At the age of 16, Einstein (爱因斯坦) was always busy playing with a group of naughty (顽皮的) kids. He failed his final exam. One morning, when Einstein was fishing with his friends, his father stopped him and said, “Einstein, you like playing so much that you failed your exam. I’m worried about your future.” “What are you worrying about? Jack and Robert also failed, but aren’t they still going fishing?” “My boy, you can’t think like that,” his dad said. “There is a fable (寓言故事) in our hometown. Listen to it now.”
“There were two cats playing on a roof (房顶). One cat was careless and fell down the chimney (烟囱) while holding the other cat. When the two cats climbed out of the chimney, one of the cats had soot (烟灰) on his face, while the other cat’s face was clean. Seeing the soot-faced cat, the clean cat thought its face must be dirty, so it quickly ran to the riverside and washed its face. The soot-faced cat saw the clean-faced cat and thought its face was also clean, so it just swaggered (昂首阔步) down the street and went on playing happily.”
“Einstein, no one can be your ‘mirror’. You have to think for yourself. If you just follow others, you will never learn.” Hearing this, Einstein walked back to his room. He decided to study and he didn’t care about what his friends were doing. This made him successful.
1. Einstein was an excellent student in school at the age of 16.2. Jack and Robert were Einstein’s friends and they might be not good at schoolwork.
3. His father told him a story of two cats just to stop him from playing with some naughty kids.
4. According to the fable, only one cat needed to clean his face.
5. From the passage, we’ve learned that success comes from hard work.
2 . A Gift from the Heart
It was the last day of that term. My classmates were very excited for the coming holiday. But my friend, Mike, looked unhappy because he failed the English test. While thinking about how to cheer him up, I saw my English notebook. Although it was very important for me, I decided to give it to him. He looked at me in surprise. He knew how carefully I took the notes! I told him that I could also help him learn English. Mike has made progress with the help of my gift, the notebook. It’s not expensive but it’s from my heart.
1. Why did Mike look unhappy?| A．Because he did badly in the tests. | B．Because he got bad treatment. |
| C．Because he wasn’t pleased with his test. | D．Because he thought he couldn’t learn well. |
| A．Moved. | B．Negative. | C．Peaceful. | D．Painful（痛苦的）. |
| A．Because the author was outgoing. | B．Because the author and Mike had a friendship. |
| C．Because the author liked helping others. | D．Because the author wasn’t busy. |
| A．It’s the thought that counts. | B．Love me, love my dog. |
| C．Practice makes perfect. | D．The early bus catches the worm. |
3 . Sore necks are very common these days. How to avoid (避免) a sore neck? Here are the things you should know.
Take precautions (预防措施) after an unusual activity. Many people report having a pain in their necks after doing something that they don’t often do, such as a new exercise or packing and moving.
If you know you’ve done something that puts you at risk, massage (按摩) your neck, do it with different exercises and take a warm bath before bed.
Make sure your workstation is correct. If you work long hours at a desk, you may want to make sure that your work environment is set up to be the most relaxing. Make sure that your body is being treated right.
Keep your feet on the floor. This will often depend on how high your chair is, so adjust (调整) it in time to achieve good results.
Change your posture often. Sitting in one position (位置) for long periods of time is not healthy. Sit with your back straight for most of the time. Take a 5-minute break if you can and walk around every hour.
Exercise. Find something-swimming, running or climbing-that makes you excited and feel alive. Make it into a usual way. Your body will feel better and your mind will feel more relaxed.
1. In Paragraph 5, the underlined word “it” refers to(指) ________.| A．the desk | B．the chair | C．your neck | D．your body |
| A．姿势 | B．方向 | C．方式 | D．状态 |
| A．Making your work environment be quiet |
| B．Sitting with back straight for a moment |
| C．Packing and moving for a long time |
| D．Exercising like swimming or running |
| A．how to do exercise well | B．exercising is often good for people |
| C．how to avoid a sore neck | D．being healthy is the most important |
4 . James Michener, a famous American writer, donated(捐赠) at least 90 percent of what he earned from his 43 novels. He seemed to donate more than this. At his death, in October 1997, he had given $117 million away to the US.
Michener set a good example, not just in how much he gave, but in his style of giving. The writer worked hard at doing good(行善). He usually followed up(跟踪) his donations to see how the money was used and he had a lot of fun in doing so.
Michener was 90 when he died. He was the only writer on the list of America’s top 25 philanthropists(慈善家). He gave his donations to the college he went to. Michener gave ＄72 million to his college Swarthmore. He said, “I am from a family without any money, but the college made me from darkness into light.”
Michener was married three times, but he had no children. For his last 15 years, he lived quietly in Austin, Texas. He moved there to write the 1, 000-page novel. The film called South Pacific was inspired by his first book, Tales of the South Pacific, written when he was 40.
1. Michener died in ________.| A．1991 | B．1994 | C．1997 | D．2000 |
| A．how much money he gave away |
| B．how the money was used |
| C．when the money was given back |
| D．how much fun he had |
| A．rich | B．poor | C．big | D．small |
| A．when he moved to Austin |
| B．in his last 15 years |
| C．when he was married for the third time |
| D．at the age of 40 |
5 . Hundreds of years ago, life was much harder than it is today. People didn’t have modern(现代的) machines. There was no modern medicine, either.
Life today has brought new problems. One of the biggest is pollution(污染). Water pollution has made our rivers and lakes dirty. It kills our fish and polluted our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us talk louder and become angry more easily. Air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution. It’s bad to all living things in the world.
Cars, planes and factories all pollute our air every day. Sometimes the polluted air is so thick that it is like a quilt over a city. This kind of quilt is called smog(烟雾).
Many countries are making rules to fight pollution. Factories must now clean their water before it is thrown away, they mustn’t blow dirty smoke into the air.
We need to do many other things. We can put waste things in the dustbin and not throw it on the ground. We can go to work by bus or with our friends in the same car. If there are fewer people driving, there will be less pollution.
Rules are not enough. Every person must help to fight pollution.
1. Hundreds of years ago, life was much harder than it is today because________.| A．there were not any modern machines | B．there was no modern medicine |
| C．both A and B | D．there were not many people |
| A．Water pollution | B．Air pollution | C．Noise. | D．Pollution. |
| A．before they are thrown away | B．when they are thrown away |
| C．after it is thrown away | D．before it is thrown away |
| A．a few years ago, there was no smog at all |
| B．today people don’t have to talk to each other in a loud voice |
| C．we can drink water from the polluted rivers and lakes |
| D．people are making rules in order to fight pollution |
6 . True love, only for the country-this is a sentence from the diary of Chen Xiangrong, a19-year-old Chinese soldier who was stationed at the border of Galwan Valley. Unluckily, Chen died during a border clash (边境冲突) between Chinese and Indian army in June 2020.
Last June, Indian army illegally (非法地) crossed to the Chinese side of the Galwan Valley and set up tents, which forced the Chinese army to react, Xinhua said. Qi Fabao, 41, with several of his soldiers tried to talk with the Indian side. However, they got hit by Indian soldiers with rocks and other things. Chen Hongjun, 33, Chen Xiangrong,19, Wang Zhuoran, 24 and Xiao Siyuan, 24, died during the fight. Qi was the only one left alive, but was badly hurt. It was the first time China let us know about the names of the dead soldiers since the fight happened. According to China, Indian side did wrong in the Galwan Valley clash. On Feb 19, the Central Military Commission (CMC) honored (对…表达崇敬) one officer and four soldiers who kept the border safe. Four of them got awards after they died. The awards include honorary titles and first-class merit (一等功).
In China, an honorary title is the highest award for a soldier. A first-class merit is second-highest.
The country also gave money to the four soldiers’ families. A team will stay in touch with the family members and help them if needed. The four soldiers’ children will also get more points in the college entrance examination.
1. The border clash happened because ________.| A．a Chinese soldier died | B．Indian soldiers lost many tents |
| C．Chinese army were training in the valley D Indian soldiers illegally crossed the border | |
| A．fight the Indian soldiers with rocks | B．make the clash more serious |
| C．discuss the clash peacefully | D．help Indian soldiers |
| A．China showed great honor for the four soldiers. |
| B．The four soldiers got honorary titles before they died. |
| C．People in our country raised money for four soldiers’ families. |
| D．The four soldiers’ children can go to any of China’s top universities. |
| A．a notice | B．a storybook | C．a diary | D．a newspaper |
7 . Long long ago, a king went to a local village. He placed a large stone(石头）in the middle of the main road and put gold coins (金币)under the stone. Then he hid behind a large tree and watched.
The first person down the street was a milkman with his cart. He ran into the stone and the milk was all over the ground. “What fool put this stone here?” he shouted. He picked himself up and angrily went away.
After a while, a group of women came along with a pot of water on her head. One woman tripped over(绊倒）the stone and her water pot fell onto the ground. She picked herself up, cried and walked away, but no one thought about moving the stone out of the road.
The king watched all day as many people complained about the stone, but he found nobody wanted to move it. The king wondered, “Is there no one in this village who feels any responsibility to keep their neighbors from danger?”
Just then, the king saw a young girl coming along. She was the daughter of a local farmer. She had been working all day and was very tired. But when she saw the stone, she said to herself. “This stone is a danger to anyone who comes down the road after dark. I’ll move it out of the way.”
After much effort, the girl finally succeeded in moving the stone to the side of the road. She was surprised when she saw the gold coins under the stone!
Just then, the king stepped out from behind the tree. “Oh sir," the girl said, “Is this gold yours? If not, we surely must find the owner, for he will certainly miss it.”
The king said, “My dear, the gold is mine, but now the gold is yours, because you are the only person who has learnt the lesson I want to teach my people. Nothing good can come to a nation whose people only complain and expect others to solve their problems.”
1. The milkman felt ________when he ran into the stone.| A．angry | B．sad | C．excited | D．worried |
| A．欲望 | B．兴趣 | C．责任 | D．能力 |
| A．thought the stone was dangerous and wanted to move it away |
| B．wanted to find the gold coins under the stone |
| C．wanted to find the owner of the gold coins |
| D．was surprised and wanted to talk with the king behind the tree |
| A．give the girl a prize | B．put gold coins under it |
| C．laugh at his people | D．see if anyone would move it |
8 . A new officer with the Huntington Park Police patrols (巡逻) local parks 24 hours a day seven days a week. He doesn’t need rest, coffee breaks, a salary or medical insurance, and that is because it is a Robocop.
The main function of the Robocop is to scan and film the surroundings. Besides cameras with night vision that report 360 degrees, it also has a distress button which is located here, so if somebody is to need assistance or they want to contact the communication center, they can do it by way of that distress button. There are people that are monitoring on the other end.
This newest police employee is self-charging. It’s easy to program it and make changes to the software if necessary. Its maintenance (维护) costs are roughly 75 thousand dollars a year. It travels the entire park. It is a programmed path, but the police are able to change the path and adapt it.
The Robocop can record the license plates (车牌) of passing cars and check them against an online database of stolen cars. It can also help locate a lost iPhone because it is able to determine a Smartphone’s MAC address. The police can see from the robot if something wrong happens and then come and figure it out.
The Robocop can’t replace its human handlers. The whole goal is to give police more time to do things machines can’t do. The police have been having some concerns about safety of the parks and want an extra set of eyes that will help patrol a 24/7. Robocop’s creators believe this model known as K5 is best used for providing security at public places like hospitals, parking lots, parks and airports. So far, it seems to be working out just fine.
1. What is the distress button used to do?| A．Locate the Robocop. | B．Serve as an alarm device（警报装置）. |
| C．Communicate with visitors. | D．Monitor the neighborhood. |
| A．To direct traffic. | B．To build a database（数据库）. |
| C．To prevent accidents. | D．To find lost cars. |
| A．It has limitation（局限性） in use. | B．It has been widely used（被广泛使用）. |
| C．Its creators（开发者） need more support. | D．Its security（安全性） is still under test. |
( ①=Para. 1 ②= Para. 2 ③= Para. 3 ④= Para. 4 ⑤= Para. 5 )
| A．①②③;④⑤ | B．①②;③④⑤ | C．①②③④;⑤ | D．①;②③④⑤ |
9 . There’s a tale about myself—a disabled（残疾的）man,and the wheelchair will always be with me.
When I was young,I met a girl with long hair.And soon we were friends.So I told her that I would be her BF—Best Friend.
When we loved,I told her that I would be her BF--Boyfriend.
When we had babies,I told her that I would be her BF--Babies’ Father.
When we got old,I told her that I would be her BF— 
________
So, when somebody reminds me of those old things,I will tell him that my will overcame（克服） all impossible things and I love my family so much because at least we were together.And we will be “BF”.
1. According to the passage,how will the man be?| A．He can’t see. | B．He can’t talk. |
| C．He may be the same as Stephen Hoking. | D．All above. |
________?| A．Be old. | B．Be partners. | C．Be long. | D．Be forever. |
| A．经历 | B．意志 | C．耐力 | D．能力 |
| A．BF-Different meanings | B．BF-Be Formal |
| C．Myself | D．A man with disability. |
10 . Celebrate the Spring Festival!
Spring Festival is approaching, so we decide to hold a party.
Spring Festival Gala: In the Eve, you can watch the Spring Festival Gala on TV. Usually, the program will begin at 7:30 p.m. You can see some hosts, actors and so on.
Meals: Usually we will have a big meal with family members. Adults usually spend $20 each having meals. A child usually spends $10. An adult and a child spend only $15 in total.
Do you want to join us? Come on and move now!
1. This passage is a/an________.| A．poster | B．invitation | C．advertisement | D．story |
| A．$20 | B．$30 | C．$15 | D．$25 |
| A．Spring Festival is the most popular festival. | B．We can go there freely. |
| C．The price of meals is high. | D．We can go to have meals with others. |
