One night as I went to the supermarket to buy some groceries（日用品）, something unusual happened to me.It made me review the meaning of life.
As soon as I went through the glass doors, I could tell something unusual was happening at the cash register（收银台）. I saw a cashier taking a few items （物品）out of a customer’s bag. The shopper was an old woman. I couldn’t even begin to describe to you how sad this woman looked. I stood there for a second and quickly realized that the cashier was taking items off the bill to cut down the payment.
I walked quickly over to the cash register, pointed to the items that she was about to put behind her and then pointed at my bag, showing that I would pay for them. She understood. After putting those items back in the bag at the register, she again went to help the woman with her card, but it still didn’t work. I looked at the screen to see the number, took some cash out of my bag, handed it to the cashier and then quickly walked away.
The old woman was a bit nervous about her card and didn’t notice me at all. When the cashier told her that she didn’t have to pay a cent, she was confused（茫然的）.
I didn’t walk back into the supermarket, but I felt so proud. I was really happy that I was able to help the old woman out and hopefully bring some joy and happiness into her life.
What is happiness? As you can imagine, there are a lot of answers. Some people say that giving is a kind of happiness; it gives people warmth and joy. Some people say that harvest is a kind of happiness; it makes you realize the joy and excitement after the harvest. But I think to help others is a kind of happiness. It is the most valuable experience and it will always warm your heart.
1. Why was the cashier taking some items out of the customer’s bag?| A．Because the cashier wanted to keep them for herself. |
| B．Because the customer didn’t want to buy these things. |
| C．Because another old woman wanted to buy these items. |
| D．Because the customer didn’t have enough money to pay for them. |
| A．By facial expressions. | B．By body language. |
| C．By eye contact. | D．By speaking aloud. |
| A．She was angry about not buying anything. | B．She was a bit nervous. |
| C．She was still confused. | D．She felt proud of herself. |
| A．The roses in her hand, the flavour in mine. | B．The early bird catches the worm. |
| C．No pain, no gain. | D．While there is life, there is hope. |
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【推荐1】Do you know the movie I, Robot? It tells us a story about the future.
The year is 2035 and robots are just as common as mobile phones. People depend on their robots to do lots of things, for example, babysitting, cooking, doing chores and taking their dogs for a walk. Robots have to obey (听从) humans’ orders, because their designers make them do so. A police officer called Spooner hates robots. He doesn’t think humans can get on well with their robots at all! But the scientist Susan has different opinions. Susan works on robots’ mind and she thinks one day robots will become more powerful (强大的) than humans and help humans to make progress (进步).
When Spooner and Susan work together, they find that something is wrong with the world’s robots. A few robots have their own thoughts and they’re trying to get out of humans’ control (控制)! Of course these robots’ dream doesn’t come true. Humans work hard to control their robots again and they succeed at last.
1. The story will happen (发生) in ________.| A．2010 | B．2020 | C．2035 | D．2040 |
| A．依靠 | B．悬挂 | C．相信 | D．取决于 |
| A．scientist; professor | B．bank clerk; police officer |
| C．policeman; doctor | D．police officer; scientist |
| A．robots can’t get on well with humans | B．robots will help humans to make progress |
| C．robots will have their own thoughts | D．robots will control the world |
| A．The movie I, Robot talks about the future. |
| B．People use their robots to do everything. |
| C．A few robots want to get out of humans’ control. |
| D．At last humans succeed in controlling the robots again. |
【推荐2】
Sally was a student. It was going to be her mother’s birthday. She wanted to buy her a present that would be nice and useful but not expensive.
She went shopping after a quick and simple lunch. After she looked for half an hour, she found a shop that was selling cheap umbrellas, and she decided to take a black one.
She thought, “Mom can carry it when she is wearing clothes of any color. “So she bought a lovely black umbrella and took it to school with her until her classes finished.
On her way home on the train she felt hungry because she had so little for lunch. So she went to the buffet car（餐车）. She left the umbrella on her seat.
But when she got back, it was lost!
Sally began to cry. The other passengers felt very sorry for her and asked what was the matter.
She told them the black umbrella she bought for her mother was lost, and she had to get off at the next station. After the three passengers heard this, they asked her for her mother’s address so that they could send the umbrella to her if someone took it by mistake and brought it back.
And now a week passed. Sally got a letter from her mother. It said”Thank you very much for your lovely gifts, but why do you send me three black umbrellas?”
1. Which sentence has the same meaning as”Mom can carry it when she is wearing clothes of any color”?| A．The color of the umbrella is OK for Mom’s clothes of any color. |
| B．Mom is beautiful in any clothes. |
| C．Mom must carry it when she is wearing any clothes. |
| D．Mom can buy any clothes that she likes to wear. |
| A．At Sally’s school. | B．On the train. | C．At the train station. | D．In the shop. |
| A．Sally’s mother would write to her if Sally didn’t send a gift to her. |
| B．Sally sent one umbrella to her mom at last. |
| C．The three passengers sent the three umbrellas to Sally’s mother. |
| D．Nobody on the train took away the umbrella. |
| A．We should look after our things when we are travelling. |
| B．If we show our love to others, we can get love from others. |
| C．We should often send our parents gifts. |
| D．It’s no use crying when we are in trouble. |
【推荐3】
It was break, and Mrs. Ford’s class was playing soccer. Emma kicked the ball hard and it landed in an old park next to the school. Yuki ran to get it, but she fell over an old tire and hurt her knee.
“Mrs. Ford, that old park is awful! No one could play there without getting hurt. Maybe we could fix it up,” said Yuki.
Mrs. Ford sighed (叹气). “I think it would cost at least $11,000. The school can’t pay for it.”
“We could have a school sale to get some money!” shouted Emma.
All the children and teachers thought it was a good idea. They held the school sale on Sunday. Each class had a booth. Some booths had games and prizes. One class sold hot dogs. One class painted people’s faces. Everyone had a great time.
On Monday, Mrs. Ford’s class added up the money from the school sale.
“Oh, no!” Yuki said. “We only made $316!” No one spoke. A few children sighed.
Then the headmaster Mr. Peter came. A reporter from a TV station was with him. After knowing that the children didn’t make enough money, he made the school on the news that night. The reporter said, “Viewers, I know you care about the kids. We are short of money. But we could help fix up this park in other ways. Please think about it.” The whole town learned about the park.
The next week, Mr. Peter came to the classroom and asked Mrs. Ford to bring her class out to the parking lot. The children could not believe what they saw! Several trucks from different stores arrived one by one and brought all the things they needed. That weekend, children, teachers and parents fixed up the park together.
After a week, the park was ready to open. When asked to name the park, Mrs. Ford’s class chose “Rainbow Park”.
“Rainbows are made up of lots of different colors,” Yuki told the reporter. “A lot of different people made this park. It’s like a rainbow.”
Mrs. Ford smiled. “We may not have enough money, but we have lots of caring people!”
1. Yuki wanted to fix up the park to ________.| A．have the school on the news | B．have a school sports meeting there |
| C．make her parents proud of her | D．make sure kids won’t get hurt there |
| A．holding a school sale | B．turning to their parents for help |
| C．working for a TV station | D．asking the headmaster to pay for it |
| A．Angry and nervous. | B．Surprised and happy. |
| C．Sad and worried. | D．Safe and peaceful. |
【推荐1】Eliza was a very popular girl at school. She got on well with everyone. She tried very hard to be kind and friendly to everyone. She felt very lucky: no other girl had so many friends at school and in the neighborhood.
But everything changed on Friendship Day. On that day, everyone had to make three gifts to give to their three best friends. However, by the end of the activity, Eliza didn’t receive（收到）any gifts! She felt terrible. She tried so hard to make so many friends, but in the end, no one saw her as their best friend.
When she got home that night, Eliza asked her mother how she could find true friends. “Eliza, my dear, if you want true friends, you will have to give them time and love. True friends must always be there for each other, in good times and bad.” Eliza said, “________” “There just isn’t enough time for everyone, so you can only have a few true friends.” Hearing this, Eliza decided to make a change so that she could have some true friends.
1. What happened on Friendship Day?| A．Eliza missed the activity. | B．Eliza didn’t get any gifts. |
| C．Eliza made three true friends. | D．Eliza didn’t give gifts to anyone. |
| A．share everything with each other | B．give time and love to each other |
| C．give each other gifts often | D．stay together all the time |
| A．I can’t sleep this evening. | B．How can I make true friends? |
| C．I want to be everyone’s friend. | D．I want to talk to my classmates tomorrow. |
【推荐2】All students have to face their own problems when they are growing up（成长；长大）. You may not think that having a good family is a problem. But for me, it was. I had to face the problem of being the youngest of the Smith girls.
We live in a small town in Pennsylvania, US. There are three girls in the Smith family, Amanda, Theresa and me. People often say things to me, like “Oh, the three of you, you’re such nice girls. Your sisters are so pretty and so thin! You’re really nothing like them.” That made me sad.
At school, all of my teachers had taught my sisters. On the first day of school, they said “Oh, the youngest of the three! I hope you’re just like your sisters. They’re such wonderful students.”
People always compared me with my sisters. So I couldn’t help comparing myself with them, too. Theresa was smarter, Amanda was prettier. I began to work hard to be more like them. What my sisters did, I did, too. At last, I became drum major（主鼓手) of our school’s marching band. Both Amanda and Theresa had been drum majors. I became editor of the school’s newspaper. Theresa had been the editor two years before.
But last year, Amanda went to college, and Theresa went to high school. Now I’m by myself at junior high. Everyone knows me, because I’ m the drum major and the newspaper’s editor.
Now I don’t feel like a Smith girl any more. I feel like myself. I’m proud of doing all of the same great things that my sisters did. But the best thing I did was to learn to stop comparing myself with them.
1. Which is the meaning of face in the passage?| A．deal with | B．front part of the head | C．expression on someone’s face |
| A．happy | B．nervous | C．sad |
| A．she becomes much better than her sisters |
| B．she stops comparing herself with her sisters |
| C．no one compares herself with her sisters |
| A．To be yourself. | B．Do what others say. | C．Learn from the older. |
【推荐3】Sophie decided to repaint(重新粉刷) her house. As soon as she had the idea, she got all her paint and brushes in front of the house, trying to decide on a color plan.
“Hmm...” said Sophie to herself. “I’d like a color that looks bright and cheerful during the day, but welcoming in the evening. It has to be a color that my friends will see from 100 meters away and will make them want to come and visit. It’s not going to be easy to find such a color, is it?” Sophie said to herself. She decided to go and ask her friends for some advice.
“Yellow!” said Tom. “It’s got to be yellow. Yellow is bright, the color of sunshine.” “No. pink is much better!” Amy disagreed. “It’s a soft, sweet color that makes you feel happy when you look at it.” “Don’t listen to them!” shouted Melissa. “You should paint your house blue, the color of the sky.”
Sophie was more confused than ever. “Well, asking you has been no help at all!” she said to her friends. “You all want me to choose your favorite color. If I choose one person’s favorite. I’ll disappoint the others. How can I choose a color that I like and that won’t make my friends argue?” Sophie went home and looked at her paint. Then all of a sudden, she laughed happily.
“I’ve got it!” she called out. Sophie set to work and painted her house in all the colors of the rainbow(彩虹). In the evening, her friends came round to see the results of all her hard work and everyone agreed that the repainted house looked wonderful.
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1. Sophie got all her paint and brushes out before she had the idea to repaint her house.
2. Yellow is a soft color that can make you feel happy when you look at it.
3. Sophie didn’t want to disappoint any one of his friends.
4. It was not helpful at all to ask friends for help because they had different ideas about it.
5. Sophie was a caring girl and she tried her best to make her friends happy and pleased.
