Once we climbed a very high mountain. It was so challenging for me because I was only ten years old. During the first few hours of climbing, I enjoyed the flowers and trees, and the birds’ singing. But as time passed, I got a pain in both of my legs. I wanted to quit climbing, but my father said to me, “You can always see a beautiful sky at the top of the mountain, but you can’t see it before you reach the top. Only there can you see all of the nice things, which is just like your life.”
At that time, I was too young to understand his words. But later after that, I got to know the meaning of hope in life. I found myself standing at the top of the mountain, and the sky was as clear as crystal.
1. The passage tells us that mountain-climbing was ______ for the father and the son.
| A．hard | B．enjoyable | C．painful | D．comfortable |
| A．carry on | B．put off | C．give up | D．pick up |
| A．You will get all you need at the top of the mountain. |
| B．The sky is always as clear as crystal. |
| C．You can find life is full of nice things. |
| D．Never give up half-way. |
| A．the writer was very successful in his life |
| B．the writer reached the top of the mountain |
| C．though the write was young, he could understand his father |
| D．the writer used to stop half-way when he climbed the mountain |
| A．Reaching the Top of the Mountain |
| B．Standing at the Top of the Mountain |
| C．Conversations between Father and Son |
| D．Seeing all of the nice things |
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Hello, my name is Alice. I’m a student of Grade 7 and I like reading books. Today is Saturday. I go to the bookshop and buy a book called The Great Blue Yonder (《天蓝色的彼岸》). I just finish reading it and let me tell you what it is about.
In the book, when Harry has a fight with his sister Eggy, he says, “You’ll be sorry after I die!” Several minutes later, Harry really dies. He has to go to a place called the Great Blue Yonder. Harry is regretful (后悔). He still has many things to do and he doesn’t want to die.
Then Harry meets a boy named Arthur. With his help, Harry goes back to his world again. He sees his teachers and classmates at school first. Later, Harry goes back home. He can’t speak, so he writes “sorry” and “I love you” on the paper to Eggy. Eggy sees his words and cries. She also says sorry to him. But the time is up. Harry has to leave and goes back to the Great Blue Yonder.
This is a great book about love. I even cry when I read it. Now I know it’s silly to hurt (伤害) our family and friends. We should always remember to say “I love you” to them.
1. We can’t know ________ from Paragraph 1.| A．what day it is today | B．how the weather is |
| C．how Alice reads the book | D．where Alice gets the book |
| A．Harry has many things to do. | B．Harry really die one day. |
| C．Eggy will be regretful. | D．Eggy will have free time. |
| A．Arthur makes Harry live again. | B．Arthur helps Harry go back to his world. |
| C．Arthur makes Eggy say sorry to Harry. | D．Arthur helps Harry be a helpful and clever boy. |
| A．Famous. | B．Silly. | C．Strange. | D．Fantastic. |
【推荐2】Mr. Brown is 75 years old. He lives in a small village. Mr. Brown has three sons, David, Jeff and Stefan. They work in big cities. They are busy working during the days. And they don’t come to see Mr. Brown very often.
The sons feel sorry for their father, so they built a big house for Mr. Brown. And they give him much money. They think that their father will be happy living in a big house and enough money. But Mr. Brown is not happy. He always feels lonely.
There is a school next to Mr. Brown’ house. Some students often come and visit Mr. Brown. They give Mr. Brown happiness and warmth. Mr. Brown says, “I don’t want money. I want love. And the students give it to me. Love is not money. Love is to be together.”
1. Mr. Brown’s sons built ________ for him.| A．a house | B．a farm | C．a school | D．a hotel |
| A．Because they don’t have money. | B．Because they don’t want to see Mr. Brown. |
| C．Because they are busy with work. | D．Because they live in other villages. |
| A．Mr. Brown is happy to have a lot of money |
| B．Mr. Brown likes his house |
| C．Mr. Brown’s house is far away from a school |
| D．Mr. Brown misses his sons |
| A．Love Is Company | B．House Is Useful |
| C．Money Is Everything | D．Students Are Great |
【推荐3】Rick went home from school by bus one day. When an old woman got on the bus, Rick gave her his seat. The old woman thanked him and gave him three apples. She said to him in a whisper, “Tell the apple what you want to be. Eat it and then wait and see.”
Rick thanked her and went to the park with the apples. There were some tall boys, “I want to be tall and strong.” Rick said and ate the first apple. Suddenly he grew into a big boy. But all the boys ran away in panic (恐慌) when they saw him.
Rick was sad. He took out another apple and said, “I want to be famous and have lots of friends.” With these words, he ate the second apple. But when hundreds of people wanted to interview him, he ran away.
When he saw a sports car, Rick wanted to be rich and ate the third apple. But when his wish came true, he was unhappy at all.
The other day, Rick met the old lady again. She told him, “Go to the garden, find a small yellow flower and tell the flower what you want to be.”
Rick went to the garden and picked up the flower. Then he said, “I want to be me.” Suddenly he was at the park again and one of the boys said to him, “Come on and play with us!”
1. When other boys saw the big Rick, they ran away because ________.| A．they were afraid of him | B．they didn’t like him at all | C．they didn’t know he was Rick |
| A．tall and strong | B．very rich | C．famous |
| A．采访 | B．面试 | C．殴打 |
| A．east or west, home is best | B．it’s never too old to learn | C．being yourself can make you happy |
【推荐1】With online booksellers and e-readers becoming popular, traditional booksellers seem to be dying out. But is it true? Many bookstores are now trying everything to make more readers who enjoy staying there to read or choose books they like. And some of them have done a great job.
Usually, online stores have larger number of book than traditional bookstores. Some traditional ones are clever enough to sell just one kind of book and win the hearts of a specific group of people, Trends Lounge in Beijing is such a place for art lovers. The bookstore has walls of books which are about arts and artists. You may meet famous artists there or maybe even a happy couple that choose to get married in the bookstore.
Some other bookstores are trying to make themselves more than just a place that sells books. They want to be somewhere for people to socialize. They may have spaces including clothes stores, cafes and tea houses " and also holds lots of activities on reading, such as talk with famous writers.
Some bookstores even go one step further. They themselves have become symbols of the city culture by showing the local culture of the city where they are. For example, Hong Kong has many second-floor bookstores because stet-level stores are paid much more. The bookstores are small, but their books are carefully chosen by the owners, just like the city of Hong Kong.
It's true that a great bookstore can make people enjoy reading in many ways. After all, reading online can’t bring you the touch of paper, the smell of print, and the strong feeling that you are going on a wonderful journey with each new book in a bookstore. Paper books give people a very different reading experience than e-books. Harvard did a research last year that found out reading from an e-book at night makes a big difference to your ability to sleep and among other things. When reading a book the paper kind, one can memorize and understand better than reading off an e-reader. So come to enjoy the beauty of real books in the bookstore!
1. What are many traditional bookstores trying to do recently?.| A．To make children know more about the traditional culture |
| B．To discover more books which are about arts and artists. ' |
| C．To take the place of the online booksellers and e-readers. |
| D．To make more readers read and choose books made of paper. |
| A．Beijing | B．Hong Kong | C．Shanghai | D．Not mentioned |
| A．Reading from an e-book at night is bad for your ability to sleep |
| B．Paper books have better feelings to the touch than e-reader. |
| C．Nowadays, online booksellers and e-readers are becoming popular. |
| D．Reading off an e-reader can memorize better than reading paper books. |
| A．paper books are better than e-readers | B．paper books are cheaper than e-readers |
| C．reading paper books can make others admire you | D．teenagers must enjoy the beauty of a real bookstore |
【推荐2】Dick was seven years old，and his sister，Mary，was five.One day their mother took them to their aunt's house to play and then she went to town to buy something.
The children played for an hour，and then at half past four their aunt took Dick into the kitchen.She gave him a nice cake and a knife and said to him，“Now here is a knife，Dick，cut this cake into two pieces and give one to your sister，but remember to do it like a gentleman(绅士)．”
“Like a gentleman？” Dick asked.“How do gentlemen do it？”
“They always give the bigger piece to the other，”answered his aunt at once.
“Oh，” said Dick.He thought for a moment，then he took the cake to his sister and said，“Cut this cake in half，Mary.”
1. Dick and Mary's mother took them to their aunt's home ____.| A．and then she left |
| B．because they often went there |
| C．and then she went to work |
| D．and she bought something for them |
| A．They themselves | B．Their uncle |
| C．Their aunt | D．Their mother |
| A．Two. | B．Only one. |
| C．Only a half. | D．One and a half. |
| A．others | B．himself |
| C．nobody | D．his sister |
| A．did it like a gentleman |
| B．let his sister eat the cake |
| C．gave a bigger piece to his sister |
| D．didn't do it like a gentleman |
About a year ago, however, Tony’s father was killed in an accident. As a result, his family had to move to a small house, Tony changed into a different person. He became silent and he even lost his interest in studies. Several times, I invited him to go out and play basketball with me, but he refused. I wanted to help him, but I didn’t know what to do.
Then something strange happened in my class, Two classmates lost the money in their schoolbags.
Last Friday, just before the P.E. lesson, I went back to the classroom to get my running shoes I would use. The door was half I went in. To my astonishment, I saw Tony was searching one of my classmates’ schoolbags. I was shocked…
1. What kind of boy was Tony at the beginning of the story?
| A．He was a clever boy | B．He was a poor boy |
| C．He was a popular boy | D．He was a shy boy |
| A．Because Tony helped him do his homework. |
| B．Because Tony was kind to him |
| C．Because Tony liked playing basketball |
| D．Because Tony told jokes |
| A．He felt angry | B．He felt surprise |
| C．He felt unhappy | D．He felt worried |
| A．sadness | B．surprise |
| C．excited | D．happy |
【推荐1】The British love word-play and they’re enthusiastic about protecting the use of their language. In recent years, books about the grammar, pronunciation and punctuation (标点) of English have been written by the dozen, and sold extremely well, reflecting people’s love of the English language. People want to protect the “correct” use of their language, but also to keep its ability to develop along with society. Lynne Truss’s book Eats, Shoots & Leaves is an excellent example of these two opposite ideas. Its title shows the way that punctuation can change meaning in a sentence. “Eats shoots and leaves” is a perfectly normal description of a panda’s diet: he eats the shoots(嫩芽) and leaves of bamboo trees. But the position of the comma (逗号) turns those nouns into verbs, and makes up a ridiculous little story: the panda eats (his dinner), he shoots (a gun), and he leaves (the building). It’s a silly joke, but it shows how changing something as simple as a comma can change the entire meaning of a sentence.
Published in 2003, Eats, Shoots & Leaves was an unexpectedly huge success. It is easy to assume the typical reader of this kind of book as the humourless type. However, the book has sold thousands and thousands of copies—it must be attractive to a wide range of people. The book’s winning secret is this: it makes some serious points about language and punctuation, but also has an amusing aspect, and uses stories and jokes to show its points. It has invited some tough criticism, too, especially from the US. On a broader range, Eats, Shoots & Leaves has opened up a lot of public argument on Truss’s ideas. Whether they agree with her or not, punctuation and grammar has become a popular topic to discuss.
In every generation there will be people who think that the standard of language is dropping, and who are more than happy to write to the newspapers to express their concern and opinions. Truss’s book also interest those who think that texting and blogging (博客) is lowering the standard of literacy(读写能力). Whether the standard of the English language is decreasing, or simply evolving into new forms, the success of Eats, Shoots & Leaves proves that this is a subject that many English speakers find interesting and important.
1. The title of the book Eats, Shoots & Leaves is a joke which shows ______.| A．a funny feeling | B．a tradition in writing |
| C．a grammatical point | D．a fact about animals |
| A．it presents the new research on English |
| B．it solves a serious English language problem |
| C．it shows the British like to teach English to other people |
| D．it causes concern for proper use of language in a fun way |
| A．The English language was better in the past. |
| B．The English language is being improved by technology. |
| C．There is often dissatisfaction with the standard of English. |
| D．There have always been arguments on the use of punctuation. |
【推荐2】 Sometimes, you feel down or unhappy and it is hard to come back to your high spirit. So if you're having a bad day and need a boost, then help is just a click away.
A website is trying to offer people positive(积极的)messages from strangers to cheer them up. It announces to be “the nicest place on the Internet”, where happy people can present their positive thoughts and feelings to those who are in low spirits.
The website, the nicest place on the internet, lets people post videos of themselves blowing kisses and leaving positive and encouraging messages to lift visitors' spirits.
The website was created by Jeff Lam and is considered to help many people out when they feel low. The well-known artist who lives in San Francisco said he came up with the idea when he and his friend Lauren were having one of those bad days.
"We tried to become cheerful，but none of the usual methods seemed to be working. Not music. Not food. What we hoped was something positive, honest and good. So with only a camera and work-free weekend, we created‘The Nicest Place On The Internet," he explained on his website.
One user of the site, Joseph Meehan, 27, from Birmingham, said,“it's a fun and
exciting website. I visit every once in a while when I'm missing my friends or family. I think it could really be a help to people that are feeling down or sad. It may even stop them from doing something stupid. You can also post your video to the website, and they add it to the series. It's very easy to share the love.”
Mr. Lam is now working on a new project that allows people to leave positive voicemails for strangers. The idea is that strangers send an audio(声音)diary by leaving a voicemail and then anyone can listen to it.
1. The underlined word "boost" in paragraph 1 probably means_______.| A．鼓舞 | B．放松 | C．休闲 | D．提高 |
| A．provide a place for those who want to post their videos |
| B．discover something positive, honest and good |
| C．recommend positive voicemails on the website to people |
| D．offer something positive to cheer people up |
| A．Jeff Lam is working on a new project to collect more audio diaries. |
| B．Jeff Lam met a lot of difficulties during the time of creating the website. |
| C．Joseph Meehan has got help from the website and supports it. |
| D．Joseph Meehan has shared his own positive videos with strangers. |
【推荐3】School playgrounds are supposed to help kids stay active and healthy. But since 2015, toxic（有毒的）chemicals in running tracks have caused many students in several cities, including Shanghai, Beijing and Wuhan, to suffer from nosebleeds, headaches and coughs. It was found that the materials used to build the tracks in these school’s playgrounds contained high levels of toxic chemicals.
On November 1,2018, new standards for the materials used to build playgrounds in primary and middle schools across the country came into effect. The Ministry of Education（MOE）created these standards to protect students’ health.
The standards prohibit（禁止）the use of 18 chemicals for making running tracks, 11 more than the previous standards. The prohibited chemicals are harmful to the skin, eyes and noses and can even cause terrible diseases, China Daily noted.
For the first time, the standards also call for tests of the man-made grass that is used on some playgrounds as some of the materials used to produce man-made grass are highly toxic. Running tracks or patches（片）of man-made grass that does not meet these standards will be changed or removed.
The MOE has taken action in the last few years to keep playgrounds safe. Since 2016, it has invited experts and professionals（专业人员）to test new playgrounds at schools nationwide. The toxic tracks were produced by companies that used waste in order to cut down costs, according to CCTV. The companies and officials who were involved in producing the tracks have been punished.
1. What kind of disease didn’t the students suffer from according to the passage?A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．September 1,2016 | B．October1,2016 |
| C．November1,2018 | D．December1,2018 |
| A．Invited experts and professionals to test new playgrounds. |
| B．Punished the involved companies and officials. |
| C．Warned the involved companies and officials. |
| D．Punished the school leaders. |
| A．The schools created these standards to protect students’ health. |
| B．The prohibited chemicals are harmful to humans according to CCTV. |
| C．The man-made grass used in some playgrounds is safe. |
| D．The toxic tracks were produced by companies that used waste in order to save costs. |
| A．sport | B．health | C．culture | D．study |
Scientists say that the gravity makes the world turn, but some people say that love makes
Love may connect people all over the world, but what would the world be without generosity? Whether after a national disaster or a school fund raiser, one thing is certain--- it is better to give than to receive. Generosity is found everywhere and whether it’s a large or small act, it makes a difference. Most of all, generosity is not something you need any qualifications（资格）for, and no matter what you do, it can make a difference. Sometimes, though, it takes effort to be generous, which leads us to perseverance.
Founding a country, riding a bike, or finishing a novel, these are all finished with perseverance. Perseverance is the one thing that can help us achieve whatever we want. It is what helps scientists discover cures for illnesses, and athletes become winners. You may fail, but every time you make a mistake, that’s one less to make the next time.
There is an infinite(无限的) number of things we value. But without love, generosity, and perseverance, we just don’t think that our lives or the world would be the way it is.
1. The underlined word “it” in the second paragraph means .
| A．the world | B．the gravity | C．the value | D．the experience |
| A．you needn’t make effort |
| B．you should be qualified(有资格的) |
| C．you should give all you have |
| D．you find it meaningful whatever you do |
| A．财富 | B．体力 | C．毅力 | D．机遇 |
| A．Perseverance is the only thing to help us achieve success. |
| B．People don’t understand life they experience at all. |
| C．Helping others is always better than receiving help. |
| D．What the world is like depends on the gravity and love. |
| A．Success and failure | B．Three values | C．Endless love | D．Hard life |
【推荐2】Education is the key to a successful and happier future. A good children educational program helps you in this task. A children educational program also gives the following benefits to your children:
Makes education easier
Most of the children educational programs deal with topics that are also taught in classrooms. So your children use the educational programs at home, they can get additional practice of subjects which they learn in the classrooms. This helps your children learn better.
Helps children practice at home
Once you buy a particular children educational program, it will be available to your children 24 hours a day. Your children can repeatedly use it whenever they get the time or whenever they get in the “mood” to use it. Thus your children will get a lot of practice.
Includes exercises and games to develop important skills
All good children educational programs include well-planned exercises to help your children learn and improve a particular skill or ability. Some educational programs also include game-like or story-like exercises to help children learn better. These educational programs are highly suited for younger children below the age of 12.
Helps to improve those weak areas
Children educational programs are especially useful if your kids have problems in a particular area of study. Many such subject-specific educational programs are available on the Internet to help children improve.
Increases interest in studies
A good children educational program also helps your children become more interested in studies, because it helps to make learning fun and motivate (激发) them through good examples, stories and games.
So spending a few dollars on a right children educational program will not cause any loss to you. It will only make education easier and more interesting for your children.
1. The children may feel free when using the programs because ________.| A．they can use the programs whenever they like |
| B．they can change the design of the programs themselves |
| C．they can show their new ideas and imagination |
| D．they need not worry about making mistakes |
| A．designers | B．parents | C．programs | D．children |
| A．There are no programs for children aged 4-8 now. |
| B．The programs can help to improve the children’s weak subjects. |
| C．The programs are free so that you can save a lot of money. |
| D．Teachers will come to your home as arranged in this program. |
| A．To encourage people to use the programs. |
| B．To talk about online education experience. |
| C．To describe the history of the programs. |
| D．To help parents teach their children online. |
| A．scientists | B．teachers | C．parents | D．students |
【推荐3】Two men left home to look for treasure（宝藏）. One man was tall and the other was short. On their way, they found some wool（羊毛）. They took wool as much as they could because the wool was useful to them. They could use it to make clothes.
They went on and saw some plates in the street. The tall man threw away the wool and picked up as many plates as he could. The short man said, "Why do you throw away the wool? It is nice. I have enough wool. I can’t take any plates,” As a result, the short man didn’t take any of the plates.
On their way home, it began to rain. The short man had to throw all the wool away because it was wet. The tall man kept his plates. Later he became rich.
Sometimes we like keeping the old things and refusing the new ones. It’s not wise（明智的）. We need to know which are more valuable.
1. The two men left home to ________.| A．find jobs | B．sell wool | C．look for treasure | D．look for their children |
| A．wool | B．plates | C．wool and plates | D．nothing |
| A．沉重的 | B．宝贵的 | C．无用的 | D．轻便的 |
| A．we should keep valuable things | B．we should refuse new things |
| C．neither of the two men is wise | D．we should keep old things forever |
