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Spring will soon be upon us and a new term is here. All over the world spring is the season of new life: flowers bloom, baby animals are born, and the weather becomes warmer.During this time of year, people usually walk around with a spring in their steps and a feeling of fresh beginnings.However, for a fresh beginning it takes more than the bright colors and fresh air of spring.We need to look at ourselves, set new goals, and decide how to improve ourselves.
In England people usually do this on the first day of the year. We look at the past year and think about what we' d like to change or improve in our lives, and we call this a New Year' s resolution(决心).These can be anything from improving one' s health through exercise or cutting out bad habits, to studying harder for better grades or trying to find a good work or life balance.
Luckily, we don' t have to wait for the beginning of a new year to try and become better people.We can do this whenever we like.The milestone of a new term is just a good place to start.
Sometimes it' s difficult to take the first step in achieving newly set goals, but an old saying is "to begin is to be half-way there." I agree with this because taking on a new task or changing habits can seem daunting at first, but once we begin, they get easier.For example, spending less time on QQ or playing video games and more time studying or communicating face-to-face can be difficult habits to change at first.But once we settle into the new routine and start to see the results,  it' s difficult not to wonder why we didn’t do it sooner.
The trick with deciding on a resolution for a new term is not to set unrealistic targets. If we do this, it's easy to lose motivation because the end goal seems so far away. Try to make many small goals you want to reach on the way to your ultimate(最终的)goal. This way, you can see your progress easily.
In Paragraph One, the writer wants to tell us that spring is a time _________.

A.to take a walk around outdoors
B.to enjoy fresh air and bright colors
C.to set goals for a fresh beginning
D.for animals to have babies

Which of the following might the writer agree with according to(根据) Paragraph Four?

A.Be swift to hear, slow to speak.
B.All that ends well is well.
C.Well begun is half done.
D.All roads lead to Rome.

What does the underlined word "daunting" probably mean in Paragraph Four?

A.changeable B.difficult
C.lovely D.dangerous

What does the writer want to tell us in the last paragraph?

A.If you see no progress, you'll be sad.
B.Whatever happens, stick to (坚持)your dreams.
C.Never lose heart when meeting with difficulties.
D.Your goals should be realistic and small.
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There are many kinds of cars in this world. My grandfather thinks this is because cars are like their drivers. He says, “Rich people have expensive cars, big people have large cars, and old people drive old cars.” But I don’t agree with him.
My neighbor, Mrs. Hill, is 82 years old. She drives only on Tuesday, and then she drives only to the bank. She never drives more than 30 kilometers an hour. Do you think Mrs. Hill has a very old and small car? No! Her car is new. It’s very large, and it can go 200 kilometers an hour!
My friend Mike is an artist. He paints beautiful pictures with lots of colors. But his car is black. Mrs. Bates has a very, very old car. It often has some trouble. Does she drive that kind of car because she is poor? No, she has four restaurants and two million dollars in the bank. My uncle Joe has a very small car. Every Sunday, he drives to the country with his wife, his three children, his mother and his dog.
Now, you have read about my friends and their cars. Do you agree with my grandfather? Maybe you have a car. Does it say something about you?
The writer’s grandfather thinks ___.

A.a person has the same kind of car as himself (herself)
B.different people have cars of the same kind
C.poor people have large cars
D.artists have black cars

Mrs. Bates has an old car ___.

A.because she is poor
B.because she is rich
C.because she likes old cars
D.and the passage doesn’t tell us why

Though Uncle Joe has a very small car, ___.

A.he has a dog
B.he has a large family
C.he has no children
D.he has few members in his family

The writer’s friend Mike paints ___.

A.pictures in black
B.colorful pictures
C.colorless pictures
D.pictures with only a few colors

The writer thinks ___.

A.his grandfather’s idea about cars is right
B.cars are often the same as their drivers in many ways
C.artists shouldn’t drive black cars
D.a car doesn’t say anything about its owner

Diving or Drowning
A rich young man decided that he would like to do some diving in the sea, so he bought a rubber suit and all the other things that he needed, and took some lessons at a diving school. Then one day he walked into the water by himself and began to explore the bottom of the sea.
He saw a lot of beautiful fish and other things, and then, after half an hour, he suddenly saw a man waving his arms and legs around wildly near the bottom of the sea. He was wearing only a bathing suit.
The rich young man was very surprised to see him, so he took out a plastic notebook and a special pencil, which could write under water, and wrote, “What are you doing here?”
He showed the notebook to the other man, who then took the pencil and wrote, “Drowning!”
What did the rich young man want to do?

A.driving B.diving C.walking D.swimming

How did he prepare himself for this?

A.He bought all the things needed for diving.
B.He took a diving lesson
C.He bought a rubber suit and a bathing suit.
D.both a and b.

What did he first see at the bottom of the ocean?

A.some fish B.some plants
C.a man with a bathing suit D.a man with a diving suit

What was the man doing?

A.swimming B.diving C.searching for fish D.drowning

What did the rich young man do?

A.He talked with him.
B.He pulled the man out of water.
C.He communicated with the man by writing.
D.He gave his suit to the man.

Sally was a student. It was going to be her mother’s birthday. She wanted to buy her a present that would be nice and useful but not expensive.
A week before her mother’s birthday, she went shopping after a quick and simple lunch. When she had been looking for half an hour, she found a shop that was selling cheep umbrellas(伞), and decided to take a black one, since her mother had lost hers the month before.
She thought, “You could carry that when you are wearing clothes of any color.” So she decided to buy a lovely black umbrella and took it back to school with her until her classes had finished.
On her way back home in the train that evening, she felt hungry because she had such a small lunch that she went along to the buffet car(餐车) for another sandwich and cup of coffee. She had left the black umbrella above her seat in the compartment(车厢), but when she got back, it had gone! When she had left the compartment, there had been no other passengers(乘客) in it, but now there were three.
Sally began to cry when she saw that the umbrella was no longer there. The other passengers felt very sorry for her and asked what the matter was. She told them that the black umbrella she had bought for her mother was gone, and that she had to get out at the next station. After the three other passengers heard it, they asked her for her mother’s address so that they could sent the umbrella to her if someone had taken it by mistake and brought it back after Sally had got out of the train.
The next week, Sally heard from her mother. It said, “Thank you very much for your lovely presents, but why did you send me three black umbrellas?”
Which of the following is the best for the sentence “You could carry that when you are wearing clothes of any color?”

A.You can carry it when you are wearing any clothes.
B.Any color of your clothes will be all right.
C.The umbrella will be OK for your clothes in any colors.
D.You can take any clothes that you like to wear.

What does the story infer(推断)?

A.Her mother would write to her if she didn’t receive the presents.
B.The three umbrella were sent by the girl.
C.Only four people had ever been to the compartment.
D.Nobody brought the umbrella back.

How many umbrellas did Sally’s mother get at last?

A.No. B.Only one. C.Three. D.Four.

The best name of the story is ________.

A.A Lucky Girl B.The Missing Umbrella
C.A Happy Mother D.Mother’s Present

What does the writer want to tell us?

A.You should take care of your things when you are traveling.
B.Show your love to others, and they will bring you love.
C.Children should often come back to see their parents.
D.It’s no use crying when you are in trouble.

BEIJING---Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has visited the“left-behind” children whose parents are working in cities before Children’s Day.
During a visit to northwest China’s Shanxi Province, Wen visited the home of Yang Saike, a primary school boy in a village of Xingping City, Yang, whose parents were working in Fujian, thousands of kilometers away, was cared for by his grandparents. His parents fail to go home even once a year.
The premier held Yang in his arms and looked through his exercise books and praised him for his hard work. (83) Wen talked with many children and asked them many questions about their schooling and life.“ You are so pretty,” Wen said to Liu Mengqi, a seven-year-old girl living with her grandmother. Liu’s parents were also working in the city.
“Have you been to school yet?” Wen asked two other girls.
“ We are going to the pre-school class,” said one.
“ Mon and dad at home?” Wen asked. The children shook their heads.
“ Children cannot see their parents very often, which is a new problem in the countryside. We should give them more care and love,” said the premier.
(84) “ With fast economic(经济)development, more people in the country chose to work in cities and left their children with grandparents or relatives back home”,said Wen. The premier asked local governments to do something to protect and care for such children at home and free their parents in cities from worries about their children.
A. 根据短文内容简要回答问题。
What questions did Wen Jiaobao ask the children in the countryside?
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What did the premier ask local governments do?
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B. 将短文中划线的句子译成汉语。
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C. 请给短文拟一个适当的标题。
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A woman repeated a bit of gossip(流言) about a neighbor. Within a few days, the whole village knew the story. The person she talked about was deeply hurt and angry.
Later, the woman spreading the rumor(谣言) learned that it was completely untrue. She was very sorry and went to a wise man to find out what she could do to repair the harm.
"Go to the marketplace," he said, "buy a chicken, and have it killed. Then on your way home, pick its feathers and drop them one by one along the road." Although surprised by this advice, the woman did what she was told.
The next day the wise man said, "Now, go and collect all those feathers you dropped yesterday and bring them back to me."
The woman followed the same road, but she was so discouraged when she found the wind had blown the feathers all away. After searching for hours, she returned with only three in her hand.
"You see," said the wise man, "it's easy to drop them, but it is impossible to get them all back. So it is the same with gossip. It doesn't take much to spread a rumor, but once you do, you can never completely undo( 弥补) the wrong."
Why did the the woman feel sorry ?

A.She didn’t know the story.
B.She hurt her neighbor deeply.
C.She was hurt deeply.
D.She was told an untrue story.

What did the wise man tell the women to do?

A.Kill a chicken.
B.Drop the feathers of a chicken.
C.Collect the feathers of a chicken.
D.All above.

The underlined word “discouraged” might mean.

A.surprised B.excited C.upset D.pleased

Which of the following statements is true?

A.The gossip didn’t hurt anyone at all.
B.The wise man was not kind enough.
C.All the feathers had been blown away.
D.The woman was given a lesson.

What the wise man said has nearly the same meaning as the Chinese phrase______.

A.覆水难收 B.欲速不达 C.无中生有 D.得道多助

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