Once there was an island where all the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all of the others, including Love. One day it was said that the island would go down, so all made boats and left except Love.

Love was the only one who stayed. Love wanted to offer her help until the last possible moment. When the island had almost gone down, Love decided to ask for help.

Richness was passing by Love in a great boat. Love said, “Richness, can you take me with you?” Richness answered, “No, I can’t. There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat. There is no place here for you.”

Sadness was close by, so Love asked, “Sadness, let me go with you .” “Oh, Love, I am so sad that I need to be by myself!”

Happiness passed by Love, too, but she was so happy that she did not even notice when Love called her.

    Suddenly, there was a voice, “Come, Love, I will take you.” It was an elder. Love was so excited that she even forgot to ask who the elder was. So Love asked Knowledge, another elder, “Who helped me?” “It was Time,” Knowledge answered. “Time?” asked Love. “But why did Time help me?”

Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and answered, “Because only Time understands how valuable Love is.”

1.What would happen to the island?

A.It would grow bigger. B.It would sink. C.It drove feelings away. D.All the feelings lived.

2.Sadness didn’t see Love when he passed by Love, did he?

A.Yes, he did.    B.Yes, he didn’t.  C.No, he didn’t.   D.No, he did.

3.Why didn’t Happiness help Love?

A.Because Happiness didn’t like Love.

B.Because Happiness didn’t hear Love calling her.

C.Because her boat was so small that she couldn’t take Love with her.

D.Because she needed to be by herself.

4.Who helped Love out of danger?

A. Sadness.         B. Knowledge.    C. Happiness.          D. Time.

5.What does the underlined word “valuable” mean in Chinese?

A.令人喜爱的      B.珍贵的   C.吸引人的      D.有爱心的

 

Hi, everybody!
Welcome to our newly-opened Richards Cinema Bookstore!
Now let me introduce some of the new film books in our store to you.
Are you Chinese film fans? OK, here comes the latest 25 New Takes about Chinese films. It is a collection of 25 fresh readings of different Chinese films from the 1930s to the present. In recent years, Chinese films are very popular in the States, such as Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon, Hero, and Flowers of Shanghai.
Do you like French films? Well, here is The French Cinema Book. It covers French films from the 1890s to the beginning of the 21st century. It is written for all lovers of French films: students and teachers, experts (专家) and fans, and so on.
Maybe you are Indian film fans and star fans. Then here is Encyclopedia (百科全书) of Indian Cinema. The book is a complete introduction to all the best Indian films. It also offers a full list of names of the famous and successful film stars in the past ten years. You know, the Indian film industry is the largest in the world after our Hollywood.
If you like British films, we have The British Cinema Book. It is a good review of British films.
In our bookstore, you can also find books about Japanese, Australian, German and Italian films.
Well, please help yourselves to some coffee or tea, and have a good time here!
【小题1】The speaker of the passage is most probably ________.

A．the writer of 25 New Takes	B．a tourist in the cinema bookstore
C．the manager of the cinema bookstore	D．a reader of Encvclopedia of Indian Cinema

【小题2】How many Asian countries does the speaker refer to when he talks about the film books?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

D．Nine.

【小题3】Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A．Indian Cinema is second only to Hollywood.

B．The British Cinema Book includes a complete list of names of stars.

C．Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon is well received in the States.

D．The French Cinema Book covers over a century’s French films.

【小题4】The purpose of the speaker is ________.

A．to make the readers into film makers

B．to let the writers stay in the cinema bookstore

C．to offer the tourists chances to meet the film stars

D．to satisfy(满足) the customers’ different kinds of tastes

Job requirements:

★Register（注册） a store on the Internet.

★Do a market survey and think of creative ideas.

★Develop a wide social network that helps make the store liked by a lot of people.

Time needed:

3-5 hours a day.

Cost needed:

From Zero to as much as you can spend. (Zero?if the supplier makes you an agent(代理商）, you needn’t spend anything on the products before they are sold.)

Possible income:

Anywhere from less than 100 yuan a month to more than, 10,000 yuan.

阅读以上信息，完成下面的短文，每空一词。

Are you looking for a part-time job during the holiday? I’ll be happy to offer you one. That is to open an   6   store.

You should register a store on the Internet first. Then you need to do a market survey, which can help you   7   up with some creative ideas. In addition, you should develop a wide social network to make your store   8  . If you’re an agent, you can give money to the supplier for the products   9   they are sold.

In a word, it’s an easy job. It won’t take you   10   5 hours a day. If you devote yourself to it, you may get more than 10,000 yuan in a month.[

Come on! Your dream will come true.

 

The teacher stood before his class of 30 students and was going to hand out the final exam papers. “I know how hard you have all worked to get ready for this test. ” he said. “And because I know you are all able to understand these questions. I am ready to offer a B to anyone who would prefer not to take the test. ’’
A number of students jumped up to thank the teacher and left the classroom. The teacher looked at the rest students and said. “Does anyone else want to get a B? This is your last chance. ”Two more students decided to go. Seven students stayed. The teacher then handed out the papers. There were only three sentences on the paper： Congratulations! You have received an A in this class. Keep believing in yourself.
I never had a teacher who gave a test like that. but I think that it is a test that any teacher could and should give. Students who do not have confidence in what they have learned are B students at most.
The same is true for students in real life. The A students are those who believe in what they are doing because they have learned from both successes and failures. They have learned life’s lessons. whether from school education or from events in their lives，and have become better people. Scientists say that by the age of eight，80% of what we believe about ourselves has already been formed. You are a big kid now and you realize that you have some limits(局限). However，there is nothing you can’t do or leant to be. Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to reach the top of Mount Qomolangma (珠穆朗玛峰)said，“We do not conquer the mountain, but ourselves. ”
【小题1】Some students left the classroom because _________.

A．they were happy with the grade the teacher would give them

B．they were allowed to take another easier exam later on

C．they knew the teacher didn’t like them to take the test

D．they thought the exam was so easy that they don’t need to have a try

【小题2】The teacher gave the rest students an A because __________.

A．they answered all the questions in the exam correctly

B．they didn’t believe themselves

C．they believed themselves in what they had learned

D．they had been working hard for each exam

【小题3】The underlined word “conquer’’ means __________ in the passage.

A．发现

B．控制

C．探索

D．征服

【小题4】What does the writer want to tell us in the passage?

A．He wants us to know what our limits are.

B．He wants us to learn to believe in ourselves.

C．He wants us to receive school education.

D．He wants us to1earn from B students.

Qi Haoran, a Junior 1 student at High School Attached to Harbin Institute of Technology, was quite busy over the past winter vacation—and not just with homework. Qi, together with 10 other classmates made a volunteer group to call on people to join the Clean Your Plate Campaign (光盘行动).
The 11 students went to many restaurants and told people the importance of saving food.“Excuse me, do you know that 950 million people around the world still haven’t got enough to eat? Could you please not waste food?”They would say this kind of thing hundreds of times every day.
China in recent years has experienced serious problems with wasted food. CCTV reported in January that the food Chinese people waste every year is enough to feed 200 million people for a year. It’s a tradition that Chinese people offer lots of food when they invite others to dinner. Many even feel that they will lose face if their guests have eaten all their food.
Luckily the campaign has got the support of many. In a restaurant in Xinjiang, the owner gives the guests who have eaten up all that they ordered a sticker. People can enjoy a free meal when they have 10 stickers. More than 750 restaurants in Beijing have begun to offer smaller dishes and encourage their guests to take leftovers(剩饭剩菜) home.
Wasting food is a serious problem around the world, not only in China. It’s said that 2 billion tons(吨) of food ends up as waste every year in our country. This is as much as half of all the food in the world. The UN Environment Program and the Food and Agriculture Organization held a“Think, Eat, Save” program on January 24 to help reduce food waste.
To reduce food waste is a big task, and it needs time. It’s important that everyone does their bit, just like Qi. Did you finish your meals today?
【小题1】The Clean Your Plate Campaign calls on people to __________.

A．do volunteer work	B．work part time in restaurants
C．stop wasting food	D．wash their plates after dinner

【小题2】What did the restaurant in Xinjiang do to support the campaign?

A．The owner would have dinner with those who had eaten up their food.

B．It offered a free meal to the guests who had finished all their food ten times.

C．It gave stickers to the guests who ordered small dishes.

D．It encouraged customers to take leftovers home.

【小题3】From the passage , we can know that __________.

A．wasting food is a serious problem in China

B．Chinese people waste the most food in January

C．200 million Chinese people invite others to dinner every day

D．Chinese people usually don’t offer enough food to their guests

【小题4】You can probably read this passage _________.

A．in a science book	B．in a newspaper
C．in a tourist guide	D．in an advertisement