The little boy entered the house unhappily. His mother was  1 cakes in the kitchen. She smiled as she  2 ,but stopped when she saw his face.“Tyler,  3 happened? Is everything okay?”

“Nothing is okay,Mom,” said the boy.” Today, in our science lesson, Mrs Green talked about the 4 .The whole world is getting dirtier and many animals and plants are dying, She wants us to think of something we can do to help. I thought all the way home, but there is  5 I can do to make a difference.”

“Let me tell you a  6 ,”the mother said after thinking  for a while .“ One morning a man was walking down a beach, there he saw thousands of dying starfish（海星） covering the beach, they were pushed up by the   7 . and it was too far for them to make their way back by  8 . The man shook his head as he walked along,“What a pity!So many starfish will die on the beach.” The man felt very  9 for those starfish . He went on walking and just at that time he was  10 to find a boy in front who was throwing the starfish back into the sea as  11 as he could. “How silly you are! My  12 ,” the man said.“There are so many starfish, and can you throw all of them back?” The boy didn’t stop but kept throwing. “  13 I can’t help them all, I can make a difference to this one, and this one, and this one,”said the boy.“Thinking for a moment, the man  14 to help return the starfish to their home. He smiled and said to himself, “Sometimes the biggest lesson in life comes from the   15 person.”

1.                A．drinking        B．making         C．selling    D．washing

 

2.                A．turned around   B．turned down     C．turned on D．turned off

 

3.                A．what           B．when          C．where    D．why

 

4.                A．air            B．land           C．water    D．environment

 

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

 

6.                A．lie             B．joke           C．story D．way

 

7.                A．wind           B．rain            C．waves    D．sands

 

8.                A．himself         B．itself           C．ourselves D．themselves

 

9.                A．tired           B．sorry           C．happy    D．excited

 

10.               A．afraid          B．surprised       C．sad   D．angry

 

11.               A．slow           B．fast            C．soon  D．high

 

12.               A．father          B．mother         C．son   D．daughter

 

13.               A．Or            B．So             C．Because   D．Though

 

14.               A．began          B．continued       C．forgot D．waited

 

15.               A．shortest        B．tallest          C．smallest   D．biggest

 

 

Jose grew up in a poor Puerto Rican neighborhood in New York City. He was not only poor but also blind.

When Jose was still very young, a friend     a $10 guitar for him and Jose taught himself to

     songs with it. At the age of ten, he took his     to a theatre and played      the audience. Jose played very well. People stood up and      for the     boy. Jose said that day was the start of his     . By the time he was twenty, he became well-known. Then he made a(an)       record called “Light My Fire”. It was his first record. Then, Jose became one of the famous stars in      .

Now Jose  writes his own songs and      all over the world. Jose thinks it all started with the $10 guitar!

1.A. gave                     B. sent                         C. bought           D. lent

2.A. play                          B. write                         C. sing                          D. make

3.A. parents                         B. friend                      C. record                     D. guitar

4.A. for                                 B. with                         C. at                              D. in

5.A. shouted                        B. clapped                   C. laughed                   D. jumped

6.A. clever                           B. bright                      C. blind                        D. quiet 

7.A. interest                 B. project                     C. success          D. life

8.A. useful                            B. excellent                C. creative                  D. important

9.A. sports                            B. theatre                    C. culture                    D. music

10.A. succeeds          B. interviews              C. performs                D. explores

 

动词填空 用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。

1.Until your pass ___________ (show) to us, we won’t let you in at all.

2.__________(make) sure that there are no mistakes, you must be more careful with your homework..

3.May Day, the holiday all the students were looking forward to ______(come) at last.

4.----How do you like the city?

----Wonderful! I __________(stay) here for another two years.

5.Tom is worried about Jane because she _____ (suffer) from stress these days.

6.By the time he got home, his wife ________ (do) all the housework.

7.They _________ (eat) up all the food, but they still feel hungry.

8.— Why didn’t you stop him going out? _

— Sorry, but I _______ (write) a letter and didn’t notice him go out.

 

Steven Jobs, the designer of Apple Computer, was not clever when he was in school. At that time, he was not a good student and he always made troubles with his schoolmates. When he went into college, he didn’t change a lot. Then he dropped（退学）. But he was full of new ideas.

After he left college, Steven Jobs worked as a video game designer. He worked there for only several months and then he went to India. He hoped that the trip would give him some new ideas and give him a change in life.

Steven Jobs lived on a farm in California for a year after he returned from India.

In 1975, he began to make a new type of computer. He designed the Apple Computer with his friend in his garage(汽车库). He chose the name “Apple” just because it could help him to remember a happy summer he once spent in an apple tree garden.

His Apple Computer was such a great success that Steven Jobs soon became famous all over the world.

1.Steven Jobs was not a good student in school because he _____.

A．never did his lessons

B．was full of new ideas

C．always made troubles with his schoolmates.

D．dropped

2.Steven Jobs designed his new computer ________.

A．in India                               B．with his friend

C．in an apple tree garden                   D．by himself

3.Steven Jobs was famous for his _____ all over the world.

A．new ideas         B．apple             C．Apple Computer    D．video games

4.From this passage we know _________.

A．Steven Jobs didn’t finish his studies in the college because he hated his schoolmates.

B．Steven Jobs liked traveling in India and California.

C．Steven Jobs liked trying new things and making his new ideas become true

D．Steven Jobs could only design video games

 

Steven Jobs, the designer of Apple Computer, was not clever when he was in school. At that time, he was not a good student and he always made troubles with his schoolmates. When he went into college, he didn’t change a lot. Then he dropped out（退学）. But he was full of new ideas.

After he left college, Steven Jobs worked as a video game designer. He worked there for only several months and then he went to India. He hoped that the trip would give him some new ideas and give him a change in life.

Steven Jobs lived on a farm in California for a year after he returned from India.

　　In 1975, he began to make a new type of computer. He designed the Apple Computer with his friend in his garage (汽车库). He chose the name “Apple” just because it could help him to remember a happy summer he once spent in an apple tree garden.

　　His Apple Computer was such a great success that Steven Jobs soon became famous all over the world.

1. Steven Jobs was not a good student in school because he ___________.

A．never did his lessons	B．was full of new ideas
C．always made troubles with his schoolmates	D．dropped out

2. Steven Jobs designed his new computer _____________.

A．in India	B．with his friend
C．in an apple tree garden	D．by himself

3.Steven Jobs was famous for his ________ all over the world.

A．new ideas

B．apple

C．Apple Computer

D．video games

4. From this passage we know ___________

A．Steven Jobs liked travelling in India and California

B．Steven Jobs could only design video games

C．Steven Jobs didn’t finish his studies in the college because he hated his schoolmates

D．Steven Jobs liked trying new things and making his new ideas become true