My name is Alston. When I was alone at home, I was more excited than afraid. My parents had gone for an invitation and left me behind. I was feeling free like a bird. I had some snacks, then sat on the sofa and began reading a storybook.
About an hour later, I decided to take a break. It was7:30 p.m. My favourite TV show would start in half an hour. Having found something to eat in the kitchen, I returned to the living room, where I became a couch potato and started watching my favourite show on time. As I was watching excitedly, the lights went off. “What bad luck!” I thought to myself. Gradually, I felt a bit afraid in darkness.
Suddenly I heard a loud knock on the door. My heart skipped (跳) a beat. I nervously looked out of the peephole (窥视孔), but could not see anyone. Then again another loud knock! I immediately phoned my best friend who lived on the first floor. At the same time, I tried to calm down and decided to open the door. As soon as I opened the door, something ran into the room quickly. It looked like some kind of animal, maybe one or two. I ran downstairs to call my friend and was relieved (放心的) to see him climbing up the stairs.
We both entered the room cautiously (小心翼翼) and heard some noise in the kitchen. We looked inside slowly and saw two creatures (生物) sitting on the kitchen table. They were monkeys. Not knowing what to do, we decided to call 911.
Soon, the power (电) came back on and the police arrived, along with the workers from the zoo. When the workers were catching monkeys, one of them ran away from the window.
My parents hurried back at about ten, and when they heard the whole story, they were happy to see that I was safe.
1. How did Alston feel when he was alone at home at first?2. What happened when Alston was watching his favourite show?
3. Why did Alston called his best friend who lived on the first floor?
4. What did Alston and his friend find in the kitchen?
5. Finally, who arrived and took the monkeys away?
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【推荐1】I am a 14-year-old boy from a poor village in Fuyang, Anhui Province(省). Like many other leftbehind children(留守儿童) in China, I live with my grandparents now. My father and my mother work in Shanghai. They tell me to listen to my grandparents and call me about three times(次数) a month to ask about my study.
June 17th is my birthday. I really want a large cake on my birthday. But my parents can’t come back to buy one for me. My grandparents are old and they don’t have much money.①They just make some egg noodles for me. There are no candles. There are no candies. I feel a little sad(伤心的)．
I really miss my parents.②我许愿能很快见到我的父母。
根据短文内容，完成下列任务。
任务一：根据短文内容回答问题。
1. Where is the writer from?
2. What’s his age?
3. Why can’t he get a birthday cake?
任务二：将画线句子①翻译成汉语。
4.
任务三：将画线句子②翻译成英语。
5.
【推荐2】Sir Patrick Moore was a well-known humorous astronomer. Like many scientists, he enjoyed playing harmless jokes on people. Some years ago, he received an invitation to give a series of talks on the radio. One day, at the end of his talk, the host said, your next talk about gravity (重力) will start at 9 a.m. on the first of April-April Fool’s Day. Why don’t you play a joke on the listeners? Patrick Moore agreed.
Over the next few days, Patrick Moore could not think of a joke. Then, on his way to the radio station on April 1, he saw some children jumping up and down in the street. That gave him an idea. He arrived at the station and gave his talk. At the end of his talk, he told his listeners, “The planets Jupiter and Saturn are very close to each other this morning. This will reduce the gravity of the Earth. If you jump into the air at exactly 9:47 a.m., you will be able to float (漂浮) for several seconds.”
A few minutes after 9:47 a.m., the phones began to ring. Some people said, “You just played a joke on us.” Some said, “We obeyed your instructions but did not float in the air!”
阅读短文，回答下列问题。
1. What did Patrick Moore enjoy doing?
2. On which day did Patrick’s talk about gravity start?
3. Who did Moore see on his way to the radio station?
4. How many planets are mentioned in Moore’s joke?
5. According to the passage, people couldn’t really float in the air for several seconds, could they?
【推荐3】When looking at a pair of old chopsticks, most people would see nothing but waste. But Felix Bock would see boxes, tables, shelves and so on.
In 2016, Felix Bock, a doctoral student at the University of British Columbia, Canada, found out people threw away about 100,000 pairs of chopsticks every day in Vancouver alone. He felt the need to do something. So he started the company ChopValue in the same year. The company collected used chopsticks from restaurants, schools and shopping centers in Canada and the US and turned them into furniture and other artworks. Now in its fifth year, with the rapid growth of the company, Bock employs 40 people, and using his special methods of steam and press machines, he has recycled 32 million pairs of chopsticks.
Bock takes pride in his work. And he hopes the idea behind ChopValue will help people rethink what they see as waste. “I believe every small action can help,” he said. “And I am happy that my business provides a new way for people.” Hundreds of restaurants across North America pay a small sum of money to Bock for the recycling of their used chopsticks. Bock doesn’t stop there. Now he is busy taking his business to more countries and has set up factories for recycling local wood like chopsticks in 10 countries.
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
1. When did Felix Bock study at the university in Canada?
2. Did Bock start his company when he was a doctoral student?
3. How many pairs of chopsticks has Bock recycled in the fifth year?
4. What did Bock’s company collect to make furniture and other artworks?
5. What did many restaurants in North America pay money to Bock for?
【推荐1】After spending the weekend away with my adult son, I was so impressed by his generous heart that I sent him this letter.
Dear son,
I want to thank you for teaching me a very valuable lesson in life by the great example you set. When we were eating at that cafe in Bondi and a person who had ordered his hamburger didn’t have enough money to pay for it. Without any hesitation, you went over and put the extra $2 into his hand.
When we were leaving, you also threw a five-cent coin onto the road and said something like, “Some kids will really enjoy finding it.”
Last week, a young man ahead of me in the line at a petrol (汽油) station didn’t have enough money to pay for his petrol. I asked the money collector, “How much short is he?” She told me he had meant to put $15 petrol in his car but he had been looking at the wrong gauge (计量表) and had put in 15 litres (升) which came to just over $20. This is an easy mistake as both gauges run fast.
Something made me think of you and what you did that night at the cafe in Bondi. I handed the young man $6. He was so surprised and said, “But why would you do this for me?” I just smiled as I thought of you.
Thank you, son. It’s better to give than to receive. Now when I see a five-cent coin on the ground and want to pick it up, I think of you and leave it there just in case some kids will get excited to find it.
Love always,
Mum
1. Did the writer spend the weekend alone?2. What happened to the man who had ordered his hamburger?
3. How did the writer’s son help the man at the cafe?
4. Why did the writer’s son throw a five-cent coin onto the road?
5. How did the young man in the petrol station feel after the writer handed him $6?
6. What does the underlined sentence “It’s better to give than to receive” mean?
【推荐2】There was a small village. There were only more than two hundred people in it. The village was in the south of a city.
The village was special because in this village everybody was wealthy. They all had beautiful houses and very nice clothes. They were good at business so they were rich.
A young man wanted to know why, so he came to the village one day. He walked for a long time but he didn’t find the reason. So he went to the market place and he started to talk with a businessman in a white shirt.
“Look,” he said, “the people in your village are very famous. You are all good businessmen. What is the secret?” “What is the secret?” answered the businessman, “The secret is this. We eat a lot of fish and the fish is good for our brains. It makes us clever.” “I see,” said the young man. “and what is the name of the fish?” “I don’t know,” said the businessman. “But if you give me $10, I can send you some.” The young man thought that was a good idea. So he gave the businessman $10 and left. Soon, the young man received a box. In a box, there were three fish.
After about a month, the young man met the businessman again. “Thank you for the fish,” he said, “but listen, $10 is too much for the three fish” “Ha! You see!” said the businessman. “The fish is beginning to have an effect（效果）. You are becoming clever.”
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
1. Where was the village?
2. Which word has the same meaning as the underlined word “wealthy” in Paragraph 2?
3. Who did the young man talk with at the market place?
4. How much did the young man pay for the fish?
5. What do you know about the businessman from the last two paragraphs?（一句话作答）
I work as a volunteer for a group helping the poor in Haiti. Recently I took my son Brian (教育) there for a week, hoping to educate (教育) him.
Before leaving, I told Brian this trip would be tiring and hard. For the first two days, he said almost nothing. Then on the third day, when we were climbing a mountain, he turned to me and said, “Pretty hard.”
After that, a five-year-old girl, wearing a large dress and broken shoes, followed Brian around. Later he said regretfully (后悔), “I wish I could speak French (法语) well.” I was surprised that he said that because he always hated French classes.
However, the moment that really reached my heart away appeared in a village deep in the mountain. I was asking a poor woman villager some questions for an article. Through hard work, she learned to read and write and became the leader of the village.
Learning about her story, Brian was as touched as me by this woman’s experiences. His eyes were wet, and there was love and respect (尊重) on his face.
When leaving for home, Brain even wanted to stay there as a volunteer. I believe he learned a lot from the trip. Soon it will be his 18th birthday. He’ll be a man.
1. The place where the writer works as a volunteer:2. How Brian felt on the third day:
3. The reason why the writer felt surprised:
4. What might the writer’s son think of the trip:
5. The main idea of this passage:
I am a Canadian. I started learning French when I was 10 years old. But my whole experience（经历）with the language was in the classroom. All of that changed, however, during my last summer of high school. As a 17-year-old girl, I flew across the country by myself for the first time! I headed for Quebec to live in the province with a French-speaking host family, who didn’t speak any English. And I would learn French at a local school.
On the first day of school the local school gave us students a test to determine（测定）our language level. We were required to speak only French all summer.
I made every effort to communicate（交流）in a second language by making new friends, seeing movies and even ordering food from restaurants in French. Though I couldn’t understand most of it at the very beginning, the whole experience was exciting and refreshing.
On weekends, my classmates and I took trips to different places around the province. On one trip, we went whale watching on the St. Lawrence River. Even though it was raining, we could see huge whales swimming around our boat. The most forgettable（令人难忘的）part of our trip was a visit to historic Quebec City. I walked along the stone street, took pictures of the European-style（欧式的）buildings, and learned some stories there.
Finally my efforts paid off! At the end of the summer, I was able to communicate pretty well. I couldn’t wait to go back to school and talk with my French teacher. Being lost in a French-speaking environment was a valuable learning experience. And it could be the main reason for my improvement（提高）in French.
1. When did the writer fly alone for the first time?2. How did the local school determine the students’ language level?
3. Where did the writer take trips on weekends?
4. What did the writer think of the visit to historic Quebec City?
5. What do you think is the best way to learn a foreign language?（请自拟一句话作答）
When talking about live streaming (直播), you might think of makeup vloggers and movie stars. But Zeng Qinghuan (曾庆欢), a 30-year-old woman who has sharp minds from Xinhua County in Loudi, Hunan, has turned her whole village into a live streaming room and used e-commerce (电商) to help her people live a better life.
Known as “Xiangmei Xinbao” on Douyin, Zeng now has more than 3 million followers and almost 40 million “likes”. ①During the past two years, she has posted about 370 short videos. They show the culture and life of people in her hometown. Through live streaming, she has sold more than 100 million yuan worth of local agricultural products, like fermented tofu, preserved pork and dried sweet potatoes.
②曾庆欢以前学习时装设计并在大城市工作。She returned to her village to care for her sick grandmother, but later found that she could also build a career (事业) there. “I’m a daughter of the great mountains. I can also be a contributor to rural development in this new era (时代),” she said.
Zeng hopes her experience can encourage more young people to return to their rural hometowns and make a difference. In 2021, after she became a deputy (代表) of the Loudi Municipal People’s Congress (市人民代表大会), she put forward a proposal (建议) called “each village has one product and one live streaming host of its own”. She plans to help cultivate (培养) 100 social media influencers (网红) for her county within three years, and now two villages have taken part in the project. The woman full of creativity said proudly, “Soon the rural areas will become a big stage, and being a farmer will be seen as a respectable job, too.”
1. What are Zeng’s short videos about?2. Why did Zeng go back to her village at first?
3. Is Zeng willing to devote herself to rural development?
4. 请将划线的句子①翻译成为中文。
5. 请将划线的句子②翻译成为英文。
The sun was falling behind the hills. Andrea was driving back home to Brockboune. Then she saw an old lady, standing by the road, with a sign saying “Brockboune” in her hand.
Andrea stopped the car. When the old lady got in, Andrea could see that she was not that little. She was in a long dress and had a hat pulled down low over her eyes. She put her big brown shopping bag down onto the floor.
“Do you live in Brockboune?” asked Andrea. “No, dear,” answered the old lady in a low voice, “I’m just going to visit a friend, but my car won’t start, so I had to hitchhike (搭便车).”
Something in the way the lady spoke made Andrea uneasy. Andrea secretly studied the half-covered face, the shapeless body, the arms with their thick black hairs…Thick black hairs? Andrea’s blood froze. This wasn’t a woman. It was a man!
Her heart was beating wildly and her mind raced. Then suddenly, an idea came up to her. She stopped the car in a sudden. “My God!” she shouted, “A child! Did you see the child? I think I hit her!”
“I didn’t see anything,” the “old lady” said. “I don’t think you hit anything.”
“I’m sure it was a child!” shouted Andrea. “Could you just get out and have a look?”
The “old lady” slowly opened the car door, leaving her bag inside. As soon as “she” was out of the car, Andrea drove away as soon as possible.
Several minutes later, Andrea thought about the “old lady’s” bag and opened it carefully. There was only one thing in it－a shining knife.
1. How did Andrea go home?2. Who did Andrea meet on the way, a woman or a man?
3. Did Andrea really hit a girl?
4. What’s in the “old lady’s” bag?
5. What do you think of Andrea?
