I was walking down the road one day when my phone rang.       voice on the other end spoke to me, “Dad, please come back soon. I miss you so much!” I thought that it was a wrong number. A short while later, the call came once again, so I       rudely, “You’ve called the wrong number!” and then hung up.
During the       days, I often got the        call. But I didn’t care much about it. Then one day she kept calling me,       I didn’t answer. Finally I answered the phone and heard a weak voice, “Dad, please come back. I miss you so much! Dad, I’m in so much         ! Mom said you were too busy to take care of me. But, dad, please       me again, OK?” It was        to refuse the innocent(天真的, 无邪的) ask. I made a        kiss on the phone and heard the weak voice say, “Thank you…Dad, I am so…happy, so…happy….”
Shortly after this, I became curious(好奇）about         had been on the other end of my phone. So I called back, and a woman answered, “Sorry, sir. I am really sorry to           you. My daughter has had bone cancer(癌症) since she was born. And her father…died in a car         two weeks ago. I didn’t want to tell her the news. Poor baby. When she couldn’t          the painful chemotherapy(化疗), she would cry for her dad because her dad          encouraged(鼓励) her. I really don’t know what to do, so I gave her a random(随意的) phone number…”
“How is your daughter now?” I couldn’t wait to ask.
“She has died. You must have            her on the phone, because she died with a smile, tightly holding the cell phone….” Tears full of my eyes….

小题1:	A．A boy’s B．A child’s C．My daughter’s D．My son’s

小题2:	A．spoke B．told C．returned D．answered

小题3:	A．following B．front C．other D．coming

小题4:	A．different B．same C．wrong D．funny

小题5:	A．so that B．and C．as if D．though

小题6:	A．danger B．trouble C．pain D．difficulty

小题7:	A．look after B．kiss C．help D．support

小题8:	A．easy B．sad C．happy D．difficult

小题9:	A．soft B．sweet C．low D．loud

小题10:

A．that B．what C．who D．how

小题11:

A．trouble B．ask C．stop D．reach

小题12:

A．experiment B．event C．accident D．activity

小题13:

A．receive B．fight C．stand D．face

小题14:

A．always B．sometimes C．never D．seldom

小题15:

A．kissed B．taught C．shouted D．told

In the city of Chicago I met a man I will never forget. He drove a bus that ran from downtown to the edge of the city. Each night I watched him. As the passengers got on the bus, he smiled at each one. It was fun to see how many passengers forgot their troubles and smiled back.
There was one passenger, I noticed, that had never smiled back. He usually coughed roughly through his mustache (胡子) as he got on the bus. And he never covered his mouth. But that wasn’t enough to stop the bus driver’s smile. He gave the man with the mustache and the rough cough his biggest smile.
The man with the mustache never seemed to see that smile. He would sit on the edge of his seat and complained about the way that the bus driver was driving. He only complained for a short time, but he spoke loudly enough so everybody could hear. It was enough to make me sick. But the driver never said a word. He just went on smiling at passengers as they got on the bus.
I wanted to get to know this bus driver better. One night I stayed on the bus to the end of the line. I asked the driver, “Why don’t you throw that man with the mustache out of the bus?” The bus driver looked at me and gave me one of his famous smiles. “I don’t care about that,” he said. “Let me tell you about my friend’s dog. The man next door to me has a dog. Every time the moon shines, the dog barks (狗叫) and barks all night.” “Well, what about the dog and the moon?” I asked. “Oh, the moon keeps on shining,” he said.
小题1:The first paragraph mainly tells us           .

A．the writer was interested in the bus driver

B．there was a bus from downtown to Chicago

C．each night the writer watched the driver driving

D．it was fun for the driver to see passengers smiling

小题2:What did the man with a mustache usually do on the bus?

A．He never said a word.

B．He talked loudly to others.

C．He complained about the way to the city.

D．He complained that the driver didn’t drive well.

小题3:The writer stayed on the bus to the end of the line because he wanted             .

A．to listen to an interesting story

B．to know more about the driver

C．to ask about the dog and the moon

D．to ask the driver to throw the man out

小题4:What does the passage imply (暗示)?

A．Bus drivers should smile at passengers.

B．It’s no good to be rough to others.

C．We should learn to be polite.

D．We should learn to be generous（宽宏大量的）.

A French writer __    a story about a cat and a parrot(鹦鹉).
A friend of __     came to visit him one day. The friend said, "I' m going away for a short time. Will you please  __    my parrot for me?"The writer said he would do so, and his friend __           his parrot to the house. The cat saw the parrot and wanted to know whether(是否) it was a bird or not. If so, it would be nice__    . Very__    the cat came nearer and nearer. It was thinking how nice it would be to have this animal for its meal.
The poor parrot was very afraid. It didn' t know __     at first. It kept quiet and didn' t move __     the cat was near enough to jump on it. Then suddenly the parrot asks, " __    you have your breakfast?"
The cat is afraid. It ran away as fast as it can. Maybe it was saying to itself, "That thing can speak. It can' t be a bird. It must be __     !"
小题1:A. spoke            B. told             C. said
小题2:A. his               B.him                     C.she
小题3:A. help              B. look for              C. look after
小题4:A. take              B. brought              C. put
小题5:A. to play           B. to drink              C. to eat
小题6:A. slowly            B. quickly             C. soon
小题7:A. him               B. how to do           C. what to do
小题8:A. when              B. that                  C. until
小题9:A. Didn' t            B. Weren' t             C. Were
小题10:A. a bird            B. a cat                  C. a man

There was a pilot and four people in a small plane. Suddenly there was something wrong with the machine while it was flying in the air. The smoke was everywhere in the plane. The pilot told the people there were only four parachutes(降落伞). They all became worried and started to make excuses(借口).
“I must go and mend the machine,” said the pilot, taking one of the parachutes. There was nothing he could do，so he jumped out.
The first person stood up. “I’m a doctor”, he said. “I help people live longer and I save lives.” He also took a parachute and jumped out.
The next person said, “I must have a parachute. I am a very clever person. I have to go to an important sport match. I know I’ll win the game because I’ll be the cleverest person there.” He picked up a pack and jumped out.
Two men were left---an old businessman and a young mountain climber. By this time the plane was going down fast. The businessman said, “Young man, I am old but you’re still young. You take the last parachute.” The young mountain climber smiled. “Don’t worry,” he said, “We can both jump to safety because there are still two parachutes. Just now the clever person jumped out with my back pack.”
小题1:All the people became worried because ___.
A. they couldn’t find the parachutes
B. they saw the pilot jump out first
C. something was wrong with the plane and one of them might die
小题2:The clever man jumped out with ___.
A. a parachute         
B. nothing   
C. the pack of the climber’s
小题3:All the people thought of themselves except ____.
A. the businessman      
B. the clever man   
C. the doctor      
小题4:From the story we know ___ would be dead.
A. the clever man         
B. the businessman     
C. the pilot
小题5:____ was a kind-hearted man.
A.The pilot 
B. The doctor.
C.The businessman.

Billy’s favorite color is orange. But he can’t see what orange looks like. Billy is blind.
A month after he was born, his mother noticed that his eyes weren’t quite as big as a normal baby’s.”Billy would never be able to see.” the doctor told his mother. After that Billy’s mother began talking to him, describing things she saw outside the window. She described everything to him.
Billy does not only depend on his mother’s descriptions to learn about the world around him. He sees with his cars and his hands, too. He has perfect hearing. When people make phone calls, he can tell the numbers they dial(拨).
Billy loves computer science. He began teaching himself computer programming when he was just seven years old. His dream school would be Stanford University. He gets top grades in his classes, making that a real possibility.
“You can’t let excuses get in the way of your dreams, and if you do that you can’t move forward and reach your goals, “said Billy.
小题1:From the passage, we know that_____________.

A．Billy can’t hear.	B．Billy can’t see.
C．Billy can’t walk.	D．Billy can’t talk.

小题2:How did Billy’s mother help him?

A．By teaching him how to draw.

B．By asking teacher for advice.

C．By describing everything to him.

D．By sending him to his dream school.

小题3:When did Billy begin teaching himself computer programming?

A．When he was 7 years old.	B．When he was in Grade 5.
C．When he was high school.	D．When he was at university.

Would you like to experience what going to school was like in the late 1800s? to start with, imagine everyone in school only one classroom.
In the 19^th and early 20^th centuries, most American students went to a one-room schoolhouse. A single teacher would typically(典型地) have students in the first through eighth grades, and she taught them all. The number of students varied from six to 40 or more. The youngest children sat in the front, while the oldest students sat in the back. The teacher usually taught reading, writing, arithmetic, history, and geography. Students memorized(记忆) and retold their lessons.
The classroom of a one-room schoolhouse probably looked much like your own. The teacher’s desk stood on a raised platform(讲台) at the front of the room, however, and there was a wood-burning stove since there was no other way of heating. The bathroom was outside in an outhouse.
In Honeoye Falls, New York, there is a one-room schoolhouse where kids today can experience what it was like to the students in the late 19^th century. For a week during the summer, they wear 19^th century clothes and learn the way children learned more than a hundred years ago.
What else has changed about school since the 19^th century? For more information, please visit our website: www. Locallygacy.com.
小题1: What does the word “varied” in the Paragraph Two mean in Chinese?

A．变化

B．排列

C．调整

D．减少

小题2: Students in the late 19^th century could learn_____?

A．reading, writing, sports, history, and science.

B．reading, art, arithmetic, history, and geography

C．reading, writing, arithmetic, history, and geography

D．reading, physics, chemistry, history, and geography

小题3:Which of the following best shows what a one-room schoolhouse was like in the late 19^th century?

A．	B．
C．	D．

小题4:Some kids go to Honeoye Falls to _____.

A．try the food in the late 19th century

B．learn the subjects over a century ago

C．memorized and retell their lessons they have learn

D．experience the way children learned over a century ago

小题5:Which of the following is TRUE about the students in a one-room schoolhouse？

A．They had only one teacher.

B．They had different classrooms.

C．They could choose the seats they liked.

D．They learned more subjects than we do now.

Our village carpenter (木匠) , John, came one day and made a dining table for my wife. He made it just the right size for the space between the two windows. When I got home that evening, John was drinking a cup of tea and writing out his bill for the job.
My wife said to me quietly,“That’s his ninth cup of tea today. ”But she said, in a loud voice,“It’s a beautiful table, dear, isn’t it？”
“I’ll decide about that when I see the bill. ”I said.
John laughed and gave me his bill for the work. I read:
One dining table                        10 November, 1998
Cost of wood                            $17. 00
Paint                                   $1. 50
Work, 8 hours ( $1 an hour )            $8. 00
Total                                   $36. 50
When I was looking at the bill, John said, “It’s been a nice day, hasn’t it？Quite sunny. ”
“Yes. ”I said. “ I’m glad it’s only the tenth of November. ”
“Me, too. ”said John. “You wait — it’ll be a lot colder by the end of the month. ”
“Yes,colder — and more expensive! A dining table will be $20 more expensive on November 30, won’t it, John？”
John looked hard at me for half a minute. Was there a little smile in his two blue eyes？I gave his bill back to him.
“If there isn’t too much trouble, John,” I said,“please add it up again. You can forget the date…”
I paid him $26. 50 and he was happy to get it.
小题1:Why did John talk about the weather when the writer was looking at the bill？

A．Because he didn’t want the writer to go through the bill carefully.

B．Because it was really a fine day.

C．Because he wanted the writer to check the bill carefully.

D．Because he wanted to tell the writer what the weather was like.

小题2:The writer thought John would ask for _______ if he made a dining table on the last day of November.

A．$20. 00	B．$46. 50
C．$56. 50	D．$26. 50

小题3:When the writer gave John the money, he was happy because _______.

A．he got what he should get for his work

B．he got much more money for his work

C．he got the money easily

D．he didn’t have to add up the costs again

小题4:From the story we know that ______.

A．John made a mistake in the bill

B．John tried to fool the writer in order to get more money for his work

C．John had written out the bill before the writer got home

D．John still wanted to get $36.50 for his work in the end

小题5:What do you think of the writer？ He is ______.

A．honest	B．clever
C．foolish	D．afraid

Today ,I want to tell you a story about something I did when I was 14 years old. I made some friends in school          they turned out to be bad. They were some boys who stole（偷盗）         and sold them. Whenever we were stealing a bike , a boy named John would break the lock          two other boys were watching out. Then one of us would          the bike to a cave （洞穴）. The next day ,we would meet there and repaint the bike. When we stole four or five bikes ,we would sell them          a few hundred dollars.
One        afternoon ,we went to an apartment in Bukit Batok. We found a bike on the fifth floor and started to work on the        . It was hard to break. We spent 10 minutes          it. We were about to escape with the bike when the owner of the bike came out of the elevator. “ My bike !” he        .
We dropped the bike and ran down but two policemen nearby          us. We were taken to the police station. Our parents were called and our teachers were told what had happened. The police took down what we had done. The next day ,a bright Sunday, I         to  the Boys’  Home.
Life in the Boys’ Home was very hard but it        me a very important lesson. I learnt that stealing was not right. At the Boys’ Home ,the officers helped me and encouraged me        my ways. I decided to         stealing.
To this day , I feel so          for what I have done. I hope you will learn something from my story.

小题1:	A．and B．or C．but D．so

小题2:	A．bikes B．books C．Suitcases D．backpacks

小题3:	A．When B．while C．since D．after

小题4:	A．fetch B．Pull C．fill D．take

小题5:	A．To B．with C．by D．for

小题6:	A．Tuesday B．Friday C．Saturday D．Sunday

小题7:	A．floor B．lock C．elevator D．bike

小题8:	A．breaking B．to break C．break D．broken

小题9:	A．said B．walked C．Shouted D．stopped

小题10:

A．saw B．pointed C．impressed D．caught

小题11:

A．sent B．was sending C．was sent D．would send

小题12:

A．offered B．taught C．told D．passed

小题13:

A．to change B．change C．to keep D．keep

小题14:

A．pick up B．put up C．look up D．give up

小题15:

A．scared B．sorry C．confident D．excited

By the time Rihanna was seventeen ,she had released (发行) her first album and had an international hit with her first single (单曲) Pon de Replay.
Rihanna was born in Saint Michael , Barbados in 1988 . She grew up there with her two younger brothers . As a child , she loved singing . She formed her first group with friends from secondary school when she was just fifteen . In 2004 friends introduced the group to American record producer Evan Rogers ,who was on holiday in Barbados . Rogers thought Rihanna could be a star in America,so she moved there aged sixteen to take up music after she finished school. Rihhanna  lived with Rogers and his wife . Then she worked for Def Jam Recordings and started working on her first album , Music of the Sun .It came out at in 2005 and got into the top ten . Over 69,000 copies of the album were sold in the first week alone . It went on to sell over two million copies worldwide and Rihanna quickly became a big star . Her second album , A Girl Like Me ,came out a year later and included the song SOS , which was her first number one hit in America. In 2007 Rihanna brought out her third album , Good Girl Gone Bad ,which had more dance music than the first two albums.
Rihanna sold more than fifteen million album and forty - five million singles worldwide between 2005 and 2010 ,the most of any artist at the same time . However ,she manages to find time for her charity work ,too . She has performed in several concerts to raise money for charity and in 2006 she created her Believe Foundation to help sick children . She also took part in Gucci’s activities to raise money for children in Africa.
小题1:What had Rihanna released before she was seventeen ?

A．An album but no singles.

B．A single but not an album.

C．An album and at least one single.

D．Two album and a single Pon de Replay.

小题2:Why did Rihanna move to America ?

A．To try to become a famous singer.

B．To form her first music group.

C．To meet the record producer Evan Rogers.

D．To record her album ,A Girl Like Me ,with the help of Rogers.

小题3:Which is true about Rihanna’s first album ?

A．It included her first number one hit in the US.

B．It sold69,000 copies in total.

C．It made Rihanna a star.

D．It came out before she finished school.

小题4:It can be learnt from the text that Rihanna ______.

A．Wants to start a charity to help sick children

B．Has helped to raise money for African children

C．Has organized some concerts to raise money for charity

D．Is producing another album for her Believe Foundation

Julia was a very beautiful woman. She was tall and her skin was white and smooth. She only had one        : she was a little bit fat. So she took part in a          club, and didn’t eat anything that might make her put on weight.
At a party, Julia told us that she had          her family’s favorite delicious cake over the weekend, and they had eaten half of it at dinner that evening. The next day, Julia kept staring at the other half and finally she cut a          piece for herself. One piece led to another, and soon she had finished the cake.She went on to tell us that she was so          that she could not stop herself from eating the cake and her husband would be so unhappy. Everyone             her, until someone asked: “What did your husband say when he found out?”Julia smiled happily. “He          found out,” she answered. “I made another cake and ate half of that one too.”
小题1:A. problem       B. hope        C. advantage
小题2:A. sports         B. diet         C. music
小题3:A. made          B. bought       C. eaten
小题4:A. large         B. half         C. small
小题5:A. surprised     B. sad          C. angry
小题6:A. thanked       B. punished      C. pitied
小题7:A. never         B. seldom        C. sometimes