Most people who work in the offices have a boss, so do I. But my boss is a little unusual. What’s unusual about him? It’s a big dog. Many men have dogs, but few men bring their dogs to the office every day. My boss’s dog, Robinson, is a big and brown one. My boss brings him to work every day. He takes the dog to meetings and he takes the dog to lunch. When there is a telephone call for my boss, I always know if he is in the office. I only look under his desk. If I see something brown and hairy under it, I know my boss is somewhere in the office. If there is no dog, I know my boss is out.
小题1:People         bring dogs to the office.

A．usually

B．often

C．seldom

D．sometimes

小题2:My boss is Robinson’s        .

A．boss

B．master

C．friend

D．teacher

小题3:Robinson goes to meetings       my boss.

A．for

B．without

C．instead of

D．with

小题4:Robinson is always under the desk if the boss is        .

A．in the office	B．at the meetings
C．out of the office	D．out of the work

小题5:The passage tells us the boss         the dog very much.

A．looks like

B．hates

C．likes

D．dislikes

My grandfather is a teacher. He is the head teacher of a school for boys between the ages of thirteen and eighteen. I know that he is a kind man, because he gives me presents（礼物）, and let me sit on his knees（膝盖）, and tells me stories. But I believe(相信) the boys at his school are afraid of him. At school, when he walks into a room full of boys, they will be quiet at once（立刻）. When he looks at a boy with a certain look in his eyes, that boy’s face goes red, and looks down at his shoes. If a boy brings careless（粗心的）work, my grandfather will pick up the boy’s book and throw(扔) it across the room, shouting（喊）, “Do it all again, and bring it back the first thing in the morning!” if the boy is late, or if he forgets to bring the work, he has to do it again, and again and yet again.
小题1:My grandfather is ______.

A．a kind teacher

B．a teacher, and he gives presents to his students.

C．the head teacher of a boy’s school

D．a boy at a school. In that school, everyone was afraid of the head teacher.

小题2:I know my grandfather is kind because_________.

A．he is the head teacher of a boy’s school.

B．he gives me presents and tells me stories.

C．he tells me stories about how kind he is.

D．the boys at his school aren’t afraid of him.

小题3:When he looks at a boy in a certain way, that boy ________

A．goes red in the face and could not return my grandfather’s look.

B．looks back at my grandfather’s red face

C．looks at his shoes to see if they are dirty.

D．goes red in the face because his shoes are dirty.

小题4:My grandfather does not like to receive________

A．my poor work

B．the work that the boys can’t do

C．his students’ careless work

D．the most careful work

小题5:When he receives any boy’s poor work, my grandfather will____

A．shout at him and throw it across the room

B．go red in the face

C．throw his students’ books and shout in the room.

D．throw the book at the boy

Mo was born into a farming family in a village in Shandong province .He grew up listening to folk stories about gods, spirits foxes .Those stories later became the inspiration (灵感)for Mo’s writing.
Mo left school at the age of 12 and started to work in the fields . Although he was tired after his daily hard work ,Mo was always hungry for books .However, there were very few in the village .He read his older brothers’ textbooks and even dictionaries .He helped others with farm work in exchange for books . “When I finished reading all the books around ,I thought I was the most knowledge man in the world ,”he told Xinhua.
After Mo left his hometown and joined the army in 1976,he began to read widely ,including works by Lu Xun and many other famous writers .He studied from these writers but did not copy them .Instead ,he developed his own style .As the first Chinese citizen（公民）to win a Nobel Prize in literature, Mo told a group of reporters in his hometown shortly after he won the award . “I grew up in an environment filled with folk culture .It enters my novels whenever I pick up a pen This has affected ,even decided my style.”
小题1:When did Mo Yan leave school and start to work in the fields ?

A．at the age of 12.	B．at the age of 11.
C．at the age of 13	D．at the age of 15

小题2:Mo Yan is from_____

A．Shanxi

B．Jiangsu

C．Shandong

D．Guangdong

小题3:Mo Yan developed his own style_______

A．while listening to folk stories about gods ,spirits and foxes

B．during his dairy hard work in the fields.

C．when he won the Nobel Prize in literature.

D．after he studied from many famous writers.

小题4:Which of the following is wrong __________?

A．Mo Yan left school when he was very young.

B．Mo Yan was the most knowledgeable man in the world.

C．Mo Yan read many books when he was very young.

D．Mo Yan is the first Chinese citizen to win a Nobel Prize in literature.

小题5:What can we learn from Mo Yan’s success(成功)？

A．Rome was not built in a day.	B．Easier said than done.
C．Well begun , half done .	D．The older, the wiser.

Hello, I’m  David. I’m a middle school student. It’s nice to meet you here. First, let me tell you __1___ about my family. There are five people in my __2___. They are my mother, my father, my sister, my brother and me.
My father is a worker, and my mother is an English teacher. My sister is 18 and my brother is 16. I’m 14. we are ___3____the same school. We all enjoy ___4___football games.
My __5___ is on West Street. There is a big tree and some small trees around my house. The big one is a pear tree and the small ones are apple ___6__, ___7__ there ___8__any pears or apples on them now. ____9___a photo of my house. In the photo, you can see three cats in my house. They are all black and white. We ___10___ them very much.

小题1:	A．anything B．something C．thing D．anyone

小题2:	A．school B．house C．room D．family

小题3:	A．off B．to C．at D．on

小题4:	A．seeing B．looking at C．watching D．looking

小题5:	A．store B．school C．room D．home

小题6:	A．trees B．rivers C．houses D．schools

小题7:	A．but B．and C．so D．or

小题8:	A．isn’t B．is C．are D．aren’t

小题9:	A．He’s B．Here’s C．Its D．Here are

小题10:

A．are liking B．likes C．like D．is liking

One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said, "Look! There's a horseshoe. Pick it up and put it in your bag." Thomas said, 'It isn't worth the trouble." His father said nothing but picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they lad a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the few pennies he bought some cherries.
The father and the son continued their way. The sun was well up in the sky, and there wasn't a house or even a tree where they could have a rest. Thomas felt too thirsty to walk on. At this time, his father dropped a cherry on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it. After a while, his father dropped another cherry and once again, his son lost some time in picking it up and putting it in his mouth.
And so they went on. The old farmer dropped the cherries and the son picked them up. When Thomas had eaten up all the cherries, his father said to him, "My dear son, if you had bent down earlier to pick up that horseshoe. it would not have been necessary for you to bend so many times for the cherries. Always remember the lesson that anyone who does not worry about the little things will find that he cannot do the great things.
小题1:Who picked up the horseshoe at last?

A．Thomas.

B．The old father.

C．Both the father and the son.

D．Neither the father nor the son.

小题2:The farmer bought _______ with the money after lie sold the horseshoe.

A．some food

B．some water

C．some cherries

D．some pennies

小题3:When the son refused to pick up the horseshoe, the father _______.

A．felt very happy

B．didn't say anything

C．beat the son

D．became a little angry

小题4:The father dropped the cherries one by one, because _______.

A．he wanted his son to eat them all

B．he wanted his son to do more exercise

C．lie wanted to teach his son a lesson

D．he wanted his son to pick them up

小题5:From the story, we can learn that _______.

A．cherries are so delicious that most of is like to eat-them

B．a horseshoe is so expensive that it can bring us a lot of money

C．if the boy wants to eat cherries, he must pick up the horseshoe

D．if we want to do some great things, we should start with some small ones

Helen Keller was a US author and public speaker who became blind and deaf at the age of 19 months. Anne Sullivan became her teacher in 1887 and taught her to read, write, use sign language and speak. Keller received degree from Radcliffe College in 1904 and spent the rest of her life encouraging others with difficulties like hers to overcome them. Her books include ?The story of My Life? (1902) and ?Out of the Dark(1913). Her life was the subject of the play The Miracle Worker
小题1:Helen Keller was an author in ________.

A．English

B．America

C．Australia

D．China

小题2:When she was 19 ________ old, Helen Keller became blind and deaf.

A．days

B．years

C．months

D．seconds

小题3:Did Helen Keller receive a college degree?

A．Yes, she did.

B．Yes, he did.

C．No, she didn’t.

D．No, he didn’t.

小题4:Which book is written by Helen Keller?

A．The story of My Life?	B．Out of the Dark
C．One million pound?	D．A and B

小题5:Helen Keller is a/an ________ person.

A．honest

B．hard-working

C．beautiful

D．lovely

Several years ago, I became very sad. There was something 1_____ with my left eye. At last, the doctors told me that I could never see from that eye again. This was the saddest 2_____ for me.
At the time, I 3 ____so lonely. So I went to my boss and asked for some help. He told me to go back to work.
One night I was waiting for the train. I wanted to jump in front of it. Then a man came and sat down 4_____ to me. He turned to me and 5_____ ,then he said, “You look like you need a 6_____ to talk to.” We sat there for hours just talking like old friends. His 7_____ were so kind. Then he gave me a wonderful hug(拥抱). I will never 8_____ it. Then he went to get on the train. He gave me another of his big smiles and said, “Remember, when you smile, it is because the angels are lifting the corners of your mouth up heaven(天堂).
I never saw him again. But he will be in my memories forever.
A smile can 9_____ doors and tear down(拆开) walls, You can smile at 10 _____ in the street. He will smile back and you will be filled with happiness, too.
小题1:A. wrong   B. strange   C. different
小题2:A. thing B. news C. result
小题3:A. feel  B. felt  C. fell
小题4:A. near   B. next   C. beside
小题5:A. silent   B. smiled   C. talked
小题6:A. friend   B. chance   C. way
小题7:A. heart   B. smile  C. words
小题8:A. remember   B. forget   C. miss
小题9:A. close   B. open   C. break
小题10:A. people   B. friend   C. stranger

I watched a little girl playing basketball every day from my bedroom window. One day, I asked her why she practiced so much. She said, “I want to go to college. The only way I can go is to get a scholarship(奖学金). I like basketball and I want to be the best player in college. My dad told me, “If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.” She never changed her mind. Whenever she was in junior high school or senior high school. One day, before she graduate from senior high school, I saw her sitting on the grass sadly. I asked her what was wrong. She told me that her coach said she was too short to be a good basketball player, so she should stop dreaming about going to college. She was heartbroken and it made me feel bad, too. Then she smiled and told me her father said to her, “If you really want to play for the scholarship of a good college, nothing but yourself can stop your dream.” The next year, she and her team went to a big game she was seen by a coach of a famous college team and was offered a scholarship to the women’s basketball team of their college. She was getting the college education that she had dreamed of. “If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.” It is true.
小题1:What’ s the girl’s dream!

A．to be a super basketball player

B．to get a scholarship

C．to go to college.

D．to play for NBA

小题2:How long has the little girl practiced the basketball until she was seemed by a coach of a famous college team?

A．about three years	B．About four years
C．About five years	D．More than six years

小题3:Did the girl’s family have a lot of money?

A．Yes, it did.	B．No, it didn’t.
C．We don’t know.	D．It isn’t mentioned(提及).

小题4:Why did the little girl look sad one day?

A．She failed in test.

B．She was late for training.

C．She was blamed(责备) by her coach.

D．Her coach said she was too short to be a good player.

小题5:Put the sentence “If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count” into Chinese.

A．志存高远

B．任重道远

C．梦想成真

D．梦寐以求

A woman was collecting money for a church charity. The money she collected was going to be given to poor children who had no parents to take care of them. She went from apartment to apartment and from house to house. She knocked on doors and asked for money. She always said the same thing. “Good morning, I’m collecting for a church charity. Please give generously. We need $5,000.” Then she held out a collecting box. Most people put a few coins in the box. An artist lived in one of the apartments. He opened the door. “Good morning.” she said. “I’m collecting for a church charity. Please give generously. We need $5,000.” The artist thought for a moment, then he said, “I’m sorry, but I don’t have any money. However, I’ll give you a painting. It’s worth $ 400.” The woman thanked the artist and took the painting away. A week later she called on him again. “I’m sorry to trouble you again,” she said, “but we still need more money. I need another $ 100. Can you help?” “Of course,” the artist said. “I’ll increase the value of my painting to $ 500.”
小题1:Who was the woman collecting money for?

A．Poor children.

B．Herself.

C．Her friends.

D．A church.

小题2:What did most people give her?

A．A lot of money.

B．A few dollars.

C．Paintings.

D．Very little money.

小题3:Why didn’t the artist give money to her?

A．He was not a generous man.

B．He did not have any money.

C．He had too many paintings.

D．His paintings were worth a lot of money.

小题4:Did the woman collect enough money at last?

A．No, she didn’t.	B．Yes, she did.
C．We don’t know.	D．Yes, she does.

小题5:How much money does she need?

A．$5,000

B．$5,00

C．$4,00

D．We don’t know.

Sarah Winchester lived in California. She was a very  1 woman. She didn’t buy many jewels(珠宝)or  2 clothes.   3 , she spent millions in  4 a house. She began to do it at the age of 45. The strange thing about Sarah’s  5 was that it seemed never finished. The work on the house went on for 38  6 because Sarah was afraid to  7 building it.
Sarah’s house was near San Jose. Every day, a lot of  8 arrived there to work for her. Sarah wanted more rooms and more doors and more windows,   9 the workers kept on building them. The house was seven floors high and had 160 rooms. There were 200 doors and 1,000  10 . There were also three lifts, nine kitchens, and 47 fireplaces.
Why did Sarah want a house that kept getting  11 ? It was because Sarah was afraid of  12 . She thought she would die when the house was finished, so she didn’t want her house to be finished.
Sarah Winchester’s  13 seemed to have worked  14 she lived to be 83 years old. But   15 , her house was finished.

小题1:	A．poor B．rich C．useful D．brave

小题2:	A．cheap B．expensive C．simple D．old

小题3:	A．Still B．Usually C．Instead D．Even

小题4:	A．building B．buying C．selling D．setting

小题5:	A．door B．window C．kitchen D．house

小题6:	A．years B．months C．weeks D．days

小题7:	A．keep B．enjoy C．stop D．help

小题8:	A．drivers B．workers C．farmers D．visitors

小题9:	A．but B．until C．since D．so

小题10:

A．floors B．kitchens C．windows D．rooms

小题11:

A．bigger B．smaller C．stronger D．cleaner

小题12:

A．working B．dying C．living D．growing

小题13:

A．age B．family C．plan D．husband

小题14:

A．or B．because C．neither D．nor

小题15:

A．hardly B．usefully C．carefully D．finally