In the heart of a small town lived a boy named Tom. He was known among his neighbors for his kindness and helpful nature. One day, while he was on his way home from school, Tom noticed an old woman. She was trying to water her garden, but it seemed a bit hard for her. Seeing that, Tom decided to help her every day after school.
Tom kept his promise and watered the garden as if it had been his own. Over time, the plants grew up. One summer, a serious drought (干旱) hit the town, and many plants died. However, the old woman’s garden remained green and full of life. People were amazed by the garden’s beauty and asked the old woman how she managed to keep her plants alive.
The woman told them about Tom’s daily efforts and how his kindness had saved her garden. The story spread throughout the town, and Tom became known as the boy who could make anything grow.
Years later, Tom became a famous botanist (植物学家). He never forgot the lesson he learned from the old woman and continued to spread kindness wherever he went. Kindness is like water to a plant. It can grow and bring out the best in everything around us.
1. What was Tom famous for?（不超过5个词）2. How was the old woman’s garden after a serious drought in the summer? （不超过 10个词）
3. What does the story want to tell us?（不超过10个词）
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【推荐1】Almost every school day, Yang Wenqing moves back and forth between three classrooms busily to teach her 22 students. She is the only teacher of this teaching center in Dengyunzhai Village, Luxi County, Hunan Province. The village is home to many “left-behind children”, as their parents have gone to work in cities. “Now 15 of the 22 students here are ‘left-behind children’,” says Yang.
The 53-year-old teacher volunteered to come to Dengyunzhai ten years ago when Luxi County set up this teaching center to make it easier for the school-age children to receive education. Yang says, “The purpose of the teaching center is to provide preschool (学龄前的) care and educate the pupils in the first and second grades. When our students are able to walk to the primary school 4 kilometers away on their own, they will be enrolled (加入) in higher grades.”
Besides Chinese and math, Yang also teaches music and art. In order to better teach the students, she received training. “Although I am the only teacher here, children should learn nothing less,” she says.
At 4 p.m. every school day, Yang walks out of the classroom and rings the school bell. Upon hearing the bell, the students line up to his return home. Then Yang carefully cleans the classrooms. She is always the last one to leave the school.
“I enjoy being with the children. And I think I can work in the teaching center for another 10 years,” Yang says.
阅读短文，回答下列问题。
1. How many students are “left-behind Children” in the teaching center?
2. Why did Luxi County set up the teaching center ten years ago?
3. What subjects does Yang Wenqing teach?
4. Yang Wenqing doesn’t like the life in the village, does she?
5. What does the passage mainly talk about?
Volunteers from 10 universities in Xi’an went to Xiushidu Primary School in Shanxi Province, to care for left-behind children two weeks ago. “ Left-behind children ” refers to children whose parents have moved to work and live in cities.
Xiushidu Primary School has more than 500 students and about 350 are left-behind children. Most students live in school and go home once a month. Every weekend, their teachers play games with them to make sure that children do not get lonely.
This was the first time that over 30 volunteers had come to Xiushidu Primary School. They were divided into five groups. The volunteers not only did playground activities with the students but also taught them music and art.
“ I enjoyed playing with the volunteers. We have never had such activities. It was so fun! ” said Qiu Yiting, a fifth grader at Xiushidu Primary School, whose parents have been working and living in Shenzhen for several years.
1. When did the volunteers go to Xiushidu Primary School?
2. How many left-behind children are there in Xiushidu Primary School？
3. What did Qiu Yiting think of playing with the volunteers?
4. This was the first time that over 30 volunteers had come to Xiushidu Primary School. (从短文中找出与划线部分意思最相近短语)
5. In the passage, the underlined word “ them ” refers to(指)
March 5th is “Lei Feng Day”. Fifty years ago on this day, Chairman Mao Zedong called on (号召) people to “Learn from Lei Feng ”. Now half a century has passed. Is the spirit (精神) of Lei Feng outdated (过时) ? Some people have shown us that it’s not. But people have also changed the ways in which they help others.
Li Yunlin, who works in a hospital in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, has been a volunteer for 15 years. He still remembers his experience in an old people’s home several years ago. An old woman held his hand and said, “You don’t need to do anything for us. Visiting old people like you here is all we need.” Those words made Li think: in what ways can we help people better? “Every person does what they can, no matter how small it is, to give out positive energy (正能量). And before we lend a helping hand, we should find out what they want.” Li said to Qianjiang Evening News.
As well as Li, other people have shown their understanding of the spirit of Lei Feng. A “noodle fever” swept Zhengzhou, Henan in January. It started with an online post (帖子). Li Gang, a 42-year-old local man, said in the post that he has got cancer (癌症). He needed a lot of money for an operation (手术). He was not asking for donations (捐赠), but he hoped people would come to eat at his restaurant. Li’s post was known quickly. Soon his restaurant was filled with people every day. Li had an operation on February 2nd and now he is getting better.
“It is good to help Li and his family like this for it shows them respect (尊重) and it doesn’t hurt their pride,” Qianjiang Evening News said.
1. Who called on people to learn from Lei Feng?2. How long has Li Yunlin been a volunteer?
3. What happened to Li Gang?
4. Was Li Gang’s operation successful?
5. What do you think of Li Yunlin?
One day I saw a young man selling toys at the roadside. Usually I would pay no attention and hurry to pass such vendors (小贩). When I noticed this young man was blind, I stood there for some time, watching him, because I wondered how he sold his toys.
Soon, a young mother with a little child came by and the child was interested in one of the toys. The young mother asked the price and it was only one dollar The young mother pulled out a $10 note and told the young man that she was giving him 10 dollars and wanted the change back. “How is he going to do it?” I wondered. He told the young mother to put the money in the bag around his neck and take out her change. She then did it.
I realized that this young man depended on trusting people not to cheat (欺骗) him. There was no way for him to know if someone would take out more than they should have. I was so moved that I bought a toy from him that I did not need at all.
I believed that the world would be a better place if we could all trust each other, like the young street vendor and the young mother.
1. Why did the writer stand there for some time to watch the vendor? (不超过10个词)2. How did the young mother get her change? (不超过15个词)
3. What does the story want to tell us? (不超过15个词)
A crow (乌鸦) was flying with a big piece of meat in his mouth. While later, some eagles (鹰) started following it. Seeing this, the crow got very scared. He started flying higher and higher to avoid them but poor crow couldn’t get rid of (摆脱) them.
Only then a bird saw this and came close to him, “What happened? You seem very worried.”
Crow said, “Some eagles are coming after me to kill me.”
The bird laughed, “They are not out to kill you but after the piece of meat in your mouth. Leave it and see what happen then.”
Still the crow didn’t want to leave the meat. After a while when the crow couldn’t keep flying higher and eagles were about to reach him, he followed the bird’s advice and dropped it. Eagles turned to follow the meat right away.
The bird said, “Pain remains only as long as we hold on to it. By knowing the reason and giving up something, all our pain will end right now.”
1. Why did the crow fly higher while eagles followed it? (不超过5个词)2. What did eagles do after crow dropped the meat? (不超过10个词)
3. What can we learn from the text? (不超过15个词)
Hi. My name is Tom and I’m 13 years old. I’m from America. I came to China last year. It’s my first time to be in China. Now I’m at a middle school in Beijing.
This is my family. My mum is a doctor. She works in a Children’s hospital. If we get a cold, we don’t have to see the doctor. Mum will take care of us. My dad is a diplomat(外交官). He goes to many countries. He often tells me about his stories in those countries. My sister is a student. She is 15. She is good at Chinese. My Chinese is not good. She often helps me with it.
My sister and I both love animals. And we keep a lovely cat in our American home. But we can’t take it with us. So I give it to my best friend Bob.
1. How many people are there in Tom’s family?2. What does Tom’s father do?
3. Which subject is Tom’s sister good at?
4. Where does Tom’s mother work?
5. Who does Tom give their cat to?
