【推荐1】补全短文

Once a wicked wizard(邪恶的巫师)was on a visit to a city and stole the tongues(舌头)from the sleeping people and cast a spell(施一个咒语)on them. The spell meant that these tongues could only say bad things about people. Then the wizard returned these tongues to their owners. In very little time, that city was filled with the sound of people saying bad things about each other.

On seeing all this, the good wizard decided to do something. She cast a spell on the ears of the city people. Under this spell, no matter when the ears heard people saying bad things, they would close up so that nothing could be heard. Later, the tongues started to feel completely useless. When they realized this, they began to change by saying good things to each other.

Until today, the wicked wizard goes on casting the spell on tongues all over the world. But thanks to the good wizard, now people all realize that the best way to end something bad is to pay no attention to it.

Fill in the blanks according to the passage. Only one word for each blank.

Long ago, a wicked wizard     1     a city and stole the tongues from the sleeping people and cast a spell on them. The spell meant that these tongues could only say bad things about people. Then the wizard returned these tongues to their owners. In very little time that city was     2     of the sound of people saying bad things about each other. A good wizard knew this and she cast a spell on the ears of the city people. Under this spell,     3     the ears heard people saying bad things, they would close up and nothing could be heard.

Until today, the wicked wizard     4     casting the spell on tongues throughout the world. But because of the good wizard, now     5     realizes that the best way to end something bad is to pay no attention to it.

【推荐2】阅读表达

On a sunny day, Mother Hen is playing with her children on the grass. Later, they are hungry, so Mother Hen takes her children out to look for food. She finds a grain of wheat (麦子). So she asks her children to plant it in the garden. But her children are lazy (懒惰的) and don’t want to do it. Mother Hen has to do it herself.

A few months later, they get a lot of wheat. She asks her children, “Who would you like to take the wheat to the shop and get some flour (面粉)?” But her children don’t want to do it. So she takes the wheat to the shop and brings the flour home.

After getting home, she asks, “Who will make some bread with the flour?” They all say, “I’m not free.”

When she makes the bread, she says to her chickens, “Who wants to eat the bread?” “I will,” they all say. “No, you can’t. You don’t want to do anything before I make the bread. You must know ‘No pains, no gains (一分耕耘，一分收获).’” She doesn’t give any bread to her children and she eats the bread herself.

(In no more than four words)

1. Where are the chickens playing?
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2. Why does Mother Hen take her children out to look for food?
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3. When do they get a lot of wheat?
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4. Who eats the bread at last, Mother Hen or her children?
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5. What do you think of the children?
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【推荐3】阅读短文，根据要求完成文后的题目。

A woodcutter started a new job at a timber（木材） company. The pay and work conditions were quite good. Since the company was treating him well, the woodcutter worked as hard as he could.

His boss gave him an axe（斧头） and showed him where he was supposed to work. On his first day, the woodcutter cut down 18 trees. “Congratulations,” his boss said. “Keep going!”

Encouraged by his boss’s words, the woodcutter worked even harder the next day, but could only cut down 15 trees. The third day, he tried even harder, but only cut down 10 trees. Day after day, he was cutting down fewer and fewer trees.

“I must be losing my strength,” the woodcutter thought. He went to his boss and apologized（道歉）, saying that he could not understand what was going on.

“When was the last time you sharpened（使变得锋利） your axe?” his boss asked.

“Sharpen? I have no time to sharpen my axe. I have been very busy trying to cut down trees.”

Our lives are like that. We sometimes get so busy that we don’t take time to sharpen our “axe”. In today’s world, it seems that not only everyone is busier than ever, but also less happy than ever.

Why is this? There’s nothing wrong with activity and hard work. Probably it is because we have forgotten how to stay “sharp”. We have forgotten to improve our skills so we lose our efficiency（效率）. Then we leave ourselves in a busy situation and become stressed. We will feel less happy.

So remember, always take the time to sharpen your “axe” and don’t become “blunt（钝的）”.

1. How did the boss treat the woodcutter? （no more than 5 word）
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2. Why did the woodcutter cut down fewer and fewer trees than before? （no more than 7 words）
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3. What makes some people feel less happy than ever, according to the story? （no more than 10 words）
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4. 将短文中划线的句子译成汉语。
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5. 请给短文拟一个适当的英文标题。
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【推荐1】“On the very first day of 2024, I saw the snows of Kilimanjaro,” said Xu Zhuoyuan, a 17-year-old mountaineer from Hunan.

Xu climbed the tallest peak (山峰) in Africa on Jan 1. She even stood on top of Mount Qomolangma last May, making her the youngest Chinese girl to climb to the world’s highest peak from the southern slope (南坡) .

Xu’s mountaineering journey began on a family trip to Xizang and Sichuan four years ago. Passing by Mount Siguniang in Sichuan, she felt drawn to its beauty and decided to try climbing it. She fell in love with mountaineering right then and there.

For the next few years, Xu did hard training. She went to the mountains in Yunnan and Sichuan every month, climbing peaks over 5,000 meters and doing daily physical exercise like running, swimming and rope skipping (跳绳). All that hard work got her ready for the big challenges she would face on Kilimanjaro.

Above 4,000 meters on Mount Kilimanjaro, the climate (气候) is similar to a desert, with big temperature differences. The whole climb took seven days, during which Xu faced unpredictable weather such as rain and strong winds. Staying warm and avoiding heat loss were the main challenges. Xu had to keep an eye on the temperature and change her clothes when the temperature changed.

This climb was also a learning experience for Xu. She was climbing with Xia Boyu, the first Chinese climber to reach 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 was almost 74 years old, but was still pushing on despite (尽管) having bloodied 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 (南极) by the time she’s 18. That’s her “7+2 program”.

根据文章内容，回答下列问题。
1. When did Xu climb the tallest peak in Africa successfully?
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2. What inspired Xu to start her mountaineering journey?
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3. How did Xu prepare for climbing Mount Kilimanjaro?
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4. Why did Xu have to notice the temperature change and change her clothes?
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5. Who was the first Chinese climber to reach the top of Mount Qomolangma with a prosthetic leg?
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【推荐3】Last week I asked some students about their favorite movies and food. Some of their answers are very interesting. Here are their likes and dislikes.

Rick, a thirteen-year-old boy, likes watching thrillers, and he likes eating hamburgers best. Lisa is eleven years old. She doesn’t like thrillers. She likes action movies. She likes cabbage noodles. Victor is a big boy. He is fifteen years old. He doesn’t like action movies. He likes documentaries. He think they are very interesting. His favorite food is chicken. Sally, a twelve-year-old English girl, likes comedies and she likes dumplings. She says dumplings are very delicious.

Name	Age	Favorite movie	Favorite food
Rick	1	Thrillers	Hamburgers
Lisa	Eleven years old	2	Cabbage noodles
Victor	Fifteen years old	Documentaries	3
Sally	4	5	Dumplings

【推荐1】When I was in school, I could always tell when my class was about to take a test.

You could feel the anxiety in the air. Their smiles were tight （紧绷的）. Pencils were knocking lightly on desks. A few students were trying to tell jokes to relax.

Every once in a while, a teacher would give us a break and announce that the test was going to be an open book one. Right away, you could see our smiles return. Students would laugh, and you even heard a cheer or two. The pressure went away. As we took out our books, we knew that the answers would be right in front of us. （A）_____________

Many people say that life is full of tests and we have to face them. This is true. But what most people don’t realize is that they are all open book （B）ones. The answers are always right there in front of you, and they are so simple. You just have to open the book of your soul （灵魂）to any page, and you will see the words: “JUST LOVE”. Just love yourself. Just love everyone as yourself. When you do this, you will pass every test that life throws at you. When you do this, you will make the world a brighter, better and happier place.

阅读短文，根据题目要求完成下列任务。
1. 请在文章第二段中找出与以下释义意思相同的单词或短语。
the feeling of being nervous or worried that something bad is going to happen: ________
2. What didn’t the writer’s classmates do when they knew the test would be an open book one?
①They smiled.                         ②They laughed and cheered.
③They told jokes to relax.          ④They knocked their pencils lightly on the desk.

A．①②

B．②④

C．③④

3. 以下选项适合填入文中（A）处划线部分，使文章意思连贯的是：________

A．And we needn’t finish the test.

B．All we had to do was to find them.

C．And the teacher would give us the answers.

4. 文中（B）处划线部分指代的是：________________
5. How can we pass the tests of life according to the writer?
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【推荐2】Answer the questions (根据以下内容回答问题)

A crow lived in a thick forest filled with many birds. The crow was very pleased with his carefree life until he saw a swan one day. The swan was flying over a lake. “This swan is so white,” he thought, “and I am so black. It must be the happiest bird in the world.”

He shared his thoughts with the swan. Actually, “the swan replied, ”I thought so too until I met a parrot. It had brilliant colours of red and blue. No other bird could be happier than the parrot.”

The crow went in search for the parrot, and found it rested on the top of an old rain tree. The parrot explained, “I was very happy until I happened to see a peacock. Compared with the peacock’s feathers（羽毛）, my colours paled. Its rich colours put my coat to shame.”

Curiosity (好奇心) defeated the crow, who decided to look for the beautiful peacock. He finally found the peacock at the zoo. Hundreds of people gathered round to watch the peacock and its beautiful wings. After the crowd left, the crow rested itself onto a rock and said, “Dear peacock,” the crow said; You are so beautiful. Every day, people come just to see you. People drive me away when they see me. You must be the happiest bird on the planet.” The peacock replied, “My beauty had me kept in this zoo. In the years I spent here, I often thought to myself that if I were a crow, I could be enjoying a carefree life outside.” Then after many months of internal struggles (内心的挣扎), the crow came to realize that __________. He was happy because he was satisfied with his life here.”

1. How did the crow feel about his life at the beginning?
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2. The swan didn’t think he was the happiest bird in the world, did he?
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3. What is the meaning of the underlined part in Paragraph 3?
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4. What do people usually do when they see a crow?
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5. Why did the peacock often wish to be a crow?
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6. Complete the sentence in the last paragraph.
The crow came to realize that_________________________________.