There was once a little orphan (孤儿) girl who had no family and no one to love her. She felt sad and lonely.
One day, while she was walking in a garden, she noticed a small butterfly caught in a thornbush (荆棘丛). The more the butterfly tried to free itself, the deeper the thorn cut into its body. The girl carefully helped the butterfly out. Instead of flying away, the little butterfly changed into a beautiful fairy (仙女).
“For your wonderful kindness,” said the fairy, “I will grant (保证) you any wish you like.”
The little girl thought for a while and replied: “I want to be happy!”
“Very well!” The fairy leaned toward her and whispered (耳语) in her ear. Then the good fairy disappeared.
As the little girl grew up, she stayed happy. Everyone asked her the secret of her happiness. She would only smile and answer: “The secret of happiness is that I listened to a good fairy when I was a little girl.”
When she was very old and on her deathbed, her neighbors were afraid that her secret of happiness would die “Tell us, please,” they begged. “Tell us what the good fairy said.”with her.
The lovely old woman simply smiled and said: “She told me that everyone, no matter how secure (安稳的) they seemed, how old or young, how rich or poor, had need of me.”
| A．It saved itself. | B．It got cut deeper. |
| C．It got tired. | D．It was killed. |
| A．Because the girl begged her to do so. |
| B．Because it was the fairy’s job. |
| C．Because the girl helped her out. |
| D．Because the girl was too poor. |
| A．By giving her a lot of money. |
| B．By giving her a big house. |
| C．By helping her find her parents. |
| D．By telling her how to stay happy. |
| A．Being needed by others. |
| B．Being rich. |
| C．Being helped by a fairy. |
| D．Being loved by others. |
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It was my first day at Grade 6. And the first lesson was boring English. When I was doing nothing, Mr Gough, our new English teacher, into the classroom.
To my , he held up a book, The Collected Works of Edgar Allen Poe, and asked if anyone had read it. I put my
up, because Poe was my favorite writer. Mr Gough asked
I really understood what the author tried to say in his book. My reply made him smile, and he asked me to
an essay on that subject.
After that, English classes became a new for me. Mr Gough thought that students had to act out a play to understand it. “Don’t just
it,” he said.
As time passed, we a real friendship. He encouraged me to be a writer in the future. When I left school, he said to me, “You have a gift, Tony, and one day you’ll come to
how useful it is. Make use of it if you want your life to be complete.”。
Years have passed. Now, every time I sit down to write something new, I think of Mr Gough. He wasthan just an English teacher, because he also taught me useful lessons in life.
Luke Dollar has spent many years in Madagascar studying lemurs (狐猴).
Reporter: What were you like as a kid?
Dollar: As a kid, I was an explorer. I lived with my grandparents on a farm in Alabama. It wasn’t unusual for me to go to the woods. And I enjoyed that. From the time I was 6 to 16 years old I was an actor. My mom asked me to audition
(试演) for a show in Birmingham. I asked my mom to buy me some video games and she promised (答应), so I got the part. Later, I became a professional actor. So for several years I went everywhere from the Alabama farm to many other cities — all over the USA doing stage productions.
Reporter: How did you get into your field of work?
Dollar: I grew up on a farm and I was really a wild child and came to love wild things. I did a lot of photography in high school. I became a photographer and did photography for the local paper. Then I became a student of Duke University. Duke has a primate (灵长类动物的) centre — Lemur Centre. I got a job there as a work study student and met lemurs there for the first time.
Later I had a chance to go to Madagascar and decided to study lemurs.
Reporter: What’s the one thing you can’t travel without?
Dollar: A sense of humour (幽默感) or a can-do attitude is necessary, but my first response (反应) was soy sauce. If we run out of soy sauce, the journey is over.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。What was Luke’s childhood like?
| A．Boring. | B．Enjoyable. |
| C．Peaceful. | D．Unhappy. |
Luke decided to audition for the show because .
| A．he was really interested in it |
| B．he wanted to help his friend |
| C．his mother allowed him to go to the farm |
| D．his mother promised to buy him some video games |
What was Luke interested in doing in high school?
A. Learning music.
B. Taking photos.
C. Travelling all over the USA.
D. Writing for the newspaper.Where did Luke meet lemurs for the first time?
| A．At Duke University. |
| B．In Birmingham. |
| C．On his grandparent’s farm. |
| D．In Madagascar. |
What do we know from the dialogue(对话)？
| A．Luke’s mother is a good photographer. |
| B．Luke come to love wild animals because of his mother . |
| C．Luke had been to Madagascar before he went to Duke University. |
| D．Luck doesn’t think he can travel without soy sauce. |
| Ivy and Bean Make the Rules |
Price: $14.99 Number of pages: 127 Storyline：Bean and her best friend, Ivy, decide to create their own camp. They come up with all the activities and, of course, they make the rules … Recommendation: I’d give this book a 10 because I love the characters. They are funny and creative. |
| White Fur Flying |
Price: $15.99 Number of pages:128 Storyline: Zoe and Alice’s mother might just have the coolest job ever. She saves great pyrenees dogs (大白熊犬) … Recommendation: I’d give this book an 8 because it is a little sad. I think kids who love animals and a good story will really like it. |
Stick Dog |
Price: $12.99 Number of pages: 192 Storyline: A dog lives in an empty pipe under Highway 16. He has four dog friends. One day, they decide to go on an adventure to steal (偷) the food from a human family … Recommendation: I’d give this book a 9. It is funny. I was laughing out loud at all the funny scenes. |
Gingersnap |
Price: $15.99 Number of pages: 160 Storyline: After their parents are killed in a car accident, Jayna and her elder brother Rob are each other’s only family. Soon, Rob goes off to serve in the Navy … Recommendation: I’d give this book a 9. I’m interested in romantic novels and science fiction, but not so much in historical fiction. Gingersnap really changed my opinion. |
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。. Which of the four novels has the largest number of pages?
| A．Ivy and Bean Make the Rules. |
| B．White Fur Flying. |
| C．Stick Dog. |
| D．Gingersnap. |
Gingersnap.
| A．is a book about saving dogs |
| B．is historical fiction |
| C．tells us about the life of four dogs |
| D．shows us the camp life |
If you read Stick Dog, you will .
| A．know how the homeless dogs steal food |
| B．know what rules the two girls have made |
| C．learn what happened to Jayna |
| D．know something about rescuing dogs |
Tom wants to buy a copy of Stick Dog and a copy of Gingersnap. He should pay for the two books.
| A．$14.99 | B．$15.99 |
| C．$12.99 | D．$28.98 |
. Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．The characters of Stick Dog are creative. |
| B．White Fur Flying tells us a funny story. |
| C．The recommender is not interested in Gingersnap. |
| D．The recommender (推荐人) likes Ivy and Bean Make the Rules best. |
I’m John．My father is a factory manager．He comes from America．My mother is a teacher．She’s English．She can speak some Chinese．She is an English teacher at schoo1．I’m a student in my mother’s schoo1．At school I can play with my Chinese friends．We can play football，basketball and table tennis．My mother can play the piano and tennis．She can also sing well．John’s father is _______.
| A．in a school | B．in a factory |
| C．in a hotel | D．in a hospital |
John’s mother is from_______.
| A．America | B．China |
| C．England | D．Japan |
John can _______.
| A．sing | B．play the piano |
| C．play tennis | D．play table tennis |
John’s mother can _______.
| A．play football and sing |
| B．play basketball and the piano |
| C．play tennis and table tennis |
| D．play the piano and sing |
_______can speak some Chinese ．
| A．John | B．John’s mother |
| C．John’s father | D．John’s friends |
Look at this picture, it is Tony’s bedroom. It is small, but it is very nice. There is a desk and a bed in it. There is a computer and some books on the desk. His coat is on the bed. Where is his bag? It is on the wall. What’s that? Oh, it’s a cap! It looks like a cat.
根据短文判断句子正(T)误(F). This is Tony’s bedroom.
There is a desk and a chair in it.
His computer is on the desk.
His coat is on the chair.
Tim has got a cat.