1 . Dong Lina was born into a farmer’s family in Dalian, Liaoning Province. Dong went blind at the age of 10. She finished her education and began learning tuina (推拿). Her teacher at the special education school told her that tuina was the only career (职业) for her. However, Dong didn’t think so. She was always looking for chances to continue her education at work.
One day, she heard that there was a training program for blind youth radio hosts in Beijing. Dong, who had been praised for having a good voice since childhood, realized that this might be her important time. So she gave herself the courage to make a change. The first time on the broadcast (广播) host class, Dong Lina was deeply moved.
Since that, it was a new page in her life. At school, she worked harder than others. In 2010, Dong took part in a national competition. People were moved by her ability and encouraged her to study at the Communication University of China. And for many years, she made an effort to call for equal (平等的) development chances for disabled people and threw herself into the language education of the teenagers with weak sight.
On June 28, 2023, Dong Lina gave her speech at the graduation ceremony of 2023. She said, “Graduation is the end of university study and the beginning of our new life road. May we have dreams and keep love. May we have our motherland and the world in our hearts...” Her speech lit up all the teachers and students.
Her success tells us that nothing is impossible to someone with a willing heart. And this is what we should learn from her.
1. What happened to Dong Lina when she was ten years old?| A．She began to learn tuina. |
| B．She finished her education. |
| C．She can’t see with her eyes. |
| D．She was looking for another work. |
| A．She became famous after joining the competition. |
| B．She had to put in more efforts than others to achieve her dream. |
| C．Now she teaches teenagers how to make a speech in public. |
| D．She didn’t like tuina because she couldn’t get enough money. |
| A．Her strong will. |
| B．Her lovely birthplace. |
| C．Her courage to make a change. |
| D．Her training in the program for blind youth radio hosts. |
| A．A science book. | B．A diary. | C．A story. | D．A notice. |
| A．Hug the Dream in the Dark |
| B．A Young Woman |
| C．Learning Makes People Successful |
| D．Sunshine Always Appears After Storm |
2 . When I was about twelve years old, a girl in my class liked to point out my shortcomings. She said I was very thin; I wasn’t good at math; I talked too much; I was too proud, and so on. At last, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes. He listened to me quietly, and asked, “Are those things true or not? Jane, didn’t you ever think about what you’re really like?” Then he added, “Well, you have that girl’s opinions. Make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true. “
I did as he told me. To my great surprise, I found out that about half the things were true. Some of them I couldn’t change, like being very thin, but many I could and suddenly I wanted to change. For the first time I got a clear picture of myself.
I brought the list back to Daddy, and he said, “Now you know better about yourself. But you have to learn to listen, not just close your ears angrily and feel hurt. When something said about you is true, you’ll find it will be of great help to you. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to the truth and do what you know is the right thing to do.”
Daddy’s advice has returned to me at many important moments. In my life, I’ve never had a better piece of advice.
1. How old was Jane when a girl in her class pointed out her shortcomings?| A．About 10. | B．About 12. | C．About 14. |
| A．She was very thin. | B．She wasn’t good at math. | C．She talked too much. |
| A．To listen to her classmate’s opinions. |
| B．To find out what is right and what is wrong. |
| C．To know herself better and improve herself. |
| A．My Father. | B．The Best Advice. | C．My Life. |
If you travel to another country, you’ll probably have some unusual experiences, and sometimes a few surprises. In fact, it’s common for anyone who travels far and goes into a different culture.
Neil lives in Toronto, Canada. Last summer, his English friend Vic and Esther came to visit him. On their last evening there, they invited Neil out to dinner. After enjoying a nice meal in a restaurant, Vic left a $20 tip for the waiter. The bill (账单) was almost $200 and in Canada, it’s normal to leave a 15% tip. The waiter looked upset—he must have thought Vic was unhappy about his service. Actually, it’s common to leave a 10% tip in the UK. In the end, Neil quietly gave the waiter another $10.
Daniela is from Colombia. She clearly remembers the first party she went to soon after she got to Australia. These people were friendly and the food was wonderful, but all the time she didn’t hear music or see any dancing. After all, in Daniela’s country, a party isn’t a party if there’s no music or dancing. Daniela left early on that day. Probably it wasn’t very polite, but she just felt so out of place then.
Haneul comes from Seoul, South Korea. A few days ago, she went to meet her Italian friend at the airport in Seoul. When seeing Haneul, Luna ran over, hugged and kissed her on both cheeks. Haneul felt very ▲ ! People were looking at them and some children were even laughing. Anyway, kissing and hugging in public are not how people usually behave in her country.
1. Who will probably be interested in the passage?① Anna, who is a fan of Australian classic music.
② Jack, who is planning to travel around the world.
③ Zhang Nan, who wants to make some foreign pen friends.
④ Li Hua, who is working on a project about customs in different countries.
| A．②④ | B．①② | C．③④ |
| A．Neil gave the waiter $10 quietly to cheer him up. |
| B．Italians are much more open and active than Koreans. |
| C．It’s usually kind of noisy but exciting at parties in Colombia. |
| A．By giving examples. | B．By comparing. | C．By listing numbers. |
| A．proud | B．enjoyable | C．embarrassed |
| A．Study habits. | B．Cultural differences. | C．Language skills. |
4 . Twice a month, Jenny Green sits down, picks up her pen and writes a letter to her best friend. The British woman has been doing it for 80 years. She has sent more than 1, 500 letters to her pen pal in America.
The hobby started in 1942. Jenny, then 12 years old, was reading a magazine. Some ads in the magazine were asking for pen pals. One of them caught Jenny’s eye. It was from Alice Miller. She lived in America and was also 12. “It was exciting for me,” Jenny said. “I sat down at once, wrote a letter, put it in an envelope — together with a picture of myself — and posted it.”
Jenny spent every day waiting for the postman. Two weeks later—which felt like a lifetime—a reply dropped through the letter box. “I was overjoyed,” Jenny said. “There was a letter and a picture of my new friend. She was all the way on the other side of the world!”
Jenny and Alice wanted to learn more about each other. They kept writing. The two found that they had a lot in common. They liked the same books and the same films.
However, both Jenny and Alice were too poor to buy a plane ticket. It was not until 1987 that they met. “I was glad to see the person I had been writing to for 40 years,” Jenny said. “We had a big hug and then sat down, chatting for hours.”
Now in their nineties, Jenny and Alice are still writing to each other. And they still write by hand. “Writing is warmer and friendlier. So why shall we change the habit of a lifetime?” Jenny said. “I’m so glad that I wrote that first letter 80 years ago.”
1. Where did Jenny Green first see Alice’s information?| A．In a magazine. | B．On a website. | C．On social media. | D．In a newspaper. |
| A．very sad | B．very tired | C．very worried | D．very happy |
①They liked the same films. ②They were of the same age.
③They liked the same books. ④They liked the same movie stars.
| A．①②③ | B．①②④ | C．①③④ | D．②③④ |
| A．Yes, they could. | B．No, they couldn’t. |
| C．We don’t know. | D．Yes, they were. |
| A．Jenny has many pen pals. | B．Jenny and Alice will write to each other by email. |
| C．Jenny doesn’t know how to use a computer. | D．Jenny and Alice will keep writing by hand. |
5 . Dangal《摔跤吧!爸爸》is one of the Top 10 movies recently. It tells a true story about an Indian man and his two daughters.
His name’s Mahavir. In real life, he is called “the father of Indian women wrestling” because thousands of girls across India have been supported to take up wrestling with his efforts.
A very famous Indian actor — Aamir Khan, played the role of Mahavir in the movie. It was an unusual experience for him. Aamir Khan was very serious about his character and he tried to make this character close to the true story. In order to act well, he needed to put on weight to be very fat and then did sports to be very strong in a short time.
Aamir Khan started to eat a lot every day before making the movie. He ate at least 5 meals a day including much junk food. He became too fat to run quickly.
It is simple to be fat but difficult to be strong. Aamir Khan invited many coaches to train him to lose weight and it took him a few months to be strong. He must eat less food and drink more water. Strength training is also important. This kind of physical training is very boring. He had to lift different weights and did it over and over again. Aamir Khan set a goal to himself day by day and the minute he made it, he fell down on the ground and could hardly stand up. In the end, he became the exact person the movie needed.
The role he played was very moving and he succeeded at last. As he says, the most important thing in life is not whether you can reach your goal but whether you have made the greatest efforts.
1. From the passage, what is Aamir Khan’s job?| A．A teacher. | B．An actor. | C．A director. | D．A coach. |
| A．Because he is a very famous Indian player. |
| B．Because he played a role in the movie Dangal. |
| C．Because he supported many Indian women to take up wrestling. |
| D．Because he became strong in a short time. |
| A．力量 | B．目标 | C．疲劳 | D．节食 |
① He changed his eating habits and did sports to become strong.
② He was serious about the character and he needed to make great efforts.
③ To be fat, he ate lots of food.
④ Finally, he succeeded.
| A．③②①④ | B．②③④① | C．②①④③ | D．②③①④ |
| A．Dangal is a true story about Aamir Khan himself. |
| B．He became very fat at first and then lost weight in a very short time. |
| C．In order to act well, he trained so hard. |
| D．He tried to play a perfect role in the movie. |
During the Northern Song Dynasty, there was a man called Chen Yaozi. He was pretty good at archery. He always hit the bull’s eye and hardly missed the target, which made him very proud.
As he was doing his daily practice one day, a big crowd came around him, and cheered in excitement each time he hit his target. This made him feel pleased with himself, but among the crowd stood an old oil seller who only nodded his head.
“Am I not the best he has ever seen?” he thought. “Have you seen anyone shoot better than I do? “Angry and confused (疑惑的), he called the seller over and asked.
“No,” answered the old man.
“What do you think of my archery then?”
The old man answered, “Nothing special. You’ve become skilled through much practice, that’s all.”
“Is it so? Why not show what you can do?” Chen was doubtful.
The oil seller put a gourd (葫芦) bottle on the ground and put a coin with a square hole in the center over the top. He then scooped some oil, held it high in the air and poured it skillfully into the gourd without wetting the coin. The crowd cheered but the old man said, “This is nothing special. It’s something I can do because I’ve practiced every day.” With these words, he left.
1. Which picture expresses the action of the oil seller in the story?A． | B． | C． |
| ①Background · ②Chen hit the target ③ The oil seller watched and shared his ideas ④ The oil seller poured the oil into the gourd ⑤ The oil seller left. |
A． | B． | C． |
| A．Be proud →relax. | B．Be angry →worry. | C．Be doubtful →admire. |
| A．Both were talented. |
| B．Both were proud of themselves. |
| C．Both became skilled through much experience. |
| A．Practice makes perfect. |
| B．Do in Rome as the Romans do. |
| C．A man becomes learned by asking questions. |
7 . Glacier National Park is a popular tourist attraction that attracts many tourists. Patti, a grandmother who lives near the park, noticed that there were a lot of speeding cars on her road. “Drivers always forget to slow down. Many people in my community are unhappy with the traffic. They can’t walk or ride a bike.” said Patti.
Worried about the safety of her grandchildren and the community, Patti decided to take matters into her own hands. She sat alone on the side of the road with a hairdryer (吹风机) in her hand. The hairdryer looked very much like a speed radar gun. So Patti tried to act as a traffic police officer doing a speed check.
What Patti did worked. The drivers began to slow down. They thought it was strange and funny to see a grandma sitting there with a hairdryer. One day, her son took a picture of her while she was “at work” and shared it online. Soon, the grandmother with a hairdryer became the talk of the town. More and more people started paying attention to the traffic problem.
Later, her effort even caught the attention of the local government. An officer named Noah Pesola gave his heartfelt thanks to her for her creative effort to make the road safer.
No one could have imagined that Patti’s simple act would have such an influence.
1. How does the writer start the story?| A．By imagining a scene. | B．By describing a problem. |
| C．By offering a suggestion. | D．By giving an example. |
| A．Because it is easy to carry. |
| B．Because it can attract tourists’ attention. |
| C．Because it can be used to check the speed. |
| D．Because it looks similar to a speed radar gun. |
| A．An officer. | B．Her son. |
| C．The drivers. | D．People in her community. |
| A．Asking tourists to walk to the park. | B．Putting up signs to remind drivers. |
| C．Trying her best to keep the road clear. | D．Slowing the drivers down in a special way. |
| A．Help others when they are in trouble. | B．Old people are wiser than young people. |
| C．Small acts can also make a big difference. | D．There’s more than one way to solve a problem. |
Mount Qomolangma is the highest mountain in the world. It is in the Himalayan (喜马拉雅) Mountains between Nepal (尼泊尔) and China, and it is about 8,900 meters high. Sir Edmund Hillary from New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay from Nepal were the first people ever to climb Mount Everest in 1953. Men from several different countries climbed it after that.
Junko Tabei, a Japanese was the first woman to make this difficult climb. A Japanese newspaper-television company chose fifteen women from mountaineering clubs to climb Mount Qomolangma in 1975. The group climbed for several days. Then there was an accident. The heavy ice and snow hurt ten of the women. They had to stop climbing. The other five went on climbing.
Only Ms Tabei was able to climb the last 70 meters. She was standing on the top of the world. She was the first woman there. Ms Tabei was 35 years old at the time. She started climbing mountains in 1960. She still climbs mountains. She is not an ordinary Japanese housewife. Ms Tabei makes money for her trips by teaching English and piano to children. She climbs a mountain about every three years. She has climbed some of the highest mountains in six countries. Finally, she wants to climb the highest mountain in every country in the world. When she reaches the top of a mountain, she thinks, “I’m glad that I’m at the top.”
1. Where is Mount Qomolangma? (no more than 10 words)2. When did two men from New Zealand and Nepal climb Mount Qomolangma? (no more than 2 words)
3. Why did ten of the women have to stop climbing? (no more than 6 words)
4. How many women climbed up to Mount Qomolangma in 1975? (no more than 2 words)
5. Has Ms Tabei climbed some of the highest mountains in six countries? (no more than 3 words)
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’re 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.”
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. | D．Because he wanted to ask for information. |
| A．Street cleaners. | B．Clothes cleaners. | C．Factory workers. | D．Farm workers. |
| A．To wash the clothes. | B．To talk with his parents. |
| C．To clean the house. | D．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. | D．The manger was angry with the young man. |
10 . When Tim was a boy, he met a girl named Rose. They became close friends because they both dreamt of going to Wonderland. They promised to each other that one day they would build a house there.
Before long, they got married and moved to the old house where they first met. They lived a happy life there and decided to save money for their dream to Wonderland. But life wasn’t easy. Year after year, they always had to spend their fund on more pressing needs. Sadly, Wonderland remained a dream when Rose died.
Living in the house alone, Tim missed Rose so much and would often think of the dream they once shared. One day, the 78-year-old man made up his mind. He bought thousands of balloons to help his house fly in the sky. Then he started, flying to Wonderland.
On the journey, Tim met a child, Dan, and invited him in. Something exciting happened. Lucky, a talking dog, joined in. They fought against a bad man and saved Kris, a bird who couldn’t fly. With the help of the flying house, they continued their journey.
In the end, Tim realized his dream. Together with his new friends, he landed his house at Wonderland.
1. ________ was Tim’s wife.| A．Lucky | B．Kris | C．Rose | D．Dan |
| A．wonderland | B．the old house | C．the new house | D．the flying house |
| A．life | B．children | C．house | D．money |
| A．space | B．time | C．feelings | D．subjects |
| A．Fly to Wonderland | B．An Exciting Trip |
| C．Share the Same Dream | D．An old house |
