阅读理解

    Peter didn't like to use his head. He never put his heart into his studies when he was at school. So he fell behind his classmates and couldn't pass the exams and he hardly finished middle school. Later on he found work in a factory. At first he worked in an office, but he was unable to do his job. He was sent to a workshop. He had to do some unskilled work there. He was always tired when he got home and went to bed as soon as he had supper.

　　Once the young man asked a barber(理发师) to cut his long hair off. He found the work was clean and light. He decided to be a barber too and he left the factory. He took the barber as his teacher. Three months passed, but he learned nothing and the barber lost his patience(耐心) and told him to go home. The young man stayed at home and had nothing to do. His father helped him to open a barber's shop in their small town, but nobody wouldn't had their hair cut in his shop. His father wanted others to believe Peter and asked his son to cut his hair off. The young was so afraid that he cut his father's ear off. The old man began to call out,“Ear! My ear!”“Peter picked the ear up and said,”“Stop shouting, daddy! Your ear is here.”

(1) Peter didn't use his head, so ________.

[　　]

A. he was weak in all his lessons

B. his father had to help him

C. he found work in a factory

D. he didn't leave middle school

(2) Peter was told to do some unskilled work because ________.

[　　]

A. he wanted to be paid more

B. he couldn't get on well with his workmates at all

C. he wanted to go on studying in the workshop

D. he learned nothing at school

(3) Peter left the factory because _________.

[　　]

A. nobody was polite to him

B. he was unable to do the work there

C. he couldn't finish his work on time

D. he hoped to do some clean and light work

(4) The phrase “take sb. as one's teacher” means _________.

[　　]

A.拜某人为师

B.培养某人为教师

C.拜师

D.学习某人当老师

(5) Peter cut his father's ear off because ________.

[　　]

A. his knife

B. he didn't learn anything

C. his teacher wouldn't teach him

D. he didn't love his father at all

上周五，你们学校举办了“感恩行动日”（Thanksgiving Campaign Day）活动。请你根据以下活动安排写一篇短文，介绍你参加的感恩活动及你的感想。

词数70左右。开头已给出，不计入总词数。

可能用到的词语：repay sb for one’s kindness 报答某人的恩惠

Thanksgiving Campaign Day

Yesterday we had a thanksgiving campaign day in our school                                                                                                    

阅读理解

    Peter didn't like to use his head. He never put his heart into his studies when he was at school. So he fell behind his classmates and couldn't pass the exams and he hardly finished middle school. Later on he found work in a factory. At first he worked in an office, but he was unable to do his job. He was sent to a workshop. He had to do some unskilled work there. He was always tired when he got home and went to bed as soon as he had supper.

　　Once the young man asked a barber(理发师) to cut his long hair off. He found the work was clean and light. He decided to be a barber too and he left the factory. He took the barber as his teacher. Three months passed, but he learned nothing and the barber lost his patience(耐心) and told him to go home. The young man stayed at home and had nothing to do. His father helped him to open a barber's shop in their small town, but nobody wouldn't had their hair cut in his shop. His father wanted others to believe Peter and asked his son to cut his hair off. The young was so afraid that he cut his father's ear off. The old man began to call out,“Ear! My ear!”“Peter picked the ear up and said,”“Stop shouting, daddy! Your ear is here.”

(1) Peter didn't use his head, so ________.

[　　]

A. he was weak in all his lessons

B. his father had to help him

C. he found work in a factory

D. he didn't leave middle school

(2) Peter was told to do some unskilled work because ________.

[　　]

A. he wanted to be paid more

B. he couldn't get on well with his workmates at all

C. he wanted to go on studying in the workshop

D. he learned nothing at school

(3) Peter left the factory because _________.

[　　]

A. nobody was polite to him

B. he was unable to do the work there

C. he couldn't finish his work on time

D. he hoped to do some clean and light work

(4) The phrase “take sb. as one's teacher” means _________.

[　　]

A.拜某人为师

B.培养某人为教师

C.拜师

D.学习某人当老师

(5) Peter cut his father's ear off because ________.

[　　]

A. his knife

B. he didn't learn anything

C. his teacher wouldn't teach him

D. he didn't love his father at all

完型填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。（本大题共10分，每小题1分）

People who speak or perform before the public sometimes may suffer from "Stage Fright". Stage fright makes a person   1 . In that case it can make one's mind go back and forget  2 one ought to say or to act. Actors, musicians, dancers, lawyers, even radio show hosts suffered from stage fright at one time or   3 .

Diana Nichols is an expert in helping people free from stage fright at a medical center in New York City. She helps actors learn to   4  themselves. Miss Nichols says some people have always been afraid to perform before the audience. Others, she says, develop stage fright after a sad   5 .

She offers them ways to control the fear. One way is to smile before going onto the stage. Taking two deep breaths   6  helps. Deep breathing helps you get control of your body.

Miss Nichols advises her patients to tell themselves that their speech or performance does not have to be perfect. It's   7  to make a mistake. She tells them they should not be too nervous while they are performing. It is important that they should continue to perform while she is helping them. After each performance, they discuss what happened and   8  what helped and what did not. 9  they perform more and more, they will fear less and less as much as 50%. Miss Nichols says the aim is only to  10  stage fright, not to smooth it away completely. This is because a little stage fright makes a person more careful, and improves the performance.

1.                A．joyful          B．proud          C．nervous  D．hopeless

2.                A．when          B．what           C．how D．whether

3.                A．others         B．other          C．another  D．the other

4.                A．cure           B．control         C．hold D．protect

5.                A．experience      B．activity         C．process   D．event

6.                A．usually         B．too            C．also  D．sometimes

7.                A．sure           B．terrible         C．necessary D．all right

8.                A．put out         B．find out         C．look for   D．search for

9.                A．As             B．While          C．Before   D．Until

10.               A．change         B．produce        C．improve   D．reduce

完型填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。（本大题共10分，每小题1分）
People who speak or perform before the public sometimes may suffer from "Stage Fright". Stage fright makes a person   1 . In that case it can make one's mind go back and forget  2 one ought to say or to act. Actors, musicians, dancers, lawyers, even radio show hosts suffered from stage fright at one time or   3 .
Diana Nichols is an expert in helping people free from stage fright at a medical center in New York City. She helps actors learn to   4  themselves. Miss Nichols says some people have always been afraid to perform before the audience. Others, she says, develop stage fright after a sad   5 .
She offers them ways to control the fear. One way is to smile before going onto the stage. Taking two deep breaths   6  helps. Deep breathing helps you get control of your body.
Miss Nichols advises her patients to tell themselves that their speech or performance does not have to be perfect. It's   7  to make a mistake. She tells them they should not be too nervous while they are performing. It is important that they should continue to perform while she is helping them. After each performance, they discuss what happened and   8  what helped and what did not. 9  they perform more and more, they will fear less and less as much as 50%. Miss Nichols says the aim is only to  10  stage fright, not to smooth it away completely. This is because a little stage fright makes a person more careful, and improves the performance.