1 . My new neighbors are a foreign family who just came to China. The parents are both work in China and their son, John, is a student. They asked me whether I would be willing to work as a “part-time teacher” to teach them some basic Chinese so that they can know Chinese better, and I agreed.
At first, I thought it would be a piece of cake. How hard would it be to learn Chinese? So I didn’t really prepare anything in advance (提前). I thought I had enough Chinese to teach foreigners.
However, to think is one thing, to do it well is another. When I started teaching, I realized that there’s so much culture and history in our language. Why are there four tones (音调) in Chinese? Who created Chinese characters? How come some Chinese characters look like the things they stand for and some don’t?
I came home quite regretful for I didn’t know the answers to those questions. I always thought teaching Chinese was easy, but it turns out that it’s not. Chinese is a beautiful language that is rich in culture. What we learned of Chinese at school was just the tip of the iceberg (冰山).
This “part-time job” is indeed a great learning experience for myself. I realized that I needed a deeper understanding of my own language, so that one day, I would be able to proudly share more information about fantastic Chinese language.
1. Which one of the following is TRUE?| A．The writer is pleased with his new students. |
| B．The writer knows the Chinese knowledge deeply. |
| C．The writer had enough confidence to teach John at first. |
| D．John’s parents are thankful to the writer. |
| A．We leaned enough Chinese at school. |
| B．We should learn more Chinese in social life. |
| C．We can teach a foreigner Chinese easily with a small part of our knowledge. |
| D．What we have learnt Chinese at school is just a small part of Chinese culture. |
a. The writer’s new neighbors asked him to teach them some basic Chinese.
b. The writer felt regretful for he didn’t know the answers of the questions.
c. The writer prepared nothing for his teaching.
d. The writer realized that he needed a deeper understanding of his own language.
| A．a-c-b-d | B．a-b-c-d | C．a-c-d-b | D．c-a-b-d |
| A．Chinese is hard to learn. |
| B．The writer knows little about Chinese. |
| C．We have learned enough knowledge at school. |
| D．To think is one thing, but to do it well is another. |
2 . One day, a red hen found some wheat seeds (小麦种子) on the ground. She thought to herself, “I will plant these seeds and make bread for my little chickens.”
She asked her neighbors, the cow, the sheep and the horse, if they wanted to help her with the planting. They all said no because they were too busy with their own work.
The red hen didn’t give up. She planted the seeds, watered them every day. Although the little chickens were too young to do hard work, they still didn’t want their mother to be so tired, so they helped the mother hen and took care of the seeds together until they grew into tall wheat plants.
When it was time to harvest (收割) the wheat, she asked her neighbors again if they wanted to help her. But once again, they all refused.
The red hen and her children worked hard and harvested the wheat by themselves. Then they took the wheat to the mill (磨坊) to grind it into flour (面粉).
She asked her neighbors one more time if they wanted to help her bake (烘焙) the bread. But just like before, they were too busy with their own tasks and said no.
The hen’s family baked the bread by themselves, and it turned out delicious. When her little chickens saw the freshly baked bread, they clucked (咯咯叫) with joy.
The hen smiled and said, “Who will eat this bread? I will! With my cute children. Because We did all the work from start to finish.”
And so, they shared the bread and enjoyed a well-deserved meal.
1. The mother hen found some wheat seeds and wanted to make2. The neighbors refused to help the hen because they were busy doing their own
3. The mother hen asked her neighbors for
4. The little chickens felt
5. From the story we know that the mother chicken was
The Lion and the Mouse
A mouse ran across the face of a sleeping lion and woke him up. The lion was very angry. He put out his paw (爪子) and caught the mouse. “You woke me up,” he said. “I will now eat you.”
“Please don’t,” the mouse said. “If you will let me live, I promise I will help you one day.” The lion laughed. He couldn’t think of how a small mouse could ever help him, but he said, “Very well. I’ll let you go this time. But don’t wake me up again.”
A year passed. The lion fell into a hole that was dug by a hunter (猎人). The hunter then tied him up with ropes. The lion tried to get away, but he could not.
The mouse heard the lion and ran to see what was wrong. He saw the lion tied up in ropes. The lion could not move. He was crying.
The mouse spoke to the lion, “Do you remember me? You let me free a year ago. Now I can return your help.”
The mouse began to cut into the rope with his teeth. The lion got out of the rope, and climbed out of the hole. He was free!
1. When the mouse woke up the lion, the lion was very2. The lion let the mouse go and asked the mouse not to
3. A year passed. The lion fell into a hunter’s
4. The mouse began to cut into the rope with his
5. From the story we know that the mouse was really
4 . Life is like the four seasons.
When I was young, it was the spring of my life. I started going to school and I learned many new things. There were happy days and sad days. Some days the sun shone but some days it didn’t.
When I was twenty, I had a good job. I was strong and happy. Then I married and had a son and a daughter. In those days I didn’t have much time to think or to play. Every day I was busy and worked hard. I started to get some gray hair. The summer of my life passed quickly.
Then the days got shorter. Leaves fell down from the trees. My children were university students and then my daughter became a doctor and my son became a scientist. They were so busy and had no time to see me. My home was much quieter. I started walking more slowly. One day, I stopped working—I retired (退休). I understood this was my autumn, a beautiful time when the trees change color and give us delicious fruits.
But the days kept getting shorter and colder. Then winter comes. I am older and weaker. I know I do not have many days left, but I will still enjoy them to the end.
1. When the writer was young, life was like ________.| A．winter | B．autumn | C．summer | D．spring |
| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Four. | D．Five. |
| A．worried | B．afraid | C．sad | D．happy |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
5 . Liu Kaibin, a young man from Luliang County of Qujing, Southwest China’s Yunnan Province, is called a Chinese new farmer.
In 2015, instead of being an office worker after graduation, Liu came back to his hometown and started up arose planting business.
Learning medicine in college, Liu was not good at growing roses. After years of hard work, Liu made it. He becomes the head of a hundred-acre (英亩) rose planting. He grows over 100 kinds of roses now, and the production can reach 10,000 roses every day. And about three hundred villagers work there. Thousands of visitors visit his rose garden and take photos there.
Liu uses smart agriculture (农业) to grow roses. He also uses the Internet of Things and other technology (科技) for the sale and production of roses. He plans to help more villagers make more money. He is a good example for rural revitalization (乡村振兴).
1. What did Liu Kaibin do after graduation from college?| A．He became an office worker. | B．He became a salesperson. |
| C．He began to study medicine. | D．He became a new farmer. |
| A．Less than one hundred. | B．About 10,000. |
| C．More than one hundred. | D．About 1,000. |
| A．Liu Kaibin learned agriculture at college. | B．Liu Kaibin graduated in 2015. |
| C．Liu Kaibin was born in Hunan Province. | D．Liu Kaibin is a common farmer. |
| A．Liu Kaibin has lots of good ideas. | B．It’s interesting to help villagers grow roses. |
| C．Liu Kaibin has many strange dreams. | D．It’s difficult to make one’s dream come true. |
6 . Life is full of the unexpected. This is even true to a small pet dog. A dog called Romeo has been pulled out from the rubble (瓦砾) of an earthquake, more than nine days after the earthquake.
On August 24, 2016, a terrible earthquake happened in Italy. The earthquake made millions of people lose their houses, killing at least 250 people and hurting more than 360 people. Romeo’s owners were sleeping on the second floor of their house when the earthquake happened. They managed to get out. But Romeo, who was sleeping on the first floor, was trapped inside. They tried their best to search for Romeo, but failed. After a few hours, they had to leave the village for their own safety.
All hope of finding Romeo alive seemed to disappear until Friday evening. That night the couple returned to their home with a group of firemen. Almost as soon as they came into the village, Romeo heard their voices and began barking (吠叫).
The couple couldn’t believe their ears. The firemen began digging at once where the barking was coming from and got to the dog. It was lucky that the dog was in pretty good condition. He looked like he had just woken from a short sleep.
Appearing completely relaxed, the dog drank his first drop of water in more than 230 hours from a bottle held by one of the firemen.
As it became clear he didn’t get hurt, the fireman put him down. When Romeo’s owners saw him, they couldn’t help crying. “We thought we had lost him forever!” said one of Romeo’s owners. Then Romeo left happily with his owners who had given up hope of finding him alive.
The discovery of Romeo also cheered those firemen. “We believe there must be many more that are still alive. We’ll try our best to save them.”
1. What does the underlined word “trapped” mean in Chinese?| A．储存 | B．压倒 |
| C．困住 | D．追逐 |
| A．Because they didn’t like Romeo. |
| B．Because they forgot Romeo was at home. |
| C．Because they failed to find Romeo. |
| D．Because they thought Romeo had run away. |
| A．the couple didn’t want to hear from Romeo |
| B．there was something wrong with the couple’s ears |
| C．the couple heard the dog barking in their dreams |
| D．the couple probably thought Romeo had already died |
| A．Millions of people lost their lives in the earthquake. |
| B．The firemen felt more hopeful after they saved Romeo. |
| C．The couple didn’t give up hope to find their dog all the time. |
| D．The firemen saved Romeo on the fifth day after the earthquake. |
A villager sell seeds in the market to make his living. He had ten bags with him, which he would carry to another village to buy seeds. Of the ten bags, one was broken. Although it was in poor condition, the villager would carry it with all the other bags to get the seeds from another village.
One day, the broken bag thought, “I am just a broken bag with many holes, why does my owner take me along to bring seeds?” It then asked the villager, “Why don’t you throw me away? You know I am useless. I drop all the seeds you put in me.”
The villager smiled, “I will tell you what good you have done to me and others.” Saying this, the villager took the broken bag outside and said, “Do you see all these trees? These trees are all along the way from this village to the next, from where I buy seeds. These trees have grown from the seeds you have been dropping along the way.”
The villager continued, “These trees give cool shade to tired people on hot sunny days. They also give oxygen (氧气) to humans and animals. Can’t you see you’ve done the world a great service?”
The broken bag was happy to learn all this. It realized that everyone has something good to offer to the world!
1. A villager made his living by2. Of the ten bags, one bag was
3. The broken bag thought he was
4. The villager didn’t throw away the broken bag because it had done the world a great
5. The story tells us that everyone can be
Dad is a quiet person. He never says he loves me.
When I was in high school, Dad lost his job. With nothing to do at home, Dad set up a food stand (货摊) in the street. He was very good at making fried noodles, so a lot of people liked his noodles. The food stand was near my school. Every day when I finished school, my classmates and I would pass by Dad’s food stand. But I really hated talking to Dad at that moment. I didn’t want my classmates to know that my dad was selling noodles in the street!
One night at home, I couldn’t stand it anymore and shouted, “Dad, could you stop selling your stupid noodles? I don’t want a father who sells noodles in the street!” At that moment, Dad was shocked. He tried to say something but he didn’t. His eyes were filled with tears and sadness. It was the first time that I had seen Dad crying.
My mom later told me that Dad was selling noodles to save money for my college education. I was such a fool. Even today I still regret shouting at Dad. Although Dad is still quiet now, I can feel a connection between us. And it becomes something special — “a silent father’s love”.
1. Dad’s food stand was not far from the writer’s2. The writer didn’t like
3. Dad was
4. The writer learnt the truth from
5. From the passage, we can learn that Dad is not good at
9 . Xu Yuanchong is China’s most famous master translator (翻译家). He was born in 1921. He began to translate some works during his college years. In 1939, he published an English translation of a poem as his earliest work. Since 1978, Xu has published (出版) more than 100 translated novels, anthologies (选集), and plays.
Xu worked on translating for more than 70 years. He has tried his best to pass on the beauty of ancient Chinese poetry all his life. In his opinion, a translated work should be as beautiful as the original (原著). Instead of directly translating words from one language to another, he made the translated words clear and enjoyable to readers. In 2014, Xu became the first Asian winner of the world’s highest prize in translation of literature (文学).
Xu pursued (追求) the beauty of language all his life and his works have been a cultural bridge that links China with the West. His translations are so beautiful that English and French-speaking readers are able to better understand Chinese literature. At the same time, Chinese readers can understand foreign works in the same way they would read novels and poems written in their mother language.
1. Xu’s earliest translation work is a(n) ________.| A．play | B．novel | C．anthology | D．poem |
| A．Xu started to translate when he was a college student. |
| B．Xu thinks a translated work is supposed to be as beautiful as the original. |
| C．Xu was the first winner of the world’s highest prize in translation of literature. |
| D．Xu is good at English and French. |
| A．比较 | B．连接 | C．分隔 | D．混合 |
| A．A famous writer in China. | B．The most beautiful translated works. |
| C．The world’s highest prize. | D．A great translator in China. |
There was a farmer who planted fields of wheat (麦子). He cared for the wheat and made sure that it received enough water and sun, because he lived on it.
One morning, the farmer awoke because of the sound of birds in his field. He ran outside and saw his wheat field covered with birds. He began waving (挥动) his arms and making loud sounds. He hoped this would scare the birds away. His plan worked. The birds flew away in hurry, and the farmer went back to do his work.
Early the next morning, the farmer was awakened to the sound of birds. He followed the same way and scared the birds by making sounds. It worked again. The birds flew away and left his wheat alone.
The birds began to realize that they were not in any real danger. They found the farmer just walked around waving at them and making sounds, so they got braver and braver.
On the third morning, the farmer heard the birds again and realized that he needed to be more serious. He kept his dog on a lead. The birds didn’t even move. They knew he would just scare them. So they weren’t too worried. The farmer let go of the dog and the dog went to chase (追赶) the birds. This made the birds fly away, never to be seen again.
At last, the farmer understood that if one stuck to the old rules: he wouldn’t make any progress.
1. At first, the farmer scared away the birds through waving arms and making2. The farmer followed the same way to chase birds for the second time, and it
3. The birds realized that they were not in any
4. Finally, the farmer let his dog go to chase birds, and the birds
5. From this passage, we can learn if we want to make progress, we should
