You must know the song Happy Birthday. But do you know who wrote this song and for whom the writer wrote it?

About one hundred years ago, there was a girl in the U.S. She loved children very much and wrote many songs for children. One of them was the song Good Morning To You. The song was very popular with children at that time, but not all grown-ups (成年人) knew it.

The girl was very poor (贫穷的). Once her friends invited her to a little boy’s birthday party. She felt happy but sad because she had no money to buy something for him. So she decided to sing the song Happy Birthday in the melody (曲调) of Good Morning To You for the little boy.  When her friends heard the song at the party, they were very happy. And they all learned to sing it. Later, the song became very popular around the world.     

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(   ) 51. When did the song Happy Birthday become popular?

       A. About one thousand years ago.      B. Hundreds of years ago.

       C. About one hundred years ago.        D. About ten years ago.

(   )52. At first, the song Happy Birthday was for a(n) 　　　.

       A. old lady          B. little boy   C. little girl    D. old man

(   )53. When her friends invited her to a party, the girl was 　　　.

       A. happy and excited              B. angry and stressed out

       C. excited but angry               D. happy but sad

(   )54. Which of the following is TRUE? 

       A. The girl didn’t love children at all.  B. The girl was very rich.

       C. The girl didn’t go to the party      D. The girl decided to sing a song at the party.

(   )55. Which is the best title for the passage?

       A. The story of Happy Birthday      B. A clever poor girl

       C. Let’s sing Happy Birthday        D. A story of a poor girl

  A middle school organized a “No TV Week” program. All the teachers, parents and students worked together for this program and most of them found it to be a very good one. The headmaster said, “The idea was not to stop watching TV completely but for the students just to find how much time they watch TV and try to use the time for other things.”

  What did the students say about this “No TV Week”? One boy said, “I can’t believe I haven’t watch TV for a week, but it’s been fun doing it.” A girl student said, “I’m going to give up all TV program except for ‘Our Animal World’ and other language-teaching program. I’m really pleased that I have more time to do things like walking and thinking. I enjoy this ‘No TV Week’ very much…” But not all the students thought it was good. Here one student Tom said something different, “I don’t like ‘No TV Week’ because I like watching TV. I have lots of favorite programs and I don’t want to miss them. But we have to do it.”

(  ) 1. “No TV Week” program was organized _____________.

A. for all the students in the country　　　　　         

B. by one middle school

C. in middle schools all over the country　　           

D. by teachers all over the country

(  ) 2. The aim of “No TV Week” program is to ________.

A. let students watch TV for long                 

B. stop students watching TV completely

C. let students find much time to watch TV         

D. ask students to find time for other things

(  ) 3. Watching no TV was _____________ what the boy thought.

A. as hard as　　B. not harder than 　　C. harder than 　　D. easier than

(  ) 4. The girl decided ___________.

A. only to watch some of the TV programs　　　　B. not to watch TV at all

C. to watch no TV at all　　　　　　　　　　　D. to watch TV all the time

(  ) 5. ________________ took part in “No TV Week”.

A. All the teachers, students and parents　　         

B. None of the students in the school

C. Not all the students in the school                 

D. All the teachers in the school except one

When I was a teenager growing up in Russia, I wanted to leave school and have my own life. The only way I could do this was to work in the local brick factory in my town, or get married. I was nervous when I told my father I wanted to leave school. I thought he would say, “No! You are going to college.” He took me by surprise when he said, “OK. We’ll go to the brick factory.”

Two days later, he took me to the factory. I had a very romantic idea of working in a factory. I had imagined everyone to be friends working together and having fun. I even imagined there would be music and singing. I guess I had watched too many movies as a teenager.

When we arrived at the factory gate, my father spoke to the guard and one minute later we were inside. My father said, “Take your time. Look around.” I walked around the factory looking at the building, the workers, and listening to the noise. It was horrible. I ran back to my father and said, “I want to go home.”

He asked me, “What do you think of the factory?”

“It’s terrible,” I replied.

“And marriage is even worse!” he said.

I went back to school the next day thinking about studying hard so I could get into a good college. I enjoyed studying English so I decided to major in languages at college. Thanks to my father and our trip to the brick factory, I now work at the United Nations and my father is very proud of me. I married a very good man and my life is much better than it would have been working in the factory!

1.The writer lived in       when she was a teenager.

A. Russia       B. Japan        C. China

2.At first she thought life in the factory would be       than in school.

A. more careful     B. more colorful       C. more beautiful

3.When she told her father that she wanted to leave school, he expressed his disagreement       .

A. by doing nothing    B. in a special way     C. by saying nothing

4.After they visited the factory, the girl       .

A. decided to work there     B. decided to get married    C. changed her mind

5.The underlined work “horrible” means “     ” in Chinese.

A. 糟糕的       B. 紧张的       C. 浪漫的

 

Mr. Evans lives in a city. He was a math teacher three years ago. He taught well and his students liked him. So he decided to work in the middle school all his life. But a terrible accident changed his fortune(命运).
One spring he took his class to visit a place of interest. The children saw a lot of interesting things and had a good time there. But on their way to school, their bus was hit by a truck because the young driver was drunk(醉的). Five students died and more than half of the children were injured in the accident. He didn’t know how it had happened and was very sad about it and after he came out of hospital, he left the school and became a policeman. He tried his best to stop the drivers from breaking the traffic regulations(违反交通规则). He worked hard and was strict with the drivers. So they were afraid of him.
One afternoon it was very hot. Mr. Evans was on duty. He was standing at the crossing and watching the traffic. Suddenly he saw a car rushing towards the crossing. It ran so fast that it almost hit a man on a bike. He stopped it at once and saw a girl in it.
"Show your license to me, madam," said Mr. Evans.
The girl handed her bag to him and said: "Please look for it in it. I can‘t see anything without glasses."
【小题1】What was Mr. Evans’ job three years ago?

A．policeman

B．a math teacher

C．a guide

D．a drive

【小题2】Their bus was hit by a truck because___________.

A．the drunk driver broke the traffic rules

B．the bus driver broke the traffic rules

C．Mr. Evans broke the traffic rules

D．the children broke the traffic rules

【小题3】In the accident ___________.                 

A．more than half of the children died

B．five children were injured

C．more than half of those children were injured

D．Mr. Evans was injured

【小题4】The phrase “on duty” means “_____” in Chinese.               
A 在家里  B 在家  C 在值勤  D 在值日
【小题5】From the story, we can infer that___________.

A．Mr. Evans would let girl drive away.

B．Mr. Evans would not let the girl drive away

C．Mr. Evans would look for the girl’s license in her bag

D．the girl would cry.