One day Peng Xianzhe learned he would go to the Mashan School in Guizhou. The 16-year-old boy tried to imagine how serious the drought was for the students at that school. However, he realized it was more serious than he had imagined when he saw the sign ＂DON’T wash clothes with water, or you will be punished（惩罚）. ＂
Because of drought, the school has been short of water for a long time. Each student has only one bottle of water every day for washing and drinking. The drought has made the poor students much poorer.
Peng is a student from Beijing Chaoyang Foreign Language School. He took part in the school’s Rain & Bow Project from April 2 to 10.
The project idea came from Peng’s principal（负责人）. One day, she heard a sad story about Li Guoxian, a poor girl in the Mashan School, who stopped going to school because of drought. The principal started this project to help the school. In one day, 3, 000 students made over 10, 000 donations of water, books and clothes.
Peng and other four students went to the Mashan School and gave the donations with five teachers. They visited poor families, made surveys and had classes at the school.
Ding Zhentao, 16, was worried about the school’s poor learning environment. ＂The blackboards and playground are too shabby to use,＂Ding said. ＂Besides, there really aren’t enough teachers. A teacher has to teach both history and English, and even the cook is a class teacher. ＂
Although life isn’t easy, students at the school have a positive attitude(积极的态度）towards life and they are quite willing to learn. That’s what moved 16-year-old Chen Shi most.
＂They sang their songs together as usual before class every afternoon. After class, the students asked us to tell them things about Beijing and our studies,＂ Chen said. ＂You can see the passion（热情）in them. I believe it will make a difference. Their futures will be bright. ＂
1.Which school does Peng Xianzhe study?
A. Mashan School. B. Beijing Chaoyang Foreign Language School.
C. Project School. D. Training School.
2.The underlined word＂shabby＂means in Chinese.
A. 黑乎乎的 B. 光滑的 C. 破旧不堪的 D. 不平整
3.Who started the school’s Rain & Bow Project?
A. The principal of the foreign language school.
B. Peng Xianzhe, a 16-year-old boy.
C. Chen Shi, a student from Beijing.
D. Li Guoxian, a poor girl in Guizhou.
4.How many people went to the Mashan School and gave the donations?
A. Four. B. Five. C. Nine. D. Ten.
5.The passage mainly tells us about .
A. the poor learning environment of the Mashan School
B. the things that Beijing students did, saw and heard at the Mashan School
C. the Mashan School students’ positive attitude towards the drought
D. a story of a poor girl who stopped going to school because of drought
When you watch TV programs about wild animals, it is surprising to see how an antelope can run away from a lion. In the wilderness, everyone has his own way to protect himself. Even plants have their own ways of fighting off enemies.
Over millions of years of evolution, plants have developed their own defence system(防御系统). Chemicals are wildly used for survival（生存）. By making their leaves, flowers, roots and fruits distasteful or poisonous(有毒的) to enemies, plants can fight back.
One such plant is the Golden Wattle tree. The British scientist David Cameron has found when an animal eats the tree’s leaves, the amount of poison increases in the other leaves. “It’s like the damaged leaves telephoning the others telling them to fight together against the enemy, ” he said.
The tree also sends defence messages to neighboring plants by giving out a special smell. Golden Wattle trees in the surrounding 45 meters will get the message and produce more poison within 10 minutes. Now, if an enemy eats too many of the trees’ leaves, it will die.
Every species of plant or tree is good at the production of a particular set of chemicals. A herbivore that can safely eat the leaves of one tree may be poisoned by its neighbor.
In this way, plants have developed not only individual defence system, but also shared it with others. This makes it impossible for a single animal to destroy even a small area of forest.
1.From the first 2 paragraphs,we can learn that________
A. plants can do nothing against their enemies.
B. Chemicals are quite useful for plants to survive.
C. An antelope can always run away from a strong lion.
D. Leaves,roots,flowers and fruits of plants are poisonous.
2.If animals eat one Golden Wattle tree’s leaves,the tree can________
A. kill the animals with special smell.
B. tell other trees to come to protect it.
C. warn other trees against the animals on the phone.
D. send defence messages to the neighboring plants.
3.The word “herbivore” in the 5th paragraph probably means animals which ____.
A. produce poison
B. live on small animals
C. like to eat rabbits
D. feed on plants or grass
4.The last paragraph of the passsage suggests that this kind of defence system is_____
A. bad for animals
B. good for forests
C. helpful to some animals
D. harmful to forests.
5.The passage is mainly about______
A. the example of protecting forests
B. the balance between animals and plants
C. the ways of plants fighting against enemies
D. the relationship between lions and antelopes
The Coolest Inventions
Great inventions often change the world. Why not try our coolest inventions?
Frying Pan $ 100 | Cooking by yourself is a great idea! Try this smart pan even if you don’t know how to cook! In it there is an APP that can control the heat. You just need to follow the instructions and a delicious meal can be yours. Year of invention: 2015 |
Cooler $399 | A cooler can keep your food and drinks fresh. But the US inventor Ryan wants more than that. His cooler can also be used as an MP3 player. It even provides power for your mobile phone. Year of invention: 2012 |
Coaching Basketball $200 | The coaching basketball can develop your basketball skills. In the basketball there is a Bluetooth chip (It can send information to your mobile phone.) If you don’t play well, a ＂coach＂ will tell you how to improve. Year of invention: 2014 |
Super Wheel $799 | Too tired to ride a bike in a large city? Cambridge University has developed the Super Wheel. It’s a real wheel to help riders to ride more easily. It also gives real-time information of the road conditions to your phone. Year of invention: 2014 |
1.How much is a Frying Pan?
A. $100. B. $200. C. $399. D. $799.
2.What can Ryan’s Cooler do?
A. It can help to heat the food and the drink. B. It can teach you how to play basketball.
C. It can cook your food without electricity. D. It can provide power for mobile phones.
3.When was the Coaching Basketball invented?
A. In 2011. B. In 2014. C. In 2015. D. In 2016.
4.What’s the speical of the Super Wheel?
A. It can be used as a mobile phone. B. It can show the cooking steps by riding.
C. It can improve your basketball skills quickly. D. It can give the information about the road conditions.
5.What does the undelined word ＂real-time＂ mean?
A. 真正的 B. 随机的 C. 实时的 D. 匆忙的
It’s hard to imagine that Dayme Delgado ever struggled(挣扎) in school.
When the 18-year-old graduated from Mater Academy Charter High School in Miami, Florida, US, she already had a full scholarship（奖学金）from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She plans to study math and aerospace (航空航天) engineering.
But when Dayme first started school, she felt frustrated because she didn’t understand different subjects in English. As the daughter of two Cuban immigrants (移民), Dayme didn’t learn English until she got to kindergarten. The only thing that made sense (有意义，讲得通) to her was math.
＂Numbers are kind of their own language, so I was like, ‘Oh, I’ve got this,’＂ she said. From an early age, she worked harder on her math skills instead. She has taken every math class at Mater Academy and several at Miami Dade College.
Math came so naturally to Dayme that she usually didn’t have to take notes. She simply paid close attention and understood.
She has also encouraged other female(女性的) students to take math and science courses. She read research that shows girls are as interested in math and science as boys in primary school. But when they get to high school, few girls see themselves pursuing careers (追求职业) in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields.
＂The most important thing is to realize that math is just like anything else,＂ Dayme said. ＂It is not dependent on your gender(性别) or your ethnicity(种族). Forget about what others think and just go for it.＂
1.What was the biggest challenge for Dayme when she started school in the US?
A. She didn’t have money to pay for her studies.
B. She couldn’t understand courses in English.
C. She was not born in the United States.
D. She never went to kindergarten.
2.She made great efforts to learn from an early age.
A. English B. engineering C. math D. science
3.Dayme believes that .
A. English is not that important in school.
B. math and science are too difficult for girls.
C. her classmates should take some after-school courses.
D. girls should be more confident in learning math.
4.What does the underlined word ＂frustrated＂mean in Chinese?
A. 挫败的 B. 迷惑的 C. 有趣的 D. 荒谬的
5.According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A. Dayme is good at English all the time.
B. In primary school, many girls can study as well as boys.
C. Dayme graduated from Mater Academy Charter High School in Miami, Florida, US at the age of 19.
D. Dayme worked hard and took a lot of notes in math classes.
从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
Growing up is not always easy. When facing difficulties , courage and a spirit of independence ( 独立) can be more useful than crying for help . That’s what’s the story I’ve heard recently .
The young man was born in 1982 in a _____ family in a small town .When he was only 11,his father became mentally ill and one day came back with an abandoned baby(弃儿)girl. A year later, his______ left home with his younger brother because she couldn’t stand hard life and pressure from her mad husband. The 12-year-old boy began to ______his whole family: he took care of not only his sick father, but also the little girl. At the same time ,he didn’t give up studying. Later he went to college. To care for the little girl, he rented a room near his college and _______his education by doing part-time jobs.
After the young man’s story went public ,people were deeply impressed by his behavior. ____his life was hard, he didn’t abandon his father and his sister because they needed his help very much. And he ____ donations(捐款) from others . he said he felt encouraged because of kind offers, but he could depend on his own work . With his hard-won money, he ______ helped other students in trouble.
Today when many young people worry more about their own happiness, this young man’s behavior reminds（提醒）us of what we don’t usually pay attention to :love and care for others . Nobody could continue to live ____ these.
Through his hard life, the young man is regarded as a ____ . So when facing difficulties , don’t ____ bad luck . Consider what more you could do for your family and society , and you’ll find the world smiling back.
1.A. rich B. happy C. poor[
2.A. father B. mother C. sister
3.A. support B. organize C. like
4.A. went B. afforded C. ended
5.A. Although B. Unless C. If
6.A. received B. expected C. refused
7.A. even B. hardly C. still
8.A. with B. without C. on
9.A. fool B. volunteer C. hero
10.A. complain about B. dream about C. talk about
Many of life’s failures are people did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
A. who B. which C. whose
