【推荐2】On a cold winter afternoon, I was walking home from a supermarket. I was feeling a little tired, as I was carrying my shopping bags. They were so heavy that I decided to stop to have a rest in the park. I walked towards the gate of the park. I noticed a poor mad walking out of the restaurant in front of me. He was holding a paper bag in his hand. He walked to a nearby dustbin(垃圾箱)and started looking through it.

I suddenly felt sad. I knew this man would take all that he could get, so I went up to him and gave him some fruit. The man, with wrinkles(皱纹)on his face, looked up in surprise and took what I gave him.

A big smile appeared on his face and I felt very happy. Then he said. “Wow! First someone gave me this sandwich, then this drink, and now some delicious fruit. This is my daughter's lucky day. Thank you, boy. ” Then he went away, singing a song.

Just then, I understood what the saying “Giving is getting”really meant. Everyone in the world needs help, everyone can offer help and everyone will be helped by showing kindness. Giving sometimes doesn't cost much, but it means a lot to the people who you help.

The man's happiness at that moment comes into my mind every time I come up to help others.

1. The writer felt a little tired because_________.

A．he worked so hard	B．he carried heavy shopping bags
C．he walked too fast	D．he helped the poor man carry the dustbin

2. The writer gave the poor man some fruit because ___________.

A．he couldn't carry so much fruit	B．he knew the man’s daughter liked the fruit
C．he wanted to help the poor man	D．the poor man asked him for some fruit

3. The poor man's daughter couldn't get____________that day.

A．a new skirt

B．a sandwich

C．some drink

D．delicious fruit

4. Which of the following can we infer(推断) according to the passage?

A．The poor man's daughter might be sad.

B．It was the poor man's daughter's birthday that day.

C．Giving sometimes costs much.

D．The writer often helps other people later.

5. The passage mainly tells us ______________.

A．giving is getting	B．not to be a poor man
C．to give others fruit	D．not to look through the dustbins

【推荐3】

It’s easy for us to go to school. But for Lin Hong, going to school is kind of difficult. Why? Look at the picture. She can’t walk and has to sit in a wheelchair.

Lin Hong is a nine-year-old girl from Hangzhou. Her parents are busy with their work, so her grandma takes her to school every day. But her home is far away from school. It is about ten kilometers. ___▲___? Lin Hong’s father asks the bus company (公司) for help. Then they think of a great idea.

Before going to the first stop, Bus No. 285 picks up (接) Lin Hong and her grandma at 6:15 a.m. first. Then it goes to the next stops. At 7:45 a.m., Lin Hong and her grandma get off (下车) the bus. After that Lin Hong’s grandma takes her to school, and it only takes them ten minutes. Lin Hong’s first class usually starts at 8:00 a.m. and she can get to school on time.

Li Mingyou is the bus driver. To help Lin Hong, he has to get up 40 minutes early. In the afternoon, Lin Hong usually finishes school at 2:30 p.m. Li Mingyou drives the bus to Lin Hong’s school five minutes later and then takes her home. Now, Lin Hong is happy to go to school. She really wants to say thanks to him!

1. What does the underlined word “wheelchair” mean (意思是) in Chinese?

A．座位

B．拐杖

C．滑板

D．轮椅

2. Which can be put in ___▲___?

A．When does she leave for school

B．What time does she get to school

C．How can she get to school on time

D．How far is it from her home to school

3. How long is Lin Hong’s bus ride?

A．One hour.

B．One hour and a half.

C．Two hours.

D．Half an hour.

4. What time does Lin Hong usually leave school in the afternoon?

A．At 2:35 p.m.

B．At 2:45 p.m.

C．At 2:25 p.m.

D．At 2:30 p.m.

5. What can we learn from the reading?

A．Lin Hong is eight years old.

B．Lin Hong’s parents take her to school.

C．Li Mingyou is a really nice bus driver.

D．Lin Hong gets off the bus at 8:00 every morning.

【推荐1】Sarasota, Florida teen band The Garbage-Men is performing on the stage. The band has five members. They are Jack Berry, Ollie Gray, Harrison Paparatto, Austin Siegel and Evan Tucker. The five teens are making music from waste. The Garbage-Men band’s instruments are made from recycled things. The guitars are boxes. A horn(号) is made from pipes. The keyboard is formed from old bottles.
The band started about two years ago. Jack Berry who was in eighth grade at the time decided to make a playable, home-made guitar, after some trial-and-error(反复试验), he ended up building it from a cereal box, a yardstick and toothpicks. After Jack showed his creation to his friend Ollie Gray, Ollie had the idea to form a band using other home-made instruments as a way to improve recycling. “We want to show people there is more to recycling than throwing things away in the bin.” Jack, 16, told TFK. “You can actually reuse materials.”
The Garbage-Men plays at local events around Sarasota, including festivals, farmer’s markets and community fundraisers. Typically, the teens will set up on the street and perform popular songs from the 1960s, including classic Beatles tunes and crowd favorite “Wipe Out,” by The Surfaris. In between sets, they talk about recycling and offer tips for how to help the environment. While they perform, Jack’s little brother Trent, 11, gives out flyers(宣传单) about recycling and helps sell the band’s CDs and other musical products.
The band donates(捐赠) the money from sales to charity. They have raised more than $2,500 for Heifer International. The organization gives farm animals, seeds and agricultural(农业的) training to people in poor countries to help end poverty and hunger. “It’s a good, sustainable-development (持续发展的)charity,” Jack says, “By donating one animal, you help the whole community.”
The band, all tenth graders, tries to play a show every week. They’ve also played on a Tampa, Florida radio station and auditioned(试演) for America’s Got Talent. The teens hope to eventually take their shows on the road by touring in other states. “Music is a really good way to get a good message across to people because it’s really accessible(可接近的),” Jack says. Their instruments may be rubbish, but their message isn’t.

1. Who is NOT a member of the Garbage-Men band?

A．Ollie Gray.	B．Trent Berry.
C．Austin Siegel.	D．Jack Berry.

2. The five teens formed the band in order to ________.

A．show how to make musical instruments from rubbish

B．earn more money to help support their own families

C．make their musical products known all around the world

D．ask more people to recycle daily rubbish around them

3. What did the Garbage Men Band mainly do according to the passage?

A．They told people how to protect the environment and do some charities.

B．They collected the rubbish in communities and cleaned up the markets.

C．They raised money for the old people by selling their own instruments.

D．They joined the Heifer International and made their own musical CDs.

4. What’s the best title for the passage?

A．Music and Environment

B．The Garbage-Men Band

C．Home-made Musical Instruments

D．A Pioneer of American Country Music

【推荐2】That night, July 11, 2022, Nick Bostic was driving down the streets of Lafayette, Indiana, when he found a two-story house was on fire.

Flames（火焰）were climbing up the front porch. Without pausing for a moment to think about the danger, Bostic stopped his car and ran from the back door into the burning building, which belongs to the Barrett family.

Bostic had just started climbing the stairs when he looked up and saw four faces appear from a room at the top of the stairs and look down at him, their eyes wide. “Your house is on fire. You need to go!” Bostic yelled.

Bostic hurried the four girls into the fresh air. “Anybody else in there?” Bostic asked.

“Kaylani is in there! We can’t find her!” Seionna, the eldest of the girls, screamed referring to her six-year-old sister. Without hesitating（犹豫）, Bostic ran back inside.

By now, the whole side of the house was in flames. Bostic went upstairs. He searched every bedroom. No kid. The smoke was thick now. He lifted his T-shirt, trying to cover his mouth and nose when he heard the sound of crying, from the dark smoke below.

Bostic felt about in the blackness and heat, moving downstairs toward the sound. Then suddenly Kaylani was in front of him. Bostic quickly lifted the girl into his arms. Where is the front door?! Bostic remembered seeing a window on the side of the house where the fire hadn’t reached.

Bostic climbed back up, made it to the room and broke the glass, Kaylani still in his arms. Bostic and Kaylani looked down at the open grassy space. The girl said, “_________”. He was thinking the exact same thing.

But they had little choice. The flames were inching ever closer. Holding Kaylani tightly in one arm, Bostic ran forward and threw himself out of the window. He managed to land on the other shoulder. Kaylani was almost unhurt.

Days passed. Bostic woke up from first-degree burns to his leg and arm, He felt like he’d just done what anyone would have done in that situation. But outside the hospital, the story of Nick Bostic was already spreading. He was a hero—the pizza man who had run into a burning building not once, but twice.

1. Why did Bostic run back inside the burning building after saving the four girls?

A．He heard his six-year-old child crying for help.

B．He wanted to save his belongings from the fire.

C．He was looking for a missing family member.

D．He wanted to put out the fire before it spread.

2. Which of the following is the correct order of the story?
a. Bostic followed the sound of crying to the dark smoke below.
b. Bostic led the four girls out into the fresh air.
c. Bostic looked for the door with Kaylani in his arms.
d. Bostic jumped out of the window holding Kaylani tightly in one arm.
e. Bostic went upstairs to search every bedroom for Kaylani.

A．baedc

B．beacd

C．ceabd

D．caedb

3. Which sentence should go in the empty box in Paragraph 9?

A．I want my sisters!

B．Wow, we’ll be heroes!

C．I can’t thank you too much.

D．I don’t want to jump out the window.

4. Why do people think Bostic is a hero?

A．Because he put out the fire like a firefighter.

B．Because his arm and leg were burnt seriously.

C．Because he ran into a burning building twice.

D．Because he delivered pizza to the four girls.

【推荐3】Hua Chenyu is popular with young people in China. We can always see him on TV or on the Internet. In 2018, he won many prizes (奖) as one of the most popular Chinese singers.

Hua was often left alone at home when he was a child. He fell in love with music and started to learn to play the flute (长笛) at an early age. Now he can also play many musical instruments, such as the piano, the drums and the guitar. When he was 12 years old, he tried to write songs. After years of hard work, he went to the Wuhan Conservatory of music. (音乐学院)

In 2013, he won Hunan TV station’s Super Boy singing competition (竞赛). During the competition, he wrote and sang a song without words. It made everyone surprised and he became famous. Also, in the song Why nobody fights, he just sang one sentence “Why nobody fights?” again and again in different ways.

For Hua, music is a way to show his feelings. He works hard as a singer, but he doesn’t think music is his life. “ _______. It makes me relaxed. But without it, I can still enjoy life.” he said. He likes trying everything he likes and believes anything is possible.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. Hua Chenyu is a famous ________ from China.

A．player

B．actor

C．singer

D．dancer

2. When did Hua Chenyu start to write songs?

A．At the age of 7.

B．At the age of 8.

C．At the age of 10.

D．At the age of 12.

3. What can we learn from the passage?

A．Hua can’t write songs by himself.

B．In 2013, Hua Chenyu became famous.

C．Why nobody fights doesn’t have lyrics (歌词).

D．Hua Chenyu enjoys life but doesn’t work hard.

4. Which of the following can be put in “_________”?

A．I take music as a hobby.	B．I wish to have more fans.
C．I must hold more concerts (音乐会).	D．I want to make amazing (令人惊奇的) music.

5. The main idea of the passage is to _________.

A．make suggestions for Hua Chenyu

B．tell stories of Hua Chenyu’s family

C．let us know more about Hua Chenyu

D．tell us how Hua Chenyu became famous

【推荐1】Huck is my name, Huckleberry Finn.   I live in the town of St. Petersburg in the state of Missouri. It is a small town but it is near a very big river called Mississippi. This is a story of a journey that I made down the river on a raft and the adventures I had on the way.

It all started when my best friend, Tom Sawyer and I found $12,000 in a cave. That money made us rich. We got $6,000 each.   Judge Thatcher, an important man in St.   Petersburg, put it in the bank, and now we get a dollar a day interest(利息).

Then a kind old lady called Widow Douglas invited me to live with her. Because I haven't got a family or a home. My mother died a long time ago, then my dad, Pap, went away. He was an unkind man especially when he drank a lot, which was, most of the time, and he often beat me. I was afraid of him. I didn't go to school like the other boys of my age. I lived on the streets and in the woods.

My life changed after I lived with the widow(寡妇). She gave me a bed to sleep in and bought new clothes for me. She read stories to me and taught me how to eat at a table.

But then her sister Miss Watson arrived. She brought her black slave Jim with her. I liked Jim but I didn't like Miss Watson very much. She often shouted at me.

"Don't put your feet on the table. Huckleberry! Sit up straight! Why don't you try and behave well, Huckleberry?"

1. What was the relationship between Huckleberry and Tom Sawyer?

A．Friends.

B．Relatives.

C．Brothers.

D．Neighbors.

2. From the passage we can know that ________.

A．Miss Douglas was very kind to Huckleberry

B．Mr. Thatcher was unimportant to Huckleberry

C．Miss Watson was rather patient with Huckleberry

D．Huckleberry's dad was very generous to him

3. What can we Learn about Huckleberry Finn according to the passage?

A．Huckleberry had a happy life with his parents.

B．It was Widow Douglas who helped Huckleberry when he was in trouble.

C．Huckleberry was thankful to Thatcher because he offered a bed to him to sleep in

D．Both Miss Watson and Miss Douglas had a heart full of love.

【推荐2】I spent an hour writing out all the invitations to my daughter’s classmates. She told me who said they were coming. We spent so much time making gifts. “Tina would love the sunglasses, and Mike would love this pencil...” Jenny said. She helped me make cupcakes, 60 of them with different colors and tastes.

Everything was ready. At four, it started to rain. And it didn’t seem to stop soon. “Will they come at five?” Jenny asked me. She looked worried. I was not sure, either. We sat on the sofa and waited. At 4:50, Lisa, Jenny’s best friend arrived. We were happy and welcomed her. Until 5:20, seven of thirty classmates came.

I thought Jenny would be sad. “I’m happy today, Mom,” Jenny told me after the party was over. “It was rainy, but some of my classmates still came. I know who are my real friends.”

“Yes, it’s the most important thing,” I said.

1. Who is the writer of the passage?

A．Jenny.

B．Jenny’s mother.

C．Jenny’s teacher.

D．Jenny’s classmate.

2. What is the first paragraph mainly about?

A．The party invitations.	B．The party preparations.
C．The guests at the party.	D．How to make cupcakes.

3. Why was Jenny worried?

A．Something was not ready for the party.

B．Her classmates didn’t love the gifts.

C．Her classmates might not come because of the rain.

D．There weren’t enough cupcakes for her classmates.

4. How did Jenny feel about the party?

A．She was sad.

B．She was happy.

C．She was surprised.

D．She was tired.

5. What does the passage tell us?

A．Real friends always support (支持) us.	B．It’s not easy to have a birthday party.
C．Never believe what others said easily.	D．Don’t try to be friends with everyone.

【推荐3】“Good luck!” said Tim as the children went in. It was dark inside and very cold. They looked at each other and shivered. There was water running down the walls and the children could hear someone crying. They walked towards the sound and soon they found the Lord of Tears. He was dressed in black and his head was like a skull and he was crying. The floor was wet with tears.

“Soon there will be only tears in the world,” the Lord of Tears whispered, “and I will be everywhere.” The children looked at the water around them. It was rising quickly. “Let’s play our flutes,” said Sarah. “Maybe music will stop him.” And they took out their flutes and started playing. First the tears stopped and then the Lord of Tears fell asleep. Behind the Lord of Tears’ chair they saw a mirror. Ben looked into it. He saw his smiling face. “Why are you smiling?” Sarah asked. “I’m not smiling,” Ben said, “the face in the mirror is smiling.”

“This must be the Mirror of Smiles,” said Sarah.

Suddenly the Lord of Tears was moving again. Sarah took the mirror and held it in front of the Lord of Tears’ face. When he opens his eyes, he looked straight into the mirror. In it the skull（骷髅头）was smiling a terrible smile. Suddenly the children could hear empty laughter coming from the skull. The Lord of Tears laughed and laughed until his skull broke into a thousand pieces.

The next day Sarah woke up in her own bed at home. She went downstairs, where her mum was making breakfast.

“Hello, love,” her mum said with a smile.

“Morning, Sarah,” said her dad.

“Hey, listen to this joke...”

Sarah looked at her parents in surprise. “You are both smiling,” she said to them.

“Of course we’re smiling, Sarah, Why couldn’t we?” said her dad.

Sarah met Ben on the way to school. “You’ll never believe what happened at home this morning,” she said.

“Your parents were happy,” said Ben.

“How did you know it?” asked Sarah.

“Mine were too. They were smiling and joking.”

“Then was it at all a dream?” asked Sarah.

“I don’t think so,” said Ben. “Look at what I found in my pocket this morning.” And he showed her the black stone that Hilda had given them.

Mr. Hewitt was waiting for them in class. “You’re late,” he said in a cross voice.

“Sir,” Sarah said, “can we tell you a story?”

“What?” Mr. Hewitt said, “It’s not story time.” But then he said, “All right!” And the children told their story.

“Great story!” all the other kids shouted.

“I don’t believe any of it,” said Mr. Hewitt. “But it was a good story.” And slowly he started smiling.

1. Why did Ben think the adventure really happened?

A．Because he beat the Lord of Tears.	B．Because everyone became happy again.
C．Because Hilda and Tim were his friends.	D．Because he found the black stone in his pocket.

2. The underlined world “shivered” probably means ________ in the passage.

A．淘气

B．颤抖

C．害怕

D．退缩

3. Put the sentences into correct order according to the passage.
a. The Lord of Tears laughed and disappeared.
b. Sarah and Ben took out their flutes and started playing.
c. Sarah and Ben found the Lord of Tears.
d. Sarah and Ben saw a mirror behind the Lord of Tears.
e. Sarah took the mirror and held it in front of the Lord’s face.

A．c-b-d-e-a

B．a-e-b-d-c

C．c-e-a-b-d

D．a-c-d-b-e

4. What do you think of Sarah and Ben?

A．Naughty and sad.	B．Brave and cheerful.
C．Unhappy and serious.	D．Shy and clever.