One day Peng Xianzhe learned he would go to the Mashan School in Guizhou. The 16-year-old boy tried to imagine how serious the drought was for the students at that school. However, he realized it was more serious than he had imagined when he saw the sign “DON’T wash clothes with water, or you will be punished (惩罚).”
Because of drought, the school has been short of water for a long time. Each student has only one bottle of water every day for washing and drinking. The drought has made the poor students much poorer.
Peng is a student from Beijing Chaoyang Foreign Language School. He took part in the school’s Rain & Bow Project from April 2 to 10.
The project idea came from Peng’s principal (负责人). One day, she heard a sad story about Li Guoxian, a poor girl in the Mashan School, who stopped going to school because of drought. The principal started this project to help the school. In one day, 3,000 students made over 10,000 donations of water, books and clothes.
Peng and other four students went to the Mashan School and gave the donations with five teachers. They visited poor families, made surveys and had classes at the school.
Ding Zhentao, 16, was worried about the school’s poor learning environment. “The blackboards and playground are too shabby to use,” Ding said. “Besides, there really aren’t enough teachers. A teacher has to teach both history and English, and even the cook is a class teacher.”
Although life isn’t easy, students at the school have a positive attitude (积极的态度) towards life and they are quite willing to learn. That’s what moved 16-year-old Chen Shi most.
“They sang their songs together as usual before class every afternoon. After class, the students asked us to tell them things about Beijing and our studies,” Chen said. “You can see the passion (热情) in them. I believe it will make a difference. Their futures will be bright.”
1. Which school does Peng Xianzhe study?| A．Mashan School. |
| B．Beijing Chaoyang Foreign Language School. |
| C．Project School. |
| A．黑乎乎的 | B．光滑的 | C．破旧不堪的 |
| A．The principal of the foreign language school. |
| B．Peng Xianzhe, a 16-year—old boy. |
| C．Chen Shi, a student from Beijing. |
| A．Four. | B．Five. | C．Ten. |
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Mrs. Smith’s class was excited about the school talent show.
The day of the talent show arrived. Mrs. Smith surprised everyone.
The next performer was Abby.
Morgan showed everyone her talent by doing a jazz dance.
It was Tim’s turn. Tim tried telling funny jokes, but no one laughed. He tried and tried, but his jokes weren’t funny. In the end, the time came for Tim to leave. But he fell over (摔倒) when he left. Everyone laughed so hard that Tim pretended (假装) to fall again. The students laughed even more. Tim decided that if he were on a talent show again, he wouldn’t tell jokes.
| A．He would just pretend to fall a lot. |
| B．She played a New Year song on the piano. |
| C．He would just stand there and laugh with others. |
| D．No one knew she was such a good magician. |
| E．There were three student performers from their class. |
| F．She danced wrongly twice, but the students still liked it. |
| G．But no one in their class would perform. |
【推荐2】The students are having an art lesson. The teacher asks her students to draw a picture to show their thanks. Students draw their pictures carefully, and most of them are about food. But one short boy only draws a hand in his picture. The teacher is surprised at the boy’s picture. Why is there only a hand in it?
But whose hand is it? Nobody knows the answer. So the students talk about the question. “I think it must be the hand of God because he brings us food.” says one of the students. “It’s a farmer’s hand,” says another student. “Because farmers keep the chickens.” Finally, the teacher asks the short boy whose hand it is.
“It’s your hand, Miss Wang.” the short boy answers.
She now remembers that she often takes the short boy’s hand to play games. She often takes the other students’ hands, too. But it is very important(重要的) to the short boy. That is his thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving is not a thing or a word. It is a kind of feeling.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1. What does the teacher ask her students to draw?
| A．A picture of a hand. | B．A picture of some food. |
| C．A picture of a chicken. | D．A picture to show their thanks. |
| A．A farmer. | B．A hand. | C．Some food. | D．Their classmates. |
| A．表扬 | B．批评 | C．感动 | D．惊讶 |
| A．One | B．Two | C．Three | D．Four |
| A．God always brings us food. |
| B．Thanksgiving is the feeling in our heart. |
| C．The short boy doesn’t like to draw food. |
| D．The teacher only takes the short boy’s hand. |
【推荐3】Tina is an English girl. She is twelve years old. Now she lives in Beijing with her mom. She likes Chinese very much.
Today the new school year begins.
根据短文内容，将下面的选项还原到文中空白处，使短文内容完整、通顺，每个选项只能用一次，其中有一个选项是多余的。
| A．Tina goes to school today. |
| B．She is seven years old. |
| C．Tina likes her very much. |
| D．It’s a new and nice school. |
| E．Her classmates like her, too. |
| F．Tina likes her mother very much. |
【推荐1】 Sydney Fredette has a lot of things to deal with. Not only is she a high school student, but she has also set up her own organization, Beary Merry Christmas. She volunteers(自愿) to serve poor kids and families in Orange Country in California, US.
To remember her best friend who died of cancer nearly 10 years ago, Fredette decided to serve those in Orange Country who are less lucky than she is.
She began with the simple idea of collecting donated(捐赠的) Build ABears, the popular toy animal that is made by children themselves in the stores’ workshops. Fredette then gave them as gifts to the homeless children in California during the holiday season.
With donations at more than 100 bears a year, Fredette and volunteers host activities every year, where volunteers not only give out the bears, but also clothing, meals, and other things.
Not wanting to limit(限制) the giving to just the holiday months, Fredette now hosts other activities for Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day and Halloween, providing the chance for her volunteer team to make a difference through the year.
“I love making relationships with the people I serve,” Fredette said. “The thanks they have, hearing their stories and seeing how happy they are, it’s so cool.”
Future plans for Fredette include building a public food bank and providing a selfdevelopment class for students in her school who will soon attend college.
Heading to college herself in the fall, Fredette is looking to stay local and continue to help out in her hometown. In fact, she was regarded as a “Dreamer & Doer” not long ago for her work in improving her community, along with 32 other high school students.
1. When did Fredette’s best friend die of cancer?| A．Ten weeks ago. | B．Ten years ago. | C．On Mother’s Day. |
| A．keep her life busy | B．help poor people | C．look after the sick |
| A．It holds one activity a year. | B．It offers service around America. |
| C．It gives out other things besides bears. | |
| A．likes telling people stories | B．dreams of being a teacher |
| C．is pleased with what she does | |
| A．Giving back to society | B．Getting on well with others | C．Providing a food bank |
【推荐2】Birthday cards and parties are always the most popular ways for children to celebrate their birthdays, but not for Logan Brown in the US. He has serious autism (自闭症). He can’t talk and doesn’t have any friends. According to his mother Catherine, he stopped getting birthday cards and having parties years ago. This year was Logan’s 12th birthday. His mother loved him and wanted him to have a great birthday, just like other children. She asked Facebook (a website) for help, inviting friends and strangers to send her son cards for his 12th birthday. In Catherine’s Facebook post, she wrote, “will you write Happy Birthday to Logan -from your friend- in Washington, Hawaii…? Help us celebrate Logan’s birthday!”
Then the Browns were excited to receive more than 3, 000 birthday cards from all over the world. When one police officer read Catherine’s Facebook post, he decided to organize a surprise party for Logan at a local restaurant. On that day, many police took part in the party and gave the little boy a birthday cake and some other gifts. “We couldn’t let Logan’s birthday pass without something special for him.” Said the police officer.
With the help of his mother and the Internet, Logan had a special birthday.
1. Which country does Logan come from?| A．The UK. | B．Australia. | C．France. | D．The US. |
| A．he didn’t like them | B．he has serious autism |
| C．his mother doesn’t love him | D．his friends are very poor |
| A．He always got birthday cards. | B．He wanted to have a great birthday. |
| C．He can’t talk and has no friends. | D．He wanted to get a card from his mother. |
| A．Logan’s mother | B．The police officer | C．Logan’s father | D．Facebook |
| A．his mother’s love | B．the help of the Internet |
| C．his friends | D．Both A and B |
【推荐3】When I was very young, people in our village lived by planting fruit trees. My grandmother always took me to the orchard(果园) on the hill. At that time, they had to carry water from the river at the foot of the hill to halfway up the hill. Even though they worked so hard, the production(产量) of fruit was still low because it was short of water there.
One day, two young men led a group of workers to our village. They learned about our difficulties, and later, a canal project(灌溉工程) began to be built in my village. “Who are they?” I asked. “They are good men from our government,” my grandma replied.
Then, I moved to another city for my junior high school. During one summer holiday, I came back to my hometown with my parents. When we arrived there, we were surprised because everything changed. We saw the canal ran through every orchard. And my grandma told us that after the canal project was completed, villagers didn’t have to go up and down the hill to carry water anymore. And more and more people start planting fruit and the production increased a lot.
Thanks to the government’s canal project, it makes the development of our countryside better. Nowadays, people work hard to live in a big city. However, we should not forget our hometown. That is where we are from.
1. The difficulty of the villagers was that ________.| A．they didn’t have money to buy water |
| B．there wasn’t enough water in the orchard |
| C．they didn’t have machines to plant fruit |
| D．they couldn’t go to work in the big city |
| A．the villagers’ advice | B．a school’s research project |
| C．the government’s help | D．a company’s building plan |
① A canal project began to be built in the village to solve the water problem.
② The countryside changed a lot because of the canal project.
③ The writer moved to the city for his junior high school.
④ The villagers had to go up and down the hill to carry water.
| A．④③①② | B．④①③② | C．③②①④ | D．③①②④ |
| A．How has my village changed? | B．Who are the good men? |
| C．Why do people come back? | D．What does a hometown mean? |
The seven-day festival Homecoming begins on September 28th in our school. We have some interesting things for you this time.
| Homecoming Homecoming is a festival for students in the new term. There is a school party for them. Their family and friends can come to the party, too. |
The first day is School Day. Your parents can come with you to see our school. Then there is a big dinner on September 30th. You can eat vegetable salad, fruits, hamburgers and ice-cream. The next day, there’s a big sale. You can sell and buy old books, pencil boxes ... and schoolbags there. Then on the evening of October 3rd, we have a school party. Girls in long white dresses and boys in black suits come to the party. It can be great! The next day, there’s a big game — the American football game. It can be really interesting to watch it. Have a good time with us.
1. How long does the festival Homecoming last (持续)?| A．Eight days. | B．Seven days. | C．Six days. |
| A．Girls. | B．Girls and boys. | C．Girls, boys, their family and friends. |
| A．On October 4th. | B．On September 30th. | C．On September 28th. |
| A．A school party. | B．A big sale. | C．A big dinner. |
| A．Great. | B．Interesting. | C．Relaxing. |
Dear Land,
How are you? Now I’d like to tell you something about our school’s talent show last week. It was a great success. There were twenty acts. Eliza was the best act. She played the piano beautifully. Steve and his dog were the funniest. We couldn’t stop laughing when we were watching their performance. They sang acute song together. And Vera was the most creative act. She played the guitar upside down. But Dennis was the worst act. He couldn’t juggle at all.
Can you tell me something about your school? Please write soon.
Yours,
Lisa
1. How was the talent show last week?| A．It was very successful. | B．It was very dull. | C．It was very creative. |
| A．Land. | B．Eliza. | C．Vera. |
| A．Eliza. | B．Steve. | C．Steve and his dog. |
| A．从头到尾 | B．自上而下 | C．倒立 |
| A．student | B．worker | C．writer |
【推荐3】Field Day (体育比赛日) was coming as usual, but Carly was not looking forward to it. Mary was Carty’s closest friend, and they walked to school from Monday to Friday.
“Aren’t you excited about Field Day? I can’t wait,” Mary asked Carly.
“No, I don’t care about that boring day. Most of the games are silly,” answered Carly.
“We had fun last year. Don’t you remember how we beat the team in the egg and spoon race?” asked Mary.
“I know you won. But my leg was hurt in a traffic accident before then, So I had to sit out that race on that day,” said Carly, “No one ever picks me for their team because I’m not good at those games. Or maybe they dislike me.”
Mary felt bad after she left Carly at her house and headed home. She wondered what she could do to cheer her friend up. She called her teacher and asked what games were there on the Field Day this year.
Thursday finally arrived. Mary came by Carly’s house for their walk to school. Carly was very quiet on the way to school, Mary said, “I hear they are going to have horseshoes (掷马蹄铁) today and also a water balloon game this year.”
“Really?” asked Carly. “I love playing horseshoes, and I am good at catching those water balloons.” Suddenly Carly felt more excited about getting to school and starting Field Day than she ever did.
The games began, and Carly had the most fun she ever had on a Field Day! Her team won the first place in the water balloon game thanks to her. What a great day!
1. When was the Field Day this year?| A．On Monday. | B．On Thursday. |
| C．On Friday. | D．On Saturday. |
| A．Boring. | B．Funny. | C．Terrible. | D．Meaningful. |
| A．Mary didn’t like the games. |
| B．Carly hurt her leg during the egg and spoon race. |
| C．Mary and Carly were in different teams. |
| D．Carly didn’t take part in the egg and spoon race. |
| A．The egg and spoon race. |
| B．Horseshoes. |
| C．The water balloon game. |
| D．Running. |
【推荐1】One day, Tom's teacher, Miss Mak held a class meeting. "There will be a flag day next Saturday. Does anyone want to join this meaningful event(活动)?" asked Miss Mak. Tom was interested in raising money for homeless children but he was not brave enough to talk to the strangers, so he kept quiet in his seat.
"Tom, you haven't sold flags before," said Miss Mak suddenly. "Would you like to have a try?" Tom was hesitant(犹豫的), but he finally nodded.
On the flag day, Tom and Angela sold flags in a busy street. "Excuse me, Could you please buy...?" said Angela softly to the first person she met. The man smiled and put five-dollar coin into Angela's collection bag. Then she said thanks and put a flag under his shoulder. "I did it!" said Angela happily. "It's your turn now."
Feeling nervous, Tom began to shake. Soon, he saw a young lady walking towards him. The lady was smiling and holding a few coins in her hand. She asked, "Are you selling flags for Fund for the Homeless Children?" Tom's face became red and said yes. Then the lady made the donation(捐赠) and Tom gave her a flag. "You made it!" laughed Angela.
In the next couple of hours, Angela and Tom sold flags quickly and bravely. At last, their collection bags were so heavy that they had to hold them with both arms. They felt very proud.
1. Tom kept quiet in his seat because he was not interested in the activity.| A．Right. | B．Wrong. |
| A．Right. | B．Wrong. |
| A．Right. | B．Wrong. |
| A．Right. | B．Wrong. |
| A．Right. | B．Wrong. |
【推荐2】At dinner, Holly was talking about her father’s huge car. It used too much petrol. It made too much noise. And it caused too much pollution.
“You have to change it, Dad,” Holly said. “It’s destroying the environment.” “Actually, I’m thinking of working from home, so I won’t need the car.” “That’s great!”
Her father looked quickly at his wife, then decided to continue, “But I’m going to build a new office at the end of the garden.”
“At the end of the garden? There is the old oak tree…” Holly didn’t finish the sentence. Her face turned white with anger.
Holly’s mother said, “That tree is very old, Holly. And your father can have his new office there. It’s perfect.”
Holly was so upset. She couldn’t believe this was happening. What could she do? They were going to cut down her tree!
She walked out into the garden. The sun was sinking now and the old oak tree was huge and dark against the sky. She climbed up the rope ladder and disappeared among the leaves and branches.
Now she was inside her old tree house. It was her favourite place in the world, her secret place. There were holes in its roof and there were old birds’ nests in the corners. But there was a little chair, some broken toys and some blankets. She sat down and looked out at the garden and the sky. She could see the moon and stars. She could hear a bird singing. She could see the lights inside her house.
1. Holly’s dad wanted to cut down the oak tree and build ________.| A．a larger garden | B．a bigger house | C．a new office | D．a rope ladder |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．was very poor | B．cared about the environment |
| C．hated her parents | D．could only stay in the tree house |
a. She became angry. b. She was having dinner.
c. She looked at the sky. d. She climbed into her tree house.
| A．c—b—a—d | B．b—a—d—c | C．c—a—d—b | D．b—d—a—c |
1. How many chapeters are there in the Contents?
| A．98 | B．6 | C．5 | D．7 |
| A．Pancakes have a long and interesting history. | B．Pancakes are made from butter and eggs. |
| C．People needn't make pancakes today. | D．Pancakes were eaten only in the past. |
