A primary school teacher asked her students to write a composition about what they would like God to do for them. At the end of the day, while marking the compositions, she read one that impressed her deeply. Her husband, who had just walked in, saw her crying and asked her, “What happened?”
She answered, “Read this. It is one of my students’ compositions.”
“Dear God, tonight I ask you for something very special: Make me into a television. I want to take its place and live like the TV in my house. Have my own special place, and have my family around me. To be taken seriously when I talk. I want to be the centre of attention and be heard without interruption(打断) or questions. I want to receive the same special care that the TV receives even when it is not working. Have the company of my dad when he arrives home from work, even when he is tired. And I want my mom to want me close when she is sad and upset, instead of ignoring(不理) me. And ...I want my brothers to fight to be with me...I want to feel that my family just put everything aside, every now and then, just to spend some time with me. And last but not least, make sure that I can make them all happy and entertain them. God, I don’t ask you for much. I just want to live like our TV. ”
At that moment the husband said, “My God, poor kid, what horrible parents!” .The teacher looked up at him and said, “That composition is our son’s!”
小题1:Why did the teacher cry?

A．Because a composition moved her deeply.	B．Because the composition was very bad.
C．Because the students were lazy.	D．Because she had a fight with her husband.

小题2:Who was the boy that wrote the composition?
A student who was with God.               B. A student who was like a television
C. A student in her class, but not her son.         D. A student in her class, in fact, her son.
小题3:According to the article, what will happen when the boy talks?

A．Everyone will pay attention to him.	B．He will be interrupted.
C．No one will pay attention.	D．His mother will talk to him.

小题4:Which is not right according to the passages?

A．TV can entertain them	B．TV can catch the attention of his family.
C．TV can give you answers when you ask question.	D．TV can receive special care from his family.

小题5:According to the article, we can know the boy is_________.

A．naughty

B．lonely

C．happy

D．wrong

For more than four hundred years, people all over the world have been reading ,watching and listening to the plays and poetry of the British writer William Shakespeare.
Most people think of Shakespeare as a writer. But he was also a theater producer, a part owner of an acting company and an actor. For most of his career, he was a producer and main writer for an acting company called the King’s Men. Shakespeare is best known for the thirty—nine plays that he wrote, although only thirty—eight exist today. His plays are usually divided into three groups: comedies, histories and tragedies. Some of his most famous plays are Hamlet ,Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth and so on.
Shakespeare 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 14.He married Anne Hathaway at the age of 18.The couple had three children, two daughters and a son who died very young. In 1585,Shakespeare left his hometown. No one knows why he left or moved to London and joined a theater company which opened the Globe Theater in 1599.He made much money from it.He became an actor, and he also wrote plays. He usually acted in his own plays. He died in 1616. He left his money to his family. He left his genius to the world. Now you can 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:What was Shakespeare?

A．A writer	B．An actor
C．A theater producer	D．A,B and C

小题2:Shakespeare made much money from_______.

A．writing	B．acting
C．opening the Globe Theater	D．selling his books

小题3:What’s the meaning of the underlined word “genius” in the passage?

A．房子

B．遗憾

C．悔恨

D．天赋

小题4:Which sentence is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

A．Shakespeare died when he was 52 years old.

B．Shakespeare married in 1582,and he had two daughters and a son.

C．Shakespeare’s plays are usually divided into three groups: comedies, histories and science fictions.

D．No one knows why Shakespeare left his hometown at he age of 21.

I am a middle school student. I like fashionable（时尚的） clothes. I like wearing a scarf（围巾）. I like red shirts and I have curly hair. They all look cool. My parents and teachers sometimes ask me not to do so, but I don't mind. These are my own(自己的 )things. Don't you think so?
---------Sally
My uncle is 40 years old He works for a magazine(杂志). He writes articles（文章） for children. He visits many places and talks with many children.  He thinks children should not watch TV too much and some TV shows are not good for them.
--------Barry
I study in a middle school. I have many rules at school. I can't be late for school,l have to wear a school uniform at school. I can't eat or sing in the classroom. Miss Yang,our English teacher,is very strict with us.
---------- Mona
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
小题1:Sally's hair is___________.

A．red

B．black

C．straight

D．curly

小题2:__________writes articles for kids.

A．Barry's uncle

B．Barry

C．Sally

D．Miss Yang

小题3:Mona can __________.

A．be late for school	B．wear a school uniform at school
C．eat or sing in the classroom	D．wear her own clothes at school

小题4:Which of the following is NOT true about Barry's uncle?

A．He is 40 years old.

B．He does not let Barry watch TV.

C．He thinks children should not watch TV too much.

D．He visits many places and talks with many children.

小题5:From the information above(上面的信息) ,we can know________.

A．Sally and Mona are workers

B．Sally minds what others think of her

C．Miss Yang is an English teacher

D．Miss Yang isn't strict with her students

完形填空。通读下面两篇短文。根据短文内容，从A B C三个选项中选出可填入空白处的正确答案。（共20小题，每小题1分，计20分）
Last year Tom left school. He came to Taibei to  1  a job. He went from one company to  2 but  3 wanted him. Now he had little money.He had to go back to his small town. So he came to the station. He felt 4 and tired. It was very late at night and  5 was full of people. They were waiting 6 tickets of the last train. He bought the last ticket, and he was happy.
At that time, a woman with a crying a baby walked to him. She asked him to sell her the ticket. He gave her the ticket. He thought they needed it  7 he did. After the train left, he sat on the bench and didn’t know  8  to go. Just then, an old man came and said，“Young man, I saw what happened just now. I have a big company. I need a good young man like 9 . Would you like to work 10 me?”
小题1:A.find                    B. see                 C. look
小题2:A.the other               B. other               C. another
小题3:A.everyone                B. no one              C. nothing
小题4:A.happy                   B. sad                 C. glad
小题5:A.the city                B. the company        C. the station
小题6:A.to buy                  B. to sell             C. to give
小题7:A.less than               B. more than           C. worse than
小题8:A.what                    B. why                 C. where
小题9:A.the woman                B. you                 C. her
小题10:A.with                   B. for                 C. to

At midnight (半夜) Mr. King coughed again. He got up and took some medicine. Before he lay down again, he smoked. And he couldn't go to sleep any longer. He found the medicine book and began to read it. He was afraid he had lung cancer(肺癌). He seemed to see death was waiting for him. Tears (眼泪)ran down his face. He didn’t see his wife was standing by him.
“What’s wrong with you, dear?”asked the woman.
“Nothing,” the old man answered and covered his face with his hands. The old woman opened the book and understood at once. She said, “You must stop smoking right now. ”
“I began to smoke when I was nine, you know. How can I do that?”
“But I think health is more important. ”
Mr. King coughed again and his wife said, “Go to see a doctor tomorrow. He will be able to help you, I think. ”
The doctor told Mr. King to have an X-ray examination（X光检查）of his lungs(肺). And then he looked at the X-ray carefully for a long time.
“Tell me the truth, doctor. ” said Mr. King, “Do you see any shadows (阴影) in my lungs?”
“No, I don’t see anything. ”
“Yes?” the old man said happily. “Really?”
“Yes. Your lungs are turning black. How can I see any shadows?”
根据短文内容，判断下列句子的正（T）误（F）。（5分）
小题1:Mr. King got up to cough because he smoked too much.
小题2:Mr. King wasn’t afraid of death.
小题3:The doctor told Mr. King to have an X-ray examination because he wanted to look more carefully at Mr. King’ s lungs.
小题4:The doctor found some shadows in Mr. King’s lungs.
小题5:There was nothing serious with Mr. King.

Ann’s grandpa was very rich and he had some shops. The old man began to learn drawing(绘画) when he was sixty, and he loved it very much.  For twelve years he drew（画画）a lot and there were many pictures in his workroom. He was pleased with them and kept them well. One
day, the old man was ill. He had to stay in hospital. Before he died, he said to Ann, “I want to give my pictures to a school as presents. Then the students can remember me forever. But I don’t know which school I’m going to give them to. Can you help me? ” “Well,” said the little girl, “you’d better give them to a blind（盲的，瞎的） school. ”
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。（5分）
小题1: Ann’s grandpa was ____________.

A．a driver

B．a teacher

C．a blind man

D．a rich man

小题2:The old man tried his best to be ____________.

A．an artist

B．a farmer

C．a doctor

D．a teacher

小题3:The old man loved ____________ very much when he was sixty.

A．writing

B．his shops

C．money

D．drawing

小题4: When the old man was in hospital, he was ____________ years old.

A．60

B．70

C．72

D．78

小题5: Ann thought her grandpa’s pictures were ____________.

A．nice

B．beautiful

C．good

D．bad

One day Daddy and I went out    1    a walk. On the way we   2   a lot of people. We went up and   3   a look. Oh, dear!   4  did we see? There   5   a donkey(驴) in the middle of the road. It would not move. The cars and buses could not get    6  .
Then a policeman came. "   7  donkey is this?" he asked. "It' s   8   ," said a farmer, "but I   9  move it. " The policeman and the farmer did  10  best to move the donkey, but it would not move. We laughed, but the   11   of the cars and the buses were    12   . "We can't move the donkey," the farmer and the policeman said. "What shall we do?"
"Give him a carrot," my father said.
"   13  a good idea!" said the farmer.
Soon he found a    14   and showed it to the donkey. When the donkey saw a carrot, it jumped up and walked after the farmer.   15   the cars and buses could get past at last.

小题1:	A．for B．from C．at D．on

小题2:	A．saw B．looked C．looked for D．watched

小题3:	A．enjoyed B．had C．played D．gave

小题4:	A．When B．Where C．What D．Which

小题5:	A．is B．was C．has D．had

小题6:	A．past B．to C．on D．up

小题7:	A．Who B．Who's C．Which's D．Whose

小题8:	A．mine B．me C．you D．my

小题9:	A．can B．can't C．could D．couldn't

小题10:

A．his B．her C．their D．its

小题11:

A．drivers B．workers C．riders D．teachers

小题12:

A．worried B．happy C．glad D．pleased

小题13:

A．He's B．She's C．Which is D．That's

小题14:

A．carrot B．cat C．dog D．camel

小题15:

A．Some of B．Little of C．All D．Few of

Mr Jones was a millionaire(百万富翁). One day he went to stay at a hotel in New York. He hoped to have the cheapest room to live in. Mr Jones asked, "What price(价格) is the room?". The boss (老板) told him. "And which floor is it on?" Again the boss told him. "Is that the cheapest room you have? I' m staying here by myself and only need a small room. "
The boss said, "That room is the smallest and cheapest we have. But why do you choose a poor room like that? When your son stays here, he always stays at our dearest room. Yours is the cheapest. " "Yes," said Mr Jones, "his father is a very rich man, but mine isn' t. "
小题1:Mr Jones was a _________。

A．rich man

B．writer `

C．worker

D．farmer

小题2:Mr Jones wanted to have_________ room to live in.

A．a beautiful

B．a dear

C．the cheapest

D．a larger

小题3:The boss told Mr Jones that they had_________ room.

A．no the cheapest

B．the cheapest

C．no the dearest

D．no small

小题4:Mr Jones' son often stays at _________room.

A．the smallest

B．a cheap

C．a small

D．the dearest

小题5:Mr Jones was born (出生) in a _________family.

A．rich

B．big

C．poor

D．a farmer's

Three friends, Tom, David and John, came to New York for their holiday. They stayed in a very large hotel. Their room was on the 45^th floor.
In the evening, the three men went to the cinema and came back to the hotel very late.
“I’m very sorry,” said the man of the hotel, “but our lifts(电梯) do not work tonight. If you don’t want to walk up to your room, I’ll make beds for you in the hall(大厅). ”
“No, thanks,” said Tom, “we don’t want to sleep in the hall. We will walk up to the 45^th floor. But I know how to make it easier. On the way to our room, I’ll tell you some jokes. Then you, David, will sing us some songs. Then you, John, will tell us some stories, all right?”
So they began to walk upstairs. Tom told them many jokes. David sang them some songs. At last they came to the 34^th floor. They were tired and had a rest.
“Well,” said Tom. “Now it’s your turn, John. After all these jokes and songs, tell us a long and interesting story with a sad ending. ”
“OK, I’ll tell a sad story,” said John, “It’s not long but very sad. I forgot to bring the key to our room with me. It’s still in the hall. ”
小题1:The three friends came to New York to         .

A．sing songs

B．tell jokes

C．spend their holiday

D．find work

小题2:They had to walk up to their room because        .
A. there was something wrong with the lifts B. the man of the hotel wanted them to do that
B. they wanted to take exercise             D. they came back very late
小题3:      said he knew how to make it easier for them to walk up to their room.

A．The man of the hotel

B．Tom

C．David

D．John

小题4:They felt very sad at last because        .

A．they were tired	B．they lost their key in the cinema
C．the man didn’t make beds for them	D．they didn’t have the key to the room with them

小题5:The best title (标题) for this passage is “      ”.

A．A sad story

B．A long journey

C．A large hotel

D．A bad lift

完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，计15分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Denny Crook was a famous photographer. He traveled all over the world, taking pictures for magazines and newspapers, and won many prizes.
“I’ll do ___1___ to get a good photo,” he often said. “I’ll go anywhere at any time, even if it is dangerous.”And he told the truth. He had photos of earthquakes, forest fires, floods and even wars. If something interesting happened, Denny went to   2  it.
His wife often asked him to take her with him, but he always  3  .” I’ll travel for my work, not for   4 ,” he told her, “You won’t enjoy yourself, and I won’t have   5   to look after you. Sometimes there’s not even anywhere to   6  , and I have to sleep outside. I often don’t have a good   7  or a bath for days. You won’t like it.”
“Denny, I’m not a child,” his wife didn’t   8  , “I can look after myself. Please take me with you the next time you go overseas.”
Denny did not say anything, but he   9  about it, and when he was asked to go to Africa he said to his wife, “You can come to Africa with me if you want to. I’ll go to take photos of wild   10  there. It should be interesting and not too uncomfortable.” His wife was very   11  .
When they got to Africa, the first day she had a very enjoyable time. The next day Denny went   12   to find some lions to photo. His wife went with him, but soon they became separated (分开). She walked down one path while he walked down the other.
Suddenly, Denny heard her   13  . He ran back and saw her running toward him. A huge lion was chasing her.
Quickly Denny took his camera out of its case and   14   it at his wife and the lion. Then he shouted, “   15  , woman! I can’t get you both in the picture!”

小题1:	A．anything B．nothing C．something D．none

小题2:	A．advise B．read C．write D．photo

小题3:	A．allowed B．refused C．failed D．joked

小题4:	A．wealth B．prize C．pleasure D．luck

小题5:	A．money B．time C．interest D．ability

小题6:	A．meet B．work C．shop D．stay

小题7:	A．meal B．picnic C．room D．party

小题8:	A．agree B．understand C．reply D．complain

小题9:	A．worried B．forgot C．asked D．thought

小题10:

A．land B．flowers C．animals D．people

小题11:

A．confused B．excited C．surprised D．disappointed

小题12:

A．out B．in C．back D．up

小题13:

A．singing B．crying C．laughing D．cheering

小题14:

A．threw B．fired C．showed D．pointed

小题15:

A．Hurry up B．Look out C．Slow down D．Go ahead