【推荐1】阅读短文，然后根据内容回答下面问题。

My name is Alston. When I was alone at home, I was more excited than afraid. My parents had gone for an invitation and left me behind. I was feeling free like a bird. I had some snacks, then sat on the sofa and began reading a storybook.

About an hour later, I decided to take a break. It was7:30 p.m. My favourite TV show would start in half an hour. Having found something to eat in the kitchen, I returned to the living room, where I became a couch potato and started watching my favourite show on time. As I was watching excitedly, the lights went off. “What bad luck!” I thought to myself. Gradually, I felt a bit afraid in darkness.

Suddenly I heard a loud knock on the door. My heart skipped (跳) a beat. I nervously looked out of the peephole (窥视孔), but could not see anyone. Then again another loud knock! I immediately phoned my best friend who lived on the first floor. At the same time, I tried to calm down and decided to open the door. As soon as I opened the door, something ran into the room quickly. It looked like some kind of animal, maybe one or two. I ran downstairs to call my friend and was relieved (放心的) to see him climbing up the stairs.

We both entered the room cautiously (小心翼翼) and heard some noise in the kitchen. We looked inside slowly and saw two creatures (生物) sitting on the kitchen table. They were monkeys. Not knowing what to do, we decided to call 911.

Soon, the power (电) came back on and the police arrived, along with the workers from the zoo. When the workers were catching monkeys, one of them ran away from the window.

My parents hurried back at about ten, and when they heard the whole story, they were happy to see that I was safe.

1. How did Alston feel when he was alone at home at first?
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2. What happened when Alston was watching his favourite show?
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3. Why did Alston called his best friend who lived on the first floor?
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4. What did Alston and his friend find in the kitchen?
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5. Finally, who arrived and took the monkeys away?
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【推荐2】任务型阅读
Thanksgiving Day is very important in America. It is on the fourth Thursday of November. On the eve(前夕) of Thanksgiving, the members of the family will go back home. They sit around the table and have a big dinner the next day.
Robert works for a computer company. Two days before Thanksgiving Day, he has to fly to China to have a meeting. And the meeting lasts for four days. So he can?t get back home to stay with his family. He has a bad Thanksgiving Eve because he feels lonely. But the next morning, someone knocks at the door. He opens the door and finds his wife and daughter standing outside.He is so surprised. His wife brings his favourite food-pumpkin pie and pudding. In the evening, the meeting organizer(组织者) holds a big party for the foreign friends. They have roast turkey, sweet potatoes and pumpkin pie.
1. When is Thanksgiving Day?.
2. How long does the meeting last?
3. Why does Robert feel surprised when he opens the door?
4. What’s Robert’s favourite food?
5. What does the meeting organizers do in the evening?

【推荐3】Gina was a 3rd grader. She was very clever, but she had no friends at school until Rita joined her class. New to the city and too shy to make any friends, Rita did not mind being Gina's friend. At least she had someone to play with.
One day the teacher scolded (训斥) Rita for not concentrating when she was doing some math problems. The whole class laughed at her and Rita cried hard. The teacher had patiently explained how to do them, but Rita was just not able to understand.
Gina told her mother about Rita's bad day. "Why don't you try to help her?" asked her mother. " She likes you very much."
" Mommy, I don't have time to waste." said Gina.
" But Rita is your friend and if you don't help her, who will?" said her mother. But Gina didn't think so.
" Then Gina's mother decided to act tough(强硬地)." If you don't help her, I will not let you watch cartoons for a week."
Extremely unhappy, Gina taught Rita. Rita understood, for Gina knew how to explain things simply. Rita was excited and told everyone what a good friend Gina was.
One day, Gina made a mistake, and the principal (校长) asked Gina to pick up the waste paper in every classroom after school.
After school, Gina began to clean the classrooms and she felt very sad. Rita found out about it and went to help her do it.
From that day, Gina and Rita became the best of friends.
1. Did Rita mind making friends with Gina?
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2. What happened after the teacher scolded Rita?
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3. Why did Rita understand the math problems after Gina taught her?
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4. How did Gina feel when she was made to pick up waste paper?
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5. What can we learn form the story?
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【推荐1】请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中小题的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填1个单词。请将答案填写在答题卡相应横线上。

Many people dream of going on a great travel adventure（探险）. Most of us keep dreaming; others make it happen.

Gregg Bleakney’s dream was to travel the Americas from top to bottom. He got the idea after he finished a 1,600-kilometer bike ride. Gregg’s friend, Brooks Allen, was also a cyclist. The two friends talked and had the plan: they would travel from Alaska to Argentia by bike.

To pay for the journey, Gregg and Brooks worked and saved money for years. Once they were on road, they often camped outdoors or stayed in rest houses so that they wouldn’t spend so much. In many places along their journey, local people opened their homes to the two friends and gave them food.

During their trip, Gregg and Brooks cycled through desert, rainforest, and mountains. They visited different places. And everywhere they went they met other cyclists from all over the world.

Two years, twelve countries, and over 30,500 km later—Gregg finally got to the city Ushuaia, Argentina, at the top of South America.

Gregg and Brooks kept a record（记录）of their adventures in an online blog. The trip taught both men a lot about travelling.

Here is what Gregg advises travellers:

Travel light. The fewer things you take, the less you’ll worry about.

Make flexible plans. Don’t plan everything, then you’ll be more relaxed and happier.

Make yourself a polite person. As one traveler told Gregg, “Always remember that nobody wants to fight, cheat, or rob a nice guy.”

Travel Adventure: From Alaska     1     Argentina

Two cyclists, Gregg Bleakney and Brooks Allen, travelled the Americas from top to bottom.
Planning	The     2     came to Gregg after he finished a long bike ride. Then he     3     it with Brooks and they made the plan.
Paying for the trip	*They saved money for years. *To spend     4     money, they stayed in camps and rest houses at night. *Local people were     5     enough to welcome them and offer them food.
6     during the trip	They cycled through different places and visited many places. They met different     7    .
The end of the trip	After travelling 30,500 km, they finally     8     the southernmost city in the world two years later.
Advice from Gregg	To     9     less, you should take fewer things with you. Make flexible plans. Be     10    .

【推荐2】阅读下面短文，完成短文后的问题。

Kids’ birthday parties are more fun than adults’ (成年人的) parties. So when my daughter was three years old, I wanted to have a birthday party for her. It took me about 2 months to plan her birthday party.

First, I got many ideas from the Internet for the party. I had sleepless (失眠的) nights because I wanted this to be the best birthday. Then I looked for a place to have our party. Luckily, I found Monte Verde Park. It is a very beautiful park. After booking (预订) it, we started to buy gifts for all the kids. We went to LA for good prices. I had 40 gifts in my room for a month and I wanted to give them all away. I bought two beautiful skirts for my daughter. After that, I also bought red cards at Tall Mouse and sent them to my daughter’s friends. I invited them to my daughter’s third birthday party on September 25 at 6: 30 p. m. at Monte Verde Park.

On that day, they ate the birthday cake, sang songs, danced and so on. They had a good time.

1. How long did the writer spend planning her daughter’s birthday?
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2. Why did they go to LA to buy gifts?
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3. Where did the writer have the birthday party?
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4. How many preparations did the writer do for her daughter’s party?
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5. What does the passage mainly talk about?
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【推荐3】阅读下面短文，完成表格中所缺信息，将答案填写在答题卡上。

I try not to do things that can cause me pain, especially things that needs heavy lifting(举). Moving is one thing.

We were preparing to move recently, to a new home in a different place.

Although moving needs heavy lifting, I have to move, physically and emotionally, to a new home, a new job, a new relationship or a whole new stage of life.

It’s called change, and it unfolds(展开) in two stages.

The first stage of change is letting go. It’s hard, especially letting go of something or someone you love. But one day you realize that you can’t keep holding on to whatever is holding you back. So you give thanks for the gift that it has been. Then you open your arms and your heart and simply set it free.

I did that for months, every time I groaned (呻吟) with pain going up or down the stairs.

I like my knees and I’d like them to keep serving me for as long as I need them. So I decided to say goodbye to those stairs（楼梯）, and to the house I loved.

It’s very tiring. But you pack up (打包) all your memories and take them to a new place, a new chapter of your life.

The second stage of change is finding joy. For a few days after we moved, I kept searching for things I couldn’t find. Getting ready one morning for a date, I needed to wash my hair, but couldn’t find the hair dryer.

I knew all the things like that were probably in one of many boxes in our garage. But which box? We searched and searched. It was difficult, but we could finally find the thing we needed in the right box. Every time we did it as if we were opening Christmas gifts.

Besides, our new place is half as big as the old one, with a thousand times the view. I like to look at mountains in the new house. They remind me of the place where I grew up, and make me feel at home.

Meanwhile, we are surely finding joy:

The joy of living in the present;

The joy of welcoming family and friends to our new home;

The joy of delighting in simple things like stars.

Thanks to the joy we find, we know that moving was the right decision. At least it seems so at the moment.   

I tried to avoid things that cause me pain, like moving. But recently, I had to move. It’s called change, and it unfolds in two stages.

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