Most people graduate from school and then get a job. Everyone wants a job and pays well. How much money can you make? Ask yourself these questions. What can I do? What skills do I have? Also ask yourself: How much education do I have? For most jobs, the higher your education, the higher your earning power (the money you can make).
For example, the United States, high school graduates make about $18,600 a year. If you don’t finish high school, you make only $10,800 a year. You can make $7,800 more each year by staying in high school.
If you stay in school, then you can make more money. Let's look at the example again. A person with a high school degree makes about $ 18,600 a year. If that person goes to college and gets a bachelor's degree, he can make $42,000. With a master’ s degree, he can make about $53,000. If the person gets a doctor's degree, he can make almost $ 79,000 or more a year.
We can learn a very important thing from this information. If you want to work and make more money, get a good education.In the United States, if you graduate from a high school, you can get _______every month.
| A．$ 7,800 | B．$18,600 | C．$1,550 | D．$10,800 |
From the passage, we know a person_______usually makes the most money.
| A．with a high school degree | B．with a bachelor's degree |
| C．with a master's degree | D．with a doctor's degree |
What is the main idea of the passage?
| A．A high school degree is not important. |
| B．Everybody must go to university. |
| C．You can make more money with a higher education. |
| D．Many people can't get jobs after leaving school. |
A阅读与回答问题（共10分，每小题2分）
Parents are the closest people to you in the world. They love you just because you are you. And they would do anything for you.
Like a lot of middle school students, Zhuang Shuxia has a problem. She and her parents don’t get on well.
“I really want to be my daddy’s little girl. But it feels like he just doesn’t understand. He doesn’t listen to me,” said Zhuang, a Junior 3 student in Shijiazhuang, Hebei.
Do you and your parents also have problems? Well, why don’t you all take a walk and have a talk? It’s the International Day of Families on May 15. People around the world give thanks for good things about their families and work on family problems.
A study last year showed that 1,500 Beijing families had the same problem as Zhuang’s family: The children, 12 to 15 years old, didn’t like talking with their parents much. They weren’t happy at home.
But you and your parents will be much happier if you can be friends. Here are some ways to have a good talk with them:
＊Find a good time to talk, like when you’re eating dinner, going out for a walk or watching TV .
＊Tell them something you’re interested in, or ask them about their lives when the young. They love to talk about it.
＊Listen to them carefully, and look at them in the eye.
＊Be honest, and your parents will trust you more. And a trusting family is a happy family.Who are the closest people to us?
What is Zhuang Shuxia’s problem?
What does the writer suggest the students do if they have problems with their parents?
What kind of things do parents like to talk about?
What do you think is the best way to get on well with your parents?
D
Think "rock, paper, scissors (剪刀)" is a children's game? Think again.
Top players from around the world came together in Toronto to compete for a 10,000 – Canadian-dollar prize and the title of World Champion (世界冠军头衔). More than 500 players, including national champions from Australia, Norway and New Zealand, attended.
The simple game is often used to make decision and solve simple problems. Players hold their fists closed and count to three before making a fist (rock), a flat hand (paper) or two fingers (scissors). Paper covers rock, scissors cut paper and rock breaks scissors.
Players have different, opinions about the history of the game, but it is commonly believed to have been played for centuries in Japan. The Paper Scissors Stone Club opened in England in 1842 and players could play together there. In 1918, the name was changed to World RPS Club and its headquarters (总部) moved from London to Toronto.
The world championship started in 2002, and is held once every year.
根据短文内容，判断下列句子正误。正确为“T”，错误为“F”。The winner of the game can get 10,000 Canadian dollars as a prize.
The simple game is often used to make new friends.
From the passage, we know that making two fingers stands for scissors in the game.
The headquarters of World RPS Club moved to New Zealand in 1918.
The first world championship was held in 2002.
C
For those of us who are studying at school, the time of exams is very stressful and difficult. Some people find exam times so bad that they become ill, because they are afraid of failing; they are afraid of letting their parents and family down. If exams are really making you ill or worried, don’t hide your feelings. Talk to someone about it. Maybe you can speak to a friend, or someone in your family, or teachers at your place of study. If one person doesn’t help you, ask someone else.
How to get through exams? Here are some advice:
Ask a teacher or tutor about how to review your lessons, and exam skills—how to work when you are in an exam.
Take short rests during your time of work. If your mind is tired, it will not remember well.
Plan your work: study at times when you know you will work at your best.
Get enough sleep, and eat healthy food.
You need exercise to work well. Walk, run, play sport—whatever you enjoy.
Stop thinking about the future and failing.
If you feel ill, talk to someone about your worries. But don’t be too relaxed! 49.Some stress over exams makes you work hard for them.
If it upsets you to talk to your friends about an exam when it is finished, don’t do it! In fact, don’t even think about the exam you have finished. What is done is done. You cannot change what you have written!
To this advice, we could add:
If you are studying in the evening, don’t go straight to bed. Your mind will still be “going round and round”—thinking too much. Do something else, maybe walk or get exercise. Choose something that will relax you, and make you think of other things.
（A）根据短文内容简要回答问题。Why do some students hate exams?
What should you do if the exam upsets you when it is finished?
（B）将短文中划线的句子译成汉语。_______________________________________________________
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（C）请给短文拟一个适当的标题。_______________________________________________________
B
Do you think hard work can make anything possible? If you don’t, you may want to read the book We Can Do written by Moshe Kai Cavalin. It might change your mind.
Moshe Kai Cavalin is a 14-year-old American boy. He is about to graduate from UCLA (University of California at Los Angeles) this year. Before that, he had already gotten a degree (学位) from East Los Angeles Community College in 2009.
Recently, Cavalin published (出版) the book We Can Do. In this book, he talks about how to achieve things we want, by keeping yourself focused (专心的) and trying your best to do everything. He says this doesn’t need genius (天才), just hard work.
Cavalin says being called a genius “has always bothered (使烦恼) me… People need to know they don’t have to be geniuses; they just need to work hard and they can achieve anything. If I can reach the stars, others can reach the Milky Way(银河，天河）.”
The idea of writing a book came from a teacher named Richard Avila at his first college. Cavalin says Avila inspired (启发) him to write a book to explain how he succeeded, so he could inspire other people.
It took Cavalin four years to finish the book. Because his mother is Chinese, she wanted to publish the book in Chinese. So Cavalin translated the book into Chinese by himself. The book did well in Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia.According to the passage, we know that _____.
| A．Cavalin is a middle school student |
| B．Cavalin wants to read the book We Can Do |
| C．Cavalin will graduate from ELACC this year |
| D．Cavalin went to college at an early age |
Cavalin owes (归功于) his success to the following EXCEPT that _____.
| A．he can focus on one thing |
| B．he has tried his best to do things |
| C．he was born a genius |
| D．he worked hard at his dream |
Cavalin says “If I can reach the stars, others can reach the Milky Way” to _____.
| A．show he can do better than others |
| B．say working hard is the way to success |
| C．show a genius must be a really smart person |
| D．prove the Milky Way is farther than the stars |
Which of the following is TRUE about the book We Can Do?
| A．Cavalin spent four years writing the book. |
| B．Cavalin’s mother helped him finish the book. |
| C．The book has four editions. |
| D．The book has not come out yet. |
Did Calvalin translate the book into Chinese with the help of his mother?
| A．Yes, he did. | B．No, he didn’t. |
| C．Yes, he didn’t. | D．No, he did. |
A
It is not easy for people to sail(航海) around the world in quite small boats. Sometimes the weather gets bad. Accidents(事故) can happen easily and quickly.
One family once had an accident. A big fish swam under their boat and bit holes(洞) in it. Sea water came in and the boat soon went down. Luckily these people had another small boat——a lifeboat, so they all got into the lifeboat. They lived in the boat for many days. They ate and slept, and always hoped.At last people in a ship saved them.
How do people live in a very small lifeboat for a long time? They must be strong in every way. They must have a hope, and they must have a strong desire(愿望) to live. People cannot drink seawater. If they drink a lot of sea water, they will quickly die. They must catch rainwater and drink it. They must also catch fish and birds for food. Lifeboats do not often carry cookers. So people cannot cook their food in the lifeboats. Raw(生的) fish and birds are not very nice but they are their only food. They must eat raw food, or they will die.When the boat sank(下沉), the lifeboat gave the people _______.
| A．food | B．beds |
| C．rainwater | D．hope |
One family once had an accident at sea, because _______.
| A．their boat met bad weather |
| B．their boat hit a big rock and it was broken |
| C．none of them knew how to sail |
| D．a fish bit holes in their boat |
People can catch _______ for food and drink at sea in a lifeboat.
| A．fish and birds |
| B．rainwater |
| C．both sea water and rainwater |
| D．both A and B |
Lifeboats do not often carry cookers. The word "cookers" here means ________.
| A．厨师 | B．食物 | C．炊具 | D．盘子 |
From the article(文章) we can know that ______.
| A．It’s not interesting to sail around the world |
| B．Fish in the sea are so dangerous |
| C．we must have a strong desire(愿望) to live when we are in danger |
| D．Nobody knows when we will die |