A woman bought a parrot from a pet store． However， the woman decided to return the parrot to the shop the next day．
"This bird doesn't talk，" she told the pet shop owner．
"Does he have a mirror in his cage（笼子）？" the owner asked． "Parrots love mirrors．"
The woman bought a mirror and left． The next day she came back，saying that the bird still wasn't talking．
"How about a ladder？ Parrots love ladders，" the owner said． The woman bought a ladder and left． But the next day， she was back．
"Does your parrot have a swing？ No？ Well， once he starts swinging， he'll talk，"the owner said．
The woman then bought a swing and left．
When she walked into the store the next day， she began to cry． "The parrot died，" she said．
The pet store owner was shocked． "I'm sorry． Tell me， did he ever say anything？" he asked．
"Yes， right before he died，" the woman answered， "in a low voice， he asked me， 'Don't they sell any food at that pet store？'"
Sometimes we forget what's really necessary in life． We sometimes have lots of things to do at once， but we forget to deal with the most important things first． We have to remember to "feed the parrots" in our lives．
（1）The underlined word "parrot" in paragraph 1 means " " in Chinese．
A．孔雀
B．鹦鹉
C．鸽子
（2）The woman bought from the pet shop owner．
A．a mirror and a ladder
B．a ladder and a swing
C．a mirror， a ladder and a swing
（3）Why did the parrot die？
A．Because he didn't eat any food．
B．Because the woman killed him．
C．Because the pet shop owner killed him．
（4）Did the parrot say anything before he died？
A． Yes， he did．
B． No， he didn't．
C． We don't know．
（5）Which is NOT true according to the passage？
A．The woman forgot to buy any food for the parrot．
B．The parrot liked the mirror most．
C．We shouldn't forget to deal with the most important things first．
Ole Bull was a very famous violinist from Norway. He really liked to play the violin. But his father thought that playing the violin was not useful. So his father sent him to university to study. However, playing the violin was his dream. He didn’t want to give up his dream. So he left university before he finished his studies and spent all his time and energy practicing the violin. Unfortunately, his violin teacher was not very good. So when it was time for him to start his concert tour, he still couldn’t play the violin very well.
Therefore, a Milan newspaper critic1 criticized him and said that he was an untrained violinist. The critic said, “If he is gold, he is not ready to shine2 yet.”
When facing this kind of problem, some people may become very angry and some people try to learn from it. Fortunately, Ole Bull belonged to the second group. He went to the newspaper office and found the critic. Instead of being angry, he talked about his mistakes with the man and listened to the man’s advice.
After he met the critic, he gave up the rest of his concerts. Then he went back to practice the violin with the help of good teachers. In the end, he got great success when he was only 26. He also became one of the most famous violinists in the world.Why didn’t Ole Bull’s father like him to play the piano?
| A．Because he thought playing the violin was useless. |
| B．Because his father thought playing the violin would cost lots of money. |
| C．Because his father thought he couldn’t play the violin well. |
| D．Because his father thought he couldn’t make his dream come true. |
What does the underlined part "If he is gold, he is not ready to shine yet." mean?
| A．Gold always shines no matter where it is. |
| B．He is an excellent violinist. |
| C．He doesn’t play the violin very well. |
| D．If he sells gold, he will make a lot of money. |
What was Ole Bull’s attitude towards the critic’s article?
| A．Angry. | B．Excited. | C．Modest. | D．Worried. |
Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
| A．Without a good teacher, one can’t succeed. |
| B．The critic’s advice helped Ole Bull a lot. |
| C．Ole Bull got success after many years’ hard practice at last. |
| D．The critic helped Ole Bull find a famous teacher. |
What can we learn from the passage?
| A．Becoming a violinist can make a lot of money. |
| B．When we meet problems, we should learn to face them. |
| C．Old Bull was a famous American pianist. |
| D．You can be famous easily if you play the violin. |
Who's building the new China? It's not the factory owners or the business men and women of China. It's someone else. We see them every day, They work day and night in the terrible working conditions and weather. They build the roads, the theaters, the cinemas and the supermarkets. They even clean up our rubbish. They are China’s migrant workers(民工).
More than 140 million workers have left their homes in the countryside to look for jobs in big cities all over China. They hope to be rich, but they realize they have many difficulties in making enough money. And one of the difficulties that these workers have is the pride and discrimination(歧视)from the people in cities. When night falls, everywhere I look I see the sad faces of the migrant workers. Many are living far away from those whom they love. Yes，they dress differently, they speak differently, and they have different habits, but they work hard .The people in cities regard them as outsiders, and most governments refuse to give them medical care and public schooling for their children. If China hopes to move into the future, many things need to change. The first is discrimination! We need to stop our discrimination against the migrant workers of China! They may not make as much money as some people in cities, but they are good honest people just trying to survive this game of life. These workers are very important and necessary to China’s economic (经济)development and have become an important force for the change of Chinese society. They are building the new China, so we should help them.The journalist think __________is building the new China.
| A．the factory owners of China | B．the business men and women of China |
| C．the migrant workers of China | D．the people in Chinese cities |
Which is the best title for the fourth and fifth paragraphs?
| A．Moving forward | B．The discrimination from the people in cities. |
| C．How to make more money. | D．A lonely life. |
The word “survive” here in Chinese means “________”.
| A．活过来 | B．挺过来 | C．活得累 | D．活得长 |
Which one is NOT TRUE about China's migrant workers according to the report?
| A．They should be helped by us. |
| B．More than 1.4 billion migrant workers have been in big cities to make money. |
| C．They are not welcomed by the people in cities because they regard them as outsiders. |
| D．They have become quite important to the change of Chinese society. |
What does the report mainly tell us? .
| A．Though China's migrant workers work hard, their condition is terrible. |
| B．The condition of China's migrant workers needs to be changed for China's development. |
| C．The people in cities aren't polite to the migrant workers. |
| D．China's development only depends on the migrant workers. |
Edison often said, “1 will discover what the world needs, then I will try to invent it.”It is true that he did more than any other man of his time in inventing things. He made more than one thousand inventions in his life and all these have changed our way of living. Edison was one of the greatest inventors in the world. When Edison died in 1931, someone said people should turn off all the lights in their homes, streets and factories for several minutes in honour of this great man. Of course it was impossible to do so. And this shows what Edison's inventions mean to people's life.All the things Edision invented were _________ people needed at that time.
| A．what | B．that | C．then | D．which |
Edison _________in inventing new things.
| A．took all his time | B．paid all his money |
| C．spent his most time | D．spent his most money |
Edison had _________ inventions in all his life.
| A．thousands of | B．over one thousand |
| C．only one thousand | D．less than a thousand |
Edison was dead for nearly _______ years.
| A．fifty | B．severity-six | C．s ixty |
D．eighty |
It was __________ to turn off all the lights in honour of the g
reatest inventor.
| A．possible | B．not true | C．nice | D．important |
Today is fine. The sky is blue, Now it's nine o'clock in the morning. There's a sports meeting in the forest(森林)on the big mountain. Look，a horse, a panda and a cat are running. Over there a dog and two tigers are jumping. Two monkeys are climbing the trees. Four birds are flying around and singing. There are some other animals there, too. The elephants are standing. A monkey is sitting on an old elephant. The monkey has a flag(旗)in his hand. Polly is sitting in the tree. A fox, a baby panda and some small animals are sitting under the tree. They are all watching.—What colour is the sky today?—It’s____________.
| A．white | B．yellow | C．black | D．blue |
How many animals are running and jumping?
| A．Fourteen | B．Six | C．Eleven | D．Five |
Which animals are climbing the tress?
A. The monkeys.B. The pandas and the foxes
B. The elephants and the cats. D. The horses and the pandasThere’re __________ at the sports meeting.
| A．not any birds | B．a lot of animals | C．many people | D．many monkeys |
Who’re all watching at the meeting?
| A．A tiger, a baby horse and some cats | B．Polly, an elephant and some small fish |
| C．A fox, a baby panda and some animals | D．A monkey, a baby cat and some birds |
Peter wondered why he didn’t have many friends. The reason was he was always taking, never giving.
One day Peter told Bill, “I’d like to give a party on Saturday, I’d like you to come and bring Martha, too.”“Thanks, Peter. We’d be happy to come.”“Perhaps you’d like to bring your violin. You and Martha sing well together. I’m sure everyone will want you to sing for us.” That was how Peter began to plan his party. Next he asked another friend, Betty, to bring a cake. “You make the best cake in the world, Betty, and I like to eat your cake better than have one from the bakery.” Peter invited a few other friends to come to his party. He didn’t forget to ask something from each one of them. He even asked Jim and Mary Jackson to let him give the party at their house! They agreed.
The party was a big success. However, as the guests were leaving, they said “Thank you ” to Bill and Martha for the music, Betty for the cake, the Jackso
ns for the use of the house and to others for their hard work. To Peter they just said, “Thanks for the invitation.”