Martin Lynch， an American businessman， had been going on vacation to a small Mexican fishing village for a number of years. One morning while going for a walk along the beach， he saw his friend Pablo Perez， a local fisherman. Martin watched Pablo unload the fish from his boat and pack it in a box.
Martin noticed Pablo was smiling and looked very happy. He could also see several large fish in the boat. Martin greeted Pablo and asked how long it took to catch the fish. “Just a few hours，” replied Pablo. Martin asked， “Why didn’t you stay longer and catch more fish?” “I have enough for my family，” Pablo said. “And what do you do with the rest of your day?” asked Martin. “I take a nap， play with my children， spend time with my wife， and go into the village to see my friends and play cards， I have a full and busy life.” Martin explained that if Pablo worked longer hours and caught more fish， he could make more money. With the extra money， Pablo could buy more boats and catch money more fish. By selling the fish， Pablo could open his own factory and sell direct to supermarkets.
“Then what?” asked Pablo. “Well you would probably have to move to Mexico City to run the business. Finally， you would be able to sell your business and make millions of dollars，” replied Martin. “How long will that take?” asked Pablo.
Martin thought for a while and said it would probably take at least 15 years.
“And then what” asked Pablo.
“Well， that’s the best part，” Martin said. “You will be able to retire and buy a house near the ocean， sleep longer， play with your children， spend more time with your wife， see your friends， and play cards.”What is the story mainly about?
| A．A businessman and a fisherman have become friends. |
| B．A businessman learns how to fish from a fisherman. |
| C．A businessman wants to become a businessman. |
| D．A businessman gives advice to a fisherman. |
What makes the Mexican fisherman happy is ______________.
| A．many friends to visit him |
| B．a full and busy life |
| C．more boats and more fish |
| D．the house near the ocean |
How can the fisherman make more money in the businessman’s view?
| A．By buying a supermarket. |
| B．To move to Mexico City. |
| C．By selling his own business. |
| D．To work longer and catch more fish. |
The underlined word “unload” in the passage means ____________.
| A．put … into | B．take…away |
| C．break down | D．set off |
We can know from the passage that ____________.
| A．the fisherman will stay the same with his life |
| B．the fisherman will leave the village for Mexico City |
| C．the business man will buy the fisherman’s boat |
| D．it takes all day for the fisherman to catch large fish |
Reporter: How long have you been a firefighter?
Wilson: For eight years. JP Reporter: How did you get started?
Wilson: First, 1 had to take a lot of tests in two weeks. Then, I went to the firefighter school for four months. 1 learned how to put out fires and how to use equipment I also
had a full-time training every day!
Reporter: How do you stay safe on the job?
Wilson: I wear special clothing. It helps keep me protected from fire. I also carry an oxygen tank (氧气瓶) and a mask (面具). They help me to breathe in a smoke-filled building. Reporter: Are there any new tools that firefighters use?
Wilson: We have a special camera that can see in the dark. It can find heat. That way, we can
exactly tell the place of a fire. Reporter: Do you save pets?
Wilson: Just three days ago, I helped save some cats. They were hiding under the beds. Pets
usually bide during a fire because they are afraid of danger. Reporter: Do you ever get afraid?
Wilson: No. There is no time to he afraid. I just think about what to do to put out the fire safely. Reporter: What do you like best about being a firefighter?
Wilson: Helping people! Kate Wilson has done her job for____________.
A. 2 weeks b. 3 days c. 4 months D. 8 yearsTo become a firefighter, Kate Wilson ____________at first.
| A．took a lot of tests | B．le arned to stay safe |
| C．saved some animals | D．used fire equipment |
Kate Wilson says she does not get afraid because_____________.
| A．she has an oxygen tank | B．she knows how to fight fires |
| C．she enjoys finding heat | D．she is too busy putting out fires |
As a firefighter, Kate Wilson likes____________ most.
| A．wearing a mask | B．asking questions |
| C．helping people | D．hiding in smoke |
What did the reporter make this interview for?
| A．To tell people what a firefighter does. |
| B．To teach people how to prevent fires. |
| C．To make people want to be firefighters. |
| D．To show people how a firefighter is trained. |
In England, everybody knows Jamie Oliver. He has his own TV programs. La these programs, he tells people how to cook healthy food. Everyone likes Jamie ’ s programs because his food is easy to make.
Jamie wants people to eat healthily. In some schools in England, the food at lunch time wasn’t healthy. One day, Jamie went to a school to make a TV program about healthy diet. He cooked the food with lots of fruit and vegetables. At first the children didn’t want to eat because they didn’t like fruit or vegetables. But after they tasted the food, they started to enjoy it.
Now the food for children in schools has become much healthier.People like Jamie’s TV programs about food because his food_______.
A. is always healthy
B. is easy to make
C. is good for kidsOne day, Jamie visited a school and_______.
A. surveyed the students’ diet
B. showed the students how to cook
C. made a program about healthy foodFrom the passage we leant that Jamie is a famous_______.
A. TV host B. film actor C. school teacher
How do you like to go to school like this one in Oxford, England? There are no real classes. The students go from one group to another when they want to. You may find students of fourteen, sixteen or twenty - one years old all in the same group. They work at their own studies. Nobody tells them what they should do or what they shouldn’t do.
The day I visited, school began at nine. Some students were listening to their own lessons. Others were watching TV on physics. A group was working in the library. I didn’t see anybody just sit doing nothing. Everybody was studying.
At lunch time I could see students working, too. They were talking about their lessons while they were eating. When you think of those students, you can be sure it is one of the best schools in the world.In this school in Oxford, the students _______.
A. are all teenagers
B.don' t study in groups
C.never study in any real classesEvery student is working at _______in this school.
A.the same thing
B.a different thing
C.his or her own studiesIt is true that_______.
Ahis school is one of the best schools in the world
Bhe students in this school like to study in the same group
Che students in this school learn everything by discussing with others
阅读下面短文，根据短文内容判断句子的正误。正确的涂“A”，错误的涂“B”。（共4小题，每小题2分；计8分）
When I was a boy, I didn’t have any hair on my head. So I was very shy. I liked to watch my friends play in the park. Sometimes I would join them, but most of the time I just watched them play.
Every day, we would see an old man walking in the park. He had big ears and no hair. We thought he was dumb (哑的). Every time when my friends saw him, they would say loudly, "Hey, Mr. Dumb, what’s the time?” But they got no answer.
One early evening, I was standing outside my house, and I saw the old man coming. I was not with any of my friends and there were no other kids around to say the usual words of "greeting( 问候)”.
But how could I let the old man walk by without saying anything? So for the first time, I asked, “Hey, Mr. Dumb, what’s the time?"
The old man looked at me. Then he looked at his watch and answered, "It’s six thirty. " I ran into my house and never said that "greeting" to the old man after that day.The boy often played with his friends together.
The boy’s friends were very polite to the old man.
Neither the boy nor the old man had any hair on the head.
Actually, the old man could hear and speak.
To most of us, school means classes, teachers, schedules, grades and tests. But for the children at Sudbury Valley School in Massachusetts, school is very different. 
Firstly, there are no lessons. All the children, aged between 4 and 19, do whatever they want. There are no teachers, only “staff members”. The idea behind this is that you do not need to make children learn, because children want to learn anyway. “You do not need to say to a three-year-old, ‘Go explore your environment.’ You can’t stop them!”says Daniel Greenberg, a founder of the school. “But if you make children do what you want all day… they will lose all taste of learning.” At Sudbury Valley School, you will find children talking, reading, painting, cooking, working on computers, studying French, playing the piano, climbing trees, or just running around. Two boys spent three years just fishing!
The other way that Sudbury Valley School is different is that the children can decide the rules. Every week, there is a school meeting where both children and staff have one vote (投票)each—even the four-year-olds. They decide the school rules, how to spend the school money, and even which staff they want and do not want anymore.
When the school first opened in 1968, people said it would never work. But today, the school h
as 200 students, and 80% of its students go on to college. Even the two boys who went fishing all the time have successful careers today. One of them is a musician and the other is a computer scientist.What's special about the school?
| A．There is nobody but students there. |
| B．All the students are of the same age. |
| C．There are no classes for the students. |
| D．There are no rules in the school. |
What do the students do in the school?
| A．They learn everything there from the staff members. |
| B．They grow up there without learning anything. |
| C．They spend all the time with their parents. |
| D．They do whatever they are interested in. |
The school seems to believe that children________.
| A．learn best when they are doing what they want |
| B．are too young to learn anything by themselves |
| C．can look after themselves without any help |
| D．can't go to college without any hard work |
The last paragraph wants to tell us that_.
| A．the writer doesn't like the idea of the school |
| B．the school is quite successful in its work |
| C．most of the parents don't believe in the school |
D．younger students learn bet ter there than older ones |
The underlined word career in the last paragraph most probably means_.
A. family B. money C. lifestyled. job