1 . I was talking to my friend Sandy about our children. Sandy had recently moved into the neighborhood with her four kids: Jane, Joe, Christopher, and her youngest, eighteen-month-old Kim. She seemed happy to have kids nearby, until she saw our dog, Sam.
Sam, our shiny black dog, loved to play with the kids and protect them. But Sandy had a fear of dogs, and she started to back away as Sam approached. I grabbed Sam’s collar and made him sit, trying to ease Sandy’s discomfort.
Sandy mentioned that she needed to get her kids ready to go to their grandmother’s house. Just then, her door opened and her kids rushed out. Sandy shouted at them to stay away from Sam.
The kids huddled (蜷缩) around their mom, looking at Sam cautiously (谨慎地). Emma, my daughter, showed the kids how to approach a dog slowly and properly. The kids were won over by Sam’s friendly nature, but I knew it would take some time for Sandy to change her viewpoint.
After that incident, we made sure that Sam didn’t go near our neighbors without me present. One day, when the kids were playing across the street, I noticed the eighteen-month-old baby heading towards a small hill. I saw a car approaching and shouted to everyone to watch the baby. Without hesitation, Sam rushed out the door and ran across the street towards the baby. He ran to the boy in time to gently push the baby away from the oncoming car. The kids cheered, completely unaware of the danger. They thought Sam had come to play.
Within a year, Sam had made friends with all the neighbors. Even Sandy started to warm up to Sam and would occasionally come over to give him a hug.
1. How did Sandy feel when she first saw Sam?| A．Excited. | B．Curious. | C．Fearful. | D．Awkward. |
| A．They looked at Sam with watchful eyes. |
| B．They formed a circle to protect their mom. |
| C．They held him by the collar to make him sit. |
| D．They prepared to escape from the dog. |
| A．Curious. | B．Brave. | C．Funny. | D．Sensitive. |
It was time to go home. “Remember to work on your class speeches for homework,” Miss Walker called, as everyone started talking and packing their school bags. Jenny felt sick. She hated having to read aloud in class. She was sure everyone got really bored listening to her. Once, when Jenny was reading out her holiday diary, Lee was even looking at his watch, a silver and blue one which seemed just magical.
Jenny watched Lee walk ahead of her as they left school. He seemed so clever, and he had a certain sort of shining confidence. He was just one of those people who were good at everything. Jenny sighed. As she turned the corner, she saw Lee’s watch lying right in the middle of the path.
Jenny knew she should just pick it up and return it to him, but she didn’t want to run after him. Jenny bent down quickly, picked up the watch and ran home. On arriving home, Jenny put it on almost without thinking. She was surprised it fitted so well. She walked to the mirror and started practicing her speech. Words just flooded out of her. “I’m going to talk about swimming. I have been lucky. I’ve won lots of competitions. But when I’m in a race, I’m not really thinking about winning. I’m just loving the feeling of being in the water...”Jenny laughed with excitement. She walked across the room. She suddenly seemed to have a certain sort of confidence. Turning back to the mirror, Jenny saw a flash of light from the watch in the glass. The flashes of silver seemed almost magical. So maybe Lee’s watch really DID have something magic.
The next day, as the lesson began, Miss Walker asked who was going to be brave and go first. No-body moved. Jenny slowly raised her arm. Before Miss Walker could say anything, there was a shout from behind. “She’s stolen my watch!” Lee said angrily, “It went missing at school yesterday.”
Paragraph 1: Everybody was fixing their eyes on Jenny, waiting for an explanation.
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_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________3 . I believe that everything can be achieved through hard work and devotion. In life I had a
What
The day when we went, Poland was playing against Germany. Germany was the
I saw what hard work look like. I made up my mind to become the best that i could be. The
| A．lesson | B．problem | C．truth | D．teacher |
| A．reminds | B．suspects | C．warns | D．persuades |
| A．event | B．part | C．dream | D．moment |
| A．liked | B．noticed | C．wore | D．valued |
| A．imagined | B．guessed | C．doubted | D．realized |
| A．previous | B．same | C．following | D．other |
| A．invited | B．introduced | C．took | D．allowed |
| A．game | B．team | C．ball | D．activity |
| A．lent | B．found | C．sold | D．bought |
| A．ground | B．theater | C．stadium | D．school |
| A．common | B．top | C．only | D．last |
| A．best | B．newest | C．busiest | D．rapidest |
| A．Then | B．Besides | C．Instead | D．Therefore |
| A．play | B．learn | C．see | D．keep |
| A．competed | B．scored | C．rested | D．appeared |
| A．extremely | B．exactly | C．simply | D．regularly |
| A．desperate | B．tired | C．hopeless | D．sad |
| A．experience | B．jersey | C．star | D．determination |
| A．strong | B．useful | C．successful | D．lucky |
| A．reach | B．catch | C．build | D．decide |
My problems started when we were having a biology class. Students were curious about a picture of ducks and wanted to see the kind of animals. Mrs Reno, our biology teacher, told us that she had a baby duck in her yard and could take him to us to know him. But baby ducks were on my list of terrifying things. Because I’ve always been afraid of these furry (毛茸茸的) animals.
To make matters worse, Trent Dillard was in my class again, Last year, I had to sit in front of him. He knew I was afraid of furry animals, and all the year he pretended to put them on my hair.
The next day. Mrs Reno took a cage, a baby duck inside it. She pulled out the baby duck and set him on the desk. “This is Ripley,” she said. Strangely, he seemed to understand what Mrs Reno said, and he was quiet and stayed at the desk.
Trent whispered (小声说), “I think you’re scared of him.” “I am not!” I said. Mrs Reno looked towards Trent and me. “What’s wrong?” she asked. “Amy’s scared of Ripley,” Trent announced. “No, I’m not.” I was nervous. “I love ducks. They’re my favorite animals.” Mrs Reno smiled, “I was going to ask for a volunteer to feed Ripley at recess (课间休息), but since you’re a duck lover, how would you like the job?” She probably thought I was speech-less with joy. But I was very frightened.
At that time, Trent stood up and said, “I want to join Amy.” Mrs Reno said, “OK. I guess Amy can have a helper.” During the recess, Trent opened the cage and caught Ripley. “Careful!” I cried, surprised that I was worried about him. Trent looked out the window. “Hey, the guys are playing football and I’ll go. Take Ripley.” “You can just put him down.” I meant for Trent to put him down inside the cage, but Trent set him on the floor and ran out-side. At that time, Ripley walked towards the door.
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I took a deep breath (呼吸) and caught Ripley.
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In fact. Mrs Reno knew I was afraid of Ripley and was glad that I could overcome my fear.
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One day, a hare (野兔) and a tortoise (乌龟) decided to have a race to see who was faster than the other. They agreed that the one who first got to the bid tree in the distance was the winner. So they started at the same time.
The hare thought, “My legs are much longer than the tortoise’s. I’m sure to be the winner.” Of course the tortoise was much slower than the hare, but he never gave up and kept moving forward as fast as he could.
As the hare ran a few kilometers, he found the tortoise far behind him.
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6 . It was a few years ago, and I took a holiday-season job in a video store. One day, an elderly woman
The elderly woman separated from the young one and
Rather than rushing off to
As we walked along the back of the store, I
We
I
“Cherish (珍爱) her,” I said. And then I answered her
| A．closed | B．entered | C．passed | D．left |
| A．knew | B．realized | C．guessed | D．explained |
| A．kindness | B．courage | C．interest | D．impatience |
| A．began | B．continued | C．forgot | D．agreed |
| A．moved around | B．walked over | C．dropped out | D．fell behind |
| A．familiar | B．strange | C．unusual | D．normal |
| A．songs | B．poems | C．pictures | D．movies |
| A．make | B．play | C．get | D．borrow |
| A．so | B．or | C．and | D．but |
| A．back | B．forward | C．up | D．down |
| A．work | B．company | C．success | D．performance |
| A．introduced | B．designed | C．examined | D．changed |
| A．worried about | B．angry at | C．happy with | D．afraid of |
| A．developed | B．watched | C．missed | D．found |
| A．wanted | B．hated | C．enjoyed | D．remembered |
| A．sent | B．carried | C．drove | D．pushed |
| A．attention | B．advice | C．support | D．promise |
| A．proud | B．satisfying | C．confident | D．surprising |
| A．done | B．gone | C．accepted | D．asked |
| A．Breaks | B．Holidays | C．Chances | D．Moments |
7 . Like a lot of people, I started running to lose weight. That was in 2004 when I was in college, battling the 40-plus pounds I’d gained from my diet of pasta, fries and sweets. It took me over five years to lose weight, but I never was able to get super lean and muscular like I had always wanted to be.
As a mother, I have gone through two pregnancies (怀孕), gaining 50-plus pounds during each, and always ran to lose weight. Even running 45 minutes three to four times a week didn’t help me lose those last 10 pounds. Running an hour five times a week and doing long training runs on the weekend just made me super hungry, and I ended up gaining weight.
I gradually gave up running. I wasn’t excited to do it anymore because it wasn’t offering the results I thought it should have. I decided to take a leap and sign up for a month-long program for CrossFit. I started going there five days a week. After one month of CrossFit, I was shocked at how my body had changed. In the first month I was there, I never repeated the same exercise. Before trying CrossFit, I put in a lot of miles running, but my heart rate never got as high as it does doing five minutes of wall balls, box jumps and burpees.
It has been three months since I started CrossFit. I love my new exercise routine (一套动作) because I’m actually excited to go when my alarm goes off at 4:40 am. It’s fun to try a new exercise routine. I’m proud to see what I can achieve and how strong I’m getting, and I also look forward to sweating alongside the same dedicated (热忱的), supportive, and inspiring group of people in the morning.
1. What can we infer from Paragraph 1?| A．The author had a sweet tooth. | B．The author led a relaxing life. |
| C．The author succeeded in losing weight. | D．The author was a strong-minded woman. |
| A．She was tired every day. | B．She lost the last 10 pounds. |
| C．She stayed fit and healthy. | D．She was putting on weight. |
| A．A running routine. | B．A kind of exercise. |
| C．An interesting game. | D．A kind of equipment. |
| A．Helpful. | B．Difficult. | C．Cheap. | D．Boring. |
Last Saturday David was taking a walk in the park near his home when he noticed a woman with a boy of about eight years old. When David passed them, he heard the woman yelling: “How stupid you are! You’re good at nothing.” David stopped and looked at the little boy. The boy said nothing. He just stood there, looking upset.
David was reminded of his English teacher Mrs. Brown in middle school. After he entered middle school, David lacked self-confidence because he was often made fun of by others. He was often told that he was good at nothing, which David believed.
But one day it all changed. That day, in an English writing class, Mrs. Brown asked them to read a novel. They were asked to write a new chapter of the novel after they finished reading it. A few days later, David handed in his story. He didn’t give it much thought. But the next day to his surprise, the comment “well done” from Brown came into view the moment he turned to the page where the story was written. When David read that, he almost burst into tears. He had never expected to be praised. He suddenly gained some self-confidence.
That day after he returned home, he wrote another short story and gave it to Mrs. Brown the next morning. And again he was praised. David became very interested in writing. He often wrote short dories and asked Mrs. Brown to read them and correct them for him. Mrs. Brown always gave him good advice to improve them. One year later, David joined the school newspaper and became an editor of it. He gained his confidence and was hopeful about his future.
He succeeded in entering college and kept writing. Several years after graduating from college, he had his first book published, becoming famous as a writer in his country. And he owed his success to Mrs. Brown’s encouragement. Without her encouragement, his life might be very different now.
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Inspired by his own life story, David decided to do something for that boy.
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The mother was ashamed when she heard that.
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9 . My father often works very hard. And he has
One afternoon, when he finished his work and
But to our
When my father was sitting in his seat, a
| A．little money | B．little time | C．much money | D．much time |
| A．a strange story | B．a good story | C．an old story | D．a funny story |
| A．was to | B．ought to | C．had to | D．was about to |
| A．box | B．glass | C．book | D．paper |
| A．pretended | B．liked | C．happened | D．wanted |
| A．that | B．this | C．it | D．which |
| A．evening | B．afternoon | C．day | D．morning |
| A．quickly | B．quietly | C．early | D．suddenly |
| A．hello | B．good night | C．good evening | D．good-bye |
| A．disappointment | B．surprise | C．sorrow | D．joy |
| A．told | B．explained | C．asked | D．wanted |
| A．a | B．the | C．some | D．one |
| A．man | B．nurse | C．doctor | D．woman |
| A．taken | B．his | C．hers | D．wrong |
| A．or | B．but | C．and | D．so |
| A．Seat3 | B．Seat2 | C．Seat1 | D．Seat4 |
| A．to bring | B．to show | C．to see | D．to get |
| A．When | B．How | C．Why | D．Where |
| A．designs | B．owners | C．prices | D．colors |
| A．I’m sad | B．I’m worried | C．I’m wrong | D．I’m sorry |
10 . In the summer of 2015, Brian Peterson and his wife Vanessa had just moved to Santa Ana, California. Outside the couple’s fourth-floor apartment, a homeless man was often yelling (叫喊) on the street corner, sometimes keeping them awake at night. Peterson would pass the man on his way to his job as a car designer, but they never spoke.
One day, Peterson was relaxing in his living room, reading a book about the power of love in action, when his quiet was influenced by the homeless man. Inspired (赋予灵感) by the book’s message, Peterson made an unexpected decision: He was going to go outside and introduce himself.
In that first conversation, Peterson learned that the man’s name was Matt Faris. He’d moved to Southern California from Kentucky to look for a job in music, but he soon fell on hard times and ended up living on the street for more than twenty years. “It was the strangest thing to me,” Peterson thought of their first conversation. “I saw beauty on the face of a man who probably hadn’t had a shower in close to a year. And his story, the life inside of him, moved me.” And even though Peterson, a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art, hadn’t picked up a paintbrush for about eight years, he found himself asking if he could paint Faris’s portrait (肖像). Faris said yes.
Peterson’s connection with Faris led him to form Faces of Santa Ana, a nonprofit (非营利的) organization focusing on befriending and painting portraits of homeless people. Peterson sells the portraits with the owners’ permission and puts the earning into the organization, which helps many poor people.
1. What can we learn about Peterson from paragraph 1?| A．He moved to California alone. |
| B．He learned a lot about the homeless man. |
| C．He helped the homeless man to be a car designer. |
| D．He was influenced by the homeless man sometimes. |
| A．He wanted to ask Faris to keep quiet. |
| B．He hoped to paint a portrait for Faris. |
| C．He planned to share a book with Faris. |
| D．He was inspired by the book he was reading. |
| A．Peterson shared a photo with Faris |
| B．Peterson was touched by Faris’s story. |
| C．Peterson told Faris about his bad luck. |
| D．Peterson offered to take Faris to have a bath. |
| A．Brave. | B．Proud. | C．Caring. | D．Honest. |
