Brother’s song of life
Like any good mother, when Karen found out that another baby was on the way, she did what she could do to help her 3-year-old son Michael prepare for it. She and her husband found out that the new baby was going to be a girl. Day after day, night after night, Michael sang to his sister in his mom’s tummy（肚子）.
Finally, Michael’s little sister was born. But she was in a very serious condition. The doctor told the parents there was very little hope. They kept the baby girl in the intensive care unit（ICU, 重症监护室）. Karen was so sad. She decided to plan for her funeral（葬礼）. Michael, however, kept begging his parents to let him see his sister. “I want to sing to her,” he would say. Eventually, Karen decided to take Michael to his sister. This may be the last time he sees her alive.
Michael looked at his baby sister. After a moment, he began to sing. In the pure-hearted voice of a three-year-old, Michael sang: “You are my sunshine. You make me happy when skies are gray.”
Immediately the baby girl seemed to respond（回应）. Her pulse rate（脉搏率）began to calm down. “Keep on singing, Michael,” encouraged Karen with tears in her eyes. “You never know, dear, how much I love you, please don’t take my sunshine away.” As Michael sang to his sister, the baby’s breath became smooth.
After a few days, the little girl was well enough to go home. The doctors called it a miracle（奇迹）.What can we learn from the first paragraph?
| A．Michael didn’t want to accept his new sister. |
| B．Karen helped Michael prepare for the change. |
| C．Michael likes his little sister from the beginning. |
| D．Karen wished that the baby had been a girl. |
What do we know about the little sister after she was born?
| A．She was not very well, but not very serious. |
| B．A doctor came to see her in her house. |
| C．She was very thin and couldn’t speak. |
| D．She was in great danger. |
Which is true according to the passage?
| A．Michael doesn’t love his young sister because she will share his mother’s love. |
| B．The doctor told the parents that the baby could be better soon. |
| C．Seeing the young sister in danger, Michael didn’t care and still sang happily. |
| D．The great power of love brought the girl back to life. |
Why did Karen decided to take Michael to see his new-born sister?
| A．Because Michael may never have chance to see his younger sister alive. |
| B．The doctor asked her to let him in. |
| C．Because Michael was also seriously ill. |
| D．Because Karen knew Michael would save his younger sister by his singing. |
When he was a teenager, Hunter Adams was very unhappy, and he spent many years in the 1960s and 1970s in a special hospital for people with mental health problems.
When he left hospital, Adams decided to become a doctor, so he went to a medical school in Virginia, in America. But when he was there, he did things in different ways. For example, he didn’t like the doctors’ white coats, so he wore shirts with flowers on them when he visited his patients, and he tried to make them laugh. The doctors at the medical school didn’t like Adams very much because he was too different.
Adams believed that people in hospital need more than just medicine. He saw unhappy and lonely people, and he tried to help them, not just as patients, but as people too. He spent a lot of time with children in hospital, and often put a special red nose on his face so he looked like a clown and made the children laugh.
When he finished medical school and became a doctor, Adams opened his own hospital, called The Gesundheit Institute, with some other doctors. They wanted it to be a place with a different way of working with sick people.
Hunter Adams became famous during the 1980s, and in 1998, Universal Pictures made a film about his life. It was very successful. In the film, Robin Williams played Adams. Williams said, “Hunter is a really warm person, who believes that patients need a doctor who’s a friend. I enjoyed playing him”
根据短文内容回答下列问题：Was Hunter Adams a doctor?
__________________________________________________________________Where was the medical school?
__________________________________________________________________How did Hunter Adams make children in the hospital laugh?
__________________________________________________________________What did Hunter Adams do after he finished medical school and became a doctor?
___________________________________________________________________In Hunter Adams’ opinion, what was a good doctor like?
Running a marathon (马拉松)
Have you ever taken part in a marathon? A marathon is 42km long. It is the longest race in the world. To make the runner’s body work, harder training is quite necessary. A runner should start to prepare for a marathon at least three months before. Preparation may have races, many hours of running at different speeds and changes in diet(饮食). During the training time the runner must eat a fit diet. The diet should have lots of things needed in training the players.
In the early days of training, runners run 80km per week. The running is increased every two or three weeks and at least two long runs per week are needed.
Two weeks before the marathon, the training programme becomes less, from 100km per week down to 60km and then to 30km in the final week. On the last two days they may not run at all.
Breakfast should be eaten at least three hours before the race. Easily digested(消化) food such as cereal(麦), toast(烤面包) and scrambled(捣碎) egg is best, with as much fluid(液体) as possible. Runners should drink water about half an hour before the race to keep up the body fluid.According to the passage, when should a marathon runner begin his training?
| A．A month before the race. | B．A week before the race. |
| C．Three or four months before the race. | D．A year before the race. |
What should a runner have for his breakfast on the day of the race?
| A．Easily digested food. | B．A big meal. | C．Lots of meat. | D．Oily food. |
What is the length of the modern marathon?
| A．100km. | B．60km. | C．30km. | D．42km. |
Players must have________in order to run better in a marathon.
| A．training at different speeds and changes in diet |
| B．much water |
| C．lessons before the race |
| D．many fruits |
Hard training before a marathon can ________.
| A．make the game easier | B．keep the players healthy |
| C．help the players to make more progress | D．have more fans |
June and I were both poor when we were young. At that time, June always said, “ If I got rich, I would buy a bigger apartment and a new wardrobe(衣柜).” Of course, she said this just for fun and she never imagined that she would really become rich.
A few years ago, June was surprised and excited when she came into a fortune(财产) from her uncle, who had been single. After receiving it, she made a shopping list. On it she wrote down all the ways she could use to spend the money. Every time I told her not to spend all of the money and to save some, she would always say impatiently(不耐烦的), “ I know, I know!”
One day, when I was in June’s home, she passed a piece of paper to me. “I thought over your suggestion for several nights. I’ve decided how to use the money. I hope my money will be helpful to those who need help,” she said.
I was pleased to hear what she said. Then I took the paper and only saw the two words written by her: Charity and Family. I smiled and played a joke on her, “Don’t you want to move to a new apartment? That is what you have been dreaming of.”
“Actually, I have been looking forward to it, but now it doesn’t seem so important to me anymore,” she answered with a smile.
When I was about to put the paper on the table, I found there were still a few words. June had written: and a new wardrobe.June could get her uncle’s fortune because ________.
| A．her uncle had no children |
| B．she treated her uncle very well |
| C．her uncle didn’t get along well with his children |
| D．she was very poor and her uncle wanted to help her |
How did the writer probably feel after seeing June’s shopping list at first?
| A．Relaxed. | B．Worried. | C．Happy. | D．Impatient. |
How did June plan to spend her money at last?
①Buying a big apartment.
②Leaving some of it to her family.
③Donating all her money to charity.
④Getting a new wardrobe.
⑤Helping those who need help.
| A．①②③ | B．②③④ | C．③④⑤ | D．②④⑤ |
From the passage we can know that ________.
| A．the writer told June to give the money to the poor |
| B．the writer helped June buy a new apartment |
| C．June’s parents didn’t have any brothers at all |
| D．June was poor when she was young |
Which of the following could be the best title for the passage?
| A．June’s Life | B．June’s Friend |
| C．June’s Decision | D．June’s New Apartment |
Four girls were at the same school. They were good friends, so they often studied and played together. They went to school every day by taxi.
One day one of the girls said, “There is a test this morning. Let’s go to school late. Then we won’t have to take the test.” “What can we tell the teacher?” One of the girls said. “He’ll be angry. We’ll need a good excuse.”
The girls thought for several moments, then one of them said, “Let’s tell him that our taxi had a flat tire(爆胎).” “That’s a good idea,” the other girls said. “We’ll tell him that.”
They arrived at school an hour later. The test was finished.
“Why are you late?” the teacher asked. “You miss the test.” “Our taxi had a flat tire,” one of the girls said.
The teacher thought for a moment, then he said, “Sit down, one of you in each corner of the room.” The four girls did this. Then the teacher said, “Write the answer to this question on a piece of paper: Which tire was flat?”The four girls went to school every day by ________.
| A．bus | B．taxi | C．subway | D．bike |
One day the four girls got to school late because they ________.
| A．didn’t like their teacher | B．got up late in the morning |
| C．didn’t want to take the test | D．had an accident on the road |
What’s the meaning of the word “excuse” in Chinese?
| A．对不起 | B．请假 | C．借口 | D．请示 |
The teacher asked the four girls to sit down like Picture ________.
A． |
B． |
C． |
D． |
The passage implies(暗示) that ________.
| A．the teacher was always angry with his students |
| B．the teacher would get the same answer to the question from the four girls |
| C．the four girls always have good ideas |
| D．the teacher was strict with his students |
每个人均有自己的爱好，有时这些爱好可以帮助他人。请根据下面5个人不同的爱好，从A-E中为他们提供合适的建议。
| Name |
Loves |
Could |
| Xu Hui |
Soccer |
|
| Chen Tang |
English |
|
| Joy |
Movies |
|
| Gong Wei |
Music |
|
| Lucy |
Reading |
| A．Show free movies to the villagers |
| B．Sing for sick people |
| C．Train a soccer team for kids |
| D．Teach kids to start a good reading habit. |
E. Help teach English to those poor kids