________ my father was watching TV, I was reading some books.

A. While

B. When

C. As

D. Before

Millie's penfriend Raymond once had a cat. He wants to well millie an interesting story about his cat Mimi. He is now writing the story.

I once had a cat. Her name is Mimi. I liked her very much.At mealtime Mimi always sat up at the table with me. Sometimes, I shared my meal with her.

One day I couldn't find Mimi at lunchtime.‘Ah! Where is Mimi?'I was worried. But my mother said,‘Don't worry. She'll be back sonn.'About 30 minutes later, Mimi ran into the room and jumped onto the chair. She had two big mice in her mouth. Before anyone could stop her. she dropped one on my plate and the other one on her plate.‘Dear me!'I cried,‘A mouse on my plate!'But my mother smiled, ‘She is really a nice cat. She wants to share her favourite food with you!'

Millie found the cat in Raymond's story very interesting. She took some notes while she was reading, but she made some mistakes. Write a T if the sentence is true. Write an F if it is false.

(　　)(1)Mimi always had meals alone.

(　　)(2)Raymond never shared his meal with Mimi.

(　　)(3)One day Mimi didn't eat with Raymond at lunchtime because she didn't like it any more.

(　　)(4)Mimi wanted to share the mice with Raymond.

 Tom and Jim were talking in the living room_______ I was reading the newspaper .

             A. while            B. when          C. before           D. after

I_________ a newspaper ___________ the telephone rang last night.

A. read; while B. was reading; when C. read; when D. was reading; while

A Hard-working Student

This story is about a young student. She worked very hard at her lessons. She was too busy to have a rest. At last, she became ill, and couldn’t go to sleep. Every night, when she went to bed, she closed her eyes and tried to sleep. But the more she tried, the more she stayed awake.

After a while she went to see a doctor, “I just can’t go to sleep at night. What should I do?” “I have a suggestion (建議),” said the doctor, “Try counting numbers. By the time you reach one thousand, you will be asleep. I’m sure of it.”

The next day the student returned to the doctor’s office. “Well,” said the doctor, “How are you today? Did you try my suggestion?” The student still looked tired. “Yes,” she said, “I tried counting one, two, three...up to one thousand. But when I reached five hundred and sixty-nine, I began to feel sleepy. I had to get up and drink some coffee so that (以便) I could go on counting up to one thousand. But then I still couldn’t fall asleep.”

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容,選擇正確答案。

1. Why couldn’t the young student go to sleep?

A．She was worried about her lessons.

B．She hadn’t finished her homework.

C．She had worked too hard and became ill.

D．There was a lot of noise.

2. What did the doctor ask the young student to do while she was lying in bed?

A．To take some medicine.

B．To count numbers while she was lying in bed.

C．To count numbers before she went to bed.

D．To read some books on the bed.

3. The underlined word “awake” in paragraph 1 means “______”.

A．a(chǎn)sleep

B．not asleep

C．sleepy

D．sleeping

4. What did she do after she felt sleepy?

A．She fell asleep.

B．She stopping counting.

C．She got up and drank some tea.

D．She got up to have some coffee.

5. The coffee made her ______, so she still couldn’t fall asleep.

A．tired

B．sleepy

C．hungry

D．excited

 

My name is Ben Mansury. I’m fifteen years old and study in a middle school. In school, I never join in any group discussion or stage (舞臺(tái)) program. So, I never knew what stage nervousness was.

Our community (社區(qū)) has a weekly “Students Ideas” program. About two years ago, I received a(n)   1   from the chairman of our community. He invited me to the “Students Ideas” talk the next morning to speak to the group.

The time between his call to the next morning was like several weeks for me. The whole night, I could not sleep. Many   2   were coming. One of them was to call the chairman, with regret, and tell him that I could not come. But finally, I thought, if I missed this   3  , the community would never invite me again to any of their programs. So, I decided to go.

I reached the hall in time. When my turn came and I started, my heartbeat increased and my mouth went dry. I wasn’t even able to   4   the words on the paper properly. I had no idea where I was standing and what I was talking. That was the day when I   5   my biggest weakness: public speaking.

After I finished, I met with the chairman and   6   what happened to me. He said that this happens to everyone. It is very   7  . He suggested that I should come again the next week.

I   8   a talk carefully. This time when I gave the talk, I was somewhat comfortable but not confident (自信的). Afterwards, I met with the chairman again and told him about the improvement I   9   I had made. He was kind enough to invite me again.

For around one month, I practiced a lot for my talk. This time I was feeling comfortable and both the chairman and my neighbors thought I did a good job.    

I learned that everything is   10   if we take the first step, as the saying goes: A journey of thousand miles begins with first step.

1.                A．letter          B．call            C．card D．email

 

2.                A．topics          B．regrets         C．thoughts D．words

 

3.                A．man           B．group          C．stage D．chance

 

4.                A．read           B．spell           C．see  D．recite

 

5.                A．had            B．forgot          C．realized  D．improved

 

6.                A．a(chǎn)sked          B．checked        C．explained D．wondered

 

7.                A．useful          B．successful       C．difficult   D．common

 

8.                A．wrote          B．prepared        C．gave D．finished

 

9.                A．knew          B．felt            C．believed  D．hoped

 

10.               A．easy           B．great          C．helpful    D．possible

 

 

 

It was Mother’s Day. John was so busy with his work that he couldn’t go back home. When he walked by a flower shop in the evening, an idea came to his mind. “I’ll send Mum some roses (玫瑰).”

While John was picking his flowers, a young man went inside. “How many roses can I get for only five dollars, Madam?” he asked. The shop assistant told him that roses were as expensive as forty dollars a dozen (一打). Maybe he would be happy with carnations(康乃馨). She told him they were a lot cheaper than roses.

“No, I have to have red roses,” he said, “My mum was badly ill last year and I didn’t get to spend much time with her. Now I want to get something special, it has to be roses, as the rose is her favorite.”

After hearing this, John said he would pay the rest of the money for the young man. Moved by both of them, the shop assistant said, “Well, lovely young men, thirty dollars a dozen, only for you two.” Taking the roses, the young man almost jumped into the air. He thanked John, and ran out of the shop. It was well worth twenty-five dollars John paid to see the exciting moment. Then John paid for his dozen of roses and told the shop assistant to send them to his mother.

As he walked out, he felt nice. Suddenly he saw the young man crossing the street and going into a park. But soon he realized it was not a park but a cemetery (墓地). Crying, the young man carefully laid the roses, “Mum, oh, Mum, why didn’t I tell you how much I loved you? God, please help me find my mum and tell her I love her.”

Seeing this, John turned and quickly walked back to the shop. He would take the flowers home himself.

1.The shop assistant tried to ask the young man to buy carnations instead of roses because _____.

A. there were not enough roses in the shop

B. carnations were much nicer than roses

C. roses were more expensive than carnations

D. carnations were special flowers for Mother’s Day

2.John spent _______ in the flower shop that day.

A. $5                  B. $25                     C. $ 45                 D. $ 55

3.The young man cried at the cemetery because he _______.

A. had spent all his money on the roses

B. wasn’t able to tell his mother he loved her himself

C. felt sorry to ask John to pay for his flowers

D. hadn’t got enough money for his sick mother

4.At last John decided to take the roses home himself because he wanted to _______.

A. tell his mother he loved her

B. ask his mother for more money

C. tell his mother the young man’s story

D. ask his mother if she liked roses

5.The writer wrote this passage to tell us “_______”.

A. Buy roses for your mother when she is ill

B. Let your mother know how much you love her

C. Work hard to get more money for your mother

D. Send your mother flowers on Mother’s Day

 

It was Mother’s Day. John was so busy with his work that he couldn’t go back home. When he walked by a flower shop in the evening, an idea came to his mind. “I’ll send Mum some roses (玫瑰).”
While John was picking his flowers, a young man went inside. “How many roses can I get for only five dollars, Madam?” he asked. The shop assistant told him that roses were as expensive as forty dollars a dozen (一打). Maybe he would be happy with carnations(康乃馨). She told him they were a lot cheaper than roses.
“No, I have to have red roses,” he said, “My mum was badly ill last year and I didn’t get to spend much time with her. Now I want to get something special, it has to be roses, as the rose is her favorite.”
After hearing this, John said he would pay the rest of the money for the young man. Moved by both of them, the shop assistant said, “Well, lovely young men, thirty dollars a dozen, only for you two.” Taking the roses, the young man almost jumped into the air. He thanked John, and ran out of the shop. It was well worth twenty-five dollars John paid to see the exciting moment. Then John paid for his dozen of roses and told the shop assistant to send them to his mother.
As he walked out, he felt nice. Suddenly he saw the young man crossing the street and going into a park. But soon he realized it was not a park but a cemetery (墓地). Crying, the young man carefully laid the roses, “Mum, oh, Mum, why didn’t I tell you how much I loved you? God, please help me find my mum and tell her I love her.”
Seeing this, John turned and quickly walked back to the shop. He would take the flowers home himself.
【小題1】The shop assistant tried to ask the young man to buy carnations instead of roses because _____.

A．there were not enough roses in the shop

B．carnations were much nicer than roses

C．roses were more expensive than carnations

D．carnations were special flowers for Mother’s Day

【小題2】John spent _______ in the flower shop that day.

A．$5

B．$25

C．$ 45

D．$ 55

【小題3】The young man cried at the cemetery because he _______.

A．had spent all his money on the roses

B．wasn’t able to tell his mother he loved her himself

C．felt sorry to ask John to pay for his flowers

D．hadn’t got enough money for his sick mother

【小題4】At last John decided to take the roses home himself because he wanted to _______.

A．tell his mother he loved her

B．a(chǎn)sk his mother for more money

C．tell his mother the young man’s story

D．a(chǎn)sk his mother if she liked roses

【小題5】The writer wrote this passage to tell us “_______”.

A．Buy roses for your mother when she is ill

B．Let your mother know how much you love her

C．Work hard to get more money for your mother

D．Send your mother flowers on Mother’s Day

When Ron Clark began teaching in 1995, his teacher gave him this advice, “If you can  1  the life of one child, you’ll be a success.” Up to now, Ron still doesn’t agree with that advice. When Ron entered a class, he decided to change every student’s life for the better.

Ron never planned on being a teacher. After  2 , he travelled around the world, living a life  3  of adventures(冒險(xiǎn)), but after getting terribly sick, he went back to his hometown, North Carolina. Then he got  4  again and taught at a school there. “From then on it was like magic — I fell in love with teaching.” said Ron. After five years of teaching, he heard that some schools in East Harlem, New York were failing because there were  6  good teachers. “At that moment I had a(n)  6— it was like a calling,” he said. “And so I said, ‘I’m going to do it.”

Before school started, Ron went to every single student’s home to  7  with their families. He gave his students his home phone number, so if they had any  8  with their homework, they could call him. To connect with his students, Ron knew he should use special  9  of teaching. He learned to play funny games with them, gave them  10  lessons, and spent his time showing students  11  New York’s tourist attractions. His students studied harder and behaved better in  12 .

Because of his  13  in North Carolina and Harlem, Ron Clark has become one of the most successful teachers in America. And his book called The Essential 55, more than  14  else, has become very popular in the world.

Sold in over 25  15 , The Essential 55 has encouraged teachers around the world to influence the lives of all of their students. Ron Clark is now starting a new school in Atlanta, Georgia — probably his biggest adventure!

1.                A．live            B．influence       C．make D．choose

 

2.                A．school         B．work           C．class D．college

 

3.                A．filled           B．fond           C．proud    D．full

 

4.                A．terrible         B．well            C．sick  D．pleased

 

5.                A．some          B．few            C．many D．more

 

6.                A．feeling         B．idea           C．view D．mind

 

7.                A．play           B．study           C．deal D．meet

 

8.                A．information     B．a(chǎn)dvice          C．task  D．trouble

 

9.                A．ways           B．goals           C．rules D．a(chǎn)ims

 

10.               A．friendly        B．nicely          C．lively D．lovely

 

11.               A．a(chǎn)cross         B．a(chǎn)long          C．a(chǎn)round    D．a(chǎn)t

 

12.               A．subject         B．lesson          C．return D．score

 

13.               A．effects         B．a(chǎn)ffects         C．works D．efforts

 

14.               A．a(chǎn)nywhere       B．a(chǎn)nyone         C．a(chǎn)nything   D．nothing

 

15.               A．towns          B．cities          C．countries  D．universities

 

 

Your Passport(護(hù)照) Please!
Mr. Hill arrives at London Airport at the end of a three-week holiday in France. Usually he wears a beard(留胡須). Since it has been hot there, he has taken it off(剃掉). But his passport photo shows him with his beard.
An office looks at the photo for a moment and says: "Will you excuse me? Please sit down. I won’t keep you long." With this, he walks away, shows the photo to a second office and says: "I know that face." The second officer looks at the passport and asks where Mr. Hill has come from. When he hears that Mr. Hill has arrived back from Paris, the second officer smiled and says: "An Englishman with a beard stole a painting in Paris on Friday, and that man just looks the kind of man ..."
Suddenly it comes to the first officer who Mr. Hill is. He returns to him and asks: "Did you teach at the No.2 . High School?" When Mr. Hill answers in surprise that he did, the first officer smiles and says: "I thought so. I’m Jack Smith. You taught me French. You haven’t changed a bit."
1. Mr. Hill ____.
A. has just come back from the airport.
B. is on his way to Paris.
C. spent three weeks in Paris before he went to France.
D. has been in France for three weeks
2. Mr. Hill ____.
A. has a beard on his face but not in his photo
B. grew a beard while he was on holiday
C. has a beard in his photo but not on his face
D. took his beard off long before he went on holiday.
3. The first officer is sure ____.
A. Mr. Hill stole the painting
B. he has seen the face in the photo before
C. he knows the second officer’s face
D. a man without a beard stole the painting
4. The second officer says that ____.
A. Mr. Hill stole the painting
B. a man with a beard, from France, stole a painting in English
C. an Englishman took his beard off and stole a painting
D. a man with a beard, from England, stole a painting in Paris.
5. Mr. Hill taught ____.
A. Jack Smith French at the No. 2 High School
B. Jack Smith to be a first officer
C. at the No.2 High School, in France
D. French some years ago and his name was Smith, not Hill

Your Passport(護(hù)照) Please!
Mr. Hill arrives at London Airport at the end of a three-week holiday in France. Usually he wears a beard(留胡須). Since it has been hot there, he has taken it off(剃掉). But his passport photo shows him with his beard.
An office looks at the photo for a moment and says: "Will you excuse me? Please sit down. I won’t keep you long." With this, he walks away, shows the photo to a second office and says: "I know that face." The second officer looks at the passport and asks where Mr. Hill has come from. When he hears that Mr. Hill has arrived back from Paris, the second officer smiled and says: "An Englishman with a beard stole a painting in Paris on Friday, and that man just looks the kind of man ..."
Suddenly it comes to the first officer who Mr. Hill is. He returns to him and asks: "Did you teach at the No.2 . High School?" When Mr. Hill answers in surprise that he did, the first officer smiles and says: "I thought so. I'm Jack Smith. You taught me French. You haven't changed a bit."
1. Mr. Hill ____.
A. has just come back from the airport.
B. is on his way to Paris.
C. spent three weeks in Paris before he went to France.
D. has been in France for three weeks
2. Mr. Hill ____.
A. has a beard on his face but not in his photo
B. grew a beard while he was on holiday
C. has a beard in his photo but not on his face
D. took his beard off long before he went on holiday.
3. The first officer is sure ____.
A. Mr. Hill stole the painting
B. he has seen the face in the photo before
C. he knows the second officer's face
D. a man without a beard stole the painting
4. The second officer says that ____.
A. Mr. Hill stole the painting
B. a man with a beard, from France, stole a painting in English
C. an Englishman took his beard off and stole a painting
D. a man with a beard, from England, stole a painting in Paris.
5. Mr. Hill taught ____.
A. Jack Smith French at the No. 2 High School
B. Jack Smith to be a first officer
C. at the No.2 High School, in France
D. French some years ago and his name was Smith, not Hill

When Ron Clark began teaching in 1995, his teacher gave him this advice, “If you can  1  the life of one child, you’ll be a success.” Up to now, Ron still doesn’t agree with that advice. When Ron entered a class, he decided to change every student’s life for the better.
Ron never planned on being a teacher. After  2 , he travelled around the world, living a life  3  of adventures(冒險(xiǎn)), but after getting terribly sick, he went back to his hometown, North Carolina. Then he got  4  again and taught at a school there. “From then on it was like magic — I fell in love with teaching.” said Ron. After five years of teaching, he heard that some schools in East Harlem, New York were failing because there were  6  good teachers. “At that moment I had a(n)  6— it was like a calling,” he said. “And so I said, ‘I’m going to do it.”
Before school started, Ron went to every single student’s home to  7  with their families. He gave his students his home phone number, so if they had any  8  with their homework, they could call him. To connect with his students, Ron knew he should use special  9  of teaching. He learned to play funny games with them, gave them  10  lessons, and spent his time showing students  11  New York’s tourist attractions. His students studied harder and behaved better in  12 .
Because of his  13  in North Carolina and Harlem, Ron Clark has become one of the most successful teachers in America. And his book called The Essential 55, more than  14  else, has become very popular in the world.
Sold in over 25  15 , The Essential 55 has encouraged teachers around the world to influence the lives of all of their students. Ron Clark is now starting a new school in Atlanta, Georgia — probably his biggest adventure!

【小題1】

A．live B．influence C．make D．choose

【小題2】

A．school B．work C．class D．college

【小題3】

A．filled B．fond C．proud D．full

【小題4】

A．terrible B．well C．sick D．pleased

【小題5】

A．some B．few C．many D．more

【小題6】

A．feeling B．idea C．view D．mind

【小題7】

A．play B．study C．deal D．meet

【小題8】

A．information B．a(chǎn)dvice C．task D．trouble

【小題9】

A．ways B．goals C．rules D．a(chǎn)ims

【小題10】

A．friendly B．nicely C．lively D．lovely

【小題11】

A．a(chǎn)cross B．a(chǎn)long C．a(chǎn)round D．a(chǎn)t

【小題12】

A．subject B．lesson C．return D．score

【小題13】

A．effects B．a(chǎn)ffects C．works D．efforts

【小題14】

A．a(chǎn)nywhere B．a(chǎn)nyone C．a(chǎn)nything D．nothing

【小題15】

A．towns B．cities C．countries D．universities

My name is Ben Mansury. I’m fifteen years old and study in a middle school. In school, I never join in any group discussion or stage (舞臺(tái)) program. So, I never knew what stage nervousness was.
Our community (社區(qū)) has a weekly “Students Ideas” program. About two years ago, I received a(n)   1   from the chairman of our community. He invited me to the “Students Ideas” talk the next morning to speak to the group.
The time between his call to the next morning was like several weeks for me. The whole night, I could not sleep. Many   2   were coming. One of them was to call the chairman, with regret, and tell him that I could not come. But finally, I thought, if I missed this   3  , the community would never invite me again to any of their programs. So, I decided to go.
I reached the hall in time. When my turn came and I started, my heartbeat increased and my mouth went dry. I wasn’t even able to   4   the words on the paper properly. I had no idea where I was standing and what I was talking. That was the day when I   5   my biggest weakness: public speaking.
After I finished, I met with the chairman and   6   what happened to me. He said that this happens to everyone. It is very   7  . He suggested that I should come again the next week.
I   8   a talk carefully. This time when I gave the talk, I was somewhat comfortable but not confident (自信的). Afterwards, I met with the chairman again and told him about the improvement I   9   I had made. He was kind enough to invite me again.
For around one month, I practiced a lot for my talk. This time I was feeling comfortable and both the chairman and my neighbors thought I did a good job.    
I learned that everything is   10   if we take the first step, as the saying goes: A journey of thousand miles begins with first step.

【小題1】

A．letter B．call C．card D．email

【小題2】

A．topics B．regrets C．thoughts D．words

【小題3】

A．man B．group C．stage D．chance

【小題4】

A．read B．spell C．see D．recite

【小題5】

A．had B．forgot C．realized D．improved

【小題6】

A．a(chǎn)sked B．checked C．explained D．wondered

【小題7】

A．useful B．successful C．difficult D．common

【小題8】

A．wrote B．prepared C．gave D．finished

【小題9】

A．knew B．felt C．believed D．hoped

【小題10】

A．easy B．great C．helpful D．possible

選擇合適的詞完成對(duì)話。

　　what about was making excuse me sorry did

　　watched last night tomorrow morning was reading

　　A： 1 , what were you doing at 8:00 2 ?

　　B：I 3 the newspaper.

　　A： 4 your wife?

　　B：She was cleaning the room.

　　A：And what was your son doing?

　　B：He 5 a model plane.

1．________ 2．________ 3．________ 4．________ 5．________

閱讀理解

　　A man from Scotland, when in London, lost a shilling（先令）out of his pocket, and while he was looking for it, a policeman came and asked him, “What are you doing there?” The man told him about the shilling and the police man said, “Leave your address, and if I can find it, I shall send it to you. ”

　　A year after the Scotchman returned to London and passed the place. Many workers were busy building the underground railway, the whole of the street was up.

　　“Dear me,” he said to himself, “Why does the policeman take so much trouble to find my shilling?”

1．This story happened in ________。

[　　]

2．What was thSe Scotchman looking for when the policeman came?

[　　]

3．The word “Dear”in the passage means ________ inChinese.

[　　]

4．The workers were busy ________.

[　　]

A．building the underground railway

B．finding the Scotchman's shilling

C．working on the farm

D．getting in crops

5．What does“ the whole of the street”me？an

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閱讀理解 　　A man from Scotland, when in London, lost a shilling(先令)out of his pocket, and while he was looking for it, a policeman came and asked him,“What are you doing there?”The man told him about the shilling and the police man said,“Leave your address, and if I can find it, I shall send it to you．” 　　A year after the Scotchman returned to London and passed the place．Many workers were busy building the underground railway, the whole of the street was up． 　　“Dear me,”he said to himself,“Why does the policeman take so much trouble to find my shilling?” (1) This story happened in ________． [　　] A． Scotland B． England C． America D． Australia (2) What was the Scotchman looking for when the policeman came? [　　] A． His officer(官員)． B． His address． C． His toy． D． His money． (3) The word“Dear”in the passage means ________ in Chinese． [　　] A． 親愛的 B． 貴的 C． 天哪 D． 熱切的 (4) The workers were busy ________． [　　] A． building the underground railway B． finding the Scotchman's shilling C． working on the farm D． getting in crops (5) What does“the whole of the street”mean? [　　] A． The whole street． B． Both sides of he street． C． The whole streets． D． All the streets．

完形填空，請(qǐng)先通讀下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后從每小題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)。 　　Some years ago, I played Ronald McDonald for McDonald's．I visited many hospitals．It was part of my 　　1　　．I wanted to bring a little happiness to every place, but I couldn't 　　2　　 anyone in the hospital．They did not want me to give them germs(細(xì)菌)． 　　One day, when l was in a hospital, I heard a little voice(嗓音) 　　3　　 , "Ronald, Ronald．" I stopped and saw a young boy．He was about five years old．I could see that the boy was very 　　4　　．I asked the boy what I could do for him． 　　“Ronald, would you give me a hug(擁抱)? ” 　　5　　 I did that, I would lose my job．But I knew I 　　6　　 do it at that time． 　　I hugged the lovely boy．We talked for 45 minutes 　　7　　．Less than 48 hours later, I got a(n) 　　8　　 from the boy's mum．She told me on the phone that the boy died．After I left the room, the boy looked at her, smiled and said, "Mama, I don't 　　9　　 any more because Ronald McDonald hugged me．" She and her husband thanked me for making a difference in their little boy's 　　10　　． (1) [　　] A． activity B． study C． hobby D． work (2) [　　] A． treat B． touch C． show D． pull (3) [　　] A． shouting B． crying C． saying D． singing (4) [　　] A． sick B． afraid C． brave D． shy (5) [　　] A． After B． Because C． When D． If (6) [　　] A． could B． might C． must D． would (7) [　　] A． happily B． carefully C． finally D． politely (8) [　　] A． e-mail B． letter C． note D． call (9) [　　] A． try B． care C． move D． talk (10) [　　] A． memory B． illness C． life D． world