Rubber Fish
My friend and I were sitting on our beach chairs while watching our girls playing in the surf on that summer morning. About 50 yards from us, a man--- maybe in his late 50s—was fishing with big poles(鱼竿）.
After running for a while, the girls reached him and watched him. He smiled at them. They ran back to us—all except my three-year-old Alice. Instead, she sat down next to the man.
“Alice! Come here! Play with your friends!” I said, very worried that my speeches about not talking to strangers weren’t working. Hearing me, Alice ran over to me. Then she looked me in the eye, “I want to be with the man.” She ran back, sat down next to him again, and started digging.
Every few seconds I watched back to Alice to make sure she was safe. Just a man fishing. A little girl sitting.
In the second, Alice had started talking. Her mouth was moving. She was probably telling the man where we lived and how her father was away on business and how her mother sometimes let her ride bikes with her brother in the driveway alone. He nodded, then laughed.
A few seconds later, she ran back to us, waving something very shiny and slimy. “Look, Mommy! A toy fish!” It was a yellow rubber toy fish, which must have been what he was using for bait(鱼饵). And he’d given it to Alice. The three other girls all reached for the fish. Alice looked at me for help, then at the man, then back to me.
“My friend gave me that fish!” She said. Tears were fast falling. Just as I didn’t know how to solve the problem, suddenly, there he was: the man, standing right next to us. He was holding three more rubber fish. He handed them to each of the girls.“ Thank you,” the girls said, with their face shining like the sun. There is evil(罪恶）...but there is also the lesson for mothers to learn that only three-year-old could teach them. The man waved at us and walked back to his poles.
1. The writer began to feel worried when______.| A．Alice accepted a gift | B．Alice sat near the man |
| C．the girls played in the surf | D．the girls watched the man fishing |
| A．He is her friend. | B．He is interesting. |
| C．He is her mother’s friend. | D．He is a bad man. |
| A．watches others fish | B．meets some strange things |
| C．goes to the beach with her kids | D．tells her kids not to talk to strangers |
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On Sunday, David asks his mother if he can go to the party. His mother says, “Yes, you can go, but you must be polite(有礼貌的). Don’t ask for any food. They will give you some.” “All right, Mum.” David answers and he goes to Rose’s house on his bike.
There are lots of kids at the party. They play together for some time, and then Rose’s mother gives them some food, but she forgets David. He waits and waits and then he takes his plate(盘子) up and asks, “Do you want a nice clean plate?”
1. Whose birthday is it?| A．Rose’s. | B．David’s. |
| C．Rose’s mother’s. | D．David’s mother’s. |
| A．Rose’s house | B．David’s house |
| C．Rose’s school | D．David’s school |
| A．by car | B．by bike |
| C．by bus | D．on foot |
| A．mother | B．classmate | C．brother | D．friend |
| A．Rose. | B．Rose’s mother. |
| C．The kids. | D．No one. |
He walks along the street. He passes a hospital, a post office, a bookshop and at last he gets to a school. Some students are coming out, so he asks one of them, “Excuse me. Do you know where the Red Star Factory is?”
“Of course, I know. I live near there. My father works in that factory. It’s outside this town,” answers the boy.
“Is it far from here? Can you show me the way, please?” Bob asks again.
“I’m going home now. Will you come with me? We can go there by bus.”
1. Who comes to the town to see a friend?| A．Bob. | B．Peter. | C．The boy. | D．The boy’s father. |
| A．Bob. | B．Peter. | C．A student. | D．A policeman. |
| A．Near the school. | B．Outside the town. |
| C．Next to a hospital. | D．Across from the post office. |
| A．Near the bookshop. | B．Near the post office. |
| C．Near the factory. | D．Near the hospital. |
| A．To the bookshop. | B．To a bus stop. |
| C．To the post office. | D．To the hospital. |
【推荐3】Dreams. Ambitions (抱负). Everyone has them.
Some people dream of winning a big prize. Others want to travel around the world… Ellie Stevenson dreams of being a singer.
Ellie is a seventeen-year-old girl. She lives in a quiet village in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales. She goes to school, has a part-time job in her Dad’s shop and enjoys spending time with her best friends, Cassie and Skye. This is the story of Ellie.
“Pencils down, please!”
I quickly try to finish writing one last sentence but Miss Jones sees me. “Ellie Stevenson! The exam is over!”
“Please, Miss… another thirty seconds… five?”
“Humph!” she says and takes my paper.
There is nothing that I can do now. I hate biology! I dream of being a singer, like Murphy. I want to study music at A level.
“You can’t study music!” said Dad when I told him at the start of the sixth grade, in September last year. “If you want a good career, you need to study science.”
“He’s right. The sciences are important, Ellie,” agreed Skye. “I’m going to study chemistry, biology, physics and math.”
“Boring! Why don’t you study French like me?” suggested Cassie. “Mr. Lake, the French teacher, is great!”
I never told anyone about my dream after that.
Now here I am trying not to fall asleep as Miss Jones finishes collecting the answer papers after the biology exam. I’m really tired. I close my eyes. I only want to rest for a minute. But soon I’m not in the exam room…
I’m on stage in front of thousands of fans. My fans! They are shouting my name… I start to play the guitar and they all cheer… they sing the words to my latest hit…
“Ellie! Ellie!” Miss Jones’s angry voice wakes me up.
“Eh…? Sorry?”
“It’s time to go home!” she says, shaking her head.
I’m the only person left in the room. Everyone else has already gone.
I was dreaming… again.
I feel stupid as I pick up my bag and walk towards the exit.
Outside, it’s raining. It’s spring but the sky is grey and miserable (令人难受的). It seems like it will rain forever and I haven’t got an umbrella.
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When I look into Murphy’s eyes, I know that maybe my dream is just beginning…
1. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE about Ellie?| A．Ellie does well in Biology and Chemistry. |
| B．Ellie finished her exam earlier than others. |
| C．Ellie’s love for music got support from her family. |
| D．All the other students in the exam room left before Ellie. |
| A．Ellie doesn’t care about the weather in spring. |
| B．Ellie is sad because she hasn’t got an umbrella. |
| C．Ellie doesn’t like spring because it will rain forever. |
| D．Ellie feels blue because realizing her dream seems hard. |
| A．She stops working for her dad. | B．She makes every effort to be a singer. |
| C．She gives up practising singing. | D．She becomes interested in her schoolwork. |
| A．Science is magic that works. | B．Dreams do happen sometimes. |
| C．Friendship is all about trust. | D．A good teacher opens a mind. |
| Sports Events Bicycle tour and race A bike tour and race will held on June 26th and 27th (Sat.&Sun.) at 6:30a.m. The riders will leave the People’s Park and ride the first 35 kilometers as a training part on Saturday. On Sunday morning, the next 55-kilometer part, from Yantian to Baojin, will be the competitive (比赛的) part of the tour. The riders and their bikes will then be taken back. Cost:¥80 Telephone: 8357-2686 |
| British footballers The British Football Club will play with our national team at the Workers’ Stadium(体育场) on June 26th . The club has four national team players agreed to play for at least 45 minutes. Ticket prices : ¥ 60/90 Time :7:30 June 26th Sat. Telephone: 2626-7733 |
| Changjiang Daily, May 20th, 2015 Rock climbing( 攀岩) The Fifth National Rock Climbing Training Base (基地) Ten teams from five cities, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Wuhan and Hangzhou, will take part in it. A Japanese team will give a climbing show at the beginning of the match. Free for you. Take a one -hour bus from the railway station to Dawei. Time :7:30p.m.June 27th Telephone: 3369-8211 3369-8212 |
1. ________ will be held on June 26th and 27th (Sat.& Sun.) at 6:30a.m.
| A．British football | B．A bike tour and race |
| C．Rock climbing | D．A TV show. |
| A．the People’s Park | B．the Football Club |
| C．the Training Base | D．the Workers’ Stadium |
| A．¥ 60 B ¥80 | B．¥90 |
| C．¥140 | |
June 26th, you will call ______ to book your tickets.
| A．3369-8211 | B．3369-8212 |
| C．2626-7733 | D．8357-2686 |
| A．Chinese | B．British |
| C．Japanese | D．American |
【推荐2】More and more people in China are now sharing parts of their lives with the world by videos on their phones. Some people send videos of personal events like holidays and weddings.
Using live streaming (网络直播) is particularly popular among the people aged 18 to 35. Besides leaving danmu comments (弹幕), they can also communicate directly with the hosts by buying virtual (虚拟的) gifts such as flowers, toys and cars for them online. The most recent example was the Olympic swimmer Fu Yuanhui. She did one-hour live streaming which attracted more than 11 million viewers.
What’s more, live streaming allows users to communicate with strangers and express themselves. A 19-year-old college student called Nic Li says she spends three to four hours each week chatting and singing with viewers through one app called Ingkee. “Sometimes I feel lonely and want to talk to people,” she says. “It feels nice when viewers are playing attention to me.”
However, there are worries about the misuse of live streaming. Papi Jiang promised to correct her unsuitable and impolite language after she was warned by government officials. As there are more than 80 apps and 300 websites for live streaming in China, the Internet regulator (网络监管机构) can hardly monitor the content all the time.
“We support the use of live streaming. But people should be aware of the two sides of it.” One of the officials said.
1. According to the first paragraph, more and more people in China are now _________.| A．having holidays of weddings | B．living on their phones |
| C．sharing their hobbies with each other | D．sending videos on the phone |
| A．officials | B．hosts | C．users | D．viewers |
| A．leave danmu comments | B．buy virtual gifts |
| C．use unsuitable and impolite language | D．communicate with strangers |
| A．Nic Li made viewers pay attention to her through Wechat. |
| B．Papi Jiang herself realized her unsuitable and impolite language later. |
| C．Over 11 million people bought gifts for Fu Yuanhui during her live broadcast. |
| D．Ingkee is a kind of live streaming app to allow people to chat and sing online. |
| A．The two sides of live streaming | B．How to use live streaming |
| C．Live streaming among young people | D．Why live streaming is popular |
【推荐3】
Jenny | Jenny is twelve years old. She’s from the UK. But she lives in Beijing now, because her parents work here. She’s a middle school student in an international (国际的) school. Her hobby(爱好) is dancing. |
Peter | Peter is thirty years old. He’s from Canada. He likes drawing, and he is learning to draw in Paris(巴黎) now. He also likes animals. In his free time, he often helps the homeless animals with his friends. |
Amy | Amy is a ten-year-old girl. She is Jenny’s cousin. She and Jenny come from the same country. It is the summer vacation now, and she lives in Jenny’s house in Beijing. She often plays computer games. It is her favorite hobby. |
Sally | Sally is twenty-four years old. She’s from the USA. She is an English teacher in a middle school in Shanghai. Her hobby is singing. She and her friends want to sing in a KTV this Sunday. |
1. What does the underlined word “homeless” mean in Chinese?
| A．在家的 | B．思念家乡的 | C．爱家的 | D．无家可归的 |
| A．China | B．the UK | C．America | D．Canada |
| A．play computer games | B．draw | C．sing | D．dance |
| A．Jenny | B．Peter | C．Amy | D．Sally |
| A．Peter comes from France(法国). |
| B．Sally teaches English in Shanghai. |
| C．Jenny’s parents work in Beijing now. |
| D．Amy likes playing computer games best. |
【推荐1】Australia’s Great Barrier Reef(礁) is the world’s largest reef system. It is over 2,600 kilometers long. The reef is home to many animals: fish, birds, turtles, sharks and even whales. Unfortunately, the reef that all these animals call home is in danger.
Climate(气候) change, overfishing and water pollution are damaging(毁坏) the reef every year. Coral(珊瑚) reef experts at Australian universities say that if we do nothing to stop it, the coral reef could be destroyed before the year 2030.
Everyday things like driving cars, using electricity and running a factory give out greenhouse gases into the air. These gases make the Earth warmer and warmer. This is a problem for the Great Barrier Reef and other reefs around the world.
Coral is very fragile, and even a 2-degree increase in water temperature is enough to kill it, according to Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, reef researcher at the University of Queensland, Australia. If the water temperature doesn’t go down, the coral will die.
But it’s not only the coral that’s in danger. One quarter of all sea life lives on coral reefs.
If air pollution is not slowed down or stopped, then the water will warm by at least 3 degrees in the next 20 years, according to reef experts in a report from University of Queensland. This would spell the end for the Great Barrier Reef and all its sea life.
1. Which of the following can damage the Great Barrier Reef？a. sea animals b. global warming c. overfishing d. water pollution
| A．abc | B．acd | C．bcd | D．abd |
| A．the coral reef will be destroyed before 2030 |
| B．greenhouse gases are the biggest problem |
| C．rising water temperatures could kill the coral |
| D．other sea animals living in coral reefs are also in danger |
| A．easily damaged | B．hard to break | C．small and soft | D．clean and tidy |
| A．coral can easily get used to changes | B．it’s time to take action to protect coral |
| C．coral in other areas is not in danger | D．all sea animals will die with the Great Barrier |
【推荐2】Helen is a kind and hard-working girl. Her father is a bus driver, and her mother is a worker. They’re busy every day and sometimes they have no time to cook for their daughter. So her mother teaches her to cook some simple food. Helen learns very quickly and soon she can cook pancakes（煎饼） and hot dishes.
Today is Sunday. Helen is free. She hopes her parents can eat hot food when they get home. She cooks some pancakes first. Then she wants to cook tomato soup, but she doesn’t know how much salt(盐) she should put into the soup. She puts spoons(勺) of salt. Her parents are very happy after they see the hot pancakes and soup on the table. But they look very painful(痛苦的) after having the soup. “Oh dear Helen, how much salt did you put into the soup?” Her parents ask and begin laughing.
1. According to the passage, all the following words can describe Helen EXCEPT（除了） .| A．hard-working | B．smart | C．kind | D．bad |
| A．Because her mother thinks cooking is interesting. |
| B．Because her parents don’t like Helen at all. |
| C．Because her parents hope Helen can eat well when they’re busy. |
| D．Because her parents want Helen to help to do the housework. |
| A．Rice and chicken. | B．Pancakes and soup. | C．Bread and beef | D．Pizza and Juice. |
| A．Because they’re badly ill. |
| B．Because the soup has too much salt. |
| C．Because they eat a lot and they’re full. |
| D．Because they don’t like the food cooked by Helen. |
【推荐3】The weather is used to describe the atmosphere from the aspects (方面) such as heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness, wind or fog. There is a weekly weather report for three cities. You can know the weather report of them from it.
Beijing | Maximum temperature: 37℃ at around 2 pm on Saturday, 24th August Minimum temperature: 22℃ at around 5 am on Tuesday, 20th August Wettest day: Tuesday, 20th August Around 3.00 mm of rainfall(降雨量). Make sure to take an umbrella if you are out. Windiest day: At around 8 pm on Monday, 19th August Up to 13mph |
London | Maximum temperature: 30℃ at around 3 pm on Sunday, 25th August Minimum temperature: 15℃ at around 6 am on Wednesday, 21st August Wettest day: Sunday, 25th August Around 0.30 mm of rainfall. Make sure to take an umbrella if you are out. Windiest day: At around 8 pm on Monday, 19th August Up to 12mph |
Seabrook | Maximum temperature: 33℃ at around 1 pm on Thursday, 22nd August Minimum temperature: 26℃ at around 7 am on Wednesday, 21st August Wettest day: Wednesday, 21st August Around 12.20 mm of rainfall. Make sure to take an umbrella if you are out. Windiest day: At around 9 pm on Wednesday 21st August. Up to 11mph |
1. When will be the hottest day in Bejing during the week?
| A．25th August. | B．24th August. | C．20th August. | D．19th August. |
| A．Take an umbrella. | B．Wear a pair of sunglasses. |
| C．Take a bottle of water. | D．Wear a hat. |
| A．Cloudy and windy. | B．Sunny and windy. | C．Rainy and cloudy. | D．Rainy and windy. |
【推荐1】Andrew is my best friend. He not only becomes a part of my life but is always there for me with his kind heart.
It all started the day we met, the first day of junior high school. I went into the classroom, feeling nervous, because I didn’t know anybody. Then I saw a boy with a funny round face walking toward me. He chose the seat in front of me and turned to talk to me. At that time, I didn’t feel lonely anymore.
As we talked more, I found that we actually shared lots of interests. For example, we both like basketball and math. What’s more, his personality(性格) is just like mine, so we became good friends.
I still remember the day I started to regard(把……视为) him as my best friend. That day I didn’t finish my homework so I had to clean the classroom during lunch break. I was feeling terrible, but he came to stay with me. He didn’t have to do that but he said, “Real friends stick together!” I was moved after hearing this. He is a true friend and I hope that we will be best friends forever.
1. On the first day of Junior high school, the writer felt ________ because he didn’t know anybody.| A．happy | B．best | C．nervous | D．good |
| A．I | B．Andrew | C．my friend | D．Andrew’s friend |
| A．do his homework | B．stop eating lunch |
| C．clean the classroom | D．talk with his friend |
| A．Andrew came to the classroom the first day |
| B．they talked more |
| C．he realized they have similar personality |
| D．Andrew said “Real friends stick together!” |
| A．They both work hard. | B．They both like math. |
| C．They have similar personality. | D．They both like basketball. |
【推荐2】Many teenagers feel that the most important people in their lives are their friends. They believe that their family members don't know them as well as their friends do. In large families, it is quite often for brothers and sisters to fight with each other and then they can only go to their friends for some ideas.
It's very important for teenagers to have one good friend or a group of good friends. Even they are not with their friends, they usually spend a lot of time talking with them on the phone. This communication is very important in children's growing up, because friends can discuss something.
These things are difficult to say to their family members.
However, parents often try to choose their children's friends for them. Some parents may even stop their children from meeting their good friends. Have you ever thought of the following questions?
Who choose your friends? Do you choose your friends or your friends choose you? Have you got a good friend your parents don't like? Your answers are welcome.
1. Many teenagers think that their __________can understand them.| A．parents | B．friends | C．brothers | D．sisters |
| A．Communication | B．To make friends |
| C．To stop meeting friends | D．Both A and B |
| A．go to their brothers and sisters for help | B．stay alone at home |
| C．fight with their parents | D．discuss it with their friends |
| A．Your answers are always right |
| B．You are welcome to discuss the questions with us. |
| C．You can give us all the right answers. |
| D．We've got no idea, so your answers are welcome. |
| A．Teenagers should only go to their friends for help. |
| B．Parents should choose friends for their children. |
| C．Children should choose everything they like. |
| D．Parents should understand their children better. |
【推荐3】My 3-year-old son loves to meet new people. Unlike his introverted(内向的) mama, he always looks for new friendships. When I take him to the park, secretly hoping it’s not busy, he’s disappointed if there are “no friends” there.
When he looks up at an adult, telling him or her all about the interesting pictures on his shirt, and they look in his direction for a short moment and then look away. It breaks my heart.
However, it doesn’t happen too often and there are quite a lot of strangers who don’t ignore my son. I’ve noticed that it’s often the oldest people that are the most engaging(参与) with children in public. They take the time to greet children they see in their communities and give them their full attention. Maybe with age we all come to love them more.
I think the world could use a little more kindness, and it doesn’t take very much effort — just a smile and a simple greeting. When he says hi, you, dear stranger, should look him in the eye, say hello and ask him a question or two. I want my son to know that there’s more good out there than bad, and that most people are kind. So, it helps me when strangers don’t ignore him in public.
The other day, I took my son to a new shop and we met an employee, who had a lot of things to do but took the time to greet my son. She said, “What big, beautiful blue eyes you have!” She made him feel special. On the way home, he said he wanted to go there again to tell her what was going on in his life.
She is among the many kind people who engage with my kid. Thank you, all the kind strangers out there, for not ignoring my son. It takes a village to raise a child. You give me hope that a nice village for our kids really can exist(存在).
1. What does the little boy like to do?| A．Play with old friends. | B．Ask a lot of questions. |
| C．Look others in their eyes. | D．Communicate with strangers. |
| A．to get mad at | B．to pay no attention to | C．to punish | D．to disagree with |
| A．She is a bit cold. | B．She is too serious. |
| C．She is a nice friend. | D．She is a funny woman. |
| A．Thank You, My Nice Village |
| B．Thank You, Our New Friends |
| C．Dear Son, Please Be Careful About Strangers |
| D．Dear Strangers, My Son Needs Your Attention |
