The day was like any other day in his life, Bill walked past the shop on the street corner. He stopped to look at the front row(排,列) of shoes, and he felt happy to see that the pair of shoes he wanted very much were still there. Looking down, he felt sorry for himself. He really wanted to have them for his birthday.
He sadly walked away and thought how to tell his mother about it. He knew she would give him anything he liked if she could. But he also knew very well she had little money. He decided(决定) not to go home at once, as he looked worried and his mother would notice (注意) it. So he went to the park and sat on the grass. Then he saw a boy in a wheel chair (轮 椅) . He found (发现)that the boy moved the wheel with his hands. Bill looked at him carefully and was surprised to see the boy have no feet. He looked at his own feet. “It's much better to be without shoes than without feet, ” he thought. There was no reason (理由) for him to feel sad. He smiled, thinking he was happier.
1. Bill was so sorry because .A.the shoes in the shop were not the right size for him. | B.he forgot to bring any money with him. |
C.his mother couldn't buy him a pair of shoes | D.he walked past the shoe shop. |
A.because his mother was at work. |
B.because his mother wouldn't give him any money. |
C.because he wanted to sit on the grass in the park. |
D.because he didn't want to give his mother any trouble(麻烦) |
A.Bill's mother has much money. | B.Bill's mother was a kind-hearted(热心的)woman. |
C.Bill's mother wouldn't buy him anything. | D.Bill's mother often bought presents for Bill's birthday. |
A.without feet | B.without hands |
C.walking slowly | D.looking down at his shoes |
A.decided to buy a new pair of shoes. | B.left the park sadly. |
C.thought he's luckier than the boy in the wheelchair. | D.didn't know what to do |
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The next morning the little girl, filled with excitement, brought the gift box to her father and said, "This is for you, Daddy!"
As he opened the box, the father was sorry for his earlier behavior.
But after he opened it, he found it was empty and again he was angry."Don' t you know, young lady, " he said, "when you give someone a present there's supposed to be something inside the package!"
The little girl looked up at him with tears running from her eyes and said, "Daddy, it's not empty. I blew kisses into it until it was all full."
When the father heard this, he fell on his knees and put his arm around his dear little girl. He begged her to forgive him for his unnecessary anger.
An accident took the life of the child only a short time later. It is told that the father kept that little gold box by his bed for all the year of his life. Whenever he was sad or faced difficult problems he would open the box, take out an imaginary kiss, and remember the love of this beautiful child who had put it there.
In a very real sense, each of us as human beings have been given an invisible golden box filled with love and kisses from our children, family, friends and God. This is the most expensive possession (财产) anyone could hold.
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1. Why did the man punish his little daughter?
A.Because his daughter made some mistakes. |
B.Because his daughter asked he for Christmas present. |
C.Because his daughter used up their only gold wapping paper. |
D.Because his daughter decorated the Christmas tree with gold wrapping paper. |
A.Because his daughter bought him a Christmas gift.. |
B.Because he misunderstood his daughter for wasting paper. |
C.Because he saw his daughter was so excited. |
D.Because the box was covered with the kisses. |
A.贵重的 | B.无形的 |
C.珍爱的 | D.唯一的 |
A.He missed his daughter so much. " |
B.He took out the box and kissed it. |
C.He thought of his daughter's love. |
D.He put the box by his bed. |
A.The Kiss | B.The Gift |
C.The Father | D.The Daughter |
【推荐2】A young woman was walking through a supermarket to pick up a few things when she noticed an old man following her around. Thinking nothing of it, she ignored him and continued (继续) shopping. After she got what she wanted, she went to checkout line, but the old man got in front of her, "Pardon me," he said, "I'm sorry if my staring(盯) at you has made you feel uncomfortable. It's just because you look like my granddaughter, who just died recently. And I miss her very much, "
"I'm very sorry," answered the young woman. "Is there anything I can do for you?
" Yes," the old man said. " As I'm leaving, can you say ‘Goodbye, Grandpa' to me? It would make me feel so much better. "
"Sure," answered the young woman.
As the old man was leaving, she called out, " Bye-bye, Grandpa ! "
When she stepped up to the checkout counter(收银台) ,she saw that her total was $ 178.50.
"How can that be?" she asked. "I only bought a few things ! "
"Your grandpa said you would pay for him," said the clerk.
1. Why did the old man follow the woman and let her say" Bye-bye, Grandpa" ?A.He wanted to steal(偷) her money. | B.She looked like her dead granddaughter. |
C.He wanted to stare at her. | D.He wanted her to pay for him. |
A.the young woman is a careful person |
B.the young woman is as clever as the old man |
C.the young woman was pleased to pay for the old man |
D.the young woman didn't know the old man at all |
A.看 | B.浏览 | C.忽视 | D.买 |
A.$ 178.50. | B.Over $ 178.50. | C.$ 78. 50. | D.Less than $ 178. 50. |
A.A kind-hearted young woman | B.The total was $178.50 |
C.Bye-bye, Grandpa | D.An old man and his granddaughter |
【推荐3】Once upon a time, there was a businessman who owed(欠债) a lot of money to a noble(贵族). The noble said he would forget about the money if he could marry the businessman’s daughter. The businessman didn’t want his daughter to marry the noble, but he was too poor to pay back.
The noble said, ”I have an idea. I will put a black stone and a white stone into an empty bag.Your daughter has to pick one from the bag. If she picks the black one , she will become my wife and you won’t need to pay me back. If she picks the white one, she need’t marry me. When your daughter picks the white one, you need’t pay back, either.” The businessman and his daughter agreed.
The noble went to pick two small stones. As he picks them up , the girl noticed him pick two black stones and put then into the bag. He then asked the girl to pick one. The girl put her hand into the bag and chose a stone. Without looking at it, she threw it into a river.
She said, “Oh, silly! I didn’t see the color of the stone. But if you look at the other one, you will be able to tell which one I have picked. ”
1. The businessman borrowed ___________from the noble.A.some stones | B.some food | C.some bags | D.some money |
A.rich | B.poor | C.young | D.old |
A.she need’t marry the noble | B.the businessman has to pay back |
C.she can put it into the bag | D.she has to throw it into a river |
A.two white stones | B.two brown stones |
C.two black stones | D.two grey stones |
A.happy | B.disappointed |
C.scared | D.calm |
【推荐1】That evening Holmes again wore different clothes, and a large, black hat. He changed his face, his hair—everything. He was a different man.
We walked together to Serpentine Avenue. “You see,” said Holmes to me, “I don’t think she wants others to see the photo. But where is it? At her bank? No. Such a woman likes to keep important things herself. I’m sure it’s in her house.”
“But how will you know?” I asked. He said, “She’ll show me. She’ll have to.” Just then Irene’s taxi arrived. One of the men in the street ran to open the door and then another man pushed him. Other men were also pushing and shouting, and a fight began. Irene was in the middle of it, but Holmes ran to help her. Then suddenly he fell to the ground, with blood running down his face. Irene hurried to her front door, but she looked back. “How kind of him to help me! Is the poor man hurt?” she called.
Some people carried Holmes into the house. I waited outside the window and watched. Then Holmes put up his hand, and I threw the smoke-stick into the room. At once, the people in the street and in the house all began to shout “Fire!” very loudly.
The house was full of smoke. I walked away, and ten minutes later Holmes came to meet me.
“Well done, Watson,” he said. “Have you got the photo?” I asked.
“I know where it is. She showed me,” he answered.
“But why did she show you?”
“It’s easy,” he said, and laughed. “You saw all those people in the street? I paid them to help us. It wasn’t a real fight and the blood wasn’t real. When people shout “Fire!”, a woman runs to the most important thing in her house, her baby, her gold, or a photo. Irene ran to find her photo which is in a cupboard in the living room. I saw it. But I did not take it. Tomorrow we will go to the palace and tell it to the King first. The King himself can take the photo from the cupboard. And then we will go.”
1. At first, Holmes changed his clothes to ________.A.make him smarter | B.take a taxi easily |
C.hide his real looks | D.make Irene surprised |
a. Holmes changed his looks.
b. Holmes helped Irene.
c. Watson threw the smoke-stick.
d. Irene ran to the cupboard.
e. Holmes paid a lot of men.
A.a-b-c-d-e | B.a-c-d-e-b | C.e-a-b-c-d | D.e-c-d-b-a |
A.where Irene hid the photo | B.how Holmes found the photo |
C.why people fought for the photo | D.when the king wanted the photo |
The House on the Hill
One day, the white sheep said: “My house is very old. It is no good. I will get some wood and make a new house up on the hill. But who will help me?”
“I can help,” said the grey rabbit. “No, you can’t,” said the white sheep. “You are too little.”
“I’m not too little,” said the grey rabbit. “I can dig (挖) the holes for the house.”
“I can help,” said the brown duck. “No, you can’t,” said the white sheep. “You are too little.”
“I’m not too little,” said the brown duck. “I can get some mud for the walls.”
“I can help,” said the red hen. “No, you can’t,” said the white sheep. “You are too little.”
“I’m not too little,” said the red hen. “__________”
The grey rabbit dug the holes. The white sheep made the walls. The brown duck got the mud. The red hen made the roof. “We have made a very good house,” they said. “Yes,” said the sheep. “Thank you for helping me.” Then they all went inside the new house on the hill.
根据短文内容选择正确答案。
1. The underlined word “little” in the passage probably means _________.
A.small | B.lovely | C.nice | D.kind |
A.Two | B.Three | C.Four | D.Five |
A.rabbit | B.duck | C.hen | D.dog |
A.I can’t help you. |
B.I can help the rabbit dig the hole. |
C.I can help you to make the walls. |
D.I can fly up and make the roof. |
A.Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. | B.A friend in need is a friend indeed. |
C.Many hands make light work. | D.The early bird catches the worm. |
The traditional Chinese calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. In China, the 24 solar terms were created thousands of years ago to guide agricultural(农业的)production. But solar term culture is still useful today to guide people's lives through cultural activities and special foods that go with each term.
Great Heat, the 12th solar term of the year, begins this year on July 22 and ends on August 6. During Great Heat, most parts of China enter the hottest season of the year. Here is something you should know about Great Heat.
Great Heat is a season of harvesting(收割). During this time, the sunshine, high temperatures, and heavy rainfall are good for the plants. But many natural disasters also happen. So, it's important to harvest and plant in time.
Sending the Great Heat ship is a tradition in Taizhou. The ship is full of all kinds of meat. More than 50 fishermen take turns carrying the ship as they walk through the streets. The ship will finally be pulled out of the port and burned at sea. People believe that is a symbol of good harvests and health.
Great Heat is a season with most crickets(蟋蟀)in the countryside. Cricket fighting is popular game for some people in China during this period. The custom dates back over 1,000 years ago.
People in different places enjoy different food. For example, in southern Shandong, people would like to drink mutton soup. Grass jelly is very popular in Guangdong because there is a saying “Eating grass jelly in Great Heat will make you stay young.”
1. Ancient Chinese people created 24 solar terms to ________.A.keep a healthy life | B.serve different food | C.help farming |
A.6 | B.16 | C.22 |
A.just for fun | B.to get exercise | C.with good wishes |
A.Great Heat is an important time to harvest and plant |
B.cricket fighting games are getting popular in China now |
C.people in Guangdong enjoy mutton soup during Great Heat |
A. | B. | C. |
【推荐1】There was a man who worked for the post office. One day, he found a letter to God. He thought he should open it to see what it was about. The letter read:
Dear God,
I am an 83-year-old poor lady. Yesterday someone took my purse away. It had $100 in it, which was all the money I had. Next Sunday is Christmas, and I had invited two of my friends over for dinner. Without that money, I have nothing to buy food with. I have no family to turn to, and you are my only hope. Can you please help me?
Sincerely,
Edna
The worker was touched. He showed the letter to all the other workers and they collected $96, which they put into an envelope and sent to the woman. All the workers felt she would be able to have dinner with her friends.
Christmas came and went. A few days later, another letter came from the old lady to God. All the workers got together around while the letter was opened. It read:
Dear God,
How can I thank you enough for what you did for me? Because of your love, I was able to have dinner with my friends. We had a very nice day and I told my friends of your wonderful gift. By the way, there was $4 missing. I think it must be someone at the post office who took the money away.
Sincerely,
Edna
1. Who found the letter from the lady for the first time?A.God. | B.Her friends. |
C.A worker in the post office. | D.All workers in the post office. |
A.God sent money to the old lady. |
B.The old lady knew the worker in the post office. |
C.The worker in the post office took the money away. |
D.The workers helped the old lady with their own money. |
a. The old lady sent a letter to God.
b. All the workers collected money for the old lady.
C. The worker in the post office found a letter to God.
d. The old lady had dinner with her friends with the money.
A.c-a-b-d | B.c-a-d-b | C.a-c-b-d | D.a-c-d-b |
A.The old lady | B.The letter | C.Christmas | D.The money |
A.rich | B.kind | C.cool | D.silly |
【推荐2】WeRun is a mini-app within WeChat. And there is aleaderboardamong friends that allows users to see how many steps their friends walk. We can learn about a person just by knowing his step count.
Anyone who has fewer than 50 steps in one day is probably ill, or could be sad. Maybe they just want to stay in their bedrooms. Or perhaps he or she is just too lazy to get out of bed! It's easy to walk up l0 a few hundred steps. So someone who takes fewer than 500 steps a day may relax with favorite video games. Or, if it's the last day of summer vacation, they could be students who are busy finishing their homework. Another possibility is that the user is a woman who stays home instead of going out because she can't decide what to wear!
It's common to see WeRun users take between 500 and 8,000 steps. Most students and commuters have a step count like this. Workers and salespersons are likely to take 8,000—30,000 steps per day. They need to be on the move all the time. If it’s a weekend, however, then these WeRun step counts might belong to couples who go shopping.
More than 30,000 steps: anyone with a step count on the top of the leaderboard is worth praise. Mostly they're couriers, cleaners and so on. They're the people who help us and keep our environment nice and clean.
The number of WeRun users has increased a lot. To some degree, a person's WeRun step can reflect his character. And sometimes we can infer one's job or how he or she is feeling that day from his or her step count. But if you want to know more about a person, maybe you can take a closer look next.
Word Bank
commuter通勤者courier快递员
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. How do we learn about a person from WeRun?
A.By chatting with him. | B.By going through his moments. |
C.By calling him through WeChat. | D.By seeing how many steps he walks. |
A.小程序 | B.排行榜 | C.朋友圈 | D.宣传栏 |
A.courier | B.commuter | C.salesperson | D.worker |
A.His character. | B.His job. | C.His height. | D.His feeling. |
A.WeRun is a mini-app within WeChat. |
B.The number of WeRun users has increased a lot. |
C.We can learn about a person from his step count on WeRun. |
D.Anyone with a step count on the top of the leaderboard is worth praise. |
Thank you for your letter. Today I go to Mr. Green’s Clothes Store with my mother. You can buy shirts, pants, shorts and so on in the store. It has lots of T-shirts for boys and girls. Some of them are nice and they are not expensive(昂贵的). I also see some skirts. I like them very much. They are in red, green and white. I meet my math teacher, Miss Wang, in the store. She is Mr. Green’s friend. With her help, my mother buys a white T-shirt and a red skirt for only 40 Yuan. I’m very happy.
Yours,
Lucy
阅读短文,判断正(T)误(F)。
1. The letter is from Lucy to Bob.
2. Lucy goes to the clothes store with her father.
3. At the store ,you can buy T-shirts for boys and girls.
4. There are some yellow skirts at the store.
5. At last, Lucy’s mother buys a white T-shirt and a red skirt.
【推荐1】"You expect your friends to see you in a positive manner, but they also are observers of the personalities that could cause you an early death," said Joshua Jackson, an assistant professor of psychology in Arts & Sciences.
Published in the journal Psychological Science, the study shows that your personality at an early age can predict how long you will live across 75 years and that close friends are usually better than you at recognizing these traits. “Our study shows that people are able to observe and evaluate(评价)a friend's personality exactly enough to predict early death years down the road,” Jackson said. “It suggests that people are able to see important characteristics related to health even when their friends were, for the most part, healthy and many years from death."
While other studies have shown that a person's view of his or her own personality can be helpful in evaluating death risks, there has been little research on whether a close friend's personality evaluation might also predict the chances of a long life.
To explore this question, Jackson and colleagues analyzed data(数据)from a longitudinal(纵向的) study that in the 1930s began following a group of young people in their mid-20s.The study included wide-ranging data on participant(参与者)personalities, both self-reported and as reported by close friends.
Using information from follow-up studies and searches of death certificates, Jackson and colleagues were able to record dates of death for all but a few study participants. Peer evaluations of personality were stronger predictors of death risks than were self-evaluations of personality.
"There are two possible reasons for the advantage of peer evaluations over self-evaluations, “Jackson said. “first, friends may see something that you miss; they may have some insight that you do not. Second, because people have several friends, we are able to average the characteristics of any one friend to get a more trustworthy evaluation of personality. With self-reports, people may miss certain sides of themselves and we are not able to counteract(抵抗)that because there is only one you, only one self-report."
The study also shows some gender differences in self-evaluation: Men's self-evaluations of personality were somewhat useful in predicting their lifespans(寿命), whereas the self-reports of women had little predictive value.
"This is one of the longest studies in psychology, “Jackson said. “It shows how important personality is in influencing important life outcomes like health, and that information from friends can play a critical role in understanding a person's health issues.
1. What can we learn from Paragraph 2?A.People's health is related to their friends. |
B.Friends can predict lifespans better than us. |
C.An early personality evaluation helps us live longer. |
D.The study shows most people can live across 75 years. |
A.advice | B.influence | C.imagination | D.understanding |
A.People with more close friends have better personalities. |
B.Self-evaluations have advantages over peer evaluations. |
C.Men predict their lifespans more exactly than women. |
D.The findings are based on participants' disease data. |
A.Friends' personality evaluations can help recognize health risks. |
B.Best friends play an important role in treating certain diseases. |
C.Psychology studies may influence personality development. |
D.Personality has little important effect on people's health. |
【推荐2】In order to protect environment, it is very important to learn about the environment. There are many ways to understand how to protect the environment, such as reading books, asking someone and so on. You are students. In your spare time, you can read as many as books. Books in the library are worth reading. They will help you learn. Ask your classmates or librarians for some suggestions. They have good ideas. You can also get information about the environment on some good websites. Besides these, I have some suggestions.
In our everyday life, some people use less energy by sharing a car. For example, three or four persons can ride together in one car instead of driving three or four cars to work. Usually it is time-saving and convenient to share cars with their neighbors to take their children to school. Whenever we use electricity, we should turn off lights, the TV, the computer and so on when we don't use them.
On the other hand, we should use energy-saving products. Some products, like environment-friendly new energy cars, are made specially to save energy. These cars can travel longer than ordinary cars. They produce less pollution, too. Some products like computers and TVs with the energy star label(标签)are made to save energy.
Secondly, we should buy recyclable products instead of non- recyclable ones. Recyclable products usually take less energy. When we go shopping, pay attention to the recycle mark on the package: make a circle and three arrows.
1. The passage is mainly written for ______ .A.producers | B.students | C.businessmen | D.drivers |
A.New shared bicycles | B.New energy cars | C.TVs with | D.Computers with |
A.mark | B.price | C.weight | D.model |
A.how to turn off the electricity | B.how to recycle products |
C.how to use energy cars | D.how to protect the environment |
【推荐3】A phenomenon known as “kuakuaqun” or “praise groups” has taken Chinese social media by storm. The number of related topics on Weibo has reached more than 23 million. Users can join a chat group on WeChat or QQ, where they are showered with varieties of generous praise and encouragement. Praising others like this is also very popular among teens who prefer to call it “Rainbow Fart”.
Just imagine the scenes: You get an A in an exam and you want to get some praise. When you post it into a praise group, you are praised for not only your efforts but also being as clever as Albert Einstein. It’s 10 p.m. and you are the only person in the office. You receive a reply, “You are so hardworking! You’ll definitely get a promotion (升职)! Praise to you!” Even if you go to a toilet and forget taking some tissue, someone points out that “you’re caring about trees and the environment! Good for you!”
How would you feel?
The appearance of “praise groups” provides an opportunity for ordinary people who cannot get positive feedback easily in their daily life to get comfort from their hearts. It also shows the life and social pressure of today’s young people. Moreover, the popularity of these chat groups is a reflection of Chinese culture which values modesty and humility — people often hide their true emotion of seeking and giving praise. As long as people’s praise doesn’t sound obviously untruthful, you’re likely to welcome it. Being richly affirmed (肯定) for what you door who you are — just feel good. Sometimes, people enjoy praising others as well, just because here they can drop everything and have fun by giving lavish (夸张的) comments. However, some people are also willing to encourage and support others from their hearts.
Some netizens (网民) shared their ideas, “I take it as a way of adjusting the mood. The praise group helps in adding our confidence. Some sincere praises can even be inspiring. However, if you’re really in trouble, it is you who holds the final key.” Clearly, some dishonest praise comes at a cost. Chen Kan, an associate professor in Fudan University’s psychology department warned that “The biggest risk is to continue to stress on the ‘false self’, which makes it harder to see the ‘true self’.” In the end, people in the group will find that such unreasonable praise doesn’t help solve the real problem. Soon the whole group will be silent and dead.
Perhaps the praise groups are “a flash in the pan”, which might disappear sooner or later. No matter how you think of it, only when you can understand the pressure, criticism and praise correctly, will you face them bravely. Don’t lose yourself in others’ voices—that is what really matters.
1. The writer mentions the examples in Paragraph 2 to show .A.what people can get from “praise groups” | B.when people need to join “praise groups” |
C.how people can join “praise groups” | D.who wants to join “praise groups” |
A.To hide real feelings of themselves. | B.To ask for suggestions from others. |
C.To express the values of their own. | D.To get comfort and be recognized. |
A.we should see ourselves correctly and positively |
B.praise group is effective for dealing with troubles |
C.we should speak highly of others to please each other |
D.praise group is necessary for building self-confidence |
A.“Praise Group”: Does it benefit to know yourself? |
B.“Praise Group”: Does it change your personality? |
C.“Praise Group”: Is it important to praise others? |
D.“Praise Group”: Is it worth giving it a try? |