Like many people, I have no clear idea about heroes. Maybe sometimes we all wonder if we need a hero and what a hero really is.
Although there are a lot of differences in cultures, heroes around the world have much in common. They all give us courage and make us want to learn from them.
A hero has a special story to tell and people are interested in it. But a hero is not just the person with great fame（声誉）.
A hero has to experience life with new and further meaning. So if you want to live like a hero, you have to know what or whom you serve. If you serve only your own fame, you may be just famous persons instead of heroes.
A hero considers more than common people. He is able to make people moved and create new chances.
Without Gandhi, India might still be part of Britain. Without Martin Luther King, Jr., Americans might take different buses, eat in different restaurants, go for walks in different parks, and shop in different stores because of the different colors of their skin.
There might be changes in society without a hero, but the speed of change would be quite slow Thanks to heroes in history, they make the society develop so rapidly.
According to this passage, a hero always .
| A．gives us courage | B．looks up to others |
| C．tells others funny stories | D．learn from others |
If you want to live like a hero, you should .
| A．experience a common life |
| B．try to be famous |
| C．serve your own fame |
| D．know what or whom you serve |
Black people in America used to before Martin Luther King, Jr..
| A．shop at the white’s stores |
| B．take the same bus with the white |
| C．take walks in the white’s parks |
| D．eat in restaurants without the white |
We learn from the passage that
| A．we don’t need heroes anymore in modem society now |
| B．heroes are different in different in cultures |
| C．heroes aren’t able to move people or create possible chances |
| D．our society has developed faster because of heroes in history |
阅读理解
Happy Children’s Palace
MONDAY 19:00—20:30 English learning Prof. G. White Would you like to improve your English? This is for middle school students. (2 weeks) TUESDAY 17:30—19:00 Photography(摄影) Mr. Green Learn to take good pictures. Bring your own camera with you. (4 weeks) WEDNESDAY 18:00—19:00 Office 2000 Prof. Wang Lan Learn how to use the new software. (10 weeks) FRIDAY 19:00—20:30 Painting Miss Yang Jing Would you like to learn painting? It is for beginners only. (16 weeks) SATURDAY 15:00—16:30 Cambridge Young Learner’s English Prof. J. Brown This course is for the children at primary school(小学). (20 weeks) SUNDAY 10:00—12:00 Swimming, club Coach: Liu Xin Want to swim as fast as a fish? (9 weeks)You can go to Happy Children’s Palace to learn some skills(技能) exc
ept ________.
| A．on Monday | B．On Wednesday |
| C．On Thursday | D．on Sunday |
If you want to improve your English, you’d better learn it from ______.
| A．Miss Yang Jing | B．Prof. J. Brown |
| C．Prof. Wang Lan | D．Prof. G. White |
If you are interested in painting and want to be an artist, Miss Yang Jing can teach you ______.
| A．from 19:00 to 20:30 on Monday | B．from 17:30 to 19:00 on Tuesday |
| C．from 7:00 to 8:30 on Friday evening | D．from 18:00 to 19:00 on Wednesday |
If you don’t have enough time and you want to learn a skill in two months, you’d better learn ____.
| A．how to use the new software | B．swimming |
| C．how to take pictures | D．painting |
Which of the following statements(陈述) is TRUE?
| A．Prof. G. White gives a talk about English learning for students on Monday morning. |
| B．You can go to learn how to use Office 2000 from Prof. J. Brown. |
| C．If you want to learn swimming, you should go there on Sunday afternoon. |
| D．Prof. J. Brown teaches children English from 3:00—4:30 on Saturday afternoon. |
阅读理解
A driver stopped his car on a street side to have a rest. As he lay down in the seat and closed his eyes, a person came up and knocked(敲) at the window to ask the time. The driver opened his eyes and looked at his watch: “It’s 8:05,” he said. Then he went to sleep again. But soon he was waken up(被叫醒) again because a second person was knocking at the window. “Sir, do you know the time?” he asked. The driver looked at his watch again, and told him it was half past eight. In this way, the driver thought he could not have a good rest, so he wrote a short note(纸条) and stuck(贴) it on the window for all to see. It said, “I don’t know the time.” Again, he lay down in the seat for his sleep. A few minutes later, a third person came and began to knock at the window, “Hey, sir,” he said. “It’s a quarter to nine.”
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。 How many persons asked the driver about the time?
| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
The first person knocked at the window of the car _________.
| A．at five to eight | B．at half past eight |
| C．at five past eight | D．at a quarter to nine |
Why did the driver write a note and stick it on the window?
| A．Because he didn’t want anybody to trouble him. |
| B．Because he didn’t know the time. |
| C．Because he needed somebody to wake him up. |
| D．Because he wanted somebody to tell him the time. |
The third person knocked at the window to __________.
| A．tell him what time it was | B．ask him not to sleep |
| C．see if the driver was sleeping | D．ask him the time |
The driver ________ in his car.
| A．had a good sleep | B．had no seat |
| C．didn’t have a good rest | D．always closed his eyes |
阅读表达
How good projects grow
Are you interested in projects(课题，项目）and want to have a good one? Well，that doesn’t come easily.You need to do the following tasks(任务):
TALK:You and your classmates discuss in detail(详细的）all that you would like to do to realize(实现）your project.
WRITE:One of your classmates acts as(担任）secretary(秘书).He or she keeps full notes as your group discusses.Later he or she will sort(整理）your ideas to make them better.
PLAN:With the secretary’s notes，your group makes a list of everything you’ll need and who will get，do or research what.
DO:Each group member gets，does and researches something on the list.Your group puts together all you have found and tries to make the project more well-organized.You prepare(准备）to present(展示)it in class.
SHOW:You and your classmates show(给……看）the world the result of your hard work.
Knowing all the above(上面)，you may want to try a project.Why not start with this:you can find out more about the history of your city.What did it look like? Which famous people lived there?
| To grow good projects |
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| Talk |
Write |
Plan |
Do |
Show |
| Discuss everything 1 . |
The secretary should 2 while you are discussing. |
3 of your needs and make everyone’s task clear. |
Do the research work and make the project 4 . |
Show 5 to the world. |
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This is Radio Station in Los Angeles.At nine o’clock on Friday，it’s time for the morning weather report.
This morning it will be cloudy，but no rain today.By noon the sun will be shining.
The temperature is now seventy-two，with a high of about eighty for this afternoon—a good day for swimming.
Tomorrow it will be sunny.The low temperature will be sixty，with a high of eighty-six.There may be a little rain in the afternoon.Winds will be soft.This weather report has been brought to you by Mary Smith .
根据文章内容判断（T）误（F）。The weather is reported by Mary Smith.
Today’s temperature will be eighty.
This is a TV weather reporter.
Today there will be a little rain.
It is noon now.
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Sarah left school at eighteen，went to collage and then worked at a computer company.Four years later，she got a new job as a manager in British Airways（英国航空公司）.This is what she told us about her job:
“My office is at Heathrow Airport，but I spend 60% of my time in the air.I teach air-hostesses（空姐）and help them with any problems I also go to lots of meetings.
My hours are usually from 8 a.m.to 4 p.m.but sometimes I work from 1 p.m.to 9 p.m.At work，the first thing I do is check plane times on my computer and then I speak with some of the air-hostesses.
Sometimes I go on long flights（飞行）to check how the air-hostesses are doing.That’s my favourite part of the job，but I like office work，too.Travelling can be hard work.When I get back from a long trip，all I can do is eat something and then go to bed! I don’t make much money，but I’m happy with British Airways and want to stay there and continue to travel.”