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There was a very mean man named Mr. Black who lived on the sixth floor of an apartment building. He was so impolite to his neighbors that no one even knew his first name was Adam. He never said hello to anyone, and he left his rubbish out in the hallway. He always complained (抱怨) about all his neighbors and the noise they made. He even got upset when the couple who lived next door to him, Catherine and David, had a baby. Instead of saying congratulations, he loudly complained about how the baby would surely cry all night.
One day when he was leaving his apartment, Mr. Black saw that his rubbish was gone. In its place, he found a note from David. “Good morning, Mr. Black. I saw your rubbish here, and since I was on my way out, I picked it up for you. I wanted to save you a trip. Have a nice day, David.” However, Mr. Black decided to ignore this act of kindness. He began thinking about the terrible traffic he would surely have to deal with on his way to work.
But as time went on, Mr. Black started to feel a little silly. No matter how impolite he was, the couple always smiled at him and politely said hello. It became harder and harder for him not to simply say hello back.
After a few weeks, Mr. Black was always happy to see the couple in the hall. They even started calling him Adam. Later on, they invited Mr. Black into their apartment for a cup of coffee. Mr. Black was very glad that they treated him nicely. He was so upset about it that he had been impolite to everyone he knew. He realized that he should try to do the same with the people he met.
1.Which word can best describe Mr. Black according to Paragraph 1?
A.Serious. B.Unfriendly. C.Strict.
2.Who took out the rubbish for Mr. Black?
A.Adam. B.Catherine. C.David.
3.What does the underlined word “ignore” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A.Pay no attention to. B.Say thanks to. C.Stick to.
4.What did Mr. Black realize finally?
A.He should say sorry to his neighbors in the building.
B.He should treat others as he would like to be treated.
C.He should thank all the people who ever helped him.
On April 18 each year, people all over the world celebrate the International Day for Monuments and Sites (国际古迹遗址日). In China, young people are realizing the importance of their history and culture. Many are doing their best to protect Chinese cultural sites and try to promote (推广) them.
Finding new artifacts (文物)
Xu Danyang, a 29-year-old archaeologist (考古学家), found an amazing bronze statue (青铜像) at the Sanxingdui site in Sichuan. In 2021, he dug out this statue. In the beginning, his team thought it was a bird. But as they continued the digging, they had a surprise. It turned out (结果是) to be a statue of a man, about 16cm high. It shows a man kneeling with his head turned, and it surprises everyone who sees it.
Making maps for protection
Wu Yunjie who was born in the 1990s found a new way — by making a special map to show the best cultural sites in China. Wu is now famous on the Internet. He marked almost 10,000 places like old temples, towers, bridges and houses. Each site with colorful marks showed how special and important they are. As a kid, Wu loved going to a temple in his hometown in Ezhou, Hubei. However, it was pulled down years ago. He was sad and decided to record all the cultural sites in China.
He started to travel across the country. He visits places in person and adds them to his map, making sure we all remember them. Now, Wu asks for help from people online to make his map better and better. And he hopes to share this amazing map with everyone who respects (尊重)history and culture soon.
Making explanations (解释) fun
Zhang Bin is a 31-year-old tour guide at Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum Site Museum in Xi’an, Shaanxi. He works to answer visitors’ questions about the famous Terracotta Warriors and shares all of his knowledge about them. Zhang often uses the traditional Chinese performance art of xiangsheng to explain them. He is doing something meaningful for the site.
5.How many ways are mentioned to protect and promote Chinese cultural sites in this passage?
A.Three. B.Four. C.Five.
6.Why were Xu Danyang and his team surprised at the bronze statue?
A.Because the statue was very big and scary with his head turned.
B.Because the statue changed from a bird into a kneeling child.
C.Because the statue which they thought was a bird turned out to be a man.
7.What does Wu Yunjie do to make his map of Chinese cultural sites?
① He marks sites on his map. ② He visits places in person.
③ He asks for help online. ④ He answers visitors’ questions.
A.①②④ B.①②③ C.②③④
8.What's the best title (标题) for the passage?
A.Spreading Traditional Chinese Art
B.Introducing Chinese Cultural Sites
C.Respecting History with Action
One day in autumn Squire Gordon, my master, went on a trip into town. John, my caretaker, went with him. I pulled the cart. The weather was rainy and windy, but we travelled happily.
Gordon’s business took a long time. We didn’t leave until late afternoon. The wind was then much higher. My master said to John, “I have never been out in such a storm!” Mr Gordon and John could not see well in the rain.
We came to a wooden bridge. It was very nearly dark. We could just see that the water was over the middle of the bridge. But as that happened sometimes when the floods were out, master did not stop. The moment my feet touched the first part of the bridge, I felt sure there was something wrong. I dare (敢于) not go forward, and I made a dead stop. “Go on, Beauty,” said my master, and he gave me a touch with the whip (鞭子), but I dare not move. He gave me a sharp cut and I jumped, but I dare not go forward.
“There’s something wrong, sir,” said John, and he got out and tried to lead me forward. “Come on, Beauty.” But I knew that the bridge was not safe.
Just then the man on the other side saw us.
“Hey! Halloo! Stop!” he cried.
“What’s the matter?” shouted my master.
“The bridge is broken in the middle, and part of it is carried away. If you go onto it, you’ll be into the river.”
“Thank you for saving us, Beauty!” said John. He gently turned me round to the right hand road by the river side. It grew darker and darker, stiller and stiller.
When we returned home the Squire told Mrs Gordon, “Black Beauty saved our lives. He knew the bridge was dangerous.”
John took me to the stable. Oh! What a good supper he gave me that night! What a nice bed of straw! I was glad of it, for I was tired.
— Adapted from Black Beauty
9.What was the weather like when Gordon, John and Beauty left town for home?
A.The rain came to a stop. B.There was a heavy storm.
C.It was sunny and windy. D.The wind was much gentler.
10.Which of the following is the correct order of the story?
a. The man warned them not to cross the broken bridge.
b. The master touched Black Beauty with the whip.
c. Black Beauty was well rewarded for his decision.
d. Black Beauty refused to obey his master at the bridge.
e. They three came to a wooden bridge, ready to cross the river.
A.ebdac B.bdaec C.edcab D.dbeca
11.Which detail supports the main idea that Black Beauty knew the bridge was dangerous?
A.Mr Gordon and John could not see well in the rain.
B.We could just see that the water was over the middle of the bridge.
C.He gave me a sharp cut and I jumped, but I dare not go forward.
D.He gently turned me round to the right hand road by the river side.
12.According to the passage, what is Black Beauty like?
A.Brave and smart. B.Modest and hard-working.
C.Impolite and fearful. D.Impatient and unwise.
Mike, a 12-year-old boy, lived in a hillside village. His neighboring village was famous because of a great discovery there. In 2003, paleontologists (古生物学家) found the bones (骨头) of the largest dinosaur (恐龙) in Europe in a field near his neighboring village.
Mike liked dinosaurs more than anything else in the world. He also believed that there was an amazing dinosaur bone under the ground of his own village. His dream was to be the first person to find it.
One summer morning, Mike was exploring (勘查) in a field near a river. He looked up to see his two friends Fern and Pepe running toward him with a colorful kite. Mike enjoyed playing with his friends and began to fly the kite with them. As he ran, he fell to the ground. “I caught my left foot on this grey object,” he said.
“A rock,” said Fern.
Mike looked at it carefully. “I don’t think it’s a rock,” he said excitedly.
“Let me pull it out,” said Pepe.
“No,” said Mike. “It’s better to leave the object right here.”
Mike and the boys ran to school to tell their teacher. The teacher called the paleontologist’s office. The next day, a paleontologist came to the village to examine the object. “It could be a dinosaur bone,” he said. Soon, many paleontologists came and more bones were found. They turned out to come from a new kind of dinosaur.
Fern asked, “What do we call this dinosaur?” “Interesting question,” said one of the paleontologists, “we’ll call it Mikesaur!”
13.Why was Mike’s neighboring village well-known?
A.Scientists often visited it. B.It was the largest in Europe.
C.High hills were behind it. D.A great discovery was made there.
14.What was Mike doing before he met his friends?
A.Flying a kite. B.Exploring in the field.
C.Collecting grey objects. D.Giving a report to his teacher.
15.Why did Mike say “It’s better to leave the object right here.”?
A.He thought it was a rock. B.He thought it was a common bone.
C.He thought it was difficult to move. D.He thought it was something valuable.
16.What do you think most probably happened next?
A.Fern got an expensive gift. B.The teacher sent Pepe to hospital.
C.Mike felt proud of himself. D.More people moved into this village.
It’s always a good thing to have a hobby. For Miss Patty, a school bus driver in Erie County, her hobby of knitting (编织) has made her really touch the community.
Miss Patty always wanted to do something with her spare time to help the students. After a conversation with one of the students, things took a turn from knitting one hat to knitting more hats.
“The one boy gets on the bus, and he goes ‘what are you doing?’ I said, ‘I’m making a hat. He said, ‘That would be great having such a warm hat in icy winter.’ So I said, ‘What color would you like?’ That started everything,” Miss Patty told the local newspaper.
Several years have passed since that day, and Miss Patty has already knitted 7, 083 hats for students in her spare time. Sometimes she will get the student’s favorite color before she begins the project.
What is more moving is that Miss Patty buys all the materials (材料) using her own money. Some people do give her gift cards around the holidays to help, but she still puts out a lot of her own money.
Along with making hats for the students that will keep them warm, Miss Patty also gets praise for being a trusted friend to the students.
17.What made Miss Patty decide to knit more hats?
A.A drive to Erie County. B.A show of colorful hats.
C.A letter in the newspaper. D.A conversation with a boy.
18.Why does Miss Patty knit so many hats in her spare time?
A.To practice her skill. B.To better her business.
C.To make more friends. D.To gift students for winter.
19.What makes Miss Patty’s act more moving?
A.She refuses others’ help.
B.She buys materials with her own money.
C.She works during holidays.
D.She knits hats of different colors for kids.
20.Which of the following best describes Miss Patty?
A.Humorous. B.Honest. C.Caring. D.Shy.
Rain or shine, Peter O’Neill always competes in the triathlon (铁人三项运动) of his town. The 72-year-old has competed in every triathlon in the event’s 40-year history. He was part of the group that came up with the idea in the 1980s.
“I used to jog around town,” Mr. O’Neill said. “I came into contact with an Olympian, David Power, and Dave had a hotel up here. A few of us got together and we discussed it and got it going in October, 1983.”
The then 31-year-old suggested one of the group should compete. “Everyone else could either ride a bike or run, but I was the only one who could swim,” he laughed. “But I was happy to give it a go.”
In the beginning, more than 220 athletes took part in the event, including 79 individual competitors and 48 teams. These days it’s a five-day festival—which includes 11 events in all—with more than 13,000 competitors.
Rebecca van Pooss, head of operations for the triathlon there, said the event Mr. O’Neill helped to start was now an international event. “It is the world’s largest Olympic-distance triathlon,” she said. “That’s something we’re very proud of.”
“Mr. O’ Neill’s efforts were inspiring. There are a couple of other athletes who have done 38, 39,” she said. “But Peter, he is the legend (传奇)—it’s pretty amazing to have someone who’s done all 40 of our races.”
Mr. O’Neill trains year-round for the event, and enjoys the social side just as much as the physical benefits. “I’ve made so many friends… friends that I ride with and friends I swim with—it’s been wonderful,” he said. “When you’re in your 70s like I am, you’re quite happy to just do it because you know it beats the alternative (替代品), which is sitting around doing nothing.”
21.What do the underlined words “give it a go” in paragraph 3 probably mean?
A.Try doing it. B.Cooperate with others.
C.Organize the game. D.Go to a friend’s home.
22.What can we infer from Rebecca’s words?
A.The athletes are mostly in their 30s.
B.There are more than 40 events that they can choose.
C.The triathlon will be an international event in the future.
D.It’s very hard to keep on training and competing for the event.
23.What can we know from Mr. O’Neill’s story?
A.He is too old to be an athlete.
B.He beats “doing nothing”, and becomes a legend.
C.He helps many people in his hometown to find jobs.
D.He has won many gold medals at the Olympic Games.
24.In which section of a newspaper may this text appear?
A.Fashion and Style. B.School and Education.
C.Science and Technology. D.Sports and Fitness.
Auggie’s Story
Sleep
I’d been reading for over an hour and sleep still didn’t come. It was almost two a. m. Everyone else was asleep. I had my flashlight (手电筒) on under the sleeping bag. Maybe the light was why I couldn’t sleep, but I was too afraid to turn it off. What had happened kept coming back to my mind.
When we got back to the camp, no one noticed we’d been gone. The teachers and all the other kids were still watching the movie. They didn’t know how something bad had just happened to me and Jack. It’s so strange how that can be, how you could have a night that’s the worst in your life, but to everybody else it’s just a usual night.
Amos, Miles and Henry brought us back to our seats. Then they returned to their own seats. In a way, everything was exactly as we had left it. The sky was the same. The movie was the same. Everyone’s faces were the same. Mine was the same.
But something was different. Something had changed.
Home
“So, do you want to hear about the bad part or the good part first?” I asked Mum.
“Whatever you want to talk about,” she answered.
“Well, except for last night, I had a fantastic time,” I said. “I feel like they ruined (毁坏) the whole trip for me.”
“No, sweetie. Don’t let them do that to you. You were there for more than forty-eight hours, and that awful part lasted one hour. Don’t let them take that away from you, okay?”
“I know.” I nodded. “But do I always have to worry about bad guys like that? Like when I grow up, is it always going to be like this?”
“There are always going to be bad guys in the world, Auggie,” she said, looking at me. “But I really believe there are more good people on this earth than bad people, and the good people watch out for each other and take care of each other. Just like Jack was there for you. And Amos. And those other kids.”
“Oh yeah, Miles and Henry,” I answered. “They were amazing, too. It’s very strange because Miles and Henry haven’t even really been very nice to me at all during the year.”
“Sometimes people surprise us,” she said, rubbing the top of my head.
25.Why couldn’t Auggie fall asleep?
A.He kept thinking about something. B.He was doing bedtime reading.
C.He was looking for his flashlight. D.He didn’t like his sleeping bag.
26.According to the first part, what was different at the camp?
A.The sky. B.Auggie’s face. C.The movie. D.Auggie’s feeling.
27.Auggie was worried that ______.
A.his mum would feel unhappy B.bad guys would always be around
C.he would not have a good trip D.Jack would not be his friend any more
28.What do we know about Miles and Henry?
A.They ruined Auggie’s whole trip. B.They took something away from Auggie.
C.They were nice to Auggie this time. D.They were Auggie’s best friends.
参考答案
1.B 2.C 3.A 4.B
1.推理判断题。根据“There was a very mean man named Mr. Black…He was so impolite to his neighbors…He always complained (抱怨) about all his neighbors…”可知,布莱克对邻居非常不友好,他从不和任何人打招呼,他总是抱怨他的邻居和他们制造的噪音,所以推知布莱克非常不友好。故选B。
2.细节理解题。根据“In its place, he found a note from David.”及“Good morning, Mr. Black. I saw your rubbish here, and since I was on my way out, I picked it up for you.”可知,纸条是大卫写的,大卫看到了布莱克的垃圾,于是帮布莱克拿走了垃圾。故选C。
3.词句猜测题。根据下文“He began thinking about the terrible traffic he would surely have to deal with on his way to work.”可知,布莱克看到大卫留的纸条,知道是大卫帮自己拿走了垃圾,但是他并为此作出感谢,而是考虑上班路上的交通情况。划线部分单词意为“忽视”,即布莱克将大卫的善举置之不理。故选A。
4.推理判断题。根据“Mr. Black was very glad that they treated him nicely.…He realized that he should try to do the same with the people he met.”可知,布莱克很高兴邻居对他的友好对待,他意识到他应该像他们一样对待他遇到的人。故选B。
5.A 6.C 7.B 8.C
5.细节理解题。根据“Finding new artifacts (文物)”、“Making maps for protection”及“Making explanations (解释) fun”可知,文中提到了三种保护和推广中国文化遗址的方式:发掘新的文物,制作保护地图,以及通过有趣的方式进行解释。故选A。
6.细节理解题。根据“In the beginning, his team thought it was a bird. But as they continued the digging, they had a surprise. It turned out (结果是) to be a statue of a man, about 16cm high.”可知,徐丹阳和他的团队对青铜像感到惊讶的原因是他们原本以为它是一只鸟,结果却是一个人的雕像。故选C。
7.细节理解题。根据“He marked almost 10,000 places like old temples, towers, bridges and houses.”、“He visits places in person and adds them to his map”及“Now, Wu asks for help from people online to make his map better and better.”可知,吴云杰制作中国文化遗址地图的方式包括:在地图上标记遗址,亲自访问这些地方,并在线上寻求帮助。故选B。
8.最佳标题题。通读文章可知,文章主要介绍了中国年轻人通过不同的方式保护和推广中国的文化遗址,因此Respecting History with Action最能概括文章的主题。故选C。
9.B 10.A 11.C 12.A
9.细节理解题。根据“We didn’t leave until late afternoon.…I have never been out in such a storm!”可知,高登、约翰以及黑骏马离开小镇回家时,有大的暴风雨。故选B。
10.细节理解题。根据“We came to a wooden bridge.…said my master, and he gave me a touch with the whip…He gave me a sharp cut and I jumped, but I dare not go forward.…The bridge is broken in the middle, and part of it is carried away. If you go onto it, you’ll be into the river…Oh! What a good supper he gave me that night! What a nice bed of straw!”可知,文章的正确发展顺序是:他们来到一座木桥前,准备过河;主人用鞭子抽打黑骏马;黑骏马在桥上拒绝服从他的主人;一个人警告他们不要过桥;黑骏马的决定得到了很好的回报。故选A。
11.推理判断题。根据“He gave me a sharp cut and I jumped, but I dare not go forward.”可知,黑骏马被主人划了一刀,但是仍然不敢过桥。故可知这个细节可以推断黑骏马知道过桥很危险。故选C。
12.推理判断题。根据“We could just see that the water was over the middle of the bridge. But as that happened sometimes when the floods were out, master did not stop. The moment my feet touched the first part of the bridge, I felt sure there was something wrong.”可知,他们过桥时,看到水已经漫过了桥的中间,但是黑骏马还是打算试探一下,可知他是勇敢的。黑骏马在试探过后,立马察觉到了危险,说明他是聪明的。故选A。
13.D 14.B 15.D 16.C
13.细节理解题。根据“His neighboring village was famous because of a great discovery there.”可知,他的邻村因一项重大发现而闻名。故选D。
14.细节理解题。根据“One summer morning, Mike was exploring (勘查) in a field near a river.”可知,一个夏天的早晨,迈克正在河边的田野里探险。故选B。
15.推理判断题。根据“Mike and the boys ran to school to tell their teacher. The teacher called the paleontologist’s office.”可知,迈克和男孩们跑到学校告诉老师,老师打电话给古生物学家的办公室。所以迈克说“把物体留在这里比较好”是因为觉得这是一块有价值的东西。故选D。
16.推理判断题。根据“we’ll call it Mikesaur!”可知,古生物学家决定将它命名为“迈克龙”,所以迈克会为自己感到骄傲。故选C。
17.D 18.D 19.B 20.C
17.细节理解题。根据第三段“That started everything”可知,Patty小姐在和一个小男孩谈话之后决定开始编织更多帽子。故选D。
18.细节理解题。根据第二段“Miss Patty always wanted to do something with her spare time to help the students”及第四段“and Miss Patty has already knitted 7, 083 hats for students in her spare time”可知,Patty小姐编织如此多的帽子是为了帮助学生们,让学生们度过温暖的冬天。故选D。
19.细节理解题。根据第五段“What is more moving is that Miss Patty buys all the materials (材料) using her own money.”可知,Patty小姐更让人感动的是,她用自己的钱买编织帽子的材料。故选B。
20.推理判断题。通读全文可知,Patty小姐用自己的业余时间给学生们编织帽子,故可知她是关心他人的。故选C。
21.A 22.D 23.B 24.D
21.词句猜测题。根据上下文,Peter O’Neill是唯一一个会游泳的人,他愿意尝试参加比赛,所以“give it a go”应该是“尝试做某事”。故选A。
22.推理判断题。根据“Mr. O’ Neill’s efforts were inspiring. There are a couple of other athletes who have done 38, 39”及“But Peter, he is the legend (传奇)—it’s pretty amazing to have someone who’s done all 40 of our races.”可知,Peter O’Neill的努力是鼓舞人心的,有其他的运动员也完成了38、39次比赛,但Peter是传奇,他完成了所有的40场比赛。这说明参加并坚持这个比赛是非常困难的。故选D。
23.细节理解题。根据“But Peter, he is the legend (传奇)”及“When you’re in your 70s like I am, you’re quite happy to just do it because you know it beats the alternative (替代品), which is sitting around doing nothing.”可知,Peter O’Neill通过参加铁人三项运动,打破了“无所事事”的生活,成为了一位传奇人物。故选B。
24.推理判断题。文章主要讲述了Peter O’Neill参加铁人三项运动的故事,这是一项体育活动,所以这篇文章可能出现在报纸的“体育和健身”版块。故选D。
25.A 26.D 27.B 28.C
25.细节理解题。根据“What had happened kept coming back to my mind.”可知,Auggie睡不着是因为他一直在想一些事情。故选A。
26.推理判断题。根据“The sky was the same. The movie was the same. Everyone’s faces were the same. Mine was the same.”和“But something was different. Something had changed.”可知,天空还是一样,电影也是一样,每个人的脸都一样,Auggie的脸也一样,但是有些事不一样了,有些事改变了。由此推知,是Auggie的感觉不一样了。故选D。
27.细节理解题。根据“But do I always have to worry about bad guys like that? Like when I grow up, is it always going to be like this?”可知,Auggie担心坏人会一直在身边。故选B。
28.推理判断题。根据“‘Oh yeah, Miles and Henry,’ I answered. ‘They were amazing, too. It’s very strange because Miles and Henry haven’t even really been very nice to me at all during the year.’”可推知, 虽然Miles和Henry这一年对Auggie一点都不友好,但是这次露营时对他很好。故选C。
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