1 . My father woke me up early one summer morning when I was fourteen and said: “Get up, you’re going with me to cut the grass in the garden.”
The idea that my father thought I was old enough to help him in his business (生意) made me feel proud (骄傲) and excited. From sunrise to sunset, my father, my younger brother and I worked in the large garden, in a rich part of Atlanta, Georgia. By the end of the day I was too tired to say a word but I felt good. This was my first time to help my father in his business. I got $ 6 for my work that day.
One day my father found some leaves I had missed and pulled me aside. “Take away these leaves!” he said seriously, “and don’t make me have to tell you to do it again.” The message was clear. Today I still value（珍视） it , which my father gave to me that day. It will always be helpful to impress (给……留下印象) the person you are working for.
After two years, I left home and went to another town to start my new life. Luckily for me, I quickly found a job to wash dishes in a restaurant. Every morning, I set off early, always with the same strong wish I got long long ago. I felt like I was old enough to be independent and make a living by myself.
In fact, washing dishes was not exciting, but that didn’t matter. It taught me that any job was a good job and whatever I got from the job was more than I had before. I could learn something meaningful from every job and do it better and better. One day, a newspaper reporter once asked me how someone could possibly live with hard work and low pay. “If you only think about hard work and money, 58 ” I answered.
In every job, from cutting the grass to washing dishes, I’ve learned much. I’ve learned something that helps me in my next job.
1. The writer felt proud to cut the grass because .| A．he was not old enough to help his family |
| B．he thought he became important to his father’s business |
| C．he could cut the grass without others’ help |
| D．he could get $6 that day by cutting grass |
| A．you will stay away from your family | B．you will live a hard life |
| C．you won’t do any better than you’re doing | D．you won’t be happy in your life |
(①=Para. 1 ②=Para. 2 ③=Para. 3 ④=Para. 4 ⑤=Para. 5 ⑥=Para. 6）
| A．①②③; ④⑤; ⑥ | B．①; ②③④⑤; ⑥ |
| C．①②; ③④; ⑤⑥ | D．①②; ③④⑤; ⑥ |
| A．My Father, the Best Teacher in My Life | B．Work Hard to Find a Job |
| C．Different Jobs, Different Lives | D．Keep Learning in Your Jobs |
2 . What must you do when you receive a present for your birthday? You have to sit down and write a thank-you note. The words “Thank you” are very important. We have to use them very often. We say them when someone gives us drink, helps us to pick up things, hands us a letter or lends us a book.
It is rude（粗鲁的）to ask someone to do something without saying “please”. We have to use it when we ask for something, too. It may be a book or a pencil, more rice or help. We have to use “please” to make a request pleasant.
We have to learn to say “sorry”, too. When we have hurt someone, we’ll have to go up and say we’re sorry.
When we have forgotten something, we will say “sorry”. We can make people forget the wrong by saying it.
These three words are simple but important. Our children must learn to use them. They are pleasing words to use in any language.
1. When someone helps us to do something, we should _______.| A．thank him | B．say sorry to him | C．use the word “please” | D．not say anything |
| A．thanks | B．sorry | C．please | D．hello |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
3 . ①Many people want to travel around the world. Some choose to travel from country to country and others like to spend a bit longer in each place, perhaps living and working among the people and immersing(使...沉浸在) themselves in the culture. One interesting idea is to turn your overseas(海外的) experience into a language learning experience. If you would like to learn English, attending courses at one or more of the language schools is the perfect way to travel around the world and improve your English at the same time. You can also make friends with the people who are learning English on their travels.
②Learning English at a language school in a country where English is spoken is the perfect way to make quick progress in the language. When you're not in class, you'll be practicing English in practical day-to-day environments. You'll also be visiting the cities and towns around you, museums and tourist attractions.
③Another advantage(优点) of attending a language school while you are traveling abroad is that many of the activities you want to do on your travels will be organized as part of the English learning experience as well. So you'll have a group of friends to travel with you as you visit new places---all with the same aim(目标) of learning English along the way.
④Your overseas experience is a great time to make new friends, see the world and experience other cultures. If English isn't your first language, it makes sense to connect your overseas experience with a decision to learn English along the way. What a great way to travel around the world, improve your education and prepare for your future at the same time!
1. What does the author mainly suggest doing in this passage?| A．Paying more visits to foreign countries. |
| B．Learning English while traveling abroad. |
| C．Learning about other cultures while traveling. |
| D．Making more new friends while traveling |
| A．you can learn about British culture |
| B．you have the chance to visit museums |
| C．you can make friends with the local people |
| D．English is used as the first language |
| A．The teachers speak English better than others. |
| B．You can organize different kinds of activities. |
| C．You share the same aim with other students. |
| D．You can understand the culture of your own country better. |
A． | B． |
C． | D． |
4 . How do you turn your interests into a business (生意)? Mohammed Ali, 15, a teen gamer from Dewsbury in West Yorkshire, UK, is a good example.
At the age of 12, he learned how to code (编程) by using YouTube and even made his own video game. Users have to pay 5.99 pounds (56 yuan) per month to play the game. He has already made 30,000 pounds. He also makes websites and is working on a finance app (理财应用软件), which will be open to the public in August.
Ali has saved lots of money for his future university costs and even bought two sofas for his family’s living room.
“When I first started making money, I thought I’d just spend it all. Then I thought, why should I spend it all? I save most of it in the bank, because I want to do more in the future,” he told the Daily Mail.
He became interested in computers when his parents bought him one at the age of 6. He often played video games on his computer. But after playing so many games, he decided to make his own.
Then, Ali learned how to code using YouTube videos and by reading books on the subject. In 2012, he made his own game called Project 2006 after working on it for seven months. It was a role-playing game and more than 3,000 people are members. After his game became popular, he started a website-making business.
In the future, he wants to go to university and study computer science. “I’m looking to study computer science, not business because I’ve got a lot of experience in business already,” he told the Daily Star.
1. What did Mohammed Ali do, according to the first two paragraphs?| A．He learned how to code for YouTube. |
| B．He made a video game by himself. |
| C．He started a video store and has made287,000 yuan. |
| D．He set up a website for people to do business. |
| A．He kept it to pay for university. |
| B．He spent it all on his family. |
| C．He put all of his money into his new app. |
| D．He bought computers for his parents and himself. |
① Ali made a website ② Ali got a computer from his parents.
③ Ali made a game project. ④ Ali learned how to code from videos.
| A．②④①③ | B．④②①③ | C．④①②③ | D．②④③① |
| A．Ali became successful with the help of his parents. |
| B．Ali wanted to study business at university. |
| C．Ali is talented both with computers and business. |
| D．Ali wanted to give up school to do business. |
5 . I remember the green coat in my fifth and sixth grades.
When I needed a new jacket, my mother asked what kind I wanted. I described something like bikers wear. She listened long. I thought she understood for sure the kind I wanted.
The next day when I got home from school. I discovered on my bed a jacket which was not what I had expected. I went close to the jacket slowly as if it were a stranger.
From the kitchen mother shouted that my jacket was in the closet. I rushed and pulled at the clothes in the closet, hoping the jacket on the bed wasn't for me but my brother. No luck, I wanted to cry because it was so ugly and so big. But I knew I'd have to wear it a long time before I'd have a new one. I looked at the jacket like an enemy, thinking bad things before I took off my old and small jacket.
I put the big jacked on. I stood in front of the mirror, turning right and left. I looked ugly.
I threw it on my brother's bed and looked at it for a long time before I put it on and went out, smiling a "thank you" to my mom.
The next day I wore it to school. At the morning break, my best friend, Steve looked at me for a long time. The girls turned away to whisper. The teachers looked my way and talked about how foolish I looked in my new jacket. When it was time for the whole school to get together on the playground._______. Although they didn't say out loud. "Man. that's ugly." I heard their talk and even laughter.
And so I went, in my jacket. So embarrassed, so hurt. I couldn't even do my lessons the rest of the day. I received Cs on tests.
I wore that thing for three years. All in those years no love came to me.
I blamed（指责）that jacket for those bad years. I blamed my mother for her bad taste and her cheap ways. It was a sad time for the heart. Anyway. I spent my sixth grade year, looking forward to something good to happen to me.
And it was about that time I began to grow, still in that green ugly jacket, which had become my brother who went along wherever I went.
1. The writer went to school in the new jacket because ________ .| A．his jacket was too old and small |
| B．his brother asked him to do so |
| C．he wanted to show it to his friends |
| D．he would act in a school play |
| A．I thought she understood for sure the kind I wanted |
| B．I blamed my mother for her bad taste and her cheap ways |
| C．I put it on and went out, smiling a "thank you" to my mom |
| D．From the kitchen mother shouted that my jacket was in the closet |
| A．it began to rain | B．everyone saw me |
| C．my mother came | D．I got angry |
| A．enemy-stranger-brother | B．brother-stranger-enemy |
| C．stranger-brother-enemy | D．stranger-enemy-brother |
6 . Cold weather has a great effect on how our minds and our bodies work. Maybe that is why there are so many expressions that use the word “cold”.
For example, people who show no human emotions or feelings are said to be cold-blooded. Cold can affect other parts of the body. But the expression “get cold feet” has nothing to do with cold or your feet. The expression means being afraid to do something you have decided to do. For example, you agree to be CEO of a company. But then you learn that all the other officers have resigned (辞职), and all the work of the company will be your responsibility (责任). You are likely to get cold feet about being CEO when you understand the situation.
The expression “give someone the cold shoulder” probably comes from the physical act of turning your back toward someone, instead of speaking to him face to face. You may give the cold shoulder to a friend who has not kept a promise he made to you, or to someone who has lied about you to others.
“A cold fish” is not a fish. It is a person. But it is a person who is unemotional and shows no love or warmth. A cold fish does not offer much of himself to anyone. Someone who is a cold fish could be cold-hearted. He or she will never feel sorry for those in bad situation.
“Out in the cold” means not getting something that everybody else got. A person might say that everybody but him got a pay raise — he was left out in the cold. And it is not a pleasant place to be.
1. If you get cold feet, this means that .| A．you feel brave to do something | B．you feel too nervous to do something |
| C．you feel too cold to do something | D．you feel very angry about doing something |
| A．Henry was treated politely when he asked Mary to see a film |
| B．Henry was afraid to invite Mary to see a film with him |
| C．Mary didn’t care about Henry’s invitation and didn’t plan to go with him |
| D．Mary behaved unfriendly because she didn’t like to talk with Henry face toface |
| A．Opinions about cold weather. | B．Expressions connected with “cold”. |
| C．Relation between cold and body. | D．Examples of people who have a cold. |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
①In the eyes of animal lovers, dogs are man’s best friend. However, they can sometimes be dangerous. In August, a 13-year-old boy in Chengdu was hit in his neighborhood by a German dog that wasn’t on a leash (拴绳). The boy ended up in the hospital with several bite wounds. This was just one of several recent accidents across the country in which unleashed dogs have hit people. It has raised a discussion over whether it’s OK to walk dogs without a leash.
②Li Ke is used to walking his dog without a leash. He thinks if dog owners pay attention to their dogs, it’s unlikely that the dogs will hurt others.
③However, Cao Siyuan, from Chengdu, believes people should not walk a dog without a leash, especially in crowded public places. “Leashing dogs stops them from running about or getting hurt,” Cao told Chinanews. “At the same time, it also stops dogs from biting or hitting others when they are angry.”
④Many cities in China have rules saying that owners will be punished if their pets are allowed to run free outside. “But the local rules are not strict,” Guan Xinping, a professor from Nankai University, told China Daily. “Some owners who don’t follow the rules, such as having dogs unleashed, have received no warnings or punishments at all.”
⑤However, some cities have tried to solve the problem in more creative ways. In January last year, Jinan introduced a point system in which dog owners will lose points if they walk the dog without a leash and a dog certificate (证书). If owners lose all their points, they must be trained on how to care for dogs. Their dogs will also be taken away until they pass the training. Thanks to the system, the city saw problems of unleashed dogs go down by 43 percent in 2017 compared to 2016.
1. The underlined word “this” refers to .
| A．a German dog was not on a leash |
| B．a boy was bitten by an unleashed dog |
| C．a dog was in hospital because of some wounds |
| D．people started to discuss whether to leash a dog |
| A．there is no need to leash a dog if the dog owner is careful enough with it |
| B．those who have dogs unleashed shouldn’t receive warnings or punishments |
| C．leashing dogs stops them from running about freely and it’s not good for dogs |
| D．it’s creative to introduce a point system to solve the problem of unleashed dogs |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．Dogs or No Dogs? | B．Dogs Are Very Dangerous. |
| C．Leash or Unleash? | D．Dogs Are Our Best Friend. |
8 . Everybody knows how important it is for students to get a good night's sleep every night. You aren't able to do your best and keep up with all of your responsibilities unless you sleep well. I'm sure you already know that you should go to bed at a reasonable hour. Most experts agree that the ideal number of hours is eight, and his has been accepted as common sense for as long as I can remember. However, I was young once and I know that most of you get much less sleep than that—and in some cases it will be affecting your schoolwork.
I read an interesting article in a teachers' magazine recently. they did a study of 848 students in Wales. Worryingly, the results showed that teenagers are facing a new problem. They may go to bed get up at suitable times but a growing number are waking up in the middle of the night, not to use bathroom or have a snack but because of a new phenomenon: FOMO-fear of missing out!
According to the article, schoolchildren are suffering because of a growing trend（趋势）to wake up during the night to check social media. Afraid of missing a comment or opportunity to take part in a chat teenagers are waking at all times of the night, going online and getting involved. All this happens when they should be sound asleep.
Experts are worried about this growing trend and the report gives some worrying results that I'd like to share with you: 23% of 12 to 15-year-olds wake up nearly every night to use social media. Another 15% wake up at night once a week for the same reason. One in three students are often tired and unable to behave energetically in the daytime. Students who use social media during the night are more likely to suffer from depression and anxiety.
So, I'd like to ask you to be responsible when it comes to social media. Be brave! Switch off your devices at night. The world won't end and your social media will be waiting to greet you in the morning! I give you my word that you won't have missed anything important.
1. From the writing. we know that the writer is worried by _______.| A．what he has read in the magazine | B．what other teachers have told him |
| C．what he is seeing with his pupils | D．what he has studied since he was young |
| A．a feeling of not going out at night | B．a fear of missing the newest phones |
| C．a feeling of not keeping up with your tasks | D．a fear of missing chances of chatting online |
A． | B．  |
C． | D．  |
| A．Travel & Adventure | B．Health |
| C．Entertainment | D．Fashion & Beauty |
9 . We all need physical exercise. Exercise uses up food we eat and keeps the body energetic. If you exercise several times a week, you will stay happy and healthy.
Some Western countries, such as the United States, have problems with exercise. In the US, many people don't have enough exercise because it is hard for them. People have to work from morning to late afternoon, so they don't have time to take exercise. They work in office buildings sitting in chairs all day long in front of computers. It is impossible for them to get much exercise in this way.
Some Westerners can get exercise walking from their homes to work. However, most of people cannot do this. It is too far from their homes to their offices. They have no choice but to drive to work. In fact, some have to drive one or two hours to their offices. This is not good in two ways. First, these people don't have a chance to exercise because they are sitting in their cars for two to four hours each day. Second, driving is challenging especially in rush hours and needs too much attention. It makes a person very tired. So, when these people arrive home at night, they don't want to take exercise after work.
Today, many people in the West are overweight which causes health problems for them. Doctors say exercise can help people both lose weight and improve their health. So many people are trying to get more exercise. But it takes time to change, and when people don't see a difference right away, they will lose confidence and stop exercising.
Title | Westerners need exercise. |
| The | Help heavy people lose weight. Keep you energetic. Help you stay healthy and happy. |
| The | Some people at work are too Driving to work is too |
| The wrong attitude (态度) to exercise that some people have. | Some would be |
10 . Bill is a student． He is twelve． He lives with his father， mother and little sister in New York now． He likes to fly kites and play some other games．
One afternoon， Bill is free． And he flies kites with his friends after school． But Bill's kite is in the tree and he cannot get it． Bill and his friends do not know what to do． They worry （着急） very much and Bill comes to his father， Mr． Green， for help． His father wants to get the kite down from the tree， but he can't． So Bill asks him to make a new one for him． Mr． Green makes a new kite for Bill． When the boy gets the new kite， he is very glad． He thanks his father for the kite and goes out to play with his friends．
1. Why does Bill go to fly kites？| A．Because（因为）he has a new kite． | B．Because he has some time． |
| C．Because his teacher asks them to do that． | D．Because he needn't go to school． |
| A．His father． | B．His cousins． | C．His sister． | D．His friends． |
| A．Because he wants his father to get down the kite． | B．Because one of his friends doesn't have a kite． |
| C．Because he wants his father to fly kites． | D．Because his father takes away his kite． |
①Bill's father makes a kite． ②Bill goes to fly kites．
③The kite is in the tree． ④Bill asks his father for help．
| A．①②③④ | B．②③④① | C．④①②③ | D．③①④② |
| A．Flying kites is Bill's favorite game． | B．Bill makes the kite with his father． |
| C．Bill's family live in America． | D．Bill's friends help him get the kite． |
