The teacher stood before his class and was going to hand out the final exam papers. “I know how ___________ (41) you have all worked to prepare for this test,” he said. “And because I know you can do it well, I am willing to offer a B to anyone who would ___________ (42) not to take the test.

Many students jumped up to ___________ (43) the teacher and left the classroom. The teacher looked at the ___________ (44) students and said, “Does anyone else want to get a B? This is your last ___________ (45).” Two more students decided to go.

Seven students remained. The teacher then handed out the ___________ (46). There were only three sentences typed on the paper: Congratulations! You have just ___________ (47) an A in this class. Keep believing in yourself.

I never had a teacher like that, but I think it is a test ___________ (48) any teacher could and should give. Students who are not ___________(49) in what they have learned are B students at best(充其量).

The same is ___________ (50) in real life. The A students are those who believe in what they are doing because they have ___________ (51) both successes and failures. They have learned life’s lessons, either from normal education ___________ (52) from events in their lives, and have become ___________ (53) people.

Scientists say that by the age of eight, 80% of what we believe about ourselves has already been formed. You are a big kid now, and you ___________(54) that you have some limits (限制). However, there is ___________ (55) you can’t do or learn or be. Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest said, “It’s not the mountain we conquer(克服) but ourselves.

1. A. luckily       B. terribly     C. quietly          D. hard

2. A. dislike       B. help         C. prefer           D. start

3. A. thank     B. praise           C. fight            D. criticize

4. A. following B. relaxing     C. worrying     D. remaining

5. A. chance        B. trouble          C. test         D. idea

6. A. results       B. presents     C. papers           D. essays

7. A. given     B. sent         C. discovered       D. received

8. A. where     B. that         C. what         D. when

9. A. confident B. necessary        C. mysterious       D. convenient

10. A. unusual      B. impossible       C. true         D. special

11. A. broken off   B. dreamed of       C. learned from D. cared about

12.A. and       B. or           C. but          D. so

13.A. ruder     B. cuter            C. worse            D. better

14.A. decide        B. forget           C. realize          D. imagine

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

The teacher stood before his class and was going to hand out the final exam papers. “I know how ___________ (41) you have all worked to prepare for this test,” he said. “And because I know you can do it well, I am willing to offer a B to anyone who would ___________ (42) not to take the test.

Many students jumped up to ___________ (43) the teacher and left the classroom. The teacher looked at the ___________ (44) students and said, “Does anyone else want to get a B? This is your last ___________ (45).” Two more students decided to go.

Seven students remained. The teacher then handed out the ___________ (46). There were only three sentences typed on the paper: Congratulations! You have just ___________ (47) an A in this class. Keep believing in yourself.

I never had a teacher like that, but I think it is a test ___________ (48) any teacher could and should give. Students who are not ___________(49) in what they have learned are B students at best(充其量).

The same is ___________ (50) in real life. The A students are those who believe in what they are doing because they have ___________ (51) both successes and failures. They have learned life’s lessons, either from normal education ___________ (52) from events in their lives, and have become ___________ (53) people.

Scientists say that by the age of eight, 80% of what we believe about ourselves has already been formed. You are a big kid now, and you ___________(54) that you have some limits (限制). However, there is ___________ (55) you can’t do or learn or be. Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest said, “It’s not the mountain we conquer(克服) but ourselves.

1. A. luckily       B. terribly     C. quietly          D. hard

2. A. dislike       B. help         C. prefer           D. start

3. A. thank     B. praise           C. fight            D. criticize

4. A. following B. relaxing     C. worrying     D. remaining

5. A. chance        B. trouble          C. test         D. idea

6. A. results       B. presents     C. papers           D. essays

7. A. given     B. sent         C. discovered       D. received

8. A. where     B. that         C. what         D. when

9. A. confident B. necessary        C. mysterious       D. convenient

10. A. unusual      B. impossible       C. true         D. special

11. A. broken off   B. dreamed of       C. learned from D. cared about

12.A. and       B. or           C. but          D. so

13.A. ruder     B. cuter            C. worse            D. better

14.A. decide        B. forget           C. realize          D. imagine

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

When you read an article you will understand and remember it better if you can work out how the writer has put the ideas together．Sometimes a writer puts ideas together by asking questions and then answering them．For example，if the article is about groundhogs（土拨鼠），the set of questions in the writer’s head might be：
What does a groundhog look like？
Where do groundhogs live？
What do they eat？…
In the article，the author might answer those questions．
Sometimes an author writes out her questions in the article．These questions give you signals．They tell you what the author is going to write next．Often an author has a question in her head but she doesn’t write it out for you．You have to work out her question for yourself．Here’s a sample reading for you to practice this method.
Earthworms
Do you know how many kinds of earthworms there are？There are about 1800 kinds in the world！ They can be brown，purple，green．They can be as small as 3 cm long and as large as 3 m long．
The best time to see earthworms is at night，especially a cool，damp night．That’s when they come up from their burrows（地洞）to hunt for food．Earthworms don’t like to be in the sun．That’s because they breathe through their skin，and they can’t breathe if their skin gets too dry．Earthworms must come out of the earth if it rains a lot，because they can't breathe in their flooded burrows．What a dangerous life！
Earthworms don't have eyes，so how can they tell when it's dark？ They have special places on their skin that are sensitive to light．These spots tell whether it’s light or dark．If you shine a flashlight on an earthworm at night，it will quickly disappear into the ground．
Earthworms don't have ears either，but they can hear by feeling movements in the earth．If you want to hear like an earthworm，lie on the ground with your fingers in your ears．Then have a friend stamp his or her feet near you．This is how earthworms feel birds and people walking，and moles digging，near them．
Earthworms are useful．Farmers and gardeners like having lots of earthworms in their land because the worms help to make better soil when they dig．That digging keeps the soil loose and airy（通风的）．In one year earthworms can pile up as much as 23,000 kg of castings in an area about the size of a football field．
【小题1】What’s the purpose of reading Earthworms?

用括号内所给词的适当形式填空（每空不限一词）。（15分）
【小题1】If you want keep fit, you should eat _______(little) fast food than before.
【小题2】They love reading. They are ________(read) of your magazine;
【小题3】Kitty enjoys cooking. She likes to cook _________(taste) meals at weekends.
【小题4】People like going horse ____________(ride) in Inner Mongolia.
【小题5】There _________(be) a lot of traffic on the city roads, but it got better later.
【小题6】Our school football team played _________(bad) yesterday and lost the final.
【小题7】I think his advice is ________(use), I don’t want to take it.
【小题8】At the _________(begin), Mary didn’t feel well.
【小题9】The Class1, Grade8 students ___________(plan) their class trip to the park now.
【小题10】During this ________(year) Reading Week, I read the most books in my class.
【小题11】My story makes the little boy ________(laugh) happily.
【小题12】In cooking lessons, I can learn how ________(cook).
【小题13】Our school life is different from ________(they).
【小题14】Laura is a true friend. She likes to keep secrets to ____________(she).
【小题15】The apples in the picture look like the real __________(one).