Bruno was a boy of eight His father worked in a cinema and his mother worked in a shop．He lived not far from his school．He always walked there and walked home．On his way to school, he had to pass a playground．It was very wet after it rained．One day, when he got home, his clothes were all wet．His mother became angry and said,” Don’t play in the water on your way home from school!"
On the next day Bruno came home with wet and dirty（脏的）clothes．His mother became even angrier．"I'll tell your father if you come back wet again," said his mother．"He'll punish（惩罚）You, you know．"
The third day the little boy was dry when he came home．
"You're a good boy today", his mother said happily．"You didn't play in the water．”
"No," the boy said unhappily．"There were too many older boys in the water when I got there this afternoon．There wasn't any room（空地方）for me at all!"
小题1:Bruno went to school ________ every day．

A．by bike

B．by bus

C．by car

D．on foot

小题2:The playground was between（在……之间）_______

A．two classrooms	B．the cinema and shop
C．Bruno's house and school	D．the shop and Bruno's school

小题3:The little boy liked to play on the playground __________．

A．when it snowed

B．when there was some water there

C．when the children played football there

D．when his father was busy with his work

小题4:Bruno was afraid of （害怕） _________the most．

A．his father

B．his mother

C．his teacher

D．the older boys

小题5:That afternoon, the boy's clothes were dry because _______．

A．There wasn't any room （空地方） for him to play．

B．He didn't go to school that day

C．he played in the water carefully

D．There were too many older girls in the water

A 10-year-old boy decided to learn judo though he had lost his left arm in a car accident. The boy was doing well, so he couldn’t understand why, after three months of training, the master had taught him only one move.
“ Master,” the boy finally asked, “shouldn’t I be learning more moves?” “ This is the only move you know, but this is the only move you’ll ever need to know,” the teacher answered.
Several months later, the teacher took the boy to his first competition. Surprising himself, the boy easily won his first two matches. The third match proved to be more difficult, but after some time, his opponent (对手) became impatient and charged; the boy skillfully used his one move to win the match. Still amazed by his success, the boy was now in the final.
This time, his opponent was bigger, stronger, and more experienced. Soon after the match started, the boy seemed to lose. Thinking that the boy might get hurt, the judge called a time-out. He was going to stop the match when the teacher appeared. “ No,” the teacher said, “Let him continue.” A short time after the match carried on, his opponent made a careless mistake. At once, the boy used his move to pin (压住) him. The boy won the match and the competition.
On the way home, the boy asked the teacher what was really in his mind. “ Why could I win the competition with only one move?” The teacher answered. “ First, you’ve mastered one of the most difficult throws in judo. Second, your opponent can only attack your left arm to win you.”
根据短文内容完成下面的表格，每空一词。

Title: One’s weakness can become his (1) _▲_
A boy had lost left arm, (2) _▲_ he decided to learn judo
After three months of training, the master taught him only one move.
His first (3) _▲_	First three matches	He won.
	Final	His opponent was bigger, (4) _▲_ and more (5) _▲_  . At the (6) _▲_, the boy seemed to lose the match. The judge was (7) _▲_ that the boy might get hurt and called a time-out. His opponent made a mistake. The boy used his move and pinned him. He became the (8) _▲_ of the match.
	(9) _▲_	1. He had almost mastered one of the most difficult throws in all of judo. . The opponent can win the match by (10) _▲_ your left arm.

Wang Yani was born in 1975. Even as a baby she loved to draw. Her father was an  1 .Yani wanted to be like him. So she tried to stand like her father as she painted, which made him laugh.
One day, Yani painted lines on her faher’s painting. He got  2 . At the time she was only two and a half years old. She cried and said, “I want to    like you!” Her father looked at her without saying anything. He   4  remembered his childhood(童年). He also wanted to draw and paint, but his parents didn’t understand. They just got angry. He didn’t want to see the same thing happen to his daughter. So he decided to    5  her.
With her father’s help, Yani soon   6  . Her lines became flowers, trees, and animals. Her father took her to parks and zoos to get   7  for her paintings. By the end of six, Yani had made over 4,000 works. Her paintings were very special. People  8  her works. When she was eight, one of her paintings was made into a Chinese postage stamp.
Yani became famous when she was young. Her works were 9  in different countries in Asia, Europe and North America,  10  her parents never sold her paintings. She is well-known in the world, and art is still a great joy in her life..

小题1:	A．actor B．athlete C．artist D．engineer

小题2:	A．angry B．excited C．sad D．interested

小题3:	A．laugh B．speak C．stand D．paint

小题4:	A．happily B．clearly C．hardly D．usually

小题5:	A．help B．stop C．refuse D．miss

小题6:	A．did homework B．made money C．did sports D．made progress

小题7:	A．news B．time C．ideas D．luck

小题8:	A．hated B．loved C．found D．forget

小题9:	A．lost B．sold C．bought D．shown

小题10:

A．and B．but C．so D．or

One afternoon, I went to pick up my mother from work.I got there a little early, so I _______ (41) my car by a small park, and _______ (42) for her.
As I looked outside the car window, I saw a little boy, around two years old, running _______ (43) on the grass as his mother _______ (44) from a short distance. The boy had a big smile on his face as if he had just been ______ (45) free from some sort of prison .The boy would then fall to the grass , (46) up , without looking back at his mother , run as_______ (47) as he could ,again , still with a smile on his face ,as if nothing had happened.
At that moment, I thought to myself , “why aren’t most adults this way ?” Most adults, when they fall down, make a big deal out of it and don’t even _______ (48) a second attempt. They would be so _______ (49) that they would not try again if someone saw them fall .Or , because they fall , they would find a good _______ (50) for themselves that they’re not fit for it . They would end up too afraid to attempt again for fear of failure.
However, with kids, when they fall down, they don’t consider their falling down as a failure, instead, they treat it as a _______ (51) experience. They try again and again until they _______ (52) .The answer must be that they have not connected“falling down” with the word “failure”. As a _______ (53), they are not discouraged in any way .Besides, they _______ (54) think to themselves that it’s quite okay to fall down and that it’s not wrong to do so. In other words ,they allow themselves to make _______ (55), so they remain energetic.
I was deeply impressed by the boy’s persistence (坚持不懈) and the manner in which he did.

小题1:	A．left B．stopped C．repaired D．drove

小题2:	A．waited B．cared C．prepared D．looked

小题3:	A．carefully B．anxiously C．freely D．easily

小题4: 

A．watched

B．noticed

C．surveyed

D．supported

小题5: 

A．cut

B．kept

C．found

D．set

小题6:	A．hold B．get C．end D．pick

小题7:	A．well B．long C．fast D．soon

小题8: 

A．make

B．provide

C．practice

D．discover

小题9: 

A．confused

B．embarrassed

C．exhausted

D．surprised

小题10:

A．cause B．sign C．chance D．excuse

小题11: 

A．learning

B．running

C．teaching

D．falling

小题12: 

A．progress

B．improve

C．achieve

D．succeed

小题13:

A．decision B．result C．reason D．matter

小题14:.

A．hardly

B．perfectly

C．probably

D．nearly

小题15:.

A．mistakes

B．choices

C．plans

D．wishes

【点评】此题的选材注重选择与孩子们生活很接近的教育性故事，教会孩子如何面对失败。做题过程中要学会根据上下文来推测答案，有时在文中甚至可以找到原词，所以遇到不会的题目不必害怕，做好记号，沉着应对。

One afternoon I toured an art museum while waiting for my husband to finish a business meeting.I was looking forward to a quiet view of the art works.
A young couple viewing the paintings ahead of me chatted nonstop between themselves.I watched them a moment and decided the wife was doing all the talk.I admired the husband’s patience for putting up with her continuous talk.Distracted by their noise,I moved on.
I met with them several times as I moved through the different rooms of art.Each time I heard her constant burst of words,I moved away quickly.
I was standing at the counter of the museum gift shop making a purchase when the couple came near to the exit.Before they left,the man reached into his pocket and pulled out a white object.He extended it into a long stick and then tapped his way into the coatroom to get his wife’s jacket.
“He’s a brave man.”The clerk at the counter said,”Most of us would give up if wewere blinded at such a young age.During his recovery he made a promise that his life wouldn’t change.So ,as before,he and his wife come in whenever there’s a new art show.”
“But what dose he get out of the art?”I asked,“He can’t see.”
“Can’t see?You’re wrong.He sees a lot.More than you or I do.”The clerk said,“His wife describes each painting so he can see it in his head.”
I learned something about patience,courage and love that day.I saw the patience of a young wife describing paintings to a person without sight and the courage of a husband who would not allow blindness to change his life.And I saw the love shared by two people as I watched this couple walk away hand in hand.
小题1:The young couple were at an art museum ________.

A．to show their love	B．to appreciate art
C．to discuss paintings	D．to describe paintings

小题2:“…I moved away quickly.”in Paragraph 3 shows that the writer ________.

A．was in the hope of visiting more rooms	B．was in a hurry to buy some gifts
C．was tired of the nonstop talking	D．was not interested in the art show

小题3:We can infer from the passage that the husband _________.

A．was not born blind	B．couldn’t stand his wife
C．knew nothing about art	D．completely depended on his wife

小题4:After hearing what the clerk had said about the couple,the writer was ________.

A．encouraged

B．excited

C．touched

D．annoyed

小题5:The passage is mainly about ___________.

A．the importance of art	B．good manners in public
C．patience of a husband	D．love between a couple

A small ,white envelope stuck among the branches of our Christmas tree and it has been there for the past ten years or so.
It all began because my husband Justin hated Christmas—oh, not the true meaning of Christmas.Overspending was one thing, but compared to the difficult experience of choosing gifts—running around at the last minute to get a tie for Uncle Harry and a pair of gloves for Grandma…,spending money is nothing. I felt too tired to think of any special gifts.
Knowing Justin felt the same way, I decided one year not to buy the usual shirts, sweaters, ties and so on. I reached for something special just for Justin. The inspiration came in an unusual way.
Our son Kevin, who was 12 that year, was wrestling （摔跤）at the junior level at the school he attended; and shortly before Christmas, there was a match against a team sponsored (赞助) by an inner-city church.These youngsters, dressed in such worn-out shoes that shoe strings seemed to be the only thing holding them together, while our boys were in their blue and gold uniforms and new wrestling shoes.
As the match began, I was shocked to see that the other team were wrestling without wearing helmets (头盔) to protect their ears. Well, our boys ended up defeating them. We took every weight class.
Justin, seated beside me, shook his head sadly, “I wish just one of them could have won,” he said. “They have a lot potential (潜力) , but losing like this could take the heart out of them.” Justin loved kids—all kids, and he knew them, having coached little league football and baseball. That’s when the idea for his present came. That afternoon, I went to a local sporting goods store and bought different kinds of wrestling helmets and shoes. I sent them to inner-city church without leaving my name.
On Christmas Eve, I placed the envelope on the tree, the note inside telling Justin what I had done and that was his gift from me. His smile was the brightest thing about Christmas that year and since then the envelope has become the highlight of our Christmas.
小题1: Justin hated Christmas because _____.

A．he didn’t enjoy receiving gifts

B．he had a hard time choosing gifts

C．he spent too much money buying gifts

D．he disliked putting gifts under the Christmas tree

小题2:We know from the passage that the team sponsored by inner-city church_____.

A．were well dressed

B．paid no attention to safety

C．feared Kevin’s team

D．couldn’t afford a helmet

小题3: How did Justin feel about the team’s failure ?

A．Upset

B．Angry

C．Hopeless

D．Shameful

小题4: Why did the writer send gifts to the inner-city church without leaving her name ?

A．To avoid being thanked

B．To play a joke on Justin

C．To give Justin a surprise

D．To protect her private information

小题5:Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A．The Church Gift

B．A Special Note

C．The White Envelope

D．A Christmas Card

One day, some children were playing hide-and-seek（捉迷藏）happily. In front of the  31  , Jim found the door of the letter box was   32   and climbed in. He   33 closed the door. When he knew   34  he had locked himself in it, he began to  35  help, but nobody could   36  . He was  37  and began to cry. At that time, his sister was   38  for him. She happened to hear him. She , of course, wasn’t able to open it.
　　When the  39  helped him out, he couldn’t keep back his tears. He had been in the box for nearly an hour.
　“Don’t forget  40  a stamp on yourself next time,” said the postman.

小题1:	A．shop B．park C．post office D．hospital

小题2:	A．open B．closed C．big D．broken

小题3:	A．slowly B．easily C．quickly D．hardly

小题4:	A．that B．what C．why D．if

小题5:	A．find out B．find C．shout for D．look after

小题6:	A．open B．help C．see D．hear

小题7:	A．angry B．hungry C．afraid D．happy

小题8:	A．asking B．looking C．waiting D．shouting

小题9:	A．policeman B．friend C．postman D．cleaner

小题10:

A．to draw B．to put C．to make D．to buy

2.26-meter-tall Yao Ming made his NBA debut（初次登台）on October 23, 2002 and got 6 points for the Houston Rockets in the game. The next day, he got 13 points（得分）in another game.
Yao Ming , 22, has been a star in China for some time, but it is still under question as to whether he can play well in the NBA. Yao Ming said, “When you watch it on TV, it looks very easy. But when you are playing in the NBA, it is really tough.” He said that joining the Houston Rockets was a new start and a new challenge. “I hope that through very hard work I can make everyone happy and help the Rockets win more games,” he said
Yao Ming speaks some English. Both he and his teammates can understand each other. They don't think there is a language problem.
While Yao Ming faces this new challenge,  the people of Houston have shown great interest in him and they hope Yao Ming will bring new energy （活力） to the Rockets. The team has started having lessons to learn more about China, and many people who work for the Rockets have learned to speak some Chinese.
小题1:On October 23, 2002, Yao Ming played his______ game in the NBA
A. first    B. second    C. third    D fourth
小题2:Yao Ming got __________ points in the two games for the Houston Rockets in October ,2002.

A．6

B．13

C．19

D．23

小题3:Yao Ming thinks that _____.

A．it is boring to play basketball

B．playing in the NBA is not easy

C．it is difficult to watch NBA games on TV

D．he is an NBA star

小题4:From the passage we can learn that ________.

A．Yao Ming will work hard for his team

B．Yao Ming often watches TV

C．Yao Ming is the best player in the team

D．The Rockets has lost several games

All students need to have good study habits(习惯). When you have good study habits, you can learn things quickly. You can also remember them easily.
Do you like to study in the living-room? This is not a good place because it is usually too noisy(吵闹的). You need to study in a quiet place, like your bedroom. A quiet place will help you only think about one thing, and you will learn better.
Before you begin to study, do not forget to clean your desk. A good desk light is important, too. You’ll feel tired easily if there is not enough light.
小题1:When you have good study habits, you will          .

A．learn things quickly	B．remember things easily
C．think about one thing	D．both A and B

小题2:The living-room is not a good place for study because it is too         .

A．quiet

B．noisy

C．good

D．clean

小题3:You will feel tired easily if the light is          .

A．good

B．enough

C．bad

D．wonderful

小题4:The best title(标题) for this passage is          .

A．Study in the Bedroom	B．Good Study Habits
C．How to Study	D．Desk Light is Important

Henry was a carpenter（木匠）of our village. Once I asked him to make a dining table for my wife. He made it just the right size to fill the space between the two windows. When I arrived home that evening, Henry was drinking a cup of tea and writing out his bill for his work.. My wife said to me, quietly，“That’s his ninth cup of tea today.” But she said loudly, "It's a beautiful table，dear，isn't it?" "I won't decide about that until I see that bill.” I said.
Henry laughed and gave me his bill for the work. It said：
BILL
One dining table June 10，1995
Cost of wood 17.00
Paint（油漆） 1.50
Work，8 hours（1 an hour) 8.00
Total（总计） 36.50
When I was looking at the bill，Henry said，"It’s been a fine day，hasn’t it?” “ Quite sunny.” "Yes，”I said. "I’m glad it is only the 10th of June.” "Me too，” said Henry, "You wait--it'll be a bit hotter by the end of the month.” "Yes. Hotter--and more expensive. Dining tables will be 20 more expensive on June 30th，won't they，Henry?”
Henry looked hard at me for half a minute. There was a little smile in his two blue eyes. I gave his bill back to him. "If it isn't too much trouble，Henry，”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 Henry talk about weather when the writer was looking at the bill?

A．Because it was a fine day indeed,

B．Because he wanted the writer to look at the bill carefully.

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

D．Because he didn't want the writer to go through the bill carefully.

小题2:Why did the writer say that dining tables would be 20 more expensive
by the end of June?                                      

A．Because he thought Henry would almost certainly add the date to the cost of the dining table.

B．Because it was difficult to make dining tables in hot weather.

C．Because paint would be more expensive.

D．Because the cost of wood would be more expensive.

小题3:The writer thought Henry would ask for______if he made a dining table on the last day of June.

A．26.50

B．56. 50

C．46.50

D．20.00