1 . Mark Twain was a great writer in America. He was also a funny man. There were many interesting stories about him.
In his city, a man didn’t like Mark Twain. On April Fool’s Day, the man wanted to play a joke on the great writer. A newspaper in New York said that Mark Twain died. All his friends around the country were sad when they read it. Then they decided to visit his home. When the friends got there, they found Mark Twain writing in front of his desk. They got a big surprise and thought the newspaper did a bad thing. But Mark Twain didn’t get angry. He smiled and said, “The report(报道)about my death is right. But the time is too early.”
1. The report about Mark Twain was on ______.| A．June 2nd | B．April 2nd | C．June 1st | D．April 1st |
| A．前往 | B．居住 | C．拜访 | D．悼念 |
| A．listening to the radio | B．reading |
| C．writing | D．watching TV |
| A．didn’t like that man | B．was a funny man |
| C．didn’t like the newspaper | D．knew he wouldn’t die |
2 . Xiao Ming gets up very late. He rides his bike to the school quickly. He doesn’t look at the traffic lights, so he hits a car. The driver takes him to the hospital right now. The doctor looks over Xiao Ming very carefully. Xiao Ming wants to go to the school but the doctor and the driver ask him to stay in bed.
“ Now my boy,“ says the doctor.“ Could you tell me your name, please?”
“ What are you going to do?” asks Xiao Ming.
“I’m going to tell your parents and your teacher. ”answers the doctor.
“But my parents know my name and my teacher knows my name, too.“ says Xiao Ming.
1. How does Xiao Ming go to school?| A．by bike | B．by car |
| C．by bus | D．on foot |
| A．His teacher | B．His parents |
| C．The driver | D．His students |
| A．Because he is very happy. |
| B．Because he doesn’t notice the traffic lights. |
| C．Because he doesn’t like going to school |
| D．Because he can’t see anything |
| A．He is very lovely. |
| B．He is very bad. |
| C．He is very lazy. |
| D．He is very good. |
3 . There was a pilot (飞行员) and four people in a small plane. Suddenly there was something wrong with the engine (发动机) while it was flying in the air. The smoke was everywhere in the plane. The pilot told the passengers there was only four parachutes( 降落伞). They all became worried and started to make excuses.
“I must go and mend the engine,” said the pilot, taking one of the parachutes. There was nothing he could do, so he jumped out of the plane.
The first person stood up, “I am a doctor,” he said. “I help people live longer and I save lives.” He also took a parachute and jumped out.
The second person said, “I must have a parachute. I am a very clever person. I have to go to a very important match. I know I will win the game because I was the cleverest person there.” He picked up a pack and jumped out.
Two men was left — an old businessman and a young mountain climber. By this time the plane was going down fast. The businessman said, “Young man, I am old but you are still young. You take the last parachute.” The young mountain climber smiled, “Don’t worry,” he said. “We can both jump to safety because there were two parachutes. Just now, the clever man jumped out with my backpack.”
1. All the people became worried because __________.| A．they couldn’t find the parachutes |
| B．they saw the pilot jumped out first |
| C．something was wrong with the plane and one of them might die |
| D．there was too much smoke and they couldn’t jump out the plane |
| A．a parachute | B．nothing |
| C．the backpack of the climber | D．two parachutes |
| A．the pilot | B．the clever man | C．the doctor | D．the businessman |
| A．the clever man | B．the businessman | C．the pilot | D．the doctor |
4 . Maryland’s stay-at-home COVID-19 order has been hard for Ann and Tom Schruben, self-employed workers who live in Kensington. Ann noticed that her husband got
When Ann
“Hold on — I have something in my shoe! I’m pretty sure it’s a foot.”
He
“Once he got his first laugh, it was so
The next day he woke up earlier and wrote his second
Tom felt
“It made my mood （情绪）better,” Tom said. “I don’t know why. I guess I feel like I’m contributing （增加）a little bit to other people’s
Tom also likes the habit of putting up the joke. “It gives me a reason to
Mana McNeill, 65, saw a joke as she walked through the neighborhood. “I
“Everyone is worried during this special time,” Tom said. “It would be a good idea to take people’s mind off their
| A．proud | B．careless | C．interested | D．angry |
| A．lucky | B．cheerful | C．successful | D．healthy |
| A．believed | B．agreed | C．heard | D．proved |
| A．same | B．real | C．only | D．next |
| A．shoebox | B．postcard | C．whiteboard | D．notebook |
| A．set | B．found | C．hid | D．cleaned |
| A．ask | B．understand | C．show | D．see |
| A．noise | B．laugh | C．story | D．cry |
| A．satisfying | B．simple | C．silly | D．dangerous |
| A．plan | B．job | C．joke | D．question |
| A．Instead | B．Soon | C．Suddenly | D．Surprisingly |
| A．wrote | B．remembered | C．knew | D．loved |
| A．fantastic | B．safe | C．free | D．ready |
| A．read | B．explained | C．accepted | D．posted |
| A．wealth | B．politeness | C．happiness | D．patience |
| A．show off | B．go away | C．give up | D．get out |
| A．purpose | B．information | C．help | D．time |
| A．stopped | B．refused | C．tried | D．forgot |
| A．advice | B．fun | C．news | D．experience |
| A．illnesses | B．failures | C．troubles | D．injuries |
5 . In America, men and women are allowed to learn to drive at the age of 16. It’s a turning point in any young person’s life. Being able to drive offers newfound freedom. It can also provide independence. So 16-year-oldAllan Gieger III was especially pleased when his mother and father bought a car for him when he passed his driving test.
His parents had intended him to use the car to drive to school and to work once he found a job. They thought it would give Allan a good start in life. Sadly, Allan did not see it quite the same way as his parents. He could not wait to pick up his friends and drive around the neighbourhood showing off his good luck. His parents felt that he let them down. They tried to speak to him about it, but the 16-year-old chose to ignore(不理会) their protests.
So not long after Allan received the car he was very surprised to see that its picture appeared on a website that sold cars. Next to the photo was the following message: “I have put my son’s car up for sale. I bought it for him as his first car. He thinks it’s cool to drive around with his friends. I don’t think he shows my wife and me enough respect(尊重). My son chose to throw all that away because he’d rather his friends had a stronger influence over him than me.”
Allan could hardly believe what he saw or read. It was reported that his father was able to sell the car within two hours. Now, Allan is carless. The father also received a number of phone calls from other parents congratulating him on what he had done. Allan was very upset at first, but when he saw how many phone calls his father received from other parents he began to consider his own actions.
1. Why was Allan happy?| A．He was given a car by his parents. |
| B．He got a great score in an exam. |
| C．He entered his dream school. |
| D．He was allowed to attend the driving test. |
| A．They were interested. | B．They were satisfied. |
| C．They felt unhappy. | D．They felt helpless. |
| A．He didn’t care about his car. |
| B．He didn’t respect his parents. |
| C．He had a cooler head than his friends. |
| D．He liked his parents more than his friends. |
| A．He was congratulated by his friends. |
| B．He asked his friends’ parents for help. |
| C．He experienced annoying phone calls. |
| D．He started to think about his behaviour. |
6 . Christian Larsen asked his mother, Lindsay, to throw him a ninth birthday party so he could invite all of his friends. Finally, she gave in, sending out invitations— and waiting. But only one person responded. Christian, who attends Hillsdale Elementary in Meridian, Idaho, has autism (自闭症).
On May 31, Lindsay posted on Facebook about not having responses, and her friend Blythe Ben-David stepped in to make a birthday miracle (奇迹) happen.
Ben-David wanted to attend the party, but she lives in South Texas, far from the Larsen family. So she reached out to Dan Holtry, a family friend and the football coach at Nampa High School in Idaho.
“He has always been a caring man with a big heart,” Ben-David said. “I knew if anyone could help it would be Dan.” When Ben-David asked Holtry whether he could help, he agreed and went“above and beyond.”
“My players were also willing to celebrate with Christian,” Holtry said. “Within seconds of a sent text, they were 100% in.”
When Christian’s party was held on June 4, a few classmates, some children with their parents from the neighborhood and some family friends showed up. Christian was running around and having a good time when the surprise guests arrived. Holtry and his players showed up.
“It was amazing to see how they all came together,” Lindsay wrote in an email. “Christian often plays alone, but with the players there helping organize games, he became part of the action that day. He was playing alongside his peers (同龄人), as well as the football players.”
Holtry and his players stayed until the very end, playing with the children and singing happy birthday.
“He talked about the party for days,” Lindsay said. “He didn’t question why the players were there, he just loved it. He has said many times that it was the best birthday ever!”
1. Who failed to attend the birthday party?| A．Dan Holtry. | B．Blythe Ben-David. |
| C．Lindsay’s neighbors. | D．Christian’s classmates. |
| A．Polite and confident. | B．Strict and strong-willed. |
| C．Humorous and easy-going. | D．Warm-hearted and helpful. |
| A．He felt included on June 4. |
| B．He was shy with strangers. |
| C．He liked to watch other kids playing games. |
| D．He fell in love with football on his birthday. |
| A．Miracle happens to high school footballers |
| B．Amazing party is organized by a football team |
| C．Surprise guests turn up for autistic boy’s birthday |
| D．Artist creates special invitation to boy’s birthday party |
7 . What are we celebrating today? I asked the above question at the beginning of every one of my classes, whether I was teaching kids or adults. Sometimes I asked it a little differently, as in, “Who has good news?” or “Who has something good to say?” However I asked it, it always meant the same thing. It was a call for celebrating life, for focusing on what’s right and what’s good.
This was something that started by accident in the 1970 school year and continued until I stopped classroom teaching in 2001—thirty years of celebrating! Believe it or not, it started as the result of two things that are not so popular among kids: daily news and homework.
When I was teaching courses in history and government in high school, I would always ask students to read the latest news every night. After a few weeks, one student came to me and said, “Dr. Urban, did you notice that most of the news was bad news?” And he was right. Then we had a long class discussion about this, and finally we all agreed on one thing: We needed to receive more good news.
So the next day at the beginning of class I asked, “What are we celebrating today? Who has good news? Who has something good to say?” Later, I suggested that we should also include good things in our own lives.
They thought it was a great way to start class, and it developed into something that had a profound and lasting impact on both my students and me. Over the years of doing this, we heard just about every bit of good news possible. Some were small things, some were huge things. But the most important was that my students learned to look for the good in everyday life. They looked for it, they found it, and they celebrated it by sharing it with others.
1. What do we know about the author from the passage?| A．He was a primary school teacher. |
| B．He always asked his students to do some news writing. |
| C．He had been teaching for more than three decades. |
| D．He used to work in the government. |
| A．It started from an accident which happened 30 years ago. |
| B．It started because students wanted to receive some good news. |
| C．It started to make me popular among kids. |
| D．It started when I wanted my students to read more news. |
| A．To celebrate a special day |
| B．To check students’ homework |
| C．To learn about students’ life |
| D．To focus on good things in life |
| A．It’s great to focus on the good things in life. |
| B．The world used to be filled with bad news. |
| C．The teacher liked to celebrate his first class each year. |
| D．Only big and important things can be celebrated. |
8 . I had an opportunity to teach at a five-star hotel in Nevis, a small island in the Caribbean Sea. After that, my friend Clayton and I flew into Panama City for a surfing outing at a surfing camp in the bay of Chiriqui, whose tourism is booming. To get there, we had to take my tennis bags on and off several buses and boats. After eight hours of travel we finally arrived. The camp was perfect, and the accommodations were not bad. We had an unbelievable week there!
On our return trip, when we got to the bus station, we learned that our bus had been delayed for 2. 5 hours. The sun was beating down on us.
As we walked over to the shaded area, a couple of kids started throwing rocks at me. I opened a can of tennis balls. They stopped and took an interest in the balls. I had a special racket (球拍) with me. I had the strings cut out and replaced them with a net, which is prefect for hotel teaching. I got them to throw the balls into the net. They seemed to enjoy that. Then an older boy got interested, to whom I gave another racket to hit the ball into the net of the catching racket. I showed him how to position and hold the racket. Soon, their bus arrived, and they were on their way.
But families from across the street came over and wanted their 10-minute tennis lesson，too. The other passengers waiting for the bus each got a lesson. Eventually, restaurant workers next door and the bus terminal clerk invited me to give them a lesson, too. They learnt well and were having a great time. And so was I. In what seemed like no time, our bus arrived. Satisfied with what I did, I changed my shirt, and made it back to Panama City.
1. Which can describe the bay of Chiriqui?| A．It develops depending on tourism. |
| B．It is famous for its tennis camps. |
| C．It offers cheap accommodations. |
| D．It is far away from Panama City. |
| A．To attract children. | B．To catch the rocks. |
| C．To help him to teach. | D．To hit the balls back. |
| A．Waiting for the bus. | B．Learning to play tennis. |
| C．Fighting for the shaded area. | D．Playing games with each other. |
| A．Embarrassed. | B．Confident. | C．Amazed. | D．Proud. |
9 . I am a middle school student. I have a lot of classes and homework every day. I have a bad memory and I often forget(忘记)my family’s birthdays. But I don’t forget my mum’s birthday today. I want to buy her a present.
There is a big store near my school. It sells many things. From the store, you can buy food, clothes, shoes and some other daily things. So, I go to the store and want to choose a present for my mum. I want to buy a beautiful skirt, but I don’t have enough money(钱). At last, I go to a flower shop and buy a rose.
After I get home, I give the rose to my mum and say, “Happy birthday, dear mum. It is 14 October today. I don’t forget your birthday.”
My mum is very happy and she says, “Thank you, my son. But my birthday is tomorrow.”
1. What does the underlined(画线的) word “memory” mean?| A．品德 | B．脾气 | C．记性 | D．兴趣 |
| A．Because he doesn't like his family. | B．Because he has many classes. |
| C．Because he has a bad memory. | D．Because he has much homework. |
| A．Cake. | B．A skirt. | C．Shoes. | D．Food. |
| A．A skirt. | B．A shirt. | C．A cake. | D．A flower. |
| A．15 October | B．14 October | C．13 October | D．16 October |
10 . It was a beautiful sunny day in a small village in Africa. I was playing with the children outside. A little boy, about 7 years old, gestured to me to follow him. He had s shy smile on his small face and said something to me.
“You want me to go to your home?” I asked. He nodded. So we went hand in hand to his home.
We went to the place where the cabbages were growing. “Piga picha” he said… “Take a picture.” Then, I took a photo and showed him the photo on the camera, and he nodded.
We walked closer to the house and the little boy stood by the coffee tree. There his younger brother was picking coffee berries. “Piga picha,” he said again. I took a picture quickly for his younger brother.
He then pulled me by the hand to his mother’s grave around the back of the house. “Mama Sue,” he said almost in tears, “Piga picha.” It was my turn to nod. I silently obeyed his simple request. “Piga picha.”
A picture of a little boy at his mother’s grave! That reminded me: 40 years ago, when I was 7 years old, I was also standing at my own mother’s grave.
What a day!
1. What did the little boy really want the writer to do?| A．To play with him. | B．To go to his home. |
| C．To see his shy smile. | D．To visit the small village. |
| A．take a photo | B．grow cabbages | C．pick coffee berries | D．look at the camera |
| A．Anxious. | B．Worried. | C．Happy. | D．Sad. |
| A．Mother’s Love | B．Taking Photos |
| C．An Unforgettable Day | D．A Small African village |
