2 . No one wants to be in a life-or-death situation. However, if you are getting into such a dangerous situation, what will you do, fight or flight?

When 13-year-old Joe Rowlands and his dad were in a kayak (皮艇) accident, the brave teenager chose to fight. He not only fought for his own life, but also saved his father’s.

On that day, Joe and his father Paul were out on their kayak off the coast of Anglesey in the UK. Suddenly they noticed that the kayak was starting to fill with water. Then they found out there was a hole in the floor of the boat. Without another choice, Paul turned the boat over. He asked Joe to climb on top so that he could push the boat to a nearby island.

However, the rough(汹涌的) waves made it too hard for Paul to push the boat to land. They had to swim without the boat. Luckily, Joe made his way to the island safely. But when he looked back, be found his dad was no longer swimming. Risking his life, Joe jumped back into the cold water and managed to drag (拽) his dad up onto some rocks. Then Joe did CPR (心肺复苏) on his dad until he came around.

“I know I can never pay him back for saving my life and I’m very proud of him. He acted with courage beyond his years.” Paul said of his son.

1. When the boat started to fill with water, how did Paul deal with it?

A．By fixing the boat up.	B．By shouting for help.
C．By turning the boat over.	D．By pushing the boat with Joe.

2. After finding his dad was no longer swimming, Joe ________.

A．swam to the island nearby	B．dragged the boat onto rocks to save his dad
C．did CPR on his dad at once	D．jumped back into the water to save his dad

3. What does the underlined phrase “came around” most probably mean?

A．lost his life	B．came back to life
C．ran around the rocks	D．gave up the boat

4. From the passage, we can infer(推断) that ________.

A．Paul and Joe successfully finished their kayaking

B．Joe showed the ability to face danger without fear

C．Paul was angry because Joe risked his life to save him

D．Joe chose to depend on his dad in the life-or-death situation

3 . I LOVE FOOTBALL. I started playing when I was nine years old, and football got me through difficult periods. It helps make me who I am today. And even though I did not reach the National Football League, I sometimes think I got more from achieving that dream, without realizing it.

My romance with football started when my dad drove me, kicking and screaming, to join a league. I didn’t want to be there at first. I was naturally weak and small. Fear turned to awe (敬畏) when I met my coach, Jim Graham, a huge and strong guy. And he was really strict and old-school.

Coach Graham used to drive me hard. I remember one practice in particular. “You’re doing it all wrong, Pausch. Go back! Do it again!” I tried to do what he wanted. But it wasn’t enough. “You owe(欠) me, Pausch! You’re doing push-ups after practice.

When the practice was over, one of the assistant coaches came up to me. “Coach Graham drove you pretty hard, didn’t he?” he said.

“Yeah.”

“That’s a good thing,” the assistant told me. “When you’re doing badly and nobody says anything to you anymore, that means they’ve given up on you.”

That conversation has been with me closely my whole life. When you see yourself doing something badly and nobody’s willing to tell you anymore, that’s a bad place to be. You may not want to hear it, but those who always push you hard in your life are often the ones telling you they still love you and care about you, and want to make you better.

There’s a lot of talk these days about giving children self-respect. It’s not something you can give; it’s something they have to build. Coach Graham knew there was really only one way to teach kids how to make it stronger: You give them something they can’t do; they work hard until they find they can do it, and you just keep repeating.

When Coach Graham first got hold of me, I was a weak kid with no skills and no physical strength. But he made me realize that if I work hard enough, there will be things I can do tomorrow that I can’t do today. I really felt thankful to Coach Graham for what he had done to me, though it surely didn’t feel good at that time to do so many push-ups after practice.

根据上文内容判断正(T)误(F)
1. In the writer’s eyes, Coach Graham was strict and wise.
2. The writer believes that those who are quite strict with you actually think ill of you.
3. The writer was thankful to Graham because the coach encouraged him to do better.
4. From the passage, we can learn “Never offer to teach fish to swim”
5. Coach Graham knew the method to teach kids how to build self-respect.

4 . My father didn’t know how to show love. He went to work every day. He often blamed（责备）me when I had made mistakes.

Once I broke my leg, my mother held me in her arms all the way to the hospital. My father pulled the car right up to the doors of the hospital. He looked really anxious（焦急的）.

When I learned to ride a bike, I asked him not to leave me alone, but he said it was time. I fell and my mother ran to pick me up, but he stopped her. I was mad and I wanted to show him that I could ride it myself.

When I went to college, my mother wrote letters to me. He just sent money and a little note about how great his garden looked now because I wasn’t playing football in it. Whenever I called home, he acted as he wanted to talk but always said, “Wait, Tim. I'll get your mother. ”

All my life he said, “Where are you going? What time are you coming home? ”Father's love is as great as a mountain, people often say. Didn’t I realize his love?

1. What did Tim’s father do when Tim had made mistakes?   （不超过7个词）_______
2. Why did Tim’s parents take him to the hospital?   （不超过7个词） ______
3. Who picked Tim up when he fell off the bike, his father or his mother? （不超过7个词） ______
4. Where did Tim probably play football?   （不超过9个词） ______
5. What’s the proper title for the passage?   （不超过8个词） ______

6 .

Stephen Hawking, the best known physicist(物理学家) of his time, passed away on March 14, 2018.

Hawking was born in Britain in 1942. He was a student at Oxford University. He studied math and science. Then, at the age of twenty, he became sick. He was so young, but the doctors said to his family, “He has only two more years to live.” As a matter of fact, the doctors were wrong—he didn’t die.

Because of his bad health, he was confined(限制) to a wheelchair(轮椅). He couldn’t feed himself and got in or out of bed himself. Even worse, he lost his voice in 1985. He could only talk with the help of a computer.

But he didn’t give in(屈服). He used every new day that life offered(提供) to continue his study. After Oxford, Hawking went to Cambridge University. Three years later, in 1965, he became a doctor of philosophy(哲学博士).

Because it was difficult for Hawking to draw diagrams(图表) or to write, he started to think in pictures. With this new way of thinking, he became one of the most famous scientists in the world.

In 1981, he met the Pope(教皇) in Rome. They talked about his ideas. Then in 1988, he wrote his first important book, A Brief History of Time. It sold more than 5.5 million copies in 33 different languages(语言).

Hawking was a great scientist. His work and story will live on for many years. We will remember him forever!

1. Stephen Hawking died at the age of ________.

A．76

B．78

C．22

D．43

2. The illness stops Hawking from doing many things except ________.

A．walking

B．drawing

C．thinking

D．talking

3. What do you know about the book A Brief History of Time according to the passage?

A．It is about Rome’s history.	B．It is about Stephen’s talk with the Pope in Rome.
C．It is not popular.	D．It is well-known all over the world.

4. The right order of Hawking’s main experience is ________.
a. He became very ill.                                 
b. He wrote his first important book.
c. He met the Pope in Rome.                         
d. He became a doctor of philosophy.

A．c-a-b-d

B．a-d-c-b

C．c-b-a-d

D．a-c-b-d

5. Which of the following is NOT true about Stephen Hawking according to the passage?

A．He once studied in Oxford University.	B．He couldn’t eat by himself after he got sick.
C．He had to stop his study after he got sick.	D．He couldn’t speak as usual later.

8 . The Face-down Generation（一代）

If you were born in the 2000s, you are called the oh-ohs. The 21st century. That would make you young, creative, connected, world wide, and no doubt smart. Maybe good-looking, too. Right? But what do other people think about your generation?

Some adults worry that you’ re more interested in the screen in front of you than the world around you. They think of you as the “face-down generation” because you use your phone so much. They wonder how you will deal with school, friends, and family.

Other adults worry that today's youth are spoilt（溺爱）and don’t want to face the challenges of adult life. Many children born in the 1990s and 2000s were raised by “ helicopter parents”. They were always there to guide and help their children with a busy program filled with homework and afterschool activities such as dancing, drawing, or sports. With parents who do everything for them, today's youth seem to prefer to live like teenagers even when they are in their 20s or 30s.

Does the face-down generation need a heads-up? Well, probably not. The fact is that many of today's teenagers are better educated and more creative than past generations. They seem to be willing to become leaders. More young people than ever volunteer to help their communities. There are also brave young people such as Malala Yousafzai, the teenager who won the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize for pushing girls'rightsto go to school.

So if you 're one of the oh-ohs, there’s reason to be hopeful about the future. Things are looking up for the face-down generation. Chances are that you do great and laugh out loud.

1. Which of the following is an oh oh?

A．A girl who is good looking.	B．A girl who is smart.
C．A boy who was born in 1999.	D．A boy who was born in 2004.

2. The oh-ohs are thought as the “ face-down generation” because they_________.

A．use their phone too much	B．need to study hard in school
C．are interested in younger friends	D．are more creative than their parents

3. What do “helicopter parents” do for their children?

A．They help them to face the challenges.	B．They do the homework instead of them.
C．They guide and plan everything for them.	D．They keep them away from afterschool activities.

4. The underlined word “rights” in paragraph 4 probably refers to __________.

A．somebody that leads a community	B．somebody that looks after teenagers
C．something that people volunteer to do	D．something that people are allowed to do

5. What does the passage tell us?

A．Parents should put down their phones.	B．Young people should be better educated.
C．The community should care about teenagers.	D．The oh-ohs should be hopeful about the future.

9 . Roald Dahl was one of the most successful writers of children’s books. He sold millions of books all over the world. Many of his books have been made into films and videos. He is so famous that there is even a Roald Dahl Museum you can visit.

Roald Dahl was born in 1916 in Wales, Britain. His father was rich but he died when Roald was very young. Roald and his mother lived a hard life. He had to leave school and went to Africa where he worked for an oil company.

In 1939, Roald became a pilot, but he had a bad accident. It made him limp(瘸的) for the rest of his life. After this, Roald went to America where he wrote a story about his experience as a pilot. It was so good that it was put in a magazine.

Roald married an American film star. They bought a house in England and had five children. From 1960 to 1965,　　　　: Theo, one of his children, was hit by a taxi and was seriously hurt. Oliva, one of Roald’s daughters, died of a strange illness. Soon after this, his wife also had a serious illness. It took her years to get completely better. 

Gradually Roald became more and more successful. He always did his writing in an old shed(棚) at the back of his house. He always sat in the same old armchair with a wooden board on his lap.

“One of the nice things about being a writer,” he once said, “is that all you need is what you’ve got in your head and a pencil and a bit of paper.”

In 1983 Roald won a big prize for his book The BFG. During his life, Roald wrote many famous books, such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, Fantastic Mr. Fox.

After he died in 1990, Roald left money to help people with serious illnesses and those with problems with reading and writing.

1. Roald Dahl was famous as a(n) 　　　　.

A．pilot

B．teacher

C．actor

D．writer

2. After Roald went to America, he 　　　　.

A．lost his parents in a plane accident

B．wrote a story about his pilot experience

C．got married with an English film star

D．won a big prize for his book Matilda

3. Which of the following is the best for the “　　　　”in Paragraph 4?

A．they lived a happy life	B．three terrible things happened
C．he went on writing books	D．he created some unlucky characters

4. What Roald said in Paragragh 6 mainly shows that 　　　　.

A．being a writer was a popular job at that time

B．one needs to practice a lot if he wants to be a writer.

C．Roald loved writing very much and was talented in it

D．though he was successful, Roald lived a simple life

5. According to the passage, which of the following is wrong?

A．Roald Dahl was British.

B．Roald Dahl’s wife died of a serious illness in 1965.

C．The BFG made Roald Dahl win a big prize.

D．Roald Dahl died in 1990 when he was about 74 years old.

10 . No one knows exactly when jazz was invented, or by whom. But it is said that it began in the early 1900s. Jazz was a new kind of music, for America and the world, and New Orleans was its birthplace.
Who were the jazz pioneers? Most were blacks. This music was not written down, and at first only blacks played it. It was hard for white musicians to learn the new style. But soon they, too, were playing jazz.
The popularity of this music spread. From New Orleans, it traveled up the Mississippi to Chicago, then to Kansas City and New York. By the 1920s, there were many jazz musicians, both black and white. Many of them were famous. One man was better than the rest. His name was Louis Armstrong.
Louis Armstrong was a born musician. He was not only talented but also hard-working. He also had a good sense of humor and a big, good-natured smile. These personal qualities were valuable in his rise to fame. After he became famous, he traveled around the world. It seemed that everyone wanted to hear Louis play. But life was not always easy, especially at the beginning.
Louis Armstrong was born in 1900 in New Orleans. His father never went to school and his mother could hardly read. When Louis was still a kid, his parents separated, and Louis lived with his mother. How hard their life was can readily be imagined. And yet Louis smiled through everything. He later wrote, “My whole life has been happiness. Life was there for me and I accepted it. Whatever happened has been beautiful to me. I love everybody.”
1. What can we know exactly from the first paragraph?

A．Who invented jazz.

B．When jazz was invented.

C．Where jazz was invented.

D．Why jazz was invented.

2. The underlined word “they” in Paragraph 2 refers to（指）____ ____.

A．New styles.	B．Jazz pioneers.
C．Black musicians.	D．White musicians.

3. What made Louis Armstrong become the best jazz musician?

A．His family background.

B．His talent and hard work.

C．His good sense of humor.

D．His big, good-natured smiles.

4. Which of the following best expresses Louis Armstrong’s attitude (态度) to life?

A．He laughs best who laughs last.

B．Failure is the mother of success.

C．When you smile, the world smiles ba ck.

D．Without music, life is a journe y through a desert.

5. What is the passage mainly about?

A．The development of jazz.

B．The influence of jazz on Americans.

C．The achievements of Louis Armstrong.

D．The development of jazz and its best musician.