Isabel Allende’s novels are enjoyed all over the world. She is famous for her creativity and imagination. And her own personal story is as amazing as any she has ever told in a novel. Born in 1942, Allende’s family moved often during her childhood. She went to school in South America, Europe, and Asia. As a young woman, she became a journalist in Santiago, Chile’s capital city. Then, she got married and had two children. In 1970, everything began to change.
Leaving home
Isabel Allende’s uncle was a political leader named Salvador Allende. In 1970, her uncle was elected president of Chile. In 1973, President Allende was killed during the fighting. When Isabel Allende began to fear for her life, she and her family decided to move to Venezuela.
From Newspaper to Novels
It was really a painful experience for Isabel Allende to leave her country. Without this experience, however, Allende said she never would have begun writing novels. Then she got a phone call from Chile. Her grandfather was dying. She knew she could not return home to be with him, but she wanted to respect him in some way. “I decided to write a letter about all the things he told us when we were young,” Allende explained. Later, she wrote a long letter which became Allende’s first novel, The House of the Spirits.
The Writing Life
“I spent ten, twelve hours a day in a room, writing,” Allende says, “I don’t talk to anybody; I don’t answer the phone.” When she finished the first draft of a new novel, Allende mailed a copy to her strictest critic(评论家).“I send it to my mother. She read it and came here with a red pen. We fight for a month at least.” Allende then went back to work until she felt the book was finished. “The storytelling is the fun part,” she said. “The writing can be a lot of work!”
1. What does the writer think of Isabel Allende’s own story?| A．interested | B．moving | C．painful | D．amazing |
| A．She was a journalist. | B．She was a teacher. |
| C．She was a political leader. | D．She was a president. |
| A．Isabel Allende’s father | B．Isabel Allende’s mother |
| C．Isabel Allende’s grandfather | D．Isabel Allende’s uncle |
| A．Because she wanted to make money. |
| B．Because she liked writing novel. |
| C．Because she wanted to respect her grandfather. |
| D．Because she wanted to write against the government. |
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My parents are never happy with me. They are always criticizing my clothes, my hair and the music I listen to. They hate my friends’ looks and they keep complaining when I go with them. I’m not allowed to stay out as late as my friends do, so I can’t have any fun. My parents only seem to care about my school grades. Although I love them, sometimes I feel we live in different worlds. If they love me, can’t they understand me? How can I make them understand me?
Angel
Dear Angel,
Your problem is common to both teenagers and parents. Don’t worry, because all this is natural. You see, your parents have grown up at a different time and they have different experiences. So, they think some things are strange, but you find the same things are all right. For example, the music you like may sound like noise to them. Your parents love you, so they feel they must stop you from doing whatever they find strange. On the other hand, you don’t want to be different from other teenagers, so you feel that your parents restrict you.
I think you should talk about this problem with your parents. Try to explain to them what you want and make them know they can believe you. And then they’ll find you are a responsible person and they will give you more freedom.
Jackson
1. Why has Angel written to Dr Jackson?
| A．Because her parents make her happy. |
| B．Because her parents can’t understand her. |
| C．Because her friends don’t like her. |
| D．Because she is not good enough at school. |
| A．more fun |
| B．less freedom |
| C．more freedom |
| D．less clothes |
| A．Be different from other teenagers. |
| B．Pay no attention to whatever her parents tell her. |
| C．Discuss her problem with her parents. |
| D．Don’t tell her parents what she wants to do. |
| A．限制 | B．保护 | C．放纵 | D．抛弃 |
| A．Dr Jackson thinks Angel’s problem isn’t usual. |
| B．Angel’s father likes the music that Angel likes. |
| C．Angel should show her parents that she is a responsible person. |
| D．Angel probably doesn’t love her parents at all. |
 # Maybe we all grow up by being scared by our parents. # When we were young, our parents always said a lot of crazy and mad things to us, which made us remember clearly. What words will come to your mind if you are asked this question? Do you remember things that your mom and dad said over and over again? Let’s read the most popular posts online. If you like them, you can give your likes!!! |
| Miley Of course! I always liked doing dangerous things—you know, climbing trees. And my dad said, “If you fall, you’ll break your leg.” And he always added, “And when you break your leg, don’t run to me for help!” I didn’t understand the joke for years!  |
| Leo Sure. My little brother and me, we loved TV and we sat and watched it for hours every day. And my mom always said, “If you watch TV all the time, you’ll get square eyes. What’s worse, you can’t see anything and you’ll be blind!” Well, we watched a lot of TV and our eyes are still normal. Haha!  |
| Sophia You reminded me, Leo. My dad always said, “If you eat all your carrots, you’ll see in the dark.” I really like carrots—I ate them when I was a kid and I eat them now—but I still can’t see in the dark!  |
| Nick If I was angry or upset, I always made a face, and my mom said, “If you go on making that face, the wind will change and your face will stay like that forever!” And if I happened to make my clothes dirty when painting, my mom would say, “I will not wash your clothes anymore. You, do it yourself!”  |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．didn’t want Leo to do dangerous things |
| B．didn’t want Leo to watch too much TV |
| C．liked Leo’s funny faces very much |
| D．wanted Leo to eat more carrots |
| A．Sophia | B．Nick | C．Leo | D．Miley |
| A．QQ Music | B．Meituan | C．Sina Weibo | D．Meitu Picture |
Beethoven was a talented (有天赋的) child in music. People at that time thought he was as clever as Mozart. His father wanted to make money from his talent, so he told him to practice and play all the time. If he didn’t do that, his father would be angry with him and beat him.
Beethoven was very short and ugly. He couldn’t hear well from the age of 22 and later he heard nothing, but all these unhappy things didn’t make him dislike music. He began to write sonatas (奏鸣曲) at 12, and later he became a great musician.
His life was so short that he didn’t leave many works. But people think he was one of the best musicians in the world.
根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择正确答案，并将其字母代号填入答题卷相应空格内。
1. Beethoven was from a in a small city near the Rhine in Germany.
| A．educational family |
| B．teacher’s family |
| C．rich family |
| D．poor family |
| A．him be a great musician |
| B．him not drink too much like him |
| C．himself rich |
| D．him beat Mozart in music |
| A．He wasn’t a rich boy. |
| B．He did as well as Mozart in music. |
| C．He didn’t love his parents. |
| D．He would be a great singer. |
What will life be like in the future? Let’s just close our eyes and think. Computers will be able to show their feelings. The computer may think better than the human mind. We will spend more time in front of computers and forget what our real needs are. Many of us may become overweight (超重)!
We will have very small robots and we can use them when we are sick. For example, when you have a stomachache, you will swallow (吞服) a very small robot and it will travel through your stomach, taking video of what’s happening there. The video will help the doctor to find out your problems quickly. Genetic engineering (基因工程) will probably make the human perfect. Babies may grow up to be as tall as Yao Ming or as beautiful as Liu Yifei. Do you agree?
1. The computer can’t think better than the human mind.2. We can use small robots when we are sick.
3. When you have a stomachache, a small robot can’t help you.
4. Doctors will be out of work (失业) in the future.
5. Although babies may grow up to be taller, they won’t be good-looking.
When a young elephant is born, it stands quickly on its feet. It drinks milk from its mother for a few years.
The mother elephant teaches it how to use its nose. She teaches it many things. The mother elephant is very important to a young elephant.
Elephants travel a lot. Sometimes they have to cross rivers. A young elephant can be washed down river. Or it can fall into a hole. When young elephant is separated from its mother, it becomes an orphan(孤儿). Sometimes young elephant becomes an orphan because its mother has been killed.
In the wild, a young elephant needs its mother. It can’t live without her. It can get sick.
Some people, called keepers, take care of the orphan elephants in a park. The keepers take care of the elephants until they can take care of themselves. Then, the keepers take the elephants back to the wild.
The keepers need to teach a young elephant how to feed. To make it more comfortable, they rest its nose against a huge coat, which feels a little like its mother.
In the wild, a young elephant will go under its mother to find protection from the sun. In the park, the keepers put an umbrella over them.
Orphan elephants don’t forget where they were cared for.
1. A young elephant drinks milk from its mother for several months.2. A young elephant becomes an orphan if it’s parted from its mother or its mother dies.
3. The orphan elephants are looked after by the keepers in the wild.
4. The keepers protect young elephants from the sun with a large coat.
【推荐3】Sally is fourteen. She studies in a middle school. She likes dancing and singing and spends a lot of time on them. But she doesn’t like math and even decides to give it up. Her father is worried about it.
It is Sunday. Sally’s father gives a call to his sister who teaches math in another school. He hopes she can come and tell his daughter how to learn math. The woman comes and says. “You are a clever girl, Sally. I’m sure you will soon learn math well if you do your best.”
“I’m afraid I can’t, aunt.” says Sally. “Girls can’t be good at math.”
“I don’t think so.” says the woman. “I was good at it when I was a girl. You must do more exercises and try different ways to practice doing math problems until you work them out. Here is a math problem. Please think it over and see if you can work it out.”
“OK.” says the girl. “Let me try.”
About half an hour later, Sally takes the exercise book to her aunt and says, “I’ve tried several times and worked out the problem at last!”
“Well done!” Her aunt looks at her answer and says happily, “Now you see, math is not as difficult as you thought.”
1. Sally thinks it is difficult for her to .| A．give up math | B．meet her aunt | C．learn math well | D．sing and dance |
| A．his sister | B．his aunt | C．his teacher | D．his friend |
| A．helps girls | B．teaches math | C．looks after students | D．makes telephone calls |
| A．fifteen minutes | B．thirty minutes | C．forty-five minutes | D．sixty minutes |
| A．Sally isn’t a clever girl. | B．Girls can’t be good at math. |
| C．Sally’s father is worried about her health. | D．We can learn math well if we do our best. |
【推荐1】Hello! My name is Bob. I’m an English boy. But now I’m in China with my parents Jack and Helen, and my sister Sally.
In China, November 11th (11.11) is a special day. Many people buy a lot of things on Taobao. This year, my mother buys some things for us. They are a quilt, four jackets, two cups and a pen. The quilt is blue. It’s for me. The yellow jacket is for Sally. The black jacket is for my father and the green jacket is for me. My mother buys herself a red jacket. She likes red very much. The white cup is for Sally and the other cup is for my father. It’s green. The pen is black. It’s for Sally.
My mother likes shopping on Taobao. She says it’s convenient because she doesn’t need to go out. What do you think of it? Tell me about your idea.
1. What colour is the quilt?| A．White. | B．Blue. | C．Green. | D．Red. |
| A．A red jacket and a white cup. | B．A green cup and a red quilt. |
| C．A yellow jacket, a white cup and a black pen. | D．A yellow jacket, a green cup and a blue pen. |
| A．靠近的 | B．方便的 | C．迅速的 | D．浪费的 |
| A．It’s about different ways of shopping. |
| B．It’s about what Bob’s mother buys for him. |
| C．It’s about a special way of shopping----shopping on Taobao. |
| D．It’s some information about Bob’s family. |
【推荐2】As time goes by, are you still the same person you used to be? Many of you would think you are. But according to a new study, your personality can change greatly. You could be a completely different person at 77, compared to when you were a 14-year-old, reported The Huffington Post.
An expert in the UK did the study on a group of English people. The research found that almost everyone’s personality changed when they grew old. The findings came out in a magazine called Psychology and Aging.
The research was based on a study that began in 1950. A group of teachers gave more than 1,200 14-year-old students personality tests. They tested six basic personality traits(特点): self-confidence, sense of responsibility(责任感), patience, a strong wish to win, creativity and self-control.
In 2012, researchers successfully found 174 of the 1,200 students, who were 77 years old on average at the time. They agreed to take a personality test. That was similar to the one they had completed 63 years ago.
Researchers then compared the then-and-now test results. They were surprised to find great changes to all six personality traits of these people. Self-control and sense of responsibility had changed less. But there were still not many similarities between the two results.
The younger and older self seemed to be completely different for each person. “It was as if the second test had been given to different people,” the study’s authors noted.
In the past, personality was widely believed to stay the same. However, this new study may bring some fresh ideas.
1. What does the underlined word “They” refer to?| A．Researchers. | B．The 1,200 students. |
| C．The 174 people. | D．All 77-year-old people. |
| A．Scientists did research on a group of teachers. |
| B．The personality test studied six basic traits. |
| C．The 2012 personality test was very different from the one in 1950. |
| D．The test results about creativity and self-control did not change. |
| A．The results of the two tests are similar. |
| B．According to the test in 2012, patience changed less than sense of responsibility. |
| C．Maybe people won’t be what they used to be in the future. |
| D．The second test had been given to different people. |
| A．Never change yourself. |
| B．Personality changes as time goes by. |
| C．Six basic personality traits. |
| D．Different ideas on personality. |
【推荐3】Not long ago, I answered a telephone call from an old friend who I’d not heard from for a long time. “Hi, my good friend,” said the voice on the end. “I just wanted to see how you’re getting long.”
At the end of the conversation, he said, “if you need me in any way, I’ll be happy to help out.” And he meant it! That call came at just the right time. I needed those words of encouragement (鼓励). I hung up the phone and felt very warm in my heart.
And that day I relearned something important about life: Life is first about people, not to-do lists and a million tasks left undone—it’s about people.
To love and to know that we are loved is the greatest happiness. And happiness seems to be something that too many of us are short of (缺少)! My friend reminded (提醒) me that it is never enough just to love; we must also express (表达) it.
George William Childs put it like this: “Do not keep the box of your love and friendship closed up until your friends are gone. Fill their lives with sweetness. Speak cheering words while their ears can hear them and while their hearts can be made happier.” Happiness may be just a phone call.
1. The writer’s friend called the writer because ________.| A．he wanted the writer to help him |
| B．he wanted to help the writer out |
| C．he knew the writer needed those words of encouragement |
| D．he just wanted to know how the writer was getting along |
| A．Encouraged. | B．Excited. |
| C．Angry. | D．Sad. |
| A．to love others | B．to be loved |
| C．to love and to be loved | D．to express our love |
| A．挂断 | B．稍等 | C．吊起 | D．闲逛 |
| A．to put our love in the box |
| B．to show our love to our friends |
| C．not to express our love and friendship |
| D．when our friends go, give them our love |
【推荐1】Some students don’t like their schoolbags. A schoolbag makes them think of books and homework. My schoolbag is different. I love it because it holds(装着) everything I need(需要).
I love books and my schoolbag keeps them with me. I don’t mean only schoolbags. I mean reading books, too. Now I am reading Peter Rabbit. After that, I will read Harry Porter.
My schoolbag also holds my lunch(午饭) box. Every school day Dad puts a good lunch in my schoolbag. Sometimes he puts a note in it. That way, I feel happy all the afternoon.
Sometimes my schoolbag is really heavy(重), but I don’t mind. It has everything I need. It’s like(像) a home on my back.
1. What does the writer think of(认为) her schoolbag from the passage?| A．Tidy | B．Interesting | C．Beautiful | D．Different |
| A．A map | B．A lunch box | C．A rabbit | D．Dad’s notebook |
| A．喜欢 | B．放弃 | C．介意 | D．改变 |
| A．Because it has everything she needs. | B．Because her schoolbag is very heavy. |
| C．Because her schoolbag is lost. | D．Because she can read her favorite books. |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
【推荐2】Let's suppose it is a common day of 2060. Of course, things have changed and life is very different.
Trips to the moon are being made every day. Taking a holiday on the moon today is as easy as taking a holiday in Europe in the 2010's. At a number of scenic spots(风景胜地) on the moon, many hotels have been built. In order that everyone can enjoy the beautiful scenery on the moon, every room has at least one picture window. Everything imaginable is provided for entertainment of the young and old.
What are people eating now? People are still eating food. But many foods now come in pill(药片) form, and the food that goes into the pill comes mainly from green plants.
Because people in the world today are many more than those about fifty years ago, most of the earth's surface has to be filled. The deserts are irrigated with water and crops are no longer eaten by pests(害虫). The harvest is always good.
Farming, of course, is very highly developed. Very few people have to work on the farm. It is possible to run the farm by just using a few computers.
People are now largely vegetarians, and they eat only bread, vegetables, fruit and so on and they don't eat meat or fish. You see, as the number of people increases, the number of animals decreases. So people have to be vegetarians. We are healthier both in our bodies and in our minds, and we know how to deal with all kinds of illnesses. No one has to be ill any more. Such would be our life in 2060.
1. What will be on the moon in 2060 according to the passage?| A．Many green plants. | B．Many wild animals. | C．Many interesting places. |
| A．冲刷 | B．灌溉 | C．淹没 |
| A．People only eat foods in pill form. |
| B．People don't have plenty of crops. |
| C．People run the farms by using high technology. |
| A．Because they want to be healthier. |
| B．Because vegetables can make the patients well. |
| C．Because there will be more people and fewer animals. |
| A．He feels pretty hopeful about the future. |
| B．He is not very satisfied with some things of the future. |
| C．He seems really sad about what is happening in the future. |
【推荐3】Wang Lin is a student of Grade 7. One Sunday, Wang Lin wants to go to the zoo to see animals. He likes animals very muh. His favorite animals are elephants and monkeys. He thinks elephants are kind and monkeys look cute. But he doesn’t like tigers and lions. On the way to the zoo, he sees a little boy. The boy is crying. Wang Lin asks, “What’s up, little boy?” “I can’t find my way home.” So Wang Lin helps him to find his home. “Thank you for your help. It’s very kind of you.” The boy’s parents say to Wang Lin.
Now it’s six o’clock. It’s time for dinner. Wang Lin has to go home. He can’t go to the zoo, but he is very happy.
1. What does Wang Lin do?| A．He is a student. |
| B．He wants to go to the zoo. |
| C．He likes animals very much. |
| D．He helps the little boy to find his home. |
| A．His friend’s home. | B．The little boy’s home. |
| C．The zoo. | D．His school. |
| A．Elephants and tigers. | B．Monkeys and lions. |
| C．Elephants and monkeys. | D．Tigers and lions. |
| A．He can’t find his school. |
| B．He can’t go to the zoo. |
| C．Wang Lin can’t help him. |
| D．He can’t find his way home. |
| A．He is very clever. |
| B．He is very young. |
| C．He is very kind and helpful. |
| D．He likes his parents. |
