When Will Harris was in the fifth grade, he received bus safety training at school. Local bus drivers taught students about the buses’ two-way radios and showed the students how to use them in emergency (紧急) situations. Will used what he learned to help an injured bus driver get quick medical treatment. People in his hometown now call the 11-year-old a hero for his brave actions.
Will was taking the bus to school one morning. Like all the other students on the bus, Will was listening to music on his phone. He had to stay for 10 minutes or so before he could get off the bus.
But then he heard a loud noise and looked up to see what happened. He saw that the bus driver was no longer in the driver’s seat. She had passed out and slumped over (瘫倒) on the bus stairs. Will left his seat, took the two-way radios and reported that the driver was hurt. The radios on each bus let Will’s friends hear him report the emergency. Soon, another bus driver and an ambulance (救护车) arrived to help.
When they got there, the bus driver was awake and sitting up. They sent the driver to the hospital. Will and everyone else on the bus went to class as usual.
Will’s brave actions got a lot of attention. A local TV station even interviewed him, although he didn’t want to be in the spotlight.
1. When did Will Harris receive bus safety training?2. How did Will Harris get to school?
3. What was Will Harris doing on the bus?
4. Who was in danger?
5. What did Will Harris use to report the emergency?
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Volunteers in Action
Some volunteers are taking actions to help the old people. Let’s see what they do.
Mary is good at talking with others and she is very patient（有耐心的）. Every Sunday, she spends hours chatting（聊天）with Mr. and Mrs. Green in their home. The old couple（夫妻）say they’re not lonely anymore because of her.
Mrs. Miller is 88 years old. She needs to take her dog Alice for a walk every day. But her health doesn’t allow him to do that. The volunteer Jimmy keeps a dog, too. Each time he walks his dog, he takes Alice. When Alice comes home from outside happily, there’s the look of joy on Mrs. Miller’s face.
The students from Zhonghua School help clean up the old people’s home on the 1st and 15th of each month. The students not only clean the rooms but also bring flowers and fruits to the old people.
1. Where does Mary go on Sundays?2. How did the old couple feel before Mary began to chat with them?
3. What does Jimmy do for Mrs. Miller?
4. Is Mrs. Miller happy when she sees Alice come back from outside?
5. When do the students from Zhonghua School go to the old people’s home?
【推荐2】Volunteering means spending some of your free time helping others. You may volunteer to help other people, but you can also volunteer to do something good for animals, the environment, or any other things that you care about. Volunteering helps others, but it can also help you. If you are worried about something that happened, doing something can be a great way to deal with your feelings. Volunteering can let you see your own life in new ways. For example, if you don’t have the most expensive shoes or the newest computer game, you may find it difficult to stop yourself from worrying about things like grades or getting angry. Volunteering lets you spend some time on others. Doing voluntary work is a great way to have fun with your family. Here are some ideas on how you can do the work together:
·Do some housework for the elderly or the sick.
·Serve food at a shelter（收容所）for those without homes.
·Plant trees or flowers in your community.
·Clean up a school or other public buildings.
Now some schools ask kids to spend some time helping others because volunteering gives them a sense of duty（责任感）. Why can we say that volunteering gives kids a sense of duty? The reason is that volunteering can make kids feel needed by some people. Volunteering can also help kids learn important things about themselves. A voluntary job can even help some kids understand what to do when they grow up. So what are you waiting for？
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
1. What does volunteering mean？
2. Is volunteering only good for others？
3. Who can you do some housework for as a volunteer？
4. Where can you plant trees and flowers?
5. Why can volunteering give kids a sense of duty？
【推荐3】I bought a “new” car for myself. It was actually a used (second-hand) car. I spent around $6000 on it. My old car was still in good condition (状态). A dealership (经销商) would take it for $1,500.
I have a co-worker (同事). He is a great worker. He is struggling (挣扎) to get by and has been looking at used cars. So I asked him how much he was looking to spend on a car. He was looking to spend $300 to $500. So I told him I’d sell my old one for $300.
My mom, who I work with, asked if I had any luck selling my car. I told her I planned (计划) on selling it to our co-worker for $300.
She started crying. She told me how glad she was that she had brought up a selfless (无私的) kid who would help someone out so much. She told me to give it to him for free and that she would pay me $1,500. I didn’t expect her to react (反应) that way at all and of course I didn’t take her money either. I want to help more people like my kind mom does.
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
1. What do we know about the writer’s “new” car?
2. Why did the writer’s co-worker was looking to buy a used car?
3. How much did the writer make from his old car in the end?
4. What can we learn from the writer’s story?
5. Perhaps you have something that you like very much, like a toy or a book. You find out that your best friend also really likes it. Would you give it to him or her? Why or why not?
With a high score of 645 in the national college entrance examination, Xing Yifan, a young teen from Northeast China’s Jilin Province, was accepted by his dream university—Beihang University in July 2021.
It would take most high school students great effort to score that high, but the challenge for the 18-year-old boy was greater. He was diagnosed with a type of ALS (渐冻症) when he was just 6 months old.
With a strong will, Xing worked hard to make sure that the disease would not hold him back. “I can’t think of a reason to hold back, I want to become China’s Stephen Hawking,” said the boy. Xing weighs only 18 kilograms. He has difficulty with many things that most people take for granted. Since his muscles (肌肉) are too weak to support his body, he puts his chin on a desk to do homework.
“I just want to see how far I can go. I want to move forward more,” said the boy.
Over the past few years, Xing has won many prizes. He is always an inspiration (激励) to his classmates. But the young boy has an inspiration of his own.
“I felt quite inspired when I read the story of British physicist Stephen Hawking,” he said. “I will continue to study hard at university, and I hope I can be someone like him.”
Effort can create miracles (奇迹). The brave boy has interpreted (诠释) the power of optimism (乐观) and strength for us.
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 disease did Xing Yifan catch at six months old?
2. How much does Xing weigh?
3. Why does Xing put his chin on a desk to do homework?
4. Who is Xing Yifan’s hero?
5. What makes Xing’s dream come true?
Michael Jackson was born in Indiana, America, on August 29, 1958. He was the seventh of the nine children in his family.
His father Joe Jackson had bis own band (乐队). They would practice after work in the living room of their house. Joe soon noticed the talent (才能) of his sons and set up the family band “The Jacksons”. They later became “The Jackson 5”. Little Michael always watched his brothers practice singing. When he was about 5 years old, he joined the group and became the lead singer (领唱) of “The Jackson 5”.
Michael gave his first show in a school program in 1963. Wearing black pants and a white shirt, he sang Climb EV’ry Mountain. Michael said, “When I finished that song. Everybody applauded (鼓掌) and people were smiling, and some of them were standing. My teachers were crying and I just couldn’t believe that I had made them all happy and excited. It was such a great feeling. I felt a little surprised too because I didn’t think I had done anything special. I was just singing the way I sang at home every night. When you’re performing, you don’t realize what you sound like or you’re coming across. You just open your mouth and sing,”
Soon his father made the band take part in talent contests. He was very strict with young Michael and bis brothers. Michael said, “If we didn’t do well, he would beat us, sometimes with a belt, sometimes with a stick. My father was really strict with us—really strict.”
Under their father’s control, at the age of 6, Michael and “The Jackson 5” started being popular with their acts at talent shows.
1. How many children did the Jackson family have?2. What did little Michael do at the age of five?
3. How did people feel after they heard Michael singing the song?
4. Michael didn’t think he had done anything special, did he?
5. What would the father do to his sons if they didn’t do well?
6. Do you like Michael Jackson? Why?
Dear Nancy,
You asked about places to go and things to do in my town. Let me tell you now.
Downtown Plaza has a lot of fun. It’s a shopping area in the oldest part of town. There are some good stores and restaurants there. For example, Andrea’s Boutique is in Downtown Plaza. It’s a fun place to shop, and it has the best clothes.
My favorite restaurant in town is Nick’s Cafe. It is near my house. It’s cheap and its hamburgers are great. I like Dragon City Restaurant, too. You can eat wonderful noodles there and the beef noodles are the most delicious! You must try the dumplings, too! But the dumplings are more expensive than Nick’s.
Suburb Cinema is the best movie theatre. It has the biggest screen and the most comfortable seats. Del Ray Complex is a good place to go, too. It doesn’t have the newest movies, but the tickets are cheaper.
Anyway, there are lots of things to do and to see here. Come for a visit soon!
Kate
1. What did Nancy want to know from Kate?_______________________________________________________________
2. What is Downtown Plaza?
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3. What kind of food can Nancy eat in town?
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4. Where will you go if you want to eat beef noodles?
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5. What are the Suburb Cinema and Del Ray Complex like?
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