Amy: Excuse me, Jill.
Jill: Yes, what can I do for you?
Amy: Did you see two persons pass from here? I want to take photos with them.
Jill: Can you describe what they look like?
Amy: Yes, they are one boy and one girl. The girl is very beautiful. quite thin and has long hair. And that boy is also very tall. He is about 1.98 meters tall. He has big eyes and short black hair.
Jill: You mean Sun Yang, the famous swimming player? And he wears a pair of sunglasses?
Amy: Quite right. He stays in Shaoxing these days for swimming. Did you see them?
Jill: Yes, they passed here 10 minutes ago. If you go quickly, You can catch up with them。
Amy: I will do that. Goodbye. Thanks a lot.
Jill: Goodbye.The boy and the girl .
| A．went to the park 10 minutes ago.. | B．went to the cinema 10 minutes ago. |
| C．passed here 10 minutes ago. | D．passed here 20 minutes ago. |
What does the girl look like?
A. She has big eyes and a big nose. B. She has long hair.
C. She is very tall and beautiful. D.B and C..What does the boy look like?
A. He is tall. B. He is of medium height.
C. He has big eyes and his hair is black. D. A and C.What does the phrase “catch up with” mean?
| A．追赶上. | B．抓住. | C．向上. | D．嘲笑. |
What does Amy want to do?
| A．She wants to say hello to the boy and the girl. |
| B．She wants to tell them an interesting story. |
| C．She wants to catch up with them. |
| D．She wants to take photos with them. |
In recent years advances in medical technology have made it possible for people to live longer than in the past. New medicines and instruments are being developed every day to extend（延长）life. However，some people，including some doctors， are not in favour of these life extending measures，and they argue that people should have the right to die when they want. They say that the quality of life is as important as life itself，and that people should not be forced to go on living when conditions of life have become unbearable（不能忍受的. They say that people should be allowed to die with dignity（尊严） and to decide when they want to die. Others argue that life under any conditions is better. In recent years, people can live longer than in the past,It’s because of_________.
| A．the development of medical technology |
| B．big hospitals |
| C．good doctors |
| D．both B and C |
According to some people， whether a dying patient has the right to die or not is up to_________.
| A．the doctors | B．the surroundings（环境） |
| C．his or her family | D．the patient himself or herself |
The writer’s opinion is_________.
| A．death is better than life |
| B．life is better than death |
| C．neither death nor life is good |
| D．none of the above |
Why do some patients want to die? Because_______.
| A．the doctors are not good |
| B．the conditions are bad |
| C．life is too hard |
| D．they are seriouly ill |
Some teenagers think that newspapers are boring and only for adults. But that’s not true. There are many interesting stories in the paper. You just need to make clear what you are looking at. “I spend about half an hour reading newspapers every day,” said 15-year-old Gao Ming from Beijing. “I’m interested in things happening at school. ” School news is just one kind of news story in newspapers. There’s also world news: from international problems to pop stars.
Read the newspaper carefully, we’ll find different types of articles on the pages:
News stories — these stories are about events. Reporters try to show all points of a story to help readers understand what happened. Reporters try to speak to as many people as possible. They also use pictures and numbers to show the readers that the stories are true. The newspaper Teenagers has lots of news stories on the news page and front page. When we read them, we learn more about the facts, not the writers’ ideas.
Opinion writing — opinion writing is usually about something happening right now. But it isn’t just facts. Here writers add their own opinions to the news. Writers pick only the facts that help back up their ideas. They make readers believe that they are telling the truth. This is usually the kind of story that gets people thinking. Go to “Speak Out” on Page Two for an example of opinion writing in Teenagers.
Advertisement — Don’t get happy too early when you read them. Those sweet words and lovely pictures are just ways to get us interested in their products! People have to pay to put advertisements in newspapers!The underlined sentence means that the readers ___________.
| A．should understand interesting news stories |
| B．ought to know which kind of things to read |
| C．need to look at the school news first |
| D．must know the contents of all the news |
In the writer’s opinion, we’d better be ___________ advertisements in newspapers.
| A．interested in | B．against | C．worried about | D．careful of |
This passage mainly discusses how___________.
| A．reporters write different kinds of news |
| B．teenagers get interested in newspapers |
| C．readers can read newspapers in better ways |
| D．readers can’t read different news in newspapers |
A sign is another kind of language. Here are some of them that you see on the roads.
Number One is a sign with the number thirty on it. When drivers see this sign, they must not go at more than thirty kilometers an hour. We see this sign when we are getting near a town. Number Two is a sign that we’re near a crossing. We must drive carefully. Number Three is a sign that there is a bend (拐弯) in the road. Again, we must drive slowly and carefully. It is not safe to go around a bend very fast. Number Four is a sign that there is another road coming in from the right. There is a junction (交叉) at this place. Number Five is a sign that there is a hill and Number Six is a sign that the road gets narrow. Drivers must go slowly and carefully. Number Seven has the word “SCHOOL” on it. This is a sign that there is a school at the side of the street or the road. Perhaps there are children going to or leaving school. So drivers must look carefully and go slowly. Number Eight is a sign with the letter “P” on it. The letter “P” means “Parking”. At some places, there are the signs “No parking” or “No waiting”. If a driver leaves his car near one of these signs, a policeman may come and write down the number of his car. At the places where you see Sign 1, ____________. .
| A．you are already out of a town |
| B．you still have thirty kilometers to go |
| C．there must be many houses and building not far away |
| D．there must be a town thirty kilometers away |
A driver can leave his car ___________.
| A．near a sign with “P” on it in the daytime |
| B．near a sign with “No parking” on it |
| C．near a sign with “No waiting” if there’re no policemen there |
| D．near Sign 8 at any time |
People put these signs on the roads to ____________.
| A．make driving even safer | B．show drivers the way |
| C．stop cars going too fast | D．learn another kind of language |
Helen Keller was a US author and public speaker who became blind and deaf at the age of 19 months. Anne Sullivan became her teacher in 1887 and taught her to read, write, use sign language and speak. Keller received degree from Radcliffe College in 1904 and spent the rest of her life encouraging others with difficulties like hers to overcome them. Her books include The story of My Life (1902) and Out of the Dark(1913). Her life was the subject of the play The Miracle WorkerHelen Keller was an author in ________.
| A．English | B．America | C．Australia | D．China |
When she was 19 ________ old, Helen Keller became blind and deaf.
| A．days | B．years | C．months | D．seconds |
Did Helen Keller receive a college degree?
| A．Yes, she did. | B．Yes, he did. | C．No, she didn’t. | D．No, he didn’t. |
Which book is written by Helen Keller?
| A．The story of My Life | B．Out of the Dark |
| C．One million pound | D．A and B |
Helen Keller is a/an ________ person.
| A．honest | B．hard-working | C．beautiful | D．lovely |
One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said, "Look! There's a horseshoe. Pick it up and put it in your bag." Thomas said, 'It isn't worth the trouble." His father said nothing but picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they lad a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the few pennies he bought some cherries.
The father and the son continued their way. The sun was well up in the sky, and there wasn't a house or even a tree where they could have a rest. Thomas felt too thirsty to walk on. At this time, his father dropped a cherry on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it. After a while, his father dropped another cherry and once again, his son lost some time in picking it up and putting it in his mouth.
And so they went on. The old farmer dropped the cherries and the son picked them up. When Thomas had eaten up all the cherries, his father said to him, "My dear son, if you had bent down earlier to pick up that horseshoe. it would not have been necessary for you to bend so many times for the cherries. Always remember the lesson that anyone who does not worry about the little things will find that he cannot do the great things.Who picked up the horseshoe at last?
| A．Thomas. |
| B．The old father. |
| C．Both the father and the son. |
| D．Neither the father nor the son. |
The farmer bought _______ with the money after lie sold the horseshoe.
| A．some food |
| B．some water |
| C．some cherries |
| D．some pennies |
When the son refused to pick up the horseshoe, the father _______.
| A．felt very happy |
| B．didn't say anything |
| C．beat the son |
| D．became a little angry |
The father dropped the cherries one by one, because _______.
| A．he wanted his son to eat them all |
| B．he wanted his son to do more exercise |
| C．lie wanted to teach his son a lesson |
| D．he wanted his son to pick them up |
From the story, we can learn that _______.
| A．cherries are so delicious that most of is like to eat-them |
| B．a horseshoe is so expensive that it can bring us a lot of money |
| C．if the boy wants to eat cherries, he must pick up the horseshoe |
| D．if we want to do some great things, we should start with some small ones |