Seven years ago, Joyce Akinpe moved to Australia to start a new life, finding an exciting job in Sydney. After the outbreak (爆发) of COVID-19, she suddenly lost her job.

Seeing that there were many others like herself in trouble from the outbreak, Akinpe and her two roommates, Michele Gomez and Maureen Lee, brainstormed ideas for how to help their local community. They came up with a street pantry(储藏柜). Gomez said the idea was very simple, “Take what you need and leave what you can.”

With the help of Gomez’s father, they built the Blessing Box – a street pantry, with shelves and hanging baskets and two doors made from old furniture.

It sits just at the back of the three girls’ home, so they can look after it. They put some information notices into their neighbors’ mailboxes, and the Blessing Box was quickly filled with the donations (捐赠)from the community, “It is the community’s strong support that keeps the project alive,” Akinpe said.

We now have hundreds of people visiting our box every day. It might only a hours for the box to be full and next hour it might become empty again. “We are now helping others to carry out similar projects in their own communities, too”, Gomez said.

Lee said things in the box were mostly convenience foods, as well as some necessary life things such as spaghetti and toilet paper. “Few people take everything at once. They think there are other people who need them more.” Lee added.

There were many people rushing there for donations. The three girls needed to sanitize (消毒)all the donations and make sure all food packages were not broken. Gomez said that they had no time for rest, but what they did was well worth.

1.Paragraph 2 mainly talks about ________.

A.the way to build the Blessing Box

B.the help from the local community

C.the purpose of building a street pantry

D.the trouble from the outbreak of COVID-19

2.Put the following sentences in the right order according to the passage.

a. The three girls thought up a good idea.

b. The three girls received and sanitized the donations.

c. The three girls put information notices into their neighbors’ mailboxes.

d. The three girls built the Blessing Box with the help of Gomez’s father.

A.c—a—b—d B.c—b—a—d. C.a—b—-d—c D.a—d—c—b

3.Few people take everything they need at once because __________.

A.they would like to use their own things

B.they think other people need these things more

C.there aren’t enough donations in the Blessing Box

D.it's not safe to use the things from the Blessing Box

4.The best title for the passage can probably be _________.

A.Challenges through Life B.Happiness from Strangers

C.Friendship during the Hard Times D.Kindness behind the Blessing Box

Dear Amy,

I am sorry to hear that you don’t feel happy these days, because there are too many family rules at your home. In fact, there are also a lot of rules at my home and there are also lots of things I have to do. I can't go out on school nights, just like you. My father says I have to finish my homework first after getting home every school day. After dinner, I have to play the piano. I don't need to practice it on Tuesday and Friday nights. Because I must have dancing lessons on Tuesday and art lessons on Friday. It takes me an hour to practice playing it every time. After that, I have to spend twenty or thirty minutes reading a book. I have to go to bed before ten o'clock. I can't relax myself on weekends either. Because I have some extracurricular(课外的) classes, such as math and English. I can only go out with my friends on Saturday night, but I have to come back before a quarter to nine. But think about it, Amy. Parents make these rules to help us to be better. Maybe we will be more successful in the future because our parents are strict and we should be thankful to them. If you still feel bad, why not have a talk with either your mother or your father? I hope everything will be OK with you.

Yours,

Lisa

1.How long does it take Lisa to practice playing the piano every time?

A.Sixty minutes. B.Thirty minutes.

C.Three hundred minutes. D.Six hundred minutes.

2.What time does Lisa have to go home on Saturday nights?

A.After 22:15. B.Before 20:45.

C.After 21: 15. D.Before 21:45.

3.What does Lisa have to do on Tuesday nights?

A.She has to practice the piano. B.She has to have dancing lessons.

C.She has to do exercise. D.she has to take art lessons.

4.According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A.Amy doesn't feel happy because she fights with her best friends.

B.Lisa can do anything she likes every school day.

C.Lisa thinks her parents are too strict with her so she isn’t happy.

D.It takes Lisa twenty minutes or half an hour to read a book every night.

On March 30, Yoshiro Mori, the head of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Organizing Committee (委员会), said that the Summer Olympic Games in Japan would be held on July 24th according to the plan. However, it is changed to open on July 23rd next year due to COVID-19.

Its mascot (吉祥物) called Miraitowa is a blue robot full of sense of future. The delay(推迟) of the 32nd Olympic Games in Tokyo, the first city in Asia to hold the Games, will cost "several hundred million dollars," said Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee.

One main loss (损失) caused by the delay is tourism (旅游业), which is an in part for Japan. There are 7,800,000 tickets for the Olympics, many of which have all ready been sold. But because of the delay, many tourists may decide to cancel their trips.

1.阅读短文 根据英文释义及首字母提示拼写单词。

c_______________ to make sth happen, lead to

2.阅读短文 根据英文释义及首字母提示拼写单词。

t_______________ a person traveling for pleasure

3.阅读短文完成同义句转换,每空一词。

However, it is changed to open on July 23rd next year due to COVID-19.

However, it is changed to open on July 23rd next year _________ ________ COVID-19.

4.根据短文 内容回答问题。Is Tokyo the first Asian city to hold the Games?

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5.根据短文 内容回答问题。What color is its mascot?

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6.根据短文 内容回答问题。How many million tickets are there for the Summer Olympic Games in Japan?

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