In 1997， 12﹣year﹣old American girl Caitlin and 14﹣year﹣old Zimbabwean（津巴布韦人）Martin became pen friends through their schools． They didn't realize at that time how their handwritten letters would change their lives．
It all began as a school task． Everyone in Caitlin's class was supposed to choose a pen friend from another county． All the other kids picked counties like France or Germany， but Caitlin chose Zimbabwe because the name sounded exotic（异国风情的） and cool．
Martin lived with his family in one of Zimbabwe's worst slums（贫民窟） where they shared one room with another family． And a bed was their only piece of furniture．
When Caitlin's first letters reached Martin， they were simple and general． The two kids wrote about their favorite music and what they liked to do． But as Martin gradually revealed more about his life and his letters started arriving written on pieces of trash， Caitlin realized what the living conditions were like for Martin． Without telling her parents， she began sending money with her letters﹣ ＄ 20 at a time． While the money was not much to Caitlin， it meant more food for Martin's family and enabled him to pay his school fees．
It lasted six years from their first exchange of letters to Martin's arrival in the United States． With the help of the money from Caitlin's parents later on， Martin finished his university and got his MBA from Duke University．
Today， Caitlin and Martin aren't only best friends， but they also share their story in a book called I Will Always Write Back． They want to encourage readers to look beyond their own lives and do something kind for others， which might greatly influence their lives．
（1） is from Zimbabwe？
A． Duke
B． Caitlin
C． Martin
D． Frank
（2）What does the underlined word "revealed" mean in Chinese？
A．索要
B．透露
C．回顾
D．检索
（3）Which is the correct order of the following events？
a．They shared their story in a book．
b．Caitlin's first letters reached Martin．
c． Caitlin chose a pen friend from Zimbabwe．
d． Martin got his MBA from Duke University．
A． a﹣b﹣c﹣d
B． a﹣b﹣d﹣c
C． c﹣b﹣d﹣a
D． c﹣d﹣b﹣a
（4）According to the passage ， which of the following is not TRUE？
A． Caitlin chose Zimbabwe because the name sounded exotic and cool．
B． Martin lived a very hard life in one of the worst slums in Zimbabwe．
C． Martin's family could get more food with Caitlin's money in the letters．
D． They had kept writing to each other for five years before Martin arrived in the US．
（5）Which would be the best title for this passage？
A． The Two Pen Friends
B． The Power of Writing
C． The Special School Task
D． The Money in Letters
Once there was an old farmer, with a horse which was almost as old as himself. He set out one morning with his son to sell the horse before it died. Father and son walked, because the farmer did not want the horse to be too tired. They met two men on the road who said, "Why are you walking, farmer? You have a horse, It’s a long way to market(市场). " The farmer know that this was true, so he rode on the horse, while his son walked. Then they met two old women, "What are you doing up there, farmer? Can’t you see how tired the boy is?" So the farmer got down, and his son rode instead.
Next, three old men stopped them, one said, "Why are you walking, farmer? Get up, It’s too hot for an old man like you to walk today," So the farmer got up behind his son, and they rode on. Some time later, a young woman passed them, "Why aren’t you walking?" she asked, "It isn’t far to the market. Give your poor horse a rest." So the farmer, and his son, got down once again. It is a fact that you cannot please all the people all the time.
1. The farmer wanted to sell the horse ____.
A. before it was dead
B. before it become too tired
C. before it market was over
D. before it was as old as he was
2. The two men on the road ____.
A. asked how far it was to the market
B. said they thought the horse looked very tired
C. asked why the farmer was not riding on his horse
D. told the farmer’s son to get off the horse and walk
3. The two old women said it was wrong for ____.
A. the farmer to ride such a tired horse
B. the farmer to ride while his young son walked
C. the boy to ride instead of his father
D. only one person to ride such a long way
4. The farmer got up behind his son because ____.
A. the old man said it was too hot for him to walk
B. the three old men stopped them on the road
C. he did not know why he was walking
D. his son could not ride the horse by himself
5. The young woman was most sorry ____.
A. for the old man
B. for the farmer’s young son
C. that it was not far to the market
D. for the horse
Your Passport(护照) Please!
Mr. Hill arrives at London Airport at the end of a three-week holiday in France. Usually he wears a beard(留胡须). Since it has been hot there, he has taken it off(剃掉). But his passport photo shows him with his beard.
An office looks at the photo for a moment and says: "Will you excuse me? Please sit down. I won’t keep you long." With this, he walks away, shows the photo to a second office and says: "I know that face." The second officer looks at the passport and asks where Mr. Hill has come from. When he hears that Mr. Hill has arrived back from Paris, the second officer smiled and says: "An Englishman with a beard stole a painting in Paris on Friday, and that man just looks the kind of man ..."
Suddenly it comes to the first officer who Mr. Hill is. He returns to him and asks: "Did you teach at the No.2 . High School?" When Mr. Hill answers in surprise that he did, the first officer smiles and says: "I thought so. I’m Jack Smith. You taught me French. You haven’t changed a bit."
1. Mr. Hill ____.
A. has just come back from the airport.
B. is on his way to Paris.
C. spent three weeks in Paris before he went to France.
D. has been in France for three weeks
2. Mr. Hill ____.
A. has a beard on his face but not in his photo
B. grew a beard while he was on holiday
C. has a beard in his photo but not on his face
D. took his beard off long before he went on holiday.
3. The first officer is sure ____.
A. Mr. Hill stole the painting
B. he has seen the face in the photo before
C. he knows the second officer’s face
D. a man without a beard stole the painting
4. The second officer says that ____.
A. Mr. Hill stole the painting
B. a man with a beard, from France, stole a painting in English
C. an Englishman took his beard off and stole a painting
D. a man with a beard, from England, stole a painting in Paris.
5. Mr. Hill taught ____.
A. Jack Smith French at the No. 2 High School
B. Jack Smith to be a first officer
C. at the No.2 High School, in France
D. French some years ago and his name was Smith, not Hill
Can plants eat people? Probably not，but there are many plants that eat meat．Some of them are big．And they can eat small animals．One famous meat-eating plant is the Venus flytrap(捕蝇草)．
The Venus flytrap is a very strange plant．It grows in dry parts of the United States．Its leaves are like the pages of a book．They can open and close very quickly．Inside the leaves，there are three small hairs．If a fly touches one of the hairs，the leaf closes quickly．The fly cannot get out．In about half an hour，the leaf presses the fly until it is dead．Then，the plant covers the fly．Slowly，the plant eats the fly．
Why do plants do it? Most plants get what they need from the sun，the air，and the ground．In some places，the ground is very poor．It doesn’t have all these important things，
especially nitrogen(氮)．Animal meat has a lot of nitrogen， so some plants eat meat to get what they need．Let’s hope that some of the bigger plants don’t get the same idea !The Venus flytrap is a kind of_________．
| A．plant | B．animal | C．food | D．meat |
The Venus flytrap grows in_________．
| A．most parts of the world | B．some parts of Africa |
| C．dry parts of the United States | D．wet parts of England |
From the passage，we learn that_________．
| A．all plants can eat people | B．all plants can eat animals |
| C．some plants can eat people | D．some plants can eat animals |
The underlined word“presses”probably means________ in Chinese．
| A．挤压 | B．关上 | C．打开 | D．松开 |
—Why do some plants eat animal meat? —Because_________．
| A．plants are dangerous to animals |
| B．animals are dangerous to plants |
| C．plants want to get what they need from animal me |
| D．plants want to protect themselves against animals |
Several years ago, a television reporter was talking to three of the most important people in America．One was a very rich banker, another owned one of the largest companies in the world, and the third owned many buildings in the center of New York．
The reporter was talking to them about being important．
“How do we know if someone is really important?”the reporter asked the banker．
The banker thought for a few moments and then said,“I think anybody who is invited to the White House to meet the President of the United States is really important．”
The reporter then turned to the owner of the very large company．“Do you agree with that?”she asked．
The man shook his head,“No．I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House．You’d only be important if while you were visiting the President, there was a telephone call from the president of another country, and the President of the US said he was too busy to answer it．”
The reporter turned to the third man．“Do you think so?”
“No, I don’t,”he said．“I don’t think that makes the visitor important．That makes thePresident important．”
“Then what would make the visitor important?”the reporter and the other two men asked．
“Oh, I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang, and the President picked up the receiver, listened and then said,‘It’s for you．’”This story happened in_________．
| A．England | B．America | C．Japan | D．Australia |
There are_________ in this passage．
| A．two men and two women | B．three men and one woman |
| C．three women and one man | D．four women |
The banker thought________．
| A．he was really important because he was a rich banker |
| B．the visitor to the White House to meet the President of the U．S was really important |
| C．the visitor who met the President of the US |
| D．the reporter was really important |
The owner of the very large company thought_________．
| A．she was really important because she owned one of the largest companies |
| B．the banker was really important |
| C．the owner of many buildings in the center of New York was really important |
| D．the visitor would be really important if while he was visiting the President．the President would not answer any telephone call |
The owner of many buildings thought__________．
| A．he was really important because he owned many buildings in the center of New York |
| B．the owner of the very large company was really important |
| C．the visitor was really important if he was talking to the President and the President received a telephone call for the visitor |
| D．the person who worked in the White House was really important |
| From：Li-Hong @ net. cn |
To：jenny@compail.ca |
| Subject：School term |
Date：01/09 6:00 p.m. |
| Dear Jenny, Today is my first day of new high school．Many students in our school come from big cities．They bring the high-tech things to school，for example，mobile phones，MP3 players，CD players and electronic dictionaries．They show off these things to others．What about your classmates in the US? Do they have these things? Li Hong |
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| From：jenny@compail.ca |
To：Li-Hong @ net. cn |
| Subject：Repeat! |
Date：01/09 8:00 p.m. |
| Dear Li Hong． We also bring these high-tech things when we are back to school．However，we often work during the holidays，and make money to buy these things．I think we need these things．We need mobile phones to contact with our friends．We also need CD players to listen to music．Electronic dictionaries can be useful for our study too． Jenny |
The word “high-tech” means ____________ in Chinese．
| A．高质量的 | B．高品质的 | C．高科技的 | D．高价格的 |
Where do you probably read these two letters?
| A．In a magazine. | B．In a book. | C．In a guide-book. | D．On a website. |
Li Hong thinks many students like to bring the high-tech things to school because ____________．
| A．they like to listen to music |
| B．mobile phones are useful for their studies |
| C．they want to show off these things |
| D．they want to contact with their classmates |
Jenny thinks students bring CD players to school because they want to _________．
| A．make money | B．contact with friends | C．listen to music | D．study well |
From the passage we know that ____________．
| A．Li Hong has many high-tech things like her classmates |
| B．American students often use their own money to buy the high-tech things |
| C．Chinese students work during the holidays to buy the high-tech things |
| D．all the high-tech things are useful for the students |