1 . The novel Restart was written by Gordon Korman and published in 2018. The book tells the story of Chase, a middle school student who loses his memory after an accident. At the beginning of the story, Chase gets knocked unconscious when he falls off a roof. When he wakes up, he can remember his name, but he doesn’t remember his past or his identity.

When Chase recovers and returns to school, he begins to learn about his own history through the reactions of the other students. As it turns out, Chase, once a star athlete, used to have fun hurting weaker students. Some people are afraid of him, some are angry with him, and some treat him like a hero. He finds that he doesn’t really like the people who used to be his best friends.

After his accident, Chase also has a different personality. He is no longer mean to other kids. However, everyone expects him to act the same as before. It takes time for the other students to learn to trust this new version of their old classmate. Each chapter is narrated (叙述) by a different character, so we get to hear every side of the story.

Gordon Korman has said that he enjoys writing for junior high school students because this is the age when kids begin to form their own opinions. In Restart, Korman addresses the themes of friendship, making mistakes, and getting a second chance. The novel explores the stories of a former bad guy and his victims, and gives readers a close look at the ways trust can be lost and rebuilt. The big picture comes together in little bits and pieces as each character offers their own details.

Everyone makes mistakes, and sometimes each of us would like to start over. In Restart, Korman shows us how to correct our mistakes and make it up to the people we have hurt.

1. What helps Chase rediscover his past?

A．His memory of the accident.	B．His fellow students’attitude towards him.
C．His status as a school hero.	D．His best friends’ account of his school life.

2. How is Restart unique in writing style?

A．It features vivid pictures.	B．It consists of obvious comparisons.
C．It is written from the view of an adult.	D．It contains narrations of different characters.

3. Which statement would Gordon Korman most likely agree with?

A．Friendship and trust can be regained.	B．Lost memories can be brought back.
C．Some mistakes can never be corrected.	D．High school is the best age to restart.

4. What is the text?

A．A news report.

B．A book review.

C．A fairy story.

D．A diary entry.

2 . These 3 Books Are Perfect For Your Back-To-Middle-Schooler

Pham has written and illustrated more than 100 books for kids. Here are three of her favorite reads she recommends for kids heading back to school. The books are all about sort of creating empathy and figuring out how to enter back into the school world in such a crazy time right now.

A High Five for Glenn Burke, by Phil Bildner

It talks about this really special kid named Silas Wade, and he enters the world through baseball and he gets the world excited by baseball. And he's a very special kid because of it. And he uses baseball as a way to come out. And specifically, he uses the story of Glenn Burke, who was this amazing player for the Dodgers (道奇队) way back then, and he was the man who was credited as creating the high five.

The Breadwinner, by Deborah Ellis

It’s a book that feels strangely prescient (有先见之明的), even though it was first published more than 20 years ago. And it's a story of a young Afghan girl named Parvana whose family lives under Taliban rule. And it's really just the remarkable story of the lengths to which Parvana goes to help her family survive. She’s a normal little 11-year-old girl. She's got an older sister who bothers her. She wants to be out in the world, and she can't be. She doesn't understand why she needs to wear this headdress, why she needs to cover herself. She is only allowed out at the age of 11, because she's too young to need to be covered up. So she’s able to go with her father to the marketplace. And that's where the story takes place. Her father was once a professor, once they had this very nice life. One day he's taken by the Taliban, and so she is forced to cut off her own hair and pretend to be a boy to keep her family alive. She doesn't realize she's being a hero. She doesn't realize she's doing anything special. She just knows she has to do this.

New Kid, by Jerry Craft

It’s about a seventh grader named Jordan Banks who loves to draw, and dreams of becoming an artist. But instead of art school, his parents decide to send him to a famous private school focused on academics where he frankly just doesn't fit in. It's almost as though in this story, no one's really a bad guy ... this kid, Jordan Banks, he goes through the school and he doesn't hate anyone. He feels empathy for everyone.

1. What can you infer from the passage?

A．Glenn Burke was an excellent baseball player.

B．A High Five for Glenn Burke is a kind of magazine.

C．It is Phil Bildner who created the high five.

D．Silas Wade has participated in few competitions.

2. What do you think of the girl Parvana?

A．She couldn’t adapt to her new life.

B．She was ambitious to defend her country.

C．She was devoted to her family.

D．She believed what she had done could save her people from Taliban rule.

3. Who do you think might be the appropriate readers for these three books?

A．Primary school students.	B．High school students.
C．Undergraduates.	D．Graduates.

3 . The only thing I ever stole in my life was a book. I was six years old and it was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen, bound in wonderful red Moroccan leather. No one would read it in a million years — it was about the abolition (废除) of slavery — but it was_________because I learned to read with it.

I was born in South Africa and_________in an orphanage (孤儿院). The first thing I ever remember is being hit. A temporary teacher called Miss Bornstein was the first person to take a(n)_________in me. I trusted her and I asked her to help me read that_________book. She must have thought there was_________in this little kid, for she agreed. From then on, she sent me a book a month and it_________my life. Through books, I could escape the orphanage, in my head_________, and go anywhere a story took me.

Reading_________me and I finished up winning a_________to an expensive boarding school.__________reading, I'd have become a railway repairman or a drunk. I used to invent stories and serialize (连载) them for the bullies, in exchange for not being__________.

The very first book I totally__________was Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, which I read when I was about nine years old. Like me, he was alone, poor and led an__________life. So here was this excellent story about someone in a hopeless situation, yet things__________well. It gave me__________.

Probably the most__________book I've read is The Pearl by John Steinbeck. It's very short—and I've read thousands of books since — but it was the first time I__________saw how beautiful words could be, and how astonishing a story could be.

It has a great__________about a young Mexican couple who discover an incredible pearl. Greed is a theme, but__________, it's one of those stories that tells you everything about life. If you want to know the truth, there is one place you can go—__________.

1.

A．boring

B．magic

C．difficult

D．popular

2.

A．observed

B．locked

C．raised

D．discovered

3.

A．interest

B．pleasure

C．pride

D．delight

4.

A．missing

B．abandoned

C．deserted

D．stolen

5.

A．nothing

B．anything

C．something

D．everything

6.

A．saved

B．disturbed

C．wasted

D．recorded

7.

A．at most

B．in brief

C．in contrast

D．at least

8.

A．ruined

B．inspired

C．adopted

D．acknowledged

9.

A．membership

B．championship

C．scholarship

D．friendship

10.

A．With

B．Without

C．Beyond

D．Upon

11.

A．beaten

B．hunted

C．cured

D．loved

12.

A．referred to

B．identified with

C．put aside

D．gave up

13.

A．amusing

B．innocent

C．unhappy

D．awkward

14.

A．broke out

B．ruled out

C．put out

D．turned out

15.

A．faith

B．hope

C．frustration

D．life

16.

A．beautiful

B．awful

C．annoying

D．unusual

17.

A．actually

B．consequently

C．gradually

D．occasionally

18.

A．history

B．fantasy

C．dream

D．plot

19.

A．by the way

B．on the contrary

C．in a way

D．by no means

20.

A．homes

B．churches

C．schools

D．books