Philip is a 55-year-old blind man. He can smell a rose (玫瑰), but he cannot tell if it is red, white or blue. It does not matter to him; he enjoys the beauty of the smell itself.
But his life is not a bed of roses. It is difficult for him to travel. He cannot drive, but he can travel by bus. At home he cannot just look out of window to see what the weather is like. He cannot look at the clock on the wall to see what time it is. He uses a special radio for that.
He is a musician. He plays the saxophone (萨克斯管), but not in a band (乐队). Four times a week, he sits down on the sidewalk and plays. He puts an upside-down (倒放的) hat in front of him with a little money in it.
“The money keeps the hat from blowing away,” he says. “It also lets people know where to put their money. I’ll make anywhere from $10 to $30. One evening I made almost $100. Another evening, someone took all money. I guess he needed it more than I did.”
1. What’s wrong with Philip?| A．He cannot smell. | B．He cannot see. |
| C．He cannot speak. | D．He cannot walk. |
| A．By a special radio. | B．By the clock. |
| C．By the saxophone. | D．By smelling a rose. |
| A．To show his talent (才华). | B．To get new band members. |
| C．To make more money. | D．To show people that he is blind. |
| A．Sad. | B．Angry. | C．Nervous. | D．Fine. |
| A．Music can make people happy. | B．Blind people are very poor. |
| C．Try to be cheerful when life is hard. | D．Learn to make money by music. |
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【推荐1】Every Sunday morning I take a walk around a park near my home. There’s a lake in one corner of the park. Each time I walk by this lake, I see the same elderly woman sitting at the water’s edge with a small metal cage（笼子）beside her.
This Sunday, I stopped walking and went over to her. As I got closer, I realized that there were three turtles（乌龟）, slowly walking around the base of the metal cage. She had a fourth turtle on her knee that she was carefully wiping with a brush, which made me feel surprised.
“Hello, ” I said. “If you don’t mind my nosiness, I’d love to know what you’re doing with these turtles.”
“I’m cleaning off their shells,” she replied.
“Anything on a turtle’s shell weakens the turtle’s ability to take in heat and blocks its ability to swim. It can also impair and weaken the shell over time.”
She went on, “I spend a couple of hours each Sunday morning, relaxing by this lake and helping these little guys out. It’s my own strange way of making a difference.”
“Well then, don’t you think your time could be better spent? And 99% of these turtles don’t have kind people like you to help them clean off their shells. So, how exactly are your efforts here truly making a difference? ”
The woman smiled, then looked down at the turtle on her knee, wiped off the last piece of algae（海藻）, and said, “Sweetie, he’d tell you I just made all the difference in the world.”
1. What was the writer surprised at according to Paragraph 2?| A．Four turtles in the cage. | B．The beautiful scenery in the park. |
| C．A small metal cage put beside the water. | D．A woman cleaning off the turtles’ shells. |
| A．Make. | B．Clean. | C．Hurt. | D．Recognize. |
| A．He thought what the woman did was a waste of time. |
| B．He thought the woman spent the time perfectly. |
| C．He thought the woman should spend time with him. |
| D．He thought it was easy to spend the time. |
a. relax by the lake b. help the turtles out c. talk with passers-by
d. clean off the turtles’ shells e. feed the turtles f. create a metal cage
| A．ace | B．abd | C．bcf | D．cde |
A group of friends made loud noise to welcome the train as it entered the station. They ran to get their seats before anyone could get into the train. An old man with a young boy aged around 15 years came running to catch the train. They entered the train and the train started to move. They had their seats just next to the friends’ group.
The young boy was so surprised to see everything. He acclaimed (欢呼) at his father, “Dad, the train is moving and the things are moving backwards.” His father smiled and nodded his head.
As the train started moving fast, the young boy again screamed, “Dad, the trees are green in colour and run backward very fast.” His father said, “Yes, dear” and smiled.
Just like a kid, he was watching everything with great excitement and happiness.
A fruit seller passed selling apples and oranges. The young boy said to his dad, “I want to eat apples.” His father bought him apples. He said, “Oh, apple looks so sweet and I love this colour.”
The group was watching all the activities of this boy and asked the boy’s father, “Is your son having any problems? Why is he behaving so differently?”
A friend from the group made fun of him and shouted, “His son is mad, I think.”
The father of the young boy, with patience, replied to the friend-group. “My son was born blind. Only a few days ago, he was operated and got the vision. He is seeing so many different things in his life for the first time.”
The young friends became very quiet and said sorry to the father and son.
1. According to the second paragraph, which of the following is TRUE?| A．People were angry because of the slow train. |
| B．The group of friends got on the train first. |
| C．The old man with a young boy were late for the train. |
| D．The young boy and the friends were in different cars (车厢) . |
| A．he was mad |
| B．he had never taken a train |
| C．there was something wrong with him |
| D．he saw the things for the first time in his life |
| A．made fun of |
| B．shouted angrily at |
| C．said sorry to |
| D．became impatient with |
| A．Don’t behave differently |
| B．Don’t play a joke |
| C．Enjoy our trip |
| D．Think before you speak |
【推荐3】Think back to a time in your life when you tried something new.
When I was a teenager I volunteered to pass out water at a local race. I was so excited to see all the different runners who passed by and quickly took a cup of water. Some ran past, some walked past and a few wheeled past.
I saw so many types of people doing it. I thought maybe I could do it too! The next year I decided to run for the race, but I had little running practice. I just wanted to finish.
On the day of the race, it was terribly hot. After running for about 5 miles, I was thinking, “I must be crazy. Why did I do this? What was I thinking?” And at one moment, I said to myself, “I am never doing this again!”
That first 10 km race was quite an experience. I jogged(慢跑), I walked, I jogged and walked. At times, I didn’t know if I could finish.
Near the end, a 70-year-old man ran past me, very fast, and I felt a little embarrassed(尴尬的) that I was more than 50 years younger than he and I couldn’t even keep up with him. But then I realized something. He was running his race and I was running mine. How often in life do we compare(比较)ourselves to others when we really shouldn’t? I decided that I would not give up on running races, and that one day I would be one of those 70-year-old men who were still running.
As I crossed the finishing line, I was proud of myself. I didn’t regret(后悔) having such an experience.
1. What did the writer do at a local race as a volunteer?| A．He helped old runners. | B．He cheered up the runners. |
| C．He passed out water to the runners. | D．He took back the cups from the runners. |
| A．He just wanted to experience. | B．He was crazy about running. |
| C．He had practiced running very hard. | D．He wanted very much to win a prize. |
| A．At the first of the race. | B．When he ran for 5 miles. |
| C．When he ran for about 15 km. | D．Near the end of the race. |
① He regretted. ② He encouraged himself. ③ He felt a little embarrassed.
| A．①-②-③ | B．②-①-③ | C．①-③-② | D．②-③-① |
| A．To be No. 1 | B．Let’s compare |
| C．A volunteering job | D．Running your own race |
【推荐1】Every girl dreams, and Lisa is the same. Swan Lake is her favorite. She once hoped that her dream of becoming a ballet dancer would come true one day. She worked hard at her ballet lessons and all her teachers believed that she was a good student.
One day, she saw a poster saying that a famous ballet troupe (芭蕾舞团) would give a show in her hometown. “I must meet up with the head of the troupe and show him my skills!” She said to herself.
When the troupe arrived, Lisa put on her ballet clothes and hid (躲藏) in the troupe’s dressing room. When the head of the troupe went into the room, she came out. She couldn’t wait to tell the head about her dream.
The head asked Lisa to dance for him. A few minutes later, he stopped her and said, “I’m sorry. You’re not good enough!”
After hearing this, Lisa ran out of the dressing room. She felt quite sad.
Years later, Lisa had given up dancing. One day, she met the head of the troupe and asked why he didn’t think her dancing was good enough. He answered, “I say this to all of my students.”
“But you ruined my dream!” said Lisa.
The head said, “If you really love ballet, you shouldn’t give up so easily. You should believe in yourself.”
1. From the story, we know that Swan Lake is ________.| A．a book | B．a singing troupe |
| C．a ballet | D．a kind of food |
| A．Because she couldn’t get a ticket. |
| B．Because she hoped to see the ballet troupe. |
| C．Because she wanted to make friends. |
| D．Because she wanted to teach skills. |
| A．She was too young to learn ballet. |
| B．Her show wasn’t excellent. |
| C．She should leave the room quickly. |
| D．Her dream would never come true. |
| A．broke | B．join | C．make | D．decide |
| A．Never too old to learn. |
| B．It’s not clever to listen to others. |
| C．It’s hard to please all. |
| D．Never give up your dream. |
On the day before the bass season opened, he and his father were fishing early in the evening, catching sunfish and perch（鲈鱼）with worms. Then he tied on a small silver lure（鱼饵）and practiced casting. The lure struck the water and caused colored ripples in the sunset, then silver ripples as the moon rose over the lake.
When his pole doubled over, he knew something huge was on the other end. Finally, he very gingerly lifted the exhausted fish from the water. It was the largest one he had ever seen, but it was a perch . The boy and his father looked at the handsome fish. Then the father lit a match(火柴) and looked at his watch. It was 10 P.M.--- two hours before the season opened. He looked at the fish, then at the boy.
"You'll have to put it back, son," he said.
"Dad!" cried the boy.
"There will be other fish," said his father.
"Not as big as this one," cried the boy.
He looked around the lake. No other fishermen or boats were anywhere around in the moonlight. He looked again at his father. Even though no one had seen them, nor could anyone ever know what time he caught the fish, the boy could know everything by his father's clear voice that the decision could not be changed. He slowly worked the hook(钩) out of the lip of the huge bass and lowered it into the black water.
The creature swished its powerful body and disappeared. The boy suspected that he would never again see such a great fish.
That was 34 years ago. Today, the boy is a successful architect in New York City. His father's cabin is still there on the island in the middle of the lake. He takes his own son and daughters fishing from the same dock.
He was right. He has never again caught such a magnificent fish as the one he landed that night long ago. But he does see that same fish---again and again---every time he comes up against a question of ethics（道德规范）.
1. When did the story happen?
| A．Early morning | B．Late afternoon | C．Late night | D．In the bass season |
| A．Because the father disliked the perch. |
| B．Because the father was afraid of being fined. |
| C．Because the ethics must be observed. |
| D．Because the son was more experience in fishing than his father. |
| A．When he takes his own son and daughters fishing from the same dock. |
| B．When he builds many famous buildings. |
| C．When he pays a visit to his old father. |
| D．When he faces some problems about ethics. |
| A．honest | B．unselfish | C．serious | D．generous |
| A．how we can get the handsome fish |
| B．how we master some skills of going fishing |
| C．how we understand our parents’ words is very important |
| D．how we do things in good and right ways. |
Have you ever seen lions dancing in the streets? The lions dance to the beat of a drum. Of course, they are not real lions. They are dancers in lion costumes. Lion dancing first started in China centuries ago. It is meant to bring good luck in the coming year.
Usually, a lion is made up of two dancers. One dancer controls the head. The other controls the tail.
“I think of it as a sport,” says Anthony Huang, aged 16. He is a member of the New York Chinese Freemasons Athletic Club. Anthony performs as the lion’s head. It can weigh 20 pounds. Lion dancing is important to Anthony. “This tradition really lifts me up,” he says.
In the past, lion dancing was performed mostly by men. But it is different today. Lion Dance Me is a lion dancing group in San Francisco, California. There are boys and girls on its team. They dance together.
“Anyone can take up lion dancing. You have to believe that you can do it, “says Ananda Tang-Lee, a 17-year-old girl.
Lion dancing will continue to evolve. But a team’s sense of community will never change. “We call it a family,” Ananda says. “It’s really great, because we always have each other’s backs.”
1. Why do people perform lion dancing?| A．To sell lion-dancing costumes. |
| B．To wish for a lucky new year. |
| C．To protect the lions in the wild. |
| D．To show skills of playing the drum. |
| A．The lion’s head. | B．The lion’s tail. |
| C．The drummer. | D．The dresser. |
| A．延期 | B．模仿 | C．举办 | D．演变 |
| A．They bring happiness to the family. |
| B．They call lion dancing a family game. |
| C．They live together in a big family. |
| D．They support each other like a family. |
| A．Jobs. | B．Education. | C．Culture. | D．Science. |
Last week, I needed to buy a new sleeping bag for a winter camping trip.
Northern Trek was cheaper than Snowy Down.
| A．So I went to a camping store. |
| B．It was just as cheap as Ultra Comfort. |
| C．The camping store was the biggest in our town. |
| D．I didn’t need the warmest kind of sleeping bag. |
| E．But in some ways, the other two sleeping bags were better. |
| F．I decided not to get Northern Trek for camping outside. |
【推荐2】I have been a staff writer for the school newspaper, the Dagligtale, since my first day here at the University of Alberta. I probably won’t work as a reporter after my graduation, but this doesn’t mean my experience in student journalism (新闻工作) has been useless. In fact, I have picked up many important skills through this job.
I still remember my first news story. It was about the victory of the school baseball team. I attended the celebration and was told to do some interviews. I was afraid. Talking to strangers was one of my fears. But I collected my courage and did it. I talked to the students, the players and the team leader. It was something I had never dreamed of doing before. This opportunity gave me confidence and helped me to improve my social skills.
In journalism, everything has to come from facts. As a student reporter, I have learned to do research and to think critically (批判性地) about what I read. Discovering the facts is important when you are writing for the school newspaper, but in the Information Age, this is also an increasingly useful skill in everyday life.
As a student reporter, I always know that I have a lot to learn. ▲ . I have learned how not to take negative (负面的) feedback personally and how to use it to make improvements to myself.
Journalism is a stressful field to work in, but I’m thankful that I have had the opportunity to try my hand at it. It has taught me to be a better storyteller and student. If you are ever given a chance to write for a school newspaper or magazine, take it and learn everything you can!
1. The writer will be likely (可能) to _____ after her university graduation.| A．stop working in journalism | B．work as a full-time reporter |
| C．continue to write for the Dagligtale | D．introduce the Dagligtale to more people |
| A．Science | B．Letters | C．Sports | D．Opinion |
| A．outgoing | B．lazy | C．unhappy | D．shy |
| A．I’m often very sad about feedback (反馈意见). |
| B．I usually turn a blind eye to feedback. |
| C．I’m never afraid of asking people for feedback. |
| D．I think feedback has a bad influence on me. |
| A．thank the person who let her join the Dagligtale |
| B．talk about her experience of interviewing strangers |
| C．share how journalism had made her a better person |
| D．encourage students to work as a reporter |
【推荐3】One pleasant evening, I was holding Grandpa’s hand and taking a walk in the park. “Where are the peanuts? Give me now!” He suddenly said, “How I wished I had some with me! William, the monkeys are taking long to come out today. Wait till they smell the peanuts.” I knew he was lost in one of his memories again. I remembered the stories he told me of how he fed the monkeys when he was a kid. Then, he saw the goldfish! He acted as if he was seeing them for the first time.
Poor Grandpa! He fell ill with Alzheimer’s Disease (阿尔茨海默症) last year. The doctor said it was a progressive brain disorder which could destroy a person’s memory. The patient might also not be able to make reasonable judgments. The saddening part was that it was a lifelong disease.
But when my parents invited him to stay with us, he refused and said he liked living alone. One day, he forgot to turn off the fire after cooking porridge. Luckily, one of the neighbors came to help him before the fire could spread.
It was then that my parents brought Grandpa to live with us. Often, he would forget my name and ask me who I was and what I was doing in his house. Each time I would answer softly, “It’s me, Ray, Grandpa!” Even if he had forgotten who I was, he would always be my beloved grandfather.
根据短文内容，判断下列句子正误。正确为A，错误为B。1. Grandpa wants to eat peanuts in the park.
2. Grandpa might not judge things correctly according to the doctor.
3. After getting to Grandpa’s home, the neighbor spread some news.
4. Grandpa is the writer’s beloved person in his mind.
5. The writer’s parents bring Grandpa to live with them to make sure of his safety.
