Steven Jobs, the designer of Apple Computer, was not clever when he was in school. At that time, he was not a good student and he always made troubles with his schoolmates. When he went into college, he didn’t change a lot. Then he dropped out(退学). But he was full of new ideas.
After he left college, Steven Jobs worked as a video game designer. He worked there for only several months and then he went to India. He hoped that the trip would give him some new ideas and give him a change in life.
Steven Jobs lived on a farm in California for a year after he returned from India.
In 1975, he began to make a new type of computer. He designed the Apple Computer with his friend in his garage(汽车库). He chose the name “Apple” just because it could help him to remember a happy summer he once spent in an apple tree garden. His Apple Computer was such a great success that Steven Jobs soon became famous all over the world.Steven Jobs was not a good student in school because he _____.
A. never did his lessons
B. was full of new ideas
C always made troubles with his schoolmates
D. dropped outSteven Jobs didn’t finish college, did he?
| A．Yes, he did. |
| B．No, he didn’t. |
| C．Yes, he didn’t. |
| D．No, he did. |
Steven Jobs designed his new computer _____.
| A．in India |
| B．with his friend |
| C．in an apple tree garden |
| D．by himself |
From this passage, we know _____.
| A．Steven Jobs didn’t finish his studies in the college because he hated his schoolmates |
| B．Steven Jobs liked travelling in India and California |
| C．Steven Jobs liked trying new things and making his new ideas become true |
| D．Steven Jobs could only design video games |
One day Tom was playing with his younger brother Paul beside the well(井) near their home. Suddenly Tom fell down the well. Paul was frightened. Their parents were not at home. Their father was working in the factory and their mother was helping a neighbor. Tom called his younger brother, Paul. Paul looked at the bottom of the well and saw his brother standing in the water of the well. Tom was five feet tall and the water was only three feet deep. Paul was glad to see his brother safe in the well. Then he ran home and brought a long rope.
He was only six and not very strong, so he could not pull Tom out. He was thinking hard and finally had a good idea. He tied one end of the rope to a tree and threw the other end to his brother in the well. Then Tom climbed up the rope and got out of the well. He thanked his brother first and went home to exchange his wet clothes.Tom was ___________.
| A．writing to Paul | B．writing to his brother |
| C．playing with Paul | D．walking near his home |
Tom fell down ___________.
| A．a well near his home | B．a well in the factory |
| C．a river beside a neighbor | D．a river near the factory |
__________ was trying to save Tom.
| A．His father | B．His mother |
| C．One of his friend | D．His brother Paul |
Their parents were __________
| A．save in the well | B．away from home |
| C．working in the factory | D．helping a neighbor |
Paul was ___________.
| A．sixteen and strong | B．only five and not very strong |
| C．only six and not strong | D．fifteen but not strong |
On a small farm(农场) in Mexico，there are no schools．A bus is the school．The driver of the bus is the teacher．It’s a school bus，but it doesn’t take the children to school．It just goes round from place to place，and sometimes it comes to this farm．The bus will stay here for three months．The farmers call it a school on wheels(轮子)．Every time when the bus comes，the farmers will come，running to it，shouting and laughing．They warmly welcome the school bus．
When the bus is on the farm，in the morning，the teacher teaches the small children．In the afternoon．the bigger children come to have their lessons because they must work in the morning．At night．the fathers and mothers come to school．They want to learn．too．How the farmers hope that some day they can have a real school on their farm!The driver of the bus is ________．
| A．the teacher | B．the student |
| C．the farmer | D．the school |
The bus school will ________．
| A．take the children to school |
| B．stay here for a long time |
| C．take the fathers and mothers to school |
| D．go round from place to place |
When the bus school comes，the farmers will ________．
| A．stop working | B．warmly welcome it |
| C．be happy | D．both B and C |
The bigger children have their lessons in the afternoon because ________ in the morning．
| A．they can’t get up early |
| B．the teacher wants to teach the small children first |
| C．they have a lot of work to do |
| D．they have to do their homework |
Which one is right?
| A．A school bus is a real school for farmers’ children |
| B．The bus school has no teacher at all． |
| C．The bus school has no students． |
| D．The children and their parents on the farm all come to the bus school to learn． |
A woman is at the movies,and she is enjoying the movie very much. A man in the next seat begins to look for something on the floor under him. The woman is angry (生气的)and says“What are you doing there? What are you looking for?” “A piece of chocolate巧克力. ” the man answers.“But it ’ s dirty now! Take this and be quiet, please! I am listening to the film! ” she gives the man a big one.“ But, ” the man says, “ my false ( 假的) tooth (牙齿 ) is in it on the floor地板! ”What’s the woman doing?
Why is the woman angry?
Where is the man sitting?
What does the woman give the man?
Why does the man want to find the chocolate?
A French woman goes to London to see her son. She knows a little English,but cannot speak it very well. One day she goes to a shop. She wants to buy a hen ( 母鸡） for supper. But she cannot remember ( 记得) the English word for“ hen” . Just then the shop waiter asks her, “Can I help you?” “ I want the egg’s mother” the woman answers. The shop waiter does not understand( 明白)her and says, “ Sorry, we have not any bigger (交大的) eggs.” Suddenly (突然））） the woman remembers(记起)the word“cock(公鸡She says, I want the cock’s wife妻子! ”This time the shop waiter laughs (笑 ).The woman goes to London .
| A．to learn English | B．to have supper |
| C．to see her son | D．to buy a cock |
The woman;
| A．only knows a little English |
| B．knows much English |
| C．doesn ’ t know English |
| D．can speak English very well |
The shop waiter thinks the egg’s mother must be
| A．bigger eggs | B．the cock ’s wife |
| C．hens | D．cocks |
The shop waiter laughs because he ______
| A．understands the woman at last(最终） |
| B．thinks it is interesting |
| C．does not understand the woman |
| D．thinks the woman is shy |
Is the woman clever?
| A．Yes, she isn’t. | B．No,he isn’t |
| C．Yes,she is | D．No,she is |
The wolves (狼) are very hungry饿. They go out to look for food. There are many sheep ( 羊 ) near the hill( 山). There are also a few sheepdogs with them. The wolves think of an idea. They speak to the sheepdogs,“ You are like us and we are brothers. But we have a very different life. We do what we like, and you must work for man. They make you look after照看 their sheep. They eat meat and give you the bones (骨头). If you listen to us and give us the sheep, we can eat them together. All of us will be happy,right？”The dogs are happy and do like this. The wolves ask the dogs to go to their house. The sheepdogs go to the wolves’ home. But the wolves eat them and then eat the sheep.The wolves go out for food because.
| A．they see the sheep near the mountain |
| B．they see the sheepdogs |
| C．they are hungry |
| D．they want to go out |
The sheepdogs work for.
| A．man | B．sheep |
| C．wolves | D．dogs |
Why do the wolves ask the sheepdogs to go to their home?
| A．Because they want to eat them. |
| B．Because they want to be sheepdogs ’ friends. |
| C．Because they want to help sheepdogs to get freedom( 自由). |
| D．Because their home is near this mountain. |
What do the sheepdogs do?
| A．Play with the sheep. | B．Look after the sheep. |
| C．Work with man. | D．Eat the bones. |
What do you think of the wolves?
| A．Shy. | B．Lazy. |
| C．Kind. | D．Sly(狡猾). |