As a volunteer teacher, I traveled a long way to a small village school in Longzhou, Guangxi. On my way there, I thought about the village, the school, and the children there. However, I felt sad when I arrived there. It wasn’t what I expected. It didn’t look like a school at all! The school had only three rooms, one for Grades 1, 2, and 3, and another one for Grades 4, 5 and 6. There was a third one for me.
The children welcomed me warmly on my first day. They asked me a lot of questions, and I told them stories about myself and my life in Shanghai. The next day, I gave them a test to find out their levels. To my surprise, though the test was very easy, over half of the students failed it, yet they all wanted to learn new things. I knew they needed me.
I was busy preparing lessons and reading test papers every night. I enjoyed teaching these lovely and hard-working children, and I could see that they were making progress with my help.
I have worked in Longzhou for a year now. I’m very happy, and the experience has been very useful for me. I love the small village school and the children. In fact, I would like to continue working here.
1. From the first paragraph, we know the school is very ________.| A．beautiful | B．small | C．interesting | D．big |
| A．2 | B．4 | C．5 | D．6 |
| A．Longzhou | B．Guangxi | C．Shanghai | D．Beijing |
| A．It is very useful. | B．It is very interesting. |
| C．It is very careful. | D．It is very exciting. |
| A．was sorry for the poor school | B．worked hard to teach the children |
| C．didn’t want to work in the school | D．left the school in a short time |
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| A. Give Animals Love There are many animals here. Some of them are sick. Do you like animals? Do you want to look after them? Animals are our friends. We should give them a good life. Please come here and join us! B. We Need Your Time HAPPY Senior Center needs more volunteers to take care of the old people, especially on the weekend. We have 300 elders, but only 20 volunteers. If you want to come here, please call us at 2782-8094. C. Join the Charity Sale We are having a parents sale to raise money for orphans. They are the ones without parents and need your love. You can come to New City Park and show your love. All the income will be given to JOY Children’s Home. D. 10, 000 books Needed Do you have books at home which you have read and don’t have any space for? Why not give them away to Eslite Foundation for Culture and Arts? The foundation is collecting 10, 000 books for others in need. E. Let’s Clean Do you want to join us? We are going to clean the Sunshine Beach and some parks in our city. We all want to live in a clean city and we should keep our city as clean as our rooms. Why not come here and join us in your free time? F. Show Your Love Now Many people lost their homes in the terrible flood in Henan. We need your help and love. Let’s do something to help them together. Call Red Cross at 7324568 for more information. |
【推荐2】Having a family means more than just sharing DNA; it also means having a safety net when bad things happen.
Gean didn’t have that safety net on the worst day of her life back in January 2021. That day, Gean’s husband of 58 years died in their home. When police arrived at the scene, they discovered Gean and her husband had been living in conditions so bad, so they decided the house was not safe and must be repaired at once. With no children or relatives to help her, Gean suddenly found herself homeless while also struggling with the loss of her husband. That’s when a neighbor she hardly knew came over and told her, “Don’t worry, we’re going to help you.”
Carmen Silva and her husband live in a small, three-bedroom home across the street from Gean’s house. The Silvas are a big family with 8 kids, but they didn’t hesitate (犹豫) to make some room for their new “adopted grandma”! Carmen says she always taught her kids to respect their elders. Her sons started sleeping on the sofa so that Gean could have her own room, and they welcomed her with open arms.
The good news doesn’t end there. Gean’s husband had served in the army for a few years, so when an organization that helps veterans (退伍军人) and their families heard what happened to Gean, they offered help. More than 200 volunteers helped repair Gean’s home.
It took about 18 months to complete, and Gean is pleased to back in her own home! Naturally, she’s going to share it with her new family ! What started as a terrible time in Gean’s life ended in the best possible way!
1. Gean got married in _________.| A．1956 | B．1960 | C．1963 | D．1978 |
| A．interested | B．supportive | C．confident | D．hopeful |
| A．ask more people to help Gean |
| B．introduce a way to offer help |
| C．encourage readers to be kind |
| D．show the help different people offered |
①The Silvas made some room for Gean.
②Gean shared her home with her new family.
③An organization collected volunteers.
④Gean’s home was repaired completely.
⑤Gean’s husband passed away at home.
| A．⑤①③④② | B．⑤①②④③ | C．⑤②①③④ | D．⑤④②①③ |
【推荐3】Send your best wishes
This summer, a big flood hit Henan province hard. Some people died or went missing in this terrible disaster (灾难). People from all over China came to help Henan, including some people I know. My mother told me that her hairdresser Mr. Zhang was going to close his shop for one month. He was going to Zhengzhou to help with the rescue work. Mr. Li is a restaurant owner in my neighborhood. He was also going to Henan to help out. I was really moved by their spirit.
But unlike them, some people did nothing but complain online. They said bad things about the local government, the rescue work and many other things.
I don’t think they did the right thing. During disasters, pointing fingers(指责)won't help anyone. It’ll just cause fear and worry. Saving lives is the most important.
I think we should learn from Mr. Zhang and Mr. Li for the positive energy (正能量) they brought. I wrote some encouraging things online and sent my best wishes to Henan. Helping others is the best way to help ourselves.
1. What happened in Henan province?| A．Henan was usually hit by big floods. | B．People from all over the world came to help Henan. |
| C．Some people went missing in the flood. | D．Some people I know died in Henan. |
| A．He is my hairdresser. | B．He closed his shop for a week. |
| C．He was going to do the rescue work in Zhengzhou. | D．He owns a restaurant in my neighborhood. |
| A．It’ll cause disasters. | B．It is the right thing. | C．It helps save lives. | D．It helps nothing. |
| A．“I” brought Mr. Zhang and Mr. Li the positive energy. | B．“I” wrote encouraging things online for many times. |
| C．Helping others is in order to help ourselves. | D．“I” sent my best wishes to Henan. |
| A．To call for more positive energy through good wishes. | B．To let people came to the rescue in Henan. |
| C．To find the best way to help ourselves. | D．To stop all the complaints online. |
【推荐1】Lin has a few e-friends from different countries. He is telling something about them.
 | Tony is from the USA. He is thirteen years old. He is tall and good-looking. And he likes playing basketball. His dream is to be a great basketball player. |
 | Lisa is 12 years old. She’s a German(德国的) girl. She has brown and long hair. She likes listening to music. But she likes drawing best. Her dream is to be an Art teacher. |
 | Judy is a 12-year-old Australian girl. Her hobby is reading books. She has many friends because she is friendly to everyone. She’d like to be a reporter. |
 | Eric is from Japan. He is fourteen years old. He’s strong because he often does sports. His favourite subject is Maths. And he wants to be a scientist. |
| A．Tony | B．Lisa | C．Judy | D．Eric |
| A．two | B．three | C．four | D．five |
| A．comes from Germany | B．wants to be a player |
| C．is good at making friends | D．likes to do sports best |
【推荐2】I’m going to have a great weekend. I’ll go across Canada with my parents by car. We’ll drive seven or eight hours a day.
In Toronto, we’ll stay in a big hotel. The food is very delicious. There’s a big swimming pool and a lot of game rooms. I think I’ll play there happily. But there’ll be lots of people in the hotel, so I think we’ll sleep in one room. And it’s expensive.
Then we are going to stay in a small cabin (小木屋) in the mountains. I really love it. The cabin is clean and quiet. We’ll have two rooms, so we can have a good sleep. But we have to get up early because we want to go swimming. There is a beautiful lake near the cabin. We can also go fishing and cook food outside.
1. In Paragraph 2, what’s the problem of the hotel?| A．There are few game rooms. | B．There is only one room for them. |
| C．The food there is not delicious. | D．There’s no swimming pool in the hotel. |
| A．the small cabin | B．the mountain | C．the hotel | D．the lake |
| A．They can play in the game rooms. | B．They can have lots of delicious food. |
| C．They can go swimming and cook food. | D．They can go skiing and swimming. |
| A．It’s near the swimming pool. | B．It’s in the mountains. |
| C．It’s behind the game room. | D．It’s in a big hotel. |
| A．Visiting Canada | B．A beautiful cabin |
| C．A pleasant weekend plan | D．Delicious food in a hotel |
【推荐3】Peter always doesn’t know the way. His friends often laugh at him. They say he needs a map to find the bathroom in his own house. In his eyes, every street looks the same, and he doesn’t know which way to go. Sometimes he has to take a taxi home because he can’t remember the way to his house.
Peter watches a lot of films and reads a lot of books about animals. Each bird knows which way is south. Bats (蝙蝠) can fly at night and find their way with their ears. He feels embarrassed (困窘的) because all these animals have a good sense of direction. He tries to find his way with the help of stars in the sky. There is a star called the North Star, and he knows how to find it.
Of course, Peter’s friends are still laughing at him, because he can only see the North Star outside when it is sunny at night. He can’t tell the directions in the daytime or when he is inside or when it is cloudy.
1. Sometimes Peter has to take a taxi home because ________.| A．he is tired after shopping |
| B．he doesn’t know the way home |
| C．he likes taking the taxi |
| D．his friends want him to do that |
| A．ears | B．mouths | C．noses | D．eyes |
| A．Reading a map. | B．With the help of Bats. |
| C．With the help of stars in the sky. | D．By himself. |
| A．幽默感 | B．责任感 | C．幸福感 | D．方向感 |
① can’t still find his way in the daytime
② can’t still find his way when he is inside
③ can’t still find his way when it is cloudy
④ can see the North Star outside
| A．①③ | B．①② | C．①②③ | D．①②③④ |
“Do you want to grow your own vegetables?” Mom asked. “Yes!” My eyes got wide. Mom smiled at my excitement.
After supper, I rushed to see how much they might grow. Nothing! My mouth dropped.
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Early the next morning, I ran to the back yard,
The next morning, I raced to the garden again. No changes. “
Then one morning, I walked out to my garden. I was not expecting to see anything yet.
| A．Someone stole my seeds! |
| B．She gave me a book on gardening. |
| C．Why is it taking so long for the seeds to grow? |
| D．To my surprise, a little bit of green came into my eyes. |
| E．Everything looked the same but I wasn’t that disappointed. |
In 1972, Richard Sears, a young American began learning Chinese because of his interest in traditional Chinese culture. He was drawn to the ancient language so much that he went to China to study Chinese in the 1990s.
In 1994, Richard Sears decided to put the ancient Chinese characters online. Then, in 2002, he did it. That is the beginning of the Chinese Etymology (汉字字源) website. “My website did not get much attention during the first few years. Until one day in 2011, it suddenly got a lot of attention. I got a few thousand emails, and a few million visitors and people started calling me ‘Uncle Hanzi’,” Sears said with a smile. Hanzi means Chinese characters. He has put more than 96, 000 ancient Chinese characters onto the website. “When I study each character, I wonder what the ancient Chinese thought,” said Sears.
After visiting many Chinese cities, Sears learned more about China and ancient Chinese culture. He said when he came to China in the last century, few Chinese could speak good English. “However, you can hear English in many places in China now. Chinese language and culture were mysterious and not known by people in most countries then, but now, more and more people in the world are learning Chinese, even Chinese history, traditional Chinese medicine and so on,” Sears added.
Now, the 74-year-old American has made his home in China. “I believe my website will live on after I die, and I’m planning to write a book about my research. This will be my gift to China,” he said.
1. What does the underlined sentence (划线句子) “He was drawn to the ancient language” mean in Paragraph 1?| A．Sears was interested in ancient Chinese. | B．Sears had to study Chinese characters. |
| C．Sears could draw Chinese characters well. | D．Sears could speak ancient Chinese very well. |
| A．30 | B．44 | C．52 | D．74 |
| A．Sears decided to put the ancient Chinese characters online in 1994. |
| B．Sears’ website got a lot of attention as soon as it went online. |
| C．Sears has put over 96, 000 ancient Chinese characters on the website. |
| D．Sears’ website has been popular since 2011 and he is well-known. |
| A．More and more people intend to learn Chinese history. |
| B．Traditional Chinese medicine is becoming popular. |
| C．It is difficult for foreigners to learn Chinese and Chinese culture. |
| D．China has an increasing influence over the world. |
| A．Great Changes in China | B．Beautiful Chinese Characters |
| C．American “Uncle Hanzi” | D．Travelling from America to China |
【推荐3】On television, talk shows are very popular. Many people enjoy watching them. American host (节目主持人) Oprah Winfrey once had a number—one talk show on TV. Oprah is very smart and she is really good at talking to people. She asked people interesting questions on her show. She laughed and cried with them. She got them to open up and tell the true stories about themselves.
Oprah is far more than a talk show host! She is also an actress and has her own magazine. She does all she can to help children. She gets people to read more, help others, and work hard for a better life. In her eyes, all these things are worthwhile (值得做的). She’s happy, she has a full life.
Oprah’s life isn’t always so happy. When she was a little kid, her mother was poor and young and could not take care of (照顾) her. Oprah lived on her grandmother’s farm and she had no friends and no toys there. Sometimes she got into fights with other kids. Luckily, she went to live with her father later. Oprah said her father saved her life. He took good care of her and made her follow his rules. She became a good student. Then she got a job reading the news on the radio when she was still in high school!
1. What do the first two paragraphs talk about?| A．Oprah’s books. | B．Oprah’s family. | C．Oprah’s talents. | D．Oprah’s dreams. |
| A．Her grandmother | B．Her friends | C．Her mother | D．Her father |
| A．Happy. | B．Bad. | C．Interesting. | D．Exciting. |
| A．Sports. | B．Health. | C．Food. | D．People. |
