There was a park near my home. But I didn’t go there very often because many people said there was nothing special. One afternoon I went into the park. I walked quickly because there wasn’t much to see. I walked for some time and found myself standing in front of two paths(小路).“Which way should I go?” I asked myself. I looked at one path, and then the other. I found that the two paths were different from each other.
The left one was wide and clean.There were lots of flowers on both sides of the path. Though the flowers weren’t very beautiful, they made me feel good. Then I looked at the right one. The path didn’t look nice. It looked as if it had not been cleaned for months. For a long time, I couldn’t make up my mind.
After a while, a strange feeling made me follow the dirty path. It wasn’t nice, but I didn’t want to give up. At last, I came to the end of the path. To my surprise, there was a small garden. It was beautiful. I thought it was the nicest part of the park. Later, I told the others what I had seen in the park, but they just smiled at me without saying a word. I knew they didn’t believe me. They couldn’t even remember that path because it was so small.
My trip to the park that day made me understand something about life. Don’t be afraid to choose a different path. You may get a big surprise!
1. Why did the writer walk quickly in the park?| A．Because he was doing some exercise. | B．Because he was looking for something. |
| C．Because he was not interested in the park. | D．Because he wanted to get to the end quickly. |
| A．the left path | B．the right path | C．the park | D．the path |
| A．Nothing special. | B．A small garden. | C．A lot of people. | D．Some flowers. |
| A．where there is a will, there is a way | B．god helps those who help themselves |
| C．the success belongs to (属于) those who are brave to try | D．every dog has its day |
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【推荐1】One day, our teacher said that he had an exercise for us to try. We were to stand, facing away from our classmates, and fall backward, relying (依赖) on another student to catch us. Most of us were uncomfortable with this. We couldn’t fall back for more than a few inches before stopping ourselves.
Finally, Judy gave it a try. She is a thin, quiet, dark-haired girl who always wears big white sweaters. Judy crossed her arms over her chest, closed her eyes, leaned back, and did not stop. She looked like one of the TV ads where the model jumps into the pool.
For a moment, I was sure she was going to fall onto the floor. At the last moment, her partner grabbed her head and shoulders and pulled her up immediately.
“Whoa!” several students yelled. Some clapped their hands. Our teacher finally smiled. “You see,” he said to the girl. “You closed your eyes. That was the difference. Sometimes you cannot believe what you see. You have to believe what you feel. And if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them too even when you’re in the dark. Even when you’re falling.
1. How did the students feel when they were told about the exercise?| A．Excited. | B．Disappointed. | C．Happy. | D．Uncomfortable. |
| A．touch | B．take | C．catch | D．bring |
| A．stand still | B．face their classmates |
| C．stop other students from falling | D．fall backward onto their classmates |
| A．we should try our best to help people who are in trouble |
| B．we shouldn’t be afraid to fall down |
| C．no one can be trusted in the world |
| D．if you want someone to trust you, you must trust them first |
【推荐2】There was a young woman. She took great pride in growing flowers in her yard. She had been raised by her grandmother, who had taught her to love and care for flowers. So her yard was the most beautiful one in her village.
One day, while looking through a flower list that she often ordered from, a picture of a plant immediately caught her eye. She had never seen a flower like it before. “I have to have it,” she said to herself, and she immediately ordered it. When it arrived, she found a place to plant it. She planted it at the bottom of a stonewall at the back of her yard. It grew vigorously, with beautiful green leaves all over it. Day after day, she continued to take care of it, but there were no flowers.
One morning, as she stood looking at the plant, she felt disappointed. She wanted to know why her plant had not bloomed.
However, at this moment, her disabled neighbor invited her to his yard and said, “Thank you so much! You can’t imagine how much I have enjoyed the flowers that you planted.” The young woman walked through the gate into her neighbor’s yard. She saw that on the other side of the wall the plant was full of flowers.
They were, indeed, the most beautiful flowers she had ever seen. The plant had grown up through the crevices (裂缝) in the wall.
Just because you can’t see the results of your labor, it does not mean that there isn’t any fruit.
1. Which is the correct order for the following events happened to the young woman?a. She bought the plant at once. b. She went to her neighbor’s yard.
c. She felt disappointed. d. She saw the plant in a picture.
| A．abcd | B．bacd | C．dacb | D．cdab |
| A．呆板的 | B．快速地 | C．缓慢地 | D．旺盛地 |
| A．She often gave him some tasty food. | B．She always helped him to do the housework. |
| C．She taught him how to plant flowers. | D．He enjoyed the flowers that she planted. |
| A．The Other Side of the Wall | B．The Disabled Neighbor |
| C．A Beautiful Flower | D．How to Plant Flowers |
【推荐3】Dr Martin Luther King was one of the greatest leaders of the 20th century. There are many lessons we can learn from him about being a better person and a better leader. Take these 4 points of his wisdom (名言) for example.
★ Be your best. King called for excellence in whatever you do when he said in a speech,
“If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets just like Michelangelo painted pictures, or Beethoven wrote music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well.”
★ Believe that you are somebody. King said,
“Don’t allow anybody to make you feel that you’re nobody. Always feel that you are people of great worth, and always feel that your life has meaning.”
★ Happiness comes from making others happy. Bring joy to someone else’s life without thinking about what you can get in return. King explained,
“Those who are not looking for happiness are most likely to find it, because those who are looking for it forget that the best way to be happy is to find happiness for others.”
★ Let hope last forever. Research shows that hope helps patients live longer. Wake up with hope every day even if you’ve lost a job, money, your home or loved ones. King said,
“Don’t let difficult times get you down. Stand up for a world free from fear. No matter how heavy the storm is or no matter how difficult things are, keep on and don’t give up.”
1. From the first point of Martin Luther King’s wisdom, we can learn that ________.| A．street sweepers work very hard | B．street sweepers do the greatest work |
| C．even street sweepers can be excellent | D．street sweepers are as creative as artists |
| A．Those who are excellent. | B．Those who are full of hope. |
| C．Those who do worthy things. | D．Those who like to help others. |
| A．live longer | B．make a living |
| C．fight against fear | D．get through difficulties |
| A．To call on people to learn from Dr Martin Luther King. |
| B．To show his respect for Dr Martin Luther King. |
| C．To introduce Dr Martin Luther King’s sayings. |
| D．To encourage people to live a meaningful life. |
【推荐1】There were two men who lived next to each other. One of them was a retired teacher and the other was a businessman. Both of them had planted many different plants in their gardens. The retired teacher seldom watered his plants and didn’t pay a lot of attention to them. But his neighbor was very careful with his plants and watered them often.
The retired teacher’s plants were small, but still looked okay, while the businessman’s plants were much bigger and greener. One night, there came a storm with a heavy rain and strong wind. The next morning, both of the neighbors came out to check in their gardens. The businessman saw that his plants had come out from the earth and were totally out of life. But the retired teacher’s plants nicely stood where they were.
The businessman was surprised. He went to consult (咨询) the retired teacher. “We both grew the same plants and I cared for my plants better than you did. How could your plants still be okay?”
The retired teacher smiled and said, “Because you gave your plants too much attention. You made it too easy for them to grow. I gave my plants just a little bit of water, so they had to grow deeper to absorb (吸收) more water. That is why my plants survived.”
1. What did the retired teacher do with his plants?| A．He often watered his plants. |
| B．He was careful with his plants. |
| C．He paid little attention to his plants. |
| A．They looked better than the teacher’s. |
| B．They looked worse than the teacher’s. |
| C．They grew shorter and thinner. |
| A．存活 | B．生长 | C．枯萎 |
| A．The neighbors had different jobs. |
| B．The teacher’s plants were still good after a storm. |
| C．The businessman looked after his plants worse than the teacher. |
| A．A businessman and his plants. |
| B．Different treat, different results. |
| C．A retired teacher and his plants. |
He put the machine into the waiting room of a station. There were always lots of people in and out.
The first one who used the machine was an Indian woman. She stood on the machine, the machine thought for a few seconds to decide which language to speak. “Good morning, Madam.” It said in Indian. “Your weight is 72 kilograms. That’s three kilograms more. If you eat more fruit and vegetables, you will be soon all right. Please have a nice day.”
The second one to use the machine was a Chinese girl .She stood on the machine and waited to hear her weight. “Good morning, Miss.” The machine said in Chinese. “Your weight is 45 kilograms. It’s all right for your age. Keep eating what you eat every day. Please have a nice day.”
The third one to use the machine was a very fat American woman .She thought for a long time to stand on the machine .The machine spoke quickly in English, “Good morning. Will one of you get off?”
1. The machine in this passage could .
| A．tell the weight of people |
| B．tell people what they should drink |
| C．sell many kinds of drinks |
| D．make people laugh |
| A．in the waiting room of a station |
| B．in a train |
| C．in the doctor’s waiting room |
| D．in the women’s room |
| A．she was a little lighter |
| B．she was a little heavier |
| C．it couldn’t speak Indian |
| D．to eat what she wanted to eat |
| A．should eat more |
| B．should eat less |
| C．had to eat more fruit |
| D．kept herself healthy |
| A．She was healthy. |
| B．She liked thinking. |
| C．She was too heavy. |
| D．The machine didn’t like her. |
【推荐3】It seems food deliverymen (送货员) are always in a hurry. They wear blue, red or yellow helmets and many of them don't follow traffic rules. They drive on the wrong side of the road and run red lights. They use mobile phones while driving. These reckless (鲁莽的) behaviors have caught the public's attention.
In the first half of 2017, food deliverymen had 76 traffic accidents in Shanghai, according to Shanghai Public Security Bureau. That means every two and a half days, a food deliveryman will die or get hurt on the road.
What makes deliverymen take such risks? The strict rules of the food delivery service companies and the anxious (焦急的) customers may be the answer.
Many companies will fine a deliveryman up to 2,000 yuan, if he fails to deliver an order on time, reported China Daily. Fines also go to those who get bad reviews from customers.
To solve the problem, food delivery service companies need to improve their incentive systems (激励制度), noted CRI Online.
Some cities are also taking action. Shanghai has asked companies to train their deliverymen on traffic rules and safety. Now in Shenzhen, if a deliveryman gets caught breaking traffic rules more than twice, then he will be banned from driving food service delivery vehicles (交通工具) for a whole year .
1. The first paragraph mainly tells us that many food deliverymen _______.| A．break traffic rules | B．are good at driving |
| C．work very hard | D．use mobile phones too much |
| A．It's a pity that all food deliverymen don't follow traffic rules. |
| B．If a deliveryman can't deliver an order on time, he will be fined up to 200 yuan. |
| C．It matters a lot to a deliveryman if he gets bad reviews from customers. |
| D．The deliveryman isn't allowed to send food for a whole year if he breaks traffic rules more than twice. |
| A．Companies are improving their review systems. |
| B．Some cities are working to improve the situation. |
| C．To drive safely, food deliverymen will obey more traffic rules. |
| D．Food deliverymen cannot drive on important roads in the future. |
【推荐1】I usually took a bus to school. I found that most passengers were silent and never had a conversation with anyone else.
About a year ago, an old man got on the bus and said loudly to the driver, “Good morning!”Most people looked up, wondering why, and the bus driver didn’t take it seriously and just replied in a cold voice, “Mm - hmm”The next day the man got on and again he said in a loud voice, “Good morning!” to the driver. Another “Mm - hmm”. By the fifth day, the driver finally answered him with a little happy “Good morning!” Then the man said, “My name is Benny.” The driver told the man that he was Sam.
That was the first time any of us had heard the driver’s name and soon people began to talk to each other and say hello to Sam and Benny. Soon Benny spread his happy “Good morning!” to the whole bus. Within a few days, his “Good morning!” was returned by a lot of “Good mornings” and the whole bus seemed to be friendlier. People got to know each other.
“Benny truly showed friendship among us with a simple ‘Good morning!’,” I thought.
Then suddenly, Benny stopped showing up. Everyone began to ask about Benny, wondering what happened to him. No one knew what to do and the bus got quiet again. So, last week, I started to act like Benny and say “Good morning!” to everyone and the whole bus cheered up again. Hopefully, Benny could come back to see his “Good morning!” mattered a lot.
Sometimes we see some strangers so many times that we know their faces well, but we never even say hello to them. By saying hello, friendship starts to grow, and sunshine comes to the world around us, and love spreads over the community we are in. Why not start a “hello” today?
根据语篇内容，选择最佳选项，并在答题卡上将选定答案的字母标号涂黑。
1. At first, passengers were ________ on the bus.
| A．wise | B．strict | C．quiet | D．friendly |
| A．remembered Benny at once | B．wanted to know more about Benny |
| C．was happy with Benny’s action | D．didn't care about Benny’s “Good morning!” |
| A．He received a “hello” on the first day. | B．No one on the bus has ever asked about him. |
| C．He didn’t show up because he had an illness. | D．He said “Good morning!” when getting on the bus. |
| A．Because he liked to make friends with strangers. |
| B．Because he wanted to cheer up the whole bus again. |
| C．Because Benny asked him to say “Good morning!” |
| D．Because he thought what Benny did was interesting. |
| A．Friendship Begins With A Hello | B．Five “Mm - hmms” Change A Lot |
| C．Sunshine Warms Your Heart | D．Build An Honest Community |
What do you think of your school? Have you ever expressed your ideas to your teachers or the headmaster? The following are the posts in an online chat room. Students from different schools have written down their thoughts.
Friday 2020/06/19 | |
I’d like to make some suggestions about our school uniform. In the school, we students have to wear uniforms every day. But the dark red and gray sportswear looks dark and old. It can’t stand for young and active spirit. We can add some white or orange colors and make a new type of uniform. I hope our headmaster will think about my idea. |
I’d like to say thank you to my headmaster. About half a month ago, my left ankle was badly hurt when I was playing basketball. Our headmaster saw it and came to me. He also took some ice cubes for me and took care of me until my parents came. I just want to thank him for that. |
I have two suggestions for my headmaster. First of all, I think we should have more courses like STEM, Drama or Robot programming. It is quite boring to study basic subjects all the time. And second, I hope we can have more teaching equipment for teachers and students. Some students now don’t have laptop computers to program their robots and some teachers also need 3D printers to build some special model bridges for Physics teaching. |
Today I want to talk about the possibility of personal classes. Now many high schools are trying the “personal class” system. Besides some regular classes, students can choose some more lessons they want to take. I think it is more effective. And it is also good for us. We don’t have to stay in one classroom all the time. We can meet more teachers and students. |
Johnathon, 14, Grade Eight of Thomas Science and Technology Academy
Frank, 15, Grade Nine of Mill Hill School
Larry, 15, Grade Nine of Lakeside School
Mandy, 15, Grade Nine of Brook Avenue High School| A．teaching equipment | B．school uniforms |
| C．computer programs | D．personal classes |
| A．early June | B．late May |
| C．late June | D．early July |
| A．students have too few classes every day and they love sports |
| B．students want to cancel the basic subjects and they need new courses |
| C．courses like STEM are interesting and students have no computers at all |
| D．studying basic subjects only is boring and the school needs more equipment |
| A．Johnathon | B．Larry | C．Mandy | D．Frank |
| A．Regular classes will help teachers meet more students |
| B．Regular classes will help students learn better |
| C．Personal classes will help students learn better |
| D．Personal classes will help students stay in one classroom |
| A．how to share personal experiences | B．how to make schools better |
| C．how to arrange spare time activities | D．how to deal with other students |
【推荐3】I had an unpleasant time from the very moment I arrived in Beijing. Bad events came one after another. I got lost; I missed every activity I booked and had to rebook them; I felt cheated on some tours and got poorly treated by the tour guide…I said to myself, “Beijing isn’t really for me.”
With all of these misfortunes, it’s hard to believe that I had the best time in Beijing. That day, my translation app wasn’t working properly so I couldn’t have a conversation. I got lost and took the wrong bus. The driver and the bus guard were kind enough to let me stay on the bus so that they could drop me off at the right bus stop.
When I didn’t have one yuan to pay for the bus ticket, a kind lady paid for me. She got off the bus with me and didn’t leave until my bus came. We only communicated by sign language. She asked me if I was hungry and gave me a huge tomato and two delicious local buns. My bus came and she talked to the driver to make sure he would drop me off at my stop. I expressed my thanks to her many times with tears falling from my eyes. I cried the whole trip.
That night, I left China full of gratitude to the Chinese people who made sure a young foreign traveler was safe and had good memories of their country.
1. The writer was ________ her trip at the beginning.| A．satisfied with | B．interested in | C．disappointed at | D．excited about |
| A．不幸 | B．奇迹 | C．偶遇 | D．巧合 |
| A．She got off at the next stop. | B．She got help from others. |
| C．She argued with the bus guard. | D．She refused to pay for the ticket. |
| A．invite the writer home |
| B．have a deep conversation |
| C．help the writer with the translation app |
| D．make sure the writer got on the right bus |
