If you are lazy and weak, you will never taste success. But if you are , success and happiness will be more likely to come to you.
I love eating persimmons（柿子）. But you can’t get them until autumn. If you try them before the right time, they probably bad.
In Grade Six, because of my poor grades, my parents were that I wouldn’t be able to get into an excellent middle school. They me to study harder, but I didn’t really understand why they were so anxious.
Summer came. The hot weather made me sleepy and I couldn’t my textbooks. But every time I wanted to stop , Mom would shout, “Hey! Think about your . If you don’t work hard, you’ll regret it!” I had to sit back down again and return to my textbooks. But all I was playing with my friends and eating persimmons.
My mom would say to me, with a serious look on face, “If a persimmon tree doesn’t grow in summer, it can’t bear（结出） fruit in autumn! Only by hard work you get good results.”
I didn’t understand it at that time, I gradually came to see the truth of her words. A few months later, I succeeded in getting into the key middle school. It was . Walking in my new school, I could see quite a few persimmon trees. The fruit was so red that it looked as if it was on fire. Suddenly, I that working hard may be bitter but its fruit is sweet.
My mom was right. If a persimmon tree doesn’t grow summer, it can’t bear fruit in autumn. I smiled. I had grown through the summer now it was autumn.
I tasted my success and enjoyed the fruit of my labor!
A．busy B．clever C．hard-working D．free
A．look B．taste C．turn D．smell
A．embarrassed B．worried C．excited D．scared
A．afforded B．allowed C．pushed D．made
A．concentrate on B．depend on C．decide on D．look on
A．thinking B．talking C．playing D．studying
A．future B．hobby C．health D．work
A．talked about B．heard about C．worried about D．thought about
A．her B．your C．my D．his
A．should B．can C．need D．must
A．But B．Because C．Although D．So
A．spring B．summer C．autumn D．winter
A．realized B．saw C．noticed D．reminded
A．before B．during C．after D．until
A．and B．but C．or D．then
People who have finished education often admire students for their carefree life. But they don't know how difficult it is to ___1__ a student. He can never finish his homework. Furthermore, he has to ___2___ the great pressure of examinations. Everyone wants to get the first __3__ in exams. And after school, there are also many extra classes waiting for him. The worst of all is that students can hardly do ____4__they really love to do, for they ___5__ almost all their time on studies.
( ) 1. A. grow B. takeC. asD. be
( ) 2. A. useB. become C. faceD. wait
( ) 3. A. place B. topC. position D. desk
( ) 4. A. howB. whyC. whatD. which
( ) 5. A. takeB. spendC. takeD. have
We had a math contest today. I am good at math, so I ___1____it quickly. I was the first one to _____2___ the paper. I was sitting on my seat relaxing, while the teacher shouted, "Whose paper is this?" I made no response. Some time later, I suddenly realized that I didn’t sign my name on the paper. I stood up ____3___ and went to the teacher. She helped me find the __4____ paper and sign my name. I would have failed the contest if she hadn’t ____5___me in time.
( )1.A. didB. finished C. worked D. readed
( )2. A. gave out B. put outC. hand inD. took out
( )3. A. hurriedly B. quietlyC. worriedlyD. friendly
( )4. A. nameless B. testC. writingD. blank
( )5. A. told B. askedC. saidD. reminded
After her husband had gone to work, Mrs. Richards sent her children to school and went upstairs to her bedroom. She was too _26_ to do any housework that morning, _27_ in the evening she was going to an interesting fancy dress party with her husband. What she __28_ was a terrible genie（妖怪）and as she had made that special dress of hers the night before, she was anxious to try it on. __29__ the dress was just a big piece of old cloth which was red, green, black and white, it would be very effective to make her like a red genie. After putting it on, Mrs. Richards went downstairs happily. She wanted to find out __30__ it would be comfortable to wear.
Just as Mrs. Richards was entering the dining-room there was a __31_ at the door. She thought that it __32 be the baker. She had told him to come straight in if she _33__ to open the door and leave the bread on the kitchen table. Now not wanting to _34__ the poor man, Mrs. Richards quickly __35_ in the small storeroom under the stairs. She heard the front door open and a man came in. When Mrs. Richards _36_ that it was the man from the electricity board（供电局）who had come to read the meter, she walked out of the hiding-place on a sudden and tried to explain the matter, saying with a smile, “It’s only __37_! It is not __38_ for you to be __39_ !” But it was too late. The man let out a sharp cry and jumped back several paces. Then he ran away, __40__ the door behind him with great force and noise.
A．angry B．ready C．frightened D．excited
A．for B．but C．so D．and
A．wanted to see B．wanted to play C．was afraid to see D．was afraid to play
A．Though B．But C．And D．If
A．that B．how C．whether D．when
A．knock B．voice C．man D．baker
A．may B．must C．wouldn’t D．couldn’t
A．not B．had C．tried D．failed
A．see B．frighten C．help D．scold
A．went B．lay C．appeared D．hid
A．thought B．wondered C．imagined D．realized
A．me B．you C．game D．play
A．good B．necessary C．late D．early
A．off B．here C．afraid D．sorry
A．pushed B．locking C．knocking D．shutting
I have a pen pal. He is from America. __1__ name is Jack Smith. Jack can speak English and__2__ French. He wants to learn Chinese, __3__ he thinks it is too difficult.
He lives in Boston. He is twelve years __4__ this year. He likes pandas __5__ , because he thinks pandas are very lovely. Jack often goes to the __6__ to see pandas with his friends. The pandas are __7__ China.
He wants __8__ an actor like Li Lianjie, and he __9__ very hard. We often write to each other. He often __10__ me about his school life and his friends. I am happy to have this friend. A. Her B. His C. My
A.a lot B. many C. a little
A. or B. but C. so
A. old B. young C. big
A. much B. very C. very much
A. school B. zoo C. supermarket
A. in B. to C. from
A. to be B. to have C. be
A. plays B. studies C. lives
A. says B. speaks C. tells
We 
live in computer age (时代). People 1 scientists, teachers, writers and even students use computers to do all kinds of work. But more than 30 years ago, 2 couldn't do much. They were very big and expensive. Very 3 people were interested in them and kn
ew how to use them. Today computers are smaller and 4 . But they can do a lot of work, many people like to use them. Some people 5 
have them at home.
Computers become very important because they can work 6 than people and make fewer mistakes. Computers can 7 people do a lot of work. Writers now use computers to 8 . Teachers use them to help teaching. Students use them to 9 . Computers can also remember what you 10 them. Computers are very useful and helpful. They are our friends. Do you want to have a computer?
A．like B．as C．and D．with
A．students B．scientists C．teachers D．computers
A．few B．a few C．little D．a little
A．cheap B．cheaper C．more expensive
A．even B．still C．already D．yet
A．fast B．faster C．slow D．slower
A．help B．make D．use
A．write B．play C．study D．learn
A．sing B．study C．dance D．watch
A．put in B．put on C．put into D．put up