Dear editor,
I am not a good-looking boy and I'm not good at studying, either. Some people don't even want to talk to me. So I usually feel lonely. Sometimes I think that if I wanted to leave home, nobody would care. How can I stop feeling like this?
Peter
Dear Peter,
Without knowing more about you, it is hard for me to give you some good advice.
But first, I am sure that you are wrong that nobody would care if you left home. What about your parents? And other family members? It seems that you are very sad. You'd better go to see a doctor or talk to your parents. They will be able to help you.
Second, I'm sure there is someone in your class who feels lonely, too. You never know how other people feel inside. Try to make friends with them.
Or you may join a club to meet new people and to keep yourself busy.
You need to find happiness in yourself. Write a list of all the good things about yourself, learn to like yourself, and then others will see your confidence and like you, too.
EditorWhat's the trouble with Peter?
| A．He doesn't like his parents. |
| B．He doesn't like others. |
| C．His parents don't like him. |
| D．He isn't good at studying and feels lonely. |
Why does Peter write to the editor?
| A．Because he wants to make friends with him. |
| B．Because he wants to ask the editor to help him. |
| C．Because he wants the editor to know about him. |
| D．Because he wants to give the editor some advice . |
If Peter joins a club, he can .
| A．meet new people and make friends with them |
| B．keep his friends busy |
| C．study hard but never think about others |
| D．be a good-looking boy |
Peter will probably feel when he reads the letter from the editor.
| A．sad | B．lonely |
| C．glad | D．afraid |
How many pieces of advice did the editor give to Peter?
| A．one | B．two | C．three | D．four |
Have you felt annoyed when a mobile phone rings during the class? Something must be done to stop this. Now in New York City, USA, a rule is carried out* in schools. Students can’t even bring mobile phones to school. Is it a good thing or not?
Anxious* parents say that mobile phones are an important tool* in holding New York City’s families together.
“I worry about it,” said Elizabeth Lorris Ritter, a mother of a middle school kid. “It’s necessary in our everyday life. We have a washing machine*, we have running water, and we have mobile phones. A number of Americans think mobile phones connect* them to children on buses, getting out from subways, walking through unknown* places.
“I have her call me when she gets out school,” said Lindsay Walt, a schoolgirl’s mother. “No one in New York is going to let their children go to school without a mobile phone.
What about the mobile phone owners, the students? Most of the students said that mobile phones were necessary and the mobile phone was like an extra* hand or foot for them.
“I feel so bored,” said May Chom, 14. “There is also no way to listen to music on the way to school without my phone. It will be a really, really boring trip.Elizabeth Lorris Ritter is worried that ______________.
| A．students are not allowed to bring mobile phones |
| B．students spend too much time in listening to music on the mobile phones |
| C．students bring mobile phones to school and they often ring during the class |
| D．no rule is carried out to stop students from bringing mobile phones to school |
____________ American parents disagree with the rule that students can’t bring mobile phones to school.
| A．Some. | B．Many | C．Few | D．No |
May Chom likes to ______________.
| A．go to school without a mobile phone |
| B．chat with her friends on the mobile phone on the way to school |
| C．walk through interesting places with a mobile phone |
| D．bring a mobile phone to school |
This writer wants to tell us the __________ in carrying out* the rule not to use a mobile phone in school.
| A．importance | B．problem | C．happiness | D．hopeless |
One morning, a blind* boy sat in front of a building with a hat by his feet .He held a sign* which said,“I am blind. Please help me. There were only a few coins in the hat. A man was walking by. He took out a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat .He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words on it. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by could see the new words.
Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps* and ask,“Are you the one who changed my sign in the morning? What did you write?”
The man said,“I only wrote the truth. I said what you said, but in a different way.”
What he had written was,“Today is a beautiful day, but I can’t see it.”
Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?
| Special low prices on all clothes |
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| LIST PRICE标价 |
SALE PRICE卖价 |
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| Shoes |
$48 |
$32 |
| Skirt |
$180 |
$95 |
| Coat |
$420 |
$288 |
| Trousers |
$160 |
$108 |
| Special low prices on all clothes |
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| LIST PRICE标价 |
SALE PRICE卖价 |
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| Shoes |
$48 |
$32 |
| Skirt |
$180 |
$95 |
| Coat |
$420 |
$288 |
| Trousers |
$160 |
$108 |
Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply told people to help by putting some money in the hat. The second sign told people that they were able to enjoy the beauty* of the day, but the boy could not enjoy it because he was blind.
The first sign simply said the boy was blind, while the second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind.
There are at least two lessons we can learn from this simple story.
The first is: Treasure*what you have. Someone else has less. Try your best to help those who need your help.
The second is: Be creative. Think differently. There is always a better way.On the sign what the man wrote was,“_______.”
| A．Treasure what we have already had. |
| B．Today is a beautiful day, but I can’t see it. |
| C．We are so lucky that we are not blind. |
| D．Try your best to help those who need your help. |
The word“recognized”here in Chinese means______.
| A．承认 | B．接受 |
| C．表扬 | D．认出 |
From the passage we know that _____.
| A．the boy always has a hat on his head. |
| B．the man is one of his friends. |
| C．the boy is blind and needs help. |
| D．the boy works for the man. |
According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
| A．The hat began to fill up after the man wrote some words on the sign. |
| B．The man took away all the few coins from the hat. |
| C．The boy wanted to get enough money to go to school. |
| D．Nobody wanted to give any coins to the blind boy. |
What was the highlight *of the May Day? It was Hangzhou Bay Bridge*, which opened on that day.
It is 36 kilometers long and the world’s longest cross- sea bridge. It begins at Jiaxing, crosses the East China Sea, and end at Cixi, about 70 kilometers from Ningbo. It will reduce* the driving time between Shanghai and Ningbo by about two hours.
A great number of the workers started to build it on November 2003, and ended in June 2007. Now the bridge has become famous. About 40,000 vehicles *can cross the bridge each day at first. This will be added to 100,000 vehicles a day in 2026. During the May Day holiday, many car owners came to the bridge as well as tourists on coaches*. So many people wanted to see the bridge with their own eyes.
As a shortcut *between Zhejiang and Shanghai, the bridge will not only improve traffic but also help economic *development in the Changjiang River Delta.
“People enjoy working in small cities like Cixi but living in big cities like Shanghai,” said a man. “With the help of the bridge, they can leave Shanghai for Cixi in the morning and go back in the afternoon. They only need to drive for about one and a half hours.”Hangzhou Bay Bridge opened________.
| A．in November, 2003 | B．in July, 2007 | C．on May 1, 2008 | D．on March 1, 2008 |
It took about ___________ to finish building the bridge.
| A．three years and a half | B．two years and a half | C．three years | D．four years and a half |
Which city is not mentioned in the passage? ___________.
| A．Cixi | B．Ningbo | C．Hangzhou | D．Shanghai |
The passage can most probably be found in _____________.
| A．a text book | B．a magazine | C．a newspaper | D．a movie poster |
THE CLOTHING STORE’S SUMMER SALE
Save on all clothes in the store
| Special low prices on all clothes |
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| LIST PRICE* |
SALE PRICE* |
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| Shoes |
$48 |
$32 |
| Skirt |
$180 |
$95 |
| shirt |
$120 |
$88 |
| Pants |
$160 |
$108 |
Sale starts on Sep.10 and ends on Sep.19.
Open Monday to Saturday, 8:00am to 6:30pm
THE CLOTHING STORE
California StreetHow many kinds of clothes are having on a sale.?
| A．Two | B．Three | C．Four | D．all kinds |
How much did the shirt used to cost?
| A．$288 | B．$120 | C．$132 | D．$108 |
How long does the sale last?
| A．one week | B．two week | C．ten days | D．a quarter of a month |
| Lost My English dictionary. My name is Linda. Please call 4827369. |
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| Found A set of keys. Please call Tony. Phone 8675143. |
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根据短文内容判断各句是否符合短文意思，正确的填“T”，错误的填“F”。Linda lost her keys.
The phone number of Linda is 4827369.
Tony found a set of keys.
The phone number of Tony is 8675143.
Grade found an English dictionary, she can call Linda at 8675143.