1. There is something wrong with my bike. I need to f it up.

   David came from a poor family. When he finished his school,he was given a wonderful present. t4Some of my friends got new clothes and a few rich boys even got new cars”’ he remembered. “My father reached into his trousers pocket and took something out. I held out my hand,and he let my prevSent drop onto it—a nickel (5 分镍币) ！”

   “Dad ‘said to me, ‘Buy a newspaper with that. Read every word of it. Then turn to the classified (分类的) section and get yourself a job. Get into the world. It's all yours now!

   “I always thought that was a great joke my father had played on me until a few years later when I was in the army,sitting in a foxhole (散兵 坑) ，and thinking about my family and my life. It was then that I came to know that my friends had got only new cars,or only new clothes. My father has given me the whole world. What a great present! ”

11. What did David get as a present when he left school?

   A. New clothes. B. A new car.

   C. Nothing. D. A nickel.

12. David's father asked him to read the newspaper to .

   A. find interesting stories

   B. find himself a job

   C. study hard

   D. learn more things from it

13. Some years went by and David became a .

   A. doctor   B. teacher

   C. soldier   D. driver

14. In the end David understood the present that his father gave him was .

   A. great   B. unimportant

   C. beautiful   D. useless

15. From this passage,we learn that success depends on .

   A. oneself   B. a good family

   C. friends   D. money

    Mrs. Smith has two children now. She tries to keep thin and never eats any meat or eggs. She likes all kinds of nice clothes. Mr. Smith has to spend much money on them. But the man always wears old clothes. He has not enough money to buy new clothes. Mrs. Smith hopes to keep young. She doesn’t want others to know how old she is. It was snowing heavily one afternoon. The head of her office went to a meeting. The woman had nothing to do. So she began to tell Mr. Smith about her birthday party. Mr. Smith works in the same office.

   “You should have seen the cake ,” said the woman. “It was nice and delicious!I put nineteen candles on it一one for a year!”“Was it possible?” asked Mr. Smith. “ You couldn’t bum at both ends at all!”

6. There are people in Mrs. Smith's family.

   A. two   B. three   C. four   D. five

7. Mrs. Smith hopes to be .

   A. healthy and strong   B. beautiful and young   C. friendly and free   D. busy and clever

8. Mr. Smith wears old clothes because .

   A. he works in a factory

   B. he is a farmer

   C. he has a lot of housework to do at home

   D. he has not enough money to buy new ones for himself

9. Mrs. Smith told Mr. Smith about her birthday- party.

   A. after the head left the office

   B. when it began to snow

   C. on her way home

   D. when she met him in the street

10. From the story we know that.

   A. Mrs. Smith was young

   B. Mrs. Smith looked poor

   C. Mrs. Smith was thirty-eight

   D. the woman was telling the truth about her age

   Sam hated doing chores.And he had niatiy chore's.For example,on Mondays,Wednesdays and Fridays he took out the rubbish. And on weekends he always washed his father's car. lie also cleaned his own room once a week.What a chore that was!Sometimes he even had to look after his little sister and brother.

   Sam had a foreign friend at school. His name was Kumar. Doing chores in Kumar's family was very different. In the house only the girls did chores. His sisters made all the beds and cleaned all the rooms,too,even his bedroom. His mother always cooked the meals,and his sisters helped her to go shopping,and prepare the food. They worked hard at home,doing all the chores with their mother. So when Kumar talked to his friend Sam about chores,he felt very lucky. One day,Sam had an idea. He asked Kumar, “Could I borrow your sisters?” He wanted them to help him clean his room. But they said “no”. Instead,they asked Sam to teach their brother how to do chores,so that he could make his own bed.

   Sam and Kumar are very good at science. They are going to be scientists after university. They want to make a robot (机器人) to do the chores. Then everyone—mothers and fathers,sons and daughters—will be happy!

阅读短文，判断正(T) 误(F) 。

() 1. Sam really didn't like doing chores.

() 2. Sam never looked after his little brother or sister.

() 3. Everyone did chores in Kumar^ family.

() 4. The sisters wanted Kumar to do chores at home.

() 5. Sam and Kumar want to make a robot.

   (2013 •益阳) This is a true story. One evening a woman was 1 home when she saw a truck (卡车) close behind her. She drove more quickly to be far away from the truck,2 when she sped up (加速) ，the truck did so too. The 3 she drove,the faster the truck drove. The woman felt afraid,so she drove onto a main street,hoping to 4 the truck in traffic. But the truck jumped a 5 light and went on running after her.

   Finally the woman drove her car into a service station and got off her car shouting for 6 . The truck driver didn't leave. Instead he went out of his truck and ran to her car. He 7 the back door,and pulled out a man hidden (藏) in the back seat. The woman was running from the wrong person. The woman was 8 at last.

   From the place where the woman stopped her car,the driver 9 a criminal (罪犯) in the woman's car. The driver drove after her not to 10 her but to help her.

1. A. running   B. walking   C. driving

2. A. but   B. though   C. or

3. A. bigger   B. faster   C. happier

4. A. lose   B. look   C. come

5. A. black   B. red   C. green

6. A. advice   B. suggestion   C. help

7. A. cleaned   B. opened   C. bought

8. A. safe   B. healthy   C. free

9. A. forgot   B. found   C. put 

10. A. harm   B. visit   C. save

15. —Could you please give me some advice?

--.

   A. That's all right   B. Yes,please

   C. It doesn’t matter   D. Of course

14. Lin Shuhao is famous all the basketball fans in China know him.

   A. too;to   B. enough;to

   C. so;that   D. as;as

13. You should give up . It's bad for your health.

   A. smoke   B. smoking

   C. to smoke   D. smokes

12. —Do you mind me computer games,Mom?

—You can play them after finishing your homework.But don't them for long.

   A. play;to play   B. to play;play

   C. playing;to play   D. playing;play-

11. —This hat is too common. buy that one?

—All right

   A. Why not to   B. Why don't you

   C. Why not you   D. Why donJt