On the first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder(肩膀). “Hi, girl! My name is Rose, I’m 87 years old.”
“Why are you in college at such a young age?” I asked jokingly.
“I always dreamed of having a college education and now I’m getting one!”she replied. Rose became a college symbol(象征) this year and she easily on her from the other students.
At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football party. I’ll never forget what she taught us.
“We do not stop playing because we are old, we grow old because we stop playing. There are only two secrets to staying young, being happy and achieving success. You have to laugh and find humor(幽默) every day. You’ve got to have a dream. When you lose you dreams, you die!”she said.
“There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don’t do anything, you will turn 20 years older. If I am 87 years old, and stay in bed for a year, and never do anything, I will turn 88. Anybody can grow older. But every minute counts for young men,” she added.
She ended her speech by singing The Song of Rose. She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live then out in our daily lives.
At the year’s end, Rose finished the college education she had begun all those years ago. One week after graduation Rose did peacefully in her sleep.Rose went to college because she .
| A．wanted to live longer |
| B．loved to stay with the young |
| C．wanted to realize her dream |
| D．planned to enjoy her life there |
From the story we can see that Rose was during her stay in college.
| A．outgoing and popular | B．brave and hard-working |
| C．honest and athletic | D．calm and creative |
Which of the following is included in Rose’s speech?
| A．People won’t grow old if they stop playing. |
| B．The more you laugh, the younger you will be. |
| C．People easily become old if they do more things. |
| D．Time is especially important for young people. |
At the end of her speech, Rose asked each of her classmates .
| A．to sing along with her |
| B．to sing one’s own song |
| C．to recite the lyrics |
| D．to do as the lyrics said |
Which of the following can best describe the story?
| A．Live with your dream. |
| B．Find secrets of staying young. |
| C．Learn wherever you are. |
| D．Be happy every day. |
Being a writer
Some children wish to be writers some day. They want to write stories or books for people to read. That’s good! It’s good to write something for people to read! But they should know that they need to be good readers first before they really are good writers. They should read a lot of books. And read for hours every day instead of watching TV and spending a lot of time to do the reading homework. Then you have time to read many other books for fun. Because of more fun in reading , you want to look for more books to read.
Before you decide to be a good writer, you’d better say to yourself, “I must read and read and read and read more and more!”This article mainly tells us that_______.
| A．some children wish to be writers some day. |
| B．it is good to write something for people to read. |
| C．reading can make you a good writer |
| D．writers like to read more books for fun. |
Some children want to be writers______.
| A．because they want to be good readers. |
| B．to write stories or books for people to read. |
| C．to find good work some day |
| D．to get more money to keep a family |
It’s good for children________.
| A．to do a lot of reading |
| B．to watch TV in the evening |
| C．to have wishes sometimes |
| D．to be good writers right now |
Reading can__________.
| A．help you to do a good player. |
| B．help you write well |
| C．make your work better |
| D．make you watch more TV at home |
From the passage we know that_________.
| A．all children like to be writers |
| B．people like to read for children |
| C．all writers are children |
| D．children need to read more and more books. |
阅读短文，回答问题。
A taxi hit a truck. A policeman spoke to the taxi driver and to the truck driver. He also spoke to Tom. He was a witness (目击者). This is what they said.
TRUCK DRIVER: I was driving from the airport to Newton. A car crossed the road, so I slowed down. I did not stop. A taxi hit the back of my truck. Nobody was seriously hurt but both cars were damaged（受损害）.
TAXI DRIVER: I was driving behind a truck a few kilometers from Newton. The truck stopped suddenly. The driver did not give me a warning (警告). I was driving very slowly. I could not pass the truck because there were two cars coming near from Newton. My taxi hit the truck, and some glass cut my left hand.
TOM: I was watching the traffic about a kilometer from the airport. A truck was going to Newton. It was not going very quickly. There was a taxi about two hundred meters behind the truck. It was going fast. When the truck slowed down, the taxi hit it. The taxi driver was not looking at the truck. He was looking out of the window at something. My friend saw the accident, too.
Tom's friend spoke to the policeman and agreed with Tom.How many people were mentioned (提到) in the story?
_________________________________________________________Where was the truck going ?
__________________________________________________________From the story, Who didn’t tell the truth?
__________________________________________________________Who was also a witness besides Tom.
__________________________________________________________What was the taxi driver doing when the taxi hit the truck?
___________________________________________________________
根据短文内容，填写空白。
I got an A in Maths
Mr Brown was born in a poor family .He couldn't go to school when he was young. Now he's a porter (搬运工)and works at a station. He doesn't think it's necessary to know some knowledge(知识)of science .His son, Bill, began to go to school last year. The boy only likes playing. He doesn't listen to the teachers in class and can't do his homework after class. It's the hardest thing for him do maths exercises .And he wants to drop it.
One day, Mrs Brown heard Bill crying in the next room ,while she and her husband were watching TV. She came up to him and asked,“what's the matter, Bill?”
“I can't do my maths homework,” said the boy, “I am not going to school tomorrow.”
“Oh,no ,don’t do that” Said the woman.“Maybe your father can help you.”
Then she asked her husband to help their son with his maths. Mr Brown said,“but I don't know maths, either.”
“It doesn't matter,” said his wife.“You'll only coax （哄骗）him out of crying Mr Brown had to do as his wife said. The next afternoon Bill came back and showed his exercise-book to his father. The man had a look at it and shouted to his wife,“ come here quickly ,dear ! I got an A in maths!”
改写文章：
Mr Brown is a porter. He knows little knowledge. His son, Bill only likes playing. He doesn’t do _____ in his lessons .Math is the most _____
__ for him. One day, Mrs Brown and her husband were watching TV ____
__ she heard Bill crying in the next room ,he cried because he wasn’t _____
__ to do the math homework. Mrs Brown asked her husband to make the boy not cry. He did so. The next afternoon Bill ___
____and showed his exercise-book to his father. Bill got A. His father was happy. Because he thought he could get an “A”, too.
阅读短文，选择正确答案
Today people can use the phone to talk with others almost anywhere on the earth. But when you use the phone , you don’t see the person you are talking with . That may change in the near future .
Today some people are using a kind of telephone called the picture phone or vision phone. With it , two people who are talking can see each other
Picture phones can be useful when you have something to show the person you’re calling . They may have other uses in the future. One day you may be able to ring up a library and ask to see a book. Then you’ll be able to read the book right over your picture phone. Or you may be able to go shopping through your picture phone. If you see something in the newspaper that you think you want to buy, you’ll go to your phone and call the shop . People at the shop will show you the thing you’re interested in right over the phone. You’ll be able to shop all over the town and never leave your room!Today people can use the phone to talk with others .
| A．in all the towns | B．in some places in the world |
| C．only in big cities | D．almost anywhere on the earth |
The word “it” in the passage means _______.
| A．the picture phone | B．any phone |
| C．the use | D．the change |
We can through the picture phone according to(根据) the passage .
| A．write a book | B．do some shopping |
| C．play games | D．have classes |
Picture phones are very________.
| A．useful | B．impossible | C．bad | D．badly |
Which is NOT true according to the passage ?
| A．Today some people are using a kind of telephone called the picture phone or vision phone. |
| B．With the picture phone , two people can’t see each other. |
| C．The phone is very useful . |
| D．Today people can use the phone to talk with others almost anywhere on the earth. |
阅读短文，判断正（T）误（F）。
Jack had gone to the college to study history, but at the end of his first year, his history test failed, and the teacher told him that he would have to leave the college. However, his father decided that he would go to see the teacher to ask him to let Jack go on his studies.
"He's a good boy," said Jack's father, "and if you let him pass this time, I'm sure he'll do much better next year and pass the test easily "No, no, that's quite impossible," replied the teacher immediately. "Do you know, last month I asked him when Napoleon (拿破伦) died, he didn't know!"
"Please, sir, give him another chance," said Jack's father. "You see, I'm afraid we don't take any newspapers in our house, so we didn’t know that Napoleon was ill."Jack went to a middle school to study history.
Jack was not good at history.
Jack’s teacher told him to leave the college.
Jack’s father went to see the teacher because Jack was good at history。
Jack’s father was good at history.