Mr. Green is our foreign teacher. He is a good teacher. He often helps us a lot. And he is nice to every student. His lessons are very interesting. We usually have fun in his lessons. We all like him.
He is a tall and strong man. He says he is 40 years old. But he looks very young He comes from New York. Now he lives in Nanjing with his family. He has a daughter. She is a pretty girl. And she studies in our school, too.
Mr. Green is very “in”. He likes music. He can sing many English songs. We all like to listen to him singing. He also likes sports. He is in the school basketball team. Mr. Green likes reading. We often borrow books from him.
I think we are lucky to have Mr. Green to teach us.
| Name |
Mr. Green |
| Job |
A _ |
| Nationality(国籍) |
_ _ |
| _ |
40. |
| What he is like |
Mr. Green is tall and _ He looks _ His _ |
| _ |
Music, sports and reading. |
| Family |
He has a pretty _ |
The owner of a missing cat is asking for help. “My baby has been missing for over a month now, and I want him back so badly,” said Mrs. Brown, a 56-year-old woman. Mrs. Brown lives by herself in a trailer park near Clovis. She said that Clyde, her 7-year-old cat, didn’t come home for dinner more than a month ago. The next morning he didn’t appear for breakfast either. After Clyde missed an extra-special lunch, she called the police.
When the policeman asked her to describe Clyde, she told him that Clyde had beautiful green eyes, had all his teeth but was missing half of his left ear, and was seven years old and completely white. She then told the officer that Clyde was about a foot high.
A bell went off. “Is Clyde your child or your pet?” the officer suspiciously asked. “Well, he’s my cat, of course,” Mrs. Brown replied. “Lady, you’re supposed to report missing PERSONS, not missing CATS,” said the sppeadeotoned policeman. “Well, who can I report this to?” she asked. “You can’t. You have to ask around your neighborhood or put up flyers,” replied the officer.
Mrs. Brown figured that a billboard would work a lot better than an 8”x11” piece of paper on a telephone pole. There was an empty billboard at the end of her street just off the interstate（州际公路） highway. The billboard had a phone number on it. She called that number, and they told her they could blow up a picture of Clyde (from Mrs. Brown’s family album) and put it on the billboard for all to see.
“But how can people see it when they whiz（快速移动） by on the interstate?” she asked. “Oh, don’t worry, ma’am, they only whiz by between 2 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. The rest of the day, the interstate is so full of commuters that no one moves.” They told her it would cost only $3,000 a month. So she took most of the money out of her savings account and rented the billboard for a month.
The month has passed, but Clyde has not appeared. Because she has almost no money in savings, Mrs. Brown called the local newspaper to see if anyone could help her rent the billboard for just one more month. She is waiting but, so far, no one has stepped forward.How long has the cat been missing?
| A．More than a month | B．More than two months |
| C．More than three months | D．It’s been back. |
Who did the old lady finally turn to for help?
| A．A billboard company | B．The police |
| C．The phone company | D．The interstate telephone line |
How is the old lady like?
| A．Stupid | B．Loving | C．Smart | D．Decisive(有决断力的) |
The underlined word was mistyped（打错了）. But we can still guess it’s most probable meaning:____________.
| A．angry | B．surprised | C．happy | D．excited |
What’s the best title for this passage?
| A．An advertisement | B．A missing cat |
| C．A pet’s story | D．Life without cat |
Born in 1949, Diana Nyad took an early interest in swimming as a sport and was a Florida State High School swimming champion（冠军）. Like many young trainers, she had Olympic dreams, but a serious illness prevented her from competing in the Games. The disappointment didn’t stop her from going forward. Instead, she became interested in marathon swimming.
For ten years Nyad devoted herself to becoming one of the world’s best long-distance swimmers. In 1970, she swam a ten-mile marathon in Lake Ontario, setting the women’s record for the course. In 1972 she set another record by swimming 102.5 miles from an island in the Bahamas to the coast of Florida. Then she broke a third record when swimming around Manhattan Island in 1975.
Nyad attempted to swim the distance between Florida and Cuba in 1978. Though the span(跨度) of water is less than 100 miles wide, it is rough and dangerous. After battling(与---作战) the water for two days, she had to give up for the sake of her own health and safety. Even so, she impressed the world with her courage and strong desire to succeed. It did not matter that her swim came up short; she believed she had touched the other shore.
When Nyad ended her career as a swimmer, she continued to try new things---travelling the world as a reporter, writing books and giving public speeches about her life. Diana Nyad works to inspire others, just as she did when she swam the waters of the world.What was Nyad’s early interest?
When did Nyad set the record for a ten-mile marathon swimming?
According to the passage, how many times did Nyad join the long-distance swimming?
What did Nyad do after she finished swimming?
What can we learn from the passage?
One summer vacation in my college, my roommate Ted asked to me to work on his father’s farm in Argentina. The idea was exciting. Then I had second thoughts. I had never been far from New England, and I had been homesick my first few weeks at college. What about the language? The more I thought about it, the more the idea worried me.
Finally, I turned down the invitation. Then I realized I had turned down something I wanted to do because I was scared and felt depressed(沮丧). That experience taught me a valuable lesson and I developed a rule for myself: do what makes you anxious(焦虑); don’t do what makes you depressed.
In my senior year, I wanted to be a writer. But my professor wanted me to teach. I hesitated. The idea of writing was much scarier than spending a summer in Argentina. Back and forth I went, making my decision, unmaking it. Suddenly I realized that every time I gave up the idea of writing, that downhearted feeling went through me.
Giving up writing really depressed me. Then I learned another lesson. To avoid the depression meant having to bear much worry and concern.
When I first began writing articles, I often interviewed big names. Before each interview I would get butterflies in the stomach. One of them was the great composer Duke Ellington. On the stage and on television, he seemed very confident. Then I learned Ellington still got stage fright（害怕）. If Ellington still had anxiety attacks, how could I avoid them? I went on doing those frightening interviews. Little by little, I was even looking forward to the interviews. Where were those butterflies?
In truth, they were still there, but fewer of them. I had learned from a process psychologists（心理学家） call “extinction”. If you put an individual in an anxious situation often, finally there isn’t anything to be worried about, which brings me to a conclusion: you’ll never get rid of anxiety by avoiding the things that caused it.
The point is that the new, the different, is definitely scary. But each time you try something, you learn, and as the learning piles up, the world opens to you. We can infer from the passage that the author________.
| A．finds it difficult to make decision |
| B．has found out what causes anxiety |
| C．was encouraged by Duke Ellington’s stage fright |
| D．no longer feels anxious about new experiences |
What does the word “extinction” in Paragraph 6 means?
| A．a person’s loss of confidence little by little |
| B．the natural development of a child’s abilities |
| C．the inborn ability to avoid anxious situations |
| D．the process of losing fear by keeping facing anxiety |
Which of the following opinions does the writer probably accept?
| A．Anxiety can be a positive drive |
| B．Hesitation leads to depression. |
| C．Avoiding anxiety reduces depression. |
| D．Depression is a signal that one is growing up. |
What's the best title for the passage?
| A．Confidence: Key to Success |
| B．Anxiety: Challenge by Another Name |
| C．Depression: A Psychological Appearance |
| D．Success: A Trip Through Anxiety and Depression |
Once there was a little girl who lived in a small, very simple, poor house on a hill. From there she could see across the valley to a wonderful house high on the hill on the other side. This house had golden windows, so golden and shining that the little girl would dream of how magic it would be to grow up and live in a house with golden windows instead of an ordinary house like hers. She wanted to live in such a golden house and dreamed all day about how wonderful and exciting it must feel to live there.
When she got to an age and got enough skill and sensibility to go outside, she asked her mother if she could go for a ride outside the gate and down the lane. After pleading with her, her mother finally allowed her to go, insisting that she should keep close to the house and not wander too far. The day was beautiful and the little girl knew exactly where she was heading! Down the lane and across the valley, she got to the gate of the golden house across on the other hill.
As she arrived, she focused on the path that led to the house and then on the house itself. She was so disappointed as she realized all the windows were ordinary and rather dirty, reflecting(反映出) nothing other than the sad neglect of the house that was derelict(废弃的).
So sad she didn't go any further and turned, and heart broken. As she glanced up she saw a sight to amaze her. There across the way on her side of the valley was a little house and its windows glistened golden as the sun shone on her little home.
She realized that she had been living in her golden house and all the love and care she found there was what made her home the “golden house”. Everything she dreamed was right there in front of her nose!Which sentence is True according to the passage?
| A．The girl’s mother finally allowed her to go to the golden house alone. |
| B．The golden house was on the hill where the girl lived. |
| C．What disappointed the little girl was that the house was locked. |
| D．Actually, the windows of the golden house were common and covered with dirt. |
What can we infer from the passage ?
| A．The girl didn’t love or care for her parents |
| B．The girl had no idea where she was heading after leaving home |
| C．The mother thought that she needn’t keep an eye on her daughter |
| D．The girl made up her mind to go to the golden house at the beginning |
The passage is intended to tell us that_____.
| A．not all dreams will come true |
| B．girls often have amazing imagination |
| C．what we dream of may be just around us |
| D．nothing is impossible to a willing heart |
The hottest topic in Yongjin Middle School，it's money. The school held an activity called “making money” last weekend．About 200 Junior1and Junior 2 students were divided into 30 teams．They went out to make money by selling things．
Some sold newspapers；some chose bottled water；some sold environmentally friendly shopping bags．
Hu Qing's team decided to sell some useful books in Activity Center．They thought parents would like to buy the books for their children．But unfortunately，they met urban management officers．The officers asked them to leave．“Finally we had to give up.” said Hu．
Wang Bing and her team sold ice cream in a square．They didn't meet any officers．But few people were interested in what they were selling．The team then put up a board saying “For Country Kids”．It worked．More people came to their stall（小摊）．A foreigner even gave them 100 yuan. Later that day they gave the money to the “Project Hope” office．
Meng Zhaoxiang and his team were luckier．They sold all their cakes in four hours．They made 40 yuan．“It was not easy to make the money，” said Meng．“Some people just looked．Others just tasted but didn't buy．Now I know how hard it is for our parents to make the money we need to lead happy lives．” took part in the activity
| A．All the students | B．Some students of Junior 1 and Junior 2 |
| C．Some teachers | D．About 200 students of the three grades |
Why did Hu Qing's team finally give up ?
| A．their books are not useful |
| B．the parents didn’t like to buy the books |
| C．the officers didn’t allow them to sell anything there |
| D．the Children Activity Center was too crowded |
According to the passage the students can learn
| A．it’s impossible for them to make money |
| B．it's not easy for their parents to make money |
| C．it's very important for them to make a living |
| D．it’s necessary for school to hold more activities in the future |