A farmer carelessly lost an expensive gold watch in the barn on the farm, where he searched for everywhere but failed.
So he put a notice on the gate of the farm: whoever finds the gold watch will be rewarded 100 dollars.
People tried their best to look for the watch in order to get the reward. However, the barn was too large and the straw in the barn was too thick,it was getting dark they were still unable to find it. So they give up the reward of 100 dollars one by one.
But only a small boy was still not discouraged but kept looking for it .He had nothing to eat throughout the day.In order to solve the family problem, he looked forward to finding the gold watch and let his parents,brothers and sisters have a full meal.
The night was already getting late,the boy was also tired. He was lying in the straw to have a rest when he heard a strange “tick--tock ”.
He immediately held his breath and listened carefully,and followed the sound. He found the watch and got the 100 dollars.
Like the gold watch in the barn,success has been around us and spread in every corner of life. Only when we are calm and firmly look for it ,we can find it.
【小题1】If someone found the gold watch, what would the farmer offer him?

A．100 yuan	B．100 dollars
C．100 pounds	D．100 pence

【小题2】Why did the boy insist on looking for the gold watch?

A．Because he liked the gold watch..

B．Because he wanted to own the watch.

C．Because he was silly

D．Because he wanted to get the reward

【小题3】The passage above is probably taken from_________.

A．A newspaper	B．a science book
C．an advertisement	D．a notice

【小题4】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．The boy had no brothers or sisters.

B．The boy’s family had a hard life.

C．It was easy for the boy to find the watch.

D．The farmer didn’t look for the watch for himself

【小题5】 Of the following,which order is right according to the story?
① The boy succeeded in finding the gold watch
② The farmer offered the boy a reward of 100 dollars
③ A farmer lost a gold watch carelessly
④ Many people tried to find the watch,but they failed.

A．②①④③	B．④②③①
C．③④①②	D．①③④②

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Monday, July 15^th

Great weather! It was sunny and hot all day. We went to a beautiful beach. We had great fun   1    in  the  water. In the afternoon, we went shopping.The shops were too   2     ,so I didn’t really enjoy it.

Tuesday, July 16^th

Today it rained, so we went to a museum.It was kind of   3   . I found a small boy     4        in the corner.He was lost and I helped him find his father.That made me   5  very happy. I didn’t have any m oney for a taxi, so I walked back to the hotel. I was really tired.

 

Bob’s Travel Diary(旅游日记)
Tuesday, July 16th
Today is rained ,so we went to a museum(博物馆).It was   36  boring. I found(发现) a small boy   37  in the corner. He was lost(迷路) and I helped him find   38  father. That
  39 me feel very happy. I didn’t have   40 money for a taxi, so we walked back   41  
the hotel. I was really tired.
Wednesday, July 17th
Today the   42  was cool, so we decided to   43  tennis(网球).We played all morning. It was really fun. We had Sichuan   44  for dinner.  45  was delicious(美味可口的)!
【小题1】 A. kind of               B. with                C. on
【小题2】 A. singing               B. going               C. crying
【小题3】 A. they                 B. his                  C. my
【小题4】 A. take                 B. made                C. get
【小题5】A. some                B. no                   C. any
【小题6】 A. on                  B. to                     C. with
【小题7】 A. weather             B. whether              C. bus
【小题8】A. go                  B. take                  C. play
【小题9】 A. bus                 B. car                    C. food
【小题10】A. It                   B. He                    C.S he

Snooker(台球)is a big sport in China．It is said that there are 300 million snooker players in China, so it's not surprised that some of the world's best players come from China．Ding Junhui is one of them．
When Ding Junhui was eight years old, there were not many snooker clubs．His father often played with his friends on a table in the street，and one day Ding Junhui played with one of his father friends and beat him．His father，a shoe salesman，discovered that his son was talented at snooker．He then took Ding Junhui to China's nation snooker training center in Dongguan，Guangdong Province．There．they lived in a room of five square meters．When they ran out of money．Ding's father phoned his wife and told her to sell their house．
After years of hard training，Ding turned professional in 2003 and became China's No．1．In 2005．more than 100 million people watched Ding Junhui win the 2005 World Snooker China Open．Since then, snooker has become more and more popular in China．
“When I was a small boy, snooker was not in the top 10 favorite sports in China，”Ding says．“Table tennis was top, followed by soccer, basketball and badminton．Now，basketball is top，but snooker is surely in the top five．”
【小题1】Ding Junhui’s father usually played snooker  ---When Ding Junhui was young．

A．in a club

B．in the street

C．at home

D．in a training center

【小题2】Ding Junhui became the best snooker player in China          ．

A．in 2003

B．in 2005

C．when he was 6

D．when he was 8

【小题3】Ding Junhui and his father lived a_____ life when he was training in Dongguan．

A．rich

B．colorful

C．hard

D．modern

【小题4】According to Ding Junhui’s words，_________ is the top sport in China now．

A．ping-pong

B．soccer

C．snooker

D．basketball

【小题5】The passage mainly tells us  ____ ．

A．how to be a top player in snooker

B．what is the most popular sport in China

C．snooker player Ding Junhui's story

D．the history of snooker in China

Once a small boy lived on a farm which seemed so far away from everywhere.
He needed to get up before sunrise every morning to help his father on the farm. During sunrise he would .a break and climb up on the fence(篱笆)along the side of the farm. He could see a house with golden windows. “If they could afford golden windows, then there must be other nice things inside the house.” He imagined how great it would be to live there. Then he promised himself, “Some day 1 will go there and see this wonderful place.”
One morning, his father would go to the town and told him to stay at home for a rest. Knowing that this was his chance, he took a sandwich and headed across the field towards the house with the golden windows.
As the afternoon went on, he began to know how wrong he was. The house was much farther than he had expected. As he went near the house, he saw no golden windows but instead a place in bad need of a painting. A small girl very close to his age came out of the poor house and stood by the broken fence. He asked her if she had seen the house with the golden windows. The girl said, “Sure, I know.” and invited him to sit on the porch (门廊).As he sat there, he looked back from where he just came. There he saw the sunset turned the windows of his house to gold! Now he understood that everyone had his own house with golden windows.
【小题1】During his break every morning, the small boy would _________.

A．fix the fence

B．eat sandwiches

C．climb up on the fence

D．walk around the farm

【小题2】One morning, when knowing he would stay alone, the boy thought it was a chance for him to_________.

A．go to the town

B．play on the field

C．go to see the house

D．make the golden windows

【小题3】What did the boy find when he got there?

A．Nobody lived in the poor house.

B．No golden windows were in the house.

C．The house was so old as he expected.

D．The house was nearer than he thought.

【小题4】The story tells us that people sometimes may have the thought________ .

A．Like father, like son

B．Love me, love my dog

C．Every dog has its day

D．The grass is greener somewhere else