1 . Emily Bhatnagar has always loved reading. “Growing up, I was really shy. So I turned to books,” she said. In 2019, her dad got cancer (癌症). It was very serious. Books became an even bigger support for Emily.

When her dad got better, Emily came up with a plan to help others, “The idea came from just great gratitude (感激),” she says. “But also a bit of sadness that there were kids who were fighting the same illness.”

Emily started a book drive (捐书活动) in her hometown. The goal (目标) was to collect books and give them to kids being treated for cancer in local hospitals. Emily and her father are very close. When her father learned of her plans for the book drive, he wasn’t surprised. “She was always interested in books and she always wanted to do things for the neighborhood,” he says.

Since the start of the book drive Emily has collected more than 10,000 books. Emily had no idea how much attention her work would get. She started by posting on social media. She asked people to donate (捐赠) books. “I was expecting maybe two or three neighbours to do it.” she says. But many people helped her and the book drive became a big success!

Emily has given books to many places. One is the Children’s Inn at the National Institutes of Health. Aisha Campbell is a director there. She says, “Donations like Emily’s Donations share a piece of the world with kids and families. They may not have experienced such things.”

Emily still runs the book drive. The memory of meeting the children she helps stays with her. “It was the best day of my lift,” she says. “I realized I wanted to do this kind of work forever. ”

1. Why has Emily always loved reading?

A．She is kind.

B．She thinks it’s interesting

C．Books became an even bigger support for her.

2. How did Emily feel about the book drive at first?

A．She was proud

B．She was uncertain.

C．She was surprised.

3. Put the things happened to Emily in the correct order (正确的顺序).
a Her dad got better. b. She started a book drive,
c Her dad got cancer. d. She was shy and loved reading books.
e. She donated books to many places.

A．d-c-a-b-e

B．c-d-b-e-a

C．d-c-b-e-a

4. What can we learn about Emily according to the story?

A．She used to have many friends.

B．Her kindness moved lots of people.

C．Her father knew little about her

5. What docs the underlined (划线的) sentence in the last paragraph imply (暗示)?

A．Emily will always stay with the children.

B．The book drive will raise money forever,

C．Emily will never give up running the book drive.

4 . 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

It was a busy morning. I saw an old lady, maybe in her 70s, standing close to the side of a busy road _________ I was walking to my office.

I thought to _________ that I should warn her not to stand so close to the busy road, so I went to her. But she kept pointing to the middle of the road. Then I realized that she had dropped her _________ in the middle of the road.

The traffic was busy with drivers in cars as well as school buses rushing with school children. It was the _________ time of the day to cross the road without a traffic light. I asked the old lady to stay away from the traffic. Then I waved (挥舞) my hands to show the drivers that I was coming through and stepped onto the road _________. Just then a school bus came and had to stop _________ me, opposite the place where the keys had fallen. I quickly _________ the keys and went back. Although the bus driver looked impatient (不耐烦的), the school children who were _________ my actions from the bus let out a cheer.

The old lady _________ me to her side and gave me a big warm hug. I felt so happy to help this old lady. I hope the school children who were cheering would help others when they meet _________ like this in life. But anyway, safety comes first.

1.

A．because

B．if

C．while

2.

A．itself

B．myself

C．herself

3.

A．keys

B．cards

C．bags

4.

A．best

B．worst

C．least

5.

A．angrily

B．quietly

C．carefully

6.

A．in front of

B．on top of

C．in the middle of

7.

A．made up

B．picked up

C．put up

8.

A．drawing

B．reading

C．watching

9.

A．pulled

B．refused

C．threw

10.

A．accidents

B．situations

C．lessons

5 . Some people say that the young people today only think of themselves. But it’s not right. More and more young people in the USA work for others during their school holidays. And they don’t do it for money.

David, 17	I’m going to help the Forest Center build new roads in the mountains. It’s going to be great. I’ll spend all the summer holidays living in the tent (帐篷) and breathing (呼吸) the clean mountain air. I’m going to sleep under the stars. And I’ll be able to do something helpful at the same time.
Jason, 18	This summer, I’m going to take part in the Special House Program (项目). They build good, cheap houses and sell them to poor families. They’ll teach me what to do, so I’ll help people and also have a chance to learn how to build houses.
Tina, 16	I’m going to teach kids with problems in reading. I’ll work for a program called “Reading for Life”. Every day, I’m going to help kids read good books. I want to be a teacher, and I love children. So it will be helpful to me.

1. More and more young people in the USA spend ______ helping others.

A．school holidays

B．weekdays

C．every morning

2. What will David volunteer (志愿) to do in summer?

A．Sleep under the stars.

B．Breathe the clean mountain air.

C．Help to build new roads in the mountains.

3. From the passage, we know that Jason ______.

A．likes reading

B．is 18 years old

C．is good at sports

4. ______ wants to be a teacher.

A．David

B．Jason

C．Tina

5. What is the best title for the passage?

A．Reading for Life

B．The Forest Center

C．Young American Volunteers

6 . One Sunday morning, I walked my dog Ben near the park. At the end of one street, Ben pulled (拉) me into a garden with lots of flowers. At first, I tried to pull Ben back to the street because I was afraid there might be something dangerous inside the garden. However, every time I tried to get Ben out of the garden, he pulled harder. Then I decided to follow Ben in.

Then I heard some sounds. I followed the sounds to a vegetable patch (菜地). A group of people were busy working there. They told me it was a community (社区) garden and they were all volunteers (志愿者). They come to help every Sunday morning. They make sure everything is growing well in the garden. The following Sunday morning, I went to work in the community garden. I have worked in the garden for about one year. It is not easy work, but I feel very happy seeing everything in the garden grow well.

1. The writer first went to the garden ________.

A．with his dog

B．with some volunteers

C．on a Sunday afternoon

2. How often do the volunteers work in the vegetable patch?

A．Once a week.

B．Twice a week.

C．Once a month.

3. What do we know about the vegetable patch?

A．Ben likes to play around it.

B．Everything in it grows well.

C．Its owner is too old to work.

4. What does the writer think of the work in the vegetable patch?

A．Easy and happy.

B．Easy but boring.

C．Difficult but happy.

5. What does the writer mainly talk about?

A．A trip to a park.

B．A tiring working day.

C．Working in a vegetable patch.

7 . 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。

There are many people helping to look after others in every country. For example, some high school and college students in the United States often spend many hours as volunteers in hospitals, orphanages (孤儿院) or the old people’s homes.

They read books to the old people.     1     Other young volunteers help the sick (生病的) people.     2     For boys without fathers, there is an organization (组织) called Big Brothers. College students take these boys to baseball games or take them to go on trips.     3    

There are many clubs in some cities.     4     Some of these clubs show movies or organize short trips to the mountains, the beaches, the museums or other places of interest. Most of these clubs have a lot of high school and college students as volunteers because they’re young enough to remember the problems of younger boys and girls.

    5     So volunteers always do their work happily.

A．Doing volunteer work can be helpful to them.

B．They also tell jokes to them and listen to their problems.

C．They paint, clean up or repair (修理) the sick people’s houses or do shopping for them.

D．They help these boys get to know things.

E．People can play games or learn crafts (手工) in these clubs.

F．Helping others is the happiest thing in the world.

8 . My name is David. I joined a club called “Passing Help” last month. Now let me tell you why I joined it.

One evening this May, on my way home my old car was broken. I wanted to get a ride, but there was no car. It was also hard to take a taxi. I decided to take a bus home. I went to a bus stop nearby (附近).

A young woman bus driver was kind and she told me which bus I should take. I waited there for about thirty minutes, but no bus came. At last a car came to me and a woman came out of the car. She was just the bus driver.

“When I reached the bus station, I got to know that the bus to your town couldn’t come, so I returned here.” she said. “Get in my car and I will take you back to your home.”

When we got to my home, I wanted to give her some money to thank her, but she didn’t accept it. “I only want to help others and do something nice for somebody. Pass it along,” she said.

1. What happened to David one evening this May?

A．He lost his way.

B．His car was broken.

C．He was hurt in an accident.

2. David didn’t think of going home ________ that evening.

A．by train

B．by bus

C．by car

3. From the passage, we know that the young woman was ________.

A．a teacher

B．a taxi driver

C．a bus driver

4. The young woman wanted David to ________.

A．give her some money

B．get on her bus

C．help others just as she did

5. The best title of the passage is ________.

A．A kind old man

B．Getting a ride

C．Passing help