Long ago ,there lived in Greece a learned man. He was so well known for his good knowledge of almost everything that lots of people from all over the country came to learn from him. The great man taught his students whole-heartedly and answered their questions with great patience.

One day a student asked him, “ My dear teacher, didn’t you say you yourself have many ,many more questions about things than we do? But I think we students have far more than you.”

With a smile on his face, the teacher drew two circles ,one as large as a big cake, the other smaller. Then he said , “Of course, I have learned much more. But it’s wrong to think that a teacher has fewer questions than his students. Now, look at these two circles. The inside of the bigger one is my knowledge of things, and the inside of the smaller one is yours. Out of the circles is what is still unknown to us. Since mine is larger, I have to use the longer line to draw the bigger circle. That means I have more opportunities to face what is still unknown. And that’s why I myself have more questions than you do. The more you learn , the more questions you have. You will never learn enough ,you know.”

1.The learned man drew two circles to show _____.

A. he was good at drawing circles

B. his knowledge had something to do with the circles

C. why he had more questions than the students

D. how he could get more knowledge

2.The student didn’t agree that ______.

A. the teacher had so many questions as a learned man

B. the teacher had so many questions     

C. the students had fewer questions than the teacher

D. the students had more questions than 0the teacher

3.The teacher was famous for his ______.

A. kindness     B. knowledge   C. patience     D. questions

4.From the passage we can learn that_____.

A. the more questions we have, the more knowledge we may get

B. it’s never too old to learn

C. every one of us should try to be a learned man

D. a teacher should have many questions

5.Which of the following shows us what the teacher drew?

根据短文内容，完成下列任务。

Andy lives in Sun City with his parents. He is fourteen. He has short blonde hair. Andy’s mother is a shop assistant in a market. Andy often helps his mother after school. Some boys often play near the market. They all have nice bikes. (A) So Ben wants a bike like theirs.

Last weekend, Andy went to help his mother as usual. On the way to the market, he saw those boys run down an old man with their bikes. The old man lay on the ground and couldn’t move, but the boys ran away. (B) 安迪过去帮忙，把老人送到了医院。In the hospital, the old man gave Andy a magic book. He told Andy to take it home, open the book and make a wish. He did as the old man said.

Do you know what Andy’s wish was and do you think his wish came true?

任务一：翻译句子。

1.将划线部分（A）处翻译成汉语。

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2.将划线部分（B）处翻译成英语。

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任务二：选择填空。

3.The underlined phrase “run down” means “___________” in Chinese.

A. 推倒B. 撞到C. 摔倒D. 跌倒

任务三：回答问题。

4.Where does Andy’s mother work?

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5. What did the old man give Andy?

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选词填空，根据文章内容，选用所给单词的适当形式填空。其中有两个是多余的。

通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

About ten years ago when I was a student at college, I spent my summer holidays1 at a museum. 2 was hard for me then. Dad had lost his job and Mum was sick3. I was4 if I would be able to go on with my study the next term.

One day while I was working, I saw an old man come in with a little girl5 a wheelchair. As I looked 6 at this girl, I found that she had no arms7 legs. She was wearing a little white dress and she 8had a hat on.

As the old man pushed the wheelchair up to me, I was busy with my work. I9my head toward the girl and gave her a wink(眨眼). When I took the money from her grandfather, I looked back at the girl, 10was giving me the prettiest, largest smile I have 11 seen. Suddenly her handicap(生理缺陷) 12 and all I saw was this beautiful girl, whose smile almost gave me a better understanding of what life is all about. She 13 me from a poor, unhappy college student and brought me into her14of smiles, love and warmth.

I’m now a successful business and15I get down and think about the trouble of the world, I think about that little girl and the unforgettable lesson about life that she taught me.

1.                A．to work         B．worked         C．work D．working

2.                A．Work          B．Life            C．Business  D．School

3.                A．in the bed       B．in a hospital      C．in bed    D．in the hospital

4.                A．wondering      B．guessing        C．hoping   D．checking

5.                A．at             B．for            C．in   D．with

6.                A．longer         B．nearer         C．further   D．closer

7.                A．or             B．and            C．then D．so

8.                A．too            B．either          C．as well   D．also

9.                A．held           B．turned         C．lifted D．gave

10.               A．whose         B．whom          C．who  D．that

11.               A．ever           B．never          C．almost D．even

12.               A．was driven      B．was lost        C．was gone  D．was covered

13.               A．saved          B．took           C．helped    D．taught

14.               A．place          B．mind           C．earth D．world

15.               A．whatever       B．whenever       C．whoever  D．however

阅读短文, 根据短文内容回答问题。(共10分，每小题2分)

Mark Twain was the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens. He was born on November 30, 1835, in a small town in Florida, the USA. He grew up with a few naughty boys who later appeared in his stories. Perhaps you are familiar with some of his books, as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. At the age of 12, his father died, and he began to work, first as a printer, then a pilot on a river boat. Those years on the boat went into his book Life on the Mississippi.

    During the Civil War he worked as a reporter and used Mark Twain as his pen name. The stories he wrote in this period made him famous and popular. He made a lot of money by writing, lecturing and running his own publishing house. But he spent all of it on his high living and unsuccessful business.

    Mark Twain was known as a world-wide famous writer and a humorist, which means funny man. But in fact, he took a serious view of life. Many sad things happened in his own life. All his experiences helped to shape his stories which showed the dark side of the society. He died as an old man of 75 in 1910.  (200)

1.What did Mark Twain do when he was 12?

2.Did Mark Twain write himself and his friends in his stories?

3.When did Mark Twain become famous?

4.What is Mark Twain’s writing style?

5.What does the passage mainly tell us and what does the writer think of Mark Twain?