The book The Lemonade War is about friendship, maths, and a fight between brother and sister. The story in the book takes place during a summer vacation.
Evan, the elder brother, is people-smart. He is good at communicating with people. He is enjoying the last few days of the vacation when he gets a piece of bad news. His sister, Jessie, math-smart, is going to skip a grade (跳级) to be in his class. Everyone else will know his sister is much smarter than him. That’s why he feels terrible. He decides not to walk with her, talk to her or run a lemonade stand (货摊) with her as it is planned.
Jessie, on the other hand, is excited because she and her brother will be in the same class. She really enjoys being with her brother. She can’t understand why he suddenly refuses to share things and run a lemonade stand with her. It’s a puzzle (难题) for her, and she should be good at puzzles. But this puzzle is about feelings, and Jessie knows that feelings are her weakest subject.
The fight between them grows until it turns into a lemonade-selling competition. Whoever earns (赚) $100 first wins, and keeps both their earnings.
So who will win? Read the book and find out what will happen next.
1. Evan is good at _______ according to the text.| A．solving puzzles | B．communicating with people |
| C．making lemon juice | D．working out maths problems |
| A．Because he will be in a higher grade. | B．Because others will find Jessie smarter. |
| C．Because there will be no stand for him. | D．Because the summer vacation will be over. |
| A．Jessie can deal with any puzzle. | B．Evan is able to understand Jessie. |
| C．Jessie loves to be Evan’s classmate. | D．Evan has the same feelings as Jessie. |
| A．To introduce a book. | B．To talk about real friendship. |
| C．To explain a subject. | D．To share a way to make money. |
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【推荐1】Bob was cutting a branch（树枝） off a tree in his garden. While he was sawing（锯）, another man passed in the street. He stopped and said, “ Excuse me, but if you continue (继续)to saw（锯） that branch like that, you will fall down with it.” He said this because Bob was sitting on the branch and cutting it at a place between himself and the trunk（树干） of the tree.
Bob said nothing. He thought, “ This is some foolish（愚笨的） person who has no work to do and goes about telling other people what to do and what not to do.”
The man continued on his way. Of course, after a few minutes. The branch fell and Bob fell with it.
“My God!” he cried. “That man knows the future!” and he ran after him to ask how long he was going to live. But the man had gone.
1. One day Bob was cutting a branch_______a tree in his garden.| A．on | B．in | C．at | D．off |
| A．told him to stop working | B．told him he would fall down |
| C．would borrow something from him | D．would help him saw that branch |
| A．that was a foolish person. | B．that was a wise person |
| C．that was a proud person | D．that fellow cheated him |
| A．The branch fell. | B．Bob fell down to the ground. |
| C．Bob was hurt himself. | D．Both A and B. |
| A．a foolish man | B．a wise man | C．cutting a tree | D．that we need to take good advice |
【推荐2】Some pets lost their homes during the latest COVID-19 outbreak in Shanghai. Their owners have COVID-19 or are close contacts (密接者), so they can’t look after their pets. To solve the problem, Shanghai’s first pet care center downtown opened on May 7. The center accepts (接受) these pets.
The center has two rooms, and it can hold around 40 dogs and 10 cats in cages (笼子). Workers of the center feed these pets twice a day, clean them, and take the dogs for walks.
“An official (官员) got in touch with me and hoped that I could help take care of pets whose owners were under quarantine (隔离) earlier this month. As an animal lover, I am glad to hear that.” said Zhai Jiang, head of the pet caring volunteer association (协会) and Babala Pet Hospital.
After discussing the matter with his team, Zhai decided to offer (提供) free pet care services to these owners. “I hope more neighborhoods can see what we are doing, and I am willing to guide them for free,” Zhai said. He added that the difficulty is that the size and number of cages are limited (有限的) now.
After learning about the pet care center, Qiu Ying, a person living in the Huangpu district (区), said: “I think what the center did is very heart-warming. I hope that every neighborhood can provide (提供) such services.”
1. What does “the problem” in Paragraph One refer to (指)?| A．Some pets lost their homes. |
| B．The pet owners’ had COVID-19. |
| C．Some people became close contacts. |
| D．The COVID-19 broke out in Shanghai. |
| A．7. | B．10. | C．40. | D．50. |
| A．Angry. | B．Happy. | C．Tired. | D．Nervous. |
| A．There are not enough workers. |
| B．No neighborhoods provide help. |
| C．They don’t have enough big cages. |
| D．Pets can’t get on well with each other. |
| A．It’s dangerous. |
| B．It’s wonderful. |
| C．It’s educational. |
| D．It’s meaningless. |
【推荐3】Amy’s school needed to raise money to buy more computers. Amy knew that many of her classmates’ families were from different countries around the world. They had many special traditions（传统）, spoke many different languages, and ate many different kinds of foods.
Amy had a good idea! She suggested that every student could bring their favorite dishes and hold dinner party. She knew the students and their parents would be glad to pay money in order to try foods from all over the world.
“That’s a great idea,” Amy’s teacher said. “Let’s have a big dinner.”
Amy brought her favorite meal, chicken and noodles. Her friend Amina is from Brazil. Her family brought some beef and curry. Brian is from Japan, an Asian country. He brought sushi and fish. Kevin, from China, brought roast duck and some dumplings. Jessica is vegetarian from Canada and she brought a meal with no meat. Her mother made some vegetable soup and fruit salad.
The dinner party was a great success. Everyone enjoyed seeing, smelling and tasting foods from so many different countries.
1. Why did Amy’s school need to raise money?| A．They wanted to hold a party. | B．They wanted to buy some computers. |
| C．They wanted to help poor children. | D．They wanted to buy some food. |
| A．Chicken and noodles. | B．A roast duck and some dumplings. |
| C．Some beef and curry. | D．Vegetable soup and fruit salad. |
| A．A person who often sells vegetables and fruit. |
| B．A person who likes planting vegetables and fruit. |
| C．A person who likes cooking with vegetables. |
| D．A person who choose not to eat meat or fish at all |
| A．Great chance to enjoy food. | B．Good idea to have a party. |
| C．Wonderful way to raise money. | D．Meaningful activity to share cultures. |
【推荐1】Nobody seemed to care about Mary. She was born in India. Her father was a British official and busy with his work every day. Her mother, a beautiful woman, spent all her time going to parties. So an Indian woman, Kamala, had to take care of the little girl. Mary was not a pretty child. She had a thin angry face and thin yellow hair. She was always giving orders to Kamala. Mary never thought of other people, but only of herself. In fact, she was a very selfish（自私的）, bad-tempered（坏脾气的）little girl.
One very hot morning, when she was about nine years old, she woke up and saw there was a different Indian servant（仆人）by her bed.
“What are you doing here?” she asked crossly. “Go away! And send Kamala to me at once!”
The woman looked afraid. “I’m sorry, Miss Mary. She, she, she can’t come!”
Something strange was happening that day. Some of the house servants were missing and everybody looked afraid. But nobody told Mary anything, and Kamala still did not come. So at last Mary went out into the garden and played by herself under a tree. She pretended（假装）she was making her own flower garden and picked large red flowers to push into the ground. All the time she was saying crossly to herself. “I hate Kamala! I’ll hit her when she comes back!”
Just then she saw her mother coming into the garden with a young Englishman. They did not notice the child, who listened to their talk.
“It’s very bad, is it?” her mother asked the young man in a worried voice.
“Very bad,” he answered seriously. “Many people are dying in the town. It’s dangerous to stay in this town. You should go to the hills, where there’s no illness.”
“Oh, I know!” she cried. “We must leave soon!”
Suddenly they heard loud cries coming from the servants’ rooms at the side of the house.
“What happened?” cried Mary’s mother wildly.
“I think one of your servants died just now. You didn’t tell me there was illness here, in your house!”
“I didn’t know!” she shouted. “Quick, come with me!” And together they ran into the house.
Now Mary understood what happened. The terrible illness had already killed many people in the town, and in all the houses people were dying. In Mary’s house it was Kamala who had just died. Later that day three more servants died there.
—Adapted from Secret Garden
1. What can you learn about Mary’s family from the passage?| A．Mary’s parents were busy with their work every day. |
| B．Mary was born in a poor family. |
| C．Mary’s parents don’t have time for her every day. |
| D．Mary’s parents care much about Mary. |
| A．Selfish. | B．Generous. | C．Pretty. | D．Friendly. |
| A．Happily. | B．Angrily. | C．Excitedly. | D．Sadly. |
| A．She went to the hill with Mary’s mother. | B．She died of the terrible illness. |
| C．She ran away from Mary’s house. | D．She was busy cooking breakfast in the kitchen. |
| A．Mary didn’t know what happened in her house in the beginning. |
| B．Mary’s mother decided to run to the hills with her daughter Mary. |
| C．This terrible illness made many people lose their lives in the town. |
| D．This terrible illness killed at least four servants in Mary’s house on that day. |
The little prince leaves his planet (星球) to visit other planets. When he comes to the sixth planet, he sees an old man. The man is reading a big book with a magnifier (放大镜).
The old man: Where are you from, boy?
The little prince: What’s that big book? What are you doing?
The old man: I’m a geographer. The book is about all the seas, rivers, mountains and…
The little prince: Your planet is very beautiful. Does it have any mountains?
The old man: I don’t know.
The little prince: How about rivers and lakes?
The old man: I have no idea, either.
The little prince: Why? You are a geographer!
The old man: Right! But… Well, where are you from?
The little prince: My planet is very far away from yours. It’s very small. There is only a rose and three volcanoes (火山) on my planet. Not so interesting, right? That’s why I want to visit other planets.
The old man thinks for a minute. Then he says to the little prince, “The Earth can be a good place for you to visit.” The little prince says thanks and leaves.
—Taken from The Little Prince
1. The little prince visited ________ planets before coming to this old man’s planet.| A．six | B．five | C．four | D．three |
| A．Why do you work as a geographer? |
| B．Why do you live on this planet? |
| C．Why do you know all the seas and mountains? |
| D．Why do you know little about your planet? |
① It’s far from the Earth. ② It’s not very small.
③ It has a flower. ④ It has volcanoes.
| A．①③ | B．①③④ | C．②③④ | D．①②③④ |
| A．story book | B．film poster |
| C．science newspaper | D．geography magazine |
【推荐3】The Marches were a happy family. Poverty, hard work, and even the fact that Father March was away with the Union armies could not down the spirits of Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy, and Merimee.
The March sisters tried to be good but had their share of faults. Pretty Meg was often displeased with the schoolchildren she taught; boyish Jo was easy to become angry; golden-haired schoolgirl Amy liked to show up; but Beth, who kept the house, was loving and gentle always.
The happy days passed and darkness came when a telegram arrived for Mrs. March. “Your husband is very ill,” it said, “come at once.” The girls tried to be brave when their mother left for the front. They waited and prayed. Little Beth got scarlet fever (猩红热) when she was taking care of a sick neighbor. She became very ill but began to recover by the time Merimee was back. When Father came home from the front and at that joyful Christmas dinner they were once more all together.
Three years later the March girls had grown into young womanhood. Meg became Mrs. Brooke, and after a few family troubles got used to her new state happily. Jo had found pleasure in her literary efforts. Amy had grown into a young lady with a talent for design and an even greater one for society. But Beth had never fully regained her health, and her family watched her with love and anxiety.
Amy was asked to go and stay in Europe with a relative of the Marches’. Jo went to New York and became successful in her writing and had the satisfaction of seeing her work published there. But at home the bitterest blow was yet to fall. Beth had known for some time that she couldn’t live much longer to be with her family, and in the springtime she died.
News came from Europe that Amy and Laurie, the grandson of a wealthy neighbor, had planned to be married soon. Now Jo became ever more successful in her writing and got married to Professor Bhaer, and soon afterwards founded a school for boys.
And so the little women had grown up and lived happily with their children, enjoying the harvest of love and goodness that they had devoted all their lives to.
1. The members of the March family were Father March, Mrs. March and their ________.| A．four daughters | B．five daughters |
| C．son and four daughters | D．son and five daughters |
| A．Jo. | B．Beth. | C．Amy. | D．Meg. |
| A．The March Family. | B．The March Parents. |
| C．The March Girls. | D．The March Relatives. |
| A．both happiness and sadness | B．wealthy neighbors |
| C．more girls than boys | D．a lot of rich relatives |
