A group of college students decided to educate the children in a small village. They chose a village in a mountain. The villagers and children there knew nothing about education. So the college students chose to go there.
When the students reached the foot of the mountain, a couple of men from the village took them to their places. The tribes (部落) lived happily with no use of modern things.
They explained to the head of the village about their aim of educating the children. The villagers were happy to hear about it. The students gathered the children and created a timetable (时间表) for teaching them.
One student showed some chocolates to the children. He announced a competition, and he placed a box full of chocolates near a tree at a distance (距离) of 200 meters.
He planned to hold a race to encourage the children. He announced that a child who ran fast and reached first would get all chocolates. What happened then was a real happiness! The students were quite surprised by the acts of the children. All children held the hands of the kids who stood next to them. They ran towards the chocolate box and held each other’s hands.
There was only one winner and it was all the children. The children then happily shared the chocolates. One of the students asked the children why they had done that. One of them replied, “When others are sad, how can you stay happy?”
1. Why did the group of college students choose this village?| A．Because the village was beautiful. |
| B．Because the villagers were friendly. |
| C．Because the village was close to their school. |
| D．Because the people there knew nothing about education. |
| A．分散 | B．躲避 | C．想起 | D．聚集 |
| A．The villagers didn’t have enough food. |
| B．The villagers wanted to change their life. |
| C．There were no good roads in the village. |
| D．The villagers lived a happy life without modern things. |
| A．To make the children know each other. |
| B．To attract the children’s attention. |
| C．To encourage the children. |
| D．To choose a monitor for the class. |
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Still in shock! I moved around the house purposelessly trying to decide what to put into the suitcases (行李箱). Earlier that evening, I’d received a call telling me that my brother was killed in a car crash. “Come as soon as you can.” cried my mother.
I wanted to hurry to her at once. But my husband, Larry, and I were packing to move from New York to Seattle. Our house was in total mess. Supper dishes sat on the kitchen table. Toys lay everywhere. I purposelessly picked things up and put them down. Mother’s crying went through my head again and again.
Larry called some friends to tell them what had happened. Someone asked to speak to me. “If there’s anything I can do, let me know.” But I didn’t know what to ask for.
Suddenly, the doorbell rang. It was Emerson. He and his wife Donna lived in the block nearby.
“I’ve come to clean your shoes,” he said.
I asked him to repeat.
“Donna had to stay with the baby,” he said, “but we want to help you. I remember when my father died, it took me hours to clean our shoes for the funeral (葬礼). Give me all your shoes.”
I gathered all our dirty shoes to the kitchen. Emerson got to work right away. Watching him devoting himself to one task helped me pull my own thoughts into order. I told myself to wash clothes first. Then, Larry and I bathed the children and put them to bed. One job after another.
When we returned to clear the dishes, Emerson had left. All our shoes stood in a line against the wall, clean, shining. I couldn’t help crying. Early next morning, we left for the airport with all the jobs done.
Now whenever I hear of a friend who’s lost a loved one, I no longer call with the polite offer,”If there’s anything I can do …” Instead I try to think of one specific task that suits that man’s need, like taking the dog to the boarding kennel, or house-sitting during the funeral. If the person asks,”How did you know I needed that one?” I reply,”Because a man once cleaned my shoes.”
1. The writer didn’t know what to put into the suitcases because _____.| A．she couldn’t do it on her own | B．she was too sad to do anything |
| C．she wanted to take everything to Seattle | D．she was not good at housework |
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4.
Which of the events should go in the empty box above?
| A．Emerson came to clean the shoes. |
| B．The couple bathed the children. |
| C．They cleared the supper dishes |
| D．The writer found the shoes cleaned. |
| A．Call her friend to ask what she can do. |
| B．Look after her friend’s young children. |
| C．Take her friends’s dog to the boarding kennel. |
| D．Offer her friend house-sitting during the funeral. |
| A．One person’s loss is another’s gain. |
| B．An act of kindness is often rewarded. |
| C．A near neighbour is better than a brother far off. |
| D．Do something specific to help those in need. |
【推荐2】Each nation has many good people who help take care of others. For example, some high school and college students in the United States often spend many hours as volunteers in hospitals, orphanages(孤儿院) or homes for the aged(老人). They read books to the people in these places, or they just visit them or listen to their problems. Other young volunteers go and work in the homes of people who are sick or old. They paint, clean up, or repair houses, do shopping and mow(割草) their lawns(草坪). For boys who no longer have fathers, there is an organization called Big Brothers. College students and other men take these boys to basketball games or on fishing trips and help them get to know things that boys usually learn from their fathers.
Some cities have a number of clubs where boys and girls can go to play games or learn crafts(手艺). Some of these clubs show movies or organize short trips to the mountains, the beaches, museums or other places of interest. Most of these clubs use a lot of high school and college students as volunteers because they are young enough to remember the problems of younger boys and girls.
Volunteers believe that some of the happiest people in the world are those who help bring happiness to others.
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1. From the short passage we can see that are often helped by the volunteers.
| A．workers in the factory |
| B．students in school |
| C．people in the home for the elderly(老人) |
| A．very busy | B．hungry | C．in trouble |
| A．to play basketball with the boys who no longer have fathers |
| B．to help the boys who no longer have fathers |
| C．to teach the boys who no longer have fathers how to fish |
| A．Show movies. |
| B．Organize short trips. |
| C．Make new clothes for them. |
| A．they believe that the happiest people are those who help bring happiness to others |
| B．they are so young that they can remember the problems of younger boys and girls |
| C．they can work very long a day without having a rest |
【推荐3】Over the past 6 years, Zhang Chaofan has given away 1.35 million yuan and raised 5.2 million yuan from the public to help more than 400 people with health problems-including teachers with cancer(癌症)and disabled children in poor families-learn traditional Chinese culture.
Zhang, 29, was born without a left arm in Changchun, Jilin, but her hard work to become stronger has encouraged many people. She was chosen along with 67 other honorees(领奖人)to receive the Eighth National Ethical Role Model award(第八届全国道德模范提名奖)at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 5th, 2021.
In 2015, Zhang set up a handwriting and painting school in Changchun. When she found that some parents were unable to pay for their children’s education, she made the lessons free and began providing 300,000 yuan every year to help them.
In early 2020, her school was made to suspend all courses because of COVID-19(新冠肺炎), but it didn’t stop her from helping the poor families. She raised more than 8.9 million yuan and gave them away to Hubei hospitals.
“Women in the new times should have the courage to create value and also have a sense of social duty,” she said. “ It is my great honor to be chosen as a model. This will become a driving force for me to move ahead and keep helping the poor and the disabled.”
1. How much has Zhang Chaofan given away in the past six years?| A．300,000 yuan. | B．1,350,000 yuan. | C．5,200,000yuan. |
| A．she did well in painting |
| B．she did well in teaching |
| C．she worked hard to become stronger |
| A．Zhang provided 300,000 yuan to help the poor in all. |
| B．Zhang built a handwriting and painting school in 2015. |
| C．Zhang stopped helping the poor families because of COVID-19. |
| A．停止 | B．开设 | C．改进 |
| A．Her wish for disabled people. |
| B．The excitement of her winning. |
| C．Her promise to help the poor and the disabled. |
【推荐1】Tiangong Class
How do astronauts live and work on a space station? You can get the answer from the Tiangong Class, a series of lectures from China’s space station. In the Tiangong Class, Chinese astronauts will become the “teachers in space”. Months ago, three Shenzhou-13 astronauts, Wang Yaping, Ye Guangfu and Zhai Zhigang, gave their first class. Thousands of young students took the class.
Wang Yaping and the other two astronauts first gave the students a tour around. They showed students how to live and work on the space station. After the tour, the astronauts did some interesting experiments. In one experiment, Wang made a small water film and put a pink folded paper flower on it. Soon the flower blossomed. “I made the flower with my daughter while on the earth and I always think of her when I see the flower,” said Wang. “Students, all of you are flowers of the motherland. I hope your dreams can blossom like flowers.”
During the class, the students learned how different space is from the earth. Many students showed great interest in space and science. Wang Yihan, a fifth-grade student, said, “It was an eye-opening experience. The experiments really surprised me. They were wonderful! I want to be an astronaut too!”
1. From the Tiangong Class, we can learn __________.| A．how to grow flowers in space |
| B．how the Earth revolves around the Sun |
| C．how to make our space dreams come true |
| D．how astronauts work and live on a space station |
| A．The astronauts gave the students a tour around at first. |
| B．Wang Yaping did the experiment together with her daughter. |
| C．The experiment with the flower shows Wang Yaping’s love for her daughter. |
| D．Wang Yaping gave the students her best wishes at the end of the experiment. |
| A．Boring. | B．Difficult. | C．Amazing. | D．Simple. |
【推荐2】To know parents’ influence on students’ learning, researchers studied 438 kids and their parents. Before a school year started, the researchers asked the parents to write down how worried they would feel in different situations connected with math, like making a spending plan and checking their house’s size. The researchers also checked the kids’ math ability and math worries during the school year.
The study found kids whose parents were worried about math learned less math during the school year. And these kids didn’t do as well in the tests as those who didn’t have family members with math worries. Besides, these kids were also more likely to become nervous about math themselves. The study’s result appeared in Psychological Science. Erin Maloney led the study.
As someone who has personally experienced math worries, Maloney said, “I was always very nervous about math balk at math in different ways, including finding excuses to miss math tests and not wanting to do math homework. ”
Parents with math worries should still help their kids as the kids work on math homework, though. But they should know helping kids with schoolwork requires more than just going over facts and concepts. Parents should help kids look for ways to have fun with math, like playing math-based games. When kids have difficulty in learning, but they shouldn’t make them nervous.
What can students do if they’re already nervous about math? Maloney said, “My earlier study showed that students who wrote about their fears (恐惧) of math 7 to 10 minutes before taking a math test did better in that test. After trying this way, many students said their fears weren’t such a big deal. ”
1. Researchers studied 438 kids and their parents to know ________.| A．the relationship between parents and children |
| B．students’ influence on parents’ working |
| C．parents’ activities in their families |
| D．parents’ influence on students’ studies |
| A．Most kids were afraid of math. |
| B．Some parents knew little about their kids’ studies. |
| C．Kids could get math worries from their parents. |
| D．Kids should do their homework by themselves. |
| A．回避 | B．享受 | C．挑战 | D．讨论 |
| A．Parents should train kids to learn math by doing a lot of exercises themselves. |
| B．Parents should help kids to have fun with math and face the difficulty bravely. |
| C．Maloney encourages kids to show their fears of math to their teachers. |
| D．Maloney encourages kids to have a good rest before taking a math test. |
【推荐3】There’s bad news for the parents of Chinese boys. After 2021, when teenage boys enter their 20s, at least 10 percent of them will find it difficult to marry a wife.
According to the sixth national population survey, there are already 33.76 million more males than females in China. The gender ratio at birth is as high as 115.9 : 100. This means that there are 115.9 baby boys for every 100 baby girls. This ratio is still growing and may be 118.9 : 100 by 2022. This can lead to an unsafe society. With every 1 percent rise in the gender ratio, there would be 6 percent more violent crimes.
According to the UN, there are only 21 nations or areas that have more women than men. Russia is one of them because many males died in World War Ⅱ. Since then there have been more women than men in Russia. However, most countries, including China, have more males. The experts explained the reasons. In general, men make more money than women and it results in a cultural tradition of preferring boys to girls.
To change this situation, kids need be better educated on gender equality, experts suggest. But they also say there is still a lot more work to do.
1. The underlined words “gender ratio” might mean ________ in Chinese.| A．人口比例 | B．性别比例 | C．人口分布 | D．性别分布 |
| A．118.9 baby girls for every 100 baby boys | B．115.9 baby girls for every 100 baby boys |
| C．118.9 baby boys for every 100 baby girls | D．115.9 baby boys for every 100 baby girls |
| A．China | B．the UN | C．Russia | D．most countries |
| A．It’s difficult for every Chinese man to marry a wife after 2020. |
| B．China will become a dangerous country after 2020. |
| C．Most criminals in China are men instead of women. |
| D．The situation of gender imbalance in China is serious. |
| A．during the World War Ⅱ, most of the soldiers were men |
| B．most of women make more money than men in China |
| C．it’s easy to change the gender imbalance in China |
| D．everyone prefers boys to girls in China |
【推荐1】Eddy Zhong is the 17-year-old CEO(总裁) of a high-tech company(高科技公司) in New York, America. He advises parents to change(改变) the way they are teaching children.
Before he turned 14, Eddy Zhong didn't know what he wanted in life. He listened to his parents almost all the time and trusted that they knew what was the best for him. Like most parents, his parents wanted him to go to school, learn the lessons and be successful. He studied hard, but he wasn't successful at school, especially(尤其) in math. However, when he turned 14, everything changed. Eddy got an invitation to a competition in Boston. He accepted it with great interest. He worked hard with his team and won that competition.
After that, he and his team went to one competition after another. They liked winning but more importantly, they had an interest in creating(创造) things. While other teams showed their ideas with pictures, they just created the real thing. As a result, they got the first prize. A man even helped them start a real company to produce their creations.
When they invited students to join the company, middle school students showed no interest at all. Why? Too many people tell kids to study hard, go to a good college, and be "successful". If Eddy had followed that piece of advice, he might not have started a technology company at the age of 16. He is a hero in many people's hearts.
So parents should give their kids free time to develop their own interest and choose what they really like to do in the future. After all, interest is the best teacher.
1. Eddy's success at the beginning helps parents know ________.| A．the habit of learning lessons | B．a better way in children's education |
| C．the importance of having more hobbies | D．the relationships between family and school |
| A．Eddy wasn't friendly to his parents | B．Eddy did badly in math and science |
| C．the teacher invited Eddy to a competition | D．Eddy's interest began to make his life different |
| A．created the real things | B．won every competition |
| C．taught teenagers to study math | D．didn't listen to parents' advice |
| A．Follow your own heart | B．A hardworking team | C．Start a real company | D．An outgoing teenager |
| A．scientists | B．teachers | C．parents | D．pianists |
【推荐2】
 | Hi, I’m Fan Yong from Chengdu. There is a computer in our classroom. We can see photos on it. And there are forty computers in our computer room. We have lessons there every Friday afternoon. And we need (需要) do our homework on the computer in the evening. My computer is blue. It’s my favourite colour. |
 | Hello, I’m Jenny from London. I live with my parents and two brothers on a big farm. I don’t go to school but I study on my computer. I meet my teachers there. I have two lessons in the morning and one lesson in the afternoon. And then I do my homework. On Saturday, I help my parents with farm work. On the farm, there are many kinds of vegetables and animals. Tomatoes and dogs are my favourites. |
1. Fan Yong can ________ on the computer in the classroom.
| A．read books | B．do homework | C．see photos | D．check email |
| A．On Monday morning. | B．On Monday afternoon. |
| C．On Friday morning. | D．On Friday afternoon. |
| A．white | B．black | C．green | D．blue |
| A．2 | B．3 | C．4 | D．5 |
| A．Tomatoes. | B．Potatoes. | C．Carrots. | D．Beans. |
Adrian and his new friend Manuel did not speak the same language. Adrian spoke English and Manuel spoke Spanish. But they found ways to communicate. They pointed to things. They drew pictures. Sometimes, they acted out what they wanted to say. And they each learned a few words in the other’s language. That helped a lot, too. They ate dinner at each other’s house, so they both learned to enjoy new foods. Adrian discovered that Manuel was from Honduras. Adrian did not know where that was, but Manuel showed him on a map. It was far away!
One day, Adrian decided to invite Manuel to play basketball. He didn’t know if Manuel knew how to play, but he was hoping that he could. When the two boys got together after school, Adrian took Manuel to the basketball court. He said, “Watch me” to Manuel, and then he shot a basketball through the hoop. Then, he threw the ball to Manuel. Adrian didn’t think Manuel would be able to score a basket, but he scored easily. Then, Manuel passed the basketball back to Adrian and pointed to him—it was Adrian’s turn. For the next hour, the two boys played. Manuel was a good player—much better than Adrian had thought he would be.
The next day, Adrian told his other friends about Manuel. He told them what a good player Manuel was. He told his other friends that he wanted Manuel to play basketball with them after school. At first they didn’t know if that was a good idea. How could Manuel play if he didn’t understand English? “He does understand some English,” Adrian said, “Besides, he understands basketball. That’s what’s important.” Adrian’s friends agreed to let Manuel play, and they made plans for that afternoon. Everyone gathered after school to play basketball. Manuel arrived, and Adrian introduced him to his other friends. Soon they started to play. Everyone agreed that Manuel was an excellent player. They were glad that Adrian had invited him. They spoke English. Manuel spoke Spanish. But they had basketball in common. That was what mattered.
1. How do Manuel and Adrian solve the problem of their language difference?| A．They point at things and draw. | B．They shout at each other loudly. |
| C．They do not spend time together. | D．They go travelling to Honduras. |
| A．I want to know how to say a few words in Spanish. |
| B．I want to learn how to buy tickets to Honduras. |
| C．I want to know how the boys work together to play a game. |
| D．I want to know the final score of the basketball game. |
| A．They will invite Manuel to play. | B．They won’t invite Manuel to play. |
| C．Adrian won’t play basketball again. | D．Adrian won’t be friends with Manuel. |
| A．Friends do not always get along and communicate well. |
| B．Good friends like the same things and have the same habits. |
| C．A basketball game is not a place to meet a new friend. |
| D．Friendship happens when people learn and care about each other. |
| A．A how-to text about playing different ball games. |
| B．A story of two women from different places getting to know each other. |
| C．A story about a basketball team winning a big game against all odds. |
| D．A letter to the mayor asking for basketball courts at the local park. |
