I watched a little girl playing basketball every day from my bedroom window. One day, I asked her why she practiced so much. She said, “I want to go to college. The only way I can go is to get a scholarship(奖学金). I like basketball and I want to be the best player in college. My dad told me, “If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.” She never changed her mind. Whenever she was in junior high school or senior high school. One day, before she graduate from senior high school, I saw her sitting on the grass sadly. I asked her what was wrong. She told me that her coach said she was too short to be a good basketball player, so she should stop dreaming about going to college. She was heartbroken and it made me feel bad, too. Then she smiled and told me her father said to her, “If you really want to play for the scholarship of a good college, nothing but yourself can stop your dream.” The next year, she and her team went to a big game she was seen by a coach of a famous college team and was offered a scholarship to the women’s basketball team of their college. She was getting the college education that she had dreamed of. “If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.” It is true.
【小题1】What’ s the girl’s dream!

A．to be a super basketball player

B．to get a scholarship

C．to go to college.

D．to play for NBA

【小题2】How long has the little girl practiced the basketball until she was seemed by a coach of a famous college team?

A．about three years	B．About four years
C．About five years	D．More than six years

【小题3】Did the girl’s family have a lot of money?

A．Yes, it did.	B．No, it didn’t.
C．We don’t know.	D．It isn’t mentioned(提及).

【小题4】Why did the little girl look sad one day?

A．She failed in test.

B．She was late for training.

C．She was blamed(责备) by her coach.

D．Her coach said she was too short to be a good player.

【小题5】Put the sentence “If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count” into Chinese.

A．志存高远

B．任重道远

C．梦想成真

D．梦寐以求

John was a bookseller. He didn’t like paying for anything. One day he let a big box of books fall on his foot. “Go to the doctor,” said his wife. “No,” he said, “I’ll wait until the doctor comes into the shop next time. Then I’ll ask about my foot. If I go to see him, I’ll have to pay him.”
The next day the doctor came into the shop and bought some books. When John was getting them ready, he told the doctor about his bad foot . The doctor looked at it. “Yes,” said the doctor, “you must put that foot in hot water every night.” “Thank you,” said the bookseller, “and now sir, here are your books.” “How much?” said the doctor. “Two pounds,” answered John. “Good,” said the doctor. “I shall not have to pay you anything.” “Why?” asked John in surprise. “I told you about your foot . I want two pounds for that . Good-bye.”
【小题1】根据第一段John was a bookseller.描述,可知选C.
【小题2】根据第一段One day he let a big box of books fall on his foot. 描述,可知选B.
【小题3】根据第一段“Go to the doctor,” said his wife. 描述,可知选A.
【小题4】根据第二段The next day the doctor came into the shop and bought some books.描述,可知选C.
【小题5】根据said the doctor. “I shall not have to pay you anything.”及下文描述,可知一生一分钱也没有付.故选B.
【小题6】What was John? He was ______.

A．a doctor

B．a shop assistant

C．a bookseller

D．a farmer

【小题7】John hurt his foot because ______.

A．he didn’t like paying anything

B．a big box of books fell on his foot

C．he wanted to ask the doctor about his foot

D．a box of food fell on his foot

【小题8】______ told him to go to the doctor.

A．His wife

B．A man

C．Nobody

D．His friend

【小题9】When the doctor came the next day, he ______.

A．bought nothing

B．didn’t give John any advice on his foot

C．bought some books

D．told John to go to hospital

【小题10】At last the doctor paid ______ for his books.

A．two pounds	B．nothing
C．less than two pounds	D．a little money

Helen Keller was a US author and public speaker who became blind and deaf at the age of 19 months. Anne Sullivan became her teacher in 1887 and taught her to read, write, use sign language and speak. Keller received degree from Radcliffe College in 1904 and spent the rest of her life encouraging others with difficulties like hers to overcome them. Her books include ?The story of My Life? (1902) and ?Out of the Dark(1913). Her life was the subject of the play The Miracle Worker
【小题1】Helen Keller was an author in ________.

A．English

B．America

C．Australia

D．China

【小题2】When she was 19 ________ old, Helen Keller became blind and deaf.

A．days

B．years

C．months

D．seconds

【小题3】Did Helen Keller receive a college degree?

A．Yes, she did.

B．Yes, he did.

C．No, she didn’t.

D．No, he didn’t.

【小题4】Which book is written by Helen Keller?

A．The story of My Life?	B．Out of the Dark
C．One million pound?	D．A and B

【小题5】Helen Keller is a/an ________ person.

A．honest

B．hard-working

C．beautiful

D．lovely

One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said, "Look! There's a horseshoe. Pick it up and put it in your bag." Thomas said, 'It isn't worth the trouble." His father said nothing but picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they lad a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the few pennies he bought some cherries.
The father and the son continued their way. The sun was well up in the sky, and there wasn't a house or even a tree where they could have a rest. Thomas felt too thirsty to walk on. At this time, his father dropped a cherry on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it. After a while, his father dropped another cherry and once again, his son lost some time in picking it up and putting it in his mouth.
And so they went on. The old farmer dropped the cherries and the son picked them up. When Thomas had eaten up all the cherries, his father said to him, "My dear son, if you had bent down earlier to pick up that horseshoe. it would not have been necessary for you to bend so many times for the cherries. Always remember the lesson that anyone who does not worry about the little things will find that he cannot do the great things.
【小题1】Who picked up the horseshoe at last?

A．Thomas.

B．The old father.

C．Both the father and the son.

D．Neither the father nor the son.

【小题2】The farmer bought _______ with the money after lie sold the horseshoe.

A．some food

B．some water

C．some cherries

D．some pennies

【小题3】When the son refused to pick up the horseshoe, the father _______.

A．felt very happy

B．didn't say anything

C．beat the son

D．became a little angry

【小题4】The father dropped the cherries one by one, because _______.

A．he wanted his son to eat them all

B．he wanted his son to do more exercise

C．lie wanted to teach his son a lesson

D．he wanted his son to pick them up

【小题5】From the story, we can learn that _______.

A．cherries are so delicious that most of is like to eat-them

B．a horseshoe is so expensive that it can bring us a lot of money

C．if the boy wants to eat cherries, he must pick up the horseshoe

D．if we want to do some great things, we should start with some small ones

Mr. Green worked in an office in London, but he lived in the country and came to work by train every day. The station was not very far from his office, and he always went on foot from the station to his office and back from his office to the station. Every evening he walked past a poor man near a bridge. The man sat at the road and sold matches, and there was a dog near him. There was a piece of wood round the dog’s neck, and the words “I AM BLIND” were on the piece of wood.
Mr.Green was a kind man. He always stopped and gave a penny to the man, but he did not take any of his matches. One day, Mr.Green had a lot of work in his office and left the office very late. He came to the man and his dog, but he did not stop. The poor man stood up quickly, ran after him and said, “You’re always very kind to me. Give me a penny today. I’m a poor man.” Mr.Green stopped and he was surprised. Then he said, “You’re a blind man. How did you see me?” The poor man said, “No, I’m not blind. My dog is.”
【小题1】Mr.Green lived in __________.

A．London

B．the city near London

C．the country near London

D．the country not far from his office

【小题2】Mr.Green went to his office __________.

A．by train

B．first by train and then on foot

C．on foot

D．first on foot and then by train

【小题3】Every evening Mr.Green passed a poor man near a bridge__________.

A．on his way to work

B．on the way to his office

C．on his way home by train

D．on his way to the station

【小题4】One day Mr.Green did not stop and give the poor man a penny because__________.

A．he did not like the man

B．he was afraid of the dog

C．he worked too late

D．he hurried to catch the train

【小题5】-- What is the Chinese for “blind”?
-- ___________________.

A．看见的

B．聋的

C．瞎的

D．哑的

An old man was going home late one night with his horse and cart after a day’s hard work. When he was not far from his house, the light on the cart went out. He tried but could not mend (修理) it. He was near his home, and so he went along the road without a light. When a policeman saw this, he stopped the old carter.
“Where is your light?” asked the policeman. “No man may take a cart along the road at night without a light. You know that. You have broken the law (法律).” “I had a light, but it has just gone out,” said the old man.
“I don’t believe that story,” said the policeman. He took out a book and got ready to write. What’s your name and where do you live?” he asked.
“Please don’t take my name,” said the old man. “My home is just there. You can see it from here. I had a light nearly the whole way. I haven’t come far without a light.”
“You came all the way without a light. What’s your name?”
The carter quickly took the policeman’s hand and put it down on top of the light. The light was still hot and burnt the policeman’s hand. The policeman jumped and he was very angry. “Now, what do you think?” said the carter. “Did I come all the way without a light?”
【小题1】In the passage the word “cart” is ____.

A．something like a car

B．something like a light

C．something pulled by a horse

D．something with a light

【小题2】The old man drove home ____.

A．on the back of his horse

B．late one night

C．very late every night

D．with a policeman

【小题3】Where did the policeman stop the old man?

A．Near the old man’s home.

B．At the traffic lights

C．Under a road light

D．Far from the old man’s home

【小题4】The cart was stopped by the policeman because ____.

A．the old man didn’t have a light

B．the policeman didn’t believe the old man’s words

C．the old man didn’t want to tell his name

D．the light on the old man’s cart was not on

【小题5】What made the policeman believe the old man’s words?

A．He made the policeman touch the light.

B．He jumped and shouted angrily.

C．He made the policeman angry.

D．The light burnt the policeman’s hands.

Mo was born into a farming family in a village in Shandong province .He grew up listening to folk stories about gods, spirits foxes .Those stories later became the inspiration (灵感)for Mo’s writing.
Mo left school at the age of 12 and started to work in the fields . Although he was tired after his daily hard work ,Mo was always hungry for books .However, there were very few in the village .He read his older brothers’ textbooks and even dictionaries .He helped others with farm work in exchange for books . “When I finished reading all the books around ,I thought I was the most knowledge man in the world ,”he told Xinhua.
After Mo left his hometown and joined the army in 1976,he began to read widely ,including works by Lu Xun and many other famous writers .He studied from these writers but did not copy them .Instead ,he developed his own style .As the first Chinese citizen（公民）to win a Nobel Prize in literature, Mo told a group of reporters in his hometown shortly after he won the award . “I grew up in an environment filled with folk culture .It enters my novels whenever I pick up a pen This has affected ,even decided my style.”
【小题1】When did Mo Yan leave school and start to work in the fields ?

A．at the age of 12.	B．at the age of 11.
C．at the age of 13	D．at the age of 15

【小题2】Mo Yan is from_____

A．Shanxi

B．Jiangsu

C．Shandong

D．Guangdong

【小题3】Mo Yan developed his own style_______

A．while listening to folk stories about gods ,spirits and foxes

B．during his dairy hard work in the fields.

C．when he won the Nobel Prize in literature.

D．after he studied from many famous writers.

【小题4】Which of the following is wrong __________?

A．Mo Yan left school when he was very young.

B．Mo Yan was the most knowledgeable man in the world.

C．Mo Yan read many books when he was very young.

D．Mo Yan is the first Chinese citizen to win a Nobel Prize in literature.

【小题5】What can we learn from Mo Yan’s success(成功)？

A．Rome was not built in a day.	B．Easier said than done.
C．Well begun , half done .	D．The older, the wiser.

My grandfather is a teacher. He is the head teacher of a school for boys between the ages of thirteen and eighteen. I know that he is a kind man, because he gives me presents（礼物）, and let me sit on his knees（膝盖）, and tells me stories. But I believe(相信) the boys at his school are afraid of him. At school, when he walks into a room full of boys, they will be quiet at once（立刻）. When he looks at a boy with a certain look in his eyes, that boy’s face goes red, and looks down at his shoes. If a boy brings careless（粗心的）work, my grandfather will pick up the boy’s book and throw(扔) it across the room, shouting（喊）, “Do it all again, and bring it back the first thing in the morning!” if the boy is late, or if he forgets to bring the work, he has to do it again, and again and yet again.
【小题1】My grandfather is ______.

A．a kind teacher

B．a teacher, and he gives presents to his students.

C．the head teacher of a boy’s school

D．a boy at a school. In that school, everyone was afraid of the head teacher.

【小题2】I know my grandfather is kind because_________.

A．he is the head teacher of a boy’s school.

B．he gives me presents and tells me stories.

C．he tells me stories about how kind he is.

D．the boys at his school aren’t afraid of him.

【小题3】When he looks at a boy in a certain way, that boy ________

A．goes red in the face and could not return my grandfather’s look.

B．looks back at my grandfather’s red face

C．looks at his shoes to see if they are dirty.

D．goes red in the face because his shoes are dirty.

【小题4】My grandfather does not like to receive________

A．my poor work

B．the work that the boys can’t do

C．his students’ careless work

D．the most careful work

【小题5】When he receives any boy’s poor work, my grandfather will____

A．shout at him and throw it across the room

B．go red in the face

C．throw his students’ books and shout in the room.

D．throw the book at the boy

Most people who work in the offices have a boss, so do I. But my boss is a little unusual. What’s unusual about him? It’s a big dog. Many men have dogs, but few men bring their dogs to the office every day. My boss’s dog, Robinson, is a big and brown one. My boss brings him to work every day. He takes the dog to meetings and he takes the dog to lunch. When there is a telephone call for my boss, I always know if he is in the office. I only look under his desk. If I see something brown and hairy under it, I know my boss is somewhere in the office. If there is no dog, I know my boss is out.
【小题1】People         bring dogs to the office.

A．usually

B．often

C．seldom

D．sometimes

【小题2】My boss is Robinson’s        .

A．boss

B．master

C．friend

D．teacher

【小题3】Robinson goes to meetings       my boss.

A．for

B．without

C．instead of

D．with

【小题4】Robinson is always under the desk if the boss is        .

A．in the office	B．at the meetings
C．out of the office	D．out of the work

【小题5】The passage tells us the boss         the dog very much.

A．looks like

B．hates

C．likes

D．dislikes

The Beets were a new couple (夫妇). The things in their rooms, such as the television, the computer, the fridge, furniture and so on, were all left by their parents. They only paid some money for their food and clothes. But they tried their best to save money. If they had something important to tell their friends, they always visited them instead of calling them.
One day, it was a quarter past nine. Mr. Beet didn’t come back. His wife was a little worried. The supper was cold and she had waited for two hours. She was sitting by the table in the dark room.
Suddenly the woman heard someone coming upstairs. It was her husband’s step. She hurried to open the door. In the dark she could hear his deep breathing(呼吸). As soon as he sat down, she turned on the light and found he looked very tired.
“Why do you come back so late, dear?” asked the woman. “Haven’t you caught a bus?”
“Yes, but I didn’t take it.” “Why not?”
“I ran after it so that I saved two dollars this evening.”
“That’s great!” the woman said happily. “Run after a taxi next time and you’ll save both more time and money.”
【小题1】The supper was ready at       .

A．6:15

B．6:30

C．6:45

D．7:15

【小题2】Mrs. Beet sat in the dark because         .

A．she wanted to save money.

B．she didn’t like the bright light.

C．she was afraid to be seen.

D．she wanted to have a good rest.

【小题3】Mr. Beet went back          .

A．by taxi

B．by bus

C．on foot

D．by bike

【小题4】When Mr. Beet got home that evening,               .

A．his wife was angry with him

B．he was very tired

C．he was too hungry to say a word

D．his wife felt sorry

【小题5】Mrs. Beet hoped          .

A．her husband went home by bus the next time.

B．her husband could keep on doing exercise.

C．her husband could be stronger and stronger.

D．her husband could save more money and time.