1 . Sixteen years ago, a boy gave me an important gift. It was a smile.

It was the early autumn of my first year at a middle school, and my old school was far away. As a result, no one knew who I was. I was very lonely and afraid to speak to anyone. Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing, I felt my heart broken. I couldn’t talk with anyone about my problems.

Then one day, when my classmates were talking happily with their friends, I was sitting at my desk unhappily. At that moment a boy came into the classroom. I didn’t know who he was. He passed by me and then turned back. He looked at me with a smile. Suddenly, I felt something bright and friendly. It made me feel happy and warm. That smile changed my life. I started to talk with other students and make friends. Day by day, I became closer to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now.

One day I asked him why he smiled, but he couldn’t remember doing so! It doesn’t matter because all the dark days have gone. I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think it is cloudy, you might always be alone. So smile at the world and it will smile back.

1. When did the writer get the gift?

A．At the age of 16.

B．After making friends with the boy.

C．In the first year at a middle school.

D．After becoming closer to everyone in the class.

2. How did the writer feel when he first came to the new school?

A．Excited.

B．Lonely.

C．Happy.

D．Worried.

3. What did the writer get from a boy one day?

A．A book.

B．A smile.

C．A letter.

D．A card.

4. How did the writer change after getting the special gift?

A．He started to make friends.

B．He became the best student in class.

C．He started to fight with his classmates.

D．He was more interested in his lessons.

2 . The summer holiday is coming. Here are four fun courses for you.

Focus on Landscapes

This course is for students who know much about watercolours, but are having difficulty with some skills. We will discuss choice of materials, colour mixing and other areas that may be raised.

The day will start with a demonstration (示范), followed by a chance to paint outdoors. After a light lunch in the studio, there will be more practices.

Time: 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m.

Find Your Voice

You may feel you can’t sing or you may be a good singer who wants to develop singing skills. You will be shown how to sing correctly and how to project your voice. You may attend this course more than once and each time you will have a wonderful experience. Everyone can sing and it’s great fun.

Time: 1 p.m.-3 p.m.

Drawing for Fun

You will learn some basic skills using soft pencils. These and different types of paper are provided. Just bring yourself and have a try. This is a start-up day so people who have already attended courses should not sign up for it.

Time: 2 p.m.-5.p.m.

The Music Takeaway

Get some friends, family or coworkers together for your own music course in a place of your choice, which could be your front room, basement or workplace. We send two guitar teachers to lead a one-day course for you in the kind of music you prefer, such as rock, funk or blues.

Time: 2:30 p.m.-9 p.m.

1. Focus on Landscape is mainly for students who likes ______.

A．singing

B．cooking

C．sports

D．painting

2. Which course lasts shortest time?

A． Find Your Voice.	B．Drawing for Fun.
C．Focus on Landscape.	D．The Music Takeaway.

3. In the course Drawing for Fun, students ______.

A．must be good at using soft pencils	B．don’t need to bring paper and pencils
C．should have taken the course before	D．must take their own lunch with them

3 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Much has been written about the wonders of the World Wide Web. There are countless articles,    1     tell us how the Internet has made our life more convenient. We no longer have to wait in line or carry cash around when we go    2    (shop). We can    3     (download) software, documents, and images whenever we need them. But the Internet has done much more for people than simply make life more    4     (convenience). People’s lives    5     (change) by online communities and social networks.

Jan Tchamani,     6    English teacher in Birmingham, UK, suddenly     7     (develop) a serious illness and had to quit her job. At age 50, she found herself out of work and stuck at home with only her computer to keep     8     (she) company. After a while, she discovered that surfing the Internet could help her feel less lonely and bored. She could listen to music, watch films, play games, and explore the world. She also joined an online group where she could talk about her problems and get support and advice from     9     (surf) the Internet. She realized that one of the greatest     10     (benefit) of the Internet was its ability to remove the distance that actually exists between people.

5 . Chopsticks

When were chopsticks invented?

In fact, before the invention of chopsticks, Chinese ancestors (祖先) actually used hands to eat, but how did they eat soup and porridge (粥)?     1     Chinese started to use chopsticks about 3,000 years ago in the Shang Dynasty.

Who invented chopsticks?

The records of using chopsticks have been found in many written books but have no exact evidence. However, many stories are about the invention of chopsticks. One says that Jiang Ziya, an ancient wise man, created chopsticks.     2     But there is no exact historical record about the invention. We can only say that smart ancient Chinese invented chopsticks.

How to use Chinese chopsticks?

    3     You can do it if you practice it for some time, even if you are a foreigner. The key to managing chopsticks is keeping one chopstick in position while moving the other to pick up food. Remember to practice with patience.

    4    

Chopsticks are usually held in the right hand, and left-handed chopstick use is considered as improper in China. Playing with chopsticks is thought to be impolite. It is considered to be polite and thoughtful to pick up food for the elderly and children.

A chopsticks-themed museum in Shanghai.

If you are truly interested in chopsticks, you can pay a visit to the Shanghai Chopsticks Museum. The museum gathered more than 2,000 pairs of chopsticks from China, Korea, Japan and Thailand.     5    

A．Chopsticks manners in China.

B．Which hand holds chopsticks?

C．They had to use sticks to eat them.

D．There also go around some other stories.

E．The oldest pair of chopsticks was from the Tang Dynasty.

F．Using two slim sticks to pick up food is actually not difficult.

G．Chopsticks were introduced to many other countries because of their lightness.

6 . The Eiffel Tower is very famous in France. It is visited by 7 million visitors a year. The Eiffel Tower was designed by Gustave Eiffel in the late 19th century. On Monday, March 31st, 2019 , it turned 130.

The look of the Eiffel Tower is greatly loved by people today, but things were different when the design was first shown to the public. Many French artists thought that the design was ugly. However, Eiffel did not change a thing. He believed that once it was completed, people in Paris and visitors around the world would love the tower. He was certainly right.

The tower became popular with the public as soon as it opened on March 31st, 1889, two years after the construction began. Over 3,000 people came to look at this new tower and even made the effort to climb the 1,710 stairs to the top. The 984-foot-tall Chrysler Building in New York City beat it.

Today, the tower houses a number of restaurants on its first and second levels. The third level has been turned into a vast platform (平台). From there visitors can see the entire city of Paris.While visitors are allowed to take the stairs to the first two levels, the platform can only be got to by taking the elevators.

To ensure that the “Iron Lady” always looks good, the tower is cleaned and repainted every eight years. It’s an effort that takes a team of 25 workers, an entire year. If you travel to Paris one day,don’t miss it, the excellent achievement.

1. When Gustave Eiffel first showed his design to the public,______ .

A．the public celebrated the birth of it

B．many French artists disliked the design

C．the public thought it would be a popular tower

D．many French artists decided to change the design

2. When did the construction of the Eiffel Tower start?

A．In 1887.

B．In 1888.

C．In 1889.

D．In 1890.

3. The writer mainly wants to tell us about Eiffel Tower’s ______ .

A．130th celebration	B．popularity
C．brief history	D．designer

8 . My teacher held up a piece of broken glass and asked, “Who broke this window?”

Thirty boys tried to think about not only what they had done, but also what the teacher might have found out. She seldom became angry, but she was this time.

“Oh,” I thought. I was the one who broke the window. It was caused by a naughty throw of a baseball. If I admitted guilt, I would be in a lot of trouble. How would I be able to pay for a big window like that? I didn’t even get an allowance. “My father is going to have a fit as a result of it,” I thought. I didn’t want to raise my hand, but some force much stronger than I was pulled it skyward (朝向天空). I told the truth, “I did it.” It was hard enough to say what I had done.

My teacher took down a book from one of our library shelves and I had never known my teacher to strike a student, but I feared she was going to start with me.

“I know how much you like birds,” she said as she stood looking down at my guilt-ridden face. “Here is the field guide about birds that you are constantly checking out. It is yours now. It’s time we got a new one for the school anyway. You will not be punished, but remember that I am not rewarding you for your misdeed (恶行), but I am rewarding you for your truthfulness.”

I couldn’t believe it! I wasn’t being punished and I was getting my own bird field guide — the very one that I had been saving up money to buy.

The lesson my teacher taught me stays with me every day, and it will echo forever.

1. From the story, we can learn that the boy             .

A．didn’t break the window on purpose

B．lacked the courage to admit his guilt

C．tried to think about what he had done

D．didn’t know what the teacher had found out

2. If the boy admitted guilt, he thought he would NOT           .

A．be punished by the teacher

B．make his father angry

C．pay for the broken window

D．get a bird field guide

3. Which of the following best describes the changes in the boy’s feelings?

A．Afraid—Surprised—Thankful.

B．Frightened—Amazed—Proud.

C．Regretful—Guilty—Excited.

D．Nervous—Afraid—Satisfied.

4. What is the lesson the boy’s teacher taught him?

A．Every coin has two sides.

B．Honesty is always valued.

C．Bad luck never comes alone.

D．You can’t be too careful.

9 . It was a dark day, one of depression, sorrow and anger. As I climbed out of the _____, after witnessing my time in the 100 yard freestyle, I did not feel like speaking to anyone. I saw the bright smiles of swimmers who had just _____ a best time. _____ , I had failed. Or at least that is what I thought at the time.

I was lying on my cool bed when an idea _____ my head. Success is the _____ to go from failure to failure without _____ your enthusiasm. At practice the next day, I told my swimming teammates about my goal time and they all either laughed or replied with a _____ similar response like, “You can’t do it” or “Probably not”. Believe it or not, these are the responses that made my goal _____.

Finally came the day when I had to _____ to myself and others that with ______ there is no limit to your achievements.

With the starting gun ______, I dove with perfect form into the pool. I felt the cool water running ______ my back. I swam like a fish, bouncing off each ______ at the wall as if it was a spring board. On the ______ turn, I came back to the wall with every piece of strength I had. I ______ the final wall with my fingertips and knew that I had swum the ______ race.

I had done it! I had achieved my best time! Joy filled my ______ like water does a cup. I saw the ______ on all of my friends’ faces as I ______ out of the pool: their jaws dropped to the ground. I began to laugh and gave them thumbs up.

I have ______ in life that having belief in yourself opens all gates. Never forget that anything the mind can conceive and believe can achieve.

1.

A．pond

B．sea

C．pool

D．bed

2.

A．made

B．achieved

C．reached

D．realized

3.

A．Otherwise

B．However

C．Besides

D．In addition

4.

A．occurred

B．broke

C．stuck

D．hit

5.

A．opportunity

B．action

C．cause

D．ability

6.

A．keeping

B．losing

C．reducing

D．decreasing

7.

A．somehow

B．somewhat

C．anyhow

D．anywhere

8.

A．magical

B．reasonable

C．confident

D．achievable

9.

A．promise

B．provide

C．present

D．prove

10.

A．consideration

B．impression

C．belief

D．desire

11.

A．setting out

B．going off

C．breaking out

D．getting off

12.

A．through

B．above

C．across

D．to

13.

A．turn

B．jump

C．struggle

D．shoot

14.

A．next

B．previous

C．very

D．last

15.

A．pushed

B．reached

C．got

D．touched

16.

A．whole

B．perfect

C．first

D．best

17.

A．heart

B．head

C．mind

D．face

18.

A．expressions

B．emotions

C．feelings

D．responses

19.

A．ran

B．climbed

C．stood

D．jumped

20.

A．gained

B．dreamed

C．learned

D．remembered

10 . The cost of living in countries like the US, Britain, Australia or France has skyrocketed in recent years. However, if you’re willing to leave your country and explore life in other areas, there are many countries boasting an extremely cheap and low cost of living. Check out the following countries when planning your next move.

Ecuador

Ecuador is similar to the United States in many ways, and as a result has become a popular American getaway. They even use the US Dollar for their currency. In this country, it’s cheaper to eat out every day than cook for yourself on a budget in the US. You can even buy a building for around $ 50, 000 and hire someone to look after it while you’re away.

Mexico

Although the country is known for its poverty ridden streets, there $are many wealthier areas that provide every facility you might need. You can live off a mere $ 700 to $ 800 a month in Mexico, and this includes rent for a nice place, facilities, food, and any sightseeing.

Argentina

Argentina has been a popular tourist destination for many years. It has great restaurants, a rich history, and many places to explore. Not to mention, it’s not very expensive to live here. A decent sized home can cost around $ 139, 000, which is relatively cheap in relation to homes in the United States.

Vietnam

Vietnam has also become a popular tourist destination in recent years. There are many million-dollar luxury homes by the beach, but you can find a modest flat or a small home for around $ 25,000 to $ 50,000 if you search in the right areas.

1. In which country is the US Dollar used for its currency?

A．Argentina.	B．Mexico.
C．Ecuador.	D．Vietnam.

2. How much does it cost to live in Mexico for a year?

A．About $ 7,000.	B．About $ 8,000.
C．About $ 8,800.	D．About $ 12,000.

3. What do Argentina and Vietnam have in common?

A．They have great restaurants.

B．The cost of living is expensive.

C．The middle-sized homes cost around $ 139,000.

D．Tourists enjoy travelling in the two countries.