My wife passed away a few years ago, and I went through the worst time in my life. I even wanted to kill myself .Just for kids, I had to continue to live and work as small-town doctor at my medical clinic in Hawaii. My kids had gone to live on the mainland, and I was alone. Then they asked me to have a family trip. On our trip, we turned on the TV at the motel and saw the second plane crash into the World Trade Center. Seeing it falling down, I said to my kids: “I’m going to Afghanistan”. And a few weeks later, international Medical Corps sent me to set up 20 clinics in provinces where people had no health care. In these field clinics surrounded by frightening shoots or deadly bombs, we were eventually serving 27,000 patients a month in a very busy schedule. Tired and nervous, I gradually had a sense of achievement, a sense of purpose, and my depression went away.
In the years to follow, I went to Indonesia after the tsunami, Pakistan after the earthquakes, Sudan after the civil war and Iraq after more and more bombs. Each time after disasters one after another, hundreds of people were killed, wounded and many more had to flee. We once set up movable clinics in an area with 19,000 refugees, and it was supposed to hold 13,000 originally. Flu broke out, one of the biggest killers of kids in refugee camps, and it spread like wildfire. Water and food were also serious problems. “Adventures or not?” I often asked myself.
When my wife passed away, I thought my life was done. But in reality, it was just getting started. At the end of her life, she went unconscious. I held her head in my hands and told her of all the places we would visit and the exciting adventures we would have.
I think about the moment many times during my “adventures”. I didn’t know how predictive those words would be. But I know that she is still with me.Where has the doctor been in the past few years?
| A．Some countries where he could set up clinics. |
| B．Some African countries where flu broke out. |
| C．The places where the earthquakes happened. |
| D．The places that the horrible disasters struck. |
How would the doctor describe his life after he had worked in Afghanistan?
| A．Tired and troublesome. | B．Busy and risky. |
| C．Meaningful and helpful | D．Frightening and depressing. |
The underlined word “refugees” means people_______________.
| A．who are robbed, killed, or wounded |
| B．who suffer from flu in movable clinics |
| C．who like to take adventures |
| D．who have lost homes because of disasters. |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．the doctor’s wife encouraged him to work in foreign countries |
| B．What the doctor said to his wife before her death became reality. |
| C．The doctor’s adventures made him understand the love of his wife. |
| D．With the true love of his wife, the doctor started to change his life. |
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Hello! My name’s Alice. I’m a high school student. I’m very___1__every week. From Monday to Friday I go to school. I do homewor in the evening. I’m so tired that I want__2__a good rest at weekend.___3__ my mother often asks me to go__4__with her on Saturday morning. It usually__5__me about an hour .I___6__ enjoy these activities. When my mother goes shopping and I sit on a box and wait for her. Last Saturday, there was more noise than usual and everyone was in a hurry. My mother bought__7__of things, such as meat, fish, fruit and vegetables.After one__8_ , a woman came up to me,“Excuse me,”she said. “Are you Alice? Your mother just__9___shopping , but her bags are very heavy. She wants you to carry them home__10__her.”
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Can you swim? Do you like swimming? Yes? Well, how can you learn to swim? I think the best way is to go into the water and learn. I’m afraid you’ll never learn to swim just by reading books about swimming or looking at others swimming. It’s the same with the English study. We must practice, practice and practice.
Listening and speaking are very important for beginners. The children in English-speaking countries first listen to others. Then they try to imitate and speak. We can listen to English programs on radio. You may just understand a few words. It doesn’t matter. Just be relaxed, try to catch every word. Somebody may be a good listener. But he dare not speak. He’s afraid of making mistakes. You know we sometimes make mistakes when we speak Chinese. Don’t be afraid. We must be brave. If you really want to learn English well, you must try to speak with everyone as long as he knows English. Whether you know him or not is not important, when there’s nobody to talk with, you can talk to yourself in English. It’s interesting and also a good way to practice your spoken English. Remember, the more you speak, the fewer mistakes you’ll make.
Reading and writing are more important for senior school students. First we must choose the books we’re interested in. A lot of reading will improve your language sense. This is the most important.
Keep writing English diaries. We can also write English articles. You may even post them to English magazines. Don’t be afraid of failure. Failure is the mother of success.
Easier said than done. Well, let’s do more practice from now on. I’m sure you’ll learn English well in this way.You can learn to swim by_______.
| A．reading books about it |
| B．looking at others swimming |
| C．having lessons on it |
| D．going into the river and learning |
We should learn English by _______.
| A．listening and speaking | B．reading and writing |
| C．both A and B | D．swimming |
What will you do with mistakes when you speak?
| A．Don’t make mistakes. |
| B．Study hard |
| C．Try not to speak English |
| D．Don’t be afraid. |
What’s more important for senior school students?
| A．listening | B．speaking |
| C．reading and writing | D．learning |
We can listen to English ______, according to the passage.
| A．by train | B．on the radio |
| C．every minute | D．now and then |
Mr. Read was born in a small village with high mountains all around it．He has few fields and he can’t get enough food for his family．He’s often worried about it．So he works harder and harder and tries his best to get more money．
One afternoon，Mr. Read went out to look for some grass for his cows．It was very hot and he had to have a swim．Suddenly he saw a big tortoise(乌龟) in the water．He swam there and caught it．The next morning he went to the town to sell it in the market．When he was walking in the street．a car hit him down and he was hurt．He was sent to hospital at once．The doctors looked him over and had an operation off him．Two weeks later he felt much better．The doctors were satisfied with the operation and said．“You’ll be fully recovered in a week．We’re sure you can write when you leave hospital．”
“It’s really a miracle(奇迹)!” shouted Mr. Read，“I could neither read nor write before!”Mr. Read’s ___________ was hurt in the traffic accident
| A．head | B．1eg | C．right hand | D．foot |
Which is true according to the article?
| A．Mr. Read has a few fields． |
| B．One afternoon，he went out for some rice |
| C．That day he caught a rabbit |
| D．Mr. Read can’t read or write at all． |
How was the operation?
| A．Very successful． | B．Not very good． |
| C．Rather bad． | D．Terrible． |
In Chinese the phrase “be fully recovered ” means _______．
| A．完全覆盖 | B．全部找回 | C．恢复疲劳 | D．恢复健康 |
What the doctor said meant that __________．
| A．he did a very successful operation |
| B．the farmer was lucky enough to write after the operation |
| C．the accident helped the farmer to write |
| D．he taught the farmer to write while he was staying in hospital |
Peter is a sixth-grader at Woodland Primary School. He is only 12 years old but has been smoking for three years.John, 15, is a Junior 2 student at Woodland Secondary School. Hebegan smoking four years ago. “Smoking is part of my life,” John said. Peter and John are not those boys’ real names. But their problem,smoking, is a very real problem. In many countries, smoking is becoming abigger problem for young people. Most smokers start in their teens or earlier.
A study of 8,000 London students shows thatsmoking is a problem for many British kids. More than 21% of middleschool students and 6 % of primary school pupils said they smoked. “If young people start smoking early, it will be very hard for them to give up later on,” said a professor.
Every year, about four million people die because of smoking. And if people keep smoking, that number will go up to about ten million a year by 2030, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. So we have to learn and tell others about the dangers of smoking.The sentence “Smoking is part of my life” probably means “__________”
| A．I don’t smoke very often. |
| B．Smoking is very important to me. |
| C．I don’t smoke at all. |
| D．I’m going to give up smoking. |
What will probably happen if a person starts smoking early?
| A．He will surely die early. |
| B．He cannot stop smoking. |
| C．It will be difficult for him to give up smoking. |
| D．He will become lazy soon. |
The study in the passage shows that __________.
| A．smoking is a serious problem among British students |
| B．there are more and more smokers in England |
| C．some student smokers are having fun smoking |
| D．most of smokers are young students |
The main idea of this passage is that__________.
| A．smoking is becoming a bigger problem for young people |
| B．more and more people die because of smoking every year |
| C．WHO asks young people to give up smoking |
| D．we needn’t worry about the student smokers |
As middle school students, what should we do from now on?
| A．We should start smoking after middle school. |
| B．We should ask others to smoke outside. |
| C．We should laugh at smokers. |
| D．We should say no to smoking. |
Every country has its favorite food. Italians like to eat pizza. Indians like to eat hot food. Japanese like to eat fish. Often they don’t cook it.
In England, one of the most popular kinds of food is fish and chips. People usually buy it in a fish and chip shop. They put it in paper bags, and take it home, or to their workplace. Sometimes they eat it in the park or on the road. The world’s favorite food is American fast food. If you go to some important cities in the world, you can find people eating hamburgers and chips.
Fish and chips, and Chinese take-away food are very popular in England. But they are less popular in the USA, they eat take-away food, too, like chicken. But the most popular kind of take-away food is the hamburger. It looks like bread with meat in it. Ham(火腿) is a kind of pork, but the hamburger does not have any pork in it. The beef is inside a kind of cake hamburgers. They are delicious. They are also popular in England and Australia.Italians like to eat ___________.
A. fish B. pizza C. hot food Fish and chips are very popular in ________.
A. England B. Australia C. the USA In different countries people eat ________ food.
A. different B. the same C. hot The hamburger does not have any _________ in it.
A. beef B. pork C. chips Hamburger is a kind of __________.
A.meat B. drink C. food