1 . One day a poor farmer was taking a bag of wheat to town. Suddenly the bag fell off his horse onto the road. He did not know what he could do about it because it was too heavy for him to lift by himself. He only hoped that someone would soon pass by and lend him a hand.

Just at his moment, a man riding a horse came up to him. But the farmer felt disappointed when he saw who he was. It was the great man who lived nearby. He thought the great man wouldn’t help him, and hoped another farmer would come up. But to his surprise, the great man got off his horse as soon as he came near, “I see you need help,” he said, “I’m here just at the right time.” Then he took one end of the bag and the farmer took the other, they lifted it together and put it on the horse.

“Sir,” asked the farmer, “how can I pay you?”

“It’s quite easy,” the great man answered, “when you see anyone else in trouble, do the same for him.”

1. What did the poor farmer take to town?

A．A bag of coins.

B．A bag of rice.

C．A bag of wheat.

D．A bag of apples.

2. Why couldn’t the poor farmer lift the bag?

A．Because he was too young to lift the bag.	B．Because he was too old to lift the bag.
C．Because the bag was too large for him to lift.	D．Because the bag was too heavy for him to lift.

3. How did the poor farmer feel when he saw the great man?

A．Happy.

B．Sad.

C．Good.

D．Afraid.

4. What did the great man do when he saw the poor farmer in trouble?

A．He came up to help him.	B．He asked another farmer to help him.
C．He went away without stopping.	D．He gave him a lot of money.

5. How did the great man want the poor farmer to pay him?

A．By giving him money.	B．By giving him a horse.
C．By helping others.	D．By giving him a bag of wheat.

2 . 录音中有一篇短文和五个问题，听短文和问题两遍后，从每小题A、B、C三个选项中选出能回答所给问题的正确答案。
1. How old is Bob?

A．13.

B．14.

C．15.

2. Which part of Bob’s body was badly hurt?

A．Hand.

B．Leg.

C．Back.

3. How long did Bob stay in hospital?

A．For half a month.

B．For a month.

C．For two months.

4. What did people bring to visit him when he was in hospital?

A．Flowers.

B．Money.

C．Food.

5. What does Bob think of being a volunteer?

A．Meaningless.

B．Great.

C．Boring.

3 . 阅读下面短文，从方框中选择适当的词语填空。方框中有两个词语为多余选项。

left, need, enough, as, many, spent, thought of, a, warmly

On a snowy evening, a rich lady was standing by the road. She was very worried. Her car broke down. Just then a poor man called Robert came. He was on his way back home from work     1     usual.

The lady wondered, “Is the man going to help me? He looks very cold and hungry.” But to her surprise, he stopped and said with     2     smile, “What’s wrong, madam?” The lady told him what was happening. After 40 minutes, the car was at last fixed by Robert. The lady wanted to pay him.

“No, that’s nothing, madam,” he said. “I was just helping someone in     3    . If you really want to pay me back, I hope whenever you see someone in trouble, please give him a hand.” A few minutes later, the lady saw a shabby (破旧的) house by the road. She     4     Robert’s words, so she stopped. The hostess (女主人) asked her in. The lady could see that it was a poor family and they needed help. When the hostess was making tea in the kitchen, the lady     5     500 dollars on the table and went away quietly.

Robert came home later than before, thinking how hard their life was. Their baby was to be born the next month but there wasn’t     6     money. His wife went up to him, kissed him and said     7    , “Don’t worry, dear! Everything’s going to be all right. A stranger has helped us out.”

4 . 阅读下面短文，用方框内所给词汇的适当形式填空，使短文语义完整。

death     see     value     by     find     an     himself     called     suddenly     kind

According to some old Chinese stories, there once was     1     ancient emperor named Shennong. At that time, people could not tell the difference between medicinal (药用的) and poisonous(有毒的) plants. When they got sick, there was no medicine to treat their illnesses. Many sick people could only wait for     2    .

To save his people, Shennong decided to     3     and test out different plants. He and his followers set out on a journey to find medicinally effective plants. Once, they     4     a large forest on a high cliff (悬崖) from a distance. Although there must be many different     5     of plants, they couldn’t find a way to the cliff.     6    , they saw some monkeys climbing along the vines and trees hanging down from the cliff. Shennong was inspired by the scene. He asked his followers to cut down the tree trunks and vines. Together they built a scaffold (脚手架) . With its help, they climbed to the cliff and collected many     7     plants.

Each time the team found a new type of plant, Shennong would taste it     8    . Some plants made him sleepy. Some caused him to suffer pains in his stomach. Some made him tremble (颤抖) all over.     9     searching and testing over a long period of time, he and his followers managed to discover hundreds of medicinal plants.

One day, Shennong tested a poisonous plant by mistake, and passed away later. People covered him with thousands of flowers. From then on, Shennong was     10     the “Emperor of Medicine”.

5 .

A young man jumped off a bridge to save a woman who fell into the river earlier this month in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. He was awarded a second-class merit citation (表彰) on Sunday.

The honor is the highest that the Hangzhou government gives to people who have acted bravely without considering their own lives. Peng Qinglin received the award certificate on his hospital bed.

Peng Qinglin, a 31-year-old deliveryman from Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province, was delivering (递送) his first order of the day on June 13 along Xixing Bridge, when he heard a call for help. In no time, Peng jumped off the 12-meter-high bridge over Qiantang River, before swimming to the drowning woman in the river and dragging (拖) her to safety. Peng was later taken to the hospital and was found a fracture (骨折) in his spine.

Peng’s story is quite touching, and people all over Hangzhou have been singing his praises for his jump at that moment. Also, Peng’s story has been widely spread throughout China.

“I watched the video,” one netizen (网民) from Guangdong Province said. “Although he felt fear of the height, he bravely jumped into the river to save the woman. What a great hero he is!” However, Peng said, “There are many heroes we don’t know in Hangzhou. I just happened to be the one who got noticed.”

According to official policies, people like Peng who are awarded a second-class or above merit citation are able to enjoy preferential (优惠的) healthcare treatment in Hangzhou, and they can apply to become a citizen of the city.

In addition, the delivery company that Peng works for gave him a cash award of 50,000 yuan as well as the chance to study in college for free.

1. Who is Peng Qinglin?

A．A 31-year-old doctor.

B．A young college student.

C．A deliveryman from Hunan Province.

2. Which picture shows the meaning of the underlined word “drowning”?

A．

B．

C．

3. Which is the right order of the following events?
①Peng received the award certificate in hospital.
②Peng jumped off the bridge bravely.
③Peng began to send his order of the day.
④Peng heard a call for help.

A．①-④-②-③

B．②-④-①-③

C．③-④-②-①

4. What can we learn from Peng Qinglin?

A．Work hard in order to live a better life.

B．Give a helping hand when others need it.

C．Face the problems of the society bravely.

6 . 阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式, 必要时可加助动词或情态动词。

Joseph is a teacher in New York. He     1     (give) lessons to his students about American history. But he was born     2     Kenya, an African country where the children have a very different life. For example, a ten-year-old boy may spend more time taking care of cows than studying at school. The children also learn many     3     (skill) like how to live in the wild.

Unlike many other children, Joseph went to school. And luckily, when he was 15, he came to study in America and then became a teacher. Joseph has written a book called Facing the Lion. In the book, he talks about his childhood. He thinks it is very important for American children     4     (learn) about the cultural differences between their country and others. He also thinks children should learn to be full of hope. So far, Joseph     5     (do) many projects to help children face their own “lions” .

7 . Scientists who study happiness have evidence (证据) to show that being kind to others can result in happiness. Acts as simple as buying a cup of coffee for someone can lift a person’s mood, for example.

In studies, behavioral scientist Nicholas Epley and I examined a possible explanation: people who do kind acts underestimate (低估) how much the ones receiving kindness value their behavior.

In the experiments, about 1,000 people were asked to do some actions to make someone else feel good. We asked both the person performing the kind act and the one receiving it to answer some questions. The performers were asked to report their own experience and to guess how the receivers might feel. We wanted to understand how valuable people considered these acts to be, so both the performer and receiver had to rate how “big” the act seemed. In all cases, we compared the performer’s expectations of the receiver’s mood with the receiver’s actual experience.

For one, both performers and receivers experienced more positive moods. For another, the receivers felt much better than the kind performers expected. The receivers also rated these acts “bigger” than the people performing them did.

At first, we studied acts of the kindness done for familiar people, such as friends, classmates or family. But we found that performers underestimated their positive influences on strangers as well. In one experiment, performers in a public park gave away hot chocolate on a cold winter’s day to people that just happened to be nearby. Again, the kind act brought more happiness than the performers expected.

These findings suggest that what might seem small could matter a great deal to the person we do it for. Considering these warm actions can improve our own mood and brighter the day of another person, why not choose kindness when we can?

1. What behavior can lift a person’s mood?

A．Listening to music alone.	B．Buying a cup of coffee for someone.
C．Cleaning the street with many friends.	D．Traveling to the countryside more often.

2. What did the receivers do in the experiments?

A．They showed kindness to others.

B．They guessed the performers, feelings.

C．They rated how valuable the performers’ act of kindness was.

D．They compared the performers’ expectations with their actual results.

3. What is Paragraph 5 mainly about?

A．Different purposes of the research.

B．More evidence for the research results.

C．Possible influences of the research findings.

D．Another explanation of the research methods.

4. What does the underlined word “rate” probably mean?

A．Score.

B．Imagine.

C．Guess.

D．Accept.

5. What is the purpose of writing the text?

A．To introduce a successful study.

B．To show the ways to help others.

C．To encourage people to show kindness to others.

D．To call on people to be a receiver rather than a performer.

9 . 阅读下面短文，并根据短文内容回答问题。

This is such a heart-warming piece of news in the cold winter. Some days ago, the temperature was only—6 in Kaifeng, Henan. Someone ordered 50 cups of warm porridge through Meituan App and noted “Please give the porridge to those sanitation workers who are clearing snow on the road nearby and those delivery (递送) men who are delivering food.” When the porridge shop owner received the order, he was moved by the note and provided 60 cups.

The story didn’t end here. As soon as the food delivery man got the big order, he shared it with his workmates so that they could also get paid. Finally, Meituan returned the money to the porridge buyer, Mr. Zhang and gave him a reward of 500 yuan. Although he had to raise his newly-born baby and pay for his house every month. Mr. Zhang said he would surely continue delivering love.

The kind help also encouraged many other citizens in Kaifeng. This summer, volunteers are sending cool drinks every day.

Similar stories have happened in many other places in China. Outdoor worker in different cities are able to enjoy free and caring help. Lots of “love posts” are providing “coolness” in hot summer and “warmth” in cold winter. Just as a citizen of Kaifeng said “I feel deeply moved and warm in heart.”

In fact, we get love and give love every day. Love delivery makes our life better and more beautiful.

1. How did Mr. Zhang order the porridge?
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2. How many cups of porridge did the shop owner provide?
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3. What did the delivery man do when he got the big order?
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4. Was Mr. Zhang rich?
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5. How do you feel after reading this passage?
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10 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Zhang Han is a worker from Dongshan Police Station in Changsha, Hunan Province. One night, he     1     (walk) home when he heard several loud sounds. He quickly ran     2     (see) what happened and found a car fall into the river.

Zhang jumped into the river without thinking     3     (two). As soon as he got to the car, he tried to open the doors but failed (未能做到). Even worse, he couldn’t find anything to break the windows. As the water kept flowing into the car, the people inside were in great danger. So, Zhang tried to break the window on the     4     (driver) side with his fist (拳头). He kept hitting the window with all his strength (力气)     5     it broke. He saved the driver first, and then he quickly moved to the back window. There was     6     passenger in the back seat, and she was unconscious (昏迷的). Zhang broke the back window with his fist and saved her too.

The     7     (break) window cut Zhang Han’s arm and hand. But he had little time to stop the bleeding. With other people’s help, he quickly     8     (take) the injured (受伤者) to the hospital. After that, he went to a doctor for bandaging.

Thanks     9     Zhang and those kind people, the injured got timely medical care. Looking back, Zhang said he didn’t have time to be scared and think about     10     (him). The only thought he had was to save people’s lives.