“Basketball is not only for young people,” my grandpa often says.
Grandpa is a retired (退休的) teacher. He likes basketball. He isn’t tall or strong. And he can not run fast. But he is a member of a basketball team.
“I play for 15 minutes in every game,” says Grandpa. “I can score 10 points (得十分) for my team.” He is right. He is really good at basketball. I learn a lot from him.
Grandpa plays basketball with his friends. They play for about an hour every time. Sometimes their team comes to our school. And they play with our school team. Then the young students and the old people can have fun together.
“What is sport? Sport is a game to make people healthy and happy,” Grandpa tells me.
My grandpa was a in the past (以前).
| A．teacher | B．worker | C．doctor | D．driver |
How does my grandpa look?
| A．He is tall. | B．He is fat. |
| C．He is short. | D．He is strong. |
Grandpa plays basketball for in every game.
| A．fifteen minutes |
| B．about an hour |
| C．ten minutes |
| D．two hours |
Young students and the old people sometimes play basketball .
| A．in ourschool | B．in the park |
| C．at home | D．in the club |
What’s the best title (标题) of the passage?
| A．I have a kind grandpa | B．My happy family |
| C．How to keep healthy | D．My grandpa loves sports |
A famous teacher was speaking to the students at our school. He began his lesson by holding up a ¥100 bill. Then he said to the three hundred students, “Who would like this ¥100 bill?” The students began to put up their hands at once.
Then he said, “I am going to give this ¥100 to one of you, but first, let me do this.” He then made the bill into a ball. Then he said, “Who wants it now?” The hands went back into the air.
“Well,” he said, “What if I do this?” and he dropped it on the floor and stepped on it. He picked up the dirty, crumpled bill and said, “Who still wants it?” Hands went back into the air.
“My friends,” he said, “you have learned a valuable lesson today. No matter (无论) what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not go down in value (价值). It was still worth ¥ l00!”
Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and stepped on by the chances we take and the things that happen to us. We feel as if we are worth nothing. But remember, no matter what has happened to you, you will never lose your value: you are always valuable to those people who love you. Your value doesn’t come from what you do or whom you know, but WHO YOU ARE.
You are special and valuable. Don’t ever forget it!
◆根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。Even though it was dirty, the money _______.
| A．still went up in value |
| B．was worth nothing |
| C．didn’t go down in value |
| D．was still ours |
We are always valuable to the people _______.
| A．who pay us | B．who call us |
| C．who hate us | D．who love us |
Your value doesn’t come from what you do but _______.
| A．who you know | B．who made you |
| C．who you remember | D．who you are |
The sentence “Hands went back into the air” means “_______”.
| A．the students put up their hands again |
| B．the students put down their hands |
| C．the students put their hands behind their backs again |
| D．the students put their hands in front of them |
Why did the famous teacher use a ¥100 bill at his lesson?
| A．Because he wanted to make the bill into a ball. |
| B．Because he used to drop a bill on the floor and stepped on it. |
| C．Because he was going to give the bill to one of his students. |
| D．Because he wanted to make the students know what value was. |
What are you going to do if you are in a burning house? How will you escape? Do you know how to save yourself? Please read the following passage.
Escaping a fire is a serious matter. Knowing what to do during a fire can save you life. It is important to know the ways you can use and show them to everyone in the family, such as stairways and fire escapes, but not lifts.
From the lower floors of the buildings, escaping through windows is possible, learn the best way of leaving by windows with the least chance of serious injury.
The second floor window is usually not very high from the ground. An average(平均高度的) person, hanging by the finger-tips will have a drop of about six feet to the ground. It is about the height of an average man. Of course, it is safer to jump a short way than to stay in a burning building.
Windows are also useful when you are waiting for help. Be sure to keep the door closed. Or smoke and fire may be drawn into the room. Keep your head low at the window to be sure you get fresh air rather than smoke that may leaked(渗) into the room.
On a second or third floor, the best windows for escape are those that open onto a roof. From the roof a person can drop to the ground more safely. Dropping onto cement(水泥) might end in injury. Bushes(灌木丛) and grass can help to break a fall.
◆根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。It is important to _______.
| A．put out the fire in the burning house |
| B．know the ways to escape the fire |
| C．jump off a burning house |
| D．keep the door closed |
It is possible to escape through the windows _______.
| A．if there are some bushes on the ground |
| B．if you are strong enough |
| C．if you live on a lower floor |
| D．If you have a long rope |
Which of the following escaping way is NOT right? _______.
| A．You can escape though stairways. |
| B．You can choose fire escapes. |
| C．Escape from the windows that open onto a roof. |
| D．Use a lift to come down at once. |
Open the window so that _______ if the building is on fire.
| A．you can get fresh air |
| B．you can call for help |
| C．you can easily jump off |
| D．you can be seen first |
The best title of the passage is _______.
| A．Escaping from the Windows |
| B．Save Yourself in the Burning House |
| C．Knowledge on Fire |
| D．Waiting for Help |
Little Tommy was doing very badly in math. His parents had tried everything—tutors (家庭教师), cards, special learning centers—in short, everything they could think of. Finally they took Tommy to a catholic (天主教的) school.
After the first day, little Tommy came home with a very serious look on his face. He didn’t kiss his mother hello. Instead, he went straight to his room and started studying. Books and papers were spread (铺开) out all over the room and little Tommy was hard at work. His mother was surprised. She called him down to dinner and as soon as he finished eating, he went back to his room, without a word. In no time he was back hitting the books as hard as before. This went on for some time, day after day while the mother tried to understand what was happening.
Finally, little Tommy brought home his report card. He quietly put it on the table and went up to his room and hit the books. His mom looked at it and to her surprise, little Tommy got an A in math. She could no longer hold her curiosity (好奇心). She went to his room and asked, “Son, what was it? Was it the nuns (修女)?”
Little Tommy looked at her and shook his head, “No. ”
“Well then,” she asked again. “WHAT was it?”
Little Tommy looked at her and said, “Well, on the first day of school, when I saw that man nailed (钉) to the plus sign (加号), I knew they weren’t joking. ”
根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。Why did Tommy’s parents send him to a catholic school?
| A．Because he could eat well there. |
| B．Because he could earn more about nuns. |
| C．Because his parents wanted him to do better in his math. |
| D．Because his parents didn’t want him to learn math any more. |
Tommy’s mother felt surprised that his son _______.
| A．was still the same as usual |
| B．ate so much at dinner |
| C．kissed her hello after school |
| D．worked hard but said little |
“Hitting the books” means “_______” in Chinese.
| A．用功 | B．捶书 | C．发泄 | D．振作 |
The last sentence in the passage shows that _______.
| A．Tommy felt sorry for the mail |
| B．Tommy was afraid of being nailed |
| C．Tommy didn’t like the plus sign |
| D．Tommy liked playing jokes on others |
From the passage, we can infer (推断) that _______.
| A．teachers should be strict with their students |
| B．mistaking (误解) might do good sometimes |
| C．a catholic school is much better than other ones |
| D．nuns are good at helping children with their math |
Bollywood： the Hollywood of India
You might be surprised to learn that India produces about 800 movies a year， and that number continues to grow. Just as the movie Capital of the United States is Hollywood， the movie capital of India is Bombay (孟买)， but it is usually called "Bollywood"， a combination(结合) of the words Bombay and Hollywood.
All Bollywood movies are thought complete with a few songs and dances. In fact， music is an important part of Bollywood movies. Even a bad movie can still do well if the music is good. Music directors are sometimes more popular than the film stars. A Bollywood movie has five to six songs with at least three songs to show what the dances mean.
Bollywood may be different from Hollywood in music， but it is very like Hollywood in several ways. If Tom Cruise can hold a gun， so can the Bollywood hero Sharukh Khan. Hollywood stars are followed by news reporters just as often as Hollywood stars. The persona! lives of actors and actresses catch the headlines(头版头条)， just as they do in the United States.
The Oscars are a very exciting time of the year for actors and actresses in America， Bollywood has its own form of the Oscars， and they are also very exciting.The name Bollywood comes from the words_______________________.
Bollywood is a place where many ___________ are made each year，
In India， the film stars are sometimes______ than music directors.
Every complete Bollywood movie has a few _____________in them.
The Oscars in India are as _____as those in America though they are different.
On June 30， 2009， a Yemenia airplane from Paris to Comoros， Africa， crashed into(坠入) the Indian Ocean. There were 153 people on the plane， including some French officials. Though people have been searching since the plane went down， the result looked unpleasant， for most of the passengers might be in bad luck. But a 13-year-old girl called Bahia Bakari was discovered in the water， where she had been staying afloat(漂浮的) by holding a piece of wreckage( 骸 残 ) from the plane tightly for over 13 hours. When they found her， the girl was too weak to catch the lifebuoy( 救生圈) thrown to her， instead， a Comoran police officer jumped into the water to pull the child onto the boat. Bahia Bakari was injured， especially her collarbone( 锁 骨 ).Her father was pleased to see his daughter although his wife had gone away in this tragedy. He said that his daughter could hardly swim. It was really a miracle for her to escape in this way. In her daddy’s warm arms， the girl could soon remember what she had experienced. “I was thrown out of the plane and then I saw the plane fall into the water. Next I found myself in the water. I couldn’t swim very well and I caught something but I didn’t know what is was，” said the girl. “She is really a lucky young girl，” said Alain Joyandet， France’s minister for International Cooperation. The Yemenia airplane took off in ____________.
| A．Africa | B．Paris |
| C．Comoros | D．the Indian Ocean |
What does the underlined word “tragedy” mean in the passage?
| A．援助 | B．悲惨之事 | C．营救 | D．活动 |
Bahia Bakari had been staying in the water for more than _________.
| A．a day | B．half a day |
| C．a week | D．half a week |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．Bahia Bakari was saved by the lifebuoy |
| B．Bahia Bakari’s father saved his daughter |
| C．Bahia Bakari’s mother died in the accident |
| D．Bahia Bakari could swim well， so se escaped |
What’s the best title for the passage?
| A．A lucky girl | B．A sad family |
| C．A broken plane | D．A brave police officer |