Here is an interview with a painter. Read and choose the best.
Reporter:Mr Shum, you were one of Taiwan’s most outstanding youths last year. Why was that?
Mr Shum:Well, I can tell you that there are two reasons.First, I am a painter. Second, and more important reason is I am handicapped﹙残疾的﹚。I have no arms and only one leg.
Reporter:Well, how do you paint then if you’ve got no arms? Do you use your foot?
Mr Shum:Hah! For some handicapped people, it’s true and they are able to use their feet.No,I use my mouth. I put my paintbrush or my crayons or pencils or whatever I am using in my mouth. I hold it firmly in my teeth and paint or draw like that. It was a little strange for me at first, but it quickly became very easy.
Reporter:I know you feel that you are first a painter and only secondly that you are a disablbed person, but can we talk first about your handicap?
Mr Shum:Well,in fact I think of myself firstly as a person, secondly as a painter and thirdly as someone with a physical handicap. Can I say that I am not happy with the word “handicapped”?
I am a popular painter because my paintings are good, not because they were painted by a handicapped person. “handicapped”means you can’t do anything. It is difficult for me to do some things like getting dressed.
Reporter: Were you born with your handicap?
Mr Shum:No. An accident happened to me when I was 15 years old.After that I became depressed﹙沮丧﹚and even tried to end my life, but my mother was always there for me.Mr Shum is a painter who has no ____.
| A．mouth | B．teeth | C．feet | D．arms |
Mr Shum thinks himself first as ____.
| A．a person | B．a painter | C．a hit | D．a star |
He doesn’t like the word“handicapped”because it suggests ______.
| A．he can do anything |
| B．there are some things he can’t do |
| C．there are somethings he can do very well |
| D．he doesn’t want others to look him down |
What does the underlined word“firmly”in this passage mean?
| A．紧紧地 | B．随意地 | C．缓缓地 | D．轻轻地 |
What can we learn from Mr Shum’s story?
| A．Comfort in living by painting |
| B．Pleasure of living with a brave mother |
| C．Help gives people happiness. |
| D．What really matters is how you face it. |
Some students think it difficult to learn English well. That’s because they don’t find the right way. I think reading is very important for students. The more you read, the better you’ll understand.
Reading is helpful to listening, speaking and writing. If you often read English aloud, you’ll improve your listening. On the other hand, listening a lot can help you to read better. Reading English everywhere when you are free, if you wish. You can get a lot of knowledge when you read. Sometimes you need to express your ideas, you can either speak or write. That means you are using what you learned from reading. The same as Chinese, the more you read, the better you can write. If you want to remember something, you should read again and again.
So from now on, you’d better do more reading. It’s a good way to learn English well. Some students think it difficult to learn English well because _________.
| A．they don’t work hard | B．they are afraid of English. |
| C．they don’t find the right way | D．they aren’t clever |
Reading is helpful to ________.
A. speaking B. listening C. writing D. A. B & CThe writer thinks ________ is a good way to learn English well.
| A．the better you write | B．doing more reading |
| C．the more you remember | D．the more you write |
In Chinese studying, the more you read , _________.
| A．the better you speak | B．the better you write |
| C．the more you remember | D．the more you write |
The title of this passage may be _________.
| A．English is important | B．Reading is helpful |
| C．English is difficult | D．Reading is important |
Have you ever heard the saying "If you want a friend, be one"? If you want to make friends with others, you should be friendly to them first.
Here is how one new teacher made friends with the students in her class on the first day of school. As the bell rang, the teacher smiled （微笑） at each student. Then she said in a quiet voice,"Good morning. How nice it is to have all of you in my class this year. I'd like to know each of you. I am sure we will enjoy working together." Her voice was sweet（甜美的） and her look was friendly, so everyone felt happy.
She told the students her name and wrote it on the blackboard. Then she told them some of the things she liked to do and she hoped to do with them during the year. Then she said to the boys and girls, "Now you know my name and the things I like and I want to know your names and the things you like."
Could you make friends by doing the same as this teacher did?
One way of getting to know girls and boys in your class is to find out more about them. People often make friends with those who are the same as them. You play the same games and go on vacations together. It is a good way to make friends.完成句子。One way of getting to know girls and boys in your class is to .
| A．Australia | B．New Zealand |
| C．Zimbabwe | D．Norway |
| A．the health |
| B．both the health and happiness |
| C．the number |
| D．the progress |
| A．13 | B．40 |
| C．89 | D．46 |
| A．平均 | B．年龄 |
| C．极限 | D．寿命 |
| A．Niger. | B．Japan. | C．Oman. | D．China. |
There are many things we should know, but we do not learn them at school. For example, if we want to use our money better, we need to shop carefully. We need to know how to compare（比较） the prices of the things in different shops. We also should know how to make the best choice when we shop.
Knowing how to make such choices is a life skill, and we should practice it in our daily life.
| A．Supermarket W. | B．Supermarket T. |
| C．Supermarket Y. | D．Supermarket U. |
| A．Supermarket W, Supermarket U |
| B．Supermarket Y, Supermarket T |
| C．Supermarket W, Supermarket Y |
| D．Supermarket U, Supermarket T |
| A．Supermarket W. | B．Supermarket U. |
| C．Supermarket Y. | D．Supermarket T. |
| A．Supermarket W. |
| B．Supermarket T. |
| C．Supermarket U. |
| D．Supermarket Y. |
| A．The environment. | B．The service. |
| C．The business hours. | D．The price. |
Baseball is one of the favorite sports in the U.S.A. Children play baseball in sports fields or parks.
At summer picnic, there is often an informal（非正式的） baseball game. Boys and girls, young and old take turns to play. There are nine players on each team.
The baseball season goes from April to September. During this time, baseball matches are showed on TV and members of the important baseball teams become America's heroes（英雄）. At the end of the season, the two top teams play against each other. Many baseball fans go along to watch the game. Millions of others listen to the radio or watch television. People seem to talk only about the game. Even long after it is over, they still talk about the result and the players.
American football is perhaps the most popular sport in the U.S.A. The football season begins when the baseball season ends. More people are interested in football than baseball. When there is an important game, thousands of people sit beside radios or in front of television sets to get the result.
| A．seven | B．eleven | C．four | D．nine |
| A．April to September | B．March to September |
| C．January to September | D．May to September |
A. The basketball season B. The football season
C. A basketball match D. A football match
| A．Boys and girls like baseball games. |
| B．More people are interested in football than baseball. |
| C．Just young boys and girls take turns to play in the informal baseball game. |
| D．Children sometimes play baseball in parks. |
A. Baseball B. Table tennis
C. Basketball D. American football