In China，people born in and after the 1980s are called the post-80s generation(一代人)．Most of them come from single-child families. However，this generation is playing a more and more important part in China，and their image in people’s minds is changing．Han Han,a popular youth writer,is one of them．
Han Han was born in 1982 in Shanghai．His talent for writing was clear at an early age．When he was 17,he drew the public’s attention with the article Viewing the People through the Glass. The article won first prize in the national New Concept Composition Competition．Later，Han Han again surprised the public by leaving high school. “I did poorly in Grade One of high school and failed to move up to the next grade. I tried my best to improve my studies，but failed ,so I gave up. However ,I am always learning, since learning and going to school are two different things.” Han Han said.
Han Han’s first novel Three Folded Gates sold very well in China．Later the book wastranslated(翻译)into several languages and sold abroad．
In the following years,Han Han wrote a lot of books. All of them were welcomed by the market．In 2006，he started blogging(写博客)and had great success. Today，Han Han’s blog has become one of the honest blogs on the Internet．The post-80s generation__________．
| A．have changed China’s image |
| B．are playing an important role in China |
| C．are very good at writing |
| D．are people who are more than 80 years old |
What can we learn from Han Han’s words in the second paragraph?
| A．He was good in all his subjects． |
| B．He never studied hard at school． |
| C．His school life was interesting and colourful |
| D．He didn’t stop learning after he left school． |
When did Han Han begin to write a blog?
| A．When he was seventeen. | B．When he was fourteen |
| C．When he was twenty | D．When he was twenty-four. |
Which of the following is TRUE,according to the passage?
| A．Three Folded Gates was only sold in China. |
| B．Nobody was surprised that Han Han left high school. |
| C．Han Han was not liked by the post-80s generation. |
| D．Han Han’s blog is very popular on the Internet. |
What does the passage mainly talk about?
| A．The post-80s generation. |
| B．Han Han,a popular post-80s writer. |
| C．Blogging on the Intemet. |
| D．Popular books written by Han Han. |
Jack and Jim were classmates. They lived in the same town. After they left school, Jack kept a flower shop and Jim became a doctor in a hospital. Jim made a girlfriend. He bought a red rose for her each day to show his love. The flowers made his girlfriend very happy. Sometimes he took the rose to her himself But when he was very busy in the hospital, he asked Jack to send the rose to her instead of him.
One afternoon, Jim came to the flower shop and said to Jack,“ I will go to another town on business today. So I have no time to give the letter and the flowers to my girlfriend. Please send the letter and twenty-four roses to her"
In the evening, when Jack was busy in the shop, Jim came in and looked very angry.
“Jack, how many roses did you give my girlfriend this morning?” I gave her thirty roses." answered Jack.
"Why did you do that?"
"You often buy flowers in my shop for your girlfriend, so I want to give her six more flowers. What happened then?"
“ How foolish you are!" he threw the letter on the table,‘‘ Read it yourself." Jack picked it up and began to read:
My dear,
Today is your birthday. I hope you will like my present---the roses. One rose means one year. Wish you are always charming.
JimWhere did Jim work?
| A．In a flower shop | B．In a hospital | C．In another town | D．We don't know |
What did Jim give his girlfriend every day?
| A．A letter | B．A rose | C．a letter and a rose | D．It isn't mentioned. |
How did his girlfriend feel when she got the flowers on her birthday?
| A．Happy | B．Angry | C．Sad | D．Sorry |
How old was the girl?
| A．Thirty | B．Twenty | C．twenty- four | D．thirty-six |
Why was Jim so angry? .
| A．Because the roses were too expensive. |
| B．Because Jack didn't send the roses to his girlfriend. |
| C．Because Jack sent too many roses to his girlfriend. |
| D．Because Jack saw the letter. |
An old man died and left his son a lot of money. But the son was a foolish young man,and he quickly spent all the money, so that soon he had nothing left.Of course ,when that happened, all his friends left him.When he was quite poor and alone, he went to see Nasreddin, who was a kind, clever old man and often helped people when they had troubles.
"My money has finished and my friends have gone,"said the young man. "What will happen to me now?"
"Don't worry , young man,"answered Nasreddin."Everything will soon be all right again.Wait ,and you will soon feel much happier."
The young man was very glad."Am I going to get rich again then? " he asked Nasreddin.
"No, I didn't mean that," said the old man."I meant that you would soon get used to being poor and to having no friends."An old man died and left his son_______.
A.nothing B.some gold C. much money When the son was________, he went to see Nasreddin.
A.short of money B.quite poor and sick C.quite poor and aloneThe young man was very glad because Nasreddin said that________.
A.he would become rich again
B. he would soon feel much happier
C.he would become clever Nasreddin meant the young man______.
A.would get rich again
B. would get used to having nothing
C.would get used to being in trouble What this story tells us is________.
A.that money is everything
B.that money makes the mare go
C.that misfortune tests the sincerity of friends
Albert Einstein was born in 1879. As a boy he was not happy in school. He seemed to be slower than others and he often failed in his exams. Most of his teachers did not like him. His parents, however, loved him very much. They often said to the teachers, “Albert is a bright boy. He failed in some of the exams because he had no interest in those subjects.” They believed their son would do something great. One day, the Einsteins and their friends were having a picnic by the riverside. Someone said, “See how the other children play and laugh, but not Albert. He just sits and looks off across the river.” Albert’s mother heard this and said, “Albert is quiet, because he’s thinking. Let’s wait and see. He’ll become a great scientist, I believe.”
She was right. Later, Albert became one of the greatest scientists in the world. He won the Nobel Prize for physics in 1921.Albert Einstein was _________.
A. an artist B. a journalist C. a scientistHe won the Nobel Prize for _______in 1921.
A. medicine B. physics C. chemistryEinstein often failed in some exams because___________.
A. he was quiet
B. he wasn’t interested in those subjects
C. he was not cleverEinstein’s mother ________.
A. understood her son
B. complained about her friend
C. was pleased with the teachersWhich of the following is TRUE?
A. Einstein enjoyed playing with others.
B. Einstein was happy at school.
C. Einstein was born in Germany.
December 25th is Christmas Day. In most countries it is the most important day in the year. All the people come back to their homes to have the day with their parents or their children. On Christmas Day bells ring everywhere. The ringing bells tell people Christmas is coming. People sing and dance day and night. They have a good time.
Most families buy a Christmas tree for their children. And there are some presents hanging from the tree here and there. People also put presents in children’s stockings. In many places, Father Christmas himself brings presents to them. He is a kind man and in red clothes. There is a big bag on his back. In it there are a lot of presents.
Christmas is also a day when people enjoy all kinds of food. But some poor people have no homes and have no food to eat. They die of cold and hunger(饥饿)on Christmas Day.
根据以上短文内容，请判断下列句子的正误，正确的用“T”，错误的用“F”。Christmas is a very important day in some countries in a year.
Many people have a good time on Christmas Day.
Father Christmas wears red clothes.
There are a lot of Christmas trees in Father Christmas’bag.
Some poor people die on Christmas Day because they have no homes and no food to eat.
Mr. Ellis is very old. He has seen many changes in his home town.
He knows that things are different now. But he never forgets the old days. He likes to talk about them. He often talks about his favourite（最喜欢的）birds, the robins （一种小小鸟——鸫）. "When I was a boy, these houses were not here. There were wide fields and tall trees. Every spring robins would come. Thousands of them would fly up to the north from the south. They spent the winter in the south. Some would build their nests（巢）in the trees near our houses. Then people started to cut down trees, and they built more houses. The robins stopped coming. They couldn't build their nests near our houses because there were no trees."
"Now there are too many houses and too many roads. There are no places for the robins. They do come any more（不再）."Mr. Ellis often talks about________.
| A．his old house | B．the old days |
| C．his life now | D．his family |
The birds, the robins, spent the winter in________.
| A．the south | B．the west |
| C．the north | D．the east |
________ built the nests in the trees.
| A．Mr. Ellis | B．Some people |
| C．The robins | D．Some dogs |
Then people________ trees because they wanted to build more houses.
| A．cut down | B．planted | C．bought | D．watered |
From the passage（短文）we can know that________.
| A．Mr. Ellis likes his new life now |
| B．there were many houses there in the old days |
| C．the robins can make their nests without trees |
| D．Mr. Ellis is not happy with the changes there |