1 . Mark Twain was a great writer in America. He was also a funny man. There were many interesting stories about him.
In his city, a man didn’t like Mark Twain. On April Fool’s Day, the man wanted to play a joke on the great writer. A newspaper in New York said that Mark Twain died. All his friends around the country were sad when they read it. Then they decided to visit his home. When the friends got there, they found Mark Twain writing in front of his desk. They got a big surprise and thought the newspaper did a bad thing. But Mark Twain didn’t get angry. He smiled and said, “The report(报道)about my death is right. But the time is too early.”
1. The report about Mark Twain was on ______.| A．June 2nd | B．April 2nd | C．June 1st | D．April 1st |
| A．前往 | B．居住 | C．拜访 | D．悼念 |
| A．listening to the radio | B．reading |
| C．writing | D．watching TV |
| A．didn’t like that man | B．was a funny man |
| C．didn’t like the newspaper | D．knew he wouldn’t die |
2 . Xiao Ming gets up very late. He rides his bike to the school quickly. He doesn’t look at the traffic lights, so he hits a car. The driver takes him to the hospital right now. The doctor looks over Xiao Ming very carefully. Xiao Ming wants to go to the school but the doctor and the driver ask him to stay in bed.
“ Now my boy,“ says the doctor.“ Could you tell me your name, please?”
“ What are you going to do?” asks Xiao Ming.
“I’m going to tell your parents and your teacher. ”answers the doctor.
“But my parents know my name and my teacher knows my name, too.“ says Xiao Ming.
1. How does Xiao Ming go to school?| A．by bike | B．by car |
| C．by bus | D．on foot |
| A．His teacher | B．His parents |
| C．The driver | D．His students |
| A．Because he is very happy. |
| B．Because he doesn’t notice the traffic lights. |
| C．Because he doesn’t like going to school |
| D．Because he can’t see anything |
| A．He is very lovely. |
| B．He is very bad. |
| C．He is very lazy. |
| D．He is very good. |
3 . I still remember the day when I was driving to the supermarket I own. When I came out, I found a boy cleaning my car with a brush. I went over and patted him on the shoulder, which surprised him very much. In no time he began to smile at me. So I was sure he needed some money. From the shoes he was wearing I could hardly imagine how poor he was. So I offered him a $100 bill. To my great surprise, he refused to take it. When I was wondering what he was doing, he said, “I was waiting here for 4 hours, waiting for you. Your car is so beautiful and I like it, but I don’t need that.” I knew he was mentioning the bill.
As he had refused the money, I offered to drive him around the town. The boy became so excited that he got into the car at once, “Would you please drive me home? It is only about 3 miles.” What the boy wanted to do was to show off to his friends and his family. As soon as I stopped, he jumped out and ran into an old building, telling me to wait there for some time. Very soon he came out, saying to a little girl on his back, “Look at this beautiful car. I will buy you one someday.”
I noticed his sister had a pale face. What’s worse, her legs were too thin, and she was unable to walk.
After that day I went to his home several times. And I got to know more about him and his family. Poor as they were, the boy once again refused my money, and said, “I can make money by myself, thank you.”
Soon I told my manager of the supermarket that a boy would go to work here the next day.
No matter how poor we are, we will never give in to ourselves.
1. From the shoes the boy was wearing the author inferred .| A．how poor the boy was! | B．how rich the boy was! |
| C．how healthy the boy was! | D．how clever the boy was! |
| A．the author volunteered to take the boy to his own supermarket. |
| B．the author was volunteered to drive the boy around the town. |
| C．the author volunteered to drive the boy around the town. |
| D．the author volunteered to offer a job for the boy. |
| A．tall | B．well | C．short | D．unhealthy |
| A．No matter how poor we are, we should give in to ourselves. |
| B．No matter how poor we are, we have to give up to ourselves. |
| C．No matter how poor we are, we have to give in to ourselves. |
| D．No matter how poor we are, we shouldn’t give in to ourselves. |
4 . A young man went to a farm and asked for a job. When the old farmer asked what the young man could do to help the farm, he just said, “I can sleep when the wind blows.”
This short answer puzzled(迷惑)the farmer. But he liked the young man and said OK anyway. Everything went well until one night when there was a heavy storm. The old farmer and his wife quickly woke up and started checking to see if everything was safe.
The farmer and his wife checked their things. They found that the farm tools had been put away safely in the house. The truck was parked in the garage. They found that the doors of the farmhouse were closed. The barn(谷仓)was properly locked. Even the animals were calm. All was well.
After checking everything, they went to the young man’s room and found that he was sleeping. The farmer and his wife then understood the meaning of the young man’s words—“I can sleep when the wind blows. ”
Because the young man finished all of his work while the skies were clear, he was prepared for the storm before it came.
So when the wind blew, he was not afraid. He could sleep in peace.
1. The farmer let the man stay on the farm because ________.| A．he was interested in the man | B．he was puzzled |
| C．he was kind | D．he wanted to teach the man a lesson |
| A．The farmer lost his tools. | B．The man failed to do his duty. |
| C．The farmhouse was broken. | D．A storm visited the farm. |
| A．Satisfied. | B．Worried. | C．Excited. | D．Angry. |
| A．Be prepared for the future. | B．Work for an old farmer. |
| C．Work hard all the time. | D．Be brave and sleep in peace. |
5 . I arrived at my mother’s home for our Saturday family dinner. The smells of food flew over from the kitchen. Mother was pulling out quilt after quilt from the boxes, proudly showing me their beauties. I knew they were all made herself. She was preparing for a quilt show on TV. When we began to fold and put them back into the boxes, I noticed something at the bottom of one box. I pulled it out. “What’s this?” I asked.
“Oh?” Mom said, “That’s Mama’s quilt.”
I spread the quilt. It looked as if a group of school children had made the pieces together.
“Grandmother made this?” I asked in surprise. My grandmother was a master at making quilts. This certainly didn’t look like any of the quilts she had made.
“Yes, right before she died. I brought it home with me last year and made some changes,” Mom said, “I’m still working on it. See, this is what I've done so far.”
I looked at it more closely. She had made a line straight(直的). At the center of the quilt, she had stitched a piece of cloth with these words: “My mother made many quilts. She didn’t get all lines straight. But I think this is beautiful. I want to see it finished. Her last quilt.”
“Oh, this is so nice, Mom.” I said. I was sure now that by completing my grandmother’s quilt, my mother was honoring her own mother. I realized that I held in my hands a family treasure. It started with the loving hands of one woman, and continued with the loving hands of another.
1. When the writer got home, his mother .| A．was cooking dinner | B．was preparing for a quilt show |
| C．was watching TV | D．was changing her mama's quilt |
| A．She took it to a TV show. |
| B．She brought it home and made some changes. |
| C．She gave it to her daughter as a family treasure. |
| D．She made some changes with a group of children. |
| A．画出 | B．剪开 | C．写下 | D．缝上 |
| A．was highly thought of by her daughter |
| B．wasn’t good at making quilts |
| C．was dead many years ago |
| D．lived with the writer before she died |
| A．The writer wanted to know what their family treasure was. |
| B．The writer’s mother wanted to learn how to make a beautiful quilt. |
| C．The writer’s mother wanted to honor her own mama by finishing the quilt. |
| D．The writer’s mother wanted to take her mama's quilts to the show. |
6 . Rhubarb was very friendly. Whenever someone came to the house, she was always happy. We had an older dog named Willie, and it was important that Rhubarb get along well with him. She wanted to play, but was very respectful to Willie and left him alone when he was tired. Willie was not well and died about a year later, but I believe Rhubarb helped him keep going for longer.
But the interesting thing about Rhubarb was that she never barked. She would sometimes get excited when she saw a chipmunk(花栗鼠) and make a little crying sound, One hot night when she was about 4 years old, we went to bed with the windows open and the doors unlocked. At about 3 a.m. ,1 woke up to the sound of Rhubarb barking. I woke Donald and we got out of the bed.
Rhubarb was coming toward us quickly. We turned on the lights and noticed the door to the kitchen was open. Then we saw the door leading into the house from the garage was also open. We locked all the doors immediately, and we did not get any sleep that night.
The next day we noticed there were cigarette ashes(烟灰) on the floor. I called the police to report a break-in. I told them nothing had been taken, but they sent a police officer over to talk with us anyway. While he was here, we found out some local homes had been burglarized over the weekend. Most people lost their wallets and purses.
My purse was right next to the door, but Rhubarb had scared the robber(盗贼) away before he could steal it. Rhubarb lived to be almost 12, but that night was the only time she barked. Fortunately, she never saw the need to warn us of any other danger. We loved her like a member of the family.
1. We can learn from the first paragraph that________| A．Willie was good at communicating | B．Rhubarb and Willie fought at times |
| C．Rhubarb treated Willie well | D．Willie was lonely before his death |
| A．There was a break-in. | B．She saw a chipmunk. |
| C．She got excited. | D．The doors were closed. |
| A．Found. | B．Refused. | C．Helped. | D．Stolen. |
| A．Rhubarb scared the robbers away. |
| B．Rhubarb saw no other danger needed to warn us. |
| C．Rhubarb became a member of her family. |
| D．Rhubarb barked once in her entire life. |
| A．Kind. | B．Brave. | C．Strong. | D．Friendly. |
7 . In America, men and women are allowed to learn to drive at the age of 16. It’s a turning point in any young person’s life. Being able to drive offers newfound freedom. It can also provide independence. So 16-year-oldAllan Gieger III was especially pleased when his mother and father bought a car for him when he passed his driving test.
His parents had intended him to use the car to drive to school and to work once he found a job. They thought it would give Allan a good start in life. Sadly, Allan did not see it quite the same way as his parents. He could not wait to pick up his friends and drive around the neighbourhood showing off his good luck. His parents felt that he let them down. They tried to speak to him about it, but the 16-year-old chose to ignore(不理会) their protests.
So not long after Allan received the car he was very surprised to see that its picture appeared on a website that sold cars. Next to the photo was the following message: “I have put my son’s car up for sale. I bought it for him as his first car. He thinks it’s cool to drive around with his friends. I don’t think he shows my wife and me enough respect(尊重). My son chose to throw all that away because he’d rather his friends had a stronger influence over him than me.”
Allan could hardly believe what he saw or read. It was reported that his father was able to sell the car within two hours. Now, Allan is carless. The father also received a number of phone calls from other parents congratulating him on what he had done. Allan was very upset at first, but when he saw how many phone calls his father received from other parents he began to consider his own actions.
1. Why was Allan happy?| A．He was given a car by his parents. |
| B．He got a great score in an exam. |
| C．He entered his dream school. |
| D．He was allowed to attend the driving test. |
| A．They were interested. | B．They were satisfied. |
| C．They felt unhappy. | D．They felt helpless. |
| A．He didn’t care about his car. |
| B．He didn’t respect his parents. |
| C．He had a cooler head than his friends. |
| D．He liked his parents more than his friends. |
| A．He was congratulated by his friends. |
| B．He asked his friends’ parents for help. |
| C．He experienced annoying phone calls. |
| D．He started to think about his behaviour. |
8 . Christian Larsen asked his mother, Lindsay, to throw him a ninth birthday party so he could invite all of his friends. Finally, she gave in, sending out invitations— and waiting. But only one person responded. Christian, who attends Hillsdale Elementary in Meridian, Idaho, has autism (自闭症).
On May 31, Lindsay posted on Facebook about not having responses, and her friend Blythe Ben-David stepped in to make a birthday miracle (奇迹) happen.
Ben-David wanted to attend the party, but she lives in South Texas, far from the Larsen family. So she reached out to Dan Holtry, a family friend and the football coach at Nampa High School in Idaho.
“He has always been a caring man with a big heart,” Ben-David said. “I knew if anyone could help it would be Dan.” When Ben-David asked Holtry whether he could help, he agreed and went“above and beyond.”
“My players were also willing to celebrate with Christian,” Holtry said. “Within seconds of a sent text, they were 100% in.”
When Christian’s party was held on June 4, a few classmates, some children with their parents from the neighborhood and some family friends showed up. Christian was running around and having a good time when the surprise guests arrived. Holtry and his players showed up.
“It was amazing to see how they all came together,” Lindsay wrote in an email. “Christian often plays alone, but with the players there helping organize games, he became part of the action that day. He was playing alongside his peers (同龄人), as well as the football players.”
Holtry and his players stayed until the very end, playing with the children and singing happy birthday.
“He talked about the party for days,” Lindsay said. “He didn’t question why the players were there, he just loved it. He has said many times that it was the best birthday ever!”
1. Who failed to attend the birthday party?| A．Dan Holtry. | B．Blythe Ben-David. |
| C．Lindsay’s neighbors. | D．Christian’s classmates. |
| A．Polite and confident. | B．Strict and strong-willed. |
| C．Humorous and easy-going. | D．Warm-hearted and helpful. |
| A．He felt included on June 4. |
| B．He was shy with strangers. |
| C．He liked to watch other kids playing games. |
| D．He fell in love with football on his birthday. |
| A．Miracle happens to high school footballers |
| B．Amazing party is organized by a football team |
| C．Surprise guests turn up for autistic boy’s birthday |
| D．Artist creates special invitation to boy’s birthday party |
9 . There were smiling children all the way, waving to complete strangers and cheer them up as they rushed towards Penang. Often whole families stood outside their homes and waved and smiled as if those on the trains were their favorite relatives. This is the simple village people of Malaysia. I was moved.
I had always traveled to Malaysia by plane or car, so this was the first time I was on a train. I did not particularly relish the long train journey and had brought along a dozen magazines to read and reread. I looked about the train. There was not one familiar face. I sighed and sat down to read my Economics.
It was not long before the train was across the Causeway and in Malaysia. Johore Baru was just another city like Singapore, so I was tired of looking at the crowds of people as they hurried past. As we went beyond the city, I watched the straight rows of rubber trees and miles and miles of green. Then the first village came into sight, immediately I came alive; I decided to wave back.
From then on my journey became interesting. I threw my magazines into the waste basket and decided to join in Malaysian life. Then everything came alive. The mountains seemed to speak to me. Even the trees were smiling. I stared at everything as if I was looking at it for the first time.
The day passed fast and I even forgot to have my lunch until I felt hungry. I looked at my watch and was surprised that it was 3:00 pm. Soon the train pulled up at Butterworth. I looked at the people all around me. They all looked beautiful. When my uncle arrived with a smile, I threw my arms around him to give him a warm hug. I had never done this before. He seemed surprised and then his weather-beaten face warmed up with a huge smile. We walked arm in arm to his car.
I looked forward to the return journey.
1. The author expected the train trip to be ________ .| A．adventurous | B．pleasant | C．exciting | D．dull |
| A．The friendly country people. | B．The mountains along the way. |
| C．The crowds of people in the streets. | D．The simple lunch served on the train. |
| A．Choose. | B．Experience. | C．Enjoy. | D．Dislike. |
| A．Comfort in traveling by train. | B．Pleasure of living in the country. |
| C．Reading gives people delight. | D．Smiles brighten people up. |
10 . On August 4, 2021, the US toymaker of Mattel showed the latest additions to the collection of Barbie Role Models series-custom, one-of-a-kind dolls modeled after six ordinary female workers. To shine a light on their efforts, Mattel is sharing their stories to inspire the next generation to take after these heroes and give back. The company does not plan on selling these dolls.
Amy O’Sullivan
Amy O'Sullivan is an emergency room nurse at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. She treated Brooklyn’s first COVID-19 patient, survived a deadly attack of COVID-19 herself, and then returned to care for others.
Professor Sarah Gilbert
Professor Sarah Gilbert, a professor at the University of Oxford in England has been battling the pandemic(疫情) out of the public sight. Ms. Gilbert helped develop the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-l9 vaccine(疫苗), which has helped save the lives of millions of people worldwide.
Dr. Audrey Sue Cruz
Dr. Audrey Sue Cruz is the perfect role model for any young girl wishing to have a STEM career. The 31-year-old got a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering before turning to a medical school. Sue Cruz has been on the front lines in both hospitals and clinics during the pandemic.
Dr. Kirby White
Dr. Kirby White, a doctor in the countryside of Australia, was honored for her work in providing frontline workers with protective gowns(长袍) during the pandemic. She started the movement, Gowns for Doctors, which attracted hundreds of local volunteers and companies to make thousands of re-usable gowns. They were given away to over 750 countryside medical clinics.
1. Why does the toymaker exhibit the dolls?| A．To collect donations. | B．To develop the market. | C．To inspire the youth. | D．To create civilian heroes. |
| A．Sarah Gilbert. | B．Kirby White. | C．Amy O’Sullivan. | D．Audrey Sue Cruz. |
| A．They are well-known for their work. | B．They have courage against COVID-19. |
| C．They graduated from medical colleges. | D．They devoted themselves to toy making. |
