Finally, the big day arrived. I was going to spend four months in France, learning French. Alice, my sister, was going as well. We arrived at the airport, feeling nervous and excited.
The flight went by quickly because I was so busy talking with Alice about our trip and how different French life might be from life back home. We decided that we shouldn’t spend too much time together in France. We knew we wouldn’t learn much French if we did that. Even though we agreed, I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to say much the whole time I was in France. However, when my host family(接待家庭) met me, I knew from the mother’s warm smile that everything would be OK.
It was still a bit stressful at first to try to understand and communicate, but after a couple of weeks it became easier. I spent a lot of time with a lovely girl who was a friend of the family, and we got on very well. In fact, I learned lots of interesting words from her, you know, the kind of things you don’t find in books! I had one shameful moment. I used the wrong word when I was talking to a waiter, but he was relaxed about it and told me not to be afraid of making mistakes.
When the time came to say goodbye to my host family, I was very sad to leave. However, I have brought back some wonderful memories from this experience. The most important thing I’ve learned is that if you’re open-minded and positive(积极的) about learning a language, then it’s much easier. I’ve come back much more confident in my ability. I’ve even started watching a television show in French and I’m surprised to find that I can understand a lot more than before my stay in France.
1. Why didn’t the writer and Alice want to spend too much time together in France?| A．Because they talked too much during the flight. |
| B．Because they didn’t get on well with each other. |
| C．Because they knew life in France would be different. |
| D．Because they wanted to get more chances to practice French. |
| A．Relaxed. | B．Stressed. | C．Confident. | D．Surprised. |
| A．how to make friends with strangers |
| B．how to live comfortably in a new country |
| C．to keep an active attitude toward language learning |
| D．to correct mistakes immediately after making them |
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Tony loves his grandma. She often tells him stories about Santa Claus（圣诞老人）.
Today is December 24. Tony’ s grandma takes him to Kevin’ s Store to shop. She gives Tony fifty dollars and says, “Take the money and buy something for someone who needs it. I’ll wait for you in the car.”
Tony thinks of everyone he knows: his family, friends and classmates. Then he thinks of Bobbie. Bobbie sits behind Tony. He doesn’t have a warm coat. Tony knows it because Bobbie never goes out to play in winter. So Tony buys a blue coat for him. It looks really warm.
In the evening, his grandma helps Tony put the coat in a Christmas box, and writes, “To Bobbie, From Santa Claus” on it. “Santa always helps people but never lets them know,” Tony’ s grandma says. They put the box in front of Bobbie’s house and then go back home.
That night Tony knows Santa Claus is real, and they are on his team（队伍）.
1. Tony gets from his grandma.| A．15 dollars | B．55 dollars |
| C．50 dollars | D．40 dollars |
| A．Tony has lots of money | B．Bobbie sits behind Tony |
| C．Bobbie doesn’t have one | D．Bobbie’s coat is too small |
| A．rich | B．kind | C．busy | D．fun |
| A．Santa Claus is busy | B．everyone loves Santa Claus |
| C．there is no Santa Claus at all | D．everyone can be Santa Claus |
【推荐2】Decide to Do Well
Everybody makes decisions in daily life. They can be as important as what you will do in the future or as simple as what you will eat for breakfast. Any decision could be the turning point of your life.
I made an important decision when I was in Grade 9.
Before I made that decision I was one of the boys who tried too hard to act as an adult. I didn’t know that only kids want to show themselves as adults.
I didn’t listen to my parents and teachers, and my grades became poor. Then came the high school entrance exam.
At the turning point of my life, my mom wanted to have conversation with me. I wanted to turn it down but when I looked at her eyes. I felt I couldn’t refuse. Instead of asking me to study hard, to my surprise, Mom just asked what I wanted to do in the future. Without thinking too much, I just said I would like to study hard.
Mom smiled and asked again: “I asked: what do you want to do?”
I never seriously thought about the question. So I kept silent.
“Whether you want to go on studying or enter society,” she went on, “it is your own decision. Your life ought to be decided by you, not by anyone else, including me.” After saying that, she had tears in her eyes.
For the first time in my life I was asked to make my own decision. I sat in my chair and thought about myself, my life and what kind of person I wanted to become.
It took me what seemed to be ages to make the biggest decision so far in my life-I wanted to be a man who makes a difference to the world. To achieve that, I needed to study hard.
The path to my future became clear to me. I didn’t act rebelliously(叛逆地) any more. With passion(激情) in my heart, I studied hard.
Now, I’m 17. I’m in one of the best schools in my city, and in one of the best classes at the school and I am one of the best students in the class.
Thanks to that decision. I have become what I am today.
1. When did the writer make the important decision?| A．After he was 17 years old. | B．After he was in one of the best classes. | C．When he was a pupil. | D．When he was studying in Grade 9. |
| A．His grades became poor. | B．He tried too hard not to act as an adult. |
| C．He was one of the top students in his class. | D．He did what his teachers and his parents asked him to do. |
| A．It was easy for him to make the decision. | B．It was the second time he made the decision. |
| C．He made the decision seriously. | D．It was his mother that made the decision for him. |
| A．Because his teacher talked with him patiently. | B．Because he wanted to act rebelliously. |
| C．Because his mother asked him to study hard as usual. | D．Because his mother asked him to think about his future by himself. |
| A．The writer made the decision that he should work hard. |
| B．It took the writer several years to make the decision. |
| C．After hearing his mothers’ words, the writer had tears in his eyes. |
| D．At the turning point of his life, the writer wanted to have conversation with his mother. |
I go wherever disasters strike: Indonesia after the tsunami, Pakistan after the earthquake. I was just in Kenya. After their presidential election, at least a thousand people were killed and hundreds of thousands were forced out. We set up mobile clinics in an area with 19,000 refugees (难民). Measles broke out, one of the biggest killers of kids in refugee camps, and it spread like wildfire. Water and medical equipment were also problems.
When my wife passed away, I thought my life was done. But really, it was just getting started. At the end of her life, my wife fell into a coma (昏迷). I held her head in my hands and told her of all the places we would visit, the exciting adventures we would have. I think about this moment many times during my “adventures”. I did not know then how prophetic (先知的) those words would be. She is with me still.
1. The first country where the author provided people with medical care is _____
| A．Indonesia | B．Pakistan |
| C．Kenya | D．Afghanistan |
| A．a kind of fire | B．a kind of polluted water |
| C．a kind of medicine | D．a kind of disease |
| A．experienced a lot of exciting adventures |
| B．loved each other very much |
| C．lived on the mainland |
| D．would travel to many places together |
| A．is a famous doctor |
| B．got over his wife’s death |
| C．is always in depression |
| D．experienced many disasters |
| A．Sad. | B．Exciting. | C．Inspiring. | D．Disastrous |
【推荐1】One of the most detailed descriptions of a UFO was given by nine-year-old Gaynor Sunderland in July 1976. Gaynor lived in Oakenholt, a village in North Wales. On her way home from school, she saw a silver object shaped like a saucer (茶碟) in a field not far from her home.
The strange craft (飞行物) was about 30 feet long and 9 feet high. It had yellow windows along the side and on the top there was a light flashing in a kind of box. Although Gaynor was very frightened, she did not run away. Instead, she lay quietly in the long grass and watched the door of the strange craft open. She saw two people wearing silver suits come out of the craft. They were carrying some kind of equipment (设备) which they used to examine the ground. They were short and had large pink eyes, Gaynor reported.
After about half an hour, the two people went back into the craft. At once there was a loud noise and the UFO took off.
Although Gaynor told her mother what she had seen, her family decided to keep quiet about it. They did not want people to laugh at their daughter. However, 18 months later, Gaynor told her story to UFO experts. They hypnotized (使人进入睡眠状态) Gaynor so that they could be sure she was telling the truth.
Not only did she repeat her story, but also she was able to draw a picture of what she had seen!
1. Which of these descriptions of Gaynor is true?| A．She’s nine, lives in a village and has never seen a UFO before. |
| B．She was nine, and lived in Sunderland in England in 1976. |
| C．She was nineteen in July 1986, and lived in North Wales as a child. |
| D．She was at school north of Wales and her family name was Oakenholt. |
| A．It was round and flat, and had yellow windows along the side. |
| B．It was ten feet longer than its breadth, and was silver. |
| C．It was a saucer-shaped box about thirty feet high. |
| D．It was a strange silver saucer which was like a craft. |
| A．She told her mother. | B．She ran away. |
| C．She went home from school. | D．She hid in the long grass and watched it. |
| A．UFO experts. | B．Two short, pink-eyed people. |
| C．Two astronauts. | D．Silver people with equipment. |
| A．She had been lying about the UFO. | B．She didn’t understand the UFO. |
| C．She told what she saw about the UFO to the experts. | D．She couldn’t speak but she could draw a picture of the UFO. |
【推荐2】The first time I decided to leave home was when I was in high school. I was having trouble getting along with my parents. I had about a hundred dollars in my pocket and so I thought about leaving home.
First of all, I have learned that living on my own requires that I become more responsible. My parents usually tell me to finish my work and duties almost every day. When I fail to do the work, I only get scolded (责骂). However now that I am on my own, I get to deal with my duties without being told to.
Another different experience for me while living on my own is that now I have become more decisive. I have to be more careful since I am on my own because my parents are not here to give me their advice.
In conclusion, these are the things that usually happen when I am with my parents and when I am alone. We should learn how to live on their own. But at the same time learn how to follow every skill that was given to us by our parents. We can make use of our freedom of choice to lead to wherever we want.
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| A．I must make my own decisions. |
| B．When I fail to do my duties, I must also deal with the result by myself. |
| C．It took me only three weeks away from home when I started to feel homesick. |
| D．I think that it is good for everyone to love their parents and themselves. |
| E．What’s more, I became more creative just by living on my own. |
【推荐3】My name is Sam. I joined a club called “passing help” last month. Now let me tell you why I joined it.
One evening this May, on my way home my old car broke down (出故障). It was 25 miles from my home. I wanted to get a ride (搭便车), but there was no car. It was also hard to take a taxi. I decided to take a bus home. I went to a bus stop nearby.
After a while, a bus came, but it did not go to my town. The bus driver was a young woman. She was kind and she told me which bus I should take. I waited there for about thirty minutes, but no bus came. At last a car came to me and a woman came out of the car. She was just the bus driver.
“When I reached the bus station, I got to that the bus to your town couldn’t come, so I returned here. I just can’t leave you here,” she said, “Get in my car and I will take you back to your home.”
“It is a long way.” I said.
“Come on, sir,” she said, “Let’s go.”
On the way she told me a story. A few days ago, there wasn’t gas (汽油) in her car. An old man drove her up to a gas station and then back to her car.
When we got to my home, I wanted to give her some money to thank her, but she didn’t accept her.” I only want to help others and do something nice for somebody. Pass it along.” She said.
1. What happened to Sam one evening this May?| A．He lost his way. | B．His car broke down. |
| C．He was hurt in an accident. | D．He couldn’t reach the gas station. |
| A．by train | B．by bus | C．by car | D．by taxi |
| A．a club boss | B．a taxi driver | C．a bus driver | D．a gas station worker |
| A．give her some money | B．get on her bus |
| C．take her to her house | D．help others just as she did |
| A．kind old man | B．Getting a ride |
| C．Passing help | D．A broken car |
