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Once there were three old men. They were rather forgetful. They always forgot what they were doing.One of them said, “I always wonder if I want to buy a coat or a pair of socks.The second old man said, “I often forget if I should put so mething in or take something out of the fridge as soon as I open its door.”“I am even more forgetful than both of you.” Said the last oldman ,andhe knocked at the table. Then he turned to the other two men and asked, “Who just knocked at the table?”1.The second old man saidA. he forgot where he should goB. he forgot whether he wanted to put something in the fridgeC. he forgot his key答案:B2.The first old man forgot .A. what he wanted to buyB. where he wanted to goC. what he should bring答案:A3.The third old man said .A. he was less forgetful than the othersB. he was more forgetfulC. he was remembering what he was doing答案:B4.Who is the most forgetful?A. The first old manB. The second old manC. The third old man答案:C5.From the story we can know .A. None of them are youngB. None of them is forgetfulC. The second old man is most forgetful答案:AHow young can a teacher be? A teacher can be any age .Just ask Chrissie Mckenney. She wasonly 10 when she started teaching.How did Chrissie get the job? It was not easy. Chrissie wanted to help children who cannot hear .But the school had never had such a young helper. Could Chrissie do it?First, Chrissie learned to sign. Signing is a way of talking with your hands .Soon it was easy for Chrissie to talk to the children. So the school let her help. Now Chrissie visits the school almost every day. The children love their young teacher. She is their friend.1.Chrissie wanted to help children who can't __________.A. hearB. seeC. play答案:A2.This story tells about a __________.A .special classB .young teacherC. silly person答案:B3.In the third part of the stor y, what does the word “learned” mean __________?A. forgetB .found out howC .stooped答案:B4.The school let Chrissie help because she__________.A. was too oldB. could sighC. could not hear答案:B5.You can guess from the story that most teachers__________ Chrissie.A. are older thanB. do not likeC. are just like答案:AMy father is tall and has short, gray hair. He wears glasses with heavy, ,black frames. But I just saw a picture of him from 1968. What a surprise! In the picture, he’s 15 years old. He’s short and hehas glasses with small, round frames. He has log, yellow hair and it’s really straight. He’s wearing blue jeans and a T-shirt with the word “Love”. I’m 15 years old now. I’m average height and I have short hair. My hair isn’t yellow, it’s blue. My dad thinks it’s strange, but my friends think it’s great. I wear glasses, but my glasses have bright red frames. They’re so cool! I have an earring in one ear, too. Dad really can’t understand that, I never wear blue jeans. I like big, baggy pants and long T-shirts. Most of my T-shirts have pictures of my favorite rock bands on them.1.What kind of glasses did Father wear when he was fifteen years old? He wore .A. glasses with heavy, black framesB. long and yellow glassesC. glasses with bright red framesD. glasses with small, round frames答案:D2.What color is my hair? It’s ______.A. yellowB. blueC. grayD. red答案:B3.What do I like to wear? I like to wear _____________.A. blue jeans and a T-shirtB. yellow jeans and a T-shirt with the word “love”C. big and baggy pants and long T-shirtsD. blue jeans and an earring答案:C4.What’s on my father’s T-shirt?A. The word “love”.B. Heavy and black frames.C. Pictures of rock bands.D. An earring.答案:A5.Who has an earring in one ear?A. My dad does.B. I do.C. My father does.D. My Friends do.答案:BFish and chips, and Chinese take-away food(熟食) are very popular in England. But they are less popular(不受欢迎) in the USA. In the USA, they eat take-away food, too, like fried(油炸的) chicken. But the most popular kind of take-away food is hamburger. It looks like bread with meat in it. Hamburgers are delicious. They are very popular in the world.Chinese food has different tastes and is usually very delicious. It's also very popular in the world.1.What's the favourite food in the USA?A. Take-away food.B. Fish and chips.C. Fried chicken.D. Hamburger.答案:D2.What does hamburger look like?A. It looks like a mooncake.B. It looks like a sausages(香肠).C. It looks like a banana.D. It looks like bread with meat in it.答案:D3.Which food has different tastes and is usually very delicious?A. English food.B. American food.C. Chinese food.D. French food.答案:C4.Are fish and chips and Chinese take-away food very popular in the USA?A. Yes, they are.B. No, they aren't.C. Yes, they were.D. No, they weren't.答案:B5.Who do you think likes hamburgers best?A. The old people.B. Children.C. Most of the people.D. Nobody答案:CMy friend feels that every kid before a certain age (not sure what that age really is) cannot make his own decisions, but I don’t. He said that chil dren needed to be pushed to achieve certain goals and to be successful. I feel that young children have the ability to choose, and parents need to feed them with the tools. With the tools children can make decisions that benefit them and make them happy. I have always encouraged my children to make their own decisions. Sometimes they do not feel like making a decision, and sometimes they have too many decisions to make. However, somewhere things change — usually when they go to school. When they are in school, do they have choices about things, such as what to learn and how to learn them? It is as if suddenly the children are not allowed to make their own decisions. Decisions are made for them. Will they be able to make decisions on their own as they grow older? Many feel that it is easier to teach than to give children space and time to learn on their own. Getting kids to make decisions and learning from the wrong ones take a long time. I guess there is still a lot to learn about being a parent.1.What does the writer think of children making their own decisions?A. Parents should push children to achieve certain goals.B. Young children have no ability to make decisions by themselves.C. Before a certain age, children shouldn’t be allowed to make their own decisions.D. It is good to let children make their own decisions.答案:D2.According to the writer, what should parents do for their children?A. Make decisions for them.B. Teach them how to make right decisions.C. Leave them alone to make their own decisions.D. Help them change their decisions.答案:B3.We know that th e writer’s friend _________.A. has the same idea as the writerB. always encourages children to make their own decisionsC. believes that children will know how to choose when they grow olderD. hopes that some changes should take place at school答案:C4.What does the underlined word “benefit” mean in Chinese?A. 使高兴B. 使受益C. 使忍让D. 使动摇答案:B5.What can we infer from this passage?A. Many children are not given enough space and time to learn on their own.B. The writer’s children always like to make decisions by themselves.C. The writer’s children can choose what to learn at school.D. It is easier for parents to teach their children to make decisions.答案:AWhen Christopher Columbus landed on the then unnamed Costa Rica in 1502, he saw many Indians wearing gold earrings. So he thought the land must be rich in gold. He named the place Costa Rica, which means “rich coast” in Spanish.Though little gold was found, Costa Rica today is indeed rich with coffee and bananas. Coffee is the most important product in Costa Rica and most of it is exported (出口) to other countries like America and West Germany. Bananas are the country’s second most important export.Costa Ricans also grow many other crops such as fruits, corn and beans for their own use. Costa Ricans love colors and their houses are painted in bright colors.Education is very important to the Costa Ricans. Almost every village has a school and education is a must for children between seven and fourteen years of age. Boys and girls go to separate (单独的) schools. Classes begin in March and end in November. The other three months of the year are harvest time and the children have to help their parents to pick coffee beans.1.What’s the main idea of the first paragraph?A. How Columbus found Costa RicaB. How Costa Rica got its nameC. What the Costa Ricans woreD. What language the Costa Ricans spoke答案:B2.The Costa Ricans may NOT paint their houses ______.A. pink and redB. grey and blackC. blue and greenD. yellow and orange答案:B3.In Costa Rica, boys and girls between seven and fourteen ______.A. must go to schoolB. study in the same schoolC. do not have to go to school at allD. can choose to stop schooling at any time答案:C4.From December to February, school children in Costa Rica ______.A. have lessons every dayB. have their examinationsC. help their parents pick coffee beansD. help their parents decorate their houses答案:D5.This passage is mainly about ______.A. Christopher ColumbusB. Costa RicaC. some products from Costa RicaD. the education of Costa Rica答案:BWhen you are learning English, you find it not clever to put an English sentence, word for word, into your own language. Take the sentence “How do you do?” as an example. If you looked up ea ch word in the dictionary, once at a time, what is your translation (翻译)? It must be a wrong sentence in your own language.Languages do not just have different sounds; they are different in many ways. Its important to master（掌握）the rules for word order in the study of English, too. If the speaker puts words in a wrong order, the listener can’t understand his sentence easily. Sometimes when the order of words in an English sentence is changed, the meaning of the sentence changes. But sometimes the order is changed, but the meaning of the sentence doesn’t change. Let’s see the different between the two parts of sentences.“She only likes apples.” “Only she likes apples.”“I have seen the film already.” “I have already seen the film.”When you are learning English, you must do your best to get the spirit(精神实质) of the language and use it as the English speaker does.1.From the passage we know that __________when we are learning English.A. we shouldn’t put every word into our own language.B. We should look up every word in the dictionary.C. We need to put every word into our own language.D. We must read word by word.答案:A2.The writer thinks it is ________ in learning English.A. difficult to understand different soundsB. possible to remember the word orderC. important to master the rules in different waysD. easy to master the rules for word order答案:C3.We can learn from the passage that _________ .A. the meaning of an English sentence always changes with the order of wordsB. the order of words can never change the meaning of an English sentenceC. sometimes a different order of words has a different meaningD. if the order of words is different, the meaning of the sentence must be different答案:C4.“She only likes apples.”____________.A. is the same as “Only she likes apples.”B. is different from “Only she likes apples”C. means “She likes fruit except apples”D. means “She doesn’t like apples”答案:B5.Which is the best title（题目）for this passage?A. Different orders, different meanings.B. How to speak English.C. How to put English into our own language.D. How to learn English.答案:DYao Ming was born in China in 1980. In his last season with the Shanghai Sharks, he scored 32.4 points per game. Now the big man from China is helping the Houston Rockets in the NBA. He is the son of two great basketball players and learnt how to play basketball when he was young. Now, as one of the stars in the NBA, he is working hard to make his dream come true and show the world that Chinese basketball players love this game too!Pele was a football player that everyone knew. He was born in Brazil in 1940. He started playing for Santos when he was o nly 16 and he didn’t retire(退役) until 1977, when he was 37. He played for Brazil 111 times and he scored 97 international (国际的) goals. Pele came from a poor family. He started playing football in the street, like many people around the world do. He was soon picked to play for Santos and quickly became an international figure（人物）.Steffi Graf was born in Germany in 1969. She won the tennis semi-final (半决赛) at Wimbledon in 1985 when she was only 16, but she lost the final to another great tennis player, Marti na Navratilova. People were surprised by the strength and power of Graff’s game. She soon became a famous tennis player and she has won most of the main matches several times.1._____ is the youngest of the following players.A. PeleB. Yao MingC. Steffi Graf答案:B2._____ comes from South America.A. Yao MingB. Steffi GrafC. Pele答案:C3.Which of the following is RIGHT?A. Yao Ming is a table tennis player.B. Yao Ming is on the Houston Rockets now.C. Yao Ming is playing for the Chinese Football Team.D. Neither of Yao Ming’s parents is a basketball player.答案:B4.Which of the following is WRONG?A. Pele was a great football player.B. Pele was born in a poor family.C. Pele played football in the street all his life.D. Pele became famous soon after he was picked to play for Santos.答案:C5.From the passage, we know that _______ .A. Martina Navratilova was also a tennis playerB. Steffi Graf was born in Wimbledon in 1985C. Steffi Graf won the tennis final when she was only 16D. Steffi Graf has won few of the main matches since 1985答案:AIt was Sunday and Tom was staying at home. After breakfast he went out into the garden and played quietly by himself. There were no kids around and he was used to playing alone quietly. He played with Bobby, the dog. He climbed up and down the tree. Sometimes a bird would come down to perch on top of the doghouse. Then Tom would have the greatest fun by throwing a stone or something at it. Though he never made it, he did like doing this kind of thing.Now Tom had been in the garden for half an hour. Suddenly a crack was heard and the little boy began crying.“What’s the matter, Tom?” his mother looked through the kitchen window. Tom ran into the kitchen.“Mum," he sobbed. "I broke Bobb y’s plate. I didn’t know it was so fragile."His mother put her arms round him and said, “Don’t feel so sad, Tom. We have other plates for Bobby. But how did you break that one?”“I threw it at a bird but missed, and it went straight to the plate.”In Tom’s hand was his father’s gold pocket watch!1.When did the story happen?A. On a Sunday afternoon.B. On a Sunday morning.C. At noon.D. In the evening.答案:B2.When a bird perched on top of the doghouse, Tom __________.A. would like to play with itB. was very interested in it by throwing a stone at itC. would like to give it something to eatD. would smile答案:B3.There were no kids around and he was used to playing alone quietly. Here“kids” means_____.A. menB. dogsC. childrenD. birds答案:C4.How long had Tom been in the garden when his mother heard him cry?A. An hour.B. A day.C. Two hours.D. Half an hour.答案:D5.“Though he never made it” means _________.A. Though he could n’t hit a bird with a stone or somethingB. Though he couldn’t catch the birdC. Though he couldn’t have fun from the birdD. Though he couldn’t eat the bird答案:APeter Judd wanted very much to be & soldier when he was a child. So he joined die army when he was eighteen, and for several months he was taught how to be a good soldier. He did quite well in everything except shooting. One day he and his friends were practicing their shooting, and all of them were doing quite well except Peter. After he had shot at the target (靶子) nine times and hadn’t hit it once, the officer who was trying to teach the young soldiers to shoot said, “You are quite hopeless, Peter. I Don’t waste your last bullet (子弹)! Go behind that wall and shoot yourself with it!”Peter felt ashamed (羞愧的). He went behind the wall and a few seconds later, the officer and the other young soldiers heard the sound of a shot.“Oh, dear!” the officer said. “Has that silly man really shot himself?” He ran behind the wall as quickly as he could, but Peter was all right. “I’m sorry, sir,” he said, “but I missed again.”1.Peter Judd joined the army in order to _____.A. be a soldierB. be good at shootingC. make friendsD. get a good job答案:A2.The officer thought Peter was hopeless becauseA. he didn’t know how to use a gunB. he didn’t get along well with other soldiersC. he was poor at shootingD. he couldn’t do anything well答案:C3.What the officer said at the end of the first paragraph shows that______.A. the officer really wanted Peter to dieB. the officer was very angry with PeterC. the officer was not a kind-hearted manD. the officer was afraid that Peter would shoot himself答案:B4.The officer felt _____ when he heard the sound of a shot.A. ashamedB. frightenedC. excitedD. disappointed (失望)答案:B5.What happened at the end of the story?A. Peter became a good soldier.B. Peter killed himself behind the wall.C. The officer was pleased with Peter in the end.D. Peter missed the target for the tenth time.答案:DSmall children often laugh at the short ones or at someone who isn’t dressed as well as they are. But as they grow up, they learn not to hurt people’s feelings by laughing at their problems. They learn to laugh at other things. The most important thing they learn is to laugh at themselves. Suppose you’re playing a game. You make a mistake and lose. Do you become angry? Or can you laugh at yourself and hope to do better next time? Suppose you are at a special dinner. You at times spill （溅）some food. Why keep worrying about how clumsy （笨拙）you looked? Why not laugh it off and enjoy yourself any way? If you can, it’s a good sign you’ve really grown up.1.The writer says small children laugh at people who ______.A. isn’t dressed wellB. are tallC. dress wellD. play games答案:A2.Next the writer shows when the children grow up, they ______.A. not to spill foodB. learn not to hur t others’ feelingsC. not to play gamesD. still laugh at people who have problems答案:B3.The most important thing is to learn how to laugh at ______.A. jokesB. picturesC. childrenD. yourself答案:D4.This article is mostly about ______.A. why laughter is good for your bodyB. what you should laugh atC. where you may laughD. who you may laugh答案:D5.The writer shows how laughter could help you not to ______.A. enjoy yourselfB. lose gamesC. become angryD. try again答案:CThe best way of learning a language is using it. The best way of learning English is talking in English as much as possible. Sometimes you will get your words mixed up(混合) and people will not understand you. Sometimes people will say things too quickly and you can’t understand them. But if you keep your sense of humor(幽默) , you can always have a good laugh at the mistakes you make. Don’t be unhappy if people seem to be laughing at your mistakes. It’s better for people to laugh at your mistakes than to be angry with you, because they don’t understand what you are saying. The most important thing for learning English is: “Don’t be afraid of making mistakes because everyone makes mista kes.”1.The writer thinks that the best way for you to learn a language is _____________.A. writingB. using itC. listeningD. learning grammar答案:B2.What should you do in learning English?A. Be careful not to make any mistakeB. Write as quickly as you canC. Speak English as much as you canD. Laugh more often答案:C3.When people laugh at your mistakes, you should _________.A. not careB. be happyC. feel worriedD. be unhappy答案:A4.When you make a mistake, you should__________.A. keep quietB. get angryC. be kindD. keep your sense of humor答案:D5.The story tells us:__________A. Only foolish people make mistakesB. Few people make mistakesC. People never make mistakesD. There is no on e who doesn’t make mistakes答案:D。