Young Jimmy, aged seven, spent all his free time with a pencil, drawing the world as he saw it.

　　When his mother took him to a park, he did not want to play with the other children. All he wanted to do was drawing. His father was quite worried.

　　“I don' t want Jimmy to spend his whole life drawing, ” he said .

　　“Why not?” his mother argued (争论) . “Some people do. Think about all the famous artists (画家) . Rembrandt, Gaugin, Van Gogh. Their main (主要的) interest in life was their art.”

　　“Huh!”Jimmy's father said. “They had talent (天才). Jimmy just draws. ”

　　“He's young yet,” his mother argued. “He'll get better. Anyway (不管怎样) , I think he' s already showing a lot of ability (能力).”

　　“If he's so good, ”his father said, “maybe we' d better find him a teacher. Then he'll learn how to draw.”

　　A week later, Jimmy had his first lesson with his art teacher.

　　“Now Jimmy, ” the art teacher said, “I want you to draw a picture of someone important to you. ”

　　Jimmy began to draw very carefully, making sure every line was exactly (恰好) where he wanted it.

　　“What are you drawing a picture of?”the art teacher asked.

　　“God, ” Jimmy said.

　　“But no one knows what God looks like, ”the teacher said.

　　“They will when I've finished, ” Jimmy answered.

1．Why was Jimmy's father worried?

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2．What did Jimmy' s mother think?

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A．She thought he was ill.

B．She thought one day he might be famous.

C．She thought he had no talent.

D．She thought he was as good as Rembrandt.

3．What did his parents do for Jimmy?

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A．They took him to a school.

B．They found him a good doctor.

C．They bought him some new pencils.

D．They found him an art teacher.

4．Who did Jimmy draw?

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阅读理解

　　The earth is not the only body that travels around the sun. With it are eight other planets, fellow members of the sun' s family. Two of them are nearer while the other six are farther from the sun than the earth is. The farther they are, the longer trip they make around the sun. People noticed long ago that these traveling bodies moved around in the sky in certain paths.

　　We know that every little hit of matter in the universe pulls upon every other hit of matter. The pull between two bodies is proportional (成比例的) to the product (乘积) of their masses. Because the sun is so large, the pulls between the sun and planets are thus great. If it were not for these pulls, the planets would fly off into space. In the same way there is a pull between the earth and the moon, which keeps the moon traveling in its orbit (轨道) around our planet, the earth. The pull holds you to its surface, and pulls back the ball which you throw into the air. Of course the ball also pulls on the larger earth but the earth is so much larger that the pull is not noticed.

(1) The earth travels a larger circle around the sun than ________ .

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A. six of the other planets

B. two planets in the same family

C. most planets in the universe

D. the moon

(2) The planets move around the sun because of ________ .

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A. the gravity (引力) of the sun only

B. the pull of the planets on one another

C. the pull between the planets and the sun

D. the proportional gravity

(3)If objects (物体) didn't have gravity, ________ .

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A. the earth would not travel in the space

B. the moon would move away from the earth

C. the sun would not exist

D. the planets of the sun family form another family

(4) Which of the following pictures shows correctly the pull between the objects?

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(5) The sun's family has ________ members in this text.

A. two

C. nine

D. eight

B. six

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阅读理解(Reading comprehension)：

1．As for Question Items ________, pupils' evaluations(评价) can be said to rise at a steady rate(比率) as their teachers' experience increases.

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2．In contrast(对比) to the new teachers, the middle-standing and veteran teachers seem to have made a remarkable(显著的) improvement in their ability to ________.

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A．be fair to any pupil

B．evaluate pupils' progress

C．present materials clearly

D．understand and play with pupils

3．Pupils seem to regard the new and the middle-standing teachers as being more ________ than the veterans.

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A．relaxed in class

B．interested in pupils' ideas

C．neat in appearance

D．skillful at explaining