1 . Once upon a time, there was a man who kept several sheep. One morning, the man found that one of his sheep was missing. It turned out that, during the night, a wolf stole his sheep through a hole in the sheep pen (羊圈).
His neighbor suggested to him, “You should mend the hole right away.” But the man said, “The sheep is already lost. So I don’t need to mend it.”
The next morning, he found that another sheep was missing, too. Once again, the wolf stole the sheep through the same hole. The man regretted not taking the neighbor’s advice.
So he mended the hole at once.
From then on, no more sheep was stolen by the wolf. It is never too late to mend.
根据语篇内容，判断下列句子正误，正确的在答题卡上将“T”涂黑，错误的在答题卡上将“F”涂黑。1. Once upon a time, a man kept several sheep.
2. The sheep were lost at night.
3. The man didn’t take his neighbor’s advice at first.
4. The wolf stole three sheep in total from the same hole.
5. It was too late for the man to mend the hole.
2 . When I was 19 years old, I had a part-time job in a hospital. At that time, I was shy and didn’t believe in myself. I seldom talked with others. I wasn’t confident at all. Later, I met an old and experienced doctor, Mike, and we became good friends. He encouraged me to be confident and try to communicate with others. He helped me learn to enjoy myself. He also asked me to take some important courses. I did what he told me and did very well. Later, I got a chance to go to college, but I had another problem. At that time, I was too poor to pay for my education. I was very upset and didn’t know what to do. When I wanted to give up my dream, Mike helped me again. He offered me some chances to make money. Step by step, I could pay for my college education.
After graduating, I got my dream job and I liked it very much. Mike made me enter a different world. I am so lucky to have met such a good friend in my life.
根据语篇内容，判断下列句子正误，正确的在答题卡上将“T”涂黑，错误的在答题卡上将“F”涂黑。1. The writer had a part-time job in a factory when he was 19 years old.
2. The writer was not a confident person and was shy to talk with others before.
3. Mike advised the writer to enjoy himself and take some important courses.
4. Mike offered to pay for the writer’s college education during his hard time.
5. The writer thought it was lucky to meet such a good friend in life.
3 . Four girls went to school by bus every day. But one day they went to school by taxi.
On their way to school, one of the girls said, “There’s a test this morning. Let’s get to school late. Then we won’t have to take the test.”
Another girl asked, “How can we do that? If we are late, our teacher will be angry. We need to have a good excuse.”
The girls thought for several minutes, then one of them said, “Let’s tell him that our taxi had a flat tire (轮胎了)”
“That’s a good idea.” The other girls said. “We’ll tell him that.” They arrived at school an hour later. The test was finished.
“Why are you late? You all missed the test.” the teacher asked.
“Our taxi had a flat tire,” the girls answered.
The teacher thought for a moment, then he said, “Sit down, one in each corner of the room.” The four girls did this.
Then the teacher said, “Which tire was flat? Please write down the answer on a piece of paper.”
根据语篇内容，判断下列句子正误，正确的在答题卡上将“T”涂黑，错误的在答题卡上将“F”涂黑。1. The girls went to school that day by bus.
2. The girls didn’t want to take the test.
3. The girls told the teacher that their taxi had a flat tire.
4. The girls arrived at school twenty minutes later.
5. The teacher believed the girls told him the truth.
4 . Once there lived a man in the state of Zheng in ancient China. He wanted to go to town to buy a new pair of shoes.
Before setting off to town, he measured (测量) the size of his feet with a piece of straw (稻草) and cut it to the right length (长度). As he left the house, the careless man left the straw on the table.
When the man arrived in town, he walked straight to the shoe shop and found a pair of shoes that he really liked. To make sure that the shoes would fit his feet, he reached into his pocket to find the straw—but found nothing.
The man rushed back home to collect the straw. However, when the man returned to town, the shoe shop was closed. The man couldn’t buy his shoes.
The man was very upset. When he told his neighbors, they said, “But you had your feet with you!” The man insisted (坚持), “I would rather trust the measurement (测量) than my feet.”
根据语篇内容，判断下列句子正误，正确的将“T”涂黑，错误的将“F”涂黑。1. The man wanted to buy a new pair of shoes.
2. The straw was used to measure the size of the man’s feet.
3. The man was very happy because he could buy the shoes.
4. The neighbors understood why the man did so.
5. From the story we can know that we should make changes according to the actual situation.
5 . Joe got a box of chocolates from his father. When he was ready to eat it, his elder brother Jack returned home from school. He took away the chocolates from Joe and ran away.
Joe rushed into his room angrily, he locked the door and cried, worrying about his lost chocolates.
Learning about it, his father carried a larger box of chocolates to Joe’s room. He knocked at the door and asked Joe to open it. He even told that he had a larger box of chocolates for him.
But Joe refused to listen to his father. He lay on the bed, paying no attention to his father’s knock and talk. He continued to cry, thinking about his small loss (损失). His worry stopped him from getting a much greater happiness.
根据语篇内容，判断下列句子正误，正确的在答题卡上将“T”涂黑，错误的在答题卡上将“F”涂黑。1. Joe got a box of chocolates from his grandfather.
2. Jack took away the chocolates from Joe.
3. Joe rushed into his room angrily and cried.
4. Joe’s father had a smaller box of chocolates for him.
5. Joe’s worry made him lose greater happiness.
6 . With its beautiful art, the cartoon movie Chang An (《长安三万里》) takes us back to the Tang Dynasty (618—907). The stories of Li Bai and Gao Shi come to life before our eyes.
In the movie, Li is a poetry genius (诗歌天才). Gao is a common man. Gao stammers (口吃) when he is young. He also has problems with reading. However, even so, I still like Gao. A girl named Pei Shier wins a fight over him. This makes Gao see that he needed to work harder on his skills. He doesn’t make it to the military examination (武考). Then he chooses to read the classics and poems again to get ready for the imperial examination, or keju (科举).
It shows us that Gao always takes a positive attitude (积极的态度) to different problems. In the end, Gao becomes a great military leader and leads his team to win a big fight. From a young boy to an old, Gao walks a long way between reality (现实) and dreams in his life time. Geniuses such as Li Bai are too few. The hard-working Gao Shi, however, is the common people’s example to follow.
根据语篇内容，判断下列句子正误，正确的在答题卡上将“T”涂黑，错误的在答题卡上将“F”涂黑。1. The cartoon movie Chang An takes us back to the Song Dynasty.
2. Gao Shi is a poetry genius as well.
3. Gao Shi wins a fight over a girl named Pei Shier.
4. Finally, Gao Shi becomes a great military leader.
5. It takes Gao Shi a long time to make his dreams come true.
7 . Hanna is a 10-year-old little girl in America. She learned some knowledge about first aid (急救) one day at school. She did everything very carefully that day because she wanted to save people’s lives when she grew up. She didn’t wait very long. Just a week later, her mother Michelle collapsed (晕倒) at home, and Hanna called 911 at once.
Remembering what she had learned at school, Hanna moved Michelle to her side and tilted (倾斜) her head back to help keep her airway (气道) open. She knew every second counted in that situation, so she was very calm and did everything quickly, keeping talking to her mum, and telling her mum that she would be safe.
The doctors quickly arrived and took Michelle and Hanna to hospital. Michelle was so thankful that her daughter had known what to do. “Hanna was just great. She knew what to do because she had learned how to call 911 and give help to people at school,” Michelle’s teacher Mrs. Woodhead shared, “It’s a skill that I think all children should know. They can help others in need.”
1. Hanna learned some knowledge about first aid at school.2. Hanna was afraid when her mum collapsed.
3. Hanna took her mum to hospital with her teacher.
4. Hanna’s mother was thankful for what Hanna did.
5. The teacher thinks it is important to learn some knowledge about first aid.
8 . It is more than sixty years since the death of Lei Feng, and yet his spirit still influences Chinese young people. In fact, the wish to help others can always be found among common people.
On September 5, 2022, when an earthquake hit Luding, Sichuan, a 28-year-old hydropower station (水电站) worker Gan Yu chose not to leave but stay at his workplace, saving villages from being damaged. People think he is a hero like Lei Feng, but he doesn’t feel that he should be compared to the young hero.“Lei Feng is a role model to all Chinese young people. The things he did may seem small, but behind them was a great quality that we can all achieve.” he said.
Zeng Qiangfei, 24, is also from Sichuan. In 2013, when an earthquake happened in his hometown, he was studying in a middle school. Zeng remembered seeing rescuers (救援者) and volunteers gather there to help. When he grew up, he became a volunteer himself. After a terrible quake hit Turkey and Syria this year, he flew there to help. During the course, he always saw local people bowing quietly to volunteers like them.“I grew up listening to Lei Feng’s stories. He is an excellent young man who tried his best to help others.” said Zeng.
This view is shared by a 56-year-old British man named James Elroy Edginton, who lives in Hunan, the hometown of Lei Feng. Working at a local college, Edginton volunteers to help students from poor families, and is warmly regarded as a “foreign Lei Feng”.“I am glad to be connected with the spirit of Lei Feng. His qualities are borderless (无国界的).” he said.
根据语篇内容，选择最佳选项。1. Which of the following words can best describe Gan Yu?
| A．Warmhearted. | B．Smart. | C．Honest. |
| A．Because he wanted local people to thank him. |
| B．Because he was quite moved by Gan Yu’s story. |
| C．Because he was influenced greatly by volunteers. |
| A．He saved villages from being damaged. |
| B．He helped the people in Turkey and Syria. |
| C．He helped the students from poor families. |
| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Four. |
| A．The ways of helping others |
| B．The spirit of Lei Feng never dies |
| C．The stories of young heroes |
9 . A young man with excellent grades wanted to get a job in a big company. He met the manager for the interview. The manager asked, “Who paid for your education?”
“My parents.” The young man replied.
“Where do they work?”
“They work as clothes cleaners.”
Then, the manager asked the young man to show his hands. He found the young man’s hands were so smooth, and asked, “Have you ever helped your parents wash the clothes?”
“Never.”
“Now go home and clean your parents’ hands, then see me tomorrow morning.”
The young man felt upset. When he got home, he asked his parents to let him clean their hands. They felt strange but happy. While the young man was cleaning their hands, he found his parents’ hands were so wrinkled (起皱的), and there were so many bruises (瘀伤) in their hands. His tears fell. After cleaning his parents’ hands, he quietly washed all the rest of clothes.
The next morning, he went to the manager’s office. The manager asked him, “Can you tell me what you did and learned yesterday in your house?” He told the manager all he did with tears in his eyes and added, “Now I know what appreciation (感激) is. Without my parents, I would not be who I am today... By helping my parents, I realize how much they’ve done for me. And I also realize the importance and value of helping one’s family.”
The manager smiled and said, “This is what I’m looking for.”
根据短文内容，选择最佳选项。1. Why did the young man meet the manager?
| A．Because the manager was his friend. |
| B．Because the manager needed his help. |
| C．Because he wanted to find a job. |
| A．Street cleaners. | B．Clothes cleaners. | C．Factory workers. |
| A．To wash the clothes. | B．To talk with his parents. | C．To clean his parents’ hands. |
| A．The young man got the job. |
| B．The young man failed the interview. |
| C．The manager laughed at the young man. |
| A．We should face difficulties bravely. |
| B．We should learn to be thankful. |
| C．It’s hard to get a job in a big company. |
10 . Lily was a cheerful (开朗的) girl. She always had a big smile on her face. One day, she noticed an old man named Grumble sitting beside a river. The old man looked sad. Lily wanted to make him smile, so she walked up to him with a friendly greeting. “Good morning, Mr. Grumble! Why the long face?” she asked.
Grumble said, “What’s there to be happy about? Life is full of troubles.” Lily laughed and replied, “Troubles are like big and scary thunderclouds (雷雨云), Mr. Grumble. But just like clouds, they pass, making way for the sun to shine again. You should try looking on the bright side!”
Lily made a bet (打赌) with Grumble, saying, “I bet I can make you smile by the end of the day.” Grumble challenged her, “You’re welcome to try, but it won’t be easy.”
For the rest of the day, Lily did all kinds of funny and silly things to make Grumble laugh. She told jokes, sang like nobody was watching, and even made faces. However, Grumble was still unhappy. As the sun began to set, Lily decided to give it one last try. She took a deep breath and broke into a joyful dance.
Surprisingly, Grumble couldn’t help laughing. He let out a chuckle (咯咯笑声), and then another. Before he knew it, he was laughing heartily, his sadness giving way to happiness. Lily had won the contest (比赛), but more importantly, she showed Grumble that becoming cheerful was not difficult.
Happiness is a choice, and we can find it when we choose to see the brighter side of life.
根据语篇内容，选择最佳选项。1. How did Mr. Grumble feel when Lily noticed him?
| A．He was cheerful. | B．He was angry. | C．He was sad. |
| A．To say that life is full of troubles. |
| B．To show that troubles will go away. |
| C．To show that troubles are terrible. |
| A．By telling jokes. | B．By making faces. | C．By dancing joyfully. |
| A．取代 | B．挡道 | C．让步 |
| A．Being cheerful was difficult. |
| B．Happy or not, it’s up to you. |
| C．The happiest thing is to be free. |
