Each morning a rich man found a poor man sitting on a bench(长凳) in the park. The poor man always sat there, looking at the big hotel in which the rich man lived. One day, the rich man got out of his car and said to the poor man,“Excuse me. I want to know why you sit here and look at my hotel every morning.”“Sir,”said the poor man,“I am a failure. I have no money , no family, no home. I sleep on this bench, and every night I dream that one day I’ll sleep in that hotel.”The rich man said ,“ Tonight your dream will come true. I’ll pay for the best room in that hotel for you a whole month.”
A few days after, the rich man went into the poor man’s room to ask him how he was enjoying himself. To his surprise, he found that the man had moved out of the hotel back to his bench. When the rich man asked why, he said,“You see, when I’m sleeping on my bench, I dreamed I am there, in the big hotel. It’s a wonderful dream. But when I was there I dreamed I was back to this cold bench. It was a terrible dream, and I couldn’t get any sleep at all.”The poor man lived in ____ before he met the rich man.
| A．the hotel | B．his home |
| C．the park | D．the car |
Every morning, the poor man sat on the bench and____.
| A．waited for the rich man | B．looked at the rich man’s hotel |
| C．looked at the rich man’s car | D．enjoyed the clean car |
Every night the poor man dreamed of ______.
| A．sleeping in a hotel | B．becoming rich |
| C．owning that hotel | D．being the rich man’s friend |
The poor man moved out of the hotel because____.
| A．he didn’t want to live in such a fine room |
| B．he didn’t like the rich man |
| C．he couldn’t pay for the room |
| D．he couldn’t get any sleep at all there |
In the end, the poor man found it _________to sleep in the hotel.
| A．sorry | B．nice |
| C．wonderful | D．terrible |
Spiderman is one of the most famous comic book heroes of all time. He was created by Stan Lee in 1963 and was first introduced to the world in the pages of Marvel Comic Books.
Spiderman’s story is the story of Peter Parker, a child who lost his parents and lives with his aunt and uncle. Peter is a shy, quiet boy wearing glasses and has few friends. One day, on a high school class trip to a science lab, he gets bitten by a special spider. Soon Peter realizes he has amazing powers: he is as strong and quick as a spider and also has a type of sixth sense. He no longer needs his glasses and he can use his super power to fly through the city streets! Remembering something his Uncle Ben has told him that with great power, there must also come great responsibility(责任)，Peter decides to use his powers to fight against enemies who do cruel things to people. And so, Spiderman is born.
Life is not easy for Peter even though he is a superhero. He is in love with Mary Jane but he can’t tell her about his amazing powers. Besides, his best friend Harry hates Spiderman! Peter is also short of money and time. He has to sell photos of Spiderman (himself!) to a newspaper and he keeps losing his other jobs because he’s so busy saving people! Yet he has to fight against different kinds of cruel enemies.Who created spiderman ?
| A．Stan Lee. | B．Marvel. | C．Peter parker. | D．Superman. |
What do you know about Peter Parker?
| A．He is loved by his parents. | B．He is outgoing. |
| C．He has a few friend. | D．He is an orphan. |
What happened to Peter Parker after he was bitten by the spider?
| A．He could not see with his eyes. |
| B．He became a spider. |
| C．He developed spider- like powers. |
| D．He was sick. |
What does“With great power, there must also come great responsibility”mean?
| A．Powerful people can do whatever they like. |
| B．People with power are always good. |
| C．Powerful people should have a responsibility to do good. |
| D．Powerful people are to blame for all the bad things that happen. |
In what areas does Peter have problems that are similar to normal people?
| A．Money, time, studying, reading |
| B．Money, work, time, relationships. |
| C．Relationships, sport, money, work. |
| D．Money, work, time, sleep. |
It was Mother’s Day. A man stopped his car at a flower shop to order some flowers. He wanted the shopper to send the flowers to his mother, who lived two hundred miles away.
As he got out of his car, he found a young girl sitting on the road crying.
He asked her what was wrong and she replied,“I want to buy a red rose for my mother, but I only have seventy-five cents. A rose costs two dollars.”
The man smiled and said, “Come into the shop with me, and I’ll buy you a rose.’
He bought the little girl her rose and ordered his own mother’s flowers. As they were leaving, he offered to drive the girl home. She said, “Yes, please! You can take me to my mother.” She brought him to a cemetery(墓地), where she placed the rose on the grave.
The man was moved. He returned to the flower shop, picked up the flowers he ordered, and drove two hundred miles to his mother’s house.
Today is the day for your mother. Send a flower to your kind and beautiful mother.The man went to the shop to ________.
| A．have a rest | B．help the girl | C．buy some food | D．order some flowers |
The man’s mother lived ________ away from him.
| A．2 kilometers | B．75 miles | C．200 miles | D．200 kilometers |
The girl was crying on the road because ________.
| A．she was hungry |
| B．she got hurt |
| C．she couldn’t afford a rose |
| D．she couldn’t find her way home |
After the man bought the girl a rose, they went to ________ together.
| A．the cemetery | B．his shop | C．the girl’s home | D．his mother’s house |
We can learn from the passage that _________.
| A．the girl loved flowers very much |
| B．the girl loved her mother very much |
| C．the shopkeeper sent the flowers to the man’s mother |
| D．the man drove to his mother’s house to look after her |
下面是一些同学对课外活动的看法，请仔细阅读下列短文，按信息卡内容要求填入相关信息。
Mike Smith: We have many after-class activities in school—English corner, hand-writing lessons, playing basketball, playing chess, dancing and so on. Students in our school can choose any kind of activities they like.
Jane White: I’m a member of the music club in our school. I can learn different kind of music instruments. It’s fun.
Frank Green: I take park in drawing and English corner after class. I benefit a lot from the activities. I can not only improve my abilities of drawing and spoken English, but also make some new friends who have the same hobbies as me.
Amy young: Some teachers think after-class activities take up too much time. But as a student, I think it’s necessary for schools to give us the chance to improve our other abilities after class. We are under great pressure with too much homework and exams. We need time to relax.
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| Kinds of after-class activities |
1, hand-writing lessons, playing basketball, 2, dancing, instrument playing and 3 |
| Advantages of after-class activities |
●a good chance to improve students’ other abilities ●a good chance to 4 ●to help students to 5 |
“No man is an island” is a well-known line from John Donne’s Devotion, written more than three hundred years ago. Even now people still agree with him. No one can live a completely isolated life. Without other people, life became empty and sad. We all need friends.
For some of us, though making friends is not difficult, feeling shy, we may not want to make the first move. It is also difficult at times to keep the friends we already have.
There are many books about friendship, but Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People, written in 1936, is the most famous. This “how to” book about getting along with other people became a best-seller. It was later put into 28 languages.
Dale Carnegie’s advice seems to be simple, but can his advice help you? Do you need to change the way you act? Here is the list of advice from his book.
1. Be friendly and polite. Always greet with a smile. Begin with “excuse me” or “would you please”, when you want to ask somebody. Remember to say “thank you” and try to be as helpful as you can.
2. Go out of your way to be nice. Find some time to do special things for other people. Making some soup for a sick neighbor may seem like a little thing to you, but it will make your neighbor feel a lot better.
3. Remember names. They say that the sweetest music to a person’s ears is the sound of his or her own name.
4. Be open-minded. Try to understand other people’s ways and ideas and learn something from them.
5. Listen patiently. When someone is talking to you, look at him or her, listen carefully and say something when necessary.The underlined sentence “No one can live a completely isolated life” means “______” in this passage.
| A．No one can live a hard life |
| B．No one can live without difficulty |
| C．No one can live alone |
| D．No one can live on an island |
Some of us feel it not easy to make friends because ________.
| A．we are afraid to make bad friends |
| B．we are too shy to take the first action |
| C．we feel worried that we won’t be able to keep our friends |
| D．we feel sure that we already have enough friends |
We can learn from this passage that ________.
| A．John Donne learned something from Dale Carnegie |
| B．friends are always friends |
| C．few people bought Carnegie’s book |
| D．the writer of this passage agrees with John Donne and Dale Carnegie |
Which of the following is NOT mentioned in Carnegie’s book?
| A．Say “excuse me” before you ask. |
| B．Don’t visit your neighbor too often. |
| C．Think more about others. |
| D．People enjoy hearing their own names. |
The best possible title for this passage should be “________”.
| A．How to Make Friends |
| B．A Famous Book |
| C．About Friendship |
| D．John Donne and Dale Carnegie |
A survey was made about what to do if there was a fire. These are some of the replies.
| First name: Emily State or province: Illinois Country: USA Stay low, close to the ground and make your way outside. Then call the local emergency(急救)number from your neighbor’s house. This is the most important thing to do. Then wait for the firefighters(消防队员). |
| First name: Vanessa State or province: Texas Country: USA If there was a fire and I was in the shower, the first thing I would do would be to make all my clothes really wet and put them on. Then I would break the window with something and get out. If I couldn’t do that, I would lie down and leave the water running. |
| First name: Kystina State or province: Illinois Country: USA I’ve never actually been in a fire, but I know what to do. Sometimes at school we have fire drills so that we know what to do if there is a real fire. |
| First name: Henry State or province: Alaska Country: USA I would do what they did in the Great Fire, even though it did not happen in the real life. It was a very exciting story. |
Emily thinks that _____ is the most important thing to do if there is a fire.
| A．staying low |
| B．calling the emergency number |
| C．waiting for the firefighters |
| D．making the clothes wet |
_______ come from the same state.
| A．Vanessa and Henry | B．Emily and Kystina |
| C．Emily and Henry | D．Kystina and Henry |
Kystina would know what to do because ______.
| A．she was once in a real fire |
| B．she has read a story about a fire |
| C．she knew the emergency number |
| D．she sometimes has fire drills at school |
The Great Fire was ______.
| A．not a real fire |
| B．the biggest fire in history |
| C．a story that made people happy |
| D．a story that really happened |
Which of the following things is NOT mentioned in the passage if there is a fire?
| A．Making the clothes wet. |
| B．Waiting for the firefighters. |
| C．Putting out the fire by yourself. |
| D．Breaking the window and getting out. |