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Once when I was six years old I saw an amazing picture in a book called True Stories from Nature about the forest． It was a picture of a snake in the act of swallowing an animal． In the book it said： "Snakes swallow the whole animal without chewing（嚼）it． After that they are not able to move and they sleep through the six months that they need for digestion（消化）．"
I thought deeply then over the adventures of the forest． And after some work with a colored pencil I succeeded in making my first drawing． My Drawing Number One． I showed my work to the grown-ups and asked them whether the drawing frightened them． But they answered： "Frighten？ Why should anyone be frightened by a hat？"
My drawing was not a picture of a hat． It was a picture of a snake digesting an elephant． But since the grown-ups were not able to understand it， I made another drawing． I drew the inside of the snake so that the grown-ups could see it clearly． They always need to have things explained． That's my Drawing Number Two．
The grown-ups' answer this time was to advise me to lay aside my drawings of snakes whether from the inside or the outside and devote myself instead to geography， history， maths and grammar． That is why at the age of six I gave up what might have been a great painter． I had been discouraged by the failure of my Drawing Number One and my Drawing Number Two． Grown-ups never understand simple things by themselves and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them．
So then I chose another profession（职业）and learned to pilot airplanes． I have flown a little over all parts of the world； and it is true that geography has been very good for me． I can tell China from Arizona easily． If one gets lost in the night， such knowledge is valuable．
In my life I have had lots of chances to meet with a great many people． And that hasn't much improved my opinion of them． Whenever I met one of them who seemed to me at all clear-sighted， I tried showing him my Drawing Number One which 1have always kept． I would try to find out if this was a person of true understanding． But whoever it was， he or she would always say： That is a hat． Then I would never talk to that person about snakes or forests or stars． I would bring myself down to his level． I would talk to him about golf and politics and neckties． And the grown-up would be greatly pleased to have met such a wise man． For him I am a normal man．
1.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？ ______
A. The writer wants to draw a hat in Drawing Number One．
B. The writer sees an elephant eaten by a snake in the forest．
C. Drawing Number Two shows the inside of the big snake．
D. The two drawings of the writer make people very scared．
2.Why do people tell the writer to study same subjects instead of drawing in Paragraph 4？ ______
A. Because those subjects are more useful and helpful．
B. Because those subjects are only about simple things．
C. Because his drawings are too difficult to understand．
D. Because his drawings are not good for people at all．
3.In Paragraph 6， why does the writer always keep his Drawing Number One？ ______
A. To show off his good drawing．
B. To know who truly understands life．
C. To make other people pleased．
D. To bring himself down to a low level．
4.The grown-up in the last paragraph thinks the writer is normal because the writer ______ ．
A. is good at drawing
B. flies a plane all over the world
C. talks about snakes or forests or stars
D. talks about sport， politics and clothing
5.The passage is most probably taken from ______ ．
A. a travel guide B. a science report
C. a news story D. a story book
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I was in the kitchen making lunch when I saw my six-year-old son, Billy, walking toward the woods. I could only see his back. He _____ to be walking with a great effort, trying to be as ____ as possible.
A few minutes after he disappeared into the ______, he came running toward the house again. I went back to making sandwiches, ______ that whatever task he had been doing was completed. Moments later, _____, he was once again walking slowly toward the woods.
____curiosity, I walked out and followed him on his journey. He was _____ both hands in front of him as he walked, being 2___ not to spill the water he held in them. I secretly walked ______ behind him as he went into the woods and I saw the most amazing ____.
Several large deer loomed in front of him. Billy walked right up to them. I almost ____ at him to get away. A huge male deer with elaborate（精美的）antlers was ______ close. But they didn’t even move as Billy _____ . And I saw a small deer lying on the ground, obviously suffering from ______and extreme heat, lift its head _____ to drink the water cupped in my beautiful boy’s hands.
It was on this day that I learned the true lesson of _____. You know, we hadn’t had any rain for three months and our crops were _____. As the tears that rolled down my face began to hit the ground, they were suddenly ______ by other drops. I looked up at the sky. It was______ God was moved to weep. The rain came that day and saved our farm, just like the ____ of one little boy who saved another.
1.A. happened B. seemed C. managed D. meant
2.A. quickly B. secret C. smoothly D. careful
3.A. distance B. yard C. woods D. park
4.A. wondering B. thinking C. studying D. doubting
5.A. eventually B. actually C. however D. therefore
6.A. Within B. Out of C. Beyond D. In spite of
7.A. holding B. waving C. surrounding D. cupping
8.A. careful B. worried C. eager D. prepared
9.A. away B. close C. out D. off
10.A. scene B. story C. view D. game
11.A. fought B. signed C. screamed D. waited
12.A. hardly B. dangerously C. easily D. nearly
13.A. ran away B. turned out C. knelt down D. settled down
14.A. hunger B. disease C. thirst D. injury
15.A. in turn B. in silence C. with appreciation D. with difficulty
16.A. suffering B. supporting C. sharing D. depending
17.A. dying B. reducing C. harvesting D. growing
18.A. hidden B. covered C. joined D. caught
19.A. when B. as if C. because D. that
20.A. wish B. dream C. action D. expectation
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I was in the kitchen making lunch when I saw my six-year-old son, Billy, walking toward the woods. I could only see his back. He 1 to be walking with a great effort, trying to be as 2 as possible.
A few minutes after he disappeared into the 3, he came running toward the house again. I went back to making sandwiches, 4 that whatever task he had been doing was completed. Moments later, 5, he was once again walking slowly toward the woods.
6curiosity, I walked out and followed him on his journey. He was 7 both hands in front of him as he walked, being 8 not to spill the water he held in them. I secretly walked 9 behind him as he went into the woods and I saw the most amazing 10 .
Several large deer loomed in front of him. Billy walked right up to them. I almost 11 at him to get away. A huge male deer with elaborate（精美的）antlers was 12 close. But they didn’t even move as Billy 13 . And I saw a small deer lying on the ground, obviously suffering from 14and extreme heat, lift its head 15 to drink the water cupped in my beautiful boy’s hands.
It was on this day that I learned the true lesson of 16. You know, we hadn’t had any rain for three months and our crops were 17 . As the tears that rolled down my face began to hit the ground, they were suddenly 18 by other drops. I looked up at the sky. It was19 God was moved to weep. The rain came that day and saved our farm, just like the 20 of one little boy who saved another.
1. A．happened B．seemed C．managed D．intended
2. A．quickly B．secret C．smoothly D．still
3. A．distance B．yard C．woods D．park
4. A．wondering B．thinking C．studying D．doubting
5. A．eventually B．actually C．however D．therefore
6. A．Within B．Out of C．Beyond D．In spite of
7. A．holding B．waving C．surrounding D．cupping
8. A．careful B．worried C．eager D．prepared
9. A．away B．close C．out D．off
10. A．scene B．story C．view D．game
11. A．fought B．signed C．screamed D．waited
12. A．hardly B．dangerously C．easily D．nearly
13. A．ran away B．turned out C．knelt down D．settled down
14. A．hunger B．disease C．thirst D．injury
15. A．in turn B．in silence C．with appreciation D．with difficulty
16. A．suffering B．supporting C．sharing D．depending
17. A．dying B．reducing C．harvesting D．growing
18. A．hidden B．covered C．joined D．caught
19. A．when B．as if C．because D．that
20. A．wish B．dream C．action D．expectation
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I keep a two — dollar bill in my wallet that was given by my mother when I was six years old. Mother gave it to me luck would follow me everywhere.
She looked at me and said, “I want you to this two – dollar bill for extra good luck.”
“Thanks, Mom,” I replied. “I will keep it close me always.”
My mother passed away (去世) when I was 17 years old and I remembered my two — dollar bill, holding it in my hand for the longest time and I knew she would be me the rest of my life.
On my first , I was thirty years old. As I sat in the , I noticed there were five women ahead of me. All of them were and well dressed, which made me more nervous.
“What makes you feel you are for this job?” Mrs. Martin, the office manager asked me.
“I really need this job and there is I can’t do. I know I am not as as your other applicants (申请人) for the job, but please give me a . I learn quickly and can be a very capable (有能力的） of your team.”
That evening I received a(n) from Mrs. Martin.
“Gina,” she said, “ you were not the most suitable , but you have so much confidence in yourself we decided to give you a chance to prove (证明) yourself.”
“Thank you, Mrs. Martin. You will not regret (后悔) this ,” I said excitedly and the phone.
I got my and took out my two — dollar bill. “Thanks, Mom. I am sure to it,” I said out loudly so that she could hear me.
1.A. as if B. as long as C. even if D. so that
2.A. bring B. take C. carry D. catch
3.A. in B. far C. for D. to
4.A. taking out B. putting out C. turning out D. looking out
5.A. watching B. protecting C. teaching D. caring
6.A. business B. interview C. travel D. vacation
7.A. waiting room B. dining room C. sitting room D. living room
8.A. older B. cleverer C. younger D. earlier
9.A. fixed B. lucky C. enough D. fit
10.A. everything B. something C. nothing D. anything
11.A. polite B. important C. suitable D. attractive
12.A. message B. chance C. habit D. lesson
13.A. member B. leader C. friend D. audience
14.A. email B. call C. letter D. telegram
15.A. mother B. girl C. waiter D. applicant
16.A. as B. that C. what D. which
17.A. mistake B. moment C. decision D. idea
18.A. hung into B. hung on C. hung about D. hung up
19.A. pocket B. wallet C. bag D. case
20.A. make B. manage C. succeed D. try
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When I was six years old, my parents and I were in London for a one-month vacation. One day when my mother and I were 36down Oxford Street, I felt too 37to walk any more, so I asked my mother to take the subway.
At first, she 38to take it because she said the weather was very 39and it was better to walk. I started 40. She told me to stop immediately, but I didn’t pay attention to what she was 41. For about an hour, I didn’t stop crying. My mother became very 42 with me. I didn’t stop. I just ran away from her. I ran as 43as I could.
The street was really crowded, so she couldn’t 44me. Then, I entered one of the biggest shops. There was a coffee house on the second floor. I went 45, sat in a chair, and started crying again. All of the people in the coffee shop came around me. They were 46to me, but I didn’t understand English at all. After that, they 47the police station, and a policeman came to the coffee shop. He tried to talk to me, but I just 48crying. Then he took the small bag that I was 49, opened it and found my hotel address and 50number. When he phoned the hotel, my 51answered the phone.
In the end, the policeman took me to the 52. My father was standing in front of the hotel door. He talked to the policeman, and then he asked me what had 53and where my mother was. I told him everything, and I also told him that I was 54that my mother was very angry with me.
When my mother came back, she was crying. But when she saw me, she hugged me and kissed me. She talked to my father about everything. 55of them told me not to do anything like that in the future because maybe one day I wouldn’t find anyone to help me. They wouldn’t forgive me if I did it again.
1. A．running B．walking C．visiting D．driving
2. A．tired B．mad C．happy D．sad
3. A．agreed B．refused C．suggested D．managed
4. A．horrible B．windy C．nice D．cold
5. A．talking B．laughing C．singing D．crying
6. A．hearing B．regarding C．thinking D．saying
7. A．angry B．strict C．satisfied D．familiar
8. A．excitedly B．slowly C．quickly D．carelessly
9. A．search B．educate C．forgive D．follow
10. A．outside B．inside C．upon D．down
11. A．advising B．talking C．listening D．coming
12. A．called B．remembered C．measured D．left
13. A．stopped B．preferred C．regretted D．continued
14. A．catching B．carrying C．gaining D．buying
15. A．serial B．lucky C．phone D．license
16. A．mother B．guide C．father D．waiter
17. A．hotel B．shop C．street D．station
18. A．forgotten B．happened C．damaged D．lost
19. A．worried B．concerned C．afraid D．angry
20. A．None B．Either C．Neither D．Both
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When I was six years old, my parents and I were in London for a one-month vacation. One day when my mother and I were down Oxford Street, I felt too to walk any more, so I asked my mother to take the subway.
At first, she to take it because she said the weather was very and it was better to walk. I started . She told me to stop immediately, but I didn’t pay attention to what she was . For about an hour, I didn’t stop crying. My mother became very with me. I didn’t stop. I just ran away from her. I ran as as I could.
The street was really crowded, so she couldn’t me. Then, I entered one of the biggest shops. There was a coffee house on the second floor. I went , sat in a chair, and started crying again. All of the people in the coffee shop came around me. They were to me, but I didn’t understand English at all. After that, they the police station, and a policeman came to the coffee shop. He tried to talk to me, but I just crying. Then he took the small bag that I was , opened it and found my hotel address and number. When he phoned the hotel, my answered the phone.
In the end, the policeman took me to the . My father was standing in front of the hotel door. He talked to the policeman, and then he asked me what had and where my mother was. I told him everything, and I also told him that I was that my mother was very angry with me.
When my mother came back, she was crying. But when she saw me, she hugged me and kissed me. She talked to my father about everything. of them told me not to do anything like that in the future because maybe one day I wouldn’t find anyone to help me. They wouldn’t forgive（原谅） me if I did it again.
1.A．running B．walking C．visiting D．driving
2.A．tired B．mad C．happy D．sad
3.A．agreed B．refused C．suggested D．managed
4.A．horrible B．windy C．nice D．cold
5.A．talking B．laughing C．singing D．crying
6.A．hearing B．regarding C．thinking D．saying
7.A. angry B．strict C．satisfied D．familiar
8.A．excitedly B．slowly C．quickly D．carelessly
9.A．search B．educate C．forgive D．follow
10.A．outside B．inside C．upon D．down
11.A．advising B．talking C．listening D．coming
12.A．called B．remembered C．measured D．left
13.A．stopped B．preferred C．regretted D．continued
14.A．catching B．carrying C．gaining D．buying
15.A．serial B．lucky C．phone D．license
16.A．mother B．guide C．father D．waiter
17.A．hotel B．shop C．street D．station
18.A．forgotten B．happened C．damaged D．lost
19.A．worried B．concerned C．afraid D．angry
20.A．None B．Either C．Neither D．Both
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When I was five or six years old，I remember watching TV and seeing other children suffer in other parts of the world. I would say to myself，“When I grow up, when I can get rich，I will save kids all over the world.”
At 17，I started my career here in America, and by the age of 18, I started my first charity( 慈善) organization. I went on to team up with other organizations in the following years, and met, helped, and even lost some of the most beautiful souls, from six-year-old Jasmina Anema who passed away in 2010 from leukemia(白血病), and whose story inspired thousands to volunteer as donors, to my grandmother, who lost her battle with cancer in 2012, and her death is the very reason and the driving force behind the Clara Lionel Foundation(CLF). We're all human. And we all just want a chance: a chance at life, a chance in education, a chance at a future, really. And at CLF, our mission is to impact as many lives as possible, but it starts with just one.
People make it seem too hard to do charity work. The truth is, you don't have to be rich to help others. You don't need to be famous. You don't even have to be college educated. But it starts with your neighbor, the person right next to you, the person sitting next to you in class，the kid down the block in your neighborhood. You just do whatever you can to help in any way that you can. And today, I want to challenge each of you to make a decision to help one person, one organization, one situation that touches your heart. My grandmother always used to say. “If you've got a dollar, there's plenty to share.”
1.What did the author want to do at a young age?
A. Watch TV. B. Grow up quickly.
C. Become wealthy. D. Help other children.
2.What directly caused the author to create and develop the CLF?
A. A six-year-old kid's request.
B. Her grandmother's death of cancer.
C. Many volunteers' inspiration.
D. Other organizations' encouragement.
3.What does the underlined word“one”in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A. A chance. B. A task.
C. A life. D. An organization.
4.What does the author suggest people do in the last paragraph?
A. Do little things to help those around them.
B. Work hard to get a college education.
C. Challenge their friends to offer help.
D. Do charity work whoever you are.
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When I was six years old, my mom told me that I could find anyone's number in the phone book. I used to look through the phone book for hours trying to find Michael Jordan's phone number. When I couldn't find it, I just dialed seven numbers. When someone answered, I'd ask, "Is that Michael Jordan?" Obviously, I always had the wrong number.
A year later I started playing basketball at my local recreation center. It was very big. I never thought in my wildest dreams that a basketball court could be inside a building. The recreation center had a special smell in it, sort of like hot rubber. I guessed it was from the shoes hitting the floor so fast and hard. The atmosphere on the court was carefree. Our biggest excitement of the day was when we actually made a shot. We celebrated wins over ice cream at a fast food restaurant.
I got good at it, and my confidence grew. I played it all the time until the sixth grade. As soon as junior high school came, I stopped playing basketball and focused on school. When senior high school started, I tried out for the school team and made it. We worked hard. Every week we did 300 push-ups and 300 sit-ups on our own. Our coach encouraged the sit-ups to keep stomach power, because it gave us so much control when we were playing basketball. If we didn't want to do the sit-ups and push-ups, we could practice dribbling () and shooting more. It's just us, the ball, the court and the net. But don't take my word for it. See for yourself. After all, I'm just one kid playing the game.
1.From Paragraph 1 we know that ____.
A. the author's mother gave him some wrong phone numbers
B. the phone book contained everyone's phone number except Michael Jordan's
C. the author wanted to contact Michael Jordan very much
D. the author didn't know how to use a phone at that time
2.What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?
A. The days of the author playing basketball at a recreation center.
B. The author's excitement of making shots when playing basketball.
C. The days before the author went to senior high school.
D. The author's happy childhood with his teammates.
3.What surprised the author most at the recreation center?
A. That it was very near to his home.
B. That there was a basketball court inside the building.
C. That there was a special smell in it.
D. That there was a fast food restaurant in it.
4.The author's coach encouraged them to do sit-ups because ____.
A. it is the basic preparation to play basketball
B. it is more useful than dribbling and shooting
C. it is the only way to make people stronger
D. it helps keep stomach power
5.What's the author's purpose in writing this passage?
A. To introduce some skills in playing basketball.
B. To tell us about his dream of becoming a basketball star.
C. To introduce his own experience of playing basketball.
D. To tell us how to balance playing basketball and studying.
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In 2005, Winston Duncan was traveling with his mother in Southern Africa when he saw an old lady and young boy walking down a road together. He thought of his own grandmother and wondered how he could help the old lady and others in Africa who have to walk a long way.
Duncan, who lived in Washington State was 10 at the time, and his solution was to give them bikes. With his mom, he started Wheels to Africa, an organization that for the past 14 years has taken bicycles donated from residents of the. Washington area and shipped them across the world to people in need.
Most of the 8000 bikes they have collected have gone to countries in Africa, helping cut down hours of walking for students and other postmen. But last week, Duncan, travelled with a handful of volunteers and 400 bikes to a destination much closer to his home yet still in need: Puerto Rico. More than a year after it was destroyed by Hurricane Maria, the island suffers from transportation problems.
"It was a little chaotic (混乱的) — as soon as they got their bikes, they were just having fun riding around the parking lot," said Austin Higgins, a New Jersey resident who recently joined Wheels to Africa as its photographer and videographer. "Some people who received bicycles were almost speechless, and some of them cried, because it was something they had requested for Christmas from Santa Claus," he said.
The donated bikes included some high-end racing models, which went to teenagers interested in pursuing serious cycling.
Duncan recently graduated from Bard College and is in Arlington working at a political consulting firm. He now encourages kids in the Washington area to get involved with the organization, and some have joined him on trips to Africa and on this trip to Puerto Rico.
"I wanted to try to get people to think about giving back,” he said.
1.Why did Winston Duncan start Wheels to Africa?
A.He hoped to make his grandmother feel happy.
B.He was fond of collecting different types of bikes.
C.He wanted to help the poor people to live better.
D.He was greatly supported by his mother to do so.
2.What can we learn about Wheels to Africa?
A.It has been managed for fourteen years.
B.It has delivered about 400 bikes to Africa.
C.It has many young kids as its members now.
D.It collects bicycles from all the areas in the U. S.
3.What can we infer from Austin Higgin's words in Paragraph Four?
A.The delivery usually meets with some trouble.
B.The people who got bikes were excited and grateful.
C.It was very difficult for Duncan to collect enough bikes.
D.People in Africa required him to dress up as Santa Claus.
4.What is probably the best title of the text?
A.Wheels to Africa. B.Trip to Puerto Rico.
C.Duncan, a Generous Person. D.Hurricane in Puerto Rico.
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There was once an 11-year-old boy who went fishing every time he went to an island in the middle of a New Hampshire lake.
On the day before bass (巴斯鱼) season opened, he and his father were fishing early in the evening, catching other fish with worms. Then he tied on a small silver lure (鱼饵) and put it into the lake. Suddenly the boy felt something very big pulling on the lure. His father watched with admiration as the boy skillfully brought the fish beside the bank. Finally he lifted the tired fish from the water. It was the largest one he had ever seen, but it was a bass.
The boy and his father looked at the big fish. The father lit a match and looked at his watch. It was 10 pm — two hours before the season opened．He looked at the fish, then at the boy. “You’ll have to put it back, son,” he said．
“Dad!” cried the boy. “There will be other fish,” said his father. “Not as big as this one,” cried the boy. He looked around the lake. No other fishermen or boats could be seen in the moon-
light. He looked again at his father.
Even though no one had seen them, nor could anyone ever know what time he had caught the fish, the boy could tell from his father’s voice that the decision couldn’t be changed．He threw the huge bass into the black water.
The big fish disappeared. The boy thought that he would never again see such a big fish. That
was 34 years ago. Today the boy is a successful architect in New York City. He often takes his own son and daughters to fish at the same place.
And he was right. He has never again caught such a large fish as the one he got that night long ago. But he does see that same fish ... again and again ... every time he has an ethical (道德的) decision to make. For, as his father had taught him, ethics are simple matters of right and wrong. It is only the practice of ethics that is difficult.
1.．How did the father feel when he saw his son skillfully pulling a big fish out of the water?
A．Delighted． B．Nervous. C．Embarrassed． D．Shocked．
2.What happened when it became clear that the big fish was a bass?
A．The boy and his father discussed what to do with the big fish.
B．The boy threw the bass back into the water willingly.
C．The father made a decision that the fish must be set free.
D．They worried other fishermen might know what they had done.
3.The successful architect went fishing with his children at the same place because ________________.
A．they might catch a big fish there B．he remembered the moral lesson from his father
C．he wanted to remember his father D．their children enjoyed fishing there
4.What does the author want to show in the story?
A．It is easy to say something, but difficult to do.
B．An ethical decision is not difficult to make.
C．It is hard to tell right from wrong sometimes.
D．Fishing helps you to make right ethical decisions.