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Jack was a carpenter(木匠). He was living in a village. His mother died a long time ago. His aged father, Ken, lived with him. Ken could not even walk well. He was so weak. It was because Jack did not give him enough food. He only gave his father a small bowl made from earth. Even a little rice in the bowl appeared to be much.
Jack had a son. His name is Mike. He was a very good boy. He loved his grandfather. He had great respect for the old man. He did not like his father’s attitude to his grandfather.
One day Ken was eating his food out of the earthen(土制的) bowl. The bowl fell down and broke into pieces. The food also fell on the floor. Jack saw the broken bowl. He was very angry with his father. The old man felt bad about what happened. He was sorry for his mistake.
Mike saw this. He did not like what his father did, but he was afraid to speak against his father. The next day, Mike took some of his father’s tools and a piece of wood. He worked with the tools to make a wooden bowl. His father saw him working.
“What are you making, Mike?”he asked.
“I am making a wooden bowl! ”replied Mike. “I am making it for you, father. When you grow old, like my grandfather, you will need a bowl for food. A bowl made from earth may break very easily. So I want to give you a wooden bowl”
After hearing this, Jack felt sorry and regretted having treated his father badly.
What kind of bowl did Jack’s father own?

A．A wooden bowl.	B．An earthen bowl.
C．A golden bowl.	D．A plastic bowl.

Why did Jack give his father a small bowl to have dinner?

A．Because it was expensive.

B．Because it wasn’t easy to break.

C．Because his father liked the bowl.

D．Because the food in it appeared to be much.

What’s the Chinese meaning of the underlined word “attitude”?

A．策略

B．思想

C．态度

D．好心

What’s the true reason of Mike’s making a wooden bowl?

A．To make a better bowl for his grandfather.

B．To learn the skills of a carpenter.

C．To prepare a bowl for his father.

D．To teach his father a lesson.

What’s the title of the passage?

A．Two broken bowls	B．A wooden bowl
C．A little grandson	D．A poor old man

Mr Wang is travelling abroad. Now he is staying in a hotel.Here is the information of his room card on both sides.

(response zone:感应区; check out:办理退房手续)
Mr Wang’s hotel is ________.

A．at the corner of King Street

B．next to a park

C．near a bank on King Street

D．between a park and a bank

If you want to know more about Hotel Eiffel, you can ________.

A．call the police

B．go to the bank

C．visit the hotel’s website

D．return the card to the Service Centre

Mr Wang can take________ buses to the hotel.

A．Two

B．Three

C．Four

D．Five

If Mr Wang gets lost, he can _______.

A．take Bus 74 to the hotel

B．wait until the light is green

C．search the Internet at the response zone

D．call the hotel at the phone number on the card

The card can be used ________.

A．to open the door

B．to close the door

C．to take a bus for free

D．to find the way back home

Mistakes are great teachers. Success comes to those who are willing to risk making mistakes to achieve their goals and wishes, and who are able to learn from those mistakes. And in order to learn from mistakes , you must be willing to pay for them .
Mistakes can be very valuable, but when you try to get others to pay for your mistakes, then you lose the chance to learn from them. When something goes wrong, it's usually very easy to find someone else’s mistakes, but is that useful?
Much of the value of mistakes comes from the fact that they need a cost that must be paid. The person who learns the most from a mistake is the one who pays the price for that mistake.
When you make a mistake, what you shouldn’t do is to run away from it. You need to accept it because you can learn a lot from it. The mistake has been made, so make the most of it. Pay the price, learn the lesson, and grow that much stronger.
When you make a mistake, don't look back at it long. Remember the causes , and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed. The present is still in your power. Make full use of your mistakes to achieve your goals and wishes.

Mistakes are great teachers
People who can_____	Success comes to those who not only achieve their goals and wishes at the risk of making mistakes_____learn from and pay for them.
When you make mistakes	Don’t run away from them. It’s easy but______to find someone else’s mistakes.
The value of mistakes	You can learn a lot from mistakes and grow stronger by ______them and paying the price for them.
The suggestions	When you make mistakes, remember _______you make them and then look forward because you can’t change the past.The present is still in your power, so make full use of your mistakes to achieve your goals and wishes

Millions of British people have ditched the traditional “thank you” and took the place of it with the less formal(正式的) “cheers”, according to a survey.
Although the common person will say “thank you” nearly 5,000 times a year, one in three are more likely to add a “cheers” or “ta” where it’s needed to show they are fashionable.
One in twenty now say “nice one” instead, while the younger are more likely to offer a “cool” than a “thank you”.
“Merci”, “fab” and even “gracias” were also listed as common expressions to use, as “much appreciated(感激)”.
One in twenty who took part in the survey of 2,000 people by the Food Network UK for Thank You Day, which is marked on November 24, 2011, said a formal “thank you” was now not often needed in everyday conversation. More than one in ten adults said they regularly(有规律地) won’t say thank you if they are in a bad mood. Most people stated(陈述) that saying thank you was something that their parents trained them. A huge 70 percent of those who are questioned will say thank you to a person’s face without even meaning it, while one fifth avoid(避免)saying it when they know they should.
It seems our friends and family get the stress of our bad manners. Half of them admit (承认) they’re not good at thanking those closest to them. Many of them explain that they don’t say thank you because their family “already know I’m thankful”.
When spoken words won’t do, it falls to a nice text to do the job for most people.
One third will still send a handwritten thank-you note---but 45 percent admit it’s been more than six months since they tried to send one.
A quarter of British people say “thank you” with food, with 23 percent cooking a meal to show their appreciation to someone. Another 15 percent make a cake.
It follows that 85 percent of people will be angry because of not getting the gratitude (感激)they feel they should receive.
Most of the people who took part in the survey say that they say “thank you” _______.

A．when they are in good mood

B．completely out of habit

C．when they feel truly grateful

D．purely out of politeness

The underlined word “ditched” in Paragraph 1 means “________”.

A．gave up

B．used

C．shared

D．knew

It can be learned from the passage that _______.

A．different ways of expressing gratitude are all fashionable

B．people should avoid saying “thank you” nowadays

C．a thank-you note is still appreciated by most people

D．people in a bad mood never say “thank you”

Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Most people express their gratitude to others by buying food for them.

B．About fifty percent of people try not to say thank you when they should.

C．Most people may feel natural when they fail to receive others’ gratitude.

D．Many people think it unnecessary to say thanks to their family members.

It seems that there’s a good reason why dogs are always seen as man’s best friend. Scientists have found that dogs are the only animals that can read emotion(情感)in faces much like humans. The finding suggests that like an understanding friend, dogs can see if we are happy, sad, pleased or angry.
When humans look at a new face, their eyes usually look across the left, falling on the right hand side of the person’s face first. A possible reason for this is that the right side of the human face is better at expressing emotions.
Scientists have now shown that pet dogs also have “left gaze bias(左视偏好)”, but only when looking at human faces. No other animal has been known to do like this before. Dr. Kun Guo with his team showed 17 dogs the pictures of human, dog and monkey faces as well as something else. The dogs’ eyes and heads show a strong left gaze bias when the animals see human faces. But this did not happen when they were shown other pictures, including those of dogs.
Guo suggests that over thousands of years living with humans, dogs may have developed the left gaze bias as a way to guess our emotions.
“Recent studies show that the right side of our faces can express emotions better than the left. If true, then it makes sense for dogs and humans to see the right hand side of a face first.”
Why are dogs seen as man’s best friend according to the passage?

A．Because dogs are the closest animals to humans.

B．Because dogs can read the emotions in humans’ faces easily.

C．Because dogs can understand us better when we feel sad.

D．Because dogs are good at expressing emotions.

The dogs’ left gaze bias helps them _______.

A．get along well with humans

B．express emotions quickly

C．have more understanding friends

D．remember more new faces

The passage mainly wants to tell us that _______.

A．dogs have been man’s best friends for thousands of years

B．humans have a “left gaze bias”

C．the “left gaze bias” works on all animals

D．dogs can read emotions the same as humans

A．Sing Chinese songs and dance.	B．Dance and watch English movies.
C．Play the guitar and play sports.	D．Tell stories and play games.