1 . Ryder was born with a serious illness and has never been able to walk. When he started attending preschool, he had to be
Then his father
The hut made of wood was
A.pulled | B.walked | C.driven | D.pushed |
A.car | B.wheelchair | C.bus | D.plane |
A.dance | B.shout | C.rush | D.slip |
A.vehicle | B.scene | C.weather | D.class |
A.searched for | B.put up | C.taken over | D.found out |
A.shelter | B.help | C.benefit | D.hope |
A.fought | B.stood | C.cared | D.sought |
A.art | B.construction | C.music | D.literature |
A.Consequently | B.Obviously | C.However | D.Besides |
A.interested | B.satisfied | C.strict | D.depressed |
A.predicted | B.interrupted | C.delayed | D.responded |
A.big | B.bright | C.heavy | D.light |
A.fixed | B.borrowed | C.delivered | D.thrown |
A.changes | B.designs | C.plays | D.uses |
A.popular | B.fantastic | C.strange | D.flexible |
2 . The boy’s name is Aaron Moreno, and he’s 8 years old. He started his own business selling
The story began earlier this year, when his mother
In June this year, the situation got so bad that Aaron
At first, he bought plants in the downtown Los Angeles and took them with his mother to resell at various places in the city. He called the
It was hard work, as they had no tools of their own. They had to carry the plants by their
On July 13,
All the hard work
A.flowers | B.vegetables | C.plants | D.fruits |
A.got | B.lost | C.changed | D.continued |
A.satisfying | B.new | C.busy | D.poor |
A.live | B.flee | C.work | D.travel |
A.pretended | B.happened | C.decided | D.agreed |
A.possible | B.horrible | C.careful | D.wrong |
A.place | B.home | C.patent | D.business |
A.cars | B.hands | C.tools | D.heads |
A.thinking | B.praising | C.announcing | D.collecting |
A.buy | B.sell | C.send | D.remove |
A.advocated | B.admired | C.acquired | D.inspired |
A.campaign | B.company | C.trip | D.battle |
A.advice | B.command | C.attention | D.emphasis |
A.clear | B.good | C.easy | D.controversial |
A.underline | B.prepare | C.show | D.need |
A.paid off | B.broke off | C.took action | D.rose up |
A.result | B.vote | C.goal | D.value |
A.kindness | B.patience | C.confidence | D.exploration |
A.fallen | B.run | C.disappeared | D.left |
A.mother | B.sister | C.grandmother | D.family |
3 . A professor was teaching his class. All the students were listening to his
The professor took notice of this student on the first day but did not say anything. But when this
“Sir, that...” the student said. “... something has happened in my past,
The professor was a(n)
When the student
“No, sir, this is not the
Upon hearing this, the professor became serious and said, “You are right. That’s what I want to
To his relief, the student
A.custom | B.lecture | C.request | D.arrangement |
A.absence | B.attitude | C.presence | D.target |
A.held on | B.lived on | C.went on | D.moved on |
A.along | B.away | C.up | D.down |
A.due to | B.in spite of | C.in addition to | D.far from |
A.hardly | B.extremely | C.informally | D.previously |
A.arrived at | B.searched for | C.took over | D.escaped from |
A.rude | B.romantic | C.cold | D.warm |
A.purposely | B.absolutely | C.sadly | D.gratefully |
A.So long as | B.As soon as | C.Unless | D.Even if |
A.Feeling | B.Hearing | C.Seeing | D.Smelling |
A.deal | B.amount | C.luck | D.case |
A.reached | B.removed | C.released | D.relaxed |
A.salt | B.sugar | C.oil | D.wine |
A.suffer from | B.get through | C.get across | D.break up |
A.result from | B.be separated from | C.recover from | D.be saved from |
A.ultimate | B.natural | C.original | D.similar |
A.energy | B.advice | C.account | D.effort |
A.confused | B.warned | C.understood | D.rejected |
A.mass | B.majority | C.duty | D.past |
4 . Chen Yuzhu, a 29-year-old young man, opened his first Chinese beef rice noodles restaurant in 2014 in the neighborhood of New York City’s Queens borough. He then took the flavor of his childhood memory to three other states in the US, building a recognized brand.
Actually, he started his own catering (餐饮) business after he lost his job and found noway out. It was at that time that beef rice noodles of his home village flashed in his mind.
However, the early days of setting up his business were not that easy. He frequently worked 18 hours a day, transported food at 2 am and promoted (推销) the restaurant near the New York City subway entrance by yelling, “Special noodles from my hometown, Guizhou!” But it didn’t work well. During the first two weeks. daily sales were only $200 at most, which wasn’t enough to pay the rent. He felt so anxious that he tried every possible means. Two months later, his Chinese beef rice noodles finally gained great popularity. His store has become hot spots for vloggers (视频博主) and he has made himself famous among locals as the“Rice Noodle Prince”.
“At first, running restaurants was for survival, but then I felt a sense of achievements. I became more open, inclusive and made a lot of friends. And the process to learn, make efforts and get inspired was really cool.” Chen said.
1. For what purpose did Chen Yuzhu plan to open the restaurant at first?A.To make a living. | B.To promote special Chinese food. |
C.To become very wealthy. | D.To gain popularity. |
A.Shy. | B.Cautious. | C.Generous. | D.Determined. |
A.Chen Yuzhu sold noodles at the New York City subway entrance. |
B.The noodles were rather welcome during the first two weeks. |
C.Chen Yuzhu met with a lot of difficulties when he started his business. |
D.The noodles Chen Yuzhu sold were delivered from Guizhou. |
A.Chen Yuzhu has made a lot of Chinese friends. |
B.Making a lot of money is due to his family’s support. |
C.Chen Yuzhu has really benefited a lot from his business. |
D.Chen Yuzhu wants to open more restaurants in the future. |
1. Who was from the farm?
A.The duck. | B.The fish. | C.The dog. |
A.Other animals liked doing it. |
B.He wanted to leave the farm. |
C.He wanted to prove he was the best. |
A.He felt cold. | B.He felt frightened. | C.He felt excited. |
A.He liked to be outside the farm. |
B.He didn’t like swimming. |
C.He wanted to stay home. |
A terrible earthquake hit the city of Tangshan on July 28, 1976, in which thousands of people died and many
The people of Tangshan didn’t lose hope, because 150,000 soldiers were sent
It was said that before the quake, strange things were happening in
7 . Last week, our forum(论坛)asked if you had any funny or strange stories about using English. We didn’t expect to get so many posts! Here are some of our favorites, to remind us that some of the English we learn in the classroom is rather different from the English in the outside world.
People say that the British always play safe with what they eat. Not true! I went to a summer school in Manchester and my English teacher was called Maggie. One day, a different teacher took our class. He told us that Maggie couldn’t teach that day COZ she had a frog in her throat. Poor Maggie-but why did she try to eat such a big frog?
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When I first visited New York, I went to a downtown shopping centre to buy some winter boots. At the information desk at the entrance, I asked a lady where the shoe shop was. She said that it was on the first floor. So I went up to the first floor, but I couldn’t find any shoes. I decided to leave. When I was looking for the exit, I saw that shoes were actually sold downstairs on the ground floor, not the first floor. Why did she give me the wrong information?
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The British must have really high standards. I was part of a student exchange programme between a university in England and my university in China. I spent days preparing and writing my first English paper. I knew I had done a good job and was looking forward to getting a positive comment. When I got the paper back, I found my teacher had written the comment “Not bad!” Not bad? But there weren’t any errors in my paper.
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A.She didn’t play safe with what she ate. |
B.She has drawn a picture of frog on her face. |
C.She ate a big frog and her throat was blocked. |
D.She couldn’t speak clearly because her throat is dry. |
A.Both of them have difficulty in learning English. |
B.They didn’t know the words’ different meanings in other countries. |
C.The spellings are too complicated for both of them to understand. |
D.The speakers spoke so fast that Sophie and Zheng Xu couldn’t follow. |
A.In a novel. | B.In a magazine. | C.On the Internet. | D.In a diary. |
8 . When Julie got back home from school that afternoon, she noticed a pigeon sitting very closely to the front door of her
"We have to help it!" Julie insisted. Julie's mom made a disgusted face. "I don't want to. Pigeons have diseases," she said. Julie began to cry. This made Julie's mom feel bad. She
While Julie tried to feed the bird bits of moist bread, Julie's mom looked online for local animal
The next morning Julia and her mother took the
A.school | B.classroom | C.flat | D.campus |
A.farther | B.closer | C.further | D.deeper |
A.injured | B.frightened | C.destroyed | D.surprised |
A.gave up | B.gave out | C.gave in | D.gave away |
A.rules | B.sources | C.comments | D.lectures |
A.kind | B.friendly | C.lovely | D.dirty |
A.volunteer | B.rescue | C.fitness | D.emergency |
A.watching | B.playing | C.affecting | D.cheating |
A.bus | B.subway | C.taxi | D.flight |
A.angry | B.concentrated | C.anxious | D.strange |
A.a few | B.a bit | C.a lot | D.a little |
A.Exchanging | B.Greeting | C.Seeing | D.Waving |
A.curious | B.content | C.calm | D.confident |
A.words | B.touch | C.support | D.pity |
A.everything | B.something | C.anything | D.nothing |
9 . One Mother to Another
On Wednesday evening, our daughter, who was at a boarding school over 200 kilometers away, told us that she had lost her phone when she took part in an activity off campus. We realized that we had little chance of finding it.
The next morning, my phone beeped (哔哔响) loudly. A kind voice announced that she had something that belonged to my daughter. I
After contacting the people I know who lived near the school, I was out of
I gave them directions and they
We had thought that the chance of getting back the phone was
A.suggested | B.reported | C.explained | D.argued |
A.date | B.luck | C.work | D.control |
A.pick up | B.carry out | C.hand in | D.give away |
A.find | B.show | C.miss | D.take |
A.regret | B.surprise | C.amusement | D.disappointment |
A.especially | B.certainly | C.definitely | D.probably |
A.conducted | B.arranged | C.delivered | D.identified |
A.doubts | B.interests | C.predicts | D.worries |
A.free | B.slim | C.hard | D.fair |
A.tell | B.face | C.mean | D.join |
10 . For the brave in the armed forces, being sent away from home for months at a time is just part of the duty. However, it's never an easy one to perform especially for those with children. So when I found out I was going to be stationed in South Korea for a year, I was nervous about how my five children, particularly my eldest daughter Abigail, would take the news since it meant I wouldn't be home to see her graduate from high school.
Incredibly, Abigail told me not to worry and even suggested we live stream the event among family members when I leaked the news. “We've been lucky you haven't had to be sent abroad yet. Anyway we can get connected through the Internet. See me on your phone on my spot,” Abigail said. She stepped into many of my roles when I was gone. I wanted to find a way to thank her and show her how proud I was of her. I started planning the special surprise when my request to return home a few weeks early to attend Abigail's graduation ceremony was approved.
When my time in South Korea finally came to an end, I flew home, rented a car, and stayed in a hotel. And on Abigail's graduation day, I hid in an office behind the stage waiting until I heard my daughter's name called. I just kept thinking “Don't cry. Don't trip in your heels. Don't fall over.” At last!Abigail was up on stage. I slipped up behind her, whispered in her ear, and around she turned! “I was just thinking, like, ‘You aren't supposed to be here. What? What? How?’ It was the biggest shock...I'm pretty sure my dad made people he didn't even know cry. Emotional for everyone,” Abigail cried.
You know what followed: Embraces, kisses, tears, laughs, flowers, wishes...Aren't they what a family has in store?
1. What worried the author most?A.His duty in South Korea. | B.His five children's safety. |
C.His eldest daughter's study. | D.His absence from a big event. |
A.Plan. | B.Celebrate. | C.Prepare. | D.Broadcast. |
A.Embarrassed. | B.Overjoyed. | C.Nervous. | D.Satisfied. |
A.A soldier's personal sacrifice. | B.A father's love for his family. |
C.The meaning of family bond. | D.The way to plan a big surprise. |