A. So you must try harder at geography. B. How did you do? C. Yes, Dad. D. I can do it better. E. My Chinese teacher said my handwriting was good. F. He said I could do better in math. G. She said I should go to school.

A: Tom, did you get your report card today ?
B:_1________.
A: Why not tell me something about it ?_2___________.
B: Most of them were OK except math.
A: What did your teacher say?
B: _3____________.
A: What about your Chinese?
B:_4_____________.
A: Did your teacher say anything about geography?
B: My geography teacher said I was too lazy, and asked me to be more hard-working.
A:I see._5_______.

Swimming is very popular in the world. Most people like swimming in summer, even in the other three seasons. Water makes people feel cool and swimming makes people keep healthy.

If you swim in a wrong place, it may not be safe. A lot of people died when they were enjoying themselves in the water, and most of them were students. Now some people are not careful enough in swimming. They often think they can swim so well that nothing will happen to them in water. If you go swimming in summer, don’t forget that a lot of good swimmers have died in water. They died not because they couldn’t swim, but because of their carelessness (粗心). Don’t get into water when you are alone. If there is a “No Swimming” sign（标记）, don’t get into water. If you remember these, swimming will be safe and enjoyable (舒服的).

根据短文内容，选出能完成所给句子的最佳答案。

1.____ like swimming in summer.

A. Few people  B. Most people C. Only students        D. Only swimmers

2.Swimming can make people keep ____ .

A. clean    B. fat          C. healthy D. thin

3.It’s ____ to swim in a wrong place.

A. wonderful     B. interesting    C. not safe         D. not careful

4.Some swimmers died in water because they are ____ .

A. students        B. children         C. not strong     D. too careless

5.If you go swimming, you shouldn’t ____ when you are alone.

A. get into water        B. die in water  C. swim too long        D. swim too badly

 

根据所给首字母提示，完成短文。

Once upon a time there lived in Germany two brothers named Jacob Grim and William Grim. They liked to listen to old stories and then wrote them down. Then they had enough stories to make a book. You can guess the n   1.   of their book! It is Grimms’ Fairy Tales (《格林童话》)

The story of this little book began when the brothers were still at school. And it started w   2.  a good teacher. This teacher liked to find out how things happened. S   3.   the two brothers were doing the same thing. They asked questions and then looked for a  4.   to them.

Among the q   5.    the brothers asked were. “Who made up the old fairy tales?” “Who first told about Cinderella (灰姑娘)?” “Who made up the story of Snow White and the story of Sleeping Beauty?”

They found that no one knew the answers to such questions. The tales were made up in very early times. Most of them were made up in days before people knew h  6.   to write. People told the stories to one another and to their children. But only few still r   7.   them. “When these old people die, the stories will d   8.   with them.” said the brothers. We must write d   9.   all the stories we can find.”

Jacob and William hunted for stories for five years. At last they had 89 tales. Just before Christmas in 1812 and first book was published.

People loved the book! They asked for more fairy stories. So the two brothers published two m 10.   books. In all, they collected 210 stories to put into their books.

 

On a cold morning at a bus station, a man played six famous pieces of music for about an hour. During that time, about two thousand people went through the station, most of them were on their way to work.

3 minutes later: a middle-aged man noticed there was a musician playing. He slowed down, stopped for a few seconds and went away.

4 minutes later: the musician received his first dollar. A woman threw the money in the box and kept on walking without stopping.

6 minutes later: a young man stopped to listen to him. Then he looked at his watch and started to walk again.

10 minutes later: a 3-year-old boy stopped to look at the musician, but his mother took him away. Several other children did the same as the boy. And nearly all the parents took their children away.

45 minutes later: the musician kept on playing. Only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 persons gave him money but left quickly.

After 1 hour, the musician finished playing. In the end, he collected $ 32. No one noticed that he had finished playing.

No one knew this, but the musician was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world. At that time, he played one of the most wonderful pieces ever written, with a very expensive violin.

If we do not have time to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing with the most beautiful violin, how many other things are we missing?

1.Joshua Bell played six famous pieces of music for ________ at a bus station.

A．half an hour       B．an hour           C．fifteen minutes     D．a day

2.__________ gave the first dollar to Joshua Bell for his performance.

A．A mid-aged man    B．A Young man       C．A woman          D．A 3-year-old boy

3.Nearly all the parents ________________ while they went past the musician.

A．took their children away                  B．threw the money into the box

C．stayed with their children listening          D．looked at their watch

4.Joshua Bell was in fact ________________.

A．a very famous pianist                     B．a very popular singer

C．a very poor violinist                      D．a very famous violinist

 

The train started moving. It was packed with people of all ages. Most of them were working men and women and young college boys and girls. Near the window sat an old man with his son, who looked about thirty years old.

As the train moved, the son was filled with joy because he was very excited at the scenery outside. He said in a high voice, “See Dad, the green trees and the scenery are very beautiful!” It made the other people feel very strange. Everyone started talking in a low voice about the old man’s son. Suddenly, it started raining. Raindrops fell on the travelers through the open window. Seeing the rain, the old man’s son said happily, “See Dad, how beautiful the rain is!” Hearing these words, a young lady became angry with the man, as the raindrops were dropping on her new clothes. She couldn’t help shouting at the noisy son and his father.

“Can’t you see it is raining? You! Old man! If your son is not feeling well, get him to a mental hospital quickly and please don’t disturb us any more!” The old man’s face turned slightly red and then in a low voice, he replied, “We are on the way back from hospital. He was blind at birth. Only last week he can see again. The rain and the nature are new to him. Please forgive him.” All the other people became quiet.

1.How old was the old man’s son?

A．About 7 years old.	B．About 20 years old.
C．About 50 years old.	D．About 30 years old.

2.What did people think of the son’s behavior（行为）? They thought he was _________.

A．lovely

B．funny

C．strange

D．clever

3.What was wrong with the son when he was born?

A．He had mental illness.	B．He couldn’t see.
C．He couldn’t hear.	D．He couldn’t talk.

4.What do you think of the young lady?

A．She was friendly to the man.

B．She was rude to the old man.

C．She was clever.

D．She was too noisy.

5.According to the passage, what does the writer want to tell us?

A．We should be friendly to sick people.

B．We should learn to enjoy the nature.

C．We should respect the elder people.

D．We should know the truth before complaining.