Luke's father is a farmer. Instead of cows, pigs, and horses, there is corn, beans, strawberries and tomatoes around his house.

Luke doesn't mind that there are no _______. In fact, he likes living a fruit-and-vegetable farm much better. He feels it's magical that his vegetable to _______ something in the place where there used to be nothing.

"I’m planting _______ today, son. " Luke's father said. "They grow best in hot summer heat, _______ I need to plant them early in spring. That way there will be tall, healthy tomato vines(藤)once August arrives."

"How do you _______ they grow tall and healthy?" Luke asked.

"The vines grow strong when you give them care and attention and have a little bit of hope," his father laughed.

"Can I help?" Luke begged.

"Of course!" said his father

So when Luke was _______, he helped his father and Luke learned that a tomato plant does need much _______. He spent one whole day in the early June sun, hitting wooden sticks into the ground by young tomato plant. After the tomato vines had grown a little taller, Luke _______ the tomato vines to the sticks so that they would not fall over.

"The tomatoes _______ need a lot of attention!", Luke said one late afternoon.

"Most ________things do require a lot of attention, Luke," replied his father with a smile.

"What do you mean?" asked Luke.

"Well," his father said." We should pay close attention to things that make our lives better."

"That is ________ you pay attention to Mom?" asked Luke.

"Yes," replied his father, "I pay close attention to you and Mom because you both make my ________better."

The rest of Luke's work that day went ________ a lot quicker. Taking care of the tomato plants, Luke ________ he was taking care of his mom and dad. With a little bit of ________ magic and a lot of attention, Luke was certain these would be the most beautiful tomatoes he had ever seen once August arrived.

1.A.gardens B.pools C.animals D.hills

2.A.dig B.build C.create D.throw

3.A.beans B.carrots C.potatoes D.tomatoes

4.A.so B.but C.as D.or

5.A.make sure B.worry about C.turn down D.talk about

6.A.strong B.proud C.free D.lucky

7.A.sunshine B.care C.water D.warmth

8.A.tied B.pushed C.lifted D.added

9.A.hardly B.lately C.lastly D.certainly

10.A.strange B.delicious C.valuable D.popular

11.A.when B.how C.where D.why

12.A.work B.life C.decision D.feeling

13.A.by B.off C.over D.around

14.A.minded B.imagined C.regretted D.questioned

15.A.farm B.family C.vegetable D.nature

The story of…

Storytelling

Storytelling is the activity of telling or writing stories. Stories can be real or made up, can be long or short, and can be about any subject. People have always told stories to please each other or to tell people about their world.

Oral history

Because early people couldn't read or write, they passed on stories by telling them to each other. The storyteller often acted out bits of the history. People still tell stories in this way today.

Fairy tales

A fairy tale is a story that includes magic and characters such as fairies, witches, goblins or giants. Fairy tales tell the story of good versus evil, and usually have a happy ending. Sleeping Beauty, Aladdin, and The Boy Who Cried Wolf are all examples of fairy tales.

What is a story?

A story is a made-up description of imaginary or real events and people. The Chinese story of Pangu is an imaginary one.

Animal stories

Many stories feature animals as their main characters. These animals speak and dress like real people, although they often live in animal homes.

1.According to the passage, early people passed on stories mainly by __________.

A.writing events on the stone B.drawing pictures on the wall

C.telling stories to one another D.making marks on the wood

2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.A fairy tale usually has a pleasant ending.

B.The Boy Who Cried Wolf is an animal story.

C.A made-up story should be as long as possible.

D.The Chinese story of Pangu is about a real event.

3.The passage probably comes from the _________.

A.Health B.Animal C.Science D.Education

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

Imagine this. There's an apple and a piece of cake on a table. Which one would you like? The delicious cake or the healthy apple? A bestseller, Willpower: Rediscovering Our Greatest Strength, suggests that willpower(意志力)is the ability to make decisions that are better for us in the long term, rather than in the short term.

Here is a famous experiment in the book: The Marshmallow Test. In 1972, Professor Walter Mischel tested the willpower of 600 four-year-olds to six-year-olds. In the experiment, each child was left alone in a room for fifteen minutes with a marshmallow(棉花软糖)on a table in front of them. They were given two choices: they could either eat it or, if they waited fifteen minutes, they'd be given a second one(and then they could eat both).

So, what did the kids do? Well, as you can imagine, 70% ate the first marshmallow within the fifteen minutes. But the other 30% showed willpower—they controlled themselves and waited for the second marshmallow. But then Mischel discovered something really interesting. Twenty years later, he got in touch with the children, who, by then, were in their early twenties. And he found that those who'd shown strong willpower were getting better marks at university and were more popular.

Willpower is like a muscle(肌肉), and the more you exercise it, the stronger it gets.

So, if you do daily "self-control exercises", such as making your bed or brushing your teeth, you'll improve your overall willpower. And daily willpower exercises will help you with those bigger goals, such as studying for an exam or training for a marathon.

Be careful though. Just like any muscle, your "willpower muscle" can get tired. If you've had to do lots of things that require willpower, take a break or give yourself a treat.

That way, you’ll build up your willpower again.

And one last thing, the writer mentions people who learn foreign languages usually have a lot of willpower. So, congratulations!

1.How many children got two marshmallows in the Marshmallow Test in 1972?

A.180. B.240. C.420. D.600.

2.In Paragraphs 2&3, the famous experiment explains __________.

A.more kids have stronger willpower

B.willpower influences people's lives greatly

C.how people practice children's willpower

D.marshmallows can help improve willpower

3.The writer probably agrees that ________.

A.all the language learners have stronger willpower

B.will power can't be improved by doing some daily things

C.young kids don't need to practice willpower like grown-ups

D.people with strong willpower can achieve their goals more easily

4.According to the passage, people who ________ might have strong willpower.

A.do regular piano practice every day B.give up morning running halfway

C.eat as much junk food as they like D.usually get up late on the cold morning

Living on an island might sound wonderful. But what it you left for a trip and found you could never return? What if your home, and even the land it stood on, was gone forever? For people living in the Pacific Islands, this is really possible.

Why? Climate(气候)change. Climate change is causing the sea to rise. That’s bad news for the Pacific Islands. Young people on the islands are even starting to wonder: Will they be the last generation(一代人)?

Not if the islanders have anything to do about it. These people are deeply connected to their homelands. The Pacific Islands are made up of 1l different countries: the Marshall Islands, Fuji, Samoa, and others. But now, those countries are working together. They're joining forces to fight climate change.

Why is climate change such a huge threat to this part of the world? Islands are low elevations(海拔). So they are among the first places influenced by rising sea levels. That's why countries of the Pacific Islands are working together to do their part.

But these are small countries. When it comes to climate change, can they make a big difference? They can, because most of the things that people on islands buy are brought by ships. This is very harmful to the environment. After all, ships put out almost 3 percent of the world's carbon emissions (碳排放), That makes climate change worse.

Pacific Islanders realize the problem. So, in 2019, six countries got together: Fuji, the Marshall islands, Samoa, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands and Tuvalu, They came up with a plan. They agreed to cut carbon emissions from shipping by 40 percent by 2030. And by 2050, they expect zero-carbon shipping.

How will they pull this off? They plan to use some really to use some really cool carbon-free technologies. They'll make use of solar and wind energy.

Sea levels are rising, but hopes aren't sinking in the Pacific Islands.

1.What is the bad news for the Pacific Islands according to the passage?

A.Some Pacific Island countries have disappeared.

B.The sea level is going up because of climate change.

C.All the shipping to the Pacific Islands has been stopped.

D.The Pacific Islanders have nothing to do about the climate change.

2.The underlined word "threat" in Paragraph 4 probably means"_________".

A.risk B.step C.project D.development

3.It can be inferred from the passage that _________.

A.there will never be zero carbon emissions from shipping

B.solar and wind energy will make climate change worse

C.all the Pacific Islanders may leave their homelands by 2050

D.some Pacific Island countries may have hopes to make a difference

4.The passage mainly talks about ________.

A.why other countries are helping the Pacific Islanders fight climate change

B.how some countries are working hard to develop carbon-free technologies

C.how Pacific Island countries are working together to fight shipping pollution

D.why Pacific Island countries put out so much of the world's carbon emissions

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