【推荐1】One windy spring day, I noticed young people having fun using the wind to fly their kites. Colorful creations of different shapes and sizes filled the skies like beautiful birds flying and dancing. As the strong winds blew against the kites, a string kept them in control.

Instead of blowing away with the wind, they rose against it to achieve great heights. They shook and pulled, but the restraining (控制的) string and the cumbersome (笨重的) tail kept them in control, facing upward and against the wind. As the kites struggled against the string, they seemed to say, “Let me go! Let me go! I want to be free!” They rose beautifully even when they fought therestrictionof the string. Finally, one of the kites succeeded in breaking loose(松散的). “Free at last,” it seemed to say. “Free to fly with the wind.”

Yet freedom(自由) simply put it in the control of an unkind wind. It fell down to the ground and landed in a mass of weeds and string against a dead bush. “Free at last”, free to lie powerlessly in the dirt, to be blown helplessly along the ground, and to stop lifelessly against the first obstacle (障碍物).

How much like kites we sometimes are. The Heaven gives us adversity (逆境) and rules, rules to follow from which we can grow and get strength. Some of us break away from the rules so hard that we never reach the heights we might get to. We keep part of the rules and never rise high enough to get our tails off the ground.

Let us each rise to the great heights, knowing that some of the rules that we may be angry about are in fact the strong force that helps us achieve.

1. Why does the writer write the first paragraph?

A．Because it was the first time that he had seen young people flying kites.

B．Because he wants to share his feelings in nature with the readers.

C．Because he wants to tell the readers how to make beautiful kites.

D．Because he wants to use readers’ similar life experience to understand the article better.

2. By writing the second and third paragraphs, the writer seems to let the readers know__________.

A．anyone who wants no restraints is sure to be a sad end

B．what a pity it is that one kite flew down to the ground

C．man with freedom can’t be like that kite which fell down

D．the unkind wind is the cause of the fallen kite’s failure

3. What does the underlined word “restriction” in the second paragraph probably mean?

A．control

B．freedom

C．shake

D．guide

4. In the writer’s opinion, ____________.

A．without restrictions and rules we can make endless progress

B．kites are good examples to those who want to get freedom

C．restrictions are necessary for us human beings

D．we don’t need any freedom at all

【推荐3】短文填空请阅读下面的短文，并从下列方框里的六个句子中选择五个还原到原文中，使原文的意思完整、连贯。

I was holding an apple tree in my hand, as this little seed can become a big tree with thousands of apples. Thousands of apples with several seeds can grow into new trees which can produce thousands of apples. Why then wasn’t the world filled with apple trees?     1     Most of them never do or are destroyed early on in their growth.

I put the apple seed on the table, and watched it.     2     How many times do they have to try to get a seed to grow? How much work does it need?

    3     The seeds of your dreams do not grow by themselves. Like planting an apple tree, it might take many tries-like 100 job applications (求职) to get that good job.     4     And after that, others will say you are lucky—when in fact you probably failed (失败) more times than you would like to count. But you were good at failing—you learned, you changed, and then with your new knowledge you tried again. And again. And again. And one day success was yours.

I picked up the apple seed again. I took an empty flower pot, put some earth into it and planted the seed. Maybe one day it will grow into a tree.     5    

A．I’ll never know if I don’t try.

B．Maybe it is like your dreams.

C．This time I didn’t throw the seed away.

D．I thought a lot about how people grow apples.

E．It is a rule of nature that only a few seeds grow.

F．But if you keep on planting the seeds of your dream, one day you will succeed.

【推荐2】Zhang Guimei, the headmaster of Huaping High School for Girls in Lijiang city of Yunnan Province, got the title “Role Model of the Times” in 2020, because of what she has done for the girls from poor families. When Zhang was teaching at Huaping Minority Middle School, she noticed fewer girls attended school in Huaping. So she started visiting the homes of the girls who had left school and she learned the main reasons. The parents thought that it was useless to send girls for education. Most of them wanted the girls to marry. However, they treated the boys differently. This made Zhang realize that how difficult it was for girls to get an education. She came up with an idea of establishing a special school for girls. Huaping High School for Girls, a free school for girls, was completed in 2008 after overcoming all kinds of difficulties.

Anybody who knows Zhang’s own conditions will be more deeply moved by her. Since the school started, she has been living with her students. And she spent most of her money she had or received on her students, although she has serious health problems herself. She has kept taking morning readings together with the students for 12 years. Besides her work at school, she also has a part-time job to help the children who has lost their parents.

Thanks to her efforts, more than 1,800 girls from poor families have entered universities since 2008. What’s more, many of her students have chosen to teach in poor areas, while some have even come back to teach in her high school. Her efforts have also helped to improve the local education. Education for girls in poor areas has received more attention and assistance（援助） from all parts of the country. What she has done will be long remembered and encourage more to follow her example.

1. When was Huaping High School for Girls completed?

A．In 2008.

B．In 2012.

C．In 2020.

D．In 2021.

2. The girls at Huaping High School for Girls ________.

A．don’t want to go to school	B．thought it was useless to get an education
C．can all get free education	D．have all gone to universities

3. The underlined word “establishing” means ________.

A．studying

B．helping

C．sending

D．building

4. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE about Zhang Guimei?

A．She got the title “Role Model of the Times”.	B．She helped all the children from poor family.
C．She has serious health problems herself.	D．She helped to improve the local education.

5. What’ the best title for the passage?

A．Huaping High School for Girls	B．Education in Poor Areas
C．Difficult Conditions of Education	D．The Story of Zhang Guimei

【推荐3】A Birthday Present（礼物）

Susan has three dollars—the pocket money（零用钱）. She wants to buy a birthday present for her father. She comes to a big shop. She looks at the goods in a shop window and thinks, “I can give him something to wear.”

“Can I help you, little girl?” says the shopkeeper, Mr. King. “Yes, please. I’m looking for a present for my dad,” says Susan. “But I don’t know what to buy.” Mr King shows her a nice shirt and says, “What about this?” “No, I have only three dollars,” says Susan. Then she sees a beautiful white tie（领带）. She knows her father will like it. She wants to get it, but it may be very dear. She is afraid.

“How much is it?” she asks. Mr. King looks at her for a while and then he takes off the price tag（价签）and says, “That’s just three dollars.” “Oh, fine!” Susan says happily. “I’ll take it.”

1. How much money does Susan have?

A．About 3 dollars

B．Less than 3 dollars

C．More than 3 dollars

D．Only 3 dollars

2. Susan wants to buy _______.

A．something to eat

B．a skirt

C．a shirt

D．a present for her dad

3. Mr King is _______.

A．the salesman

B．the shopkeeper

C．a friend of Susan

D．a neighbor of Susan

4. At last, Susan buys _______.

A．a shirt

B．a pair of shoes

C．a tie

D．a tag

5. From the story we know that Mr. King is a _______ man.

A．kind

B．bad

C．short

D．fat

【推荐1】Four years ago, Chinese skater Wu Dajing introduced himself to the skating world by winning a silver medal at the Sochi Olympic Winter Games. At this year’s Pyeong Chang Olympics, Wu not only returned, but also made history.
On Feb 22th, 2018, Wu won the gold medal in the men’s short-track 500-metre race. He set a new world record with a time of 39.584 seconds. He also became the first Chinese man to take home an Olympic short-track gold medal. BBC said Wu’s win was “flawless”, because he was much faster than all of the other skaters.
“I didn’t give them a chance and I kept my speed from the start,” he told the media after the match.
But China’s short-track teams didn’t do well in general at the Games. Chinese skaters in the women’s 500 metres, 3000-metre relay and men’s 1500 metres all failed to take home the gold. Wu was China’s biggest hope, which put a lot of pressure on him. But he proved himself with his great performance.
Wu is now known as a highly talented skater. But things were not always that way. When Wu joined the national team in 2010, he was seen as almost “nothing” compared to gifted skaters like Zhou Yang and Fan Kexin, as his coaches said at the time. Their comments made him quite upset. But as the saying goes, “Winners never quit and quitters never win”. Wu didn’t want to give up and worked as hard as he could. He practiced skating all year round. He even didn’t return to his hometown for the holidays for 10 years. “I believe in myself,” he told the media after his match at the Olympics.
1. What does the underlined word “flawless” mean?

A．Ordinary

B．Valuable

C．Perfect

D．Difficult

2. According to the passage, which of the following is RIGHT?

A．Wu won a gold medal at the Sochi Olympic Winter Games four years ago.

B．Wu broke the world record with a time of 39.584 seconds and made history.

C．Wu’s coaches placed great hope on him when he joined the national team.

D．Chinese skaters in women’s 500 metres, 3000-metre relay took home the gold.

3. What does the last paragraph mainly tell us?

A．The national team and coaches regarded Wu as a talented skater all the way.

B．Wu kept on practicing skating all year round even in the holidays for 10 years.

C．Zhou Yang and Fan Kexin were more and more hard-working on skating than Wu Dajing.

D．It is the hardwork, confidence and strong will that have made Wu a champion.

4. Which one might be the best title of this passage?

A．From Zero to Skating Hero	B．The Dream of a Skater, Wu
C．Pyeong Chang Winner Olympics	D．Rising of China’s Bright Skiing Star

【推荐2】Christopher Columbus is famous because he found something he wasn’t looking for.

In 1492, Columbus sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in order to reach India. What he found was something far different. He found the New World. How did this come about? It all started in Italy.

Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa in 1451. His family didn’t have a lot of money, and Christopher wasn’t an only child. He didn't have much of an education until he was much older. Instead, he went to sea. He sailed around the Mediterranean(地中海) and as far north as England and Ireland.

During his travels, Columbus heard the reports of land to the west of the Madeira and Azores Islands. They were in the Atlantic Ocean west of Portugal. He wanted to know more and got maps and books on geography.

Marco Polo said that Japan was only 1,500 miles east of China. As a result, Columbus thought that Japan was only 3,000 miles west of Portugal. And 3,000 miles was a distance that ships could travel in those days.

So, Columbus decided that he wanted to get to the East by going west. He thought that if he sailed far enough west, he would sail around the world enough to reach the East. Based on his calculations(计算), Japan was only 3,000 miles away, after all.

1. Where did Columbus want to go when he sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492?

A．America.

B．India.

C．Japan.

D．China.

2. Which of the following is true according to the third paragraph?

A．There were many people in Columbus’ family.

B．Columbus was an only boy of his parents.

C．Columbus did well in school when he was young.

D．Columbus once traveled to Ireland.

3. During his travels, Columbus was interested in ________.

A．geography

B．physics

C．chemistry

D．history

4. We can infer from the passage that ________.

A．Columbus had a dream to visit America

B．Marco Polo was a great traveler from Portugal

C．Columbus had the idea that earth was round

D．nobody believed Columbus could reach China

5. The passage is mainly about ________.

A．Columbus’s childhood	B．the reports of Azores Islands
C．how Columbus began his sail	D．what Marco Polo said in his book

【推荐1】Do you know what an English name means (意思)? Do you want a good name for your baby boy? Here is a list of British, American and Australian first names for boys and you can know what they mean. Then you can choose (选择) a meaningful name for your baby boy.

Name	Meaning	Name	Meaning
Albert	bright	Bond	farmer
Austin	helpful	Bryant	strong
Blaine	thin	Byron	bear
Curt	short or little	Dave	beloved
Douglas	dark	George	farmer

1. Which name means "bear"?

A．Austin

B．Bryant

C．Bryon

D．Albert

2. Which two names have the same meaning?

A．Albert and Austin

B．Bond and George

C．Blaine and Bryant

D．Douglas and Curt

3. The passage (文章) is written for ________.

A．babies

B．boy

C．parents

D．teacher

【推荐2】Mr. Hunt's family is very poor. Because of that, he is in school for only three years and he has to stop to help his parents though (尽管) he is good at his lessons. When he is sixteen, he comes to the city and begins to work in a small factory. He learns from an old worker and six years later, he becomes a good worker. The old worker likes him and marries (嫁) his daughter to him. The young man does not have a house so he has to live with his parents-in-law (岳父母). His mother-in-law always thinks he is poor and often chatters (唠叨).

It is one fine Sunday. The old woman wants to have a trip on the top of the hill. She tells Mr. Hunt to drive her car. But sometimes she tells him to turn left (左转) and sometimes to turn right. The young man has to listen to her. At a crossing the lights turn red but she makes him turn left. The policeman stops them.

"If I did wrong, sir," says Mr. Hunt, "It is my mother-in-law's fault(过错). She is driving the car though she sits behind me."

1. Mr. Hunt is in school for 3 years because ________.

A．he is not good at his lessons	B．his family is poor
C．he isn't clever	D．he wants to stay at home

2. ________, so the old man marries his daughter to him.

A．Mr. Hunt is a good worker	B．Mr. Hunt is good to his daughter
C．Mr. Hunt can live with him	D．Mr. Hunt works six years there

3. What is the right order(顺序) of the things according to(根据) this passage?
①Mr. Hunt and his mother-in-law go to a hill.
②Mr. Hunt comes to the city.
③Mr. Hunt becomes a good worker.
④The policeman stops Mr. Hunt's car.

A．④②③①

B．②③④①

C．②①③④

D．②③①④

4. Which of the following is WRONG?

A．It is the old woman's fault.

B．Mr. Hunt doesn't like his mother-in-law.

C．The old woman drives the car that day.

D．The old woman told Mr. Hunt to turn left when the lights are red.

【推荐3】After school on Friday, when Nick got home, he saw Grandpa's car! Nick smiled and walked quickly up the front sidewalk.

He reached the door and said hello to Grandpa. Then Mom called from the kitchen. “Put away your schoolbag first.”

Nick's smile disappeared. “Oh, no,” he said, “I forgot to bring my schoolbag home.”

Mom was angry. “Nick, you forgot your schoolbag again! You need to be more careful!”

Grandpa turned to Nick and winked, “I'm afraid you inherited your forgetfulness from me, Nick. Your grandma used to call me ‘Forgetful Jones’.”

Grandpa’s words made Nick feel a little better. But he still felt mad at himself.

After dinner, Grandpa suggested going for a walk. As they walked around the corner, Grandpa said, “I'll tell you a little secret, Nick. We're the same. We like to do things, make things and have fun! That's why we sometimes forget things.”

“But Grandpa, how did you stop forgetting? How can I stop forgetting?” Nick asked.

“Well,” said Grandpa, “I know a few tricks. I use them to help me remember important things. For example, it's important to turn off my car lights when I park the car. So every time I get in the car, I put my notebook in my lap.”

“I saw it!” said Nick. “I always wondered why you did that!”

“Now you know my secret,” said Grandpa, “It's a simple little trick, but it works. Why don't we put our heads together and come up with a schoolbag—remembering trick?”

Word Bank.

wink        眨眼.   inherit     遗传.   trick        窍门.     lap          大腿.

根据材料内容选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
1. Nick's smile disappeared when he knew ________.

A．his grandpa came	B．his mom was in the kitchen
C．he forgot his schoolbag	D．his mom was angry

2. Who used to call Nick's grandpa “Forgetful Jones”?

A．Nick.	B．Nick's mom.
C．Nick's dad.	D．Nick's grandma.

3. What did Nick and his grandpa do after dinner?

A．They went for a walk.	B．They turned off the car lights.
C．They bought a notebook.	D．They looked for Nick's schoolbag.

4. From the story, we can know Nick's grandpa is ________.

A．strange

B．helpful

C．strict

D．proud

5. What's the best title for this passage?

A．Forgetful Nick.

B．Strict mom.

C．Funny grandma.

D．The schoolbag.