We were going to play against a team from a country school.They didn’t come until the last minute. They looked worse than we had thought. They were wearing dirty blue trousers and looked like farm boys.We sat down for a rest. We felt that we didn’t need any practice against a team like that.
The game began. One of us got the ball and he shot a long pass to our forward （前锋）. From out of nowhere a boy in an old T-shirt stopped the ball and with beautiful style, he shot and got two points. Then another two points in a minute. Soon the game was all over. We were beaten by the country team.  
After that, we thought a lot. We certainly learned that even though your team is very good, you can’t look down upon the others and still need to do you best. And the most important lesson we learned was: One can’t judge (判断) a person or a team only by their clothes.
小题1: The team from the country were in old clothes so the writer’s team _______.

A．looked down upon them

B．couldn’t win

C．didn’t like the city boy

D．were afraid of them

小题2:The country team arrived so late that _________.

A．nobody saw them

B．the writer’s team were angry

C．they had no time to warm up（热身）

D．they looked worse

小题3: The team from the country won because _________.

A．they were in old clothes

B．they didn’t practice before the game

C．they practiced before the game

D．the team was better than the writer’s

小题4:From the text, we can guess the writer’s team is _________.

A．a basketball from a country school

B．a football team from a school in the city

C．a basketball team from a school in the city

D．a football team from the country

小题5: The writer’s team learned a lot from the game. They got to know how to ______.

A．do better from then on

B．fight against the country boys

C．play against a weak team

D．judge a man or a team by clothes

Once there was a rich man who lived with his wife and child.He loved the child so much that he sent him to Oxford university for two or three years.At the end of the first year at the university, this young student came home.He wanted a change.And he also wanted to tell his parents about Oxford.
It happened one night that the father, the mother and the young student were sitting at supper.They had in front of them only two chickens.Just as they were about to begin eating, the father said, "My boy, I have spent a lot of money on you to send you to Oxford.Now I want to know what you have learned."The son smiled and said, "Father, I have studied a science which can prove(证明) that these two chickens on the plate are really three chickens.""Well," said the father, "This is something I would like very much to know.""There are two chickens on the plate, "said the student.He took one of the chickens in his hand and said, "Here is one more ; and one and two makes three.So here are three chickens."Then the father took one of the chickens to himself, gave the other to his wife, and said, "I will have one of the chickens myself, your mother shall have another, and you can have the third for your supper and nothing else."The father kept his word and so the student went without his supper.
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小题1:The rich man loved his son very much ,  so he __________.

A．senthimtoworkatOxfordfortwoorthreeyears

B．wantedhimtoliveatOxfordfortwoorthreeyears

C．senthimtoOxfordtostudy

D．gavehimalotofmoney

小题2:The father asked his son _______.

A．howmuchmoneyhehadspentattheuniversity

B．howhelikedOxford

C．whathehadlearnedbytheendofthefirstyearattheuniversity

D．howhissongotalongwithhisclassmates

小题3:The student said that _________.

A．hecouldmakethreechickens

B．hecouldchangethetwochickensontheplateintothree

C．hecouldprovethetwochickensontheplatewerereallythree

D．hewasgoodatmaths

小题4:Who was cleverer, the father or the son?

A．Neither.	B．Both
C．Theson	D．Thefather

小题5:In the end _________.

A．thestudenthadnothingtoeatforhissupper

B．eachofthemhadachickenfortheirsupper

C．thefathergavehissonthethirdchickentoeat

D．bothoftheparentshadnochickenstoeat

Mary is an French girl. She is now in Beijing with her parents. Mary doesn’t know much Chinese. But she is trying to learn and speak it. She often speaks Chinese to her Chinese friends, but they don’t understand her because she can’t speak Chinese very well.
It’s Sunday morning. Mary is going to the zoo to see the elephants and monkeys, but she doesn’t know how to get there. She asks a Chinese boy the way. The boy can’t understand her. Then she finds a way to express(表达)what she wants to say. She takes out a pen and some paper. She draws an elephant on it and shows the picture to the boy. The boy understands,and shows Mary the way to the zoo.
小题1:Mary is from______

A．China

B．England

C．Japan

D．France

小题2:Mary is in _________with her parents now.

A．England

B．China

C．New York

D．London

小题3:Mary doesn’t know how to get to_________

A．the zoo

B．the park

C．her home

D．her school

小题4:Mary can’t speaks________very well.

A．English

B．England

C．China

D．Chinese

小题5:At last the boy_________

A．can understand Mary’s Chinese.

B．takes her to the zoo

C．shows her the way to the zoo

D．draws a picture for Mary ,too.

In the jungle of Africa, there lives a family of monkeys. There is a Mama Monkey and a Papa Monkey, and they have a young daughter named Hananh. The monkey family lives very happily，swinging and playing in the trees. But it isn’t all play. Papa Monkey has to make sure their home is warm and safe. Mama is responsible for the sewing and cooking of the family’s meals. Hannah helps with the cleaning ,but her main job is to collect all the bananas and other fruit for the monkey family’s meals
小题1:There are ____monkeys in the family .

A．two

B．three

C．four

D．five

小题2:Who must keep their home warm and safe?

A．Mama monkey	B．Papa monkey
C．Hannah	D．the son

小题3:The daughter does the cleaning and collects ____

A．apples	B．bananas
C．other fruit	D．B and C

小题4:Where do they live?---They live___________.

A．in the jungle	B．near the beach
C．in the lake	D．under the sea

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Miss Carter is a beautiful girl. Her father __1___ two years ago and her mother made a terrible mistake and was sent away. They began to live a    2   life. When she __3__ middle school, she couldn't go on studying. Her uncle found a __4__ for her. Mr. Baker, a rich shopkeeper, hired (雇) her. Her work was to clean the rooms and sweep the floors. She tried her 5  and worked hard. Mrs. Baker liked her and paid her  6  than the other servants (佣人).
It was Sunday. Mr. Baker was reading and Mrs. Baker was watching TV in the sitting room. The girl came in and said, “I'm ___7__, Mrs. Baker. I have to tell you I can't work for you any longer.”
It   8  Mr. and Mrs. Baker. The woman asked, “What makes you say that? Aren't we _9__ to you?”
“Yes, you are, Madam,” the girl said. "Have you found a piece of __10__work yet?" Mrs. Baker asked.
“No, I haven't,” Miss Carter said. “  11   I don't think you trust me.”
“You are __12__, Miss Carter,” said Mr. Baker. “I always think you are a  13  girl. And I often leave my keys in my study.” “It was 14  that you often left the keys in your study,” said the girl. “But I could use none of them to   15  the safe(保险箱).”
“Well,” said Mr. Baker. “You can go right now!”

小题1:	A．died B．dieded C．dying D．dead

小题2:	A．excellent B．fine C．good D．hard

小题3:	A．finished B．stopped C．end D．over

小题4:	A．work B．works C．job D．jobs

小题5:	A．better B．good C．best D．well

小题6:	A．much B．more C．little D．less

小题7:	A．sorry B．glad C．angry D．please

小题8:	A．in surprise B．surprise C．surprised D．surprises

小题9:	A．friendly B．friend C．rich D．cold

小题10:

A．good B．better C．best D．well

小题11:

A．But B．And C．Though D．What

小题12:

A．wrong B．right C．foolish D．bright

小题13:

A．bad B．good C．well D．happy

小题14:

A．poor B．true C．bad D．well

小题15:

A．break B．answer C．find D．open

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Peter’s job was to examine cars when they crossed the frontier（国境） to make sure that they were not smuggling(走私) anything into the country. Every evening he would see a factory worker coming   1  the hill towards the frontier, pushing a bike with a pile of goods(货物) of old straw on it. When the bike   2  the frontier, Peter would stop the man and   3  him take the straw off and untie（解开） it. Then he would examine the straw very   4  to see   5   he could find anything, then he would look in all the man’s pockets   6  he let him tie the straw again. The man would then put it on his bike and go off down the hill with it. Although Peter was always   7  to find gold or other valuable things hidden in the straw, he never found anything. He was sure the man was   8  something, but he was not  9  to think out what it could be.
Then one evening, after he had looked through the straw and emptied the worker’s pockets   10  usual, he   11  to him, “Listen, I know you are smuggling things  12  this frontier. Won’t you tell me what it is? I’m an old man, and today is my   13 day on the job. Tomorrow I’m going to retire(退休). I promise I shall not tell  14  if you tell me what you’ve been smuggling.” The worker did not say anything for   15 . Then he smiled, turned to Peter and said quietly, “Bikes.”

小题1:	A．towards B．down C．to D．up

小题2:	A．arrived B．appeared C．came D．reached

小题3:	A．ask B．order C．make D．call

小题4:	A．carefully B．quickly C．silently D．horribly

小题5:	A．that B．where C．how D．if

小题6:	A．before B．after C．first D．so

小题7:	A．lucky B．hoping C．thinking D．wondering

小题8:	A．taking B．smuggling C．stealing D．pushing

小题9:	A．possible B．strong C．able D．clever

小题10:

A．like B．more C．then D．as

小题11:

A．told B．cried C．ordered D．said

小题12:

A．cross B．past C．across D．into

小题13:

A．last B．first C．newest D．second

小题14:

A．everyone B．anyone C．no one D．someone

小题15:

A．moment B．long time C．sometime D．some time

An old woman walked into a clothes shop. She asked the salesgirl to let her have a look at a new dress on display, but the girl stood still behind the counter, taking no notice of the request.
The old woman spoke to the girl again, raising her voice a bit, but still received no answer. The old woman looked closely at the girl and nodded to her, "I am too old to see well." I can't even tell a plastic (塑料的) model from a real girl."
On hearing this, the salesgirl shouted at the old woman, " What? Did you call me a plastic model?"
The old woman was greatly surprised. "On, dear me," she said. "The model can speak. Then it must be a robot of a new type."
小题1:The old woman wanted ______in the clothes shop.

A．to buy something

B．to play a joke on someone

C．to look for someone

D．to talk to the girl

小题2:The assistant was a ________.

A．woman

B．model

C．robot

D．man

小题3:The assistant took no notice of the old woman because _______.

A．she was a plastic model

B．she was a robot

C．she was not a good assistant

D．she had bad hearing

Once there was a piano player in a bar (酒吧). People came just to hear him play. But one night, a lady asked him to sing a song.
“I don’t sing,” said the man.
But the lady told the waiter, “I’m tired of listening to the piano. I want the player to sing!”
The waiter shouted across the room, “Hey, friend! If you want to get paid, sing a song!”
So he did. He had never sung in public before. Now he was singing for the very first time! Nobody had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung so beautifully!
He had talent(天赋) he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar. But once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working hard and became one of the best-known singers in the US. His name was Nat King Cole.
You, too, have skills and abilities. You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be better than you think. With hard work, most skills can be improved. Besides, you may have no success at all if you just sit on your talent.
小题1:The lady asked the player to sing a song because ________.

A．she had paid him for this

B．she knew him very well

C．she was tired of listening to the piano.

D．she enjoyed his singing

小题2:Nat King Cole succeeded because ________.

A．the lady helped him a lot

B．he caught the chance(机会)

C．he continued to play in the bar

D．he played the piano well

小题3:The words “sit on” in the passage probably mean “________”.

A．fail to realize	B．forget to use
C．try to develop	D．manage to show

小题4:From the story we know if you have some talent, you should __________.

A．hide it and wait

B．ask others for help

C．pay no attention to it

D．work hard to improve yourself

小题5:Which could be the best title(标题) for the passage?

A．Sing in the Bar

B．Achieve Success in Life

C．Never Lose Heart

D．Find Your Hidden（隐藏的） Talent

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About a week ago, when I was playing basketball at our local park, I noticed a small group of boys picking on a smaller, skinnier boy. They were _1___his names and even pushed him to the ground and kicked dirt in his face. ___2___I saw that, I walked over to the group.
I stepped ___3__them and the smaller boy, and asked them politely what this boy had done worthy of __4__they were doing to him. One of the boys replied, “He’s weird.” At that, I asked one of the boys if he thought his friend was weird, and the __5__was “No.” So, I asked another boy what the word “weird” __6_, and he said, “Different.” That was my cue(暗示). I told them that everyone is __7__, and that they all looked just as different to the other boy as he did to them. They all stood __8___for a moment, and then the most amazing thing happened. One of the boys helped the small boy off the ground and then said sorry to him. He ___9___to let him play with them.
I thanked the boy for being so __10___. As I looked around, I realized that there were dozens of other people at the park ___11___no one else had stopped to help this boy. I felt happy that the boy was strong enough to stand up against his friends to ___12___someone in need, but I felt sad that ___13___else had even taken a second look.
I hope that my action helped them __14___ that they could have made a difference with a little ___15___, and maybe next time they will be the ones who choose to help.

小题1:	A．giving B．making C．calling D．telling

小题2:	A．When B．Before C．If D．Though

小题3:	A．against B．between C．beside D．With

小题4:	A．how B．why C．whom D．what

小题5:	A．guess B．sign C．problem D．answer

小题6:	A．read B．proved C．meant D．wrote

小题7:	A．different B．free C．important D．Strong

小题8:	A．angrily B．silently C．carefully D．happily

小题9:	A．refused B．expected C．offered D．prepared

小题10:

A．proud B．clever C．honest D．patient

小题11:

A．or B．so C．and D．but

小题12:

A．help B．stop C．love D．remember

小题13:

A．someone B．anyone C．no one D．everyone

小题14:

A．decide B．realize C．suggest D．agree

小题15:

A．energy B．practice C．knowledge D．effort

When we talk about stars, especially women stars，it seems that they are always young，pretty and own charming body shapes．But recently a Britain's Got Talent（英国达人）star Susan Boyle has changed our views absolutely．
Simon Cowell，one of the judges of the talent show spoke of his shock over Ms Boyle's voice．”This lady came up，and I'm thinking, ‘This will take five seconds and I can go to have a cup of tea.’ That changed when she began to sing I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables. She knew we were going to have that reaction and just to see that look of satisfaction on her face midway through —it was one of my favorite moments,” Cowell said.
The performance was posted online and before long，the 47-year-old Scottish woman has been famous all over the world．
Speaking from her home in Scotland．Ms. Boyle said that she hadn't thought of changing her appearance．She said that her friend helped her with make-up．“I mean，that's hardly a makeover．”she added．
Ms. Boyle also spoke of the reason she first began to explore her vocal talents．”I was kind of slow at school, so getting something like singing was a good way of hiding behind that and thus it built my confidence．’
小题1:Susan Boyle is __________．

A．a judge	B．a reporter
C．a beautiful lady	D．a Scottish woman

小题2:Susan Boyle had a look of satisfaction on her face when she was singing because _________.

A．she was confident of her singing

B．she was satisfied with the judges

C．she was pretty and in good shape

D．she sang the song，I Dreamed a Dream from Lea Miserables

小题3:According to the passage，which is NOT true?

A．It was the vocal talents that built Susan's confidence．

B．Susan Boyle was not good at her lessons when at school．

C．Susan Boyle became famous because of her appearance．

D．Simon Cowell didn't think Susan Boyle a good singer at the time sight．

小题4:What can we learn from Susan Boyle's success?

A．It's never too old to learn．

B．It's easier to succeed at the age of 47．

C．If you have a dream，try to make it come true!

D．If you are not able to study well，to be a singer instead．