1 . When I lived in Spain, some Spanish friends of mine decided to visit England by car. Before they left, they asked me for advice about how to find accommodation(住所). I suggested that they should stay at local bed and breakfasts, because this kind of accommodation gives a foreign visitor a good chance to speak English with the family. My friends listened to my advice, but they came back with some funny stories.
“We didn’t stay at bed and breakfasts,” they said, “because we found that most families were away on holiday.”
I thought this was odd. Finally I understood what had happened. My friends spoke little English, and they thought “VACANCIES” meant “holidays”, because the Spanish word for “holidays” is “vacaciones”. So they did not go to the house where the sign outside said “VACANCIES”, which in English means there are free rooms. Then my friends went to the house where there was a sign saying “NO VACANCIES”, because they thought this meant the people who owned the house were not away on holiday. But they found that these houses were all full.
We laughed about this and about mistakes my friends made in reading other signs. When my friends saw the word “DIVERSION” on a road sign, they thought they were going to have fun. But that was not the case. In Spanish, the word “DIVERSION” means fun. In English, however, it usually means that you have to take the road because the usual roads are closed.
English people have problems too when they are faced with foreign languages. Once in Paris, I happened to see a “librairie”. I thought it was a library and walked into it, asking to borrow some books. However, to my surprise the “librarians” all stared at me in amazement! Later I found out that “librairie” in French means “bookstore”.
1. What kind of advice did the author’s Spanish friends want?| A．Learning English. |
| B．Going to England by car. |
| C．Finding places to stay in England. |
| D．Driving their car on English roads. |
| A．they would be able to practice their English |
| B．it would be convenient for them to have dinner |
| C．it would be much cheaper than staying in hotels |
| D．they would have no problem in finding accommodation there |
| A．Holidays. | B．No empty rooms. |
| C．Rooms available. | D．Not away on holiday. |
2 . “Look, Mom! Everything is ninety percent off!” I exclaimed (惊呼),
“These shirts are only two dollars!” I exclaimed. I started
“ Try them on,” Mom said. “They are so
Even though I didn’t need them, I carried them into the fitting room. I had taken whatever was
I started
As I stood among the piles of clothes, I turned to Mom as she neatly folded the shirts I set aside to purchase. “I’m not going to
“Which ones did you decide not to buy?” Mom asked.
“I
| A．wishing for | B．checking out | C．pointing to | D．showing off |
| A．risk | B．test | C．rest | D．look |
| A．imagining | B．grabbing | C．advertising | D．making |
| A．traditional | B．tight | C．cheap | D．natural |
| A．within reach | B．in order | C．under control | D．in preparation |
| A．appeared | B．suffered | C．slept | D．stood |
| A．patience | B．time | C．money | D．room |
| A．remember | B．need | C．finish | D．create |
| A．thinking about | B．playing with | C．hearing from | D．approving of |
| A．adapting | B．removing | C．replacing | D．choosing |
| A．sell | B．sew | C．donate | D．design |
| A．mix | B．complete | C．bear | D．buy |
| A．count | B．want | C．discover | D．compare |
| A．Therefore | B．Besides | C．Otherwise | D．However |
| A．invite | B．know | C．forgive | D．guide |
Mum and Her Bank Account
My family had the tradition to sit down by the kitchen table every Saturday night to count out the money Dad had brought home.
“These are for the rent, and these for the groceries,” Mum counted out and divided the big silver pieces.
“I’ll need a notebook,” That would be my sister Christine, my brother Nels or me.
After Mum put one or two coins to the side for the notebook, she said that was all we needed to buy for the week and we all relaxed a little. We didn’t have to go downtown and draw money out of Mum’s bank account, which could always give us such a warm and secure feeling for having enough to afford the life.
When Nels graduated from grammar school, he needed some money for high school, We sat by the table and I offered my “Little Bank” which was used for sudden emergencies such as the time when Christine broke her arm and had to see a doctor. I laid the box carefully in front of Mum. After counting out the money in the little bank and finding there was not enough, we all agreed not to go to the bank but to find some ways.
Nels volunteered to work in Dillon’s grocery after school and Dad said he would give up smoking. Now there was enough money. We felt relieved.
So many things came out of the little bank that year: Christine’s dress for the school play Nel’s operation… Whatever happened, we always knew we still had the bank to depend on. We never used her bank account.
That was twenty years ago.
Last year, I sold my first story. When the money came, I thought of Mum’s bank account.
So I hurried over to her home. On arriving, I gave the money to Mum and asked her to save it in the bank. Mum said she was very proud of me and asked me to go with her, because she didn’t know how. I asked how she had done that before. She said actually there was no bank account at all in all her life and she had never been to a bank before.
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Knowing that there was no bank account at all I felt shocked.
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Today I was walking along the street when a homeless woman asked me for some change. I gave her some money and stopped to talk to her for a while.
I asked her about how she ended up on the street and if there was a shelter she could go to. She told me about some of her struggles. She told me that she left home at seventeen and had been homeless since then. She said that her bag with all her clothes and possessions was stolen the night before, while she was sleeping outside a church. Shesaid that she went to the day centre every day and they made calls to try to find her a shelter but nothing was available, as all shelters for women were full up. It had been like this for months. I listened to her and said a few kind words to her. After we spoke, I told her that it was really nice to meet her and wished her all the best.
I left feeling really sad and frustrated that there was nothing I could do to ease her situation. I have spoken to a few other homeless people and I have heard about how difficult it is to get a place in a shelter, or sometimes some shelters can be so unsafe that it is better for them to sleep on the streets.
I was on my way to my flower store. While trimming(修剪)these kinds of beautiful flowers, I thought about the lady I had just met and other homeless people I had spoken to. I thought it must be frustrating not to be able to experience so many of the day-to-day things that I and many others take for granted such as a roof over our heads, a bed to sleep in, money to buy food and even money to buy presents for a dear one.
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I decided that I could do something for her.
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________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________5 . One day, a young man, Cesar Larios, visited a tall building to move something for his boss. The building is too tall, so taking the lift is quite
While waiting for the workers to make the lift
Cesar offered to be Rita’s human bench, and the elderly woman felt so
The story broke out when Cesar’s boss
| A．advanced | B．convenient | C．confident | D．average |
| A．Luckily | B．Therefore | C．Unfortunately | D．Originally |
| A．trapped | B．reminded | C．attacked | D．surrounded |
| A．applicant | B．actress | C．man | D．woman |
| A．voiced | B．set | C．made | D．worn |
| A．recommended | B．observed | C．feared | D．proved |
| A．pain | B．charge | C．achievement | D．access |
| A．contact | B．run | C．follow | D．happen |
| A．checked | B．fell | C．needed | D．recovered |
| A．agree with | B．suffer from | C．bend down | D．sit on |
| A．beneficial | B．right | C．likely | D．historic |
| A．nervous | B．grateful | C．limited | D．equal |
| A．inspire | B．measure | C．contribute | D．regain |
| A．shared | B．balanced | C．tracked | D．arranged |
| A．narrow | B．tough | C．generous | D．calm |
6 . A mother and daughter in England have been putting smiles on strangers’ faces with random (随机的) acts of kindness.Every week, Sophie-Louise Corrigan allows her 5-year-old daughter Amina to choose random strangers to put a smile on their faces.
When Corrigan is with her daughter Amina, Corrigan will let the little girl go to whoever she is drawn. Later, Corrigan will ask why Amina opts for them. Her answer is always because she likes something about them, either their tops or their hair. Amina always takes her pick.
It’s a tradition that started with Corrigan’s own mother. “Mum and I used to do it. Whenever we had some money left from the weekly shop or if we really wanted to do it that week, we took out something from the shop to make sure we had the money. We would always do it,” said Corrigan.
“Now, we do it everywhere, even when we went on holiday to another city, we did a random act of kindness there. We find flowers and chocolates whether it be in Ormskirk, Liver-pool or Wirral. Wherever we go, we do it,” said Corrigan.
“The reaction is amazing and is one of the reasons why we carry on. A number of people who spoke to us didn’t even know what to say. They were speechless. There were a lot of people who gave Amina a hug after it. She loves such a hug. There were others who had tears welling up. They said that they had such a terrible week either with bills or a family death. Amina will always say to me that although the person was crying, it was happy tears. She is in the process of understanding how acts of kindness work and how feelings work.”
1. What does Corrigan ask Amina to do every week?| A．Stay with her mother. | B．Be kind to strangers. |
| C．Make friends with others. | D．Buy something from shops. |
| A．Respects. | B．Enables. | C．Chooses. | D．Avoids. |
| A．People need happiness. |
| B．Few people live a hard life. |
| C．Some people like being silent. |
| D．Most people are friendly to others. |
| A．Only good people have friends. |
| B．Where there is life, there is hope. |
| C．Kindness is like a ray of sunshine. |
| D．A kind man can gain more from others. |
7 . Once upon a time, there lived an ant and a grasshopper(蟋蟀)in a grass field by a river. The ant would work hard all day long from dawn to dusk
Soon summer
Suddenly he remembered about the ant and decided to
To this, the ant replied that she had worked hard in summer to save enough
| A．painting | B．cleaning | C．collecting | D．covering |
| A．finally | B．hardly | C．gradually | D．frequently |
| A．avoid | B．admit | C．ignore | D．forget |
| A．started | B．faded | C．belonged | D．appeared |
| A．long | B．short | C．quiet | D．noisy |
| A．hope | B．effort | C．faith | D．interest |
| A．time | B．place | C．desire | D．intention |
| A．good | B．strange | C．tough | D．smooth |
| A．visit | B．invite | C．reject | D．hire |
| A．praise | B．help | C．service | D．answer |
| A．for fun | B．in case | C．for use | D．in return |
| A．food | B．money | C．shelter | D．medicine |
| A．make | B．sell | C．earn | D．buy |
| A．waited | B．saved | C．helped | D．danced |
| A．nervous | B．careful | C．polite | D．lazy |
A few years ago，we adopted(收养) a lovely dog whom we named Gypsy. We didn’t know her age, background, or how she ended up wandering the streets of a large southern city with no owner. But we felt sure she’d had a difficult life, as she moved back whenever we wanted to touch her. She seemed particularly afraid of strange men. Gradually, Gypsy adapted to her new home with us, and she followed me around everywhere I went silently. Nothing seemed to make her bark (叫)，but we thought she was just a quiet dog as she seemed happy with us otherwise.
Not long after we brought her home, I had an operation on my leg. Gypsy seemed to dislike the coming and going of doctors, and visiting nurses-especially the males. She was still silent, but she barked at the ones she liked least. This led us to believe it must have been a male who had mistreated her before.
One day about a year after my operation, I was in the bathroom giving Gypsy a bath. Suddenly，I fell onto the floor. Luckily，I fell between the tub(浴盆) and water pipe. If I had hit one of them, I feel certain that would have been the end of me.
Unfortunately, I had no way to seek for help. The door was closed, and I didn’t have my phone with me. My husband wouldn’t be home from work for hours, so I did the only thing I could think of: I started shouting for help as loudly as I could.
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Gypsy was clearly confused(困惑的) by my shouting.
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________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Every time Jim crossed the street on his way to work, he would see a little girl selling flowers on the street. She sat by a large green board with the names of the flowers and their prices on it. Unfortunately, no one paid attention to her, and she rarely sold anything. Jim wanted to help her, and one day he got his chance. His aunt would retire, and he thought a bouquet (花束) would be a great gift.
“Hello, could you please make me a bouquet of roses?” Jim said as he approached the girl.
The girl didn’t raise her head and just stared at the same spot on the ground. “I’m Cassy. Thank you for buying flowers from me,” she said. “Could you please select the flowers by yourself and give them to me? I will tie them together for you. I can’t see. ”
“Oh, I’m sorry,” Jim said as he picked the flowers and handed them to her. Within several seconds, the girl made a lovely bouquet for Jim.
“Here,” she said, holding the bouquet. “That’ll be $5.”
“Thanks. They’re beautiful,” Jim said and walked away after placing the money in the hat beside Cassy.
The next day, Jim went to work and he decided to have a quick talk with Cassy on the way. However, he didn’t see Cassy where she used to be that morning. He thought she might be late and decided to meet her the next day, but she didn’t show up for the next few days in a row (连续地).
Jim was concerned about Cassy, wondering if something bad had happened to Cassy. Surprisingly, he finally met Cassy again on the street with her flowers.
Paragraph 1:Jim was so delighted to see Cassy that he ran to her at once.
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Jim then drove Cassy to her home, where he met her sick mother, Jade.
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“What am I supposed to do?” I said to my mum, back home. Then Mum took me to an optometrist (验光师). Within a few days, I was diagnosed (诊断) with a severe sight impairment (损伤). In fact, I was practically
When I was 23, I met Lance at a farm dance and fell in love. We married and had amazing kids. They’ve all been brought up not to leave toys on the floor or move chairs away from the table. “We don’t want Grandma tripping” Lance always said. Over the years, I’ve enjoyed lovely family holidays, but sometimes felt like Lance or the kids were being too
| A．proud | B．confused | C．delighted | D．surprised |
| A．classroom | B．book | C．door | D．blackboard |
| A．Jogging | B．Walking | C．Looking | D．Smiling |
| A．panic | B．tiredness | C．anger | D．enthusiasm |
| A．worked | B．arrived | C．mattered | D．disappeared |
| A．allowing | B．agreeing | C．promising | D．expecting |
| A．blind | B．deaf | C．intelligent | D．patient |
| A．solving | B．handling | C．realizing | D．hiding |
| A．running | B．climbing | C．falling | D．jumping |
| A．make out | B．turn down | C．hand in | D．give away |
| A．disturb | B．help | C．preserve | D．exist |
| A．Preferring | B．Deciding | C．Hesitating | D．Refusing |
| A．public | B．regular | C．special | D．convenient |
| A．aware | B．protective | C．impressive | D．careless |
| A．energy | B．mind | C．trouble | D．vision |
