning because the outside world was so different from my home,” he said, adding that tennis has helped him make more friends and get a better education.
Over the past seven years, Wang, along with other players at the Yunnan Wild Elephants Tennis Club, has trained hard to improve his skills and physical strength (体力). The children would get up at 6:30 am and practice for more than six hours a day. Every day, they needed to swing a racket more than 7,000 times and run 9 kilometers.
“If it were not for tennis, I would still be helping out my family with farmwork back home,” Wang said.
Wang’s parents didn’t want him to learn tennis at first because they couldn’t afford it. But the tennis club offered to teach him for free.
“For me, winning the ASICS Tennis Junior Tour title is just the beginning of my hopeful future,” Wang said. “I will try to get to the top place on the professional stage.”
根据文章内容，回答下列问题。
1. Who gave Wang Fa the bamboo basket in the photos?
2. Why was Wang Fa nervous when he was chosen by the local club?
3. How many hours would the children practice a day?
4. Did Wang’s parents support his tennis dream at first?
5. What does Wang Fa think of his future?
【推荐3】Jack likes reading very much. His brother Mike doesn’t like reading. He likes playing with his friends. Their parents say reading is important. But Mike doesn’t think so.
One day Jack reads a book about space (太空). He says to Mike the book is very interesting and useful. But Mike doesn’t want to read it. The next day, Mike’s science teacher lets his class do some homework about space. They need to make a poster (海报) about space. Mike is in a group (组) with Liz, Anna and Jeff. They all think the homework is difficult. “My brother has a book about space.” says Mike, “Then let’s meet at my home this evening to do our homework.” In the evening, Mike’s group comes. Jack is happy to help them. After about two hours, they finish the homework.
When Mike’s science teacher sees their homework, he is happy. Mike’s group gets A+ for their homework.
“Reading is important. I will read some books later.” thinks Mike.
1-—2题完成句子；3—4题简略回答问题；5题将文中画线句子译成汉语。
1. Mike likes playing with
2. Jack thinks the book about space is
3. Who lets Mike do some homework about space?
4. What does Mike want to do later?
5.
