Dear Li Hua，
How's everything going？ Congratulations on your graduation from junior high school!
I hope you have a great time during the holiday， but there is something important for you to think
about﹣a plan for your personal growth． Here is some advice for you．
Firstly， studyyourself． Understand what you like， what you value and what you want to be． In
studying yourself， you check your strengths（长处） and weaknesses． Find out what you need to prepare for your dream job．
Secondly， write down your plan． When writing， you can try using Mind Maps（思维导图）． It is a
good way to help you to think more clearly． And you may find a proper way to work your plan out．
Thirdly， go over your plan with your teachers， parents or friends． They may give you some advice．
Think carefully about their advice and make some changes to your plan if necessary． And then you can go on with it．
Finally， （ 4 ）． For example， if you want to be an English teacher in the future， you should spend more time reading English books， learning more about English culture and practicing your listening and speaking from now on． You can make your dream come true only through hard work．
You may find it difficult to make the plan now． Don't worry． All you need is just a rough（粗略的）
one． Once you enter the senior high school， you'll get a chance to make it better with the help of your teachers． And your personal growth plan may change with your age， your interests and the social development． So take your time and I believe you will grow into an excellent young man．
Best wishes!
Yours，
Li Fang
（1）The underlined word "study" in Paragraph 3 probably means " " in Chinese．
| A． |
学习 |
| B． |
审视 |
| C． |
帮助 |
| D． |
调查 |
（2）Which of the following can be the missing part in Paragraph 6 ？
| A． |
plan to find a job |
| B． |
try to be an English teacher |
| C． |
practice English |
| D． |
work hard to realize your dream |
（3）According to the passage， a personal growth plan in your lifetime may change with the following
things except ．
| A． |
your Mind Maps |
| B． |
your age |
| C． |
social development |
| D． |
your interests |
（4）In the letter， Li Fang mainly wants to tell Li Hua ．
| A． |
how to spend the holiday happily |
| B． |
how to prepare for his dream job |
| C． |
how to make his personal growth plan |
| D． |
how to review the plan with his friends |
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If you don’t know how to use a computer, you can work as________.
| A．a secretary | B．a waiter or waitress |
| C．an accountant | D．a salesclerk |
If you want to get a job in the Fairmont Hotel, you should be________.
| A．a woman | B．a university graduate |
| C．shorter than 1.65 metres | D．younger than 30 years old |
If you work as an accountant, how much can you get at most monthly?
| A．$ 1, 800. | B．$ 2,200. | C．$ 3, 000. | D．$ 4, 000. |
If you want to be an accountant, you have to satisfy(满足) the following conditions except___________.
| A．being a woman | B．knowing how to use a computer well |
| C．an experience of at least 2 years | D．having an accountant certificate |
Sukan is 24 years old. He can get the job as_______.
| A．a secretary | B．a waiter |
| C．an accountant | D．a computer salesclerk |
I am my mother’s third girl. When I was born, the doctor gently explained to my mother that my left arm was missing, below the elbow(肘). Then he gave her some advice, “Don’t treat her any differently from the other girls.” And she did!
There were five girls in our family and we all had to help out. Once when I was about seven, I came out of the kitchen, “Mum, I can’t peel(削……皮)potatoes. I only have one hand.” “You get back to peel those potatoes, and don’t ever use that as an excuse for anything again!”
Of course I could peel potatoes—with my good hand and my other arm. “Jenny, if you try hard enough,” she said, “you can do anything.”
Once in the second grade, our teacher had each of us race across the monkey bar(攀爬架).When it was my turn, I said no, Some kids laughed. I went home crying.
The next afternoon Mum took me back to the school playground. “Now, pull up with your right arm,” she advised. She praised me when I made progress. I’ll never forget when I was crossing the bar, the kids were standing there with their mouths open.
It was the way with everything. Mum had the courage to face anything. And she taught me I could, too.How many younger sisters do I have?
| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Four. | D．Five |
What does the doctor’s advice mean?
| A．My are could be all right soon. |
| B．The other girls had the same arms as me. |
| C．My mum should look after me differently. |
| D．My mum should treat me the same as others. |
Who peeled the potatoes at last?
| A．Jenny. | B．Jenny’s mum. | C．Jenny’s sister. | D．Nobody. |
Why did Mum take me back to the school playground the next day?
| A．she wanted to tell me I could do anything. |
| B．she wanted the teacher to let me try again. |
| C．she would punish the kids who laughed at me. |
| D．she would like to praise me before the other kids. |
What’s the best title of the passage?
| A．My bad-tempered mother | B．Different mother love |
| C．A doctor’s advice | D．My childhood(童年) |
When I crossed a small road on my first day in Kolkata, I was surprised because I heard a bell-not a horn (喇叭), It was a tiny man pulling a rickshaw, He stopped and picked up two children from the front door of their house and pulled them to school. For many people, the rickshaw in Kolkata has many advantages. When the traffic is bad, rickshaws find a way through the traffic. If your miss your bus and there aren't any taxis, you can always find a rickshaw in Kolkata. Rickshaws are from your house to the market and waits for you. Then he loads (装载)all your things, drops you off outside your home and helps you unload, No other type of public transport offers this kind of service.
From June to September, Kolkata gets heavy rain. Sometimes it rains for 48 hours without a break. In some parts of the city, the roads flood (水淹), and anything with an engine(发动机) is useless, But the rickshaw drivers never stop working, even with water all around them.
But not everyone thinks rickshaws are a good thing. The local government want to ban rickshaws. They believe it is wrong for one man to pull another person when there is modern transport in the city. However, there is a problem with this plan. Many of the rickshaw drivers come from the countryside. The only job they can find in Kolkata is pulling a rickshaw, If the city bans rickshaws, these men won't have a job. So for the moment, the people of Kolkata still go by rickshaw. What is the main idea of Paragraph 1?
| A．The rickshaw drivers carry things for local people in Kolkata. |
| B．Parents need rickshaws for taking children to school in Kolkata. |
| C．Rickshaws can find a way through the bad traffic in Kolkata. |
| D．Rickshaws are very useful for the people's daily life in Kolkata. |
Which type of transport may you take when the roads flood in Kolkata?
| A．A bus. | B．A taxi. | C．A car. | D．A rickshaw. |
What does the underlined word "ban" mean?
| A．make | B．increase | C．forbid | D．collect |
What can we learn from the passage?
| A．The rickshaws in Kolkata have loud horns. |
| B．The rickshaw is still a part of public transport in Kolkata. |
| C．The local government offer many other jobs to the rickshaw driven. |
| D．The people in Kolkata are supposed to take rickshaws instead of cars. |
Should we be afraid of sharks? Maybe not. New research into the reasons for shark attacks (攻击) suggests that sharks don’t like the way humans taste! In fact, most people who are attacked by the shark are still alive after receiving only one bite (咬). Why is this?
There are many opinions to explain why sharks sometimes attack people. One opinion is that sharks are just curious (好奇的). We know that sharks are the strongest animals in their environment, so they are not afraid of anything. Naturally, that means they are curious when they meet something unusual. Because they don’t have hands or feet., the only way they can find out an object is to bite it! It is thought that sharks sometimes bite humans for this reason, and then swim away.
Scientists also say that sharks would not waste energy trying to eat a human, as we have a lot of bones (骨头). It is hard for a shark to eat us because sharks don’t have hands, and they can’t pull the meat off our bones. Maybe that’s why they only bite us once. Unluckily, one bite from a large shark is serious enough to hurt people greatly!
Another opinion is that sharks attack humans by mistake. Some sharks may sometimes mistake humans for a seal. An example of this is when a shark attack attacks a surfer. A surfer lying on a surfboard looks like a seal when seen from below. Sharks like seals because they have thick fat.
Whatever the reason for shark attacks on humans, sharks should be afraid of us. Sadly, we kill almost 40 million of them each year.What happens to people attacked by sharks?
| A．Most of them because blind. | B．Most of them because of deaf. |
| C．Most of them died. | D．Most of them are still alive. |
How do sharks find out about an unusual object according to the passage?
| A．By biting. | B．By smelling. |
| C．By touching. | D．By killing. |
Which sentence about sharks is true?
| A．Sharks pull meat off bones when they eat. |
| B．Sharks might mistake humans for seals. |
| C．Sharks like to attack surfers because of their thick fat. |
| D．One bite from a shark is nothing serious. |
What would the author write the passage mainly for?
| A．To tell surfers to stay away from sharks. |
| B．To ask people to stop killing sharks. |
| C．To let us know the reasons for shark attacks on people. |
| D．To show that humans are much stronger than sharks. |
Nathan Sawaya's childhood was a lot of fun. He drew cartoons, wrote stories, and played with plastic toy bricks (积木). His grandparents bought his first set of toy bricks when he was five years old and he's been building with toy bricks ever since. He even took his building bricks to college with him! Instead of books and a computer, he had a model of Greenwich Village made of bricks on his desk.
Nathan started as a lawyer but gave up His highly-paid (高薪的) job to become an artist that uses toys in his art. He uses toy bricks to build everything from the Statue of Liberty(自由女神像) to Superman! He has more than 1.5 million colored bricks in his working room in New York which he uses to make pieces of art. He started by building small models but then decided to do something big and created a self-portrait (自画像). It took him two days just to build the eyes.
Nathan's work has appeared in museums around the world. Children love his art because it is made out of the same toys that they play with at home and adults love his work because it is fascinating. Since it began in2007, Nathan's exhibition "The Art of the Brick" has been very popular with museum visitors everywhere.
"I'm proud that I took a dream I had as a child, to become an artist, and I have actually made a job out of it," says Nathan. "To do what you love in life is the most important thing."What did Nathan put on his desk at college?
| A．The Statue of Liberty. | B．Superman. |
| C．His serf-portrait. | D．A Greenwich Village modal. |
Why did Nathan give up his job as a lawyer?
| A．Because he made little money out of a lawyer. |
| B．Because he wanted to make toys for the children. |
| C．Because he decided to become an artist of toy bricks. |
| D．Because he was going to work in the museum instead. |
What does the underlined word "it" in Paragraph 3 refer to?
| A．Nathan's work. | B．Nathan's exhibition. |
| C．Nathan's art. | D．Nathan's self-portrait |
What would be the best title for the passage?
| A．The Brick Artist | B．The Brick Exhibition |
| C．Toy Bricks for Adults | D．The Artist's Childhood |