One day Tom was playing with his younger brother Paul beside the well(井) near their home. Suddenly Tom fell down the well. Paul was frightened. Their parents were not at home. Their father was working in the factory and their mother was helping a neighbor. Tom called his younger brother, Paul. Paul looked at the bottom of the well and saw his brother standing in the water of the well. Tom was five feet tall and the water was only three feet deep. Paul was glad to see his brother safe in the well. Then he ran home and brought a long rope.
He was only six and not very strong, so he could not pull Tom out. He was thinking hard and finally had a good idea. He tied one end of the rope to a tree and threw the other end to his brother in the well. Then Tom climbed up the rope and got out of the well. He thanked his brother first and went home to exchange his wet clothes.Tom was ___________.
| A．writing to Paul | B．writing to his brother |
| C．playing with Paul | D．walking near his home |
Tom fell down ___________.
| A．a well near his home | B．a well in the factory |
| C．a river beside a neighbor | D．a river near the factory |
__________ was trying to save Tom.
| A．His father | B．His mother |
| C．One of his friend | D．His brother Paul |
Their parents were __________
| A．save in the well | B．away from home |
| C．working in the factory | D．helping a neighbor |
Paul was ___________.
| A．sixteen and strong | B．only five and not very strong |
| C．only six and not strong | D．fifteen but not strong |
The Westwood Middle School has decided to hold a blood drive (献血活动), and you can help.
| Help with The Blood Drive |
 The School is holding a blood drive for teachers, parents, and town people. We need everyone’s help to make it a success. That includes you! We need to collect 50 units of blood. That means 65 people are needed to come to the drive. |
| How You Can Help |
| Pick up information brochures (小册子) in the school office. Pass them out to your parents, teachers and any person who is healthy and at least 17 years old. |
| When and Where to Go |
| The blood drive will take place on Tuesday, October 21, from 3:00 to 6:00 pm, in the school canteen. |
How many people are needed for the blood drive?
| A．50. | B．65. | C．17. | D．21. |
Students can pick up information brochures ____.
| A．in the school office | B．at the school gate |
| C．in the school canteen | D．on the school playground |
When will the blood drive take place?
| A．On September 20. | B．On September 21. |
| C．On October 20. | D．On October 21. |
Last week, my granddaughter started primary school. And I wished her every success. But part of me didn’t. I really wanted her to fail in some ways because I believe that failure can be good for us to grow up. Success is that you can do something that you already know you can do, or doing something correctly the first time. First –time success is usually a luck. First-time failure, in fact, is supposed to be the natural order of things. Failure is how we learn.
I make my living by writing articles for a daily newspaper. Each week I thought that the article that I write would be the worst. I try my best every day. A successful article usually means that I am discussing the subjects I know well, writing in the way I am used to or saying the same things as anyone else but in an excellent way.
My younger daughter is a trapeze artist荡秋千演员.she spent three years putting together a show, and she did it successfully for years. There was no reason for her to change it but she did anyway. She was afraid to be bored. She met failure when she tried some new ways in her show. But she did his only in order to feed her soul心灵。
My granddaughter is a perfectionist. She will feel her failures, and I will want to comfort her. But I will also, I hope, remind her of what she learned, and how she can do better next time. I hope I can tell her, though, that it’s not the end of the world. With luck, it is the beginning. why id the writher want his granddaughter to fail?
| A．success is boring though it can bring us something good |
| B．she would learn more form failure |
| C．it’s impossible to do everything successfully |
| D．he wanted her to be strong enough to face failure |
the writer talked about his own experience to show that___
| A．we cannot depend on luck to live a good life |
| B．we should try every possible way to avoid failure |
| C．past failures made him afraid of writing more |
| D．the thought of failure will make you work even harder |
the underlined word “comfort” in the last paragraph probably means___
| A．表扬 | B．磨炼 | C．安慰 | D．批评 |
the writer develop the article mainly by ___
| A．giving examples |
| B．following the time order |
| C．comparing different ideas |
| D．presenting the reasons of failure |
You may laugh when you see dog owners talk to their pets as though they were human. Although dogs cannot speak a human language, they seem to understand how you feel. Sounds strange? Now scientists have found that dog and human brains deal with sound and emotion情感in a similar way. This may help to explain the language problem.
To compare human and dog brains, a scientist called Attila Antics and his team tested 11dogs and 22 humans. Both group listened to almost 200 dogs and human sounds. From crying to laughter and playful barking吠. At the same time, the team scanned扫描both group’s brain activity.
The scientists found that a similar part in both brains was activated激活when animals ad people heard human voices and emotional sounds, such as crying and laughter. Also, emotional dog voices, such as angry barking also caused a similar action from human and dog volunteers.
We know very well that dogs are good at tuning和..协调into the feeling of their owners, and we know a good dog owner can find emotional changes in their dog. But we now begin to understand that this similarity may help to explain this can be. we can know from the first paragraph that ___
| A．god owners can speak a dog language |
| B．dogs can speak a human language |
| C．dog owners can explain the language problem |
| D．dogs seem to understand how people feel |
while the dog and human volunteers listened to different sounds. Andics and his team____
| A．watched their actions | B．scanned their brains |
| C．recorded their sounds | D．activated their brains |
according to the article, which of the following is TRUE?
| A．the brains of dogs and humans deals with sounds and emotions in a similar way |
| B．only human voices can activate a certain part of the brain |
| C．pets are good at tuning into the feeling of their owners |
| D．dog owners can’t pay attention to the emotional changes in their dogs |
what is probably the best title for this passage?
| A．dogs, friends of human | B．dogs feel human emotions |
| C．human and dog brains | D．a new research on dogs |
Life is important. You should always have fun and new experiences, because you never know what day will be your last. You shouldn’t hold anger. You never know what could happen next. I learn all this at the age of nine.
It was the summer before fifth grade. My best friend Nessa and I were playing. We got angry with each other and had a fight. My older cousin, Tiffany, broke up our fight. I remember Nessa storming out of my grandmother’s house saying, “ I hope we never speak again !”
I replied, “good, I don’t need you as a friend!”
I went into the house and tried to be quiet. Then I heard people shouting outside. My cousin rushed in. she said that Nessa had been hit by a street truck as she crossed the road. The driver didn’t see her. I felt sad. I wished it had been me instead. It could have been avoided if we hadn’t had that fight!
When the ambulance救护车arrived a few minutes later, they said she was dead. I was a real mess. I had to see a psychologist心理医生for the rest of the summer.
I miss Nessa so much and I think of her always. She taught me how valuable and important life is and that you should never hold anger because you never know when you’ll see that person again. the story happened when___
| A．the writer was Grade Five | B．summer vacation was coming |
| C．Nessa was nine years old | D．the writer was nine years old |
Nessa and the writer were playing ___ on that day
| A．at Nessa’s house |
| B．at the house of the writer’s grandma |
| C．at the writer’s house |
| D．at the house of the writer’s cousin |
which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．Nessa and Tiffany got angry with each other and had a fight |
| B．the writer played games happily with Nessa all the time |
| C．Nessa was hit by a truck after they had a fight |
| D．Nessa was sent to the hospital and saved by the doctors |
from the last paragraph we can infer 推断that the writer___
| A．has never thought of Nessa since then |
| B．didn’t regret for what had happened that day |
| C．will be more kind to others |
| D．lives a good life because of Nyssa |
Teaching English to your family members is a great way to improve your own English. Learning something new together can make you closer to your family members, too.
Here is some advice for you:
Film night: choose an English film with Chinese subtitles字幕. You can stop the film at any time and help your family learn new words and expressions according to subtitles on the screen.
Sports night: you can invite your family members to go skating or swimming. You can teach a few words when you play sports together. For example, “you fell down” or “your skates look cool”.
Novel night: choose a classical English story that your family members may know. You can read it to your family members and tell them about the novel in English
Make an English family tree together: you can teach your family members what each person is called in English, such as “father” and “cousin”. It is a good way to make your family members interested in English. you can learn English by ___ according to the passage.
| A．listen to the radio |
| B．teaching English to your family members |
| C．taking to your English teachers |
| D．having a party and talking in English |
you can help your family members___ when you watch an English movie
| A．listen to English songs |
| B．review some sentences |
| C．copy some conversation |
| D．learn some words |
which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．you can only help your family members learn English at night |
| B．translating a classical English story can help your family members learn English |
| C．going skating can help your family members improve their speaking skills |
| D．an English family tree can your family members interested in English |