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Mr. Jenkins is fifty years old. He has taught math in a middle school for twenty-six years. He works hard and always comes to his office on time. He hopes his students can be honest and he is strict with them. Some of his students become famous persons, but they still remember him and often write to him. Of course the old man is proud of it.
This term he began to teach Grade One. Some of the new students were told about him, but the others didn’t know him well. He told them how to be an honest person. He gave them several examples and said, “ I hate telling a lie most.”
Before class was over, he told all his students to finish Exercise 8 in Unit 1. The next morning, as soon as he came into the classroom, he said, “Who has finished Exercise 8?”
A few students put up their hands. He shook his head and said. “Open your workbooks and see whether there’s Exercise 8 in Unit 1 or not.”
The students had a look at their books and their faces turned red at once.
Mr. Jenkins began to work in the school when he was ________.
A. twenty-two B. twenty-three C. twenty-four
What is Mr. Jenkins proud of?
A. All his students have become honest.
B. All his students often write to him.
C. Some of his students become famous and often write to him.
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. This term Mr. Jenkins began to teach Grade One.
B. All the new students knew him well.
C. Not all the students put up their hands.
Mr. Jenkins told his students to finish Exercise 8 in Unit 1 because_____.
A. he wanted to know if they were honest.
B. he wanted to give them an example
C. it was very important
The students’ face turned red because_________.
A. they made Mr. Jenkins angry
B. they told a lie in class
C. they didn’t finish the exercise

There are many books for young readers. Some of these are for children from 12 to 18. Others are for those who are under 12. There are even some books for babies.

Books for young children use a lot of beautiful pictures. They are a big part of each book. So many writers of children’s books also draw the pictures. These writers make sure that their books are more than just fun stories to read. They make them look good, too!
Some children’s books tell very old stories. Many have animals in them that talk and do things that people do. Some of these animals might be bears. Others might be foxes. A little mouse and a big lion might even be in the same story.
Many books for very little children are all pictures. Others may have a word here and there. Books for babies may have something to push that makes sounds. This kind of book may make animal sounds. Then it may have a picture of the animal that makes each sound. It may also have its name. This way, the baby gets to know what sounds some animals make.
根据短文内容，判断下列各句正误，对的涂填（A），错的涂（B）。
We have many books for both teenagers and little kids.
In children’s books, animals can talk to readers like real people.
Some books for babies have pictures with a few words.
Babies can also learn something from books.
The passage is mainly about different books for people of all age.

In the United States, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. That is what "keeping up with the Joneses" is about. It is the story of someone who tried to look as rich as his neighbors.
The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American called Arthur Momand. He told this story about himself. He began earning $ 125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot of money in those days. He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighborhood outside New York City. When he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horseback riding every day. When he saw that rich people had servants, Momand and his wife also hired a servant(仆人) and gave big parties for their new neighbors.
It was like a race, but one could never finish his race because one was always trying to keep up. The race ended for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for their new way of life. They moved back to an apartment in New York City.
Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with rich lifestyle of their neighbors. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series of short stories. He called it "Keeping up with the Joneses" because "Jones" is a very common name in the United States. "Keeping up with the Joneses" came to mean keeping up with rich lifestyle of the people around you. Momand' s series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years.
People never seem to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses. And there are "Joneses" in every city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses because no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems to be ahead.
Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they _______.

A．want to be as rich as their neighbors

B．want others to know or to think that they are rich

C．don't want others to know they are rich

D．want to make themselves happy

It can be inferred（推断）from the story that rich people like to_______.

A．live outside New York City	B．live in New York city
C．live in apartments	D．have many neighbors

According to the writer, it is_______ to keep up with the Joneses.

A．correct

B．interesting

C．impossible

D．good

Which of the following activities probably does not belong to the rich people?

A．holding a race	B．riding horses
C．holding parties	D．hiring a servant

Taking part in charity is not just for adult people. Kids can do it too! Melvin Sheppard, 14, an American student, has done charity work for 8 years. He has also encouraged his classmates to join him.
Melvin studies at William Allen Middle School in Philadelphia. Recently, he collected $ 1,500 by himself and $487 from his classmates to donate to Cooper University Hospital.
Melvin was born nine weeks premature (早产的) in Cooper University Hospital, weighing 2.6kg. His father told him how Cooper saved his life, so he feels thankful to the hospital.
Melvin's classmates joined him once they found out about his kind behavior. Their teacher, Michael Bemer, also held a class with them about helping others. "It wasn't really about the money," Bemer said. "It was about the fact that they were doing something good."
"It feels great, helping someone that I know." said Jordan, Melvin' s classmate. Melvin's neighbors also helped out.
Since Melvin was 6, he and his parents have given money to Cooper University Hospital every year. This year, Gray E. Stahl, the head of Cooper's division of neonatology(新生儿科学部门), went to Melvin's school to accept the money.
The money goes to a part of the hospital that helps about 500 young patients every year.
"When they leave, we call them graduates," Stahl said, "my co - workers and I are pleased when our graduates and their families do well, like Melvin and his family."
When did Melvin start to do charity work?

A．When he was 14 years old.

B．When he was 8 years old.

C．When he was 6 years old.

D．When he was born.

Why did Melvin donate to Cooper University Hospital?

A．He was a doctor in Cooper University Hospital.

B．His father worked in Cooper University Hospital.

C．He was thankful to Cooper University Hospital.

D．He used to volunteer in Cooper University Hospital.

Where did Gray E. Stahl accept the money?

A．At Melvin's school.

B．At Melvin's house.

C．At Cooper University Hospital.

D．At Cooper's division of neonatology.

Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Many college graduates accept the money every year.

B．The money helps about 500 0ld patients every year.

C．Melvin does the charity work alone for many years.

D．Melvin's teacher thinks it is a great thing to learn to help others.

Alfred Nobel, a Swedish - born chemist, who died in 1896, at one time believed that his invention of explosives (炸药) could bring wars to an end, But later he found he was wrong.
Nobel was born in Sweden in 1833. With only one year of formal schooling, he became a chemist and inventor by age of 16.
He was also a linguist, speaking English, Russian, German and French besides Swedish. He wrote poetry(诗歌). He began his work with producing liquid nitroglycerin (硝酸甘油) for use in mining and construction. He then discovered that liquid nitroglycerin could be dried. He called it dynamite, after the Greek word dynamis, meaning "power". Then he became rich. When he died, his estate (财产) was worth about 89 million.
Nobel never married, and he left most of his estate to those who have been known as Nobel Prizes. The money is invested (投资) and the interest (利息) is given out as yearly prizes for persons who have done something special for mankind in the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology, medicine, literature, and peace.
Prizes were first awarded in 1901. Over the years, many great people such as Albert Einstein in physics, Marie Curie in chemistry, Martin Luther King, Jr. for peace and Mo yan for literature got the awards.
From the passage we can guess the underlined word "linguist" is a person who_______.

A．can speak a foreign language

B．writes good poetry

C．knows several foreign language well

D．makes many inventions

Alfred Nobel believed_______.

A．he would become the richest person of the world

B．his invention could stop wars in the world

C．the Nobel Prizes could be world - famous

D．no one could use his invention to start wars

All the questions have been answered Except_______.

A．who chooses the Nobel Prize winners

B．when were Nobel Prizes first awarded

C．who could win Nobel Prizes

D．what else was Nobel interested in besides chemistry

A．ready-made food	B．food to cook at home
C．inexpensive food	D．foreign food

A．take-away	B．home-cooking
C．fast	D．Chinese

A．thinner	B．fatter
C．worse	D．better

A．overweight	B．their health
C．food addictives	D．fast food