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（一）

Hannay was nervous. His enemies (敌人)were searching for him. All around him were grassy hills without trees. He had nowhere to hide. How could he escape?

Hannay walked along the country for a long time. Then he saw a road worker, who was working alone, fixing the road. Hannay could see the road worker was not feeling well. Hannay came up to him and said “How are you?”

“My head hurts,” the worker said, “I can’t do it. I want to go home to bed. My daughter got married yesterday, and I dran k a lot of wine with my friends. That’s the problem!”

Hannay agreed that he should be home in bed.

“Yes, and I would be,” he replied,”but yesterday I received a message saying that the new surveyor was coming to look at my work. If he comes and finds me aw ay, I’ll be in trouble.”

Suddenly Hannay had bright idea--he could act as the road worker and get away from his enemies.

“You go off to bed,” Hannay said,”I’ll do your job until the new surveyor comes.”

The road worker was pleased with this idea. He gave Hannay his hat and his old coat. Then he went home to sleep and perhaps to drink a bit more. Hannay put on the worker’s hat and coat and began to fix the road. About an hour later he heard a voice.

“Are you the road worker?” it asked.

It was the new surveyor. He was a young man with a clean face. He sat in a small car.

Hannay said yes. The surveyor told him about some work he wanted him to do before he came by again and drove off. Hannay continued with his work.

Then a village boy came by.”What has happened to the road worker?” he asked.

“He stayed at home today,” Hannay replied.”He’s sick.”

At about midday, a large car came down the hill and stopped near Hannay. Three man got out of the car. Hannay’s heart beat fast. He knew his enemies were coming...

1.What is this passage probably taken from?

A.A history book.

B. A travel book.

C. A novel

D. A science book.

2.Why was the road worker feeling ill?

A.He had a cold.

B.He hadn’t eaten all day.

C.He had been working all day.

D.He d rank too much at his daughter’s wedding.

3.Who did NOT come by while Hannay was working on the road？

A.The surveyor.

B. The road worker’s daughter.

C. Hannay’s enemies.

D. A village boy.

4.What can we infer (推断)from the story?

A.Hannay helped the road worker because he was warm-hearted.

B.The grassy hills were a perfect hiding place for Hannay.

C.The surveyor had lot of working experience.

D.The village boy knew the road worker.

5.What is the correct order of the story？

①Hannay met a road worker who was not feeling well and offered to take over for him.

②Hannay was worried because his enemies were following him.

③A car stopped near Hannay and three men got out.

④Hannay acted as the road worker when the surveyor came by.

⑤The village boy wondered what had happened to the road worker.

A.②→①→④→⑤→③

B.②→①→④→③→⑤

C. ①→④→②→⑤→③

D.①→④→②→③→⑤

（二）

Many American presidents in the 19th century were born in poor families. They spent their childhood in little wooden rooms. They got little education. Washington and Lincoln, for example, never went to school and taught themselves. Lincoln once did jobs as a worker, a shopkeeper and a post officer in his early years. A larger number of US presidents had experiences in the army. The two best known were Ulysses Grant and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Grant was a general(将军) in the American Civil War. It happened that they came from the same school—West Point Military Academy(西点军校). One may be surprised to learn that both of the m didn’t do w ell in the school.

Eisenhower, for example, was fined(罚款) because he broke the rules of the school.

The jobs of the US president are tiring. He must keep an eye on everything important which happened both at home and abroad. Every day, a lot of work waited for him to do and he had to make many important decisions. When Franklin Roosevelt was a child, he was once brought to visit President Taft. The old president said to him,

“When you grow up, you should not be a president. It’s a tiring job.”[来

1. In the nineteenth century, many US presidents _______.

A. got poor education during their childhood

B. didn’t like to go to school in their early years

C. got good education during their childhood

D. hadn’t any knowledge in their work at all

2. In the last paragraph, the underlined phrase “keep an eye on” means “_______”.

A. pay no attention to

B. take care of

C. never sleep all the day

D. look at everything with one eye

3. What can be inferred(推测) from the passage?

A. Most of the people who had studied at West Point Military Academy became presidents.

B. Only those who didn’t study well at school could be presidents.

C. All the American presidents were born in poor families.

D. Many American presidents had served in the army before they took office.

4. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. In the US, no one wanted to be president.

B. US presidents’ jobs are important and tiring.

C. None of the presidents except Taft would like to do the tiring job.

D. President Taft didn’t want Roosevelt to be a president because he was too young.

（三）

For years I went to school by bus, so I met many “familiar” strangers. We took the same bus but didn’t know each other’s names. I used to think it was impossible for us to be true friends. How wrong I was! Smiles from the “nameless” people have changed my thoughts.

The first time on the bus, I saw different faces, we met, greeted and cold faces turned into smiling faces. As days went on, we chatted like old friends.

But I felt it a pity that I was unable to set up the same friendship with a silent girl in the front of the bus. Her old clothing suggested that she didn’t have much money, but she always took a cup

of water for the driver. I guessed she was a kind girl. But why did she sit in silence instead of talking with us? Why did she never reply to our friendly greetings? Couldn’t she smile?

Then, one evening, I got the answer. I walked to the park nearby and found the girl sitting alone under a tree, lonely and sad. I greeted her with the same warm smile that I had shown to her all these months, but this time her face turned red with a shy smile. As soon as she began her first words, I understood why she hadn’t spoken to us before. Talking was hard for her.

I learned her story: Her parents worked hard somewhere. She lived with her disabled grandparents. She said, “I can’t express myself very well. Most of the time, I can’t say what I want to say. I have no friends but… you always smile to me like an angel…so I also want to smile.” That evening, we exchanged our names and we said goodbye like old friends.

Smile is the key to opening the door of heart; it can break the cold walls in front of us.

1. All the following words can describe the girl Except __________.

A. silent

B. kind

C. proud

D. poor

2. The writer often met the girl __________.

A. on the bus

B. in the park

C. at school

D. under the tree

3. Which of the following is True?

A. The girl only talked with the driver.

B. The girl was too shy to talk with others.

C. The writer knew the name of the girl that evening.

D. The writer can’t make friends with those nameless people on the bus now.

4. The main idea of the passage is that __________.

A. we should help those silent people

B. smiles can deal with every difficulty we meet

C. we should smile to the nameless people on the bus

D. smiles can help us get closer and understand each other better

（四）

Michael Morpurgo is one of Britain's best loved story makers whose book War Horse is taught in school. He made a speech at Book Trust Annual Lecture. When talking about tests, he said that too much testing in schools was taking the joy out of reading for children because it destroyed their confidence and resulted in feelings of shame and disappointment.

Mr. Morpurgo said testing was "supposed to encourage" all children, whether they passed or not, but his was not the case. "When you fail, it brings a sense of worthlessness. It separates you from those who have passed, rocks confidence, and destroys hopes and dreams." For children who pass, they can have the opportunity to receive the great cultural and material benefits of our society through developing an enjoyment of reading.But for children who fail, they are made to feel that the world of books, stories and ideas is not for them, and they are not clever enough to join that world. It is not the world they belong to, and it is shut off from them forever.

As the president of Book Trust, Mr. Morpurgo also criticized schools for taking the wonder of stories and playfulness of language. Schools have been teaching reading by turning stories into a series of comprehension and grammar tests, because they insist that measurable（可量化的）outcomes and results are the be-all and end-all of the education process. But blaming （责备）governments or schools is passing the buck --- it is a society as a whole that is responsible for whether its children succeed or fail in education, and everyone should make an effort to ensure that reading itself is a pleasure experience for all children.

Mr. Morpurgo, who was a primary teacher before becoming a writer, wants to see a “story time” introduces in every primary school, when stories are read aloud, at the end of each day. His

Book Trust lecture called on schools and the governmemt to keep libriries open, for parents to read to their children every night, etc. “Story time” would be a special time with no testing or teaching. “Let the children go home dreaming of the story, reliving it, wonder… All the rest will come later. Once the seed is sown, the fore is lit, children will want to learn. So give them the love of story first; the rest will follow.”

Diana Gerald, the co-worker of Book Trust, said, “Reading isn’t a tick-list of books. That need to have been read;nor is it just a skill to be learned then put aside. The ability of reading and writing can, and should be tested; reading for pleasure needs to be valued and seen more like exercise-do it as regularly as you can, make it fun and red together whenever possible for maximum benefits.”

1. What does the expression “passing the buck” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A. Valuable.

B. Irresponsible.

C. Unnecessary.

D. Harmful.

2. According to the passage, what should children do at their “story time”?

A. Enjoy reading.

B. Prepare for tests.

C. Practise writing stories.

D. Tick their book lists.

3. Which of the following is Mr. Morpurgo’s suggestion?

A. Test should be canceled in schools.

B. Children should join the Book Trust.

C. Reading for pleasure should be encouraged.

D. The government should build more libraries.

4. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Mr. Morpurgo hopes to become a primary teacher.

B. Children who are t ested can’t get the joy from reading.

C. Mr. Morpurgo wants his book War Horse to be read often in schools.

D. Chilrdren who fail in tests probably won’t explore the wonder of stories.

（五）

DIY is very popular in China now. Yang Chen works for a computer business in Beijing. Though he enjoys his work, it is hard for him to relax(放松) after work.

“For a long time, I had no choice(选择) except going to a bar for a drink and karaoke(卡拉OK) to relax myself,” he said.

One day when he saw many toy dogs in a toy shop, he had an idea. “Why not do some kinds of things and relax myself?” Then he began to make model planes, model ships and something else. The things that he made by himself didn’t look as professionally(专业地) made as those in the shops, but he liked doing it. “It is not as much fun to play with things as the things we bought expensively from the shops,” he said. Now his bookshelves are full of many kinds of things he has made. They are very beautiful, and his family and friends like them very much.

More and more young people are like Yang, making or creating(创造) things on their own. They like to do them themselves.

Though making things with our own hands may take much time, some people, now known as DIYers— do-it-yourselfers, enjoy doing them very much. They can make all kinds of things they like. DIY is becoming more and more popular in China. It may be new to the young, yet many people remember when it was a way of life.

During the 1960s and 1970s, when there were not enough living things for people to live on, they had to use their own hands to do many things. White washing the wall or making clothes was a part of life because there was no other choice. If you wanted something done, you had to do it yourself; and if you needed something, you made it yourself.

1. Yang Chen________ in his free time in the past.

A. played computers

B. went to a bar for a drink and karaoke

C. enjoyed his work

D. made something by himself

2. Things that Yang Chen made________ .

A. look as professionally made as those in the shops

B. are much more expensive than those in the shops

C. are popular with his family and friends

D. are only model planes and ships

3. Many young people like making things by themselves because________ .

A. they want to make more money

B. they do them for fun

C. there are not enough living things for them to live on

D. they can’t buy them anywhere

4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？

A. DIY is becoming more and more popular in China.

B. More and more people begin to make model planes.

C. Between the 1960s and 1970s, people liked making things themselves.

D. More and more young people are like Yang Chen.

5. The main idea of the passage is________ .

A. Yang Chen has a new hobby

B. how young people create new things

C. DIY is a good way of life

D. DIY was a part of life in the past

（六）

I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as mother sat doing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens, and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be the more wonderful thing in the world.

Years later, during her final illness, mother kept different things for my sister and brother. “But the desk,” she’d said again, “it’s for Elizabeth. ”

I never saw her get angry, never saw her cry. I knew she loved me; she showed it in action. But as a young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter.

They never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was “too emotional(易动感情的)”. But sh e lived “on the surface(表面)”.

As years passed I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive(原谅) me.

I posted the letter and waited for her answer. None came.

My hope turned to disappointment(失望), then little interest and, finally, peace— it seemed that nothing happened. I couldn’t be sure that the letter had even got to mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not.

Now the present of her desk told, as she’d never been able to, that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside —a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded(折叠) and refolded many times.

Give me an answer, my letter asks, in any way you choose. Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.

1. The writer began to love her mother’s desk ______.

A. after Mother died

B. before she became a writer

C. when she was a child

D. when Mother gave it to her

2. The passage shows that ______.

A. mother was cold on the surface but kind in her heart to her daughter

B. mother was too serious about everything her daughter had done

C. mother cared much about her daughter in words

D. mother wrote to her daughter in careful words

3. The word “gulf” in the passage means ______.

A. deep understanding between the old and the young

B. different ideas between the mother and the daughter

C. free talks between mother and daughter

D. part of the sea going far in land

4. What did mother do with her daughter’s letter asking forgiveness?

A. She had never received the letter.

B. For years, she often talked about the letter.

C. She didn’t forgive her daughter at all in all her life.

D. She read the letter again and again till she died.

5. What’s the best title of the passage?

A. My letter to Mother

B. Mother and Children

C. My mother’s Desk

D. Talks between Mother and Me

（七）

One day Peng Xianzhe learned he would go to the Mashan School in Guizhou. The 16-year-old boy tried to imagine how serious the drought was for the students at that school. However, he realized it was more serious than he had imagined when he saw the sign “DON’T wash clothes with water，or you will be punished（惩罚）. ”

Because of drought, the school has been short of water for a long time. Each student has only one bottle of water every day for washing and drinking. The drought has made the poor students much poorer.

Peng is a student from Beijing Chaoyang Foreign Language School. He took part in the school’s Rain & Bow Project from April 2 to 10.

The project idea came from Peng’s principal（负责人）. One day, she heard a sad story about Li Guoxian, a poor girl in the Mashan School，who stopped going to school because of drought. The principal started this project to help the school. In one day, 3，000 students made over 10，000 donations of water，books and clothes.

Peng and other four students went to the Mashan School and gave the donations with five teachers. They visited poor families, made surveys and had classes at the school.

Ding Zhentao，16，was worried about the school’s poor learning environment. “The blackboards and playground are too shabby to use，”Ding said. “Besides, there really aren’t enough teachers. A teacher has to teach both history and English, and even the cook is a class teacher. ”

Although life isn’t easy, students at the school have a positive attitude(积极的态度）towards life and they are quite willing to learn. That’s what moved 16-year-old Chen Shi most.

“They sang their songs together as usual before class every afternoon. After class, the students asked us to tell them things about Beijing and our studies,” Chen said. “You can see the

passion(热情）in them. I believe it will make a difference. Their futures will be bright. ”

1.Which school does Peng Xianzhe study？

A. Mashan School.

B. Beijing Chaoyang Foreign Language School.

C. Project School.

D. Training School.

2. The underlined word“shabby”means in Chinese.

A. 黑乎乎的

B.光滑的

C.破旧不堪的

D.不平整

3. Who started the school’s Rain & Bow Project？

A. The principal of the foreign language school.

B. Peng Xianzhe, a 16-year-old boy.

C. Chen Shi, a student from Beijing.

D. Li Guoxian, a poor girl in Guizhou.

4. How many people went to the Mashan School and gave the donations?

A. Four.

B. Five.

C. Nine.

D. Ten.

（八）

Where is Love? How can we find Love?

Once a little boy wants to meet Love. He knows it is a long trip to where Love lives, so he gets his things ready with some pizzas and drinks and starts off. When he passes three streets, he sees an old woman sitting in the park and watching some birds. She looks very hungry. The boy gives her a pizza. She takes it and smiles at him. The smile is so beautiful that he wants to see it again, so he gives her a Coke. She smiles once again. The boy is very happy.

They sit there all the afternoon, eating and smiling, but they say nothing. When it grows dark, the boy wants to leave. But before he goes more than a few steps, he turns around, runs back to the old woman and gives her a hug(拥抱). The woman gives him her biggest smile ever.

When the boy opens the door of his house, his mother is surprised by the look of joy(快乐)on his face and asks what makes him so happy. “I had lunch with Love. She has the most beautiful smile in the world.”At the same time, the old woman’s son is also surprised at his mother’s pleasure(快乐) and asks why.

“I had a pizza in the park with Love,” she says, “and he is much younger than I expected.”

If the world is full of love, we can enjoy a better life.

1. When the little boy sees the old woman, she is ________.

A. looking for a seat in the park

B. passing the street

C. looking at some birds

D. having a pizza

2. The little boy gives the old woman a Coke because ________.

A. the old woman still feels hungry

B. he wants to see the smile again

C. he doesn’t like the drink

D. the old woman pays him for it

3. The old woman gives the little boy the biggest smile ________.

A. after the little boy goes home

B. before it grows dark

C. when she is drinking Coke

D. after the little boy hugs her

4. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The little boy doesn’t find Love.

B. The little boy and the old woman find what they want at last.

C. The little boy doesn’t want to go home.

D. The old woman gives the little boy a hug to thank him.

（九）

A class teacher，in my opinion，plays an important role in a child's development.Every year when my daughter moves to a new class，I have a usual big worry—her new class teacher.This year，she is moving to Class Three and I can't wait to see how things are going on.

Last year，my daughter did not like her teacher at all.It was so bad that she did not look forward to school.It was a year full of trouble and worries.

This year，Miss Purity is gentle and humorous.It's hard not to like her.Here are the changes in my daughter.

She becomes an early https://www.360docs.net/doc/8c7206000.html,st year，mornings were like a fight because I had to force Tasha to hurry up when she was preparing for school.I had to pull her out of bed，tell her to take breakfast and then drove her to school.But now，our mornings are like a party.She wakes up early，prepares everything at a high speed and then rushes to school to be with Miss Purity.

She's happy.She enjoys school and school work and keeps talking about what they did at school when she comes home.

She's responsible.She used to be careless and forgetful.But now she never forgets even her water bottle at school.She makes her bed and helps in the kitchen.

Her diary is full of praises.The diary is the tool of communication between the teacher and the https://www.360docs.net/doc/8c7206000.html,st year，her diary was always full of negative reports.One time，she poured water in a child's lunchbox，and another time she threw another kid's textbook in the toilet.Now she begins to share her snacks with those who do not have anything.She's always volunteering to clean the blackboard，the teacher's chair and desk.

She does well in school.Finishing her classwork was such a big problem.She had to do it at home.But now，she finishes both the classwork and homework at school.

1.What is the big worry of Tasha's father every year?

A．Who will be Tasha's class teacher. B．Which class Tasha will be in.

C．How Tasha goes to school in the morning. D．What Miss Purity looks like.

2.What did Tasha do when she didn't like her class teacher?

A．She had a fight with her mother in the morning. B．She didn't want to go to school.

C．She missed a lot of classes. D．She refused to do classwork and homework.

3.What does“early bird”mean in the passage?

A．It is a lovely little child. B．It is the most beautiful bird.

C．It is someone who lives alone. D．It is someone who gets up early.

4.Which of the following is not true about Tasha's past?

A．She couldn't finish her classwork at school. B．She often forgot things at school.

C．She didn't get on well with her classmates. D．She was careless and silent.

5.What is not mentioned about the changes in Tasha?

A．Her progress with Miss Purity. B．Her hobbies.

C．Her habit of living. D．Her behaviors at school.

（十）

The Silk Road is the name of different roads that long ago connected Europe，Africa and Asia.People reached these different places along these roads.Scientists believe people began to travel the Silk Road about 3，000 years ago.By the time the Chinese silk trade became important in the world，the Silk Road covered almost 6，500 kilometers.It went from Rome to China，which is from the West to the Far East.

Merchants traveled along t he Silk Road to carry silk，of course.They also carried and traded