1.What is Li Ming’s dream ?

A.  To invent a language machine.   B. To visit the moon

C.  To go to Beijing              D. To be a doctor

2.A bad earthquake happened (发生) in Sichuan on ____________.

A. May 12     B. May 22    C. July 2   D. June 12

3.Who is from Tibet ?

    A. Wei Hua    B. Wang Hao   C. Joma   D. Wu Dong

4.People in Tibet can get to Beijing ____________in about 48 hours now.

    A. by train     B. by bus      C. by ship  D. on foot

5.The best title (标题) for this passage is ____________.

    A. A doctor .   B. My dream (梦想)  C. An English teacher  D. My friend

 

A little girl walked to and from school every day. Though it was not fine and clouds appeared in the sky that morning, the little girl made her daily trip to school as usual. When school was over, winds became stronger and it began to rain.

The mother of the little girl felt worried that her daughter would be afraid when she walked home from school and that lightning might frighten her child. Following the bright light of lightning, the mother quickly got into her car and drove to her child’s school.

As the mother drove along the road, she saw her little girl walking alone in the rain. To her great surprise, she found that when a lightning came, her daughter stopped, looked up and smiled. Another lightning came and then another followed. With each lightning, the little girl stopped, looked up and smiled.

Inside the car, the mother asked her daughter, “What were you doing? Why did you look up and smile when the lightning came?” The little girl answered with a smile, “Mum, you know, God was looking at me. Each time I felt a little afraid walking in the rain, God would take a picture of me. I knew he was playing a game with me.”

1.How did the little girl go to school every day?

A．By car.                                B．On foot.

C．By bus.                               D．By bike.

2.What was the weather like that day?

A．It was rainy.                            B．It was fine.

C．It was just windy.                        D．It was only cloudy.

3.At first, the mother felt worried because          .

A．she couldn’t help her daughter

B．her daughter hadn’t taken her umbrella

C．she had something more important to do

D．her daughter might be afraid of the lightning

4.According to the article, we can know that the little girl was          .

A．proud            B．shy              C．brave            D．nervous

5.This passage is possibly from          .

A．a menu           B．a magazine         C．a dictionary        D．a report

 

A lady has a problem with her daughter:
My nine-year-old daughter, Maria, is in Year Four. Every evening we get into homework battles(争执). Three afternoons a week, she has activities(netball, singing) after school and by the time we get home early, we argue(争论) about whether she should do her homework right after school, or if she should have some time to rest and play first. When Maria at last sits down to do her homework, she seems to want me there helping all the time, I do want to help her, but I’m sure that she is going to need to be able to do it on her own. And in fact, most of the time, I have other things I need to be doing. It seems that children these days have much more homework than we did, and some of it is really beyond(超越) their abilities(能力). As you can see, I’m really worried about homework and I really don’t know what I should do. Any ideas?
【小题1】The woman’s daughter is          .

A．four years old

B．six years old

C．eight years old

D．nine years old

【小题2】Maria doesn’t have any activities after school for           afternoons.

A．two

B．three

C．five

D．seven

【小题3】Maria want to           first when she gets home early.

A．do her homework	B．play netball and sing
C．have supper	D．have a rest and play

【小题4】Can you guess where this passage is from?

A．A diary.

B．A newspaper.

C．A novel(小说).

D．A story.

America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon. They don’t feel hurt. If the same two people meet again, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand .Friendships between us develop more slowly but may become lifelong feelings, extending（延伸）deeply into both families.

There is another difficult point for us to understand. Although Americans treat friends warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to them if it requires a great deal of time. But in China, we are usually generous with our time. We, as hosts, will appear at an airport even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take a day off from our work to act as guides to our friends. It is opposite in America. Americans cannot manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily plans. They will probably expect the visitors to get themselves from the airport to the hotels. And they expect the visitors will phone them from there. Once the visitors arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real.

For Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to restaurants, except for business matters. Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. So accept their hospitality（好客）at home and enjoy your visit in America!

1. The underlined phrase "pick up" in Paragraph 1may mean "_________________".

   A. put down     B. give up       C. pay no attention to    D. continue

2. From the passage, we can know_________________.

 A. Americans are always generous with their time.

B. Americans don't feel hurt if their friendships disappear soon.

C. Chinese friendships develop more slowly but will never disappear.

 D. Chinese friendships develop faster than American friendships.

3.This passage is most probably written for __________________.

A. American students                B. Chinese students

C. Chinese visitors to America         D. American visitors to China    

 

Hu Yaohui, a schoolgirl in Zhejiang province, didn’t want to speak or eat for a week. She kept worrying about her scores on the exam. “I can’t stop thinking about my place in the class,” she said. “I feel stressed out.”
Hu is not the only one who faces stress. According to a recent survey conducted by Wuhan University of Hubei province, 70 percent of the 2,000 students who are going to take the college and high school entrance exams feel under pressure (压力).
Stress is a normal physical response (反应) to things that make people feel worried or break their balance of life in some way.
Stress isn’t always bad. Sometimes, people’s stress is important during emergency situations, such as when a driver has to stop his car to avoid an accident. Sometimes, stress can help people do their best — like while getting ready before a big competition or exam.
However, too much or long-term stress gives people a stress overload (负荷过多). People with stress overloads may have problems remembering or concentrating on things. They are quick to get angry or lose patience. They may even have other problems, such as sleeping problems, headaches and often getting colds.
The most helpful way to deal with stress overloads is to learn how to manage the stress. For example, you might manage it by getting a good night’s sleep, or by exercising every day.
Another good way to deal with stress is to ask parents or friends for help. Everyone has stress. For many people, stress is so common that it has become a way of life. Don’t be too shy to tell others that you are having a hard time. They may comfort you or give you some useful advice. Sometimes just sharing your problems with someone else can make you feel better.
【小题1】Hu Yaohui felt stressed out about ________.

A．her marks on the exams

B．which seat to take during exams

C．not being able to sit in the front

D．not being allowed to eat in class

【小题2】According to the survey in Paragraph 2, _______ of the 2,000 students who will take entrance exams feel stressed.

A．nearly half	B．about 1,400
C．almost seven hundred	D．about one seventh

【小题3】Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Stress is a kind of serious heart disease.

B．Stress is always bad for people.

C．Stress is always useless for an exam.

D．Stress is greatly needed sometimes.

【小题4】This passage is mainly about “________”.

A．Many students face stress now.

B．People’s stress is always important.

C．How to get less stress

D．How to get good results with the help of stress.