I really love my job because I enjoy working with small children and like the challenges and awards from the job. I also think my work is important. I wasn’t an excellent student because I didn’t do much schoolwork. In my final term I started thinking what I might do and found I didn’t have much to offer.
I then found myself a job, looking after two little girls. It wasn’t too bad at first. But the problems began when I agreed to live in. I would be there if my boss had to go out for business in the evening. We agreed that if I had to work extra hours one week, she’d give me time off the next. But unluckily, it didn’t often work out. I was getting very tired. Because I had too many late nights and early mornings with the children.
One Sunday, I was in the park with the children, and met Megan who used to go to school with me. I told her about my situation. She suggested that I should do a course and get a qualification（资格证书）if I wanted to work with children. I didn’t think I would be accepted because I didn’t take many exams in school. She asked me to phone the local college and they were really helpful. My experience counted for a lot and I got on a part-time course. I had to leave my job with the family, and got work helping out at a kindergarten.
Now I’ve got a full-time job there. I shall always be thankful to Megan. I wish I had known earlier that I could have a success, even if I am not top of the class at school.What do you think of the writer when she was a student?
| A．An excellent student | B．A hardworking student |
| C．A bad student | D．A lazy student |
What is the writer’s first job?
| A．A cleaner | B．A babysitter | C．An assistant | D．A teacher |
When staying with the two girls’ family，the writer ________.
| A．was paid for extra work |
| B．often worked long hours |
| C．got much help from her boss |
| D．took a day off every other week |
Why did the writer leave her first job？
| A．She found a full-time job. |
| B．She was fed up with children. |
| C．She decided to attend a part-time course. |
| D．She needed a rest after working extra hours. |
What has the writer learned from her own experiences？
| A．Less successful students can still have a success. |
| B．Qualifications are necessary for a job. |
| C．Hard work makes an excellent student. |
| D．One must choose the job she like. |
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John: I’m 15 years old and I love football. I also like reading, especially(尤其是) stories about people from other countries. I don’t enjoy singing or playing computers. I think that rock music is terrible.
Ann: Hi, I’m Ann. I’m 16 and I like dancing and computers. I also like rock music. I hate hiking and I’m not interested in classical music. I don’t enjoy reading too much.
Steve: I’m 14 years old and I love skiing. Other favorite hobbies are reading and singing. I don’t like hiking. I think that rock music is too noisy and I think that football is boring.
Peter: I’m from Australia. I’m 15 and I am fond of singing. I sing a lot, and when I’m not singing, I listen to rock music or use my computer. I don’t like football and I think that classical music is terrible. I hate dancing!
Sarah：My name is Sarah and I’m 14 years old. My interests are reading novels, playing football and singing songs. I think that rock music is terrible, and I don’t like dancing. I don’t enjoy computers, either.
Joe：Hi, I’m Joe. I really like computers. I surf the Internet all the time and I like playing computer games. I don’t enjoy football and I hate hiking. Rock music is OK, and so is skiing.
根据短文内容, 完成下列句子。Steve is a ___________ boy, Ann is a ___________ girl, but we don’t know Joe’s age.
___________, ___________ and ___________ don’t like hiking.
John and Sarah could be friends, because they both like ___________.
Ann and Sarah could not be friends, because they ___________.
Who do you want to be friends with?
___________, because ________________.
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Frederic Chopin was born in March 1810 near Warsaw in Poland(波兰). He was one of the greatest musicians in the world. In 1831, he went to Paris. No people but he could play the piano very well.
At that time people in Paris liked the Hungarian(匈牙利的) pianist Franz Liszt.
One night, at a concert, Liszt went to the piano and people shouted. As all the lights in the concert were turned off, a wonderful piano concert started. The music was so good that the listeners were all greatly interested. They kept praising(不停地赞扬) the pianist and thought that Liszt had reached something new in playing the piano.
Suddenly, all the lights were turned on again as the music came to an end. And there stood a young man instead of the famous Hungarian pianist Franz Liszt.
Liszt planned all this. As the lights went out, Liszt left his chair and let Chopin take his place. So with the help of Liszt and his own talent(天赋), Chopin soon became famous.Chopin was _______.
| A．the greatest musician in the world | B．a famous Polish(波兰的) pianist |
| C．a famous Paris pianist | D．one of the greatest musicians in Hungary |
The wonderful piano concert started _______.
| A．after all the lights were turned on | B．when Liszt sat down at the piano |
| C．after the lights were turned off | D．when Chopin went to the piano |
When the music came to an end, _______.
| A．Liszt stood at the piano | B．all the lights were turned off again |
| C．Chopin stood at the piano | D．people went out of the hall |
Chopin became famous _______.
| A．before he came to the concert |
| B．because he was a student of Liszt’s |
| C．because people in Paris liked him very much |
| D．since he played so well at the concert |
From the story we know _______.
| A．Chopin could be famous because of his own talent and the help from Liszt |
| B．Liszt planned to make Chopin famous |
| C．Liszt was Chopin’s teacher |
| D．one could be famous only with the help of a famous pianist |
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Avril(艾薇儿) Lavigne is an excellent teenage(十几岁的)singer. She made a great success because of her musical talent(天才, 天赋).
She wrote her songs by herself, played the guitar and had a wide range of voice(音域) when she was only 17 years old. She began to sing her own rock-and-roll(摇滚乐) music. She is a talent in the musical world. People in many different countries like her songs very much.
Avril Lavigne isn’t a quiet girl. She is a true wild active and crazy girl. She started showing her voice and character at around age 2. “I’m just coming out and I’m going to be myself. I write what I feel. I never worry about what others think.” Avril said.
Her music can reach girls’ and boys’ hearts and even some adults’, too. I can’t wait to be out there; I want to rock the world! I want people to know what music is real and honest(坦率的)——it comes from my heart. I am just being true to myself.
根据短文内容，判断下列句子正(T)误(F) Avril became a singer when she was 27 years old.
She asked a famous writer to write songs for her.
Only Canadian people like her songs very much.
She wants to sing and rock all over the world.
Avril is a quiet and lovely girl.
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When you are not well, you may have to _______. The medicine may be not nice to take, but you have to take it, because it will do you good. After a few days, you will get better and you won’t have to take any more medicine. In a short time you will be in good health again, and you will go back to school.
In the cold season, many people catch colds. When you have a cold, your nose is running, so you have to blow (擤) your nose and wipe (擦) it with your handkerchief (手帕).
A bad cold with a high temperature is called flu. When you have the flu, you may pass it to other people around you, because it is very catching (有传染性的). So when you have the flu, you must stay at home.
When you have a bad tooth, you go to see the dentist. He pulls out the bad tooth and looks over the others.
You should look after yourself. If you want to be healthy, you have to take exercise and eat a balanced diet (均衡饮食).
根据短文内容，完成下列各题。在空白处填上一个词组___________。
完成句子：If you ___________, you won’t have to take any more medicine.
把画线部分翻译成汉语。
_____________________________Why should we stay at home when we have the flu?
_____________________________What should we do to keep healthy?
_____________________________
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One day a dentist was starting his morning work. Suddenly a man ran in. His face was red and he could only say “Quick! Quick!” The dentist thought he must be very ill. His assistant helped to make the poor man sit in a chair. The dentist gave the man some medicine to make him sleep. Then, he looked into the man’s mouth and pulled out all the bad teeth. As soon as the man woke up, he said in a low voice, “Quick, doctor, quick.”
“It’s all right now,” the dentist told him. “It’s over.”
“You don’t understand,” said the man, “I came to tell you your house is on fire.”The story took place (发生) _______.
| A．in the morning | B．in the afternoon | C．in the evening | D．at night |
When the man ran in, the dentist thought he must be _______.
| A．over | B．ill | C．all right | D．rich |
The man _______ after he took some medicine.
| A．began to work | B．began to cry | C．went home | D．went to sleep |
The dentist pulled _______ out of the man’s mouth.
| A．a tooth | B．a bad tooth | C．all the bad teeth | D．all the teeth |
The man ran in _______.
| A．because he was ill |
| B．because he wanted to sleep |
| C．to tell the dentist that he was all right |
| D．to tell the dentist that his house was on fire |