NowthrowingshoesatPresidentBus-优题课

Now throwing shoes at President Bush is a popular game on the Internet. It turns out that there are times when it’s good to throw shoes.
After leaving his office in the center of the city, a young man bought a new car and drove it from the city to his home. He was very happy and the car ran very fast. Suddenly, a shoe hit the car door . The man got very angry. He jumped out of the car and caught a boy who still had a shoe in his hand.
“Who are you? Why did you do that?” the young man shouted at the boy.
“I’m sorry. But I don’t know what else to do. My sister has been hurt. I cried for help but nobody stopped,” the boy said.
The man looked around and saw a girl by the road. Her leg was bleeding(流血).
“She is my sister. She wanted to cross the road but fell out of her wheelchair. She is too heavy for me. I can’t get her back into the wheelchair. ”The man was moved. He helped the bleeding girl back into her wheelchair.
“Thank you. You’re so kind,” said the little boy. Life speaks to our hearts. Sometimes we don’t have time to listen and it will throw a shoe at us.
The young man drove his new car ______.

A．to the city

B．home

C．to his office

D．to his school

Who threw a shoe at the car?

A．A small boy

B．A bleeding girl

C．A young man

D．An old lady

The underlined word “wheelchair” means ______ in this passage.

A．自行车

B．电动车

C．手推车

D．轮椅

Why did the boy throw the shoe?

A．Because he liked the car.	B．Because her sister was hurt.
C．Because he was hurt.	D．Because he was naughty.

What can we learn from the story?

A．We should be kind and helpful.

B．We should drive slowly and safely.

C．Life always throws shoes at our cars.

D．Nobody wants to be hit by a shoe.

科目英语题型阅读理解难度中等

Name: Julie
Age: 13
I’m a student in Australia. I speak English. I want to find new friends from China. I like reading and listening to music. I want to know more about China.

Name: Jodie
Age: 14
I’m from Paris. I like dogs, and I have three dogs. I also like playing computer games and watching action movies! I want to write to anyone with the same (相同的) likes.

Name: Andrew
Age: 12
I want to have pen pals from the USA or Canada. I like painting, singing, and playing baseball. If you are from either (任何一个) of the two countries, please e-mail me.

Name: Sam
Age: 13
I’m from the USA. I want to make pen pals from any country. I can write in French and English. I like sports and reading. I like history and math best at school. I often play tennis on weekends. Please write to me. Thanks.

Julie wants to make friends from ________.

What does Jodie like doing?

A．Singing and dancing.	B．Playing baseball.
C．Playing tennis.	D．Playing computer games.

Andrew is ________ years old.

Sam comes from ________.

Sam writes to Andrew. Andrew will be (将会) ________.

One morning, Wu Liang discovered (发现) that her classroom changed. She found that the desks were no longer in rows, but pushed together to make eight bigger desks. She was too excited about it for the first two days and she couldn’t listen to the teachers carefully. But soon she and her classmates got used to this new classroom arrangement (安排). “Now our class is quieter,” said Wu. “What’s more, we can come up with our own ideas and learn more through discussion. It’s a better way to study.”
Li Yu liked it, too. He said, “Group members first discuss, and then show ourselves in front of the whole class. It makes us believe in ourselves.” It was part of a reform (改革) at Li’s school. The school made this reform because they wanted to provide (提供) students with easier ways to study and more chances to discuss. “Our school hopes it can improve students’ abilities(能力) to study by themselves and work in groups,” said Zhang Ming, an English teacher.
However, the reform has demanded (要求) more from teachers. Now they have only 15 minutes to give the lesson which should be taught in 45 minutes before. It is difficult to teach in such a short time. The teachers have to find better ways to teach more effectively.
“The reform demands more, but I’m sure it is helpful,” added Zhang Ming.
After the new classroom arrangement , it was easier for Wu Liang and her classmates to ________ in class.

A．discuss with each other

B．sit in the classroom

C．push desks together

D．teach a lesson

The school made the reform in order to provide students with ___________ to study.

A．noisier classes	B．easier ways
C．more seats	D．fewer chances

The Chinese meaning of the word “effectively” in this passage is ___________.

The best title of this passage may be “____________”.

A．Students’ Friendship

B．Teachers’ Hope

C．Discussion in Class

D．New Look in Class

Mike found a job in a bookstore after he finished middle school. He wouldn’t do anything but wanted to get rich.
It was a cold morning. It snowed and there was thin ice on the streets. Few people went to buy books and the young man had nothing to do. He hated to read, so he watched the traffic. Suddenly he saw a bag fall off a truck and it landed by the other side of the street.
“It is full of expensive things.” Mike said to himself. “I have to get it right now, or others will take it away.”
He went out of the bookstore and ran across the street. A driver saw him and began to whistle (鸣笛), but he didn’t hear it and went on running. The man drove to the side, hit a big tree and hurt himself in the accident. Two weeks later, Mike was taken to the court (法庭). A judge asked if he heard the whistle when he was running across the street. He said that something was wrong with his ears and he could hear nothing.
“But you heard me this time,” said the judge.
“Oh, I’m sorry. Now I can hear with one ear.”
“Cover (盖住) the ear with your hand and listen to me with your deaf (聋的) one. Well, can you hear me?”
“No, I can’t , sir.”
“You told a lie. There is nothing wrong with either of your ears,” the judge said.
Mike found a job as a _____________ when he left school.

One day he saw __________ in the street.

The traffic accident happened because _____________.

A．Mike was running to the street

B．the driver was deaf and couldn’t hear anything

C．the car hit the bag in the middle of the street

D．the driver wanted to pick up the bag

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A．Mike didn’t do well in his work.

B．The judge believed Mike’s words.

C．Mike told a lie.

D．The car hit a tree beside the street.

After a quick breakfast, I went into the lecture(讲座) hall in a hurry. A famous teacher was speaking to the students. He was holding up a $100 bill. Then he said to over 300 students, “ Who would like this $100 bill?” The students put up their hands at once. Then he said, “I am going to give this $100 bill to one of you, but first, let me do this.” He made the bill into a ball. Then he said, “Who wants it now?” The hands went back into the air. “Well,” he said, “What if I do this?” and he dropped it on the floor and stepped on it. He picked up the dirty bill and said, “Who still wants it?” Hands went back again into the air.
“My friends,” he said, “you have learned a valuable lesson today. No matter what I did to the $100 bill, you still want this bill. Many times in our life, we are dropped and stepped on. We feel as if we are worth nothing. But remember, no matter what has happened to you, you will never lose your value. You are always valuable to those people who love you. Your value doesn’t come form what you do or whom you know, but who you are.”
The lecture was given _____________.

How many students went to listen to the lecture?