Questionaire
Read the question and answer YES or NO, then you will find out how good you are.
1. When you don’t understand something, you ask questions.
2. You like listening to older people talk about the past.
3. You think that you can learn something interesting from everyone around you.
4. You are brave enough when you have to talk to people you don’t know. You enjoy reading books about famous people.
5. You always see and talk to different people.
6. You are interested in learning new ways of doing things.
7. You enjoy sharing experiences with friends and learning from people of all ages.
8. You talk a lot about yourself.
9. Even if you are often wrong, you make your own decisions.
10. You hate teaching what you are good at: sports, technology, whatever.
11. Your parents don’ understand you, so you don’t talk to them much.
SCORE NOW: Score 2 points if you answer YES to each of the first 8 questions, and 0 if you choose NO.
Score 2 points if you answer NO to each of the last 4 questions, and 0 if you choose YES.
18-24 You are friendly and open-minded. You make people feel important by listening to what they have to say. You’ll probably succeed in learning all kinds of interesting things. Good for you!
10-16 Remember that every single person you know can teach you something. You will greatly make your life rich and colorful.
0-8 About 400 years ago, a famous writer wrote, “ No man is an island”. This is still true today. Try to be more open and interested in people around you.If you say “YES” to all these questions, you’ll get _____ points.
| A．12 | B．16 | C．20 | D．24 |
When you score 22 points, you are _____.
| A．shy and nervous | B．silent and serious |
| C．open and friendly | D．brave and strong |
The writer thinks you should_____.
| A．always see and talks to the same people |
| B．make your own decision whenever you want |
| C．enjoy teaching what you are good at |
| D．talk much about yourselves when possible |
“No man is an island” in the text probably means that______.
| A．the famous writer was very clever |
| B．everything is the same as 400 years ago |
| C．you will feel lonely if on an island |
| D．you can not live alone in the world |
The questions are used to test whether you are willing to _____.
| A．learn from others | B．help other people |
| C．do all by yourself | D．depend on others |
Once there was a piano player in a bar (酒吧). People came just to hear him play. But one night, a lady asked him to sing a song.
“I don’t sing,” said the man.
But the lady told the waiter, “I’m tired of listening to the piano. I want the player to sing!”
The waiter shouted across the room, “Hey, friend! If you want to get paid, sing a song!”
So he did. He had never sung in public before. Now he was singing for the very first time! Nobody had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung so beautifully!
He had talent(天赋) he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar. But once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working hard and became one of the best-known singers in the US. His name was Nat King Cole.
You, too, have skills and abilities. You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be better than you think. With hard work, most skills can be improved. Besides, you may have no success at all if you just sit on your talent.The lady asked the player to sing a song because ________.
| A．she had paid him for this |
| B．she knew him very well |
| C．she was tired of listening to the piano. |
| D．she enjoyed his singing |
Nat King Cole succeeded because ________.
| A．the lady helped him a lot |
| B．he caught the chance(机会) |
| C．he continued to play in the bar |
| D．he played the piano well |
The words “sit on” in the passage probably mean “________”.
| A．fail to realize | B．forget to use |
| C．try to develop | D．manage to show |
From the story we know if you have some talent, you should __________.
| A．hide it and wait |
| B．ask others for help |
| C．pay no attention to it |
| D．work hard to improve yourself |
Which could be the best title(标题) for the passage?
| A．Sing in the Bar |
| B．Achieve Success in Life |
| C．Never Lose Heart |
| D．Find Your Hidden（隐藏的） Talent |
American and British people use different greetings. In the USA the commonest greeting is “Hi”. In Britain it is “Hello!” or “How are you?” “Hi!” is creeping（不知不觉地进入）into British, too. When they are introduced to someone, the Americans say, “Glad to know you. ” The British say, “How do you do?” or “Pleased to meet you. ” When Americans say “Good-bye”, they nearly always add, “Have a good day. ” or “Have a good trip. ” etc. to friends and strangers alike. Britons are already beginning to use “Have a good day. ”
The British usually use “got” in the sense of “have”. The Americans hardly ever do. AmE: Do you have a car, room, etc. ? Yes, I do. BrE: Have you got a car, room, etc. ? Yes, I have.
There are a number of differences between American and British English in the spelling of words, e. g. check（US）/cheque（UK）. Many American words ending in “or”, e. g. honor, labor are spelt in British English with an “our,” e. g. honour, labour. Many verbs in American English with “ize” or “izing” forms, e. g. organize, realizing are spelt in BrE with “ise” or “ising”, e. g. organise, realising. In American English, “practice” is used both for the verb and noun. In BrE, the verb is spelt “practise”, and the noun “practice. ” In AmE, one writes “traveler,” while in BrE, one writes “traveller”.
It was once predicted that British and American English would become separate (各自的)languages finally. But the opposite has happened. The links（联系）between the two countries are so strong that linguistically（语言上）,and probably culturally（文化上）too, they are closer together than ever before.
AmE—— American English BrE——British EnglishThe Americans hardly say “_____”
| A．Good-bye. Have a good day! |
| B．Glad to know you! |
| C．Hi! |
| D．Have you got a car? |
What does the 3rd paragraph talk about?
| A．There are lots of differences in spelling between AmE and BrE. |
| B．Why do the Americans and the British use different spellings. |
| C．There are few differences in spelling between AmE and BrE. |
| D．The different usages of words in AmE and BrE. |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．The two languages will become separate languages. |
| B．American English will be used more and more. |
| C．The two languages will be closer and closer. |
| D．British English will be used more and more. |
The underlined word “predicted” means ______ in Chinese.
| A．解释 | B．预言 | C．考虑 | D．证明 |
Now lots of teenagers like smoking. It's a big problem. Some of them smoke, just for fun and some think smoking looks cool. Others smoke because there are many people around them that smoke.
As we all know, smoking is harmful, especially to students. Some teenagers even steal money so that they can buy cigarettes. Besides, smoking does harm to brains and it can influence studies. Finally, it is bad for health because it can cause diseases.
Therefore, we should protect ourselves from smoking. First, we should learn more about the danger of smoking. Second, we should keep away from people who smoke.Now some teenagers like smoking because_________.
| A．smoking is good for them |
| B．their parents want them to do so |
| C．they think it is fun and cool |
| D．smoking makes them comfortable |
Smoking is harmful to_________.
| A．brains | B．legs | C．eyes | D．hands |
The writer of the passage wants teenagers________.
| A．to smoke |
| B．not to smoke |
| C．not to keep away from smoking |
| D．to smoke less |
An old woman walked into a clothes shop. She asked the salesgirl to let her have a look at a new dress on display, but the girl stood still behind the counter, taking no notice of the request.
The old woman spoke to the girl again, raising her voice a bit, but still received no answer. The old woman looked closely at the girl and nodded to her, "I am too old to see well." I can't even tell a plastic (塑料的) model from a real girl."
On hearing this, the salesgirl shouted at the old woman, " What? Did you call me a plastic model?"
The old woman was greatly surprised. "On, dear me," she said. "The model can speak. Then it must be a robot of a new type."The old woman wanted ______in the clothes shop.
| A．to buy something |
| B．to play a joke on someone |
| C．to look for someone |
| D．to talk to the girl |
The assistant was a ________.
| A．woman | B．model | C．robot | D．man |
The assistant took no notice of the old woman because _______.
| A．she was a plastic model |
| B．she was a robot |
| C．she was not a good assistant |
| D．she had bad hearing |
A gentleman stopped his car at the door of a flower shop. He planned to order flowers and asked the shopkeeper to deliver them to his mother, who was far away in his hometown.
The gentleman saw a little girl crying on the road before he entered the shop. The gentleman 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 gentleman 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.
When he was walking out of the shop, the gentleman asked the girl if she would like a ride home.
“Will you really drive me home?” she asked.
“Of course,” the gentleman replied.
“Then drive me to my mother. But the place where my mother lives is very far.”
The gentleman drove along the mountain road and finally came to the cemetery (墓地).
The little girl put the flower onto a new grave (坟墓). In order to send a rose to her mother who had died a month before, she had gone on a very long journey.
The gentleman drove the girl to her home and then returned to the flower shop. He cancelled（取消）the bouquet and bought a big bunch (束) of fresh flowers instead. He drove directly to his mother’s home, a five-hour drive from here. He would send the flowers to his mother in person.The word “deliver” in Paragraph 1 means “______________”.
| A．give | B．take | C． send | D．bring |
Why was the little girl crying?
| A．Because her mother died. |
| B．Because she lost her money. |
| C．Because she lost her way home. |
| D．Because she couldn’t afford a rose. |
The little girl asked the gentleman to drive her ______________.
| A．to her home | B．to her school |
| C．to a cemetery | D．to a mountain |
We can tell from the story that ___________.
| A．The little girl loves her mother very much |
| B．The gentleman doesn’t care about his mother |
| C．The little girl’s mother lives far away from her home |
| D．The gentleman’s mother passed away a month ago |