Jim slumped on the couch. Mother’s Day was coming up, and he didn’t have a present. “How can I buy a present without money?” he thought.
Jim picked up the newspaper that was lying on the couch. He noticed a large advertisement on the front page. The local department store was sponsoring a contest. “Tell us why your mom is special and win a shopping spree(疯狂购物) for her,” said the ad.
“This is perfect!” thought Jim. He ran to his room with the newspaper, taking a pencil and a blank piece of paper from his desk, he started to write.
“My mom is the best mother in the world. She always makes a lunch for me to take to school, and she never forgets my dessert. She reads as many books to me before bed as I want. She always remembers to check under the bed for monsters. And she gives the best hug, but never in front of my friends, who would laugh at me for hugging my mom.”
Jim liked what he had written. He copied it neatly and got an envelope and a stamp from his dad. He ran to the mailbox with his entry(参赛作品), “Mom will love having a shopping spree,” he thought.
Jim checked the mailbox every day for his prize. Days passed by, and then weeks. Soon it was the day before Mother’s Day. Jim still hadn’t heard anything about the contest.
“What am I going to do now?” he wondered. He didn’t have a present, and he didn’t have a shopping spree, and he still didn’t have any money. He had to think of something. Jim closed his eyes and curled his toes and thought so hard that his ears hurt.
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Suddenly he had an idea.
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The next morning, Jim handed his present to his mom.
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A Great Monday
Monday started out well. I woke up on time, ate breakfast and did some last minute studying for my math test later that morning. I was confident of getting good grades. I left my house and ten minutes later, I sat with my friends on the school bus. We were busy chatting about how we spent our weekend. At the next stop, a student named Ryan got on the bus. He was in a rush and tripped (绊倒) over someone’s foot. There was a loud noise as he fell to the floor.
Every one of us on the bus laughed. Ryan got up, brushed his jacket and went to an empty seat. He tried to laugh with us, but his face was red with embarrassment. The rest of the morning went by quickly. I did well in my math test. I read two more chapters of To Kill a Mockingbird in English class. Soon we heard the lunch bell. I met my friends from the cheerleading team in the dining hall. I noticed Ryan a few tables away, sitting by himself. He caught me looking at him. I smiled at him quickly and looked away.
When we finished eating, we went to the courtyard to practice a cheer we would do at that night’s football game. After much practice, we finally managed to do the cheer perfectly. We decided to practice it again one last time. Just like the rest of my day so far, the cheer was going great. I raised my leg for one last toe touch. That was when I felt my jeans (牛仔裤) split (裂开) down the middle of my backside.
I froze. I had no idea what to do. I heard people burst out laughing and I saw them pointing at my torn jeans. I tried to cover myself with my hands, I tried to laugh too, but I felt tears begin to well up in my eyes.
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Then I saw Ryan running towards me.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________That night, after the cheer at the football game, I found Ryan.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Scout could clearly remember the night she had to leave her home in Poland. It was the beginning of World War II and her family had to escape as soon as possible. She quickly packed a suitcase with a few pieces of clothing, her diary, and her most prized treasure, a silk scarf. Scout and her best friend, Betty, had persuaded their parents to buy them matching scarves, which they took as a symbol of their friendship. Scout didn’t know she was going to America and would not be returning.
Scout kept that special silk scarf for many years. One day she decided to give it to her granddaughter, Eliza, to wear to her first job interview for good luck. Scout was afraid that Eliza would lose the scarf, but the granddaughter promised, “Don’t worry, Grandma. Nothing’s going to happen to your scarf. You’ll see that it’s going to bring both of us luck.” And with that, Eliza kissed her grandmother and left for the interview.
Leaving the interview, Eliza felt confident that she had got the job so she decided to celebrate by going to a restaurant. Sitting at her table, Eliza felt an elderly woman staring at her for a long time.
“I’m sorry. Do I know you?” Eliza asked.
“I’m sorry, dear, but you remind me of my best friend,” the old woman replied. “She looked like you and used to wear a scarf just like yours.” Eliza listened carefully, with her eyes and mouth wide open. She had heard stories of her grandmother’s best friend and knew the meaning of the scarf. Could this woman be Betty, her grandmother’s childhood friend?
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___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________4 . Mrs. Ball had a son. His name was Mick. She
During one of these years, the doctor gave Mick all kinds of tests and then said to him, “Have you had any
Mrs. Ball was very
| A．loved | B．hated | C．missed | D．cared |
| A．rich | B．clever | C．strong | D．happy |
| A．player | B．teacher | C．doctor | D．lawyer |
| A．looked round | B．looked over | C．looked for | D．looked after |
| A．answer | B．thing | C．word | D．trouble |
| A．thought | B．waited | C．stood | D．looked |
| A．excited | B．interested | C．pleased | D．surprised |
| A．angrily | B．seriously | C．happily | D．carefully |
| A．turning | B．taking | C．keeping | D．putting |
| A．collar | B．nose | C．mouth | D．ear |
5 . Now he is 22 years old and has become an example of young people because of his story of success.
Michael was born in a very poor family. His parents worked in Vietnam before they moved to Britain in 1980. They couldn’t find jobs in Britain because they spoke little English. The whole family had to live on benefits and they lived in a small house in Hackney, a poor area in East London. Growing up is not easy for Michael, but he never gave up.
At the age of ten, he made up his mind to go to Cambridge University. It was not easy, either. Michael studied at a school, which used to be called “the worst school in Britain”. However, young Michael made up his mind to try his best, no matter what kind of school he was studying at. The smart boy studied very hard and did well in every subject at school. Once he made a bet with his friend to learn further maths. As a result, after just spending four months teaching himself from a textbook, he got an A in AS-level further maths.
Now Michael is the star medical student in St John’s College, Cambridge and has just won an award for his excellent grades. He hopes he will be an example for other young people from poor families.
1. According to the passage, Michael’s family moved to Britain .| A．in 1994 | B．in 1900 | C．in 1980 | D．in 1984 |
| A．His family was very poor and lived on benefits. |
| B．They made a living with the help of the government in Vietnam. |
| C．Michael's parents had no jobs because of their little experience. |
| D．They lived in a poor area without any help. |
| A．He won an award in his middle school because of hard work. |
| B．He was good at making bets with other students. |
| C．Though very young, he decided to go to Cambridge University. |
| D．His best subjects in school were maths and history. |
| A．English. | B．Medicine. | C．Geography. | D．History. |
| A．How to deal with the difficulties. | B．How to become a good student. |
| C．From a poor area to Britain. | D．From “the worst school” to Cambridge University. |
6 . Just a few hours ago, the Italian ship Andrea Doria was sailing through thick fog toward the city of New York. Captain Piero Calamai kept watch. He knew that many other ships were nearby. He should have slowed down because of the fog but he decided not to. He wanted to arrive on time the next morning.
At about 11:00 P.M., another ship, the Stockholm, suddenly hit the Andrea Doria. It made a huge hole in the Italian ship. Some people were badly hurt. Others fell into the sea. But one girl was saved by the Stockholm.
Linda Morgan was fourteen. She lived in Spain with her mother and her little sister. She was going to visit her father in New York. She was excited about seeing her father.
Linda had loved the trip. She wanted to have dinner with the captain on the last night at sea.The captain did not sit at his table that night, though. He was busy guiding the ship through the fog. Linda did not get to talk to him.
When Linda went to bed, everything seemed fine. Her mother turned off the lights. Linda talked to her little sister. She thought about seeing her father the next morning.
What happened next was a terrible surprise. Linda woke up not knowing where she was. She was not in her bed. When she called to her family, no one answered. Both her knees were broken.
Linda had been saved by an amazing accident. When the Stockholm made a hole in the side of the Andrea Doria, it lifted Linda out of her bed. She landed on the deck (甲板) of the Stockholm instead of falling into the ocean. A sailor heard her cries and found her.
Right now, the girl is in the hospital. She is expected to get better. Her father is at her side, glad that his little girl was saved. The Andrea Doria lies under the waves at the bottom of the sea.
1. Why didn’t Captain Piero Calamai reduce the speed?| A．He didn’t want to be late. | B．He went crazy because of the bad weather. |
| C．He thought the fog was not serious. | D．He had rich experience. |
| A．she forgot it | B．she was sick in bed |
| C．he was busy with his work | D．he hadn’t been told about it |
| A．Linda was asleep | B．the day was about to break |
| C．few people were killed | D．the Andrea Doria hit a hole in the Stockholm |
| A．Linda hated the trip very much. | B．Linda was saved by the Stockholm. |
| C．Linda lived with her father in Spain. | D．The Andrea Doria wasn’t badly damaged. |
| A．A little girl’s braveness moved people. |
| B．Andrea Doria sailed through thick fog. |
| C．The Italian ship Andrea Doria was hit by Stockholm. |
| D．A fourteen-year-old girl was saved by accident after the crash. |
7 . When I woke up, I made myself breakfast, sat and listened to the traffic. Some of my friends asked me how I could stand living somewhere so noisy. It’s true that there’s always some kinds of noise in my neighborhood, but to me, these are the sounds of life.
It was Saturday morning, so I decided to go to the park. The taxi was the fastest way to go but I took the bus instead.
When you ride the bus, you get to see so much more of the city. It can be kind of loud on the bus, with some people talking on their phones, some people chatting with their friends, and others playing music. It’s just like the traffic’s sounds, though the noise on the bus represents people working, relaxing and living.
Once I got to the park, I picked a bench over near the play area where kids played while their parents sat nearby. I could see and hear almost everything from there. Peoplewatching is one of my favorite things to do. However, I like listening even better. The only problem is that there’s so much to see and hear in the park!
Usually, I like to close my eyes. That way, I can pay more attention to the sounds and not get distracted by what I see. With my eyes closed, I could pick out parts of two old men’s conversation. One of them was telling the other about something his grandson said. I couldn’t hear the rest, but it must be hilarious because his friend’s laugh was so loud.
When I’m old, I hope that I will also have a friend who will sit in the park with me, and who will enjoy listening to the sounds of the city as much as I do.
1. Some of the author’s friends think “the sounds of life” are very________.| A．unpleasant | B．unique |
| C．magical | D．interesting |
| A．there was no other transport to go there |
| B．he wanted to see more about people’s life |
| C．it was the most convenient way |
| D．his friend advised him to do so |
| A．have a good rest |
| B．hide himself from view |
| C．enjoy the sounds of life |
| D．avoid talking with the two old men |
| A．truly different | B．quite popular |
| C．rather strange | D．extremely funny |
8 . My father was born in a small town in the US. He wasn’t sure what he wanted from
He began that adventure traveling to cities in the US before going on to Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines. He took my mother and us three daughters with him and went wherever the road
It’s easy to feel
Getting along well sometimes seemed
On occasions like that, we had to learn to let go of our anger because we were
This is why road trips were like
If we were
| A．move | B．life | C．experience | D．belief |
| A．live up | B．struggle on | C．get out | D．walk around |
| A．took | B．drove | C．served | D．controlled |
| A．anxious | B．upset | C．helpless | D．lonely |
| A．wasted | B．worked | C．spent | D．chatted |
| A．better | B．easier | C．safer | D．cleverer |
| A．available | B．alternative | C．necessary | D．impossible |
| A．arguments | B．fights | C．embarrassments | D．amusements |
| A．light | B．heavy | C．local | D．fast |
| A．buried | B．crazy | C．stuck | D．impatient |
| A．holiday | B．journey | C．exploration | D．march |
| A．dragging | B．pushing | C．helping | D．sending |
| A．unusual | B．common | C．free | D．mobile |
| A．earned | B．expected | C．missed | D．valued |
| A．somewhere | B．anytime | C．somehow | D．anyway |
9 . Raden is a librarian in Indonesia’s Java island. She is
Each weekday she rides her three-wheeler with books for children in Muntang village to exchange for plastic cups, bags and other
She is helping inculcate(灌输)
They are all carrying trash bags and Radon’s three-wheeler quickly fills up with them as the books
Kevin Alamsyah, an 11-year-old reader,
The literacy(读写能力)rate for above-15-year-olds in Indonesia is around 96 percent, but the pandemic(流行病)will
| A．publishing | B．promoting | C．lending | D．recommending |
| A．fresh | B．various | C．old | D．generous |
| A．gifts | B．charts | C．waste | D．issues |
| A．knowledge | B．reading | C．business | D．writing |
| A．useful | B．hopeful | C．aware | D．careful |
| A．shows up | B．takes up | C．sets up | D．makes up |
| A．cheated | B．accompanied | C．forced | D．organized |
| A．quietly | B．hardly | C．slowly | D．loudly |
| A．walk | B．break | C．give | D．fly |
| A．curious | B．doubtful | C．beautiful | D．overjoyed |
| A．collects | B．prohibited | C．purchased | D．committed |
| A．reviewing | B．recycling | C．returning | D．reserving |
| A．wheeler | B．space | C．service | D．system |
| A．searches | B．prepares | C．applies | D．apologizes |
| A．desire | B．leave | C．design | D．cure |
10 . For twelve years, my church has participated in the Appalachia Service Project. One week each summer, volunteers go to repair or build homes for families.
At the age of sixteen, I went on my first volunteer project in West Virginia. On the night we arrived, we discovered that “our family” was living in a trailer (活动房屋) that was in poor condition. The staff soon decided that the only reasonable solution was to build a new house. “Our family” was overjoyed with their new house that was 20x30 foot with three bedrooms, a bath and a kitchen/family room.
On Tuesday of that week, I asked “our family’s” three boys, Josh, Eric and Ryan, “What do you want for your new room?” Josh, the oldest, responded, “I just want a bed.”
We were stunned. The boys had never slept in a bed. They were used to foam pads (泡沫垫). That night we had a meeting and decided that beds would be the perfect gift. On Thursday night, we drove to the nearest city and bought beds and new bedding.
On Friday, when we saw the delivery truck coming, we told “our family” about the surprise. It was like watching excited children on Christmas morning. That afternoon, we set up the beds. As we fitted the frames together, Eric ran into the house to watch us. He observed with wide-eyed enthusiasm. As Meggan, a member of our group, slipped a pillowcase onto one of the pillows, Eric asked, “What is that?”
“A pillow,” she replied,
“What do you do with it?” Eric persisted.
“When you go to sleep, you put your head on it,” Meggan answered softly. Tears came to our eyes as she handed Eric the pillow.
“Oh... that’s soft,” he said, hugging it tightly.
1. “Our family” refers to ________.| A．a poor family in West Virginia |
| B．the author’s family |
| C．the family which consists of three boys |
| D．the family formed by the volunteers |
| A．Frightened. | B．Confused. | C．Doubtful. | D．Shocked. |
| A．The children like lying on foam pads. |
| B．The family is too poor to buy a bed. |
| C．The volunteers bought beds for the family. |
| D．The children had never slept in a bed. |
| A．we felt very tired |
| B．Eric didn’t know how to use what we bought for him |
| C．we were sad to know Eric had never used a pillow |
| D．Eric wanted some other things |
