way. Grandpa comforted Grandma in their yellow room. He painted the room that way so that Grandma could always be around by sunshine, even when she was too sick to go outside. My grandma grew weaker and weaker. Then one day, what we all feared finally happened. Grandma was gone.

“Shmily” was written in yellow on a piece of pink paper among my grandma’s funeral bouquet (葬礼花束). As the crowd turned to leave, my aunts, uncles, cousins and other family members came forward and gathered around Grandma one last time. Grandpa stepped up and, taking a shaky breath, he began to sing to her. Through his tears, the song came: S-h-m-i-l-y — See how much I love you ...

I will never forget that moment. Although I couldn’t begin to understand the depth (深度) of their love, I saw its beauty. 根据材料内容选择最佳答案。

( ) 51. What is the first paragraph mainly about? A. What the writer thinks of her grandparents’ life. B. The true love between the writer’s grandparents. C. A special game the writer’s grandparents played. D. How the writer’s grandparents cared for each other.

( ) 52. What does the underlined word “attacking” in Paragraph 3 mean in Chinese? A. 侵袭 B. 调节 C. 监测 D. 支撑

( ) 53. Grandpa tried to make Grandma comfortable by ________. A. singing songs to her B. painting the room yellow C. encouraging her to go outside D. helping her take a hot shower

( ) 54. The underlined part “its beauty” in the last paragraph refers to “the beauty of ________”. A. the funeral bouquet B. the grandpa’s song

C. the grandparents’ story D. the grandparents’ love

( ) 55. According to the passage, the writer ________. A. thought the game was meaningless B. doubted there was true love at first C. believes everyone can have true love D. doesn’t know the meaning of “shmily”

B

We all know that recycling rubbish is very important. But sometimes it is not so convenient when we can’t find a recycling bin anywhere.

A team of middle school students from the US noticed this ______, so they designed their Recycling Bin app (应用程序). This app encourages people to recycle. It provides users with a map of local recycling centers. And it allows them to save places as favorites on it. This app also reminds users to recycle.

The team, of nine students in Grade Six, is from STEM Center Middle School. They came up with the idea as part of a school project for the Verizon Innovative App Challenge. The competition was designed by the Verizon Foundation to increase students’ interest in science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM. It asks students to think of an app that could solve a problem in their school or city. The nine students came up with the idea for Recycling Bin when they saw a need for more recycling.

“We thought that this would really help a lot of people,” said Jaden Hilkemann, 12. “We worked together and it was great,” Jacob Pfeifer, 12, added that they learned a lot working together. “At first, we all didn’t agree on what we wanted it exactly to do, but in the end we all came to an agreement,” he said.

They kept their design easy so that anyone could use it. Now the free Recycling Bin app has been put into use in the Google Play app store for Android phones.

“I was so excited when it went up at the app store,” said Seralyn Blake, 12. “A lot of my family members downloaded (下载) the app. It was pretty cool.” 根据材料内容选择最佳答案。

( ) 56. Which of the following words can be put into the blank in Paragraph 2?

A. Difference. B. Chance. C. Problem. D. Mystery.

( ) 57. What can we know about the Verizon Innovative App Challenge? A. It is held by STEM Center Middle School. B. It is a competition for middle school students. C. It is designed to help solve environmental problems. D. It encourages students to develop an interest in STEM.

( ) 58. Which of the following is TRUE about the Recycling Bin? A. It is useful. B. It sells well.

C. The idea for it came from three 12-year-old students.

D. The idea for it resulted from the bad recycling situation in a school. ( ) 59. While turning their idea into an app, the students ________. A. divided the work into parts B. learned a lot from each other C. could reach an agreement soon D. got much help from their school

( ) 60. What does the passage mainly talk about? A. A competition. B. An interview. C. A group. D. An invention.

C

Connor McLeod has a problem with money. The 13-year-old from New South Wales, Australia, cannot tell the differences between bills (钞票). Australian bills come in different colors and sizes and it is clear how much each bill is worth. But Connor has been blind since birth. He says the size differences aren’t enough to tell the bills apart. “I have to keep asking my mom how much money I have,” he says. Many other Australians have the same problem. About 357,000 Australians are blind or visually impaired (视力受损的). Connor decided to take action.

Last year, he started to advise the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to print tactile (能触知的) money. The RBA is responsible for producing Australian bills. Connor met with RBA officials and asked them to add special features (特征) to the bills. The features would make it easier for people with vision problems to know each bill by touch. Connor also started an online petition (请愿书). More than 57,000 people wrote their names on it. “I was very happy that people were supporting me,” he says.

The RBA got the message. In February, it announced it would add a tactile feature to its next bills.

Connor is proud of the change he has helped bring to his country. “It’s pretty cool,” he says. “You never know what you can achieve if you don’t give it a go.” 根据材料内容简要回答下列问题。 61. What problem does Connor meet?

__________________________________________

62. How many people in Australia have the same problem as Connor has? __________________________________________ 63. What did Connor do to solve the problem? __________________________________________ 64. Did the RBA agree to Connor’s suggestion? __________________________________________ 65. How does Connor feel about his efforts? __________________________________________ Ⅸ. 词汇运用（每小题1分，共5分） 根据句意及括号内所给单词的提示填空。

66. You shouldn’t drop ___________ (litter) everywhere in public places. 67. The story tells us about the local ___________ (fisherman) daily life. 68. Glass can be made into ___________ (bottle).

69. The children can get a lot of ___________ (science) knowledge from such an interesting activity.

70. This painting is one of Xu Beihong’s greatest ___________ (work). Ⅹ. 完成句子（每小题1分，共5分）