阅读短文，根据要求完成下面各小题。
There is a Chinese saying: Time and tidy wait for no man. Have too many things to do in too little time? Well, 76if you make a good plan, everything will be in order. This chart will certainly help. If you can do all this, every your single day will be productive(高效率的).
●Make a list
It all begins with listing. If you don’t have a list, create one.
●Worst first
We often have one thing on the list, which is hanging over our heads and makes us worried. Work on it first and make the rest of your day easier.
●Just do it
Those small thing are easier to deal with. Complete them and cross them off the list.
●Make things enjoyable
Have small breaks, enjoy music, or even a snack when you are tired.①________
●Pack times
Which part of your time is most productive?②__________
●Re-list
a. Sometimes you will not complete everything on your list. This is okay. Add them to tomorrow’s list with a star so that you will know they should be done first the next day.
b. By the day’s end you will have a rough (粗略的)idea of things you need to do tomorrow. Go ahead and list them. Tomorrow when you start fresh, you will not forget to do them.请把划线部分的句子译成汉语。
What should you do if you are tired according to the passage?
___________________________________从A、B、C中为78①②选出两个适当的选项，并将其字母标号分别填入在下面横线上。
A. Replay all the e-mail at a time and make all the phone calls at another time. This will help keep your mind and your job clear.
B. When this time comes around, close your door so that it is just you and your work.
C. Life is short. Enjoy your work.
①________________②_______________What should you do if you can not finish today’s work?
____________________________________Give a title(标题)in the passage.
____________________________________
【山东省泰安市2015年中考英语试题】阅读理解
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has talked about to be a good parent, saying that 13 is a right age for a child's first mobile phone. The 57-year-old father of three said on the Today show that his children Jennifer and Rory were not allowed phones until their thirteen birthday and his youngest daughter Phoebe is still waiting for one.
“We've made a rule in our family that it's 13 when you get a phone.” He also said as a resulthischild often returned homefromschool complaining, “All the other kids have it, I'm the only without it, it's so embarrassing.”
Asked if he keeps passwords (密码) to his son and daughters’ e-mail and Facebook accounts(帐号) . Mr Gates said that he doesn’t for Jennifer, 16, who he says is “old enough”.
Besides their wealth Mr and Mrs Gates ,who live in Lake Medina, have said they want to raise
their three children as usually as possible. It is said that their kids have to do housework at home after school and aren't given much pocket money.
And in 2010Mr Gates said that he wanted to give most of his $61 billion away rather than hand it down. “That wouldn't be good either for my kids or society,” he said.
Mr Gates left Microsoft in 2008 to put his heart to charity. During the Today interview with host Matt Lauer, he said that helping others made him feel happy as creating software.
“ What you really feel is what you’ve achieved. If a piece of software gets out there and lots of people love it—it lets them get their work down in better ways—that’s exciting.” he replied.How old is Phoebe?
| A．Maybe 11years old | B．Maybe 13years old |
| C．Maybe 14years old | D．Maybe 15years old |
What do Mr Gates children think of their not having phones?
| A．They feel it interesting . | B．They don’t think it exciting |
| C．They feel it embarrassing . | D．They think it funny |
Mr Gates doesn’t keep a password to Jennifer’s email because .
| A．Jennifer doesn’t like him to do so |
| B．Jennifer is already sixteen years old |
| C．he thinks children should be free |
| D．parents can’t know kid’s password |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．Bill’s children like his idear about a child’s first cell phone. |
| B．Bill Gates is still working for Microsoft. |
| C．Bill’s children have to do housework after school. |
| D．Bill’s children are given much pocket money |
What’s the passage mainly about?
| A．Bill Gate’s school life |
| B．How Bill Gates is working for charity. |
| C．Bill gate’s work in Microsoft |
| D．How Mr and Mrs Gates raise their children |
【江西省2015年中等学校招生考试英语试题卷】请阅读下面短文，根据短文内容从每小题 所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。（每小题2分）
Have you ever wanted to achieve something really amazing in life? Well, Greg Mortenson wanted to climb a mountain, but he ended up helping thousands of people to have a better life.
Greg’s story began with failure. In 1993, he set out to climb K2, the world’s second highest mountain. But Greg never made it to the top. After five days, he stumbled(踉跄）into the village of Korphe in northern Pakistan, injured(受伤）and hungry. The kind villagers there looked after him for several days.
Greg saw that the villagers were very poor and hungry, and some of them were ill. Also, the village school didn’t have a roof(屋顶）and the children wrote on the ground with sticks. Greg knew he wanted to do something to help. “ I’ll build you a school,” he told the villagers. “ I promise.”
Greg went back home to the USA to raise money for the school. He even lived in the car to save money! Finally he went back to Korphe and built the school. But this was just the beginning of something bigger! Since then, Greg’s organization has built around 80 schools and runs many others in Pakistan and other countries, too.
Greg hasn’t finished yet. He does many other things to help people in poor countries. He has got many prizes, but it’s the smiles of the children he has helped that makes him happy!
Greg has just written a best-selling book about his story called Three Cups of Tea. It’s an interesting and exciting book which tells us what ordinary(普通的）people can do with courage and determination(决心）!What was wrong with Greg when he got to the village for the first time?
| A．He fell ill. | B．He was badly hurt and hungry. |
| C．He lost his way. | D．He failed in his business. |
How did Greg keep his promise to build a school?
| A．He raised and saved money. |
| B．He did business to make money. |
| C．He wrote a book to sell for money. |
| D．He borrowed money from his friends. |
What does the underlined word “this” refer to?
| A．Saving money. | B．Living in the car. |
| C．Raising money. | D．Building the school. |
What’s the main idea of this passage?
| A．Building schools can help people to have a better life. |
| B．We have to do something in return to those who help us. |
| C．Ordinary people can make a difference to people’s lives. |
| D．Climbing mountains is a good start to help poor people. |
【江苏省无锡市2015年中考英语试题】阅读理解阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
"Well, just take a look at that wheel（航轮）!” Earl Cooper said to Candy, his wife. "It must be older than anything we have back home."
Earl was looking at the wall outside the pub（酒馆）. The pub's name, The Old Swan, was on the wall. Next to the name was a wooden ship's wheel and in the middle of the wheel was the name of a ship, HMS Swan. The wheel was old, Earl could tell.
The next morning, Earl asked to see Tony Thatcher. The Old Swan was Tony's pub. He took Earl to his office while Candy had a coffee outside by the river. Earl said he could give Tony a lot of money for the ship's wheel. He told Tony that Benjamin Cooper, his grandfather, went to America on the ship HMS Swan. But Tony said no at first. After all, the wheel was very old and it was part of the pub's past.
"You can think of the past, Mr. Thatcher - can I call you Tony? - or you can think of today. And with the money, Tony, you can buy a good car. Maybe a new Jaguar? And, as I've told you, the wheel is part of my family's past too. So you could say it's going back home, in a way. So, what do you say?"
A month later, Earl and Candy were smiling as they looked at the wall of their house in Houston, Texas. Earl thought to himself that, at last, he had a piece of his family's past. He was happy.
In Portsmouth, Tony Thatcher was happy, too. He was putting his new Jaguar into his large garage（车库）. He was careful not to drive into any of the six ship's wheels in the garage. A friend of his made the wheels for him. They were just like the one that Earl bought. And there was another wheel on the outside wall of The Old Swan now. Old or new - Tony thought there was no way that a tourist could ever know which was which. Never in a hundred years.Why did Tony refuse to sell the wheel at first?
| A．Because he thought it was old and part of the pub's past. |
| B．Because he wanted to show it was important to his pub. |
| C．Because he tried to sell it to someone else at a higher price. |
| D．Because he did not really believe what Earl had told him. |
What can we infer(椎断) from the story?
| A．Earl had looked for such a wheel for a long time before that. |
| B．Earl would soon find out the truth and become rather angry. |
| C．Tony had sold quite a few wheels like that ancl got wealthy, |
| D．Tony would play the same trick again to make more money. |
Which ofthe following can be the best title ofthe story?
| A．The Wheel on the Wall | B．An Excellent Buy |
| C．Old or New - Who Knows | D．the Family's Past |
【江苏省无锡市2015年中考英语试题】阅读理解阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
SCENE I
One dollar a week
The doorway of the house where Chandler has a room. He is dressed in his best clothes, ready for
his evening out. He is going out as his friend, Jeff 'White, comes in.
WHITE What are you doing this evening, Towers?
CHANDLER (Smiling) Tonight I'm going to live like a man with a million dollars!
WHITE What are you talking about? You haven't got a million dollars!
CHANDLER How much money are you and I paid each week, Jeff?
WHITE Eighteen dollars. Why?
CHANDLER And how much of that eighteen dollars do you spend each week?
WHITE All of it, of course.
CHANDLER Well, I don't. Each week I save one dollar out of my eighteen. Then,
every ten weeks, I can buy myself an evening to remember.
WHITE What do you do?
CHANDLER I put on my finest clothes, go to one of the best restaurants in New York,
eat the most expensive food on the menu, drink the best wine, and then
take a taxi home!
WHITE( ) Why?
CHANDLERWhy? Because it makes me feel wonderful to sit with some of 'the richest
people in America, and to make them think that I'm rich, too.
WHITE You're crazy!
CHANDLER (Laughing) Perhaps I am!
Mrs Black comes in.
MRS BLACK Ah, Mr Chandler. I wanted to see you.
CHANDLER Good evening, Mrs Black. What a lovely evening!
MRS BLACK Lovely evening perhaps, but you haven't paid me for your room this
month. When am I going to get the money?
CHANDLER Soon, Mrs Black. Very soon.
Mrs Black looks at Chandler s clothes.
MRS BLACK You can spend money on expensive clothes, but you can't pay for your
room. Is that right?
CHANDLER (Hurrying away) Good night, Mrs Black!This is most probably part of .
| A．a play | B．a novel | C．a poem | D．a speech |
Which of the following is the most suitable for ?
| A．Excited | B．Surprised. | C．Bored. | D．Scared |
What can we learn about Chandler?
| A．He is a man of great wealth. |
| B．He is a man of great wisdom. |
| C．He is not very practical. |
| D．He is not very confident. |
【湖南省益阳市2015年中考英语试题】回答问题（共5小题，计10分）
阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容回答问题。
Liu Wei is very famous in China because he can play the piano with his toes(脚趾).
One day when Liu Wei was only 10 years old, he played a game with some friends. He lost
both his arms because of electricity.
Liu Wei was very sad when both his arms were cut off after the accident. But soon he had to
make a choice.
“For people like me, there were only two choices. One was to give up all the dreams, which
would cause a quick death. The other was to work hard without arms to live an excellent life.”
says Liu Wei.
Liu Wei’s dream was to be a pianist. He learned to play the piano with his toes. And teaching
himself to play the piano with his toes was very hard. Many times he wanted to give up, but his
parents went on encouraging him and he wanted to make his parents proud.
Maybe you can not believe that Liu Wei is able to play well only with his toes. The audience(观众) were deeply moved and very excited when they watched his performance.What can Liu Wei play the piano with?
How old was Liu Wei when he lost his arms?
Was Liu Wei very unhappy when both his arms were cut off？
Who encouraged Liu Wei to play the piano?
How did the audience feel when they watched Liu’s performance?