One night, I wondered what it would be like if I only asked questions. I decided that no matter what anyone said to me the next day, I would reply only with 36 .
I loved to read about scientists and their discoveries, and I knew that scientists always started their research with a question. I hoped that I could become a scientist. Maybe by asking questions, I could train my mind to be 37 .
I survived the morning easily. “Is there any egg?” I answered when my mother asked what I wanted for breakfast. “Is this seat taken?” I asked when my friend Mike asked where he was going to 38 on the bus.
In the classroom, Mr. Black spoke slowly and clearly while I listened carefully. The problem had been part of my homework the night before. I wrote the answer on the board, “Could the answer be 361?”
Mr. Black smiled and nodded. I thought,“How did I 39 to get through that?” I almost laughed because asking questions really was starting to become a 40 .
I thought I had made it safely through the whole day, 41 what I had come to consider my experiment blew up at the dinner table when my dad asked me about my day. “What do I always do?” I replied.
My parents looked at each other. My father 42 again. “Well, I hope you went to school,” he said.
“Uhhh … why would you think otherwise?” I asked. My parents exchanged another 43
and were becoming annoyed.
“Do you think questions are a good way to train your mind to be active?” I asked.
“It 44 the question,” said my father. “Some questions are asked for 45 information. Those are good mind-training questions. Sometimes, people use questions to get the other person to say something. Sometimes people ask questions to get someone to agree with them. Those questions don’t really achieve anything.”
“I guess my experiment didn’t work,” I said, and I told my father about my 46 .
“I think it worked 47 !” my father said. “You made a discovery, didn’t you? What matters is that you have put your idea into practice.”
A．actions B．answers C．gestures D．questions
A．deep B．free C．quick D．strong
A．get B．sit C．come D．take
A．fail B．have C．want D．manage
A．habit B．step C．goal D．rule
A．or B．so C．but D．and
A．tried B．asked C．guessed D．ordered
A．look B．word C．mind D．topic
A．refers to B．belongs to C．puts on D．depends on
A．sending B．finding C．sharing D．keeping
A．test B．idea C．plan D．wonder
A．slowly B．safely C．perfectly D．properly
As we know, animals are our friends. Please read the following descriptions and try to find out what kinds of animals they are.
Hi! I am Molly. I am twelve years old. I 46 from Africa. I like to play with my friends and eat grass.
This is Ling Ling. She is five years old. She comes from China. She is very beautiful, but she is very 47 , please be quiet.
Hello! This is Bill. Isn’t he cute? He is from Australia. He 48 during the day, but 49 he gets up and eats leaves.
Molly is a tiger. Is Ling Ling a 50 ? What about Bill? Koala? How clever you are!
A．came B．was C．comes D．am
A．smart B．shy C．interesting D．crazy
A．works B．washes C．cries D．sleeps
A．in the morning B．in the evening C．at noon D．in the day
A．tiger B．panda C．dolphin D．cow
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One day a woman wrote a letter to a doctor to invite him ___1___ dinner. The doctor wrote back. But the doctor’s handwriting（书写） was so ____2__ that the woman couldn’t read it. “What shall I do?” She asked her husband. “I don’t know if he is coming____3_____ not, I don’t want to write ____4___.” Her husband ___5____for a moment and said, “Take it to the chemist(药剂师), __6___ he will read it to you.”
“Could you ___7____ a moment, madam?” The chemist said. Then he went to back of the shop. After a while he came back,___8_____ a bottle.He gave the bottle to the woman and said , “ Take the medicine （药）three ____9___ a day !” The woman was surprised at ___10____ he said.
( ) 1 A of B to C on D at
( ) 2 A bad B small C big D different
( ) 3 A so Band C but D or
( ) 4 A a letter B soon C now D again
( )5 A worked B read C thought D looked
( )6 A then B or C and not D but
( )7A stand B look C wait D stay
( )8 A getting B carrying C putting D looking
( )9 A hours B glasses C times D bottles
( )10A why B that C if D what
完形填空 (共10小题；每小题l分，满分l0分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Mrs. Andrews had a young cat, and it was the cat’s first winter. One evening it was 36 when it began to snow heavily. Mrs. Andrews looked 37 it everywhere and shouted its name, but she did not find it, 38 she telephoned the police and said, “ I have 39a small black cat. Has 40 found one?”
“No, madam,” said the policeman at the other end, “But cats are really very 41 animals. They sometimes live for days in the snow, and when it melts（融化） or somebody finds them, they are quite 42 .”
Mrs. Andrews felt 43 when she heard this “And”, she said, “Our cat is very 44 . She almost talks.”
The policeman was getting rather tired. “Well then,” he said, “Why don’t you put your 45 down? Maybe she is trying to telephone you now.”
A．here B．there C．inside D．outside
A．at B．for C．after D．around
A．so B．or C．if D．because
A．got B．sold C．lost D．bought
A．somebody B．nobody C．anybody D．everybody
A．bad B．good C．weak D．strong
A．well B．ill C．careful D．worried
A．worse B．happier C．colder D．younger
A．busy B．clean C．clever D．angry
A．cat B．book C．hand D．telephone
完形填空。 （共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
One day the boss asks Tom to meet his friend Mr. Green in London. But it is his __41__ time to come to London. He doesn’t know the __42__ to Mr. Green’s home He thinks he can ask people for help.When he __43__ in London, He gets off the
bus.There are __44__ people in the street. He looks around and stops a __45__ and tells her where he wants to go. The woman is very helpful. __46__ her help, he finds Mr. Green’s home. Two weeks __47__, Tom needs to visit Mr. Green again. But he can’t __48__ where his home is. He stops a person to ask the way. It’s the same woman. The woman is very__49__. She says, “Are you__50__ looking for the place?
A．last B．first C．second D．third
A．name B．way C．city D．man
A．comes B．gets C．arrives D．goes
A．many B．much C．a little D．a lot
A．man B．woman C．boy D．girl
A．With B．Without C．Under D．By
A．after B．later C．behind D．late
A．remember B．forget C．know D．tell
A．sad B．glad C．surprised D．sorry
A．never B．still C．just D．again
Failure is part of life .No matter what we do, there are always two results： 61 and failure .All of us 62 to be successful, but we can’t always keep ourselves away from failure.
People have different opinions 63 failure. Some people think failure is a 64 thing. They hope they could always do everything 65 . If they fail in something, they will lose 66 confidence. Other people think failure is just a chance to learn. If they fail in something, they will do it 67 . They know that complaining won’t help .
As an old saying goes,“Failure is the 68 of success.” 69 we work hard, we will succeed one day. In my opinion, failure is not bad and it’s not good, 70 .What’s your opinion about failure?
1.A. subject B. fault C. success D. prize
2.A. want B. face C. enjoy D. call
3.A. at B. about C. in D. like
4.A. good B. so-so C. bad D. hard
5.A. equally B. badly C. great D. well
6.A. their B. our C. your D. her
7.A. else B. again C. ever D. once
8.A. son B. daughter C. mother D. uncle
9.A. If B. Before C. Until D. Before long
10.A. too B. also C. either D. so