A man and his little son spent their summer vacation walking through the mountains far from their city. One day, the little boy slipped 20-30 meters down the side of the mountain. Finally he was able to grab onto a tree branch and hold on.
“Help me!” he cried out.
“Help me!” a voice shouted back.
The boy was very surprised. “Who are you?” he shouted.
“Who are you?” the voice shouted back.
“You are a fool!” he said.
“You are a fool!” the voice came back.
At that moment, his father got to him. “Someone is talking to me but I can’t see who he is,” the boy said to his father.
“Son, that is called an echo(回音),” his father said. “But really, it’s called life.”
“You are a winner!” the father cried.
“You are a winner!” the voice answered.
“You are talented!” the father shouted.
“You are talented!” it came back.
“Son, that’s how life is. Whatever you do, it always comes back to you,” the father said. “The question is: what are you sending out about? Please start sending out: ‘I am strong, I am talented, and I am the best.’ What you send out is going to come back to you.”
If you want more love in the world, create more love in your heart. Life will give you back everything you have given to it.
The man and his son spent their _________ in the mountains.
| A．weekends | B．summer vacation |
| C．winter vacation | D．Christmas holiday |
What happened to the boy?
| A．He could not find his father. |
| B．He fell down from a tall tree. |
| C．He slipped down the mountain. |
| D．He got lost in the mountains. |
When the boy shouted “Who are you?”, the voice said _________.
| A．“Help me.” | B．“Who are you?” |
| C．“You are a fool.” | D．“I am the best.” |
The boy thought the voice came from __________
| A．himself | B．his good friend in his city |
| C．his father | D．someone in the mountain |
What’s the best title of this story?
| A．Life is like an echo. | B．Have you ever heard an echo? |
| C．Everybody needs help. | D．Do you like climbing mountains? |
B
A young man is lying in hospital sadly. The 24-year-old lost his right leg. The doctor said that his long history of smoking was the reason. “I first smoked when I was 14. It made me feel like a man and I thought it looked cool. Now I know I was wrong,” said the young man.
It is a mistake many young people make. According to the survey, 40 million of China’s 130 million young people aged between 13 and 18 smoke. Fifteen million of them are addicted (上瘾的). The survey also found that about 68% of young smokers first smoked before the age of 13.
Many young people see people smoke in the movies, but in real life, stars like Jackie Chan think smoking is a bad thing and not cool at all.
Doctors say that if a person starts smoking very young, he or she may live 22 years less than those who don’t smoke.How long did the young man smoke?
| A．For 10 years. | B．For 13 years. |
| C．For 14 years. | D．For 18 years. |
What did the young man think of smoking when he first smoked?
| A．It was wrong. | B．It was bad. |
| C．It was boring. | D．It was cool. |
What does the underlined word “it” refer to (指的是)?
| A．Smoking. | B．Getting ill. |
| C．Lying in hospital. | D．Stopping smoking. |
The number of young people who smoke in China is ____ million.
| A．15 | B．40 | C．68 | D．130 |
What can we learn from the passage?
| A．Many stars think smoking is cool. |
| B．People who smoke can only live to be 22. |
| C．It’s a big problem that many young people smoke. |
| D．Many young smokers first smoked before the age of 10. |
A
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Sunny English Club is for _______.
| A．nurses | B．policemen |
| C．businessmen | D．students |
You will pay ________ if you want to stay in the English club for half a year.
| A．300 yuan | B．600 yuan |
| C．1200 yuan | D．2400 yuan |
You can visit Ocean Museum ________.
| A．on Saturday | B．on Wednesday |
| C．on Monday | D．anytime |
One can get free exams in Health Centre if he is ________.
| A．9 | B．17 | C．67 | D．73 |
If you are interested in the life of fish, you should go to________.
| A．Health Centre | B．Ocean Museum |
| C．Sunny English Club | D．16 Yong Le Street |
D
How much sleep do we need? People are all different. Some people need only three or four hours of sleep a night. Others need ten hours of sleep a night. Most Americans sleep seven to eight hours a night.
Some people find it is hard to fall asleep. About one in three Americans have a problem with sleep. Many of these people can not fall asleep. The name of this problem is insomnia (失眠症). Many famous people in history had insomnia. Some of these people have special (特殊的) ideas to make themselves sleep. Benjamin Franklin had four beds. He moved from bed to bed to fall asleep. Mark Twain lay (躺) on his side across the end of his bed.
根据短文内容，判断正 (T) 误 (F)。Different people need different amounts of sleep (睡眠时间).
Most Americans sleep more than 8 hours a night.
If a person has insomnia, he can never fall asleep.
About 1/3 of Americans have a problem with sleep.
Mark Twain had four beds to make himself sleep.
C
Mr. Clark hated to do housework. He wouldn’t stay at home at weekends. As his wife always told him to do some washing or cleaning, or he had to cook for his family. So he always made some exercise on Friday evenings.
Recently Mr. Clark was interested in playing cards. But he was afraid to let his wife know. So every Sunday afternoon he brought some fish home. It made his wife happy and she never asked where he spent his weekends.
One Saturday morning Mr. Clark left home at 7 o’clock. He took a bus and got off at a stop near a small town. His friends were waiting for him in a small hotel. They played cards there. Mr. Clark didn’t go home until 7 o’clock on Sunday evening. He went in the shop near the bus stop as usual. As soon as the shopkeeper saw him, the man said, “I’m sorry, Mr. Clark. I have no fish today. What about some chicken legs?”
“Don’t be silly!” said Mr. Clark. “I can’t tell my wife that I have fished some chicken legs, can I?”Mr Clark didn’t want to stay at home on weekends because_________.
A. he wouldn’t like to do any housework
B. he didn’t love his wife
C. he was very busyWhat was Mr. Clark interested in?
A. Fishing
B. Playing cards
C. ShoppingHow long was Mr. Clark away from his home?
A. About 24 hours.
B. About 36 hours.
C. About 48 hours.Mr Clark played cards with his friends_________.
A. at home B. in a shop C. in a hotelWhich of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Mr. Clark hardly stayed at home on weekends.
B. Mr. Clark played card only this weekend.
C. Mrs. Clark believed he fished on weekends.
B
We drink tea every day. But more than three hundred years ago most of the people in Europe did not know anything about tea. Some people heard about it, but very few of them know what to do with it.
There is a story about an English sailor(水手) who went to countries in the east, the west and the south. Once he went to India and China. He bought some tea. One day he came home and brought the tea as a present for his mother. His mother told her friends about the present and asked them to a “tea party”. When her friends came to the “tea party”, the old woman offered them brown tea—leaves. The old woman’s friends began to eat them. Of course, everyone didn’t like the tea—leaves.
At that time the sailor came in. He looked at the table and said, “Mother,what have you done with the tea?”
“I boiled it, as you said.”
“And what did you do with the water?”
“I threw it away, of course.”anwered the old woman.
“Now you may throw away the leaves, too,”said her son.Most of the people in Europe______.
A. drank tea every day 300 years ago
B. liked to eat the tea—leaves C. knew nothing about teaOne day the English sailor brought some tea from_____.
A.countries in the west
B. India or China
C. countries in the southThe sailor’s mother asked her friends to her house, because_____.
A. she liked to show off(炫耀)
B. she wanted to ask her friends what to do with the tea
C.she wanted to sample(品尝)the tea together with her friendsAt the “tea party”,_______.
A. nobody knew what to do with the tea
B. the woman offered her friends some dried tea
C.the woman gave her friends each a glass of tea waterWhat mistake did the old woman make?
A. She boiled the tea.
B. She did as the sailor said.
C. She poured away the water.