My earliest memory of dad is grabbing (抓住) his hand while we walked together. As I older, I remembered my father and I listened to many basketball games on the radio. I always fell asleep the game was over. When I woke up in the morning, the score sheet (计分表) with the score on it would be lying next to me. I’ll always remember that.
On cold mornings my father would drive his bread truck by the house. I used to ride on the floor of that bread truck as he delivered (分送) the bread to the stores. The and the warmth from the bread made me hungry and kept me warm. I’ll always remember that.
My father would attend all my games. One night before an important game my father told me that he wouldn’t be able to watch the game because he had to deliver the bread and it was a three-hour from his route. The next day as the game time drew near, I thought about my dad. I happened to look across the field and saw his bread truck pulling into the stadium. He tried to make the game. I’ll always remember that.
Years later I became a teacher. I’ll never forget the voice on the phone early one morning telling me dad had just been killed in a traffic accident. I could hear my heart beat in my ears. I up the phone and went back to my bedroom. After that nothing was very important to me. One day I was on the playground when a little boy walked up to me and grabbed my hand. His hand held mine the way I used to hold my father’s by the last two fingers. At that moment I found my in life again. You see even though my father was gone, he left something with me. He left me his smile, spirit and touch. My purpose was to use those gifts as he did. From that day I started. I’ll always remember that!
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Some people think that as more and more people have televisions in their homes, fewer and fewer people will buy books and newspapers. Why read an article in the newspaper, when the TV news can bring you the information in a few minutes and with pictures? Why read the life story of a famous man, when a short television program can tell you all that you want to know?
Television has not killed reading, however. Today, newspapers sell in very large numbers. And books of every kind are sold more than ever before. Books are still a cheap way to get information and enjoyment. Although some books with hard covers are expensive, many books are printed today as paperbooks (平装本), which are quite cheap. A paperback collection of short stories, for example, is always cheaper than an evening at the cinema or the theater, and you can keep a book for ever and read it many times.
Books are a wonderful provider of knowledge and pleasure and some types of books should be in every home. Every home should have a good dictionary. A good encyclopedia (百科全书), though expensive, is useful, too, because you can find information on any subject. Besides, you can have such books as history books, science textbooks, cookbooks, and collections of stories and poems. Then from time to time you can take a book of poems off your shelves and read the thoughts and feelings of your favorite poets.It can be inferred from the passage that ____.
| A．Fewer and fewer people will buy books. |
| B．A good dictionary should be kept in every home. |
| C．Books with hard covers sell better than paperbooks. |
| D．More people like TV programs about famous men. |
What does the sentence “Television has not killed reading, however.” underlined in the second paragraph suggest?
| A．People only need reading, though. |
| B．Reading is still necessary today. |
| C．Reading is more fun than television. |
| D．Watching television doesn’t help reading. |
What can we learn from the passage?
| A．TV programs are a chief provider of knowledge. |
| B．Cinemas are the best choice in getting information. |
| C．Reading is cheap way of learning and having fun. |
| D．Newspapers are an expensive way to enjoy oneself. |
British people are famous for drinking tea. But both Sahar and Bobby Green became young millionaires（百万富翁） whenthey opened a chain of American-style（美国风味的） coffee shops in the U.K.
Having the idea：It started when Sahar took a weekend tripto New York to visit her brother Bobby. One evening , in a Thai restaurant，Sahar told Bobby how much she wished she could buy American-style coffee in London . Bobby suggested they start their own coffee shop. Sahar fell in love with the idea.
Doing the Research: Back in London, she spent a whole day on the London subway, getting off the train at differentstations to taste the coffee. “It was terrible, and I know there was a gap （缺口） in the market.”InNovember 1995, they opened their first Coffee Republicshop in central London.
Making it work：The first year was verydifficult.There were problems finding and keeping staff, and British people were not used tothe names of American coffees, like Latte and Macchiato. But being successful was their dream and they were not going to give up . Today , there are over 100 Coffee Republic shops all over the country and the company has revenues（收入） of $30 million a year.
Advice for others: Sahar has now written a best-selling book about their experience, called Anyone Can Do It! She hopes it will help other young people to start their own businesses. She believes success is 1% idea and 99% hard work, but she says, “If you think you have the energy, then get out and follow your dream.”What kind of company do these people run?
| A．Travel. | B．Tea. | C．Coffee. | D．Hotel. |
What relationship is between Sarha and Bobby?
| A．Teacher and student. | B．Sister and brother. |
| C．Doctor and patient. | D．Mother and son. |
What is the passage mainly about?
| A．Sahar’s trip to America. |
| B．Sahar’s wonderful life story. |
| C．The American – style coffee shop |
| D．The success of a family business |
Birthdays are celebrated（庆祝）all over the world. Some ways to celebrate birthdays are rather similar from county to country：candles，cakes，and birthday wishes. But there are also different ways to celebrate birthdays. Here are a few：
Denmark A flag is flown outside a window to show that someone who lives in the house is having a birthday. Presents are placed around the child’s bed while he is sleeping so he will see them at once when he wakes up. |
 IndiaUsually Indian children wear white to school. However, on their birthdays, children wear colored clothes to school and give out chocolate to everyone in the class. Their best friends help them to do this. |
Japan The birthday child wears new clothes to mark the special time. Certain birthdays are more important than others. These are the third and seventh for girls and fifth for boys. |
Holland The birthday child receives an especially large present. The family also puts flowers on the birthday child’s chair to make it beautiful. |
When someone is having a birthday in Denmark，you can see _____ outside the window.
| A．flowers | B．presents | C．a flag | D．a chair |
In _________ flowers are put on the chair of the birthday child.
| A．Japan | B．Denmark | C．India | D．Holland |
In India, birthday children wear _______ clothes to school.
| A．colored | B．long | C．big | D．tight |
| Learning How to Learn $22 Children who read this book show great interest in study. Many pictures will help them understand it easily and quickly. |
| How to Use a Dictionary Picture Book for Children $35 Read this book and learn： How to look up words in a dictionary What the different marks in a dictionary mean How to use a dictionary to pronounce words correctly Buy this book and help children unlock their education. What’s more, you’ll just pay 60% for it before May 10,2010. |
| Basic Study Guidebook $36 Read this book and learn： What the three barriers(障碍) to study are and what to do about them What to do if you are tired of a subject Children read it to improve the ability to study. |
根据表格内容，选择正确答案“” can tell you what to do if you are tired of a subject.
A、Study Skills for Life
B、Learning How to Learn
C、Basic Study GuidebookMany pictures in the book “Learning How to learn” can.
A、make children read slowly
B、make children understand the book easily
C、make children draw beautifullyAccording to the ads, the three books are for.
A、the old B、parents C、childrenIf you buy the three books on May 2nd, 2010, you will just payfor them.
A、＄93 B、＄80 C、＄79The purpose of the three ads is to.
A、sell these books to the children
B、help children learn English
C、help children learn about nature
I found out that sometimes doing someone a favor could get you into a lot of trouble. I was in the eighth grade at the time, and we were having a final test. During the test, the girl sitting next to me said something to me, but I didn’t understand. So I got closer to her and found out that she was trying to ask me if I had an extra pen. She showed me that hers could not write. I happened to have an extra one, so I took it out of my pocket and put it on her desk.
Later, after the test paper had been turned in, the teacher asked me to stay in the classroom when all the other students were out. Then she began to talk to me about honesty and emphasized(重点强调) the fact that when people do something dishonest, they are really cheating themselves. She made me promise that I would think seriously about all the things she had said, and then she told me I could leave. I walked out of the room wondering why she had talked to me about all those things.
The next day, I realized that the teacher thought I had cheated on the test. When she saw me talk to the girl next to me, it looked as if I was copying answers from the girl’s test paper. I tried to explain about the pen, but she said it seemed very strange to her that I hadn’t talked of anything about the pen when she talked to me after the test. She continued to believe that I had cheated on the test.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案The story took place exactly.
A、in the teacher’s office
B、in the classroom
C、in the playgroundWhy did the boy get close to his classmate during the test?
A、Because he wanted to borrow a pen from his classmate.
B、Because he wanted to copy his classmate’s answers.
C、Because his classmate wanted to borrow a pen.When the teacher saw all this, she asked the boy.
A、to go on writing his paper
B、to stop taking the exam
C、to stay in the classroomThe underlined word “cheated” means “” in Chinese.
A、睡觉 B、玩耍 C、作弊The boy realized the teacher made a mistake.
A、the next day
B、when the teacher talked to him
C、on th e day of the test