I looked at my blank page. All I’d written was the title “What I Want to Be When I Grow Up”. The rest of the class were all busy writing.
“You have five minutes to finish.” Ms Clark announced.
“I want to be a teacher when I grow up because…” I just wrote a few lines when the bell went. My friend Lisa told me she wanted to be an astronaut. I laughed as I pictured Lisa floating in space. After school, I told my grandpa my real dream. “You promise not to laugh. I didn’t write it on the school paper.” I said, “I want to be an actor.” He didn’t laugh. Instead he asked, “Why?”
“I just do, that’s all, more than anything in the world. I’d be really good.”
“OK. Angela, I once dreamed to be a reporter. We’d better find out if you’ve got any talent then, hadn’t we?” He looked up a number in his phone. “You need drama lessons, and I know just the right person—Jane Rozzi, a friend of mine.” Fantastic! I couldn’t believe my luck. I gave him a big hug.
“I’d better check with your Mum and Dad first to make sure they don’t mind their daughter taking Jane Rozzi’s acting class.”
No problem there. Next evening, sitting in my grandpa’s car, my stomach felt tight and my mouth was dry. He was driving me to my first acting lesson. “She is kind and gentle. Don’t be nervous.”
He was right. I liked Jane immediately. She told me I was talented and my voice was good. Just needed to get louder. After that we did some breathing and voice exercises. I practised day after day…
“You have a natural talent and, with hard work and luck, you will make it.” I always bear Jane’s words in my mind. Now I am an actor on the stage.
Wow! How my life has changed since I first stared at that blank piece of paper!
(1). Which of the following is Angela’s dream job?
| A． |
Teacher. |
B． |
Astronaut. |
C． |
Reporter. |
D． |
Actor. |
(2). Why didn’t Angela write her real dream at school?
| A． |
Ms Clark didn’t like it. |
B． |
Her parents wouldn’t support it. |
| C． |
She was afraid of being laughed at. |
D． |
She couldn’t decide it when she was at school. |
(3). What does the underlined part in paragraph 7 probably mean?
| A． |
Angela felt sad. |
B． |
Angela felt nervous. |
C． |
Angela felt proud. |
D． |
Angela felt interested. |
(4). Which of the following could best describe Angela?
| A． |
Skillful and caring. |
B． |
Patient and helpful. |
| C． |
Talented and hard-working. |
D． |
Clever and beautiful. |
Yang Liwei circled the earth 14 times in 21 hours on October 15 and 16, 2003, landing on the grasslands of Inner Mongolia. Looking a little tired, Yang stepped out of Shenzhou V, smiling and waving at the waiting people. “I feel very good.” Yang said to Premier Wen Jiabao on the phone. Yang said to a newspaper, “For our motherland and me, this is a great moment.”
China’s launch of Shenzhou V shows a higher starting point. It has two special systems（系统）to protect the spaceman, but neither Russian rockets（火箭）nor American ones have.
Yang didn’t know that he was chosen as China’s first spaceman until just before the launch. Although Yang was excited at the news, he still slept at 8p.m. as usual and was woken up at 8p.m. the next morning. Before the launch, Yang ate Chinese traditional food-dumplings. We all know that travelers usually eat them before going on a journey for good luck.
A stamp Success of China First Manned Space Flight was issued（发行）on October 16, 2003, making China the third country to send a spaceman into outer space.It took Yang Liwei_____ to travel around the earth every circle.
| A．6 hours | B．90 minutes |
| C．2 days | D．21 hours |
How did Yang Liwei feel after he came back to the earth?
| A．Quite tired. | B．A little scared. |
| C．Tired but excited. | D．A little nervous |
Which of the following statement is right?
| A．There is no difference between China’s spaceship and other countries. |
| B．Yang Liwei knew he would be China’s first spaceman long before. |
| C．From the news, Yang Liwei was too excited to fall asleep. |
| D．Yang was proud of the flight. |
What does the underlined word “launch” mean?
| A．发射 | B．出发 | C．制造 | D．设计 |
China issued the stamps to _________.
| A．leave them in space |
| B．give them to Yang Liwei as a reward |
| C．celebrate the success |
| D．give them to Russian and American spacemen. |
Come and see the Indian elephants and the new tigers from America. The bears are waiting to meet you, and the monkeys from China are waiting to throw things at you. The lovely dogs from Australia are waiting to laugh at you, and the giraffes from Zambia are waiting to look down on you.
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Keep the zoo clean！
Do not touch，give food or go near the animals.How many kinds of animals are talked about in the passage？
| A．Four | B．Five. | C．Six. | D．Seven. |
Now Mr. Smith is in the zoo with his two sons, one aged 14 and the other 10, how much are the tickets together？
| A．$4.00 | B．$2.00 | C．$3.00 | D．$1.00 |
Which of the following is the visiting time？
| A．8:30 a.m. Monday | B．9:30 a.m. Friday | C．3:00 p.m. Sunday | D．5:00 p.m. Tuesday |
From the passage we can guess the animal “giraffe” must be very _______.
| A．fat | B．long | C．strong | D．tall |
Which of the following can we do in the zoo？
| A．To give some food to the dogs. | B．To touch the monkey on the head. |
| C．To throw things everywhere. | D．To take a few nice photos. |
For many people the subject of hiccups (嗝) is a joke, but for Harry Mendes, a fifteen-year-old schoolboy from Birmingham, it was something quite different.
His hiccups began one Sunday lunch time and continued day and night for two weeks. After the first week, Harry’s parents took him to hospital, but it took another week for the doctors to cure his attack.
Harry, who is now back at school, described what happened to him.
“When I began to hiccup, I drank a glass of water but that didn’t do any good. That evening I had hiccups every four seconds. We tried everything to stop them. I held my breath and drank cold drinks. My father even tried to give me a shock but that didn’t work either.”
After a week of sleepless nights, he went to hospital. The doctors took an X-ray of his chest but they couldn’t find anything wrong.
“They gave me some medicine and my hiccups slowed down, but it was another week before the medicine worked completely and my hiccups stopped.”
Harry was very lucky. The world record holder is the American farmer Charles Osborne, who hiccupped for sixty-eight years. He stopped in 1990 at last, but nobody knows why.Harry’s hiccups lasted ____.
| A．a week | B．fourteen days | C．twenty-eight days | D．one month |
His hiccups started after he ____.
| A．drank a glass of water | B．went to hospital |
| C．ate an Indian meal | D．finished his homework |
His parents decided to take him to hospital when he ____.
| A．hiccupped for four seconds | B．held his breath |
| C．hiccupped at night | D．couldn’t stop hiccupping |
His hiccups completely stopped one week after the doctor ____.
| A．gave him some medicine | B．took an X-ray of his chest |
| C．gave him a shock | D．let him drink cold drinks |
What does “shock” in this passage mean？
| A．震惊 | B．休克 | C．喷嚏 | D．哈欠 |
The father-chlild relationship（父子关系）is the most important because in many families the father is the head of the family and a role model to his children.
1. When a child is born in the family, the parents plan a future .The father is the most excited as he has different plans for new son or daughter.
2. In today ’s world ,fathers especially have no time for family .Work has taken up their time ,so they spend less time with their family and children. The importance of father and child bonding(亲密关系形成) has decreased in the recent years.
3. Do something together like playing games or a basketball match etc. Activities with your child help you get to know what she or he likes or dislikes and helps you bond better.
4.If your child tells you she or he loves her or his mother more . you should know that you haven’t spent enough time with the child .Ask your wife how to get closer to your child .
These are some tips for father and child boning in today ’s world .Children need both their parents to help them deal with the future when they grow up.
请根据以上信息，选择正确答案，将其标号在答题卡上涂黑。（每小题2分，共10分）The father–children relationship is the most important becaues a father _______ .
| A．has to meet his children every | B．is the head of a family and a model to his children |
| C．spends the most time with his children | D．often play with his children after work |
The underlined word “decreased ”means “____.”
| A．消失 | B．上涨 | C．增加 | D．降低 |
If your child tells you she or he loves her or his mother more ..
| A．you should know that you haven’t spent enough time with the child . |
| B．you should know that you have spent enough time with the child . |
| C．you shouldn’t know that you haven’t spent enough time with the child . |
| D．you shouldn’t know that you have spent enough time with the child . |
The article was written mainly for _________ .
| A．fathers | B．mothers | C．sons | D．daughters |
What’s the best title of this article?
| A．How to plan a chlid’s future | B．How to make the child have a happier lifestyle |
| C．Father and child bonding is very important | D．Playing games with the child is nesessary. |
Do you often feel tired or hard to concentrate(集中精力) in class ? If your answers to this question is yes, ..Not getting enough sleep can lead to many kinds of problems.
New studies show that not only Chinese students suffers from lack(不足) of sleep，American students also have the same problem .Why are they so tired ? One big reason is the use of electronic products（电子产品）.
A recent survey finds out that 71% of American kids aged 8 to 18 have TVs in the rooms and about 36% have computers in their rooms., playing video games ,sending text messages to friends and watching TV before bedtime.
How to solve the problem ? Scientist advise“ . ”Spending more time on sleep can help students stay healthy
根据以上内容，从下列五个选项中选择适当的句子还原到短文中，使短文完整与正确。将其标号在答题卡上涂黑。（每小题2分，共10分）
| A. Some American primary school students are very tired and sometimes they even fall asleep in class. B. perhaps it means you need more sleep. C. It’s never too late to change bad sleep habits D. Many kids spend a lot of time surfuring the Internet , E. and do well at school. |