It is the duty of every man to work. The life of a lazy man isn’t useful to himself and to others. If one is too lazy to work ,he will probably beg (乞讨) or steal (偷).So every boy, when he is young, should learn some useful work.
But it is not enough that a boy should learn some kind of work. He should put all his heart into his work, and not waste his free time. “Work while you work and play while you play” is important for young people as for the old.
The habit of getting up early is helpful to diligence(勤奋), and this, just like all other good habits, is most easily formed(形成) when one is young. There is an English saying “Lost time never returns.” This means that everybody must be diligent, and make use of (利用）his time. One must study hard when one is young so that one may make great progress, succeed(成功) in life and become useful to one’s country.  So we can say that diligence is the mother of success.
小题1:After reading the passage we know that those who are too lazy to work will become______.

A．beggars

B．thieves(小偷)

C．beggars or thieves

D．useful men

小题2:If a boy wants to be useful to himself and to the people , he should ______.

A．learn to play

B．do something in his free time

C．put his heart into his work

D．try hard to learn to do a certain kind of work

小题3:To learn to be diligent, it’s most important for the young people to______.

A．make good use of time

B．learn some good subjects

C．work all the time without playing

D．work while they work and play while they play

小题4:One can’t be successful in life unless(除非) he ______ when he is young.

A．is diligent in his study

B．loves his school

C．spends some time learning something

D．makes up for his lost time

小题5:Which of the following may be the best title for this passage?

A．A Lazy Boy Can Learn To Be Diligent

B．Young People Should Rise Early

C．Lost Time Never Returns

D．Diligence, the Mother Of Success

Dad never tried to hug or kiss me when I was a child. And of course, he never said "I love you"to me,       . Maybe it's a Chinese cultural(文化) thing, or maybe that's the way my dad was. But whenever I felt       , defeated(被打败) or lonely, dad was always there. Dad was a man of       words, but I always liked to talk to him, and I could always feel a very special connection(联系) to him.
When I was in high school, dad retired(退休) and  had a     stand(摊位) on the street near my school. Dad was very good at making fried noodles, and a lot of people liked his noodles. Every day when I finished school, my classmates and I would pass his food stand. But I really        talking to dad in front of his food stand,        I did not want my classmates to know that my dad was selling noodles on the street!
One night, I couldn't       it any more and shouted, "Dad, could you stop selling your stupid noodles? I don't need a father who sells noodles on the street!" At that moment, dad was shocked. He tried to say       but didn't. When he       his head away, something happened that I had never seen and would never forget          the rest of my life. His eyes were filled with tears and sadness. It was the first time that I saw dad         . My mom later told me that dad was selling noodles to save money for my college education. I was such a fool, and even today I still feel        for that night.
Time really flies. I finished college and then left my home city. For the past ten years, whenever I've visited home, dad was always there meeting me and seeing me off         at the railway station. Whenever mom was calling me, dad would sit       her with a list of questions. He would ask mom to talk to me for him. That's the way dad is, and that's        dad shows his love to me.
Dad is still quiet, but I still feel a connection. —"a silent father's love."

小题1:	A． also B．still C．too D．either

小题2:	A．excited B．sad C．pleased D．interested

小题3:	A． few B．a few C．little D．a little

小题4:	A． fruit B．vegetable C．food D．meat

小题5:	A． hoped B．hated C．worried D．wondered

小题6:	A． because B．so C．or D．but

小题7:	A． hold B．forget C．stand D．but

小题8:	A． everything B．something C．anything D．nothing

小题9:	A． ran B．fell C．dropped D．turned

小题10:

A． at B．to C．in D．from

小题11:

A． crying1 B．saying C．talking D．listening

小题12:

A． angry B．serious C．sick D．sorry

小题13:

A． quickly B．slowly C．quietly D．loudly

小题14:

A． next B．beside C．through D．across

小题15:

A． what B．where C．why D．how

“what’s the matter, mum?” As soon as I enter the door, I find that my mother is      . It’s unusual —she usually       the door and welcomes me with a smile!
“She's dying,” mum says sadly. I       what she says. The tulip (郁金香), mother’s        is dying.
A month ago, we moved       our new house and mum bought a very beautiful tulip. Mum liked it very much.      . she was free, she would sit       her armchair beside the tulip and enjoys its beautiful colour       sweet smell.
She treated it like a baby and looked after it      . She put the tulip by window and moved it from one place to       to give the tulip enough sunshine. The first thing she did when she       every morning was       the tulip, Mum also fertilized (施肥) it many times.
She hoped that with great care, the tulip would become more and more beautiful and      , But the tulip was dying       too much sunshine, water and fertilizer.
It's true that mother loved the tulip. But this kind of love       be harmful. Love can sometimes kill what you love.

小题1:	A．happy B．unhappy C．pleased D．pleasure

小题2:	A．closes B．opens C．keeps D．takes

小题3:	A．know B．love C．think D．find

小题4:	A．favourite B．hate C．unlike D．like

小题5:	A．into B．around C．across D．with

小题6:	A．Though B．Because C．After D．When

小题7:	A．at B．in C．on D．under

小题8:	A．but B．and C．for D．or

小题9:	A．happily B．brightly C．carefully D．usually

小题10:

A．other B．place C．two places D．another

小题11:

A．got up B．made the bed C．played the piano D．washed her face

小题12:

A．to take B．to cut C．to water D．to pull

小题13:

A．dry B．strong C．wet D．old

小题14:

A．because B．for C．since D．because of

小题15:

A．must B．should C．may D．need

In today’s world many people seem to be hungry for money. Money does have its most useful effect on the poor. But once a person has a rich life, a lot more money doesn`t mean more happiness.
If money were everything, all millionaires(百万富翁) would have real love, true friendship, good health and a long life. However, this is not always true .But can love be bought ?I`m afraid not . Love means to give , not to take . To every person , health and long life are probably the most precious things . Well , can health and a long life be bought with money ? The answer is “No”.
Of all the longest living people in the world, few of them are millionaires. True friendship can’t be bought, either. In a word, where money is dreamed too much, it can cause brothers to quarrel, marriage to end, lovers to hate, and strangers to fight. No matter how much money you have, it is still not enough to make a happy person if you have no one to laugh with, no one to cry for.
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小题1:According to the passage , which of the following do you think is right ?

A．Money is everything

B．Money isn`t necessary

C．Money is important , but not the most important

D．with no money ,with no success

小题2:What are the most precious things for every person according to the writer`s ideas ?

A．Only money	B．Health and a long life
C．Only friendship	D．A, Band C

小题3:Which sentence of the following is true according to the passage ?

A．If you haven`t much money , you can`t get more happiness

B．You may live a long life even if you are poor

C．Every year many people die in the world because their family is poor

D．If you are rich ,you`ll have less friendship

小题4:In fact , few of millionaires _____________

A．have much money	B．have the longest living
C．love their money	D．have true love

小题5:what does the sentence “Love means to give , not to take ”mean in the passage ?

A．爱意味着给你，而不能带走	B．爱是可以得到的，不要走开
C．爱意味着奉献，而不是索取	D．爱是可以索取的， 而不必付出

One day, a boy found the cocoon(茧) of a butterfly and brought it home. A few days later, the boy saw a small    in the cocoon. He sat and watched for several hours as a butterfly struggled to make    body through that little hole. Suddenly it stopped. So the boy  to help the butterfly, thinking the butterfly might be     .He took a pair of scissors and cut the hole  .The butterfly came out of the cocoon but it   a little different. It had a weak body and small, thin     . The butterfly didn’t start to fly. In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling(爬行) around with a weak body and thin wings. It was never able to fly.
The boy acted with       but he didn’t understand why it could be like this. When a butterfly crawls out of the cocoon, it must struggle. The hard work of      out of the cocoon makes the fluid(液体) from the butterfly’s body into its wings. It helps the butterfly be      to fly. If the butterfly never has to squeeze(挤压) itself out of the cocoon, its wings will never get the fluid and it can never fly.
    struggles are what we need in our lives. If we lived our lives without any problems, we would never learn or grow. We would not be       we could have been and we would never fly.
In our lives, pain and suffering is the key to all windows, and sometimes even        growth, without it , there's no way of life. We can't avoid       or problems. So, next time you are    a problem or difficulty, remember the butterfly. Struggle a little—then fly!

小题1:	A．hole B．worm C．tall D．snake

小题2:	A．it B．it's C．itself D．its

小题3:	A．decided B．asked C．showed D．ordered

小题4:	A．afraid B．interested C．surprised D．grateful

小题5:	A．slimmer B．bigger C．shorter D．smaller

小题6:	A．touched B．sounded C．looked D．smelt

小题7:	A．wings B．feet C．eyes D．head

小题8:	A．success B．excitement C．kindness D．humour

小题9:	A．get B．getting C．to get D．got

小题10:

A．ready B．quiet C．glad D．used

小题11:

A．Somewhere B．Something C．Some time D．Sometimes

小题12:

A．as helpful as B．as weak as C．as strong as D．as creative as

小题13:

A．repeats B．recommends C．requires D．represents

小题14:

A．happiness B．difficulties C．pleasure D．hope

小题15:

A．served with B．growing into C．bringing in D．faced with

A king had a wonderful talent for growing flowers. He became old and didn’t want to deal with big things anymore. So he began to look for someone to take his place. But who could he trust for the job? He thought for a while and got an idea. He would let the flowers decide. He gave everyone a little seed (种子). The one who could grow the ?most beautiful flower from the seed would be the next leader.
A girl called Serena was very beautiful and wanted to grow the most beautiful flower. She planted it in a nice pot and took great care of it, but nothing would grow.
The next year she saw everyone come to the palace with pots full of beautiful flowers. She was disappointed but also went to the meeting with her empty pot. The king looked through all the flowerpots and then stopped at hers.
“Why is your pot empty?” he asked.
“Your Majesty (陛下), I did everything to make it grow, but I have failed,” she answered.
“No, you didn’t,” he said.
“You see, the seeds I’ve given out were all roasted (烤过的), so nothing could come out of them. I have no idea where all these flowers come from.? But you have been honest and by being so, you will become my successor (继承人).”
小题1:The king wanted to choose a person to _____.

A．be the next leader	B．grow beautiful flowers for him
C．be his daughter or son	D．make friends with him

小题2: How did the little seed show who was the right person?

A．It had some special power.

B．The king knew nothing could grow from it.

C．A special flower could grow from it.

D．Only a good person could grow beautiful flowers from it.

小题3:The king knew that those with pots of beautiful flowers _____.

A．worked hard	B．cheated him
C．were kind to plants	D．were good at growing flowers

小题4:In this passage the underlined word “given out” means ______.

A．收到

B．拿来

C．分发

D．奖励

小题5:From the story, we learn that _____ is a good quality.

A．Kindness

B．carefulness

C．honesty

D．politeness

I went back to China as soon as school was over at the end of June. And I returned to Canada on August 17th.
It’s      to go back to China this summer, because of the A（H1N1）flu. Everybody seemed to be       . The easiest thing for us to do was to wear masks（口罩）on the plane, as my mom suggested. However, it was not      to wear a mask for ten hours. I decided to put the masks into my bag        wearing them.
Everything seemed OK     the flight. I saw only five people wear masks all the time. When we arrived in Beijing, some      came into the plane and took our temperature. Fortunately,       had a fever. Therefore, I was able to get home on time.
However, everything went wrong after I got home. I became sick, with a sore throat and a fever because I had not     my mom’s words. Luckily, I just had a common       . while I was sick in bed, I thought that if I had listened to my mom at first, I      would have never caught the cold.
It’s always wise to listen to your mom’s suggestions.

小题1:	A．difficult B．impossible C．easy D．important

小题2:	A．happy B．nervous C．excited D．sad

小题3:	A．necessary B．healthy C．unfair D．comfortable

小题4:	A．thanks for B．instead of C．because of D．except for

小题5:	A．before B．by C．after D．during

小题6:	A．policemen B．doctors C．engineers D．reporters

小题7:	A．somebody B．anybody C．nobody D．everybody

小题8:	A．followed B．heard C．known D．understood

小题9:	A．stomachache B．toothache C．cold D．headache

小题10:

A．differently B．particularly C．usually D．probably

Have you ever complained (抱怨) why life is so tiring? Does the sky sometimes    dark to you? Are your lessons sometimes not successful? Well, friends, cheer up and      all the time. If you see the world with your warm heart, you will find the whole world smiling to you..
Not long ago, a friend of mine decided to read a lot of books to get      knowledge. So he went to the library and     happily with several books. But after a few days, he felt bored. The idea of finishing all of the books seemed     , because it was     for him to sit quietly to read a whole book. He didn’t know what to do. Then one day, he suddenly thought of “Why not make reading fun?” It gave him      again. Reading is a journey of spirit(心灵之旅). Every time when we     a book, we are actually talking     the writer. Since then, he tried to spend more time reading books, so he could feel all of the writer’s happiness and sadness. And reading is    boring, but kind of interesting.
Attitude can make a great     . Someone once said, “    the situation is bad, people are free to choose their attitude.” So, don’t complain about the situation. It helps     . For example, one day the weather is fine. You and your friends want to go for a picnic. Just before you go, it  suddenly starts to rain. Maybe you would feel very      and start to complain about the weather. But dear friends, why  don’t you sit down and listen to the free concert that the nature brings you? And with the timely rain, crops(庄稼) in the fields will grow better and farmers will have a good harvest (收成).
Attitude decides everything. With an optimistic (乐观的) attitude, life is easy and happy. Let’s smile to     we meet and the whole world will smile to us.

小题1:	A．seem B．taste C．sound D．smell

小题2:	A．cry B．smile C．complain D．shout

小题3:	A．more B．less C．many D．a lot

小题4:	A．sang B．jumped C．returned D．danced

小题5:	A．easy B．unnecessary C．possible D．impossible

小题6:	A．hard B．interesting C．happy D．easy

小题7:	A．money B．hope C．time D．knowledge

小题8:	A．buy B．borrow C．read D．write

小题9:	A．on B．about C．of D．with

小题10:

A．of course B．no longer C．as usual D．in fact

小题11:

A．decision B．difference C．discussion D．problem

小题12:

A．Even though B．Because C．As if D．So

小题13:

A．nothing B．anything C．everything D．something

小题14:

A．comfortable B．nervous C．sad D．happy

小题15:

A．wherever B．whenever C．however D．whatever

Peter’s job was to examine cars when they crossed the frontier(边界) to make sure that they were not smuggling(走私) anything into the country. Every evening he would see a factory worker coming        the hill towards the frontier,        a bike with grass on it. When the bike         the frontier, Peter would stop the man and      him take the grass off. Then he would examine the straw very       to see whether he could find anything, after which he would look in all the man’s pockets       he let him tie(捆绑) the grass again. The man would then put it on his bike and go off down the hill with it. Although Peter was always       to find gold or other valuable things hidden in the straw, he never found      . he was sure the man was smuggling something, but he was not       to think out what it could be.
Then one evening, after he had looked ____ the grass and emptied the worker's pockets ____ usual, he ____ to him, "Listen, I know you are smuggling things ____ this frontier. Won't you tell me what it is? I'm an old man, and today's my last day on the job. Tomorrow I'm going to retire (退休). I promise I shall not tell ____ if you tell me what you've been smuggling." The worker did not say anything for ____. 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．filling B．pulling C．pushing D．carrying

小题3:	A．arrived B．appeared C．came D．reached

小题4:	A．ask B．order C．make D．call

小题5:	A．carefully B．quickly C．silently D．horribly

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．nothing B．something C．everything D．anything

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

小题10:

A．through B．thoroughly C．upon D．up

小题11:

A．like B．more C．then D．as

小题12:

A．told B．cried C．ordered D．said

小题13:

A．cross B．past C．across D．into

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