Once there was a village. People there didn’t like to share. One day, a traveler came to the village. He was very tired and hungry. He stopped at a house and knocked at the door. A woman opened the door. The traveler asked, “May I have something to eat?” The woman shook her head, and then she closed the door.
The traveler picked up a stone and knocked at the door again.
“Perhaps you’d like to have some of my stone soup!” said the traveler.
“Stone soup?” the woman was surprised.
“Yes. Just lend me a pot of hot water, please,” the traveler smiled. Though she didn’t want, the woman still did so. The traveler placed the stone in it. “It’s good,” he said. “But if you had just a little salt and butter, the soup would taste better!”
A little angry, but the woman got some salt and butter. At that time, some neighbors started to gather around the traveler.
“It’s almost done,” the traveler said. “But it would be even nicer if there were some carrots and potatoes.”
“I have potatoes,” volunteered an elderly lady.
“I have carrots,” cried a young man.
Minutes later, these were added in. Soon, the air was filled with the nice smell. “Is it ready?” the first woman asked. “Yes, but I remember that adding in some broth（肉汤）to the stone soup will taste better,” he replied. “I have broth,” shouted a neighbor who was watching from a window.
Having all things in the pot, the traveler tasted a spoon of the soup. “Perfect!” he cried. Then, he served a bowl of stone soup to everyone. “It’s delicious!” the villagers all cried happily.
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1. What did the traveler stop at a house for?
| A．To sell a pot. | B．To have a rest. |
| C．To ask for some food. | D．To say hello to his relative. |
| A．A young man. | B．An elderly lady. |
| C．The woman. | D．A neighbor by a window. |
| A．Tomatoes and cabbages. | B．Potatoes and carrots. |
| C．Carrots and tomatoes. | D．Cabbages and potatoes. |
| A．Six. | B．Five. | C．Four. | D．Three. |
| A．To show his good cooking skills. | B．To thank them for their kindness. |
| C．To teach them the importance of sharing. | D．To tell them to help others actively. |
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【推荐1】A long time ago. There was an emperor. He had a beautiful garden. In the garden, there was a little nightingale(夜莺) singing very beautifully.
One day the emperor heard about this little bird’s beautiful voice. He asked his guards to bring her to him. As soon as the emperor heard the nightingale’s voice, he said, “Put her in a golden cage, so she can stay and sing for me whenever I want to hear her.”
The little bird was so unhappy about being kept in the cage that she stopped singing one day. The emperor was very angry. He ordered the scientists in his palace to make a robot bird for him. The bird could sing very beautifully, too. The emperor was pleased.
Soon the robot bird became old. It no longer sang beautiful songs. Just at that time, the emperor became very weak. One morning, while lying in bed, the emperor wanted it to sing once again. But the robot bird couldn’t sing any more. Suddenly the nightingale landed on the window. She began to sing her most beautiful song. The emperor was very happy! He became better and better each day.
根据短文内容，判断下列句子正误。正确为 “T”，错误为 “F”，并在答题卡上把 “T”或 “F”涂黑。
1. Both the nightingale and the robot bird had a beautiful voice.
2. The emperor kept the nightingale in a golden cage in order to hear her sing at any time.
3. The nightingale was very happy after she was kept in the golden cage.
4. The emperor was not satisfied with the robot bird at first.
5. The emperor learnt from the nightingale what love and kindness was.
【推荐2】When I was a kid, my mom sometimes finished work feeling tired. Sometimes we heard some bad news from a friend or a family member. Every time she would only say one simple sentence: “This too will pass.” It was her way of telling herself that even the worst times will come to an end. Sometimes it seems they won’t—but they almost always do if you just stay strong and look for help.
For a long time, I forgot about this sentence. But in this past year, it has become very important to me. I saw a lot of difficulties, both in my personal life and in the world. About the end of 2020, I got very sick and had to spend time in the hospital. At the same time, the COVID-19 pandemic（流行病）was hitting the US, my home country, very hard. It was difficult to feel happy about anything.
I remembered then what my mother often said when I was young. I’m still not quite well and COVID-19 is far from over. But when I feel down, I just tell myself, “This too will pass. You may want to give it a try yourself when you’re having a bad day. If it works for me, it could work for you too.
1. The underlined word “they” in Para. 1 refers to（指代）________.| A．some bad news | B．the writer’s friends |
| C．difficult times | D．the writer’s family members |
| A．He got sick and had to go to the hospital. | B．He got COVID-19 in the US. |
| C．He was happy about everything. | D．He went back to his home country. |
| A．He never gets sick now. | B．He never forgets things. |
| C．He becomes more active. | D．He meets no trouble now. |
| A．The writer always meets trouble. | B．The writer comes from the UK. |
| C．The writer felt sad when he was young. | D．The writer’s mother is very strong-willed. |
| A．Mom Knows Best | B．Give It a Try | C．This Too Will Pass | D．Look for Help |
【推荐3】“Taba,” it whispered, “I have come to fulfill your wishes. For weeks, and I have watched as you have helped your people. I know how you feel, and I know you want to do more. I can help you.”
Taba could not believe her ears. A talking wind? “How ridiculous!” she thought, “But what if it is true? What if it can fulfill my wishes and help my people? What have got to lose in asking for a wish or two?” Taba stood up and spoke, “Oh, I hope you are real. I hope you are not just in my imagination. Here is my wish. I wish for crops to feed my people. And I wish for warm rains to help the crops to grow and to bring water to the villages.” The wind agreed and blew away, and the hills were quiet again.
The morning passed, and nothing changed. Taba began to wonder if it was just a dream. But in the early afternoon, the dust began to stir, seeds rained from the sky. They fell throughout the country, and then the gentle wind covered them with a thin layer of dirt. Taba could not believe her eyes. Who ever heard of such a thing as raining seeds? But it was really happening
As if by magic, within three weeks, crops were growing everywhere. There were peas and corn. There were sweet strawberries and lovely plums. There was wheat to make flour for bread. There were carrots, beans and lettuce. Fruits and vegetables filled everyone’s baskets, and everyone’s stomach was full. Smiles returned to the villagers’ faces.
As time went on, the gentle wind of charity granted Taba other wishes. But Taba never wished for anything for herself. She only wished for things to make others happy.
1. Why did the wind come to help Taba?| A．It was very kind and gentle wind of charity |
| B．It wished to make the poor villagers happy. |
| C．Taba required it to help fulfill her wishes. |
| D．Taba’s kindness to her people moved it. |
| A．unreasonable | B．responsible | C．respectable | D．impossible |
| A．④-③-②-① | B．③-④-②-① | C．①-③-④-② | D．②-①-③-④ |
| A．She was clever. | B．She was careful. | C．She was silent. | D．She was selfless. |
【推荐1】Alice is a 9-year-old girl from Washington. She grew food for the homeless four years ago. Now she is working on building 11 small homes for the homeless.
She got the idea after she met a homeless man named Edward on the street while going out shopping with her mother. They gave the man a sandwich, but Alice started thinking about how she could do more and continue providing food for the people in need. So she set up Alice’s Harvest, a garden with its own Facebook page, to grow vegetables.
“I said ‘sure’, thinking it would last a week. However, it lasts four years and she still offers vegetables to the homeless every week,” her mom, Miranda, said.
“It just doesn’t seem right that there are homeless people,” Alice said to her mother. “I think everyone should have a place to live in.” So she keeps putting in weeks of work on the shelters. Alice can use tools by herself to build a small house. The house is safe and dry.
Alice received money for the homes. She is going to put the money in the town’s permanent Tent City (帐篷) and hopes it can be open to the homeless later this year. “One window got put in today,” she wrote in one post. “I didn’t get as much as I wanted today, but one wall was in.”
Together Rising, which helped fund (资助) her project, said, “We can’t think of a better example than our Alice. She shows that no person or act of kindness is too small to change the world.”
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1. What can we know from Paragraph 1?
| A．Alice has helped homeless people for four years. | B．Alice is busy raising money for the homeless. |
| C．Alice is good at growing fruit. | D．Alice is interested in building houses. |
| A．Because her mom asked her to do so. |
| B．Because she wanted to take up gardening as her hobby. |
| C．Because she enjoyed planting vegetables. |
| D．Because she wanted to help more people like Edward. |
| A．舒适区 | B．防空洞 | C．庇护所 | D．公寓楼 |
| A．Smart and hard-working. | B．Brave and good-natured. |
| C．Kind and strong-willed. | D．Humorous and warm-hearted. |
| A．Things we can do to help the homeless |
| B．A girl has always been trying to help the homeless |
| C．A small kindness could hardly change the world |
| D．Everyone can play a part in changing the world |
【推荐2】根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
Once upon a time, there was an unlucky man. His home was very poor—a small and empty house, where mice made their nests and spiders (蜘蛛) made their webs.
People tried to avoid coming into his house—why should they go into those poor ruins? And the poor man thought that poverty (贫穷) is the reason for his bad luck.
Once, the poor man met a wizard (巫师) and complained (抱怨) to him about his poverty and unhappy life. The wizard felt sorry for the poor man and gave him a beautiful vase. And said, “This is a magical vase that will save you from poverty.”
The poor man took the vase and wanted to sell it for wine at first, as usual, after all, why would he need such a beautiful thing? But then he started admiring the vase and wouldn’t take it to the market. He brought it home, put it on the table and started admiring it again.
“It’s not right for such a beautiful thing to be empty,” the poor man thought. So he picked some wild flowers and put them into the vase.
It became even more beautiful.
“Not good,” the poor man thought again, “that such a beautiful thing stands next to a spider web.”
So the poor man started cleaning his house from spider webs, sweeping out mice, cleaning the dust, washing the floor and walls, whitening the ceiling.
And it became clear that his house wasn’t poor, but rather warm and comfortable. And the man wasn’t a poor man anymore, but a hard-working host, who had no time for the thoughts about bad luck.
1. What was the man’s house like at first?| A．Small and warm. | B．Small and dirty. |
| C．Big and empty. | D．Big and comfortable. |
| A．He sold it for wine. | B．He brought it home. |
| C．He sent it to a neighbor. | D．He returned it to the wizard. |
a. The man cleaned his house.
b. The man wasn’t poor anymore.
c. The man wanted to sell the vase.
d. The man got a vase from a wizard.
e. The man started to admire the vase.
| A．a-b-d-c-e | B．b-a-c-e-d | C．c-a-e-b-d | D．d-c-e-a-b |
| A．His hard work. | B．His neighbors’ help. |
| C．The wizard’s vase. | D．The wizard’s money. |
| A．A wizard makes the poor rich. | B．Poverty is the reason for bad luck. |
| C．A beautiful vase means good luck. | D．A small change brings more ones. |
【推荐3】American schools begin in September after a long summer holiday(假期). There are two terms in a school year. The first term is from September to January, and the second is from February to June. Most American children begin to go to school when they are five years old. Most children are seventeen or eighteen years old when they finish(完成) high school.
High school students take only five or six subjects each term. They usually go to the same classes every day, and they have homework for every class. After class, they do a lot of interesting things.
After high school, many students go to colleges(大学). They usually have to pay(支付) a lot of money. So many college students work after class to get the money for their studies.
1. When is the summer holiday over in American schools?
| A．In January. | B．In February. | C．In June. | D．In September. |
| A．班级 | B．年段 | C．课程 | D．学期 |
| A．Study at high school. | B．Go to college. | C．Study at home. | D．Go to work. |
| A．Because they want to help their classmates. |
| B．Because they have a lot of free time. |
| C．Because their parents ask them to do so. |
| D．Because they need to get the money for their studies. |
| A．An American Student | B．American School Life |
| C．Different Subjects in American Schools | D．Interesting Homework for American Students |
【推荐1】Brian was a funny student. He loved watching comedies best and hoped to become a comedy actor one day.
When he heard about the talent show to be held at his school, Brian decided to take part in. He had never acted on stage (舞台) before, and he was very excited. But some students laughed at him. “You are not funny but silly,” Ken, one of his classmates, said to his face. “No one will like what you do,” another boy also said to him, loudly.
Brian couldn’t understand why they were so unkind to him. For a moment, he thought about giving up the show. But he remembered how much his friends liked his jokes, and also his teachers said he was very funny. So he decided to prepare for the show.
Brian did a great job at the talent show. Everyone loved his performance, and he won first prize! His teachers and friends were proud of him. Even so, Ken told Brian that he was not funny, and that he would never be successful. Brian didn’t understand why Ken said so, but he realized that it had nothing to do with him. He confidently continued to work towards his goal.
As the years went on, Brian met more people like Ken. “You’ll do a terrible job,” they said to him. Luckily, most people encouraged him and some helped him to become even funnier. He got a lot of opportunities to perform in movies. He was even invited to appear on television. His fans thanked him because his comedies made them feel good when they were unhappy.
Now Brian is a big comedy star! He is doing what he loves best. He never feels stressed like those unkind people, and he laughs all day long!
1. What did Brian love best when he was a student?| A．Going to school. | B．Helping classmates. |
| C．Watching comedies. | D．Meeting new friends. |
| A．his friend | B．his brother | C．his classmate | D．his father |
| A．his friends liked his jokes | B．he was invited by a TV station |
| C．he wasn’t busy acting in movies | D．Ken was expecting his performance |
| A．began to understand Ken | B．became a teacher of acting |
| C．encouraged others to join him | D．continued to work towards his goal |
| A．success | B．happiness | C．luck | D．pride |
【推荐2】It was a sunny Friday. Stephanie just returned home from school. She called out to her mother but there was no reply. Thinking that her mother had gone to the supermarket to buy some fruit, Stephanie went into the kitchen to see if dinner was ready.
However, she came across a strong smell of smoke. She looked around the kitchen and was shocked to see that the cloth near the stove (火炉) was on fire. Thinking that her parents were not at home, Stephanie knew that she had to be the one to put out the fire. She ran out of the kitchen, got the fire extinguisher (灭火器) from the living room and returned to the kitchen to put out the fire.
After that, Stephanie ran back to the living room, picked up the phone and tried to call her parents. At that moment, her mother came out of her bedroom with a sleepy expression (表情) on her face. When Stephanie told her what had happened, she was quite nervous. She said sorry to Stephanie for falling asleep with the stove still on. She also praised (表扬) Stephanie for putting out the fire. If Stephanie had come home any later, the fire would have spread to other parts of the house.
Stephanie was glad that her grandfather had taught her how to use the fire extinguisher before. It had helped to stop a fire from breaking out at home.
1. Where did the family keep the fire extinguisher?| A．In the kitchen. | B．In the washroom. |
| C．In the bedroom. | D．In the living room. |
| A．She was making dinner. |
| B．She was sleeping in her bedroom. |
| C．She was talking to someone on the phone. |
| D．She was putting out the fire. |
①Stephanie tried to make a phone call.
②Stephanie got the fire extinguisher.
③Stephanie came across a fire accident.
④Stephanie put out the fire.
| A．①②③④ | B．③②④① | C．②①④③ | D．③①②④ |
【推荐3】Last summer, I joined the SSP Panda Volunteer Camp and travelled to Chengdu, Sichuan.
Our volunteer work began on August 7. Early in the morning, my teammates and I arrived at Wolong National Panda Nature Reserve. It's the biggest panda reserve in China. The workers there told us many interesting facts about the animals.
Pandas are lovely, but they are very lazy. Every day, they spend about ten hours sleeping and twelve hours eating. Yes, they only spend two hours doing exercise!
Pandas like to eat carrots and bamboo. They eat as much as they can. No wonder they are very fat!
We helped the workers at the reserve feed the pandas and clean the yards where the animals lived and played. My job was to pick up the leftover bamboo and replace it with fresh bamboo. The temperature at the reserve was high. It took me about half an hour to finish my tasks. It was truly tiring and I sweated a lot.
We also visited the panda exhibition room. We learned about different kinds of bamboo. We found out pandas' favorites as well as why baby pandas die so easily.
Our volunteer tour came to an end on August 11.Having spent five days at the reserve，I was very unwilling to leave.I learned a lot during the trip.Pandas are in great danger.I hope everyone will be aware of their situation. All of us should shoulder the responsibility of protecting the environment and make an effort to prevent pandas from dying out.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. What's the correct order of the activities according to the text?
①The writer visited the panda exhibition room.
②The writer learned the reason why baby pandas die easily.
③The writer helped to feed the pandas and clean the yards.
④The workers described many interesting facts about pandas.
| A．②④①③ | B．④③②① |
| C．④③①② | D．②④③① |
| A．Tiring and boring. | B．Tiring but happy. |
| C．Easy and happy. | D．Easy but boring. |
| A．Pandas don't like eating meat at all. |
| B．The volunteer work began on August 11. |
| C．Everyone realizes that pandas are in danger. |
| D．We should make an effort to protect pandas. |
A． | B． |
C． | D． |
| A．A wonderful experience as a volunteer. |
| B．How to look after pandas. |
| C．The wonderful Panda Nature Reserve. |
| D．My favorite animals. |
