Two children stood outside the door with old coats. “Any old papers, Lady?” asked one of them.
I was busy. I wanted to say no, but I saw that their shoes were broken and wet. “Come in and I’ll make you a cup of hot tea.” They came in, saying nothing. Their shoes left snow on the floor.
I gave them tea and bread to protect them against the cold outside. Then I went back to the kitchen and started my housework again.
The silence in the front room surprised me. I looked in.
The girl held the empty cup in her hands, looking at it. The boy asked me in a low voice, “Lady…are you rich?”
Am I rich? Oh, no! I looked at my old things in my room.
The girl put her cup back in its saucer(茶碟) carefully. “Your cups match your saucers.”
They left then, holding their papers against the wind. They hadn’t said thank you. They didn’t need to. They had done more than that. The blue cups and saucers were simple. But they said that they matched. The potatoes and meat before me, a roof over our hands, my husband with a job—these things matched, too.
I moved the chairs back from the fire and cleaned the living room. The prints of their small shoes were still wet on my floor. I let them be. I wanted them there to remind me how rich I was.The writer let the two children in _________.
| A．to offer them some warm clothes |
| B．to serve them tea and food |
| C．to sell them some old papers |
| D．to show them how rich she was. |
We can learn from the passage that_______.
| A．the writer was in fact not very rich |
| B．the children took away many old papers |
| C．the writer’s husband was out of work |
| D．the two children were looking for a job |
It can be inferred(推断) from the passage that _______.
| A．it was snowing outside when the story happened |
| B．the two children thanked the writer and then left |
| C．the two children were not polite to the writer |
| D．the writer had a set of new furniture in her house |
The underlined sentence “I let them be” means “_________”.
| A．I dislike them | B．I didn’t want to see them |
| C．I cleaned the them | D．I left them there |
What’s the best title of the passage?
| A．Any Old Papers? | B．Matching Cups and Saucers |
| C．Are You Rich? | D．Two Poor Children |
Have you ever complained why life is so tiring? Does the sky sometimes seem dark to you? Are your studies sometimes not successful? Well, friend, cheer up and smile all the time．If you see the world with your warm heart, you'll find that the whole world smiles to you．
While in school, sometimes you are tired of your lessons, but have you ever noticed the happy smile on your teacher's face when you did a good job?
One day it is fine．Just before you want to go out, it suddenly starts to rain．Maybe you would feel very sad and start complaining about the weather．But dear friends, why don't you sit down and listen to the free concert that the nature offers you? And with the timely rain, crops in the fields will grow better and better and farmers will have a good harvest．
Although everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do, sometimes failures can't be avoided．I think failure is not terrible, and the terrible thing is that we are afraid of it and give up hope．When we face failure, we must be confident in ourselves, draw a useful lesson from it and try our best to finish what we have decided to do．As a popular saying goes," Failure is the mother of success．"
Attitude decides everything. With an optimistic attitude life is easy and pleasant. Let's smile to whatever we meet and the whole world will smile to us.People sometimes complain_______
| A．the sky is always dark |
| B．their studies are successful |
| C．they see the world with their heart |
| D．life is tiring |
According to the passage, in school, _______
| A．the students don't like their lessons |
| B．the teachers will be happy if the students do good jobs |
| C．the teachers don't like their teaching |
| D．the teachers are tired of their work |
When we face failure, we_______
| A．must be confident in ourselves | B．shouldn't be afraid of it |
| C．shouldn't give up hope | D．all of the above |
If there is a timely rain,_______
| A．you want to go out |
| B．you can listen to a concert |
| C．crops in the fields will grow better |
| D．farmers can't have a good harvest． |
Sixteen years ago a boy gave me an important gift. It was a smile.
It was the early autumn of my first year at a middle school，and my old school was far away. As a result，no one knew who I was. I was very lonely，and afraid to speak to anyone.
Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing，I felt my heart break. I couldn't talk with anyone about my problems.
Then one day，when my classmates were talking happily with their friends，I was sitting at my desk unhappily as usual. At that moment，a boy entered the classroom. I didn't know who he was. He passed by me and then turned back. He looked at me，with a smile.
Suddenly，I felt the touch of something bright and friendly. It made me feel happy and warm. That smile changed my life. I started to talk with other students and made friends. Day by day，I became closer to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now.
One day I asked him why he had smiled，but he couldn't remember doing so！
It doesn't matter because all the dark days have gone. I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think it is lonely，you might always be alone. So smile at the world and it will smile back. Why didn't the writer talk to anyone in her new school about her problems？
| A．Because she was always unhappy. |
| B．Because she didn't know anyone at the time. |
| C．Because she was in the first year at the junior high school. |
| D．Because she didn't want her parents to worry about her. |
Where does she now think her feeling of unhappiness came from？
| A．From her old school. |
| B．From her parents. |
| C．From herself. |
| D．From her classmates at the new school. |
What’s the best title for the passage?
| A．A Surprising Gift | B．An Exciting Birthday Gift |
| C．An Important Gift—Smile | D．A Boring Gift |
One day in March ,1964, Alaska began to shake . There was a great earthquake .It was the biggest earthquake the country ever had .
Shops and houses fell down . One street dropped 30 feet. One island rose about 11 metres into the air . Parts of the sea bottom became dry land . People felt the earthquake hundreds of kilometers away .
Each year there are many earthquakes . Most of them are small . They happen in different parts of the world . We are not sure what makes them . But if you are near , you can see the earth move . You may see a big crack (裂缝) in the ground . Sometimes the land drops on one side of the crack . There is a new hill . The old world has a new shape (形状).
根据短文判断下列句子正(T)误(F).The strongest earthquake in Alaska happened in April 1967.
The word“earthquake”in the story means a strong shaking or moving of the ground .
The story wants to tell us earthquakes changed the land .
From the story we know earthquakes happen in small countries .
From this story we can see earthquakes often do a lot of harm .
A young man was in love with a beautiful girl .One day the girl said to him ,“It is my birthday tomorrow ”. “Oh ”，said the young man ,“I’ll send you roses, and one rose for each year of your life.”
The same evening he went to the flower shop . As he knew the girl was twenty－two years old, he paid for twenty－two roses and asked the shop assistant to send them to the girl the next day .
The assistant of the flower shop knew the young man very well as he often bought flowers in his shop before . When the young man left the shop , the assistant thought ,“The young man is very kind to me .He often comes to buy my flowers . In return I’ll send ten more roses.”
He did so . The next morning thirty－two roses were sent to the girl . When the young man came to see her , she didn’t want to speak to him . And he never knew why she was so angry with him .The young man wanted to send his girl friend_____roses for her birthday.
| A．10 | B．22 | C．32 | D．many |
________sent the roses to the girl .
| A．The young man | B．The assistant |
| C．Another young man | D．We don’t know who |
The young girl received the roses________
| A．the same evening | B．a day before her birthday |
| C．a week later | D．on her birthday |
The assistant wanted to _______.
| A．make the girl angry | B．sell more roses |
| C．make the young man glad | D．get more money |
From this story we know that__________
| A．roses should be sent for one’s birthday |
| B．one may do something wrong even out of kindness |
| C． some girls don’t like roses |
| D． young people often buy roses |
When you discuss about eating out with your friend, first of all, you must make it clear who will pay for the meal.If somebody suggests having lunch with his friend, he might simply say something like this "I'm afraid it'll have to be some place nearby ,as I have little money." The other person may say. "OK. I'll meet you at Mcdonald's." This means he has agreed that the two will go Dutch, that is, each person pays for himself. He may say "Oh, no. I want to take you for lunch at Johnson's " This means the person is to pay the bill（帐单）for both of them. Although the other person is pleased with the invitation, there is one reason why he shouldn't accept it by simply saying "Thank you."
American customs are much the same as those in other parts of the world. American women used to expect men to pay for all the meals. But today, some of them like to. However, if a woman is asked to attend a dinner or a dance outside, the invitaton itself means "Come as my guest". So, as you see, it is a polite thing to make the situation clear at the very beginning.is first of all when you discuss about eating out with your friend.
| A．What to eat | B．Where to eat |
| C．Who will pay for the meal | D．When to eat |
If your friend doesn't want to pay for the meal, he may say.
| A．I'm afraid it will have to be some place nearby |
| B．Come as my guest |
| C．Oh, no. I want to take you for lunch at Johnson's |
| D．I don't want to go anywhere |
What does "go Dutch" mean? It means.
| A．go to Dutch |
| B．travel in Dutch |
| C．each person pays for himself |
| D．one person pays the bill for both of them |
American women used to .
| A．pay for the meal themselves |
| B．ask men to pay for all the meals |
| C．go Dutch |
| D．eat nothing |
Which of the following is the best title?
| A．Eating out | B．American customs |
| C．Where to eat | D．Who pays the bill |