1 . One day, a hunter went hunting with his dog. He saw a rabbit running out of a hole not far in front and quickly raised his gun to shoot. The rabbit was hurt. It ran away in fear. The hunter ordered his dog to catch it. The well-trained dog began to run after the rabbit, running very fast and full of confidence to catch it.
However, the dog was surprisingly left behind. The rabbit ran so fast that it seemed not to have been hurt at all. Gradually, the dog couldn’t see the rabbit. At last, when the dog returned empty-handed, the hunter was very angry and blamed it, “How useless! Unable to catch an injured rabbit! No supper for you.” Feeling sad, the dog tried to explain for itself, “Though I didn’t catch it, I had done my best.”
When the rabbit got home, all the other rabbits were surprised at its luck. They asked, “How did you run away from the dog running after you? It’s unbelievable!”
The scared rabbit answered, “The dog would only be blamed for not catching me at most, so all it did was to do its best. The situation is completely different for me. I would surely lose my life if I was caught. I had to go all out (竭尽全力)!”
We can learn a lesson for our daily life from the story. Have we ever examined ourselves and asked whether we really did our best or went all out when we looked for an excuse for our failure?
1. How did the dog feel when it began to run after the rabbit?| A．It felt upset. | B．It felt excited. |
| C．It felt nervous. | D．It felt confident. |
| A．责备 | B．夸奖 | C．表扬 | D．讨厌 |
| A．Because his dog hurt itself. | B．Because his dog was very lazy. |
| C．Because his dog didn’t catch an injured rabbit. | D．Because his dog ran very slowly. |
| A．The injured rabbit got lost. | B．The dog will have no dinner. |
| C．The injured rabbit lost its life at last. | D．The dog was sent to another place. |
| A．Don’t give up when we meet difficulties. |
| B．Try to explain for ourselves when we fail. |
| C．Nothing is difficult to the men who will try. |
| D．We should go all out instead of looking for an excuse for our failure. |
2 . I’m Li Hua from No. 2 Middle School. I usually ride my bike home. But on Wednesday, there is something wrong with my bike, so I take a bus home.
On the bus, I find a seat near a girl. I sit down and start to read my storybook. After two stops, an old grandma gets on. There are many people on the bus, so she has no seat. I want to read my interesting book, so I don’t give my seat to the grandma.
“Please take my seat, Grandma!” the girl next to me says. At that time, I find the girl is only seven years old and she takes a big schoolbag. The grandma also finds this. “No, thank you. You’re really a good girl!” She says. My face turns red. Then I say, “Here is a seat for you, Grandma.” The grandma is very happy. She thanks me and takes my seat. At that time, I find that helping others is really a happy thing!
1. How does Li Hua usually go home?| A．By car. | B．By bus. | C．By bike. | D．By subway. |
| A．On Monday. | B．On Wednesday. | C．On Friday. | D．On Sunday. |
| A．Because he is not well. | B．Because he doesn’t like the grandma. |
| C．Because he wants to read his storybook. | D．Because he knows that the girl can help the grandma. |
| A．It’s so hot on the bus. | B．The grandma doesn’t take the girl’s seat. ‘ |
| C．The girl is afraid of him. | D．The girl with a big schoolbag gives her seat to the grandma. |
| A．Helping Others Is a Happy Thing | B．How to Get Home from School |
| C．An Interesting Storybook | D．The Girl with a Big Schoolbag |
Do you have healthy habits? | |
| Mary | Yeah! I think my habits are very healthy. I get up early and go to bed early. Every morning, I eat a good breakfast. I eat fruit and vegetables every day. And I often play tennis for two hours with my friends. |
| Alan | No, I don’t. I get up late so I have no time to eat breakfast. For lunch, I usually eat lots of hamburgers. I know they are not good for me but I like them. I never play sports. In the evening, I usually play computer games after I finish my homework. I go to bed late, at about eleven o’clock. |
| Helen | Yes. My habits are very good. I never eat unhealthy food. Ice-cream tastes good but I never eat it. Every day I get up at six o’ clock and go to bed at eight thirty. I eat well and play sports every day. I run with my father in the morning. So I’m very healthy. |
1. What does Mary eat every day?
| A．Fruit and vegetables. | B．Milk and hamburgers. |
| C．Eggs and hamburgers. | D．Ice-cream and rice. |
| A．Goes to school. | B．Does her homework. | C．Plays tennis. | D．Has lunch. |
| A．Hamburgers. | B．Vegetables. | C．Chicken. | D．Fruit. |
| A．Because she doesn’t like it. | B．Because it’s not healthy. |
| C．Because it doesn’t taste good. | D．Because her parents don’t let her eat it. |
| A．Helen runs with her classmates. | B．Alan plays sports every day. |
| C．Mary and Helen have healthy habits. | D．Alan doesn’t do his homework in the evening. |
4 . About ten years ago, my mum got a job teaching at a university in the USA. At first she only went for six months, but she really liked it and agreed to stay longer, so we all went to live with her. We had a great time, but last year my parents decided that they wanted to return to the UK. When we were packing, we had a problem—there were too many things to pack! We’d been there so long that we had lots of things we wanted to take back with us—actually, all the things we bought during our stay in the USA.
So mum and dad went to a shipping (船运) company and arranged (安排) to take everything back in one of those big containers that you see on ships. The company packed everything into it: The table and sofas, the TV, desks, my mother’s favorite Chinese plates, even all the carpets (地毯)! Our whole house was inside that big green metal box.
We flew back to the UK and waited for the container to arrive. About ten weeks later we were having breakfast one morning when a big truck arrived outside our house. On the back was a big green metal box. We were so excited. The men opened the container and started to take out our things. But to our surprise, they weren’t our things. The container was full of bikes made in France. It was the wrong one. My parents were so upset. But the story had a happy ending. The men took the container of bikes away, and about two months ago our things finally arrived.
1. Where is the family from?| A．China. | B．France. | C．The UK. | D．The USA. |
| A．They wanted to stay longer. |
| B．They lost some of their things. |
| C．They couldn’t find a shipping company. |
| D．They had too many things to pack. |
| A．A box. | B．A ship. | C．A person. | D．A company. |
| A．Sofas. | B．Bikes. | C．Plates. | D．Carpets. |
| A．Ten weeks ago. | B．Ten years ago. | C．Half a year ago. | D．Two months ago. |
5 . Once there was a beautiful horse. She looked unhappy every day, so she went to see the God and asked, “My God! I hear that you can meet everyone’s need. Can you help me?” “What do you need?” asked the God. “You have given me some advantages. I am very thankful to you. But now I wish you could make me more beautiful,” said the horse.
The God said, “I have no idea how to make you more beautiful. Tell me what you want to look like.” The horse said, “If you can make my neck a little longer, my upper body will be more beautiful. And if you can make my legs much thinner, then I will look more beautiful in my lower body.”
The God said, “Amen!” Then he made a camel (骆驼) appear in place of the horse. The horse was so sad that it started to cry, “Oh, God, I wanted to become more beautiful. Am I more beautiful now?”
The God said, “This is what you asked for. You have become a camel.” The horse cried, “Oh no, I don’t want to be a camel!”
The God said, “Never try to get more than I give you. If you do, at every moment you will want more and more. But you have no idea what the result will be.”
1. The horse wished the God to ________.| A．make her more beautiful | B．make her much taller |
| C．make her much thinner | D．make her much stronger |
| A．A longer neck and shorter legs. | B．A shorter neck and thinner legs. |
| C．A longer neck and thinner legs. | D．A shorter neck and longer legs. |
| A．happy | B．sad | C．funny | D．thankful |
| A．she didn’t want to be a camel | B．she got what she wanted |
| C．she became more beautiful | D．God doesn’t like camels |
| A．We shouldn’t cry when in trouble. | B．It’s important to be beautiful. |
| C．God can give us whatever we want | D．We should value what we have. |
6 . At the 2023 Spring Festival Gala, a 24 year-old girl Cui Yiwen was introduced to everyone as a heroine (女英雄). In an attack four years ago, Cui risked her safety to save her classmate, and her story has moved the whole country.
On the evening of Marcha 10th, 2019, Cui Yiwen was on the way to her dormitory (宿舍) with her classmate Xiao Liang in a university in Guilin, when suddenly a man behind them stopped Xiao Liang with a high voice calling her name. Looking back, Cui found that he was trying to hurt Liang with a knife. She quickly jumped forward and tried to hold her back. During the fight, Cui got hurt by the knife twice but she shouted, “Xiao Liang, run!” The man ran afterwards with extreme anger. Without thinking twice, Cui offered to protect Liang with her thin body. Then more people showed up and the murderer was caught. Cui got six more cuts on her body, and Liang was injured even more seriously. Luckily, the two girls were saved in time in a hospital. Being interviewed, Cui said that she only thought about saving her classmate. “If I didn’t step forward, she would die. I am a daughter of a soldier. I couldn’t just stay away.”
As a special guest for the Spring Festival Gala, Cui’s bravery was seen and admired by many and her action made her a heroine. We hope such positive energy (正能量) can be spread all over the country.
1. Why was Cui Yiwen introduced to everyone as a heroine?| A．She showed great talent in dancing and singing. |
| B．She risked her safety to save her classmate, Liang. |
| C．She studied as a top student in a famous university. |
| D．She dreamed of becoming a soldier like her father. |
| A．In Guilin. | B．In Lijiang. | C．In Chengdu. | D．In Shanghai. |
| A．two | B．four | C．six | D．eight |
| A．Xiao Liang may know the bad man. |
| B．Xiao Liang was not saved at last. |
| C．Cui set a good example for many. |
| D．Cui was 20 years old in 2019. |
| A．to tell us how to stay away from danger |
| B．to show the friendship between two girls |
| C．to spread the positive energy of a heroine |
| D．to introduce the Spring Festival Gala in China |
7 . When I was about twelve years old, a girl in my class liked to pointed out my shortcomings (缺点). 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 (眼泪) in my eyes. He listened to me quietly and asked, “Are those things true or not? Jane, “Well, you have that girl’s opinions (意见). Make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true.”
I did as he told me. To my surprise, I found out that about half the things were true. Some of them I couldn’t change (改变), like being very thin, but many I could and suddenly (突然地) 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 about you is true, you’ll find it will be of great help to you.”
Daddy’s advice has returned to me at many important moments. In my life, I’ve never received 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. | D．About 20. |
| A．讨论 | B．种植 | C．更正 | D．标记 |
| A．She was very thin. | B．She was too proud. |
| C．She talked too much. | D．She wasn’t good at math. |
| A．Her father. | B．Her mother. |
| C．Her classmate. | D．Her teacher. |
| A．My Father | B．My Classmate |
| C．The Best Advice | D．My Shortcomings |
8 . Long long ago, there was a little girl living in a small poor house on a hill. When she played in her little garden, she could see a beautiful house high on the other hill. This house had golden windows. They were so nice that the little girl dreamed all day, “How fantastic it would be to grow up and live in a house with golden windows!”
When she was old enough to go outside her garden, she asked her mother if she could go for a walk outside the gate. Her mother agreed, telling her to keep close to the house. The day was beautiful and the little girl walked until she got to the house with golden windows.
As she looked at the house with golden windows, she was so disappointed. All the windows were common and very dirty.
She was so sad that she didn’t go any farther and returned. Her heart was broken. As she went back, she was surprised to see a little house with golden windows as the sun shone (照射) on her own house.
She realized (意识到) that she had been living in the“house with golden windows”all the time. Everything she dreamed was right there under her nose!
1. What did the girl dream of?| A．Having a bigger garden |
| B．Going outside her garden. |
| C．Having lots of gold in the house. |
| D．Living in a house with golden windows. |
| A．to play in the garden | B．not to go too far |
| C．to clean the windows | D．not to go outside the garden |
| A．可怕的 | B．极好的 | C．失望的 | D．奇怪的 |
| A．The house on the other hill had windows which were really nice. |
| B．The sun made the windows look beautiful. |
| C．We should cherish (珍惜) what we have owned. |
| D．Everything we dreamed was right there under our nose! |
| A．The Little Girl’s Home |
| B．The Golden House on the Hill |
| C．The Little Girl is a Dreamer |
| D．The House with Golden Windows |
9 . Hello, my name is Jenny. I’m a 15-year-old student in England. Every day, my brother Bill and I go to school at seven thirty. We have breakfast at home, and then walk (步行) to school. At school, we learn English and French. Of course, we also learn reading, writing, music and math. I love sports. I usually play volleyball. Bill’s favorite sport is baseball. School finishes at 3: 30 in the afternoon. Bill and I walk back home. We need to finish our homework first. Then we have dinner with parents. For dinner, we usually have meat, tomatoes and carrots. Tomatoes are my favorite food. After dinner, Bill and I help do some housework (家务). After that, we watch TV or play computer games.
1. When do Jenny and Bill go to school every day?| A．At 6: 30. | B．At 7: 00. | C．At 7: 30. | D．At 8: 00. |
| A．Baseball. | B．Basketball. | C．Volleyball. | D．Soccer. |
| A．Meat. | B．Carrots. | C．Salad. | D．Tomatoes. |
| A．play volleyball | B．play tennis | C．do homework | D．do housework |
| A．学习 | B．思考 | C．制作 | D．获取 |
10 . Eric, Lucy and Jack are good friends. They are in the same class in a middle school in Beijing.
Eric is an English boy. He is 13. He likes soccer, and he is a soccer player on the school soccer team. He likes ping-pong, too. But it’s difficult for him. His friend Jack is good at ping-pong and often helps him with it.
Lucy is an American girl. She’s 12. She likes books and has a great collection of books. And she loves to read books with her friends. She thinks it’s fun and relaxing. But she doesn’t like playing sports. She thinks it’s boring.
Jack is a Chinese boy. He’s 12. He loves sports and has many balls——four baseballs, ten tennis balls, three soccer balls and twelve ping-pong balls. His favorite sport is ping-pong. He often plays it with his friends. He likes computer games, too. But his mother doesn’t let him play computer games too often.
Eric and Lucy think China is great. They love it.
1. Eric and Jack are ________.| A．teachers | B．classmates | C．brothers | D．cousins |
| A．Boring. | B．Relaxing. | C．Easy. | D．Difficult. |
| A．3. | B．4. | C．10. | D．12. |
| A．He often plays basketball. | B．He often plays ping-pong. |
| C．He often reads books. | D．He often plays soccer. |
| A．Three Friends’ Hobbies (爱好) | B．Three Friends’ School Life (生活) |
| C．Three Friends’ Families | D．Three friends’ Favorite Subjects |
