One evening, Anne was at home doing her homework. Matthew was home, but Marilla went to town with the Barrys and Mrs. Lynde. Suddenly, Anne looked up and saw Diana standing at the door. She looked very worried.
“What is the matter, Diana?” cried Anne.
“Oh, Anne,” said Diana nervously. “Minnie May is ill!”
Matthew knew Diana’s father and mother were away in town. He quietly got his cap and coat and went for the doctor. The two little girls ran to Diana’s house hand in hand. Minnie May was Diana’s three-year-old sister. She was very sick. Anne saw her and immediately (立即) went to work. She looked after many children before and knew what to do.
“First we must have lots of hot water. Put the fire on. I’m going to give her some medicine (药).” Minnie May did not like the medicine, but Anne did not give up. All night, Diana and Anne stayed with Minnie May. It was three o’clock when Matthew came with the doctor. But by then, Minnie May was sleeping. Anne told the doctor what she did. He was very impressed. Later on, he told Mr. and Mrs. Barry, “That little red-headed girl is very smart. She saved that baby’s life.”
The next day at dinner, Marilla had something important to tell Anne.
“Mrs. Barry was here this afternoon, Anne. She says thank you, and she is very sorry she acted as she did about the wine (酒).”
That night, Anne was invited to the Barry’s for a lovely dinner. They all said wonderful things about her, and she felt very special.
根据短文内容回答下列问题（每题答案不超过6个单词）
1. What made Diana worried and nervous?
2. When did Matthew come back with the doctor?
3. Who saved Minnie May’s life according to the doctor?
4. Why did Mrs. Barry come to Anne’s home this afternoon?
5. What do you think of Anne according to the passage?
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A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held a sign which said, "I am blind. Please help me."
There were only a few coins in the hat. A man was walking by. He took out a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words on it. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by could see the new words.
Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized(认出) his footsteps and asked, "Are you the one who changed my sign in the morning? What did you write?"
The man said, "I only wrote the truth. I said what you said, but in a different way."
What he had written was, "Today is a beautiful day, but I cannot see it."
Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?
Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply told people to help by putting some money in the hat. The second sign told people that they were able to enjoy the beauty of the day, but the boy could not enjoy it because he was blind.
1. What was wrong with the boy?
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2. How did the man help the boy get more money?
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3. Do you think the second sign is better than the first one? Why or why not?
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Two Words that Changed Many Lives
Often when we’re going through a hard time, we feel alone, and just having someone notice and understand is enough to make us feel loved and supported. Sherry was once upset and disappointed while working on a hard job. Then her boss gave her a card. The card with just two little words was what made her realize she wasn’t alone.
The two words?
You Matter.
Sherry said she almost cried when she read the message. “I’ve fought at times with my own self-worth, and when I received the card, it felt like a question I carried around with me had been answered—I matter.”
Sherry was so touched that she ordered 100 of her own cards to give away.
“I met a woman who looked to be in her 60s. When I asked her how she was doing, the woman said, ‘Not so good. My husband just lost his job. The truth is, I don’t know how I’m going to get through the holidays.’ My heart ached, I wanted to help but didn’t know how. Then I remembered something in my hag that might help her. ‘It sounds like you’re going through a really hard time. I’d like to give you something.’ And I handed her a ‘You Matter’ card. When she read it, she began to cry. ‘You have no idea how much this means to me.’ she said thankfully.”
“Without that card, I wouldn’t have gone up to that woman and said anything,” she says. Sherry thought the experience was so powerful that she decided to send sets of 30 “You Matter” cards free to anyone who signed up online as long as the person promised to give the cards away. She called the event the “You Matter Marathon (马拉松)” because the cards can pass on people’s kindness and care about each other.
The idea was more successful than she’d expected and the cards have changed many people’s lives. Julie, a participant (参与者), says, “Having the ‘You Mater’ cards ready to hand out has allowed me to really look at people. This is making me a much more connected human.”
1. Who gave Sherry a card when she was working on a hard job?2. How did Sherry help the old woman?
3. Why did Sherry call the event the “You Matter Marathon”?
4. What do you think of Sherry? Why?
It’s a tradition for American teenagers to hold a big party when they graduate （毕业） from high school. However, one Texas girl didn’t feel like celebrating with a traditional party. Instead, she decided to hold a pizza party for homeless women and children. Her name is Leanne Carrasco. She held the special party at the Star of Hope Mission, Houston, a community（社团） to help homeless people. The girl explained why she chose to think of others instead of（而不是） just herself. “Because I can do many things for homeless people, and being able to help other people means a lot to me.” “However, parties don’t last long and I probably won’t even remember that,” she said. Carrasco has volunteered at the Star of Hope with her family over the years. This time she decided to ask her friends to join her. Carrasco and her friends not only provided（提供）90 pizzas, they also prepared 400 personal care bags for those in need. They served lunch to about 200 people during their pizza party. “It was a very magical day, someone from the Star of Hope said. “It gives you a hope for the youth of today.” Carrasco plans to go to Briar Cliff University, and she plans to study nursing there. She hopes to help more people in the future. “I think you should always know you’re lucky to have what you have,” she said. “Don’t take that for granted and continue to help others.” |
2. Where did Carrasco hold the pizza party?
3. Why did Carrasco choose to hold the party for others instead of herself?
4. How many pizzas did Carrasco and her friends provide for the party?
5. What does Carrasco plan to study at Briar Cliff University?
John was a very strong man. Once he got a job cutting wood in the forest(森林). His boss gave him an axe(斧子) and showed him the area where he should work.
The first day, John cut down 18 trees.
“Good” the boss said, “Keep that up!”
Happily, John tried harder the next day, but could only cut down 15 trees.
The third day he tried even harder, but could only cut down 10 trees. Day after day he was cutting down fewer and fewer trees.
“I must be losing my strength (力气)” John thought. He said sorry to his boss and he said that he could not understand what was going on.
“When was the last time you sharpened (磨快) your axe?” the boss asked.
“Sharpened? I have no time to sharpen my axe. I have been very busy trying to cut down trees!” said John.
Although John was working hard, he didn’t work “smart”．He didn’t think about the best way to do his job. Many of us never learn new skills, and we think that what we have learned is enough. Sharpening our skills from time to time is the key to success.
1. What job did John get once?2. How many trees did John cut down the first day?
3. Did John cut down fewer and fewer trees day after day?
4. Why didn’t John sharpen his axe?
5. What do you learn from the story?
Some of my friends and classmates don’t like reading. They say it’s boring. But I enjoy reading! I spend two hours reading books every day. There are always interesting stories to read and things to learn. I can learn a lot from books. My father often read to me before I went to bed when I was a little boy. It was my favorite time of the day! The stories gave me a lot of happiness! I still remember one story about a dragon and a beautiful girl. That was my favorite story at that time. I liked to imagine (想象) that I was a hero and I saved the girl in a dark house.
Now I like other kinds of stories. Adventure (冒险) stories are my favorite. It’s fun to imagine that I travel to different places of the world and do really exciting and special things! And I’m also interested in real life stories because they make me think and learn a lot.
Reading can never be boring! I think it’s a really interesting thing to do.
1. How long does the writer read every day?2. Who read to the writer when he was a little boy?
3. When the writer was a little boy, what was his favorite story about?
4. Why is the writer interested in real life stories now?
5. What does the writer think of reading?
【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】When my children were young, we used to walk on a trail (小路) around the lake near our home.
One spring day my daughter noticed lots of trash (垃圾) was lying along the trail. So the next day we brought a big trash bag with us and started to slowly, step by step, pick up the trash along the way. There were pop cans (易拉罐), plastic (塑料的) water bottles, empty chip bags, and even an old worn-out shoe. We stopped and picked up them. By the time we circled the lake, the bag was nearly full.
Exhausted but happy we put the bag in an empty trash bin. We stopped before we headed home and took one last look at the lake as the sun set. It looked more beautiful than ever.
I know that at times this world’s problems can be overwhelming (巨大的) and you wonder what you can do to make a difference. But the truth is everything you do makes a difference! Every time you stop to pick up a single piece of trash, you make a difference in the world. Every smile you share makes a difference. Every kind word you say makes a difference. Every loving thought you think, every hug you share, every flower you plant, every animal you save, everything you do, no matter how small, makes a difference in this world.
1. Where did the writer walk in the past?Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote many books. Most of them were about her childhood. She grew up in Wisconsin, Kansas, Minnesota, and South Dakota, in America. During her life, she and her family faced many problems.
The Ingalls family had worked hard to build a house and a bam (畜棚). But the family later lost their farm in Kansas. So they had to leave there and find somewhere else to live.
Several years later, the Ingalls family moved back to Wisconsin. They lived in a dugout (防空洞) while they were building another farm. During this time, Laura’s sister Mary became ill. Her eyes were hurt, and she became blind. Laura and her family worked hard to raise money for Mary.When they finally had enough money, they sent Mary to a school for blind students. There, she learned how to read braille. She also learned other skills to live a better life.
Later, Laura’s family moved to South Dakota. Laura and her sisters liked their new house and neighbors. But life there could be hard. One winter, the trains could not get through the snow to send food. Everyone in the town almost starved to death (饿死). Laura’s future husband, Almanzo, risked his life to help. He traveled to a farm which was quite far to get wheat (小麦). They used the wheat to make bread. It was their only food for the rest of the winter. When spring came, the trains finally arrived and the town was saved.
1. What do you know about Laura Ingalls?Laura Ingalls was a famous American
2. Why did Laura’s family have to leave their home?
Because they
3. What happened terribly to Mary in Paragraph 3?
Mary
4. What do you think of the life of Laura’s family in South Dakota?
The life of Laura’s family in South Dakota was
5. What is the main idea of this passage?
The passage mainly tells us about
【推荐3】My name is Kumar, a little boy. Here is my story.
After I left home, I got a job in the hotel. I had to wash the dishes. I was not paid, just given two meals a day. At night, I slept on the tables after the customers left. After a year, I left and walked to the next town. One day, a man, called Mr. Stewart, told me that he could help me get a job in the Kathmandu. The man said that I would be trained to make carpets(地毯) and that I would be able to earn a lot of money. But the man was not telling me the truth. He took me to a big factory that was full of children, mostly girls. I was only ten years old, but I was not the youngest child.
It was like a prison(监狱). We were locked inside. We worked every day from 5 a.m. to midnight making carpets without pay. One day, I saw a halfbroken window in the bathroom, so I ran away.
After that, I lived on the street. Some of the older boys were thieves(小偷). They ordered me to steal. If I refused, they would beat me. One time, I was caught and I went to prison for six months.
When I came out, I lived on the street again. I was the youngest kid in the group of serious thieves. One day, my head was hurt. My friends took me to a hospital by Child Workers in Nepal. There, for the first time, I found adults who cared about me. That happened when I was 11 years old. If it wasn’t for that accident, I would probably be a big thief by now.
1. Where did Kumar sleep when working in a hotel？(no more than 5 words)2. What did Mr. Stewart promise Kumar to do? (no more than 5 words)
3. How long did the children have to work every day in the factory? (no more than 3 words)
4. How did Kumar run away from the factory? (no more than 8 words)
5. Why was Kumar taken to the hospital? (no more than 5 words)
