When Jack graduated from high school, he dreamed of becoming a great magician. He was always admiring the stars on the stage. So Jack decided to make his dream come true, and he started finding videos and books and practicing magic skills day and night. He even spent hours practicing his every move. He also studied the performances of the great magicians, and soon he made great progress.
Jack spent the next few years making his performances better, studying different other styles and skills. He invited friends to watch his performances and gave him advice.
After ten years, Jack finally got the chance to perform on stage. The local community needed a magic show for a festival celebration. The organizers heard that Jack loved magic and had been training, so they asked him to have a try.
The night of the show arrived, Jack went on stage, nervously and excitedly to perform his most familiar show Super Change. When his performance began, he heard the cheers of his friends. When the last move was done, Jack turned around and saw all the audience (观众), cheering wildly. Tears of joy came down his face as he realized that all his hard work and effort had paid off.
At that moment, Jack understood the true meaning of the saying: “ __________ ”
1. Why did Jack dream of becoming a great magician? (不超过10个词)2. How did Jack get a chance to give his performance on stage? (不超过15个词)
3. What would the English saying be filled in the blank? (不超过15个词)
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I did a test about friendship the other day. It was interesting and it got me thinking. Some people say the school friends will always be our friends. But is this really true? And what does friendship mean?
Firstly, friends mean different things to different people. Our friends usually have the same interests as us. Maybe you and your friend are both interested in playing an instrument. Or a friend is so kind that you aren’t afraid of telling him anything. Most people have friends with different qualities(品质). If you are a very sociable man, you will probably have lots of different friends, with different interests.
But some people are not very good at being friends. For example, they may get tired of hearing about your problems—especially when they are nervous or busy.
My best friend and I are really close, and I hope that we’re always going to be best friends. But I know that when we are older, we’ll be different. And so we may not always be close friends. She may not live close to me, so I may not see her very often. We’ll probably not be the same about a lot of things, too. But that’s part of friendship, so I’m sure we’ll always be friends.
1、2题完成句子；3题简略回答问题；4题找出并写下第二段的主题句；5题将文中画线句子译成汉语。
1. Some people say
2. Some people may
3. What kind of friends will we probably make if we are sociable men?
4.
5.
Mr Swales was talking about what people did all day. He also wanted to find out what his students wanted to be when they grew up. He called on Billy first “My daddy works in a bank,” Billy said. “I guess I want to work in a bank too. There’s lots of money in the bank.”
“My parents have a store, but I want to be an actress.” Emmy said. He was about to call on Jodie when the girls in the back row burst out laughing. Shirley yelled, “Jodies Daddy is a garbageman!” Everybody in the class laughed out loudly except Jodie. Her face became red. She looked around the whole classroom. Everyone was laughing, some kids were even holding their noses.
“It’s not funny,” Mr. Swales said. “Garbage is a serious matter. I think you should all say sorry to Jodie. And after that, you also should say sorry to Jodie’s father. Because he keeps our city clean.”
Jodie started crying out in the hall. Mr. Swales came to comfort her, “I’m sorry this happened, he said. “But remember hard work done well is something to be proud of. There’s nothing wrong with being a garbageman.”
Then he added, “Although garbage is dirty, every day garbagemen collect the dirty and smelly garbage and throw it in the truck. Then everything’s nice and clean. Isn’t that something we should be proud of?”
Hearing this, Jodie swept the tears in her eyes and smiled. “I got it, Mr Swales.” Then she went back to the class and said proudly. “My dad is a garbageman!” She said “Everybody makes garbage, but my Daddy takes it all away.”
1. Why did Jodie cry out in the hall?| A．Because her teacher laughed at her. | B．Because her father’s work was very hard. |
| C．Because the classmates made some noise. | D．Because her classmate laughed at her father. |
a. Jodie stopped crying and smiled.
b. Mr. Swales asked his students about their dream jobs.
c. Jodie’s classmates made jokes about her father’s job.
d. Jodie felt uncomfortable and began crying.
e. Mr. Swales went to comfort Jodie.
| A．b-d-e-c-a | B．b-c-d-e-a | C．c-b-e-a-d | D．d-c-b-a-e |
| A．No pain, no gain | B．Where there is a will, there is a way |
| C．Work has no difference itself | D．Love me, love my dog. |
【推荐3】A man and his girlfriend were married. It was a large celebration. Everyone could tell that the love they had for each other was true. All of their friends and family had a wonderful time.
A few months later, the wife came to the husband with a proposal（建议，提议）, “I read in a magazine, a while ago, about how we can strengthen our marriage,” she offered. “Each of us will write a list of the things that we find a bit annoying with the other person. Then, we can talk about how we can fix them together and make our lives happier together.”
The husband agreed. So each of them went to a separate room in the house and thought of the things that annoyed them about the other. They thought about this question for the rest of the day and wrote down what they came up with.
The next morning, at the breakfast table, they decided that they would go over their lists.“I’ll start,” offered the wife. She took out her list. It had many items on it, enough to fill 3 pages. In fact, as she started reading the list of the little annoyances, she noticed that tears were starting to appear in her husband’s eyes.“What’s wrong?” she asked. “Nothing,” the husband replied, “keep reading your list.” The wife continued to read until she had read all three pages to her husband. She neatly placed her list on the table and folded her hands over the top of it.
“Now, you read your list and then we’ll talk about the things on both of our lists,” she said happily.
Quietly the husband stated, “I don’t have anything on my list. I think that you are perfect the way that you are. I don’t want you to change anything for me. You are lovely and wonderful and I wouldn’t want to try and change anything about you.”
The wife, touched by his honesty and the depth of his love for her and his acceptance of her, turned her head and wept.
In life, there are enough times when we are disappointed, depressed and annoyed. We don’t really have to go looking for them. We have a wonderful world that is full of beauty, light and promise. Why waste time in this world looking for the bad, disappointing or annoying when we can look around us, and see the wonderful things before us?
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
1. Do the man and his wife love each other or not?
2. Why did the wife come to the husband with a proposal?
3. Where did they go over their lists?
4. How did the wife feel after reading her lists?
5. In life, instead of the bad, disappointing and annoying, what else should we look for?
【推荐1】A video of a 66 year old man called Erjiu, which means second-eldest uncle , became hot on Chinese social media after his nephew Tang Hao shared his story on Bilibili. This disabled man works hard to live a full and meaningful life.
In the video, Erjiu is shown as a “young genius (天才)” who always performed well at school during his childhood. However, because of eating the wrong medicine, Erjiu lost the use of his left leg. After lying in bed sadly for one year, he learned carpentry (木工手艺) by watching a carpenter do woodworking tasks for three days. He later did woodworking in the village and town. Around the time of reform and opening up, Erjiu came to Beijing and did some woodworking for soldiers.
Erjiu is now a full-time carer for his mother in the village. Tom said his uncle was always ready to help villagers repair any broken items, such as furniture, stoves or toys for children. Whenever there was a problem, he would always find a way to solve it.
At the end of the video, Tom shares a sentence that Erjiu found in a book years ago: “Never give up or be afraid of losing anything. Try to overcome all difficulties and win the final success.”
People said the short film was inspiring and called the old man an “ordinary but great” person. After watching the video, an online celebrity said, we should praise people who bravely face life and fight with fate after suffering misfortune, like Erjiu.
1题完成句子，2，3题简略回答问题；4题找出并写下全文的主题句；5题将文中画线句子译成汉语。
1. It took Erjiu
2. When did Erjiu go to Beijing?
3. What does Eujiu do now?
4.
5.
【推荐2】Steven lost an arm after a traffic accident years ago. On that day, he was hit by a car. The bones (骨头) in his left arm were smashed (撞碎) to pieces. “I can’t feel my hand!” Steven kept shouting when he woke up in the hospital. It was the only thing he could think of to say, though it did him no good at all. It was a very difficult time for him.
But life went on. Steven spent the next two years in the hospital. At first, he couldn’t even tie his shoes, open a bottle of water or cut his fingernails (指甲) by himself. Later on, with the support of his wife, he realized that he had no choice but to face life head-on. He began to take part in all kinds of activities. He even decided to learn to play the violin. Steven knew nothing about playing the violin and had no one to ask for help until he met Lam, an amateur (业余的) violinist.
Steven became Lam’s first student. He practiced playing the violin with the help of Lam. Sometimes he even played in public. When he played on the street, what people offered was not sympathy (同情心) but admiration. They thought he was brave enough.
Playing the violin hasn’t necessarily made life easier for him, and he still has to face new challenges every day. However, he won’t give up. And he will never stop trying new things.
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
1. What happened to Steven years ago?
2. Why did Steven decide to learn to play the violin without an arm?
3. Those who watched Steven play the violin admired him, didn’t they?
4. What do you think of Steven?
5. What is the main idea of the story?
Most 15-year-olds are worrying about their math homework and trying to fit in with other kids their age. But Henry Patterson is busy running a successful online business instead.
Patterson, a teenager from Bedfordshire, a country in the east of England, started a business called Not Before Tea when he was just nine. He began by selling sweets but soon turned to household products like washing bags and soft toys.
Patterson’s early school years were difficult, as he didn’t conform to (与……一致) what his peers were like. He saw the world differently and was rarely invited to parties or playdates. He also had a stammer (口吃), which made him feel even more lonely.
But these things didn’t hold him back. To cheer him up, Patterson gradually immersed (沉浸) himself in designing different animals and writing interesting stories about them. He tried very hard to express himself and talk to bigger audience (听众). His business has earned him 65000 pounds. On top of this, he does his best to keep his schoolwork as a priority (首要事项). He takes his homework with him to events and does it on the train or after a presentation (演讲).
Two years ago, he wrote a book called Young and Mighty (强大). It describes his search for success and happiness. “The real point of the book is to help people my age think about how to make their way in the world.” he wrote.
1. Where does Patterson come from? (No more than four words)2. Were Patterson’s early school years difficult or easy? (No more than three words)
3. How did he deal with his loneliness? (No more than 10 words)
4. 将划线句子翻译成汉语。
5. 给短文拟一个合适的英文标题。
Socrates was famous in ancient Greece for his knowledge. One day, one of his friends went up to him and said, “I’ve just heard something about your friend, do you want to know?”
“Well,” Socrates said, “Before telling me anything, I’d like you to pass a test. It’s called the triple filter (三重筛选) test.”
“Triple filter?”
“That’s right,” Socrates continued, “Before you talk to me about my friend, it is a good idea to think about what you will say. The first filter is ________. Are you sure what you are going to tell me is true?”
“In fact, I just heard about it and…” the man said.
“All right,” Socrates said, “So you don’t really know whether it’s true or not. Now let’s try the second filter—goodness. Is what you are going to tell me good?”
“No, on the contrary (相反)…” the man replied.
“Okay,” Socrates continued, “The last filter is usefulness. Is what you are going to tell me useful to me?”
“No, not really.” The man said.
“Well,” Socrates ended, “If what you want to tell me is not true, good or even useful, why tell it to me at all?”
1. Why did the man go up to Socrates one day? (根据短文内容回答问题)2. How many questions did Socrates ask the man? (根据短文内容回答问题)
3. According to the story, what do you think of Socrates? (根据短文内容回答问题)
4. 根据短文内容，给下面的句子补充一个单词，使句子意思完整。
The first filter is
5. 根据短文内容，完成句子。
This story teaches us
【推荐2】It seems like only yesterday since I first started school in the Czech Republic (捷克共和国). It was a totally new country for me-a place where I was only supposed to stay for one year as an exchange student.
I still remember I was late that morning, as I got off at the wrong metro station (地铁站). I felt ashamed (羞愧的) when I sent a text to my teacher that I would be late. After she picked me up at the station, she said, “Don’t worry, Linda. It’s fine to be late by just a few minutes. The teachers will understand.”
Later, as I walked to the classroom, my English teacher taught me some basic Czech sentences so I could introduce myself to my classmates.
The next moment was probably the most embarrassing of my life. Now I can still picture myself standing in front of 30 strangers and introducing myself in poor Czech. I wasn’t even sure whether they would understand me or not. However, many of them came to my desk during the break and tried to make friends with me. They even went for a walk with me around the school after lunch.
Now, I’ve been studying in this country for three years. Every time I look back to my first day of senior high, I always wish that I wasn’t so shy. Though my new life didn’t start easily, I was so lucky to have my new classmates there to help and talk to me.
1. Why was the writer late for her first day at school? (No more than 9 words)2. What were the writer’s classmates like? (No more than 3 words )
3. How long has the writer been in the Czech Republic? (No more than 3 words)
4. 请将文中画线的句子翻译成汉语。
5. 请给短文拟一个适当的英文题目。
There are always too many people in popular places of interest, so some people choose to explore (探索) some places less traveled. It’s also possible for them to discover something unexpected there.
The couple Tuotuo and Susu are such travelers. They are well known for their videos about their visits to less visited places in China. Till now, the short videos have helped them get more than 1.66 million fans, and many of them are young people with a true love for travel.
Over the years, the couple have traveled to many special villages that tourists hardly know. Their trip to Laozhai village in Guilin has left them a deep impression (印象). The ancient village is not very big. There are only about 200 people in 48 families. But the villagers are all very friendly and polite. During the stay, the couple ate and lived with the villagers and experienced a totally different life. “It’s like a Land of Peach Blossom (桃源) in modern society (社会). Their life may not be as convenient as that in big cities, but each of them lives comfortably. That is many people’s dream nowadays,” Tuotuo said.
In the future, the couple will continue to explore less visited places around China and share their travel experiences online, so that more people can know which places are right for them.
Popular places of interest are always crowded, so some people try to visit less traveled places. There they can also The couple Tuotuo and Susu are among them. Their videos about their visits have won them a lot of |
Anna has a lucky jacket. Whenever she wears it, good things happen to her. She wore it on her exam one time, and she got the best grade in the class! The jacket is green with yellow stripes (条纹). It’s really dirty because Anna never washes it. She is afraid that washing the jacket will wash away the luck.
Anna had a very important interview (面试) for a job. She was very worried about it. She wanted to wear the jacket, but the jacket was not good for the interview. She must wear nice clothes. She decided to wear the jacket under a coat. Great plan, she thought.
When Ann a got into the interview room, she started to sweat. She wondered why it was so hot. She felt that the heater was on. She sat down across from the interviewer. “Anna, you’re sweating. You should take your coat off.” “I’m fine,” Anna said. By the end of the interview, there was a sweat stain (污点) on Anna’s coat. She left the interview feeling unsure. A week later Anna got a phone call from a man. He told Anna she got the job! The lucky jacket worked!
1. Why does Anna never wash her lucky jacket?Because she is afraid that washing the jacket will
2. What did Anna do for her job interview?
She wore her lucky jacket
3. Which word means “流汗” in the passage?
It is “
4. What does the interviewer advise Anna to do?
He advised her to
5. What title can you make for this passage in no more than four words using “lucky, jacket”?
The title can be “
【推荐2】My 18-month-old son, Adam, called from the front door, our next-door neighbor’s 11-year-old dog appeared there again. “Go away!” I said to the dog and brushed the dog hair off Adam’s T-shirt.
Brandy’s owner died about a month ago. The family emptied the house and moved away, but they left the old Brandy behind. For weeks, she walked around the neighborhood.
Brandy went away, and I stayed with Adam. Then the phone rang. I went inside to answer the call. When I came back, Adam was gone. I was so nervous that I called the police. At last we found my son in the woods. Brandy was beside him, leaning against him to keep him away from the cliff (悬崖). She must have been holding Adam there for hours!
I thanked the police and brought Adam back to our house. Brandy followed us. But she hesitated (犹豫) a moment on our doorstep. It seemed that she remembered the time I’d driven her away.
“Come on, girl, ” I said. “This is your home now. ” Brandy came in, she relaxed and lay down on the floor just inside the door. She had done a great thing, and I wondered if she knew it.
1. How old was Adam?2. What did the writer do when she saw Brandy in her house at first?
3. How did the writer feel when she found Adam was gone?
4. Where did the police finally find Adam?
5. Why did the writer bring Brandy back to their house at last?
Think about the distance（距离）you traveled in the last six months of your life. About how many miles（kilometers）did you go？Lucid went quite a distance. On March 22, 1996，she started a journey. She traveled 188 days, 4 hours，and 14 seconds in total. This is a little over six months. So what distance did Lucid travel? She went 75.2 million miles（1,203,200,000 kilometers）!
How could Lucid go so far? How could she journey so fast? Lucid was an American astronaut and she was in space. She lived on a space station. The space station was the Russian space station Mir. She lived and worked with two Russian astronauts.
On Mir,it was hard for Lucid to know what day it was.Why?Mir did not stay in one place.It orbited the Earth.It went around the Earth.Mir’s orbit meant that darkness did not mean the day was over. Darkness fell many times during a 24-hour period.Darkness fell about every 45 minutes. Lucid did something to help her remember what day it was. She wore pink socks on every seventh day. The pink socks reminded Lucid about something else,too. The pink socks helped Lucid remember that Jell-O would be served for dinner. On Mir,Jell-O was a special treat. It was only served on Sunday.
Lucid worked hard to deserve the honor of working on Mir. She went to school for a long time.She was one of the first six women to be accepted into the astronaut-training program. She flew on several American missions. When accepted for Mir, she had to learn Russian in less than 18 months. On Mir, Lucid conducted many experiments. One experiment she conducted was with wheat. Lucid grew wheat. Growing plants in space was important, because green plants could provide oxygen and food for space travelers.
1. When did Lucid start the journey?
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2. Did Lucid live on a space station?
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3. How did Lucid remember what day it was?
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4. Why was growing plants in space important?
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5. What is the story mainly about?
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