1 . One day a man was asked to paint a boat by the owner of the boat. He brought with him paint and brushes and began to paint the boat bright red, as the owner asked him. While painting, he
The next day, the owner of the boat came to the painter and offered him a nice check (支票), much
“But this is not for the paint
“But it was such a(n)
“ My dear friend, you do not
“Then, I
So, no matter who, when or how, just
A.told | B.reminded | C.found | D.held |
A.repair | B.wipe | C.hide | D.measure |
A.benefit | B.bag | C.key | D.money |
A.higher | B.less | C.quicker | D.wealthier |
A.delighted | B.excited | C.moved | D.surprised |
A.award | B.kindness | C.job | D.skill |
A.cheap | B.small | C.valuable | D.important |
A.lending | B.selling | C.borrowing | D.paying |
A.excuse | B.cry | C.agree | D.understand |
A.decided | B.hated | C.forgot | D.remembered |
A.went through | B.went on | C.dreamed of | D.turned to |
A.hole | B.sign | C.rule | D.danger |
A.pulled | B.booked | C.examined | D.destroyed |
A.saved | B.taught | C.instructed | D.educated |
A.exactly | B.carefully | C.actually | D.finally |
Something amazing happened in Singapore recently. A taxi driver went extra miles to find a 13-year-old boy
The teenager had boarded
He
Fortunately, the family finally got in touch with his company, and he returned the bag
3 . On an ordinary day, Debbie's doorbell rang suddenly. Sixteen-year-old Amy from next door was there -- "help, my brother Dylan is bleeding," she
Debbie and her sister Ellen
Dylan was crying and
A few weeks later the cut
A.asked | B.whispered | C.shouted | D.stated |
A.paced | B.raced | C.returned | D.advanced |
A.heavily | B.slightly | C.slowly | D.frequently |
A.kit | B.book | C.box | D.course |
A.insert | B.release | C.ease | D.apply |
A.chose | B.dried | C.grabbed | D.cleaned |
A.toe | B.arm | C.knee | D.forehead |
A.angry | B.shocked | C.nervous | D.depressed |
A.pressure | B.supply | C.fall | D.flow |
A.sped up | B.pulled up | C.set off | D.took off |
A.immediately | B.constantly | C.simply | D.suddenly |
A.deny | B.doubt | C.accident | D.delay |
A.disappeared | B.healed | C.narrowed | D.grew |
A.adventure | B.occasion | C.incident | D.affair |
A.never | B.hardly | C.seldom | D.often |
4 . My 12-year-old niece was staying with us for a couple of days. She was remembering some acts of kindness that we did together when she was less than five years old. We talked about how so much had changed, and with the pandemic, how difficult it would be to do so many of those things, especially when it comes to strangers.
The next day, I needed something from the downtown area and happened to take her with me. As we walked
around on the street, we heard a beautiful male voice singing a very soulful song. We turned around to see a middle-aged man sitting on a street comer with his guitar. A couple were sitting on a bench nearby and listening to his music.
After getting a few things done, we happened to sit at an outdoor dining restaurant across from him on the other side of the street. My niece was learning how to sing herself, and she kept smiling and saying how wonderful his singing was. Seeing how moved she was by his music, at the end of our meal, I gave her a ten-dollar bill and asked her to walk across the street and put it in his bowl.
She was a little surprised. “Really?” she asked with bright eyes. I nodded. So she headed over and as she approached, the man was just finishing a song and started talking to her, and they ended up having a sweet conversation. She told him how touched she was by his music, and he ended up telling her that she made his day. As she was excitedly repeating the conversation back to me, she mentioned, “He didn’t even know how much it was. He was just thankful that someone was enjoying his music.”
1. What did the author and her niece do in the first paragraph?A.They thought back to the past. |
B.They decided to do good deeds outside. |
C.They made a plan for going downtown. |
D.They talked about meeting more strangers. |
A.A guitar. | B.A restaurant. |
C.A couple. | D.A voice. |
A.Talk with the man. | B.Praise the man. |
C.Learn music from the man. | D.Give money to the man. |
A.They shared singing skills. |
B.They felt thankful to each other. |
C.The man was proud of his singing. |
D.The girl introduced the author to the man. |
5 . Today what I want to do is to share the story of my own.
I used to be the shyest person in the world. I hid behind my elder sister whenever I had to speak to a stranger. When I was asked to speak in class, I could hardly breathe, much less speak.
Then, in seventh grade, my sister suggested I take voice lessons. After thinking carefully, I did and tried to keep it a secret. I began a series of exercises, making it so strange that I couldn't help laughing. I learned how to howl(长嚎) like a cowboy and snort like an old lady.
By playing around with sound in the class, I gained confidence in the part of me that had been a point of embarrassment before my voice.
A few months later, I was asked to sing for some old people. I thought I would do better than before because of the voice lessons. I opened my mouth and —nothing. I couldn't remember the lyrics! My face turned red. Then the thought came into my mind: I've embarrassed myself enough in front of this crowd. There's really nothing else to lose. So, for my second song. I just relaxed and felt the energy of the song lift me. And I did much better. After that, I started singing to myself as loudly as I could in my room. That's something I had never done before. I am not a shy person anymore. What I really want to say is singing has made me more outgoing.
1. The writer sang ________ songs for the old people in total.A.one | B.two | C.three | D.four |
A.confident | B.humorous | C.sad | D.scared |
A.a poem | B.a book review | C.a speech | D.a diary |
A.Singing. | B.Change. | C.Embarrassment. | D.Shyness. |
6 . Many years ago, Christmas was just around the corner. It looked like it would be a(n)
We arrived at the
I think the
A.poor | B.colorful | C.early | D.exciting |
A.time | B.energy | C.noise | D.money |
A.refuse | B.remember | C.afford | D.hesitate |
A.store | B.station | C.gym | D.hospital |
A.forgetting | B.agreeing | C.pretending | D.hoping |
A.Immediately | B.Thankfully | C.Sadly | D.Strangely |
A.discouraged | B.stressed | C.puzzled | D.surprised |
A.watched over | B.looked over | C.left over | D.taken over |
A.gifts | B.books | C.dollars | D.fruits |
A.work | B.bend | C.stop | D.matter |
A.lucky | B.great | C.foolish | D.proud |
A.put | B.broke | C.threw | D.cleaned |
A.force | B.control | C.action | D.silence |
A.hide | B.share | C.change | D.support |
A.truth | B.kindness | C.power | D.health |
7 . After I made it to the city center, I started to feel it might be easy for a foreigner to deal with the great size of Beijing. With growing confidence, I decided to take the subway to the hotel, not realizing that the network didn’t go that far. Impressed with the cleanliness of the station, I bought a ticket and boarded the first subway that came along.
After a few minutes I asked in English a young man seated next to me where I should get off closest to the Friendship Hotel. Wearing a smart business suit and tie, he would surely speak English, wouldn’t he? Unfortunately, he couldn’t understand me but seemed very friendly. I showed him the room card with all the information of the Friendship Hotel in Chinese characters. He looked at it, and then his eyes moved quickly to the carriage (车厢) subway map. Next, he raised three fingers of his right hand.
In Australia, raising fingers at someone is not usually nice, but this man wasn’t smiling. At the next station he showed me two fingers. Now in Australia, that’s really rude, but I got the message. When we stopped at the third station, he didn’t just point to the door, but got up, took me out of the train, and led me to the top of the stairs, and out onto the street. Then he stopped a taxi and told the driver where to take me.
All this came from a man who couldn’t speak my language, and I couldn’t speak his. I was now speechless, especially when he refused my offer of money. I felt a little embarrassed having even thought he would accept a tip.
This experience made it clear I had to learn some Chinese quickly or my adventures might start turning into misadventures.
1. Why does the author decided to take the subway?A.Because he believed in his ability to deal with the trip |
B.Because the network covered most of the stops |
C.Because he lived near the city center |
D.Because he had a good impression of its cleanliness |
A.still remained puzzled | B.understood the author well |
C.answered the author directly | D.pointed at the subway map |
A.helpful. | B.impolite. | C.warm-hearted. | D.responsible. |
A.To prove the importance of being careful |
B.To introduce a young man who didn’t know English |
C.To complain some cultural misunderstanding |
D.To describe one of his adventurous experiences |
My husband and I were paying a visit
My dad is 90 years old. He can hardly see very well and walks with a stick. I was looking around in the restaurant,
I always believe that there are
9 . Saroo Brierley, a 4-year-old boy, lived in rural India. One day, he played with his brother along the rail line and fell asleep. When he woke up, he found himself alone. So he got on the train in front of him in search of his brother.
That train took him a thousand miles across the country to a totally strange city. He lived on the streets, and then in an orphanage (孤儿院), where he was adopted by an Australian family and taken to Tasmania.
Brierley is a famous writer now, and in his new book, A Long Way Home, he wrote he couldn’t help but wonder about his hometown back in India. He remembered landmarks, but since he didn’t know his town’s name, finding a small neighborhood in a vast country seemed impossible.
Then he found a digital mapping program. He spent years searching for his hometown in the program’s satellite pictures. In 2011, he came across something familiar. He studied it and realized he was looking at a town’s central business district from a bird’s-eye view. He thought, “On the right-hand side you should see the three-platform train station”—and there it was. “And on the left-hand side you should see a big fountain”—and there it was. Everything matched!
Standing in front of the house where he grew up as a child, he saw a lady standing at the entrance. It took him a few seconds but he finally remembered what she used to look like.
In an interview Brierley says, “My mother came forth and walked forward, and I walked forward, my eyes filled with tears and my brain blank. I just didn’t know what to say, because I never thought seeing my mother would ever come true. And here I am, standing in front of her.”
1. Why did Brierley get on the train when he was a little boy?A.To go back to his home. | B.To look for his brother. |
C.To travel to Tasmania. | D.To follow a stranger. |
A.There were only two children in his family. |
B.He lived in an orphanage in America till he grew up. |
C.He remembered clearly his hometown’s name. |
D.The lady standing at the entrance turned out his mother. |
A.By studying digital maps. | B.By analyzing old pictures. |
C.By setting up searching programs. | D.By spreading his story via his book. |
A.Love for Mother | B.Union with Brother |
C.Long Way Back Home | D.Memory of Hometown |
10 . When Tony took up running as a hobby he was 42 years old. Now 42 years later he’s a national champion and a world record holder.
He never imagined at the age of 84 this is where he’d be, but then he doesn’t meet many people in their 80s who are out training four times a week.
“I can see it’s a bit unusual, yes. But it’s been my life,” he told the reporter. The retired officer runs at a track near his home in Leeds.
At an event in Italy last month he set a world record in the 80 metres hurdles(跨栏)with a time of under 17 seconds. But he sees no reason to slow down and his ambition(雄心)is still to be competing when he passes a hundred.
“I probably won’t be doing a crouch start(蹲式起跑), but it’s only 16 years away,” he joked. Like anyone his age, he’s had health problems. He’s had a string of severe heart attacks, but doctors have told him as long as it makes him feel good, he should carry on running.
“I can’t let my heart get in the way of my training. When I am sprinting I have to give it my absolute all. My heart is the last thing on my mind. ” he said.
He trains every other day, dances and plays hockey and he recently cuts down on alcohol (酒精)and chocolate. He said “ I’ve heard alcohol can lead to dementia and I don’t want that. I’ve cut down to one glass of wine every other day. I now have to stay as fit as I can be to keep up my lifestyle.”
Tony’s next birthday is next September. And the first thing he wants to do is become the world’s fastest 85-year-old.
1. What will Tony do after the competition in Italy?A.He decides to slow down. |
B.He decides to retire as an officer. |
C.He plans on running until he’s 100. |
D.He plans to compete in the 100 metres hurdles. |
A.Continuing to run if he feels good. |
B.Stopping running to treat his heart disease. |
C.Trying to run as fast as he can. |
D.Cutting down on alcohol and chocolate. |
A.Imaginative. | B.Positive. | C.Caring. | D.Helpful. |
A.The Fastest Man in the World. |
B.The World’s Fastest 100-year-old. |
C.A National Champion and a World Record Holder. |
D.Granddad Crowned Fastest 84-year-old in the World. |