Long, long ago there was a very foolish thief. Do you know what he did one day? When he wanted to steal(偷) the bell on his neighbour’s door, he walked up to the door, took hold of(抓住) the bell and pulled hard. The bell made a very loud noise. The thief was afraid and went home.
Then he sat down to think, “I must do something about the noise,” he said. He thought and thought. At last he had an idea. “Ah, I’ll put some cotton in my ears. Then I won’t be able to hear the noise.” The next day he went to the door of his neighbour, and took hold of the bell. This time he pulled (拉)even harder. The bell rang loudly, but the thief did not hear anything. With another hard pull he got the bell out. Just then the neighbour came running out.
“Steal my bell? I’ll teach you a lesson(教训),” the angry man shouted. And he hit the thief on the nose.
The foolish thief did not know how the neighbour found out he was stealing the bell. “Why did he come out just then?” he wondered(感到疑惑).The thief was trying to get .
| A．his neighbour | B．his neighbour’s doorbell |
| C．some cotton | D．a door with a bell on it |
The thief put some cotton in his ears. He thought it would be for him to steal the doorbell.
| A．safe | B．difficult |
| C．dangerous | D．easy |
The neighbour hit the thief to .
| A．give him lessons |
| B．punish (惩罚) him for stealing |
| C．help him with the bell |
| D．be his teacher |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．The thief understood why he was hit on the nose. |
| B．The thief knew why the neighbour came out. |
| C．The thief thought the neighbour could not hear the bell. |
| D．The thief didn’t want to know why the neighbour ran out just at the time he stole the doorbell. |
阅读下面这篇短文，读完后判断正(T) 误 (F)。
Michael Jordan is the best basketball player in the world. He was born in New York, 1963. There are 5 children in his family. He is the fourth one. When he was a child, he was small but quick. So he played basketball very well.
When he was a high school student, he was the star of each game and he could score 40 points in a game. In 1984, he played in the US men’s Olympic Basketball Team. And later he played for the Chicago Bulls.Michael Jordan is a football player.
Michael Jordan comes from America.
Michael Jordan can play basketball very well when he was a child.
Michael Jordan was strong when he was a child.
Michael Jordan played for the Chicago Bulls first, then for the US men’s Olympic Basketball Team.
A recent report from China Daily says that about 18% of our teenagers can have problems with their minds. Some students become worried because they have to study very hard. Others have trouble getting on well with others.
Zhang Qiang, a Junior 2 student from Sichuan, could not understand his teachers in class and was doing badly in his lessons. He was afraid of exams. When he looked at the exam paper, he would be very nervous and couldn’t think of anything to write.
Another student, a 15-year-old girl called Wu Yan from Guangdong often argued with her classmates even her parents because of some different ideas. She became so angry with them that she started to cut her finger with a knife.
However, many students who have problems won’t go for advice or help. Some think they will look strange if they go to see a doctor. Others don’t want to talk about their secrets. In order to solve the teenagers’ problems, here is some advice:
●Talk to your parents, teachers or friends often and ask them for help.
●Take part in group activities and play sports.
●Go to see a doctor if the problem seems to be serious.
任务型阅读：根据短文内容，填写下列表格，每格只填一词。
| Problems |
Zhang Qiang |
He doesn’t do |
| Wu Yan |
She often argues with her parents and classmates |
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| Advice |
We should talk about our problems and try to get advice or |
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| We should do sports and join in group ___ |
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| If the problem becomes ___ |
Who wants to carry a bulky bag to school? No children. Nobody wants one shoulder to be lower than the other, and paining, too. In India, most of people would look at the reduction(减少) of textbooks as a way out. But in a country like America, there are always more choices. A company called goReader has created a “school bag” which is the size of a laptop computer, weighing about 1.5 kg. The goReader has a color screen and can “hold” all the textbooks that a student may need, says a report in The Asian Age newspaper.
The company plans to work closely with the publishers(出版商) of textbooks so that these books can be supplied on the Internet. All the students will have to do is to download their textbooks from the Internet. Taking notes and marking important parts of a lesson can be done just as lots of students have done on their textbooks before.
At present, the plan is being tested out in a university. Richard Katzmann, the owner of this company is having his creation tested at Chicago's DePaul University, where he studied. Does that mean it is goodbye to the new paper, and the smell of the black ink?
What does the underlined word “bulky” in the first line mean?
A. old and dirty
B. big and heavy
C. small and lightAccording to the passage, what would Indians do to solve the problem?
A. They would reduce the textbooks.
B. They would invent a new machine.
C. They would work with the publishers.The writer may think that Americans have a ________ way to solve the problem.
A. worse B. better C. more impossibleThe goReader may be a machine ________.
A. that is like newspaper
B. that can work as a teacher
C. that can be used as textbooksWhen the new machine is used, it is possible that ________.
A. students might study at home
B. students might study by themselves
C. students might study without paper textbooks
Many Chinese people like American country music(乡村音乐 ),such as(例如) the songs of John Denver. But still some people don’t know when country music began.
Country music is from the folk music (民间音乐)of the Appalachian Mountains in the east of America. There, people sang while playing the violin and guitar. They sang about everyday life, love and their problems. So the songs were sometimes a little sad.
One of the most popular country music singers is John Denver, who is also quite famous to the Chinese. For Denver, music was a language that could bring the world together. He says music can bring people together. We will understand(理解) each other better through(通过) music. People are different in colour and they may speak different languages, but people are the same in mind and body(在心灵和精神方面). All of them love music and can understand music.
The world lost a great man when John Denver died in 1997. But his music and words will live on.John Denver is a great singer.
| A．English | B．Japanese | C．American | D．Chinese |
American country music is from the music of America.
| A．pop | B．jazz | C．light | D．folk |
“Music was a language that could bring the world together” means (意思是)people .
| A．can sing songs together |
| B．from all over the world sing the same songs |
| C．show their feeling(感觉)through music and so they understand each other better |
| D．know language and music |
John Denver died in .
| A．1997 | B．1990 | C．1996 | D．1999 |
Which sentence is right?
| A．Everyone knows when country music began. |
| B．Country music is from the jazz music. |
| C．John Denver is famous to Chinese people, too. |
| D．John Denver doesn’t think music can bring people together |
It’s not easy to be a scientist’s son. Everybody expects you to be special or perfect.
Well, to be honest, I often dream about being some kind of hero or doing something special—like saving a child from a burning building or discovering a new star. I was daydreaming at school one morning when my teacher said there would be a Mother’s Day writing competition for the whole school “I hope we have a winner right here in my class.”
When I got home, I started to think about what to write. “My mother is a scientist.” N0, I wouldn’t start like that. That was the way others saw her. How did I see my mother? Hmm, I saw her sitting with me in the dark when I had a terrible dream. I remembered how she hugged me for hours when my dog Spotty was killed by a car. Yes, these were the things I was going to write. To me, she wasn’t just a world—famous scientist. She was my mom.
My parents and I went to school Thursday night. The third prize was announced(宣布) and it was not me. The second prize was announced. It was me!
I went up to the stage and read what I had written, “My mother’s son”. When I finished, the people stood up and cheered. Tears were running down my mother’s face. I saw my father blowing his nose. He cleared his throat and put his hand on my shoulder, “Son, this is the proudest moment of my life.’’
It was the proudest moment of my life, too. Maybe I’ll never be a great hero or win a Nobel Prize, but it was enough just to be my mother’s son.
根据短文内容，判断下列句子是否正确，对的涂(A)，错的涂(B)。Students were asked to write about their mothers at the writing competition.
The result was announced on Thursday night.
The writer wrote things on his mother’s work.
The son won the first prize at the competition.
The writer felt tired to be a scientist’s son.