I used to be very close to my father when I was a child. He gave me almost everything I wanted. Whenever I quarreled with my mother, I would turn to my father for comfort. He was everything to me.
Time flies like a bird. As I got older, I became silent and found it hard to start a conversation with my father. The gap(代沟) between us began to grow. He had done so much for me but I always took it for granted(理所当然).
Last time our school gave us two days off, and daddy gave me a ride home on his motorbike. I was tired and fell asleep on his back. Later my mother said he was very happy because it had been a long time since we got close last. Suddenly I felt a little shamed. I realized that I had paid no attention to him a lot during the last few years.
The next day I stayed in bed and when daddy tried to wake me up to have breakfast, I pretended(假装) that I couldn’t hear him. At last he brought a bowl of noodles to my bed, and said, “Come on, dear, have your breakfast and then continue your dream.” I got so angry with him for troubling my sleep that I shouted, “__________.”
As I said this, I sat up quickly, and the bowl of noodles broke on the floor. Hearing the noise, mum came in and shouted at me, “What do you think your father is? Who else treats you as well as he does?”
I was shocked and didn’t know what to say. Finally I rushed with tears all over my face. I went to the pool where I used to go fishing with daddy. A few minutes later, I heard the sound of daddy’s motorbike. He was looking for me worriedly, but he didn’t notice me as I was sitting behind a tall brush.
I didn’t return home until 10 a.m.. The moment my parents saw me, they rushed to me. Mum hugged me tightly and daddy looked at me with worry in his eyes. “Are you hungry, dear?” he said at last. Before I could say anything, he had gone off on his motorbike to buy food for me.When the writer grew older, he found it for him to have a talk with his father.
| A.good | B.pleasant | C.a problem | D.fantastic |
The sentence in this passage “He was everything to me” means ________.
| A.My father gave me everything |
| B.My father would give me whatever I wanted |
| C.When my father was angry, he wouldn’t give me anything |
| D.I used to depend on him in everything in my life |
Which of the following can be put in the blank(空白处) in Paragraph 4?
| A.Stay with me. | B.Take me out. | C.Leave me alone. | D.Pick me up. |
The best title for this passage is _________.
| A.The gap between the Father and the Son | B.Father’s Love |
| C.How to get on with Father | D.I Love Father |
Recently,an Internet game has become one fashion among young office workers and students.People can“farm” on a piece of “land” and “grow” ,“sell”or even“steal” “vegetables” ,“flowers”and “fruits” on the Net.They can earn some E-money and buy more“seeds” ,“pets” and even“houses”.
Huang Lin interviewed some young people.Here are their opinions.
Wang Hua:I don’t quite understand why they are so mad about the children game.Maybe they are just not confident enough to face the real world.
Zhang Ming:I enjoy putting some“bugs”in my friends’gardens and we’ve become closer because of the game.Having fun together is the most exciting thing about it.
Li Ming:You know,people in the city are longing for the life in the countryside.It reduces my work pressure;besides,it gives me the exciting experience of being a“thief”.
Zhou Xiaojun:Well,it’s just a waste of time.Teenagers playing the game spend so many hours on it that they cannot focus on their study.According to the passage,people can’t things in this game.
A.grow B.borrow C.stealAmong the people Huang Lin interviewed, likes the game while dislikes the game.
A.Li Ming;Zhang Ming
B.Zhang Ming;Wang Hua
C.Li Ming;Zhou XiaojunFrom Li Ming’s words,we can guess that he’s most probably
A.his father B.an office worker C. a thiefWhich is NOT the reason why people like the game?
A.They are longing for country life.
B.The game can relax people and give them a new experience.
C.They are confident enough to face the real world.Where can you find this passage?
A.In a car magazine.
B.In an advertisement.
C.In a newspaper
Accident Report Form
| Accident |
A car crashed into a tree. Some people were trapped(被困) in the car. |
| Weather conditions |
There was a heavy rain. |
| Date of call |
June 3,2006 |
| Time of call |
9:30 p.m. |
| Name of call |
Mrs Green |
| Place |
Zhongshan Road,Nanjing |
| Conditions of victims (遇难的情况) |
Mr Green hurt his head. Mrs Green hurt her left leg. Their daughter felt frightened. |
| Action |
Policemen arrived at 9:40 p.m.and sent the victims to Gulou Hospital at 9:45 p.m. |
What time did Mrs Green call the police?
A.At 9:30 a.m. B.At 9:30 p.m. C.At 9:40 p.m.How many people were trapped in th
e car?
A.One. B.Two. C.Three.Whose left leg was hurt?
A.Mrs Green’s. B.Their daughter’s. C.Mr Green’s.What was the weather like that day?
A.It was sunny. B.It was rainy. C.It was cloudy.Which of the following is TRUE?
A.The car crashed into a wall.
B.Their daughter hurt her leg and was sent to the hospital.
C.The car accident happened on Zhongshan Road in Nanjing.
Here are two stories from different parts of the world. They seem strange but, believe it or not, they re all true!
John Lee was an Englishman who refused to be hanged! In 1884 the police said Lee had killed an old woman who he used to work with. There was nothing to show that Lee had killed the woman. Lee told the police he hadn’t done it, but no one believed him and he was going to be hanged. On the day of the hanging, however, the door in the floor, through which Lee’s body would fall, did not open. They tried three times but each time the door stayed closed, even though it had worked well the day before. In the end they sent Lee back to prison, where he lived for the next twenty-two years. At all times, John Lee said he hadn’t killed the woman, and he believed it was the "hand of God" that had saved him from death by hanging.
The police in Venezuela (委内瑞拉)in South America followed a man home one night. He was the thief they wanted to catch. However, half of his house was standing in Venezuela and the other half was standing in Colombia (哥伦比亚). Venezuela’s neighbor. When the police entered the house, the man ran upstairs to his bedroom, which was in Colombia, and called his lawyer (律师). The Venezuelan police were not allowed to enter Colombia so they could not enter the bedroom. They asked the police in Colombia to help. The Colombian police refused to help because the man’s crime (罪行)was not a crime in Colombia. In the end, the Venezuelan police gave up and went back to the police station.The underlined(下划线) word "hanged" in this passage probably means _.
| A.shut in a room » |
| B.questioned by the police |
| C.killed by putting a rope around the neck |
| D.kept in a place |
What do we1 know about the door in the floor?
| A.It had opened the day before the hanging. |
| B.It had been broken a long time. |
| C.After three times, it opened. |
| D.John Lee’s dead body fell through it. |
From the story we know that the thief’s bedroom was____.
A. in Venezuela B. in Colombia
C. in neither Venezuela nor Colombia I), in both Venezuela and ColombiaWhy didn’t the Venezuelan police go into the man’s bedroom?
| A.They didn’t know where it was. |
| B.The Venezuelan police were not allowed to enter Colombia. |
| C.The police in Colombia told them that (hey would help. |
| D.The police in Colombia told them not to go inside. |
The police in Colombia didn’t help the police in Venezuela to catch the thief because
| A.they didn’t know where he was |
| B.the police in Venezuela didn’t ask for help |
| C.the man’s lawyer told them not to help |
| D.the man’s crime was not a crime in Colombia |
Time Temp Glasses
Are you a person who wants to know the time and temperature during the day? You might like Temp Glasses. These special glasses show the time above your right eye and the temperature your left eye. It is surely easier than wearing a wristwatch, and you never have to guess the Tature.
Alarm() Fork
Do you eat too quickly? Do you eat too much? How can the Alarm Fork help you? Aren’t you is (好奇的)? Well, this special fork has two lights: one green and one red. When the green is on, it’s OK to eat a piece of food. The fork "knows" when you eat a piece, and soon the red goes on. Wait for the green light before you eat another piece.
Smell This
Sow do you know if your breath smells nice, or if it smells bad? It’s difficult It) know, because it’s very hard to smell the air that comes out of your own mouth. Smell This is useful for this ion. Smell This covers your nose and your mouth. Docs your breath smell nice, or do you need a piece of gum(口香糖)?
Banana Suitcase(手提箱)
Has this ever happened to you? You put a banana in your bag lunch in the morning, and when pen the bag at noon, the banana looks like someone drove a car over it. If you put your banana Banana Suitcase, this will never happen. It keeps a banana safe, delicious, and looking like a m!The writer thinks that the four inventions are_.
| A.dangerous | B.useless | C.unusual | D.expensive |
A person who wants to lose weight may be interested in_.
| A.Time Temp Glasses | B.Alarm Fork | C.Smell This | D.Banana Suitcase |
Which invention is most helpful for someone waiting for a train?
| A.Time Temp Glasses. | B.Alarm I ink. | C.Smell This. | D.Banana Suitcase. |
If you want to know how your breath is. you may buy _.
| A.Time Temp Glasses | B.Alarm Fork | C.Smell This | D.Banana Suitcase |
Who might use the Banana Suitcase?
| A.A person who eats bananas only at home. |
| B.Someone who needs to throw away a banana. |
| C.A person who has little interest in eating bananas. |
| D.Someone who loves bananas and brings lunch to school every day. |
Most people graduate from school and then get a job. Everyone wants a job that pays well. How much money can you make? Ask yourself these questions: What can I do? What skills do I have? Also ask yourself: How much education do I have? For most jobs, the higher your education, the higher your earning power.
In the United States, high school graduates make about $ 18,600 a year. If you do not finish high school, you make only $10,800 a year. You can make $7,800 more each year by staying in high school!
If you stay in school, then you can make more money. A person with a high school degree makes about $18,600 a year. If that person goes to college and gets a bachelor’s degree(学士学位), he can make S42,000. With a master’s degree (硕士学位), he can make about $53,000. If the person gets a PhD(博士学位), he can make almost $79,000 or more a year.
We can learn a very important, thing from this information. If you want to work and make more money, get a good education.The passage mainly talks about_.
| A.how education and pay are connected | B.high paying jobs |
| C.jobs for high school students | D.good schools |
According to (根据) the passage, "earning power" means the ability to _____ money.
| A.save | B.spend | C.pay | D.make |
The writer thinks that a high school graduate usually makes more money than_.
| A.a university graduate | B.a person who gets a PhD |
| C.a person who only finishes primary school | D.a person with a master’s degree |
Each year a person with a PhD can make more than a person who does not finishhigh school.
| A.$37,000 | B.$68,200 | C.$60,400 | D.$26,000 |
From the last paragraph(段落) we know that______.
| A.a high school degree is not important |
| B.university is too expensive |
| C.a person can make more money with a good education |
| D.people with a degree don’t need to worn about finding jobs |