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（1）When I was in seventh grade, I was shy, quiet and so was easily bullied(受欺负). I used to get very sad about it.
In an art lesson, just while the teacher was out, a big boy
took away my pencil case, threw it across the room and sat
back down. Later on, he took my schoolbag and pulled it
towards him. I pulled back the schoolbag from his hand and
for the first time, I pushed him away and hit him on the back.
In the rest of the lesson, I did nothing but imagined what was
happening next.
Then the teacher came to me,“Peter, are you OK?”
“Yes,” I answered.
“No, you are not. Come to my office after class.” he said.
There we had a long talk. He made me smile and I became confident(自信) again. He taught me some life lessons, and said, “Get up, and don’t be a bully yourself, but remember you are stronger inside, and if the bullies see this, they will stop.”
I remembered these words. From then on, everytime as I walked to school, I put my head high in the way, and the bullying soon stopped.
1. Why was Peter often bullied in seventh grade?
A. he had no friends to help him
B. he didn’t study well
C. he came from a poor family
D. he was quiet and not confident
2. What happened to Peter in an art lesson?
A. He took away the other’s pencil case.
B. He made fun of another student.
C. He fought back for the first time.
D. He told the secret to the teacher.
3. How did Peter feel after it happened?
A. Lucky.
B. Worried.
C. Excited.
D. Confident.
4. Where did Peter have a long talk with his teacher?
A. In the classrom.
B. At the teacher’s house.
C. At Peter’s home.
D. In the office.
5. The teacher told Peter he should _____.
A. believe in himself
B. work hard on his lessons
C. have stronger body
D. tell it to the teacher at once
（2）
Long long ago, there was a spider(蜘蛛) who lived on a field. She liked this home and planned to stay there for the rest of her life.
One day, the spider caught a little bug(虫子). T he bug said, “If you let me go, I will tell you somethi ng important that will save your life.” The spider stopped and listened carefully.
“You’d better get out of this field,” the little bug said. “The harvest is coming!”
The spider smiled and said, “What is the harvest you are talking about? You ar e just telling me a story.” But the little bug said, “Oh, no, it is true. The owner of this field is coming to harvest it soon. You will be killed by the machines if you stay here.”
The spider said, “I don’t believe you. I have lived here all of my li fe, and the owner has never come here.” And then the spider ate the little bug for lunch.
The next day was a beautiful sunny day. As the spider was going to have a rest, she saw some thick clouds moving towards her. She could hear the sound of a great machine, and she said to herself, “What would that be? Is the bug right? ”
1. The little bug tried to get free by _______.
A. running in the web
B. playing against the spider
C. turning to his friends for help
D. telling the spider some important news
2. The spider didn’t believe the little bug because ________.
A. he knew the bug’s story
B. nothing had happened before
C. she had got other news
D. she knew the harvest time
3. What happened to the little bug at last?
A. The spider let it go.
B. The spider had it for a meal.
C. The farmers caught the bug.
D. It won the spider.
4. In the end, the spider might ______.
A. die in a storm
B. run from the field
C. be covered with the machine
D. stay there for the rest of her life
5. What can we leran from the story?
A. I t’s helpful to follow other’s advice.
B. Don’t do something bad to the small animals.
C. Working hard is important.
D. Nothing is difficult in the world.
（3）
When the man’s wife died, their youngest baby was 2
years old. They had six other children – three boys and three
girls, aged from 4 to 16.
The man’s parents and his wife’s parents came to visit
them.
“We’ve been talking about how to make this work,”
they said. “There’s no way you can take care of all these
children and work to make a living. So, we’ve decided to
place each child with a different uncle and aunt.”
The man refused. Over the next few weeks, he moved the family to a tiny town and his business developed quickly. People came from far away to do business with him. And the children helped him both at home and at work.
The children grew up and got married. Five of the seven went off to college. The children’s success was a source of pride to the father.
Finally, the youngest daughter, who was 2 years old when the mother died, got married. With his life’s work done, the father died.
This man’s work had been the lonely but joyful task of raising his family. This man was my father. I was the 16-year-old, the oldest of seven.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
1. There were ______ children in the man’s family.
A. five
B. six
C. seven
D. eight
2. The man’s parents and his wife’s parents came to his house to ______.
A. suggest raising his children in different family
B. talk about finding a new wife for him
C. give him money to support the family
D. help take good care of his children
3. What does the underlined word “refuse” mean?
A. 感激
B. 拒绝
C. 悲伤
D. 放弃
4. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Nearly half of the man’s children went to college.
B. The man wanted to give his children to their uncle.
C. The man moved his family and opened a business.
D. The man thought life was hopeless after his wife died.
5. The story mainly talks about ______.
A. why the father didn’t give up his family
B. how the children succeeded after their mother died
C. why the father was lonely
D. how the father raised his large family
As I was passing the elephants, I suddenly stopped. I was surprised by the fact that a small rope (绳子) is holding these huge animals. The rope was tied to their front legs. It was true that the elephants could break away from the ropes at any time. But they did not. I asked the trainer nearby why these elephants just stood there and didn’t try to get away.
“Well,” he said, “when they are very young and much smaller,
we use the same size rope to tie them. At that age, it’s enough to hold
them. As they grow up, they are used to believing that they cannot
break away. They believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try
to break free.”
I was amazed. These animals could at any time break free from
their bonds, but because they believed they couldn’t, they were stuck
right where they were.
Like the elephants, some of us hang onto a belief that we cannot
do something, only because we failed at it once before.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
1. When did the trainer tie the elephants with a rope?
A. When they were young and small.
B. When they grew up.
C. When they went out for eating.
D. When they wanted to run.
2. The elephant did not try to run away, because _____.
A. they were too small
B. they loved to be with the trainers
C. they were afraid of the trainers
D. they didn’t think they were strong enough
3. The writer compared the ropes to _____.
A. our lives
B. our old beliefs
C. our experience
D. our goals in life
4. How do you think of this sentence “some of us hang onto a belief”?
A. some of us never believe
B. some of us are always thinking
C. some of us are never worried
D. some of us often have an excuse
5. What does the writer want to tell us?
A. D on’t do anything helpless.
B. We should try your best to do what you want.
C. Give up our old belief, then we can succeed.
D. Try to open our eyes and see things as they really are.
It was June 15, and in two days I would be 30 years old. I
was worried that my best years were now behind me. So I asked
my neighbor Nicholas, a 79-year-old man, “What was the best
time of your life?”
Without too much think over, Nicholas said, “Well, Joe!
When I was a child in Austria and everything was taken care of for
me by my parents, that was the best time of my life.”
“When I was going to school and learning the things I know
today, that was the best time of my life.”
“When I got my first job, that was the best time of my life.”
“When I met my wife and fell in love, that was the best time of my life.”
“When World War II came, my wife and I had to leave Austria to save our lives. When we were together and safe on a ship to North Am erica, that was the best time of my life.”
“When we came to Canada and started a family, that was the best time of my life.”
“When I was a young father, watching my children grow up, that was the best time of my life.
“And now, Joe, I am 79 years old. I have my health, I feel good and I am in love with my wife just as I was when we first met. This is the best time of my life.”
1. When is Joe’s birthday?
A. June 15
B. June 17
C. September 15
D. September 17
2. Where did Nicholas live when he was a kid?
A. In Austria.
B. In Canada.
C. In Australia.
D. In North America.
3. Nicholas thinks his life is full of too much _____ time.
A. hard
B. unlucky
C. unforgetful
D. happy
4. Nicholas ever left Austria with his wife to _____.
A. make momeny
B. meet their friends
C. save their lives
D. take care of their parents
5. What can we learn from the passage?
A. It’s never too old to learn.
B. Hard life is a key to success.
C. Be thankful for what you have today.
D. Time and tide wait for no man.
A young man went to a gemologist (宝石学家) and said he wanted to be one like him.
The gemologist didn’t want to teach the young man because he thought the young man have no patience(耐心). The young man asked for a chance. Finally the expert had to agree.
The next morning, the gemologist put a jade (玉) stone in the young man’s hand and told him, “Hold it!” The expert then went about his work: cutting, weighing, and making. The big boy felt a bit strange, but he said nothing. He just sat quietly and waited.
The following morning the expert again placed the jade stone in the young man’s hand and told him to hold it. On the third, fourth, and fifth day the young man did the same job.
A month went by, and the young man felt more and more boring because of holding the same stone.
One morning, the gemologist came and asked him to hold out his hand, he couldn’t go on any longer. But just as the gemologist put the stone in his hand, he said loudly,“This is not the same jade stone!”
“You have begun to learn,” said the gemologist with a smile.
1. What did the youmg man want to be?
A. A gemologist.
B. A good student.
C. A stone maker.
D. A businessman.
2. When the gemologist asked the young man to hold the jade, he _____.
A. didn’t do like that
B. felt excited
C. didn’t know why
D. did the job happily
3. In the end the young man probably _____.
A. got some real jades
B. became a gemologist
C. went home without learning anything
D. had a quarrel (争吵) with the expert
4. How long did the young man hold the same jades tone?
A. For a day.
B. For five days.
C. For a week.
D. For a month.
5. What does the story want to tell us?
A. It’s lucky to find a good teacher.
B. You have to believe in yourself.
C. Keep on, and you can get you what you want.
D. Don’t spend time in doing anything boring.
In a small village there lived a lazy man. He would do nothing all day but daydream. Whenever he was hungry, he would go out, ask for food, come
back and hang out.
One sunny afternoon, he was very hungry. With great
difficulty, he got a pot of milk from one of his neighbors. He
took this pot and started daydreaming again.
“It is this pot of milk that is going to make me rich,” he
thought. “I can make butter from the milk. Then I go to the
market and sell it,” his dream went on. “With the money I get, I will buy a couple of goats. They will have kids after six months. Soon I would have a large number of goats.”
“Then I will buy some more cows and have a farmhouse. I will start a dairy farm (奶牛场). …” the man kept smiling to himself.
“How smart I am,”he thought. Lost in his minds, his pot fell down, and drenched himself in milk.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
1. We know the fact that the man had trouble in _____.
A. having friends
B. finding a job
C. making dreams
D. getting food
2. What did the man do after he got the pot of milk?
A. He made his daydream.
B. He sold it for money.
C. He drank it.
D. He dropped it.
3. What does the underlined word “drench” mean in Chinese?
A. 满足
B. 丢失
C. 溅湿
D. 生产
4. What do you think of the man?
A. Lazy.
B. Poor.
C. Happy.
D. Smart.
5. We can infer(推断出) from the story that the man _____.
A. became rich in the end
B. did nothing
C. owned a big farm
D. raised lots of goats
For years, my classmates made fun of my hair, calling it “the mop(拖把)”.
After I went to university I decided to change my hairstyle.
I went to the barbershop to make my curly hair straight. It cost
$700 (4,265 yuan) every six months. To me, I would do anything
to never again see that curly-haired girl in the mirror. But when I
had to rent my own apartment, the cost became too high.
In the end, I found a “curly haired” salon, a place designed
for girls with crazy hair.
“Do you really think this will work?” I asked.
“No curly hair is hopeless,” she replied. “You just haven’t
found a way to work with it. That’s all.”
After the hour was over, Jacquai finished her job. She fixed
my hair using only her hands. I couldn’t believe it: my hair looked beautiful.
Now my world has changed. I am more outgoing and confident(自信的) than ever. People say that I’m looking better than ever but that they can’t see what changed.
I don’t need to tell them. My hair speaks for itself.
1. How much did it cost me to make her curly hair straight every year?
A. $700
B. $1400
C. $4,265 yuan
D. $8530
2. In fact, making my curly hair straight ______.
A. was expensive and useless
B. was cheap and helpful
C. was helpful but expensive
D. was crazy but necessary
3. Which of the following is TRUE about the writer’s hair?
A. She hated it and tried her best to make it straight.
B. Her classmates thought it was naturally beautiful.
C. She loved changing her hair into different kinds of styles.
D. She enjoyed seeing a curly-haired girl in the mirror.
4. After I had my hair done in the“curly haired” salon, ______.
A. I wanted others to notice it
B. I realized that hair is just hair
C. I began to accept my natural beauty
D. I felt sorry that I didn’t visit the salon earlier
5. What can we learn from the story?
A. Everything good comes from being confident.
B. People should be confident about their looks.
C. Looking good can help us build confidence.
D. Accept ourselves and live our life with confidence.
My son Joey was born with club feet (畸形足). The doctors told us he would be able to walk normally ---but would never run very well. The first three years of his life were spent in surgery (手术) and braces (支架). By the time he was 8, you wouldn’t know he had a problem when you
The children in our neighborhood ran around, as most children do, and Joey would play too. We never told him that he probably woul dn’t be able to run as well as the other children. So he didn’t know.
In seventh grade he decided to try out for the cross-country team. Every day he trained with the team. Although the whole team runs, only the top seven runners have the potential to score points for the school. We didn’t tell him he probably would never make the team, so he didn’t
He continued to run 4 miles (6.4km) a day, every day – even the day he had a 39.5 C fever. We never told him he couldn’t run 4 miles with a 39.5 C fever.So he didn’t know.
When the coach posted the names of the team members, Joey was number six on the list. Joey had made the team. He was in seventh grade –the other six team members were all eighth-graders. We never told him he couldn’t do it... so he didn’t know. He just did it.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
1. Joey couldn’t walk normally until _____.
A. he was three years old
B. he was eight years old
C. he was in seventh grade
D. he ran for the cross-country team
2. What did Joey’s parents do when Joey decided to tr y out for the cross-country team?
A. They felt very nervous.
B. They tried to stop him.
C. They helped him in their own way.
D. They didn’t tell him what to do.
3. According to the Passage, after training, Joey _____.
A. had a high fever
B. hurt his club feet
C. became the oldest member of the team
D. got the chance to score points for his school
4. What does the underlined word “potential” mean?
A. 权利
B. 任务
C. 运气
D.
潜能
5. What does the writer want to tell us?
A. You can do anything if you have a strong will.
B. You can run faster than others with training.
C. Parents should allow their children to do
anything.
D. Parents should know how to help their kids succeed.
“E verything happens for the best.” Whenever I faced disappointment, my mother wo uld say this to me.
After I graduated from college in 1932, I decided to find a job in radio as a sports announcer (广播员). I went to Chicago and knocked at the door of every station. But unluckily, I was refused every time.
At one station, a kind lady told me that big stations wouldn’t hire (雇佣) an inexperienced person and suggested that I try my luck at smaller stations. Following her advice, I went back to Dixon, where I had grown up. There were no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, and my father said a newly-opened store wanted a local athlete to work for it. I applied for the job, but I was refused again.
“Everything happens for the best,” Mom reminded me. Dad offered me the car to look for a job. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program
director, Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an
announcer.
As I left his office, my frustration boiled over. “How can I
become a sports announcer if I can’t get a job in a radio
station?” I asked aloud.
While I was waiting for the elevator, I heard someone
calling. It was MacArthur. “What was that you said about
sports? Do you know anything about football?”Then he asked me to broadcast (广播) an imaginary game. Pleased with my performance, he offered me a chance to work there.
On my way home, I thought of my mother’s words: “If you carry on, one day something good will happen. Something wouldn’t have happened if not for ” that previous disappointment.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
1. Why couldn’t the writer find a job at big radio stations?
A. Because he never graduated from college.
B. Because he didn’t work hard in college.
C. Because he didn’t have much experience.
D. Because he didn’t know about sports.
2. Which of the following is the correct order of events?
a. The writer got a job as a sports announcer at a radio station.
b. The writer was refused when he applied for jobs in Chicago.
c. The writer graduated from college.
d. The writer went back to his hometown to look for a job.
A. cbda
B. cbad
C. bcda
D. bcad
3. Which of the following is TRUE? 135********
A. The writer’s parents didn’t want him to be a sports announcer.
B. There were no radio-announcing jobs in the writer’s hometown.
C. The writer became uninterested in sports announcing.
D. The writer got a job as a sports announcer in Dixon at last.
4. The underlined word boiled over means______.
A. 达到极点
B. 随遇而安
C. 无影无踪
D. 无法诉说
5. According to the last paragraph, what did the writer’s mom want to tell him,?
A. He shouldn’t be a sports announcer.
B. Disappointment leads to failure.
C. He should be proud of himself.
D. Everything will be OK if he keeps trying.