Yuncheng went to school for only one day and he did not start learning to read until he was 12 years old. He has a disease which affects the muscles in his body. His parents first noticed there was something wrong with their son when he was just three years old. By the time he was seven, the boy could neither run nor jump. He could only walk. On his first day of school, Yuncheng had to watch the other students as they ran around at lunchtime. That day he caught a cold and his parents decided not to send him back to school. So Yuncheng stayed at home and over the years his condition got worse and worse.

However, Yuncheng's condition has not stopped him making the most of his life. Yuncheng also taught himself to write and when he was 17 he wrote a letter to a newspaper describing his situation and his dream of a better life. The letter was read by Zhang Danuo, an editor at the newspaper, who was inspired by Yuncheng's spirit.

Zhang Danuo offered to help Yuncheng achieve his ambition to write a book. Yuncheng was always happy when he finished an assignment.“I felt everything in the world was beautiful and how wonderful it was to live in the world, ”he said. Yuncheng's book describes what his life is like, what his hopes and dreams are and how he overcomes the problems he faces every day. Readers have been inspired by his courage and his good heart and his book has sold extremely well. Yuncheng says that because his life will not be long one, he must do as much as he can in the time that is left to him.

1.Yuncheng couldn't __________when he was seven years old.

A.walk B.jump C.see D.hear

2.__________helped Yuncheng achieve his ambition to write a book.

A.His parents B.His teacher C.An editor D.A writer

3.Why has Yuncheng's book sold extremely well?

A.Because his book describes what his life is like. B.Because he got help from Zhang Danuo.

C.Because his story is very strange. D.Because his courage has inspired readers.

How do you feel when your teacher asks you to work on a group project with other students? Do you like to work together with others or work alone?

The Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA, carried out a survey of students' ability to work together in groups. They found that students who do well on tests by themselves are also likely to be better at working with other people.

This finding was true for many countries. Students in Japan, South Korea, Finland and Canada, where test scores are high, also did well in working together to solve problems. But this was not the case for every country. Chinese students, who tend（趋向）to have high scores as well, displayed just average collaborative（合作的）skills.

“One reason might be that Chinese parents and teachers focus too much on grades, ”said Zhao Zhongxin, former vice president of the Chinese Family Education Association.“Students have a lot of exam pressure and they view school as a place for competition.”

“However, collaborative skills are very important for preparing students for today's society, ”he added.“Luckily, more Chinese parents and teachers are realizing the importance of this and are thinking of ways to help students improve this skill.”

Another interesting finding from the PISA survey was that girls tend to be better than boys at working together. They said girls show more positive attitudes toward relationships, which means they are more willing to listen to others' opinions.

PISA also found that the classroom environment tends to influence how well students collaborate. In classes where there are a lot of activities that require communication, such as class debates, students tend to have better attitudes toward collaborating.

1.Which of the following is NOT one of the survey's findings?

A.Those who do well on tests are also better at working with others.

B.Collaborative skills are more important than scores for students' futures.

C.Girls are better at working with others than boys.

D.The classroom environment can influence students' ability to work in groups.

2.What can teachers do to improve their students' ability to work with others?

A.Give students high scores on every test. B.Help students to get used to exam pressure.

C.Make girls work with girls instead of boys. D.Arrange more communicative activities in class.

3.What's the passage mainly about?

A.How to improve collaborative skills.

B.Who tend to cooperate in working.

C.The result of a survey on students' collaborative ability.

D.The process of a survey on students' collaborative ability.

A new research has discovered that meditation（冥想）and oxygen sport together reduce depression（抑郁）. The Rutgers University study found that this mind and body combination, done twice a week for only two months, reduced the symptoms of a group of students by 40 percent.

“We are excited by the findings because we saw such a meaningful improvement in both clinically depressed and non-depressed students, ”said lead author Dr. Brandon Alderman.“It is the first time that both of these two behavioral ways have been looked at together for dealing with depression.”

Researchers believe the two activities have an interactive（交互的）effect in combating depression. Alderman and Dr. Tracey Shors discovered that a combination of mental and physical training( MAP) enabled students with major depressive disorder not to let problems or negative thoughts defeat them.

Rutgers researchers say those who participated in the study began with 30 minutes of focused attention meditation followed by 30 minutes of oxygen sport. They were told that if their thoughts drifted to the past or the future they should refocus on their breathing, which enabled those with depression to accept moment-to-moment changes in attention.

Shors, who studies the production of new brain cells in the hippocampus-part of the brain involved in memory and learning-says scientists have shown in animal models that oxygen sport exercise keeps a large number of certain cells alive.

The idea for the human intervention（干预）came from her laboratory studies, she says, with the main goal of helping individuals acquire new skills so that they can learn to recover from stressful life events.

By learning to focus their attention and exercise, people who are fighting depression can acquire new learning skills that can help them process information and reduce the overwhelming recollection of memories from the past, Shors says.

“We know these treatments can be practiced over a lifetime and that they will be affective in improving mental health, ”said Alderman.“The good news is that this intervention can be practiced by anyone at any time and at no cost.”

1.What made the research so different?

A.Adopting a way of meaningful talk. B.Treating depression with special medicine.

C.Combining the two ways to reduce depression. D.Comparing the depressed with the non-depressed.

2.The underlined word "combasting" in Paragraph 3 probably means __________.

A.fighting B.developing C.improving D.examining

3.What can we know about what the participants did in the research?

A.They did oxygen sport half an hour before thinking. B.They thought quietly and then took exercise.

C.They took exercise longer than they thought. D.They took exercise while thinking quietly.

4.What is Shors' main purpose of her studies?

A.To find out certain brain cells of humans. B.To study the production of new brain cells.

C.To offer people a new method to reduce stress. D.To decide the links between stress and exercise.

阅读短文, 根据短文内容回答问题。

Green is the Way to Go

Today, communities（社区）around the US are going green. For some, that means paying attention to the environment by recycling or controlling pollution. But others are turning their neighborhoods green by planting community gardens.

Green Brings Benefits

A growing number of government and community leaders point out that gardening is a great way to improve the appearance of a neighborhood. It also unites neighborhood residents（居民）. Research at Texas A＆M University and the University of Illinois shows that city areas with more green have less crime.

One Neighborhood's Story

Norris Square in Philadelphia is a neighborhood that has benefits from a community garden. In the 1980s, Norris Square was known for its run-down buildings and vacant parking lots filled with rubbish. Then a group of Puerto Rican women planted vegetables and flowers in one vacant lot. Soon there was also an outdoor kitchen and colorful murals showing rural life in Puerto Rico.

The community garden became a place of beauty and a source of fresh food for Norris Square residents. It also became a source of neighborhood pride. Soon people were working together to do home repairs, clean up other vacant lots, remove graffiti, and plant more trees and flowers throughout the neighborhood.

Today, instead of fights in the park, there are festivals. Instead of abandoned cars along the streets, there are trees. People can now enjoy a neighborhood that is cleaner, safer, and more beautiful.

Plant Your Own Seeds

If you want to start a community garden in your area, you can get information from the Community Gardening Association at www. communitygarden. org.

1.How are other people turning their neighborhoods green?

2.What benefits does green bring?

3.When was Norris Square known for its run-down building?

4.What is Norris Square like now?

5.Where can you get information if you want to start a community garden in your area?

题目①：假如你是李华, 你们学校正在开展“美丽平谷我的家”宣传活动, 倡议大家制作关于以美化环境为主题的海报, 你们班交换生Peter给你发邮件询问相关事情。

请用英语回复一封邮件, 告诉他海报上交的时间, 并分享你设计海报的一些想法。

提示词语：beautiful Pinggu, pick up, plant, clean, attractive

提示问题：. When should you hand in the poster?

What would you like to share with Peter about designing the poster?

Dear Peter,

I'm glad to receive your e-mail. Our school asks us to make a poster.

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If there is anything more that I can help with, please let me know.

Yours,

Li Hua

题目②：好朋友是我们一生中最宝贵的财富, 我们可以从好朋友身上学到很多好的品质。某英文网站正在开展“My Best Friend”为题的征文活动, 假如你是李华, 请用英语写一篇短文投稿, 谈谈你们是如何成为好朋友的, 以及你从他／她身上学到了什么？

提示词语：talk with, get out of the troubles, helpful, learn…from

提示问题：. How did you become good friends?

What have you learned from him/her?

Friends are the most precious treasure in our life. We can learn many good qualities from them.

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1.How large is the garden of the house for sale?

A.509 sqm. B.423.8 sqm. C.312.9 sqm. D.80.2 sqm.

2.Where is Cherry working now?

A.Pudong. B.Beijing. C.Shanghai. D.Guangzhou.

3.If you want to ski for 4 hours next Thursday, how much will you pay at least?

A.138 yuan. B.200 yuan. C.208 yuan. D.280 yuan.

Andrew was a smart boy when he was young. He liked doing things in a way that he thought to be clever. But sometimes he made wrong choices （选择）.

One day, his father gave him ten dollars and asked him to buy some goldfish. When he got to the market, he found that the killifish looked like goldfish and that they were much cheaper. So he bought some killifish and kept the rest of the money for himself.

When he got home, his father found what Andrew did at once. He put the fish in the tank （水槽） without saying anything first. The next day he said to his son, “Andrew, do you know what you bought yesterday? Are they goldfish?” Andrew didn't know what to say. His father went on, “Well, I'm happy that you know how to save money. I also know you are good at watching things around you. But it's not right to be dishonest （不诚实）” From then on, Andrew's father often asked him to do some chores, like buying daily things and helping his uncle in his store.

Several years later, Andrew became a successful businessman. When talking about the key to his success, he said, “Thanks to my father, I got to know myself well and developed in a right way."

1.How much money did Andrew spend on the fish?

A.Just ten dollars. B.Almost ten dollars.

C.Less than ten dollars. D.More than ten dollars.

2.Which of the following is the RIGHT order according to the passage?

①Andrew's father saw the killifish.

②Andrew became a successful businessman.

③Andrew got ten dollars from his father.

④Andrew helped his uncle in the store.

A.①③④② B.③①④② C.④①②③ D.③④①②

3.Why did Andrew thank his father?

A.Because his father taught him how to grow in a right way.

B.Because his father taught him how to look after himself.

C.Because his father helped him to find a successful job.

D.Because his father told him the importance of helping others.

4.What can we know from the passage?

A.Andrew, in fact, liked the killifish more than the goldfish.

B.Andrew's father got really mad as soon as he saw the killifish.

C.Many businessmen are successful because of their great fathers.

D.Andrew's father is smart because he knows how to help his son.

Artificial Intelligence is called for Al for short. It is becoming more and more popular in our life nowadays. And it has greatly influenced （影响）the ways we live, work and play.

Recently, a scientist has invented （发明）a special robot that can be a table tennis coach （教练）.That means people can practice table tennis not only with humans but also with a robot.

Named Forpheus, the smart table tennis robot is quite special. It can study the movements of human players and the speeds of the ball. In this way, it can exactly know the players’skill levels （水平）.Then it uses the information to change the ways to play. If the players are just beginners, Forpheus will play in a slow and easy way, but if the players arc better ones, the robot will play in a faster and more difficult way. What's more, while playing, it encourages players to try their best with the words like “Good job!”，”Come on!" and so on. At the same time, it gives some good advice to improve their skills. So it is both a good partner and a clever coach.

Science and technology （科技） is developing （发展） quickly these days and it's hard to imagine （想象）what will happen in the future. "In the next 20 years, it will be possible that one robot teaches another to play table tennis or even invents another one!" the inventor of the robot said.

1.The underlined word “It” in Paragraph 3 refers to_______.

A.the coach B.Forpheus C.the inventor D.artificial intelligence

2.From the passage, we can know that the table tennis robot_______.

A.can't play table tennis with a person B.can't speak to players while playing

C.can play table tennis in only one way D.can give advice to players like a coach

3.Which of the following is WRONG according to the passage?

A.Forpheus is the name of the inventor of the Artificial Intelligence.

B.Artificial intelligence has influenced people's life in many ways.

C.One robot may teach another to play table tennis in the future.

D.The robot can exactly know the skill levels of human players.

4.We can probably find this passage in a book about________.

A.history B.education C.science D.language

Do you feel lonely （孤独的）when your best friend isn't around? Here’s our advice to you -- and to all kids who feel lonely sometimes.

It's hard when a best friend isn't around -- maybe because he or she moved to a different school or a different class. You may feel left out during break or lunchtime. You want to make new friends, but how do you find them? Maybe it seems like everybody else already has his or her own friends. But remember, there's always room for more friends.

Start by looking around your classroom---think about which kids you'd like to play with during break. Look for chances to say hi to them, smile, and be friendly. Offer to share something or express your appreciation （欣赏）to them. Invite someone to play with you or say “Do you want to sit here?" in the lunchroom. When you're at break, walk over to kids you want to play with, act friendly, and say “Hi, may I join you?” or just join in.

If you have trouble（问题，烦恼）doing this or if you're feeling shy, ask your teacher to help you make new friends. Teachers are usually pretty good at matching people up. The best way to make friends is to be a friend. Being kind, being friendly, sharing, saying nice things, offering help -pretty soon, you'll have one, or two, or even more new friends.

You might still miss that special best friend. But when you see each other again, you can share something you didn't have before he or she left: You can introduce （介绍，引见）him or her to your new friends!

1.What does the underlined phrase “feel left out" in paragraph 2 mean?

A.leave home alone B.feel homesick C.feel lonely D.be hungry

2.According to the writer, some kids feel lonely during break because they________.

A.have trouble with their studies B.don't have their best friends around

C.need their parents to be with them D.are too young to look after themselves

3.Why do some kids need help from teachers to make friends?

A.Because they miss their old friends a lot.

B.Because they have no time to stay with others.

C.Because teachers know who wants a new friend.

D.Because they are shy or not good at making friends.

4.What does the writer want to tell us?

A.When people feel lonely, they can try making new friends.

B.Teachers should help all students make new friends.

C.New friends should soon replace old friends.

D.Making new friends is an easy job.