Two young men, one was a prisoner while the other was a famous official from the White House, both told a story about how their mothers give apples to them.
The story from the prisoner:
When I was young, one day my mother brought several apples, among which there was a biggest red one that I really wanted to get. My mum put all the apples on the table and asked us, “Which do you like?” I was about to say “the biggest one” while my brother took one step ahead and said what I wanted to say. My mum said angrily, “A good child should give the best to others instead of being self-centered.” I learnt a quick lesson and said, “Mum, give me the smallest one. The biggest one should be left for my brother!” Hearing my words, she felt more than happy and gave the biggest apple to me as a reward.
I told a lie but I got what I wanted! Since then, I learnt to lie. Later, I learnt to fight, steal and rob. I would try all means to get what I wanted. Then later I was put behind bars.
The story from the White House:
When I was young, one day my mum brought several apples of different colors and sizes. Both my two younger brothers and I wanted the biggest one. My mum picked up the biggest apple and said, “It is good to get the biggest apple. Now let’s start a competition. I will divide the lawn (草坪)in front of our house into three parts, one for each. Who could do the job best and fastest would be rewarded with the biggest apple.” I won the apple finally. 
小题1: Which does the writer want to tell us MOST?

A．Each mother loves her kids..

B．Mother’s education is very important.

C．The earlier education starts, the better result there will be.

D．No pains, no gains.

小题2:How did the “prisoner” get the biggest apple?

A．By working for the family.

B．By competing with his brother.

C．By doing the best job.

D．By cheating his mother.

小题3: What does the underlined phrase “put behind bars” probably mean?

A．受批评

B．进监狱

C．受挫折

D．受惩罚

小题4:It can be inferred from the passage that          .

A．the official was very honest when he was young.

B．the prisoner’s mother taught him how to tell lies.

C．the official learned that what he wanted needed to pay for the same effort.

D．it was his mother who had him break laws.

小题5:What is the writer probably going to write next?

A．Scientific methods of giving apples.

B．The importance of mother’s education.

C．Another story about of giving apples.

D．School education.

Long long ago, there lived two girls named Emily and Tina. Both of them had long black hair and blue eyes. One day while they were playing in the back yard (庭院), Emily heard a tinkling (叮当) sound. She jumped up. “Listen,” she told her twin. They listened. The noise came again.
This time Tina heard it. She sat up. “It came from over there,” She whispered, looking at the zinnias (鱼尾菊) far away. They came near to find it out. Then something flew out, making the same tinkling sound they had heard before. The children looked at one another. “Was it a bee?” asked Tina. “I don’t think so,” replied Emily. “Do bees make a sound like bells?” “Let’s call it the Tinkle Bee anyway,” said Tina. Emily nodded, listening with a little difficulty. What had made that noise?
The next day, Emily and Tina brought their cookies outside. Tina took her plate by the zinnias. Suddenly she caught something. “Emily!” she called. “I’ve got the Tinkle Bee!” Emily rushed over. They sat down on the grass. Tina opened her hand very carefully. There was that sound! Something was shining in Tina’s hand. They smiled. Then Emily cried, “It’s a fairy (仙女)!” Tina looked down at it in her hand. It looked like a girl. A tiny girl with wings! Tina dropped it before she noticed that a wing was torn (撕裂). The little fairy could not fly away so she took a piece of grass out of the ground and sat on it.
Emily and Tina were surprised at what they saw. The fairy turned to Emily and said, “Hello, I am Marabella.” Then she said again, “Marabella the Fairy.” Emily smiled. “I’m Emily,” she said. Tina said, “I’m Tina. Are you really a fairy?” “Oh, yes!” replied Marabella. “I’ve always been a fairy.”
小题1:Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined word “tiny” in this passage?

A．Weak.

B．Nice.

C．Little.

D．Sick.

小题2:How did the sound come out?

A．A bee behind the zinnias made the sound.

B．It came out from the fairy’s flying.

C．It came out when the fairy shouted for help.

D．The bell by the zinnias rang.

小题3:What does the passage mainly tell us?

A．Emily and Tina found a tinkling sound when they were playing in the yard.

B．Emily and Tina were very interested in the tinkling sound.

C．How a fairy by the zinnias was saved by the twins.

D．The process of Emily and Tina’s finding a fairy.

I grew up in a small town. When I was in the third grade, I was chosen to be the        in the school play. My mother helped me practice my lines for weeks. But once I stepped onto the stage, I was too nervous to        the words. Finally, my teacher asked me to         the role to a storyteller. I didn’t tell my mother        had happened when I went home for lunch that day. She knew that I was        from my look. She asked if I wanted to go for a walk in the yard.
It was a lovely         day and the grass was turning green. We could see a lot of yellow dandelions(蒲公英）in the grass. I watched my mother walking towards a dandelion and         it up by its roots(根茎). “From now on, we’ll have only roses in this garden.” she said. “But I like dandelions,” I said. “All        are beautiful _—— even dandelions!”
“Yes, every flower gives pleasure in its own way. And that is true of       too. Not everyone can be a princess. You will be a beautiful storyteller,” my mother said, reminding me of how much I       to read stories to her. “The storyteller’s part is just as      as the part of a princess.”
The big day         came. A few minutes before the play, my teacher handed me a      . I looked at it and thought of our        talk. It made me        .
After the play, I took the flower home, and kept it in our family dictionary.

小题1:	A．king B．snowman C．princess D．witch

小题2:	A．forget B．remember C．find D．write

小题3:	A．act B．play C．change D．take

小题4:	A．which B．what C．that D．this

小题5:	A．energetic B．unhappy C．excited D．dishonest

小题6:	A．spring B．summer C．autumn D．winter

小题7:	A．putting B．pulling C．setting D．looking

小题8:	A．seasons B．rainbows C．flowers D．scenes

小题9:	A．animals B．plants C．people D．food

小题10:

A．hated B．loved C．tried D．planned

小题11:

A．interesting B．common C．important D．cheerful

小题12:

A．suddenly B．finally C．usually D．slowly

小题13:

A．rose B．dandelion C．present D．hairclip

小题14:

A．breakfast time B．lunchtime C．suppertime D．teatime

小题15:

A．imaginative B．generous C．confident D．humorous

When I drove to work yesterday, I met a traffic jam. As I looked out of my window, a handsome young man was walking on the street. He was walking towards the bridge. There were some homeless men with their cups around there. The young man went to one of them. He brought out some money from his pocket, said a few words to him and put the money into his cup. He continued to walk and then saw another homeless man. He stopped for a minute, said a few words and then gave the man a candy.
And then he saw the next homeless man. He was shivering because of coldness. The young man now stopped for a second and gave his scarf to him. He then said goodbye to him with a big smile and went away in the snow. At that moment, I was in tears. I gave this young man my best wishes with love and blessings.
小题1:How many homeless men did the young man help in this passage?

A．2.

B．3.

C．4.

D．5.

小题2:The story probably happened in __________.

A．spring

B．summer

C．autumn

D．winter

小题3:The man was shaking slightly because of __________.

A．hunger

B．coldness

C．illness

D．worries

小题4:What did the young man give the homeless men?

A．Some money, his scarf and a candy.	B．His scarf, his coat and some money.
C．A candy, his hat and his coat.	D．His coat, some money and a candy.

小题5:The writer felt __________ after seeing the young man’s behavior.

A．sad

B．surprised

C．moved

D．interested

I watched as my little brother was caught in the act. He was sitting in the corner of the living room, a _____in one hand and my father’s hymnbook(赞美诗集)in the other.
As my father walked into the room, my brother cowered slightly(轻微地畏缩). He sensed that he had done something _____. Form a distance I could see that he had  _____my father’s new hymnal and scribbled(乱涂)in it. Now looking at my father fearfully, we _____  waited for his punishment.
My father _____his book, looked at it, and then sat down without saying a word．He was a clergyman(神职人员) and for him, books were knowledge. And yet he _____ his children. What he did next was unbelievable. Instead of punishing my brother, he sat down, _____ the pen from my brother’s hand, and then wrote in the book himself, alongside the scribbles John had made:
“John’s work, 1959, _____ 2.” How many times have I looked into your beautiful face and into your warm eyes looking up at me and _____God for the one who has now scribbled in my new hymnal. You have made the book sacred(神圣的), as have your brother and sister.
“Wow,” I thought. “This is punishment?”
The years and the books came and went. Our family _____ what all families go through and perhaps a little bit more. But we _____ knew our parents loved us and that one of the proofs(证明)of their love was the hymnal by the piano.
Dad taught us about_____really matters in life: people, not objects; tolerance(宽容), not judgment; love, not anger. Now I, too, am a father. But unlike my father, I do not wait for daughters _____ to take books from my bookshelf and scribble in them. From time to time I take one down, and give it to one of my _____to scribble in. and as I look at their artwork, I think about my father and the_____he taught me.

小题1:	A．book B．pen C．knife D．toy

小题2:	A．wrong B．special C．dangerous D．different

小题3:	A．dropped B．read C．borrowed D．opened

小题4:	A．all B．both C．either D．each

小题5:	A．picked up B．put up C．made up D．wrapped up

小题6:	A．hated B．needed C．loved D．disliked

小题7:	A．moved B．took C．brought D．borrowed

小题8:	A．old B．birthday C．aged D．named

小题9:	A．thanked B．asked C．respected D．pleased

小题10:

A．spent B．experienced C．supported D．afforded

小题11:

A．ever B．sometimes C．never D．always

小题12:

A．what B．why C．which D．who

小题13:

A．quickly B．secretly C．carefully D．suddenly

小题14:

A．children B．sisters C．brothers D．parents

小题15:

A．skills B．rules C．lessons D．subjects

My father had a small business, employing（雇用）fifteen people at any given time. We sold all kinds of milk products. I had worked for my father since I was young,      did all seven kids in my family.
One day, we had a new employee, Debbie, who wanted to work in the store for the summer. She had     done this type of work before, but planned to give it her all.
On her first day, Debbie made just about every mistake in the    . She charged the wrong prices for items, she gave the wrong bag of food to the wrong customer, and she    and broke a half gallon of milk. The torture（折磨）of watching her fighting her way was too much for me. I went into my father’s office and said, “Please go out there and put her out of her misery（苦恼）.” I      him to walk right into the store and let her go away from our store.
Since my father’s office was situated within view of the sales counter, he had surely      what I was talking about. He sat,     , for a moment. Then he got up from his desk and walked over to Debbie, who was standing behind the counter.
“Debbie,” he said, as he put his hand      on her shoulder. “I have been watching you all day, and I saw how you     Mrs. Forbush.”
Debbie’s face turned red and tears began to     in her eyes as she tried hard to remember Mrs. Forbush from the many women she had given the wrong change to or drop off her milk onto the floor.
My father continued, “I’ve never seen Mrs. Forbush be so      to any one of my employees before. You really knew how to deal with her. I am sure that she is going to want you to    her every time she comes in. Keep up the good work.”
In return for being a wise and kind employer, my father got a trusty and hardworking employee for fifteen years … and a friend for life.

小题1:	A．unless B．neither C．as D．nor

小题2:	A．already B．yet C．never D．ever

小题3:	A．vision B．book C．spirit D．position

小题4:	A．dropped B．lost C．touched D．missed

小题5:	A．encouraged B．forced C．expected D．influenced

小题6:	A．followed B．seen C．guessed D．heard

小题7:	A．careful B．upset C．angry D．thoughtful

小题8:	A．gently B．seriously C．lightly D．directly

小题9:	A．accepted B．agreed C．treated D．considered

小题10:

A．run B．well C．appear D．rise

小题11:

A．funny B．hopeless C．rude D．polite

小题12:

A．wait on B．look after C．stand for D．depend on

Tina was a seventeen-year-old girl who always wore a bright smile. She got a serious disease and had to use a walker most of the time. People didn’t speak to __ __ very often. Maybe it was because she looked __ __ and people didn’t know how to come near to her. Tina usually _____ the ice with people she met with a big “Hi”.
In one class, I gave the students an assignment (作业) to __ __ a poem. I only made the assignment worth a very small part of their total grade since I knew most of my __ __ wouldn’t do it anyway. In the class, one by one each student __ __ to correctly recite the poem. Finally, annoyed (生气) and half kidding（开玩笑）, I said that the next student who couldn’t recite the poem had to do three push-ups. To my __ __, Tina was next. She used her walker to move to the front of the class. When she recited, she made a mistake. __ ___I could say a word, she threw her walker and started doing push-ups. I wanted to say, “Tina, I was just kidding!” But she __ __, continued the poem and she finished the rest perfectly.
When she finished, a student asked, “Tina, why did you do that? It’s not an important assignment!”
“Because I want to be like yours! To be __ __ ” Tina said.
Silence fell on the whole room when another student cried out, “Tina, we’re not normal! We are teenagers! We get in __ __all the time.”
“I know.” Tina said as a big smile spread across her face. The rest of the students laughed, too.
Tina got only a few __ __ that day, but she got the love and respect of her classmates. To her, that was worth a lot more than a grade.

小题1:	A．her B．me C．us D．them

小题2:	A．strong B．different C．short D．young

小题3:	A．gave B．ate C．broke D．brought

小题4:	A．read B．copy C．find D．recite

小题5:	A．friends B．students C．teachers D．parents

小题6:	A．started B．planned C．continued D．failed

小题7:	A．surprise B．joy C．excitement D．satisfaction

小题8:	A．Because B．After C．Before D．If

小题9:	A．woke up B．gave up C．stood up D．made up

小题10:

A．happy B．normal C．social D．true

小题11:

A．attention B．thought C．touch D．trouble

小题12:

A．points B．chances C．mistakes D．exercises

Kindergartens may teach you very important things you need to know. Dancy, a 5-year-old boy, saved his father’s life with the skills he learned.
The boy’s father became seriously ill on the way home from a father-son shopping. He couldn’t speak and could hardly move, but he tried hard to stop the car safely. At that point, Dancy used his father’s phone to call his mother for help. The 5-year-old boy tried his best to give her useful information and he was able to tell where they were. Just as he had learned in the kindergarten, Dancy read the letters he saw on a nearby store sign: “F,U,R,N,I,T,U,R,E.” But that wasn’t enough for his mother to find them. Then he added that they were near a bridge. Finally, his mother understood he was talking about a store called Furniture 22 on New Jersey’s Route 22. The mother called 911 and the father was saved in time.
“He just thought his dad needed help,” Dancy’s mother told the reporter. She also pointed out that her husband was a hero, too. “It is surprising for him to get off the highway and get himself and his child to safety even when he was so sick,” she said.
Shine, head of the kindergarten, felt proud of his pupil. “Dancy’s spelling skills helped him seize（抓住）the moment,” he said. “And that’s the real value of education.”
小题1:When the father became seriously ill, he and his son were ______.

A．on the wayhome	B．in the kindergarten
C．in a shopping center	D．at a bus station

小题2:Dancy called ______for help when his father couldn’t speak.

A．911

B．his mother

C．Shine

D．the reporter

小题3:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Dancy drove his father home.

B．The reporter was really a hero.

C．Shine sent Dancy’s father to hospital.

D．Dancy saved his father with his spelling skills.

Did you watch the 2012 London Olympic Games? If you did, you must know a person who changed men's swimming history of China and set a new world record for us. Yes, that's Sun Yang who gave us lots of surprise by winning two Olympic gold medals in swimming.
Sun Yang became the first Chinese male swimmer to earn a gold medal as he won the 400m freestyle with an Olympic record in London on July 28th, 2012.It is the first gold medal that a Chinese swimmer has ever won in the Olympic history. All of the Chinese are proud of him. He is the hero of the whole China.
Sun Yang was born on December 1st, 1991 in Zhejiang. He is 198cm tall and 89kg in weight. Sun Yang's hobbies are singing and reading. Sun Yang loved sports when he was very young. He kept training hard every day and that is why he has made such great achievements.
Now nearly every Chinese knows him. When he goes anywhere, he must be followed by his fans, which makes his life less convenient and difficult, but he is very rich. So do you want to be a person like him?
小题1:Where were the Olympic Games held in 2012?

A．London.

B．Beijing.

C．Athens.

D．Sydney.

小题2:How many gold medals did Sun Yang win?

A．One.

B．Two.

C．Three.

D．Four.

小题3:What does Sun Yang probably do in his free time?

A．Swimming and running.	B．Singing and reading.
C．Playing chess and skating.	D．Playing football and basketball.

Ronaldo Luiz Nazario de Lima was born on 22 September 1976 in a poor suburb of Rio de Janeiro. Like most of his childhood friends, Ronaldo began his soccer career playing barefoot in the streets of his neighborhood. At the age of 14, he joined S Cristovo soccer club and only two years later became the star of Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte scoring a total of 58 goals in 60 matches and earning himself a reputation for his explosive pace and outstanding finishing skills. His goal-scoring record and unusual agility led him to be included in the Brazilian World Cup winning team the following year. After the World Cup, many top European football clubs were trying to sign him. Many people, including Brazilian football legend Pelé, referred to him as the most promising footballer of his generation.
Since his transfer to Dutch team PSV Eindhoven, Ronaldo’s biography is one of success after success. Two Copa América s, a UEFA Cup, a Dutch Cup, a Spanish League Cup, and two awards as best player in the world, all in the space of two years, are some of Ronaldo’s impressive achievements. On arrival to Inter-Milan in 1997, Ronaldo became the idol of the local fans who refer to him as “il Fenomeno.”
Since the 98 World Cup he has suffered two serious knee injuries that have severely limited his appearances. Just when people began to wonder whether Ronaldo would be able to continue with his football career, he proved to the world that he still could play. In the World Cup held in Korea and Japan, the magical striker won the Golden Shoe award and tied Pelé's Brazilian record for career World Cup goals with 12. He helped Brazil capture its fifth World Cup championship on June 30 with a 2-0 win over Germany. It was the third time that Ronaldo has ever played in the World Cup.
小题1:We can infer from the passage that Ronaldo _________.

A．comes from a rich family

B．began to play soccer at the age of 15

C．won a total of 58 goals when he was 20 years old

D．became a star of Cruzeriro Belo Horizonte in 1992

小题2:Why did so many top European football clubs try to sign Ronaldo? 

A．Because he had played in the World Cup.

B．Because he often played in very important matches.

C．Because he was the most promising footballer of his generation.

D．Because he could play hard though he suffered two serious knee injuries.

小题3:From the passage we can infer that Ronaldo took part in ________big international soccer matches in all.

A．eight

B．eleven

C．twelve

D．five