1 . Here are some superheroes in the fight against COVID-19 (新冠肺炎). Let’s come close to them and remember them.
 | Zhong Nanshan He is one of the famous medical scientists in the 21st century. Dr. Zhong Nanshan was the first to tell the public that the virus could be transmitted from person to person. He is a good doctor in the countrymen’s eyes and respected by all Chinese people. |
 | Li Lanjuan When COVID-19 broke out, she suggested that Wuhan should be locked down immediately to prevent the spread of the disease. She headed for Wuhan and took an active part in the battle. Now, she still receives patients every day. |
 | Wang Yong As a delivery (快递) driver, he volunteered to support the medical staff in Wuhan during the epidemic (流行病). He tried his best to keep life going for the doctors and nurses. People’s Daily has praised him for presenting the courage and hard work of common people. |
 | Li Wenliang He was the first doctor to warn people how dangerous the virus could be at the end of December 2019, so people call him the “whistle-blower (吹哨人)”. Because of COVID-19, he lost his life on February 7th, 2020. People across the country were sad to hear about his death. |
| A．He drew a picture for People’s Daily. |
| B．He was busy with his own business. |
| C．He wrote an article to People’s Daily. |
| D．He volunteered to support the doctors and nurses to keep their life going. |
| A．At the end of December 2019. | B．At the beginning of 2019. |
| C．On January 25th, 2020. | D．On February 7th, 2020. |
| A．Wang Yong is a delivery driver. |
| B．Li Wenliang died on February 7th, 2020. |
| C．People’s Daily has spoken highly of Li Lanjuan for her hard work. |
| D．Zhong Nanshan told the public that the virus could be transmitted from person to person. |
2 . Irwin Corey was a famous American film actor. But today, the story you will read is not about his achievements in film but about his begging(乞讨) life.
He became a beggar once and often walked in the streets of Manhattan. He wore old and broken clothes. He was very thin and seemed to be weak, looking like a poor homeless old man.
He begged for money in a special way. He only asked for some change from passing drivers, and then he gave the driver a free copy of the newspaper he bought. Each time he asked for money, he was always smiling and also told jokes to the drivers. The drivers thought him kind and humorous, so they never let him go empty-handed.
Although all the money he begged was coins, he still made lots of money at the end of the day. Irwin Corey had been begging for money for many years. However, he didn’t spend any of the money he had asked for. Every time the money was up to a certain amount, he donated it to a charity which bought medical supplies for Cuban children. For 17 years, he donated all his hard-earned money to the charity.
He was not short of money. He lived in a $3.5 million big house. He was not a beggar, either. “On the one hand, I just want to help people in need. On the other hand, begging can make me feel not lonely, as my wife had passed away.” he said.
1. What did the drivers think of Irwin Corey?| A．Friendly but annoying. | B．Kind but strict. |
| C．Funny but impatient. | D．Friendly and humorous. |
| A．He spent the money buying a big house. |
| B．He gave the money to a charity. |
| C．He spent the money buying medical supplies for Cuban children by himself. |
| D．He used the money he collected to make a film. |
| A．Irwin Corey was fat, but he had a healthy body. |
| B．Irwin Corey only liked asking for money from rich drivers. |
| C．Irwin Corey was actually very rich. |
| D．Irwin Corey’s wife lived longer than Irwin Corey. |
3 . Zhang Lin is a Junior 3 student in Shijiazhuang, Hebei. Earlier this month, Zhang and his classmates stood on the street with a box asking people for donations(捐款). Later they gave the money they got to the poor students in their school.
Many Chinese students raise money to help people in need. Most of the time, they hold a box and ask for donations on the street or in the park. Or they sell things like old books and CDs. Those students have done a great job so far. The money helps the students in poor areas like Yunnan and Gansu with new clothes, pens and pencils.
Teenagers in the US make donations, too. But they raise money in a different way—they raise money by doing something for others. For example, they sell homemade food or play musical concerts in their neighborhood to raise money.
“Chinese students like to wait for people to donate, or sell things that they buy with their parents’ money,” says Guo Daoshun, an expert(专家).“While US kids get donations and give people something useful in return.”
He says Chinese teenagers should learn to raise money in the US kids’ ways. “That way, they can show their talents and practice communication. More importantly, they can learn every coin counts(有价值). They have to work hard to get a donation.”
根据短文内容，完成下列小题。
1. Where did Zhang Lin and his classmates raise money?
2. What do many Chinese students raise money for?
3. How do teenagers in the US make donations?
4. Does Guo think the US kids’ ways of making donations are better than Chinese teenagers’?
5. Which do you think is the better title of this passage, “Better Ways of Making Donations” or “Importance of Donations”?
4 . A woman was raising money for a charity. The money was going to be given to the
She went from building to building and from house to house. She knocked at the doors and asked for
An artist
A week
| A．happy | B．poor | C．rich | D．had |
| A．food | B．parents | C．water | D．money |
| A．we | B．us | C．they | D．them |
| A．took out | B．threw away | C．picked up | D．put away |
| A．live | B．lives | C．living | D．lived |
| A．charity | B．school | C．church | D．group |
| A．photo | B．paper | C．painting | D．book |
| A．ago | B．later | C．before | D．after |
| A．too | B．also | C．second | D．again |
| A．another | B．other | C．others | D．the other |
For many people in North America, the last week was the coldest of the year. To help some poor people keep warm, some kind people tied(系) scarves to trees in big cities for people in need.
“I AM NOT LOST!” read a note on a scarf tied to a tree in Wilmington, “If you need this to stay warm, please take it. It is yours. Be warm, and do something to help someone else today if you can.”
The member of a teenage soccer team put many of the scarves around Wilmington. They bought around 300 scarves for poor persons and left them on the Bloomsday runner statues(雕塑) in Riverfront Park with notes like the one above.
A group of villagers also left their scarves all over the cities. “The scarves get right to the people who want them,” said Wendy Grahl, one of the villagers, “If you’re poor and it’s 30 below, a scarf is going to be welcome.”
“I’ve seen a lot of bad things happen, but I’ve seen a lot of good people that care for others,” said Ed, a homeless man who took one of the team’s scarves.
Do your neighbors do anything similar for the less lucky persons during the cold winter? If so, try your best to take part in it.
1. How was the weather last week in North America?| A．Windy. | B．Cool. | C．Cold. | D．Warm. |
| A．it’s good for people to help each other |
| B．it’s difficult for people to help each other |
| C．it’s difficult for the poor to help others |
| D．it’s easy for the rich to help others |
| A．Some teenagers. | B．Some villagers. |
| C．Some rich persons. | D．Some poor persons. |
| A．A rich man can get the scarf in very cold weather. |
| B．A poor man can get the scarf in very cold weather. |
| C．A rich man can get the scarf in very windy weather. |
| D．A poor man can get the scarf in very windy weather. |
| A．having a home | B．going home |
| C．leaving home | D．having no home |
W: Good evening, Ted! Tell our listeners what you do, please.
M: Good evening! I help collect rubbish along the Qu River with other members in our volunteer team.
W: That’s great!
M: As you see, the Qu River is our mother river. It provides us with clear water.
W: I agree with you.
M: Um…10 girls and 15 boys.
W: When do you do this work?
M: We live near the river.
W:
M: Yeah, I think so.
| A．In cities, pollution is mainly from factories. |
| B．How many members do you have in the team? |
| C．It’s good for your health and the environment, isn’t it? |
| D．How did you come up with the idea? |
| E．We don’t want it to be polluted. |
| F．After dinner every evening, we take a long walk along the side of the river. |
7 . Alice Lee is a high school student studying at a private school. She is doing some voluntary work at an afterschool program to help students from poor families.
On the first day of her work, she noticed that many kids were lining up for free sandwiches and fruit in the school cafeteria(餐厅). She was surprised. One of the organizers explains that many of these students don’t get enough to eat at home. So a school lunch or an afterschool meal might be the most food they would get all the day. She has also been told that some hungry kids can receive free lunches, but others are only allowed reduced price meals, and those students’ families have to pay for the part of their food.
Lee was shocked. She decided to offer help to those who are suffering from hunger. “I want other kids to understand that if you see a problem, you don’t have to wait to be an adult to fix it,” says Lee. She and a group of friends are using their programing skill to create an app called Food for Thought, which will allow parents, students, and even kindhearted strangers to donate money to a lunch account(账户) for students in need at a nearby school. To receive financial(经济的) help, a family will need only a letter of recommendation from a school headmaster, and no one else has to know.
“I want to make all the app users feel no shame in using,” says Lee. She hopes to test the app in a school this fall.
1. What did Alice Lee see on the first day of her voluntary work?| A．Children lining up for free food. | B．Children buying sandwiches and fruits. |
| C．Children learning cooking instructions. | D．Children doing voluntary work. |
| A．All the hungry children. | B．Kindhearted strangers. |
| C．Some poor families. | D．Primary school students. |
| A．She taught them for free. | B．She opened a lunch account. |
| C．She developed an app to help them. | D．She offered free food. |
| A．A local school is providing free food for students. |
| B．A girl is helping poor kids out of hunger. |
| C．An app will be tested in a school this fall. |
| D．A group of good friends are working at a school. |
8 . John Brown, an office worker, lives in Washington. He inherited $1,000,000 after his parents died. But he didn’t feel happy at all, because this amount of money upset his life. John decided to keep living a simple life like before. He didn’t tell anyone and gave $100,000 of his money to a charity that helped poor children. Now John is 36 years old, and he still wears cheap clothes and only drives a small car, but he is much happier.
So far, John has helped 15 children from poor countries all over the world, $200 a month for each. They do not receive the money in cash（现金）. The money is paid for the children’s education, food, medical care and clothing. John receives a report each year on the child’s progress. They can write to each other, but usually the children do not speak English.
Once John went to meet a little girl he was helping in Africa. He said that the meeting was exciting. “When I met her, I felt very happy,” he said. “I saw that the money was used for a very good plan. It brought me closer to the child in a way that only giving money cannot. I want to do everything I can. I will go on helping those children in need.”
1. John is living a ________ life.| A．boring | B．simple | C．hard | D．rich |
| A．继承 | B．捡到 | C．馈赠 | D．赚取 |
| A．The child can receive the money in cash. |
| B．John only helps the poor children in Africa. |
| C．John has never seen the children he is helping. |
| D．John has helped 15 children from different countries. |
| A．Because the girl came from Africa. |
| B．Because the girl could speak English. |
| C．Because he saw the money was used well. |
| D．Because he thought he had given money to the girl. |
| A．In a newspaper. | B．In a science report. | C．In a novel. | D．In an ad. |
9 . Campbell Remess is a teenager from Australia. He has been sewing(缝制) teddy bears for sick children for
Campbell made his first teddy bear with his mother’s sewing machine in his bedroom. He had
Campbell has given
10 . “But I feel good doing this!” the little boy’s voice rang in my ears when I entered the mall. He stood raising money for cancer research. In the cold wind, he pulled his hat down over his ears. He warmed one hand in his pocket and held a list with the other hand. I noticed him greeting the people passing by without gloves on his hands.
I checked my purse but I didn’t find any change. I was always ready to give money because I wished cancer could be cured (治愈) one day.” I’ll bring you some money when I returned,” I promised the little boy.” Thank you!” he smiled and he seemed almost frozen in the cold air. I suggested he come inside the mall, but he said, “The guard there said no one is allowed to raise money for charities (慈善机构) in the mall. But I feel good doing this here. It’s OK.”
I did my shopping and thought about buying something for him. Finally, I bought a pair of gloves, brown ones. The cashier felt curious when I repeated the boy’s words “But I feel good doing this!”
The boy still stood where he had been. I offered some money to him and filled in the list that he handed to me. Then he told me that his best friend George had leukemia (白血病). He did this in order to help him out of trouble.
With tears full of my eyes, I put the gloves that I bought for him into his hands.
“Will the cancer research give you something to thank you for doing this?”
“Oh yes!” the boy said and his eyes lit up with joy. “It sure does! Now I can stand here much longer than I expected!”
“What do you receive then?” I asked. He answered with a smile, “I get another new, empty list.”
根据短文内容回答下列问题
1. What did the boy raise money for?
He raised money for
2. What was the weather like?
It was
3. Why didn’t the boy come inside the mall?
Because
4. What did the writer buy for the boy?
He bought
5. Who was ill?
The boy’s best friend
