【推荐1】Yan Minwen, a retired (退休的) engineer in Beijing, set up a free class to teach left-behind children in her hometown in Hebei Province.

Although Yan is not a teacher, it is a common wish of her and her husband to open such a class in the village. She told her husband that she wanted to open a class in her hometown, and her husband agreed.

However, before she set up the “small desks”, her husband fell ill and died. Yan was very sad, but she didn’t forget their wish. She rented (租) a room from her uncle, bought some used desks and chairs and started the class on March 23.

There are 19 students from Grade One to Seven in Yan’s class. Yan knows about each child well and talks about them as if they were her own grandchildren. They learn together and work together to solve problems.

“It is not about teaching, but about company (陪伴),” Yan said.

After learning that Yan is teaching in the village to help left-behind children, her old classmates send books to her every now and then to help her.

Some young people also want to help with “small desks” and Yan is always happy to see this happen. She said, “I am too old to take care of the class all by myself.” Yan wants to see more volunteers help these left-behind children and is planning to open a library in the village as soon as possible.

1. Why did Yan set up a free class?

A．To make herself famous.

B．To make as much money as possible.

C．To help her grandchildren with their studies.

D．To help the left-behind children in her hometown.

2. What did Yan NOT do to open the class?

A．Rent a room.	B．Buy some desks.
C．Buy some chairs.	D．Buy food for children.

3. What can we learn from the underlined sentence?

A．Yan always feels lonely.

B．Teaching is Yan’s dream.

C．Company is the most important.

D．Yan doesn’t teach children anything.

4. Which of the following happened first?

A．Yan’s husband died.

B．Yan wanted to set up a free class.

C．19 students started to learn in Yan’s class.

D．Yan first received books from her old classmates.

5. Where may the passage come from?

A．A newspaper.	B．A storybook.
C．A cartoon book.	D．A medical magazine.

【推荐2】Love is more powerful

Many years ago, my dad decided to volunteer at the local children hospital. My dad loved kids. It was the perfect job for him. He would talk to them and play with them and do arts and crafts with them.

There was a girl, Karen, who had been admitted with a rare disease that paralyzed(使麻痹，使瘫痪) her from the neck down. I don’t know the name of the disease, but I do know that it was very sad for a girl around eight or nine years old. She couldn’t do anything, and she was very depressed（沮丧的）. My dad decided to try to help her. He started visiting her in her room, bringing paints, brushes and paper. He stood the paper up against a backing, put the paintbrush in his mouth and began to paint. He didn’t use his hands at all. Only his head would move. He would visit her whenever he could and paint for her. All the while he would tell her, “See, you can do anything you set your mind to.”

At the end of the day, she began to paint using her mouth, and she and my dad became friends. Soon after, the little girl was discharged（允许出院） because the doctors felt there was nothing else they could do for her. My dad also left the children hospital for a little while because he became ill. Some time later after my dad had recovered and returned to work, he was at the volunteer counter in the lobby（门厅） of the hospital. He noticed the front doors open. In came Karen, only this time she was walking. She ran straight over to my dad and hugged him really tight. She gave my dad a picture she had done using her hands. At the bottom it read: “Thank you for helping me walk”.

My dad would cry every time he told us this story. He would say sometimes love is more powerful than doctors, and my dad who died just a few months after the little girl gave him the picture --loved every single child in that hospital.

1. The writer’s father decided to volunteer________.

A．at the children bookstore	B．in the shopping mall
C．in the community	D．at the local children hospital

2. How did the writer’s father help the paralyzed little girl?

A．He helped her practice walking.	B．He painted special pictures for her.
C．He visited her and made a toy for her.	D．He showed her she could still do things.

3. Why did the little girl give the writer’s father a picture?

A．Because he was badly ill.	B．Because he liked pictures very much.
C．Because she wanted to thank him for his help.	D．Because her mother wanted her to do that.

【推荐3】As a volunteer teacher, I travelled a long way to a small village school in Longzhou, Guangxi. On my way there, I thought about the village, the school, and the children there. However, my heart sank when I arrived there. It wasn’t what I expected (期待). It didn’t look like a school at all. The school had only 3 classrooms, one for Grades 1, 2 and 3, and another for Grades 4, 5 and 6. There was a third one for me.

The children welcomed me warmly on my first day. They asked me a lot of questions, and I told them stories and my life in Shanghai. The next day, I gave them a test to find out their level (水平). To my surprise, although the test was very easy, over half of them failed it, and yet they all wanted to learn new things. I knew they needed me.

I was busy preparing lessons, and reading test papers every night. I enjoyed teaching these lovely and hard-working children, and I could see that they were making progress with my help. I have also learned a lot from them. I understand their lives better and we are now good friends.

I have worked in Longzhou for a year by now. I’m very happy, and the experience has been very useful to me. I love the small village and the children. In fact, I would like to continue working here.

1. The writer found there was/were only ________ classroom(s) in that school.

A．two

B．three

C．six

D．one

2. An the passage, “my heart sank” means that the writer   ________.

A．felt excited

B．was happy

C．felt sad

D．was angry

3. The writer found the students’ level was   ________   she had expected after the first test.

A．Just as

B．higher than

C．lower than

D．as low as

4. What does the writer think of her experience in Longzhou?

A．It is boring.

B．It is silly.

C．It is meaningless.

D．It is useful.

5. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A．Both the volunteer teacher and the students worked so hard.

B．The volunteer teacher doesn’t like to work there any longer.

C．The students became better and better with the help of the volunteer teacher.

D．The experience in Longzhou is useful to the volunteer teacher.

【推荐1】Dear Joe,

Thank you for your letter. I know something about your family from your letter. You have a small family, and there are only three people in your family. Your parents are doctors. Your family like western (西方的) food like bread, hamburgers, chicken and so on. The hamburger is your favorite food.

Now let me tell you something about my family. My family is big. You can see it in the photo. They are my grandparents, my parents, my brother and me. We live in Shanghai, China. My parents are high school teachers. My brother, Zhao Peng, studies at Sunshine Middle School. My grandparents are old and rest (休养) at home. They live with us. They usually play taijiquan in the morning. My grandma is a good cook (厨师) and she cooks breakfast and dinner for us. You can see we are all healthy. I love my family very much.

Yours,

Zhao Jie

1. Joe’s favorite food is ________.

A．bread

B．hot dogs

C．chicken

D．hamburgers

2. What do Zhao Jie’s grandparents often do in the morning?

A．Rest at home.

B．Play ball games.

C．Play taijiquan.

D．Cook breakfast.

3. Which is Zhao Jie’s family photo?

A．	B．
C．	D．

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2. How many square meters is the garden of the house for sale?

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