There were only a few coins in the hat．A man was walking by．He took out a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat．He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words on it．He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by could the new words．
Soon the hat began to fill up．A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy．That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were．The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, “Are you the one who changed my sign in the morning? What did you write?”
The man said, “I only wrote the truth．I said what you said, but in a different way．”
What he had written was, “Today is a beautiful day, but I can' t see it．”
Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?
Of course both signs told people the boy was blind．But the first sign simply told people to help by putting some money in the hat．The second sign told people that they were able to enjoy the beautiful day, but the boy could not enjoy it because he was blind．
The first sign simply said the boy was blind, while the second sig told people they were so lucky that they were not blind．
There are at least two lessons we can learn from this simple story．
The first is：Treasure （珍惜） what you have．Someone else has less．Try your best to help those who need your help．
The second is：Be creative．Think differently．There is always a better way．
1. Form the article we know that _______
| A．the boy always has a hat on his head |
| B．the man is one of his neighbors |
| C．the boy is blind and needs help |
| D．the boy works for the man |
| A．Treasure what we have already had |
| B．Today is a beautiful day, but I can't see it |
| C．We are so lucky that we are not blind |
| D．Try your best to help those who reed your help． |
| A．The hat began to fill up after the man wrote some words on the sign． |
| B．The man took away all the few coins from the hat． |
| C．The boy wanted to get enough money to go to school． |
| D．Nobody wanted to give any coins to the blind boy． |
| A．承认 | B．接受 |
| C．表扬 | D．认出 |
| A．Be careful not to be blind． |
| B．Be creative．There, is always a better way! |
| C．Be kind to the blind！ |
| D．Don't always get, but offer! |
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【推荐1】During the two sessions（两会）this year, more e-waste recycling plans were called for in China.
What Is E-Waste
E-waste is short for electronic waste, which refers to old technology that you are no longer using. It includes microwaves, computers, TVs, batteries（电池）, screens, chargers, printer cartridges and even kitchen equipment.
What Is the Influence of E-Waste?
According to the 2020 UN Global E-waste Monitor, the world’s e-waste will reach 74.7 million tons by 2030. That’s almost a doubling of e-waste in just 16 years. This makes e-waste the world’s fastest-growing domestic（生活）waste.
The report also found that only 17.4% of the world’s e-waste was collected and recycled in 2019. This means that gold, silver, copper（铜）and other high-value materials were mostly burned or thrown instead of reused. It’s a waste of 57 billion dollars, or 360 billion yuan.
E-waste can also harm the environment and people’s health. For example, one mobile phone battery can pollute 600, 000 liters of water.
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Tech companies are looking for different ways to solve the problem. For example, US company Apple built a robot called Daisy to take iPhones apart. It can take 200 iPhones apart within an hour. Previously the phones were cut up before people took the useful materials out. Now with Daisy, valuable materials can be pulled out more easily.
Xiaomi is also setting up e-waste recycling platforms so that people can donate or sell their old electronics more easily.
There are definitely steps we can all take to reduce our e-waste. Here are my top tips:
◎Instead of buying a new product, try to repair your computer or smartphone first.
◎Check for recycling organizations and donate your old electronics to them.
◎Remove（去除）any batteries because they need to be recycled separately.
◎Start a campaign（宣传）in your community to raise people’s awareness of e-waste recycling.
1. E-waste can probably be found in the ________.A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．By telling a story. | B．By giving numbers. |
| C．By making a comparison. | D．By using an example. |
| A．Where Are iPhones Taken Apart? | B．What Problems Can E-waste Bring Us? |
| C．Who Are Ready to Solve the Problem? | D．What Can We Do to Reduce It? |
| A．In a travel guide. | B．In a storybook. | C．In a newspaper. | D．In a fashion magazine. |
Here I have some suggestions for Mary. From your call, I know you have different ideas about your family rules. If I were you, I would have an honest talk with my parents because we can exchange opinions and then understand each other better. Or why not consider writing a letter? Maybe that's a good solution. I guess you must be a lovely girl and they just want you to be successful. I believe they may feel proud of you. Good luck!
1. Who have different problems?
| A．Men. | B．Women. |
| C．Teenagers. | D．Girls. |
| A．there were many rules in her family |
| B．the ground was made dirty by the pet dogs |
| C．she had some different ideas |
| D．she didn't like her pet dogs |
| A．One. | B．Two. |
| C．Three. | D．Four. |
| A．a novel | B．a joke |
| C．a letter | D．a game |
| A．a teacher | B．a friend |
| C．a student | D．a nurse |
1. People cannot use the smartphones to _________________
| A．read e-books | B．send text messages | C．take photos | D．play football |
| A．surfing on the internet | B．listening to music |
| C．watching videos | D．making phone calls |
| A．first | B．sixth | C．twelfth | D．fifth |
【推荐1】There is a family of ants living under the tree in front of my house. One day, when I went home, I found that they were busy carrying earth. It was about to rain. They did it to protect (保护) the gate of their home. Just then the rain came down. I ran into the house. As I watched out of the window, I thought, “What a pity! The ants will all die in such heavy rain.”
When the rain stopped, I went out to see them. To my surprise, they were still alive and as happy as ever. The earth at the gate of their home kept the rain out and they were busy again moving the earth away. It was late but they were still working hard. There was no one beside to tell them what to do. But they knew what they should do and they did it.
I think people should learn from the ants when we see something that needs to be done, we should do it. Thank the ants. I learned a lot from them.
1. Where did a family of ants live in front of the writer’s house?| A．In the tree. | B．In front of the tree. | C．On the tree. | D．Under the tree. |
| A．The ants were busy carrying earth. | B．The ants didn’t die. |
| C．The ants were still working hard. | D．The earth kept the rain out. |
| A．Do What We Need to Do | B．Do What Others Tell Us to Do |
| C．Be Happy All the Time | D．People should Do Everything |
【推荐2】A businessman has a bird which he kept in a cage. Once he was going to India, the land from where the bird came. He asked the bird whether he could bring anything back for him. The bird asked for his freedom, but was refused. Then he asked the businessman to visit a jungle (丛林) in India and tell his captivity (囚禁) to the free birds who were there.
The businessman did so. After he had spoken, a wild bird almost immediately fell off a tree and lay on the ground near his feet. The businessman thought that this bird must be an old friend of his own bird, and felt sad that he should have caused this death.
When he got home, the bird asked him whether he had brought good news from India. “No,” said the businessman, “I’m afraid that my news is bad. One of your good friends fell from a tree suddenly and died at my feet when I talked about your captivity.”
As soon as these words was spoken, the businessman’s bird collapsed and fell to the bottom of the cage. “The news of his friend’s death has killed him, too,” thought the businessman. Sadly, he picked up the bird and put it on the window-sill. At once the bird got up and flew to a nearby tree. “Now you know,” he said, “that what you thought was disaster (灾难) was in fact ________. The message you brought back was actually telling me how to free myself.”
1. Where did the bird come from?| A．A cage. | B．A nearby land. | C．An Indian jungle. | D．An Asian forest. |
| A．brought good news back | B．did what his bird had told him |
| C．set the cage bird free | D．caught another wild bird |
| A．He killed himself because of the news. | B．He flew out of the cage. |
| C．He pretended (假装) to be dead. | D．He couldn’t say a word. |
| A．Surprised. | B．Frightened. | C．Happy. | D．Relaxed. |
| A．a test for you | B．a warning for you | C．a bad idea for me | D．a good news for me |
| A．a news report | B．a fable | C．science fiction | D．a love story |
【推荐3】Years ago, I lived in a building in a large city. The building next door was only a few feet away from mine. There was a woman who lived there, whom I had never met, yet I could see her seated by her window each afternoon, sewing (做针线活) or reading.
After several months had gone by, I began to notice that her window was dirty. Everything was unclear through the dirty window. I would say to myself, “I wonder why that woman doesn’t wash her window. It really looks terrible.”
One bright morning I decided to clean my flat, including washing the window on the inside. Late in the afternoon when I finished the cleaning, I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest. What a surprise! Across the way, I can see the woman sitting by her window clearly. Her window was clean! Then I suddenly realized I had been criticizing (批评) her dirty window, but all the time I was watching hers through my own dirty window.
That was quite an important lesson for me. How often had I looked at and criticized others through the dirty window of my heart, through my own shortcomings (缺点)?
Since then, whenever I wanted to judge someone, I asked myself first, “Am I looking at him through my own dirty window?” Then I try to clean the window of my own world so that I may see the world about me more clearly.
1. What’s the relationship between the writer and the woman?| A．They are friends. | B．They are student and teacher. |
| C．They are neighbors. | D．They are doctor and patient. |
| A．Everything was unclear through the window. |
| B．He went to the woman’s house to find. |
| C．The woman was busy doing the housework. |
| D．The writer knew the woman wasn’t at home. |
| A．They lived in a small town. | B．The writer often washed the window. |
| C．They both worked as cleaners. | D．The writer had never met the woman before. |
| A．One shouldn’t criticize others very often. |
| B．One must judge himself before he judges others. |
| C．One should often make his windows clean. |
| D．One must look at others through his dirty windows. |
Winston Churchill once said: “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”
Volunteering lets me understand more about people who have less than me. Once, I joined a program where we cleaned up the homes of those in need. I was surprised at how crowded their homes were. At first, I judged them quickly, but as I talked to them, I learned about their difficulties.
| A．It helps me see life better. |
| B．It shows the importance of giving. |
| C．Their happiness taught me to be more thankful in life. |
| D．Volunteering made me treasure the simple joys in life. |
| E．Doing voluntary work has given my life more meaning. |
| F．This experience taught me to care more for people different from me. |
Morshed is a man from Jordan (约旦). He spends around 1,400 dollars every month on food for dogs. He vaccinates (给……接种疫苗) them. There are many street dogs in Jordan. Most people want to stay away from them.
Seven years ago, Morshed decided to help these street dogs. He started to take a lot of food to feed them every day. Recently, Morshed shared videos of dogs on TikTok. “I put them online because I want people to change their ideas about street dogs.” The dog lover also hopes that one day he will be able to build a shelter (庇护所) for street dogs in Jordan.
At a cat rescue (救援) and adoption (收养) center in Chengdu, a young woman is filling an adoption form (表格). After answering some online questions about adoption, she can pick up a cat and take it home.
The center’s founder, Xu Zhe, with a team of nine, rescues cats in Chengdu and in nearby Chongqing. They give the cats very good places to live. Here, newborn cats and their mothers live safely in rooms with food and clean water, waiting for the adopters.
Some people named Xu the cat fighter, and he has more than 10 million followers across the country. The center gets cat food, cat litter and cans of food from all over the country.
Pandas stayed in the US for 50 years.
On April 16, 2022, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in the US held a big activity to celebrate the 50th year of the first pair of pandas arriving from China. They came to the US in 1972 as gifts. The zoo workers try their best to take care of these pandas. The zoo grows bamboo and cuts bamboos from 20 other places in the US. The pandas have brought a lot of happiness to people. However, the meaning is more than that. China and the US worked together very well to save the pandas.
1. All the news above has something to do with ________.| A．nature | B．animals | C．plants | D．volunteering |
| A．fed the dogs every day | B．vaccinated the dogs |
| C．built a shelter | D．shared videos of dogs on TikTok |
| A．buy | B．learn | C．get | D．choose |
| A．Have a new cat. | B．Please care for cats! |
| C．Cat fighter. | D．Do you like cats? |
| A．The pandas bring a lot of joy to people. |
| B．Pandas have stayed in the US for 5 years. |
| C．The first panda came to China as an exchange. |
| D．China and the US work on raising pandas together. |
A. Jim Smith is a strong man who works as a volunteer to help people carry heavy things from one place to another. No matter who needs help, he would like to give a hand. B. It is one of Tom’s dreams to volunteer to help the children in poor villages with their English. He thinks it’s very meaningful and educational. And it’ll have a great influence on the children’s future. C. Dale and his friends are funny and always make people happy. They love children and are good with them. Now they’re looking for a chance to volunteer to help take care of homeless children. D. We often volunteer to help clean up the old people’s home in our neighborhood on Saturdays and Sundays. It’s kind of difficult and tiring but very meaningful. Do you need our help? E. Cindy volunteers to give our notices about how to save water and what to recycle when she is free. She thinks it can help raise people’s awareness(意识)of protecting the environment. F. Uncle Tim used to work in the forest. Now he’s old but he loves the forest so much and still works as a volunteer to protect the trees from being cut down in his spare time. G. Mr. Johnson used to be a great tour guide. Now he has his own company and he often volunteers to take old people to travel. He always does his best to make them enjoy their journeys. |
“Now, ” Alice said to herself, “First, I must get a little bigger, and second, I must find my way into that beautiful garden. I think that will be the best plan. But oh dear! How shall I get bigger! Maybe I must eat or drink something, but the question is, what!”
Alice looked all around her at the flowers and the trees, but she could not see anything to eat. Then she saw a large mushroom near her. It was as tall as she was. She walked across to look at it, and there, on top of the mushroom, was a large caterpillar（ 毛毛虫）, smoking a pipe（烟斗）.Minutes later, the caterpillar took the pipe out of its mouth and said to Alice in a slow, sleepy voice, “Who are you!”
“I don’t really know, sir” said Alice. “I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I changed so often from then on. I think I am a different person now.”
“What do you mean by that!” said the caterpillar. “Explain（解释）yourself?”
“I can’t explain myself, sir, ” said Alice, “because I’m not myself, you know.”
“I don’t know, ”said the caterpillar.
“It’s difficult to describe（描述）, ”Alice replied politely. “One minute I’m very small, the next minute I’m as tall as a house, then I’m small again. Usually, I stay the same all day, and changing so often feels very strange to me.”
“You!” said the caterpillar, in a very unfriendly voice. “Who are you!”
They were now back at the beginning of their conversation, which was not very helpful. Alice felt a little angry and decided to walk away.
一Taken from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
1. Alice did the following things in this passage. Which is in the correct order?a. She talked with the caterpillar.
b. She made a plan to solve her problems.
c. She saw a large mushroom near her.
d. She looked for something to make her bigger.
e. She found a caterpillar on the mushroom.
| A．d﹣b﹣a﹣c﹣e | B．b﹣c﹣d﹣a﹣e | C．d﹣a﹣b﹣e﹣c | D．b﹣d﹣c﹣e﹣a |
| A．Because her body changed very often. | B．Because she couldn’t explain herself clearly. |
| C．Because the caterpillar asked her again. | D．Because it was difficult to describe. |
| A．计划 | B．争吵 | C．谈话 | D．短文 |
| A．kind but strange | B．strange and unfriendly | C．unfriendly but helpful | D．kind and helpful |
| A．Alice couldn’t find the way into the garden |
| B．Alice was hungry to find something to eat or drink |
| C．Alice could easily answer the caterpillar’s question |
| D．Alice stayed the same all that day |
He went downstairs to the kitchen. His mother and two sisters were washing up the tea-things there. “The new trousers are too long,” he said. “They need shortening by about two inches. Could one of you do it for me, please?” His mother and sister were busy and none of them said anything.
But as soon as his mother had finished washing up, she went quietly upstairs to her son’s bedroom and shortened the trousers by two inches. She came downstairs without saying anything to her daughters.
Later on, after supper, the elder sister remembered her brother’s trousers. She was a kind-hearted girl, so she went quietly upstairs without saying anything to anyone, and shortened the trousers by two inches.
The younger sister went to the cinema, but when she came home she, too, remembered her brother’s trousers. So she ran upstairs and did as her mother and sister had done.
You can imagine the look on the young man’s face when he put the trousers on the next morning.
1. The young man’s trousers were ______ for him at first.
| A．a bit too long | B．very good | C．not too long | D．too short |
| A．cooking | B．making tea | C．washing clothes | D．washing cups, glasses and so on |
| A．in the evening | B．after lunch |
| C．as soon as she had finished the washing | D．after she came back from the cinema |
| A．two | B．four | C．six | D．eight |
| A．happy | B．surprising | C．surprised | D．thankful |
【推荐3】LeBron James is one of the greatest players today. People call him "King James", the "Chosen One" and compare（比较）him to Michael Jordan.
He is 34 years old this year. Since he joined the team, James broke many records. He has took his team to the NBA finals. He got two NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (MVP). The 2.03-meter player has both a good build and great basketball skills. He is famous for his speed and power.
"He's not scared by anyone. He has the confidence（信心）," said Paul Silas about LeBron. LeBron thinks that he is a team player. "My game just won't let me be selfish（自私的）," LeBron said. "I love sharing the ball with my teammates."
"They got a good leader in LeBron," his teammate, Rodney Stuckey said after the April game. "When he is going and he has his other teammates going as well, it is easy for them to win the games. They are quite a good team."
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1. What do people call LeBron James?
| A．Hero Michael Jordan. | B．MVP. |
| C．King James. | D．Little Chosen One. |
| A．Basketball skills. | B．Confidence. |
| C．Teamwork. | D．Look after the old |
| A．be afraid of | B．be popular with |
| C．be good for | D．be kind to |
| A．James is famous for his good build. |
| B．James thinks that he is a team player. |
| C．James is 2.03 meters tall. |
| D．He loves to share the ball with his teammates. |
| A．LeBron James -a great team player |
| B．LeBron James -the greatest player in the world |
| C．I like LeBron James |
| D．He is the dream of everyone |
