A man is going to open a shop selling hats. He wanted a good sign to put over his shop. He wrote:

JOHN BROWN HATTER Makes and Sells Hats for Ready Money

   The first friend gave him the advice that the word “hatter” wasn’t needed. So John crossed out the word “HATTER” . Then he came to another friend for advice. This friend said that it was not polite to say “for ready money”. So he crossed out “for ready money”. The sign now said:

JOHN BROWN Makes and Sells Hats

One day a friend was passing his shop. He saw this sign and said that when a man bought a hat, he didn’t care who made it. So John crossed out that word, too.
But when another friend saw “ John Brown Sells Hats”, he said , “ Of course you sell hats. No one thinks you give them away for free.” So, at last the sign read:

JOHN   BROWN

小题1: “ For ready money” means ___________________.
A. pay for the hat here when you buy it  
B. if you buy the hat you can pay for it in a few days
C. hats here are only for the people with much money
小题2:How many friends gave John some advice on how to write the sign?
A. Three.                     B. Four.                    C. Two.
小题3:___________________was crossed out first.
A. “ John Brown Sells Hats”        B. “Hatter”              C. “for Ready Money”
小题4: Each friend has___________________thought.
A. no                          B. the same                C. his own
小题5:This story tells us that _____________________.
A. it isn’t possible to please everybody
B. it’s easy to sell hats
C. sellers must please everybody

Stress （压力） is everywhere in our everyday life. Not only men have it, but also women and young people.
The most important reasons of stress are：death, diseases, exams, making money, getting married, moving houses, changing jobs, ending friendships and so on .
How do you know whether you have stress? Could you give your answers to the following questions?

	Yes	No
Do you easily get angry?
Do you often sleep badly?
Do you get headaches a lot?
Do you take sleeping pills?
Do you find it difficult to relax?
Do you usually hide your feelings?
Do you smoke and drink a lot to keep quiet?
Do you find it difficult to put your heart into something?

If you answer “Yes” to more than two of these questions, you are one of those people with stress. So what can you do about it?
Doing relaxing exercises, talking with friends and listening to light music are all usual ways of relieving（减轻） stress. However, doctors now say that there are easier ways—people should laugh and smile more often. When you laugh and smile, your body relaxes. They also say that people, especially men, should cry more often, be­cause crying is the natural way of relieving stress.
小题1:Who has got stress in everyday life?
A. Men and women.          B. Young people.        C. Both A and B.
小题2: If you have over            problems listed in the table, you are the person with stress.
A. two  B. three                    C. eight
小题3:Which of the followings is NOT the reason of stress?
A.Taking exams. B. Taking sleeping pills.   C. Making money.
小题4:What’s the easier way to relax your body?
A. Talking with friends.       B Doing relaxing exercises.  
C. Laughing, smiling and crying.
小题5:The main idea of the passage is           .
A.about stress and how to relieve your stress
B. that there are many reasons for having stress
C.that laughing and smiling more can help relieve your stress

Mary is twenty-three years old. She is a nurse at a big hospital. She is very kind, and all of her patients like her very much.
One day she was out shopping when she saw an old woman waiting to cross a busy street. Mary wanted to cross the street, too, so she went over to help the woman cross. When Mary was near her, she shouted happily, “Mrs Herman! You were my patient last year.” “Oh, thank you very much, Mary,” Mrs Herman said, and stepped forward. “No, no, Mrs Herman,” Mary said quickly, “the light’s still red.”“Oh,” Mrs Herman answered as she stepped back. “I can easily cross the street alone when the light’s green.”
小题1:Mary is a young         .

A．doctor

B．nurse

C．teacher

D．farmer

小题2: Why do Mary’s patients like her a lot?        .

A．Because she is very had	B．Because she is serious
C．Because she is very kind	D．Because she is their aunt

小题3:Mary_______________ before she met her in the street.

A．knew Mrs Herman	B．didn’t know Mrs Herman
C．lived with Mrs Herman	D．didn’t see Mrs Herman

小题4:Mary told Mrs Herman         .

A．to cross the street until the light was red

B．not to cross the street until the light was red

C．to cross the street until the light was green

D．not to cross the street until the light was green

小题5:How many people in all are there in the passage?

A．One.

B．Two.

C．Three.

D．Four.

One day, I went to see my last patient(病人), an old woman. In the doorway, I saw she was struggling (挣扎) to put socks on her swollen (浮肿)feet in the bed. I stepped in, spoke quickly to the nurse, read her chart noting. I was almost in the clear that she was not in serious condition.
I asked, “Could I help put on your socks? How are you feeling? Your sugars and blood pressure were high but they’re better today. The nurse mentioned you’re anxious to see your son. He’s visiting you today. It’s nice to have a family visit. I think you really look forward to seeing him."
"Sit down, doctor. This is my story, not yours." She said with a serious voice.
I was surprised as I helped her with the socks. She told me that her only son lived around the corner from her, but she had not seen him in five years. She believed that was the main cause of her health problems. After hearing her story and putting on her socks, I asked if there was anything else I could do for her. She shook her head no and smiled. All she wanted me to do was to listen.
Each story is different. Some are detailed; others are simple. Some have a beginning, middle and end; others don’t have clear ends. Some are true; others not. Yet all those things do not really matter. What matters to the storyteller is that the story is heard — without interruption(打断) or judgment(评价).
It was that woman who taught me the importance of stopping, sitting down and truly listening. And, not long after, in an unexpected accident, I became a patient. 20 years later, I sit all the time — in a wheelchair.
For as long as I could, I continued to see patients from my chair. I believe in the power of listening.
小题1: How was the old woman?

A．Her feet were swollen.	B．Her sugars were high.
C．She was not badly ill.	D．Her blood pressure was better.

小题2:How did the doctor know that the old woman’s son was visiting her? 

A．The nurse told him.	B．The old woman told him.
C．The woman’s son told him.	D．The doctor got it from her chart noting.

小题3:What did the old woman think caused her health problems?

A．Her son’s not seeing her.	B．No one listening to her story.
C．The medical care of the hospital.	D．The distance between her and her son.

小题4:When the patient told the doctor her stories, what she needed might be ______.

A．keeping smiling	B．interruption or judgment
C．listening without interruption	D．communicating with each other

小题5:Which statement is NOT right according to the passage?

A．Her son lived close to her house.

B．The old woman didn’t need the doctor’s treatments.

C．Listening is powerful medicine.

D．The doctor has to “walk” with the help of a wheel chair.

Although it was autumn, the snow was already beginning to fall in Tibet (西藏).Our legs were so heavy and cold that     16  felt like big pieces of ice.Have you    17  seen snowmen ride bicylces? That’s what we looked like! Along the way children who were    18   long wool coats stopped to look at us. In the late  19   
we found it was so cold that our water bottles froze (结冰).However, the lakes    20 like glass in the setting sun and loooked wonderful.
Wang Wei rode in front of me as usual. She was in high spirt and I knew I didn’t need to    21  her.To climb the mountains was hard work but as we    22  us, we were surprised by the view. We seemed to be able to see for miles, and we were so high that we found ourselves cycling through clouds. After a while, we began going  23  the mountains. It was great fun especially as it slowly became much    24   .At the foot of the mountains, colourful butterflies flew around us and we saw many sheep eating green grass. Then we had to   25  
Our caps, gloves and trousers for T-shirts and shorts.
In the early evening we stopped to    26    .We put up our tent and then we ate. Afte supper Wang Wei went to sleep but I stayed    27  .At midnight the sky became clearer and the stars grew brighter.As I    29   below the stars I thought about how far we had already travelled.
We will reach Dali in Yunan Province soon, where our cousins will join us. We     30  hardly wait to see them!

小题1:	A．we B．you C．they D．it

小题2:	A．never B．ever C．even D．yet

小题3:	A．dressed in B．put on C．taken off D．dressed up

小题4:	A．morning B．afternoon C．evening D．night

小题5:	A．shine B．shining C．shines D．shone

小题6:	A．follow B．encourage C．remind D．discover

小题7:	A．looked at B．looked after C．looked for D．looked around

小题8:	A．up B．down C．around D．into

小题9:	A．colder B．drier C．warmer D．wetter

小题10:

A．charge B．check C．chase D．change

小题11:

A．make beds B．make friends C．make camp D．make money

小题12:

A．alive B．alone C．away D．awake

小题13:

A．cloudy B．foggy C．noisy D．quiet

小题14:

A．lie B．lied C．lay D．laid

小题15:

A．may B．can C．must D．shall

What’s the most important thing for you to have in your life? Someboy mentions hard-work, others suggest knowledge, love and luck.
If you arrange the 26 English letters alphabetically(按字母表的顺序)and use numbers to represent each of them, for example, 1 for a, 2 for b, 3 for c…, you can change an English word into a number. So hard-work becomes 8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11="98," meaning 98 is its mark; knowledge: 11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5="96," while love :12+15+22+5="54," and luck : 12+21+3+11="47," a small mark. None of these words can give one a full mark. What about money or prayer(祈祷)? They can’t , either.
Then what else? Don’t be worried. You can always find an answer to a problem in your life, when you change your way of looking at things or doing things, or your attitude(态度).Yes, attitude is the word. See for yourself: attitude:1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5=100，a full mark.
Different attitudes lead to different courses of life. Most times people hope for a better life. It is possible that one will have a change for the betterr after one has changed one’s attitude.
When you change your manner and became friendly towards others, you’ll meet more smiling faces towards you.In the same way, if you take a positive(积极地)attitude towards failure(失败),you’ll find it’s also rewarding though it has caused you losses.
小题1:In the writer’s opinion , what is the most important things in a person’s life?

A．Hard-work.

B．Knowledge.

C．Money.

D．Attitude.

小题2:According to the passage, if you meet with problems, the best way out is to ___________.

A．ask for helpf from others	B．say your prayers to God
C．change your attitude	D．try maths-solving methods

小题3:From the passage we can learn that ______________.

A．diffrent attitudes come from different courses of life.

B．mathematics can solve every problem easily in our daily life

C．failure sometimes can bring you good if you take a positive attitude

D．none of the English words except “attitude” equals to 100 or more

On a British Airways flight from Johannesburg, a middle-aged ,rich white South American lady found herself sitting next to a black man. She called the cabin stewardess(机舱乘务员)over to complain about her seating.
“What seems to be the problem, Madam?” asked the stewardess.
“Can’t you see?” she said. “You’ve sat me next to a black man. I can’t possibly sit next to this kind of human. Find me another seat!”
“Please calm down, Madam,” the stewardess replied. “The flight is very full today, but I’ll tell you what I’ll do---IWill go and check to see if we have any free seats in Club(商务舱)or First Class.”
The lady had an unfriendly look at the outraged(被激怒的)black man beside her.
A few minutes later the stewardess returned and said to the lady with a self –satisfied smile, “I’m sorry, Madam, this Economy(经济舱)is full, and Club is also full. However, we do have one seat in First Class.”
The lady could not help looking at the people around her. But before she had a chance to get up or make any answer, the stewardess continued , “ We seldom make this kind of upgrade(升级),however, and I had to report it to the captain(机长).When the captain heard this,he said that it was not proper to make someone sit next to such an obnoxious(令人讨厌的)person.” Having said that, the stewardess turned to the black man sitting next to the lady, and said, “So if you’d like to get your things, sir, I have a seat ready for you…”
At this time, the people around stood up and clapped their hands. The black man walked up to the front of the plane.
That was an unforgettable flight for me, for I was the black man who had never flown First Class before.
小题1:Where did this story happen?

A．At the booking office.	B．In the Economy cabin.
C．In the Club cabin.	D．In the First Class cabin.

小题2:The black man was finally upgraded to the First Class cabin because _____________.

A．the stewardess loved him	B．he was angry with the white lady
C．the captain knew him	D．the white lady was too impolite

小题3:What might be the correct order of the cabins from the front to the back on this plance?

A．Club→Pilots’→Economy →First Class	B．Pilots’→Club→Economy →First Class
C．Club→Economy→ First Class→ Pilots’	D．Pilots’→ First Class →Club→ Economy

小题4:What can be the best title of this article?

A．Flying First Class	B．On a British Airways Flight
C．Sitting Next to a Lady	D．An Unforgettable Free Flight

Dear Alice,
I just received your letter. And I was very surprised to know that you decided to drop out of school and wanted to be a model （模特）.
Being a model for a living is not easy. In fact, a famous person like me has a lot of problems that you couldn’t see. I can’t eat what I like, even though I’m very hungry. Keeping thin makes me look more beautiful on the stage because no one would like to see a heavy model.
Besides, I have to wear a heavy coat in the hot sun, in a swimming suit in the cold air. And practicing walking nicely every day is tiring for me.
You might say I made much money from modeling. But my dear niece （侄女）, you have to know that money is, nothing, knowledge is everything. School is important and everyone should go to school for a certain period of time. The longer they stay at school, the better they will be. Very often, I hope I can give up my job and continue my studies at school. But it is very difficult for me to go back to school again. I am too old to go back to school now.
You are a pretty young girl with a bright future. You only have one year to finish your studies in high school. A year is really short. Please do consider my words carefully before you decide. Of course, there is only one thing I care about, and that is your happiness.
Love,
Emma
小题1:What was Emma surprised about?

A．Alice wanted to keep thin.

B．Alice decided not to do modeling.

C．Alice ate too much and became a heavy girl.

D．Alice decided not to finish her studies at school.

小题2:Emma can’t go back to school again, because ________

A．she is tired of being a student

B．she wants to make more money from modeling

C．she is so old that she has missed the best time in school

D．she has done a good job and makes a lot of money as a model

小题3:How long does Alice still have to study in high school?

A．One year.	B．Two years.
C．Three years.	D．The longer, the better.

小题4:Emma only cares about________

A．Alice’s beauty	B．Alice’s happiness
C．Alice’s age	D．Alice’s swimming suit

小题5:From the letter we know that __________

A．Emma is a famous model

B．Emma likes being a model for a living

C．Alice will go on her studies in high school

D．Emma can eat what she likes when she is very hungry

Of all the things we eat and drink，water is the  1 important.The human body can go 2    food for a long time，but two  3 three days without water could make people  4 .
A lot of people don’t understand how  5 water the human body needs  6 well and many people don’t drink enough，esecially in  7 weather. Most people drink  8 they are thirsty but in fact they need more water，expecially when they take  9 .
A man’s body is 65 to 75 percent of  10 . If we don’t have enough water. We fell tired and may become ill.
1.A.more  B.most  C.less  D.least
2.A.with  B.on  C.without  D.by
3.A.or  B.and  C.of  D.but
4.A.died  B.to die  C.dies  D.die
5.A.many  B.little  C.few  D.much
6.A.work  B.working  C.to work  D.works
7.A.hot  B.cold  C.cool  D.warm
8.A.so  B.that  C.when  D.since
9.A.fun  B.exercise  C.exercises  D.work
10.A.blood  B.water  C.air  D.food

A smile will tell people around you that you are a kind and friendly person. However,many people don’t smile because they think they ugly teeth. For example, one of my classmates, Mile, doesn’t have very nice teeth,so thatis why he seldom opens his mouth.he even says that he has lost cofidence because of his teeth.So it is very important for us to look after our teeth. In fact, a lot of people have this problem.Some people inherit teeth problems from their parents,while others’teeth are damaged because of bad habits,like heavy smoking,eating too much sugar or not brush-ing teeth often.If your teeth are in bad shape, you should see a dentist and ask for help. They can help improve your teeth and tell you how to take care of then.
Smiling can help you to feel more confident and make other people think of you as a more friendly person. If you want to keep healthy,you should not only smile but also laugh. An Indian doctor called Kataria said that young children should laugh about 300 times a day, wile adults should laugh between 7 and 15 times a day. So please take this chance to smile and laugh now!
根据短文内容，选出一个最佳答案填入题前括号内。
小题1:What has made Mike lose his confidence?
His bad habit.  B. His bad teeth.  C. Not smiling.  D. Eating too much sugar.
小题2: Many people don’t smile because    .

A．they don’t like smiling	B．they think they are ugly
C．their teeth are not beautiful	D．they can’t open their mouths

小题3: What can a dentist do according to the passage?
A. A dentist can tell you how to improve your bad teeth.
B. A dentist can help you to take care of your bad teeth.
C. A dentist can tell you how to brush your teeth.
D. Both A and B.
小题4:If you want to keep healthy, you had better    .

A．not smile often	B．laugh all the time
C．neiter smile nor laugh	D．smile and even laugh often

小题5: How many times should a child laugh every day in doctor Kataria’s opinion?

A．Either 300 or 30 times a day.	B．Between 7 and 15 times a day.
C．Around 300 times a day.	D．Only 30 times a day.