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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2 . Two weeks ago, a 5-year-old girl named Sunshine Oelfke emptied out her piggy bank (存钱罐) onto the living room floor and immediately started counting. Her grandmother, Jackie Oelfke, thought she was playing as she carefully lined up the coins, but then she saw the girl put the coins into a plastic bag and place it in her backpack.
“What are you doing with that money?” Jackie asked her granddaughter.
“I’m taking it to school,” Sunshine replied. “I’m going to take it for milk money. My friend Layla doesn’t get milk— her mom doesn’t have milk money and I do.”
Jackie’s heart melted at Sunshine’s words. Choked with strong feelings, Jackie held her sweet granddaughter tightly in her arms.
Last week, Jackie and Sunshine met with her teacher, Rita Hausher, and handed her the $30 the kindergartner had saved. There are 20 kids in Sunshine’s class and about half don’t get milk. It costs $ 0.45 a carton (纸盒). The total adds up to about $180 a month for every child in the class to have milk every day.
After dropping Sunshine off at school, Jackie posted a tearful video on Facebook to explain her granddaughter’s plan. To her surprise, many people offered to donate toward the cause. Within a week, Jackie raised more than $1,000. Now every student in Sunshine’s class can get free milk for the rest of the year.
Jackie said Sunshine doesn’t see her kind act as a big deal. She was just trying to look out for her friends. “She doesn’t understand the effect she’s brought about,” Jackie said. “But now she knows she can do whatever she puts her mind to.”
1. Why did Sunshine empty her piggy bank?| A．She hoped to show off her savings in class. | B．She needed to train her counting skills. |
| C．She wanted to play with the coins. | D．She intended to pay for her friend’s milk. |
| A．Relieved. | B．Touched. | C．Curious. | D．Proud. |
| A．Two heads are better than one. | B．A friend in need is a friend indeed. |
| C．Nothing is impossible to a willing heart. | D．There’s no such thing as a free lunch. |
| A．Small Coins, Big Changes. | B．Jackie’s Piggy Bank. |
| C．Piggy Bank and Carton Milk. | D．A Moved Grandmother. |
3 . Becca was 6 when she was told she had cancer on Sept. 8, 2014. She clearly remembers the bad days of her 26 months of non -stop treatment. Luckily, Becca celebrated her final treatment on Nov. 13, 2016, and she has been cancer-free ever since. But she was thinking about what her life was like while experiencing the treatment.
“I was never able to do much, and that’s what the kids lying in their hospital beds right now experience, asking their mom and dad, ‘When are we leaving? When can I play with my friends?’ So I decided I have to help them.”
In February, 2017, Becca came up with the idea for Knots and Arrows, a company that makes bracelets (手镯) out of swimsuit materials (泳衣布料). Part of the money made from each bracelet goes to the organizations that help people with cancer.
Becca created the company with her father, Gerhard Salmins. Gerhard Salmins once had cancer and already recovered from it. “I would be in the hospital sitting there crying and then my dad would come in and he would play games with me,” she said. “It made me forget about what I was going through” Becca said the name of the organization shows the motto (座右铭) she stuck to through her personal cancer journey.
Her organization has already given thousands of dollars to research organizations and families in need. Becca said she hoped her bracelets would make people remember that great things can result from small changes. “No matter what age you are, what you look like, and how you act, you can make a difference!”she said.
1. What happened to Becca at the end of 2016?| A．She recovered from cancer. | B．She created an organization. |
| C．She raised a lot of money. | D．She was helped by a company. |
| A．He showed Becca a famous motto. | B．He fought off cancer successfully. |
| C．He advised Becca to forget her pain. | D．He named the company Knots and Arrows. |
| A．Negative. | B．Creative. | C．Caring. | D．Clever. |
| A．To tell us having a motto is important. |
| B．To prove cancer can be got over successfully. |
| C．To show there’s always someone who needs help. |
| D．To make us realize everyone can make a difference. |
4 . I was never very neat while my roommate Kate was extremely organized. Each of her objects had its place, but my always hid somewhere. She even labeled (贴标签) everything. I always looked for everything. Overtime, Kate got neater and I got my merriser. She moved to push my dirty clothing over and I would lay my books on her tidy desk. We both got tired of each other.
Who broke out one evening. Kate came into the room. Soon, I heard her screaming, “Take your shoes away! why under my bed!” Suddenly I saw my shoes flying at me. I jumped to my feet and started yelling. She yelled back louder.
The room was filled with anger. We could not have stayed together for a single minute but for a phone call. Kate answered it. From her end of the conversation, I could tell right away her grandma was seriously ill. When she hung up. She quickly crawled (爬) under her covers, crying. Obviously. that was something she could not go through alone. All of a sudden, a warm feeling of sympathy (同情) rose up in my heart.
Slowly, I collected the pencils, took back the books, made my bad. Cleaned the suckers and swept the floor even on her side. I got so absorbed into my work that I even didn’t notice Kate had sat up. She was watching. Her tears dried and her expression was such disbelief. Then, she reached out her hands to grasp mine. I looked up into her eyes. She smiled at me. “Thanks.”
Kate and I stayed roommates for the rest of the year. We didn’t always agree, but we learned the key to living together: giving in, cleaning up and holding on.
1. What made Kate so angry one evening?| A．She couldn’t find her books. |
| B．She heard the writer shouting loud. |
| C．She got the news that her grandma was ill. |
| D．She saw the writer’s shoes beneath her bed. |
| A．Because she was scared by Kate’s anger. |
| B．Because she hated herself for being so messy. |
| C．Because she wanted to show her care. |
| D．Because she was asked by Kate to do so. |
| A．By analyzing courses. |
| B．By showing differences. |
| C．By describing a process. |
| D．By following time order. |
| A．My Friend Kate. |
| B．Hard Work Pays off. |
| C．How to Be Organized? |
| D．Learning to Be Roommates. |
5 . On his way to the airport one afternoon, Phillip asked the driver to wait outside the bank while he collected some traveler ‘s checks.
The plane was to
What could he do? It was now five past four and there would be too little
| A．check in | B．lead off | C．take off | D．go up |
| A．long | B．short | C．pleasant | D．rough |
| A．as | B．so | C．but | D．because |
| A．buying | B．taking | C．putting | D．checking |
| A．plane | B．trip | C．company | D．flight |
| A．realized | B．promised | C．recognized | D．suggested |
| A．at home | B．at the bank | C．at the office | D．in the taxi |
| A．time | B．chance | C．possibility | D．use |
| A．golden | B．last | C．only | D．first |
| A．in | B．to | C．at | D．with |
| A．sad | B．unable | C．nervous | D．difficult |
| A．stopped | B．ran | C．went | D．opened |
| A．off | B．back | C．out | D．away |
| A．started | B．caught | C．noticed | D．left |
| A．speech | B．signal | C．call | D．voice |
| A．apologize | B．announce | C．worry | D．regret |
| A．advised | B．forced | C．allowed | D．persuaded |
| A．ideas | B．plans | C．information | D．time |
| A．person | B．situation | C．place | D．airport |
| A．return | B．show | C．recover | D．change |
6 . Sam was a fifteen-year-old boy living with his little sister, Julie. Their parents had passed away long ago. Sam had taken care of Julie by himself.
One day, Sam woke up at three in the morning as usual. When Julie was sleeping alone, Sam left their little house to send newspapers. When he found an old man sitting in front of their house, Sam was so surprised that he stopped to look at him closely. It was an icy morning and he looked very cold.
The poor old man didn’t have anything to cover himself with. Sam went into his house to get the old man a blanket (毯子). However, there were no extra blankets, so Sam thought hard and took his father’s coat. It was the only thing of his father’s that he had left. Sam wrote a short note. “Sir, I found you sleeping in front of my house. This is my father’s coat. I hope it fits you well.” He put the note in a pocket of the coat, and covered the old man with the coat. Then he went to work. When he came back three hours later, both the man and the coat were gone. Sam thought that it was the best thing he could have done with his father’s coat.
That afternoon, Sam hurried home after school because Julie was at home alone. However, Julie and the old man were standing in front of the house, and Julie shouted to Sam, “Brother! He’s our grandfather!”
The grandfather smiled and said, “Sam, thank you for giving me the coat and letting me know how good my grandson is. This coat was the one that I gave my son a long time ago!”
1. How was the weather when Sam saw an old man in front of his house?| A．Hot and sunny. | B．Rainy. | C．Icy and cold. | D．Windy. |
| A．take care of his sister |
| B．go to school |
| C．send newspapers |
| D．look for his grandfather |
| A．died | B．went on | C．left home | D．passed by |
| A．his father’s coat fitted the old man well |
| B．the coat was the only thing that his father had left |
| C．he knew the old man was his grandfather then |
| D．he had no extra blanket |
| A．Father’s coat was missing. |
| B．Sam found his grandfather through an act of kindness. |
| C．An old man was too cold to live on. |
| D．Sam took care of his sister by himself. |
7 . Do you know one bird whose name is crow (乌鸦)?Here is a story about one of them. There was once a lazy crow who thought it was too much trouble to
One day he saw a(n)
“No, you can’t!”
The crow went home feeling
Sadly the crow flew to his own forest. But when his old friends, the other crows saw him they asked him to
“What looks easier isn’t always so,” the crow said to himself. “I wish I had never painted my feathers grey!”
1.| A．pick out | B．look for | C．put away | D．hand in |
| A．lovely | B．healthy | C．happy | D．pretty |
| A．boring | B．funny | C．old | D．fat |
| A．followed | B．caught | C．protected | D．taught |
| A．square | B．forest | C．park | D．house |
| A．men | B．visitors | C．pigeons | D．crows |
| A．help | B．join | C．see | D．believe |
| A．explained | B．advised | C．shouted | D．continued |
| A．lucky | B．asleep | C．tired | D．sad |
| A．idea | B．choice | C．change | D．accident |
| A．head | B．feathers | C．feet | D．legs |
| A．understand | B．guess | C．hope | D．think |
| A．welcomed | B．discovered | C．noticed | D．attacked |
| A．Strangely | B．Finally | C．Suddenly | D．Interestingly |
| A．wait | B．stop | C．cry | D．leave |
| A．go away | B．give up | C．set off | D．hurry up |
| A．miss | B．hunt | C．know | D．forget |
| A．colder | B．worse | C．busier | D．stronger |
| A．brothers | B．friends | C．parents | D．sisters |
| A．though | B．but | C．as | D．and |
A dog named Peggy was unable to continue the job she was good
Peggy’s owners gave her to a local animal shelter (庇护所) when they found it hard
While Peggy became deaf,
But the most important lesson Peggy learned had nothing to do with sheep. It was about trust. “It took her some time to learn that we love her, and understand our praise,” Shorten said.
These days, with her GPS tracker in place, Peggy heads out with sheep fom time to time, happily knowing that the
9 . Since I was 12 years old, I’ve suffered from a condition called Compulsive Hair Pulling(强迫性拔毛症). The physical destruction was severe, but the emotional
Growing up, I didn’t
Then when I was 25, I read a letter from a mom whose child suffered from the same illness. I could
At that moment, my journey for
One day, my
| A．conflict(冲突) | B．threat | C．damage(损坏) | D．puzzle |
| A．including | B．except | C．beyond | D．but |
| A．belong to | B．fit in | C．come up | D．fall over |
| A．shyness | B．pain | C．anger | D．tiredness |
| A．decision | B．solution | C．mind | D．conclusion(结论) |
| A．color | B．shape | C．recovery(痊愈) | D．lack |
| A．after | B．before | C．if | D．whether |
| A．understood | B．missed | C．thought | D．listened |
| A．never | B．hardly | C．seldom | D．rarely |
| A．ill | B．weak | C．sad | D．alone |
| A．healing(治愈) | B．praying | C．searching | D．longing(渴望) |
| A．efforts | B．suggestion | C．steps | D．walks |
| A．share | B．betray(背叛) | C．sell | D．keep |
| A．them | B．everyone | C．anyone | D．myself |
| A．wasting (浪费) | B．deserving(值得) | C．giving | D．refusing |
| A．illness | B．symptom(症状) | C．prediction(预测) | D．miracle(奇迹) |
| A．peaceful | B．surprised | C．overjoyed | D．cold |
| A．went | B．ran | C．planned | D．imagined |
| A．dialed | B．exchanged | C．fell | D．dropped |
| A．where | B．when | C．how | D．why |
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Mary was an university student. She didn’t have much money and her parents were poor. So she had an uncle who had been luck enough to be very rich. He always give her valuable Christmas and birthday presents. When her uncle’s birthday came round, Mary wanted to buy her something really special, but because of he was so rich, she did not know how to get him. She went into the best shop in her town and explained her problem to one of the helpful shop assistant. Finally she asked, “What do you have for someone has already got everything he wants or needs?” The girl sighed deep and answered, “Envy (忌妒), only envy.”
