“A young woman was driving through the lonely countryside. It was dark and rainy. Suddenly she saw an old woman by the side of the road, holding up her hand as if she wanted a lift.
“I can’t leave her out in this weather.” the young woman said to herself. She stopped the car and opened the door.
“Do you want a lift(搭便车)?” she asked. The old woman nodded and climbed into the car. After a while, she said to the old woman, “Have you been waiting for a long time?” The old woman shook her head. “Strange.” thought the woman. She tried again. “Bad weather for the time of the year.” She said. The old woman nodded.
Then the young woman noticed that the old woman’s hands, which were large and hairy(多毛的). Suddenly she realized that “she” was a man! She stopped the car. “I can’t see out of the rear screen(后挡风玻璃).” She said. “Would you mind cleaning it for me?”
“The old woman” nodded and opened the door. As soon as “she” was out of the door, the frightened young woman drove off as fast as she could.
When she got to the next village, she stopped. She noticed “the old woman” had left “her” handbag behind. She picked it up and opened it. Inside was a gun(枪).
1.When the young woman talked with “her”, “the old woman” only nodded or shook “her” head because “she” ____________.
A. didn’t want the young woman to hear her voice.
B. didn’t want to trouble the young woman any more.
C. was so tired that “she” didn’t want to talk with her.
2.When the young woman found something strange. She ___________.
A. drove away as fast as possible.
B. thought of an idea.
C. drove her car to a village.
3.The young woman asked “the old woman” to clean the rear screen in order to______________.
A. make “her” speak.
B. see more clearly. ‘
C. throw “her” out.
4.From the story we can see that the young woman was___________.
A. kind and clever.
B. beautiful and bright.
C. strong and helpful
5.What do you think of “the old woman” was?
A.A policeman.
B. A. poor villager.
C. A. robber(强盗).
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Who's building the new China? It's not the factory owners or the business men and women of China. It's someone else. We see them every day, They work day and night in the terrible working conditions and weather. They build the roads, the theaters, the cinemas and the supermarkets. They even clean up our rubbish. They are China’s migrant workers(民工).
More than 140 million workers have left their homes in the countryside to look for jobs in big cities all over China. They hope to be rich, but they realize they have many difficulties in making enough money. And one of the difficulties that these workers have is the pride and discrimination(歧视)from the people in cities. When night falls, everywhere I look I see the sad faces of the migrant workers. Many are living far away from those whom they love. Yes,they dress differently, they speak differently, and they have different habits, but they work hard .The people in cities regard them as outsiders, and most governments refuse to give them medical care and public schooling for their children. If China hopes to move into the future, many things need to change. The first is discrimination! We need to stop our discrimination against the migrant workers of China! They may not make as much money as some people in cities, but they are good honest people just trying to survive this game of life. These workers are very important and necessary to China’s economic (经济)development and have become an important force for the change of Chinese society. They are building the new China, so we should help them.
1.The journalist think __________ is building the new China.
A. the factory owners of China B. the business men and women of China
C. the migrant workers of China D. the people in Chinese cities
2.Which is the best title for the fourth and fifth paragraphs?
A. Moving forward B. The discrimination from the people in cities.
C. How to make more money. D. A lonely life.
3.The word “survive” here in Chinese means “________”.
A.活过来 B.挺过来 C.活得累 D.活得长
4.Which one is NOT TRUE about China's migrant workers according to the report?
A. They should be helped by us.
B. More than 1.4 billion migrant workers have been in big cities to make money.
C. They are not welcomed by the people in cities because they regard them as outsiders.
D. They have become quite important to the change of Chinese society.
5. What does the report mainly tell us? .
A. Though China's migrant workers work hard, their condition is terrible.
B. The condition of China's migrant workers needs to be changed for China's development.
C. The people in cities aren't polite to the migrant workers.
D. China's development only depends on the migrant workers.
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Edison often said, “1 will discover what the world needs, then I will try to invent it.” It is true that he did more than any other man of his time in inventing things. He made more than one thousand inventions in his life and all these have changed our way of living. Edison was one of the greatest inventors in the world. When Edison died in 1931, someone said people should turn off all the lights in their homes, streets and factories for several minutes in honour of this great man. Of course it was impossible to do so. And this shows what Edison's inventions mean to people's life.
1.All the things Edision invented were _________ people needed at that time.
A. what B. that C. then D. which
2.Edison _________in inventing new things.
A. took all his time B. paid all his money
C. spent his most time D. spent his most money
3.Edison had _________ inventions in all his life.
A. thousands of B. over one thousand
C. only one thousand D. less than a thousand
4. Edison was dead for nearly _______ years.
A. fifty B. severity-six C. sixty D. eighty
5.It was __________ to turn off all the lights in honour of the greatest inventor.
A. possible B. not true C. nice D. important
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Today is fine. The sky is blue, Now it's nine o'clock in the morning. There's a sports meeting in the forest(森林)on the big mountain. Look,a horse, a panda and a cat are running. Over there a dog and two tigers are jumping. Two monkeys are climbing the trees. Four birds are flying around and singing. There are some other animals there, too. The elephants are standing. A monkey is sitting on an old elephant. The monkey has a flag(旗)in his hand. Polly is sitting in the tree. A fox, a baby panda and some small animals are sitting under the tree. They are all watching.
1.—What colour is the sky today?—It’s____________.
A. white B. yellow C. black D. blue
2.How many animals are running and jumping?
A. Fourteen B. Six C. Eleven D. Five
3.Which animals are climbing the tress?
A. The monkeys. B. The pandas and the foxes
B. The elephants and the cats. D. The horses and the pandas
4. There’re __________ at the sports meeting.
A. not any birds B. a lot of animals C. many people D. many monkeys
5.Who’re all watching at the meeting?
A. A tiger, a baby horse and some cats B. Polly, an elephant and some small fish
C.A fox, a baby panda and some animals D. A monkey, a baby cat and some birds
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When you make a mistake, big or small, treasure it as it's the most valuable thing in the world.
Most of us feel bad when we make mistakes, beat ourselves up about it, feel like failures, and get mad at ourselves.
And that's only natural: Most of us have been taught from a young age that mistakes are bad, and we should try to avoid mistakes. We've been punished when we make mistakes — at home, school and work. Maybe not always, but probably enough times to make feeling bad about mistakes an unconscious reaction(无意识的反应).
Yet without mistakes, we could not learn or grow. If you think about it that way, mistakes should be treasured and celebrated for being one of the most amazing things in the world: They make learning possible; they make growth and improvement possible.
By test and error — trying things, making mistakes, and learning from those mistakes — we have found out how to make electric lights, to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, and to fly.
Mistakes make walking possible for the smallest toddler, make speech possible, and make works of genius(天才) possible.
Think about how we learn: We don't just get information about something and know it at once or know how to do it. You don't just read about painting, or writing, or computer programming, or baking, or playing the piano, and know how to do them right away. Instead, you get information about something, from reading or from another person or from watching usually ... then you set a model in your mind ... then you test it out by trying it in the real world ... then you make mistakes ... then you correct the model based on the results of your real world experiment ... and repeat, making mistakes, learning from those mistakes, until you've pretty much learned how to do something.
That's how we learn as babies and toddlers, and how we learn as adults. Mistakes are how we learn to do something new — because if you succeed in something, it's probably something you already knew how to do. You haven't really grown much from that success — at most it's the last step on your journey, not the whole journey. Most of the journey is made up of mistakes, if it's a good journey.
So if you value learning, if you value growing and improving, then you should value mistakes. They are amazing things that make a world full of wonders possible.
1.According to the passage, how should we treat mistakes?
A. We should try to avoid making mistakes.
B. We should owe great inventions mainly to mistakes.
C. We should treat mistakes as good chances to learn.
D. We should make feeling bad about mistakes an unconscious reaction.
2.The underlined word “toddler” in Paragraph 6 probably means ________.
A. a small child learning to walk
B. a kindergarten child learning to draw
C. a primary pupil learning to read
D. a school teenager learning to write
3.We can learn from the passage that ________.
A. most of us can really grow from success
B. growing and improving are based on mistakes
C. we learn to make mistakes by test and error
D. we read about something and know how to do it right away
4.The author wants to tell us ________.
A. what you should do when meeting with difficulties
B. where you can find your mistakes
C. how you can avoid making mistakes
D. why you should celebrate your mistakes
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"BANG!" the door caused a reverberation (回声). It was just standing there, with Father standing on one side, and I on the other side.
We were both in great anger. "Never set foot in this house again!" stormed Father. With tears welling up in my eyes, I rushed out of the flat and ran along the street.
The street lights were shining, causing rather sad-feeling. I wandered aimlessly.
A young father who held a child in his arms walked past me. I felt as if I saw my childhood from another space: happy and carefree.
But now... I don't know whether it is because I have grown up or because Dad is getting old. We differ in our ways of thinking. He always puts his opinions and codes of behaviour on me. Whenever I do something wrong, he never admits it. We are just like two people coming from two different worlds. It feels like there is an iron door between us that can never be opened.
I wandered in the streets, without a destination in mind. My heart was frozen on this hot summer night. As I walked on there were fewer and fewer people on the streets, until I had only the street lights to keep me company. When I finally reached the high-rise apartment block in which I lived, I saw that the light was still on.
I thought to myself: "Is Father waiting for me, or is he still angry with me?"
In fact, it was nothing. Perhaps, Dad was throwing away some of his old stamps. Perhaps he thought they were useless. I never had the courage to tell him that I liked collecting stamps. I can't stand his outrageous (蛮横的) words: "I can't throw you away, let alone these old papers?"
All the lights were off except Father's.
Dad was always like this. Maybe he didn't know how to express himself. After shouting at me, he never showed any mercy or any moments of regret. After an argument he has the habit of creeping up (悄悄来到) in my sleep and then tucking me underneath the covers.
This was how he always was. He has been a leader for so long that telling everyone else what to do has become his second nature.
The light was still on. "Am I wrong?" I whispered, maybe... With the key in hand, I was as nervous as I had ever been. At last, I decided to open the door. As soon as I opened the door tears ran down my cheeks. I suddenly realized that the iron door that I had imagined between us did not exist (存在) at all. Love---is second to none.
1.Decide which is the best order of the following according to what happened in the passage.
a. I opened the door and entered the house.
b. Sadly I ran out into the street.
c. I reached the place where I lived and saw my house still brightly lit.
d. I thought of my father's kindness towards me.
e. I walked about in the street without any aim.
A. b-e-d-c-a B. b-e-c-d-a C. b-e-a-c-d D. b-e-c-a-d
2.Why do you think the father often shouts at his son?
A. Perhaps the father is getting older and older.
B. Perhaps the son has already grown up.
C. Perhaps they never agree with each other.
D. Perhaps the father has got used to doing that.
3.What conclusion can you come to after reading the passage?
A. The father treats his son in an unfair way.
B. The father is actually kind to his son.
C. The father is neither kind nor cruel to his son.
D. The father is always finding fault (过错) with his son.
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April 29th, 2017
Dear Sir,
I am writing to express my views on the article No End to World Hunger in the City Times on April 28th.
To begin with, I do not agree with the writer’s claim(断言) that the world’s population will grow to ten billion by 2050. Studies have shown that families in wealthy countires have fewer children. The world’s population is unlikely to grow so much because countries around the world are becoming richer.
Secondly, it is said that we could have too little food in the future, I do not think so.With new farming technology, we might be able to grow other kinds crops. We already have new kinds of rice and cereals (谷物) that can grow more quickly and feed more people. At the same time, some scientists say that we have more than enough food in the world — it is just not shared evenly(平均地). I think that this may be true and, if it is, hunger is a problem that can be solved.
Finally, I do not think it is helpful to claim that there will be “no end to hunger”. We might not be able to solve the problem of the world hunger quickly, but there are many things that we can do. Cutting down on food waste and raising money to feed the hungry is easy enough to do.
Genrally speaking, I strongly believe there can be an end to world hunger. However, we must be ready to take actions now.
Yours faithfully,
Luks Ng
1.What is the right order of the letter?
A. ①date ②sender’s name ③reason for writing ④arguments(辩论) ⑤conclusion(结论)
⑥closing ⑦greeting
B. ①date ②greeting ③reason for writing ④arguments ⑤conclusion ⑥closing ⑦sender’s name
C. ①date ②greeting ③arguments ④reason for writing ⑤conclusion ⑥closing ⑦sender’s name
D. ①sender’s name ②greeting ③conclusion ④reason for writing ⑤arguments ⑥closing ⑦date
2.Why does the writer write the letter?
A. Because he is against world hunger.
B. Because he thinks food will be enough.
C. Because he wants to argue with the editor.
D. Because he wants to express his views.
3.What does the underlined word “unlikely” in Paragraph 2 mean in Chinese?
A. 喜欢的 B. 不喜欢的 C. 可能的 D. 不可能的
4.What can we learn about the article No End to World Hunger?
A. It is in the Times.
B. It is written by Luks Ng.
C. Its writer thinks there will be little food in the future.
D. Its writer thinks the world’s population will become small.
5.Which of the following is NOT the writer’s views?
A. There will be no world hunger.
B. Families have fewer children in wealthy countries.
C. We can do something to solve the problem of world hunger.
D. We can grow more crops with new farming technology.
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I grew up in a small town. My father raised chickens and ran a construction company. I was only 10 years old when my dad gave me the responsibility of feeding the chickens and cleaning up the stable. He believed it was important for me to have those jobs to learn responsibility. Then, when I was 22, I found a job in Natchbill at a country music club called the Natchbill Palace, I washed dishes and cooked from 4:00 p.m to 9:00 p.m and then went on stage and sang until 2:00 in the morning. It wasn’t long before I became known as a singing cook. I had been rejected(拒绝) so many times by record companies that it was hard not to be discouraged. One night, a woman executive(董事) from a company named Warner Brothers Records came to hear me sing. When the show was over, we sat down and talked and after she left, I said to myself it was one more rejection. A few weeks later, my manager received a phone call—Waner Brothers wanted to sign me to a record deal. Soon after, I release(发行) my first record in June 1986. It sold over 2 million copies. My best efforts had gone into every job I’ve ever held. It was the sense of responsibility that made me feel like a man. Knowing that I had done my best filled me with pride. I still feel that way today, even though I have become a well-known singer.
1.Why was the writer once known as the singing cook?
A. Because he was a cook at a country –music club.
B. Because he sang for guests while he worked as a cook.
C. Because he often sang while cooking.
D. Because he liked singing better than cooking.
2.Who first recognized his talents and helped make his career successful?
A. Warner Brothers B. His manager
C. His father D. A business woman
3.What made the writer proud of himself?
A. His ability to live independently.
B. His sense of responsibility in whatever he did.
C. His courage in the face of rejections.
D. His hard work in his early days.
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AN ice ball shoots across the night sky, lighting up its path along the way, like a flying sun.
Ancient humans were afraid of the sight of comets(彗星). Many cultures believed that comets were messages sent by gods, and people thought these messages were warning signs for bad behavior. But today science and technology give us a better understanding of comets.
Last week, comet Ison ended its million-year-long journey as it flew straight toward the sun, melting most of the comet. It was hoped that comet Ison would survive this trip around the sun. Because once it got near Earth, it would have produced a great show of lights for us.
In ancient times, the coming of comet Ison might have scared people. However, now we can track a comet’s journey in our solar system. We can also study what they’re made of. There is even a project to launch a spacecraft onto a comet to study them further.
Although from the sky they look like great giant fireballs, comets are a collection of gas, ice, dust and small rocks. As a comet goes into our solar system, the sun’s solar winds blow some of the dust and gas away, giving the comet a tail. The average size of comets is about 10 kilometers in diameter(直径). But amazingly, their tails can be 150 kilometers long! Comet Ison’s diameter was about 5 kilometers.
Today, people don’t fear comets as much as they did before. Western countries have even developed and old tradition. When people see a comet or meteoroid(流星) shooting across the sky, they call it a shooting star, People who get the chance to see one get to make a wish. It is a tradition that lives on today.
1.In ancient times, people thought comets were _____.
A.warning signs sent by gods
B. lucky signs for good behavior
C. great shows of lights
D. flying suns
2.We can tell from the third paragraph that comet Ison ___.
A.finished its long journey to Mars
B. survived its trip around the sun
C.has reached the Earth
D. was melted by the sun
3.When a comet travels near the sun, some of the __ will be blown away by the solar winds.
A.gas and dust B. ice and rocks
C. dust and rocks D. rocks and tail
4.According to the last paragraph, what tradition lives on today?
A.Being scared by comets and meteoroids.
B.Making a wish when seeing a shooting star
C.Launching spacecrafts onto comets to study them further.
D.Having a better understanding of comets
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Jim was a 15-year-old boy living with his little sister, Joy. Their parents had passed away long ago. Jim took care of Joy by himself.
One day, Jim woke up at 3 in the morning as usual. When Joy was sleeping alone, Jim left their little house to deliver newspapers. As he did so, he found something unusual. One man was sitting in front of Jim’s house. Jim was so surprised that he stopped to look at him closely. It was an icy morning and he looked very old.
The poor old man didn’t have anything to cover himself with. Jim went into his house to get the old man a blanket(毯子). However, there were no extra blankets, so Jim thought hard and took his father’s coat. It was the only thing of his father’s that he had left. Jim 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. Jim thought that it was the best thing he could have done with his father’s coat.
That afternoon, Jim hurried home after school because Joy was at home alone. However, Joy and the old man were standing in front of the house, and Joy shouted to Jim, “Brother!He’s our grandfather!”
The grandfather smiled and said, “Jim, I have been looking for you all around the country for eight years. I’m not rich. But I can take care of you two. Thank you for giving me the coat and letting me know what a good person my grandson is. This coat was the very one that I gave my own son, a long time ago.”
1.Jim looked after his little sister by himself because ________.
A. they were too poor B. their grandfather left them
C. he was old enough D. their parents had died
2. Jim got up early in the morning to ________.
A. take care of his sister B. deliver newspapers
C. sit in front of the house D. find something unusual
3. What did Jim do when he saw an old man was sitting in front of his house?
A. He took a blanket and gave it to him.
B. He took his father’s coat to cover him.
C. He stopped and talked to him.
D. He wrote a letter to the police.
4. When Jim came back home that afternoon, Joy told him that ________.
A. the old man was their grandpa
B. the old man and the coat were gone
C. their grandpa was looking for them
D. she couldn’t find their father’s coat
5. Which of the following is NOT true about the old man?
A. He was happy to find his grandchildren.
B. He thought Jim was a good boy.
C. He was poor and could not take care of them.
D. The coat helped the old man find his grandchildren.
6. The best title of the passage is “________”.
A. Jim and Joy B. A newspaper boy
C. An icy morning D. Father’s coat
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