①Do you wonder why some kids can stay calm while others get nervous so easily? Why do some kids do everything very quickly while others are very sluggish? Why are some kids always happy while some feel upset all times?
②One of the answers to these questions is personality(个性). People were born with different personalities. A baby gets its blood type, genes(基因) and other physical things when it is still inside its mother. These factors(因素) make part of your personality. Besides, family life, school learning and life experiences can also decide what kind of person you are. You may not like your personality. Don't worry. You can always try to change it and make yourself better.
③If you are a selfish person who always thinks of yourself, you can start this way. Try to give others a hand and ask for nothing in return. The happiness you get from giving instead of receiving will help you change your personality.
④If you are very shy and don't know how to make friends, just tell yourself to smile at others and start talking to others with warm greetings. You are sure to have more friends than you used to do.
⑤If you are sluggish person who always does things slowly, you' d better make a plan every day. When you finish something, draw a happy face. If not, draw a crying one. No one would like to see a crying face and you will have the desire to change it into a smiling one.
⑥All in all, don't get too worried about your shortcomings (缺点). No one is perfect. That's why many people are trying to change. Don't give yourself a hard time about it all. It's not easy to change the habits overnight. Remember "Rome is not built in a day". Keep working at it. One day you'll see that you can turn over a new leaf and be a new person.
Dr. Olson
1. What does the underlined word"sluggish"probably mean?| A．Silly. | B．Slow. | C．Dull. | D．Lazy. |
| A．Talk to others with a smile on her face. |
| B．Get the joy from giving instead of receiving. |
| C．Make a careful plan to finish everything. |
| D．Turn over a new leaf and be a new person. |
| A．You can never change your personality. |
| B．If you draw a happy face, you can do everything quickly. |
| C．Help others, and you can change your selfish personality. |
| D．School learning is the only thing that decides what kind of person you are. |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
2 . Are you tired of people asking the questions, “What’s your hobby?” Well, You always hear the same old answers: reading, listening to music, painting and so on. There’s nothing wrong with these activities, but maybe it’s time for some new ideas.
For example, how about “yarn bombing”? What’s that? Maybe you have heard of knitting（编织） to make sweaters, scarves, gloves and other things. With yarn bombing, people knit different kinds of things, like sweaters for trees or hats for stones in the park. It’s the latest form of artwork. In some cities, people are even paying knitters to decorate public places with their art. Some call it “Knitting Graffiti（涂鸦）,” but unlike other forms of graffiti, it is easy to take away, and it doesn’t destroy anything.
Do you like those TV shows in which the police use science to solve crimes? If you do, you can take up “forensic science” as a hobby. That’s the science used to investigate（调查）crimes. You can get a set of at-home fingerprint tools and find out who is taking cookies from the cookie box or perhaps who is reading your secret diary.
Finally, here’s a hobby for those who want to have fun and make a little money. It’s called “upcycling”. You’ve heard of recycling-you put things like glass, paper and plastic in special boxes so the materials can be used again. Upcyclers take old things and make them into new things. Sometimes they can even sell the things they make. For example, you can take an old book bag, ▲ and decorate it. It will look like a cool new bag. There’s even a magazine called Upcycle that is full of ideas. All you need for this is an old thing and a good imagination.
So look around for a new and interesting hobby. Then when someone asks you the question “What’s your hobby?” you can give them an answer that they’ve never heard before.
1. What do you need if you want to know who read your diary?| A．Rich imagination. | B．Science magazines. | C．Knitting tools. | D．Fingerprint tools. |
| A．clean it up | B．look it up | C．give it up | D．pick it up |
| A．Knitting Graffiti is difficult to take away. |
| B．A lot of people make a living by upcycling. |
| C．It’s a good idea to have a new and interesting hobby. |
| D．The police usually take up forensic science as a hobby. |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
3 . ①When I was seven, my parents filled my pocket with coins on a holiday. I went directly to a toy shop. Along the way, I heard a boy whistling（口哨）. I loved the sound and offered all my money for the whistle. I then came home, and went whistling all over the house. I was pleased with my whistle, but all my family felt noisy. When my brothers and sisters heard how much I had paid for the whistle, they told me I had paid four times as much as it should be. This made me think of all the good things I could have bought with the rest of the money. They laughed at me for being silly.
②This experience, however, taught me something. I always remember the whistle when I want to buy some unnecessary thing. I then said to myself, “Don't give too much for the whistle.” That way I have saved lots of money. As I grew up, I met with many people who gave too much for the whistle.
③When I saw people waste their time to become popular among those important people, I said to myself, "This man gives too much for his whistle."
④When I met with a man of pleasure, giving up his health for his pursuit（追求）, I said to myself, you are providing pain for yourself; you give too much for your whistle.
⑤If I see one who likes fine clothes, fine houses, fine furniture, for which he becomes poor, Alas! I thought he has paid too much for his whistle.
⑥In short, I believe that great part of the unhappiness of people are brought upon them by the wrong understanding of the value of things, and by their giving too much for their whistle.
1. The experience of the writer in Para.1 is used to ________.| A．describe a whistling | B．express his feelings |
| C．share a lesson | D．lead to the topic |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．kind | B．patient | C．thoughtful | D．hard-working |
| A．Don't buy too expensive things. |
| B．Don't borrow money from others. |
| C．Don't give too much for your family. |
| D．Don't waste your life on unnecessary things. |
Who is the greatest teacher in Chinese history? Many people would think of Confucius, whose birthday was September 28. Although he lived over 2000 years ago, people still remember and respect him for his contribution to the education today.
Confucius lived in the Kingdom of Lu, which lies in today's Shandong Province. He lived during the Spring and Autumn Period. He had a hard childhood. His father died when he was only 3 years old. His mother brought him up. As a child, he had to work to help his mother, but young Confucius didn't give up studying. He visited many famous teachers and learned music, history, poetry and sports.
Later, he became a teacher and started the first public school in Chinese history. At that time, only children fromnoblefamilies could go to school, but Confucius believed everyone should go to school if they wanted to learn. He had about 3000 students in his lifetime.
Today, people still follow Confucius' lessons. He told us that we have something worthy to be learned. "When I am with three people, one of them must be better than me in some areas. I choose their good qualities and follow them."
He also taught us that thinking is very important in study. "All study but no thinking makes people puzzled. All thinking but no study makes people lazy."
Confucius is not only a great teacher, but also a famous thinker with wise thoughts about the world and society. His most important ideas are about kindness and good manners. He said young people should take care of the old. People should give up only thinking of themselves and work for others. Some of his popular words are: "A kind person should care for others" and "A person should be strict with himself, but be kind to other." People uses his ideas to help themselves and society. At present, more than 100 Internet websites are telling people about him, and his ideas have gone far into east and south Asia.
1. People still remember Confucius today because of ________.| A．his hard work in the childhood | B．his wise thoughts about education |
| C．his travelling from state to state | D．his birth in Spring and Autumn Period |
| A．poor | B．bright | C．hard-working | D．rich |
①Confucius’ father died and he had to help raise the family.
②Confucius educated about 3000 students in his life time.
③Confucius visited many famous teachers in his childhood.
④Confucius' ideas are learned from all over the world.
⑤Confucius started the first public school in Chinese history.
| A．③①④②⑤ | B．①③⑤②④ | C．①③②⑤④ | D．③①④⑤② |
| A．No one has something worthy to be learned. |
| B．All study but no thinking makes people puzzled. |
| C．All thinking but no study makes people lazy. |
| D．A person should be strict with himself, but be kind to others. |
| A．people in East and South Asia know little about Confucius' ideas |
| B．people only use Confucius' ideas to help them study |
| C．more and more people will learn about Confucius' ideas in the future |
| D．we can hardly find any information about Confucius on the internet |
5 . Paper cups, plastic bags and old newspapers. There are so many single-use things (一次性物品) that we throw away after using only once.
①According to news website Quartz, we are now living in a “throw-away society”. Single-use has become a natural way of life and can be seen almost everywhere.
②Every day, we see new memes (表情包), stories and Internet slang (网络俚语) on social media. With so many of them coming out all the time, the lifespan (寿命) of each becomes short - they become “single-use online products”. This also means social media users are always searching for the next big thing.
③You may feel frustrated (沮丧) when trying to keep up with these memes and slang, but you just cannot help but keep scrolling (滚屏). It is endless - no matter it’s WeChat Moments (朋友圈), Sina Weibo or Facebook.
④While you read single-use content (内容) online, you also produce it. Since 2017, WeChat Moments (朋友圈) has allowed users to make only the last three days of their posts viewable (可见的). As a result, more and more people don’t take their posts seriously.
Since it doesn’t take too much time and energy to communicate anymore, we now even have disposable (用后即扔的) friendships, according to a story in Fast Company.
A single-use way of life may give you quick pleasure. But the pleasure may not last for long because there is no deep thought behind it. Maybe we need to slow down and enjoy a more thoughtful way of life.
1. According to the passage, we can always find new memes and slang in the following places except ________.| A．WeChat Moments |
| B．Textbooks |
| C．Sina Weibo |
| D．Facebook |
| A．① |
| B．② |
| C．③ |
| D．④ |
| A．To show that WeChat take all the users' privacy (隐私) seriously. |
| B．To explain the reason why the lifespan of memes and slang becomes short. |
| C．To teach WeChat users how to post something meaningful on their Moments. |
| D．To prove that we are producing single-use things when we read them online. |
| A．As long as singe-use way of life gives us pleasure, we should enjoy it. |
| B．Single-use life will be helpful to our relationship with others. |
| C．We need to think twice and lead a more thoughtful way of life. |
| D．Single-use life is a natural way of life and we should get used to it. |
| A．the disadvantages of singe-use way of life |
| B．the reasons that cause singe-use way of life |
| C．the ways to avoid singe-use way of life |
| D．different opinions about singe-use way of life |
6 . "I will think of it." It is easy to say this, but do you know what great things have come from thinking? Though we can not see, or hear, or feel our thoughts, they have great power!
Isaac Newton was seated in his garden on a summer evening when he saw an apple fall from a tree. He began to think, and tried to find out why the apple fell. Then he discovered how the earth, sun, moon, and stars are kept in their places.
A boy named James Watt sat quietly by the fireside, watching the lid of the tea kettle as it moved up and down. He began to think. He wanted to find out why the steam in the kettle moved the heavy lid. From that time he went on thinking and thinking, and when he became a man, he improved the steam engine so much that it could, with the greatest ease, do the work of many horses.
James Ferguson was a poor Scotch shepherd boy. Once seeing the inside of his father's watch and he wondered, "Why should I not make a watch? But how was he to get the materials out of which to make the wheels and the mainspring(钟表等的主发条)? He soon found how to get them. He made the mainspring out of a piece whalebone. He then made a wooden clock which kept good time. He began, also, to copy pictures with a pen, and portraits(肖像)with oil colors. In a few years, while still a small boy, he earned money enough to support his father. When he became a man, he went to London to live. Some of the wisest men in England, and the king himself, used to attend his lecture. His motto was," I will think of it. "And he made his thoughts useful to himself and the world.
When you meet with any difficulty, don't lose heart. Try to think of it before asking someone to help you. Think, and by thinking you will learn how to think creatively.
1. Newton wanted to find out_________.| A．when the apple hit him | B．why the apple fell | C．who made the apple fall | D．where the apple fell |
| A．He was born in a rich family. | B．His wooden clock seldom worked well. |
| C．He was a painter from England. | D．His mind greatly influenced the world. |
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A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．Why Should Not I Have a try? | B．Nothing is Impossible to a Willing Heart. |
| C．Thinking Helps to Get New Ideas. | D．Great Scientists Make a Great World. |
7 . Mr. Hunt's family is very poor. Because of that, he is in school for only three years and he has to stop to help his parents though (尽管) he is good at his lessons. When he is sixteen, he comes to the city and begins to work in a small factory. He learns from an old worker and six years later, he becomes a good worker. The old worker likes him and marries (嫁) his daughter to him. The young man does not have a house so he has to live with his parents-in-law (岳父母). His mother-in-law always thinks he is poor and often chatters (唠叨).
It is one fine Sunday. The old woman wants to have a trip on the top of the hill. She tells Mr. Hunt to drive her car. But sometimes she tells him to turn left (左转) and sometimes to turn right. The young man has to listen to her. At a crossing the lights turn red but she makes him turn left. The policeman stops them.
"If I did wrong, sir," says Mr. Hunt, "It is my mother-in-law's fault(过错). She is driving the car though she sits behind me."
1. Mr. Hunt is in school for 3 years because ________.| A．he is not good at his lessons | B．his family is poor |
| C．he isn't clever | D．he wants to stay at home |
| A．Mr. Hunt is a good worker | B．Mr. Hunt is good to his daughter |
| C．Mr. Hunt can live with him | D．Mr. Hunt works six years there |
①Mr. Hunt and his mother-in-law go to a hill.
②Mr. Hunt comes to the city.
③Mr. Hunt becomes a good worker.
④The policeman stops Mr. Hunt's car.
| A．④②③① | B．②③④① | C．②①③④ | D．②③①④ |
| A．It is the old woman's fault. |
| B．Mr. Hunt doesn't like his mother-in-law. |
| C．The old woman drives the car that day. |
| D．The old woman told Mr. Hunt to turn left when the lights are red. |
8 . The relationship (关系) between teachers and students is an important part of school life. An Indian movie called Hichki tells the story of a teacher who helps some bad students and makes them better people. It is popular with lots of students now.
In Hichki, the main character is Naina Mathur. She has an illness (疾病) that makes her hiccup (打嗝) often. With her hard work, she gets her dream job as a teacher. But she has to teach a class of rebellious students. They laugh at Mathur in her first class.
However, Mathur doesn't get angry (生气) with them. She tries her best to help every student. When they cause a small explosion (爆炸) and the school asks them to leave, Mathur still help them a lot. Little by little, Mathur wins the students' hearts. Under her care, the students start to study harder and become better and better.
From the story, we know that good teacher doesn't simply pass on knowledge (知识), but shows students how to be a good person. It also shows us that anyone can be successful, even if they have some kind of illness.
1. Naina Mathur has an illness and she often ________.| A．hiccups | B．get angry | C．laughes at others | D．sleeps for a longtime |
| A．狡猾的 | B．搞笑的 | C．叛逆的 | D．乖巧的 |
| A．Naina Mathur's dream job is to be a teacher |
| B．the students doesn't like Naina Mathur at the very beginning |
| C．Under Naina Mathur's care, the students become better and better |
| D．Naina Mathur is a good teacher who only passes on lots of knowledge to her students |
(①=para.1 ②=para.2 ③=para.3 ④=para.4)
| A．①②; ③④ | B．①; ②; ③④ | C．①; ②③; ④ | D．①; ②; ③; ④ |
9 . You probably know many of the things that you can do with the hundreds of different muscles in your body. But have you ever thought about how the muscles in an animal's body are different from yours? An animal's muscles are made to do the things that are most important for its life.
Lions are hunters. They depend on their ability to catch other animals. Lions must be fast in order to catch their prey(猎物). The powerful muscles in their back legs allow them to run at the speed of more than 30 miles per hour. They can also jump a distance of more than 35 feet. The strong muscles in their front legs help them catch their prey.
Snakes also use their muscles for hunting prey and for movement, but their muscles work in very different ways than lion's do. Because snakes do not have any legs, they use their muscles to push against the ground or other objects to move themselves forward. Their muscles also allow them to eat things that seem much too large. For example, a snake may eat an egg that is larger than the width of its body. How does this happen? The snake's strong neck muscles work together to push the egg down the mouth.
The elephant's long nose has a lot of muscles. Scientists believe that the nose alone has more than 100000 muscles! This is because the elephant uses its nose much in the same way that people use their hands and fingers. Even though the nose is large, it can perform surprisingly tasks. For example, an elephant can pick up a small leaf from the ground. The nose can also be a powerful tool. An elephant can use its nose to pick up a tree by its roots or even to lift a baby elephant.
The great muscles of these animals seem pretty unbelievable. But the muscles in your body work exactly the way you need them to. After all, it might be fun to be able to jump a distance of 30 feet, but as a human being, there is just not much need of it.
1. The underlined word "hunter" in Paragraph 2 means persons or animals that ________.| A．keep animals for fun | B．raise animals for meat |
| C．catch animals for food | D．run after animals for exercise |
| A．An elephant's nose is strong enough to pick up a tree by its roots |
| B．The strong muscles in the back legs help lions catch their prey |
| C．Snakes can't move themselves forward without their muscles |
| D．Muscles in an animal’s body are not the same as a human’s |
| A．The exercise. | B．Your work. | C．The environment. | D．Your needs. |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
10 . During the 2016 Rio Olympics, people were surprised to see the round, purple marks on the body of the famous American swimmer Michael Phelps. What happened to him? In fact, he just visited a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and had “cupping” (拔火罐). Massage (按摩) and acupuncture (针灸) are two other important kinds of TCM. Chinese massage can make you relaxed and fresh. In acupuncture, doctors put long needles (针) into the patients' heads, faces, arms… It takes away pain, though the look is funny.
TCM is an important part of Chinese culture. The earliest medical classic in China, Huangdi's Classic on Medicine, came out more than 2,000 years ago. The book is about the relationship between man and nature. In Chinese culture, yin and yang are the two parts of nature. Nature keeps balanced (平衡) if yin and yang work well together. The human body needs such a balance, too. TCM helps to do that. Quite specially, for some health problems, a doctor of TCM will not give you medicine. Instead, he may give you just a food plan and right ways to eat.
For example, it is common to eat on the way to school, at our desk, or in front of the TV. But TCM thinks it's wrong. Here are the correct ways: Sit down to eat. While eating, turn off the TV and get away from the work desk. Eat seasonal foods. Do not miss any of the three meals. Also, get your body moving often, just as the saying goes, “Running water is never stale.”
Nowadays, traditional Chinese medicine is becoming more and more popular around the world. A government report says that people in 183 countries and areas are now using TCM.
1. In the first paragraph, the writer mentioned Michael Phelps ______.| A．to introduce a doctor of TCM |
| B．to give an example of using cupping |
| C．to introduce the Rio Olympics |
| D．to give an example of a good swimmer |
| A．水到渠成 | B．流水不腐 | C．滴水穿石 | D．细水长流 |
| A．It is the earliest medical classic in China. |
| B．It came out over 2,000 years ago. |
| C．It is mainly about how to take medicine. |
| D．it is an important book on TCM. |
| A．①; ②③④ | B．①②; ③④ | C．①; ②③; ④ | D．①; ②; ③④ |
