Once there was an old farmer. He had a horse and the horse was almost as old as himself. One morning he set out with his young son to sell the horse before it died. The father and the son walked because the farmer did not want the horse to be too tired.
They met two men on the road. They said, “Why are you walking, farmer? You have a horse. It’s a long way to get to the market.” The farmer knew that this was true, so he rode on the horse while his son walked.
Then they met two old ladies. “What are you doing up there, farmer? Can’t you see how tired your son is? ”So the farmer got down, and let his son ride on it.
Twenty minutes later, three old men stopped them. One said, “Why are you walking, farmer? Get up. It’s too hot for an old man like you to walk today.” So the farmer got up behind his son and they went on riding.
Some time later, a young woman passed them. “Why aren’t you walking? ” she asked, “It isn’t far to the market. Give your poor old horse a rest. ”So the farmer and his son got down once again. It is a fact that you cannot please all the people all the time.
【小题1】The farmer was______.

Anyone who has ever traveled with a teenager knows that the teenager can make the vacation good or bad for the entire family. As a travel agent, Lynda Maxwell said, “If teenagers are happy, everybody is happy.”

    Teenagers are often interested in travelling, but their interests and schedules often aren’t the same as their parents’. It means that when the parents start to look for a place of interest in the early morning, their teenagers may be sleeping soundly!

    The thing makes travelling with teenagers very difficult, but it isn’t impossible. The experts said, “The keys to success is what parents do before they travel.”

For many families, the hardest part may be finding a vacation time that is right for everyone. Be sure to sit down with everyone else in the family before setting a date.

“After setting a date, ask teenagers where they would choose to go,” suggested Maxwell. It is possible that they’d like nothing more than to sit on a beach for a week. “Maybe there’s a compromise(折中),” said Maxwell.

“Most teenagers like using the Internet now, so parents can ask them to think up the ideas about what to see and do,” said Brad Anderson. “I find teenagers are excellent at making great suggestions.”

1.The main problem of travelling with teenagers is that______.

A. they are always causing problems                  

B. there’s no way to make them happy                        

C. they don’t want to travel with their parents                   

D. their interests and schedules are different from their parents’

2.Maxwell thinks that      .

A. teenagers are good at making suggestions                 

B. parents should discuss the travel plan with their teenagers

C. parents should choose the places where teenagers like to go                          

D. teenagers should try their best to make their parents happy

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?

A. Teenagers often have some great ideas of travelling.            

B. Teenagers always make their parents disappointed.        

C. Most parents often look for travel information online.                 

D. Teenagers should learn how to get along with their parents.

Last Sunday the Greens went to climb the hill. When they got home, it was very late. Mr. Green opened the front door and they both went into the house. Because it was too late, Mrs. Green turned on the light. Just they wanted to come into the bedroom, Mrs. Green suddenly said, “ Listen, there is someone in our bedroom.” They stood quietly outside the door. They could hear some voices in the room.
“There are two men in it. They are talking.” So Mr. Green began to shout. “Who is there?” But no one answered. Mr. Green opened the door quickly and turned on the light. There was no one there. Mr. Green found something and laughed. The radio was still on! “I forgot to turn it off this morning.” Mr. Green said.
根据短文内容选择正确答案。
(      ) 1. The Greens went home             .
A. in the morning  B. in the afternoon  C. in the evening  D. in the middle night
(      ) 2. They went into the house from             .
A. the door        B. the front door  C. the back door        D. the side door
(      ) 3. Mrs. Green heard someone talking             .
A. when she gets into the bedroom   B. when she was on the way to the bedroom
C. when she gets into the living-room   D. when she gets into the house
(      ) 4. There were               talking in the bedroom.
A. two women   B. a man and a women   C. two men     D. three men
(      ) 5. The people talking in the bedroom were             .
A. thieves  B. writer’s relatives C. writer’s good friends  D. speakers in the radio

Scientists say there are seven kinds of food that people should eat every day. They are: (1) green and yellow vegetables of all kind; (2) citrus(柑橘类)fruits and tomatoes; (3) potatoes and other fruits and vegetables; (4) meat of all kinds, fish and eggs; (5) milk and foods made of milk, like cheese and ice-cream; (6) bread or cereal(谷类), rice is also in this kind of foods; (7) butter, or something like butter, with fat(脂肪)。
People in different countries in the world eat different kinds of things. They also eat in different kinds the day. In some place people eat once or twice a day; in other countries, people eat three or four times a day. Scientists say that these differences are not important. It doesn’t matter if a person eats dinner at 4 o’clock in the afternoon or at eleven o’clock at night. The important thing is that every day a person must eat something from each of the seven kind of food. The most important thing is that we must find some way to help the hungry people and make the people have right kinds of food, make them strongand healthy
【小题1】It is important that people should _________.

Jeff Keith has only one leg. When he was 12 years old, Jeff had cancer(癌症). Doctors had to cut off most of his right leg.

???? Every day Jeff puts on an artificial leg(假腿). With the plastic artificial leg Jeff can ride a bicycle, swim, and play soccer. He can also run.

??? Jeff made a plan with his friends who had plastic legs, too. They decided to run across America.

??? When he was 22 years old, Jeff Keith ran across the United States from the east to the west. He started running in Boston. Seven months later, he stopped running in Los Angeles. He ran 3,200 miles. Jeff stopped in cities on the way to Los Angeles. In every city people gave Jeff money. The money was not for Jeff, but for the American Cancer Society.

?? Jeff is disabled, but he can do many things. He is studying to be a lawyer(律师). Jeff says, “People can do anything they want to do. I want people to know that. I ran not only for disabled people. I ran for everybody.”

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

1.Jeff’s right leg was cut off because he had_______.

A. TB（肺结核）B. an accident? C. cancer?? D. a serious injury

2. From the passage we know that Boston is _______.

A. in the west?????????

B. half between the east and west

C. near Los Angeles???

D. in the east

3.It took Jeff _______ to run from Boston to Los Angeles.

A. about four and a half months???? B. over two hundred days

C. almost twenty-five weeks??????? D. less than half a year

4.The underlined word “disabled” means _______.

A. 优秀的? B. 劳累的??? C. 残疾的??? D. 无能为力的

5.The fifth passage tells us that _______.

A. people should give him more money

B. people can do anything they want to do

C. some disabled men will become lawyers?

D. disabled people also can run