Anny was a five-year-old girl. One day when she and her mother were in a department store（百货商店）, Anny saw a plastic pearl necklace (珍珠项链). What a beautiful necklace! She wanted it very much, so she begged（乞求）her mother to buy it for her. The mother said, “Well, I can buy you the necklace, but when we get home, we should discuss what you can do to pay for it. Can we do that?” Anny agreed with much happiness, and she got the necklace.
How much Anny loved the necklace! She wore it everywhere and every minute. Anny also did part - time jobs to make pocket money. She worked very hard. Soon she succeeded in paying off the price for the necklace.
Anny’s daddy knew how she tried her best to get the necklace. He also knew how much Anny cared about it. One night, he asked Anny if she loved him. “Sure, Daddy.” the little girl said. “Then how about giving me your necklace?” “Oh, no, Daddy! Not my necklace!” Anny cried. “Oh, dear, it’s fine.” her father gave her a kiss.
Several days later, Anny went to her daddy, with her lips(嘴唇) trembling(颤抖). “Here, Daddy. I love you.” She held out her hand. Inside it was the plastic pearl necklace that she loved so much.
When he saw this, Anny’s father smiled with surprise. He then pulled a cute box out of his pocket. Inside the box was a real and colourful pearl necklace, which was waiting for Anny for so long.One day, Anny___________ in a department store.
| A．went to buy a necklace |
| B．got a plastic pearl necklace |
| C．bought her mother a pearl necklace |
| D．asked her mother to buy something tasty |
Why did Anny’s mother ask Anny to pay for the necklace herself? Because _______.
| A．she didn’t have enough money |
| B．she wanted to buy her a real pearl necklace |
| C．she thought it was not right for little kids to wear a necklace |
| D．she wanted Anny to know that one should buy and pay for oneself |
According to the passage, which of the following statements is true? _______ .
| A．Anny worked hard to pay for the plastic necklace |
| B．Anny’s father wanted the plastic necklace |
| C．Anny knew her father had bought her a real necklace |
| D．Anny gave the plastic necklace to her father because she didn’t like it any more |
From the passage, we can learn __________.
| A．parents should buy their kids everything |
| B．kids should love their parents |
| C．parents shouldn’t ask for anything from their kids |
| D．how to educate kids in a right way |
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?
_________________________________________________________________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。____________________________________________________________
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 |
In one way, it may be thought that failure is a part of life. In another, failure may be regarded as a step towards success.
The “spider story” is often told as an example of this. Robert Bruce, leader of the Scots in the 13th century, was hiding in a hole on a hill from the English. He watched a spider(蜘蛛) making a web（网）. Bruce is said to have got confidence from this and to have gone on to beat the English. Edison, too, the inventor of the light bulb(电灯泡), made hundreds of models that failed before he found the right way to make one.
So what? First, always think about your failure. What caused it? Were you in high spirit then? What can you change so that things will go right the next time?
Second, is the goal you are trying to reach the right one? Try to do some thinking about what your real goal may be. Think about this question: If I am successful in this, where will it get me?” This may help to prevent failure in the things you shouldn’t be doing anyway.
The third thing to remember about failure is that it’s a part of life. Learn to “live with yourself!” even though you may have failed. Remember, “You can’t live with them all.”Robert Bruce was mentioned in the passage to show that ___________.
| A．people who failed are not lonely |
| B．animals can help people sometimes |
| C．nature will help if we are hard—working |
| D．confidence is important for one to be successful |
Edison’s example shows us that __________.
| A．he liked to do other kinds of work |
| B．he invented many kinds of light bulbs |
| C．failure may be a way towards success |
| D．he was a man of many important inventions |
If you are not sure about what success will get you, you’d better ______.
| A．change your goal |
| B．go on with your goal |
| C．not care for that |
| D．work even harder on your goal |
It can be learned from the passage that __________.
| A．one should try not to fail |
| B．one’s failure is another’s success |
| C．one should take failures seriously |
| D．one should learn lessons from failures |
This passage is mainly about _________.
| A．two great men |
| B．two sides of failure |
| C．ways to keep away from failure |
| D．the right attitude (态度) towards failure |
As a girl, I've spent a great deal of my time on earth concerned about my weight. So I do know something about exercise. Let me tell you about the calorie-burning activities I've tried or will try.
Salsa (萨尔萨舞)
I try to maintain my weight through dancing. Dancing improves my coordination and sense of rhythm in addition to burning calories. I'm personally interested in salsa, which I find sexy and expressive(有表现力的). But I have not yet to start classes, because classes are very expensive, and I cannot find a dance partner.
Ping-Pong
Ping-pong is the national sport of China, so how could I know nothing about it?
My father is a ping-pong fan, and a really good player. He's won several informal (非正式的) matches. My relationship with ping-pong has always been on-and-off. I'll get into it for a while, and then lose interest. The reason is because I can’t find a good partner. Some stronger can depress you, while someone weaker (or just as weak) can make the game boring.
Tae Kwon Do （跆拳道）
I've recently decided to try tae kwon do as my regular exercise activity. There’s a story behind this choice: A few weeks ago, I was sitting on a bus, concentrating on a book. Suddenly, the bus became very quiet except for the sound of a woman’s crying. I looked up to see what had happened and overheard whispers that she had just quarreled with a man, and the man slapped(拍打) her face. No one on the bus dared say anything because the man looked really strong. Even now I feel ashamed I was among the silent.
That’s why I've made up my mind to learn something that will help me protect others and myself. We can guess that the girl is _____ according to the passage.
| A．too thin | B．a little fat | C．careful | D．brave |
Why doesn’t the girl want to go to learn salsa?
| A．The dance is too difficult to learn. |
| B．Nobody wants to dance with her. |
| C．She has no time to join the classes. |
| D．She finds it sexy and expressive. |
She is interested in ping-pong because ________.
| A．she can play it well |
| B．it is the national sport |
| C．her father plays it well |
| D．she finds a good partner |
She has made up her mind to learn Tae Kwon Do mainly because______.
| A．she wants to lose weight |
| B．she wants to protect others and herself |
| C．she wants to win some matches |
| D．she wants to beat a strong man |
We can learn from the passage that________.
| A．the girl has learnt salsa for a long time |
| B．the girl has played ping-pong many times |
| C．the girl was brave enough to beat the man |
| D．she has learnt tae kwon do well |