Hello, I’m Jack. I live in Sydney, Australia. And I want an e-friend in China. I think China is a very interesting place. I am 14 years old and my birthday is in October. I can speak English and some French. I have a brother, Paul, and a sister, Sarah. They have e-friends in England and America. I like going shopping with my friends and doing exercises. My favourite subject is Art. It’s funny. But I don’t like Maths. It’s too difficult.. Jack is from __________.
| A．England | B．America |
| C．London | D．Australia |
______ is Jack’s favourite subject at school.
| A．English | B．Art |
| C．Maths | D．French |
How many children are there in Jack’s family?
| A．Two. | B．Three. |
| C．Four. | D．Five. |
. What does Jack want?
| A．To go shopping. | B．A pen friend. |
| C．To play football. | D．An e-friend. |
He thinks art is __________
A.difficult. B. funny
D. easy D. hard (难)
Mike was the kind of guy you love to hate. He was always happy and always had something interesting to say. If someone asked him how he was doing, he would reply, “Couldn’t be better!” He was really a care-free young man and never felt tired.
Mike used to say, “Each morning I wake up and say to myself, ‘Mike, you have two choices(选择) today. You can choose to be happy or you can choose to be upset.’ I choose to be happy. Each time something happens, I am always ready to learn a good lesson. I choose to learn from life.”
I tried to understand what he said. Indeed life is all about choices. Every situation is a choice. The bottom line is: You’re living your life and you make it either happy or sad.
Several years later I had a car accident and my legs were seriously injured. When I was lying on the ground, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or choose to die. I chose to live.
People like to say, “Choose the one you love and love the one you choose.” Why not choose the one we love and live happily? What kind of man was Mike?
| A．A happy young man. | B．A hard-working man. |
| C．An ugly bad boy. | D．A kind young man. |
What does “Couldn’t be better!” mean?
| A．It’s bad. | B．It’s very good. |
| C．It isn’t bad. | D．It isn’t very good. |
Which of the following is NOT true?
| A．Mike tried to be happy every day. |
| B．Mike chose to learn from life. |
| C．The writer learned from Mike. |
| D．The writer was unhappy every day. |
When the writer got hurt in a car accident, .
| A．he loved the one people chose | B．people loved the one he chose |
| C．he chose to live | D．he chose to die |
Which can be the best title for the passage?
| A．Life Is Difficult | B．Life Is Different |
| C．Life Is Colorful | D．Life Is Full of Choices |
（改编）Like most English children, I learned foreign languages at school. When I made my first visit to the United States, I was sure I could have a nice and easy holiday without any language problem. But how wrong I was!
At the American airport, I was looking for a public telephone to tell my friend Danny that I had arrived. An American asked if he could help me. “Yes,” I said, “I want to give my friend a ring.”
“Well, that’s nice. Are you getting married?” he asked.
“No,” I replied, “I just want to tell him I have arrived.”
“Oh,” he said, “there is a phone downstairs on the first floor.”
“But we’re on the first floor now,” I said.
“Well, I don’t know what you are talking about. Maybe you aren’t feeling too well after your journey,” he said. “Just go and wash up, and you will feel a lot better.” And he went off, leaving me wondering where on earth I was: At home we wash up after a meal to get the cups and plates clean. How can I wash up at an airport?
At last we did meet. Danny explained the misunderstanding: Americans say “to give someone a call”, but we English say “to give somebody a ring”. When we say “to wash your hands”, they say “to wash up”. And Englishmen start numbering from the ground floor so the first floor is the second for Americans.The writer is from ____.
| A．America | B．Britain |
| C．China | D．a country that doesn’t speak English |
The writer went to America for __________.
| A．education | B．business |
| C．holiday | D．friendship |
The American thought “a ring” should be a __________.
| A．phone call | B．present | C．person | D．letter |
Englishmen usually wash up __________.
| A．after dinner |
| B．after a journey |
| C．when they are tired |
| D．before they telephone someone |
Which of the following is NOT true?
| A．The writer thought his holiday would be easy |
| B．The writer thought American English is the same as Britain English before his journey. |
| C．The writer didn’t know English |
| D．In Britain ‘wash up’means ‘wash the dishes’ |
任务型阅读。根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
A man saw a boy standing beside a lake with a mirror (镜子).
“Excuse me,” he said, “but could you tell me what you’re doing?”
“I’m fishing.”
“With a mirror? Could you tell me how it works?” the man asked.
“OK, but I want five dollars.”
The man wanted to know the secret very much, so he handed the boy the money. “ Now show me how it works,” he said.
“Well ”, the boy began, “ you hold the mirror towards the water, and when a fish goes by, the sunlight in the mirror gives him a surprise. He stops and doesn’t know what to do, and then you catch him at once. ”
The man was surprised, “Can you really catch fish with the mirror? How many did you catch?”
“You’re the fifth today! ” Answered the boy.Where was the boy fishing?
How much did the boy get at least that day?
Do you think the boy can really catch fish?
Dear editor,
My English teacher is very strict with us. Several days ago, when we were in class, Tom asked me a question. But my English teacher thought we were speaking in class. She asked us to stand at the back of the classroom for a few minutes. This made me unfair. After that, I feel nervous in her class, so I don’t like her class. However, I really want to learn English well. What should I do?
Yours,
Mike
Dear Mike,
I am sorry you are having difficulty with your English class. Every teacher wants his or her students to study hard. So I think you should have a talk with your English teacher and tell her what you were doing with Tom that day. If she knows your worries, maybe she will help you with your English. And she will be pleased to hear you want to learn English well. Of course, you should know that what your teacher did was good for you. When you are not trying as hard as you can, she has to stop it and try to help you. Wish you have a better life!
Yours,
Editor
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。What’s wrong with Mike?
| A．He doesn’t like learning English. |
| B．He meets trouble with his English teacher. |
| C．He doesn’t know how to get on well with his English teacher. |
| D．He doesn’t like English any longer. |
Mike feels nervous in English classes because ____.
| A．he doesn’t like his English teacher | B．he can’t speak in class |
| C．his English teacher punished(惩罚) him | D．his English is poor |
In the editor’s opinion, the English teacher asked Mike to stand for a while because _____.
| A．she didn’t like him |
| B．she didn’t think Mike was learning English hard at that time |
| C．Mike was bad at English |
| D．Mike was making much noise |
The teacher will _____ if Mike has a talk with her.
| A．be even angrier |
| B．ask him to stand for some time once again |
| C．be pleased |
| D．say sorry to him |
Which of the following sentences is TRUE according to(根据) the passage?
| A．Mike dislikes English classes, but he wants to learn English well. |
| B．Mike wants the editor to tell his English teacher the truth. |
| C．The editor gave Mike some advice, but it didn’t work. |
| D．The teacher hates Mike much more than before. |
Anger is a kind of feeling. Many things can make you angry. When your teacher gives you too much homework, when your team loses an important game, when a friend borrows your favorite thing and then breaks it, you may get really angry.
Usually, your body will tell you when you are angry. For example, you breathe faster, your face turns red, and you may want to break something or hit(打) someone, but sometimes, you hide(隐藏) your anger. For example, you may hide it in your heart. The problem is that if you do this, you may get a headache or your stomach may hurt.
In fact, it’s not good to hide your anger, and it’s normal for you to get angry sometimes. But anger must be let out in the right way, without hurting others or yourself.
When you get angry, you can talk about it with other people. It’s helpful to talk about your anger with an adult, such as parents, a teacher, etc. When you talk about anger, those bad feelings can start to go away. Here are some other things you can do when you start to feel angry: talk to a good friend; count from 1 to 100; give someone a hug(拥抱); go for a bike ride; think about good things, etc.
Remember that how you act when you are angry can make everything better or worse. Don’t let your anger control you.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。You may not get angry when ____.
| A．there is too much homework on this weekend |
| B．your favorite basketball team wins the game |
| C．a friend breaks your favorite thing |
| D．your parents don’t let you watch TV |
____ shows that you’re not angry.
| A．Taking a faster breath | B．Getting a headache |
| C．Getting a stomachache | D．Wanting to protect someone |
According to the passage, you can do everything when you get angry except(除了) ____.
| A．go for a bike ride |
| B．think about good things |
| C．talk to a good friend |
| D．say bad things to the people around you |
The underlined word “control” in the last paragraph means ____ in Chinese.
| A．控制 | B．连接 | C．帮助 | D．失去 |
This passage is mainly about ____.
| A．anger | B．excitement | C．happiness | D．sadness |