My teenage son Karl became withdrawn after his father died. As a single parent, I tried to do my best to talk to him. But the more I tried, the more he pulled away. When his report card arrived during his junior year, it said that he had been absent 95 times from classes and had six falling grades for the year. In this case he would never graduate. I sent him to the school adviser, and I even begged（乞求）him. Nothing worked.
One night I felt so powerless that I got down on my knees and begged for help. "Please God, I can't do anything more for my son. I'm at the end of my rope. I'm giving the whole thing up to you."
I was at work when I got a phone call. A man introduced himself as the headmaster. "I want to talk to you about Karl's absences." Before he could say another word, I choked（哽咽） up and all my disappointment（失望） and sadness over Karl came pouring out into the ears of this stranger. "I love my son but I just don't know what to do. I've tried everything to get Karl to go back to school and nothing has worked. It's out of my hands." For a moment there was silence on the other end of the line. The headmaster seriously said, "Thank you for your time." and hung up.
Karl's next report card showed a marked improvement in his grades. Finally, he was even on the list of the best students at school. In his fourth year, I attended a parent-teacher meeting with Karl. I noticed that his teachers were surprised at the way he had turned himself around.
After the meeting, Karl said, "Mum, remember that call from the headmaster last year?" I nodded.
"That was me. I thought I'd play a joke but when I heard what you said, it really hit me how much I was hurting you. That's when I knew I had to make you proud." By saying "Karl became withdrawn", the writer means the boy changed completely and _______.
| A．preferred to stay alone at home |
| B．lost interest in his studies |
| C．refused to talk to others |
| D．began to dislike his mother |
There was silence on the other end of the line because the speaker _______.
| A．was too moved to say anything to the mother |
| B．waited for the mother to finish speaking |
| C．didn't want the mother to know who he was |
| D．didn't want to say to his mother |
The phrase "at the end of my rope" means _______ in Chinese.
| A．心如刀割 | B．心意冷 | C．失魂落魄 | D．山穷水尽 |
What does this passage mainly tell us?
| A．Being understood by parents is very important to teenagers. |
| B．Mother's love plays an important part in teenagers' life. |
| C．School education doesn't work without full support from parents. |
| D．Children in single-parent families often have problems with their mind. |
The best title for the passage is _______.
| A．A lonely boy |
| B．How to get on with a teenager |
| C．A student who turned himself around |
| D．A joking phone call |
Barack Obama, a black man, is the president of the United States now. He was born in August ,1961, in Hawaii and has lived in many places. His mother was from Kansas and his father was from Kenya. Obama went to Columbia University in Massachusetts. His wife is Michelle Obama. She also worked as a lawyer and later worked for the University of Chicago. They have two young daughters.
Obama wrote a book Dreams from my father. “ I always live in the dream of my father and American people,” Obama once said. He was born in a poor family. And he was taken good care of by his grandparents when he was young. He also lived and worked in Africa. Then he got good education in Harvard University. In 2008, he became the first black president in the history of America. Where was Barack Obama born?____________
| A．In Hawaii | B．In Kansas | C．In massachusetts | D．In Harvard |
Barack Obama became president at the age of ____________.
| A．37 | B．47 | C．57 | D．51 |
Which is the best title of this passage?_____________
| A．Education of a president | B．Dreams from my father |
| C．Life of Barack Obama | D．Where is Obama from |
Many people go to school for a good education. They learn languages ,history, maths and other subjects. School education is very important and useful, yet no one can learn everything from school. No matter how much a teacher knows, he can’t teach his students everything they want to know. His work is to show his students how to learn.He teaches them how to read and how to think. So, much more is to be learned outside school by the students themselves.
It is always more important to know how to study by oneself. It is quite easy to learn something in language or formula (公式 )in maths, but it is difficult to use a formula to find the answer to a maths problem. Great inventors do not get everything from school, but they can invent many things and change the world a lot. Though Thomas Edison invented many things, he didn’t have much school education. How do they do all this ? A lot of things are not taught in the classroom. They get knowledge( 知识 ) from books outside school. They work hard all their lives, and the most important thing is that they know how to use their heads. Why do many people go to school?__________
| A．to get a good education | B．to buy some books |
| C．to make friends | D．to meet different teachers |
What should a student try to do since he cannot learn everything from school?____ ____.
| A．try to remember more knowledge and formulas |
| B．try to remember what the teacher teach |
| C．try to learn how to read and how to think |
| D．try to read a lot of books |
How can an inventor invent things? The most important thing is how to ____.
| A．get knowledge | B．use his head well |
| C．teach everything | D．learn more knowledge from his teacher |
Which of the following is TRUE?__________
| A．School education is not important for a person |
| B．A student should learn how to study |
| C．A student can learn everything from school |
| D．A good teacher can teach everything. |
If someone is lost in a forest( 森林 ), he needs only study the trees around him carefully to find his way. On this half of the earth, he will find that the side of the tree with the most leaves and branches(树枝 ) is the south side. Also, by checking the tops of the trees, he will find that they lean(倾斜 ) to the south too.
Another sign( 标志物) for him to know where he is going is found in the bark.( 树皮) That is brighter on the south side.The remanining(树桩 ) of a cut tree is also a finder, for its rings can give him another sign. The rings will be thinner on the south side and thicker on the north side.
One more sign: some very small plants grow at the foot of a tree and they point to the north. The passage is mainly about __________.
how to find a big tree if one is lost in the forest.
How to cut down trees in the forest
How to find the direction(方向 )in the forest
How to grow trees in the forest . From a cut tree we can know that ___________.
| A．the direction is written on it |
| B．the rings will be thinner on the south side and thicker on the north side |
| C．the rings will be thinner on the south |
| D．its rings can send messages to you |
The passage tells us __________ ways of finding the direction in the frorest.
| A．three | B．four | C．five | D．six |
Stop! Listen! What do you hear? You may hear many different sounds. Some of those sounds may be noisy. Noise is loud and unwanted sound.
Noise can be caused by many kinds of machines, such as motorcycles, jet planes, tractors and so on. And, to some people, rock bands are also noise.
What happened to people who live near noisy machines or use them over a period of time? Doctors find that these people have trouble in sleeping, But, most important, constant loud noise can cause a loss of hearing.
Scientists use a unit of measure called a decibel to measure the loudness of a sound. The sound of a quiet room, for example, measures 35 decibels. Talking measures between 40 and 65 decibels. Sounds from traffic and from some rock bands can measure over 120 decibels. Noise at this high level causes the greatest hearing loss. From the article we know noise is ___________.
wanted soundB. loud and unwanted sound
C. all sounds that you can hear D. comfortable sound A “decibel” is a _________
| A．unit that measures sound | B．kind of noise |
| C．machine that makes very loud noise | D．person who hates noise |
According to the passage, loud noise can ________.
help people sleep better B. stop machine
C. cause a loss of hearing D. kill peopleThe main idea of this passage is that __________
noise pollution can be a serious problem
rock bands are noisy
noise can cause people to be mad
some people hate noise deeply Study the chart below, Which room would be the quietest?
| Room |
Noise Level |
| A |
35 decibels |
| B |
120 decibels |
| C |
130 decibels |
| D |
40 decibels |
A. Room A B. Room B
C. Room C D. Room D
There is a big zoo in our city. There are lots of different animals in it. There are some scary tigers and lions. They like eating meat and they eat much meat every day.
There are also two big elephants and a baby one. Children like to ride them. The elephants are very kind and friendly. They eat much grass and bananas.
In the zoo, we can also see different kinds of bears----brown bears, black bears and white bears. They are all slow and clumsy. They stand on their back legs and lift their front legs to ask for food. They like cakes very much.
Do you like pandas? There’s only one in the zoo. Her name is Lingling, she is very cute. She likes eating bamboo a lot. She is kind of shy. She is very interesting and lovely.___________ are lovely and interesting.
| A．Tigers | B．Elephants |
| C．Bears | D．Pandas |
How many elephants are there in the zoo?
| A．One. | B．Two. |
| C．Three. | D．Four. |
There aren’t _________ bears in the zoo .
| A．black | B．grey | C．brown | D．white |
Elephants eat .
| A．grass and meat | B．bananas and grass | C．cakes and bananas |
| D．meat and bananas |
Which of the following is Not true ?
| A．Children like to ride the elephants in the zoo. |
| B．The elephants are very friendly to people. |
| C．The bears always ask for food with their back legs. |
| D．Lions and tigers are scary. |