【推荐1】My father was born in a small town in the US. He wanted to get out and begin a new adventure.

He began that adventure by traveling to different cities in the US before going on to other countries. He took his wife and three daughters with him and went wherever the road took him.

(A) It’s easy to feel lonely when you’re on the road. As my mother said repeatedly, “We made lots of new friends on our trip—most of them were workers who fix cars, since we often spent hours in repair shops during the journey.”

Getting along sometimes seemed impossible. There were always a lot of arguments, especially among us back-seat passengers about who had to sit in the middle.

But even if it was hard, we did learn a lot about forgiveness.

When in the Philippines, we drove to Quezon City one day. It should have been a one-hour drive but was nearly three, thanks to bad roads and worse traffic. “Did you put our suitcases（行李箱）in the car?” my father asked my mother as we arrived. “No,” she said. “I thought you did.” That was how a seven-hour car trip turned into a 16-hour-car trip, which was mostly spent in silence.

In situations like that, we had to learn to let go of our anger. We were stuck（困在）in a rolling box with the same people for the rest of the journey. Even if I sometimes felt like opening the car door and pushing one of sisters out, I kept my feelings to myself.

This is why my road trips were like moving universities to us. We earned our PhDs（博士学位）in how to get along with other people just by traveling in that old car.

1. 请将文中划线句子（A）翻译成汉语。
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2. Who did the writer’s family make many friends with on their trip?
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3. What do we know about their trip time in the Philippines?
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4. What were the road trips like in the writer’s eyes?
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5. What can you learn from the story?
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【推荐3】任务型阅读

[1]During the May Day holiday this year, Zha Liguo livestreamed (视频直播) five sunrises (日出) and sunsets over Huangshan Mountain in Anhui. A lot of people joined him by watching his livestreams on their phones. This is called “cloud tourism (云旅游).”

[2]44-year-old Zha is a guide. During the five-day holiday, he would start his day with a livestream of the sunrise at the top of the mountain at 5:00 am. He then would walk more than 10 km in the mountain and wait for the sunset with his three phones.

[3]COVID-19 makes it hard for many people to travel far away. Because of the livestream, people can “visit” many interesting places online. They don’t need to go outdoors. “I just don’t want people to miss the beautiful scenery (风景) here in Huangshan Mountain although they are staying at home,” said Zha.

[4]查立国20年前开始当导游。In 2020, he started to do the livestream. He stayed on Huangshan Mountain for more than 280 days last year. He showed the beautiful scenery and other interesting things in the villages near the mountain. A lot of people are interested in Zha’s livestreams. There are more than 700,000 people following him.

1. What did Zha Liguo do during the May Day holiday this year?
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2. What did a lot of people use to watch Zha Liguo’s livestreams?
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3. What did Zha Liguo show when he stayed on Huangshan Mountain in 2021? (不超过15个词)
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4. 请将第三段划线句子翻译成汉语。
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5. 请将第四段划线句子翻译成英语。
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【推荐1】Tom is a TV reporter. An amazing thing happened to Tom yesterday evening. He was walking alone on his way home when he saw bright light in the sky. Then a spacecraft (航天器) showed up. At first he thought it was orange and white, and it was coming closer and closer. Then it stopped a few metres above the ground. He saw two people inside. They had big ears and small eyes, but no hair. Tom thought they were aliens. He had camera with him then, but he was too scared to take a photo. Then he began to feel weak and fell to the ground. An hour later’he woke up. He found himself lying on the grass in front of his house. He couldn’t explain how he got there. Of course he told his friends about this strange experience. All of them said he was kidding.

1. Where was Tom when he saw bright light in the sky?
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2. What did the two aliens look like?
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3. Why didn’t Tom take a photo?
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4. Did Tom’s friend believe his strange experience?
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【推荐2】阅读下面短文，根据短文内容按要求完成下列各题。

For more than 30 years, Zhu Yanjun, 50, had been a migrant worker (农民工) in different cities like many others from the countryside. Can you believe that he won the second prize in Chinese Poetry Competition hosted by CCTV in February, 2023?

Born in a village in Jingning county, Gansu province, Zhu only had a middle school education. His love for reading was inspired by his Chinese language teacher who has published (发表) many articles in magazines. “I also wanted to publish stories, so I started to read, and borrowed books from friends and classmates,” he told China Daily.

Although Zhu later regretted putting an early end to his schooling, he did not stop his poetic journey. He worked at different places in more than 10 cities. Whenever he arrives in a city, he first visits the bookstores and libraries there. He would take a notebook with him in order to write down paragraphs from the books and memorize them.

At the beginning, he read poems from the Tang Dynasty and poems written by Chairman Mao Zedong. As time went by, he found some useful methods to remember them. He especially likes Chairman Mao’s words: nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it. Over the years, he has read thousands of poems and can memorize more than 1,000 of them.

Reading poetry helps Zhu stay calm and he never complains (抱怨) about hard work. “I hope I can help people around me enjoy the beauty of Chinese poetry.” Zhu said.

Zhu is already 50 years old, but he keeps on learning all the time. His story tells us that learning is a lifelong journey. Whether we are old or young, we should always learn to improve ourselves. Our life time is limited. Let’s put it to good use.

Task I: Finish the chart according to the passage. Fill in each blank with no more than 3 words.

Zhu Yanjun’s life
Zhu was born in a small village of     1     province.	Although Zhu     2     putting an early end to his schooling, he continued his poetic journey.	Zhu read poems from the Tang Dynasty and poems written by     3    .	Zhu stays     4     by reading poetry and he never complains about hard work.	Zhu won the second prize in Chinese Poetry Competition hosted by CCTV in February,     5    .

Task II: Answer the following questions.
1). Who inspired Zhu Yanju’s love for reading?
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2). Why would Zhu Yanju take a notebook with him when he visits bookstores and libraries?
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3). What do you think of Zhu Yanju? Explain your opinions or reason(s) in about 20 words.
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【推荐3】请认真阅读下面短文并用英语回答问题，将答案写在横线上。

One day June Green visited the family doctor, Edward Smith. Dr. Smith was an old man with a long beard.

“What’s the problem, June?” Dr. Smith asked her.

“I’m very worried about my son, teddy.” Mrs. Green said, “I can’t stop him from gambling(赌博). He spends all his money betting on horse races. And not just on horse races，he’ll bet on anything. It doesn’t matter what it is.”

“I’ve cured people of gambling before.” Dr. Smith said, “Send him to me. I’ll talk to him.”

A week later, Dr. Smith spoke to Mrs. Green on the phone. “I think I’ve cured your son.” he said. “That’s wonderful. How did you do it?”

“Well,” the doctor said, “It was very strange. While we were talking, he was looking at my beard. Suddenly he said, ‘I bet you $50 that’s a false beard.’” “Oh, no!” Mrs. Green cried. “It’s all right,” the doctor said, “I knew what to do. ‘My beard isn’t a false one,’ I told him, ‘And I can prove it.’”

“ ‘Can I pull your beard and find out?’ your son asked me.”

“I thought, this was my chance to teach him a lesson, so I said, ‘Yes, you can pull my beard.’ ”

“Well, he pulled it, and soon found out it was real.” The doctor laughed. “He had to pay me $50. That should cure his gambling.”

“Doctor,” Mrs. Green said, “You’re wrong. You haven’t cured him. You’ve made him even worse.”

“How can that be?”

“The day before he went to see you, he bet me$100 that you would ask him to pull your beard!”

1. How much money did Teddy win in the end?
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2. What was Teddy’s problem?
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3. Did the doctor cure Teddy? Why or why not?
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【推荐2】Dick lived in England. One day in January he said to his wife, “I’m going to fly to New York next week because I’ve got some work there.”

“Where are you going to stay there?” his wife asked.

"I don’t know yet." Dick answered.

"Please send me your address from there in a telegram (电报)," his wife said.

"All right," Dick answered.

He went to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city. He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram. He put the address of his hotel in it.

In the evening he didn’t have any work, so he went to a cinema. He came out at nine o’clock and said, "Now I’m going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner."

He found a taxi (出租车) and the driver said, "Where do you want to go?" But Dick didn’t remember the name and address of his hotel.

        "Which hotel are my things in?" he said, "And what am I going to do tonight?" But the driver of the taxi did not know. So Dick got out and went into a post office. There he sent his wife another telegram, and in it he wrote, "Please send me my address at this post office."
1. Dick __________ to New York to work there.
2. Dick didn’t work on the __________ night of his arrival.
3. Dick couldn’t remember __________ his hotel is.
4. Dick wanted to go back to his hotel in a __________.
5. Dick was a very __________ person.

【推荐3】It's hard for middle school students to prepare a program in three weeks. So, I was really nervous. What made matters worse, there were only nine students taking part in. After a discussion among group members, we decided to perform a song and a dance. The song we chose was showed in the Chinese style and I was the lead singer.

Over the next three weeks, we used every minute we could find to rehearse (彩排). The dancers practised during breaks, and I practised through my phone. I used it to compare my performance with the original, which allowed me to correct my mistakes. (it, best, though, tried, everybody, difficult, was, their).

Finally, the day of the performance came. After making up and dressing up, we became nervous. Before going to stage, I told everyone, "No matter how we perform, we are sure to be the best, since the audience has paid a lot to see us."

As we left the stage, many people spoke to us, praising our performance. A foreign student even came over to us, as he was curious about our ancient-style costurnes. He took a photo with us, which became the best record of our hard work.

It was hard work that made us a success. Finally, we stood out among the twenty groups to win the prize.

1. How long did they spend preparing a program?
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2. Were there many students taking part in the program?
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3. How did the author practise the song?
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4. 将文中括号内的单词连成一句子,使文章意思通顺、完整。
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5. What was the result of the performance?
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