Ali and his younger sister, Zahra, lived with their parents in a poor neighborhood. Their mother was very sick and their father was struggling to find a job, and they had only a little money with which to buy food. As they had not paid the rent for several months, the landlord was breathing down their necks.
One day, Ali took Zahra's shoes to a shoe repairman to be fixed, but he lost them on the way home. It wasn’t until he got home that he realized he had lost the shoes. He was afraid that his parents would be angry and disappointed, so he begged his sister to keep it a secret. Zahra agreed and the two decided to share Ali’s running shoes. Zahra's school hours were in the morning, so she would wear them first. After school, she would rush back and give them to Ali. He could then run to his school, which began in the afternoon. Although he ran as fast as he could, Ali often arrived late and was warned by the school.
Ali heard about a long distance race that was held for the boys in the city.When he learned that the third prize was a new pair of shoes, he decided to take part. He ran home excitedly and promised his sister that he would win her the new shoes.
The day of race arrived. Ali had a strong start, but halfway through the race he began to get tired and his legs began to ache. Getting more and more exhausted he thought only of Zahra and his promise to her. Dreaming of the new shoes he would win for his sister gave him strength, and he stayed right behind the two fastest runners, determined to finish third. Suddenly, as the finish line drew near, another runner collided(碰撞) with Ali from behind and he crashed to the ground.
Ali looked up and saw the other boys rushing ahead.
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___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2 . In January, 2021, the ice-making work on the ”Ice Ribbon“, a landmark venue for the Beijing Winter Olympics, was completed.
In the Winter Olympics, where races can be won or lost by a small time gap, tiny imperfections in the ice can make all the differences. ”It’s not just a hunk of ice like you’d normally think of, like ice cubes sitting in your freezer,“ told Kenneth Golden, a U. S. mathematician who studies the structures of ice. ”It’s a much more fascinating and complex substance than people would normally think.“
The first step for building any ice rink is to purify the water to remove dissolved solids like salts and minerals. Such impurities don’t fit in the regular hexagonal(六边形的)structure of ice that forms as water freezes. The purer the water, the more consistent the ice surface.
In addition to the need for excellence in the raw materials of ice-making, technology is also very important, As one of the most advanced technologies for winter sports venues, a carbon dioxide cooling technology has been applied on a large scale for the Beijing Winter Olympic Games. CO2 , is not new when it comes to ice-making. However, it has been gradually replaced by the man-made refrigerant, like Freon.
With increasing attention toward climate change, the old refrigerant has come into use again. As an element of the atmosphere, CO2, doesn’t damage the ozone layer. Although CO2 is a greenhouse gas, its greenhouse effect is much lower than that of other synthetic refrigerants. The Winter Olympics venues adopted CO2 instead of Freon as a refrigerant in ice-making, which will reduce carbon dioxide emissions greatly.
”We believe these technological innovations will bring Beijing 2022 to spectators all over the world in a more impressive way.“ told Gao Bo from the Media Operations Department of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
1. What is the result of impurities in water for ice-making?| A．The water isn’t able to freeze completely. |
| B．The quality of the ice will be affected. |
| C．The ice surface will be more consistent. |
| D．It’s likely for athletes to fall on the ice. |
| A．It’s the most advanced technology for ice-making. |
| B．CO2 is more efficient than other refrigerants. |
| C．CO2 is more environmentally friendly than Freon. |
| D．CO2 has already existed in the atmosphere. |
| A．Unclear. | B．Opposed. | C．Doubtful. | D．Favorable. |
| A．The Beijing Winter Olympic Games Are Coming |
| B．Beneath Olympic Ice |
| C．The Use of Refrigerants in Olympic Games |
| D．The Structure of Ice |
It took place in a teacher’s family. One day, Ben was playing basketball in the living room after school, when he accidentally threw the ball at a vase sitting on the shelf. The vase dropped to the floor and a large piece broke off. What made Ben more upset was that the vase was not a common decoration but an antique (古董), which was handed down through generations from the 18th century. It was also his mother’s favourite possession. To cover his terrible action, the terrified boy glued the pieces together hurriedly and put the vase back to its place.
As the mother herself dusted the vase every day, she naturally noticed the cracks (裂纹) that evening. To her surprise, the repair work was actually very good. At dinner time, she asked her boy if he broke the vase. Fearing punishment, the suddenly inspired boy said that a neighbour’s cat jumped in from the window and he couldn’t drive it away no matter how hard he tried. It raced around the living room and finally knocked the vase off its shelf. His mother was quite clear that her son was lying, for all the windows were closed before she left for work each morning and opened after she returned. However, in the face of her son’s nervous eyes and the suspicious looks of the other family members, Ben’s mother remained calm. She realized she shouldn’t just simply blame and punish her son for lying. She came up with another idea.
Before going to bed, the boy found a note from his mother in his room, asking him to go to the study at once. The boy thought he would now be punished but, as he had already lied, he was determined to deny everything to the end, no matter how angry his mum became.
In the study, calmly bathed in the light, his mothers face showed no sign of anger. On seeing her son push open the door and cautiously enter, she took a chocolate box out of a drawer and gave him one.
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The mother said, “This chocolate is a reward for your imagination: a window-opening cat!”
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_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________4 . I devote myself to music because of my grandmother. My mum and I lived with my grandparents from the time I was two until I was eight. And even then, I was at their house before and after school every day while my mother was
Grandma loved music. It was she that first
Grandma played the piano and
Last month when I came home to visit grandma in the hospital, I brought along my guitar with me. She was in great pain, but the music seemed to
My grandma passed away two days ago. In my opinion, part of her will live on through every
| A．at home | B．at school | C．at work | D．in hospital |
| A．sent | B．inspired | C．remembered | D．introduced |
| A．debate | B．love | C．agreement | D．doubt |
| A．wave | B．sleep | C．dance | D．play |
| A．funny | B．balanced | C．good | D．interesting |
| A．forced | B．prepared | C．enabled | D．taught |
| A．hotel | B．apartment | C．neighbourhood | D．hospital |
| A．school | B．hospital | C．street | D．office |
| A．exactly | B．only | C．completely | D．seldom |
| A．comfort | B．spot | C．attract | D．terrify |
| A．joined | B．poured | C．mixed | D．combined |
| A．worthwhile | B．impressive | C．puzzling | D．unbelievable |
| A．energetic | B．calm | C．outspoken | D．pleased |
| A．refused | B．continued | C．expected | D．intended |
| A．song | B．poem | C．article | D．composition |
5 . Our culture is the system we use to build our identity. All living things are part of a culture. Even animals have a culture! So what is culture? It's the way we behave in a group. It begins with each individual family. Within our families we do things to build relationships with each other. This can include routines like daily housework and weekly shopping. It also includes traditions. Traditions are activities that are repeated on a regular basis.
Culture is not limited to individual family groups. The real strength of culture is in larger community groups. These larger groups are called societies. Every society makes rules for itself. It decides how people should act in different situations. Some of these rules are written down. Some are just things that are naturally expected of all members of that society.
Often, cultures can be recognized by what the people believe. Cultures are also known by what they choose to include in their art. Sometimes cultures may be formed by people who speak the same language. Cultures may also be known for their customs, including the foods they make and the things they do.
Our cultures help us understand who we are and what we believe. There are very strong feelings connecting us to our own society. Two different cultures may disagree on something, especially if they both feel strongly about it. When that happens, war is a common result.
People are learning better ways to communicate with each other. The more we communicate, the more we appreciate the differences in cultures.
1. Where does the real strength of culture?| A．In arts. | B．In families. | C．In societies. | D．In languages. |
| A．Culture is the way we behave. | B．Culture doesn't exist in animals. |
| C．Cultures may not agree with each other. | D．Cultures help us understand ourselves. |
| A．By communicating. | B．By preparing to fight. |
| C．By building a wall. | D．By making friends. |
| A．What Is Culture? | B．What Is Society? | C．What Is Tradition? | D．What Is System |
6 . Madame Curie was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1867, when Poland was controlled by Russia. Her parents were teachers, and she learned at an early age the importance of education.
Her mother died when she was young, and when her father was caught because of teaching Polish, which had been made illegal under the Russian government, she had to get a job. Years later she went to Paris to study physics and math. After graduation, she started the research on magnetism (磁力学)．
For the research she wanted to do, she needed more space than her small lab. A friend introduced her to Pierre Curie, another young scientist, who had some extra room. Not only did Marie move her equipment into his lab, but also she and Pierre fell in love and got married. For the discovery of radium, Marie and Pierre won a Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903. Also for this work, she was given the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911.
During the first World War, Marie Curie knew that taking soldiers to a hospital when they needed operations was not always possible, so she designed the first moving Xray machine and traveled with it along the front lines during the war.
On July 4th, 1934, Marie Curie died in Paris, killed by one of her own experiments. She died of radiation poisoning. For her struggles, she received two Nobel Prizes—the first woman to win even one. Thanks to the knowledge she gained, thousands of lives have been saved.
Great knowledge, however, is often a twoedged sword. Without the work she did, we might not have many modern cancer treatments, or atomic clocks, or even the computers we use every day. But through her work with radioactivity she can also be considered as the mother of the atomic bomb.
1. Madame Curie’s father was arrested because ________．| A．he broke the law in Poland |
| B．he taught Russian in Poland |
| C．he taught Polish which was forbidden by Russia |
| D．he went to Russia without permission |
| A．went to hospitals to treat wounded soldiers |
| B．invented the earliest moving Xray machine |
| C．took a lot of soldiers to hospitals |
| D．traveled and made records of the wounded soldiers |
| A．named Pierre for a larger lab |
| B．struggled for the two Nobel Prizes all her life |
| C．did some experiments which were harmful to her health |
| D．devoted her life to making inventions that would help soldiers |
| A．could provide cancer treatments at that time |
| B．discovered something that had both advantages and disadvantages |
| C．changed people’s lifestyles through her inventions |
| D．could make atomic bombs that brought danger |
7 . A water-proof drone (无人机) is being used by Australian scientists to collect the highly-treasured snot (鼻涕) of migrating whales. The snot is rich with fresh DNA, viruses and bacteria, and is collected by a drone that hovers over the blowholes of humpback whales as they set off their annual journey along Australia’s east coast.
Vanessa Pirotta, a marine biologist at Macquarie University, says that snot indicates the health of the whale. She states, “It is the juicy biological mixture that you see as a humpback whale takes a breath when they surface from the water. It sounds like sounds of sharp breaths as a whale breathes, because, unlike sharks or other fish, they are mammals like humans and they have two openings for breathing on their back as well. So, as they take a breath, there are a lot of lung bacteria coming out from their lungs, which we can collect to provide a brief introduction of whale health.”
Australian researchers have attached a petri dish that is used in scientific tests to a drone which flies through the whale’s nasal mist (鼻腔喷出雾). Vanessa Pirotta added, “As a whale comes to take a breath, you can actually see it coming to the surface on really good weather days. That is the time—the drone lowers, and the petri dish is then opened and the drone is flown through the densest part of the whale snot, collecting the sample in the petri dish. Now once this happens the lid is shut and the drone is flown back to the research vessel and we collect the sample to later process it in the laboratory.”
The research could help to solve one of the mysteries of another magnificent creature of the deep sea—the southern right whale. Its numbers have recovered on Australia’s west coast since hunting was outlawed but its population on the eastern seaboard remains stubbornly low.
1. Which of the following statements about snot is true?| A．It helps to know about the health of the whale. |
| B．It always carries many deadly lung bacteria. |
| C．It can only be collected during annual migrations. |
| D．It is a biological mixture without DNA. |
| A．To lower the water-proof drone. |
| B．To identify the densest part of the snot. |
| C．To gather samples of the snot. |
| D．To process snot samples in the lab. |
| A．to sum up the entire passage |
| B．to introduce the endangered species |
| C．to show the application of research. |
| D．to show the population changes of whales |
| A．Snot Indicates the Health of Whales. |
| B．Snot Contains Many Lung Bacteria. |
| C．Drones Fly Through Snot of Whales |
| D．Drones Monitor Whale Health in Australia. |
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9 . My least favorite part was participating in sport meets, for I loved running by myself. When faced with running against fellow athletes, I was
The 800-meter event was approaching, meaning that I would
I stepped up to the line for the event. The starter raised his cap gun and
It was the last lap before the final straightaway. I supposed I had the possibility to win. So I widened my steps, speeding up my
My coach gave me a
| A．shocked | B．nervous | C．comfortable | D．brave |
| A．stadium | B．hospital | C．bathroom | D．station |
| A．delay | B．fail | C．escape | D．compete |
| A．ignore | B．increase | C．form | D．imagine |
| A．reporters | B．judges | C．runners | D．coaches |
| A．watch out | B．turn back | C．get away | D．warm up |
| A．smoothly | B．rapidly | C．calmly | D．patiently |
| A．returned | B．withdrew | C．screamed | D．fired |
| A．challenged | B．recalled | C．forgot | D．adapted |
| A．exact | B．great | C．practical | D．suitable |
| A．offered | B．pretended | C．regretted | D．managed |
| A．speech | B．mind | C．fight | D．pace |
| A．beat | B．pushed | C．dragged | D．followed |
| A．soft | B．cautious | C．firm | D．slight |
| A．excited | B．disappointed | C．relaxed | D．depressed |
The Girl No One Talked to
Last year there was a girl at our school who hardly anyone talked to. I think it was because she seldom showered, so she kind of smelled bad. Her name was Cindy Lindburg. I didn't know exactly where she lived, but it must have been somewhere in the neighborhood because we always got on the school bus at the same bus stop.
Cindy Lindburg didn't have many friends. She always came to the lunch room alone and left alone. On the bus, no one offered her a seat, and she never asked because she was sort of a shy person. She seemed like a nice girl—who had an odor problem.
One day, I was walking up to the bus stop and I saw Carl Littleton making fun of her. I couldn't hear what he was saying, but I saw the way he was laughing and rolling his eyes in his typical poking-fun-at-you way. I also saw how sad it made Cindy. Clutching her notebook to her chest like a shield, she stared at the ground and moved as far away from him as possible without leaving the bus stop entirely. As soon as I got close enough, I glared at Carl to make him stop laughing-even though I knew he probably wouldn't. He didn't. So I walked over and stood closer to Cindy so she wouldn't feel so bad. It was just one of those times when you knew someone needed someone to be a friend.
I didn't think she'd say anything, but she did. Her eyes peeked up from staring at the ground and as though she thought I'd be embarrassed if anyone heard her speak to me, she whispered, “Hi.”
“Hi,” I said. Then as loudly as I could, I said, “Don't pay any attention to Carl. His parents have been unsuccessful in teaching him some manners.” Seeing she had company, Carl left.
The comment didn't even rouse a smile out of Cindy.
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She looked up, studying my face to check if I was making fun of her.
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