1 . Hi, Maggie, it’s me, Leroy! Let me tell you about the holiday so far. On Monday, we were in Edinburgh. We went there from London, and I was next to William on the bus. The people were friendly in Edinburgh, and everyone in our group seemed happy. Some tried traditional Scottish (苏格兰的) cooking, but William and I had a hamburger instead. I bought a large picture of Edinburgh Castle.
The next day we went to Paris on the train. I sat next to Marcus, and we listened to his CDs.The journey was very long, so we had lunch on the train. I had a hot dog, and I bought some postcards. From there, we went to Rome on Wednesday, again on the bus, and this time, I sat next to John.We stopped for lunch at a service station, and I had a large steak (牛排) and a mountain of chips. When we got to Rome, I bought a book.
Now I’m sitting next to Elisabeth on a train just outside Bavaria. Elisabeth is playing the harmonica (口琴) I bought. She has never played it before, but she’s very interested in it!
Tomorrow we are flying to Helsinki in Finland. I will sit next to Maria because she doesn’t like flying and I want to help her relax.
Anyway, it’s time to get off the train now, and I must say goodbye. Say hello to Mom and Dad for me, and I’ll see you soon!
1. What did Leroy do on Monday?| A．He took a bus ride. | B．He left for Edinburgh. |
| C．He started his holiday. | D．He tried Scottish cooking. |
| A．By car. | B．By bus. | C．By train. | D．By plane. |
| A．Leroy and William. | B．William and Elisabeth. |
| C．Elisabeth and John. | D．Marcus and Leroy. |
| A．Edinburgh→London→Paris→Rome→Bavaria. |
| B．London→Edinburgh→Paris→Rome→Bavaria. |
| C．Edinburgh→London→Paris→Bavaria→Rome. |
| D．London→Edinburgh→Paris→Bavaria→Rome. |
| A．Parent and child. | B．Brother and sister. |
| C．Doctor and patient. | D．Student and teacher. |
2 . Zong Qinghou was the founder (创始人) of Hang zhou Wahaha Group. He was born in 1945 in wartime China. He grew up very poor in Hangzhou and often went hungry. His father was out of work, and his mother supported the family of five children as a factory worker.
“Because of the hardship, as a child I had many dreams and hoped to make big money for my parents in return,” Zong said in a history book. As the eldest child, Zong left school after junior high to support his family and spent over ten years doing different jobs, including hard physical work at a far-away farm.
In 1978, Zong returned to Hangzhou and spent the next ten years working as a salesman. “My only dream at that time was to have my own company and do what I wanted to do, and I had been looking for such a chance,” he said in the history book. The chance finally came in 1987. Zong borrowed 140,000 yuan to start his own company, selling ice pops (冰棒) and stationery (文具) to students at a nearby primary school.
The company, which would later become Wahaha, sold ice pops for a cent each. During his door-to-door sales, Zong learned that many children were picky eaters so that they can’t get all the necessary nutrition (营养). That was a big headache for parents.
Seeing a potential chance, Zong worked with a professor of nutrition to invent a vitamin drink for children called Wahaha Oral Liquid. The product became a huge success soon. The company achieved nearly 100 million yuan in sales in the third year after it went on the market. That year, Zong founded the Hangzhou WaHaha Group after buying a failing food factory.
1. How many people were there in Zong’s family?| A．Three. | B．Five. | C．Seven. | D．Nine. |
| A．贪嘴的 | B．挑剔的 | C．厌食的 | D．健康的 |
| A．Zong succeeded at last because of his good luck. |
| B．Zong works in his own company in 1980. |
| C．Wahaha Oral Liquid wasn’t popular at first. |
| D．Wahaha Oral Liquid can offer necessary nutrition to children. |
①Zong works as a salesman in Hangzhou. ②Zong did different jobs to support his family.
③WaHaha group was founded. ④Zong bought a falling food factory.
⑤Zong borrowed money to start his own company. ⑥Zong dreamed to make big money.
| A．⑥①④②③⑤ | B．⑥②①⑤④③ | C．⑥②①⑤③④ | D．⑥①⑤④②③ |
| A．Hangzhou Wahaha Group | B．How to Sell Wahah a Oral Liquid |
| C．How to Make Big Money | D．Zong Qinghou and Wahaha Group |
3 . A woman in colorful traditional Hani ethnic (哈尼族的) clothes caught the eyes of reporters. She is Yang Yuni. Ten years ago, she was only a village girl who loved dancing and her ethnic culture. Now she’s a dancer and a successful businesswoman. That’s thanks to her endless efforts to spread and protect Hani culture.
She was born and grew up in a Hani village in Honghe county, Yunnan. Now, she is 28 years old and deeply loves her ethnic culture. Guided by her mother, the county’s first folk dance teacher, she came to love dance. After finishing high school, she chose to mainly study dance performance in college in 2014.
In 2015, Yang set up an art center to spread Hani music and dance. She taught dance there. Then more and more local kids fell in love with Hani dance. “The Hani dance has beautiful moves and shows strong life. Why not bring it to a bigger stage?” said Yang.
Yang also set up a street dance group with street dancers from other areas of Yunnan. They mix street dance moves with their local dance style to show their love for their own culture. Her art center later set up a recording studio (工作室) to record the voices of its students and Hani folk singers.
In the future, Yang is going to focus on making better use of the cultural and tourism value of the Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces (梯田). The landscape was included in UNESCO’s World Heritage List (世界遗产名录) in 2013.
1. Yang Yuni makes endless efforts to ________.| A．make a lot of money |
| B．catch the eyes of reporters |
| C．spread and protect Hani culture |
| D．show her love for Hani ethnic clothes |
| A．her father | B．her mother |
| C．her students | D．her teacher |
①She was a village girl.
②She set up an art center.
③She set up a recording studio.
④She chose to mainly study dance performance.
| A．②-①-③-④ | B．②-③-④-① | C．①-②-③-④ | D．①-④-②-③ |
| A．Yang Yuni is not only a dancer but also a businesswoman. |
| B．The recording studio was set up to record Yang Yuni’s voice. |
| C．Yang Yuni set up an art center with street dancers from big cities. |
| D．Yang Yuni is going to build more rice terraces all over the world. |
| A．Play. | B．Poem. |
| C．Report. | D．Letter. |
4 . One day, Confucius (孔子) led his students to the State of Chu. When crossing through a large forest, they saw an old man standing under a tree, catching cicadas (蝉) with a bamboo stick. Confucius said, “You are very good at catching cicadas. You must have some special skills.”
“That’s right!” the old man answered. “Cicadas are clever little insects. If they hear the noise of the leaves in the wind, they will fly away. So people who want to catch cicadas must train their hands to hold a bamboo stick without shaking. If you can place three small balls on top of the bamboo stick without falling off, you might be able to catch cicadas. When five small balls are placed on top without falling off, catching cicadas is as easy as picking a ball up from the ground.” He then added, “But that is not enough. People must be good at hiding themselves. Right now, I am standing under a tree like half of a tree, with my arm reaching out like part of a dry branch. Last but not least, one must be concentrated. When I am catching cicadas, I only watch the cicadas’ wings. No matter what happens, I will focus on the wings.”
Hearing this. Confucius turned to his students and said, “No matter what you do, you can only succeed if you love what you are doing and pay enough attention to it. This is what this old man has taught us.”
1. What is the right order in this story?①They learned that people who wanted to catch cicadas must train their hands.
②The old man told them some special skills.
③Confucius and his students saw an old man.
④Confucius said something meaningful to his students.
| A．③②④① | B．②③①④ | C．③②①④ | D．④①③② |
| A．提纯 | B．浓缩 | C．关注 | D．专心 |
| A．One. | B．Three. | C．Five. | D．Seven. |
| A．No matter what you do, you should do your best. |
| B．No matter what you do, you should pay attention to it. |
| C．No matter what you do, you should be responsible. |
| D．No matter what you do, you should have goals. |
| A．The Secret of Success | B．The Skill of Catching Cicadas |
| C．The Story of the Old man | D．The Way of Traveling |
Mike Huss used to work as a janitor (看门人) at a primary school in California, USA. Now, he has become headmaster of the school.
In fact, Huss has had a long history with the school. He studied there when he was a young boy. Years later, he became a janitor at the school. During his work as a janitor, he communicated with the kids very well. His workmates, friends and family encouraged him to get a teaching degree. And Huss decided to go for it. “I wanted to show my son that if his dad could work his way up from a janitor to a teacher, then he should have the courage to achieve anything,” Huss said.
However, it was not easy for Huss to do that. He had to deal with his full—time job, studies, as well as the family for four years, and in 2003, he got his teaching degree and became a teacher at his Alma Mater (母校). All Huss’s hard work finally paid off.
That was not enough, though. In 2022, after 19 years of teaching, Huss got the offer to be the school’s headmaster. Though Huss still missed the teaching job, he was excited to take on new responsibilities (责任)and help improve the school. “I think I can do my new job well, because I have a lot of support from everyone,” Huss said. “I have to try my best every day.”
Huss said he wanted to use his life story as an example to others. “I’m trying to help students believe that they can achieve great things if they just stay the course,” Huss added.
1. Huss’s son used to be a janitor at a primary school in California.2. Huss was a student of that school when he was young.
3. In 2003, Huss got his medical degree.
4. So far, Huss has been a headmaster for nineteen years.
5. This story shows us the meaning of holding on.
6 . In a small village, there used to be two friends. The name of the younger boy was Jonny. And the other was John. John was much bigger and stronger than Jonny.
One day they ran into the forest and played hide-and-seek (捉迷藏) there. Suddenly John fell into a pit. John started shouting for help. Jonny ran to John at once. Without wasting a minute, he got a rope and gave one end to John and asked him to hold onto it. Jonny tried very hard and finally pulled John out from the pit. They cried, smiled, and then walked towards home.
Since Jonny and John were away for a long time, their parents got worried. All the villagers started to help search for the children. When Jonny and John finally arrived back in the village, everyone was excited. Their parents hugged them and asked where they had gone.
Jonny and John told everyone what had happened in the forest. However, almost no one believed them. One person asked Jonny, “How can you help a person who is much bigger and stronger than you?”
Then Jonny replied, “I used a rope.” Everyone laughed, and Jonny’s father said, “Don’t tell stories to us.” Among the people was a wise old man. He said that everything the boys said was true.
A woman asked, “Jonny is only five years old. How was he able to do that?” The old man replied, “That’s because there was no one there to tell Jonny ‘You can’t do it.’”
1. What did John look like?| A．Short but strong. |
| B．Big and strong. |
| C．Tall but thin. |
| D．Tall and fat. |
| A．下水道 | B．沼泽 | C．沙堆 | D．深坑 |
| A．He started to cry. |
| B．He shouted for help. |
| C．He ran to John at once. |
| D．He jumped into the pit. |
| A．John went out himself. |
| B．The villagers came to help. |
| C．Jonny saved him with a rope. |
| D．Jonny carried John on his back. |
| A．Kids need to be encouraged. |
| B．Kids are weak and stupid. |
| C．Parents should help kids. |
| D．Parents should be honest. |
7 . Mark Twain liked to play jokes on others. But once a joke was played on him. One day Mark met one of his friends, Tom. Tom said that he had an uncle. And his uncle never laughed or smiled, and that nobody was able to make his uncle laugh or smile. “You bring your uncle to my talk tonight, I’m sure I can make him laugh.” said Mark Twain.
That evening Tom and his uncle sat in the front. Mark Twain began to tell several funny stories. This made people in the room laugh except Tom’s uncle. He never smiled. Mark Twain told more stories, but the old man was still quiet. Finally, Mark Twain stopped. He was tired and disappointed.
Some days later, Mark Twain told another friend of his about what had happened.“Oh,” said his friend, “That man was deaf.”
正确的“T”，错误的“F”。1. Mark Twain liked to play jokes.
2. Mark Twain had an uncle.
3. All people in the room laughed.
4. Tom wanted to play a joke on Mark Twain instead of cheating him.
5. Another friend of Mark Twain didn’t know the man was deaf.
One day, an 11-year-old girl asked her dad, “What are you going to get me for my 15th birthday?” The father replied, “Don’t worry about that. We still have plenty of time.”
But on a day after her 14th birthday, she passed out (昏倒) and was rushed to the hospital. The family learned that the girl had a serious heart disease and that she might die. At night, she asked her dad, “Daddy, have they told you that I am going to die?” The father replied, “No, you will live as long as anyone else.” She wondered and asked, “How can you be sure?”
He smiled to her and said, “I just know it.”
After the girl turned 15, she had a heart transplant (心脏移植手术). After she came back from the hospital, she found a letter on her bed. It said, “My dearest daughter, one day you asked me what I would give you for your 15th birthday. I wasn’t sure then. But now you know that my present to you is my heart.” The father had given his heart to his daughter.
Parents are selfless (无私的). They even make great sacrifices to make their children grow up happily. Keep this in mind when you feel angry toward your parents. Always, they’re just doing what they think best for you.
1. The girl had a heart disease when she was 11 years old.2. The father said that the girl would live as long as anyone else because the girl’s disease was not serious.
3. The father gave nothing to his daughter for her 15th birthday.
4. The underlined word “sacrifices” means “牺牲” in Chinese.
5. We shouldn’t be angry toward parents because they’re just doing what they think best for us.
9 . On a farm lived a father and a son. The father always got up early and read books by the stove. One morning, the son came up to him and said, “Dad, I read books at night but forget most of them the next morning. What’s the good of reading? "
The father didn’t reply to his question at once. He passed him a basket that was used to carry coal. He said, “Get some water from the river with the basket and then I’ll tell you the answer.”
The son felt surprised but he did as his father said. He tried many times but every time the water leaked (漏掉) from the basket.
An hour later, the son came back with the empty basket and told his father it was impossible to hold water with the basket. The father said with a smile, “Yes, you are right, my son. The basket can't hold water. But did you notice the basket was different?” The son found the dirty basket had become clean. The father continued, “Reading is like holding water with the basket. Although we can't remember all we read, we have changed while reading.”
1. The father was used to reading ________.| A．at night | B．by the stove | C．with his son | D．in the library |
| A．books | B．stoves | C．coal | D．water |
| A．in the city | B．with their relatives | C．on a farm | D．by the river |
| A．no difference | B．become clean | C．become dirty | D．been broken |
| A．the father didn’t answer his son’s question because he thought it was stupid |
| B．the basket can hold water |
| C．we can’t remember all we read, so we don’t change at all while reading |
| D．reading can make a difference to a person |
10 . Sarah was always a hard-working student. She got good grades and helped people in her neighborhood. One day, she got a letter from a well-known university. They offered her a full scholarship. She was very happy and went to tell her parents.
But her parents weren’t smiling. Her mother held her hand and said, “Sarah, we’re so proud of you, but we can’t pay for you to go to college. Even with the scholarship, there are still many things we can’t afford.”
Sarah felt sad. She had worked so hard to reach her goals, but now they seemed impossible. She went to her room and cried until she fell asleep.
The next morning, Sarah found an envelope on her desk. It was a letter from her grandparents. They wrote, “Dear Sarah, we heard about your scholarship, and we know how important this is to you. We’ve been putting money away for years to help pay for your education. Please take this gift and go after your dreams. We trust in you.”
Sarah cried happy tears as she read the letter. She ran to her grandparents’ house and gave them a big hug, thanking them for their kind gift and love. With their help, Sarah was able to go to the university and study what she loved.
Years later, as Sarah finished school with top grades, she looked at the crowd and saw her parents and grandparents smiling big. She knew that their love and the things they gave up had made her success possible. From that day on, Sarah promised to give back to her family and community, just as they had given to her.
1. What does the underlined word “scholarship” mean in the passage?| A．奖学金 | B．通知书 | C．选择权 | D．成绩单 |
| A．Sad→happy→sad | B．Happy→sad→happy | C．Sad→happy | D．Happy→sad |
| A．Because she didn’t want to go to that university. | B．Because her parents didn’t support her. |
| C．Because her parents can’t afford all the costs. | D．Because she had changed her plan. |
| A．The letter from Sarah’s grandparents. | B．The envelope from Sarah’s grandparents. |
| C．The scholarship from the university. | D．Sarah’s Grandparents’ money for her education. |
| A．The value of hard work. | B．The importance of family support. |
| C．The challenges of university life. | D．The joy of winning a prize. |
