A 93-year-old retired teacher is still busy over the winter vacation, giving lessons to the children in Buchen Village. This is the 20th winter since Mr. Ye first began teaching children Chinese and English for free.
Most of the children in the village are left behind as their parents work in other cities. Mr. Ye decided to offer help by giving free lessons. And his generosity does not stop there. Over the past 20 years, he has spent over 300,000 yuan on the children — almost all his savings. In 2012, he set up a scholarship to help the students in need. He doesn5t have much money now, but Mr. Ye says he is rich in spirit.
In the summer of 2018, Mr. Ye was hurt while riding a bike to school. He was asked to rest in bed for months, but he went back to the children quickly. Now in his 90s, Mr. Ye still keeps teaching for five hours every day. Thanks to him, many volunteers from different universities come to the village to teach the children.
"This is what education should be like. Its purpose is to teach students how to become better people, " said Mr. Ye.
1.Mr. Ye started to teach children for free when he was __________.
A.20 B.37 C.73 D.93
2.What does the underlined word generosity probably mean in Chinese?
A.慷慨 B.行为 C.贡献 D.捐助
3.What can we know about Mr. Ye from the passage?
A.He is very rich and kind.
B.He rested in bed for months after an accident.
C.He has been teaching in the village for more than 20 years.
D.He not only teaches students for free, but also gives away money to help them.
4.What is this passage mainly about?
A.The purpose of education. B.The needs of the students.
C.A great teacher. D.The volunteer teachers.
I used to watch her from my kitchen window. She seemed so _________as she struggled her way through the crowd of boys on the playground. The school was across the street from our home and I would often watch the kids as they_________during breaks. I remember the first day I saw her playing_________. She was the only girl playing with a group of boys. I watched _________as she ran circles around the other kids. She managed to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net. The boys always tried to _________her but no one could. I began to_________her at other times, basketball in hand, playing alone.
One day I asked her_________she practiced so much. Without a moment of hesitation (犹豫)， she said "I want to go to college. The only way I can go is to get a scholarship (奖学金). I like basketball. I think that if I were good enough, I would get a scholarship. I am going to play college basketball. I want to be _________. My daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don't _________. " Then she smiled and ran back to the playground to continue the training. I watched her through those junior high years and into high school. Every week she led her school team to victory.
One day in her senior year, I saw her__________in the grass, head in her arms. I walked across the street and also sat down in the cool grass beside her. __________I asked what was wrong. "Oh, nothing, " came a soft reply. "I am just too short. " The coaches told her that she would probably never get to play for a top ranked team —__________offered a scholarship. So she should stop dreaming about __________. It’s out of reach for her. She was__________
and I felt my own throat tighten as I sensed her disappointment. But I didn't know how to cheer her up. After both keep silent for quite a while, I asked her if she had__________her dad about it yet. She didn't say anything for another few minutes but then she__________her head with tears in her eyes and she told me firmly that her father said those coaches were __________. They just did not understand the power of the__________. He told her that if she truly wanted a scholarship and then nothing could stop her __________one thing—her own attitude. Then she dried her eyes, stood up and ran towards the playground to repeat the routine.
The next year, __________she was still not tall enough, she was offered a full scholarship and on the college team as she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game. She was going to get the college education that she had dreamed of and worked toward for all those years for free.
Just have a big dream and keep on chasing it. Maybe it will come true one day.
1.A.heavy B.tall C.small D.thin
2.A.chatted B.laughed C.shouted D.played
3.A.football B.basketball C.baseball D.volleyball
4.A.in fear B.in surprise C.in joy D.in peace
5.A.stop B.help C.push D.pull
6.A.feel B.know C.realize D.notice
7.A.where B.how C.why D.when
8.A.the quickest B.the youngest C.the strongest D.the best
9.A.trouble B.come C.stop D.matter
10.A.standing B.sitting C.lying D.running
11.A.Quickly B.Suddenly C.Carefully D.Quietly
12.A.much more B.much less C.much better D.much worse
13.A.college B.education C.fame D.money
14.A.strong-willed B.warm-hearted C.well-behaved D.heart-broken
15.A.listened to B.turned to C.talked to D.written to
16.A.lifted B.touched C.nodded D.lowered
17.A.wrong B.right C.strict D.stupid
18.A.magic B.dream C.hope D.luck
19.A.besides B.except C.including D.without
20.A.because B.when C.although D.since
假设你是李华，你写信邀请来自国外的朋友Jack来宁夏游玩，内容包括：
1. 你将去机场接他。
2. 到沙湖游玩：
①划船、骑骆驼、滑沙
②其他活动（至少提及两项）
提示词语： the Sand Lake 沙湖 camel 骆驼 slide the sand 滑沙
要求:
1. 紧扣主题及提示，适当发挥，以使行文连贯
2. 词数80左右。邮件格式已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Jack,
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
If wearing Google Glass- a pair of smart glasses—on your face isn’t cool enough, you might want to take a look at Nokia’s new skirt. It’s made of 80 mobile phones! It’s believed to be the world’s first smart skirt and has been shown at London Fashion (时装)Week. The smart skirt was created by the mobile phone company Nokia, fashion designer(设计师) Fyodor Golan and creative design house Kin.
It’s not easy to make a smart skirt. It took three months to complete it. The biggest challenge in making the skirt was getting all of the mobile phones on the skirt, and allowing all the mobile phones to work together. The screens are all connected to a computer. As the skirt moves, the screens change color and the skirt looks like silk. That’s not the only trick. The mobile phones are also connected to a hidden camera in the wearer’s hat. The screens can show what the wearer is seeing.
Unsurprisingly, the skirt won’t be making its way to shops. Instead, it’s more of an art piece. Nokia said they wanted to find a way to connect the smart technology and fashion together. “We used drawings, 3D printing, and programming languages to ‘build’the skirt, ” explained Nokia.
How many mobile phones are used in the smart skirt? | ① are used. |
How long did it take to make this smart skirt? | It took ② . |
How about getting all of the mobile phones on the skirt, and allowing them together? | It is ③ in making the skirt. |
Why did Nokia make this smart skirt? | They wanted to find a way to connect the smart ④ together. |
What did they use to ‘build’the smart skirt? | Drawings, 3D printing, and ⑤ . |
1.①________
2.②________
3.③________
4.④________
5.⑤________
The Spring Equinox(春分)is the 1.（第四）of the 24 solar terms(节气). It is not only important in China, but also in many other countries around the world. It is a public holiday in Japan.In Iran, it is known as the Iranian New Year.
The Spring Equinox is the best time for people to go outside. The2.(成年人) can admire flowers and the children can fly kites in the open air. Besides, there are also activities that have been kept over3.(世纪), such as balancing eggs.
Earth is supposed to be more balanced on this day. It’s usually difficult to balance an egg. But on the Spring Equinox, it is4.（相信） that there are some special forces that can help.
However, this isn’t true. If you are5.(耐心的)enough, you can actually balance an egg on its end any day of the year.But balancing eggs is still an interesting tradition for people on the Spring Equinox. Do you want to give it a try?
I walked into a restaurant and ordered some food. After about twenty minutes, 1. large group of people came in and ordered theirs.
To my disappointment, the group got their food before me. I watched as they began to eat and laugh 2.(happy). I even overheard one of them bragging（吹嘘）about how he was connected to everyone in the restaurant. Unable to take it anymore, I called the waiter over to cancel my order.
He told me, “3.(you) is a special order. The head cook is 4.(prepare) for it himself now. It will take more time. Please have some juice as you wait.”
I 5.(sit) down and waited patiently. Shortly after, my meal was 6.(serve) by six waiters. To my surprise, the 7. (own) of the restaurant happened to be an old friend of mine. He changed my simple food to a five-star meal 8.free. It was one of the most expensive meals in the restaurant. The people at the other table were shocked, 9. (ask) why they didn’t get that kind of service and meal.
Such is life! Some people are ahead of you, talking about how they are smarter, wiser and better 10. you. You are working hard wondering why it’s taking so long to be rewarded(奖励) the way they have.
Don’t worry! You just have to wait a little longer because your reward is more special.
