阅读理解：

　　Bill is now in China with his parents. He goes to a Chinese school

near here. He gets up at six o'clock and then he washes his face, brushes his teeth and has his breakfast quickly. After that he goes to school. He gets to school at a quarter past eight on weekdays. He never gets to school late. In class he works hard and listens to the teacher carefully. He is very good at all his lessons but Chinese. He's a beginner of it. He finds it a bit difficult to learn Chinese. He says,“ it's not easy to learn Chinese. And it takes time. But I like it. ”He can speak quite a little Chinese now.

　　Bill does not go home for lunch. He has it at school. After lunch he has a short rest. The classes in the afternoon are over at about four o'clock. Bill does not go home before five. He enjoys sport. He usually plays football with us after school. After that he goes home. He gets home at about half past five.

　　He sometimes helps his parents do some housework before supper. After supper. he does his lessons for an hour. Sometimes he watches TV,but he does not watch TV for long. He goes to bed at about a quarter to nine at night.

　　At weekends he turns on his computer. He sends and gets e-mails to and from his friends hack in England. He also gets on the Interact(因特网)to learn about what is going on in the world. He says that the Internet can bring him the world news very quickly. Sometimes his parents take him to some places of great interest in China. He likes going out. Sometimes I ask him to come over to my home for a weekend. Myparents  say they cannot understand what we talk about because there are two languages in our talks, Chinese and English. My mother sometimes says to him,“ Bill, can you talk to my son in Chinese only?” He smiles and answers, “Not today. I'm going to speak good Chinese very soon ,I think. ”He is not very good at Chinese and I am not very good at English, you know. But we like these talks because we can learn While talking.

　　At home he is a good boy, and at school he is a good student. And he is my good friend both in and out of school!

(1) What does the writer of the passage tell us?

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A. Bill's school life in China.

B. Bill's after-school time.

C. Bill's life in China.

D. Bill's hobbies and school work.

(2) How long is Bill at school on weekdays?

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A. He is at school for more than eight hours.

B. He is at school for about seven hours.

C. He is at school for less than seven hours.

D. He does not go to school on weekdays.

(3) What does he do after school?

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A. He has sport with his classmates.

B. He goes to one of his friends' homes.

C. He begins to learn Chinese.

D. He has a short rest.

(4)Which country does Bill come from?

A. He comes from Canada.

B. He comes from Australia.

C. He comes from the USA.

D. He comes from England.

(5)What do you know about his weekends?

A. He sometimes goes to see his friends back home.

B. He sometimes gets on line to read the world news.

C. He sometimes takes his parents out to see the cities in China.

D. He sometimes practise speaking Chinese with his teachers and friends.

(6) What do you know of Bill's Chinese now ?

A. He is very good at his Chinese lessons now.

B. He is only beginning to learn it and can speak a little of it.

C. He finds it hard to learn Chinese and dislikes it.

D. He can talk to his Chinese friends in Chinese without speaking any English.

(7) What do you know of the writer from this passage?

A. The writer of this passage is a Chinese teacher.

B. She is good at English.

C. He is Bill's good friend.

D. The writer can send and get e-mails to and from Bill's foreign friends.

It was yearbook day and we were given an hour to sign each other’s yearbooks in the cafeteria. I was president of the class and I played sports. When I sat down at a table, people started to come over to get their yearbooks signed and to sign __36__.
Among them, a weak boy with ugly teeth and thick glasses kept shaking. I had seen him around, and I knew he was always laughed at. He seemed __37__ of himself, and was so pale that it __38__ us to look at him.
He came up and asked me nervously, “Can you sign this?” I took his yearbook but I didn’t know __39__ to write. I saw that there was the name “Ricky Sanders” written on the front of it. So I wrote:

I put down the yearbook and turned around to get some signatures from some of my friends when I __40__ my yearbook was gone. I saw that Ricky had sat down with my yearbook. “What are you doing?” I asked him. He looked up calmly(平静地) and __41__said “Sign!”
My friends broke into a loud laugh, and I saw that he was carefully frying to put a signature in my yearbook. He hadn’t even finished the “R” yet. I thought for a while and __42__ to let him sign.
It took him nearly five minutes to sign and when I got my yearbook back, there was a very shaky “RICKY”. He hugged(紧抱) his yearbook and __43__. I couldn’t help but smile back at him.
In that moment, my __44__ changed completely.
I gave him a high five and suddenly everyone at my table wanted his signature. He was asked politely to write in their yearbooks and the signature __45__ of his yearbook were filled up. He was smiling so big that it lit up the whole room.
I changed school the next year, and I never saw Ricky again. However, I will never forget the day that he became the most __46__ guy in school. Whenever I’m __47__, I still look back at that yearbook.

【小题1】

A．mine B．his C．ours D．theirs

【小题2】

A．unafraid B．unsure C．proud D．tired

【小题3】

A．worried B．surprised C．taught D．hurt

【小题4】

A．how B．which C．where D．what

【小题5】

A．saw B．noticed C．thought D．believed

【小题6】

A．still B．ever C．even D．just

【小题7】decided               B. meant            C. began             D. prepared

【小题8】

A．smiled B．waited C．left D．rose

【小题9】

A．sense B．value C．attitude D．idea

【小题10】

A．lists B．pages C．boxes D．tables

【小题11】

A．different B．patient C．popular D．important

【小题12】

A．away B．out C．behind D．down