1 . One day, Bella Broadley and Elyse Partridge were enjoying a picnic on Angels Beach in Australia when a woman approached their group. “We were just having a little picnic at the beach with some friends and this woman came up to us and said, ‘I can’t swim and my girls are drowning(溺水)’and we just jumped into action.” Partridge, now age 20 said.
The two 11-year-olds, Chloe and Violet, got caught in the water and were overwhelmed by the waves. To make things worse, it was around 8 p.m. and getting dark. “It was so rough and it was crazy,” Broadley, 19, said. “I was just swimming out and thinking, ‘Oh my gosh, how am I going to get back in? This is bad.’ But luckily I had the cooler lid(盖子) for part of the way to keep my head above the water and once I got to Chole I just swam hard,” she said. Broadley handed the cooler lid off to Chloe and swam further out to get Violet. Partridge was close behind, and swam Chloe back to shore.
“I remember just throwing my arms around her and trying to swim in, but we ended up hitting the rocks,” Partridge said. “I ended up being quite bruised(青肿) and had lots of cuts all over my hands from the rocks but obviously I’m fine and it would have been scarier in the water.”
Eventually both girls were guided back to safety. Later, Chloe and Violet described how they swallowed seawater and were increasingly exhausted by their fight to keep their heads above water. Violet needed to spend the night in hospital.
Bystanders and police told Broadley and Partridge that without their help, the younger girls would likely not have survived. On Wednesday , Broadley and Partridge were named on the Bravery Honours List, which recognized 66 Australians for acts of bravery.
1. What can we know from the first paragraph?| A．The woman’s two girls couldn’t swim. |
| B．Partridge didn’t hesitate to offer help |
| C．The drowning girls’ mother didn’t take action. |
| D．The mother was having a picnic with her children. |
| A．The water. | B．The wind. | C．The weather. | D．The darkness. |
| A．Because waves faded away |
| B．Because her friend came to help her |
| C．Because they reached the rocks. |
| D．Because the storm stopped. |
| A．Selflessness is Rewarding |
| B．Courage is the Enemy of Death |
| C．Two Quick Minds in Emergency |
| D．Two Girls Hit the Bravery Honours List |
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On their arrival, they found Luo’s parents eagerly waiting for
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小组成员的观点 | 1. Follow traffic rules. 2. Don’t eat junk food. 3. Don’t swim in the rivers without an adult. 4. Don’t hang out alone at night. 5. e careful online. |
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Nowadays, safety is very important for us. How can we keep safe? In the English class, we had a discussion in groups. Here is the result of my group. First,
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One day a farmer went out for a walk
The son looked at his father’s legs
When the son ran back to the house, he
6 . Imagine a life without arms or legs! You can’t hold anyone in your arms. You can’t walk anywhere with your feet. How would you last a day like that? Would you
Nick was born without limbs (四肢), so life was not
However, he faced that bravely. He
Now Nick is one of the most popular
“I tell people to keep on going up when they
| A．cry | B．shout | C．smile | D．ignore |
| A．different | B．easy | C．difficult | D．same |
| A．because | B．until | C．although | D．unless |
| A．surprised | B．lonely | C．interested | D．shocked |
| A．helped | B．failed | C．learned | D．succeeded |
| A．active | B．top | C．shy | D．super |
| A．speakers | B．teachers | C．students | D．waiters |
| A．at | B．for | C．against | D．behind |
| A．note | B．spirit | C．secret | D．failure |
| A．worry | B．break | C．lose | D．get |
Clean-Up Day |
March 22, 2020, on the fourth Sunday of March |
9:00 a.m.—11:30 a.m. |
Meet in Sunshine Park |
Come with your family and neighbors. First let’s pick up the rubbish in Sunshine Park next to our neighborhood. Remember to wear comfortable clothes and take your gloves. We will give you rubbish bags. Free lunch for volunteers is in the restaurant near the park. At 1:30 p.m., come back to our neighborhood to continue. |
2:30 p.m.—5:00 p.m. |
Meet in our neighborhood |
We will prepare cleaning tools for you. After that, we’ll have afternoon tea from 3:30 to 4:30. Cheese cakes and hot coffee are waiting for you. Let’s enjoy our Clean-Up Day! |
| A．take rubbish bags | B．take their gloves |
| C．invite their friends | D．wear school uniforms |
| A．Volunteers should be teenagers. |
| B．The clean-up day is on March 23, 2020. |
| C．The activity starts in a neighborhood. |
| D．Volunteers have to work for five hours. |
| A．diary | B．letter | C．notice | D．magazine |
8 . There was a terrible earthquake in my country. Many people were killed and many houses fell down. After the earthquake, the newspapers reported many stories about families who were in trouble. One Sunday, when I was reading a newspaper, a special picture touched me. It gave the clothing sizes of each family member. I thought this would be a good chance to teach my children to help those who were less lucky. I said to my seven-year-old twins, Brad and Brett, and three-year-old daughter Meghan, “We have so much, and these poor people now have nothing. We’ll share what we have with them.”
I filled a box with some food and old clothes. While I was doing this, I encouraged the boys to donate some of their less favorite things. Meghan watched quietly as the boys took out their old toys and put them in the box. Then she walked away. A few minutes later, she came back with Ava, her favorite doll. She put it on top of the other toys “Oh, dear,” I said. “You don’t have to give Ava. You love Ava so much.” Meghan said, “Ava makes me happy, Mom. Maybe she’ll make another little girl happy, too.”
I was surprised. Meghan taught me a lesson. It’s easy to give something that we don’t want anymore, but hard to give what we love.
1. The mother thought it was ________ to teach her children to help others.| A．necessary | B．lucky | C．impossible | D．hard |
| A．Share. | B．Buy. | C．Give. | D．Join. |
| A．A Lucky Family |
| B．The Spirit of Giving |
| C．Helping Others is Helping Ourselves |
| D．A Sad Day |
9 . Mr. Guo is a teacher from Xi’an. He asked his students to hand in their homework through a QR code(二维码). “We spent an hour or two in class learning how to generate (产生) the codes, and in the end everything gets easier” said Gao. “When students finish the homework, they keep it on WeChat. Then, each student makes his own QR code and gives it to me. So I can check their work everywhere using my computer or telephone.”
The QR codes can be sent to Mr. Guo by email, QQ and WeChat. When Guo scans(扫描)his students’ QR codes, their homework appears on his phone. He finds that their homework becomes more creative, with many pictures, music and even videos.
Guo’s students like the new way and think it is interesting. “We are living in the information age. Many students like to work with computers, which makes learning more fun,” said Tingting, a student of Guo’s.
“The paper is not easy to keep, but the code is easy to keep and share,” Guo said. “It is worth trying to use new technology in education. Education itself is a kind of creation. I don’t want my students to fall behind the times.”
However, some parents are worried. They are afraid that their children will spend too much time on computers and less time communicating with teachers. But in fact, it’s unnecessary. Students still need to look up information in books and write it down when they do their homework. They only use the code when they hand in their homework, which doesn’t take them too much time. Also for teachers, it allows them to check the Students’ work at any time. And it’s also an easy way to share homework with other students.
1. According to the passage, students can keep their homework on________.| A．WeChat | B．QQ | C．e-mail | D．blog |
| A．strange | B．boring | C．interesting | D．unnecessary |
| A．talk with teachers face to face |
| B．spend too much time on computers |
| C．not like the new way of handing in homework |
| D．find the QR codes too difficult to use |
| A．Teachers needn’t check homework any more. |
| B．Students needn’t hand in homework any more. |
| C．Using QR codes makes checking homework easier. |
| D．Some parents are worried about their children. |
10 . Here are introductions to some new books. You’ll enjoy finding out more with them.
We Are Artists
by Kari Herben
Be inspired by the life and works of 15 fantastic women artists from around the world. As well as lots of information about each artist’s works, this book explores the impact they had on the art world.
The Story of Paintings
by Mick Manning and Bria Granstrom
Two award-winning writers have created this fun and easy-to-read introduction to art history. It takes you on a tour of their personally selected art gallery (画廊).
Portrait of an Artist
by Lucy Brownbridge and Edith Caron
Find out more about one of the world’s best-known painters, Vincent Van Gogh, and his works, like Sunflowers. This illustrated biography (传记) is part of a series that includes books about Claude Monet and Georgia O’Keeffe.
A History of Pictures for Children
by Darid Hockney and Martin Gayford
Made up of conversations between artist David Hockney and author Martin Gayford, this illustrated book will take you on a fascinating journey through the story of art — from the earliest cave (洞穴) paintings to images made on phones.
1. What are the four books mainly about?| A．Health. | B．Art. | C．Custom. | D．Science. |
| A．We Are Artists. |
| B．The Story af Paintings. |
| C．Portrait of an Artist. |
| D．A History at Pictures for Children. |
| A．Award. | B．Introduction. | C．Tour. | D．Gallery. |
| A．Kari Herbent. |
| B．Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom. |
| C．Lucy Brownbridge and Edith Carron. |
| D．David Heckaey and Martin Gayford. |
| A．Conversations between two children. |
| B．An exciting journey of the artist. |
| C．A story about the author. |
| D．Ancient and modern works of art. |
