The Prince says, “Little swallow, fly over my city and tell me what you see there.” So the swallow flies over the great city, and he sees the rich enjoying themselves in their beautiful houses, while the beggars sit outside the gates. He flies into dark streets and sees the thin faces of children who have nothing to eat for many days. Then, he flies back and tells the Prince what he has seen.
“I am covered with fine gold,” says the Prince. “You must take it off, little by little, and give it to the poor. The living always think that gold can make them happy.”
Little by little, the swallow takes off all the gold until the Happy Prince looks gray all over. The swallow gives the gold to the poor, and so the children eat well and they laugh and play games. “We have bread now!” they cry.
Then, the snow comes. The little swallow grows colder and colder, but he will not leave the Prince because he loves him so much. He picks up snow to eat and tries to keep himself warm by flapping his wings, but soon he knows that he is going to die.
He has just enough strength to fly up to the Prince’s shoulder once more. “Goodbye, dear Prince,” he says. “Will you let me kiss your hand?”
“I am glad that you are going to Egypt at last, little swallow,” says the Prince.
“I am not going to Egypt,” says the swallow. “I am going to die of hunger and cold.” He kisses the Happy Prince and falls down dead at his feet.
At that moment, there is a loud sound inside the statue just as the window breaks. The statue’s heart breaks into two.
1. Why do the children have thin faces?2. How does the swallow take off the gold from the Prince?
3. Where is the swallow dead at last?
4. Why is there a loud sound inside the statue?
5. What do you think of the Prince, according to the passage?
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【推荐1】George Reeder, 63, in Somerset has been given a bravery certificate（证书）for saving the life of a baby boy.
It was a cold and windy morning. The local harbour master, George Reeder, was carrying out his regular duties when he heard a noise that caught his attention. On the other side of the harbour, some people were pointing and shouting, so he cycled over quickly Mr Reeder expected to see a dog in the sea, bu instead, he saw a baby’s buggy（婴儿车）in about four metres of freezing cold water. A woman was screaming desperately - her baby boy was trapped into the buggy and was in the water. The strong wind had blown the buggy into the sea. Mr Reeder quickly decided to do something.
“I went over and saw that the buggy was upside - down ... and I jumped in,” said Mr Reeder. He pulled the buggy over to the sea wall. Then some other people came to help. They tired a rope to the buggy and managed to pull it out of the water and to safety.
Tanya Allen, a passer - by (who, fortunately, was a nurse), gave the baby CPR（心肺复苏术）and was able to get him to breathe again. Mr Reeder remembered seeing a little bit of breath coming out of the baby’s mouth. ‘I thought, he is all right. He’s alive. Brilliant!” he said. Then an air ambulance helicopter arrived and the baby was taken to hospital. Mr Reeder said it was unbelievable that baby survived. ‘It’s such a miracle,’ Mr Reeder added.
After he’d finished helping the baby and the helicopter had gone, Mr Reeder went home to recover from the experience. The child’s grandfather knew Mr Reeder and, a little later, went to his house to tell him that the boy was out of danger. Mr Reeder was very relieved and happy to hear that.
Mr Reeder said that he hadn’t really been brave. ‘It was everyone - from Tanya doing the CPR to the helicopter pilot,’ he said. ‘I’m just glad I could help. But when Mr Reeder got the certificate, a reporter said that what he’d done was very brave. ‘This was an extremely brave act, as he put his own life at risk.’ The reporter has advised local people to avoid walking along the seafront in very windy weather.
1. Why was George Reeder given a bravery certificate?_____________________________________________________________________
2. How was the weatehr when Mr Reeder was carrying out his duties that morning?
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3. Before other people came to help, what did Mr Reeder do to save the baby?
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4. Who came to help Mr Reeder, some people around, Tanya Allen or the helicopter pilot?
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5. According to the reporter, what should the local people do in very windy weather?
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6. How do you like Mr Reeder? Give your reason(s).
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There was a recently joined woodcutter who worked day and night. ① was, by, work, the, hard, really, amazed, king, his (.) Out of encouragement, he started to do his best in work and cut 18 trees in the first month and the king was glad.
The next month he put in the same effort but cut only 15 trees. And in the third month, he still tried his best but cut only 12 trees. The king visited him in the third month and talked about his fall in production.
He explained that he might have lost his strength or gotten too old to do the work. The king asked him, “When was the last time you sharpened your axe?” To his surprise, he has not even done it once in the last three months. ② That was the only reason why he couldn’t cut more trees. It is good that you put in a lot of effort and hard work towards your goals. But you should carefully consider your own ways of working as well as saving some time to relax, which would make you work more effectively (有效地).
1. 将文中①处画线句子连词成句。2. 阅读以下字典中sharpen的释义，选出文章第八行中sharpen 的含义（标出 a、b或c即可）。
a. to make something have a sharper edge or point
b. to make a feeling stronger and more urgent
c. to improve something so that it is up to the necessary standard, quality etc
3. 将文中②处画线句子翻译成汉语。
4. Why couldn’t the woodcutter cut more trees according to himself?
5. What can we learn from the last paragraph?
【推荐3】Do you like reading? Fantastic Mr. Fox (《了不起的狐狸爸爸》) is an interesting book.
Mr. Fox, Mrs. Fox and their four children live under a tree. Every night, Mr. Fox goes to the farm to find apples, chickens and milk. Boggis, Bunce and Bean are three farmers. They don’t like Mr. Fox. They want to kill (杀) him. Then Mr. Fox and his family go to a new place. Now let’s meet some people in the book.
Mr. Fox is a great father. He loves his family. He looks after his children very well. He often has many good ideas and has many friends. He isn’t afraid of the farmers.
Mrs. Fox loves Mr. Fox very much. She does housework and cooks nice food for her family. She is a good mother.
The three farmers aren’t kind. They don’t want to give anything to Mr. Fox to eat, but they can’t catch (抓住) Mr. Fox. How angry they are!
阅读以上短文；用恰当的单词完成下面的表格；每空一词
Fantastic Mr. Fox, an interesting | ||
What happens (发生)? | Mr. Fox lives with his family under a tree. Mr. Fox goes to a farm to find The fox family go to a new place | |
| What are they | Mr. Fox | He is a good husband and He is He is not afraid of the three farmers. |
Mrs. Fox | She is a good wife and mother. She does housework and is | |
| Three | They aren’t They hope that Mr. Fox gets They are angry that they can’t catch Mr. Fox. | |
Cindy Smith, 20, waited in line at Los Angeles Apple Store at 10 pm Wednesday, and wanted to buy her new iPhone before going to work. Stores opened at 7 am. Her old iPhone was broken two months ago, and she waited for the new model. "I can work from it and have fun, she said. Cindy was lucky and she got it, but hundreds of others waited in line on all sides of the shopping mall.
By the end of the day, Apple's latest iPhone was all sold out across the US. "It is working to get more phones. They can't get here soon enough, "said Melissa, Wal-Mart spokeswoman.
Apple spokesman Steve Dowling wouldn't say how quickly stores would get more phones. He said, "We are working hard to get them to everyone as quickly as possible. It will take about a month for stores to get fully stocked. "Apple said it sold 600,000 in early orders.
1. A lot of people waited in line at Los Angeles Apple Stores to buy new iPhone.
2. Cindy Smith wanted to buy new iPhone because she lost her old one.
3. Melissa is the Apple spokeswoman.
4. Steve said they would get more iPhones to people as quickly as they could.
5. It will take about a week for stores to get fully stocked.
Mrs Green is a teacher. She teaches English. She can speak a little Chinese, too. She goes to Chinese classes every week.
Mrs Green is from Sydney in Australia, but she likes working in China. Her students all study very hard and they are very friendly. She loves her students.
Mrs Green has a son and a daughter. Her son’s name is Bob. He is eleven years old. Her daughter’s name is Kate. She’s five years old. They go to school in China. They have classes on weekdays. They like their school very much.
1. What does Mrs Green do?2. Does Mrs Green teach English in a school?
3. Doesn’t Mrs Green like working in China?
4. How many children does Mrs Green have?
5. Do Mrs Green’s children study in Australia?
【推荐3】Tony and Linda are in the dining hall at Beijing International School. There are fifty tables in it.
There are also some pictures about food and drinks on the wall. In the pictures, we can see juice, tea, pork, beef and chicken. We can see some vegetables, too. They tell us what healthy food is and what healthy drinks are. Tony and Linda come from America. They both like Chinese food and drinks. Tony likes eating noodles ① _______ Linda ②________ eating noodles because she can't use (使用) chopsticks (筷子). Tony doesn't eat pork. He thinks it is unhealthy food. They like eating dumplings (饺子) very much.
1. How many tables are there in the dining hall?2. What's Tony and Linda's favourite Chinese food?
3. There are ________ in the dining hall.
| A．some tables and some students | B．some tables and some teachers |
| C．some tables and some pictures | D．some students and some teachers |
| A．and | B．but | C．in | D．so |
