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That year, I was a Junior 2 student. Falling off the stairs hurt me in the head. Almost everyone thought I was dead. But they were wrong. However, it was difficult to get back to normal (正常的) life. I had to leave school and learn everything, walking, talking, and yes, maths.
To help me with that task, Mrs. Pillar volunteered to come to the hospital and later to my house once a week. We began with basic maths skills. As time passed by, I made progress(进步).
I remembered very vividly how she came to my home on Sundays, sat with me at the kitchen table, and threw different coins on the table. She asked me to show her 38 cents, 17 cents, 63 cents. It was challenging (挑战), but she also made it fun.
After a year and a half, I made progress a lot, both in body and mind, to return to school. Seven years later, I graduated (毕业) from the University of Texas at the top of my class .
As years went by, I always kept in touch with Mrs. Pillar. Unluckily, one day my parents told me that Mrs. Pillar was in hospital because she suffered a stroke (中风).
Now it was my turn to help her. Mrs. Pillar lay in bed, unable to speak and know anybody around. I pulled some coins out of my pocket, dropped them on her bed, and asked her to show me 12 cents. The nurse thought that my action was very strange until one day Mrs. Pillar smiled happily as I began working with her - just as she had worked with me years before. She made progress every day and was moved out of ICU and finally out of hospital.
One day, I called to wish her a happy New Year. She spoke into the phone excitedly, "Happy New Year to you and your family，Michael. Thank you for everything you've done for me." I quickly said,"Thank you for everything you've done for me."
Mrs. Pillar was one of my Junior 2 teachers,but she taught me much more about life than only maths.
1.Which of the following is the correct order of what happened in the story?
a. Mrs. Pillar suffered a stroke and was in hospital.
b. I fell off the stairs and had to leave school.
c. I returned to school with Mrs. Pillar's help.
d. Mrs. Pillar got better with my help.
A.b－c－d－a B.c－a－b－d C.b－c－a－d D.b－d－c－a
2.What does the writer mean by saying "…I graduated from the University of Texas at the top of my class." in Paragraph 4?
A.He was cleverer than his classmates.
B.He worked very hard on maths.
C.His classmates failed to graduate.
D.Mrs. Pillar helped him greatly.
3.The writer asked Mrs. Pillar to show him 12 cents in the hospital in order to .
A.help Mrs. Pillar just as Mrs. Pillar helped him
B.play an interesting game with Mrs. Pillar
C.see whether Mrs. Pillar was getting better
D.make the nurse in the hospital feel strange
4.What is the best title for the passage?
A.A Great Teacher. B.Always Have a Dream.
C.Never Give up. D.Kindness Makes Wonders.
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Only a miracle（奇迹）could save this black bear from falling off a 30-meter-high bridge.
The bear was on her ____________ home after a long day in a California's mountain. She was ____________ across the bridge when, suddenly, two cars entered from both sides. There was nowhere to run, so the ____________ bear jumped onto the rail（护栏）and began to fall down.____________, the bear pulled herself onto an arch（拱门）under the bridge, but she was trapped（困住）there. A driver saw the unbelievable scene and ____________Robert Brooks, an animal control officer from a nearby town, was sent to investigate（调查）. "I thought it was a ____________," he said. But it wasn't a joke, so he called Dave Baker of the BEAR League, a group that ____________ bears in trouble.
Unfortunately, the sky was getting dark, so the rescuers（营救人员）had to____________. Early the next morning, Brooks and Baker returned to the bridge with more ____________. The bear was still there. Then, Baker had a/an____________: They should hang a net（网）under the bear, push her ____________ it, and then lower her to the ground.
Police officers ____________ the road. Then Brooks injected a sleeping drug into the bear's shoulder. When the bear was ____________, a volunteer rock climber used his feet to push the bear off the arch, right into the middle of the net.
When the bear was ____________ lowered onto the ground, everyone cheered. The rescuers then cleared all the people from the area and left the bear alone,____________ she could sleep. Since then, no one has seen the bear. "I don't think she's going near the bridge any more," Brooks said.
1.A. road B. way C. trip D. tour
2.A. walking B. jumping C. flying D. dancing
3.A. relaxed B. interested C. excited D. frightened
4.A. Unluckily B. Firstly C. Finally D. Luckily
5.A. reminded B. asked C. called D. told
6.A. lie B. story C. problem D. joke
7.A. moves B. helps C. needs D. catches
8.A. work B. start C. wait D. continue
9.A. engineers B. students C. volunteers D. teachers
10.A. idea B. answer C. hope D. question
11.A. through B. into C. across D. under
12.A. opened B. fixed C. covered D. closed
13.A. excited B. tired C. sleepy D. angry
14.A. casually B. gently C. heavily D. simply
15.A. so B. after C. because D. when
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Soon it would be the holidays. But before that, there was the end of year exams. All the students worked hard for some time. If they didn't pass, they would have to take the exams in September again. Some students failed, but Kate decided not to be one of them. She worked hard all day, but just before the exams she was working so hard that her sister was worried about her. She was staying up too late（熬夜）. The night before the first exam, Barbala insisted（坚持）that she should have an early night and take a sleeping pill. She promised（许诺）to wake her in the morning.
As she was falling asleep, Kate was worried in case（万一）she over-slept. Her mind kept jumping from subject to subject. At last, with the help of the pill, she fell asleep. she was sitting in the examination hall, looking at the paper. She couldn't answer any of the questions. Everyone round her was writing pages and pages. However hard she thought, she couldn't find anything to write about. She kept looking at her watch. Time was running out. There was only one hour left. She started one question, wrote two sentences, gave up and tried another one. With only half an hour left she wrote another two sentences. By this time she was so worried that she started crying. Her whole body shook（摇晃，震颤）. It shook so much that it woke her up. She was still in bed and it had all been a terrible dream. A minute later, Barbala called her name.
1.Which of the following is true?
A. All the students were usually successful in their exams.
B. Not all students passed the year exams.
C. Every one of the students could pass the end of year exams.
D. None of the students would take the exams again in September.
2.When you prepare for an exam,________.
A. you go over（复习）your lessons.
B. you read new books.
C. you take the exam again and again.
D. you look through the exam.
3.Kate worked very hard before the exams for ______.
A. she was very poor at her lessons.
B. she decided to be the best one in her class.
C. she didn't work hard all year.
D. she didn't want to fail in them.
4.Why did Barbala insist that Kate should take a sleeping pill?
A. Because she thought Kate should oversleep before the first exam.
B. Because Kate was so worried about her exams that she couldn't go to sleep at all.
C. Because Barbala hoped her sister would have a good sleep before the first exam.
D. Because she had promised to wake her up the next morning.
5.Kate dreamed a terrible dream simply because ______.
A. she had taken a sleeping pill.
B. she was too worried about her exams.
C. her sister had forgotten to wake her up.
D. she did not pass the exams.
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Qi Haoran, a Junior 1 student, was quite busy over the past winter vacation ---- and not just with homework. Qi, together with 10 other classmates made a volunteer group to call on people to join the Clean Your Plate Campaign (“光盘行动”).
The 11 students went to many restaurants and told people the importance of saving food. “Excuse me, do you know that 950 million people around the world still haven’t got enough to eat? Please don’t waste food.” They would say this kind of thing hundreds of times every day.
The Clean Your Plate Campaign began on the Internet in January. It calls on people to reduce food waste.
China in these years had serious problems with wasted food. CCTV reported in January that the food Chinese people waste every year is enough to feed 200 million people for a year.
Chinese people are famous for being hospitable (好客的) and generous. Many even feel that they lose face if their guests have eaten all the food.
The campaign has got the support of many. In a restaurant in Xinjiang, the owner gives the guests who have eaten all that they ordered a sticker. People can enjoy a free meal when they have 10 stickers. More than 750 restaurants in Beijing have begun to offer smaller dishes and encourage their guests to take leftovers (剩饭剩菜) home.
To reduce food waste is a big task, and it needs time. It’s important that everyone does their best, just like Qi. Did you finish your meals today?
1.What did the 11 students do in the winter vacation?
A. T he helped each other with homework.
B. They opened a restaurant together.
C. They volunteered for a campaign.
D. They collected money from customers in restaurants.
2.In this passage the underlined word “call on ” means ______.
A. 打电话 B.号召 C.拜访 D. 叫喊
3.The Clean Your Plate Campaign calls on people to _____.
A. do volunteer work
B. work part time in restaurants
C. cut down on food waste
D. wash your plates after dinner
4.From Paragraphs 4-5, we learn that _____.
A. wasting food is a serious problem in China
B. Chinese people waste the most food in the world
C. Chinese people want to show off that they are rich
D. most Chinese people are afraid of losing face at the table
5.What did the restaurant in Beijing do to support the campaign?
A. The owner would have dinner with those who had eaten up their food.
B. It offered a free meal to the guests who had finished all their food ten times.
C. It gave stickers to the guests who ordered small dishes.
D. It encouraged customers to take leftovers home.
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Qi Haoran, a Junior 1 student, was quite busy over the past winter vacation – and not just with homework. Qi and 10 other classmates made a volunteer（志愿者） group to call on people to join the Clean Your Plate Campaign (“光盘行动”).
The 11 students went to many restaurants and told people the importance of saving food. “Excuse me, do you know that 950 million（百万） people around the world still haven’t got enough to eat? Please don’t waste food.” They would say this kind of thing hundreds of times every day.
The Clean Your Plate Campaign began in January, 2013. It calls on people to reduce（减少，降低） food waste.（浪费）
China in these years had serious problems with wasted food. CCTV reported that the food Chinese people waste every year is enough to feed 200 million people for a year. Chinese people are well known for being hospitable (好客的) and generous（大方的）. Many even feel that they lose face if their guests eat all the food.
Luckily, the campaign has got the support （支持）of many. In a restaurant in Xinjiang, the owner give the guests（顾客）who have eaten all the food a sticker (贴花). People can enjoy a free meal when they have 10 stickers. More than 750 restaurants in Beijing have begun to offer (提供) smaller dishes and encourage (鼓励) their guests to take leftovers (剩饭剩菜) home.
To reduce food waste is a big task(任务), and it needs time. It’s important that everyone does their bit（尽自己的一份力量）, just like Qi. Did you finish your meals today?
根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最恰当的答案。
1.What did the 11 students do in the winter vacation?
A. The helped each other with homework. B. They opened a restaurant together.
C. They volunteered for a campaign. D. They collected money from guests in restaurants.
2.In this passage the underlined word “call on ” means ______.
A. 打电话 B.号召 C.拜访 D. 叫喊
3.The Clean Your Plate Campaign calls on people to _____.
A. do volunteer work
B. work part time in restaurants
C. cut down on food waste
D. wash your plates after dinner
4.From Paragraph 4, we learn that _____.
A. wasting food is a serious problem in China
B. Chinese people waste the most food in the world
C. Chinese people want to show off that they are rich
D. most Chinese people are afraid of losing face at the table
5.What did the restaurant in Beijing do to support the campaign?
A. The owner would have dinner with those who had eaten up their food.
B. It offered a free meal to the guests who had finished all their food ten times.
C. It gave stickers to the guests who ordered small dishes.
D. It encouraged guests to take leftovers home.
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The students have about twenty days ______for Spring Festival every year.
A .on B. out C. in D. Off
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1.Frank is a junior high school student. He is 15 years old. He likes studying. Today is Tuesday. When he woke up in the morning, he felt sick. And then he had to ask for a day’s leave.
2. Last Sunday, John visited the City Zoo with his parents. The animals there were very lovely. John liked them very much. After he came back home from the zoo, he decided to keep a pet.
3. Kelsey is an outgoing girl. She is also a real movie fan. She spends most of her free time seeing movies.
4. Alice is a student in No. 1 Middle School. She lives with her parents. Her mother is a hotel manager and her father is a doctor. They are always very busy but they still try their best to take care of her.
5. Today is a holiday. In the evening Lily went out to watch the full moon with her family. They ate delicious mooncakes and fruits. But Lily didn’t eat much because she had to control her weight.
A. Jenny and I are going to see Kung Fu Panda II at the Max Cinema. Want to join us?
B. My dog has three little cute puppies. Do you want to keep one?
C. Happy Mid-Autumn Day! May the joy and happiness around you today and always.
D. I have a meeting tonight. Your dinner is on the kitchen table. Do your homework after dinner.
E. Do you feel better now? We have an English test tomorrow. Read the sentences on Page 15.
F. A new supermarket will open in our neighborhood. I am going to go shopping. Would you like to go there with me?
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An old man was sitting with his 25-year-old son on the train.As the train started off,the young man was filled with lots of joy and surprise.He was sitting on the window side.He extended out(伸出) one of his hands and was feeling the passing air.He shouted,“Papa,see all trees are going behind.”The old man smiled and looked at his son.
Next to the young man,an old couple were sitting and listening to the talk between the father and the son.They thought the 25-year-old man behaved like a small child.
Suddenly the young man again shouted,“Papa,see the river and animals.” The couple were watching the young man in surprise.Then it started raining and some water drops touched the young man’s hand.He was filled with joy and closed his eyes.He shouted again,“Papa,it’s raining.Water is touching me.”
The couple couldn’t help themselves and asked the old man.“Why don’t you take your son to visit the doctor?”
The old man said,“Yes,we just came back from the hospital,and today my son got his eye sight for the first time in his life.”
1.How did the young man feel when he saw the trees outside the window?
A. Happy and surprised.
B. Scared and surprised.
C. Happy but tired.
D. Excited but tired.
2.What did the old couple think of the young man?
A. Lovely. B. Kind. C. Silly. D. Smart.
3.The underlined word “behaved” means in Chinese.
A. 装扮 B. 表现 C. 表演 D. 操作
4.The young man used to be .
A. deaf B. thin C. fat D. blind
5.What is the best title for the passage?
A. A happy tour
B. A blind young man
C. An old father and his son
D. A surprising world in a young man’s eyes
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"Mabel, Mabel, strong and able, keep your elbows off the table." I was only 3 or 4 years old when my mom taught me this little rhyme (雅韵诗). She taught it to teach me polite table manners.
I wish learning table manners as an adult were that easy. However, each country has its own table manners and knowing all about them can give you a headache.
For example, knowing how much food to eat can be tricky (复杂的). In China I quickly learned that if I finished all the food, others would invite us to have more. It is polite to leave a bit of food on the dishes. In Finland, however, your host would be troubled if you left any food on your plate.
If you're in America and you do want more food, don't reach across the table for it. That would be considered uncivilized (没有教养的). Instead you need to ask someone to pass you the dish.
What would you do if you walked into a restaurant and all the tables were full? In Germany or China, you might share a table with strangers. People in America, however, like more personal space better. They may think you strange if you sit at their table.
And after your meal, should you leave a tip? In some countries a tip is included in the meal price. In America, you need to leave extra money on the table to thank your server for the service.
Before you travel to a new country, be sure to pick up a good book on culture and customs. Take time to watch how the local people act and imitate them.
1.Which of the following countries is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. China. B. Finland. C. Germany. D. Japan.
2.In America, you should___________.
A. ask someone to pass you the dish if you want more food
B. share a table with strangers
C. leave extra money on the table as a tip
D. Both A and C
3.When you go to a restaurant full of guests in the US and sit on a seat with a man you
don't know, they will find_________.
A. you are very friendly B. you are very kind to others
C. you are very strange D. you are very clever
4.What does the underlined word "imitate" in the last paragraph probably mean?
A. To look at someone or something for a long time and not move your eyes.
B. To copy the way someone or something looks, sounds or behaves.
C. To make jokes about.
D. To put something down.
5.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A. A tip is needed in some countries.
B. It's easy to follow table manners in different countries.
C. Each country has its own table manners.
D. You'd better eat all the food on your plate in Finland.
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When I was a junior high school student in 1980, God gave me a gift.
It was happiness.
One weekend, I went to visit my grandparents in the countryside. On my way home a car ran over me and cut off my because of its high speed.
Several days later when I woke up at the hospital, I realized I had to spend the rest of my life arms. How sad I felt at that time! Even I was full of fears. slowly I knew I had to face the fact and got over it. I couldn't get my arms back even though I every day.
However, it's easier to than to do. It took me nearly half a year to get out of the sadness completely. I got so much from my past story. From then on, I could treat my life with a normal(正常的)mind. But in our daily life, I often see my classmates get about little things: They get a bad grade on a test; they don't have a mobile phone but have, and so on. But I only life. I was lucky to realize from an accident: It is a waste of our life to focus on(关注)what you have . We should always think of what we have had.
Happiness depends on(取决于)what we have! It's in our heart. It's a state of mind, even though you own the whole world, you may still feel . Happiness comes from mastering the art of appreciating(感激)and taking pleasure in what you really have.
1.A. feet B. legsC. armsD. ears
2.A. withB. without C. for D. on
3.A. Or B. ButC. So D. Once
4.A. criedB. laughedC. sat D. stood
5.A. dream B. act C. call D. say
6.A. excited B. nervous C. serious D. worried
7.A. the other B. others C. an other D. other
8.A. hate B. dislike C. enjoy D. save
9.A. lost B. hadC. found D. spent
10.A. funny B. happy C. excited D. unhappy