Who has the smelliest sneakers?
How can you get $2,500 easily? All you need is a pair of smelly sneakers(臭球鞋). This is the true story in America in the Rotten Sneaker Contest.
This year in March, there was the annual(每年一度) Rotten Sneaker Contest in America. This contest first came out in 1975. The person who had a sporting goods(商品) store first had the idea to promote a kind of new shoes.
This year the winner was a girl named Casey Adams. She walked her dog and cleaned out her chicken coop(鸡笼) with this pair of sneakers. So with her sneakers, there was the smell of dog and chicken poop(粪便).
Other children in this contest all wore their sneakers to join the contest. However, Casey’s sneakers were so smelly that she had to take them inside some bags by car. Finally, Casey got the prize money and a trip to New York to watch a show for free.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。Which Rotten Sneaker Contest did Casey win?
| A．The 36th. | B．The 37th. | C．The 38th. | D．The 39 th. |
The underlined work“promote” means “ ”in Chinese.
| A．试验 | B．展览 | C．推销 | D．维修 |
How did Casey make her sneakers with the smell of chicken poop?
| A．She walked chickens. | B．She washed chickens. |
| C．She lived with chickens. | D．She cleaned out the chicken coop. |
How did Casey take her sneakers to the contest?
| A．Wore them there. | B．Sent them there. |
| C．Took them inside some bags. | D．Took them inside a shoe box. |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．It’s a contest in the UK. |
| B．The winner of the contest can get $2,500. |
| C．A shoe maker first had the idea of this contest. |
| D．Casey went on a trip to London with the prize money. |
Dear editor,
My English teacher is very strict with us. Several days ago, when we were in class, Tom asked me a question. But my English teacher thought we were speaking in class. She asked us to stand at the back of the classroom for a few minutes. This made me unfair. After that, I feel nervous in her class, so I don’t like her class. However, I really want to learn English well. What should I do?
Yours,
Mike
Dear Mike,
I am sorry you are having difficulty with your English class. Every teacher wants his or her students to study hard. So I think you should have a talk with your English teacher and tell her what you were doing with Tom that day. If she knows your worries, maybe she will help you with your English. And she will be pleased to hear you want to learn English well. Of course, you should know that what your teacher did was good for you. When you are not trying as hard as you can, she has to stop it and try to help you. Wish you have a better life!
Yours,
EditorWhat’s wrong with Mike?
| A．He doesn’t like learning English. |
| B．He meets trouble with his English teacher. |
| C．He doesn’t know how to get on well with his English teacher. |
| D．He doesn’t like English any longer. |
Mike feels nervous in English classes because ____.
| A．he doesn’t like his English teacher |
| B．he can’t speak in class |
| C．his English teacher punished(惩罚) him |
| D．his English is poor |
In the editor’s opinion, the English teacher asked Mike to stand for a while because _____.
| A．she didn’t like him |
| B．she didn’t think Mike was learning English hard at that time |
| C．Mike was bad at English |
| D．Mike was making much noise |
The teacher will _____ if Mike has a talk with her.
| A．be even angrier |
| B．ask him to stand for some time once again |
| C．be pleased |
| D．say sorry to him |
Which of the following sentences is TRUE according to(根据) the passage?
| A．Mike dislikes English classes, but he wants to learn English well. |
| B．Mike wants the editor to tell his English teacher the truth. |
| C．The editor gave Mike some advice, but it didn’t work. |
| D．The teacher hates Mike much more than before. |
One day, a boy had a fight with one of his classmates. He didn’t wait until school was over, and hurried home to his grandfather. He told him his story angrily. “He is really bad,” the boy said, “and I hate him.”
The grandfather said, “Let me tell you a story. When I was a boy, I, too, sometimes hated others for what they did…”
As the boy listened carefully, the grandfather went on,“There are always two tigers inside my heart. One is good and kind. He gets on well with everything around him. But the other is bad and unfriendly. Even the smallest thing will make him angry. He fights with everyone all the time, and for no reason. He can’t think carefully because he always hates others. It is difficult to live with these two tigers inside my heart. They both try to control me.”
The boy looked into his grandfather’s eyes and asked,“Which tiger always controls you, Grandfather?”
The old man said slowly and seriously, “The one that I feed. I always feed the good and kind tiger, so I never hate others and seldom get angry now.”
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。The boy went to his grandfather ____.
| A．before he went to school | B．when he went to school |
| C．after school was over | D．after he had a fight |
The good tiger ____ everything around him.
| A．doesn’t like | B．gets along well with | C．isn’t interested in | D．wants to eat |
The bad tiger fights with everyone all the time ____.
| A．because others wants to kill him |
| B．because he wants to eat others |
| C．for no reason |
| D．because others aren’t friendly to him |
The good tiger can control the grandfather because ____.
| A．the good tiger is much stronger |
| B．the good tiger can get along well with others |
| C．the grandfather treats the tiger very well |
| D．the grandfather hates the bad tiger |
The writer wants to tell us ____ in the passage.
| A．how to feed tigers well | B．how to control our feelings |
| C．how to get along with others | D．how to fight with others |
Do you get angry when your friends sing loudly? Or when your best friend does not wait for you after school?
If you do, you need to control(控制) your feelings and stop getting angry so easily. Getting angry easily can make you lose friends.
Gary Egeberg, an American high school teacher, wrote My Feelings are Just Like Wild Animals to help you control your feelings. It tells teens how to stay cool when bad things happen to them. The book says that getting angry only makes problems worse. It can not make them better. “Getting angry is not a natural way to act”, the book says. It is just a bad habit, like smoking. The book says you can control your anger easily, and all you have to do is to tell yourself not to be angry.
When a baby falls over, it cries only when people are watching it. Like a baby, you can only get angry if you are sure it is the right thing to do.
The book gives many suggestions to help you if you get angry easily. Here are the top three.
①Keep a record. Every time you get angry, write down why you are angry. Look at it later and you will see you get angry too easily.
②Ask your friends to stop talking to you when you get angry. This will teach you not to be angry.
③Do something different. When you get angry, walk away from the problem and go somewhere else. Try to laugh!
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。The writer wants to tell us ____.
| A．not to get angry easily | B．to work hard at school |
| C．to do more exercises | D．to help each other |
The writer thinks that if you get angry easily you will ____.
| A．get ill very easily | B．lose your friends | C．put on weight easily | D．eat less |
My Feelings are Just Like Wild Animals is a ____.
| A．story | B．book | C．picture | D．film |
My Feelings are Just Like Wild Animals mainly tells us ____.
| A．what to read | B．how to read | C．how to stay cool | D．how to learn English well |
In the fourth paragraph, the underlined word “it” refers to(指的是)____.
| A．the book | B．anger | C．habit | D．the baby |
Do you want to make friends with others? Please remember to keep your words all the time. In this way, people around you will get along well with you.
To make friends and keep them, you have to keep your words. If you agree to meet someone at a certain time, you should arrive at the place on time or a little earlier. If you agree to help others, you must do it. Of course if there is something unexpected(没有预料到的) happening and you can’t do what you have agreed to do, your friends will understand this.
He is always lying or making excuses for breaking his words. Would you like to have him as one of your best friends? You wouldn’t. And your own friends feel the same way.
So, be more careful when you have to agree to do something for your friends. Don’t have “Maybe”in your mind when you say something about what you are going to do.The underlined phrase keep one’s words means ____ in Chinese.
| A．记住单词 | B．记录语言 | C．保存语言 | D．信守诺言 |
If you want to make friends, it is very important to ____.
| A．keep your words | B．be funny | C．be kind to them | D．be helpful for them |
You wouldn’t mind if ____.
| A．your friends agree to help you |
| B．they are helpful |
| C．there is something unexpected happening |
| D．they are late |
Who can be your best friend?
| A．He is always being late. | B．He is always lying. |
| C．He is always breaking his words. | D．He is always keeping. |
We can know that ____ from the passage.
| A．we shouldn’t agree to help others |
| B．we should be ready to help others |
| C．it’s difficult to make friends |
| D．we should keep our words when we make friends |
People often like collecting things. Collecting stamps, books, pictures and pens are some common hobbies. I know many kinds of collections, but do you know the collection of clocks? My friend Mr. Clock, a short man, has the hobby. He has one thousand five hundred clocks.
There are clocks here and there in his house. You can see lots of clocks on the shelves. As there is not enough room for so many clocks, the man has to put clocks into some boxes under the beds in his house .
Mr. Clock likes his large collection of clocks, but his wife , Mrs. Clock does not enjoy them at all. She complains (抱怨) every day because she has to do much work, for it is not easy to clean hundreds of clocks. She also complains about the noise. Each clock keeps a different time. So she can hear the chimes almost any time day and night. There is something even worse. With so many clocks around, she is never able to know the correct time !Mr. Clock likes collecting _________.
| A．stamps | B．pictures | C．watches | D．clocks |
Mr. Clock collected about _________ clocks.
| A．1,050 | B．1,500 | C．1,550 | D．5,010 |
The underlined word “chimes ” means________ in the passage.
| A．报点声 | B．钟摆 | C．温度 | D．刻度 |
Mrs. Clock complains every day because _______.
| A．she has to clean many clocks |
| B．she can hear the chimes any time at home |
| C．she can’t know the correct time |
| D．A, B and C |
From the passage we know __________________.
| A．all the clocks in Mr. Clock’s home tell the same time |
| B．Mr. Clock enjoys collecting the clocks，but Mrs. Clock doesn’t like it at all |
| C．no clock works well in their house |
| D．Mr. Clock only put the clocks on the shelves |