Dear Mike,
Thank you for your e-mail and your present(礼物). The present is nice. I like it very much. From your e-mail, I learn that your school life is very interesting. Now let me tell you something about my school life in China.
I have to get up at 6∶30 in the morning. Classes begin at 8∶00 o’clock. We have a rest between two classes.
It’s about ten minutes. During the break we can eat and play games. I have to have lunch in the school dining room. I have to wear a school uniform on weekdays. I also have to wear sport shoes for P. E. lessons. School is over at 5∶30 in the afternoon. I have to go home for supper. After supper, I have to do my
homework. I have a lot of homework to do every day. I have no time to watch TV or play sports.
I never have any fun.
Yours,
John
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。Where is John now?
What time does John have to get up in the morning?
Where does he have lunch?
Does he have supper at home?
Is John happy?
Betty and I are best friends. Our birthdays are on the same day, so every year we have a birthday party together. But this year, we had a costume party(化妆舞会) instead.
While we were writing the invitations, my mum came in and asked, "Why not invite John?" John had been in our class for only a few months, but he was already getting better grades in math than anyone else in class. I wrinkled(皱了皱) my nose, "Mum, he wears the same pants to school every day. How could he even afford a costume?" Mum said nothing. The next day, mum gave me an envelope with a shopping certificate(购物卷) in it. "I thought it would be nice for you to give this to John." Mum said. But how we didn't want to make John embarrassed. We discussed it for a long time. Finally, Betty and I had a good idea.
On the day of our party, kids arrived, dressed differently. John arrived, in an old sheet(床单), but still in the same brown pants as usual. We danced, ate snacks and played games in groups. Before eating the birthday cake, Betty said in a loud voice, ‘Now it's time for the great prize game. It's the following riddle.,." It was a math game. None of us was surprised when John came up with the right answer first and walked off with the envelope.
Everything went on well as we planned. John wore a new pair of pants and a new shirt the next week. He felt happy. So did we.
When we help others, we need to find a proper way, or we may hurt them in another way.The two girls and John were in the same.
| A．class | B．family |
| C．team | D．group |
John got the prize byduring the party.
| A．walking off with the envelope |
| B．winning the math game |
| C．getting good grades in study |
| D．reading the riddle |
Johnwith the shopping certificate after the party.
| A．watched a basketball match |
| B．borrowed pants and a shirt |
| C．got a sheet |
| D．got something to wear |
After reading the passage we know
| A．every year Betty and I have a costume party together |
| B．the two girls felt angry when John won the great prize |
| C．the two girls helped John in a proper way |
| D．John wore a new pair of pants and a new shirt to the party |
The 51st Golden Horse Awards Ceremony(金马奖颁奖仪式) was held in Taipei, Southeast China's Taiwan, on Nov. 22, 2014.
Actor Chen Jianbin walked away with the best new director, the best actor and best supporting actor awards(奖项). Actress Chen Shiang-chyi was awarded the best lead actress and actress Wan Qian won the best supporting actress.
Lou Ye-directed film Blind Massage won best feature film, best new performer, best adapted screenplay, best cinematography, best sound effects and best editing.
The annual Golden Horse Awards are one of the most important film honors in the Chinese-speaking world. It was founded in 1962 and held annually in Taiwan. The 51st Golden Horse Awards Ceremony was held.
| A． in Hong Kong, in 1962 |
| B．in Taipei, in 2014 |
| C．in South China, in 2014 |
| D．in Southeast, in1962 |
won the best supporting actress,
| A．Chen jianbin | B．Chen Shiang-chyi |
| C．Lou Ye | D．Wan Qian |
Lou Ye-directed film Blind Massage wonawards.
| A．l | B．2 | C．6 | D．1l |
任务型阅读：很多人在谈话中喜欢引用名人的话，恰当地使用名言能使你的表达增色不少。请仔细阅读方框中A-E这些名言，然后将它们与1-5题中的话语配对。Sarah: Don’t care too much about what they have said. Tony. ________.
Stephen: Thanks for helping me, Amy. ________. I’m proud of having a friend like you.
Mr. Lee: Teachers should tell the kids not only what to do, but also how to do that. ________.
Alan: Don’t be upset, Jeff. ________. The great success is just in front of you.
Sally: I don’t want to hear the tour guide introduce the paintings in the gallery. ________. Don’t you think so?
A man stopped his car at the door of a flower shop. He planned to order flowers and asked the shopkeeper to deliver (递送) them to his mother, who was far away in the man’s hometown.
The man saw a little girl crying on the road when he was about to enter the shop. The man asked her: “Why are you crying?”
“I want to buy a rose for my mother, but I haven’t got enough money,” said the girl.
The man took the girl’s hand and entered the flower shop. He first ordered the bouquet (花束) for his mother and bought a rose for the girl.
Walking out of the shop, the man asked the girl if she would like a ride home.
“Will you really drive me home?” she asked.
“Of course,” the man replied.
“Then drive me to my mother. But the place where my mother lives is very far.”
The man drove along the mountain road and finally came to the cemetery (墓地).
The little girl put the flower onto a new grave. In order to present a rose to her mother who had passed away a month before, she had gone on a very long journey.
The man drove the girl to her home and then returned to the flower shop. He cancelled the bouquet and bought a big bunch of fresh flowers instead. He drove directly to his mother’s home, a five-hour drive from where he was. He would present the flowers to his mother in person.Whom did the man go to a flower shop to order flowers for?
| A．His girlfriend. | B．His mother. |
| C．His wife. | D．A little girl. |
Why was the little girl crying?
| A．She lost her way home. |
| B．She was late for school. |
| C．She couldn’t afford a rose. |
| D．Her mother died a month ago. |
What changed the man’s mind?
| A．Roses in the shop. | B．The girl’s behavior. |
| C．The girl’s mother. | D．The shopkeeper. |
What can we infer from the passage?
| A．The man didn’t love his mother. |
| B．The man didn’t live very far from his mother. |
| C．The little girl loved her mother very much. |
| D．The man was a friend of the little girl’s mother’s. |
What does the story mainly tell us?
| A．We should often give flowers to our mothers. |
| B．We should help those people who need help. |
| C．It’s a good idea to deliver flowers to one’s mother. |
| D．Expressing our love in person is best. |
Being able to multitask—doing several things at the same time-is considered a welcome skill by most people. But if we consider the situation of the young people aged from eight to eighteen, we should think again.
What we often see nowadays is that young people juggle a larger number of electronic devices as they study. While working, they also surf on the Internet, send out emails, answer the telephone and listen to music on their iPods. In a sense, they are spending a large amount of time in fruitless efforts as they multitask.
Multitasking is even changing the relationship between family members. As young people give so much attention to their own worlds, they seem to have no time to spend with the other people around them. They can no longer greet family members when they enter the house, nor can they eat at the family table.
Multitasking also has an effect on young people’s performance at university and in the workplace. When they were asked about their opinions of the effects of modern gadgets (器具) on their performance of tasks, many young people gave a positive response. However, the response from the worlds of education and business was not quite as positive. Educators feel that multitasking by children has a serious effect on later development of study skills. They believe that many college students now need help to improve their study skills. Similarly, employers (雇主) feel that young people entering the job market need to be taught all over again, as modern gadgets have made it unnecessary for them to learn special skills to do their work. What does the underlined word “juggle” most probably mean?
| A．Want to buy. |
| B．Use at the same time. |
| C．Take the place of. |
| D．Search information from. |
In Paragraph 3, the author points out that _______.
| A．family members do not greet each other |
| B．family members do not eat at the family table |
| C．young people get on well with their families |
| D．young people hardly communicate with their family members |
What’s the main idea of the last paragraph?
| A．Young people must learn skills for future jobs. |
| B．Young people benefit a lot from modern gadgets. |
| C．Multitasking is an important skill to young people. |
| D．Multitasking influences young people’s development seriously. |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．Young people think multitasking is good for their study and work. |
| B．Employers consider it unnecessary for young people to be taught all over again. |
| C．Educators feel that young people don’t need to improve their study skills. |
| D．People from the world of education believe multitasking has a good effect on children’s later study skills. |
The author develops (阐述) the passage mainly by ________.
| A．providing special examples |
| B．following the natural time order |
| C．giving out a cause and analyzing (分析) its effects |
| D．comparing opinions from different worlds |