"I am a selfish child．
I hope the sunshine lies only upon me， so I can feel its warmth．
I am a selfish child．
I hope there is a corner of the world that can comfortable for me when I am sad，
I am a selfish child．
I hope my mom belongs only to me， so I can enjoy the sweetness of love． "
This poem was written by a middle school student in a lonely mountains town in Yunnan Province during her first poetry class． The girl missed her mother， who died when she was 5．
Kang Yu， the teacher who taught the girl how to write the poem， graduated from Renmin University of China in Beijing in 2015．Soon after her gradation，Kang moved to a town in Yunnan，and worked as a teacher at a middle school there．
Kang said， "Compared with students in the city， perhaps students in the countryside need a way to express their feelings and be heard more．" Supported by the headmaster and other teachers，the school held eight poetry classes for students every year．
As the classes grew in popularity， Kang became the school's favourite teacher． After she finished her
teaching at the school in June 2017， she returned m Beijing and planned to study abroad．
However， on Teachers' Day in 2017， Kang received a big box full of poems and Letters written by students at her old school． She felt she was needed and decided to abandon her plan of studying abroad． Instead， she set up Enlighten our Future． a charity that reaches students in the countryside how to write poems．
"Now， I go to several places every week I sleep less than six hours a night and the job provides no vacations and little money， but the happiness and satisfaction I feel is rewarding enough．" Kang said．
（1）What's the poem about at the beginning of the passage？
A． A world which is full or love．
B． A mother who misses her child．
C．A child who is in need of mother's love．
D． A child who can feel the sun's warmth
（2）What's the meaning of the underlined word " abandon " ？
A． work out
B． carry out
C． give up
D． make up\
（3）Which of the Following information is TRUE according m the passage？
A． Kang ever worked at a school named Enlighten our Future．
B． The school held eight poetry classes for students every term．
C． Kang said she was doing a well﹣paid job and had some vacations．
D． Before Kang set up the charity， she taught in Yunnan for about two years．
Mr Smith was in trouble those days. He drove a car for Mr Black, a rich businessman. He worked hard and the shopkeeper liked him. But he couldn't work when he drank too much. And once he almost fell into the river when he drove along the bridge. Mr Black become angry and was going to send him away. He had a big family and was afraid of it and promised(许诺) he would stop drinking at once. The man told him to wait to be dealt with(处置).
One Monday morning Mr Smith came into the office with two badly burnt ears.
"What happened to your ears?" asked Mr Black.
"Well," said the man." I went to watch a football match yesterday while my wife was ironing(熨) clothes. She had put the iron(熨斗) near the telephone before she went to cook supper. Our team lost the game and I felt sorry for it. As soon as I went into the sitting-room, the phone rang and I answered the iron!"
"And what happened to the other ear ?"
"When I put the iron down on the table, the telephone rang again!"
A、Mr Smith was not careful
B、Mr Smith drank too much
C、Mr Smith forget they were on the bridge
A、Monday B、Saturday C、Sunday
A、Mr Smith drank much after the match
B、Mr Smith was angry with his team
C、Mr Smith didn't drink those days
A、telephone B、drinking C、iron
A、He would go on driving for Mr Black.
B、He would never watch any match
C、Mr Black would send him away.
Is handwriting(书写) important? Yes, the 10-year-old girl Alyssa thinks so. She is a fifth-grade student from Mason County, the USA. She’s the champion(冠军) for her grade level in the National Handwriting Contest in 2012.
After she got the news, Alyssa was surprised that she could be the first. “I’m really happy,” she said. “I’m really surprised, too. I didn’t know I was that good.”
To enter (参加) the contest, each student had to write the sentence (句子) “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”. It is a common English sentence, but it uses every letter of the English alphabet. Teachers were invited to be judges. They could decide who wins the contest. Alyssa enjoys handwriting, and wants to write adventure(冒险) stories when she gets older. “From the third grade we started learning handwriting,” Alyssa said. “All the letters look pretty. It makes me think of art.”
A、3 B、4 C、5
A、Listening B、Reading C、Handwriting
A、Because it’s difficult to write.
B、Because it’s good for students’ reading.
C、Because it has 26 different letters.
A、评判员 B、嘉宾 C、指导员
A、Alyssa is 10 years old and she’s from the UK.
B、Alyssa was not surprised when she got the news.
C、Alyssa wants to write adventure stories when she gets older.
Once upon a time, there lived a rich man. He had a servant(仆人). He and the servant loved wine and good food very much. Each time the rich man left his home, the servant would drink the wine(酒) and eat up all the nice food in the house. The rich man knew what his servant did, but he had never caught his servant doing that.
One morning, when he left home, he said to the servant, “Here are two bottles of poison (毒药) and some nice food in the house. You must take care of them.” With these words, he went out.
But the servant knew that the rich man had said was untrue. After the rich man was away from his home, he enjoyed a nice meal. Because he drank too much, he was drunk and fell to the ground. When the rich man came back, he couldn’t find his food and his wine. He became very angry. He woke the servant up. But the servant told his story very well. He said a cat had eaten up everything. He was afraid to be punished(惩罚), so he drank the poison to kill himself.
A、the rich man B、the servant C、both A and B
A、didn’t know B、wondered C、knew
A、there was in fact poison in the bottles
B、he did not want the servant to drink his wine
C、he wanted to kill the servant
A、the servant B、cat C、the rich man
A、lazy B、bad C、clever
The world of the-out-of door is full of secrets. There are so many secrets, and they are so interesting that thousands of men and women, boys and girls are busy studying them. All around us are birds, animals, trees arid flowers. The facts about how they live and grow are interesting.
Do you know that one of the great presidents of the US spent hours and hours studying birds? A businessman lives near New York City. He became so interested in insects that he began to collect them. He now has over one thousand different kinds of them. He keeps them carefully in glass boxes.
Now come with me, and I will help you find some of nature’s secrets. Let us go quietly through the forests and fields. Here we shall find how a hare tells the other hares where there is danger. We shall follow a mother bear and her young ones when they try to look for food and get ready for their long sleep. We shall watch bees dancing in the air to let the other bees where they can find food. I will show you many other interesting things, but the best thing that I can teach you is to keep your eyes and ears open when you go outdoors.
根据上文内容判断正(T)误(F)Secrets of nature are so interesting that scientists are busy studying them.
People only want to know how animals live.
It took the great president of the US a lot of time to study birds.
A businessman near New York City has collected more than one thousand different kinds of insects.
When bees dance in the air, they can tell the other bees where the danger is.
Indonesia is my mother’s homeland and one of my favorite countries. Since I was young, I had learned a lot about the country and become interested in it. For a long time I had wanted to do something for the country and people there, and I thought volunteering（做志愿者）would be a good and fun way to do so.
I received the greatest pleasure from being with the children.
Teaching my first English class in Aceh was exciting but I was rather nervous. As time passed by, I learned how to be a better teacher. Teaching was actually the most enjoyable of my many responsibilities（责任）.
Many children were shy at first. But when they relaxed, they would start talking and telling you a lot of funny things. I believe we were helping them build up their confidence.
For the children who are more in need, The Education Program （TEP） will collect donations （募捐） to help them.
As a volunteer, I had to visit the TEP children at home once a month and help them write a thank-you letter to their sponsors. This was a way for the children to communicate with their sponsors. Sometimes the sponsors would write back to the children. Seeing the children’s happy faces, I had a great sense of pleasure.The writer believed volunteering would be a good way to ________
| A．play outdoors |
| B．get the greatest pleasure |
| C．learn more about Indonesia |
| D．do something for Indonesia |
The writer felt ______ when he gave his first class.
| A．relaxed | B．nervous |
| C．unhappy | D．uncomfortable |
The writer visited the TEP children _____
| A．to help them write a thank-you letter |
| B．to play with them |
| C．to help them with their study |
| D．to help them build up their confidence |
The underlined word “sponsors” means “________”.
| A．领导 | B．发起者 |
| C．亲戚 | D．资助者 |
According to the passage, which of the following is true?
| A．When I was young, I want to be a teacher. |
| B．I learned how to be a better teacher at first. |
| C．I learned a lot from my experience as a volunteer. |
| D．The children in the poor area were brave and easy to talk to. |