Growing up is not always easy. When we face difficulties, we should never give up. 1. It is not useful to cry for help. Hong Zhanhui’s story of growing from boy to man tells us about this.
Hong was born in 1982 in a poor family in Henan Province. When he was only 11, his father became badly ill. And one day he came back with a baby girl. The girl was very young and they must spend much time looking after her. However, a year later, Hong’s mother left home. 2. So everything fell onto the young boy：to take care of his father and the sister, and to go on to study.
Although his life was very hard, Hong didn’t go away from his father and sister. 3. He climbed tall trees to get birds’ eggs for his sister. He walked two hours at weekends to the market to buy different things. Then he sold the things around his school to make some money.
4. To take care of his sister, he worked hard to rent（租） a room near his college for her, and sent her to school every day.
When people knew Hong’s story, he became a hero in people’s eyes. Many people wanted to help him. But Hong refused the help from others. He said he felt happy by other’s help, but he believed he could take care of his family by himself. 5.
根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使短文意思通顺、内容完整。
A. He did a part-time job to look after his family.
B. His life was hard, but he has grown up from boy to man.
C. A few years later, he began to study at a college.
D. She no longer wanted to live such a poor life and face her sick husband.
E. We should try our best to make the life better.
| A Bite of China is a documentary(记录片) that started on CCTV on May 14th, 2012. It tells the stories behind delicious food from different places in China and shows a lot about Chinese culture. |
| Britain’s Got Talent(《英国达人秀》) is a British television talent show and competition which began in June 2007. Anyone of any age with some kinds of talent(才能) can apply for(申请) a chance against each other to win prize. |
| The Voice of China is a television singing competition. It started on July 13th, 2012 on Zhejiang TV. It is like The Voice of Holland which started in Holland in 2010. |
| Mythbusters(《流言终结者》) is a science entertainment(科技型娱乐) TV program. It is one of the oldest and the most popular shows on Discovery Channel. On the show, the hosts(主持人), Adam Savage and Jamie Hynema, take a scientific look at what people say or think to see if it is true. |
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. What can we know from A Bite of China?
A. Some scientific stories.
B. Some best singers.
C. Stories about delicious food.
D. Some talent people.
2.Who can apply for a chance to perform on the Britain’s Got Talent?
A. Only man.
B. Only woman.
C. Any talented people.
D. Teenager aged 12.
3.When did The Voice of China start?
A. On July 13th, 2012. B. On July 14th, 2012.
C. On June 13th, 2013. D. On June 14th, 2013.
4. What do the hosts of Mythbusters do on the show?
A. They introduce delicious food.
B. They tell some jokes.
C. They use a scientific mind to see if what people say or think is true.
D. They choose the best singers.
5. How many kinds of Chinese TV programs are mentioned according to the passage?
A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.
Have you ever wondered how and why a fall leaf changes color? We first have to understand what leaves are and what they do.
Plants are the world’s food factories. Plants take water from the ground and take CO2 from the air. Plants use sunlight to turn water and CO2 into glucose(葡萄糖). Glucose is a kind of sugar. Using it as food, plants get energy and grow. Plants using sunlight to turn water and CO2 into sugar is called photosynthesis(光合作用). ChlorophyII helps photosynthesis. It gives plants their green color.
As summer ends and autumn comes, the days get shorter and shorter, and trees ＂know＂ to begin getting ready for winter. During winter, there is not enough light or water for photosynthesis. Trees rest during this time and live on the food they store during the summer. They begin to shut down their food — making factories. As the green chlorophyII disappears from the leaves, we begin to see yellow and orange leaves. These colors have been in the leaves all the time. We just can’t see them in the summer, because they are covered up by the green chlorophyII.
The bright reds and purples we see in leaves are made mostly in autumn. In some trees, glucose is caught in the leaves after photosynthesis stops. Sunlight and the cool nights of autumn turn this glucose into a red color. The brown color of trees is made from waste left in the leaves. It is mixture(混合物) of all these things. It makes the beautiful leaves during autumn.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1.The underline word ＂chlorophyII＂ in the passage means ＂ ＂ in Chinese.
A. 胡萝卜素 B. 叶绿素 C. 氯霉素 D.花青素
2.When they rest in winter, trees live on the food they store during the .
A. summer B. autumn C. winter D. spring
3.Plants use sunlight to turn into sugar.
A. water and chlorophyII
B. water and CO2
C. CO2 and glucose
D. water and glucose
4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Glucose is a kind of sugar and plants use it as food for energy and growing.
B. Leaves turn red because sunlight and the cool nights of autumn turn glucose into a red color.
C. We can’t see yellow or orange leaves in summer because the two colors are not in leaves.
D. During winter, there is not enough light or water for photosynthesis.
5. What’s the main meaning of this passage?
A. What’s photosynthesis?
B. How and why leaves change colors?
C. Different kinds of leaves.
D. How the seasons change.
Peter wondered why he didn’t have many friends. The reason was that he was always taking, never giving.
One day Peter told Bill, ＂I’d like to give a party on Saturday. I’d like you to come and bring Martha, too. ＂
＂Thanks, Peter. We’d be happy to come. ＂＂Perhaps you’d like to bring your violin. You and Martha sing well together. I’m sure everyone will want you to sing for us. ＂That was how Peter began to plan his party. Next, he asked another friend, Betty, to bring a cake. ＂You make the best cake in the world, Betty, and I like to eat your cake better than have one from the bakery. ＂Peter invited a few other friends to come to his party. He didn’t forget to ask something from each one of them. He even asked Jim and Mary Jackson to let him give the party at their house! They agreed.
The party was a big success. However, as the guests were leaving, they said ＂Thank you. ＂to Bill and Martha for the music, Betty for the cake, the Jacksons for the use of the house and to others for their hard work. To Peter they just said, ＂Thanks for the invitation. ＂
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. The party was held .
A. at Peter’s house
B. in a large hall
C. at Peter’s friends’ house
D. in a secret place
2.Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Betty made the best cake.
B. Mary Jackson sang well.
C. Bill played the violin well.
D. The Jacksons did hard work for the party.
3. liked Peter.
A. Many of his friends
B. Few people
C. Everyone
D. All his friends
4. Peter to give the party.
A. tried his best
B. did nothing
C. only invited some friends
D. did everything
5. From the story, we can see Peter was .
A. a warm-hearted（热心的）man
B. good at making friends
C. a selfish（自私的）man
D. a welcomed friend
完形填空
先通读短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。
It was a sunny winter day. I had gone down the tower when a blind man came toward me. He kept close to the wall, touching it lightly with his arm. I stood still and looked at him walking toward the tower.
"What does a blind man want to climb up the tower for?" I wondered (疑惑). "Not the view(景色) certainly, perhaps he wants to jump. "Thinking of some terrible reasons, I thought I should him.
He went up slowly and from time to time. I followed him a few steps behind. When he got to the first corner of the bell tower, I came close to him. "Excuse me, "I said as politely as I could, "but I wonder you came up."
He smiled, "Perhaps climbing up the tower. You have noticed — and yet, not being blind, perhaps you won’t — how the sun shines into the tower the windows here and there, so that one can the cool steps suddenly become quite warm, even in winter. But behind the wall there is shade(阴影). There is no place so good as this for feeling the difference between light and darkness. Though I’m blind, I also want to feel the brought by the sunlight. In fact, it isn’t my first time to be here." He said and seemed as as a child.
I had never thought that even a blind man could have his way to the beautiful life. But we often paid no attention to its value because we never it.
We went down the together and I left him. From then on, I began to treasure what life has given me.
1.A. stop B. follow C. watch D. protect
2.A. talked B. smiled C. stopped D. called
3.A. why B. how C. where D. when
4.A. by B. in C. through D. into
5.A. see B. feel C. know D. imagine
6.A. love B. peace C. happiness D. difference
7.A. pleased B. simple C. excited D. lovely
8.A. understand B. live C. enjoy D. have
9.A. noticed B. practiced C. had D. lost
10.A. street B. tower C. wall D. corner
—Could you please tell me ?
—Yes. There is one on Center Street.
A. where can I buy some stamps
B. when you will take your vacation
C. when was the telephone invented
D. if there are any good restaurants here
