They decided       at the end of this month.

A. to leave  B. going back  C. travel     D. not start out

 

Mike always loves ships. When he was older, he said, "I' m going to be a soldier. " But his eyes were not very   1  , and he did not get in.

Then he said, "I' m going to  2   a small boat and I' m going around the world. " But boats were very expensive, and Mike did not have enough  3  

Last summer Mike found a swimming 4  near his house.  The lessons did not cost very   5 , and Mike began going to the  school at every end of the week and having   6 . Now he is a good swimmer.

Last week a little boy said to him, " You' re a very good swimmer. How do   7 learn to swim so well?"

"I'm not good at all," Mike said and he smiled."   8  in the water, I say to myself, there are   9  fishes behind me! Then I' m very afraid, and I   10  quickly. "

1.                A．big            B．beautiful        C．good D．strong

 

2.                A．buy            B．make           C．borrow   D．draw

 

3.                A．food           B．work           C．time D．money

 

4.                A．park           B．school          C．farm D．factory

 

5.                A．much          B．little           C．many D．any

 

6.                A．meals          B．lessons         C．talks D．games

 

7.                A．I              B．they           C．we  D．you

 

8.                A．If             B．When          C．Though   D．Where

 

9.                A．interesting      B．nice           C．dangerous D．different

 

10.               A．run            B．jump           C．swim D．fly

 

 

Basketball is still a young game. It's over a hundred years old. In the winter of 1891, a certain college was having some trouble with its boy students. The weather was bad and the students had to stay indoors. As they couldn't play outdoors, they were unhappy, and some even got into fights from time to time.

　　Some of the teachers, at the college asked Dr. Naismith to invent a game so that the students might have something to play with. It was not easy to invent such a game because it had to be played indoors , and the court (球场) was not very large.

　　Dr. Naismith thought for a few days and invented a kind of ball game. It was a fast, wonderful game with much moving and passing of the ball. It was played between two teams. To make a score , the ball had to be thrown into the basket ten feet(英尺) above the floor on the wall . At each end of the court there was such a basket. At first, Dr. Naismith wanted to throw the ball into a box. As he could not find boxes of the right size, he had to use fruit baskets instead. That is how the game got its name.

1. How long is it since basketball was invented?

　　A. 1000 years                      　　　　　　　　　　B. More than 100 years

　　C. 1100 years                       　　　　　　　　　　D. Less than 100 years

2. The students felt unhappy because _______.

　　A. they had much homework to do

　　B. they often got into fights

　　C. they couldn't play outdoors 

　　D. they had little time to study

3. Who asked Dr. Naismith to invent a game?

　　A. Some students                    　　　　　　　　B. Some teachers

　　C. Some students' parents           　　　 D. Some of his friends

4. When a student ______ , he makes a score.

　　A. receives the ball.               　　　　　　

　　B. throws the ball to another student

　　C. runs quickly with the ball in his hand  

　　D. throws the ball into the basket

5. Which sentence is right?

　　A. Dr. Naismith had to use fruit to throw the ball.

　　B. It was easy to invent the game.

　　C. The students could go outdoors when the weather was bad.

　　D. The ball had to be thrown into the basket five feet above the floor.

 

 

Do you know how to write an English letter? It is different from the Chinese letter. When we write a letter in English, we should write the date on the top of the right corner. Sometimes we write the insideaddress(信内地址)---the number of the house and the names of the street, city and country. Then we can begin the letter at the left corner. We always use words like “Dear sir”, “Dear Mr/Miss/Mrs …”to begin the writing. At the end of the letter, we usually use expressions as “Yours”, “Yours ever” or “Yours sincerely”. Then sign the writer’s name.

It is also different to write an English envelope. You should write your name and address on the top of the left corner and write the receiver’s in the middle or on the bottom of the right corner.

1.When we write a letter in English, we should write the date _______.

A．At the beginning of the letter              B．at the left corner

C．on the top of the right corner              D．at the end of the letter

2.The inside address includes _______.

A．The number of the house                 B．the name of the street

C．the name of the city and country            D．all of the above

3.We always use words like “__________ ” to begin the writing.

A．Dear sir           B．Dear Mr/Miss/Mrs   C．Your sincerely      D．A and B

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．The English letter is the same as the Chinese letter.

B．You can write your name and address on the top of the left corner.

C．Writing an English envelope is the same as writing a Chinese envelope.

D．We can begin the letter at the right corner.

5.What’s the best title for the passage?

A．How to write English letters                B．How to write Chinese letters

C．Writing letters and sending emails           D．The advantage of writing letters

 

I won’t forget her advice

I had a very special teacher in high school many years ago. Her husband died of a heart attack. About a week after his death, she shared some of her insights（见解）with us.

The class was nearly over. She said, “Before class is over, I would like to share with all of you an important thought.”

“Each of us is put here on Earth to learn, share, love, enjoy and give all by ourselves. We must make the best of every single day.”

Her eyes were beginning to water and she went on, “So I would like you all to make me a promise. From now on, on your way to school, or on your way home, find something beautiful to notice. It doesn’t have to be something you see — it could be a nice smell — perhaps of freshly baked bread, or it could be the sound of the breeze slightly blowing the leaves in the trees.”

“Please look for these things, and love them. For, although it may seem common, these things are the stuff（素材）of life. They are the little things we are put here on Earth to enjoy. They are the things we often take for granted. We must make it a point to notice them, for at any time it can all be taken away.”

The class was completely quiet. We picked up our books and went out of the room silently. That afternoon, I noticed more things on my way home from school than I had that whole term.

I usually think of that teacher and try to enjoy all of those things that we sometimes overlook (忽略).

Take notice of something special you see during your lunch hour today. Walk barefoot along the beach at sunset. For as we get older, it is not the things we did that we regret（后悔）, but the things we didn’t do.

1.What happened to the teacher’s husband?

A．He was ill.	B．He died of a heart attack.
C．He made a promise.	D．He became a teacher, too.

2.The high school teacher shared her insights with her students ____________.

A．on her way to school	B．on her way home
C．at the beginning of class	D．at the end of class

3.The underlined word “breeze” (in Paragraph 4) means ____________?

A．colourful cloud	B．white snow
C．light wind	D．heavy rain

4.What is the teacher’s advice?

A．We should love life and enjoy things around us.

B．We should share our important thoughts with others.

C．We should never feel sorry for what we have done.

D．We should do importand things and overlook little ones.