Love is a two-way street
A father sat at his desk and looked at his bills when his young son rushed in and said, “Dad, because today is your birthday and you’re 40 years old, one for each year!” When the boy started making good on his word (履行诺言), the father shouted, “don’t do it now. I’m too busy!”
The boy soon fell silent as tears fell from his big blue eyes. Feeling sorry, the father said, “You can finish later.” The boy said nothing but quietly walked away, “Come and finish the kisses now, Andrew!” But the boy didn’t respond (回应).
Unfortunately, a few days later after the father’s birthday, the boy had an accident and died. His father wrote: “If only(要是……，该多好), Icould tell him how sorry and sad I am for my thoughtless words, and could be assured that he knows how much my heart is hurting.” He regretted not accepting the boy’s kisses and now he had lost the chance forever.
Love is a two-way street. Any loving act must be warmly accepted, or others will take it as a“NO” and it can leave a scar (伤痕). If we are too busy to give and receive love with love to those who are close and precious to us. If we don’t receive love, our life will lose its true meaning. Nothing is more important than accepting love from those who are near and precious to us.
1. What did the boy want to do on his father’s birthday?2. Why did the father refuse the boy?
3. How did the father feel after his son’s death?
4. When did the boy have an accident?
5. What is the most important thing according to the writer?
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 Our words carry huge weight. They may influence people for years, and even for a lifetime. They provide them with courage to go on or one more reason to give up. When I was fourteen, my family moved to another city. Junior high was always a difficult time for me, and the move made my ninth-grade year even harder. I remember walking into the dining hall for the first time. The other kids had good friends with them, but I didn’t know anyone. I felt lonely and went to the nearest seat after getting some food. The kids beside me looked at me up and down and then laughed. I could feel my face turning red at that moment. Then one of the Kids broke the ice. “Man! You have one BIG nose!” I felt hurt and didn’t know what to say. I wanted to cry. But I managed a little smile---as if it didn’t hurt me at all. But it did. From then on, I would often look at myself in the mirror. I studied the big nose closely. It seemed that I was just living for my nose. Thankfully, I grew out of this influence finally. But it really took me twenty years There is another thing that is kept deep in my mind. I remember going through a terrible business failure. I lost everything. I called my dad for help and he told me a lot about how to deal with the failure. What he said gave me a lot of courage and confidence（信心）to go on with my business. |
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| The thing that may influence people for a long time | 81. |
| Jason’s feeling when he entered the dining hall | 82. |
| The part of Jason’s body that other kids laughed at | 83. |
| The number of years that Jason spent growing out of the influence | 84. |
| The person who gave Jason courage and confidence | 85. |
Rima was a poor girl, and she begged (乞讨) for a living. One day, a lady gave her some flower seeds (种子) and said, “Plant these seeds, which I call ‘green gold’, and you will get a lot from them.”
Rima did not understand the lady’s words, but she decided to follow her suggestion. She went back to her small house and dug the ground. Then she planted the seeds and watered them every day. A few weeks later, flowers began to come out around her house.
Some women noticed Rima’s flowers and came to buy them. From that day on, Rima started to sell flowers on the roadside. By selling flowers, she began to make a good living. She later opened a small flower shop in the market. Many people went there to buy flowers.
The lady did not give Rima gold coins, but she gave her the “green gold”. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. A day for living or a way for living, and the lady knew which was more important.
1. What was “green gold” in the text? (不超过10个词)2. How did Rima begin to make a good living? (不超过10个词)
3. What did the lady want to give Rima in fact? (不超过10个词)
【推荐3】Once upon a time there was a little prince. He was so spoilt (宠坏的) that he wouldn’t let anybody have a new toy if he didn’t have one first. One day a wonderful toymaker came to the land. The prince invited him to spend a year in the palace, asking the toymaker to make him a new toy every day. The toymaker said, “ My toys are very special. They need an owner to play with them every day. Will you spend a little time with each one every day?” “Of course, I will,” the prince replied.
From then on, every morning the prince received a new toy. The prince appeared very happy.
But the toy collection kept growing. And soon there were too many toys for him to play with. The little prince couldn’t get to sleep until midnight. He was so tired and sleepy. He hardly had time to enjoy playing. Even worse, the toys were getting angry because he spent less time playing with them.
One day, the prince saw some children playing outside the palace. Then he invited them to play with him. When they finished playing, they could take home the toys they liked the most.
At the end of the year, all the toys were shared out and the palace turned into the best playroom.
1. What was special about the toys made by the toymaker? (不超过 10个词)2. Why did the prince become so tired and sleepy every day? (不超过15个词)
3. What can we learn from the story of the prince? (不超过 10个词)
One day, a father is doing some work when his son comes and asks, “Dad, can I ask you a question? How much do you make an hour?”
His father gets a bit bored and answers, “Why do you ask such a thing?” The boy says, “I just want to know. Please tell me.” His father then says that he makes about $50 an hour.
“Oh, that’s too much!” the little boy answers with his head down. Looking up, he says, “Dad, can I please borrow $30?” The father gets angry and says, “That’s why you ask about my pay? If you want to borrow some money to buy a boring toy, then you’d better go back to your room. I work hard every day and I do not like such a thing.”
________ After about an hour or so, the man calms down. He goes to the boy’s room and opens the door. “Are you sleeping, son?” he asks. “No, dad.” the boy answers. “I am thinking — maybe I am too hard on you earlier,” his father says. “Here’s the $30 you want.”
The little boy sits up with a smile. Then, he takes out $20 from his schoolbag, then looks up at his father and says, “Dad, I have $50 now. Can I buy one hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.”
With no words, the father’s eyes turn red.
1. How much money does the boy have at first?| A．$20. | B．$30. | C．$50. | D．$70. |
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| A．The little boy goes to his room and closes the door. | B．The little boy walks out and sits in the park. |
| C．The little boy says, “I will never stay at home!” | D．The little boy runs to his room happily. |
| A．All children like toys but the father never buys toys for his son. |
| B．The father never has dinner with his son because he is very busy. |
| C．The father works very hard and he can make $50 a day. |
| D．The son wants to borrow some money from his father to buy a toy. |
【推荐2】Li Ziqi won Person of the Year in the category of cultural influence(年度文化传播人物) in 2019. She is famous for her videos（视频） in which she does the work of a farmer. She has a lot of fans on social media platforms(社交媒体平台)all over the world.
Li grew up with her grandparents in the countryside of Sichuan province（省份）. When she was 14, she went to the city to look for work, but she decided to return to the countryside in 2012 to take care of her grandmother. Four years later, she began to film（拍摄） her life there.
“When I worked in the city, it was about survival（生存）,” Li said. “Now when I work in the countryside, feel like I’m truly living.”
Li’s videos record（记录）her and her grandmother’s daily lives in their simple home. She is often seen getting delicious food for her grandmother using basic materials and traditional skills.
“I simply want people in the city to know where their food comes from,” Li said. “I also want people to relax（放松）and enjoy something nice by watching my videos after a busy day.”
Li’s videos show her fans a wonderful world. Many of the skills（技能）she shows are based on real-world knowledge and those skills come from real wish for the pastoral ideal(田园式理想生活).
“My videos can be so popular among people because they love Chinese culture very much.” Li said.
1. When did Li Ziqi decide to return to the countryside?2. Where did Li Ziqi grow up?
3. How does Li Ziqi feel when she works in the countryside?
4. What do Li Ziqi’s videos record?
5. What do you think of Li Ziqi’s video?
Shiva was a successful businessman in a big city. Once because he missed his father very much, he invited his father to live with him.
The old man was a little bit worried because he had spent most of his life in a small village. But he was also very happy and he would spend a few days with his son. At last, he set out to go to his son’s city.
When the father arrived, Shiva picked him up happily. They visited many famous places and had lots of fun. In the evening, Shiva led his father to a fine restaurant and ordered delicious food.
However, the father was too tired to enjoy the dinner at that moment. When they got up to leave, the old man put the food into his bag and left.
A few days later, Shiva talked about it with his friend. “How did you feel about it?Were you embarrassed（尴尬的）?” the friend asked.
Shiva answered, “Of course not. He is my father. He can do anything he likes as long as he doesn’t hurt anyone.We should have respect（尊重）for other’s ways of living, right?”
1. Why did Tom invite his father to live with him?2. How did the father feel about going to live with his son in the big city?
3. Where did Shiva take his father to go after picking him up?
4. What did the father do with the food when they left?
5. What can we learn from the story?
There is an old Chinese saying, “If someone gives you a little drop of water, you should return a spring of water.”That means if someone helps you a little, you should thank him a lot.
| People like to say “Thank you” when others help them or say something kind to them. It is a very good habit. You should say “Thank you” when someone says you did your work well, or you bought a nice thing, or your city is very beautiful. People use “Thank you” not only between friends but also between parents and children, brothers and sisters. |  |
________ They work hard all the time to give us a better life. They give us food and clothes, and they teach us what is right and what is wrong. They look after us very well.
We should thank our teachers who give us dreams. It is not easy for teachers to teach us. They teach us a lot of things, but they ask for nothing from us.
We should also thank people who hurt us, because they teach us important things. We thank people who give us up, because they teach us to be independent. We thank people who are selfish（自私的）, because they teach us to learn the importance of being kind.
There are a lot of people that we should thank in our life. We should express our thanks with actions, not just words. What action will you take to thank them?
1. Please translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.2. What do the sentences in the box tell us?
3. What should you say when someone lends you a ruler?
4. Please put a proper sentence in “________” in the passage.
5. What can we learn if someone gives us up according to the passage?
6. Who do you want to thank most in your life? What will you do to show your thanks?
【推荐2】One night, Mary saw a girl sitting by the road near her house. The girl’s coat was very old and thin. It couldn’t keep warm at all. Mary thought a cotton coat may be helpful to the girl. So she opened the window and shouted to the girl, “Come to the front door of my house, please!” The girl was surprised, but she did as Mary said. She knocked at the door of Mary’s house. Mary opened the door and smiled warmly to the poor girl. She handed a cotton coat to the girl. Just then she saw a smile on the girl’s face. That night, Mary was very happy for what she had done. The poor girl had never appeared(出现) again since that night. Years later, Mary almost forgot the poor girl. One day, Mary got a call from a lawyer(律师) called Jack. Jack invited her to his office. After they met, Jack gave Mary a letter. It said, “Forty years ago, a beautiful girl helped me. In that winter, she gave me warmth and hope. Later I got through the hardest time in my life and then started a happy life.” After Mary read the letter, she remembered that homeless girl. “Where is she now?” asked Mary.
“Mrs. Hope died two months ago,” answered Jack. “She left one of her houses to you. Besides, there is one more thing she left to you — a cotton coat.”
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。1. Why couldn’t the girl’s coat keep warm at all?
2. What did Mary give to the girl that night?
3. How did the girl feel when Mary asked her to the front door?
4. Who gave Mary a phone call?
5. Why did Mrs. Hope leave a house to Mary?
Studying in a top university is many Chinese students’ dream, and parents will feel proud if their children can make it. So you can imagine how proud Zou Hongyan is of her son Ding Ding, who graduated(毕业)from Harvard University. What’s more, Ding Ding’s success is very special because he is a child with cerebral palsy(大脑性麻痹).
Zou Hongyan lives in Wuhan, Hubei Province. In 1998, she welcomed her only son Ding Ding. Unluckily, Ding Ding was born with cerebral palsy and Zou’s family and doctors believed the boy would live a sad and difficult life. They suggested she give him up. However, the brave mother didn’t listen. She decided to look after her baby boy.
No love is greater than a mother’s love. When Ding Ding was little, Zou went everywhere and took him to the doctor. To develop his intelligence(智力),She kept playing games with him. She once did at least three jobs to support her small family.
All the great mother’s hard work got rewarded. Now it makes Zou proud to say, “That’s my son!”
1. What university did Ding Ding graduate from?2. When was Ding Ding born?
3. Did Zou Hongyan love her son?
4. What did Zou Hongyan do to develop her son’s intelligence ?
5. How many jobs did Zou Hongyan have at least?
【推荐1】The Red Cross(红十字会)is an organization(组织)that helps people who are in need. No matter how bad the situation is, it will always be there to help. But the American Red Cross may have never been formed(形成) without the love of a woman named Clara Barton.
Clara Barton was born in North Oxford on December 25,1821. When she was eleven, her elder brother was badly hurt. Clara looked after him the whole time. Through this experience, she learned something very important about herself. She found that she became active when she took care of others.
When she was older, she became a nurse in the American Civil War(国内战)and she helped save hundreds of people. After the Civil War, Clara traveled to Europe to rest. But soon she cared for soldiers again! This time, she learned about an organization called the Red Cross. It worked together with her during the wars. Clara thought the Red Cross was badly needed in America. Over several years, she asked four different presidents to bring the Red Cross to America. They all said no. Finally, one of the presidents changed his mind in 1881.He said: “I am deeply moved by her spirit!”, and in the same year, the American Red Cross was born. Since then, she had worked as a chairman in the organization until 1904.
1. What is the Red Cross?2. When was Clara Barton born?
3. Did Clara Barton do n lot to help people after she became a nurse?
4. Why did one of the presidents change his mind?
5. How long did Clara Barton work in the American Red Cross?
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| _________ It was a hot summer day. A group of ants were working hard. They were carrying food. Some grasshoppers were playing in the shade of a tree. | _________ Summer was over and winter came. The grasshopper could not find food anywhere. He was both cold and hungry. |
| _________ One of the grasshoppers asked an ant, “Why are you working so hard on such a hot day?” “Because you cannot find food in winter. We are getting food for winter,” answered the ant. “It’s so early to find food for winter. You are a fool to work on such a hot day,” he teased the ant. The ant was very angry and shouted at the grasshopper, “Well, go and play！ You will have a bad time in winter.” | _________ He went to the ant’s home and knocked at the door. “Mr. Ant, I’m very cold and hungry. I’m dying. Please let me have something to eat,” he said. The ant opened the door and said, “Mr. Grasshopper, you played and sang and teased us in the summer. Please go to play and sing now.” The Ant hurried down into his warm nest, knowing that he’d never ever see that Grasshopper again. |
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5. What can we learn from the story?
| A．Not everything you see is what it appears to be. |
| B．It is best to prepare for the days of necessity. |
| C．We should be patient and not give up. |
| D．Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties. |
Last month, students of Junior 2 from Beijing Chaoyang Foreign Language School took a special test. They took it by traveling.
The students stayed in Nanjing and Yangzhou for five days. Their teachers gave each student a list of questions to answer during the trip. The questions were also the students’ mid-term test for history and geography. There were questions like: How long is the Beijing-Shanghai Railway? Why did the six dynasties choose Nanjing as their capital?
“I never had so much fun with an exam,” said Guo Fei, a 14-year-old student. “We learned a lot.” The students learned much more than just the answers to the questions. They also visited the Nanjing Massacre Museum(南京大屠杀纪念馆). The students did not get to sleep on the train to Nanjing. Usually the kids would sleep on a train journey, but this time they all had seats. “The seats are not the same as our chairs at home,” said Dong Hao. “I know most workers travel in this way. That must be very hard!” The students also learned how to take care of themselves. They wash clothes and make the beds by themselves. “I learned a lot of skills,” said Huang Yuan. “I never knew I could do so many things.”
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