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　　When a group of children politely stop a conversation with you, saying:“We have to go to work now,”you're left feeling surprised and certainly uneasy. After all, this is the 1990s and the idea of children working is just unthinkable. That is, until you are told that they are all pupils of stage schools and that the“work”they go off is to go on the stage in a theatre.

　　Stage schools often act as agencies(代理机构) to supply children for stage and television work. More worthy of the name“stage school”are those few places where children attend full time, with a training for the theatre and a general education.

　　A visit to such schools will leave you in no doubt that the children enjoy themselves. After all, what lively children wouldn't settle for spending only half the day doing ordinary school work, and acting, singing or dancing their way through the other half of the day?

　　Then of course there are times for the children to make a name and make a little money in some big shows. Some stage schools give their children too much professional work at such a young age. But the law is very tight on the amount they can do. Those under 13 are limited to 40 days in the year and those over 13 to 80 days.

　　The schools themselves admit that not all children will be successful in the profession for which they are being trained. So what happens to those who don't make it? While all the leading schools say they place great importance on children getting good study results, the facts seem to suggest this is not always the case.

1．People would stop feeling uneasy when realizing that the children they're talking to ________.

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A．attend a stage school

B．are going to the theatre

C．have got some work to do

D．love singing and dancing

2．In the writer's opinion, a good stage school should ________.

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A．produce star performers

B．help pupils improve their study skills

C．train pupils in language and performing arts

D．provide a general education. and training

3．“Professional work”used in the text means ________.

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A．ordinary school work

B．money-making performances

C．stage training at school

D．acting, singing, or dancing after class

4．Which of the following best describes how the writer feels about stage schools?

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A．He thinks highly of what they have to offer.

B．He favors an early start in the training of performing arts.

C．He feels uncomfortable about children putting on night shows.

D．He doubts the standard of ordinary education they have reached.

5．The word“unthinkable”in the first paragraph means: ________.

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　　Timothy Lloyd, whose parents were both doctors, had always wanted to work in medicine. At last he did quite well in the examination, well enough to get into a school of nursing. On his first school day, Timothy was so excited that he could hardly eat any breakfast, and left home so early that he was at the school long before it opened.

　　The first thing he had to do was to have a meeting with new head of the school, whose name was Thompson, and other new students. The head, a woman who had herself been in the nursing profession(职业)for many years, congratulated the new students on entering the nursing profession, shook hands with each of them and hoped them to work hard during their time at the school. She warned them that their work would not be easy, begged them always to remain sincerely loyal(真诚地忠于职守) to their chosen profession and then wished them good luck.

　　When that was all over, the new students went off to their first lesson. The teacher whose class they joined always gave his new students a test on the first day, to judge how much they already knew, to see how clever they were, and so on.

　　“Does anyone know,”he asked,“why a doctor wears a mask(口罩) while he or she is doing an operation?”

　　“Oh, yes,”Timothy answered quickly.“Because then, if the operation isn't successful, the patient won't know whose fault (过错) it was!

1．Timothy Lloyd entered a school of nursing because ________.

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A．his parents wanted him to be a nurse

B．he himself wanted to be a nurse

C．he did well in the examination

D．both B and C

2．On the first day of the term, Timothy ________.

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A．was too excited to go to school early

B．went to school very early without breakfast

C．went to school just before it opened

D．had his breakfast quickly and went to school early

3．Thompson was ________.

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A．head of the school

B．Timothy's mother

C．the teacher who always gave his new students a test on the first day

D．another new student

4．The teacher gave his students a test on the first day ________.

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A．to see how much knowledge the students had

B．to see how clever they were

C．for some other reasons

D．both A and B

5．What do you suppose the teacher would do after he heard Timothy's answer?

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A．He would punish(惩罚)him by beating him hard.

B．He would say to Timothy,“Yes, you are right.”

C．He would be greatly surprised and gave a sad smile.

D．He would praise him for his clever answer.

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    Salesman： $73.07，please.

    Peter： What? Show me the receipt.

    Salesman： Here it is.

    Peter： Look. The price on this shirt is $17. But the receipt says $27.

    Salesman： You are right. The receipt is wrong.

    Peter： And what is the $5.57 for?

    Salesman： That’s for tax（税）.

   1   The $5.57 is for the ___________.

A. tax            B. bags       C. jacket         D. shirt

   2   When did Peter do shopping?

A. On June 17.    B. At noon.    C. On June 25.    D. At night.

    China has three economic areas(经济区): eastern China，central China，and western China.

Shanxi，Gansu，Qinghai，Xinjiang，Ningxia，Sichuan，Chongqing，Yunnan，Guizhou and Tibet

are in western China. It covers 5，385，700 square kilometres，making up 56.4% of Chinese

territory(国土) and is home to 230 million people. It is 23% of China's population.

    The western area is rich in mineral(矿产) and energy resources(能源) (water，coal，sun

energy，and wind power). It also has large grassland，ice and snow resources waiting to be

developed. It is home to many wild animals and plants，and it gives us with important medicinal

resource.

    The Chinese leaders have decided to develop the western area. Jiang Zemin said，“Without

development of the western area，how can we modernize the whole country，and how can China

become an economic power?”

    Since 1949，when the People's Republic of China was founded，it is not the first time for

China to develop its western part. China will make its western area a long-term base for economic

development and use its rich resources to develop economic power.

   3  The territory of western China is _______.

A. as large as that of eastern China

      B. as large as that of central China

C. as large as that of eastern China and central China

D. the largest one of the three areas

4  Do you know why we develop western China?

      A. Because the people of western China are rich

B. Because it has 230 million people

C. Because it makes up 56.4% of Chinese territory

D. Because we will modernize the whole country

5 An economic power means _____.

A. a rich and strong country

B. a large country

C. a country with much more population

D. a large country without economic development

6 What is the best advantage(优势) of West China?   

A. Its rich resources  B. Animals   C. Plants  D. Its economic power

7 What is the best title for the passage?

A. China-a large country           B. Developing Western China

C. Home to wild animals and plants  D. Rich Western China

    One day James came up to Dick and said，“Look，what I’ve found in Mr. Trotter’s rubbish

bin!” It was a piece of paper. On it were test questions for history. “That’s our history paper. I’m

sure of it，” said James，“ It’s in Mr. Trotter’s handwriting.” “Yes，I think so.” said Dick. “ I’ll sell the

paper for $1 to our classmates.” said James. So in the three days he went round the class and sold

the “test paper” to his classmates. James felt happy because he got $40. All the students were

sure that these questions would be in the test paper. The questions were quite difficult so they

had to work hard at preparing them.

    The day for the exam came. Mr. Trotter walked into the classroom. “History test，”he said

and then gave out the test paper. Oh dear! It was different from the paper that James had found.

None of the questions were the same. None of the students did well. James had to give all their

money back to his classmates. Ever since he has never looked in teachers’rubbish bins again.

8  Who wrote the test questions on the paper?

A. Mr. Trotter. B. James. C. Dick. D. The headmaster.

9  In the end，James got _________ from his classmates.

    A. $40      B. $1    C. no money    D. some money

10 Which of the following was true?

A. The question in the paper were quite easy.

B. James never sold the test paper to his classmates.

C. The test paper Mr. Trotter gave out was different from the one James had found.

D. Some students did very well in the history exam.