One day in the eighth grade, I was taking a Math Test on basic trigonometry (三角学). Now for a middle school student, there was nothing basic at all about it. So I had studied for about two hours the night before. After reviewing it for some time, I had started to understand it, so then I closed the book and ____________. However, it was not until midnight that I fell asleep. The next day, when I got the test, it might as well have been written in Serbian (which I don’t know how to read). I tried my best to work out the hard problems, but the numbers I came up with were strange. I sat back on my chair and looked for any possible answers, but I could not remember anything or think correctly. I started thinking about my dad coming home from work to find that I failed the test …
“How could you have failed the test? I am certain that nobody else in the whole class got as bad a grade as you did!”
Naturally I didn’t want that to happen. My dad was also really busy at work at present, so I was afraid that this might make him mad. When feeling hopeless, I noticed that my table partner was writing fast on his test. I could see how fast he was writing. I wanted to look over at his test, but then the many bad results I had heard about cheating (作弊) came into my mind. I told myself that if I started cheating now, it would be hard to give up that habit during high school. In the end, I decided not to copy his answers, and got a B- on that test. Even though my dad gave me a hard time about it, it would have been a lot worse if he found out that I had given in and cheated.The writer might feel ______ before the Math Test.
| A．surprised | B．relaxed | C．worried | D．excited |
Which is the best expression to fill in the blank in the passage?
| A．had breakfast | B．went to bed |
| C．took exercise | D．rode to school |
The writer’s father was ______.
| A．proud of him | B．tired of him |
| C．strict with him | D．pleased with him |
From the passage, we know that the writer ______.
| A．could read Serbian | B．didn’t cheat at last |
| C．got a good grade at last | D．didn’t work hard that night |
A man made a nice talking machine（机器）.It could weigh people’s weight .The man wanted to try the machine before he could make a lot of machines.
He put the machine into the waiting room of a station. There were always lots of people in and out.
The first one who used the machine was an Indian woman. She stood on the machine, the machine thought for a few seconds to decide which language to speak. “Good morning, Madam.” it said in Indian. “Your weight is 72 kilograms. That’s three kilograms more .If you eat more fruit and vegetables, you will be soon all right. Please have a nice day.”
The second one to use the machine was a Chinese girl .She stood on the machine and waited to hear her weight. “Good morning, Miss.” the machine said in Chinese. “Your weight is 45 kilograms. It’s all right for your age. Keep eating what you eat every day. Please have a nice day.”
The third one to use the machine was a very fat American woman. She thought for a long time to stand on the machine. The machine spoke quickly in English, “Good morning. Will one of you get off?”The machine in this passage could _______ .
| A．weigh and talk to people |
| B．tell people what they should eat |
| C．speak all kinds of languages |
| D．make people laugh |
The man put his first machine _______ .
| A．in the station |
| B．in a train |
| C．in the doctor’s waiting room |
| D．in the women’s room |
The machine told the Indian woman _______ .
| A．she was a little lighter |
| B．she was a little heavier |
| C．it couldn’t speak Indian |
| D．to eat what she wanted to eat |
How was the American woman?
| A．She was healthy. | B．She liked thinking. |
| C．She was too heavy. | D．The machine didn’t like her. |
American schools begin in September after the long summer holidays. There are two terms in a school year; the first term is from September to January, and the second is from February to June. Most American children go to public schools.
High school students study only four or five subjects at a time. They usually go to the same classes every day, and they have an assignment(课外作业) for every class. After class they have many activities.
After high school, many students go to college. They can go to a small one or a large one. They usually have to pay a lot of money for college education (教育). But there are scholarships (奖学金) for good students, and many college students work part time in order to get money for their education.Most American children go to ______ .
| A．English schools | B．high schools |
| C．public schools | D．colleges |
______ can get scholarships.
| A．Many college students | B．All the students |
| C．Good high school students | D．Good college students |
Many college students work part time because ______ .
| A．they have many activities |
| B．they have a lot of free time |
| C．they like doing things |
| D．they have to pay a lot of money for their education |
Most American families are smaller than the families in other countries. Most American families have one or two parents and one or two children each.
Children in the US will leave their parents’ home when they grow up. They usually live far from their parents because they want to find good jobs. They often write to their parents or telephone them. And they often go to visit their parents on holiday.
Parents usually let their children choose their own jobs. Americans think it important for young people to decide on their lives by themselves.
Children are asked to do some work around their house. And in many families, children are paid for doing some housework so that they learn how to make money for their own use.The size of most American families is ________ that of other countries.
| A．larger than | B．smaller than |
| C．as big as | D．as small as |
When children grow up, they leave their parents’ home to _________.
| A．get married | B．be free |
| C．find good jobs | D．study |
Which of the following statements is WRONG?
| A．Children can choose their jobs by themselves. |
| B．Parents don’t ask their children to do the housework. |
| C．Parents think it important for children to choose their own jobs. |
| D．When children grow up, they usually live far away from their home. |
An old man was fishing on the bank of a river. A child came to see him fishing. The old man was really good at fishing and it didn’t take long for him to catch a full basket of fish. The old msn saw that the child was very cute(可爱), and he wanted to give her a whole basket of fish. But the child shook（摇） her head. The old man was surprised and asked, “Why don’t you want the fish?”
The child answered, “I want the fishing rod(竿) in your hands.”
The old man asked, “Why do you want the rod?”
“It doesn’t take long to eat all the fish in a basket. But if I have the fishing rod, I can go fishing by myself and I won’t be afraid of not having any more fish to eat.”
I think you will certainly say that the child is very smart. Wrong! If she doesn’t know how to fish, she can not have fish to eat, even though she has the fishing rod. It’s useless to only have a fishing rod. Fishing skills are the most important, not the fishing rod.
Too many people think that if they have a “fishing rod” in their life, they will no longer fear(害怕)the wind and rain. They are just like the child, who thought that if she had a fishing rod, she would have fish to eat.
| A．a river | B．a lake |
| C．a pool | D．a stream |
Because she didn’t like fish
Because she wanted his fishing rod
Because the old man had few fish
Because she wanted to learn fishing skills
| A．smart | B．hardworking |
| C．silly(傻的) | D．creative(有创造力的) |
| A．if you have a “fishing rod” in your life, you won’t be afraid of anything. |
| B．If you have a fishing rod, you’ll have a lot of fish to eat |
| C．“fishing skills” are more important than “the fishing rod” in life. |
| D．“the fishing rod” is more important than the fish that people catch |
| A．The Fishing Rod | B．The Fishing Man |
| C．The Fishing Girl | D．The fishing Experience |
Friends are very important in our everyday life. Everyone needs friends. We all like to feel close to someone. It is nice to have a friend to talk, laugh and do things with. Certainly, sometimes we need to be alone. We don’t always want people around. But we would feel lonely if we never had a friend.
No two people are just the same. Friends sometimes don’t get on well. That doesn’t mean that they no longer like each other. Most of the time they will make it up and become friends again.
Sometimes friends move away. Then we feel very sad. We miss them very much but we can call them or write to them. We can also make new friends. It is encouraging to find out how much we like new people when we get to know them.
There’s more good news for people who have friends. They live longer than people who don’t. Why? Friends can make us feel happy. Being happy helps you stay well. If someone cares about you, you will take better care of yourself.
| A．happy | B．sad | C．lonely | D．unpopular |
| A．often feel lonely. |
| B．like to feel close to each other. |
| C．often move away. |
| D．want to live longer. |
| A．stay alone. | B．are angry with them. |
| C．move away. | D．have new friends. |
| A．no longer love them. |
| B．don’t get on well. |
| C．can call them or write to them. |
| D．will take better care of ourselves. |
| A．will be important. | B．will have more good news |
| C．needn’t make new friends | D．will live happily. |