Why didn’t my teacher believe me? I’m a good student. I really did all my homework last night,   1   I don’t have it now.

My teacher   2   I’m busy these days. Our school will have a basketball game   3   two days. I’m on the basketball team and have to practice after school every day.  But that isn’t   4   I don’t have my homework today.  

Where is my homework? I have to say, my dog   5   it.

Here is the story: Last night, I went home late and was really   6   after practice. However, I didn’t forget   7   my homework. I ate dinner and did it at the time. When I had nearly finished it, I suddenly dropped some meat on my paper. It made the paper quite dirty. What should I do? It was too late to do the housework again on   8   piece of paper. So I just put my paper on the table and went to bed. Later, my dog Max, who loves meat very much, jumped up onto the table and ate my   4  !

My teacher said it was an old story. I also know many students   10   this all the time. This time is true, but no one believes me.

 1. A. so                       B. and                   C. though             D. before

 2. A. know                    B. knows               C. knew               D. knowing

 3. A. in                         B. after                  C. before              D. when

 4. A. where                  B. what                  C. how                 D. why

 5. A. found                    B. lost                    C. ate                   D. played

 6. A. tired                      B. happy                C. good                D. glad

 7. A. do                        B. to do                  C. did                   D. doing

 8. A. other                     B. another              C. the others         D. others

 9. A. dinner                   B. food                  C. book                D. homework

 10. A. saying                 B. says                   C. say                  D. said 

 

During all this time I never stopped thinking about escape. When I traveled across to the other side of the island, I could see the other islands, and I said to myself, “Perhaps I can get there with a boat. Perhaps I can get back to England one day.”

So I decided to make myself a boat. I cut down a big tree, and then began to make a long hole in it. It was hard work, but about six months later, I had a very fine canoe (独木舟). Next, I had to get it down to the sea. How silly I was! Why didn’t I think before I began work? Of course, the canoe was too heavy. I couldn’t move it! I pulled and pushed and tried everything, but it didn’t move. I was very unhappy for a long time after that.

That happened in my fourth year on the island. In my sixth year I did make myself a smaller canoe, but I did not try to escape in it. The boat was too small for a long journey, and I did not want to die at sea. The island was my home now, not my prison, and I was just happy to be alive. A year or two later, I made myself a second canoe on the other side of the island. I also built myself a second house there, and so I had two homes.

My life was still busy from morning to night. There were always things to do or to make. I learnt to make new clothes for myself from the skins of dead animals. They looked very strange, it is true, but they kept me dry in the rain.

I kept food and tools at both my houses, and also wild goats. There were many goats on the island, and I made fields with high fences to keep them in. They learnt to take food from me, and soon I had goats’ milk to drink every day. I also worked hard in my corn fields. And so many years went by.

1.The purpose of making a canoe on the island was to _____________.

A. escape in it                            

B. get to the other side of the island[来源

C. use it for food                          

D. go around the island

2.To survive, the writer _____________.

A. kept goats for milk                      

B. made clothes from animal skins 

 C. worked in the cornfields                          

D. did all the above

3.Why didn’t the writer use his first canoe?

A. Because it was too small for a long journey.  

B. Because it was too heavy to get down to the sea.

C. Because there was something wrong with it.  

D. Because the writer was busy building a second house.

4.From the story, we can learn that _____________.

A. the writer tried to make his stay comfortable on the island  

B. the writer had nothing to do on the wild island

C. the writer tried to escape in the second canoe, but failed 

D. the writer was in prison on the island, losing his freedom

 

 
Tired of bad handwriting, Richie decided to perfect his penmanship (书法) last January. Though the year progressed, his writing didn’t. “My penmanship just got worse,” he says. “I get tired of trying to write neatly.”
Like Richie, many teenagers make resolutions in the New Year. More than half of Americans say they make a New Year’s resolution – but only one-third of them keep to it, reports the University of North Carolina, US.
Demanding (追求) perfection  stops people working on their resolutions, says Chicago life coach Alison Miller.
Resolutions sometimes can be unrealistic (不现实).. Going for a goal  that’s too hard to achieve can leave a person feeling sad. “Saying ‘I’m going to look like a super-model’ is going to make you unhappy,” she says.
Sure, it’s a great idea to aim for improvement, but not all resolutions are helpful. The difference between good and bad resolutions is whether you expect too much from yourself, Miller says. For example, it’s OK to say, “I’m going to eat fewer French fries,” but striving (力争)  for a perfect body isn’t reasonable.
Timing can also damage a resolution. Kevin M., 16, says he doesn't set resolutions because 12 months is unrealistic. “It’s too long and you start putting off keeping your resolution during summer,” he says.
He’s considering a career in music, but says school is his main focus. Knowing how hard he has to work, he says he’ll “be lucky to get 30 minutes a day” of practice. But a bit is better than nothing, and making reminders can help you make progress. Miller says teenagers should write down their goals and say to themselves, “What can I do today to make my goal a reality?”
“It’s just small steps along the way. It’s not about doing it all at once,” Miller says.
【小题1】What’s the writer’s purpose by talking Richie in the first paragraph?

A．To advise people to keep their New Year’s resolutions.

B．To show that some people fail to keep their New Year’s resolutions.

C．To tell readers why Richie isn’t a good hand writer.

D．To show why New Year’s resolutions are important.

【小题2】Many Americans stop working on their New Year’s resolutions because ______.

A．they think it is silly to make resolutions

B．they find keeping resolutions is boring

C．the time of keeping resolutions is too short

D．their choice of resolution turns out to be unrealistic

【小题3】Which of the following statements would Miller probably agree with?

A．Teenagers should set themselves perfect goals.

B．To achieve your goals, you needn’t write them down.

C．People should try to realize their goals step by step.

D．A good resolution helps people realize their possibility.

Anna was excited about starting her first day in the new school. However, when she first walked past the students in the school, her excitement turned to fear, and then to loneliness(孤独)over the next few days. "Why didn’t anyone say ’hi’ to me or invite me to his or her lunch table? Is it because of my clothes or my hair?" she wondered. Almost every day during the first week, Anna stayed alone, thinking that there must have been something wrong with her or that nobody saw her at all!
What caused Anna’s problem? The reason was that nobody knew her. Most people don’t like talking with strangers (陌生人). So it’s your job to volunteer to make contact with people who you want to know. The easiest way to catch their attention is to notice them first. Make eye contact with them and smile at them. When you smile at them, you are doing your best to show your kindness to them, and they are sure to understand that you are saying, "Hey, how’s everything going?" In this way, you are taking the first step towards the road to friendship.
When Anna realized this, she started talking to her classmates. Guess what happened? It really worked. She had made two friends by the end of the month.
In fact, saying “hi” or making friends with strangers is not hard. And the joy it brings you is really great. So try to open your heart to strangers!
【小题1】What was Anna’s problem?

A．She was afraid of entering a new school.

B．She had no friends in her new school.

C．She didn’t like making friends with strangers.

D．Her classmates didn’t like her clothes or hair.

【小题2】Which of the following shows the change in Anna’s feelings?

A．afraid→relaxed→nervous→happy

B．happy→lonely→sad→proud

C．nervous→angry→happy →sad

D．excited→afraid→lonely→happy

【小题3】According to the writer, what is the easiest way to catch others’ attention?

A．Noticing them first

B．Talking to them

C．Doing something for them.

D．Making yourself cool.

【小题4】What can you learn from the passage?

A．Teenagers can’t get along well with each other.

B．Loneliness is a common problem these days.

C．Opening our heart to strangers can help us get friends.

D．It’s hard to take the first step towards the road to friendship.

【小题5】What does the underlined word contact mean in Chinese?

A．表扬

B．联系

C．招聘

D．聊天