Jaden is a six-year-old boy. He experienced the unlucky things of life twice. First he lost his dad when he was four and his mom died unexpectedly in her sleep last month. Jaden’s heart was broken. His parents’ death hit him a lot.
But things always go towards a good side. A few weeks later, Jaden told his aunt that he was tired of seeing everyone sad all the time. He’d like to see more smiles around him. He hoped that the number of the smiles could reach 100.
Then he asked his aunt to buy him some little toys and take him to the center of the city. “I’m trying to make people smile,” said Jaden. At first, he was not sure if the people passing by would like to receive his toys. In fact, he was always successful and got close to his dream step by step, because no one could refuse such a little boy’s giving and expecting.
“I’m keeping a count of 100 smiles,” said Jaden. When asked if he could make it, he answered, “I think I can.”
Reported by Barbara
1. Did Jaden lose his parents?
2. How many smiles did Jaden hope to get?
3. What did Jaden do to cheer himself up in the center of the city?
4. Do you think Jaden’s way was good to deal with his problem? Why or why not?
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On 3 July, 2003, a 35-year-old Englishman called Doug Bruce walked into a police station in New York, and told the police that he did not know his own name. He had woken up a few minutes earlier on a subway train, with a headache, and had no idea where he was going or who he was. “I was frightened,” he said later, when talking about the experience. “I didn’t know anything. It was like being in the darkness.”
Doug went to the police station because he had nowhere else to go. He was wearing a T-shirt, shorts and had a bag with something in it: a Spanish book, a bunch of keys and a map of New York. The police were confused（困惑的）. “We’d never had anything like this before, ” said a policeman. They sent Doug to a hospital. On his name card the nurse wrote “unknown white man”.
The doctors were surprised at his memory loss. Although Doug could make sentences without difficulty, he remembered nothing about his own past. One doctor at the hospital said that he had only ever seen such a serious disease “in the movies and books”.
The hospital would not let Doug go until he had come to himself. Finally, hospital staff found a phone number in his Spanish book. It was the number of his friend. Doug phoned and she recognized his voice at once. “Is that you, Doug?” she said. His friend went to the hospital, told the doctors who Doug was, and took him home.
“Home” turned out to be a perfect flat in downtown Manhattan, which he shared with two dogs and three birds. Doug discovered that he had once lived in Paris, where he had made a lot of money working at a big company. Then he had got tired of the business world, and so he left and went to New York for a four-year course in photography.
Since Doug had discovered himself, he had to deal with other difficulties. He was worried about meeting his family and friends. They seemed like strangers to him. His sisters told him that he had changed. Before his memory loss, he seldom showed his feelings in public. Now he has become much more relaxed and doesn’t fear showing his feelings.
1. Who recognized Doug and took him home?2. How did the doctors feel at Doug’s case?
3. What could Doug Bruce still do after he lost his memory?
4. Where did Doug live with two dogs and three birds?
5. Doug didn’t like showing his feelings in public before memory loss, did he?
6. According to the passage, can you think of one difficulty Doug had to deal with after he discovered himself?
Johnson’s troubles started while he was driving happily across the Mojave Desert. His car broke down and he tried to repair it, but he failed. He telephoned a workshop to ask it to send a tow truck (拖车) to pull the car away and repair it.
When waiting for the tow truck, he fell asleep. While he was sleeping, a tow truck arrived from San Pedro (the nearest town) and pulled his car away. Later on, Johnson woke up and thought that somebody had stolen his car. Unwillingly, he started to walk back towards San Pedro, but a police car stopped him to find out why he was walking in the desert.
Johnson looked like a man wanted in California for robbery, so the police kept him at San Pedro for the night. The next day, Johnson’s friends came from California. They proved that Johnson was a harmless salesman, so they let him go.
| Title: A | |
| Johnson’s | 1. To visit his friends at Las Vegas 2. To go |
| Johnson’s troubles | 1. His car didn’t 2. As he was sleeping, a tow truck arrived from San Pedro and 3. Unluckily, he had to walk back towards San Pedro, but a police car 4. Johnson looked like a man wanted in California for |
| In the end | Johnson’s friends |
Brie Fainblit in California does her homework by candle light whenever the power gets cut off. If there is no water supply, she fills empty bottles at school to wash her hair. She is used to not having what other people have. Mostly, the 19-year-old student doesn’t complain and just accepts it.
But she won’t do that for prom. She wants to be Highland High School’s prom queen and turn heads. After all, every ordinary girl wishes the important moments in their lives to be well remembered.
Brie lives with her mother, who is left disabled by an accident, and her aunt, who works two part-time jobs to support them.
There is never enough money for new clothes. Usually, Brie finds what she can wear at the local Goodwill, a charity organization that provides donations for people in need. But the prom dresses there are too big and too old.
So, back in September, with the big day waiting at a distance on the calendar, she decided to make a dress for herself. She got a plan when she saw a can tab lying on the ground, shining in the sunlight—she would make her dress out of can tabs, for free.
For months, Brie’s aunt, Sylvia Davalos, has asked everyone at her jobs to help. Together with Brie and her friends, they have turned the dining room table into an assembly line.
But who knew that tabs came in so many colors, shapes and sizes, or that some have holes and some don’t? Who knew that many would have sharp edges that would need to be smoothed out, or that it would take many months to get enough perfectly shaped silver tabs for one prom dress?
Brie’s mother and aunt haven’t been able to buy her much. But they have tried to make up for it by stressing the importance of creativity. For her dress, using thick black thread, Brie joins tabs together in row after perfect row.
The free dress is not finished, but there’s another price to pay: Brie and her mother both have Band-Aids on their fingers.
Other girls in Brie’s class will have gone to the mall to pick out their dresses. Some will ride in cars from their homes to the school, where a bus will take them all to the prom.
Brie will have no nice car to ride in nor pocket money to burn.
But she’ll be a proud Cinderella in can tabs, with magic that won’t disappear forever.
1. What does the underlined phrase “turn heads” in Paragraph 2 mean? ________| A．Open empty bottles. |
| B．Complain about things. |
| C．Refuse to attend an event. |
| D．Draw attention from others. |
| A．Because she wasn’t satisfied with the prom dresses at local stores. |
| B．Because her mother and aunt always encouraged her to have a try. |
| C．Because it cost almost nothing and would make her special at the prom. |
| D．Because she wanted to prove her clothes-making skills and her creativity. |
| A．Brie leads an ordinary life just like other girls in her class. |
| B．Lots of time and efforts went into making Brie’s prom dress. |
| C．Brie redesigned an old prom dress from Goodwill with can tabs. |
| D．Brie’s mom used to work in a charity organization called Goodwill. |
【推荐1】A little girl stood outside a small church, crying. She had been turned away from the Sunday school of the church because it was “too crowded”.
“I can’t go to Sunday School,” she said to the pastor as he walked by. Seeing her old and worn clothes, the pastor guessed the reason. He took her inside the church and found a place for her in the Sunday School class. The girl was so moved that she went to bed that night, thinking of the children who have no place to worship.
About two years later, the girl died of illness. As her poor little body was being moved, a worn wallet was found. Inside was 57 cents and a note. It read, “This is to help build the little church bigger so more children can go and study in Sunday School.” The girl had saved for this offering of love for two years.
Carrying this note and wallet to the church, the pastor told the story of the girl and suggested that they should raise enough money for the larger building. A newspaper learned of the story and printed it. A rich man happened to read it and offered to sell a large piece of land to the church at the price of 57 cents. The news shocked the whole city. After that, money came from all around the country.
As the girl wished, the new Sunday School, with 3,300 seats, was built and it became much bigger. And hundreds of students can enter the Sunday School freely no matter how poor they are or how worn clothes they wear. No child in this area will he left outside at Sunday School time. In one of the rooms of this building you can see the picture of the sweet face of the little girl whose 57 cents made such unusual and surprising history.
1. Why couldn’t the little girl enter the Sunday School of the church at first?
| A．She was ill. | B．She was too young. | C．She was poor. | D．The school was crowded. |
a. The rich man sold the land to the church.
b. The pastor took the girl inside the Sunday School.
c. People all over the country gave away money to help.
d. The girl saved money for building a bigger Sunday School.
| A．b-d-a-c | B．b-c-d-a | C．a-c-d-b | D．a-b-c-d |
| A．Poor and Rich | B．No Place to Worship | C．A Kind Girl’s Story | D．57 Cents That Made History |
Jerusha Abbott was walking to Mrs Lippett's office when she saw the back of a man. He casted a shadow on the hall. He had very long legs and arms and his shadow looked just like a daddy-long-legs spider. She turned pale and could hear her heart beating very fast, so she walked more quickly. As Jerusha entered the office, Mrs Lippett immediately spoke, “Jerusha! "Did you see the gentleman who has just left?" "I only saw his back. " Jerusha replied. Mrs Lippett continued, "The gentleman only chose boys and offered them to college. But this time you were chosen." "To college! Me!" Jerusha was shocked. "In return, you must write a letter every month telling him of your progress. "
In the letters, Jerusha described everything that happened in her college to Daddy-long-legs. She met new people, made friends and even gave herself a new name, Judy.
May 4
Dear Daddy-Long-Legs,
We had a sports day last Saturday. It started out with a very cheerful parade. I couldn't wait to take part in the events. I have kept training hard for several weeks. I know it is very important on the way to my further dream. I must keep myself strong and active before it. And guess what? I won the fifty-yard sprint*. It was all very exciting and I felt so good at the end of the day.
I love you always, Judy
June 4
Dear Daddy-Long-Legs,
I have been very busy these days studying for my examinations. Once the examinations are finished, our vacation will be here. I am going to the seaside to tutor* a girl and her younger sister. I will teach them English and Latin. Each month, I will get fifty dollars! Please don't object to my plan. I am becoming very independent thanks to you. I hope that you have a wonderful summer, Daddy.
Yours always, Judy
Four days later
Dear Daddy-Long-Legs,
I was about to post this letter to you when I met Master Jervie. He has invited me to Europe as well. He said it was an important part of my education. I almost said yes. But one thing stopped me. He was almost trying to force me to go. I refuse to be forced to do anything, because I want to make my own decisions. To reply you for your kindness, I will become a wise and independent woman.
Yours ever,
Judy
1. Who is Daddy-Long-Legs?| A．Judy's father. | B．Master Jervie. | C．A young tutor. | D．A secret supporter. |
| A．surprised —►sorry —►A thankful | B．nervous —► surprised —► thankful |
| C．sorry —►A excited—► disappointed | D．excited ―► nervous—► disappointed |
| A．The shadow of a daddy-long-legs spider made Judy walk more quickly. |
| B．Judy got paid by helping girls with languages in the summer vacation. |
| C．Judy couldn't wait to attend the sports day that ended with the parade. |
| D．It was regretful for Judy to refuse the invitation to Europe immediately. |
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【推荐3】Community Volunteers
Hi Jenny,
I am enjoying my new school. It has lots of clubs and activities. One of my favourite clubs is the Community Volunteers. The club gives us a chance to help people.
This term we are helping out at a charity（慈善机构）for disabled（残疾的） children. I am helping to organize（组织）games , reading stories to the children and helping with the music group. Mrs. Brown organizes our club. She says that I am really good with the children. I think that is because I have two little sisters.
Next term we are going to visit some older people. Some of the older people are blind（失明的） and they want us to help them to read letters and books.
A lot of clubs and activities are about having fun but in the Community Volunteers we help other people and have fun.
Everyone in the club is very friendly and it’s a great way to make new friends at school. See you soon.
May
| What May does this term | She is helping She Mrs. Brown says May treats the children very |
| What May will do | She will help some |
| It is |
【推荐1】Lei Haiwei, a 38-year-old fast food courier (快递员) from Human Province, got first place in a televised Chinese poetry knowledge competition. He beat other competitors, including a master’s degree (硕士学位) graduate from Beijing Univcomseason of Chinese Poetry Conference on CCTV on April 4, 2018.
“My interest in ancient poems began as early as I was six years old. My father hoped I would grow up to be a man who keeps the mountains, rivers and seas in mind,” the courier said.
In 2001, the younger Lei found a job in Shanghai and began to read books related to ancient poems at bookstores or libraries in his spare time, since he didn’t make much money. The young man also developed a habit of reciting poems he like and writing them down after returning home.
Though he worked as a fast food courier in Hangzhou later, his love for poems never dies. Even on his busiest workdays, he used any available moment to reciting poems. “For example, I am used to reciting poems when I wait for food at restaurants, and traffic lights on my way to deliver food. Reciting poems not only enriches my knowledge, but also makes my job less boring. As for may future plan, I will stick to reading and reciting poems,” Lei said.
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1. Lei Haiwei beat
2. When Lei was 6 years old, he took an interest in
3. What is Lei’s future plan?
4.
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【推荐2】After traveling more than seven months in space, Tianwen-1, China’s first Mars probe（探测器）successfully entered Mars orbit（轨道）in February, according to the China National Space Administration（CNSA）. It will stay in orbit for about three months before it lands on the red planet.
A small step on the red planet will be a big step for human beings. Humans have launched（发射）46 Mars exploration tasks since October 1960, but only 19 of them have been successful, according to China Daily. It’s China’s first spacecraft to Mars, and the tasks are quite ambitious（野心勃勃的）. Tianwen-1 aims to（目的是）achieve “orbiting, landing, and roving（漫游）” all in one journey, which will make the country the world’s first to complete all three goals（目标）with one probe, task scientists said.
Among the three tasks, landing on the red planet is the most difficult. The result mainly depends on the “breathless seven minutes,” which will deploy（部署）several kinds of cutting-edge（尖端的）technologies and accurate（精确的）timing of each action to make sure a safe landing, according to the Global Times.
February was Mars month. Tianwen-1’s final goal is to land on Mars in May or June and it will do research on Mars’ soil, geological structure（地质构造）, atmosphere（大气）, environment and water, according to China Daily.
“When we step into the far planets of the solar system（太阳系）, plenty of the resources and time we require will take a global commitment（奉献）,” US Congressman（议员）Frank Lucas said, highlighting（强调）the importance of international cooperation（合作）in space.
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1. Tianwen-1, China’s first Mars probe,
2.
3. Landing on the red planet is
4. Tianwen-1’s final goal is to land on Mars
5. The passage mainly talks about Tianwen-1’s
One of the most stressful days in Susan McFrederick’s life was watching her son get wheeled away for surgery hours in 2011.
But after the operation, Susan burst into tears when she saw a sweet hand-painted picture on her son’s bandages across the cut. “There is a green pine tree and a lovely snowman with a hat and a broom in the picture”, she recalled. “It is extremely touching and comforting to know that somebody has taken the time to do that for my family. It is a moment that I’ll never forget.”
Susan soon learned the artist was her son’s doctor, Robert Parry. As a doctor, Robert found another way to cure his young patients at Children’s Medical Center when he saw one of his workmates cut out heart and shark shapes to decorate children’s bandages. “My first reaction was, 'What is he doing? Hey, that’s kind of cool,’” Parry recalled. “I especially liked the reactions of the parents and the patients when they saw his artworks. The smiles took everyone’s mind off the surgery. Then I decided to follow him.”
Parry started to surprise families with his paintings on bandages from that moment. He tried his best to make his paintings fit his young patients’ personalities. For example, he painted Snoopy, Spider-Man or sports team logos for boys, and Barbie dolls or princesses for girls, while babies often receive pictures with flowers, trees and sea creatures. During the last 30 years, Parry has painted for more than 10, 000 children.
“During a time of stress for families, it’s nice to be able to help them smile and laugh,” Parry said. “This is something positive that I can do for them, which is what I like most about it.”
For Parry, the reward is knowing that he hopefully made a difference in a child’s life, and except for his paintings on bandages, “they can go on and live their lives.” he said.
He’s not ready to stop, but he’s found a new hobby to keep his hands skillful in the years to come.
“I’ve taken up knitting,” Parry said excitedly and proudly. “Hats, sweaters, gloves--I enjoy them all. But mostly, I enjoy giving everything away.”
1. Susan felt ________ when she saw the decoration on her son’s bandages.| A．moved | B．surprised | C．stressed | D．sad |
| A．His young patients liked pictures. |
| B．He was asked to learn the skill as a doctor. |
| C．He was encouraged by Susan to show his talent in art. |
| D．He saw one of his workmates decorate children’s bandages. |
| A．spent more time on art than on medicine |
| B．considered individual patient’s likes carefully |
| C．knew more about his patients than their parents |
| D．created a larger number of works beyond his plan |
| A．was looking forward to a new life |
| B．was eager to show others his new skills |
| C．enjoyed trying new ways to help others |
| D．was more interested in knitting than drawing |
Beth Reekles, a 17-year-old Welsh high school student, posted her first novel online at a story-sharing site. There it got more than 19 million views—not to mention the eyes of editors at Random House Children’s Publishers U.K. The publishers (出版商) reached out, which led to the publishing of The Kissing Booth, a novel about teenage love, in Britain. The girl talked about her inspirations (灵感) and beyond in a recent interview.
Q: What made you want to start writing a book?
Beth: I was looking for something to read, but everything was vampires and fallen angels. I was just sick of it. I wanted something that was teen fiction. So I decided to write my own. I started writing around April of 2019, and shortly after I began, I started posting it online, chapter by chapter.
Q: Beth, do you think there’s a benefit (益处) to being a teenager writing for teens?
Beth: I don’t know if I’m better at it, but I think it’s a bit different to be writing about teens when I’m still a teen. I’m still learning and making mistakes and doing everything teens do. I don’t have the advantage of hindsight (事后的觉悟) in all this that an adult writer has. When I wrote the book, I was really writing for myself, and I tried to write it quite honestly.
I wanted to write the book I wanted to read.
Q: How do you balance writing with your schoolwork and life? Do you write every day?
Beth: I’ve managed to work it into my schedule (计划 表). I always find time to write when I want to write, whether that means leaving my homework until later or getting my homework out of the way first. I don’t write every day, but sometimes I’ll write for hours on end, days on end, and I can’t stop. Sometimes I won’t write for a few weeks, when I’m busy with schoolwork and just don’t have time.
Q: Was it your dream to become a writer?
Beth: I always thought it would be nice to be a writer. It’s always been a hobby. But I thought my career would lead to physics. I still plan to study physics at university.
1. When did Beth Reekles first start writing a book?________________________________________________________
2. Why did she decide to write a book?
________________________________________________________
3. How did Random House get to know her?
________________________________________________________
4. She hasn’t delayed homework even once because of the writing, has she?
________________________________________________________
5. What can we learn from Beth’s success? Explain it in two or three sentences.
________________________________________________________
Brie Fainblit in California does her homework by candle light whenever the power gets cut off. If there is no water supply, she fills empty bottles at school to wash her hair. She is used to not having what other people have. Mostly, the 19-year-old student doesn’t complain and just accepts it.
But she won’t do that for prom. She wants to be Highland High School’s prom queen and turn heads. After all, every ordinary girl wishes the important moments in their lives to be well remembered.
Brie lives with her mother, who is left disabled by an accident, and her aunt, who works two part-time jobs to support them.
There is never enough money for new clothes. Usually, Brie finds what she can wear at the local Goodwill, a charity organization that provides donations for people in need. But the prom dresses there are too big and too old.
So, back in September, with the big day waiting at a distance on the calendar, she decided to make a dress for herself. She got a plan when she saw a can tab lying on the ground, shining in the sunlight—she would make her dress out of can tabs, for free.
For months, Brie’s aunt, Sylvia Davalos, has asked everyone at her jobs to help. Together with Brie and her friends, they have turned the dining room table into an assembly line.
But who knew that tabs came in so many colors, shapes and sizes, or that some have holes and some don’t? Who knew that many would have sharp edges that would need to be smoothed out, or that it would take many months to get enough perfectly shaped silver tabs for one prom dress?
Brie’s mother and aunt haven’t been able to buy her much. But they have tried to make up for it by stressing the importance of creativity. For her dress, using thick black thread, Brie joins tabs together in row after perfect row.
The free dress is not finished, but there’s another price to pay: Brie and her mother both have Band-Aids on their fingers.
Other girls in Brie’s class will have gone to the mall to pick out their dresses. Some will ride in cars from their homes to the school, where a bus will take them all to the prom.
Brie will have no nice car to ride in nor pocket money to burn.
But she’ll be a proud Cinderella in can tabs, with magic that won’t disappear forever.
1. What does the underlined phrase “turn heads” in Paragraph 2 mean? ________| A．Open empty bottles. |
| B．Complain about things. |
| C．Refuse to attend an event. |
| D．Draw attention from others. |
| A．Because she wasn’t satisfied with the prom dresses at local stores. |
| B．Because her mother and aunt always encouraged her to have a try. |
| C．Because it cost almost nothing and would make her special at the prom. |
| D．Because she wanted to prove her clothes-making skills and her creativity. |
| A．Brie leads an ordinary life just like other girls in her class. |
| B．Lots of time and efforts went into making Brie’s prom dress. |
| C．Brie redesigned an old prom dress from Goodwill with can tabs. |
| D．Brie’s mom used to work in a charity organization called Goodwill. |
【推荐3】I grew up in a small town in Italy. One morning when I was 16, Dad told me I could drive him into a village, about 18 miles away, if I took the car to be serviced (保养) at a nearby garage. Thinking that I had just learned to drive, and hardly had the chance to use the car, I agreed happily.
I drove Dad into the village and made sure to pick him up at 4 p.m. Then I drove to a nearby garage and dropped off the car. Because there were still a few hours to be left, I decided to watch movies at a theatre near the garage. But, when the last movie finished, I was two hours late. I was afraid of the result of being late. I thought if Dad knew what I had done, he would never let me drive again. So when I drove up to the place where we had planned to meet and saw Dad waiting patiently on the corner, I told him that I had come as quickly as I could, but the car had needed some special repairs.
“I’m terribly sorry that you feel you have to lie to me, Jason.”
“What do you mean, Dad? I’m telling the truth.”
“I called the garage to ask if there were any problems, and they told me that you had not yet picked up the car. So I know there were no problems with the car. I’m angry not with you but with myself. You see, I’ve failed as a father, so I’m going to walk home now and think carefully about where I have gone wrong all these years.”
“But it’s dark, and it’s 18 miles to walk home.”
I pleaded (请求) all the way, telling him how sorry I was. But nothing helped. I had to drive behind him for 18 miles.
It was one of the most painful moments I had ever had. But it was the best lesson.
1. How old was Jason when the story happened?2. Jason often had the chance to drive the car, didn’t he?
3. Why did Jason decide to watch movies at a theatre?
4. What time was it when the last movie finished?
5. How did Dad punish (惩罚) himself for not doing well enough as a father?
6. What could Jason learn from his father’s action?（2’）
