By the time Rihanna was seventeen ,she had released (发行) her first album and had an international hit with her first single (单曲) Pon de Replay.
Rihanna was born in Saint Michael , Barbados in 1988 . She grew up there with her two younger brothers . As a child , she loved singing . She formed her first group with friends from secondary school when she was just fifteen . In 2004 friends introduced the group to American record producer Evan Rogers ,who was on holiday in Barbados . Rogers thought Rihanna could be a star in America,so she moved there aged sixteen to take up music after she finished school. Rihhanna lived with Rogers and his wife . Then she worked for Def Jam Recordings and started working on her first album , Music of the Sun .It came out at in 2005 and got into the top ten . Over 69,000 copies of the album were sold in the first week alone . It went on to sell over two million copies worldwide and Rihanna quickly became a big star . Her second album , A Girl Like Me ,came out a year later and included the song SOS , which was her first number one hit in America. In 2007 Rihanna brought out her third album , Good Girl Gone Bad ,which had more dance music than the first two albums.
Rihanna sold more than fifteen million album and forty - five million singles worldwide between 2005 and 2010 ,the most of any artist at the same time . However ,she manages to find time for her charity work ,too . She has performed in several concerts to raise money for charity and in 2006 she created her Believe Foundation to help sick children . She also took part in Gucci’s activities to raise money for children in Africa.What had Rihanna released before she was seventeen ?
| A．An album but no singles. |
| B．A single but not an album. |
| C．An album and at least one single. |
| D．Two album and a single Pon de Replay. |
Why did Rihanna move to America ?
| A．To try to become a famous singer. |
| B．To form her first music group. |
| C．To meet the record producer Evan Rogers. |
| D．To record her album ,A Girl Like Me ,with the help of Rogers. |
Which is true about Rihanna’s first album ?
| A．It included her first number one hit in the US. |
| B．It sold69,000 copies in total. |
| C．It made Rihanna a star. |
| D．It came out before she finished school. |
It can be learnt from the text that Rihanna ______.
| A．Wants to start a charity to help sick children |
| B．Has helped to raise money for African children |
| C．Has organized some concerts to raise money for charity |
| D．Is producing another album for her Believe Foundation |
Top student Lin Yijian had a problem recently. The 14-year-old boy from Xiamen used to get marks of over 110 points (out of 120 possible points) on his math tests. But during last semester's final exams, his math score was only 90 points.
It was a shock. "I didn't know what happened," said Lin, who kept feeling nervous and frustrated about math during the following month.
Like Lin, many of us have setbacks (挫折) in life. What would you do to deal with these setbacks? Would you just let them be and give up?
Lin chose to face his problem. His parents and teacher also gave him help. After some hard work he now gets marks between 100 and110 points on his math tests. Although he still isn't at his original (原来的) level, Lin doesn't panic anymore.
"Don't be scared by setbacks," he said. "You will beat it."
Chen Xingzhu in Shenzhen also has a story to tell. The 15-year-old girl is not good at doing sit-ups (仰卧起坐), which is necessary for the coming high school PE entrance exam. One has to do at least 35 sit-ups in a minute to pass the test. Most of Chen's classmates can do 40. However, Chen could only do 20.
Feeling worried, Chen 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 continuous practice and then improved little by little," said Chen. "I believe next month I will be able to do 40!" What problem did Lin Yijian have recently?
| A．He used to get high marks. |
| B．He did well in math. |
| C．He did not so well as before in math. |
| D．He had no time to study math. |
According to the passage, which is NOT true among the following statements?
| A．Lin chose to face his problems. |
| B．His parents and teachers also helped him. |
| C．After some hard work, he now gets marks over 110 points. |
| D．Lin faced his problems instead of giving up. |
What problems does Chen Xingzhu have according to the passage?
| A．He is also not good at math. |
| B．He is also not good at PE. |
| C．He is also not good at sit-ups. |
| D．He is also not good at PE entrance exam. |
Have you ever complained why life is so tiring? Does the sky sometimes seem dark to you? Are your studies sometimes not successful? Well, friend, cheer up and smile all the time．If you see the world with your warm heart, you'll find that the whole world smiles to you．
While in school, sometimes you are tired of your lessons, but have you ever noticed the happy smile on your teacher's face when you did a good job?
One day it is fine．Just before you want to go out, it suddenly starts to rain．Maybe you would feel very sad and start complaining about the weather．But dear friends, why don't you sit down and listen to the free concert that the nature offers you? And with the timely rain, crops in the fields will grow better and better and farmers will have a good harvest．
Although everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do, sometimes failures can't be avoided．I think failure is not terrible, and the terrible thing is that we are afraid of it and give up hope．When we face failure, we must be confident in ourselves, draw a useful lesson from it and try our best to finish what we have decided to do．As a popular saying goes," Failure is the mother of success．"
Attitude decides everything. With an optimistic attitude life is easy and pleasant. Let's smile to whatever we meet and the whole world will smile to us.People sometimes complain_______
| A．the sky is always dark |
| B．their studies are successful |
| C．they see the world with their heart |
| D．life is tiring |
According to the passage, in school, _______
| A．the students don't like their lessons |
| B．the teachers will be happy if the students do good jobs |
| C．the teachers don't like their teaching |
| D．the teachers are tired of their work |
When we face failure, we_______
| A．must be confident in ourselves | B．shouldn't be afraid of it |
| C．shouldn't give up hope | D．all of the above |
If there is a timely rain,_______
| A．you want to go out |
| B．you can listen to a concert |
| C．crops in the fields will grow better |
| D．farmers can't have a good harvest． |
Sixteen years ago a boy gave me an important gift. It was a smile.
It was the early autumn of my first year at a middle school，and my old school was far away. As a result，no one knew who I was. I was very lonely，and afraid to speak to anyone.
Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing，I felt my heart break. I couldn't talk with anyone about my problems.
Then one day，when my classmates were talking happily with their friends，I was sitting at my desk unhappily as usual. At that moment，a boy entered the classroom. I didn't know who he was. He passed by me and then turned back. He looked at me，with a smile.
Suddenly，I felt the touch of something bright and friendly. It made me feel happy and warm. That smile changed my life. I started to talk with other students and made friends. Day by day，I became closer to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now.
One day I asked him why he had smiled，but he couldn't remember doing so！
It doesn't matter because all the dark days have gone. I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think it is lonely，you might always be alone. So smile at the world and it will smile back. Why didn't the writer talk to anyone in her new school about her problems？
| A．Because she was always unhappy. |
| B．Because she didn't know anyone at the time. |
| C．Because she was in the first year at the junior high school. |
| D．Because she didn't want her parents to worry about her. |
Where does she now think her feeling of unhappiness came from？
| A．From her old school. |
| B．From her parents. |
| C．From herself. |
| D．From her classmates at the new school. |
What’s the best title for the passage?
| A．A Surprising Gift | B．An Exciting Birthday Gift |
| C．An Important Gift—Smile | D．A Boring Gift |
One day in March ,1964, Alaska began to shake . There was a great earthquake .It was the biggest earthquake the country ever had .
Shops and houses fell down . One street dropped 30 feet. One island rose about 11 metres into the air . Parts of the sea bottom became dry land . People felt the earthquake hundreds of kilometers away .
Each year there are many earthquakes . Most of them are small . They happen in different parts of the world . We are not sure what makes them . But if you are near , you can see the earth move . You may see a big crack (裂缝) in the ground . Sometimes the land drops on one side of the crack . There is a new hill . The old world has a new shape (形状).
根据短文判断下列句子正(T)误(F).The strongest earthquake in Alaska happened in April 1967.
The word“earthquake”in the story means a strong shaking or moving of the ground .
The story wants to tell us earthquakes changed the land .
From the story we know earthquakes happen in small countries .
From this story we can see earthquakes often do a lot of harm .
A young man was in love with a beautiful girl .One day the girl said to him ,“It is my birthday tomorrow ”. “Oh ”，said the young man ,“I’ll send you roses, and one rose for each year of your life.”
The same evening he went to the flower shop . As he knew the girl was twenty－two years old, he paid for twenty－two roses and asked the shop assistant to send them to the girl the next day .
The assistant of the flower shop knew the young man very well as he often bought flowers in his shop before . When the young man left the shop , the assistant thought ,“The young man is very kind to me .He often comes to buy my flowers . In return I’ll send ten more roses.”
He did so . The next morning thirty－two roses were sent to the girl . When the young man came to see her , she didn’t want to speak to him . And he never knew why she was so angry with him .The young man wanted to send his girl friend_____roses for her birthday.
| A．10 | B．22 | C．32 | D．many |
________sent the roses to the girl .
| A．The young man | B．The assistant |
| C．Another young man | D．We don’t know who |
The young girl received the roses________
| A．the same evening | B．a day before her birthday |
| C．a week later | D．on her birthday |
The assistant wanted to _______.
| A．make the girl angry | B．sell more roses |
| C．make the young man glad | D．get more money |
From this story we know that__________
| A．roses should be sent for one’s birthday |
| B．one may do something wrong even out of kindness |
| C． some girls don’t like roses |
| D． young people often buy roses |