We were standing at the top of a church tower. My father had brought me to this spot in a small Italian town not far from our home in Rome. I wondered why. “Look down, Elsa,” Father said. I gathered all my courage and looked down. I saw the square in the center of the village. And I saw the crisscross (十字形的) of twisting, turning streets leading to the square.
“See, my dear,” Father said gently. “There is more than one way to the square. Life is like that. If you can't get to the place where you want to go by one road, try another.”
Now I understood why I was there. Earlier that day I had begged my mother to do something about the awful lunches that were served at school. But she refused because she could not believe the lunches were as bad as I said. When I turned to Father for help, he didn’t say anything. Instead, he brought me to this high tower to give me a lesson.
In the years that followed, I often remembered the lesson Father taught me. It not only helped me deal with the lunch trouble, but also made me know where I wanted to go in life. I began to work as a fashion designer two years ago. I wouldn’t stop working until I tried every possible means to my goal. Father’s wise words always remind me that there is more than one way to the square.
| A．enjoy the beautiful scenery of the whole town |
| B．find out how many ways lead to the square |
| C．encourage her to find out another way to solve her problem |
| D．help her forget some unpleasant things earlier that day |
| A．did something delicious for the writer |
| B．refused to do something about the awful lunch |
| C．tasted the awful lunch |
| D．spoke to the school about lunch |
| A．when one road is blocked, try another |
| B．how bad the lunch of her school is |
| C．how wise her father is |
| D．about the church tower near her home |
| A．the writer doesn’t like her mother any more |
| B．every time she has problems, she would first go to her father |
| C．the writer finally found out the way to solve the awful lunch at school |
| D．the writer’s friends like to ask her for advice |
| Is this your dictionary? Call John at 597—4393． |
Alan Is that your computer game in the lost and found case? Robert |
| Found：Gold ring． Is this your ring? Please call Mary． Phone #235—0285． |
Lost： My school ID card． My name is Steve． Please call 685—6034． |
_______ lost his school ID card．
| A．John | B．Robert |
| C．Mary | D．Steve |
If you lost your dictionary, you will call John at ______
| A．597 - 4393 | B．235 – 0285 |
| C．685 - 6034 | D．597 - 0285 |
You can find a _______ in the lost and found case．
| A．dictionary | B．computer game |
C．gold ring | D．school ID card |
235 - 0285 is _________ telephone number．
| A．John's | B．Alan's |
| C．Mary's | D．Steve's |
“lost and found” means _______ in Chinese．
| A．失物 | B．拾物 |
| C．失物招领 | D．拾金不昧 |
Having Fun “Growing” and “Stealing”?
Recently, an Internet game has become a new fashion among young office workers and students. People can “farm” on a piece of “land” and “grow”, “sell” or even “steal” “vegetables”, “flowers”, and “fruits” on the Net. They can earn some e-money and buy more “seeds”, “pets”, and even “houses”.
Joyce interviewed some young people. Here are their opinions.
Harold： I don’t quite understand why they are so mad about the childish game. Maybe they are just not confident enough to face the real world.
Allan：I enjoy putting some “bugs” in my friends’ gardens and we’ve become closer because of the game. Having fun together is the most exciting thing about it.
Laura：You know, people in the city are longing for the life in the countryside. It reduces my work pressure. Besides, it gives me the exciting experience of being a “thief”.
Ivy：Well, it’s just a waste of time. Teenagers playing the game spend so many hours on it that they cannot focus on their study.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案According to the passage, people can’tthings in this game.
A、grow B、borrow C、stealAmong the people Joyce interviewed, likes the game while
dislikes the game.
A、Laura; AllanB、Allan; HaroldC、Harold; IvyFrom Laura’s words, we can guess that she’s most probably.
A、an office worker
B、a farmer
C、a thiefWhich is Not the reason why people like the game?
A、They are longing for country life.
B、They can have fun with friends.
C、They are confident enough to face the real world.Where can you find this passage?
A、In a car magazine.
B、In an advertisement.
C、In a newspaper.
In the UK, most children have lunches at school, but in some schools, parents can choose what their children eat. The children can have a school dinner—a hot, cooked meal; or they can take a packed lunch with them, which usually includes cold food like sandwiches.
Often parents know what their children want, Cathy, a mother of three children, told us, “My children have packed lunches because they say they hate school dinners. So I make three packed lunches every morning.”
However, another mother, Susan, made a different choice. She said. “My daughters have always had school dinners. I think probably get healthier food at school than a few sandwiches I make for them.”
But how healthy are school dinners? Katz, a father, thought poorly of them. He said, “Fizzy drinks were offered and I think there were a lot of chips.”
Jamie Oliver spent a year working in a school kitchen. He was worried about the unhealthy food which included burgers, pizzas and chips. So he tried to cook healthy food such as good stews(炖肉) and curries for the children instead.
So Jamie improved the school dinners, and trained the dinner ladies to cook healthy food in that school. Then he advised the government to improve school food across the country. And it seems that the changes have begun.
Anna, a pupil, told us, “We used to have a fast food window where you got chips and coke, but they stopped that this year. There is a salad restaurant, which is good, so it’s healthier than it was.”How many meals do most children in the UK have at school?
A、One. B、Two. C、Three.would like the children to have the school meals.
A、Cathy B、Susan C、Jamie．Jamie thoughtwere healthy food.
A、stews and curries
B、burgers and pizzas
C、chips and fizzy drinksThe last two paragraphs show that.
A、there’s salad restaurant in every school
B、salad is really healthy food for students
C、schools have begun to cook healthier foodWhat is the best title for this text?
A、Healthy Food
B、Unhealthy Food
C、School Dinners
Japanese students work very hard but many are unhappy. They feel heavy pressures from their parents. Most students are always told by their parents to study harder and better so that they can have a wonderful life in the future. Though this may be a good idea for those smart students, it can have terrible results for many students who are not gifted enough. Many of them have tried very hard at school but have failed in the exams and have their parents lose hope. Such students feel that they are hated by everyone else they meet and they don’t want to go to school any more. They become dropouts(退学者).
It is surprising that though most Japanese parents are worried about their children, they don’t help them in any way. Many parents feel that they are not able to help their children and that it is the teachers’ work to help children. To make matters worse, a lot of parents send their children to those schools opening in the evenings and on weekeds—they only help the students to pass the exams and never teach them any real sense of the world.
Many Japanese schools usually have rules about everything from the students’ hair to their clothes and the things in their school bags. Child psychologists now think that such strict rules are harmful(有害的) to the feelings of the students. Almost 40% of the students said that no one had taught them how to get on with others, how to tell right from wrong and how to show love and care for others, even for their parents.How are Japanese students nowadays?
A、They work hard and all of them are happy.
B、Parents give them heavy pressures.
C、Parents can offer a lot of help to their children.The meaning of the underlined word “gifted” in Para 1 means.
A、愚蠢 B、聪明 C、努力According to the passage, it’s necessary to teach students.
A、to show love and care for others
B、how to study better than before
C、how to follow the school rulesWhich of the following is NOT true?
A、Parents in Japan wish their children to make a great life in the future.
B、Parents in Japan think it’s the teachers’ job to educate children.
C、Only strict rules are helpful for students.In Japanese schools, .
A、most of the students become dropouts
B、teachers only teach them how to study better
C、there are rules about many things, like clothing, hairstyle and so on
Chinese writer Mo Yan has won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature, announced Peter, the Secretary of the Swedish Academy in Stockholm on Thursday. The awarding ceremony will be held on December 10. The winner will win a medal, a personal diploma (证书)and a cash award of 8 million Swedish Kronor (about 1 million U.S. dollars).
Mo Yan was born in 1955 and grew up in Gaomi in Shandong province in eastern China. As a 12-year-old during that very unordinary time, he left school to work, first as a farmer like his parents, later as a worker in a factory. He didn’t begin to study literature or write until he joined the People's Liberation Army in 1976. His first short story was published in 1981. In his writing, Mo Yan draws the readers’ attention to his youthful experiences and the cultures in the province of his birth. His novel Hong Gaoliang Jiazu (1987, in English Red Sorghum 1993), which consists of five stories was successfully filmed in 1987, directed by famous Chinese director Zhang Yimou. In addition to his novels, Mo Yan has published many short stories and essays on many different topics. Dozens of his stories have been translated into English, French , Japanese and many other languages.
Mo Yan not only brings a great shot to the world but also a great joy to China. Mo Yan will go to Stockholm for the ceremony __________.
| A．in October ,2012 | B．in February ,2013 |
| C．on Dec. 10 2012 | D．on Thursday |
A winner of Nobel Prize is given a medal, a diploma as well as over _____ yuan.
| A．8,000,000 | B．1,000,000 | C．1,800,000 | D．6,300,000 |
Mo Yan wins the Nobel Prize in Literature at the age of __________..
| A．57 | B．67 | C．47 | D．12 |
In the passage the underlined words “dozens of ” may mean ___________.
| A．only a few | B．a number of |
| C．thousands of | D．more than ten |
Which of the following is NOT true?
| A．Mo Yan began writing stories in about 1976. |
| B．Zhang Yimou is a famous actor in China. |
| C．Mo Yan comes from Shangdong Province, China. |
| D．Chinese take great pride in Mo Yan’s winning Nobel Prize in Literature |