通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
One very cold morning, my, father and I were working on the farm. I asked him how long I must stay in the ____1____.
“About an hour.” he answered.
“I wish I could go hone now—my __2__ aches.”
“I am sorry, but can’t you stay till lunch time?”Said my father.
“But my headache is getting __3__.”
“Well,” said he, “you may go home. I don’t want you to work if you are sick. Go straight home __4__ tell your mother to give you some rhubarb(大黄，一种苦药).It will __5__ you a lot.”
I went back home. However, I told my mother that my head was better, hoping not to __6__ the terrible medicine. But it was too __7__.She understood my __8__ as well as my father. So she prepared the rhubarb.
I had to swallow(吞) all of the rhubarb. Dear me! How bitter it was! I would rather __9__ all day in the field. But it cured(治愈) my laziness, and I learned that it is important to be __10__.
Friends, keep it, though there is another and a better reason.
【小题1】A. field               B. hospital              C. factory
【小题2】A. tooth               B. head                  C. stomach
【小题3】A. better              B. worse                 C. less
【小题4】A. but                 B. or                    C. and
【小题5】A. hurt                B. worry                 C. help
【小题6】A. take                B. buy                   C. make
【小题7】A. early               B. late                  C. easy
【小题8】A. joke                B. duty                  C. problem
【小题9】A. work                B. play                 C. study
【小题10】A. kind                B. honest                C, helpful

Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, was not very handsome, and he knew he was not.

One day, Lincoln was walking on the road when he was stopped by an ugly man .The man had a gun in his hand. He took aim (瞄准) at Lincoln’s nose. Lincoln was very surprised, but he pretended(假装) not to be afraid. He asked the man, “What do you want, sir?”“I’ve promised myself,” said the man, “if I find a man who is uglier than I, I’ll kill him.” Then Lincoln looked at the man’s face carefully and then said, “Please take aim at me, sir. If I were uglier than you are, I would not want to live.” The man looked at Lincoln again, after a minute, he said, “You are right!” And he went away.

1.Abraham Lincoln was famous because ____.

A．he was very ugly	B．he was very handsome
C．he was a successful leader	D．he was tall and strong

2.Abraham Lincoln was stopped one day on the road by ____.

A．his enemy

B．a soldier

C．an ugly stranger

D．a handsome man

3.The man wanted to kill Lincoln because he ____.

A．wanted to be the ugliest man	B．was from the south
C．was a slave (奴隶) owner	D．was against him

4.We can guess that in the end ____.

A．Lincoln was killed

B．the man killed himself

C．Lincoln didn’t want to live

D．Lincoln saved himself by his wit(机智)

 

Name:Sara Age:14 Class:Junior 3 Student’s progress report:My exam results are good in all subjects and I am very pleased about this because I did a lot of revision.My best results were in my favourite subjects,physics and chemistry,I know I am good at them and I enjoy dong scientific experiments. Teacher’s report:Sara is an intelligent,hardworking student with an excellent attitude(态度) to her schoolwork.She is quite shy and should be encouraged to join school clubs and afterschool activities.

 

Name:Steve Age:15 Class:Junior 3 Student’s progress report:I am happy because my exam results are a lot better than they were last term.I love computers and computer games and my best grades were in Information Technology.I would love to be a computer programmer but I don’t know if I’m clever enough.But I wouli like to do work with computers.The other thing I’m really interested in is languages.I enjoy learning English and find translation quite easy. Teacher’s report:Steve is a lively and popular student who has made much progress this term.However,he needs to be mor serious and organised if he wants to become a computer programmer.He should get good results in math.Steve’s Enhlish has improved a lot.Perhaps he should consider becoming an English teacher.

【小题1】Who did a lot of work for the exams?
A.Sara.             B.Steve.             C.Both.
【小题2】Sara enjoys _________.
A.playing computer games.
B.doing scientific experiments
C.learning English
【小题3】The teacher thinks Steve needs to ____________.
A.improve his math     B.learn English better     C.play more cmputer games
【小题4】In the teacher’s opinion,Steve should be __________.
A.a scientist           B.an English teacher       C.a comptuer programmer
【小题5】Which of the following activities is the most suitable to improve Sara?
A.Playing computer games.  B.Watching TV.     C.Playing basketball.

One day a red rose blossomed(开花)in a forest. A pine tree not far away said: "What a beautiful flower. I wish I could he that lovely.
The rose said: "I am the mostbeautiful plant in this forest. "
Then the rose looked at a cactus（仙人掌）and said_: " Look at that ugly plant. It is full of thorns (刺)"
The pine tree said： "Red rose, you have thorns, too. " Sometimes, the rose would look at the cactus and say _: "This plant is useless. How sorry I am tobe his neighbor. "
Summer came and the plants and animals needed water, but no rain fell. One day the rose saw birds stick(刺) their beaks(鸟嘴)into the cactus and then fly away. The roseasked what the birds were doing. The pine tree explained thatthe birds got water from the cactus. The pine tree told the rose_: "You can also drink from it. The birds can bring water to you if you ask the cactus for help. "
The rose fell ashamed(羞愧的), but asked the cactus for help. The cactus kindly
agreed and the birds filled their beaks with water for the rose’s roots(根).
So the rose learned：never judge(判断) anyone by appearance(外表).
【小题1】At the beginning of the story the rose thought that the cactus was    .
A. ugly   B. lovely  C. beautiful
【小题2】Both the rose and the cactus have_______.
a .thorns  B. leaves  C. fruit
【小题3】The underlined word "useless" in this passage means "____ " in Chinese
A. 无营养的 B. 不友好的 C. 无用的
【小题4】Which of the following is True according to the story?
A. The birds could get water from the pine tree.
B. The rose got water from the cactus at last.
C .The pine tree wanted to get water from the rose.
【小题5】What’s the best title (标题) for the passage?
A. Plants and birds
B. Ways of growing roses
C. Appearance isn't everything.