I was never very neat, while my roommate Kate was extremely organized. Each of her objects had its place, but mine always hid somewhere. She even labeled (贴标签) everything. I always looked for everything. Over time, Kate got neater and I got messier. She would push my dirty clothing over, and I would lay my books on her tidy desk. We both got tired of each other.
War broke out one evening. Kate came into the room. Soon, I heard her screaming, "Take your shoes away! Why under my bed!" Deafened, I saw my shoes flying at me. I jumped to my feet and started yelling. She yelled back louder.
The room was filled with anger. We could not have stayed together for a single minute but for a phone call. Kate answered it. From her end of the conversation, I could tell right away her grandma was seriously ill. When she hung up, she quickly crawled (爬) under her covers, sobbing.
Obviously, that was something she should not go through alone. All of a sudden, a warm feeling of sympathy rose up in my heart.
Slowly, I collected the pencils, took back the books, made my bed, cleaned the socks and swept the floor, even on her side. I got so into my work that I even didn't notice Kate had sat up.
She was watching, her tears dried and her expression one of disbelief. Then, she reached out her hands to grasp mine. I looked up into her eyes. She smiled at me. "Thanks."
Kate and I stayed roommates for the rest of the year. We didn't always agree, but we learned the key to living together: giving in, cleaning up and holding on.What made Kate angry one evening?
| A．She couldn't find her books. |
| B．She saw the author's shoes beneath her bed. |
| C．She got the news that her grandma was ill. |
| D．She heard the author shouting loud. |
The author tidied up the room most probably because .
| A．she wanted to show her care |
| B．she hated herself for being so messy |
| C．she was scared by Kate's anger |
| D．she was asked by Kate to do so |
How is Paragraph 1 mainly developed?
| A．By analyzing causes. |
| B．By describing a process. |
| C．By showing differences. |
| D．By following the time order. |
What might be the best title for the story?
| A．My Friend Kate | B．Hard Work Pays Off |
| C．How to Be Organized | D．Learning to Be Roommates |
Foresters are people who work with trees and know a lot about them. Occasionally, foresters have problems, and the foresters in southern Indiana have had many problems.
The foresters were doing an experiment. They wanted to grow walnut (胡桃) trees by planting walnuts in the ground. If they succeeded, the foresters would be able to control the location of the trees. Also, this method would be much cheaper than transplanting or moving nut trees that were grown in plant nurseries (苗圃) . So th
e foresters planted their walnuts, and that’s when the squirrels (松鼠) started causing trouble. Shortly after the nuts were planted, the squirrels dug them up for tasty snacks (快餐) .
The foresters tried to keep the squirrels away from the walnuts. Mothballs (卫生球) were used as a warning, but they didn’t work. Then, the foresters tried dipping the walnuts in kerosene (煤油) , but that didn’t stop the squirrels either. The foresters continue to search for a method that will really work. But until they find one, the squirrels can continue to have their walnut snacks and the foresters will have to transplant trees!Foresters are people who .
| A．look after the forest and work with trees |
| B．feed squirrels in the forest |
| C．catch squirrels that steal walnuts |
| D．transplant trees |
What were the foresters trying to do with the walnuts?
| A．Plant food for squirrels. | B．Control the location of the trees. |
| C．Move the trees closer to the squirrels. | D．Get squirrels to eat them. |
The underlined word “transplanting” probably means “”.
| A．planting | B．moving | C．growing | D．buying |
What did the squirrels do to the walnuts that were dipped in kerosene?
| A．Left them alone. | B．Continued to eat them. |
C．Hid them in trees |
D．Put them into the earth. |
According to the story, which of the following is not true?
| A．Mothballs didn’t prove to be a good method of stopping the squirrels from eating the walnuts. |
| B．The squirrels found the walnuts tasty. |
| C．The squirrels started eating mothballs instead of walnuts. |
| D．The forester haven’t found a good way to prevent the squirrels from eating the walnuts. |
Mr. Jackson lived in the center of London but he had a hotel near the airport. There a lot of foreigners stayed for night. He didn’t know any other language but English and he found it difficult for him to understand the foreign visitors. Sometimes he had to use the gesture to talk with them, and tried his best to make himself understood. But he was often misunderstood (误解) and it brought him a lot of trouble. A friend of his who taught a few foreign languages in a university would teach him. He was happy and studied hard. At first he learned some, but soon he found it wasn’t very easy to remember the words and expressions. His friend advised him to write down the useful expressions in his notebook so that he could use them when necessary. He did as he was told. He found it helpful for him to do so.
One evening there were plenty of people in the dining-room. They were all busy eating something except a Japanese. He was wandering (徘徊) there and waiting for his wife who was dressing herself up upstairs. Mr. Jackson thought to himself, “ The man wants to eat something but he doesn’t know any English. Let me help him.”
As he knew only a little Japanese, he had to bring out his notebook and showed it to the man, pointing to the sentence “I’m hungry.”
The Japanese had a look at it and gave him two pounds and left.Mr. Jackson knew only English because .
| A．he was an English student |
| B．he had never been abroad |
| C．he couldn’t learn by himself |
| D．he hadn’t studied any foreign languages |
Mr. Jackson had to use the gesture because .
| A．he wanted the foreign visitors to understand him |
| B．he wanted to learn the foreign languages from the visitors |
| C．he hoped to know the foreign visitors’ custom |
| D．he hoped more foreign visitors would stay for night in his hotel |
As not all foreign visitors understand his gesture, sometimes Mr. Jackson to communicate with them.
| A．succeeded | B．lost heart | C．failed | D．gave up |
, so he decided to help the man.
| A．Mr. Jackson thought the Japanese wanted to stay for night |
| B．Mr. Jackson thought the Japanese was not hungry |
| C．Mr. Jackson knew the Japanese was waiting for his wife. |
| D．Mr. Jackson was sure the Japanese couldn’t speak English |
The Japanese thought , so he gave him two pounds.
| A．Mr. Jackson was a beggar. | B．Mr. Jackson was a translator. |
| C．Mr. Jackson could help him. | D．Mr. Jackson could ring his wife up. |
Changsha,
Hunan Province
May 6, 2010
Dear editor,
Under China’s current educational system, there are those who do nothing but study. They of course are thought to be model students.
But I feel that there is another type of student who, perhaps not as diligent (勤奋的) as the first type, uses his time more efficiently and achieves a lot academically.
Last year, a classmate of mine was accepted by a top university. It surprised all of us. It was because, unlike most of us, he didn’t spend too much of his time studying.
When I asked him the secret of his success, he said that the key was properly and scientifically arranging his time.
“ I spent a lot of time keeping fit and as a result, I was able to better concentrate (集中) on my class work.”
The moral of the story is: it isn’t necessary to sit at your desk all day long to get high academic (学术) grades.
Yours,
Zhang ZishuWhat does the letter-writer (a reader) think leads to the fact that many students do nothing but study?
| A．The present educational system. | B． People’s old ideas. |
| C．The teaching methods. | D．The parents of these students. |
It seems that this reader thinks .
| A．the first type of student is our model |
| B．the second type of students is our model |
| C．both types of students are worth learning from |
| D．neither of the two types of students are good |
The secret of his classmate’s success was .
| A．properly and scientifically arranging his time |
| B．spending a lot of time studying |
| C．doing nothing but studying |
| D．playing all the time |
The reader wrote the letter in order to .
| A．call on us to work even harder |
| B．cause people to think about how to study more efficiently |
| C．advise people to do research into his classmate’s success |
| D．criticize (批评) China’s educational system |
What would be the best to stand for the letter-writer’s opinion?
| A．Secret of success. |
| B．China’s educational system needs changing. |
| C．Work while you work and play while you play. |
| D．Keep fit first. |
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| A．a secretary | B．a waiteror a waitress | C．an accountant |
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If you want to get the position of accountant in Wilson Bookstore, you have to satisfy the following conditions EXCEPT_____.
| A．being a woman |
| B．knowing well how to use a computer |
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| D．having an accountant certificate |
If you want to try for a job in Fairmont Hotel
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Honeybees
Honeybees can do three kinds of jobs.
It is one of the most unusual insects in the world. Bees are special be
cause they divide up their honeybee work. Each bee has a certain job to do.
The busiest bee is the worker. Workers build the nest, called a hive. Inside the hive, workers make a honeycomb from wax(蜂蜡). They store honey there for food. Workers are always cleaning and fixing the hive. They even stand at the opening and fan their wings to cool the hive. Worker bees will attack anything—even people—to keep their hive safe.
Another kind of bee is the drone(雄蜂). Drones are male bees, and their job is to fly 
with the queen bee and mate with her. After the queen mates, the worker bees drive the drones away. The drones then starve to death.
The third kind of bee is the queen. Each hive needs only one queen, and her job is laying eggs. She can lay as many as 2, 000 eggs a day. The bee’s nest is called a _______.
| A．hive | B．honeycomb | C．drone | D．wax |
Which jobs do workers do?
| A．They lay 2, 000 eggs each day and build a nest. |
| B．They mate with the queen bee and then starve. |
| C．They clean the hive and keep it cool. |
| D．They attack the queen bee. |
According to the story, bees _______.
| A．are very dangerous insects |
| B．will attack anything or anyone to protect the hive, if necessary |
| C．are like any other insect that flies |
| D．eat each other as food |
The drone is driven away when its job is finished, because _______.
| A．it attacked the workers | B．it is no longer needed in the hive |
C．the queen bee has died |
D．it ate the queen bee |