A beautiful and very successful actress was the star of a new musical show. Her home was in the country, but she didn’t want to have to go back there every night. So she rented an expensive flat in the centre of the city, bought some beautiful furniture and hired a man to paint the rooms in new colours.
It was very difficult to get tickets for her show, because everybody wanted to see it, so she decided to give the painter two of the best seats. She hoped that this would make him work better and more willingly for her. He took the tickets without saying anything, and she heard no more about them until the end of the month, when she got the painter’s bill. At the bottom of it were the words: “Four hours watching Miss Ball sing and dance: $3,” with this note: “After 5 p.m., I get fifteen shillings an hour instead of ten shillings.” In this article, “Miss Ball” was the name of _______.
| A．a place where people sang and danced |
| B．a dance party |
| C．an actress |
| D．a ball |
The actress gave the painter two tickets, hoping ________.
| A．he would be pleased |
| B．he would ask less money for his work |
| C．he would charge more money for his work |
| D．he would praise her musical show |
After the painter got the tickets from the actress, he _______.
| A．sold them for $3 | B．went to watch the musical show |
| C．paid $3 for them | D．was very thankful to her |
Years ago, I lived in a building in a large city. The building next door was only a few feet away from mine. There was a woman who lived there, whom I had never met, yet I could see her seated by her window each afternoon, sewing or reading.
After several months went by, I began to notice that her window was dirty. Everything was unclear through the dirty window. I often said to myself, "I wonder why that woman doesn't wash her window. It really looks terrible."
One bright morning I decided to clean my flat, including washing the window on the inside.
Late in the afternoon when I finished the cleaning, I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest. What a surprise! Across the way, the woman sitting by her window was clearly seen. Her window was clean!
Then it dawned on me. I was always criticizing(批评) her dirty window, but all the time I was watching hers through my own dirty window.
That was quite an important lesson for me. How often had I looked at and criticized others through the dirty window of my heart, through my own mistake?
Since then, whenever I wanted to judge(评判) someone, I asked myself first, "Am I looking at him through my own dirty window?"
Then I try to clean the window of my own world so that I may see the world around me more clearly and correctly. The writer couldn't see everything clearly through the window because _________.
| A．the woman's window was dirty |
| B．the writer's window was dirty |
| C．the woman lived nearby |
| D．the writer was near-sighted |
The writer was surprised that _________.
| A．the woman was sitting by her window |
| B．the woman's window was clean |
| C．the woman did cleaning in the afternoon |
| D．the woman's window was still terrible |
"It dawned on me" probably means "_________".
| A．I began to understand it | B．it cheered me up |
| C．I knew it grew light | D．it began to get dark |
It's clear that _________.
| A．the writer never talked to the woman before |
| B．the writer often washed the window |
| C．they both worked as cleaners |
| D．they lived in a small town |
From the passage, we can learn _________.
| A．one shouldn't criticize others very often |
| B．one should often make his windows clean |
| C．one must judge himself before he judges others |
| D．one must look at others through his dirty windows |
One day when Jack was walking in the park, he saw a woman, who lived a few miles away, sitting on a bench(长凳) with a dog beside her. The dog was looking up at the woman.
Jack walked up to the woman and said, "Hello, Sue, how are you? May I sit and talk with you for a while?" "Of course, please sit down," Sue said. Jack sat down next to Sue on the bench, and they talked quietly together. The dog continued to look up at Sue, as if waiting to be fed.
"That's a nice dog, isn't he?" Jack said, pointing(指着) at the animal.
"Yes, he is. He's handsome. He's a bit of a mixture(杂交品种), but that's not a bad thing. He's strong and healthy."
"And hungry," Jack said. "He hasn't taken his eyes off you. He thinks you've got some food for him."
"That's true," Sue said. "But I haven't."
They both laughed and then Jack said, "Does your dog bite?"
"No," Sue said, "He's never bitten anyone. He's always gentle and friendly."
Hearing this, Jack decided to hold out his hand and touched the animal's head. Suddenly it jumped up and bit him.
"Hey!" Jack shouted. "You said your dog didn't bite."
Sue answered in surprise, "Yeah, I did. But this is not my dog. Mine's at home." The dog looked at the woman because _________.
| A．the woman wanted to feed him |
| B．the woman was friendly |
| C．he was strong and healthy |
| D．he was hungry |
Jack and Sue were _________.
| A．friends |
| B．next-door neighbours |
| C．looking for a dog |
| D．feeding the dog |
Jack touched the dog because he believed _________.
| A．the dog was friendly |
| B．Sue's dog was unfriendly |
| C．the dog belonged to Sue |
| D．Sue's dog was at home |
We can learn from the passage that ________.
| A．only Sue loved the dog |
| B．Jack wanted to have Sue’s dog |
| C．the dog wasn't dangerous |
| D．both Jack and Sue liked the dog at first |
Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?
| A．Two Dogs | B．Sue's Dog |
| C．A Pleasant Meeting | D．Sue's Friend |
Here is a list of TV programs in today’s newspaper
Friday,September 29 Channel 2
9:30 Spolen English Competition for High School Students
11:30 Visit to an American Fanily
16:30 American Movie
20:40 English Talk Show
Channel 8
9:00 English News
10:20 Tvserial:World of Amimals
15:10 NBA Games(live)
18:30 Talk Show: Foreign Students Talk About China
CCTV English Service
15:00 English Course:Look Ahead
23:00 English Sports NewsNational Day is_____.
| A．Thursday | B．Friday | C．Saturday | D．Sunday |
If you don’t want to take the English course in the afternoon, you can watch___instead.
| A．the NBA game | B．Look Ahead |
| C．A TV serial | D．English News |
After 10 o’clock at night you can choose____to know some results of the sports that day.
| A．Channel 8 | B．Channel 2 |
| C．CCTV | D．English News |
When can we know the latest result about the NBA game?
| A．At 9:30 | B．At 15:10 |
| C．At abou 17:00 | D．At 10:20 |
If your film ends at 20:20 you can watch the Talk Show________.
| A．on Channel 2 | B．on Channel 8 |
| C．at 23:00 | D．on CCTV |
任务型阅读，读短文，完成1-4题，1判断正误（正确T，错误F），2、3回答问题，4完成句子，5把文中划线句子译成汉语。
The well-known children's character "Big Head Son" will have a new sister in the new book Little Biscuit and Apron Mom, which is coming out next month.
Zheng Chunhua, the author of the book Big Head Son and Small Head Dad, has announced the news in Xiamen. The new book series has 10 volumes (册).
The book Big Head was a bestseller among children's books, and when the book came out in 1995, it was a big hit. Almost every child at the time watched the program and could sing the theme song .
Big Head Son and Small Head Dad was inspired by the author's own family. "My son really has a big head," Zheng Chunhua said. "When my son was little, I never bought T-shirts or hats for him, as they always didn't fit him."
Zheng has two children, her son is almost 30 years old now, and her little daughter, who is a teenager. "My daughter has been jealous（嫉妒）of her brother for many years, as I have written many stories about him, but none about her yet," Zheng said, and this is the reason leading to her creation of the new book.
This book is so popular with the readers and one of them said, “The book is not only interesting but also I have learnt a lot from it.”Big Head Son and Small Head Dad came out in 1995.( )
Did the book Big Head sell very well?
Why did Zhen Chunhua never buy T-shirts or hats for her son?
Zhen Chunhua writes the new book for her .
Zhang Lili, a Chinese language teacher at No.19 Middle School of Jiamusi in Heilongjiang Province, has recently been considered to be “the Most Beautiful Teacher” in China.
At 8:38 pm on Tuesday, May 8th, 2012, Zhang Lili and her several students were waiting for a bus at the school gate when suddenly a school bus lost control and rushed towards them. When she realized the danger, she pushed two students to safety, but she was hit and run over. The 29-year-old teacher lost her legs.
“She is a backbone(骨干) teacher in our school. She works very hard,” said the headteacher.
The heroic teacher was the most popular teacher among the students. “Her students love her a lot. Her room is always full of students when she is free,” said another teacher.
Zhang Lili was also very generous. “My son has lost his father. Every month, Zhang secretly put 100 yuan in his desk from her own salary(工资) to support his studies,” said a boy’s mother, who was waiting outside the emergency room(急诊室) for hours to express how grateful she felt towards Zhang.
Two weeks later, Zhang Lili came out of her coma(昏迷). She wrote a letter to her students, wishing them good luck on their entrance exams for high school. Her letter, 200 words long took her three days to write.Zhang Lili was hit and run over by a school bus when she was ______.
| A．saving her students |
| B．waiting for a bus at a bus stop |
| C．waiting for a bus alone |
| D．taking a walk with her students |
Why is her room is always full of students when she is free?
| A．Because she is generous. |
| B．Because she works hard. |
| C．Because she is a back bone teacher. |
| D．Because she is popular. |
The underlined word “generous” in this passage means ______.
| A．耐心的 | B．慷慨的 | C．快乐的 | D．普通的 |
From this report, we know ______.
| A．the boy’s mother didn’t know Zhang Lili was hurt |
| B．Zhang Lili was pushed to the safe place by her students |
| C．Zhang Lili is a kind, brave and excellent teacher |
| D．Zhang Lili didn’t notice the out-of-control school bus |
According to the last paragraph, we can infer (推断) that ______.
| A．her legs weren’t seriously hurt |
| B．she still cared about her students |
| C．she was not optimistic(乐观的) without legs |
| D．it took her much time to write the letter because of many visitors |