Chen Zhou gives popular inspirational （激励的） speeches around the world. He talks about his journey visiting over 700 of China’s cities and climbing over 100 mountains. It’s an impressive thing for anyone, but even more so when you know that Chen doesn’t have any legs. He gets around and climbs mountains with his hands in wooden boxes.
After his parents’ divorce （离婚） when he was little, Chen was raised by his grandparents. They were very poor and from a young age, Chen would go out to find ways to make money. One day, while riding a train he realized he was going in the wrong direction and jumped of the train. Chen’s legs were cut off. He was just 13.
Chen started to sing in the street. It was there that he met the woman who would become his wife. Ability Magazine reported that she asked him “Do you need any help after you finish singing?” From then on, the two began to see each other every day and feel for each other. On the 10th anniversary （周年） of their wedding （婚礼）, they climbed China’s Five Sacred Mountains together.
Chen has become a true inspiration for people. In 2016 he encouraged the then-11-year-old, Gao Zhiyu to climb mountains. Like Chen, Gao also lost his legs in a terrible accident. Chen invited Gao to climb Laoshan Mountain with him after hearing his story. Gao lost his legs in a car accident and was out of school for four years, doing his schoolwork in the hospital. Before this, Gao had never climbed a mountain. But together they climbed a summit （顶峰） 900 meters high. Chen really shows the power of the human spirit!
1. What is talked about in Chen Zhou’s speeches?| A．His dream of climbing more mountains. |
| B．His pleasure of singing in the street. |
| C．His journey visiting cities and climbing mountains. |
| D．How he made a living by climbing over 100 mountains. |
| A．He was born without legs. |
| B．He lost them in a train accident. |
| C．He was hurt in a car accident. |
| D．He lost them because of a disease. |
| A．While he was working as a street musician. |
| B．When he was interviewed by Ability Magazine. |
| C．When he was attending somebody’s wedding. |
| D．While he was climbing China’s Five Sacred Mountains. |
| A．It is very important to have big dreams. |
| B．Chen Zhou is not the only poor one in the world. |
| C．Chen Zhou inspires people to get over difficulties. |
| D．Special people can also make great achievements. |
| A．Strong-minded. | B．Ill-minded. | C．Small-minded. | D．Absent-minded. |
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It is Sally’s twelfth birthday. What does Sally do on her birthday?
Sally gets a new blue watch as her birthday gift. It is from her mother. The blue notebook is from her sister. The blue pencil box is from her brother. The blue T-shirt is from her father. They all know her favorite color is blue. The ping-pong ball and bat are from her friend, Cindy. Sally thinks playing ping-pong is difficult, but Cindy says it is easy. The tape is from her friend, David.
Sally’s friends like sports. Sally plays basketball and volleyball with them. Then, they eat lunch. Sally has good habits. She likes to eat healthy food.
After lunch, Sally and her friends watch TV. They have a relaxing afternoon!
1. Sally is twelve years old.2. Sally’s favorite color is blue.
3. Sally thinks playing basketball is difficult.
4. Sally plays volleyball with her friends after lunch.
Dear sir,
I got engaged (订婚的) forty years ago. Unfortunately at that time there was a lot of unemployment and I lost my job. I was out of work for about six months before I got another one. Of course I was very short of money.
I came to your shop to buy a wedding ring one day. The assistant brought some rings for me to have a look, later she was called away, and then I put one of the rings into my pocket. When she came back, I said I did not know the size of my girlfriend's finger.
So I left the shop without paying for the ring. My wife died a month ago, and the fact that I never paid for her ring has been on my conscience
(让我良心不安) all these years. I always feel guilty about that. At that time the ring cost $ 20, and I think that is about five times- $100 at today's price. Now I am sending you that amount.
Yours truly,
A customer
After reading the letter, the manager said, "Well, well, well, life is full of surprise!"
1. The ring that the customer put into his pocket was_______ at that time.
| A．$20 | B．$50 | C．$100 | D．$400 |
| A．辞职 | B．就业 | C．悲伤 | D．失业 |
| A．A week. | B．A month. | C．A year. | D．Two months. |
| A．The manager opened the letter by himself. |
| B．The manager thought life was full of surprise. |
| C．When the customer's wife knew the fact, she was impatient. |
| D．The customer always feels sad for not paying for the ring years ago. |
【推荐3】Betty has travelled to Beijing several times since 1980, and this is how she has seen the city change.
The Great Wall | Shopping | |
Then | Visiting the Great Wall at Badaling on my first trip, I ran into only a few tourists from local Chinese tour buses. Years later, to avoid the crowds at Badaling, I went to the Great Wall at Mutianyu. My six-year-old son was so excited that he said, “Every step is enjoyable!” | In the 1980s, tourists used foreign exchange certificates(证券) and the Chinese people used renminbi. Credit cards (信用卡) were not widely used. We visited the Beijing Department Store (opened in 1955). And it was on the street, Wangfujing. Everything in it was very cheap and made in China. |
Now | Most tourists still see the Great Wall at Badaling, but a great many come to Mutianyu now. Many hikers like to visit the Great Wall at Jiankou for the beautiful sights. There are no cable cars (缆车) and often even no steps. | People can pay in many new ways such as Alipay (支付宝) and Wechat Pay. Also, credit cards are accepted almost everywhere. Now Wangfujing is a famous street where people can buy all kinds of things. The Beijing Department Store is still there. Goods are cheap. The store is bigger now. |
| A．giving reasons | B．comparing numbers |
| C．giving examples | D．sharing her experiences  |
| A．It’s as big as before. | B．It has a history of 500 years. |
| C．Things in it are not expensive. | D．It’s on the food street Nanluoguxiang. |
| A．Betty’s love for Beijing | B．some changes in Beijing |
| C．the history of Beijing hutongs | D．Betty and her family |
【推荐1】In 1957 a 10-year-old boy in California set a goal. At the time Jim Brown was the greatest player ever to play football and this tall, thin little boy wanted his autograph (亲笔签名).
The boy replied, “Orenthal James. My friends call me O. J.”
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| A．Jim Brown smiled and began to leave, but the young boy wasn’t finished. |
| B．The young boy grew up in a very poor area. |
| C．The young boy had no money to buy a ticket to get into the game. |
| D．Jim Brown held many records in his football career. |
| E．In order to reach his goal, the young boy had to overcome some difficulties. |
A set of photos of a boy carrying his tennis rackets in a bamboo basket has gone viral(走红) . The boy, Wang Fa, 14, is a member of the Va ethnic group (瓦 族) from Yunnan. He won the under-14 title (冠军) at the ASICS Tennis Junior Tour in Guangzhou.
“We always carry bamboo baskets when we work in the field. This is a typical farming tool of the Va ethnic group. I carried my rackets in this basket to honor my hometown,” Wang said after the match.
Before tennis, Wang was just an ordinary boy from a village. But in 2016, he was chosen by a local club as one of the first 10 local children to learn to play professional tennis. He was nervous at the beginning because the outside world was so different from his home. Tennis has helped him make more friends and get a better education.
Wang and other players have trained hard to improve their skills and physical strength. Every day, the children would get up at 6:30 a. m. and practice for more than six hours a day. They needed to swing a racket more than 7, 000 times and run 9 kilometers.
Winning the title was the beginning of a hopeful tomorrow for Wang and he will work hard and aim for the top on the professional stage.
1. You may find the Va ethnic group people carry bamboo ________ in the field.| A．bags | B．boxes | C．baskets | D．bottles |
| A．特殊的 | B．普通的 | C．杰出的 | D．聪明的 |
① get up at 6:30 ② swing a racket ③ run 9 kilometers ④ join a club
| A．①③④ | B．①②④ | C．①②③ | D．②③④ |
| A．Wang and other players spent less than forty hours on the training a week. |
| B．Wang felt excited when he was in the local tennis club at first. |
| C．Wang has been a tennis player for 5 years. |
| D．Wang got a better education because of tennis. |
| A．Nothing is Impossible to a Willing Heart | B．Old Habits Die Hard |
| C．Two Heads are Better than One | D．Knowledge is Power |
Not long ago, a video about a Peking University security guard got popular online.
Zhang Juncheng comes from Shanxi Province.
However, Zhang realized that education was the only way to change life. Luckily, a teacher was like to help him.
In the autumn of 1995, Zhang got a Gaokao and went to university successfully.
After years of hard work, Zhang got a degree（学位）and returned to his hometown.
In the eyes of others, Zhang is successful, but he doesn’t think so. “I don’t think I’m successful.
| A．There he got a job as a teacher. |
| B．I’m sorry that I can’t help them. |
| C．He began taking English classes. |
| D．I’m always on my way to success. |
| E．However, I didn’t feel it was hard. |
| F．When he was young, his family was very poor. |
