Jim, a successful businessman, told the experience of his childhood.

When he was 12, his parents died. He was alone and didn't get on well with others. People always laughed at him. No one showed kindness to him.?

His only friend was a dog named Tiger. He gave his dog enough to eat and drink, but sometimes he was not polite to it. He didn't know that an unkind word sometimes could cut one's heart like a knife.

One day as he walked down the street, a young lady was walking in front of him. Suddenly one of her bags dropped from her arms. As she stopped to pick it up, she dropped other bags. He came to help her. “Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!” she said kindly, smiling.

A special feeling came to him. These were the first kind words he had ever heard. He watched her until she went far away, and then he whistled to his dog and went directly to the river nearby.

“Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy” he repeated the woman's words. Then in a low voice he said to his dog, “You are a nice little dog!” Tiger raised its ears as if it understood.

“Unum! Even a dog likes it!” he said. “Well, Tiger, I won't say unkind words to you any more.” Tiger waved its tail happily.

The boy thought and thought. Finally he looked at himself in the river. He saw nothing but a dirty boy. He washed his face carefully. Again he looked. He saw a clean nice boy. He was amazed. From then on, he had a new life.

After telling this, the businessman stopped for a while, and then he said, “Ladies and gentlemen, this is the very place where that kind woman planted in me the first seed of kindness. All of us should learn about kindness. What a great power it has! "

1.The boy repeated the words “Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!” because ????? .

A. he was thinking about the words ????????????? ?????????????

B. he didn't understand the words

C. he wanted to talk to his dog????????????? ????????????? ?????????????

D. he liked talking to himself

2.What made the boy start his new life?

A. The people laughing at him. ????????????? ????????????? ?????????????

B. The kind words spoken to him.

C. The hard life.?????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ?????????????

D. His lovely dog.

3.He was feeling ????? when he whistled to his dog.

A. funny?????? B. sad??????? C. lonely?????? D. excited

4.Which of the following is Right according to the passage?

A. He never took good care of his friend, Tiger.

B. He usually had many friends around him.

C. He helped a young lady when her bag dropped.

D. He often washed his dirty face in lake.

5.What's the best title of this passage?

A. A Dog and a Boy????? ????????????? ????????????? B. A Poor Boy's Childhood

C. A Businessman and a Boy???? D. The Power of Kindness

What’s the weather ___ in summer ?

A．like              B．is                C．cool              D．hot

Two Chinese spacecrafts successfully completed China’s first space docking early November 3, 2011, which has taken the country a step closer to building its own space station.
Nearly two days after its launch, the unmanned spacecraft Shenzhou VIII docked with the space lab module Tiangong I more than 343 km above the earth surface. Shenzhou VIII and Tiangong I took apart after flying together for 12 days. On the 14th of November, the two spacecrafts finished the second docking. Then Shenzhou VIII parted from Tiangong I again and returned to the earth safely on the 17th. Tiangong I is still traveling around the earth in the space, waiting for the arrival of Shenzhou IX and X and so on in the near future.
That marked another great leap for China’s space program and made China the third country in the world, after the United States and Russia, to master the space docking technique (空间对接技术).
The world’s first space docking was achieved in 1966, when the manned U.S, spacecraft Gemini 8 (双子星8号) docked with an unmanned Agena Target Vehicle (阿金纳目标飞行器). Space docking is necessary to explore space beyond Earth’s orbit. “The capability increases China’s ability to act independently in space, as well as its ability to work together with others,” said Gregory Kulacki, a U.S. space scientist and senior analyst.
“With the success of its first space docking, China is now equipped with the basic technology and ability required for the construction of a space station,” said Zhou Jianping, chief designer of China’s manned space program.” The country is on its way to building a permanent manned space station around 2020.”
【小题1】What did the success of the first space docking mean to China?

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Ayumi lived with her mother when she was a kid．She couldn't remember her father because he left the family when the girl was five and never came back．Ayumi's mother gave her much freedom to do whatever she liked，because the mother was always at work．

    Ayumi was a model when she was young．After graduating from junior high school，she left home to take entrance exams to an art school in Tokyo with her friends，but to her surprise，she was the only one that failed．

    After that，when someone offered her a chance to be a singer，Ayumi refused，because she thought she wasn't good at singing． But later，she changed her mind — she couldn't find any other jobs．

    Her first song came out in 1998 and soon attracted attention．Her first albums(唱片) A Song for ×× came out in 1999 and quickly sold over one million copies． Each of her albums has sold very well since then．She has become "the Queen of Pop" in Japan．

    根据短文内容回答下列问题。

1.Why did Ayumi's mother give her much freedom?

    ________________________________________________

2.What result did Ayumi get in her entrance exams to an art school in Tokyo?

    ________________________________________________

3.At first, why did Ayumi refuse the chance to be a singer?

    ________________________________________________

4.What's the name of Ayumi's first album?

  ________________________________________________

5.When did her first song come out?

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Li Lu is a fifth-grade student who lived in a small village in Shanxi Province. She lived with her grandparents, because her parents are migrant workers in big cities. During the days when there were no school buses, Li Lu had to ride a bike five kilometers and climb a small mountain to school every day. Her 70-year-old grandfather says he and Li Lu’s grandmother always worried about her safety.

“There are so many cars on the roads, and we were really _concerned_ about her all the time. When it was time for her to come home, we would stare at the alley’s (小巷的) entrance until she showed up.”

But with the start of the new school year, the school’s new bus now picks up the students. Eleven-year-old Li Lu pointed at her seat on the bus and said ,“Now I don’t ride my bike any more. My grandparents no longer need to worry about me. The bus is spacious and comfortable. Look! This is my seat, with my name tag on the seatback.”

1.How far is Li Lu’s home from her school?

A．Five minutes by bike.                    B．Over five kilometers.

C．Fifty minutes by bus.                     D．Four kilometers.

2.The underlined word “concerned” can be best translated into ________.

A．关注             B．有关的           C．担心的           D．涉及

3.Why does Li Lu live with her grandparents?

A．Because she lives far from school.

B．Because her parents have died.

C．Because she had to ride a bike five kilometers to school.

D．Because her parents work in big cities.

4.What’s the main idea of this passage?

A．Going to school by bike.                  B．Far away from school.

C．Li Lu has taken the new school bus.          D．Li Lu and her family.