On my eighth birthday, Dad bought me an accordion(手风琴） and said excitedly, "Once you learn to play, it’ll stay with you for life." But I didn’t want to play it. Ijust wanted to play games, But Dad asked me to take accordion lessons.
One day, I found a box in a corner. When I opened it, I saw a beautiful violin. "You’re your father’s," Mum said. "His parents bought it for him. I guess he got too busy on the farm to learn to play it."
I had to practice half an hour every day, and every day I tried to get out of it. But Dad didn’t allow. I asked why. He answered, "Because you can bring people joy. You can touch their hearts." He added softly, "Someday you’ll have the chance I never had: you’ll play beautiful music for your family. And you’ll understand why you’ve worked so hard." I was speechless.
The lessons stopped after I finished high school. When I grew up, I got married and moved into a new house. I put the accordion in the attic（阁楼）.
One afternoon, my two children found the accordion by accident (偶然). They got very excited. "Play it. Play it," they laughed and said. I started to play some simple songs. I was surprised I could still remember them. Soon the kids were dancing. Even my wife was laughing and clapping to the beat.
At that moment, my father’s words came back to me, "Someday you’ll have the chance I never had. And you’ll understand." I finally knew why Dad had asked me to practice hard. Dad never learnt to play his violin. But I told my family, "This is my father’s music."My father didn’t learn to play his violin when he was young because _______.
| A．he didn’t like to play the violin | B．he had to support his family |
| C．he wanted to play games | D．he didn’t keep on practicing |
How might the writer feel when he had to practice playing the accordion?
| A．Delighted. | B．Excited. | C．Bored. | D．Relaxed. |
"Dad didn’t allow" means "_______".
| A．Dad didn’t let me do it. | B．Dad didn’t stop me doing it. |
| C．Dad didn’t help me do it. | D．Dad didn’t see me do it. |
Dad asked me to learn to play the accordion so that _______.
| A．I could go to a better school | B．I could give myself much joy |
| C．I could be a useful man | D．I could make people happy |
Note-taking is a skill that can help you do well in all your school work. It can make you confident(自信的) when you are studying. But unluckily, most students don’t know how to take notes.
Write down key facts. If your teacher writes notes on the blackboard, that’s great. You can copy them or write down the most important facts of all in class. Different teachers do things differently. For example, some teachers may focus on(关注) lots of dates and facts in class, but they only write the important ones on the blackboard. Other teachers may not write anything down, but they may say something important again and again.
Ask. Don’t be afraid to ask your teacher to repeat what you miss. If your teacher speaks too fast and you can’t follow what he is saying, you can ask him after class.
Compare. Comparing your notes with your classmates’ can be good for your learning. It can also help you and your classmates correct(纠正) some mistakes.
Organize(组织). Note-taking also needs organization. Keep notes for each subject in one notebook, so that you can find everything easily when a test comes.
Good note-taking takes time. If you decide to recopy your notes every evening, you’ll surely have less time to watch TV. But you’ll save time in the coming test.There are ______ main points(要点) about note-taking in this passage.
| A．4 | B．5 | C．6 | D．7 |
What should you write down in your notebook in class?
| A．Every word. |
| B．Lots of dates. |
| C．The most important facts. |
| D．Your complaints(抱怨) about the teacher. |
If you can’t follow your teachers in class, what should you do?
| A．Ask them after class. |
| B．Ask them before class. |
| C．Stop listening in class. |
| D．Complain to them about the class. |
Which way can help you correct mistakes in your notes?
| A．Organizing the notes. |
| B．Recopying your notes after class. |
| C．Asking your teachers for help. |
| D．Comparing your notes with others. |
Which can be the BEST title for this passage?
| A．How to Take Notes |
| B．What to Do in Class |
| C．How to Study for a test |
| D．What to Do with Problems |
任务型阅读 (共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分)
维生素对人体很重要，大家了解他们吗？请仔细阅读第1-5题中的五种维生素的介绍和A至F材料说明，匹配需要补充该种维生素的人。
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What can high-vitamin A foods do for you? be great for night vision help you see in color help your grow properly and aids in healthy skin ﹡ vitamin A in carrots helps you see at night |
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What can the B vitamins do for you? help make energy（能量） and set it free help make red blood cells（细胞） which carry oxygen(氧气) throughout your body ﹡ The B vitamins in leafy green vegetables help your body make protein(蛋白质)and energy. |
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What can vitamin C do for you? keep body tissues(组织) in good shape help you heal when you get hurt help your body resist infection ﹡ Vitamin C in oranges helps yourself heal if you get a cut |
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What can vitamin D do for you? help keep your bones（骨头） strong and healthy help keep your teeth strong and healthy help your body absorb吸收） the amount of calcium(钙) ﹡ Vitamin D in milk helps your bone and teeth. |
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What can vitamin E do for you? protect your skin from ultraviolet(紫外线) light protect your lungs from becoming damaged by polluted air help make red blood cells ﹡ Sunflowers seeds are the richest in Vitamin E |
| A．Emily often feels tired and seems to be lack of energy. |
| B．Jeff spent his summer vacation on the beach and got serious sunburnt. |
| C．Kate has poor eyesight and she can’t see clearly at night. |
| D．Tony sometimes feels pains in his bones and he has loose teeth. |
E. Linda feel nervous before the new people.
F. Luke is so careless that he often gets hurt. And it takes a long time for his wound to heal.
Over the years I’ve been teaching kids about a simple but powerful spirit—the ant philosophy (哲学). I think we should study ants.
Ants have an amazing four-part philosophy, and here is the first part：they never give up. That’s a good philosophy. If they’re headed somewhere and you try to stop them, they’ll look for another way. They’ll climb over, and they’ll climb around. They keep looking for another way. What a neat philosophy to never quit looking for a way to get where they’d like to go.
Second, ants think winter all summer. That’s an important view. You can’t be so naive (无知的) as to think summer will last forever. So ants are gathering their winter food in summer. An ancient story says, “Don’t build your house on the sand in summer.” There is some reason in what it says. It is important to think ahead. In summer, you’ve to think about the storm. You’ve got to think about rocks when you enjoy the sand and sun.
The third part of the ant philosophy is that ants think summer all winter. That is so important. During the winter, ants remind themselves, “This won’t last long；we’ll soon be out of here.” And on the first warm day, the ants are out. If it turns cold again, they’ll go back, but then they come out again if it is warm. They can’t wait to get out.
And here is the last part of the ant philosophy. How much will an ant gather during the summer to prepare for the winter? All that he possibly can. What an incredible (难以置信的) philosophy, the “all-that-you-possibly-can” philosophy.
What a great philosophy to have the ant philosophy! Never give up, look ahead, stay active and do all you can.If ants have trouble reaching somewhere, they will_________.
| A．give up their effort at last | B．look for others’ help |
| C．wait for a chance to come | D．get there in another way |
Which of the following phrases in the passage has the closest meaning to the underlined word “quit” in Paragraph 2?
| A．go on | B．get out |
| C．give up | D．think about |
In Paragraph 3, people are advised（建议） __________.
| A．to build their houses in winter |
| B．to gather some food in winter |
| C．to build the house on the sand in summer |
| D．to think about the danger while in safety |
The third part of the ant philosophy is ___________.
| A．more important than the other three |
| B．to believe in yourself and think about no difficulty |
| C． to be active and full of hope for future |
| D．that we should know winter is longer than summer |
Which of the following shows the “all-that-you-possibly can” philosophy?
| A．We should try our best to do what we can. |
| B．One should think of what will happen in the future. |
| C．One should get more pay for what he has done. |
| D．We should spend more time doing our work. |
A young man went to a car shop. He was wearing rubber boots(橡胶靴子) and a dirty jacket. He needed a haircut(理发) very much. The young man looked at an expensive car carefully and then asked the shop owner(店主), “How much is this car?” “Nine thousand two hundred and eighteen,” the owner answered. “I want sixteen of them,” the young man said. The shop owner smiled coldly. He showed the door to the young man.
In another shop on the other side of the street the business was done(生意做成了). The young man took money out of his pocket and paid for the cars. He said the cars were for himself and his friends were. Each of them wanted to get one. He said that he and his friends were working on a fishing-boat. “We have got much money this season,” the y oung man said, “and we want to buy cars. ”The shop owner showed the young man the door means _______.
| A．to ask him to go away |
| B．to ask him to look at the door of the car |
| C．to tell him where the door of the shop was |
| D．to let him enjoy the beautiful door of the car |
How many cars did the young man want to buy for his friends?
| A．18. | B．17. | C．16. | D．15. |
How much did the young man pay for the cars?
| A．9218. | B．92180. | C．147488. | D．138270. |
－What was the man?－He was a _______.
| A．bank clerk | B．school teacher | C．shop owner | D．fisherman |
The story tries to tell us _______.
| A．we can’t tell if a man is rich by his clothes |
| B．cars are expensive |
| C．people wearing rubber boots are rich |
| D．we can’t show the door to others |
I Don’t Have to Be Like Them(保持真我)
All students have to face their own problems when they are growing up. You may not think that having a good family is a problem. But for me , it was. I had to face the problem of being the youngest of the Smith girls.
We live in a small town in Pennsylvania, US. There are three girls in the Smith family, Amanda, Theresa and me . People often say things to me , like “ Oh, the three of you , you’re such nice girls. Your sisters are so pretty and so thin! You’re really nothing like them . ” That made me sad.
At school , all of my teachers had taught my sisters . On the first day of school , they said , “Oh , the youngest of the three! I hope you’re just like your sisters. They’re such wonderful students.”
People always compared（比较） me with my sisters . So I couldn’t help comparing myself with them , too. Theresa was smarter（更聪明的）, Amanda was prettier . I began to work hard to be more like them . What my sisters did , I did , too. At last , I became drum major（主鼓手）of our school ’s marching band . Both Amanda and Theresa had been drum majors . I became editor of the school’s newspaper . Theresa had been the editor two years before.
But last year, Amanda went to college（大学） , and Theresa went to high school . Now I’m by myself at junior high . Everyone knows me , because I’m the drum major and the newspaper’s editor .
Now I don’t feel like a Smith girl any more , I feel like myself . I’m proud of doing all of the same great things that my sisters did . But the best thing I did was to learn to stop comparing myself with them .When people compare the author(作者) with her sisters , she feels________
| A．happy | B．nervous | C．sad | D．comfortable |
The author _________
| A．had the same teachers with her sisters |
| B．had different teachers from her sisters |
| C．was taught by some of her sisters’ teachers |
| D．was taught by herself |
Why did the author become drum major of her school’s marching band ?
| A．Because she liked that. |
| B．Because her parents asked her to . |
| C．Because her sisters did that before. |
| D．Because her teacher asked her to . |
To the author , now the best thing is that ______________.
| A．she becomes much better than her sisters |
| B．she stops comparing herself with her sisters |
| C．no one compares herself with her sisters |
| D．she has graduated from the junior school |
From the passage ,what does the author probably tel l us?
| A．To be yourself. | B．Stop working hard. |
| C．Learn from the older. | D．Do what others say. |