What’s the most important thing for you to have in your life? Somebody mentions hard-work, others suggest knowledge, love and luck.
If you arrange the 26 English letters alphabetically (按字母表的顺序) and use numbers to represent each of them, for example, 1 for a, 2 for b, 3 for c, you can change an English word into a number. So hard-work becomes 8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11="98,meaning" 98 is its mark; knowledge: 11+14+15+23+12+5+4
+7+5="96,while" love: 12+15+22+5="54,and" luck: 12+21+3+11="47," a small mark. None of these words can give one a full mark. What about money or prayer (祈祷)？They can’t , either.
Then what else? Don’t be worried. You can always find an answer to a problem in your life, when you change your way of looking at things or doing things, or your attitude (态度). Yes, attitude is the word. See for yourself: attitude: 1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5="100," a full mark.
Different attitudes lead to different courses of life. Most times people hope for a better life. It is possible that one will have a change for the better after one has changed one’s attitude.
When you change your manner and become friendly towards others, you’ll meet more smiling faces towards you. In the same way, if you take a positive attitude towards failure (失败), you’ll find it’s also rewarding though it has caused you losses.
(   ) 7. According to the passage, if you meet with problems, the best way out is to ____.
A. ask others for help                   B. say your prayers to God
C. change your attitude                 D. try maths solving methods
(   ) 8. The underlined word “positive” means ____________.
A. 积极的         B.消极的          C. 极端的       D. 无所谓的
(   ) 9. From the passage we can learn that ________.
A.different attitude come from different courses of life.
B.Mathematics can solve every problem easily in our daily life.
C.Failure sometimes can bring you good if you take a positive attitude.
D.none of the English words except “attitude” equals to 100 or more.

What’s the most important thing for you to have in your life? Somebody mentions hard-work, others suggest knowledge, love and luck.

     If you arrange the 26 English letters alphabetically (按字母表的顺序) and use numbers to represent each of them, for example, 1 for a, 2 for b, 3 for c, you can change an English word into a number. So hard-work becomes 8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11=98,meaning 98 is its mark; knowledge: 11+14+15+23+12+5+4

+7+5=96,while love: 12+15+22+5=54,and luck: 12+21+3+11=47, a small mark. None of these words can give one a full mark. What about money or prayer (祈祷)？They can’t , either.

     Then what else? Don’t be worried. You can always find an answer to a problem in your life, when you change your way of looking at things or doing things, or your attitude (态度). Yes, attitude is the word. See for yourself: attitude: 1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5=100, a full mark.

     Different attitudes lead to different courses of life. Most times people hope for a better life. It is possible that one will have a change for the better after one has changed one’s attitude.

     When you change your manner and become friendly towards others, you’ll meet more smiling faces towards you. In the same way, if you take a positive attitude towards failure (失败), you’ll find it’s also rewarding though it has caused you losses.

(   ) 7. According to the passage, if you meet with problems, the best way out is to ____.

     A. ask others for help                   B. say your prayers to God

     C. change your attitude                  D. try maths solving methods

(   ) 8. The underlined word “positive” means ____________.

     A. 积极的         B.消极的          C. 极端的       D. 无所谓的

(   ) 9. From the passage we can learn that ________.

A.different attitude come from different courses of life.

B.Mathematics can solve every problem easily in our daily life.

C.Failure sometimes can bring you good if you take a positive attitude.

D.none of the English words except “attitude” equals to 100 or more.

There was an old pear tree in a man’s garden. In the past, the tree fruited every year, so the man would get many pears. But now, the tree got old. There were no more pears for the man. So the ungrateful man decided to cut the tree down. When he walked toward the tree with an axe in his hand, the tree said to him, “Please don’t cut me down. I have borne so many pears for you in the past years. Now I will die soon. I only have a short time to live. Please don’t kill a dying tree that has done so much for you.”

“I’m sorry. I have to do so,” the man said, “because I need wood to make a chair.” Then he began to wave his axe. At that moment, a bird in the old tree shouted at him, “Don’t cut it down! Every time you go out and your wife feels lonely, she will come out to the garden and sit under the tree to enjoy its cool shade, and I sing songs to make her happy. We give much pleasure to your wife when you are away from home.”

The man didn’t listen to the bird and drove it away. Just when he was about to cut the tree, some bees flew out of it and said, “Listen! If you agree not to kill this tree, we will give you delicious honey every day. Would you please leave the tree with us？”

The man got moved. He said, “You are so kind to the tree, although it has become old. Now I see that I shouldn’t cut it down. It has done so much for me and my wife. Let the tree stay here, and let the bird continue its songs here.” With these words, the man left. And the old tree lived there to its last day.

1.Which can be the best title of the story？

A. The Singing Bird　　　　　　　　　　　　   B. The Man’s Wife

C. The Old Tree　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  D. The King Bees

2.The most important reason for the man to cut down the tree isn’t that the man couldn’t get any pears from it, is it？

A. No, it isn’t.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Yes, it isn’t.

C. No, it is.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. Yes, it is.

3.What made his wife happy when the man was not at home？

A. The tree and its shade.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    B. The tree and the bird.

C. The bird and its songs.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D. The bees and their honey.

4.In the story, the underlined word “continue” means ______.

A. start　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B. go on

C. take　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D. speak again

5.What can we learn from the story？

A. People should never be ungrateful.　　　　　　　　  B. Good wood comes from pear trees.

C. Old people are kind and friendly.　　　　　　　　    D. Birds and bees are always helpful.