Robot Vogel is a police officer in New York. One morning, he was drinking coffee in a restaurant.
Suddenly a man ran in and shouted, “Officer! A car is going down the street, and a little kid is driving it!”
Officer Vogel ran out of the restaurant. He saw a station wagon. It was going slowly—about 25 miles an hour—but it wasn’t going very straight. He jumped into his police car and followed the station wagon. When he was behind it, he turned on his red light and siren. The station wagon moved over to the side of the road and stopped.
Officer Vogel got out of his police car and looked inside, hurried to the station wagon, and looked inside. The driver was a little boy. His name was Rocco, and he was five years old. In the back seat was his little sister. She was only two year old. Both children were crying.
“I want my mommy!” Rocco cried. “But she can’t get here. I have the car.” Then he had an idea. “Just a minute,” he told Officer Vogel.“I can drive. I will go to get her.”
“No!” Officer Vogel said. “You stay with me.”
Officer Vogel drove Rocco and his sister to the police station. Then he called their mother. Officer Vogel and Rocco’s mother had a lot of questions for Rocco. Their first question was: Where did you get the car key?”
Rocco said, “From the top of the refrigerator.” At seven o’clock that morning Rocco’s father was at work and his mother was sleeping. Rocco saw the car keys on top of the refrigerator. He pulled a chair over to the refrigerator, climbed up on the chair, and took the keys.
Rocco went to the garage and got into the car. Then he started the engine. When Rocco’s sister heard the engine, she ran to the car and began to cry. She wanted to go with him, so Rocco opened the back door and let her in the car.
Rocco backed the car out of the garage and drove away. It was 7 am—rush hour—so there was a lot of traffic. Rocco drove one mile in heavy traffic. Then Officer Vogel stopped him.
Newspapers and TV station heard about Rocco, and a lot of reporters went to his house. One reporter asked Rocco, “What do you want to be when you grow up?”
Rocco smiled, “I want to be a truck driver,” he said.
Questions:1. Was Vogel reported a little kid was driving a car in a restaurant or in his office?
2. Where were Rocco’s parents when he got the car keys?
3. How did Rocco get the key to the car?
4. Rocco didn’t drive the car in heavy traffic, did he?
5. What do you think of Rocco’s parents? Why?
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While other children play soccer or computer games, twelve-year-old Campbell Remess spends lots of free time on a sewing machine (缝纫机) making Teddy Bears.
Campbell started to make them when he was nine after his parents told him they didn’t have enough money to buy Christmas presents for sick children in the hospital. So the little boy decided to make the gifts himself. He set himself a goal of 365 a year, one every day.
Campbell not only uses his pocket money to buy supplies, but also encourages people to donate on the Internet. So far, he has created more than 800 bears.
Campbell’s bears have made a difference in many people’s lives, especially for his dad, who had cancer before. One night, Campbell showed his dad the bear he had made for him, saying it would help him beat the illness. For over a year, his dad’s cancer hasn’t come back.
“Campbell changed the whole attitude in our house,” the boy’s mother said, “and I’m sure that the same effect is felt on each receiver of each bear he gives.”
1. When did Campbell begin to make Teddy Bears?2. How many Teddy Bears did Campbell plan to make a year?
3. How did he get money to buy supplies?
4. Have Campbell’s bears made a difference in many people’s lives?
5. Who changed the whole attitude in Campbell’s family?
With no hands or feet, Kyle Maynard could make lots of excuses（借口）for doing nothing. But that’s not how he lives his life. Instead of letting physical differences decide what he can and can’t do. Kyle sets his mind to what he will do. No excuses.
Kyle was born on March 24, 1986 in the USA. Although he came into the world with no hands or feet, his parents didn’t love him less. When he was about three years old, his parents made a big decision. They knew by doing everything for him, they were actually holding him back. So they pushed their son to learn how to take care of himself. With lots of practice, Kyle learned to feed himself, stand on his own, walk, etc.
Like many other schoolboys, Kyle dreamed of becoming a great sportsman. It seemed like an impossible dream, but he didn’t give up. He joined the football team, he trained in weightlifting and he went to wrestling competitions. His world completely changed when he got into sports. He grew confident and felt hopeful about the future.
Later, Kyle took up mountain climbing. On January 15, 2012, he reached the top of Mount Kilimanjaro, crawling（爬）all 19, 340 feet in just ten days. It is the tallest mountain in Africa.
Kyle has never stopped pushing himself. He now is not only an athlete, but also a writer and a successful businessman. “Sometimes you can’t see any light at the end of the tunnel（随道）, but you have to keep fighting. Work hard. No excuses. Then you will find success,”said Kyle.
1. Kyle Maynard comes from2.
3. Kyle wanted to be
4. When Kyle got into sports, he found
5. Do you like Kyle’s story? Why or why not?
【推荐3】A 16-year-old Tik Tok (抖音) teacher? Right!
For many students, math is a difficult subject. But (A)it is not so hard for Alexis (亚历克西斯). Alexis is from New York, USA. He is good at math, physics and chemistry. Now the clever boy wins the hearts of many peers (同龄人) in a special way.
For weeks, Alexis posts (上传) short videos to (B) _______ and asks who needs his help. To his surprise, a lot of peers on the Tik Tok ask him for help. So he uses his talents to help other students. Then, he makes over 100 videos to help with math, chemistry and physics.
Alexis is happy to know people love his lessons. They think his lessons are useful and easy to watch. “If I can do well on a subject like math, why not share with others of how they can do it?” he says.
What a nice boy! By making others’ lives better, his life will surely be better, too.
1. Where is Alexis Loveraz from?2. 文中(A)处画线单词it指代的内容是：
3. 请在(B)处填入一个单词使句子完整：
4. 请将划线句子翻译成中文：
5. What’s the title (题目) of this passage?（不超过6个单词）
Long, long ago, there lived an unhappy king. He slept badly and didn’t feel like eating. But the doctor found nothing wrong with his body. “It’s all in his mind. Neither medicine nor rest can help him. What he needs is the shirt of a happy person to wear. That’ll make him happy.”
The prime minister(首相)was called to the palace. But he said that he had a lot of power, it didn’t make him happy. He always worried that many people were trying to take his place. Then the banker came. “Oh, I’m not happy either,” he said. “I have a lot of money, but I feel very nervous every day when I think someone tries to steal my money.”
Finally, the top general(将军)was told to go out and find a happy man in three days. He searched and searched but couldn’t find anyone. It seemed that everyone had their own problems. Just as he was about to give up, he saw a poor man on the street eating with his hands and singing happily to himself. The general went up to him and asked, “What makes you so happy? You have no power or money.” The poor man smiled, “I don’t want what I can’t have. So I’m happy.”
“Great! You are the man I’m looking for,” the general said in great joy. “Then I need to give your shirt to our king. How much do you want for it?”
“Shirt? I’ve no shirt at all.”
1. What was wrong with the unhappy king? (不超过10 个词)2. How does the banker feel every day? (不超过5个词)
3. Why is the poor man happy? (不超过10个词)
【推荐2】As the saying goes, “①Read ten thousand books and travel ten thousand miles”, traveling is a very common thing in modern society. Almost everyone can go on a trip at any time as long as they want to, in fact, centuries ago, some famous people already traveled around China and they got a lot from exploration (探险).
Xu Xiake, a geographer and writer in Ming dynasty, spent more than thirty years on the road four hundred years ago. With his mother’s encouragement, Xu Xiake traveled around China. He met with many difficulties on the road. But he never stopped traveling and writing. Xu Xiake was on the road all his life, and his travel notes covered as much as his knowledge. His 600,000-word travel notes finally came out in 1776, about 135 years after his death. China Tourism Day is set on May 19th, the date when he started The Travels of Xu Xiake.
Marco Polo, a businessman born in 1254 in Italy, is known as a travel king in the west. In 1271, Marco Polo with his father and uncle set foot on the road to China. It took him four years. Along the way, he met bad weathers, a shortage of food and water and so on.
They reached Shangdu in Inner Mongolia in 1275. Kublai Khan gave them a warm welcome there and took them to Dadu.
Macro Polo’s hard journey created one of the world’s first best sellers ②The Travels of Macro Polo. Medieval (中世纪的) readers fell in love with Polo’s wonderful descriptions of faraway lands and got to know China and Middle Asia.
1. 把①处划线句子译成汉语。2. 从文章中找出“Marco Polo, his father and uncle began the journey to China.”的同义句。
3. 根据上下文猜测②处：“The Travels of Macro Polo” may be ________.
| A．a book | B．a picture | C．a story |
5. 根据短文内容完成下面时间轴。
(1)
【推荐3】Elena Griffing has just celebrated her 75th year working for the same hospital, and she has no plans to stop working. “I enjoy taking care of the patients.”
She has taken only four days of sick leave (病假) in her 70 years of work. Once she had an operation (手术). The following day, she walked one floor down her hospital room and got to work. “It was no big deal.” she said. “There was nothing wrong with my hands, so I could still type and do what I had to do.”
Griffing’s first day on the job was April 10, 1946, when she was 20. Her first job in the hospital was in the lab. Now she works four days a week and makes enough money to live a comfortable life, enjoying gardening, jazz and coming to work. Griffing said, “I’ll keep working until they throw me out or they carry me out in the box.”
After reading the story, do you think you have any reason to be lazy? Maybe copying others’ homework is quicker and easier than finishing it by yourself, but is this the reason why you go to school? Of course not. Work hard now.
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
1. How many years has Elena Griffing worked in the hospital?
2. Who does Elena Griffing enjoy taking care of?
3. Did she have a rest or go to work the following day after the operation?
4. What kind of life does Elena Griffing live now?
5. What does the writer think you should do if you are a student?
How is your summer holiday? My holiday in Australia is really wonderful although it’s a little cold in July here. This is my first trip to Sydney with my parents. And here’s my visit to the Wildlife Park. The Wildlife Park has lots of different animals and birds. We can only find some of the animals and birds there. They’re kept in their natural environment.
We first spent some time with the kangaroos（袋鼠）. We were allowed to touch and feed them. It was very exciting to be so close to them. There were koalas（考拉）there too. We were not allowed to carry them, but I got to take a photo with one.
The Wildlife Park has plenty of freshwater and saltwater crocodiles（鳄鱼）. Some of them are really big and scary（可怕的）with huge teeth! I did not want to get too close to them.
There was also a bird show. The keepers showed me different kinds of birds they had. I saw an old parrot which could “talk”. It made a great impression（印象）on me.
I enjoyed the trip very much. There was so much to see. And I’m looking forward to your fantastic experience and seeing you in two months when the new term begins.
Best wishes!
Yours,
Mike
阅读短文，根据英文释义及首字母提示拼写单词。
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阅读短文，进行同义句转换，每空一词。
3. We can only find some of the animals and birds there.
Some of the animals and birds can only
根据短文内容回答问题。
4. Did the writer go to Sydney with his parents or by himself?
5. What did the bird show’s keepers show to the writer?
6. In which month will the new term begin?
[1] Ben could hear strong winds outside his home in Alabama. Black clouds were making the sky very dark. ① no light outside, it felt like midnight. The news on TV reported that a heavy rainstorm was in the area.
[2] Everyone in the neighborhood was busy. Ben’s dad was putting pieces of wood over the windows ② his mom was making sure the flashlights and radio were working. She also put some candles and matches on the table.
[3]Ben was helping his mom make dinner when the rain began to beat heavily against the windows. After dinner, they tried to play a card game, but it was hard to have fun with a serious storm happening outside.
[4]Ben could not sleep at first. He finally fell asleep when the wind was dying down at around 3:00 a.m. When he woke up, the sun was rising. He went outside with his family and found the neighborhood in a mess. Fallen trees, broken windows and rubbish ③ everywhere. They joined the neighbors to help clean up the neighborhood together. (5)Although the storm broke many things apart it brought families and neighbors closer together.
1. What was the neighborhood like after the storm? (no more than 3 words)2. Did they have fun playing a card game? (no more than 3 words)
3. When was the wind dying down?
4. Fill in each blank with a proper word. (No more than l word each)
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5. Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 into Chinese.
6. What’s the title of the passage?
The best way to deal with an emergency is to avoid one if you can. Part Four of our ongoing series (系列片) on crime prevention focuses on protecting your home against burglary (入室盗窃). Sticky Fingers, an experienced burglar now serving a 6-year prison sentence (监禁), agreed to talk to our reporter.
Reporter: Sticky, what do you look for before burglarizing a house?
Fingers: Well, first, I make sure no one is home and no one is watching. I nose around neighborhoods where people don’t seem to know each other very well. That way, I won’t be noticed. Next, I try to find a house where the people are on holiday and not likely to return soon. I do this by looking for houses with no lights on in the evening. Then I look at doorways. They’re a sure giveaway (暴露). When newspapers, mail, and deliveries are piled up, I can tell that people have been away for days. I can even count how many days from the number of newspapers.
Reporter: How do you break into a house?
Fingers: Well, usually it’s easy and effortless. Lots of times people leave a window open, or doors and windows unlocked. Then I just slip in, when I have to break in, I look for a patio (露台) door on the first floor. They usually have weak locks and you can break them easily. I watch out for dogs, though. If I hear a dog barking, I go somewhere else.
1. Is the series mainly about how to prevent crime?2. Where are newspapers, mail and deliveries usually piled up?
3. How does Fingers know how long people have been away?
4. Why does Fingers look for a patio door on the 1st floor?
5. What advice can you give to avoid an emergency according to the passage?
