"The brat（捣蛋鬼）!" said Alice. She ran into her house with her kids.
Every time Gina walked down the street, her neighbors ran away. Gina was the only child of her parents. Her parents never refused her anything. And Gina, in turn, always made sure that she would get whatever she wanted.
One day Gina's mother noticed that her daughter didn't have any friends. Every child knows that Gina is clever but they just don't want to play with her.
Things changed when Rita joined Gina's class. Rita was new to the city and too shy to make any friends. Gina bossed her around as she always does. But Rita didn't mind.
"Rita cried today in front of the class, Rita went to do her math exercises on the blackboard, She wasn't able to do them although the teacher had explained carefully. Everyone laughed at her," Gina told her mother after school. "Why don't you try to explain to her simply." asked her mother.
"Mommy, I don't want to waste time."
"But Rita is your friend and if you don't help her, who will?"
Very unhappy, Gina helped Rita. Gina has the gift（天赋）of explaining thing simply. Rita understood the math questions and the teacher praised her in front of the class. Rita told everyone what a good friend Gina was. From that day Gina and Rita became best friends. And, no one called Gina "the brat" any more.
1. We can infer（推断）from the passage that Alice was .| A．Gina's mother |
| B．Gina's classmate |
| C．a woman Gina didn't know |
| D．one of Gina's neighbors |
| A．They bought her too many things. |
| B．Gina was not good at her lessons |
| C．Gina had no friends and no child wanted to play with her. |
| D．Gina was too shy to make any friends, |
| A．听从 | B．指挥 | C．佣人 | D．老板 |
| A．Gina had the gift of making friends easily |
| B．the teacher praised Gina in front of the class |
| C．Rita told everyone Gina was a good friend |
| D．Rita wasn't as clever as Gina |
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One evening, Brownie’s family noticed that their dog hadn’t returned home. They went looking for him, but with no success. Brownie didn’t show up the next day, and by the next week he was still missing.
Curiously, Spotty showed up at Brownie’s house alone. He barked loudly. But busy with their own lives, Brownie’s family just ignored (忽略) their neighbor’s nervous little dog.
Finally, one morning Spotty refused to take “no” for an answer. He followed Ted, Brownie’s owner, everywhere he went. He barked, then rushed towards a nearby empty lot and back, as if to say, “ Follow me!”
Finally, Ted followed the dog across the empty lot. The dog led the man to a tree a half-mile from the house. There Ted found Brownie alive. One of his legs was crushed (夹住) in a trap. Ted wished he had taken Spotty’s earlier appeals (求助) seriously.
Then Ted noticed something amazing. In a circle around the injured dog, he saw a lot of dog food. They were the remains of lots of meals.
Spotty had been visiting Brownie every day. He had stayed with Brownie to protect him, snuggling(依偎) with him at night to keep him warm and nuzzling(用鼻子爱抚) him to
1. What can we learn from the first three paragraphs?
| A．Brownie and Spotty didn’t like their owners. |
| B．Brownie was missing for three days. |
| C．Brownie’s family didn’t love him. |
| D．Spotty probably knew where Brownie was. |
| A．Spotty barked loudly at Ted because he was scared. |
| B．Ted followed Spotty because Spotty asked him to. |
| C．Spotty succeeded in escaping from the trap. |
| D．Brownie had nothing to eat that whole week. |
| A．feed him | B．praise him | C．comfort him | D．protect him |
| A．Dog is man’s best friend. | B．Even dogs can have strong friendship. |
| C．Dogs are one of the cleverest animals. | D．Dogs have a special way to look for help. |
【推荐2】Four years ago, when Ted was sixty years old, he retired (退休). He had worked in a restaurant for thirty-three years. He left and returned to his home village. Then he bought a small piece of farm and planted a lot of apple trees on it. He takes care of them and this year there are plenty of apples in the trees. The old man is very happy.
But these days the old man has been worried. Nearly every night his garden is broken into and quite a few apples have been lost. So he decided to try his best to catch the thief himself. Last night, he sat in a tree and carefully watched who would come and pick the apples. Later at night, Mr. Ted was so tired that he went to sleep. Suddenly some noise woke him up. The noise came from a big tree. He went there quietly and saw a boy standing under the tree with a bag full of apples. At once he recognized it was Tom who lives just next to him.
“How can you do that, Tom?” the old man became angry and shouted, “I’ll tell your father about it!” But the boy wasn’t afraid about it. He looked up and called out, “Have you heard that yet, Dad? Mr. Ted has something to talk to you.”
1. When Mr. Ted was , he began to work in the restaurant.| A．four | B．twenty-seven | C．forty-three | D．sixty |
| A．because he used to be good at planting apples | B．as he liked the fruit very much |
| C．after he had already retired | D．for apples were expensive |
| A．to catch the thief | B．to pick some apples |
| C．to take care of the trees | D．to have a good rest |
| A．he would send Tom to the police | B．he would tell Tom’s father about it |
| C．he would wake Tom up | D．he wanted Tom to pay for the apples |
| A．He was at home | B．He was on a business |
| C．He was in the apple tree | D．He was on his bed |
【推荐3】Crystal was a reporter for her school's newspaper, The Real Story. She'd done several different kinds of stories before. but never anything like the story she was about to do.
During an interview, the school nurse, Mrs. Jones, had told Crystal that the school had a secret basement (地下室). Crystal was looking forward to finding out what was in the basement. It could be just about anything! So Crystal asked the newspaper's advisor, Mr. Adair. if she could do a feature (特写) about the school's basement. As a result, he agreed with her that basement might be a fascinating story, especially since a lot of people didn't even notice had been there.
Crystal got permission from the headmaster to go down into the basement but she wasn't allowed to enter alone. So Mr. Adair and Mrs. Jones accompanied Crystal when she went to explore the basement.
The guard unlocked the basement door, and they slowly walked down the narrow stairs. When they reached the bottom of the stairs, Mrs. Jones turned on the light, and they began to look around.
Crystal soon discovered a large set of bookshelves with a collection of old dusty (落满灰尘的) books on them. Neither of the two teachers knew what those were, so Crystal made her way over to look more closely at the books. They turned out to be yearbooks from every year since the school opened.
For almost an hour, Crystal, Mr. Adair, and Mrs. Jones paged slowly through the yearbooks. They joked about the old-fashioned clothes and hair in the oldest books, and they talked about some of the people they knew.
All of a sudden, Crystal knew the next feature she wanted to write.
1. Why did Crystal want to do a feature about the school' s basement?| A．Because it was filled with secrets for her. |
| B．Because Mrs Jones told her what it was. |
| C．Because Mr. Adair advised her to write about it. |
| D．Because the headmaster wanted to read the story of it. |
| A．avoided | B．stopped | C．followed | D．allowed |
| A．Most people in the school knew the basement had been there. |
| B．The books in the basement were well kept all the time. |
| C．Only yearbooks of recent years were discovered in the basement. |
| D．The books told a lot of wonderful memories of the school. |
| A．Crystal would write a new yearbook for the school. |
| B．Crystal would write the next feature about the yearbooks. |
| C．The school basement would be open for the public in the near future. |
| D．All the school teachers have been included in the yearbooks. |
【推荐1】Lucy lives in England. She knows something about China on television. But she wants to know more. So she is looking forward to visiting China. She will have a holiday next week. She is going to visit Beijing because she likes Chinese culture. She is going there by plane and then stay in a hotel. In Beijing she is going to do some sightseeing, and visit the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace and walk up the Great wall.
Lucy also likes Chinese animals. She likes Chinese pandas very much. So she is going to visit the Being Zoo to see pandas there and take some photos of them. On the last day in Beijing she is going to go shopping. She wants to buy her sister some presents. Her sister likes Chinese silk and Chinese paintings.
1. Lucy is looking forward to visiting China because________.| A．she wants to know something more about China | B．she lives in America |
| C．she can know China on television | D．she is not Chinese |
| A．The Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, the Great Wall and a hotel. |
| B．The Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, and a hotel. |
| C．The Forbidden City the Summer Palace, the Great Wall and the Beijing Zoo. |
| D．The Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, the Beijing Zoo and a hotel. |
| A．she likes taking photos | B．she takes the photos to study pandas |
| C．Beijing has a big zoo | D．she likes pandas |
| A．photos of pandas | B．Chinese silk and Chinese paintings |
| C．Chinese silk | D．Chinese paintings |
【推荐2】Jenny delivered (配送) food for a restaurant. She read the newspaper and said, “Uh-oh. There was a story about a thief. He stole food, and no one had seen him. Even the police could not catch him.” Jenny was a little scared because she worked close to that area.
The newspaper included a message from the police: “If you help us catch the thief, you’ll earn a reward (悬赏金).”
Jenny talked to Jim who managed the restaurant. “Do you know about the thief?” “Yes,” he continued, “But he steals more than one person can eat. If you see him, call the police. Don’t run after him.”
One day, Jenny drove to a customer’s house. She left her car and opened the gate to the house. But then she heard a noise by her car. She shouted, “Thief!” She wasn’t scared anymore. She wanted the reward! She did the opposite of what Jim told her to do. “Stop!” She set the food on the ground and ran to her car. But the thief had already left with the rest of the food. Jenny followed a noise around the corner. She was too surprised to believe. A mother dog was feeding some puppies (幼犬), thin and scared. They were eating her food! The “thief” was found!
Jenny felt bad. She tried to comfort the dogs with another plate of food. Then she took them back to the store. Jenny called the police and told them there was no real thief.
This time, Jenny didn’t do it to receive the reward anymore. She said, “It was just a dog. But it means a lot more than money.”
1. How did Jenny feel when she heard the story?| A．Excited. | B．Surprised. | C．Interested. | D．Afraid. |
| A．The newspaper. | B．The police. | C．The restaurant manager. | D．The customer. |
| A．He tried to catch the thief with Jenny together. | B．He told Jenny to call the police if necessary. |
| C．He told the police that there was no real thief. | D．He received a reward because he ran a store. |
①heard a noise and shouted loudly
②left the car and opened the gate
③put down the food and ran to the car
| A．②①③ | B．②③① | C．①③② | D．①②③ |
| A．A Plate of Food | B．A Poor Dog | C．A Better Reward | D．A Warm Restaurant |
【推荐3】It was Mother’s Day, but Mrs. White was a little unhappy. She was 500 kilometers away from her parents. In the morning, she phoned her mother to wish her a happy Mother’s Day, and her mother told her about the beautiful flowers in the yard.
Later that day, Mr. White took her and their children, Tom, Cindy and Eric to a small mountain. There, Mrs. White saw a lot of beautiful purple flowers. She picked some here and some there. She was so excited.
On the way back, Mrs. White saw an old grandma sitting in a chair in the nursing home (养老院). She had no children with her. They stopped the car and Mrs. White walked to the old woman and put the flowers in her hands. The old grandma thanked her again and again.
When Mrs. White came back to the car, her children asked her, “Why did you give our flowers to her?”
Their mother said happily, “It’s Mother’s Day, and she has no children. I have all of you, and I still have my mother. Those flowers will mean (意味) a lot to her.”
1. Mrs. White lived ________ her parents.| A．near | B．far from | C．beside | D．next to |
| A．in Mrs. White’s yard | B．in the big market |
| C．in Mrs. White’s mother’s yard | D．in the nursing home |
| A．sad—happy—excited | B．unhappy—happy—excited |
| C．unhappy—excited—happy | D．excited—unhappy—happy |
①Mrs. White didn’t have a mother.
②Mrs. White had three children.
③Mrs. White’s mother got the best wishes from her.
④Mrs. White gave the flowers to an old grandma.
| A．①③④ | B．①②③ | C．①②④ | D．②③④ |
| A．A Kind Woman | B．An Old Grandma | C．An Exciting Trip | D．Beautiful Flowers |
【推荐1】Have you heard of Sisa Abu Daooh? She comes from Egypt. In Marc, 2015, she was given the country’s highest award for motherhood.
In the early 1970s, Daooh’s husband died. Daooh and her daughter lived a very poor life. It was almost unheard-of for women in Egypt to find paid word at that time. In order to make money to support her family, Daooh had to be dressed up as a man. “I worked in Aswan wearing men’s clothes,” Daooh told The New York Times. “If I hadn’t been dressed like that, no one would have let me work.” For seven years, Daooh worked as a manual worker（手工劳动者）.She made less than a dollar a day. Later, she found a less tiring job. Now she works as a shoe cleaner.
According to a study , if women and men could work equally（平等地）, Egypt’s GDP would increase by 34%. However, even today, very few women in Egypt have jobs. Only 26% of women in Egypt work, while 79% of men have got jobs. How unfair!
1. When did Sisa Abu Daooh begin to work?| A．In 2015. | B．In 1976. |
| C．In 1972. | D．In 1980. |
| A．Because she made a lot of money. |
| B．Because she dressed like a man and supported her family. |
| C．Because she worked as hard as a man. |
| D．Because she could do many different kinds of jobs. |
| A．A book. | B．A magazine. |
| C．A newspaper. | D．A report. |
| A．It’s fair. | B．It’s a little hard. |
| C．It’s impossible. | D．It’s easy. |
| A．The social situation in Egypt. |
| B．Women shouldn’t work in Egypt. |
| C．A great mother. |
| D．How to find a job in Egypt. |
【推荐2】My father is tall and has short curly gray hair. He wears glasses with heavy black frames（边框）. Today I find a picture of him in 1988. What a surprise! In the picture, he’s 15 years old and he’s short. He wears glasses with small round frames. He has long yellow hair and it’s really straight. He wears blue jeans and a T-shirt with a word “love” on it.
I’m 15 years old now. I’m of medium height and have short hair. My hair isn’t yellow. It’s red. My father thinks it’s strange. But my friends think it’s great. I wear glasses, and my glasses have square red frames. They’re so cool! I never wear blue jeans. I like big pants and long T-shirts. Most of my T-shirts have pictures of my favorite rock bands on them.
1. What does the writer’s father look like?| A．He’s tall and has short curly gray hair. | B．He’s tall and has long straight yellow hair. |
| C．He’s short and has short curly gray hair. | D．He’s short and has long straight yellow hair. |
| A．red and round | B．heavy and black | C．small and round | D．square and red |
| A．It’s yellow. | B．It’s blue. | C．It’s gray. | D．It’s red. |
| A．潇洒的 | B．奇怪的 | C．华丽的 | D．可爱的 |
| A．Because his father is 15 years old. |
| B．Because his father looks like the writer very much. |
| C．Because his father wears the same T-shirt as the writer. |
| D．Because his father is very different from himself now. |
Tommy is from a poor family. His father is a worker and he is often ill. Tommy hopes to be an artist, but everybody says it is impossible for him to be an artist and makes fun of his family and his dream. But Tommy never gives up.
One day, he heard there was a drawing competition the following week, and anyone aged 13 was welcome. The winner would get 10,000 dollars and some art equipment (器材). He thought for a minute and decided to take part in the competition.
That week seemed like the longest week in his life. Every day when he got home from school, a pencil and a piece of paper were the first things in his hands. Then, the day of the competition came. He finished his drawing quickly.
After two weeks, Tommy got a letter. Tommy was too afraid to open the letter. At last, he opened it slowly. Just as he read the first sentence, he began crying. However, they were not tears of sadness. They were tears of happiness.
1. What does Tommy hope to be?| A．A worker. | B．An artist. | C．A writer. |
| A．Only young boys could take part in the competition. |
| B．The winner could get about 1,000 dollars. |
| C．The winner could get some art equipment. |
| A．眼泪. | B．比赛. | C．绘画. |
| A．Tommy could never become an artist. |
| B．Tommy didn’t win the competition. |
| C．Tommy won the competition. |
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Good characters（品质）are very important to us. With them, we can make more friends and feel happy in our school. Here are some good characters and how some students show them in their daily life. | |
 | Love is caring, taking care of things and being polite. John loves his class. He loves his teacher because she teaches him a lot. Also he loves his classmates because they are kind and helpful. He is always happy to make many good friends and he really has fun with them. |
 | Cleanliness is keeping yourself and your surroundings（环境）clean and organized（有条理的）. Casey often helps her teacher clean the desks. She wipes them every day after school. She washes her hands a lot, too. She thinks it's important to wash them before she eats anything and she seldom gets sick. |
 | Fairness is making things equal（公平的）for everyone. Ken is the snack helper of his class. He is the best at making sure that everyone gets their fair share. He is careful to give everyone the same amount. No one ever complains（抱怨） about not getting as much as someone else. |
1. John loves his teacher because ________________.
| A．she is polite and fair | B．she teaches him a lot |
| C．she is kind and helpful | D．she takes care of him |
| A．Cleanliness | B．Fairness | C．Love | D．Sharing |
| A．Jenny. | B．Casey. | C．Ken. | D．John. |
| A．good ideas | B．good friends |
| C．good characters | D．good classes |
This year, a very sweet old lady that I cared for, Alice, had gone through a difficult time. She got
Alice had thought her daughter was coming to visit her on Christmas day and that they were going to have the whole family together like the old days. When she finally realized that that happy moment was not going to happen, she was very sad. Knowing that her daughter was coming after Christmas was not enough to make her feel happy, I hated the idea of her being alone on the holiday!
On Christmas Eve, I gave her a surprise by asking if she would like to go to a candlelight service at church that night.
Instead of taking her to my church, I took her to her old neighborhood church where all her friends were. We got there early and I got her a seat where her friends could see her as they came in. Then soon some of her friends came to the church and they rushed over to greet her and sit with her.
The candlelight service was beautiful and Alice got a lot of love from her old and new friends there.
The truth of the story is that I am the one who got the best gift: the smile on Alice’s face.
1. The underlined word “dementia” in Paragraph 2 probably is _____.
| A．an illness | B．a letter | C．a house | D．a plan |
| A．The candlelight service. | B．Praise from Alice’s friends. |
| C．Thanks from Alice’s daughter. | D．Alice’s happiness. |
| A．Alice’s daughter came to visit her on Christmas Eve. |
| B．None of Alice’s friends came to the church. |
| C．The candlelight Christmas Eve made Alice really happy. |
| D．Alice’s family never got together on Christmas Day in the old days. |
| A．A special candlelight Christmas Eve | B．The dream of an old lonely lady |
| C．My special job | D．The true love |
【推荐3】Do you like drinking milk? Do you like reading books? But do you know the “milk book”? It’s a new book in Slovenia.
There is a story on the box of milk, so people call it “milk book”. Bostjan Gorenc-Pizama writes the stories for the milk books. These days, people like to play games on computers and mobile phones to spend (度过) their free time. They spend less (更少的) time reading. Parents want to help their children have reading habits before they go to bed. The stories help parents and their children read more in this relaxing way. The stores sell the books at very good prices. Some parents love to buy the books for their sons and daughters.
A cup of milk and a bedtime story can help people have a good sleep. Many families buy the books in Slovenia now because they get fun from the books.
根据短文内容，判断下列各句子正（T）、误（F）。
1. “Milk book” is a new book in Slovenia.
2. Many people write the stories for the milk books.
3. People like to read books these days.
4. Some parents love to buy the books for their children.
5. Many families get fun from “milk book”.
