Jim is an American boy. He is  1  New York. He likes   2  football matches,     3  he doesn’t have enough money   4  tickets. He has to watch the matches  5 TV at home when he has   6  homework. He   7  go to school from Monday to Friday, so he missed a lot of important football matches.

A big football match would be held(举行) in the afternoon the next day.   8  wanted to watch it very much. But he couldn’t. He would have a physics(物理) test in the   9  afternoon.

“Can we have a video, mom?” Jim asked his mother   10  he went to school. “Then from our TV set you can record the match for me.”

“I’m   11  we can’t afford(买得起) one,” said his mother.

The next morning Jim went home with a smile,   12  a new video.

“But where did you get the   13  , Jim?” His mother asked in   14 .

“That’s   15  , mom. I sold our TV set.”

1.                A．on            B．at             C．from D．to

2.                A．watching        B．seeing          C．playing   D．looking

3.                A．and            B．so             C．but  D．or

4.                A．to buy          B．buying          C．buy  D．bought

5.                A．in             B．on             C．at   D．with

6.                A．few            B．a few           C．many D．quite a little

7.                A．may           B．can            C．must D．should

8.                A．Mother         B．Father          C．Teacher  D．Jim

9.                A．other          B．different        C．same D．another

10.               A．after           B．before         C．because   D．as

11.               A．glad           B．afraid          C．pleased   D．happy

12.               A．carrying        B．listening        C．watching  D．playing

13.               A．car            B．money         C．match D．TV

14.               A．surprise        B．person         C．a low voice D．great pain

15.               A．easy           B．easily          C．difficult   D．hardly

Here is an examination notice（考试通知）. Mrs. Dickson gave it to her students last week.
To the students of Class 3
◇  Examinations start on January 22 and end on June 23.
◇  The time for each of the subject is:
English       June 22        9:30 A.M.- 10:30 A.M.
Math           June 22           11:00 A.M.- 12:00 A.M.
History           June 22        2:30 P.M.-3:30 P.M.
PE           June 23           8:00 A.M.-10:00 A.M.
Music          June 23        1:00 P.M.-3:00 P.M.
◇  For the PE test? go to the playground. For the music test, go to the Piano Room. All else are written（书面）tests. They will be held in Classroom 3.
◇  No student can get into the examination room more than 15 minutes after the exam starts.
◇  No food or drink during ANY test.
◇  No dictionaries during the English exam.
◇  Wear pants and sports shoes for the PE exam.
◇  If you have questions, go to the Teacher's Office before the tests.
【小题1】Who could not take the English exam?

Here is an examination notice（考试通知）. Mrs. Dickson gave it to her students last week.

To the students of Class 3

◇  Examinations start on January 22 and end on June 23.

◇  The time for each of the subject is:

English       June 22        9:30 A.M.- 10:30 A.M.

Math           June 22           11:00 A.M.- 12:00 A.M.

History           June 22        2:30 P.M.-3:30 P.M.

PE           June 23           8:00 A.M.-10:00 A.M.

Music          June 23        1:00 P.M.-3:00 P.M.

◇  For the PE test? go to the playground. For the music test, go to the Piano Room. All else are written（书面）tests. They will be held in Classroom 3.

◇  No student can get into the examination room more than 15 minutes after the exam starts.

◇  No food or drink during ANY test.

◇  No dictionaries during the English exam.

◇  Wear pants and sports shoes for the PE exam.

◇  If you have questions, go to the Teacher's Office before the tests.

1.Who could not take the English exam?

A．Nancy. She wore her sports shoes on June 22.

B．Richard. He did not have breakfast before the exam.

C．Wendy. She forgot to take an English dictionary with her.

D．Tony. He went to school at 9:50 0n the morning of June 22.

2.Where were the students of Class 3 at 8:30 A.M., June 23?

A. In the playground.   B. In their classroom

C. In the Piano Room.   D. At the Teacher's Office.

3.When were the written test held ?

A．Only on the morning of June 22.

B．Only on the morning of June 23.

C．On the morning and afternoon of June 22.

D．On the morning and afternoon of June 23.

4.On the morning of June 23, what should Helen, a student of Class 3 get ready for?

A．Food and drinks. Because there is no food and drinks during any test.

B．Dictionary. Because she isn't good at English.

C．Pants and sports shoes. Because there will be a PE exam.

D．Nothing. Because all the exams are over.

5.Tom still has some questions about the exams, he can ________.

A．ask his teacher any time

B．find his teacher in the playground.

C．ask his teacher on June 22 or June 23.

D．go to the Teacher's office on June 21

根据短文内容，从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

“Never give up!” It is my law(法则) of life. It has brought me ____. I learned the law from my father's ____ story.

My father was ____ in a poor village in the north of Jiangsu，in China. When he was a young boy，he went to school in the morning，then ___ in the fields till sunset. And then he did his homework ____ midnight. Life was hard，because they had no ___！

At the age of 14，my father heard of the United States of America. It was the land of gold，the land where ____ people can become rich.

“____ don't I go to America？” he thought to himself，full of hope.

So，my father came to America. “I had thought it was easy to ____ money in America，” he told me. “But when I arrived there，I realized it was not true. They did not like to hire(雇佣) me because I spoke ____ English. Later，I worked in a small restaurant，cleaning up tables，____dishes and sweeping the floor. Life was ____ for the first few years. I worked from 10 a. m. to 11 p. m. I wanted to go to school to learn English，but it was impossible. I couldn't ____ the schooling(学费). ”

My father ____ working hard，and reached his goal.

“Alan，” he often says to me. “If you want something，you have to work for it and never give up. Things do not come ____ in life. ” That is what I learned from my father.

1.A. disaster??? ?? B. loss??? ???? C. success??? ?? D. pity

2.A. life??? ???? B. fashion?? ??? C. danger??? ?? D. history

3.A. famous??? ?? B. lucky?? ???? C. rich???? ??? D. born

4.A. taught??? ?? B. worked?? ??? C. studied??? ?? D. slept

5.A. until??? ???? B. towards? ??? C. for???? ???? D. during

6.A. experience?? B. energy?? ??? C. time???? ??? D. money

7.A. kind??? ???? B. poor?? ????? C. strong??? ?? D. lazy

8.A. What??? ??? B. How?? ????? C. Why??? ??? D. When

9.A. discover??? ? B. make?? ???? C. collect??? ?? D. spend

10.A. little??? ??? B. good?? ???? C. much??? ???? D. excellent

11.A. giving??? ?? B. running?? ? C. washing??? ?? D. receiving

12.A. comfortable? B. cheerful?? ? C. nice???? ????? D. hard

13.A. borrow??? ? B. need?? ???? C. afford??? ???? D. pay

14.A. kept?? ???? B. finished?? ?? C. minded?? ?? D. stopped

15.A. really?? ??? B. easily?? ???? C. quietly??? ??? D. slowly