In April, 2013, I visited Yangzhou.
Ge Garden is very beautiful and peaceful. The ticket has a map on the back of it that I didn’t noticed until I had already left. But to be honest, I don’t think that map is very useful because it isn’t very clear an tailed. In my opinion, it’s better to improve it. Compared with He Garden, the map on the back of the ticket for He Garden is much clearer, more detailed and more useful. However, in the room that has the picture of the family members, there is only Chinese, no English, so my advice is to add English in interesting places. I got lost in the Slender West Lake. I spent about 30 minutes just trying to get out of one area. I think they need more signs posted along the trails. I like the Slender West Lake best, as she is so pretty! The ladies that were sweeping were very sweet. They always smiled at me and said hello, so it was nice.
Taking a taxi is the most efficient(有效率的) and quickest way to get around Yangzhou. I didn’t have a problem getting to the places which I’d like to go to while using a taxi. The driver was very friendly. The fare isn’t too high, either. But I didn’t enjoy taking the bus. The bus ride to the Mastixia Bay (茱萸湾公园) took long although I only had to pay one yuan. It was also hard finding where Bus 32 was. I tried asking some people in English but they couldn’t understand me, so I had to ask in simple Chinese that I only know buy that still didn’t work. I spent about one hour walking around the city to look for Bus 32. The tricycle(三轮车) was nice, but it was a little too expensive for a small distance. Maybe I was ripped off by the guy who rode for me, but it was an enjoyable ride. I felt like I was part of the garden city more.
Over all I am satisfied with Yangzhou and will recommend it to others.
【小题1】How many places of interest are mentioned in the passage?

Almost every Chinese person can recite the two lines of the famous poem, “Every grain on the plate comes from hard work(谁知盘中餐，粒粒皆辛苦).” But sadly, many of us don’t actually get the real meaning of these lines: Don’t waste food.
A CCTV program, News One Plus One, reported that the food Chinese people throw away every year is enough to feed 200 million people for a year.
Do we have too much food? Of course not. According to the UN World Food Program, there were 925 million hungry people around the world in 2010, especially in developing countries. Six million children die of hunger every year.
Chinese people are well known for being hospitable(好客的) and generous. Many even feel that they lose face if their guests have eaten all the food on the table.
Luckily, a number of people have realized the importance of saving food. Last November, Li Hong, a waitress in a restaurant in Nanjing, got fired because she took some leftover food home for her son. Many people stood by her side and criticized(批评) the waste of food.
What should we do in our daily lives to waste less food? Here are some tips: 
1. Do not order too much in a restaurant. Only order as much as you want to eat. If you cannot eat all the food you ordered, take the rest of it home.
2. Don’t be too picky(挑剔的) about food. Some food may not taste great, but your body needs it.
3. Keep an eye on what food you have at home. Don’t buy too much, especially for vegetables and fruit.
【小题1】How many people were hungry in the world in 2010 according to the UN World Food Program?

Two good friends, Sam and Jason, met with a car accident on their way home one snowy night. The next morning, Sam woke up blind. His legs were broken. The doctor, Mr Lee, was standing by his bed, looking at him worriedly. When he saw Sam awake, he asked, “How are you feeling, Sam?” Sam smiled and said, “Not bad, Doctor. Thank you very much for doing the special operation(手术).” Mr Lee was moved by Sam. When he was leaving, Sam said, “Please don’t tell Jason about it.” “Well…Well…OK,” Mr Lee replied.
Months later when Jason’s wounds healed(愈合), Sam was still very sick. He couldn’t see or walk. He could do nothing but stay in his wheelchair all day long. At first, Jason stayed with him for a few days. But days later, Jason thought it boring to spend time with a disabled man like Sam. So he went to see Sam less and less. He made new friends. From then on, he didn’t go to visit Sam any more. Sam didn’t have any family or friends except Jason. He felt very sad.
Things went from bad to worse. Sam died a year later. When Jason came, Mr Lee gave him a letter from Sam. In the letter Sam said, “Dear Jason, I am disabled. But I want you to be a healthy man. So I gave my eyes to you so that you can enjoy life as a healthy man. Now you have new friends. I’m glad to see that you are as healthy and happy as usual. I’m glad you live a happy life. You are always my best friend... Sam”. When he finished reading the letter, Mr Lee said, “I have promised that I will keep this a secret until Sam is gone. Now you know it.”
Jason stood there like a stone. Tears ran down his face.
【小题1】The car accident happened ____________.

What’s the most important thing for you to have in your life? Somebody mentions hard-work, others suggest knowledge, love and luck.
If you arrange the 26 English letters alphabetically and use numbers to represent each of them, for example, 1 for a, 2 for b, 3 for c…, you can change an English word into a number. So hard-work becomes 8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11=" 98," meaning 98 is its mark; knowledge: 11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5="96," while love: 12+15+22+5="54," and luck: 12+21+3+11="47," a small mark. None of these words can give one a full mark. What about money or prayer? They can’t, either.
Then what else? Don’t be worried. You can always find an answer to a problem in your life, when you change your way of looking at things or doing things, which is your attitude. Yes, attitude is the word. See for yourself: attitude: 1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5=100，a full mark!
Different attitudes lead to different courses of life. Most times people hope for a better life. It is possible that one will have a change for the better after one has changed one’s attitude.
When you change your manner and became friendly towards others, you’ll meet more smiling faces towards you. In the same way, if you take a positive attitude towards failure, you’ll find it’s also rewarding though it has caused you losses.
【小题1】Some people think it is important to have hard-work, knowledge, _______in their life.
【小题2】According to the passage, the mark of the word “money” is _________.
【小题3】From the passage, we know it’s possible for you_______if you change your attitude.
【小题4】People will meet_______ towards them when they change their manners and become friendly to others.
【小题5】The main idea of the passage is that ___________.

Returning a father's love
He was a single father, raising a 5-year-old boy by himself. He was often worried about his son growing up without a mother to care for him.
One day, he went away on business, leaving the child alone. He worried about the child all the way, not knowing if he had eaten. But his child always told him not to worry. He went home after he finished his work.
When he got home, the child was deep asleep. He was tired out. He was about to sleep when he was surprised to find an overturned（翻倒） bowl of noodles under the quilt, （被子）
He hit his sleeping son angrily ,”Why are you so careless , making the quilt dirty ? Who will wash it ?” It was the first time that he had hit his boy after his wife’s death .
“sorry , but ....” the child explained with tears in his eyes , “This is your supper ,Daddy .” In order to let his father eat dinner the moment he got home , the child prepared two bowls of noddles : one for himself , the other for his father . He was afraid that his father’s noodles would get cold , so he placed them under the quilt .
Hearing this , the father hugged his boy tightly without saying a word .
根据短文内容填空，每空填一词。
【小题1】The father often             about his son because the son's mother was_________ .
【小题2】The_________ cooked the noodles and put them under the quilt to keep them_________ .
【小题3】When the father _________ an overturned bowl of noodles under the quilt , he got __________ .
【小题4】After            what his son explained, the father felt__________
【小题5】The boy was so            , but he knew how to__________his father's love.

We spend hours, days and years of our lives in school. Imagine(想象) you could design(设计) your dream school, what would it be like? What would you be doing? We wanted to find out what teenagers around the world thought. Here is what they said:
Richard from the USA: My dream school would have a big swimming pool and two soccer fields. It would also have a cinema, a gym and a shopping centre. My school has none of these, and I think there should be more pleasant things for students to do while they are studying.
Sonia from Italy: I’d like a room where we can relax and play computer games. I’d also like to have a music room. I think there should be a place for everyone to go and relax after class.
Wu from Beijing: I think it would be great to have another day off (休息日) every week, besides the weekend. If that day was a Friday or a Monday, we would have a long weekend every week. What fun! I also think school should start later, at about 10 o’clock, and finish earlier.
Hannah from Australia: In my dream school, I think the teachers should give us more freedom(自由) and choice about how we study and what we study. I also think it’s not necessary for us to wear school uniforms every day. I really don’t like wearing it.  
【小题1】There would be_______ in Richard’s dream school.
A．a big swimming pool and a music room  
B．a room to relax and play computer games
C．a big swimming pool, two soccer fields, a cinema, a gym, and a shopping centre
【小题2】How many days off does Wu want to have in a week?
A．2.     B．3.      C．4.
【小题3】Which country is NOT mentioned(提到) in the passage?
A．Italy. B．Japan.      C．Australia.
【小题4】From the passage, we know that_________.
A．Sonia from Italy would like a room where she can relax and play computer games
B．Richard from the USA thinks his dream school should start at 10 o’clock
C．Hannah from Australia likes wearing a school uniform every day
【小题5】Which is the best title (标题) for the passage?
A．Schools in the past.        B．Schools today.  C．Dream schools.

When I was young，I liked to play jokes on people I knew, especially on my parents and friends. One day my mother was cooking and I was playing with my younger brother Tony. Suddenly I ran to my mother and said: “Tony fell from the open window!” She was very worried and ran out of the kitchen. Then I said: “Don’t worry, I’m just joking.” My mother shouted at me, “If you do it again, I’ll hit you.”
Another day I went swimming with my friends in the sea. I wanted to play a joke on them. In the beginning I swam fast and I called out “Help!”. All my friends came to help me. However, they found that I was joking. But half an hour later I wasn’t joking. I was so fast, soon I got tired and couldn’t swim on in water. I tried my best to call my friends for help, but this time nobody came to help me.
In the end they found I was telling the truth. They came and saved my life. They took me to the hospital. This is the best lesson in my life. From then on I haven’t joked on anyone.
【小题1】When he was young, the writer liked to _______.

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For Luo Xinying, sharing a textbook with a classmate is not a problem at all. The 15-year-old feels happy to be back to class.
　　A total of 355 schools in Ya’an, Sichuan Province, were closed after the 7.0-magnitude(级) earthquake struck the area on the morning of April 20, 2013.
　　Luo, along with thousands of students in the earthquake-hit area, will take the high school entrance examination from June12 to14.
　  The teen goes to Longmen Chenyang Hope School, the largest school in Longmen Village, Lushan County. Nearly 80 students at the school went back to class in a tent on April 25.
The village is among the hardest hit by the earthquake. Students elsewhere in the earthquake-hit area returned to class the day before. Students who face college or high school entrance exams were first to come back.
　　Some students are worried about the high school entrance exam and they are frightened of aftershocks(余震) all the time.
Schools in the earthquake-hit area have offered crisis counseling(灾后心理辅导) to those students who need help.
【小题1】How does Luo Xinying feel when he/she is back to class?
【小题2】How many schools in Ya’an, Sichuan Province were closed after the earthquake?
【小题3】When will Luo take the high school entrance examination?
【小题4】Longmen is one of the hardest earthquake-hit villages, isn’t it?
【小题5】请将划线句子翻译成汉语。

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Tens of thousands of people of Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province took part in the funeral(葬礼) of “the most beautiful driver” Wu Bin on June 4, 2012.      【小题1】
At noon on May 29, he drove the Zhejiang A19115 large bus from Wuxi back to Hangzhou, carrying 24 passengers.      【小题2】      It hit Wu in the abdomen(腹部). He looked very painful and put the right hand over the abdomen, then drove slowly down, stopped at the side of the road, playing two flashing lights to let other drivers be careful, and pulled a good handbrake(拉好手刹). At last he tried his best to stand up, turned to the frightened passengers and said: “    【小题3】     ”
The passengers saw he couldn’t speak and blood kept running from his abdomen. At once they called the police. Wu Bin was later sent to Wuxi Liberation Army 101 Hospital.      【小题4】     But he saved 24 passengers’ lives on his bus.
    【小题5】
 

True friends are hard to find. Often you thought you could believe in someone, b【小题1】later he or she may let you down (让你失望).
A true friend is someone who will always be there for you. Through good times or b【小题2】times, they will stand by your side. They will not l【小题3】you alone when things get difficult. They will accept you i【小题4】of trying to change you. A friend will b【小题5】new and exciting things into your life and make it richer.
True friends will be honest and you can always b【小题6】in them. If you talk to someone who you believe in, you don’t have to w【小题7】about what you may say. We can enjoy this freedom only with friends.
Friendship is a two-way street. To find a true friend and keep the friendship b【小题8】you, you must do the same thing as well. Be there for your friends when they are in n【小题9】and share the good times with them. Offer them the same things they give to you.
You will find that there is nothing more valuable t【小题10】having a true friend by your side to share life with, just as someone says, “There is nothing on this earth more to be prized (珍惜) than true friendship”.