When things went wrong, Ittleby Fein always had something nice to say.
When Dad forgot about the pizza and it burned, Ittleby comforted him by saying it would still taste good. And he was right. The pizza edges were dark and crispy, but the middle wasn’t half bad. When Ittleby’s friend David got a low score on the spelling test, Ittleby said that he would do better next time. And, sure enough, David studied hard and got 100 percent the next week. When his teacher, Mr D, bumped into a bookstand in the library, Ittleby told him not to worry as Mrs Bog wouldn’t be upset. He was right. The librarian just laughed and helped pick up the books.
Ittleby looked on the bright side. And everyone liked that about him. Everyone, that is, except Hazel. Hazel was the new kid in the class. On her first day, Ittleby said, “Nice to meet you, Hazel. I think you’ll like it here.” Hazel stared at him. “I doubt it.” Ittleby didn’t know what to do. He’d never met anyone like Hazel.
When Mr D said they’d have recess inside because of the rain, Ittleby said, “Every cloud has a silver lining.” “A silver lining?” Hazel shook her head. “Clouds are white. Maybe gray. Where do you get this stuff?” Ittleby felt as if the wind had been knocked out of him. Outside the window, the clouds had rolled over the sun. The room felt darker.
“Bad things come in threes,” said Hazel. No outdoor recess is number one. What will the second thing be? The class didn’t have to wait long to find out.
Greta was carrying a tray of paints during art class. She tripped, and the paint went flying. There was blue on the floor and red and black on the walls. Hazel declared it to be the second bad thing. Ittleby didn’t know what to say. Hazel seemed so sure about the Rule of Three Bad Things.
Emma came to look at Ittleby’s painting. “It’s beautiful. I especially like the grassland.” She said.
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She picked it up, not realizing she had paint on her fingers.
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“Want to add one?” Ittleby asked Hazel.
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Melia and her father had just finished building a tree house in the backyard. Melia wanted to decorate the walls, and instead of buying things, she decided to make her own art.
Melia enjoyed making collages using a combination of photos she had taken and pieces of fabric. For her tree house, she thought she would use pictures from magazines instead. She could collect used magazines from neighbors, so the pictures would be free. And to create a collage of all her favorite things, she could add pretty leaves, and fruits of pine tree from the yard.
For several days, Melia collected bits of nature to use for the collage. She also collected magazines from the neighbors. She piled both at the front door, as her plan was to make the collage over the weekend. Oddly, though she added to the piles each day, many of the leaves were gone, and the pile of magazines was a mess.
“Dad? Mom?” Melia asked. “Have either of you been taking the supplies for my collage off the door?” “Now, why on earth would we do that?” her dad answered with a question. “I don’t know, but what I do know is that someone is spoiling my art project! It’s my mission to find out who and why!” Melia declared.
Who would want to steal this stuff? She had a plan. She cleaned up the rest of the leaves and threw the ruined magazines in the recycling bin. She started collecting old magazines again, hoping to set a trap. Even if she had to stay up all night, Melia was determined to solve the case.
Once she had collected a large pile of magazines, Melia formed several piles at the front door. She placed them close to the window so that she could catch the thief. She asked her parents if she could sleep on the sofa. “I know they’re used magazines, but I need them for my art project. I have to solve this case!”
Melia was determined to catch the thief, but she had a difficult time staying awake. Within a few hours, she nodded off. Just as the sun was rising, a slight sound awoke her.
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Melia looked through the window, and her eyes opened wide!
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Melia ran back into the house, shouting, “It’s a squirrel! Wake up! Come to the tree house and look!”
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3 . Kids love percussion instruments (打击乐器). In truth, becoming a percussionist requires a lot of
At age 8，Glennie began taking piano lessons. Meanwhile, she also began losing her hearing. She was totally deaf when she joined her school orchestra (管弦乐队) at 12.The moment Glennie saw the
Since Glennie made her first professional
When asked how she
She has become a(n)
| A．performance | B．skill | C．research | D．pleasure |
| A．also | B．ever | C．hence | D．though |
| A．restrictions | B．instruments | C．directions | D．vehicles |
| A．belonged | B．adapted | C．resisted | D．wandered |
| A．participated in | B．attended to | C．applied to | D．took up |
| A．disappointed | B．excited | C．annoyed | D．determined |
| A．appearance | B．decision | C．promise | D．choice |
| A．creates | B．learns | C．follows | D．appreciates |
| A．strengths | B．senses | C．imagination | D．experience |
| A．composer | B．conductor | C．audience | D．assistant |
| A．forces | B．drives | C．causes | D．allows |
| A．constant | B．slow | C．unsteady | D．fierce |
| A．contribution | B．belief | C．inspiration | D．concern |
| A．suspect | B．admit | C．prove | D．expect |
| A．ends | B．solutions | C．blocks | D．doors |
It was in the 1930s, and things were tough. Mum had a hard time raising us on her own in our small community of New Westminster, BC. My dad had drowned in Pitt Lake, five years ago.
Looking back, I realize what Mum went through sending us kids to school. Every morning she would put a new piece of cardboard in our shoes, because the bottom parts were worn out. When we got home, Mum would have “French toast” ready for us. Constant moving was typical for my family in those times. Rent was 25 dollars a month, but Mum couldn’t pay it, and we knew we would be evicted right after Christmas on the first of January.
Christmas was approaching, and we were entitled to a twenty-five-dollar Christmas fund from social services. The inspector came to our house, and searched it from top to bottom to be sure we didn’t have any food hidden away. When he didn’t find any, he issued the cheque to Mum.
Mum said that instead of buying food, she would use the 25 dollars to pay back rent, assuring all of us a roof over our heads for a little while longer. She told us then there would be nothing for Christmas.
Unknown to Mum, I had been selling Christmas tree, cleaning snow, and doing part-time jobs to earn enough money to buy a new pair of boots. Boots that weren’t patched, boots with no cardboard in the soles. I knew exactly which boots I wanted. They were ten-inch Top Genuine Pierre Paris and they had a price of 23 dollars.
Well, the big day came on the afternoon of Christmas Eve. I was excited, as I hurried up the road to the shoe store, but on the way I noticed a house with Christmas lights and decorations. It was then I realized at our house, we had no lights, no decorations, nor any money for Christmas meals. I knew that we would have no turkey or ham for Christmas, and I felt sad.
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As I continued walking, I began to reconsider my plan.
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With great excitement and tears, I knocked on the door of our house.
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Strange Footprints in the Snow
Tom woke up and looked around. For a moment, he wasn’t sure where he was. Then he remembered. He and his sister, Lucy, were visiting Aunt Gwen. Yesterday they spent seven hours helping Aunt Gwen clean her basement. Today they would have time to play.
He looked out of the window. Fresh snow covered the ground. He could hardly wait to go outside. Tom got dressed and hurried downstairs to the kitchen.
“Hi, sleepyhead(贪睡者),” said Aunt Gwen. “Lucy has already eaten her breakfast. She’s outside.”
“That’s where I’m going as soon as I finish breakfast,” Tom said.
A short time later, he zipped up(拉上拉链)his coat, put on his boots, and walked out of the front door. The sun made the snow sparkle. He looked around. He didn’t see his sister, but he saw something else. There were strange footprints left in the snow across Aunt Gwen’s yard.
“They’re far too big to be Lucy’s. They look like they belong to a dinosaur,” Tom said. Then he added, “But that’s silly. Dinosaurs are not around anymore.”
He looked closer: The footprints were the shape of a very large oval(椭圆)with a stem. “Maybe they belong to an elephant or a hippo that escaped from the zoo,” he thought. He held his breath and listened. He didn’t hear anything.
He remembered a book he’d seen earlier on Aunt Gwen’s shelf. It was a book about animal tracks. He dashed inside to get it. The book had pictures of animals and the tracks they made. He turned the pages one by one, but none of the photos looked like the footprints in Aunt Gwen’s yard.
He stared at those footprints again. An animal that made such big tracks would have to be heavy. Its tracks should sink far down into the snow. Yet these footprints seemed to skim across(掠过)the top.
How can that be? He wondered.
Tom noticed something else. The tracks never left Aunt Gwen’s yard. Instead, they turned and went around the house. “Maybe the animal is still here,” he whispered.
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Though a little scared, Tom made up his mind to find the animal.
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It turned out that his sister was making the sounds.
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6 . A car with three teenage girls ran into the Pascagoula River accidentally. The car floated 25 yards into the river and then began to
A strong and confident swimmer since childhood, Corion Evans, 16, heard their calls. He
The girls were all treated at a nearby
“Mr. Evans is a true
| A．crash | B．sink | C．appear | D．launch |
| A．escaped | B．flooded | C．raced | D．flew |
| A．easily | B．eventually | C．gradually | D．immediately |
| A．changed | B．found | C．removed | D．fastened |
| A．mentioned | B．knew | C．doubted | D．guessed |
| A．relied on | B．focused on | C．agreed on | D．insisted on |
| A．confused | B．cautious | C．anxious | D．frightened |
| A．school | B．party | C．hospital | D．factory |
| A．commitment | B．description | C．examination | D．recovery |
| A．ashamed | B．original | C．grateful | D．curious |
| A．experience | B．movie | C．instance | D．imagination |
| A．dream | B．life | C．career | D．task |
| A．genius | B．soldier | C．assistant | D．hero |
| A．risking | B．ensuring | C．maintaining | D．concerning |
| A．aimed at | B．suffered from | C．turned out | D．adapted into |
7 . After 49 years on the job. Marge Moore still mops and sweeps her bus every day and washes it on weekends. Every winter is a
Even with no vacation days during her career, Moore still gets
The COVID-19 has seriously interrupted her school
Moore isn’t sure when she’ll quit. “If I didn’t
| A．change | B．challenge | C．break | D．delight |
| A．pick up | B．dress up | C．wait for | D．look for |
| A．give | B．try | C．point | D．drag |
| A．slightly | B．normally | C．particularly | D．hardly |
| A．curious | B．confident | C．stressed | D．excited |
| A．teachers | B．students | C．colleagues | D．friends |
| A．remarkable | B．knowledgeable | C．ambitious | D．courageous |
| A．forgot | B．delayed | C．wasted | D．missed |
| A．touched | B．driven | C．awoken | D．influenced |
| A．progress | B．experience | C．recognition | D．money |
| A．management | B．business | C．routine | D．life |
| A．otherwise | B．still | C．therefore | D．somehow |
| A．expected | B．understood | C．appreciated | D．tested |
| A．applicant | B．winner | C．judge | D．voter |
| A．accept | B．face | C．stand | D．enjoy |
8 . In June 2015, Alice Grace, a young entrepreneur, founded her business AilieCandy. By the time she was 15, her company was worth millions of dollars with the invention of a super-sweet treat that could save kids’ teeth, instead of destroying them, which is beneficial.
The story began when Grace paid a visit to a bank with her dad. On the outing, she was offered a candy bar. However, her dad reminded her that sugary treats were bad for her teeth. But Grace was bored with missing candies. So she intended to ignore the warning, “Why can’t I make a healthy candy that’s good for my teeth so that my parents can’t say no to it?” With that in mind, Grace asked her dad if she could start her own candy company. He recommended that she do some research and talk to dentists about what consist of a healthier candy.
Fortunately, with her dad’s permission, she spent the next two years researching online and conducting experiments to get a recipe that was both tasty and tooth-friendly. She also approached dentists to learn more about teeth cleaning. As a result, she succeeded in making a kind of candy—CanCandy, only using natural sweeteners, which can reduce oral bacteria. That is the special part of it.
Grace then used her savings to get her business off the ground. Afterwards, she and her father secured their first business meeting with a supermarket owner, who finally agreed to sell Grace’s product—CanCandy.
With her success growing, so does Grace’s credibility as a young entrepreneur. Grace is enthusiastic about the candy she created, and she’s also positive about what the future might bring. She expects that every kid can have a clean mouth and a broad smile.
At the same time, with her parents’ help, Grace is generally able to live a normal teenage life. Although she founded her company early on in life, she wasn’t driven primarily by profit. Grace wants to use her unique talent to help others find their smiles. She donates 15% of AilieCandy’s profits to Big Smiles.
1. After hearing her dad’s warning, how did Grace react?| A．She fought with him. | B．She accepted his warning. |
| C．She had no option. | D．She tried to find a solution. |
| A．It doesn’t contain sweeteners at all. | B．It is beneficial to oral health. |
| C．It is the sweetest candy. | D．It is produced to a dentists’ recipe. |
| A．To help others seek smiles. | B．To make a fortune. |
| C．To make herself succeed. | D．To beat other candy companies. |
| A．To be famous is a great eagerness of the young. | B．A youth is to be treated with respect. |
| C．Positive and helpful action lead to success. | D．Success means getting personal needs satisfied. |
9 . In my childhood, my mother spent her evening hours doing something for someone else. Sometimes she knitted(编织)hats for babies, and at other times, she cooked chicken soup for sick neighbors. Therefore, I wasn’t surprised when one evening my mother announced she had undertaken a new project.
“I am going to telephone seniors,” said my mother. “Every night? But you don’t even know these people.” “It doesn’t matter,” she said, “What’s important is that I listen.”
I was sixteen years old and couldn’t understand why my mother was willing to spend her evenings talking to strangers. She had friends and my two older sisters to call if she felt lonely. “They will talk your ear off. Some people didn’t even stop to catch breath.” I said.
My attitude didn’t stop my mother’s enthusiasm for the project. That evening, she settled on the sofa and dialed. When she finished the call, I said, “Why do you care whether she had cookies or rice pudding for dessert? ” My mother grasped one of my hands and said in a proud tune, “I’m the only person she talked to today.”
It took me more than thirty years to fully understand the meaning of that statement. Now, as my mother is near eighty, I find myself thinking about those nightly calls she used to make. I am often the only person who telephones my mother, and sometimes I’m the only person she speaks to all day. I ask her what she cooked for dinner, but mostly I just listen as she describes a walk she took, or how her dog Lucky stole foods from the refrigerator. I realize that my mother’s calls were life lines that ensured housebound seniors remained connected to the world. Without her, their world would have been empty.
1. What is the mother’s purpose of calling the seniors?| A．To improve their living conditions. |
| B．To inquire their eating habits. |
| C．To ease their loneliness. |
| D．To teach them surviving skills. |
| A．Speak all the time. | B．Blame others’ behaviours. |
| C．Miss important information. | D．Hurt your hearing. |
| A．The author started to telephone seniors as her mother. |
| B．The author realized the value of her mother’s efforts. |
| C．The author’s mother preferred to live alone. |
| D．The author’s mother remained connected to the world. |
| A．Seniors’comfort | B．Mother’s evenings | C．Aging:my concern | D．Nightly calls, lifeline calls |
10 . Dad grew a lot of vegetables in the garden. Dates when everything was planted and the weather were all carefully recorded. Mum really wanted a holiday or a trip out for the day,but Dad would say, “It’s too warm today. My vegetables will need a drink every three hours.”
Then Dad discovered the local Loxton show—finally somewhere he could show off his gardening skills after his retirement. The first year he took part, he entered just four of his specimens (样品). Much to his surprise, he won three firsts and a second. We all thought this was great and eating free prize-winning vegetables was even better. Mum wasn’t so sure. “He gets up so early and spends hours getting them ready,” she complained (抱怨). We reminded Mum that it was a really cheap hobby, not to mention all the fresh vegetables that appeared out of the backyard. “You try freezing 15 kilos of beans,” she said. “I don’t care how expensive they are in the supermarket; I never want to see another bean again.”
But she loved the praise she got from her friends about how excellent her husband was and how lucky she was to have all these fresh vegetables. “I can’t let him know about that; he might get a big head,” she said with a smile. “So I’ll just complain a bit instead.”
Then over the following three years, Dad entered even more vegetables for the show and brought lots of first prizes home. But Mum got a little tired of the whole process of staying up half the night preparing his prize-winning vegetables. Dad finally said on his 75th birthday, “I have decided that this year I won’t enter the show. It’s not fair to everyone else who enters if I just keep winning year after year. Three years in a row is enough for me lo knew I grow the best vegetables.”
1. What can we know from Paragraph 1?| A．Dad took gardening as a serious business. |
| B．Dad managed to make a living by gardening. |
| C．Gardening required a lot of hands-on experience. |
| D．Dad and Mum would go on holiday when weather getting colder. |
| A．He might be panic. | B．He might be too proud. |
| C．He might feel troubled. | D．He might become curious. |
| A．To comfort Mum. | B．To take up a new hobby. |
| C．To concentrate on growing vegetables. | D．To give other people an opportunity to win. |
| A．It took Dad few efforts to grow vegetables. |
| B．Dad’s vegetables were always better than others’. |
| C．Dad spent three years growing the best vegetables. |
| D．Mum complained because she didn’t like eating vegetables. |
