Sixteen years ago a boy gave me an important gift. It was a smile.
It was the early autumn of my first year at a middle school，and my old school was far away. As a result，no one knew who I was. I was very lonely，and afraid to speak to anyone.
Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing，I felt my heart break. I couldn't talk with anyone about my problems.
Then one day，when my classmates were talking happily with their friends，I was sitting at my desk unhappily as usual. At that moment，a boy entered the classroom. I didn't know who he was. He passed by me and then turned back. He looked at me，with a smile.
Suddenly，I felt the touch of something bright and friendly. It made me feel happy and warm. That smile changed my life. I started to talk with other students and made friends. Day by day，I became closer to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now.
One day I asked him why he had smiled，but he couldn't remember doing so！
It doesn't matter because all the dark days have gone. I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think it is lonely，you might always be alone. So smile at the world and it will smile back.
小题1: Why didn't the writer talk to anyone in her new school about her problems？

A．Because she was always unhappy.

B．Because she didn't know anyone at the time.

C．Because she was in the first year at the junior high school.

D．Because she didn't want her parents to worry about her.

小题2:Where does she now think her feeling of unhappiness came from？

A．From her old school.

B．From her parents.

C．From herself.

D．From her classmates at the new school.

小题3: What’s the best title for the passage?

A．A Surprising Gift	B．An Exciting Birthday Gift
C．An Important Gift—Smile	D．A Boring Gift

Top student Lin Yijian had a problem recently. The 14-year-old boy from Xiamen used to get marks of over 110 points (out of 120 possible points) on his math tests. But during last semester's final exams, his math score was only 90 points.
It was a shock. "I didn't know what happened," said Lin, who kept feeling nervous and frustrated about math during the following month.
Like Lin, many of us have setbacks (挫折) in life. What would you do to deal with these setbacks? Would you just let them be and give up?
Lin chose to face his problem. His parents and teacher also gave him help. After some hard work he now gets marks between 100 and110 points on his math tests. Although he still isn't at his original (原来的) level, Lin doesn't panic anymore.
"Don't be scared by setbacks," he said. "You will beat it."
Chen Xingzhu in Shenzhen also has a story to tell. The 15-year-old girl is not good at doing sit-ups (仰卧起坐), which is necessary for the coming high school PE entrance exam. One has to do at least 35 sit-ups in a minute to pass the test. Most of Chen's classmates can do 40. However, Chen could only do 20.
Feeling worried, Chen decided to do something. She did sit-ups for half an hour every day after school. Now, after a month, she can do 30 sit-ups a minute.
"I finally found what made me slow through continuous practice and then improved little by little," said Chen. "I believe next month I will be able to do 40!"
小题1: What problem did Lin Yijian have recently?

A．He used to get high marks.

B．He did well in math.

C．He did not so well as before in math.

D．He had no time to study math.

小题2:According to the passage, which is NOT true among the following statements?

A．Lin chose to face his problems.

B．His parents and teachers also helped him.

C．After some hard work, he now gets marks over 110 points.

D．Lin faced his problems instead of giving up.

小题3:What problems does Chen Xingzhu have according to the passage?

A．He is also not good at math.

B．He is also not good at PE.

C．He is also not good at sit-ups.

D．He is also not good at PE entrance exam.

“Never give up!” It is my law of life. It has brought me      . I learned the law from my father’s          story.
My father was         in a poor village in the north of Jiangsu, in China. When he was a young boy, he went to school in the morning, then         in the fields till sunset. And then he did his homework          midnight. Life was hard, because they had no        !
At the age of 14, my father heard of the United States of America. It was the land of gold, the land where         people can become rich.
“        don’t I go to America?”he thought to himself, full of hope.
So my father came to America. “I had thought it was easy to        money in America,”he told me. “But when I arrived there, I realized it was not true. They did not like to hire me because I spoke         English. Later, I worked in a small restaurant, cleaning up tables,      dishes and sweeping the floor. Life was         for the first few years. I worked from 10 am to 11 pm. I wanted to go to school to learn English, but it was impossible. I couldn’t        the schooling.”
My father      working hard, and reached his goal.
“Alan,”he often says to me. “If you want something, you have to work for it and never give up. Things do not come         in life.”That is what I learned from my father.

小题1:	A．disaster B．loss C．success D．pity

小题2:	A．life B．fashion C．danger D．history

小题3:	A．famous B．lucky C．rich D．born

小题4:	A．taught B．worked C．studied D．slept

小题5:	A．until B．towards C．for D．during

小题6:	A．experience B．energy C．time D．money

小题7:	A．kind B．poor C．strong D．lazy

小题8:	A．What B．How C．Why D．When

小题9:	A．discover B．make C．collect D．spend

小题10:

A．little B．good C．much D．excellent

小题11:

A．giving B．running C．washing D．receiving

小题12:

A．comfortable B．cheerful C．nice D．hard

小题13:

A．borrow B．need C．afford D．pay

小题14:

A．kept B．finished C．minded D．stopped

小题15:

A．really B．easily C．quietly D．slowly

 小题1:  the future can be difficult. There are many famous predictions   小题2:    never came true.Before 1929, there was no sound in movies. The head of one of the    小题3:  movie companies in the United States predicted that no one would want to see actors   小题4:  . Of couse,he was wrong! In 1979,the head of the largest computer company in the United States said,“No one will want to have a computer in his or her home.” He thought that computer would never  小题5:   by most people.
小题6:A.Predict            B.Predicting            C.Predicted
小题7:A.who               B.what                  C.that
小题8:A.big               B.bigger                C.biggest
小题9:A.talk               B.talked                C.to talk
小题10:A.use               B.be used               C.are used

We know that many animals do not stay in one place. Birds,fish and other animals move from one place  to another at a certain time. They move for different reasons: most of them move to find food more easily,but others move to get away from places that are too crowded.
When cold weather comes,many birds move to warmer places to find food. Some fishes give birth in warm water and move to cold water to feed. The most famous migration（迁移）is probably the migration of the fish which is called “salmon”.This fish is born in fresh water but it travels many miles to salt water.There it spends its life. When it is old,it returns to its birthplace in fresh water. Then it gives birth and dies. In northern Europe, there is a kind of mouse. They leave their mountain homes when they bccome too crowded. They move down to the low land. Sometimes they move all the way the seadide,and many of them are killed when they fall into the sea.
Recently, scientists have studied the migration of kind of lobster（龙虾）.Every year, when the season of the bad weather arrives, the lobsters get into a long line and start to walk across the floor of the ocean. Nobody knows why they do this, and nobody know where they go.
So,sometimes we know why humans and animals move from one place to another,but at other times we don’t. Maybe living things just like to travel.
小题1:.Most animals move from one place to another at a certain time to _____
A.give birth        B.enjoy warmer weather   C.find food more easily
小题2:The fish called “salmon”spends a long time in____
A.salt water        B.rivers                 C.fresh water
小题3:The mice in northern Europe move when_____
A.they give birth   B.the place gets too crowded
C.they haven’t enough food
小题4: The lobsters move_______.
A.to the fresh water   B.at a certain time  C.to find more food
小题5:What is the main idea of the passage?
A.Animals move to find food more easily.
B.The migration of the fish called“salmon”is the most famous migration.
C.Sometimes we know why and how living things move from one place to another,but sometimes we don’t.

The giant panda is one of the most popular animals in the world. A giant panda can grow up to 1.5 meters long and weigh up to 160kg. People think the giant panda is very lovely. ①So it is not surprising that the World Wide Fund for Nature chose the giant panda as its symbol.The WWF tells people about animals that they are in danger and raises money to save them.
The giant panda only lives in the wild in China. In the early 1980s, were only 1,000 left in the wild. The main reason why pandas are endangered is that the area where pandas can live has become smaller.
The WWF works to help giant pandas in the wild in many ways. One of the ways that helps them is to increase the size of panda reserves(自然保护区). Some reserves need to be joined together by planting bamboo between them to make “corridors”. These are paths that lead from one reserve to another. No one may harm the pandas in these areas. The corridors let pandas move from one habitat (栖息地) to another to look for food. ②People are working very hard to make sure the giant panda does not die out.
小题1: How long and heavy can a giant panda grow to be?
_____________________________________________________________________________
小题2: 将文中划线的句子①改为被动句。
So it is not surprising that _____________________by the World Wide Fund for Nature.
小题3:Why are the giant pandas endangered?
_____________________________________________________________________________
小题4: Give a way to help the giant pandas in the wild, please.
_____________________________________________________________________________
小题5: 将文中划线的句子②翻译成中文。
____________________________________________________________________________

Dear Earthmen(地球人)，
I enjoy my stay on your interesting planet(星球).
I think I know the life on Earth now and I would like to tell you my ideas.
First of all you live in boxes. Every morning you leave your boxes and get into smaller boxes on wheels(轮子). All these small boxes run around and around, and finally stop to rest. You leave these boxes on wheels and go to very large tall boxes.
After resting all day, you get back in your little boxes. There you sit and look at very small glowing boxes with moving pictures in them.
There is only one thing I don’t know. Some angry boys fought for a little round (圆的) ball. Everyone shouted(大声喊) but they kept fighting. They were angry, because they had to stay in boxes all day, I think.
Thank you for this chance(机会) to get to know you.
Yours,
The man from Mars(火星)
小题1:How many kinds of “boxes” does the man from Mars tell us？

A．Two

B．Three

C．Four

D．Five

小题2:What do the boxes on wheels refer to(指的是)?

A．Houses

B．Buildings

C．Cars

D．TVs

小题3:What does the word “glowing” mean in Chinese?

A．发光的

B．开心的

C．漂亮的

D．黑暗的

小题4:What’s the main(主要的) idea of the letter？

A．To say goodbye to the Earthmen

B．To tell the Earthmen what the Earth is like.

C．To tell the Earthmen he doesn’t like the Earth.

D．To tell the Earthmen he is leaving the Earth soon.

The teacher stood before his class of 30 students and was going to hand out the final exam papers. “I know how hard you have all worked to get ready for this test. ” he said. “And because I know you are all able to understand these questions. I am ready to offer a B to anyone who would prefer not to take the test. ’’
A number of students jumped up to thank the teacher and left the classroom. The teacher looked at the rest students and said. “Does anyone else want to get a B? This is your last chance. ”Two more students decided to go. Seven students stayed. The teacher then handed out the papers. There were only three sentences on the paper： Congratulations! You have received an A in this class. Keep believing in yourself.
I never had a teacher who gave a test like that. but I think that it is a test that any teacher could and should give. Students who do not have confidence in what they have learned are B students at most.
The same is true for students in real life. The A students are those who believe in what they are doing because they have learned from both successes and failures. They have learned life’s lessons. whether from school education or from events in their lives，and have become better people. Scientists say that by the age of eight，80% of what we believe about ourselves has already been formed. You are a big kid now and you realize that you have some limits(局限). However，there is nothing you can’t do or leant to be. Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to reach the top of Mount Qomolangma (珠穆朗玛峰)said，“We do not conquer the mountain, but ourselves. ”
小题1:Some students left the classroom because _________.

A．they were happy with the grade the teacher would give them

B．they were allowed to take another easier exam later on

C．they knew the teacher didn’t like them to take the test

D．they thought the exam was so easy that they don’t need to have a try

小题2:The teacher gave the rest students an A because __________.

A．they answered all the questions in the exam correctly

B．they didn’t believe themselves

C．they believed themselves in what they had learned

D．they had been working hard for each exam

小题3:The underlined word “conquer’’ means __________ in the passage.

A．发现

B．控制

C．探索

D．征服

小题4:What does the writer want to tell us in the passage?

A．He wants us to know what our limits are.

B．He wants us to learn to believe in ourselves.

C．He wants us to receive school education.

D．He wants us to1earn from B students.

Scientists are very interested in the Universe，and they always want to know more about it. Years ago they knew many things about the moon. They knew how big it is and how far away it is from the earth. But they wanted to know more about it. They thought the best way was to send men to the moon. The moon is about 384,000 kilometers away from the earth. A plane cannot fly to the moon because the air reaches only 240 kilometers away from the earth. But something can fly even when there is no air. That is a rocket(火箭)
How does a rocket fly? There is gas（气体） in the rocket. When the gas is made very hot inside the rocket, it will rush out of the end of the rocket, so it can make the rocket fly up into the sky. Rockets can fly out into space. Rockets with men in them have been to the moon. Several rockets without men in them have flown to another planet(行星) much farther away than the moon. One day, rockets may be able to go to any place in space.
小题1:Scientists knew ____________ the moon is.
A: how far    B: how big    C: how old    D: both A and B
小题2:The earth is about 384,000 kilometers away from the _____.
A: space    B: universe    C: sun   D: moon
小题3:A plane cannot fly to the moon because ___________
A: there is no air above 240 kilometers away from the earth.
B: there is no gas in the plane
C: the plane is not strong enough
D: the plane can not fly a long way
小题4:The hot gas in the rocket is used for___________
A: keeping the air in the rocket fresh(新鲜的)
B: Keeping the men in the rocket warm
C: making the rocket fly up.
D: cooking food for the men
小题5:What is the writer’s attitude(态度) to the universe’s future.
A: Realistic(现实的)        B: Imaginative(幻想的)
C: Confident(有信心的)      D: Sad

Germs(细菌) are everywhere. You can’t see them, but they are on your desk, on your computer, and even in the air!
Like people, germs move around the world. They fly with us on planes. When food, clothes, and other things travel around the world, germs travel, too. Some germs are safe, but some are dangerous. Germs cause illnesses like colds and the flu.
Warmer Weather Brings Germs
The world’s weather is changing. Cooler countries are getting warmer, so insects from hot countries can move there. Some of these insects, like mosquitoes, carry dangerous germs. These germs cause headaches, fever, and can even kill people.
Under Your Skin
Your skin protects you from germs. It stops some germs, but not all. They can enter your body when you eat, or when you have a cut. Germs are on your hands, too. They enter your body when you touch your eyes, nose, or mouth.
Fighting Germs
Your immune system(免疫系统) protects you, too. When germs get inside your body, your immune system finds and kills them. Special cells(细胞) move around your body and fight germs. They help you stay healthy. Other cells make antibodies. Antibodies help your body find and stop germs.
What can you do to fight germs? You should wash your hands with soap and water. Soap kills many germs, and water washes them away.
小题1:According to the text, insects ______.

A．kill germs

B．carry germs

C．protect germs

D．love germs

小题2: The underlined word “there” refers to ______.

A．cooler countries

B．hot countries

C．everywhere

D．the world

小题3: Which of the following is right according to the text?

A．All germs are dangerous.	B．There are more germs in cold places.
C．Soap can kill all germs.	D．Germs can get into your body.

小题4: What do antibodies do?

A．They kill germs and wash them away.	B．They find and develop germs.
C．They help protect us from germs.	D．They carry dangerous germs.

小题5:Which can be the best title for this text?

A．Germs Are Everywhere	B．Weather Is Changing
C．Skin Stops Germs	D．Germs Are Developed