After my husband died, my world crashed around me. My six children were 10, nine, eight, six, three and 18 months, and I was overwhelmed(压垮) with the responsibilities(责任) of earning a living, caring for the children and simply keeping my head above water.
I was lucky to find a wonderful housekeeper to care for the children during the week, but from Friday nights to Monday mornings, the children and I were alone, and frankly(坦诚地) I was uneasy. Every unusual noise or any late-night phone call filled me with fear. I felt really lonely.
One Friday evening I came home from work to find a big beautiful German shepherd(牧羊犬) on our doorstep. It was obvious he wanted to make the house his home. The children took an instant（紧迫的） liking to "German" and begged me to let him in. I agreed to let him sleep in the basement(地下室) until the next day. That night I slept peacefully for the first time in many weeks. The following morning we made phone calls and checked lost-and-found ads for German’s owner, but with no results. Saturday night he was still with us.
On Sunday I had planned to take the children on a picnic. Since I thought it best to leave German behind in case his owner came by, we drove off without him. When we stopped to get gas at a local station, we were amazed to see German racing to the gas station after us. He stayed again Sunday night.
Monday morning I let him out for a run while the children got ready for school. He didn’t come back. We thought we’d never see him again. On Friday evening, German was back again. We took him in, and again he stayed until Monday morning, when our housekeeper arrived. It went like this for almost 10 months. We looked forward to his coming each Monday morning he left home.
Each week, between German's visits, I grew a little braver, but every weekend I enjoyed his company. Then one Monday morning we patted his head and let him out for what turned out to be the last time. He never came back.How long did the German shepherd stay with the family every week?
| A．One day. | B．Two days. |
| C．Three days. | D．Four days. |
What does the underlined part in the first paragraph mean?
| A．trying to keep calm in public |
| B．trying to get attention from other men |
| C．showing her high spirit in the face of trouble |
| D．managing to continue to live |
When the author’s husband died, ______.
| A．she couldn’t raise the six children on her own |
| B．she couldn’t relax on the weekends |
| C．The housekeeper only came on weekends |
| D．she was too busy to feel lonely |
Which of the following is Wrong according to the article?
| A．German was fond of living with the family. |
| B．The writer felt safe and protected with German around. |
| C．The dog stayed until the writer was strong enough to go on alone. |
| D．The writer was too busy that weekend to go find the dog’s owner. |
Which is the best title for the passage?
| A．A homeless dog | B．A friend’s strength |
| C．How to keep a dog | D．Keep up when in trouble |
根据短文内容，选择正确答案填空。
Mr. Smith is an Englishman. He teaches English well. His English classes are very interesting. He likes us and we like him, too.
Mr. Smith has two children---Tom and Lucy. Tom is seven and his sister Lucy is four. Tom goes to school but Lucy doesn’t. Mr. Smith likes to wear a T-shirt and Jeans. Football is his favorite sport. After school, we often have a basketball game. Sometimes Mr. Smith watches and joins us. He plays basketball just for fun.Mr. Smith is________.
| A．a Chinese teacher | B．an English driver |
| C．a Japanese teacher | D．an English teacher |
How many sons does Mr. Smith have? .
| A．Only one | B．Two | C．Three | D．Not any |
Lucy doesn’t go to school because_______.
| A．she looks beautiful | B．she is seven |
| C．she is only four | D．she doesn’t like school |
_______is Mr. Smith’s favorite sport.
| A．Basketball | B．Football | C．Running | D．Volleyball |
The story is about______.
Mr. Smith’s son B. Mr. Smith C. Tom and Lucy D. A basketball game
Around the world, people have different ideas about what good manners are.
When you go to restaurants in different parts of the world, it’s important to know the right and wrong things to do. (2)For example, in China it’s OK to make a lot of noise in a restaurant. In fact, if a restaurant isn’t noisy and lively, you may think there’s something wrong with it. However, in many Western countries, restaurants are quiet places. If a table is too loud, other people who are eating there will be unhappy.
Paying the bill is also (1)__________ __________ country to country. In China one person usually pays for everyone. In Western countries, if friends eat together, they usually share the cost. This is called “ go Dutch”. Also, when Westerners pay the bill, they usually leave some money for the waiter. This is called “leaving a tip(小费)”. Leaving a tip is thought to be polite.
The way people eat food is different in the world, but you can find the same kinds of food in many countries. Chinese and Italian food, for example, are popular all over the world. 在（1）处填上适当的词，使句意完整，上下文通顺：____________ _____________
将（2）句译成中文：__________________________________.
根据短文内容回答问题：
How will other people feel if a table is too loud in Western countries?
_____________________________________________在文中找出 People think it’s polite to leave a tip的同义句：
_______________________________________________在文中找出本文的中心句：____________________________________________
It can be dangerous to travel by sea. Ships sometimes sink(下沉) far away from land. When this happens, the sailors(海员) have to get into small boats. If another ship does not come and help them and they do not have enough food or water, they will die.
Most people believe we must not drink sea water. They believe that if we do, we shall be very ill because of all the salt in the water. A doctor called Alain Bombard did not believe this. He thought that people could stay alive by drinking sea water and eating small fish, animals and plants from the sea. On 19 October 1953, he set out in a small boat to cross the Atlantic Ocean(大西洋). He did not take any food or water with him.
Every day Dr. Bombard drank just a little sea water. He also caught fish and they had water in them. He drank this water. He could not cook the fish, so he ate them as they were. He took small plants from the sea, which gave him more food.
Dr. Bombard became hot, tired and quite ill, but after 65days at sea he was still alive. He traveled 2,750 miles from one side of the Atlantic Ocean to the other, and on 24th,December 1953, he reached Barbados.
He lost 20 kilos, but he showed that people could live on sea water, the animals and plants in the sea.Alain Bombard was ______.
| A．an old sailor | B．a fisherman | C．a cook | D．a doctor |
He wanted to show that _____.
| A．sea water was dangerous | B．sailors often died |
| C．people could drink sea water and not die | D．fish were good for people |
He went across ______.
| A．a large ocean | B．a town | C．a boat | D．a ship |
Dr. Bombard lived on ______.
| A．sea water | B．food that he cooked | C．only fish | D．sea water, fish and small plants |
The story is about _____.
| A．drinking sea water | B．a dying sailor | C．a kind doctor | D．eating good food |
Typhoons(台风) the northern of the world have girls’ names. Sometimes they have very beautiful names. Rose is a pretty name but there was nothing pretty about Typhoon Rose.
It began to rain in Hong Kong on the morning of Monday, August 16th, 1971. At ten o’clock in the morning, Typhoon Rose was still 130 miles away but already the wind was blowing people’s umbrella away. The wind became stronger and stronger. The typhoon shelters were soon full of boats. Ships that were too big to go inside the shelters put down more anchors(锚). Some very big ships went out to the sea. It is safer for a big ship to be at sea in a typhoon because there are no rocks in the open sea. Kai Tak Airport closed. No planes were able to take off or land. At 9:00 in the evening, all the lights went out.
No one slept well that night. It is difficult to sleep in such bad weather.
In Typhoon Rose, more than one hundred people died.229 people were hurt and had and 66 of these had to go to hospital. 1,500 people lost their homes. The people of Hong Kong will not quickly forget Typhoon Rose!What’s the possible result of Typhoon Rose in Hong Kong?
| A．Lots of big ships hit rocks |
| B．More than two hundred people lost their lives and many more lost their homes. |
| C．People didn’t sleep well in such bad weather. |
| D．People turned off all the lights at 9:00 in the evening. |
The people of Hong Kong will not quickly forget Typhoon Rose because.
| A．it caused the terrible losses. |
| B．they didn’t sleep well that night. |
| C．Typhoon Rose wasn’t as pretty as its name. |
| D．they couldn’t find their ships after the typhoon. |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．Typhoons all over the world have girls’ names. |
| B．Typhoons with pretty names are usually beautiful. |
| C．Typhoon Rose only hits Hong Kong. |
| D．Typhoon Rose brought a storm to HongKong in 1971. |
Some big ships didn’t go inside the shelters because________.
| A．they had more anchors | B．it was safer outside |
| C．they were not afraid of rocks | D．it was too expensive for big ships t go inside the shelters. |
This passage is mainly about_________.
| A．the names of typhoons | B．typhoons in Hong Kong |
| C．Typhoon Rose | D．what a typhoon is like |
Top student Liu Weijian had a problem recently. The 14-year-old from Xiamen used to get marks of over 110 points (out of 120 points) on his math tests. ①But during last semester’s final exams, his math score was only 90 points.
“I didn’t know what happened,” said Liu, who kept feeling nervous and frustrated about math during the following month.
Like Liu, many of us experience setbacks (挫折) in life. ②你会怎样应对这些挫折呢？ Would you just let them be and give up?
Liu chose to face his problem. His parents and teacher also gave him help. After some hard work, he now gets marks between 100 and 110 points on his math tests. “Don’t be afraid of setbacks,” he said. “You will beat them.”
Guo Xingjuan in Shenzhen also has a story to tell. The 15-year-old girl is not good at doing sit-ups (仰卧起坐), ③which is necessary for the coming high school P.E. entrance test (体育中考). One has to do at least 35 sit-ups in a minute to pass the test. However, she could only do 20.
Feeling worried, Guo decided to do something. She did sit-ups for half an hour every day after school. Now, after a month, she can do 30 sit-ups a minute. “I finally found what made me slow through practice, and then I improved the skill little by little,” said Guo. “I believe next month I will be able to do 40!”
根据短文内容，完成下列任务。将文中划线的句子①翻译成汉语。
_____________________________________________________________ 将文中划线的句子②翻译成英语。
_____________________________________________________________ 指出文中③处划线的关系词which指代的内容。
____________________________________________________________ 猜测词义。
The underlined phrase “little by little” means “_____________” in Chinese. 回答问题。
What did both Liu Weijian and Guo Xingjuan do when they met with setbacks?
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