【推荐1】Peter Tabich is 36 years old. He is from Kenya, Africa. He is a maths and science teacher. His school is in a poor area. It’s small, but the classes are very big---there are about 58 students for every teacher. The school has only one computer. But Mr Tabichi always makes his classes interesting and helps his students study well. He is kind and friendly to his students. His students say he is like a father to them.

Mr Tabichi comes from a family of teachers. He doesn’t just work on school days. He also works after school and on weekends to give students extra (额外的) help. He goes to the students’ homes and gives them more help. He really likes his job.

In 2019, Mr Tabichi got the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher (获得瓦尔基基金 会全球教师奖). He gives lots of his money to help his students and other people.

1. What subjects does Peter teach?

A．Science and maths.	B．Maths and history.
C．Geography and science.	D．English and math

2. Peter’s school has only one .

A．library

B．small classroom

C．teacher

D．computer

3. What are Peter’s father’s and mother’s jobs?

A．Workers.

B．Teachers.

C．Farmers.

D．Doctors.

4. What does Peter do on Sunday?

A．He works at home.	B．He plays computer games.
C．He goes to his students’ homes.	D．He watches TV at home.

5. What does the second paragraph(段落) mainly want to tell us?

A．Peter’s students like him very much.	B．Peter’s parents are both teachers.
C．Peter likes working after school.	D．Peter likes being a teacher.

【推荐2】Before Christmas Mr Smith broke his right leg and had to stay in hospital. When he was there, he always asked his doctor when he could go home. He didn’t like to spend Christmas in hospital. Though the doctor did his best, Mr   Smith didn’t get better. So on Christmas Day he was still in hospital. He spent a bad day in bed thinking that he missed a lot of fun on such a happy day.
The next day the doctor told him that he might be well enough to leave hospital in time for the New Year. Mr   Smith was very happy to think that he would spend New Year’s Day outside hospital. Soon Mr   Smith left hospital and on New Year’s Eve he went to a party. He enjoyed himself there. But he drank too much. On his way home that night, he had a fall and broke his left leg. What a unlucky man he was！
1. Mr Smith spent Christmas Day in hospital because ______.

A．he like to

B．his wife told him to

C．he broke his left leg

D．he had to

2. Mr. Smith felt ______ on Christmas Day.

A．happy	B．sad
C．better	D．well

3. Mr Smith would have to spend New Year’s Day ______.

A．at home	B．at a party
C．in hospital	D．outside hospital

【推荐3】

Xia Boyu, 70, is the first Chinese double amputee(被截肢者) to have reached the top of Mount Qomolangma, the highest mountain in the world, Du Juan reports.

On May 14, 2018, Xia, who is the same age as the People's Republic of China, made his dream come true by reaching the top of Qomolangma(Mount Everest) seven days after leaving Base Camp on the Nepal side of the mountain.

Success didn't come easy. He had failed to reach the 8,844-meter peak four times before becoming one of the few double amputees to reach the top of the world.

The first climb by a Chinese team to the peak of Qomolangma was in 1960. Xia, who was born in Chongqing in 1949, was chosen by the Chinese mountaineering team in 1974. In 1975, the second mountaineering team set off. All the teammates finally reached the top, but Xia suffered bad frostbite(冻伤) in his legs, which had to be amputated at the knees.

"It's beyond imagination how difficult it was to accept the fact that I would suddenly become a disabled person." Xia recalls. "I could not imagine a fixture of sitting in a wheelchair, perhaps forever?"

When a doctor told him that with artificial limbs(义肢) he could live a normal life like anyone else, and he would even be able to do a lot of physical exercise, his hopes rose and he made up his mind to climb Qomolangma again.

To prepare for his fifth attempt(尝试) on Qomolangma, every day he got up at five in the morning and completed 90 minutes of strength training at home. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays he would ride a bike to Fragrant Hills, 30 kilometers from his home, walk to the top and then ride back home. On Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, he completed 10 km of speed walking.

"Without targets, people lose direction," Xia says. "So I will keep climbing and contributing in more ways to society."

1. Which is the correct order according to the passage?
a. Xia had to be amputated at the knee immediately after the climb.
b. Xia joined the Chinese Mountaineering team.
c. Xia made his dream come true by reaching the top of Qomolangma.
d. Xia tried four times but failed, so he prepared for the fifth.
e. Chinese team set for the first climb to the top of Qomolangma.

A．e-b-d-c-a

B．b-a-e-c-d

C．b-e-a-d-c

D．e-b-a-d-c

2. What do we know from the passage?

A．Xia was 29 when he first climbed Qomolangma.	B．Xia was 72 when he made his dream come true.
C．The Base Camp lay on the Chinese side of the mountain.	D．Xia reached the top of the world in 2018.

3. We can learn all the following EXCEPT that ________.

A．Xia felt it unimaginable to be sitting in a wheelchair all his life

B．Xia lost hope after a doctor explained about his artificial limbs

C．it took Xia a long time to make full preparations for his fifth attempt

D．Xia had failed to reach the peak four times before his fifth attempt

4. What is the passage most probably taken from?

A．TV interview

B．Travel journal

C．Advertisement

D．Short story

【推荐1】The year 2020 is clearly an unusual year to everyone. Looking back, do you have any special memories? Let’s have a look at the following students.

Han Yujie: On March 20th, Mrs. Wang asked me to act as a teacher on DingTalk. Feeling a little bit nervous, I spent the whole weekend preparing for it. At 8:10 a. m. on 23rd, I started the lesson online and explained the maths problems clearly. In the end, I received a lot of likes from Mrs. Wang and my classmates.

Xie Lanyi: On February 1st, I took my little moneybox to the police station in our neighborhood. I gave away all my savings to people in Wuhan. A few days later, I received a pair of cute ducks. They were sent by Miss Yan from Tianjin as she was moved by my story.

Li Ziwei: I joined in a food-saving activity in the school dining hall this May. We put up the banner(横幅) saying, “Clear your plate; refuse to waste food”. Students are encouraged to take just the amount of food they need. There used to be about 100 kilos of food wasted every day in our school. Thanks to this activity, it has dropped by 75 percent.

Du Bin: At about 3 a.m. on August 2nd, a house downstairs caught fire. I called 119 at once. Considering that there were many buildings and private cars in my neighborhood, I waited at the gate. When the firemen arrived, I ran forward and guided them with the flashlight of the mobile phone. The firemen put out the fire in time.

1. Who sent Xie Lanyi a pair of cute ducks?

A．A stranger in Wuhan.

B．A lady in Tianjin.

C．Her maths teacher.

D．A police officer.

2. How much food is wasted in Li Ziwei’s school each day?

A．About 25 kilos.

B．About 50 kilos.

C．About 75 kilos.

D．About 100 kilos.

3. Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Mrs. Wang is Han Yujie’s maths teacher.	B．Xie Lanyi is a kind-hearted student.
C．The food-saving activity ended in May.	D．Du Bin behaved properly during the fire.

【推荐2】

Some people were inside a hotel during the terrible rainstorm earlier this week. A 21-year-old worker was regarded as their hero. He was a college student who worked part-time there.

Satchel Smith was supposed to work at the front desk in the hotel. After his father drove him for work on Wednesday, he expected to work for eight hours before going home later that evening.

The terrible storm spread through the area and flooded many of the roads and highways. Satchel was now the only worker who was serving the hotel with 90 guests trapped（陷入困境）inside and he faced the challenge bravely.

Angela Chandler was one of the guests staying at the hotel under Satchel’s care. She took a photo of Satchel and posted it on Facebook to praise him for his hard work.

“Satchel has been here all night,” She wrote. “His co-workers couldn’t show up until the storm stopped. He answers each of our questions patiently. He makes sure we have had a hot cup of coffee or tea, and helps serve us a hot breakfast. He has dealt with this work with kindness. The smile he wears brings us warmth and our worries gradually disappear.”

For 36 hours, Satchel was the hotel manager and cook. Luckily, he was not completely alone in his work. The guests pulled together to help him serve the meals and wash the dishes. Other guests even volunteered to help and bring clean water and food to the truck drivers trapped nearby.

“The guests were very helpful,” he told CNN. “We’re like a big family.”

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. Why was Satchel regarded as a hero?

A．He was good at cooking and helped the cook during the rainstorm.

B．The guests staying at the hotel were under Satchel’s care during the rainstorm.

C．He saved many people in the flood during the rainstorm.

D．He was the only worker in the hotel during the rainstorm.

2. Which of the following is true according to the text?

A．Satchel was a college student who worked as a manager at the hotel.

B．Satchel’s co-workers came to the hotel as quickly as possible when the rainstorm hit the city.

C．Satchel was very patient when people asked him questions.

D．Satchel invited the truck drives trapped nearby to stay in the hotel.

3. Which words can best describe Satchel?

A．Anxious and worried.	B．Happy and proud.
C．Humorous and knowledgeable.	D．Brave and helpful.

4. What did Satchel do during the storm?
①He answered questions with patience.
②He helped serve the meals with kindness.
③He took a photo of the guests and posted it on Facebook to praise them for their help.
④He brought people warmth.

A．①②④

B．①③④

C．②③④

D．①②③

5. What is the text?

A．A poem.

B．A story.

C．An interview.

D．An introduction.

【推荐1】Beggars(乞讨者) in eastern China have improved their takings by accepting donations(捐赠) via mobile phones .Pictures of a beggar with a printout of a QR code round his neck in Jinan, Shandong Province, have raised eyebrows. after appearing on social media. The man is among several beggars accepting cash-free payments in the city     1    . In China's increasingly cashless society, the code allows passers to donate by scanning the code with their phone. Beijing News said, "A beggar with a smart phone is probably not a person that is really in need.     2    ”It also warned people to "refuse these professional beggars"and said that the police should prevent them from cheating others       3    .They make payments by using WeChat or Alipay.         4    "Even beggars are keeping up with the times. There is no excuse for ordinary people like us to stand still, " one wrote on Weibo. Others were less kind." I wouldn’t give a penny to him, "one wrote. "     5    ’’

A．As many as 60 percent of China's 700 million Internet users make payments via their phone

B．He's able to use a smartphone, not to mention working

C．Some social media users praised the beggar

D．He is said to have a mental illness and was given the QR code by his family.

E．Technology is supposed to make life and work easier, but should never become a way for those who want to earn money without making any effort

【推荐2】My mother only had one eye. I never wanted her to show up at my school.

One day during elementary school, I was terribly ill. My mother came.

“Your mom only has one eye!” yelled some of my classmates. I wished my mother would just disappeared.

“If you embarrass (使…尴尬) me, why don’t you just die?” I shouted at her, taking no notice of the sad look on her face. My mother just handed me some medicine and left without saying anything.

At that time, I didn’t think I had hurt her feelings very much. That night I saw my mom crying in her room. Even so, I hated her tears from one eye. I made a decision. I must study hard and leave my mother.Years later my dream came true. I was quite successful. I never thought of going back to see my “ugly” mother until one day I got a letter.

“My son, I’m sorry I only have one eye. When you were little, you got into an accident and lost your eye. As a mom, I couldn’t stand watching you live with only one eye. So I gave you mine. I was never angry with you and I never regretted it because I love you.” I cried out aloud. Only then did I realize how beautiful my mother was!

1. Why didn’t the writer want his mom to show up at his school?

A．Because he thought she was ugly.	B．Because his mom had a terrible illness.
C．Because his mom couldn’t see anything.	D．Because his classmates didn’t like her.

2. That night, the writer decided to ______.

A．take his mom to the doctor	B．take good care of his mom from then on
C．ask his mom never to go to his school	D．work hard and stay away from his mom

3. The writer’s mom lost one eye because ______.

A．she used it to save her son’s sight	B．she had a serious car accident
C．she was born with only one eye	D．she cried too much

4. What can we learn from the passage?

A．The writer doesn’t like his mother now.

B．The mother was very angry with the writer when he shouted at her.

C．The writer lived in the same city as his mother.

D．The writer was very sorry after he knew his mother gave him her eye.

【推荐3】A group of frogs were travelling through the woods. Two of them, Nick and Jack, fell into a deep pit(坑). All the other frogs gathered around the pit. When they saw how deep the pit was, they told Nick and Jack that they were as good as dead.
Nick and Jack ignored(不理睬) what the other frogs said and tried to jump up out of the pit with all of their strength. The other frogs went on telling them to stop, and that they were as good as dead. Nick listened to them and gave up. Finally, he fell down and died.
Jack continued to jump as hard as he could. Once again, the frogs around the pit shouted at him to stop the pain(痛苦) and just die. Jack jumped even harder and finally got out. When he was out, the other frogs asked, “Did not you hear us?” Jack explained to them that he was deaf. He thought they were encouraging him all the time.
1. Nick and Jack fell into a pit when they were __________.

A．holding a meeting	B．taking exercise
C．travelling through the woods	D．sleeping in the woods

2. The other frogs told Nick and Jack to stop because they thought the pit was too ______.

A．big

B．strange

C．small

D．deep

3. From the story we know _______ died in the end.

A．Nick

B．Jack

C．Nick and Jack

D．all the frogs

4. When the other frogs shouted at Jack to stop the pain and just die, he __________.

A．stopped jumping	B．jumped harder
C．fell down and died	D．gave up trying

5. Jack finally got out because ________.

A．the pit wasn’t deep	B．he thought the others encouraged him
C．he climbed a ladder	D．his friends pulled him out

【推荐1】榜样的力量

There was an ancient Chinese story. A naughty boy Mencius and his family lived next to the cemetery(墓地) . Mencius liked to hold funerals(葬礼) just like people around. His mother took him and they moved to a market. Then Mencius and his neighbors’ children learned to buy and sell meat. Finally, they moved again and lived next to a school. In this neighborhood, people treated each other politely. The mother of Mencius thought that it was the right living place for her son.

The story tells us the importance of people around us. For students, they can be role models. In a study, I interviewed some students at Bingham High School. These teens had lots of opinions about role models.

Teens need role models to provide directions for them. Jeff Pratt said, “Having a role model helps you decide where you want to go with your life.” A role model shows what a teen’s life could be like in the future.“Role models are people you admire, and those people can help make you be a good person.” This is Spencer Park’s opinion of what role models are and why it is important to have them.

“A role model is someone to look up to and try to learn good qualities from,” said Natalie Bean. When teens were asked “What is a role model like?” , the list included words such as encouraging, inspiring, strong-willed, honest, ready to stand up for what they believe in, helpful, easy to talk to, talented and cheerful. Teens want to learn from their role models how to succeed and how to carry on after failure.

Robbie Jenkins said, “Good role models are people that stand up for what is right and good. Role models encourage and inspire others.” Heidi Woolley said, “A good role model makes a teen do the best in school and life, and make much progress. Then he will have a right opinion of his own abilities and accept himself gradually. In this way, role models help build up a teen’s self-esteem.”

“The role models teens need are not the ones that appear in the media.” said Natalie Bean.

My study also shows students agree with that a true role model is not the person with the best job title, the greatest responsibility, or the greatest fame(名望). Anyone who inspires a child to achieve dreams in life can be a good role model.

1. The writer uses the story in Paragraph 1 to show that_________.

A．people should have good habits	B．people are easily influenced by others
C．people are able to choose good neighbours	D．people know how to choose a living place

2. What do students at Bingham High School probably agree?

A．Role models stand up for what is right and social.

B．Anyone can inspire a child to achieve dreams in life.

C．Having a role model decides where you want to go with your life.

D．A teen can learn good qualities from a good role model.

3. Teens want to learn_________from their role models.

A．how to be a director	B．how to choose a right living place
C．how to succeed and how to carry on after failure	D．how to do the best in school

4. The underlined word “self-esteem” in the passage means “_________” .

A．self-respect

B．self-control

C．self-praise

D．self-support

5. What is the main idea of this passage?

A．To know what students’ role models do.	B．To tell how a teen learns from a role model.
C．To find out students’ ways to be a role model.	D．To share ideas of some teens about role models.

【推荐2】Every four years, in a different country around the world, there is a big sports competition(比赛). It is like the Olympics but only for one sport--football. It is the FIFA World Cup.

The first World Cup was held(举行) in Uruguay in 1930. In the final game Uruguay beat Argentina and became the first World Cup winner. Thirteen countries played in the first World Cup. Now there are 32 countries in the competition.

The first time people saw the World Cup on TV was in 1954 when Switzerland held the competition. Now there are 32 countries in the competition. Now about 3 billion people all over the world watch the World Cup on TV! Until 2002 the World Cup was always in a European or an American country. South Korea and Japan held the first Asian World Cup. The first African World Cup was in 2010 in South Africa.

Brazil is the most successful World Cup team. They are the only team that have played in every tournament（锦标赛）. So far they have won it five times. Germany and Italy have both won four times. Argentina and Uruguay have won twice. England, France and Spain just once.

1. What does the underlined（划线的）word“it”refer to?

A．The Olympics.

B．The Asian World Cup.

C．The World Cup.

D．African World Cup.

2. What’s the best title of the passage?

A．The history of the FIFA World Cup.

B．How to play football.

C．The successful World Cup teams.

D．The First World Cup winner.

3. What can we learn from the passage？

A．Brazil was the winner in the 2014 World Cup.

B．The World Cup has never taken place in Asia.

C．No Asian country has ever won the World Cup.

D．There were more than one country that have played in every tournament.

【推荐3】A road is a bridge between two places. The Silk Road has been a bridge between East and West for more than 2,000 years.

But did you know the Silk Road is not a single route? It is a series of trade and cultural transmission(传送) routes. It started to take shape during the Western Han Dynasty. The trade route starts from the city of Xi’an in Shaanxi province and ended in Eastern Europe, near today’s Turkey and the Mediterranean Sea. The Silk Road was about 6,500 kilometers long. It went across one-fourth of the planet.

The road was name the Silk Road because Chinese silk used to be carried along it. In addition to silk, tea and iron also went west to Rome. From the West came glass, gems(宝石), and foods like carrots and sesame.

The Silk Road was very important to both China and the rest of the world. Besides international trade, knowledge about science, arts and literature, as well as craftsmanship(工艺) and technology, was shared across the Silk Roads. In this way, languages and cultures developed and influenced each other.

Today, many tourist destinations along the Silk Road are popular, such as the Terracotta Warriors in Xi'an and Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, Gansu. A new train line, the New Orient Express, is running form Beijing across the Silk Road.

                 
Terracotta Warriors                      Mogao Grottoes

1. The Silk Road got its name because people _______.

A．sold Chinese silk by the road	B．placed Chinese silk on the road
C．carried Chinese silk along the road	D．produced Chinese silk near the road

2. From the passage, we know that _______.

A．the Silk Road covered about 6,500 square kilometers in Asia

B．the Silk Road began to take shape in the Western Han Dynasty

C．silk, tea and iron were brought to China along the Silk Road

D．the New Orient Express runs from Xi'an across the Silk Road

3. What is the main idea of the fourth paragraph?

A．How the Silk Road got its name.	B．When the Silk Road was built.
C．Why the Silk Road is important.	D．Where the Silk Road started and ended.

4. The underlined word “destinations” in Para. 5 probably means _______.

A．places

B．classes

C．seasons

D．companies