It was the golden season. I could see the yellow leaves dancing in the cool wind. I felt lonely and life is uninteresting. But one day, the sound of a violin came into my ears. I was so surprised that I ran out to see where it was from. A young girl, standing in the wind, was lost in playing her violin.
I had never seen her before. The music was so wonderful that I forgot who I was.
Leaves were still falling. Every day she played the violin in the same place and I was the only listener. It seemed that I no longer felt lonely and life became interesting. We didn't know each other, but I thought we were already good friends.
One day, when I was listening, the sound suddenly stopped. The girl came over to me.
"You must like violin." she said.
"Yes. And you play very well. Why did you stop?" I asked.
Suddenly, a sad expression appeared on her face and I could feel something unusual.
"I came here to see my grandmother, but now I must leave. I once played very badly. It is your listening every day that has encouraged me." she said.
"In fact, it is your music that has given me those meaningful days." I answered. "Let us be friends."
The girl smiled and I smiled.
I never heard her play again in my life. Only thick leaves were left behind. But I will always remember the girl. She is like a dream; so short, so bright that it makes life beautiful.
There are many kinds of friends. Some are always with you, but don't understand you. Some say only a few words to you, but are close to you. I shall always think of those golden days and the girl with the violin. She will always bring back the friendship between us. I know she will always be my best friend.
【小题1】The story happened _________.

A．in a park

B．in a lonely place

C．in winter

D．in autumn

【小题2】The writer's life was _________ because of the girl.

A．boring

B．colourful

C．unhappy

D．sad

【小题3】The underlined word "encourage" means _________ in Chinese.

A．挫败

B．启发

C．鼓励

D．怂恿

【小题4】What's the best title for the passage?

A．A Musical Girl	B．Wonderful Music
C．A Special Friend in a Special Autumn	D．How to Be Friends

It is the 22^nd century (世纪)and it is very popular to change people’s bodies.
Mr. Smith decided to change his body. He changed his big nose to a small one, and his old and gray hair to short and blond hair. He also bought new green eyes, new hands, new arms, new knees and new feet. Mrs. Smith was happy because Mr. Smith’s new feet didn’t smell as bad as his old feet.
However, something bad happened. One morning, Mr. Smith woke up and his new nose didn’t work. The next morning he couldn’t hear anything. Then his new blond hair went gray, and his new knees didn’t move. And finally he could see nothing with his green eyes.
It was really terrible. Mr. Smith wanted his old body back. However, he had to pay 100,000 euro (欧元)for his old body.
It was expensive but Mr. Smith still got his own body back. He would never follow the fashion.
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【小题1】What was Mr. Smith’s new hair like?

A．Short and gray.	B．Long and gray.
C．Short and blond.	D．Long and blond.

【小题2】Why was Mrs. Smith happy?

A．Because Mr. Smith’s new look was cool.

B．Because Mr. Smith’s new feet were small.

C．Because Mr. Smith looked younger than before.

D．Because Mr. Smith’s new feet didn’t smell bad.

【小题3】What did Mr. Smith think of his new body at the beginning?

A．Strange.

B．Fantastic.

C．Terrible.

D．Clean.

【小题4】Which part of Mr. Smith’s body went wrong first?

A．The new nose.	B．The new eyes.
C．The new knees.	D．The new ears.

【小题5】What did Mr. Smith pay 100,000 euro for?

A．Buying his new nose.	B．Getting his old eyes.
C．Buying another new body.	D．Getting his old body back.

In the tenth grade, I began volunteering at a vet hospital in order to get experience for what I thought would be my future job. As it turned out, the experience I got at the hospital taught me the opposite: my future was not in vet medicine. However, there is one particular Saturday morning that taught me something maybe more important.
The hospital was in the middle of one of the poorer sections of the city and we often had people come in who could just only pay for the most basic treatments. This Saturday a man and his young son, who was probably about 7 years old, walked in with a small cat in a cardboard box. I remember the cat had an eye infection (感染) but the man could not afford to pay for the cost of the medicine in addition to the exam. When he asked where the nearest the animal shelter（庇护所） was, his son cried and started to argue with his father. Out of the blue, an older woman who was sitting in the waiting room stood up, walked up to the counter, and told the man that she would pay for anything that he could not afford. The man thanked her and the son got to keep a healthy cat.
I had always thought it was the right thing to help out a needy person, but it was only seen on TV or in movies. The woman in the vet’s office taught me that these things do happen in real life, and should happen more often. When I am hesitant (犹豫) to help someone who is in need, I remember that woman, and have the courage to do it. Sometimes other people follow.
【小题1】Why did the writer work at the vet hospital?

A．He thought he would work there in the future.

B．He wanted to get some skills of treating animals.

C．He wanted to get some money for his schooling.

D．He wanted to get some experience for his future work.

【小题2】What is the most important according to the writer?

A．How to be a kind person who helps others.

B．The practical experience of the vet job.

C．How to deal with the owners of pets.

D．The knowledge of vet medicine.

【小题3】What does the underlined phrase “out of the blue”?

A．Out of order.

B．All of a sudden .

C．Now and then.

D．First of all.

【小题4】________ made the writer have the courage to help someone in need.

A．The officer

B．The boy

C．The woman

D．The father

Two strangers were sitting together in a plane . They were on a long journey . One of the men was a teacher . The other was a farmer .
They sat without talking for a while , then the farmer said , “ Let’s do something to pass the time .”
“ What do you want to do ?” the teacher asked .
“ We can ask each other riddles (谜语 ),” the farmer said, “ You start.”
“ Let’s make the rules first ,” the teacher said . “ And to make the game more interesting , let’s play it for money . If we don’t know the answer to the riddle , we have to pay a dollar .”
The farmer thought about this for a while , then he said , “ That’s not fair（公平 . You are a teacher , an educated ( 受过教育的) man . You know more things than I do . I am just a farmer .”
“ That’s true ,” the teacher said , “ What do you think we should do ?”
The farmer said , “ If you don’t know the answer to a riddle ,you pay me 100 dollars .If I don’t know the answer to the riddle , I’ll pay you 50 dollars.”
The teacher thought for a while , then he said , “ OK. That’s fair . Who’ll go first ?”
“I will ,” the farmer said . “ Here’s my riddle . What has three legs when it walks , but only two legs when it flies ?”
The teacher thought and thought , “ What has three legs when it walks, but only two when it flies ?” Then he said , “ That’s a good one . I don’t know the answer .” He gave the farmer 100 dollars and said , “ Tell me the answer . What is it ?”
“ I don’t know , either .” The farmer said , and gave him 50 dollars .
【小题1】At first the two men sat there without talking because ________ .

A．the farmer didn’t like the teacher	B．the teacher didn’t like the farmer
C．the farmer liked to tell jokes	D．they didn’t know each other

【小题2】The farmer wanted to __________ .

A．make the journey interesting .	B．see if the teacher was lucky
C．know if the teacher was clever .	D．make friends with the teacher .

【小题3】The teacher thought at first that the farmer __________ .

A．would fail the game	B．knew more then he.
C．could answer any riddles .	D．would win the game .

【小题4】From the short story we know that __________ .

A．the teacher was cleverer than the farmer .

B．an educated man is not always clever.

C．both of the two men could know the answer

D．Neither of the two men was clever.

【小题5】The best title of this story is __________ .

A．How to Answer Riddles .	B．A Rich Teacher.
C．A Way of Getting Money.	D．A Clever Farmer.

One day, my wife and I went shopping. We took the car as we had a lot of things to buy because my brother and his family were going to spend the weekend with us. We stopped the car in front of the shop. An hour later we came back to the car with a lot of things. Then the trouble started. We could not open the car door. “Oh, dear,” said my wife. “What are we going to do?” “Let’s ask that policeman,” I said. The policeman was very kind and glad to help us. Soon he got the door open. Just at that moment an angry man came up and shouted. “What are you doing with my car?” We looked at the number of the car, and our faces turned very red.
【小题1】The husband and the wife went shopping _________.

A．by bus

B．in their car

C．by bike

D．on foot

【小题2】They spent _________ in the shop doing their shopping.

A．half an hour

B．four hours

C．one hour

D．eight hours

【小题3】The _________ opened the car door in the end.

A．husband

B．wife

C．policeman

D．owner of the car

【小题4】The owner of the car was very angry to see _________.

A．someone had opened his car door	B．the policeman standing by the car
C．his car was not there	D．that there was a trouble

【小题5】They didn’t know it was the wrong car until they looked at the _____ of the car.

A．color

B．owner

C．door

D．number

Willam Shakespeare was a writer of plays and poems. Some of his most famous plays are Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth .He wrote thirty-seven plays in all. They are still popular today.
He was born in 1564 in England. At school he liked watching plays. He decided to be an actor when he finished school at the age of fourteen. In 1582, he married a farmer’s daughter. She was eight years older than he was. Their first child was a daughter .Later they had twins. In1585, Shakespeare left his hometown, Stratford-upon-Avon. His wife and children stayed behind .No one knows why he left or what he did between 1585 and 1592.
At twenty-eight he moved to London and joined a theatre company which opened the Globe Theatre in 1599. He became an actor, and he also wrote plays. He usually acted in his own plays .He earned almost no money from his writing. But he made a lot of money from acting. With the money he bought a large house in his hometown.
At the age of forty-nine, Shakespeare retired (退休) and went to live in Stratford-upon-Avon. He died at the age of fifty-two. He left his money to his family. He left his genius to the world. You still see his plays in English and in many other languages. He is one of the most famous writers in the world..
【小题1】Shakespeare wrote many famous plays except（除了） __________.

A．Hamlet	B．Macbeth
C．Romeo and Juliet	D．Man and Superman

【小题2】Shakespeare decided to be an actor in _____.

A．1578

B．1582

C．1599

D．1616

【小题3】In 1585, Shakespeare left his hometown Stratford-upon-Avon ____.

A．with his wife	B．with his daughter
C．with his wife and children	D．alone

【小题4】Shakespeare got much money from ______.

A．writing.

B．plays

C．acting

D．retirement

【小题5】According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A．Shakespeare had two children.

B．Shakespeare wrote both plays and poems.

C．Shakespeare left his money to the Globe Theatre.

D．Shakespeare wrote plays in English and some other languages.

Zhang Lili, a young teacher from Heilongjiang, has been given the honor “the most beautiful teacher”. She risked her life to save 2 students from a high-speed bus in May.2012.  She was badly injured in the accident. Her good deed(事迹) and brave acts have won great admiration from across the country. Many people have sent best wishes to her and donated a lot of money for her treatment(治疗).

Zhu Zhiwen was born in Shandong in 1969. A year ago, he was an unknown farmer. But now he is very famous because of his great voice. He won the first prize in the program of “I’m a Big Star”. That day, he won an old green overcoat, so people called him “Overcoat Brother”. He studied singing by listening to the radio. And he keeps practicing singing every morning for nearly 30 years.

Lin Shuhao is known to people because of his high skill of playing basketball. Since February 4, 2011, he has led his team to win many games. Now he is so popular on the Internet that the videos about him are being crazy spread.

【小题1】Zhang Lili has been given the honor “the most beautiful teacher” because__________.

A．she was badly injured

B．she risked her life to save two students

C．she has a lot of money

D．She was good at teaching.

【小题2】What’s the meaning of the word “admiration” in the passage?

A．敬佩

B．同情

C．讨厌

D．感激

【小题3】Where is Zhu Zhiwen from?

A．Heilongjiang

B．California

C．Shandong

D．Da Lian

【小题4】Lin Shuhao is _______.

A．an America teacher

B．a farmer singer

C．a basketball player

D．a runner

【小题5】From the passage we can know _______.

A．people have donated a lot of money for two students’ treatment

B．Zhu Zhiwen studied singing by professional training

C．Lin Shuhao was born in China

D．Lin Shuhao is known to people because he is good at playing basketball.

Do you know what special birthday presents the German Chancellor Schroeder（德国总理施罗德）gave his mother?
In 1990, he took her to lunch in a Mercedes（奔驰）car for her 80th birthday.
Schroeder’s family was very poor when he was young. Once his grandma had to steal（偷）meat from their neighbors. That was the only way to give the family a good supper. His mother was very sad and cried about it. Young Schroeder held his mother in his arms and said, “Mom, one day I’ll take you out in a Mercedes.” Forty years later he made these words come true.
Schroeder gave the old lady a second special present ten years later.
His father died before he was born. He was killed in World War II. His family didn’t know where his grave（坟墓）was. So Schroeder gave his mother a map on her 90^th birthday. This map was very special. It showed where his father’s grave was. The old lady smiled happily at the surprising gift. Then Chancellor held his mother in his arms and kissed her face.
【小题1】Where did Schroeder take his mother to lunch for her 80th birthday?

A．In a big restaurant.	B．In his office.
C．In a Mercedes car.	D．At home.

【小题2】When did Schroeder say he would take his mother out in a Mercedes?

A．In 1990.

B．In 1950.

C．In 2000.

D．In 1948.

【小题3】What special present did Schroeder give his mother for her 90^th birthday?

A．A Mercedes car.	B．A grave.
C．A very special map.	D．A big cake.

【小题4】Who killed his father?

A．The war.	B．His grandfather.
C．A driver in a Mercedes.	D．An earthquake.

【小题5】What can we learn from the passage?

A．Schroeder’s family was rich when he was young.

B．Schroeder’s grandma liked stealing things very much.

C．Schroeder was very young when his father died.

D．Schroeder has a strong love for his mom.

As teenagers, you have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize, or they can be small. You may just want to become one of the ten best students in your class.
Once you find a dream, what do you do with it? Do you ever try to make your dream real?
Follow Your Heart by Australian writer Andrews tells us that making our dream real is life’s bigger challenge. You may think you’re not good at some school subjects, or that it is impossible for you to become a writer. These kinds of thoughts stop you from getting your dreams, the book says.
In fact, everyone can make his dream come true. The first thing you must do is to remember what your dream is. Don’t let it leave your heart. Keep telling yourself what you want. Do this step by step and your dream will come true faster because a big dream is, in fact, many small dreams.
You must also never give up your dream.
There will be difficulties on the road to your dreams. But the biggest difficulty comes from yourself. You need to decide what is the most important. Studying instead of watching TV will lead to better exam results, While saving five yuan instead of buying an ice cream means you can buy a new book.
As you get closer to your dream, it may change a little. This is good as you have the chance to learn more skills and find new interests.
【小题1】Follow Your Heart is       ___ .

A．the first thing you must do to make your dream real

B．the most important dream to have for teenagers

C．the name of a famous Australian writer

D．the name of a book by Andrews

【小题2】If you want to make your dream real, you should  ______.

A．remember what your dream is first

B．keep telling yourself what you want

C．never be afraid of the big difficulties

D．try to start with all the things above

【小题3】What’s the Chinese meaning of the word “challenge”?

A．变化

B．挑战

C．决定

D．态度

【小题4】What shouldn’t be done to make your dream come true?

A．Always remember what your dream is

B．Watch TV instead of studying

C．Do what you should do step by step

D．Read more books, learn more skills and find new interests

【小题5】What is the best title for the text?

A．Keep your dream in your mind	B．How to find your real dream
C．Never stop dreaming of success	D．Teenagers have many dreams

He is quiet and shy. He likes to hide his eyes behind his hair. He doesn’t smile very often. However, if you talk to him about music, he’ll have a lot to say.
This is Jay Chou, the 33-year-old pop king. His fans are so excited because he will sing songs in Beijing in May. Those songs are their favorite songs.
Jay Chou has a special album “Ye Huimei” named after his mother.Chou grew up just with his mother, he did not talk much and did badly in many school subjects. His mother noticed the boy’s special interest in music and sent him to learn piano when he was only three years old. He loved it and kept on practicing.
Chou is not very handsome. He does not speak clearly when he sings or talks. But the singer has huge crowds of fans. “He is really good at music. It makes him attractive to me,” said Liu Jiajun, a Junior 2 boy.
“He is true to himself. He never follows others,” said Zhang Yuejie, a Junior 1 girl.
【小题1】From this passage, we know that Jay Chou _________．

A．is very handsome	B．has a bright smile
C．often makes too much noise	D．can play the piano

【小题2】His fans are so excited because ________．

A．he will sing their favorite songs in Beijing

B．he has a special album

C．he is good at music

D．he never follows others

【小题3】When he was a little child, he        .

A．talked a lot every day

B．did well in his study

C．started to like music

D．had huge crowds of fans

【小题4】According to one of his fans, Jay ________．

A．is a good student	B．has long and beautiful hair
C．can not speak clearly when he sings or talks	D．is very attractive to them

【小题5】The sentence “He never follows others.” in the last paragraph means          .

A．he always has his own style

B．he likes to walk alone

C．he doesn’t like other people’s songs at all

D．no one can do better than him