I’m Sam. My hobby is playing chess（棋）—one of the greatest games in the world. My mom taught me how to play when I was 7. She beat(打败) me every time for the first year. But then on my eighth birthday, I won for the first time. I nearly always beat her from then on.
It takes about a day to learn the rules(规则). But if you want to be good, you have to practice for years. You don’t need much to play chess—just a chess set(棋具) and someone to play with.
Chess sets can be quite cheap, or very expensive. Some people collect chess sets as a hobby, but some prefer playing.
There is a chess club in our school, and we meet every week to play with each other. I’m the best player in the club, and the captain of the school chess team. This year we won the All English Schools’ Championship(锦标赛), and I had to go up on stage(台子) in front of the whole school to collect the trophy(奖品).
I’m saving up my money to buy a chess computer. It’s very expensive, but very good for practice. In that way, I’ll always have someone to play with. One day I will be the world chess champion(冠军).
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。Sam’s mom_______ beats him at chess.
| A．never | B．always |
| C．usually | D．sometimes |
You have to spend________ money on a chess set.
| A．lots of | B． little | C．much | D．some |
Sam’s school has a very good ______ team.
| A．chess | B．soccer |
| C．basketball | D．pingpong |
Sam is the _______ of the school chess team
| A．teacher | B． owner | C．captain | D．worker |
Sam has got ___________.
| A．a chess computer | B．a chess club |
| C．a chess set(棋具) | D．Both A and B |
It' s Sunday morning. There are many people in the park, some boys are playing basketball. There are some girls under a big tree. They' re singing and dancing. What are those women doing? They are drinking tea. Look at the woman in a blue coat. Who' s she? She' s my mother. She is talking to Edward. Edward is her student. He is a good student. He studies hard . He' s good at all the subjects. And he' s friendly to all his teachers and his friends.The boys are .
| A．singing | B．playing basketball | C．dancing | D．drinking |
are under a big tree.
| A．Some people. | B．Some women. | C．Some girls. | D．Some boys. |
My mother' s coat is .
| A．blue | B．white | C．red | D．yellow |
My mother is .
| A．a teacher | B．an office | C．a doctor | D．a woman |
Edward is in .
| A．my home | B．the classroom | C．the zoo | D．the park |
Happiness is for everyone. You don’t need to care about those people who have beautiful houses with large gardens and swimming pools or those who have nice cars and a lot of money and so on. Why? Because those who have big houses may often feel lonely and those who have cars may want to walk on the country roads at their free time.
In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your hear into it. When you are in trouble at school, your friends will help you; when you study hard at your lessons, your parents are always taking good care of your life and your health; when you get success, your friends will say congratulations to you; when you do something wrong, people around you will help you to correct it. And when you do something good to others, you will feel happy, too. All these are your happiness. If you notice them, you can see that happiness is always around you.
Happiness is not the same as money. It is a feeling of your heart. When you are poor, you can also say you are very happy, because you have something else that can’t be bought with money. When you meet with difficulties, you can say loudly you are very happy, because you have more chances to challenge yourself. So you can’t always say you are poor and you have bad luck. As the saying goes, life is like a revolving (旋转) door. When it closes, it also opens. If you take every chance you get, you can be a happy and lucky person.Happiness is for .
| A．those who have large and beautiful house |
| B．those who have cars |
| C．those who have a lot of money |
| D．all people |
When you do something wrong, . And you feel happy.
| A．people around you will help you |
| B．you will have no chance to challenge yourself |
| C．your classmates will laugh at you |
| D．you will be happy |
Which is true according to the passage?
| A．when you get success, your friends will be very proud of you. |
| B．You can get help from others when you make mistakes. |
| C．You can still be a happy person even if you have little money. |
| D．All the above. |
When someone says, “Well, I guess I’ll have to face the music”, it doesn’t mean that he is going to hear a singer. It is something far less happy, as you are called in by your leader to explain why you did this and did that or why you did not do this or that.
At some time or another, every one of us has to “face the music”, especially as children. We can all remember father’s angry words “I want to talk to you.” And only because we did not listen to him. What a bad thing it was!
In the middle or at the end of every term, we students have to “face the music”. The result of the exam will decide whether we will face the music or not. If you got a “D” in the exam, that means parents’ cold faces and the contempt(轻视) of the classmates.
“To face the music” is well-known to every American, young or old. It is at least 100 years old. It really means that you have to do something, no matter how terrible the whole thing might be, because you have no choice.“To face the music” means “to ”.
| A．do something that we don’t like to |
| B．go to the theatre |
| C．go to the music show |
| D．do something we want to |
After the exam, we’ll have to “face the music”. That’s why .
| A．we like to take the exam |
| B．we are afraid of taking the exam |
| C．the exam is very important |
| D．we are afraid of passing the exam |
Which of the following is wrong?
| A．“To face the music” is well-known in the US. |
| B．“To face the music” has a history of more than 100 years. |
| C．The young Americans know the meaning of “to face the music”. |
| D．Only the old in the US know the meaning of “to face the music” |
The aim of students who came to school is to study. But to study requires (需要) a right way, or you waste either the time or the money. The following are the ways of studying.
The best time for reading is morning, because in the morning, the air is fresh and the mind is clear. For that reason, we can get good result.
In studying we must have patience (耐心). If we have not known a text well, we must read it again. We should not read the next one till we have learned the first one.
When we are studying, we must put our hearts into the book, or we can get nothing from the book while we are reading.
We must always ask “whys”. If it is not well understood, write it down and ask our teachers or our parents, or friends. In any possible way, we must know it completely and what we’ve learned can be used well and made better.
Though there are many ways for studying, yet the above mentioned will be quite enough if we can keep them in heart and do so.The passage tells us .
| A．the importance of reading |
| B．to read in the morning |
| C．to pay attention to the ways of studying |
| D．to have patience in studying |
The passage has taught us ways for studying.
| A．three | B．four | C．five | D．many |
We’d better read in the morning because .
A. it’s easy to remember what we have learned
B. the air is fresh and the mind is clear
C. it’s difficult to get good results
D we have patienceIf we can’t put our hearts into the book when we read, it is .
| A．easy to understand it well |
| B．better to get something from it |
| C．impossible for us to get something from it |
| D．possible to learn something from it |
In studying we must always ask “whys” in order to .
| A．understand the book well |
| B．write down the question |
| C．do with the new words |
| D．get some questions to ask our teachers |
Mr. Brown was going away for a week. Before he left, he said to his son, “If anyone comes to visit me, tell him that your father is away on business, and will be back in a week, then be sure to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea.”
“OK, Dad,” said his son. Mr. Brown was afraid his son wouldn’t remember this, so he wrote these words down on a piece of paper and gave it to him. His son put the paper into his small pocket. He took it out and looked at it every now and then.
Four days passed, but no one came to see his father. The boy thought that no one would come and that the piece of paper was of no more use to him, so he burnt it.
The next afternoon, someone knocked at the door. The boy opened it. A man was standing at the door and said, “Is your father at home?” The boy put his hand into his pocket at once for the piece of paper. He could not find it. He suddenly remembered he had burnt it, so he shouted, “No more.”
The man was very surprised. He asked, “No more? I met your father last week. When did it happen?”“Burnt yesterday evening.”Mr Brown told his son that
| A．he would be away from home for four days |
| B．he would be back in seven days |
| C．he would be back in a month |
| D．he liked a cup of tea |
Mr Brown wrote the words down on
| A．the wall | B．the door | C．a piece of paper | D．his son’s pocket |
A man came to visit the boy’s father on day.
| A．the second | B．the third | C．the fourth | D．the fifth |
The man was very surprised because
| A．he thought the child’s father was burnt |
| B．the child didn’t ask him to sit down |
| C．the child gave him a cup of tea |
| D．he couldn’t find that piece of paper |