I am a student majoring in (主修) museum studies at the University of Oklahoma. I’ve dreamed of being an artist since I was a little girl. These days, when I’m thinking about why art plays an important role in my life, I find that my love for it comes from my trips to museums.
When I was six, my mother died. After that, my grandmother spent lots of time with me. Although that was a very sad time in my life, seeing her always filled me with excitement and pleasure. We did many relaxing activities, but my favourite was our trips to the local museums. We were both interested in the stories behind the collections. By visiting museums, she wanted to pass on her love for art to me—and she did it.
Since I was a child, I have loved collecting things: erasers, stones, pens... I not only collect things, but also create systems to organize (整理) them. The study at university also teaches me how to maintain (保养) collections. These are good for my work in the museum.
Like my grandmother, I want to share my love for art and collections with others. Museums are so much more than their collections. They are places where people can spend time together. Visit your local museums and you may be surprised at how much you can get out of it.
1. What does the writer want to tell us in Paragraph 1?| A．What her college life is like. |
| B．Why she dreamed to be an artist. |
| C．Where her love for art comes from. |
| D．How important the art is in her life. |
| A．make her interested in art | B．do many relaxing activities |
| C．help her forget her sadness | D．find the stories behind the collections |
| A．Her childhood’s interest and study experience at university. |
| B．The deep love for collections from a very young age. |
| C．Rich knowledge of collections maintaining. |
| D．Systems to organize collecting things. |
| A．To share her collecting methods with others. |
| B．To tell her stories with her grandmother. |
| C．To show her love for her grandmother. |
| D．To encourage people to visit museums. |
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Daming’s grandparents like to stay healthy, so every day they get some exercise in a park near their home. They sometimes wear T-shirts.
Darming's mother likes chocolate, but she doesn't often buy any because it isn't very healthy. She likes going shopping and always buys expensive clothes. She has got 11 silk scarves, 20 dresses and a lot of shoes. She spends a lot of money.
Betty's cousin likes reading and she reads lots of books and magazines. She also likes films and often goes to the cinema, but she never watches sports.
Tony's sister likes music. She likes going to concerts but it's often expensive. She buys CDs of her favourite songs.
Lingling's aunt and uncle like football, but they don't go to football matches. They usually watch football on television at weekends. They always like watching AC Milan, but they sometimes watch Manchester United.
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【推荐2】Linda and Ellen are good friends. They are in the same school. They go to school five days a week. Every day, they have seven classes. After school they often play games. They go home at 5: 00 p.m.
The two girls’ mothers are also friends. Linda is in Ellen’s home on Saturday. They play tennis in the morning, read books in the afternoon and watch TV in the evening. Ellen has a great collection (收集) of picture books. Linda likes these books. She can also take some books home.
The two girls also like eating some fruit. They like apples, strawberries and oranges, but they don’t like eating pears. Linda’s mother can make great fruit salad. She often lets Linda take some to Ellen. Ellen loves the food. What good friends they are!
1. Linda and Ellen have ________ classes every day.| A．6 | B．7 | C．8 |
| A．They join the English Club. |
| B．They play tennis. |
| C．They play games. |
| A．On Saturday morning. | B．On Saturday afternoon. | C．On weekends. |
| A．Picture books. | B．CDs. | C．Volleyballs. |
| A．apples | B．strawberries | C．fruit salad |
“When I started cooking, I just knew that was what I wanted to do, ” the 12-year-old cook Amy said.
To help more kids join her, she started a programme on the Internet. “I’m sure about what I’m thinking about, ” Amy says, “I don’t like following others’ recipes（食谱）.
Last year, most people stayed at home because of COVID-19. During the time, Amy began making cooking videos with her dad, a cook, in a restaurant.
| A．I want to make my own ones. |
| B．It’s not easy, but I won’t give up. |
| C．They made the videos there every Thursday. |
| D．Amy’s love of cooking started at the age of four. |
| E．Amy thinks students should have more cooking classes at school. |
【推荐1】The Read family come to a new big city, but Mrs. Read’s son, Bob, is not happy. He doesn’t have anyone to play with. “Don’t worry!” says his mother. “You will soon make friends here.”
One morning, there is a knock at the door. Bob’s mother, Mrs. Read, opens it. There stands a woman with brown hair. It is Mrs. Miller. She comes to borrow two eggs. She wants to make cakes. Mrs. Read gives her two. In the afternoon there is another knock at the door. Mrs. Read opens it and she sees a boy standing there. “My name is Jack Miller,” he says. “My mother sends you this cake and the two eggs.” “Well, thank you, Jack,” says Mrs. Read. “Come in and meet my son Bob.”
Look! Bob and Jack are having cake and milk. They are playing football. Now they are friends! Jack says, “I’m glad you live next door.” Bob says, “I must thank your mother for coming to borrow eggs.” Jack laughs and tells Bob, “My mother doesn’t want the two eggs, but she wants to make friends with your mother.” Bob says, “That’s a funny way to make friends. It’s an easy way, too. It can work!”
1. Bob feels sad when he is in the new city because .| A．his mother isn’t in the city | B．he has no new friends |
| C．he thinks the city is too noisy | D．Jack doesn’t like him |
| A．Jack’s friend | B．Bob’s mother |
| C．Mrs. Read’s new neighbour | D．Mrs. Read’s old friends |
| A．asks Jack to visit Mrs. Read | B．asks Bob to play with her son |
| C．borrows eggs from Mrs. Read | D．makes cake with Mrs. Read |
| A．Bob and Jack | B．Jack and his mother |
| C．Bob and his mother | D．Mrs. Read and Mrs. Miller |
| A．To makes friends with The Reads | B．To make cakes with eggs |
| C．To find out what Mrs. Read does | D．To see if her friend is in |
【推荐2】Once there lived a wise man. However, his son was very lazy and did nothing all day.
The wise man was worried about his son’s future. One day, he said to his son, “I want you to go and find some treasure. I have drawn a map to guide you.” Then he handed his son a bag. Inside the bag were clothes, some food, a little money and the map.
The son set out the next day. He had to travel across forests, rivers and mountains. Along the way, he was helped by some with food and by some with shelter (住所). He met some robbers (强盗) who tried to rob him. He also saw changing scenery (风景) and seasons.
Finally, after a long year, he got to the place his father said. He spent two days looking and digging for the treasure, but found nothing.
Disappointed, he headed back to his home. On his way back, he experienced the scenery. Sometimes, he would stop to enjoy the beauty of nature. He also learned to hunt and make meals. He had to fix his own clothes. He was now able to tell time by looking at where the sun was. He met the same people who had helped him earlier. This time, he stayed and helped them in order to say thank you.
When he got home, he said sorry to his father for not finding the treasure.
“There wasn’t any treasure, my son,” the father answered with a smile. “But I think you have found your life’s true purpose.”
1. The wise man advised his son to ________.| A．make money | B．look for treasure | C．plant trees | D．draw a map |
| A．experienced hunger, cold and other dangers |
| B．chose a guide that would take him to the treasure |
| C．had to rob others of food and clothes |
| D．did not enjoy the natural scenery that he saw |
| A．He didn’t enjoy the scenery at all. | B．He found treasure and became rich. |
| C．He learned many useful life skills. | D．He learned how to be a wise man. |
| A．To make his son do some interesting activities. |
| B．To see if his son could deal with difficulties. |
| C．To let his son make new friends in the mountains. |
| D．To help his son find his life’s true purpose. |
| A．A science fiction. | B．A story book. | C．A travel report. | D．A sports magazine. |
“Well, I’ll eat the cake,” Alice said. “If I get taller, I can reach the key on the table. And if get smaller, I can go under the door into the garden.” Then she finished the cake very soon.
“I shall be as tall as a house in a minute,” she said. She tried to look down at her feet, and could only just see them.
Just then her head hit the ceiling of the room. She was now about three meters tall. Quickly, she took the key from the table and hurried to the garden door. But she was too tall to go through the door. She began to cry. The tears ran down her face, and soon there was large pool of salt water all around her on the floor. Suddenly she heard a voice, and she stopped crying to listen.
“Oh, the Duchess（公爵夫人）, the Duchess! She’ll be very angry! I’m late, and she’s waiting for me. Oh dear, oh dear!”
It was the White Rabbit again. He was hurrying down the long room, with a pair of white gloves in one hand and a fan in the other hand.
Alice was afraid, but she needed help. So she said in a low voice, “Oh, please, sir.”
Her voice frightened（使惊恐）the Rabbit. He dropped the gloves and the fan, and ran away quickly.
Alice picked up the gloves and the fan. The room was very hot, so she cooled down with the fan. She said, “Oh dear! How strange everything is today! Shall I get smaller during the night?”
She began to feel very unhappy again, but then she looked down at her hand. She was wearing one of the Rabbit's white gloves. “How did I get it on my hand?” she thought. “Oh, I’m getting smaller again! I’m already less than a meter tall and getting smaller every second! How can I stop it?” She saw the fan in her other hand. “It must be the fan!” she thought, and quickly she dropped it.
She was now very, very small, and the key was still lying on the table.
“Things are worse than ever,” thought poor Alice. She turned away from the door, and fell into salt water, right up to her neck. At first, she thought it was the sea, but then she saw it was the pool of her own tears.
“Oh, why did I cry so much?” said Alice. She swam around and looked for a way out, but the pool was very big. Just then she saw an animal in the water near her. It looked like a large animal to Alice, but it was only a mouse.
“Shall I speak to it?” thought Alice. “Everything is very strange here, so perhaps a mouse can speak.”
Then she began, “Oh, mouse, do you know the way out of this pool? I am very tired of swimming.”
But the mouse looked at her with its little eyes and said nothing.
“Perhaps it doesn’t understand English,” thought Alice. “Perhaps it’s a French mouse.” So she began again, and said in French, “Where is my cat?” （This was first sentence in her French book.）
The mouse jumped half out of the water and looked at her angrily.
“Oh, I’m sorry!” cried Alice quickly. “Of course, you don’ like cats, do you?”
“No. I don’t like cats,” the mouse replied.
（Adapted from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland）
1. What did the White Rabbit drop when he heard Alice’s voice?| A．The cake and the fan. | B．The cake and the key. |
| C．The gloves and the fan. | D．The gloves and the key. |
| A．Unhappy. | B．Excited. | C．Bored. | D．Curious. |
①Alice fell into the salt water. ② Alice ate up the whole cake.
③ Alice met a mouse and spoke to it. ④Alice took the key and hurried to the door.
| A．②①④③ | B．③②④① | C．③②①④ | D．②④①③ |
| A．The key was taken away by a French cat. | B．The fan made Alice get smaller and smaller. |
| C．The mouse couldn’t speak French or English. | D．The White Rabbit was waiting for the Duchess. |
| A．The White Rabbit’s house | B．The ceiling of the room |
| C．A cute mouse and a lazy cat | D．Alice’s strange experience |
【推荐1】One day, I went to the store to pick up the next week’s food. I had put off shopping for Christmas presents until later in the month.
When we arrived there, I gave my son a dollar and asked him to give it to a poor man at the door of the store. We went in and soon filled our cart with food. Then we walked towards the self-checkout machines. I hated using them. I preferred to chat with the friendly cashiers, but there were too many people waiting there. As I pulled my cart up, though, I heard a man at the machine next to mine saying something angrily. Every time he put his old, wrinkled twenty-dollar bill into the machine, it spit the bill out. I quickly took a newer twenty-dollar bill out of my wallet and gave it to him. He thanked me with a warm smile and paid for his goods. I told him to keep his money but he insisted（坚持）that I take his old, wrinkled twenty-dollar bill. I nodded, put it in my coat pocket, and wished him a Merry Christmas.
After checking out I remembered the saying, “Help one person at a time and always start with the person nearest you.” I reached into my pocket smiled, and went outside. Then I gave that wrinkled twenty-dollar bill to another poor person and walked to my car happily.
In my opinion, we should change the world with our love. It is easier than it looks too. Just start with the person nearest you.
1. How much money did the writer and his son give away to others?| A．20 dollars. | B．21 dollars. | C．30 dollars. | D．41 dollars. |
| A．Because his son asked him to do that. |
| B．Because he preferred the self-checkout machines to the cashiers. |
| C．Because there were too many people waiting in the checkout lines. |
| D．Because he wanted to give some money to the man near a self-checkout machine. |
| A．We should give more money to others. |
| B．The writer is more helpful than his son. |
| C．Helping others means giving others more money. |
| D．Helping people around you is part of changing the world with love. |
| A．Change the world with our love | B．The world is filled with love |
| C．Give some money to others | D．The world is changing slowly |
【推荐2】I’m an English self-learner. English isn’t my first language, so it wasn’t easy for me to learn it. I was a slow learner when I was little. Before five, I couldn’t even speak in full sentences. My learning problems were the result of my mother taking medicine. When she was pregnant (怀孕的) with me, she didn’t want to have any more babies. So she took medicine to end her pregnancy. Amazingly, I survived (幸存). But the medicine influenced my early intellectual development.
At the age of 13, I found myself interested in English. I developed a habit of reading English magazines, listening to English programs, and keeping an English diary. In order to improve my speaking ability, I often told my friends many stories in English. I kept learning, and realized that no matter how hard my situation was, I could choose to move on, rather than give up. After studying English for ten years, I successfully passed the TOEFL, and decided to go to America for higher education. And now I’m an English teacher.
I encourage people not to give up when they have difficulties. Give yourself one more chance to succeed. Success has less to do with IQ and more to do with hard work, faith (信心) and persistence (坚持). No matter what you’re interested in, you just need to set a goal and keep working towards it. Have a goal and never give up, and your hard work will pay off.
1. What is the writer?| A．A doctor. | B．A teacher. | C．A painter. | D．A player. |
| A．智力的 | B．性格的 | C．个性的 | D．身体的 |
| A．Because she was pregnant. | B．Because she had no English teacher. |
| C．Because her mother didn’t like her. | D．Because of the medicine her mother took. |
| A．She kept an English diary. | B．She wrote down words she didn’t know. |
| C．She wrote English stories. | D．She listened to English songs. |
①have a goal ②work hard ③find ways to improve our IQ ④keep on studying
| A．①②③ | B．①③④ | C．①②④ | D．②③④ |
【推荐3】Whenever the sun began to drop (落下), my father and I liked climbing the mountain near my house.
Walking together, my father and I had a lot of talks, and I learned lessons from his experiences during our talks. Without the mountain-climbing, we couldn’t have enough time to spend together, because my father was very busy.
Once we climbed a very high mountain. It was so difficult for me because I was only ten years old. During the first few hours of climbing, I enjoyed the flowers and trees and the birds’ singing. But as time went by, I felt very tired. I didn’t want to climb. In fact, I disliked it at that moment, but my father said to me, “You should have goals and keep doing it. You can always see a beautiful sky at the top of the mountain, but you can’t see it before you reach the top. Only there at the top, you can see all the nice things, just like in life.”
At that time, I was too young to know the meaning of his words. But later, I got to know we can enjoy the nice things in our life with hope and confidence (信心).
1. Who did the writer climb the mountain with?| A．His mother. | B．His father. | C．His brother. | D．His friend. |
| A．10. | B．15. | C．8. | D．6. |
| A．类球 | B．英雄 | C．爱好 | D．目标 |
| A．Climbing the mountain. | B．Talking with my father. |
| C．Getting to the top. | D．Looking at the nice things. |
| A．climbing the mountain is good for us |
| B．there are flowers and trees at the top of the mountain |
| C．with hope and confidence, we can enjoy the nice things in our life |
| D．we should stop climbing when we feel very tired |
