Once upon a time, there lived a poor but cheerful shoemaker. He was so happy that he sang all day long. The children loved to stand around his window to listen to him.
Next door to the shoemaker lived a rich man. He used to sit up all night to count his gold. In the morning, he went to bed, but he could not sleep because of the sound of the shoemaker’s singing. One day, he thought of a way to stop the singing. He wrote a letter to the shoemaker inviting him over for a cup of tea.
The shoemaker came at once, and to his great surprise, the rich man gave him a bag of gold as a gift. The shoemaker took the bag and thanked the rich man. When he returned home, the shoemaker couldn’t wait to open the bag. He had never seen so much gold in his life! He sat down at his bench and began, carefully, to count it. The children watched through the window.
There was so much there that the shoemaker was afraid to let it out of his sight. So he took it to bed with him. But he could not sleep for worrying about it. So he got out of bed and went to hide it in the attic (阁楼), but he was not sure if that was a good place.
Very early in the morning, he got up and brought his gold down from the attic. He had decided to hide it up the chimney (烟囱) instead. But after breakfast, he thought it would be safer in the chicken house. So he hid it there. But he was still uneasy, and in a little while he dug a hole in the garden and buried his bag of gold in it.
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He was in no mood for singing and found it difficult to focus on his work.
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At last the shoemaker felt so unhappy that he took his bag of gold and ran next door to the rich man.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2 . My office is almost twenty kilometers from my residence. On my way back home, I
The boy selling peanuts is a thin,
One evening, as I was chewing peanuts, a certain bus
That evening I had the heart to offer five rupees to him so as to show my concern for the
The young peanuts
| A．stop | B．sleep | C．think | D．exercise |
| A．picks | B．drops | C．calls | D．greets |
| A．clever | B．humorous | C．cheerful | D．honest |
| A．With curiosity | B．By accident | C．At last | D．In return |
| A．forget | B．promise | C．hope | D．bother |
| A．generosity | B．assistance | C．tolerance | D．loyalty |
| A．repairman | B．designer | C．conductor | D．driver |
| A．chewing | B．receiving | C．smelling | D．finding |
| A．kind | B．strict | C．gentle | D．rude |
| A．shamelessly | B．thoughtfully | C．strangely | D．responsibly |
| A．pain | B．loss | C．disapproval | D．threat |
| A．leave | B．appear | C．pay | D．reply |
| A．divide | B．study | C．investigate | D．insist |
| A．seller | B．purchaser | C．producer | D．planter |
| A．refuse | B．accept | C．return | D．do |
Mrs. Murphy had been working as a cafeteria (自助餐厅) employee at Cypress Valley School for four years and there was no job in the whole world that she loved more than that. In fact, Mrs. Murphy liked to stay with these cute children. The woman’s face lit up every time she served lunch to the little children and saw their smiles.
One day after serving the kids food, Mrs. Murphy was talking to her co-worker when she noticed something strange. She saw a little girl at the far end of the cafeteria who finished only half of her lunch and filled the rest in a lunch box. “Is she not feeling well? Why didn’t she eat?” Mrs. Murphy was puzzled as the girl stood up and walked away.
The next day, when the girl came to the cafeteria, the same thing happened. She divided the food into two equal parts, placed one half in her lunch box, and ate only the other half. Mrs. Murphy became concerned when this continued for several days, so she decided to follow her one day.
She saw that the young girl went in the opposite direction of the school after class, which led to a deserted neighborhood. “Why would she go there after school?” The elderly woman wondered as she followed the girl, taking care not to be noticed.
After a couple of minutes, she noticed the girl was walking into an alley (胡同) where a small boy sat on the ground. The girl smiled and approached the boy. “Claire! I’m here!” The boy looked up at the girl and smiled warmly. “I’ve got some food for you, David!” She said, sitting on her knees and opening her backpack. The boy enjoyed the other half of meal. The fine scene was too wonderful to be ruined. And Mrs. Murphy firmly believed that she had to do something to help them.
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Just then, Mrs. Murphy approached them.
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Hearing this, Mrs. Murphy’s heart was full of sympathy (同情) for the two children.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________4 . This week was busier than usual, and I was in need of sleep or rest today. All I wanted to do was go home and enjoy a bowl of good hot soup. But when I saw my daughter’s car, I knew that it was Bryan’s night. Since his parents separated, I had tried to have my six-year-old grandson spend a few hours with me at least once a week. I had always tried to make it a special time for him. We did many interesting things. Bryan loved all these activities, and so did I.
But today I had to give up our evening. I knew how tired I was, so I just said, “Bryan, I’m sorry. Tonight I don’t feel like having fun or playing games. We’ll have our night together some other time.”
He said, “I like soup, Grandma.” I knew he actually meant “Please don’t send me away. Please let me stay”. And I saw the shadow in Bryan’s eyes. Something else was changing. Maybe he thought I wouldn’t want to have him come anymore — not tonight, not next week, not ever. Finally, I said OK. And his eyes lighted up. After I put the soup on the desk and turned on the TV, I fell asleep.
When I woke up, there was a coat over my legs, and the soup was gone. Bryan was on the floor, reading a coloring book and watching a television show at the same time. The poor boy must have been so bored! When he found I was awake, he ran over and gave me a big hug. “I love you, Grandma,” he said. “Haven’t we had a nice time together?” His big smile and happy eyes told me that this time he meant exactly what he was saying. That was the keyword—together. We had done nothing exciting or special. But we were together.
1. What can we know from paragraph 1?| A．Bryan’s grandmother was tired. |
| B．Bryan’s mom drank a bowl of soup. |
| C．Bryan came with his father that day. |
| D．Bryan played with his parents that day. |
| A．She was required to do so. |
| B．She was not good at saying no. |
| C．She wanted to play games with Bryan. |
| D．She didn’t want to leave Bryan disappointed. |
| A．sickness | B．selfishness | C．kindness | D．sadness |
| A．Young but loud. | B．Careful and loving. |
| C．Noisy but curious. | D．Brave and clever. |
5 . Many parents dream of their children growing up and seeing the world. But Edith Lemay, a
When her first child, Mia, was little, she
Fortunately, her daughter Mia is
Lemay wanted to
In March, Lemay, her husband and her four kids left Canada and
Now, they’re in Bali already having crossed Africa. They plan to
| A．teacher | B．mother | C．child | D．researcher |
| A．energy | B．money | C．time | D．patience |
| A．noticed | B．worried | C．thought | D．concluded |
| A．head | B．leg | C．taste | D．vision |
| A．blind | B．deaf | C．lame | D．clumsy |
| A．curable | B．fatal | C．genetic | D．irregular |
| A．treated | B．diagnosed | C．infected | D．operated |
| A．sympathetic | B．pessimistic | C．enthusiastic | D．realistic |
| A．make out of | B．make sense of | C．make use of | D．make up of |
| A．diseases | B．opportunities | C．challenges | D．surgeries |
| A．prepare | B．provide | C．present | D．praise |
| A．telling | B．awarding | C．teaching | D．showing |
| A．bury | B．fill | C．ruin | D．search |
| A．clicked | B．struck | C．collapsed | D．occurred |
| A．simple | B．real | C．virtual | D．complex |
| A．broke | B．ended | C．continued | D．started |
| A．landmark | B．country | C．destination | D．globe |
| A．since | B．after | C．before | D．until |
| A．force | B．work | C．lose | D．dug |
| A．see | B．make | C．hear | D．help |
6 . This weekend, thousands of motorcyclists are riding on the Black Hills for the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Fair. For many of them, an 8-year-old’s lemonade stand has become a popular stop.
Wyatt started the free lemonade stand last year as a way to raise some money to buy a Lego set. But on the first day, he not only made enough cash to get his toys, but he was able to donate $200 to St. Jude Children’s Hospital. “So now, 50 percent goes to college,” he explained. “30 percent goes to St. Jude and the rest goes to... last year it was Legos, this year it’s a dirt bike.”
This year, Wyatt’s lemonade stand went viral after someone posted about it on social media. “I’m still trying to figure out exactly what happened,” said his mother Robin Dennis. “This just blows my mind.”
So far, the post has been shared more than 60,000 times and encouraged hundreds of bikers from all over the U.S. to the Sturgis motorcycle rally. “He loves it,” said Robin. “He loves seeing the people. He loves waving to the people. Even if they don’t stop, they ride by and honk their horn. He makes many friends and becomes more confident.”
Whether he’s serving lemonade, posing for pictures, or sitting on a motorcycle, Wyatt has become something of a local celebrity. He’s raised enough to donate $4,500 to St. Jude this year and he has no plans to pump the brakes anytime soon.
“As long as he’s having fun doing it and it’s what he wants to do, we’ll be out here every year serving lemonade to everyone who’s here,” his mother said.
1. Why do people stop by a lemonade stand?| A．To advocate the annual fair. | B．To worship the local celebrity. |
| C．To support the little boy. | D．To make lemonade for the charity. |
| A．Relieved. | B．Moved. | C．Content. | D．Amazed. |
| A．Speed. | B．Stop. | C．Decline. | D．Expand. |
| A．Roses given, fragrance in hand. |
| B．Birds of a feature flock together. |
| C．A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. |
| D．Love shows more in action than in words. |
7 . When the fifth grade school year was almost over, all the girls made autograph (签名) books. As I signed my classmates’ books, I noticed their moms had written in them, too. “I couldn’t be prouder of you. Can’t wait to see how you like junior high!” “Congratulations! We love you and know you have a bright future!”
I asked my mother to sign mine, too. When she handed it back to me, I was anxious to see what she had written. This is what I found on the page:
When a thing is first begun,
Never leave it till it’s done.
Be the labor great or small.
Do it well or not at all.
That was it? I was frozen. It was an indication to me that, if I couldn’t be perfect, I wasn’t good enough. I held back my tears, left the page in but secretly hoped my classmates wouldn’t read it.
Do it well or not at all. For years, I battled perfectionism and never felt good enough for most of my life.
When my mother was in her eighties, I gave her a book to fill out so we could know more about her. It had questions at the top of each page and then blank space to respond. I secretly hoped she’d been working on it all along. Sadly, not long after, my mother passed away. When I sorted out her belongings, what I wanted more than anything was that book. What I found stopped me short. On page ten, the question was, “What’s the best advice you got from your parents?” Her response was what she had written in my autograph book. Even though I’d memorized it years ago, I read it at a slower pace now, seeing it in a new light.
It was written to her by her mother, and she was passing it down to her daughter in the same way. A gift from her to me. She was giving me treasured, valuable advice when all I was thinking about were words of praise. I understand it now.
1. In paragraph 1, the author found that words from other classmates’ moms ________.| A．contained reflection on life |
| B．expressed their thankfulness |
| C．showed pride in their children |
| D．featured a formal writing style |
| A．Disappointed. | B．Motivated. | C．Hopeful. | D．Anxious. |
| A．The author memorized the words from her mom. |
| B．The author was surprised to see the same words again. |
| C．The author found it easy to see the words clearly under the light. |
| D．The author began to have a new understanding of her mom’s words. |
| A．A vision of a perfect world. |
| B．Encouragement to do things well. |
| C．Her mom’s wisdom of loving yourself. |
| D．Her mom’s advice on living at a slow pace. |
It was a bright and sunny day. Daniel woke up and jumped out of bed, ready for a full day outside. He ran down the stairs and sat down at the kitchen table. His mom was making pancakes: Daniel’s favorite. She made pancakes every Saturday morning.
“What do you want to do today?” she asked Daniel.
“I think I’m going to go exploring in our backyard,” he told her. “It’s so nice outside!” Daniel quickly ate up his pancakes and rushed upstairs to get dressed. He put on a red T-shirt and jeans.
“Alright, Mom, I’ll be back later!”
“Don’t go too far!” she told him.
When he opened the door, Daniel felt a rush of warm air. He smiled at the sun. Perfect hiking weather, he thought. Daniel loved his backyard. There were plenty of tall trees. If he walked far enough, he would reach a lake. When it was really warm outside, he could walk in the water to cool off. The water was always cold.
The leaves were just beginning to grow on the trees after the cold winter. Daniel wandered for a bit. He picked up a long stick and used it to clear a way through the forest.
Suddenly, Daniel saw something in the distance that wasn’t a rock or a leaf. When he got closer, he knelt down to investigate. He found a small injured bird between the fallen leaves. He looked around and saw a bird’s nest sitting on a branch. He carefully climbed up the trunk of the tree with the nest to get a closer look. The nest was empty, and he didn’t see any birds around. Then, he ran back to his house.
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“Mom, I found a bird that’s hurt!” He told her as he ran through the door.
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_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________9 . One day, King Sisyphus of Corinth was trying to solve the city’s fresh water problem. He happened to look up and saw Zeus fly by. The king of gods was carrying a lovely river spirit (小精灵) in his arms.
“That Zeus,” sighed (叹气) King Sisyphus. “What a trouble-maker!”
Soon after, the river god Asopus flew by. “Sisyphus! Have you seen my daughter?” he asked.
“If you give my city a source of fresh water, I will tell you what I saw,” King Sisyphus shouted back. Immediately, a clear stream (水流) of fresh water appeared.
“Zeus took her that way,” the king pointed.
The king knew Zeus would be angry when he found out what he had done. But Corinth badly needed a source of fresh water. And finally, it had one.
Sure enough, Zeus was very angry. He told his brother Hades (the god of the underworld) to take Sisyphus to the underworld immediately!
“When they tell you I am dead, do not put a gold coin under my tongue,” King Sisyphus said quietly to his wife. As a good wife, she did exactly as the king had told her.
Because Sisyphus was an important person, Hades himself met him at the River Styx, the entrance to the underworld. Because no gold coin was placed under his tongue(舌头), the king arrived as a poor beggar.
“Where is your gold coin?” Hades asked. “How can you pay for a trip across the River Styx and arrive in the underworld?”
King Sisyphus hung his head in shame. “I had a terrible wife. She didn’t give me anything after I had died.”
“Go right back there and teach that woman some manners!” Hades raised his voice. He then sent Sisyphus back to Earth. The king became alive again.
Sisyphus and his wife laughed when he told her about the experience. But he never told it to anyone else. You never know when the gods are listening!
1. What was Sisyphus was doing when Zeus flew by with a river spirit?| A．Rebuilding Corinth. | B．Chatting with his wife. |
| C．Asking Asopus for help. | D．Looking for a source of water. |
| A．Zeus decided to destroy Corinth. | B．Zeus decided to end Sisyphus’ life. |
| C．Zeus decided to make Corinth drier. | D．Zeus decided to kill Sisyphus’ wife. |
| A．A good wife. | B．A golden boat. | C．Some money. | D．Some water. |
| A．Sisyphus lived happily with his wife. |
| B．Sisyphus taught his wife some manners. |
| C．Sisyphus was sent to the underworld again. |
| D．Sisyphus had to find a fresh water source again. |
10 . I joined a language exchange program online last year and had the chance to meet Lucy, a girl from England. We gradually became
Being a teenager could be challenging, but having someone like Lucy, who
From that day on, I tried to
Even though we are
| A．angry | B．strict | C．disappointed | D．familiar |
| A．strange | B．inspiring | C．lucky | D．wise |
| A．secretly | B．naturally | C．helplessly | D．doubtfully |
| A．supported | B．respected | C．judged | D．surveyed |
| A．adventure | B．struggle | C．suggestion | D．performance |
| A．protected | B．satisfied | C．trusted | D．influenced |
| A．search for | B．communicate with | C．turn down | D．depend on |
| A．forgetting | B．proving | C．explaining | D．managing |
| A．busier | B．smarter | C．weaker | D．safer |
| A．encourage | B．praise | C．contact | D．accept |
| A．stood for | B．kept away from | C．took after | D．lost track of |
| A．hope | B．tradition | C．choice | D．risk |
| A．instruction | B．absence | C．failure | D．comment |
| A．personality | B．confidence | C．creativity | D．connection |
| A．warned | B．cheated | C．separated | D．surprised |
