One day, a teacher was giving a speech to his students. He held up a glass of water and asked the class, "How heavy do you think this glass of water is?"

The students' answers ranged from 20 g to 500 g. "It does not matter on the weight itself. It depends on how long you hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it is OK. If I hold it for an hour, I will have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you will have to call an ambulance (救护车). It is exactly the same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes. "

If we carry our burdens (负担) all the time, sooner or later, we will not be able to carry on, the burden becoming increasingly heavier. "

"What you have to do is to put the glass down, rest for a while before holding it up again.”

We have to put down the burden sometimes, so that we can be refreshed (使恢复) and are able to carry on.

So before you return home from work tonight, put the burden of work down. Don't carry it back home. You can pick it up tomorrow.

Whatever burdens you are having now on your shoulders, let it down for a moment if you can.

1.The teacher brought a glass of water to the class because_________.

A. he was very thirsty??????????

B. his arms were strong????

C. it was a good example???????

D. he wants to share the water with students??

2."A glass of water" in this passage referred to (指)_________.

A. knowledge????? B. the burden?????? C. the time????????? D. the money???????

3.According to the teacher, you may feel_________ if you put down the burden sometimes.

A. more stressed???? B. much heavier???? C. more relaxed????? D. much happier

4.This was a lesson about_____

A. how to relax oneself in life???????? ???

B. how to solve a physics problem???

C. how to keep fit by drinking water???????

D. how to study well

5.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A. You could become heavier and heavier if you held a glass of water in your hand.

B. All the students in the class knew what the weight of the glass of water exactly was.

C. The teacher had a good way of making his lesson clear and easy to be understood.

D. All the students can understand the teacher’s lesson.

China’s first astronaut Yang Liwei walked   (1)   the re – entry capsule（返回舱）of the Shenzhou V spaceship, smiling and waving to the recovery team（搜救队）on the grasslands of the Gobi Desert, Inner Mongolia.

Yang had   (2)   21 hours in outer space, traveling more than 600,000 kilometres in the earth’s orbit（轨道）before Shenzhou V brought him   (3)   at 6:07 am Beijing time on October 16. Yang said he   (4)   excellent after the 21 – hour journey, the first by a Chinese astronaut.

At about 6:00 am, guided by she Beijing Aerospace Command and Control Centre（北京卫星指挥控制中心）, the return capsule of Shenzhou V entered China’s air space. Several minutes  (5)  the capsule landed  (6)   in Northwest China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and Yang reported “conditions good”.

Five rescue helicopters raced towards the capsule   (7)  found it at 6:35 am. They said Yang felt good and the conditions within the capsule also seemed normal.

At 6:51 am, Yang Liwei came out of the capsule by   (8) , waving and smiling to rescuers and reporters.

 (9)   Yang came out of the capsule, physicians immediately conducted a physical checkup（健康检查），which found him in good condition. At around 7:40 am, Yang was ferried（运送）by a military helicopter to Beijing, where a gala（欢乐）celebration party  (10)  .

All this marked the complete success of the manned flight.

（   ）1．A．in             B．out                    C．into                      D．out of

（   ）2．A．spent        B．pay                   C．cost                      D．took

（   ）4．A．feels         B．feeled                C．felt                       D．is feeling

（   ）5．A．ago          B．later                  C．after                     D．in

（   ）6．A．slow         B．slowly               C．safety                   D．safely

（   ）7．A．and          B．but                    C．so                        D．since

（   ）8．A．him          B．lonely                C．himself                 D．itself

（   ）9．A．Just          B．After                 C．Before                  D．Sooner

（   ）10．A．holding   B．was holding       C．was held               D．held

China Youth says that more and more girl students have entered colleges to study in the recent few years. As we know, once the number of boys was larger than that of girls and boys did much better than girls in our country for a long time. Now, things have changed a lot.

In recent years, the proportion of girl students is growing fast. In 1998, about 39.7% of college students were girls. In 2000, it was 41.07% and in 2001, the number was 42.14%.

There are several reasons for this.

Firstly, there is little difference between boys and girls in their intelligence(智力). That’s to say, girls are as clever as boys. And boys have more interests than girls, so they may not always do well in their study.

Secondly, girls are more careful than boys. They work harder at school and they do better in all exams. Another reason is that with the development of society, people pay more and more attention to girls’ education.

1.China Youth says that more and more ______.

A. boys are clever than girls

B. boys can’t go to school

C. girls have entered colleges

D. girls begin to study at school

2.42.14% refers to(指) the number of ______.

A. girls at schools in 1998

B. girls in colleges in 2001

C. boys at schools in 2001

D. boys in colleges in 1998

3.The writer gave us ______ reasons to explain the question.

A. two              B. three        C. four        D. five

4.What does the underlined word “proportion” mean in Chinese?

A. 身高                 B. 比例

C. 特性                      D. 速度

5.Which of the following sentences is TRUE?

A. Boys may not do well in their study as girls because they don’t like studying.

B. Boys are much cleverer than girls because they’re interested in many things.

C. Girls’ intelligence is the same as boys’.

D. Girls study harder, but they couldn’t get higher marks than boys.

How often one hears children wishing they were grown-ups, and old people wishing they were young again. Each age has its pleasures and its pains, and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets.
Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities to make life difficult. If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved, whatever he may do. It is impossible that he will ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in return. What’s more, life is always giving new things to the child--- things that have lost their interest for older people because they are too well-known. But a child has his pains: he is not so free to do what he wishes to do; he is repeatedly being told not do something or being punished for what he has wrongly done.
When a young man starts to earn his own living, he can no longer expect others to pay for his food, his clothes, and his room, but has to work if he wants to live comfortably. If he spends most of his time playing about in the way he used to as a child, he will go hungry. And if he breaks the laws of society as he used to break the laws of his parents, he may go to prison. If, however, he worked hard, keeps out of trouble and has good health, he can have the greatest happiness of building up for himself his own position in society.
【小题1】What is the happiest person according to the passage?

My mind seems always to return to the day when I met Carl. The city bus stopped at a corner to         the passengers(乘客).1 was included. After getting on the bus, I looked for a place to sit. At last, I found a seat near the back.

    The passenger of the         next to the one I was going for was an old man in a grey suit. Seated myself, I began to read the book I had been carrying which was Jack Kerouac's On the Road. The man in the seat next to me introduced himself by asking if I        any other book like the one I was holding. When I told him I had, he seemed to become        and so did I. He said he was Carl. And asked if I like jazz(爵士乐),and l told him that I didn't really listen to it and that I like rock and roll. Waiting for Carl to tell me that I          listen to real music, I was shocked when he just smiled and nodded. He said, "You          me of myself when I was your age. I remember how my parents hated jazz, how they couldn't see how I could listen to that terrible noise. I bet your parents say the same thing, don't they?" Now it was my        to smile and nod.

    As the bus took us from one side of the city to the' other, Carl and I talked about a lot of different things. The more we talked, the more amazed I became at          the two of us really had in common, although we had the        difference. I haven't seen him         we parted, but the thought of our relationship that day never leaves my mind.

1.A. take up            B. pick up                 C. put up                   D. turn up

2.A. seat              B. bus               C. city                       D. book

3.A. read            B. was reading          C. had read             D. would read

4.A. worried           B. silent                   C. interested          D. bored

5.A. mustn't            B. shouldn't            C. must                    D. should

6.A. remember B. warn                    C. make                   D. remind

7.A. turn            B. time                      C. day                       D. honor

8.A. why             B. where                   C. how                        D. how much

9.A. race               B. age                       C. sex                       D. color

10.A. after    B. when                   C. since                    D. before