Hearing what I said， my dad laughed kindly. I continued， “I owe your thanks， and I hope you realize how much you did for me as my dad.”
I could almost hear him smiling one the other end. I knew he was touched and felt a little shy. His voice sounded shaky.
“Well， we got you educated，” he said， laughing generously.
“You did more than that，” I said， “You did well.”
“You like your house now， and your life?” he asked quietly.
“Yeah， Dad， I’m happy. You don’t have to worry—things are going great for us.”
I told him I loved him and he told me he loved me and I hung up the phone. As I got ready for bed， I thought about what an amazing conversation we had.
Ten hours later， my mother called， waking me up. I could hardly understand what she was trying to say.
“Your father’s dead!” she cried. “I found him lying on the dinning room floor.”
Suddenly I was standing straight up beside my bed， holding the phone and sobbing .
I was a thousand miles away. All I could think about was how many hours， minutes and seconds it would take me to jump on a plane and get there. I thought about my mother sitting there alone with my father， and I couldn’t move fast enough.
The flight was long and painful. I had planned on going home to see my dad and mom in another month， and I cried aloud， thinking I was too late. Then I suddenly realized the incredible miracle of it all: I hadn’t been late at all. Actually， everything had been right on time.When did Dad die?
| A．Soon after he made the telephone call. |
| B．The next morning. |
| C．Before the writer hung up the phone. |
| D．Ten hours later after the telephone call. |
From the story， we can infer Dad was_____ when he died.
| A．happy | B．sad | C．angry | D．upset |
The writer lives___________.
| A．in a place not far away. | B．in the same city |
| C．a thousand miles away | D．at home |
The writer thought__________
| A．his father did well. | B．his father do enough. |
| C．his father did badly | D．his father is too old to do. |
From the last part， we can know__________
| A．the writer will be sad. |
| B．the writer will change pain into power. |
| C．the writer will be happy. |
| D．the writer won’t do anything. |
Dear Amy,
How are you ? I’m in a new school this term. This school is big and nice. There are about 1800 students in my school. I like the teachers. They are all kind to me. My classmates are polite and helpful. They teach me Chinese and I teach them English.
There are trees and flowers in my school. It is very beautiful. Behind my school, there is a small river. We often go fishing there.
We have no classes at weekends. Sometimes I go to play football or basketball with my classmates. Sometimes I stay at home and read some interesting books. Sometimes I go shopping with my parents. We all like China.
Please e-mail me soon.
Yours,
Sandy
根据短文，判断正（T）误（F）.This is an e-mail from Sandy to Amy.
Amy is in a new school this term.
Sandy’s classmates teach her Chinese and English.
There’s a playground behind the school.
Sandy has no classes on Saturdays and Sundays.
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Tens of thousands（成千上万） of people of Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province took part in the funeral(葬礼) of “the most beautiful driver” Wu Bin on June 4, 2012.
At noon on May 29, he drove the Zhejiang A19115 large bus from Wuxi back to Hangzhou, carrying 24 passengers. It hit Wu in the abdomen(腹部). He looked very painful and put the right hand over the abdomen, then drove slowly down, stopped at the side of the road, playing two flashing lights（闪光灯）to let other drivers be careful, and pulled a good handbrake(拉好手刹). At last he tried his best to stand up, turned to the frightened passengers and said: “
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The passengers saw he couldn’t speak and blood kept running from his abdomen. At once they called the police. Wu Bin was later sent to Wuxi Liberation Army 101 Hospital. But he saved 24 passengers’ lives on his bus.
| A. Don’t run, safety first. B. On the morning of June 1, Wu Bin died. C. Wu Bin made the greatest thing in the last minute. D. Many of them volunteered（自愿）to help to keep traffic orders. E. At about 11:40, a piece of iron（铁器）suddenly dropped from the sky |
Miss Green came into the classroom with a piece of paper. There was a big black dot(点) in the middle. Miss Green put up this piece of paper and asked, “What can you see in the middle of the white paper?” All the children watched the black dot. “ A black dot,” they answered quickly. “But can’t you see this piece of white paper? The black dot is like unlucky things in our life. If we only see the dark dot, how can we be happy?”
The classroom was very quiet at the moment. Miss Green took out another piece of paper from her bag. This was a piece of black paper with a white dot in the middle.
“what can you see, kids?” she asked the children with a smile on her facc.
“A white dot,” the children answered loudly.
Miss Green smiled, “My children, although we may be happy or worried in our life, it is just like the clouds in the sky. The clouds can lift(消散) quickly and the sun can come out soon. You can be a happy child with the sun in your eyes all the time.” What does Miss Green do?
| A．A doctor | B．A shop assistant |
| C．A teacher | D．A student |
Where is the black dot?
| A．In the middle of the black paper. |
| B．On the right of the white paper. |
| C．In the middle of the white paper |
| D．On the left of the black paper. |
How many pieces of paper did Miss Green show the kids?
| A．One | B．Two | C．Three | D．Four |
Which of the following is RIGHT according to the article?
| A．Miss Green likes white. |
| B．Miss Green likes black |
| C．Miss Green is telling jokes. |
| D．Miss Green wants the kids to be positive(积极的) in their life |
What does this article want to tell us？
| A．We should see the white dot in the black paper. |
| B．We should see the black dot in the white paper. |
| C．We are like the clouds. |
| D．Life is always beautiful although sometimes it’s terrible. |
You have been working hard to learn English. Do you know American kids are trying to learn Chinese? More than 60,000 American students now study Chinese.
“Because of China’s fast development, Chinese has become more useful, and more and more Americans begin to learn it, ” said Scott McGinnis, a Washington language expert (专家).
For example, in 1999, only three schools in Chicago had Chinese lessons. This year more than 30 schools there have Chinese during school days. Last year China gave them 3,000 textbooks because they had done a good job.
Although Chinese is becoming more and more popular, it is one of the most difficult languages to learn. Usually, an English speaker takes about 1,320 hours to become good at Chinese. He needs only 480 hours for French, Spanish or Italian.According to Scott McGinnis, more and more Americans begin to learn Chinese.
| A．because of China’s fast development |
| B．because of China’s interesting culture |
| C．because they have more free time |
| D．because Chinese is easy to learn |
This year，schools in Chicago give students Chinese lessons.
| A．only three | B．thirteen |
| C．over thirty | D．less than thirty |
The students at those schools in Chicago take Chinese lessons.
| A．after school | B．at weekends |
| C．on school nights | D．on school days |
Last year China gavetextbooks to those schools in Chicago.
| A．thirty | B．three hundred |
| C．three thousand | D．thirty thousand |
From the last two sentences we know that .
| A．Chinese is easier to learn than French, Spanish or Italian |
| B．Chinese is more difficult to learn than French, Spanish or Italian |
| C．English speakers like to learn French, Spanish or Italian more than Chinese |
| D．English speakers like to learn Chinese more than French, Spanish or Italian |
My name is Sarah and I’m 14．I don’t have a brother or a sister. I am in Year(年)7 at Green School．My parents are Charles and Nancy Goldman．My father is a math teacher and my mother is an English teacher．We are in the same(相同的)school
My father’s parents are Ted and-Sandra Goldman．They live(居住)in Southampton．Ted is 60, and Sandra is 58．My grandfather is a doctor, my grandmother doesn’t work(工作)．They come to see us twice(两次)a year．
My mother's parents are Harold and Amy Rivers．Harold is 62 and Amy is 6 1．They are farmers. They have a farm(农场)．They grow(种植)vegetables．I like to go to see my grandparents.Charles and Nancy Goldman have only________________
Nancy Goldman teaches(教)__________________
_______________is Sarah’s mother’s father．
The age(年龄)of Sarah’s grandmother, Sandra is_______________
On the farm Harold and Amy Rivers_____________________[来