One day,a young man saw an old man planting a tree in his garden.He asked the old man．"what kind of tree are you planting there?"

"This is a fig（无花果）tree，"the old man said．

"A fig tree?the young man was very surprised．"Why，how old are you?"

"I am ninety years old．"

"What!"cried the young man．"You're ninety years old，You are planting a very young tree now and it'll take years to give fruit．You certainly won’t live long enough to get any fruit from this tree．"The old man looked around the garden.Then he said with a smile,“Did you eat figs when you were a boy?"Sure，"the young man answered and he did not know why he asked this question．

The old man asked，"Who planted the fig trees？"

"I don't know．"

"You see，sir．"The old man said slowly，"Our ancestors planted trees for us to enjoy and I am doing the same for the people after me．"

The young man said,“You are right.We should do some things for the people after us.”

1.What was the old man doing when the young man saw him?

A. Planting flowers. B. Planting a tree.

C. Watering the plants. D. Having a rest.

2.How did the young man feel at first?

A. Sad. B. Happy. C. Surprised. D. Excited.

3.What does the underlined word“ancestors”mean?

A. People who lived a long time ago.

B. People who live in the future.

C. People who live in the countryside.

D. People who live in the modern city.

4.What can we learn from the passage?

A. We should do everything for our children.

B. We should find something interesting to do every day.

C. We should do something useful for the people.

D. We should be friendly to the people around us.

1.B 2.C 3.A 4.C 【解析】试题分析：短文讲述的是老人种树的故事，告诉人们要多做些有益的事情。 1.题意：当那个年轻人看见他时，老人在干什么？考查细节理解题。根据One day,a young man saw an ole man planting a tree in his garden.，可知老人在栽树，故选B。 2.题意：这个年轻人起初感觉如何...

There is a forest beside my house.It is my favourite place.There I can hear the different sounds of the animals and the singing of birds.When I go there myself,it is happy to draw trees in a quiet environment.When I go there with someone,I also enjoy talking in such a good place. I love nature.Here you can think about the world,life,family,and the future.

Every time I go to the forest,I love to stay there for a long time because I can have a very good rest.What a good time!There are trees,flowers,birds and animals.I can smell the air and I can feel the wind.I often look up at the sky.It is always blue and the clouds move slowly and often change their shapes.Some look like birds,others look like animals.The only thing I don’t like in the forest is the mosquitoes.

I enjoy the time in the forest.When I go to other cities,I always go to the forest there to enjoy it.

1.Why is the forest the writer’s favourite place?

A. It is nearby his house. B. He can see many animals.

C. He can catch many birds. D. He enjoys things in nature.

2.Form the passage,we can know the writer________.

A. enjoys drawing pictures B. loves noisy environment

C. likes living in the forest D. misses his family very much

3.What does the underlined word “shapes”mean?

A. 气味 B. 色调 C. 形状 D. 方向

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

A. The writer likes to stay in the forest for a long time.

B. The writer can have a very good rest in the forest.

C. The writer likes the air,the clouds and the mosquitoes.

D. The writer sometimes goes to other cities’ forest too.

1.D 2.A 3.C 4.C 【解析】试题分析：短文描写的是一位热爱大自然的画家，喜欢享受呆在森林里的美好时光。 1.题意：为什么森林是作者最喜欢的地方？考查细节理解题。根据I love nature. Here you can think about the world, life, family, and the future.，可知选D。 2.题意：从这...

Hobbies—Find Yourself a New Hobby Today!

I don’t know about you,but I love hobbies.I started my hobbies from NotSoBoringLife.com.I think the best way to find a new hobby is to see our Hobbies page.There I have more than 50 popular hobbies:Reading,Watching TV,Family Time,Going to Movies,Fishing,Computer,Walking,Exercise,Listening to Music,Team Sports,Travelling and so on.

You’ll find the 50 different hobbies and a short guide for you:what to expect and where to start.Then,in the 50 most popular hobbies,how many hobbies do you have?

Maybe you know hobbies take time.Most Americans spend 50 hours on work.They only leave about 20 hours a week for a hobby.With only 20 hours,they choose popular hobbies they can do well.

For example,they could drive the family and take them for camping.There they could swim,fish,read stories,go hunting for dinner,cook up their fresh food,and take a quick hike before it gets to dark.There they could play some music and get some much needed sleep.If so,they have 20％ of the 50 most popular hobbies all in one weekend!

Come and join us and I hope you can find a new hobby for yourself today!

1.Where did the writer begin his hobbies?

A. From NotSoBoringLife.com. B. Form his new hobbies today.

C. From the hobby of reading. D. From the hobby of computer.

2.About the Hobbies page,the following are right EXCEPT that_______.

A. it has a short guide for you B. it offers over 50 popular hobbies

C. it can tell you how to start hobbies D. it knows how many hobbies you have

3.How many hours do most Americans spend their time on work a week?

A. 20 B. 40 C. 50 D. 80

4.Why does the writer write the passage?

A. To tell you how Americans live their life.

B. To ask you find a new hobby for yourself now.

C. To show how Americans spend their weekends.

D. To talk about most Americans’ family camping.

1.A 2.D 3.C 4.B 【解析】试题分析：本文谈论的是爱好的话题。作者喜欢业余爱好，他从NoStaboReal.com网站开始自己的爱好，结合自己的经历介绍了找到新爱好的最好方法，呼吁大家都能为自己找到一个新的爱好。 1.题意：作者从何处开始他的爱好？考查细节理解题。根据第二段I started my hobbies from NotSoBoringLife....

阅读下面短文，用所给单词的适当形式填空，未提供单词的限填一词，将答案写在答题卷上。

In the long history of China,the Tang Dynasty(618-907)is famous for1.(it)poems.People often say,“If you can read the Three Hundred Tang Poems over2.over again,you will be able3.(repeat)some of them at least,though you can’t write one.”

Wang Wei was one of the greatest poets of that time.He was born in 699 and4.(die)in 759.Wang Wei showed his cleverness5.he was a small child.When he grew older,he6.(begin)to learn poems and painting.As a smart boy,he became good7.them in a short time.Later,he became one of the best poets and painters of his time.All his life,he8.(write)many poems.

Today,we still can enjoy about four hundred of them.He was also9.well-known painter of nature.When you read his poems,you can imagine a painting in them.When you watch his10.(painting),you can feel a poem within them.

1.its 2.and 3.to repeat 4.died 5.when/while/as 6.began 7.at 8.wrote 9.a 10.paintings 【解析】试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了唐代诗人王维的简单生平和他的山水画与诗歌的关系。 1.句意：在中国漫长的历史上，唐代因唐诗而著名。poems诗歌；根据句意和英文...

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请根据下面的英文短诗，展开适当的想象，写一篇标题为“My teacher,Miss Kelly”的短文，描述你的老师。

My teacher,Miss Kelly

Tall,pretty and bright,

Always encourages us to try.

She leads us to a world of“why”,

We all love her from inside.

写作要求：

1.不得照抄短诗原文，并结合短诗的内容，发挥想象，适当展开。

2.必须突出短诗的主题，结构完整，语意连贯。

3.短文不能写成诗歌形式。

4.词数：80左右。

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Miss Kelly is my English teacher. Of all my teachers, she is one of the best, because she is tall, pretty and bright. She often pays more attention to her way of teaching. She tries different ways to ...

What is the greatest thing in the world? It is a smile. A smile can start a 1.(友谊) and make us feel warm and joyful.

Last year when I 2.(进入) a new school as a middle school student, I had no friends and felt 3.(孤独的).

One day, when running in the playground, I was tripped by a stone and fell onto the ground. I tried to stand up but couldn’t because my knee 4.(受伤) badly. I felt so bad but then a hand came into my sight. As I looked up, I saw a big smile. It was from my new classmate Leo. I grabbed the hand without thinking 5.(两次) and stood up. From then on, Leo and I became good friends.

6.(然而), even best friends argue sometimes. Leo and I are no exception. Last week after arguing, I went home. That night after calming down I 7.(后悔) my bad temper. But I was embarrassed to talk to Leo. After sending an emoji of a smile to Leo’s mobile phone, I waited and was 8.(担忧的) Leo would never talk to me again. Then I heard the ring of a video chat and when I accepted the chat, I saw a face with a big smile on the screen. I was really 9.(感动的).

You can see how great the power of a smile is. Try to give other people a smile every time and you will 10.(改善) the world!

1.friendship 2.entered 3.lonely 4.hurt 5.twice 6.However 7.regretted 8.worried 9.moved/ touched 10.improve 【解析】本文主要通过介绍作者通过微笑交了朋友，也是通过微笑和朋友和好。他介绍了微笑的 强大作用，因此你每次努力给其他人一...

People in the small town feel 1.(worry). The town 2.(use) to be very quiet. However, these days, something unusual is 3.(happen) in our town. Victor, a teacher, is really nervous. When he 4.(interview) by the town newspaper, he said that he 5.(hear) strange noises outside the window. His wife thought that it 6.(can) be an animal. But Victor and his friends thought it must be teenagers 7.(have) fun. One woman in the area saw something 8.(run) away, but it was dark, so she was not sure. Everyone in the small town is feeling uneasy, and everyone has his or her own ideas. There must be something 9.(visit) the homes in the neighborhood. What is it? People have no idea. Most people hope that this animal or person will simply go away. But the noise-maker is having too much fun 10.(create) fear in the neighborhood.

1.worried 2.used 3.happening 4.was interviewed 5.had heard. 6.could 7.having 8.running 9.visiting 10.creating 【解析】解析：小镇上的人们感到很焦虑，这个小镇过去很安静，然而，这些天，一些不同寻常的事情发生在我们镇上。维克托，我学校...

Mr. Jenkins has several big shops in the city. He’s very rich but he does his best 1.(pay) the persons who work in his shops less. And they all hate him.

Several months ago a young woman borrowed thirty thousand dollars from him. But she couldn’t return the money to him in time. He went to her and made her 2.(give) her ring to him which cost more than fifty thousand dollars. He put it into his wallet and went home happily. But when he got to the bus stop, the bus 3.(leave). He hurried to get on and left his wallet outside. He didn’t find it until he got home. He hurried 4.(make) promise, ＂If someone finds my wallet and returns it to me, I 5.(give) half the money to him.＂

An old woman who 6.(wait) for another bus that day found the wallet. She sent it back to Mr Jenkins. But he changed his mind.

＂There are two rings in my wallet,＂ said Mr. Jenkins, I won’t give half of the money in my wallet to you until you return the other ring to me.＂

＂I 7.(see) only a ring in the wallet,＂ the old woman said and took the man to a judge and told him what 8.(happen) to them. The judge said to Mr. Jenkins, ＂I’m sure you have lost a wallet in which there are two rings and some money. But there is only one ring in this wallet. I 9.(not think) it’s yours. Wait for some days. Perhaps someone will be able to return your wallet to you.＂

Then the judge turned to the old woman and said, ＂Take the wallet home. If the loser doesn’t go to get it back in three days, it 10.(belong) to you.＂

1.to play 2.give 3.had left 4.to make 5.will give 6.was waiting 7.saw 8.happened 9.don’t think 10.will belong 【解析】Mr Jenkins是一个富有且贪得无厌的人，有一次他在车站上丢了一个钱包，里面有一条项链，他就许诺如果有人捡了...

（2017﹒山东威海）My best friend has two first names. One is Heather, and the other is Na-ri. I 1.(never see) her use the name Na-ri. But today, for the first time, she is writing a letter with this name.

She 2.(born) in South Korea and adopted by American parents when she was two years old. One day, she told me about her childhood. When she went out to dinner, some South Korean strangers tried to talk to her in Korean She didn’t understand what they 3.(say), so she just looked at them. She said that she still remembered how they looked at her. Their eyes seemed to say, ＂Poor girl! You are an abandoned child.＂ From that day, Heather tried to keep saying to herself that she was American.

Two days ago, she received a letter from South Korea. The letter 4.(send) to Na-ri. She was so surprised that she couldn’t open the letter. So I did it for her. The letter was written in Korean. I said, ＂Heather, you should ask someone 5.(read) this for you. It was written in Korean.＂ But she was silent.

Yesterday, on the way home, I saw her 6.(cry) on a bench near my house. ＂What is it, honey?＂ I said. She told me that her birth mother had blood cancer, and the only cure for her illness might be Heather’s blood. I asked how she knew this. Heather said she had learned Korean secretly. Crying hard, Heather only repeated, ＂What should I do? What should I do?＂ I really had no answer.

This morning, Heather called me. ＂ 7.you be with me when I write a letter to South Korea?＂ I gladly went over to her house. Heather didn’t seem to have slept at all. I hugged her and told her everything would be Okay. Now I 8.(sit) in front of Heather, watching her write a letter. She hasn’t told me what she is writing, but I can guess. Heather is writing, ＂Na-ri is coming, mother.＂

1.have never seen 2.was born 3.were saying 4.was sent 5.to read 6.crying 7.Will 8.am sitting 【解析】短文的作者介绍了自己最好的朋友，她有两个名字，一个是Heather，另一个是Na﹣ri。出生在韩国，在她两岁时候的一天被美国父母所收养。两天前，她收到了一封来...

（2017﹒山东聊城）Dream House in California is not a house for only one or two children. It’s a house for many 1.（kid）. It’s a family. It’s the future.

Imagine2.（live） in a hospital for many years because of illness. Imagine that one stays in a cold street3.（连词） there is no other place to stay. These children need help. 4.（代词）need Dream House.

Many years ago，a little girl named Collin Rose5.（decide）that when she grew up，she would offer a warm home6.（介词）those sick and homeless children. When she grew up，she became7.（冠词） nurse and made her dream come true. In November 2003，Collin Rose set up Dream House. Collin Rose’s efforts have8.（encourage）many people to help sick and homeless children. ＂Every child should have a happy childhood. We may help make these children’s lives9.（good） than before. Your small help may 10.（great）change their lives. No help is too small. ＂Collin Rose said.

1.kids 2.living 3.because 4.They 5.decided 6.to 7.a 8.encouraged 9.better 10.greatly 【解析】短文大意：本文介绍了加利福尼亚的梦想之家，它不是一两个孩子的家，而是许多孩子的。Collin Rose成立了梦想之家，鼓励更多的人去帮助生病的、无家可归的孩子，人...