1 . Sophia, May, and Grace went to the shopping center last Sunday. They each only had 30 yuan to spend, but they were very happy. The girls went to the bookstore, the music store, and many other interesting stores in the center. At lunchtime, they went to a restaurant. They ate lots of delicious food and spent most of their money.
After lunch, the girls went on shopping. In a clothes store, Sophia tried on a T-shirt. It looked good on her, but the price (价格) was too high. Sophia was sad.
Then Sophia remembered shopping with her mother a few months ago. Her mother wanted to buy a dress. But the store only had one dress in her size (尺寸), and there was a large stain (污点) on the dress. The store gave Sophia’s mother a good price for the dress. Sophia checked the T-shirt, but she didn’t find any stains. “How about leaving a stain on it without letting the owner of the shop know?” Sophia wondered. She told her idea to May and Grace. “What? Sophia, that’s not like you. We should be honest (诚实的),” said Grace.
“You can sell flowers to make money to buy it,” said May.
Sophia’s face turned red and she said, “You’re right. I can make money if I work hard.”
1. Where did Sophia, May, and Grace spend most of their money?| A．In the bookstore. | B．In the music store. |
| C．In the restaurant. | D．In the clothes store. |
| A．the T-shirt was expensive | B．the T-shirt had a stain |
| C．the T-shirt didn’t look good on her | D．the T-shirt wasn’t her size |
a. Sophia wanted to buy a T-shirt.
b. Sophia told May and Grace her idea.
c. Sophia’s mother bought a dress.
d. Three girls went to many interesting stores.
| A．c-d-a-b | B．b-c-d-a | C．a-c-b-d | D．b-d-c-a |
| A．afraid | B．excited | C．calm | D．surprised |
| A．Shopping with friends is fun. | B．Everyone must be honest. |
| C．Kids should help sell flowers. | D．Buying new clothes isn’t necessary. |
2 . Jack is from the UK. One day, he went to a small town in South Africa for his holiday. Few people go there because it is far away from the cities.
During the trip, Jack fell ill and wanted to find a good doctor. He asked the people there and a man told him, “That’s very easy. If a doctor can’t make a person get well from his or her illness, he has to put a balloon (气球) over his clinic (诊所).”
Jack thought, “The fewer (越少的) balloons there are, the better the doctor is.” He began to look for the best doctor along the street. First, he found a clinic. There were 20 balloons over it. Then he kept walking and found another one with 10 balloons. He thought they weren’t good.
At last he found a clinic. Only 5 balloons were there. He was very happy and went in.
“Wait a minute,” said the doctor, “I am very busy now because my clinic just opened yesterday.” Jack was very surprised and said to himself, “Where can I find a good doctor?”
In fact, Jack needed to judge (判断) a good doctor by many things instead of the number of balloons only. And most of us also judge a person in the same way just as Jack did.
1. What can we learn about the town Jack travelled to from the story?| A．It is a small town in the UK. | B．People there need a long time to go to the cities. |
| C．Many people travel to the place every year. | D．It is famous for a lot of balloons. |
| A．didn’t feel well | B．couldn’t find his way |
| C．had a fight with a man | D．had a fight |
| A．street | B．doctor | C．clinic | D．balloon |
| A．has many balloons over his clinic | B．opens his clinic every day |
| C．needs to do a lot of things | D．has few balloons over his clinic |
| A．We shouldn’t judge a person by his or her work. | B．We should work hard to be good at something. |
| C．We should go to clinics with lots of people | D．We shouldn’t judge others only by one thing. |
3 . The women in the Watsons all like ballet. These days, Alice Watson gives ballet lessons, but for many years, she was a dancer (舞蹈演员) with the National Ballet Company (国家芭蕾舞团). Her mother Hannah made clothes for the dancers there.
Alice’s daughter Demi started learning ballet not long after she could walk. “I never taught her,” said Alice, “because she never let me.” Now at the age of 16, Demi dances at the National Ballet Company.
“When Demi started dancing, the house was too small for her and Alice to practice, so I turned the garage (车库) into a dance room. Now the living room is nice and quiet when I am watching TV!” said Jack, Demi’s father.
Last month, Demi danced in the ballet Swan Lake. Of course, Alice, Jack, and Hannah all went to watch her. That was very special for Demi. Jack said, “I’m not that interested in ballet but it is wonderful to see Demi taking her first steps (舞步) with Alice’s old company!” Demi was wearing a dress. Hannah made it for Alice many years before.
“It was very exciting for all of us,” said Hannah. “Demi’s way of dancing is like Alice’s. I know I’m her grandmother, but I think she’ll be a star one day!”
1. Alice ________ these days.| A．teaches ballet | B．takes ballet classes |
| C．dances in a company | D．makes clothes for dancers |
| A．from her mother | B．from her grandmother |
| C．at a very young age | D．at the National Ballet Company |
| A．He kept quiet when they danced. | B．He bought them a very large house. |
| C．He made a place for them to practice. | D．He let them use the living room for dancing. |
| A．Demi wore her mother’s dress | B．Swan Lake was Demi’s first dance show |
| C．Demi’s grandmother made a dress for her | D．Demi’s family went to watch Demi’s dance show |
| A．A dance company. | B．A family of ballet. |
| C．A special ballet show. | D．A famous ballet star. |
4 . Quan Hongchan, born in Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province on March 28th, 2007, is a young athlete (运动员) on the Chinese National Diving (跳水) Team. Nobody knew the name Quan Hongchan before the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in 2021. Some even thought Chen Yuxi was the biggest hope to win the gold me dal at that time. And nobody had thought that Quan became the black horse of the game. She gave such an surprising performance and won the gold medal, while Chen won the second place.
What’s more interesting is that if the Tokyo Olympics was held in 2020, Quan Hongchan wouldn’t have the chance to take part in the game because she was only 13 years old then and couldn’t meet the age requirement (要求) for the Olympics— at least 14 years old at the time of the competitions (竞赛).
During the training, Quan Hongchan was the first one to stand on the 3-meter board, followed by the 5-meter platform (跳台), 7- meter platform and so on. Two years later, again she was the first one to stand on the 10- meter platform and jump off without hesitation.
“I didn’t think so much. I jumped as soon as I closed my eyes,” Quan said. That’s why her couch (教练) said that she was really brave (勇敢).
“There are only 5 rounds in the women’s 10-meter platform event in the Olympics. I just thought about each one of them and then did my best in diving.”
1. According to Paragraph 1, we can learn that ________.| A．Chen Yuxi won the gold medal in the game |
| B．Quan Hongchan comes from Zhejiang Province |
| C．the Tokyo 2020 Olympics was held in 2020 |
| D．few people knew Quan Hongchan before the Tokyo Olympics |
| A．10. | B．12. | C．13. | D．14. |
| A．困难 | B．帮助 | C．猜忌 | D．犹豫 |
| A．Each said that Chen Yuxi was really brave. |
| B．Quan Hongchan won the gold medal in the game. |
| C．A 13-year-old athlete has the chance to take part in the Olympics. |
| D．There are more than 5 rounds in the women’s 10- meter platform event. |
| A．A brave coach. | B．A diving competition. |
| C．A young athlete. | D．A surprising performance. |
5 . 
One day, a little monkey and a little fox (狐狸) went out to play. They saw an apple tree on the other side of the river. There were many big and red apples on it. But there was no bridge over the river. The monkey thought hard and had an idea. They pushed down (推倒) a tree and put it over the river as a bridge.
The monkey said, “My old friend, you go there first.” But after the fox went to the other side, he kicked the tree into the river and ran to the apple tree. “How can I get there without the tree?” cried the monkey. The fox laughed and said, “You just stand there and watch me eating the apples.” The monkey was very angry.
Suddenly it began to rain. The water level (水位) in the river rose (上涨) and the tree ran away with the water.
“Goodbye, my friend. I want to go home for my lunch. You can eat all the apples, but you can’t come back.” shouted the monkey.
The fox stopped eating and looked at the monkey sadly.
1. What did the monkey and the fox want to do on the other side of the river?| A．Build a bridge. | B．Go to play. | C．Push down a tree. | D．Eat the apples. |
| A．The fox. | B．The tree. | C．The monkey. | D．The apple. |
| A．there was no bridge | B．he ate too many apples |
| C．the monkey took away the tree | D．he couldn’t come down from the apple tree |
| A．In the morning. | B．In the night. | C．In the evening. | D．In the afternoon. |
| A．The fox was friendly. | B．The fox thought of the good idea. |
| C．One shouldn’t care only about himself. | D．The monkey and the fox went home together. |
6 . Sun Yingsha is a talented (有天赋的) Chinese table tennis player.
Sun comes from Hebei, China. She started to practice table tennis at the age of five. Her parents asked her to practice table tennis because they wanted her to keep fit. She soon showed great talent for playing it. At the age of ten, she started to play for Hebei Province. Five years later, she joined the national team. When she was 17, she started to take part in many games and become famous in the world.
Sun is getting more and more popular with people. But her success isn’t easy. She is very talented, but she is also very hard-working. She practices for hours every day to be better. She is modest, too. She always learns from others. She sees Zhang Yining as her idol (偶像). Before the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, she often asked her for advice (建议).
Now, Sun is very successful as a table tennis player. But she will not stop here. She is trying harder to bring us more surprises.
1. Sun Yingsha started to play table tennis ________.| A．at 3 years old | B．to keep healthy |
| C．because of Zhang Yining | D．to follow her parents’ dream |
| A．10 | B．15 | C．17 | D．20 |
| A．温柔的 | B．谨慎的 | C．聪慧的 | D．谦虚的 |
①she is getting more and more popular with people
②she is very hard-working
③she is talented and modest
| A．① | B．①② | C．①③ | D．①②③ |
| A．A Great Table Tennis Player | B．A Wonderful Ball Game |
| C．A Lesson for Young Players | D．A Modest Idol |
7 . The elderly people in care homes in London are given hens to look after to stop them feeling lonely.
The project was started by a local charity. ________ Workers in care homes have reported a reduction in the use of medicine where hens are in use.
Among those taking part in the project is 80-year-old Ruth Xavier. She said, “I used to keep hens when I was younger and had to prepare their breakfast each morning before I went to school. I like the project a lot. I’m waiting there in my wheelchair in the morning letting the hens out and waiting there again at night to see they’ve gone to bed. It’s good to have a different interest. People have been bringing their children in to see the hens and they come and sit outside to watch them. I’m enjoying the creative activities, and I feel great to have a sense of achievement (成就感).”
There are now 700 elderly people looking after hens in 20 care homes in the North East, and the charity has been given money to start it all over the country. Wendy Wilson, a care manager at 60 Penfold Street, one of the first to embark on the project, said, “Elderly people really welcome the idea of the project and the creative way. We are looking forward to the good result and the fun the project can bring to people here.”
Lynn Lewis, director of Notting Hill Pathways, said, “We are happy to be taking part in the project. It will really help connect old people through a shared interest and creative activities.”
1. What is the purpose of the project?| A．To help old people learn new knowledge. | B．To provide part-time jobs for the aged. | C．To raise money for elderly people. | D．To improve the elderly people’s life. |
| A．It’s a good way to kill time. | B．It also helps them to be healthier. | C．It makes them live a busy social life. | D．It offers them a chance to get close to nature. |
| A．She has learned new life skills. | B．She thinks she has done something useful. | C．She can remember things better. | D．She misses her family less. |
| A．improve | B．Know | C．begin | D．refuse |
| A．It is popular with old people. | B．It needs to be more creative. | C．It makes a lot of money. | D．It takes time to see the results. |
8 . Tony goes to a fast-food canteen to buy his lunch. “May I help you?” a worker says.
“I’d like two hamburgers and a bottle (瓶) of milk,” Tony says. “Is that for here or to go?” The worker asks.
“To go,” Tony says.
The worker puts (放) Tony’s lunch in a bag. Tony pays for (付钱) his lunch. “Thank you,” the worker says. “Have a nice day.”
Tony comes back home and opens (打开) the bag. He is surprised.
There are no hamburgers. There is no milk. There is only some money in the bag! Where is the Tony’s lunch?
The manager (经理) of the fast-food canteen needs to go to the bank (银行). He puts some money in a bag. The worker gives the manager’s bag to Tony by mistake (错误). So the manager has two hamburgers and a bottle of milk.
What will Tony do?
1. （图片理解）Where does Tony go according to the passage (根据短文)?A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．buy his lunch | B．get some money |
| C．visit his friends | D．have some fish |
| A．food | B．drink | C．money | D．nothing |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．He will call 122. | B．He will order some food. |
| C．He will buy a new toy car. | D．He will go back to the canteen. |
9 . Sometimes, I wonder whether there is any love between my parents. Every day they are busy trying to make money. They don’t act romantically the way couples do in books and on TV. They never say: “I love you.” It’s not their style.
One day, my mother was sewing (缝) a quilt (被子). I sat down beside her.
“Mom, I have a question to ask you,” I said after a while.
“What?” she asked while still working.
“Is there love between you and Dad?” I asked her.
She didn’t answer right away.
I thought I had hurt her.
“Susan, look at this thread (线),” she said finally. “Sometimes it appears, but most of it disappears in the quilt. It makes the quilt strong. If life was a quilt, then love should be a thread. It can hardly (几乎不) be seen anywhere, but it’s still important.”
The next spring, my father suddenly got very sick. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month.
After they got back, she helped my father walk slowly down the road every day. My father had never been so weak.
“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.
“Susan, don’t worry about me,” he said. “I just like walking with your mom.”
Once, I thought love meant flowers and gifts. Now, I know that love is the thread that holds a family together.
1. The writer’s parents ________ most of the time in their daily life.| A．often fought with each other | B．usually acted romantically |
| C．were busy making money | D．always said “I love you” |
| A．they never said “I love you” to each other | B．they didn’t take care of each other |
| C．they didn’t often read books together | D．they didn’t 1ike to watch TV together |
| A．love meant flowers and gifts | B．love should be seen everywhere |
| C．love was not important in a family | D．love was a thread if life was a quilt |
| A．The writer’s parents didn’t love the writer. |
| B．The writer’s parents love each other in their own way. |
| C．The writer’s father didn’t like to walk with his wife. |
| D．The writer’s mother often said “I love you” to her. |
| A．how to sew a quilt | B．how to express love |
| C．what love is in a family | D．what makes a happy family |
10 . Many years ago, Tareq and his family left their home in Bangladesh (孟加拉国) to New York City, US. Tareq was only 12 then.
In Bangladesh, Tareq’s dad was a farmer. He worked hard but made little money. He walked 6 kilometers to school. After school, Tareq had to help work on the farm.
But Tareq had fun. He loved singing and playing cricket with his friends. One day Tareq’s dad told him they would move to New York City. Tareq’s dad found a new job there, and he thought life would be better there.
In his new school, Tareq tried his best to understand his teachers, but it was quite hard. Also, he had few friends.
Things changed when he started high school. The students there were from 30 countries and there was a cricket team. Tareq was excited to join the team. “Playing with the cricket team was the first time I felt accepted (被接受) in America, “he said.” When you play, it doesn’t matter what grade you’re in or what language you speak.”
During his second year in high school, Tareq was the cricket team’s most valuable player.
Tareq will go to university (大学) next year. He said, “Most universities don’t have a cricket team. But that’s OK, because cricket was there for me when I needed it most.”
1. When Tareq was in Bangladesh, he ________.| A．lived a poor life | B．went to school by bike |
| C．didn’t have any friends | D．didn’t know how to play cricket |
| A．his dad bought a farm there | B．he wanted to learn cricket there |
| C．his dad found new work there | D．he wanted to go to a better school there |
| A．became popular in class | B．joined the school cricket team |
| C．got special help from his teachers | D．traveled to 30 countries and learned a lot |
① Tareq left Bangladesh for New York with his family .
② Tareq felt accepted in America for the first time.
③ Tareq was his cricket team’s most valuable player.
④ Tareq worked on the farm after school.
| A．④①③② | B．②④①③ | C．④①②③ | D．④③②① |
| A．a boy’s school life |
| B．how a boy works hard to make his dream come true |
| C．the differences between Bangladesh and the USA |
| D．how a sport helps change a boy’s life |
