I had a very special teacher in high school many years ago. Her husband died because of traffic accident. About a week after his death, she shared some of her insights with us.
The class was clearly over. She said,＂Before class is over, I would like to share with all of you an important thought.” “Each of us is on Earth to learn, share, love and *appreciate. We must *cherish every single day.”
Her eyes beginning to water, she went on, “So I would like you to make me a *promise. From now on, on your way to school, or on your way home, find something beautiful. It could be a *scent----perhaps of freshly baked bread, or it could be the sound of the *breeze slightly *rustling the leaves in the trees.”
“Please look for these things, and cherish them. For, although it may sound * trite, these things are the *stuff of life. They are the little things on Earth to enjoy. They are the things we often take for *granted. We must try to notice them because it can be easily taken away at any time.”
The class was completely quiet. We picked up our books and went out of the room silently. That afternoon I noticed more things on my way from school than I had that whole semester.
I often think of that teacher and try to appreciate all off those things that sometimes we *overlook.
Take notice of something special you see on your lunch time today. Walk *barefoot along the beach at *sunset. For as we get older, it is not the things we did that we regret, but the things we didn’t do.In the writer’s eyes , the high school teacher was ________________________.
| A．weak | B．happy | C．strict | D．special |
The words “insight” in the first paragraph means_____________________.
| A．promise | B．thought | C．love | D．thing |
From the underlined sentence in the third paragraph we know the writer’s teacher suggests ____________.
| A．cherishing every single day |
| B．finding something beautiful |
| C．cherishing even very little things |
| D．taking for granted |
The best title for the passage may be __________________________.
| A．My high school days | B．Making a promise |
| C．My teacher’s insights | D．Little things in life |
Qi Haoran， a Junior One 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? Could you please not 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 well known for being hospitable （好客的） and generous．Many even feel that they lose face if their guests have eaten all their food.
Luckily the campaign has got the support of many．In a restaurant in Xinjiang， the owner gives the guests who have eaten up 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（吃剩的食物） home.
To reduce food waste is a big task， and it needs time．It’s important that everyone does their bit， just like Qi．Did you finish your meals today?What did the 11 students do in the winter vacation?
| A．They opened a restaurant together. |
| B．They volunteered for a campaign. |
| C．The helped each other with homework. |
| D．They collected money from customers in restaurants. |
What does the underlined part “call on” mean in Chinese in the passage?
| A．打电话 | B．叫喊 | C．拜访 | D．号召 |
What can we learn from Paragraph 4 and Paragraph 5?
| 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 because they are rich. |
| D．Most Chinese people are afraid of losing face at the table. |
What did the restaurant in Beijing do to support the campaign?
| A．It encouraged customers to take leftovers home. |
| B．It gave stickers to the guests who ordered small dishes. |
| C．The owner would have dinner with those who had eaten up their food. |
| D．It offered a free meal to the guests who had finished all their food ten times. |
A little boy went to a telephone booth （电话亭） at the cash counter of a store and made a phone call．The store owner looked at him and listened to the conversation．
Boy： “Lady， can you give me the job of cutting your lawn （草坪）?”
Woman （at the other end of the phone line）： “No， thank you．I already have someone to cut my lawn.”
Boy： “Lady， I will cut your lawn for half the price the person who cuts your lawn now.”
Woman： “I’m very satisfied with the person who cuts my lawn.”
Boy （with more perseverance 执着） ： “Lady， I’ll even sweep the floor and the stairs of your house for free.”
Woman： “No， thank you.”
With a smile on his face， the little boy hung up the phone．The store owner， who was listening to all this， walked over to the boy．
Store owner： “Son..．I like your attitude （态度）．I like that positive （积极的） spirit and would like to offer you a job.”
Boy： “No， thanks.”
Store owner： “But you were really asking for one.”
Boy： “No， Sir．I was just checking my performance （表现） at the job I already have．I am the one who is working for that lady I was talking to.”In fact， how many people are mentioned （提及） in the story? _____________.
| A．2 | B．3 | C．4 | D．5 |
The boy said to the lady that he would even sweep her floor and stairs for free because ___________.
| A．he wanted her to let him continue his job |
| B．he thought that the lady was too poor |
| C．the lady thought the money she paid the boy was too much |
| D．he wanted to know if he did his job well enough and couldn’t be replaced （取代） by others. |
Which is TRUE according to the story?
| A．The boy was angry with the lady． |
| B．The store owner wasn’t kind-hearted. |
| C．The lady wanted to find another person to do the boy’s job. |
| D．The boy was happy to know that the lady was satisfied with his performance. |
The best title for the story is “_____________”.
| A．Asking for a job | B．Self-appraisal （自我测评） |
| C．The lady and the boy | D．The boy and the store owner |
Hello， everyone．Because of the high rate of school violence （暴力） in some areas， teenagers’ safety becomes a serious problem．We are planning to set up an organization named School Watch to make sure that students have a safe environment．Please be part of our plan!
| What is School Watch? School Watch is a volunteer project in our school．It helps us stop violence and improve the quality of school life．It will keep yourself and your schoolmates safe．The other members of School Watch care for you and your classroom and you do the same for them. |
| Is it for everyone? Anybody can become a member of School Watch because everyone has something to offer. |
| What else can it do? School Watch makes it possible for us not only to help each other but also to make friends with each other．Some members may offer to help schoolmates who have problems with their homework. |
| Who is the Best School Watcher? Our school will look for the Best School Watcher and give him or her lots of prizes．You could be the one! |
| How do you start? To be part of this plan， the only thing you need to do is to talk to the director of the plan in your grade．You can check the official website at www． schoolwatch．com if you want to get more information. |
School Watch can help its members _________.
| A．save the environment |
| B．organize sports activities |
| C．improve the quality of school life |
| D．go on school trips |
Anyone can become a member of School Watch because _________.
| A．everyone may have problems |
| B．everyone can give help to others |
| C．everyone needs to make some friends |
| D．everyone needs help with his homework |
If you want to be a member of School Watch， you should _________.
| A．check the website |
| B．be good at your schoolwork |
| C．talk to the headmaster |
| D．talk to the director of the plan in your grade |
[1]People usually check if their keys, wallets and phones are with them before going out. But many people in China now have one more important thing to take ,a face mask(面罩). They hope that it can protect them from polluted air.
[2]Since January, many cities in China have seen a lot of hazy(雾蒙蒙的)days.
In Beijing, only five days in January were free of smog(雾霾). People in Xi’an saw a blue sky only one day in February. Smog is dirty air that looks like fog and smoke.
[3]An official for the Ministry of Environmental Protection told Beijing News that PM2.5 pollution is the main problem with air pollution. PM.2.5 refers to pollution with small particles(颗 粒) of 2.5 micrometers or less in diameter(直径).
[4]According to the Chinese Academy of Sciences, driving cars and burning coal are two major reasons for PM2.5.
[5]Poor air is bad for people’s health, especially for Children’s. Hospital shows that from January 5th to January 11th , half of the patients in the internal medicine department(内科门诊) are there for breathing problems.
[6]空气问题已经影响到整个国家。
[7]The Chinese government said that they would work hard to help the air pollution problems out and give people a healthy living environment.
[8]It calls on people to make full use energy and cut down on energy use.
[9]Don’t often do outdoors sports. If you have to go out, wear a mask. Read the instructions carefully before putting on one. If you won’t wear it in the right way, you may feel dizzy(头晕) and weak.
[10]Wash your face and clean your nose as soon as you get home. It’s the most important for us to walk out driving a car. Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 into Chinese.
__________________________________________________________________________ Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 6 into English.
__________________________________________________________________________ Fill in the blank in Paragraph 10 with the proper phrase(适当的短语). (no more than 2 words)
__________________________________________________________________________What does the government call on people to do ? (no more than 15 words )
__________________________________________________________________________What is the passage mainly about? (no more than 10 words)
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Bush（布什）takes ice bucket challenge（冰桶挑战）. Bush has joined a growing list of celebrities across the world to take the ice bucket challenge. He did it to help raise money for Lou Gehrig’s disease（肌萎缩侧索硬化症）and chose his predecessor(前任) Bill Clinton （克林顿）to do it next.
In a video posted on Wednesday on Bush’s Facebook page, the former president, wearing a navy blue coat while sitting at a table, said he was challenged by his daughter Jenna Bush Hager to take the challenge.
As he wrote the check, Laura Bush appeared with a white bucket and poured ice water over her husband’s head and then said, “That check is for me. I don’t want to ruin my hairstyle.”
Bush then announced his choice. “Now it’s my right to challenge my friend Bill Clinton to the ALS Challenge,” he said. “Yesterday was Bill’s birthday and my gift to him is a bucket of cold water.”
The online campaign challenges people to either dump a bucket of ice water over their heads or donate to support research for Lou Gehrig’s disease. When a person accepts the ice bucket challenge, he or she must challenge another person to partake in the raising money effort. Many famous people in different fields around the world took part in the activity, including Bill Gates, Stephen King, Christiano Ronaldo, and Lady Gaga, and so on.A list of celebrities across the world to take the ice bucket challenge is ______ according to the passage.
| A． reducing | B．cutting | C．stopping | D．growing |
The video about Bush’s ice bucket challenge was posted on _______.
| A．Monday | B．Tuesday | C．Wednesday | D．Thursday |
______ challenge Bush to do so.
| A．His mother | B．His wife |
| C．His daughter | D．His sister |
Which of the following is RIGHT?
| A．Bill Clinton is Bush’s friend |
| B．Bill Clinton’s birthday was on Wednesday |
| C．Bill Clinton didn’t accept it |
| D．Bill Clinton only had one choice. |
The best title of the passage is ________.
| A．Many Famous People |
| B．A New Game Online |
| C．Bush’s Family And Friend |
| D．Bush Took Ice Bucket Challenge |