That Easter day ( 复活节) I found out we were so poor . The minister brought us the money for the poor family , so we must be poor , I thought . I didn’t like being poor . Everyone there probably already knew we were poor ! I thought about school . I was in the ninth grade and at the top of my class over 100 students . I wondered if the kids at school knew that we were poor .
We sat in silence for a long time . Then it got dark , and we went to bed . All that week ,we girls went to school and came home , and no one talked much . Finally , on Saturday , Mom asked us what we wanted to do with the money . What did poor people do with the money ? We didn’t know . We didn’t want to go to the church on Sunday , but mom said we had to . Although it was a sunny day , we didn’t talk on the way . Mom started to sing , but no one joined in .
At church we had a speaker . He talked about how churches in Africa built schools and houses for the poor people , but they needed more money to buy foods . The speaker said ,“ Can’t we all give away some money to help those poor people ?” We looked at each other and smiled for the first time in a week .
Mom reached into her purse and pulled out the envelope . She passed it to Darlene , Darlene gave it to me , and I put it into the offering .
When the offering was counted , the minister announced that it was a little over 500 dollars . The speaker was excited . He hadn’t expected such a large offering from our small church . He said ,＂ You must have some rich people in this church .” Suddenly it struck us ! We had given 420dollars of that “ little over 500 dollars .“
We were the rich family in the church ! Hadn’t the speaker said so ? From that day on , I’ve never been poor again .When the writer’s family was given the money for the poor , she probably felt ____________ .
| A．thankful | B．surprised |
| C．fair | D．embarrassed (难堪的) |
The mother decided to go to the church to ________________
| A．hang out with her kids |
| B．donate ( 捐赠 ) the money to poor people |
| C．cheer her kids up |
| D．show other people they were not poor |
What does the underlined word “announced” mean ?
Ａ. Spoke loudly in public B. Made a hard decision
C. Host a good program D. Discovered an exciting resultWhich of the statements is true ?
| A．The writer was born in an African country |
| B．The writer didn’t like going to school |
| C．The mother was helpful to others |
| D．the mother didn’t want the money given by others |
What can we learn from the article ?
| A．It’s not good to receive other’s money |
| B．Being poor ,you still can help |
| C．Churches are good places to learn |
| D．We should regard difficulties as challenges |
Many years before the United States was founded(建立), Americans had already invented barbecues. But the first barbecues, in fact ,were the invention of the Taino Indians of Haiti, who dried their meat on raised frames(架子)of sticks over fires. Spanish explorers spelled the Taino word as barbacoa, and as time passed, English settlers along the Atlantic coat had their own barbecues.
One summer day in 1773, Benjamin Lynde, a citizen of Massachusetts, wrote in his diary, “Fair and hot ; Browne;hack overset.” That is , on a bright and hot day he went to the Brownes to attedn a barbecue, and his carriage(马车)fell over. It shows that the barbecue had its social occasion by that time. Large animals would be roasted whole on frames over hot fires, and neighbours would be invited to dinner.
In later centuries, as settlers moved to the west, the barbecue went along with it, reaching an especially large size in Texas, where a pit (坑)for fuels(燃料) such as tree branches might be over ten feet deep. Today , the barbecue grills(烧烤架)which are fueled by charcoal(木炭) or electricity are likely to be small and easy to move , and can cook only parts of an animal at a time, but people still have barbecues out of doors and always invite their neighbours or friends over.Who invented the barbecues first in history?
| A．American people. | B．Taino Indians. | C．Spanish explorers. | D．English settlers. |
The second paragraph mainly tells us that the barbecue_______________.
| A．is only held on a hot sunny day | B．welcomes people who keep diaries |
| C．is held both indoors and outdoors | D．has its social occasion for over 200 years |
The underlined expression “ social occasion” can be best translated into______________.
| A．社交功能 | B．社会福利 | C．社会地位 | D．社会背景 |
The following are all the barbecue ways EXCEPT __________________.
| A．drying meat on raised frames of sticks over fires |
| B．roasting a whole animal over a pit full of burning tree branches |
| C．cooking parts of animals over fires on grills fueled by charcoal |
| D．heating meat in the bright and hot daylight |
What’s the most important thing for you to have in your life? Someboy mentions hard-work, others suggest knowledge, love and luck.
If you arrange the 26 English letters alphabetically(按字母表的顺序)and use numbers to represent each of them, for example, 1 for a, 2 for b, 3 for c…, you can change an English word into a number. So hard-work becomes 8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11="98," meaning 98 is its mark; knowledge: 11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5="96," while love :12+15+22+5="54," and luck : 12+21+3+11="47," a small mark. None of these words can give one a full mark. What about money or prayer(祈祷)? They can’t , either.
Then what else? Don’t be worried. You can always find an answer to a problem in your life, when you change your way of looking at things or doing things, or your attitude(态度).Yes, attitude is the word. See for yourself: attitude:1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5=100，a full mark.
Different attitudes lead to different courses of life. Most times people hope for a better life. It is possible that one will have a change for the betterr after one has changed one’s attitude.
When you change your manner and became friendly towards others, you’ll meet more smiling faces towards you.In the same way, if you take a positive(积极地)attitude towards failure(失败),you’ll find it’s also rewarding though it has caused you losses.In the writer’s opinion , what is the most important things in a person’s life?
| A．Hard-work. | B．Knowledge. | C．Money. | D．Attitude. |
According to the passage, if you meet with problems, the best way out is to ___________.
| A．ask for helpf from others | B．say your prayers to God |
| C．change your attitude | D．try maths-solving methods |
From the passage we can learn that ______________.
| A．diffrent attitudes come from different courses of life. |
| B．mathematics can solve every problem easily in our daily life |
| C．failure sometimes can bring you good if you take a positive attitude |
| D．none of the English words except “attitude” equals to 100 or more |
A smile will tell people around you that you are a kind and friendly person. However,many people don’t smile because they think they ugly teeth. For example, one of my classmates, Mile, doesn’t have very nice teeth,so thatis why he seldom opens his mouth.he even says that he has lost cofidence because of his teeth.So it is very important for us to look after our teeth. In fact, a lot of people have this problem.Some people inherit teeth problems from their parents,while others’teeth are damaged because of bad habits,like heavy smoking,eating too much sugar or not brush-ing teeth often.If your teeth are in bad shape, you should see a dentist and ask for help. They can help improve your teeth and tell you how to take care of then.
Smiling can help you to feel more confident and make other people think of you as a more friendly person. If you want to keep healthy,you should not only smile but also laugh. An Indian doctor called Kataria said that young children should laugh about 300 times a day, wile adults should laugh between 7 and 15 times a day. So please take this chance to smile and laugh now!
根据短文内容，选出一个最佳答案填入题前括号内。What has made Mike lose his confidence?
His bad habit. B. His bad teeth. C. Not smiling. D. Eating too much sugar. Many people don’t smile because.
| A．they don’t like smiling | B．they think they are ugly |
| C．their teeth are not beautiful | D．they can’t open their mouths |
What can a dentist do according to the passage?
A. A dentist can tell you how to improve your bad teeth.
B. A dentist can help you to take care of your bad teeth.
C. A dentist can tell you how to brush your teeth.
D. Both A and B.If you want to keep healthy, you had better.
| A．not smile often | B．laugh all the time |
| C．neiter smile nor laugh | D．smile and even laugh often |
How many times should a child laugh every day in doctor Kataria’s opinion?
| A．Either 300 or 30 times a day. | B．Between 7 and 15 times a day. |
| C．Around 300 times a day. | D．Only 30 times a day. |
Hong Kong has about forty public beaches. Some of them are very famous around the world. People can go there for a swim. You can go to them by bus. To go to some beaches yu must take a boat.
You will swim there without danger if you remember these instructions:
?Never swim alone.
?Never go out in a boat if you cannot swim.
?Never swim after a meal or when you feel hungry or tired.
?Don’t stay in the water too long.
Remember:A red flag means that it is dangerous for anybody to go into the water.A blue flag means that it is dangerous for children.
根据短文内容，判断下列各句正误。正确的在题前括号内写“T”，错误的写“F”。There are about 40 public beaches in Hong Kong.
You should swim after a meal.
You can take a bus to go to most of the public beaches.
You’d better swim when you’re alone.
If you were a child, you could swim when you saw a red flag.
In China, many people are leaving the countryside to find jobs in the cities, because the countryside is much poorer than the city, and often there isn’t much work there. Services such as hospital and transport （交通） are usually much better in the city than in the countryside. They hope that their lives will improve when they move to the city.
But in the big cities of Europe like London or Pads, people are moving out of the city. These rich families want to live a quieter life. They are tired of the noise and the dirt （尘土） of the city, and they are tired of the crowded streets, crowded trains and buses. They don’t want to live in the cities any more. They want a house with a garden in the countryside, and breathe the fresh air there.
So they move out of the cities. Some don’t go very far, just a little way out of the city, to the towns near the cities, other people move to the real countryside with sheep, cows and green fields. There, they start new lives and try to make new friends.
Not all those who move from the city to the countryside are happy. After two or three years, many people who have done this feel that it was a big mistake. They don’t make so much money and there isn’t much work to do. People in the countryside are very different and aren’t always very friendly.
As a result, quite a lot of people who have moved to the countryside move back to the city. "It’s wonderful to see crowds in the streets and cinema lights," they say.Which is NOT the reason for people moving to the cities in China?
| A．The countryside is much poorer than me city. |
| B．People in the countryside have nothing to eat. |
| C．People in the countryside don’t have much work to do there. |
| D．Services in cities are usually much better than those in the countryside. |
Why do some rich families in Europe move to the countryside?
| A．Because they will find good jobs. |
| B．Because they are tired of living in the city. |
| C．Because they can make more money there. |
| D．Because they like feeding sheep and cows in the green fields. |
After moving to the countryside, some people in Europe feel unhappy.
Because ______________
| A．they can’t make much money |
| B．there isn’t much work for them to do in the countryside |
| C．some people in the countryside aren’t always very friendly to them |
| D．all of the above |
The underlined sentence in the last paragraph shows __________
| A．they are happy to move back to the city |
| B．they miss their friends in the countryside |
| C．they still want to move to the countryside |
| D．they are tired0f the noise and the crowded streets in the city |
Tile best title of this passage may be “__________”
| A．A happy life | B．Living in the city |
| C．Moving out or moving back | D．Living in the countryside |