2 . Summer reading

Finding Junie Kim

by Ellen Oh

Middle schooler Junie Kim is facing bullying (欺凌) at school, but she keeps quiet. Then, for a school project, Junie interviews her grandparents, who grew up in Korea during wartime in the 1950s. In their story of struggle, Junie finds the courage to speak up. The book will encourage any kid who has ever been in Junie’s shoes.

Simon B. Rhymin’

by Dwayne Reed

Simon is starting fifth grade and wants everyone to call him Notorious D. O. G. because he wants to be a famous rapper (说唱歌手). But he’s shy about using his voice to express his thoughts. When a teacher asks the class to give a talk, Simon must face his fears. Simon B. Rhymin’ is a great book that will give confidence to readers who are going through similar struggles.

A Shot in the Arm!

by Don Brown

A Shot in the Arm! is a novel about the history of vaccines (疫苗). Readers learn how vaccines have been used throughout history to fight disease. The author also introduces people around the world who helped with the development of vaccines. A Shot in the Arm! is an exciting read that uses colorful drawings to pull the reader in.

The One Thing You’d Save

by Linda Sue Park

If your house were on fire, what one thing would you save? Writer Linda Sue Park explores different answers to this question in poems that show the different voices of a middle school class. Some choose baseball cards or toy animals. One picks a sweater that was passed down for generations. The book is illustrated (给……作插图) with black-and-white art. Readers of all ages will like this book. It helps you realize what matters most.

1. What problem does Simon have?

A．He is bullied at school.	B．He fears receiving vaccines.
C．He dislikes doing his homework.	D．He is afraid of expressing his ideas.

2. Which book will you choose if you’re interested in history or science?

A．Finding Junie Kim.	B．Simon B. Rhymin’.
C．A Shot in the Arm!	D．The One Thing You’d Save.

3. What do we know about The One Thing You’d Save?

A．It is for teenage readers.	B．It is written in poem form.
C．It has many colorful pictures.	D．It was written by Dwayne Reed.

4 . Four Books about Super Scientists

You’ll find the lives of these top minds to be as inspiring as they are exciting in the following books.

The Extraordinary Life of Alan Turing

Second World War code-breaker Alan Turing features on the Bank of England’s new £50 note as a computer pioneer. This biography follows him from his childhood as a quiet boy who loved maths to becoming one of the most important scientists in history.

100 Scientists Who Made History

Bringing together mini-biographies of 100 scientists and innovators, this book will give you an overview of the history of science. Including astronauts, biologists, chemists, coders, doctors and physicists, it features fun facts about everyone from Hippocrates and Leonardo da Vinci through to Marie Curie and Stephen Hawking.

Rosalind Franklin: A Life Story

Rosalind Franklin was the scientist whose contribution to a crucial discovery in DNA — the chemical that tells your body how to grow and develop — was not recognized until after her death. This book shines a light on the extraordinary story of her life and achievements, using timelines, illustrations and fascinating facts.

40 Inspiring Icons: Super Scientists

Each part of this colourful illustrated book introduces you to a different “super scientist” and their discoveries. This is a fun and easy way to learn about all sorts of ideas, including Louis Pasteur’s vaccinations and Ada Lovelace’s invention of mysterious codes.

1. Which book will attract readers who are interested in computer science?

A．Rosalind Franklin: A Life Story	B．100 Scientists Who Made History
C．40 Inspiring Icons: Super Scientists	D．The Extraordinary Life of Alan Turing

2. Whose contribution was recognised after death?

A．Marie Curie’s.	B．Louis Pasteur’s.
C．Rosalind Franklin’s.	D．Stephen Hawking’s.

3. Where can the text probably be found?

A．In a novel.	B．In a magazine.
C．In a biography.	D．In a diary.

7 . In 1916, two girls of wealthy families, best friends from Auburn, N. Y. — Dorothy Woodruff and Rosamond Underwood — traveled to a settlement in the Rocky Mountains to teach in a one-room schoolhouse. The girls had gone to Smith College. They wore expensive clothes. So for them to move to Elkhead, Colo. to instruct the children whose shoes were held together with string was a surprise. Their stay in Elkhead is the subject of Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West by Dorothy Wickenden, who is a magazine editor and Dorothy Woodruff’s granddaughter.

Why did they go then? Well, they wanted to do something useful. Soon, however, they realized what they had undertaken.

They moved in with a local family, the Harrisons, and, like them, had little privacy, rare baths, and a blanket of snow on their quilt when they woke up in the morning. Some mornings, Rosamond and Dorothy would arrive at the schoolhouse to find the children weeping from the cold. In spring, the snow was replaced by mud over ice.

In Wickenden’s book, she expanded on the history of the West and also on feminism, which of course influenced the girls’ decision to go to Elkhead. A hair-raising section concerns the building of the railroads, which entailed (牵涉) drilling through the Rockies, often in blinding snowstorms. The book ends with Rosamond and Dorothy’s return to Auburn.

Wickenden is a very good storyteller. The sweep of the land and the stoicism (坚忍) of the people move her to some beautiful writing. Here is a picture of Dorothy Woodruff, on her horse, looking down from a hill top: “When the sun slipped behind the mountains, it shed a rosy glow all around them. Then a full moon rose. The snow was marked only by small animals: foxes, coyotes, mice, and varying hares, which turned white in the winter.”

1. Why did Dorothy and Rosamond go to the Rocky Mountains?

A．To teach in a school.	B．To study American history.
C．To write a book.	D．To do sightseeing.

2. What can we learn about the girls from paragraph 3?

A．They enjoyed much respect.	B．They had a room with a bathtub.
C．They lived with the local kids.	D．They suffered severe hardships.

3. Which part of Wickenden’s writing is hair-raising?

A．The extreme climate of Auburn.	B．The living conditions in Elkhead.
C．The railroad building in the Rockies.	D．The natural beauty of the West.

4. What is the text?

A．A news report.

B．A book review.

C．A children’s story.

D．A diary entry.

8 . Reading is essential but how can one choose the right books to read and where can one find them? A few famous people may give you some helpful tips.

● Read books from past eras.

    1     Otherwise, you’d be “completely dependent on the prejudices and fashions of your times,” just as Albert Einstein put it. “Somebody who reads only newspapers and books of contemporary authors looks to me like an extremely near-sighted person who dislikes eyeglasses,” he said.

●     2    

Reading too wide a variety in too short a time would keep the teachings from leaving a lasting impression on you. Seneca the Younger, a first-century Roman philosopher, suggested that “you must linger (流连) among a limited number of master thinkers, and digest their works, if you would obtain ideas which shall win firm hold in your mind.”

● Shop at secondhand bookstores.

Virginia Woolf believed the works in secondhand bookstores have an attraction which the usual volumes of the library lack. Browsing through these books gives you the chance to run into something that wouldn’t have risen to the attention of librarians and booksellers.     3    

● Check out authors’ reading lists.

In his 1940 guide How to Read a Book, American philosopher Mortimer J. Adler talked about how to choose books. He attached importance to those that other authors consider worth reading.     4     Mortimer wrote that “one way to understand them is to read the books they read.”

● Make the final decision by yourself.

    5     It’s you yourself who should choose what, how and when to read. Theodore Roosevelt recommended choosing books on subjects that interest you and letting your mood guide you to your next great read.

A．Interest is the best teacher.

B．Great authors are great readers.

C．Leave some room for older works.

D．Learn more about those great authors.

E．Don’t jump too quickly from book to book.

F．There’s no “best books” list that everyone should follow.

G．Usually they are much more selective in organizing their collections.

9 . 假如你是你校英文报记者李华，校图书馆新开设了英语原著（English original books）阅览室，请你写一篇公开信向同学们推荐这个阅览室，内容包括：
1. 览室的具体位置和开放时间；
2. 推荐的理由；
3. 表达期待。
注意：1. 词数80左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear students,
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

10 . Browse through our selected books. Whether you are a parent looking for a special gift or a teenager wanting to find a perfect book, we have what you need.

The Woolly Monkey Mysteries: The Quest to Save a Rain Forest Species

By Sandra Markle. Ages 8 to 10.

Woolly Monkeys spend most of their time high up in 150-foot-tall trees. That makes them difficult animals to count and to study. But cameras have provided valuable information and taken, as this book shows, amazing pictures. Experts now believe that Peru’s lowland monkeys and the waste they produce are necessary to the survival of the rain forest.

Camp Panda: Helping Cubs Return to the Wild

By Catherine Thimmesh. Ages 10 to 12.

The giant panda is much-beloved in China, but in the past 40 years, at least half of its places have been destroyed. Camp Panda tells about efforts to reintroduce the giant pandas into the wild so that they might have a future. As part of the efforts, people wear panda costumes that smell like pandas while weighing and measuring the young pandas. They aren’t supposed to get used to seeing and being around people, because people could bring a threat to them in the wild.

Beyond Words: What Elephants and Whales Think and Feel

By Carl Safina. Ages 10 and older.

Carl Safina studied elephants in an African national park and killer whales off the coast of Washington state. He learned about their strong family bonds, the surprising ways they communicate and how they play and hang out with ome another. This book makes a strong case for protecting the ability of these animals to live freely.

Back from the Brink: Saving Animals from Extinction

By Nancy F. Castaldo. Ages 10 and older.

This book focuses on seven groups of animals—including whooping cranes, California condors and American alligators—that were brought back to healthy numbers by a lot of efforts. As she celebrates these successes, Nancy F. Castaldo also makes clear that dangers, such as the effects of climate change, still cloud the future of these creatures.

1. Which writer’s book talked about the most animal groups?

A．Carl Safina.	B．Nancy F. Castaldo
C．Catherine Thimmesh.	D．Sandra Markle.

2. What do these four books focus on?

A．The rights of animals.	B．The change of climate.
C．The protection of rain forests.	D．The protection of animals.

3. What’s the purpose of the author to write the text?

A．To introduce four books.	B．To get some writers known.
C．To describe some rare wild animals.	D．To appeal to children to love animals.