Long time ago, there was a boy called Narcissus. He was very handsome and many women loved him. One of them was a fairy called Echo (回声). Unluckily, Echo could only repeat after others, so she couldn’t tell Narcissus her love for him.
One day, Narcissus got lost in the woods. He shouted, “Who’s there?” Echo repeated, “Who’s there?” Slowly, Echo stepped forward. But Narcissus didn’t love Echo, and left her heartbroken.
Later, a goddess learnt this. She decided to punish (惩罚) Narcissus. She made the boy fall in love with himself. Once Narcissus took a drink from a pond. He saw his own reflection (倒影) and fell in love with himself. From then on, he stayed there and looked into the water until he died. A flower grew where he died. That flower is called narcissus (水仙花).
This story tells us why the narcissus flower is seen as too much self-love. It also shows that too much self-love is unhealthy. What about healthy self-love? To have healthy self-love, we need to use the mirror. That is to say, we need to love ourselves. Also, we need to find the goodness in others and love them. In this way, we will hear praise from each other. When we have learnt to appreciate the value that we add to each other’s lives, we can love ourselves healthily.
1. What does Narcissus mean in this passage?2. Could Echo tell Narcissus her love for him?
3. How did Echo feel when Narcissus didn’t love her?
4. How did the goddess punish Narcissus?
5. What does the story tell us?
6. What do we need to do to have healthy self-love?
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One Friday, 12-year-old Janet and her friend Amy had to walk past Mr. Dawson's house. When Janet saw him, she suggested crossing the street to the other side. But Amy said they needn't.
When Mr. Dawson saw Amy, he smiled and said, “Hello, Amy! I see you have a new friend with you today.” Amy smiled back and told him that Janet would stay with her that night. Mr. Dawson looked friendly and gave them each a fresh apple. The girls were glad to get them.
Later Janet asked Amy, “Everyone says he is the most unwelcome person in town. Why was he so kind to us?” Amy explained that when she first walked past his house, she was also afraid of him. But she pretended there was an invisible (看不见的) smile on his face and then started talking to him. Just a “hello” at first, and then more.
“An invisible smile?” Janet was puzzled, “Yes,” answered Amy, “My grandma told me to think so. She says smiles can run around. If we keep smiling at someone, sooner or later he will really smile back.”
Remember what Amy's grandma said, and we will find that most people can't refuse our smile
1. What did people feel about Mr. Dawson?(不超过10个词)
2. Who did Amy learn “an invisible smile” from?(不超过10个词)
3. What does the writer advise us to do?(不超过20个词)
【推荐2】As is well known, saying “no” is not easy at all. But sometimes we have to learn to say “no”. To learn to say “no”, we have to first understand what’s stopping us about it. There are some common reasons why people find it hard to say “no”.
You want to help others. You are a kind soul (灵魂) at heart. You don’t want to turn the person away and you want to help when possible, even if it may take up your time.
Afraid of being rude. I was brought up under the idea that saying “no”, especially to people who are older, is rude. This thinking is common in Asian culture, where face-saving is important. It means not making others look bad or lose faces.
Wanting to be agreeable. At times, you find you are not in agreement. You don’t want to keep yourself away from the group, so you agree to do others’ requests (请求).
Fear of conflict (冲突). The person might be angry if you refuse him. This might lead to an ugly conflict. Even if there isn’t, there might be disagreement which might lead to bad effects (影响) in the future.
Fear of losing opportunities (机会). Sometimes, saying “no” means closing doors or losing opportunities. It may make you feel worried. For example, one of my friends was asked to work in another department (部门) in her company (公司). Since she liked her team, she didn’t want to go. However, she didn’t want to say “no” as she felt it would affect her promotion (晋升) opportunities in the future.
1题完成句子；2-3题回答问题；4题找出并写下全文的主题句；5题将画线句子译成汉语。
1. In Asian culture, it is
2. Why do you agree to do others’ requests?
3. What does saying “no” mean sometimes?
4. 找出并写下全文的主题句。
5. 将画线句子译成汉语。
【推荐3】A poor boy sat on the road with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said, “I am blind. Please help.” But there were few coins in the hat.
A man walked by. He took the sign, turned it back, and wrote some words. Then he gave the sign back to the boy. Soon the hat began to fill up. More people gave money to the blind boy. The hat was almost filled with money in the morning. That afternoon the man came again. The boy said, “Thanks a lot, sir. But what did you write?”
The man replied, “I said what you said, but in a different way. I wrote, ‘Today is a beautiful day, but I cannot see it.’”
Both signs said that the boy was blind. But the second one told people that they were so lucky that they were not blind. It made people stay in a good mood(心情).
So try to be creative and think differently, and you may be on your way to success.
1. What did the man do to help the blind boy?(不超过5个词)____________________________________________________________________
2. How did people feel when they saw the second sign?(不超过5个词)
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3. What can we learn from the story?(不超过15个词)
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The Rabbit and the Turtle
One day, a turtle is creeping (爬行). A rabbit sees the turtle. It asks the turtle, “Hi, turtle.What are you doing?” “I’m running,” the turtle says. “Haha, you are running? How slowly! Let’s have a race. Let’s see who runs faster.” The rabbit laughs at the turtle. “OK. I believe I will beat you,”, the turtle says.
The next day is a sunny day. The turtle and the rabbit are ready for the race. Many animals are watching. “Three! Two! One! Start!”, the monkey says. The rabbit and the turtle run to the finishing line. The rabbit runs very fast. The turtle is creeping with a slow but steady (平稳的) pace to the goal.
It’s behind the rabbit. The rabbit runs to a tree. It sees that the turtle is falling behind. It thinks, “The turtle is very slow. I can sleep under the tree.” So the rabbit finds a comfortable place, lies down and falls asleep.
The turtle creeps to the tree. It sees the rabbit sleeping and it doesn’t stop. In the end, it gets to the end and it’s very happy! Now the rabbit wakes up. It thinks the turtle is still behind. The rabbit runs to the end. When the rabbit reaches the end, it sees the turtle there. “Haha, I win!”, the turtle says. The rabbit is very sad. It begins to cry.
This story tells us: We can’t be conceited (骄傲自满的).
1. Which animal runs faster?2. How is the weather of the next day?
3. Which animal gets to the end first?
4. What is the feeling of the rabbit after it reaches the end?
5. What is the moral (寓意) of the story?
【推荐2】Peter was a carpenter（木匠）of our village. Once I asked him to make a dining table for my wife. He made it just the right size to fill the space between the two windows. When I arrived home that evening. Peter was drinking a cup of tea and writing out his bill for his work.
My wife said to me, quietly. “That’s his ninth cup of tea today.” But she said loudly.” It’s a beautiful table, dear, isn’t it?”
“I won’t decide about that until I see that bill.” I said.
Peter laughed and gave me his bill for the work. It said,
BILL One dining table June 10,2016 Cost of wood 27.00 Paint 5.50 Work,8 hours（2 an hour） 16.00 Total 58.50 |
When I was looking at the bill, Peter said.” It’s been a fine day, hasn’t it? Quite sunny”
“Yes.” I said，“I’m glad it is only the 10th of June.”
“Me too,” said Peter.” You wait---it’ll be a bit hotter by the end of the month.”
Yes, Hotter---and more expensive. Dining tables will be 20 more expensive on June 30th, won’t they, Peter?
Peter looked hard at me for half a minute. There was a little smile in his two blue eyes. I gave his bill back to him.
“If it isn’t too much trouble, Peter.” I said.” Please add it up again. You can forget the date.”
I paid him ________ and he was happy to get it.
1. Was the dinner table made by Peter?2. When was the dinner table completed?
3. How long did it take the carpenter to make the table?
4. Why did the writer ask Peter to add the bill up again?
5. What number can be filled in the blank in the last paragraph?
6. Which character in the passage do you think was clever? Give your reason(s).
Peter was a cute boy. On his first day at school, he learned (学习) three words: I, you and she.
The teacher taught him how to make sentences (造句) with those words. The teacher said, "I am your teacher；(then pointing指着to a girl) she, she is your classmate; you, you are my student."
When Peter went home, his father asked him what he had learned at school. Peter said at once. "I, I am your teacher; (then pointing to his mother) she, she is your classmate; you, you are my student." His father got angry (生气的) and said, "I, I am your father; (then pointing to his wife) she, she is your mother; you, you are my son."
The next morning at school, the teacher asked Peter if (是否) he had learned the three words by heart. "Yes," he said proudly, "I, I am your father; (then pointing to a girl) she, she is your mother; you, you are my son."
1. What words did Peter learn on his first day at school?2. How many sentences did the teacher teach him?
3. Who asked him a question when Peter got home?
4. How did his father feel when he heard (听到) Peter's sentences?
5. Was Peter really a clever boy?
【推荐1】Is there someone you hate? Well, you don’t really hate them. But you get really angry every time you think of them. If you don’t let this anger go, it can turn into bitterness(痛苦).
Bitterness appears when we can’t forgive someone who has hurt us or made us angry. Someone might say or do something that hurts us. But instead of controlling the anger, we keep it deep inside. Before long, a bitter feeling begins to grow. We may think we’re hurting that person by criticizing(批评) him or her often, but we’re really only hurting ourselves.
Bitterness can not only lead to terrible health problems such as heart disease, but also hurt our friendships with our friends and family members. No one enjoys being around an angry person for very long.
If you see bitterness in your life, the following ways can be helpful.
Accept it
Instead of trying to deny your anger, make it clear to yourself and accept it. See your anger for what it is and quickly deal with it.
Stop making excuses for it
You may feel you have a right to be angry. You may think you’re right and the other person is wrong. You may even secretly enjoy making the other person look bad. But in the end, bitterness hurts you much more than the other person. The bitterness will hold you back, and the other person will go on with his or her life.
Forgive and forget it
You probably can’t completely put the anger out of your mind. But you can decide to forgive the other person. Forget it and move on. You’ll enjoy better health and peace of your mind.
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【推荐2】It was two months before Christmas when nine-year-old Rose told her father and me that she wanted a new bike. Her Snow White bike was just too old to ride, and it needed repairing as well.
As Christmas came closer, her dream for a bike seemed to disappear, for she didn’t mention it again. We were busy buying some beautiful storybooks, a doll house, a holiday dress and toys.
Then much to our surprise, on the evening of December 24, she said she terribly wanted a bike more than anything else.
Then we didn’t know what to do. It was just too late for us to make her dream come true. So there was no time to buy the “right bike” for our little girl. Thinking that we were parents who would make their child unhappy, we tried to deal with the problem.
Suddenly my husband came up with an idea. “What if I make a little bike out of clay and write a note that she could trade in the model bike for a real one?” “Perfect!” I shouted. So he spent the next five hours carefully working with clay to make a small bike.
On Christmas morning, we were so excited to wait for our daughter to open the little box with the beautiful red and white clay bike and the note. She opened it and read the note loudly. She looked at me and her father, and said, “So, does it mean I can trade in this bike for a real one?” Smiling, I said, “Yes.” Rose had tears in her eyes when she replied, “What a wonderful surprise I have! I will never trade in this beautiful bike that Daddy made me. I prefer to keep it rather than get a real bike.” At that moment, we would have bought her every bike on the earth.
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。1. Why didn’t the parents buy their daughter the present she wanted?
2. How did the parents feel when hearing Rose wanted a bike on December 24?
3. Where did Rose find the clay bike?
4. How long did the father spend making a small clay bike?
5. Why did Rose say “I prefer to keep it rather than get a real bike.”?
Face-to-face with a mother who doesn’t immediately praise every gift, my children have learned to be very careful in choosing gifts. But a couple of weeks ago, they came together to give me a gift that really blew me away.
For years now, I’ve been wanting to sell our house where my children grew up. But there are the funny little love hearts they drew just near their beds. The attic (阁楼) is full of the old clothes they couldn’t wear. The high shelves still have lots of novels for children, like The Night Before Christmas and The Muddle-Headed Wombat.
But those are not the reasons for being sad about leaving this house. There is much more to tie me to the home where I brought up our kids. In the front room, there is a wall. On that wall are hundreds of pencil marks, names and dates. They recorded the way the children grew.
Of all the objects, all the memories, it’s this one place in our home that makes it hard for me to leave. Over dinner, over the years, I’ve talked about how much I would hate leaving that wall, even though the last marks were made ten years ago when my kids stopped growing. So one day, while I was at work, my children decided to do something about the wall. Here was a chance to remove the last traces (痕迹) of their babyhood, but they didn’t do that. Instead, they hired Jack, a professional photographer, to come to our house to take photos of the pencil marks, names and dates and then changed them into one photo.
At last the gift made its way to me, one meaningful photo. Representing love and growth, it’s a gift that I will cherish forever.
1. When did the mother get the surprising gift?2. What is the attic filled with?
3. Why are the marks on the wall so important to the mother?
4. How did Jack make the traces on the wall into a gift?
5. Do you like this kind of gift? Why or why not?
“On the first day of 2024, I saw the snows of Kilimanjaro (乞力马扎罗山),” said Xu Zhuoyuan, a 17-year-old mountain climber from Hunan.
Xu’s mountain climbing journey began on a family trip to Xizang and Sichuan four years ago. Passing by Mount Siguniang in Sichuan, she enjoyed its beauty and decided to try climbing it. She fell in love with mountain climbing right then and there.
For the next few years, Xu did hard training. She went to climb peaks (山峰) over 5,000 meters and doing daily physical exercise like running, swimming and bike riding. All that hard work got her ready for the big challenges she would face on Kilimanjaro.
Above 4,000 meters on Mount Kilimanjaro, the weather is similar to a desert, with big temperature differences. The whole climb took seven days, and staying warm and avoiding heat loss (损失) were the main challenges. Xu had to keep an eye on the temperature and change her clothes when the temperature changed.
During this experience, Xu was climbing with Xia Boyu, the first Chinese climber who reached the top of Mount Qomolangma with a prosthetic (假肢的) leg. “Every time I felt like giving up, just seeing Xia was enough to inspire me. He still kept going although he was having bloodied (流血的) legs from his prosthesis,” Xu said.
Looking ahead, Xu has set great goals for herself. She plans to climb the highest peak on each of the seven continents (大陆) and visit the North and South Poles by the time she’s 18. That’s her “7+2 program”.
1. The passage mainly tells the story of a young2. To prepare for big challenges, Xu did daily physical exercise like
3. Xu
4. According to paragraph 5, why could Xia Boyu inspire Xu when she felt like giving up?
5. What do you think of Xu Zhouyuan? Why?
【推荐2】Last month some thieves (小偷) stole a valuable teapot from a museum in Hong Kong. They took the teapot to America, but the American police found it. The museum sent Mr. Chan, a member of the museum staff, to collect the teapot. On the plane back to Hong Kong, he noticed two men. They were watching him closely. “Perhaps they’re going to steal the teapot again. I must think of a plan,” he thought.
Mr. Chan’s daughter, Amy, met him at Hong Kong afterwards. Mr. Chan was carrying two boxes. He gave his daughter the pink box and said to her in a low voice, “Take this gift box home with great care.” He walked away with the brown one. The two men followed him.
Amy opened the box at home. She was expecting a pair of sports shoes, but she just found an old teapot. “This is not a very interesting gift,” said Amy, a bit disappointed. “That’s all right. Let’s make some tea in it,” said her mother. Then they found a note in the teapot. It said, “Dear Amy, call the police right now. Take care of the teapot. Love Dad.”
The two men kidnapped (绑架) Mr. Chan on his way to the museum. They opened his box and found a pair of sports shoes inside. “Where’s the teapot? How dare you cheat us? We saw you give your daughter a box at the airport. Come with us! We’re going to search your home,” one of them said.
When the thieves entered Mr. Chan’s flat (公寓), it was dark and quiet. All of a sudden, the door closed and the lights went on. The police were waiting inside.
Amy and her mother came out of the bedroom with the teapot. “That teapot is very valuable.” said Mr. Chan. “A long time ago it belonged to an emperor. He drank tea from it.”
“We were going to drink tea from it, too,” said Amy, laughing.
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
1. Was the teapot found in America?
2. What did Mr. Chan notice on the plane back to Hong Kong?
3. What was in the pink box?
4. How did the two thieves feel when they didn’t find the teapot?
5. Where were the thieves caught?
Washed Ahmadzai is from Afghanistan (阿富汗). He has lived in Beijing for some years. He usually starts his day with a morning run along the Liangma River.
“Sometimes, I come here to chat with my friends,” Ahmadzai says, “And then sometimes I might take my computer with me and sit on those chairs in the neighborhood to work.”
“When you come here, you will get a feeling that life doesn’t have to be that fast. You can slow down,” he says.
As he finishes the morning routine (惯例), he goes to Sanlitun. He has an office in Sanlitun. Within one kilometer, there are more than 500 restaurants, where people can enjoy food from all over the world. When Ahmadzai needs to take a break, he usually goes to the coffee shops.
“Coffee has now become an important part in my daily life. For me, it’s a button (按钮) that helps me get into the work mode (模式), and there are so many coffee shops here with a nice environment,” he says.
Ahmadzai made a short video of his daily life last month and it stood out at the 100 Reasons to Love Beijing short video competition.
1. How does Washed Ahmadzai usually start his day?2. Where does Wahed Ahmadzai have a rest at work?
3. What was Ahmadzai’s video about?
4. Translate the underlined sentence into China.
5. After reading this passage, what do you think of Ahmadzai’s life in Beijing? And why?
