1 . An old man lived in a nice village with a large garden. People often saw him looking after his
“Me? But you don’t know me.”
“Yeah, it’s true that I don’t know you. I
“I believe every flower has eyes with which they can see the
| A．kids | B．flowers | C．trees | D．chickens |
| A．displeased | B．troubled | C．attracted | D．confused |
| A．deaf | B．injured | C．crazy | D．blind |
| A．with anger | B．with pride | C．in surprise | D．in play |
| A．smiled | B．cried | C．shouted | D．sighed |
| A．cleaner | B．gardener | C．painter | D．director |
| A．display | B．sell | C．touch | D．order |
| A．danger | B．strength | C．sadness | D．sweetness |
| A．know | B．request | C．contact | D．doubt |
| A．question | B．idea | C．emotion | D．habit |
| A．hide | B．enjoy | C．improve | D．exchange |
| A．peace | B．glory | C．loneliness | D．kindness |
| A．grows | B．researches | C．picks | D．shares |
| A．previously | B．secretly | C．curiously | D．surely |
| A．beautiful | B．old | C．typical | D．strange |
All over the world there are people who have achieved great things. Yet many of these people have done so with one
From the time he was four years old, Jim worked at overcoming this challenge. He practised quickly
Jim made up his mind
1. How old is Vivi?
| A．6. | B．11. | C．18. |
| A．Because she was too young to play. |
| B．Because the equipment didn’t fit her. |
| C．Because she was laughed at by other kids. |
| A．Her strength. | B．Her age. | C．Her shape. |
| A．Swimmers. | B．Students. | C．Teachers. |
4 . Lots of kids like to talk about sports, but Joseph D’Avirro talks about sports like a professional host in a show called Sliders & Curveballs. The 9-year-old from Newington, Connecticut is a natural at sports talk and has been broadcasting the show—which is about baseball, basketball and other sports—with his dad, Mike D’Avirro, since September 2019.
The D’Avirro started the broadcast after two former college roommates of Mike died, which made Mike want to spend more time with his son. Then the idea came to him. So far, they have done about 50 programs. Joseph’s favorite is when the father-and-son team interviewed Jim Calhoun, the coach leading the Connecticut Huskies to three national titles. They have also interviewed important sports authors.
The father and son make about one 30- to 40-minute podcast each month. They prepare for the podcasts by deciding on the questions they want to ask the guest. Joseph asks half of the questions, and Mike handles the other half. Joseph reads his questions again and again to get them in his brain well. It is a lot of work, but Joseph says it is “a lot more fun than homework”. Joseph has also learned to speak up and speak clearly. He has to listen and to go with the flow of the conversation. For example, he said, “If the guest is talking about sports in the 1990s, you have to think about sports in the 1990s.”
When asked how long he and his dad will continue doing the show, he answered, “Until my dad starts growing gray hairs.” Joseph has other ambitions when he grows up—to be a sports player, a sports broadcaster or to own a basketball team. Those are big dreams, but Joseph is already living a dream: talking sports and spending time with his dad.
1. What is Joseph’s show about?| A．Some talk shows on sports. |
| B．Ways to get along with parents. |
| C．Stories about famous sports players. |
| D．Sports that his family loves playing. |
| A．His son’s talent for sports. |
| B．His wish to be a host since college. |
| C．The deaths of his college roommates. |
| D．The encouragement from his roommates. |
| A．It’s as boring as homework. |
| B．It’s challenging to his brain. |
| C．It takes a lot of time but means a lot. |
| D．It’s more interesting than homework. |
| A．A rising sports broadcaster |
| B．A long road to go to success |
| C．The father-and-son team hosts |
| D．Joseph D’Avirro’s big dream |
5 . Once upon a time a little leaf was heard to sigh and cry, as leaves often do when a gentle wind is about.
And the twig (细枝) said, “What is the matter, little leaf?”
And the leaf said, “The wind just told me that one day it would pull me off and throw me down to lie on the ground!”
The twig told it to the branch on which it grew, and the branch told it to the tree. And when the tree heard it, it rustled all over, and sent back word to the leaf, “Do not be afraid; hold on tightly, and you shall not go till you want to.”
And so the leaf stopped sighing, but went on nestling and singing. Every time the tree shook itself and stirred up all its leaves, the branches shook themselves, and the little twig shook itself, and the little leaf danced up and down merrily, as if nothing could ever pull it off.
And so it grew all summer long until October.
And when the bright days of autumn came, the little leaf saw all the leaves around becoming very beautiful. Some were yellow, and some scarlet, and some mixed with both colors.
Then it asked the tree what it meant. And the tree said, “All these leaves are getting ready to fly away, and they have put on these beautiful colors because of joy.”
Then the little leaf began to want to go, and grew very beautiful in thinking of it, and when it was very bright, it saw that the branches of the tree had no color in them, and so the leaf said, “Oh branches, why are you lead color and we golden?”
“We must keep on our work clothes, for our life is not done; but your clothes are for holiday...”
Just then a little puff of wind came, and the leaf let go without thinking of it, and the wind took it up, and turned it over and over, and whirled it like a spark of fire in the air, and then it fell gently down under the fence among hundreds of other leaves, and began to dream — a dream so beautiful that perhaps it will last forever.
1. Why was the little leaf anxious?| A．It would lose the twig soon. | B．It would be blown off by the wind. |
| C．It couldn’t nestle on the tree. | D．It would fly away from the tree. |
| A．The tree taught the leaf to be merry. | B．The branches are the nest of the leaf. |
| C．The tree was strong to fight against the wind. | D．The little leaf conquered its fear and anxiety. |
| A．The leaf was changing its color for holiday. | B．The branches were of tired of the leaf. |
| C．The leaf was on the way to falling off. | D．The branches were jealous of the leaf. |
| A．Every dark cloud has a silver lining. | B．Everything on earth goes with the law of nature. |
| C．The grass is always greener on the other side. | D．Life is of high value but freedom is more precious. |
6 . A lonely elderly man has left people feeling moved after he wrote his neighbour a thank you letter for changing his life.
The letter reads, “Good afternoon. This letter is regarding your vocation two weeks ago and how you let me take care of your dogs. I’d just like to give you a letter of thanks. As you know, I’m a lonely old man without a wife or a kid. To add to that, two years ago, my dad died of cancer. After his death, I was left alone in my home. You don’t see me outside often anymore. Every day was spent just sitting around and wondering what I have done for this world until I met Smokey, Oreo and Jennifer. Your pets are the cutest, funniest and most troublesome (in a good way, don’t worry) individuals. They gave me the motivation to restart my life again. I started waking up early in the mornings. I began to take walks outside with your pets for the first time in years. Whenever I felt sad, they would bark or rub against my leg and make me laugh. The highlight of their stay was when I took them to the park. It was the longest time I’ve spent outside in a while. It didn’t just bring back pet interaction; I also met other people, started talking and made some friends. I was so happy to finally be able to interact with others again, and feel like I’m part of the human race. Anyway, thank you so much. You brought back meaning to my life. That’s all that matters.”
Many Reddit users felt emotional reading the letter and shared their responses online. One commented, “We all get busy with our lives and don’t realize the power a small act of kindness can do.”
1. How was the old man’s life before he met the dogs?| A．Busy. | B．Tiring. | C．Meaningful. | D．Lifeless. |
| A．Not getting up late. | B．Living a regular life. |
| C．Starting to stay up. | D．Loving to stay with animals. |
| A．It’s wise to lead a busy life. |
| B．Humans should live in peace with animals. |
| C．We should interact with others as much as possible. |
| D．Some small acts of kindness can make a difference. |
| A．In a newspaper. | B．In a magazine. |
| C．On a website. | D．On a message board. |
7 . The very wealthy English Baron Fitzgerald had only one child, a son, who understandably was the apple of his eye. His wife died when the child was in his early teens. So Fitzgerald devoted himself to fathering the kid. Unluckily the son died in his late teens.
Meanwhile, Fitzgerald’s wealth greatly increased. He spent a lot on art works of the masters.
Later Fitzgerald himself became seriously ill. Before his death, he had carefully prepared his will as to how his wealth would be settled — to sell his entire collection at an auction (拍卖会).
Because of the large quantity and high quality of his collection, a huge crowd of possible buyers gathered for the auction. Many of them were museum directors and private collectors eager to bid (竞拍). Before the auction, the art works were shown, among which was a painting of Fitzgerald’s son by an unknown artist. Because of its poor quality, it received little attention.
When it was time for the auction, the auctioneer gaveled to attention. First the lawyer read from Fitzgerald’s will that the first art work to be auctioned was the painting of his son.
The poor-quality painting didn’t receive any bidders…except one — the old servant who had served the son and loved him, and who for emotional reasons offered the only bid.
As soon as the servant bought the painting for less than one English pound, the auctioneer stopped the bidding and asked the lawyer to read again from the will. The crowd became quiet and the lawyer read from the will, “Whoever buys the painting of my son gets all my collection.” Then the auction was over.
1. What did the English Baron Fitzgerald do?| A．A museum director. | B．A master of art. | C．An art collector. | D．A businessman. |
| A．He had served Fitzgerald’s son and loved him. |
| B．He saw that no one bid for it. |
| C．He knew the content of the will. |
| D．He found it cheap for him to buy. |
| A．Proud. | B．Kind. | C．Foolish. | D．Clever. |
| A．The Auction | B．The Painting of the Son |
| C．The Servant at the Auction | D．One Painting for All |
One day, when I was a first-year student in high school, I saw a kid from my class walking home from school. His name was Kris. It looked like he was carrying all of his books. I thought to myself, “Why would anyone bring home all his books on a Friday? He must really be a nerd (书呆子).”
I had quite a weekend planned (parties and a football game with my friends), so I shrugged my shoulders and went on. As I was walking, I saw a gang of kids running toward him. They ran at him, knocking all his books out of arms and tripping him so he landed in the dirt. His glasses went flying, and I saw them land in the grass about ten feet from him. He looked up, and I saw terrible sadness in his eyes.
My heart went out to him. So I jogged over to him, and as he crawled around looking for his glasses, I saw tears in his eyes. As I handed him his glasses, I said, “They are bad guys! They really should be punished.” He looked at me and said, “Hey, thanks!” There was a big smile on his face. It was one of those smiles that showed real gratitude.
I helped him pick up his books and asked him where he lived. As it turned out, he lived near me, so I asked him why I had never seen him before. He said he had gone to a private school before. I would have never hung out with a private school kid before, but we talked all the way home, and I carried his books.
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He turned out to be a pretty cool kid.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________We always hung out on weekends, and the more I got to know Kris, the more I liked him.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________9 . When Marco was a boy, he tried everything to get his father’s love and attention. He studied hard to get good
One day, his maths teacher called him that some young teenagers were
All winter, he took a bus to
As the winner, his name was
| A．gifts | B．habits | C．grades | D．skills |
| A．lazy | B．silent | C．serious | D．busy |
| A．suggestions | B．promises | C．comments | D．orders |
| A．lonely | B．anxious | C．frightened | D．annoyed |
| A．thinking about | B．signing up for | C．going back to | D．worrying about |
| A．debate | B．focus | C．try | D．challenge |
| A．enter | B．continue | C．organise | D．quit |
| A．compete | B．register | C．practise | D．revise |
| A．pain | B．energy | C．love | D．risk |
| A．totally | B．actually | C．partly | D．obviously |
| A．moving | B．shining | C．admiring | D．confusing |
| A．preferred | B．remembered | C．recommended | D．realized |
| A．shared | B．published | C．applied | D．attracted |
| A．style | B．impression | C．lesson | D．start |
| A．depended on | B．heard about | C．believed in | D．listened to |
10 . Ed Jackson’s team were trying to climb to the top of a Himalayan Mountain. However, weeks after they set off, they were stranded (滞留) there overnight without water, food or tents at a temperature of about -30℃. They took turns to keep each other awake in case they fell asleep and did not wake up again.
Actually, that night on the mountain top was not the first time that Jackson had been close to death. Five years ago, while still a professional rugby player, Jackson broke his neck in a challenge, which nearly killed him. Jackson was told by doctors that he was likely to face life in a wheelchair. He was forced to retire from playing rugby.
Luckily, Jackson managed to discard his wheelchair six months after the accident. To mark the first anniversary of his accident, Jackson set himself the goal of climbing Mount Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales, even though he was still using two crutches (拐杖) then. He tried to climb many higher mountains after that. Four years later, he found himself in the Himalayas.
The challenges that Jackson faced in the mountains have had a great impact on his recovery both physically and mentally. Jackson realized that others might benefit, too. So he started the charity Millimeters to Mountains (M2M) with his wife Lois and his friend Oily Barkley. It takes beneficiaries (受益人) who have suffered physical or psychological injuries in challenges around the world, allowing them to access the healing power of nature.
Jackson says, “I once lost hope in life because of my bad condition, thinking there was nothing I could do. But hopefully what I’m doing, what we’re doing with the charity and what our beneficiaries are proving can give anyone the hope that they can turn their life around, no matter how discouraging it might seem at that moment.”
1. What do the first two paragraphs mainly talk about?| A．Jackson was tired of ball games. |
| B．Jackson was no stranger to suffering in life. |
| C．Jackson was well respected for his survival skills. |
| D．Jackson was advised to do exercise by his doctors. |
| A．Give up. | B．Rely on. | C．Tear apart. | D．Carry through. |
| A．To educate sports lovers. | B．To raise money for the disabled. |
| C．To encourage safe mountain climbing. | D．To help people with similar experiences. |
| A．Enthusiastic and independent. | B．Creative and aggressive. |
| C．Adventurous and inspiring. | D．Responsible and humorous. |
