1 . Peter, a 5-year- old boy, showed such great interest in seashells that he would rush to pick them up with his 3-year-old sister, Shirley. They screamed out their joy as Peter collected his treasure into his pockets. For Peter, sea shells lay shining on the peaceful beach, waiting for him, just like stars twinkling in the sky. As waves touched them, they seemed to be flowers blooming in gentle wind.
One day, Peter was wandering through a market with Shirley with some shells in his pocket. Suddenly Peter found his younger sister was lagging (落后) behind. He stopped and looked back, finding Shirley standing in front of a toy shop and staring at something with great interest. The boy went back to her and asked, “What do you want?” Shirley pointed at the doll, wearing a smile on her innocent face. Peter held his younger sister’s tiny hand, walking into the shop. He tiptoed to reach for the doll, and like fulfilling an elder brother’s duty, gave the precious doll to Shirley. Holding tightly the doll, the sister was very happy.
The shopkeeper was watching everything and enjoyed seeing the mature (成熟的) behavior of the boy. Now the boy came to the counter and asked the shopkeeper, “How much does this doll cost, sir?” “The shopkeeper was a cool man, who had suffered from something in his life. So he asked the boy with love, “Well, what can you pay?” Peter reached into his clothes for money that was intended for these two little kids’ breakfast. Having counted the money, Peter put it with care on the counter, asking again, “Sir, is it enough for my little sister’s doll?” The amusing scene just in front of the shopkeeper eventually brought a smile to his face. Shaking his head slightly, he replied, “My boy, I am afraid it seems not to be enough.”
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Peter and his 3-year-old sister | |
Wandering on the beach, Peter found his sister lagging behind at a toy store. The little girl drooled on(痴迷)a doll and | The little girl showed her longing for the toy with her big and |
The boy asked for the price of the doll and decided to sacrifice his and his sister’ breakfast fund to get it, while the shopkeeper | The little boy took out his money |
3. How did the little boy intend to pay?
4. What might happen next?(at least 20 words)
2 . I was 16 when one morning my father told me I could drive him into a village, about 18 miles away, on condition that I took the car into a nearby garage to be serviced. Having just learnt to drive and hardly ever having the chance to use the car, I happily accepted. I drove Dad into the village and promised to pick him up at 4 p.m., and then drove to a nearby garage. Because I had a few free hours, I decided to catch a couple of movies at a theatre near the garage. When the last movie had finished, it was six o’clock. I was two hours late!
I knew Dad would be angry if he found out I’d been watching movies. I decided to tell him that the car needed some repairs and that they had taken longer than expected. I drove up to the place where we had appointed to meet and saw Dad waiting patiently. I said sorry and told him that I’d come as quickly as I could, but the car had needed some repairs.
“I’m disappointed that you feel you have to lie to me, Jason.”
“What do you mean? I’m telling the truth.”
Dad looked at me. “When you did not show up, I called the garage. They told me that you had not yet picked up the car. So you see, I know there were no problems with the car.”
I had to confess (承认) to my trip to the movie theatre. Dad listened as a sadness passed through him.
“I’m angry, not with you but with myself. I have failed because I have brought up a son who cannot even tell the truth to his own father. I’m going to walk home now and consider where I have gone wrong all these years.”
“But Dad, it’s 18 miles to our home. It’s dark. You can’t walk home.” My words were useless. Dad began walking along the roads, silently, thoughtfully and painfully. For 18 miles I drove behind him.
This was the most painful experience that I had ever had. It was also the most successful lesson. I have never lied to my father since.
1. Why was the author delighted to drive his father into the village?A.He longed to drive the car. |
B.He intended to repair the car. |
C.He looked forward to touring the village. |
D.He had an opportunity to watch movies. |
A.He followed the author. | B.He had repaired the car. |
C.He rang up the garage. | D.He went to the garage. |
A.Doubtful and tired. | B.Sorry and impatient. |
C.Cold but disappointed. | D.Sad and annoyed. |
A.A Bad Movie. | B.A White Lie. |
C.A Long Walk Home. | D.A Drive to the Garage. |
A Mother’s Day Surprise
The twins were filled with excitement as they thought of the surprise they were planning for Mother’s Day. How pleased and proud Mother would be when they brought her breakfast in bed. They planned to make French toast and chicken porridge. They had watched their mother in the kitchen. There was nothing to it. Jenna and Jeff knew exactly what to do.
The big day came at last. The alarm rang at 6 a.m. The pair went down the stairs quietly to the kitchen. They decided to boil the porridge first. They put some rice into a pot of water and left it to boil while they made the French toast. Jeff broke two eggs into a plate and added in some milk. Jenna found the bread and put two slices into the egg mixture. Next, Jeff turned on the second stove burner to heat up the frying pan. Everything was going smoothly until Jeff started frying the bread. The pan was too hot and the bread turned black within seconds. Jenna threw the burnt piece into the sink and put in the other slice of bread. This time, she turned down the fire so it cooked nicely.
Then Jeff noticed steam shooting out of the pot and the lid starting to shake. The next minute, the porridge boiled over and put out the fire. Jenna panicked. Thankfully, Jeff stayed calm and turned off the gas quickly. But the stove was a mess now. Jenna told Jeff to clean it up so they could continue to cook the rest of the porridge. But Jeff’s hand touched the hot burner and he gave a cry of pain. Jenna made him put his hand in cold water. Then she caught the smell of burning. Oh dear! The piece of bread in the pan had turned black as well.
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The twins wanted to plan a | ||
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Problem 1: The pan was too hot and the | → | Solution 1: Jenna turned down the fire, threw the bread into the |
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Problem 2: The porridge | → | Solution 2: Jeff stayed |
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Problem 3: The | → | Solution 3: Jenna told Jeff to |
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Problem 4: Jeff’s hand touched the hot | → | Solution 4: Jenna made Jeff put his hand in cold water. |
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Conflict: Jenna and Jeff had | → | Solution: ? |
2. How did the twins learn to prepare breakfast?
3. How did the twins’ attitude change before and after trying to make breakfast?
4. What would the twins do next? Why?
Mercy for a thief
A frantic call came into Jimmy Gilleece’s bar this past March. A newly married woman who had spent the afternoon at the dive beach bar, couldn’t find her wallet. She didn’t care about her ID, credit cards, or $150 in cash—but her wedding ring was tucked inside.
Gilleece, the barkeeper, spent several hours watching surveillance footage(监控录像). He noticed a young man in a hoodie approach the bench that the woman had just sat on. He put something in his pocket, and walked off. Gilleece posted a clip on the bar’s Facebook page. Within hours, Gilleece got a text from 17-year-old Rivers Prather, who’d heard about the post from his sister. Prather told Gilleece he’d done it because he hadn’t eaten in two days. He said he saw the ring but thought it was fake, so he took the money and threw the wallet off the public docks into the ocean.
Gilleece, unsure whether he believed Prather, told the teen to meet him at the docks. There, after talking with the teen, Gilleece knew Prather wasn’t getting along with his family and had been living in the woods for a week. Gilleece thought Prather was more of a kid than a criminal. He thought he had to help him somehow. But the police were already on the case, and because of the missing ring, Prather could probably be sent to the jail.
The next day, Gilleece had two local divers search the waters where Prather had thrown the wallet. A policewoman was waiting for them there. More than an hour passed, with no sign of the ring. Prather looked nervously at the water. And then a diver popped up. In his hand was the wallet, and inside was the ring. Prather jumped up excitedly. Even the policewoman was happy. When Gilleece called the wallet’s owner, she burst out crying.
“Most people would have given the clip to police, and he chose to help me,” Prather told CBS News. “I say thank you to him every day.”
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A newly married woman | ||
Gilleece found that a young man | Prather admitted that he took the money and threw the wallet with the ring into the ocean, because he thought it was not | |
After Gilleece and Prather had a talk, Gillece | Prather told Gileece he had a bad | |
The next day, Gilleece had two local divers search the waters for the wallet which | Prather was a bit | |
A diver popped up with his hand | Prather was so happy, | |
When Gilleece called the wallet’s owner, she burst into |
3. Why did Prather take the wallet away?
4. What’s Gilleece’s impression of Prather after they met at the docks?
One late afternoon, Tina was driving on a highway when a severe snowstorm hit with no sign before. In a short time, the heavy snow, coupled with the strong wind, turned everything into white and made the road extremely dangerous.
Tina later found out that this kind of storm is called a “Saskatchewan screamer”, which comes on extremely fast with high winds. It’s really frightening and deadly to be caught in such extreme weather.
Unable to see the road clearly, Tina had to stop her car and call 911. The operator told her that phone calls for help kept flooding in and all the rescuers had been called out. She suggested that Tina should wait out the storm in her car rather than risk driving on or going out. She took Tina’s information and told her that an officer would call her back. Tina waited anxiously for almost two hours, but nobody called her yet to check in. “The storm showed no sign of stopping. What was worse, it was getting dark. I couldn’t see anything outside the car since the snow had covered all the windows. The wind was still howling and the temperature was getting lower and lower in the car. I had no idea whom I could turn to for help,” Tina later wrote in a Facebook post. “Alone and cold,I began to panic, worrying about getting hit by an oncoming vehicle, getting buried in a snowbank, having my tailpipe blocked by the snow... I was really worried I couldn’t ever make it home to my family."
That was when Tina realized that it was no use waiting passively for help. She decided to do something herself. So she took out her cellphone, logged on to the Google Map and determined her location. She found online a neighborhood Facebook group for the area that she was passing through and shared a comment about her trouble with her location marked on the map. Then all she could do next was sitting in the car, praying someone could make a response to her as early as possible.
Fortunately, Tina’s request reached 80-year-old retired rescuer Frank.
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Tina was driving on a highway when a snowstorm hit without Tina found the storm | It is really frightening and | |
Tina a called 911 and the operator suggested her Tina waited | The weather conditions got worse and worse. Tina worried if she could go back home | |
Tina made a | Then she just sat in the car and | |
…… |
2. What was the major problem Tina faced?
3. After waiting for almost 2 hours who would help her? Then what did she decide to do?
4. Was it easy for Frank to rescue Tina? Why?
5. What will Tina think of the experience and Frank?
How many hands?
Do you know the saying “Many hands make light work”? Well, my sister Pippa and I figured that out the disastrous (灾难性的) way.
We love to skate, so when Mom said that she was taking us to the indoor ice-skating rink (冰场), we were excited. The next second saw us racing outside and scrambling (争抢) to get into the car.
“I bet I’m still faster than you,” I laughed at Pippa, reminding her of the last time at the rink when she fell far behind and was reduced to tears.
“You wish. I’ve been practicing on my inline skates every day for weeks, and I’m definitely faster than you now,” she replied confidently. Arguing was second nature to us.
“You two are too competitive for your own good, and if you’re determined to race, then you can stay away from me,” Mom said.
We should have listened. Pippa and I were both determined to prove who was faster. As soon as we arrived, we laced up our skates and hit the ice. We skated in circles to warm up, and then we danced and spun (旋转) and did anything we could to show our exceptional skills. But that soon got tiresome, and it was time to put our boasting (自夸) to the test.
“Race you to Mom,” I challenged Pippa as I sped away. Skates flashing, we raced across the ice, me leading, then Pippa, then me, then...
BANG! We smashed (撞击) straight into Mom!
We ended up at the hospital, me with a cracked elbow (肘部), Pippa with a wrist sprain (扭伤), and Mom with a torn knee ligament (韧带), She was not impressed.
When we got home, Mom said, “Your ridiculous competing got us into this mess, so you can just cooperate for once and figure out how to get us out of it.”
We were confused and asked her at the same time, “What do you mean?”
“I obviously can’t move around very well,” she said, “so you two can start by bringing in the laundry, and then we’ll tackle dinner.”
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·My sister and I ·I laughed at Pippa, ·We tried our best to show our |
We ended up ·I had a cracked elbow. ·Pippa had a wrist sprain. ·Mom had a |
·Mom said it was our ridiculous competing that got us into the ·Mom couldn’t move around well, suggesting we start by bringing in the laundry and then tackle dinner. |
2. How did the author get along with his/her sister?
3. What did Mom ask them to do in order to get out of the mess?
4. What did the author mean by figuring out the saying “Many hands make light work” in a disastrous way?
7 . On the outskirts of a tiny little town was a neglected (被忽视的) garden. In the garden stood an old house, and in that house lived Pippi Longstocking. She was nine years old, and she lived there all alone. She had no mother or father, which was actually quite nice, because it meant that no one could tell her that she had to go to bed just when she was having most fun. And no one could make her take cod liver oil when she would rather eat sweets.
Once upon a time Pippi did have a father whom she loved very much. And of course she once had a mother too, but that was so long ago that she couldn’t remember her at all. Her mother died when Pippi was a tiny little baby, lying in her cot and crying so terribly that no one could stand to come near. Pippi thought that her mother was now up in heaven, peering down at her daughter through a hole. Pippi would often wave to her and say, “Don’t worry! I can always look after myself!” But Pippi had not forgotten her father. He was a sea captain who sailed the great seas, and Pippi had sailed with him on his ship until one day a big storm blew him overboard and he disappeared. But Pippi was sure that one day he would come back. She didn’t believe that he had drowned (淹死). She believed that he had washed ashore on an island that was inhabited by natives and that her father had become king of them all. He walked around wearing a gold crown on his head all day long.
“My mamma is an angel, and my pappa is king of the natives. Not all children have such fine parents, let me tell you,” Pippi used to say with delight. “And as soon as my pappa builds himself a ship, he’ll come back to get me, and then I’ll be a native princess. Yippee, what fun that will be!” Many years ago her father had bought the old house that stood in the garden. He had planned to live there with Pippi when he grew old and was no longer able to sail the seas. Then, unfortunately, he was blown overboard. While Pippi was waiting for him to come back, she headed straight home to Villa Villekulla. That was what the house was called. It stood there, all furnished and ready — just waiting for her to arrive.
1. Where was Villa Villekulla?A.It was in a garden. | B.It was on the sea. |
C.It was on an island. | D.It was in the heaven. |
A.Pippi missed her parents very much. |
B.Pippi’s parents died when Pippi was a baby. |
C.Pippi was with her father when he fell into the sea. |
D.Pippi’s father became king of the natives on an island. |
A.Pippi would become a princess. |
B.Pippi’s father would come back to get her. |
C.Pippi would live happily with her father. |
D.Pippi would grow up without her parents. |
A.Naughty but clever. | B.Rich but mean. |
C.Imaginative but proud. | D.Unlucky but optimistic. |
8 . Wang Guilan, a 72-year-old Chinese woman, has been known as “Super Grannie” for her
Wang Guilan’s impressive achievements have attracted attention from runners of all ages. A runner in his twenties expressed his
So how does a 70-year-old stay in such a good
Wang Guilan’s passion for running has also inspired many people in China. She has been invited to give
A.cost | B.idea | C.love | D.skill |
A.relax | B.travel | C.learn | D.exercise |
A.living | B.running | C.working | D.winning |
A.oldest | B.happiest | C.slowest | D.healthiest |
A.pride | B.doubt | C.surprise | D.worry |
A.friends | B.doctors | C.admirers | D.neighbors |
A.dress up | B.speed up | C.finish up | D.catch up |
A.cut | B.cross | C.draw | D.form |
A.once | B.alone | C.indeed | D.altogether |
A.mood | B.condition | C.place | D.shape |
A.proof | B.source | C.reason | D.solution |
A.strict | B.popular | C.traditional | D.delicious |
A.help | B.examples | C.speeches | D.performances |
A.mixed | B.bitter | C.hidden | D.simple |
A.set | B.lose | C.give | D.open |
9 . Two years ago, Laura Eshelman was struggling with a mental problem. And to top it off, she was having trouble finding work.
One day, she was leaving a downtown business where she had yet another job application rejected (拒绝). Feeling extremely disappointed, she decided to go to the Whole Foods across the street and found something for her hungry stomach.
As she crossed the street, Eshelman noticed a man, who was asking for money on the corner. His messy hair and clothing made it seem like he’d been living outside for a while. She watched as he asked a passerby for change, but she even didn’t look at him.
As Eshelman approached, the man turned his attention to her, and again he asked if he could have a little bit of money. “Leave me alone. I don’t have anything to give you. Just go away!”, Eshelman shouted, almost giving vent to (发泄) all her negative feelings. But these unkind words were just what made her feel regretful and ashamed later.
The man was obviously embarrassed as well as a little surprised. It was normal for him to be refused, but not usually in such a rude way. He just lowered his head and Eshelman continued into the grocery store. After picking up some bread and a bottle of water, she went to the checkout to pay. And it was at that moment that she found her purse, where she had put all her money and important papers, was missing.
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Eshelman had a mental problem and | → | She was experiencing great |
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On her way to the food store, Eshelman | → | The man looked untidy and |
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As Eshelman approached the man, he | → | Eshelman regretted |
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The man lowered his head with | → | The purse was important to Eshelman because it |
3. What might have happened to Eshelman’s purse?
4. What might the man do for Eshelman and how would she respond?
10 . Nanuq, an Australian shepherd (牧羊犬), went missing while his family was on a trip in March, Anchorage Daily reports.
The dog lives with his family in Gambell, a small town on Alaska’s St. Lawrence Island. He disappeared while the family were
One month later, Mandy’s dad
“I was so
No one knows how Nanuq
The family was overjoyed when the plane
A.working | B.travelling | C.studying | D.living |
A.searching | B.waiting | C.caring | D.sending |
A.difficulty | B.luck | C.fun | D.patience |
A.bothered | B.warned | C.calmed | D.contacted |
A.serious | B.frightening | C.unbelievable | D.informal |
A.strange | B.obvious | C.suitable | D.possible |
A.excited | B.proud | C.anxious | D.curious |
A.cured | B.ignored | C.attacked | D.found |
A.remembered | B.managed | C.refused | D.agreed |
A.challenge | B.success | C.surprise | D.mystery |
A.Therefore | B.Besides | C.However | D.Meanwhile |
A.have a rest | B.walk around | C.enjoy a meal | D.take a ride |
A.landed | B.left | C.started | D.flew |
A.company | B.mood | C.health | D.order |
A.occurs | B.matters | C.relates | D.belongs |