Jimmy has a long list of jobs to do. Some are quick and easy, so he does those first. The others are so difficult
First, Jimmy stops using the word “hate”. The jobs aren’t so terrible after that. Then, he thinks about the reasons for doing them. When Jimmy’s mind is ready, he starts
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2 . Li Zhenghan is a college student from the University of Nottingham Ningbo China(UNNC). He has dreamed of becoming a pilot since he was a child. Unluckily, he didn't pass the test for pilot training in high school.
During college, Li got the idea of sending a bear to space after seeing similar tests online. However, without enough knowledge(知识), he didn’t know how to get started. After several years of study, Li finally felt ready to try the cool project.
Li’s team spent two months preparing for the test. To make sure the toy bear can land on a safe area away from cities, they decided to send it at the border (边境) between Liaoning and Inner Mongolia. In October 2023, the toy bear began its journey from Ningbo, crossing mountains and rivers to reach the testing place. With everything ready, it was tied to a balloon and then rose into the sky. Within 90 minutes, the bear reached a height of about 28,000 meters. 26 minutes later, it landed in a rice field.
Behind the success, things were not as simple as they appeared. Unexpected problems came up from time to time, but the team didn’t give up. In the end, their hard work and determination (决心) brought success.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案.1. When Li Zhenghan was a child, what did he want to be?
| A．A pilot. | B．A doctor. | C．A scientist. | D．A bear maker. |
| A．The story behind the test. |
| B．The knowledge needed to finish the test. |
| C．The relationship between Li and his team. |
| D．The reason why Li wanted to be a pilot as a child. |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．The toy bear landed in Ningbo. |
| B．The test lasted for two hours or so. |
| C．Li Zhenghan’s team spent two years preparing for the test. |
| D．Li Zhenghan got the idea of sending a bear to space in high school. |
| A．Better late than never. | B．Always prepare for the worst. |
| C．Failure is the mother of success. | D．Where there’s a will, there’s a way. |
3 . 
I’m white and I swim in the sea. The cold snow and ice are just right for me. Who am I? A polar bear!
Polar bears are the biggest meat-eaters on land. A polar bear can weigh as much as seven men. A polar bear’s body is built for the Arctic (北极). These bears have thick fat that keeps body heat in. A polar bear’s paws (爪) do many things. They can dig holes where the baby polar bears stay safe and warm in the snow. Also, they can break ice to find food and pull food out of the water.
A polar bear eats other animals. Seals (海豹) are its favorite food. The bear waits and waits because seals will come up for air at holes in the ice. Finally, when a seal appears, the polar bear catches it at once. Polar bears have good noses. They can smell a seal 20 miles away! They have good hearing and eyesight, too. These are useful when they are looking for dinner.
The ice melts (融化) in spring and summer. Polar bears will move from the ice to land when the sea ice is mostly gone. But there is not much food for polar bears on land. The ice is melting earlier each year and it is forming later, too. Our earth is getting warmer and there is less sea ice now. This is dangerous for polar bears. The bears are hungry and they need the ice to find food.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。1. How does the writer lead into the topic in Paragraph 1?
| A．By telling a story. | B．By making a survey. | C．By asking a question. | D．By using an old saying. |
①dig holes ②keep its body warm ③break ice to find food ④pull food out of the water
| A．①②③ | B．②③④ | C．①②④ | D．①③④ |
| A．Their thick fat. | B．Their large bodies. |
| C．Their strong and sharp teeth. | D．Their good noses, eyesight and hearing. |
| A．The reason why the ice melts. | B．The danger polar bears are facing. |
| C．The food polar bears eat in summer. | D．The ways polar bears protect themselves. |
| A．Unit l Weather Changes. | B．Unit 2 Travel to the Space. |
| C．Unit 3 The Secret of Plants. | D．Unit 4 The World of Animals. |
4 . Lots of students are too busy doing their homework to help out with housework. So many parents want to know if they should give their children chores.
First, doing chores helps children learn to be independent. Parents can’t stay by their children’s side all the time.
Third, doing chores makes it possible for children to develop good relationships with their family, friends and partners. Doing chores together with their family can make children care for their family. And they begin to learn their duty in a family or a group.
| A．Should children do chores? , |
| B．Well, there’s no need to worry. |
| C．That helps them build team spirit. |
| D．Second, doing chores helps children build self-confidence (自信心). |
| E．Children need to learn the necessary life skills to be independent. |
A: Hi, Linda. I called you at eight last night, but you didn’t pick up.
B: Oh, I was in the study reading a storybook.
A:I see.
B: It’s about an old man who tried to move the mountains. And Jiyuan is the home of the old man called Yu Gong.
A: No, I have never been there. But I’ve heard much about it.
B: I plan to go there to have a visit. Would you love to go with me?
A: Yes, I’d love to. How can we get there?
B:
A: Let’s meet at school gate at 7 o’clock tomorrow. Do you think I should serve the food ahead?
B: No, there’s no need.
6 . 今年五一，河南凭借丰富的旅游资源和优质的服务，吸引了世界各地的游客前来“打卡”， 在校园英语文化周，你将代表班级做关于“旅行”的英语演讲。请根据以下要点提示写一篇英语演讲稿。
注意事项：1. 简要介绍你对旅游的态度或看法，并详细介绍一个旅游胜地；
2. 文中不得出现考生的真实姓名和学校名称；
3. 词数100左右，文章开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear schoolmates,
Good morning! I’m glad to make a speech here.
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| Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Writer: Lewis Carroll Price: ¥30 (in bookstores) ¥25 (online)Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is an English novel come out in 1865. At the beginning, the book was written for a little girl. On a summer day, the writer Carroll took a trip to the Thames River and told the story of Alice. The young girl falls down a rabbit hole and goes on interesting adventures (冒险)into a wonderland. (with 2 tapes) |
| Peter Pan Writer: J. M. Barrie in Scotland Price: ¥18 ( ( in bookstores) ¥15 ( online)It is a children’s story full of imagination and adventures, which is about Wendy, Joan and Michael Darling’s adventures in Never Land with Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up. The children are happy and lovely. |
| Uncle Tom’s Cabin Writer: Harriet Beecher Stowe Price: ¥30 ( in bookstores) ¥24 ( online)The most famous novel in American history, Uncle Tom’s Cabin talks about the fight between free states and slave states during the American Civil War and is as popular today as when it first came out more than 150 years ago. |
| The Secret Garden Writer: Frances Hodgson Burnett in America Price: ¥35 ( in bookstores) ¥30 ( online)Mary Lennox, a sick girl, finds herself in her uncle’s dark house. Why are so many rooms locked? Why is one of the gardens locked? And what is that sound she hears at night? Through the force of hope, friendship, and the magic of nature, the brave girl brings the house and a long- lost garden back to life. |
1. Among the four books, which one can we enjoy the sound while reading it if you buy one?
| A．Peter Pan. | B．The Secret Garden. | C．Uncle Tom’s Cabin. | D．Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. |
| A．￥19. | B．￥23. | C．￥27. | D．￥30. |
| A．teach how to write stories for kids | B．offer some information about books |
| C．provide some ads about cartoon movies | D．tell the children how to begin an adventure |
| A．Lewis Carroll’s. | B．J. M. Barrie’s. | C．Harriet Beecher Stowe’s. | D．Frances Hodgson Burnett’s. |
| A．A report. | B．A newspaper. | C．A storybook. | D．A science magazine. |
| my become since step in high do risk encourage successful |
A teenager from Naperville, Illinois, became the youngest American woman to reach the summit (山顶) of Mount Qomolangma.
18-year-old Lucy Westlake
Westlake is interested
She has already
9 . Born in a small village in Northwest China, I knew how busy farmers were in spring. And I also got to know what the season
When I was a little girl, every weekend I was busy planting crops,
Farm work is also teamwork and that’s why every spring field is busy with people of all
Through farming work, I felt the
| A．came | B．meant | C．marked | D．belonged |
| A．date | B．sleep | C．change | D．journey |
| A．nothing | B．anything | C．something | D．everything |
| A．talk | B．share | C．compare | D．compete |
| A．from | B．with | C．among | D．including |
| A．cut | B．turn | C．develop | D．consider |
| A．arguing | B．thinking | C．worrying | D．explaining |
| A．key | B．joy | C．mess | D．search |
| A．ages | B．signs | C．skills | D．voices |
| A．clearly | B．quickly | C．carefully | D．suddenly |
| A．safe | B．usual | C．simple | D．difficult |
| A．if | B．as | C．since | D．unless |
| A．moved | B．excited | C．shocked | D．surprised |
| A．perfect | B．peaceful | C．independent | D．unbelievable |
| A．gave out | B．took down | C．turned into | D．cleared out |
10 . I grew up in a poor family. My dad died when I was three, leaving my mom with the job of raising nine kids. She had two jobs every day and she was a very hard worker. In order to make ends meet, she hardly ever rested.
My mom did all she could to support our family. Though we kids didn’t get what we wanted, we always got the things we needed. With my mom as my role model, I learned that hard work is the best way to get what you want.
While growing up, I never considered myself as a person in a difficult situation. I saw my life more as a card that had been dealt to me and I tried to make the most of it.
Of course, I dreamed about what I would be. At first, I wanted to be a soldier. Then I decided to be a driver. I even thought about being a footballer.
Surprising as it might seem, basketball wasn’t in my plans. I only started playing basketball on a team when I was in middle school. I loved to compete and worked hard to win.
For me, it paid off. I just let my success in basketball take its course, but I always put the effort in every day.
No matter what I did, some people expected me to fail, saying, “Karl can’t do it.” Instead of letting people like that get to me, I continued to prove (证明) them wrong. I tried my best to make my family proud.
While everyone else was looking up to popular sports stars, actors and musicians, my mom was my hero. She taught me that hard work pays off.
At the end of my life, I don’t want to be remembered as the kind of person who just sat on his bottom and said, “I’ve made it.” I don’t want to say that I get what I have now without putting in much effort. Sure there are days that I don’t feel like working hard…but I do it anyway. And that’s how I’m working toward becoming a successful basketball player.
1. What did the writer learn from his mother?| A．The value of hard work. | B．How to be a role model. |
| C．How to prove one’s ability. | D．The importance of competing. |
| A．He never asked his mom for a basketball. |
| B．He hardly spared the time to play basketball. |
| C．He seldom made plans for his basketball training. |
| D．He didn’t expect to be a basketball player at first. |
| A．He argued with them angrily. |
| B．He kept himself away from them. |
| C．He tried his best to compete with them. |
| D．He worked harder to prove them wrong. |
| A．Brave and kind-hearted. | B．Patient and open-minded. |
| C．Friendly and well-educated. | D．Hard-working and strong-willed. |
| A．To advise people to dream big. |
| B．To share his story of growing up. |
| C．To thank his mom for supporting him. |
| D．To explain why he wanted to be a player. |
