1 . Book clubs are a great way to meet people who share a common love for reading.
Some book clubs are mainly meant to be fun and relaxed. Members would talk about the story and feelings about the story, but it wouldn’t be a problem if the conversation got carried away from the book. Other book clubs are more serious and highly academic. They would be more focused on meaning, plot, and character.
Choose a location for your club.
Book clubs are typically held at meeting points, like homes, bookstores, or the local library. The meetings can change location sometimes.
Go for an online club if you don’t have a location to meet.
If a physical meeting point isn’t an option, you might also have an online book club.
Find a core group of people with a passion for reading.
They could be friends, family, or people you know through various activities, but they should all love to read. Also, make sure that this group of members can commit to meetings on a regular basis. If you plan to have your book club at a physical location, invite people who live close to you. You can invite anyone to an online book club,
| A．if they are keen on reading |
| B．They take some efforts to organize |
| C．Choose the types of books to read and discuss |
| D．Decide how academic or social your book club will be |
| E．But it is usually easier to keep them at one or a few regular places |
| F．as long as the people who want to join have reliable Internet access |
| G．You can discuss books on a chat room, social media apps, or group video chats |
注意：
1. 写作词数为80词左右；
2. 说明读书的好处（至少两点）。
Dear students,
As the World Reading Day approaches,
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Students’ Union
1. How does Cindy go to work every day?
| A．By bus. | B．By subway. | C．By car. |
| A．On her way to work. | B．When waiting to act. | C．At work. |
| A．About 10%. | B．About 50%. | C．About 90%. |
| A．For money. | B．For fame. | C．For interest. |
4 . Reading is to success what water is to fish. Apparently, every successful person develops a passion for reading. This is because reading is the key to get the information required to understand something. For example, lawyers have to study and learn every established law on their specific branches. Sometimes the law changes according to people’ s needs. A good lawyer has to be informed about the latest news in the court. A doctor has to be informed of the latest advances in medicine.
Reading is very important for all mankind. Everything is relative in this world, especially reading. Reading can open many doors and it can lead you into a path of success. Studies have confirmed that reading to your unborn child is very good. This way your child will develop a passion for reading.
How do you develop a passion for reading? There is only one way you can boost your passion for reading. Let me explain this to you. If you want to learn how to ride a bike, you have to get on the bike as many times as possible until you have learned. It works the same way with reading. If you want to improve your reading, take a book and read it all the way through. When you finish reading your first book, take another book and do the same. Try to read as much as you can. If you are going out, take a magazine, a book, an article or something to read.
There is a very important factor behind the reading---reading comprehension. It’s what makes you understand the meaning behind the text. Let’s assume that you read a document and you are supposed to explain the meaning of the document. How would you explain the document if you couldn’t capture (捕捉) the message of the author?
1. The first paragraph mainly talk about________.| A．what reading comprehension is |
| B．how to find a book to read |
| C．we can get information from the Internet |
| D．the importance of reading |
| A．a very important factor behind reading |
| B．something that makes people understand what they read |
| C．a strong passion for reading |
| D．the latest information in reading |
| A．comparing the opinions of different people |
| B．presenting stories |
| C．presenting opinions and giving examples |
| D．following the natural time order |
| A．Take something to read when you are out. |
| B．Read at school. |
| C．Make friends with who love reading. |
| D．Visit some popular website. |
5 . Three very strong women — my mother, my grandmother and Melinda — deserve big credit for helping me become the man I am today. But Blanche Caffiere, a very kind teacher and librarian I’ve never written about before, also had a huge influence on me.
Mrs. Caffiere died in 2006, shortly after reaching her 100th birthday. Before she passed away, I had an opportunity to visit her and thank her for the important role she played in my life.
When I first met Mrs. Caffiere, she was the elegant and engaging school librarian at Seattle’s View Ridge Elementary, and I was a fourth grader. I was desperately trying to go unnoticed, because I had some big weaknesses, like dysgraphia (书写障碍), and had a totally messy desk with books around. And I was trying to hide the fact that I liked to read — something that was cool for girls but not for boys.
Mrs. Caffiere took me under her wings and helped make it okay for me to be a messy, nerdy boy who was reading lots of books. She pulled me out of my shell. She started by asking questions like, “What do you like to read?” and “What are you interested in?” Then she found me a lot of books. For example, she gave me great biographies she had read. Once I’d read them, she would make the time to discuss them with me. “Did you like the book? Why? What did you learn?” She listened to what I had to say patiently. Through those book conversations in the library and in the classroom we became good friends.
Teachers generally don’t want to burden their students with extra reading beyond the homework they’ve given. But I learned from Mrs. Caffiere that my teachers had so much knowledge to share. Looking back on it, there’s no question that my time with Mrs. Caffiere helped spark my interest in libraries and my focus on helping every child in America get the benefit of great teachers. I should give great thanks to the devoted teacher and librarian who helped me find my strengths when I was nine years old. It’s remarkable how much power one good person can have in shaping the life of a child.
1. Which of the following best describes the writer when he was in his fourth grade?| A．Elegant and engaging | B．Shy and untidy |
| C．Weak and desperate | D．Curious and friendly |
| A．She forced the writer to read more books. |
| B．She helped the writer to overcome his weaknesses. |
| C．She turned the writer into a book lover. |
| D．She encouraged the writer not to hide his love of reading. |
| A．She had the greatest influence on the writer. |
| B．She influenced the writer’s decision on helping American children. |
| C．She used to give the writer too much homework to help him learn. |
| D．She hadn’t seen the writer since he left the school. |
| A．A Teacher Who Changed My Life. |
| B．The Story of a Kind Teacher. |
| C．My School Life with Great Teachers. |
| D．Every Student Deserves to Be Encouraged. |
6 . Great Books Winter Program makes you well-prepared for future college classes and the SAT critical thinking section. Now enrollment (注册) is open. Make your plans today!
Program 1: Great Books & Writer’s Workshop at Pepperdine University One and Two-Week Programs .
Choose the one-week Discussion program. Select Writer’s Workshop for students eager to explore the art of creative writing. Or, stay for both!
One-week Tuition: $2,695 Two-week Tuition: $5.390
Program 2: Great Books & Writer’s Workshop at Amherst College One and Two-Week Programs
We will be offering Discussion programs and a Writer’s Workshop for students eager to explore the art of writing in all forms.
One-week Tuition: $2,495 Two-week Tuition: $4,990
Program 3: Great Books at Stanford University
One and Two-Week Programs
Young people gather to experience reading and life at Stanford University. Join us for one week or two of Great Books Discussion programs!
One-week Tuition: $2.995 Two-week Tuition: $5.990
Program 4: A Tall Ship Adventure
Sail from Bangor to Portland, ME
One Week Program
This program for high school students combines the study of literature with living and learning to sail. Time will be divided into discussion and sailing education with visits to coastal islands.
One-week Tuition: $2,995
Note: All on-campus programs have Materials & Events fees of $225 for one week and $475 for two.
1. If you want to learn about different types of writing, which program should you join in?| A．Program 1. | B．Program 2. | C．Program 3. | D．Program 4. |
| A．$2.995. | B．$3.220. | C．$3,470. | D．$6,215. |
| A．Fishing. | B．Discussing. | C．Learning to sail. | D．Visiting islands. |
7 . The following books have come out recently, and possibly you would like to read them.
| Book Name | Author | Price | Introduction |
| This Atmosphere of Love | Franklin Bass Jr. | Paperback S13 E-book $4 | This Atmosphere of Love shares Franklin Bass Jr.’s collection of poems from 2008 to 2012 that speaks about his true feelings and experiences of love. |
| An Irish Girl | Marilyn Hering | Paperback $14 E-book $4 | Inspired by true events of the Irish famine (饥荒), An Irish Girl combines a story of the famine with a heart-broken story of love and loss. |
| The Prison Planet | Denis Goodwin | Hardback $45 Paperback $30 E-Book $5 Audiobook $9 (有声读物) | Sometimes, the reality prescribed (规定) to us doesn’t explain what we experience. If you too know something isn’t right and want to see the bigger picture, the bottom line is here. |
| A Deadly Homecoming | Jane Bennett Munro | Hardback$24 Paperback$14 E-book $4 Audiobook $10 | When her mother asks her to look into a friend’s disappearance, Toni Day heads to her hometown to solve a case that puts her own life into danger. |
| A．Franklin Bass Jr. | B．Marilyn Hering. |
| C．Denis Goodwin. | D．Jane Bennett Munro. |
| A．$75 | B．$105 | C．$120 | D．$150 |
| A．An Irish Girl. | B．A Deadly Homecoming. |
| C．The Prison Planet. | D．This Atmosphere of Love. |
1.列举阅读文学作品的好处；
2.简述阅读文学作品对你的帮助。
注意：
1.词数100左右，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：文学作品works of literature
Dear Susan,
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Yours,
Li Hua
1. 发出邀请；2. 活动安排；3. 表达期待。
注意：1. 词数 80 左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Linda,
How are you doing?
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Yours
Li Hua
10 . The story of a 92-year-old book lover in a village of Chongqing has touched many recently, Sun Shiquan has collected more than 7,000 books over the past years and has offered a free local library to people there for years.
He was born in Pipa Village in Xiuqi Town of Chongqing’s Chengkou County. Being a bookworm as a child, he read all kinds of ancient books including the Four Books and the Five Classics. In the 1950s, he became one of only a handful of local college graduates and later served as a middle school teacher in the county.
He started to collect books in 1983 and gradually built a collection of many kinds over more than 40 years. Among his holdings is a precious set known as the Si Ku Quan Shu, dating back to Qing Dynasty. It is one of the only seven copies in the country.
Wearing glasses, Sun reads for more than three hours every day. Now he has finished reading most of his collections. Speaking of her father, Sun Ziyu, said, “My father has a habit of making notes on each book. He makes a mark whenever he stops reading so that he can carry on reading from where he left off.”
Village official Liu Jiao said, “Many children in the village love to visit Sun and listen to his stories.” She said the elderly man has earned respect from the whole village. People call him “Teacher Sun” and children call him “great-grandfather”.
Sun Ziyu said her father also writes poems and prose(散文) in his spare time and enjoys reading his works to the family. She said under her father’s influence, family members take the time to read together and exchange views. “That’s their favorite part,” she said.
“My father has loved reading for a lifetime,” Sun Ziyu said. “Reading is his meat and drink.”
1. What can we know from the first two paragraphs?| A．Mr Sun was born in a rich family. |
| B．There was only one free library in Xiuqi Town. |
| C．Mr Sun has been a book lover since childhood. |
| D．It was easy for children to get educated in the 1950s. |
| A．Colorful. | B．Valuable. | C．Demanding. | D．Enormous. |
| A．Mr Sun’s reading habit. | B．Mr Sun’s life experiences. |
| C．Mr Sun’s writing hobby. | D．Mr Sun’s book collections. |
| A．A person with talent. | B．A person worthy of pity. |
| C．A person with disability. | D．A person worthy of respect. |
