I’m lying on my back in my grandfather’s orchard (果园), looking up at the branches above me. It is one of the last days of summer. Already the days are shorter and the nights are cooler. Some kinds of apples are already ripe(成熟的). Others will be ready to pick soon. I think of my grandmother’s apple pie, and how I used to make it with her. She died last year, before the apple harvest, and I have not had her pie since then. I really miss her. I hear bees busily humming about, visiting the late summer flowers. The gentle hum of their wings nearly sends me to sleep.
The sky is as blue as my grandfather’s eyes. Above me, big white clouds ran across the sky like pieces of cotton blowing in the wind. School starts in another week, and time seems to have slowed down.
“Sophie!” calls my grandfather. “Is that you?” I stand up, take his hand, and tell him all about my day as we walk through the orchard. We talk about apples, and bees and Grandma. He tells me that he misses her too.
He puts his rough, brown farmer’s hand around my shoulder and pulls me close. “ You know, Sophie,” he says, “ I spent the morning in the attic (阁楼), and you’ll never guess what I found. It’s the recipe(烹饪法) for Grandma’s apple pie. I used to help her make it sometimes. I can’t do it all alone, but you used to help her too. Maybe between the two of us, we can work it out. Want to try?”
“ But it won’t be the same without Grandma,” I tell him.
“That’s true,” he says, “but nothing is the same without Grandma. Still, I don’t think that she would want us never to have another apple pie. What do you say?” I nod yes, and we walk towards home…toward an afternoon in the farmhouse kitchen, making Grandma’s famous apple pie.
小题1:We learn from the passage that Sophie        .

A．likes to watch clouds in the attic

B．comes to the orchard after school

C．enjoys Grandma’s apple pie very much

D．picks many apples in the orchard

小题2:Both Sophie and her grandfather used to ______.

A．help Grandma make apple pies

B．spend summer afternoons in the orchard

C．enjoy fresh fruit in the farmhouse kitchen

D．walk alone among the apple trees

小题3:The underlined part in the last paragraph shows       .

A．how much Sophie’s grandmother loved Sophie

B．how much Sophie’s grandfather likes apple pies

C．how much Sophie loves her grandfather’s orchard

D．how much Sophie’s grandfather misses Grandma

小题4:Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?

A．My grandfather’s orchard	B．My grandmother’s apple pie
C．A morning in the attic	D．The last days of summer

As darkness fell, hundreds of people in the Swiss village left their houses. They were staring（注视）forward at the mountain top in the distance. It was covered with ice and snow－beautiful and dangerous.
The huge mountain is called Matterhorn. Mountain climbers had  40 the top through the southem route（路线）. But no one had ever dared to try a winter climbing up the northern side. But now one man was daring to try the  41 route. He was Walter Bonatti, a great mountain climber  42 Italy.
For two days he had climbed. The village people had watched him anxiously（焦虑）. Now they were waiting to see his signal. If he planned to  43 the next day, he would light（点燃）a green signal（信号）. A red light would mean that he was turning back.
A tiny green light  44 high on the mountain side. Bonatti was not giving up! The people  45 . The next day he continued his way upward. He was so lonely and so  46 ! But he would not give up. Again that night he lit the green light. In the morning, Bonatti  47 . He could not see the top；he knew he was  48 there. Though the climb was painful, he moved up.
Bonatti had spent months  49 for the climb. Was the training enough? Did he have the strength and skill to climb to the top?
He was finally at the top! News about his.   50 was radioed to the world.
The trip down the southern route was easy. He was warmly welcomed in the village. He had done the “  51 ” and would be well remembered as a climber of all time.

小题1:	A．reached B．passed C．watched D．followed

小题2:	A．comfortable B．important C．difficult D．nervous

小题3:	A．with B．from C．in D．at

小题4:	A．turn back B．come down C．go on D．get back

小题5:	A．placed B．appeared C．pulled D．found

小题6:	A．cried B．laughed C．jumped D．cheered

小题7:	A．sleepy B．excited C．tired D．happy

小题8:	A．woke up B．turned up C．got up D．looked up

小题9:	A．already B．almost C．hardly D．surely

小题10:

A．training B．practising C．planning D．asking

小题11:

A．importance B．success C．climb D．courage

小题12:

A．necessary B．dangerous C．perfect D．impossible

When I was 14, I left school with learning disabilities and decided to surf the biggest waves in the world, first in California and then in Hawaii. One morning, I met an old man, a bum（流浪汉）, on the street comer. He asked me if I was running away from home. I told him, “Not exactly, sir. ”
After talking a while, he told me that he had something to show me and share with me. We walked several blocks until we came upon the downtown Public Library.
The bum asked me to sit down and wait a moment. Later he returned with some books, and then said, “I want to teach you two things. Number one is never to judge a book by its cover, for a cover fools you. I’ll bet you think I’m a bum, don’t you?”
I said, “I guess so, sir.”
“Well, young man, I've got a little surprise for you. I am one of the wealthiest（富有的）men in the world. But a year ago, when my wife passed away, I realized there were certain things I had not yet experienced in life, one of which was what it would be like to live like a bum on the streets. For the past year I have been going from city to city doing just that. Number two is to learn how to read, for there is only one thing that people can’t take away from you, and that is your wisdom（智慧）. ”At that moment, he gave me the books he’d pulled from the shelves. His parting request（请求）was for me to never forget what he taught me. I have remembered until today.
小题1:The boy    when he was 14.

A．liked running	B．left school
C．did well in study	D．traveled around the world

小题2:Which of the following is true?

A．The old man took the boy home.

B．The old man was homeless and poor.

C．The old man was friendly to the boy.

D．The old man and his wife went from city to city.

小题3:The old man taught the boy how to          .

A．love people	B．become wise
C．choose friends	D．experience the bum’s life

Michael Jackson is one of the world’s best singers. Michael Jackson was born in the middle west of Gary, Indiana, in 1958. He began singing with his four brothers. They called the group “Jackson Five”. The group became very popular after appearing on a television progam. They started singing in 1965, became popular soon. In 1970 the group made their first record the name of “I Want You Back”. It was very popular. One of their hit records was “Never Say Goodbye”.
Michael was good at dancing as well as singing, for example, his dance moves and moon walking. He was asked to act in a film in 1978 for the first time, in the same year he made a record on his own, which sold eight million copies all over the world.
Michael nearly didn’t go out because he was too famous. Once his fans went off in a faint（晕倒） when they saw him at the concert. No one can do it by now. He lived in a large house and kept lots of animals. He never ate meat. He often raises money for charity. This made him win the Guinness World Records（吉尼斯世界纪录）in 2006. He died on June 25th, 2009, but he would live in our heart forever.
小题1:What’s the name of their first record?

A．“Never Say Goodbye”	B．“See You, See Me”
C．“I Want You Back”	D．“On the World”

小题2:Michael was good at __________ according to the passage.

A．rock music	B．street dance
C．playing the piano	D．moon walking

小题3:Why did Mochael have to stay at home most of the time?

A．Because he was too famous

B．Because he often felt lonely.

C．Because he had no friends

D．Because his company asked him to do so

My name is Li Ming. I’m a student   21  the No. 1 Middle School. There are many   22  in our school: the English Club, the Art Club, the Music Club   23  more. I’m in the Music Club.
  24  have a talent (才艺) show at our school every   25 . The students from those different (不同的) clubs can   26  their talents. They can sing, dance and 27  pictures. They can   28  the guitar (吉他), the piano and the drums (鼓). We all like the   29  very much. This year I   30  to sing an English song at the show. I hope they’ll like my song.

小题1:	A．with B．of C．for D．to

小题2:	A．students B．people C．clubs D．teachers

小题3:	A．but B．or C．and D．so

小题4:	A．We B．You C．They D．She

小题5:	A．day B．week C．month D．year

小题6:	A．speak B．show C．find D．look

小题7:	A．take B．buy C．draw D．watch

小题8:	A．make B．play C．have D．cut

小题9:	A．picture B．football C．school D．show

小题10:

A．want B．help C．run D．let

根据文章内容，判断下列句子正误，正确的写“A”，错误的写“B”。
A young man goes to the city and buys himself a pair of socks. When he comes back home, he goes to his room and tries them on. He finds they are in different colours. One is blue but the other is green. He goes into the kitchen. His mother and his sister are cooking dinner. He says to them, “The new socks are in different colours. I should make them in the same colour. Would you like to do this for me?” His mother and sister are busy and they don’t say anything. When his mother finishes cooking, she goes to her son’s room and makes the green sock in blue. She comes back without saying a word to her son. After supper, his sister goes to her brother’s room and makes one blue sock in green without saying anything.
小题1:The young man buys a pair of shoes in the city.
小题2:The socks are in different colours, one is green and the other is blue.
小题3:The young man wants to make the socks in the same colour.
小题4:Mother makes the green sock in blue and tells his son what she did.
小题5:Finally, the socks are in the same colour.

Once there was a little orphan (孤儿) who always wished that he could fly like a bird. It was very difficult for him to understand why he could not fly.
There was another little boy who was crippled. One day the orphan came to a park, where he saw the little crippled boy playing in the sand alone.
He ran over to the little crippled boy and asked him if he had ever wanted to fly like a bird.
“No,” he said. “But I’ve been thinking about what it would be like to walk and run like others.”
“That is very sad,” said the little orphan. “Do you think we could be friends?”
“Sure,” said the little crippled boy.
The two little boys played for hours. Neither of them felt as lonely as they had been before. Then the little crippled boy’s father came with a wheelchair to pick up his son. The little orphan ran over to him and said something into his ear.
“That would be OK,” said the man.
The little orphan ran back to his friend and said, “You are my only friend and I wish I could do something to make you walk and run like others. Unluckily, I can’t. But there is something that I can do for you.”
The little orphan boy turned around and told his friend to slide onto his back. Then he began to run across the grass. He ran faster and faster, carrying the little crippled boy on his back.
The father began to cry with tears as his son shouted at the top of his voice, “I’m FLYING! Daddy, I’m FLYING!”
小题1:The underlined word “crippled” in the second paragraph means ______.

A．having no arms	B．not being able to walk
C．not being able to fly	D．not being able to see

小题2: What did the little orphan most probably say to the crippled boy’s father?

A．May I carry him on my back for a run?

B．Could you be my daddy, too?

C．Would you join us in our game?

D．Could I be friends with your son?

小题3:Why did the little crippled boy’s father cry?

A．Because the orphan boy became his son’s only friend.

B．Because his son was able to fly.

C．Because he was happy to see his son’s excitement.

D．Because the orphan boy was riding on his son’s back.

Mrs. Thompson came to the 5^th grade class and noticed that Teddy was always alone. Also, he did badly in his studies．When she reviewed Teddy’s past records，she find he was a good child at first，but he began to change when his mother got ill. Finally he lost interest in school after his mother’s death.
Mrs. Thompson realized the problem and felt sorry for him．She felt even worse when her students brought her beautifully-covered Christmas presents．His presents were covered with some old paper. Some children laughed when she found a bracelet(手镯)with some of the stones missing, and a bottle with a little perfume(香水). But she said how pretty the bracelet was, putting it on, and dabbing some perfume on her hand．Teddy stayed after school for a long time just to say，“Mrs. Thompson，today you smelled just like my mom used to.”After the child left，she cried for quite a long time.
On that very day，she taught not only knowledge but also children. As she worked with Teddy，his mind seemed to come alive. By the end of the year，Teddy had become one of the smartest children in the class.
A year later，Teddy left school. She found a note under her door，from Teddy，saying that she was the best teacher he ever had in his life. After that, these words were repeated in each of his letters to her.
Then after he finished college, Teddy wrote telling her that he had met a pretty girl and was going to get married. He explained that his father was dead，and that he wondered if Mrs. Thompson might sit at the wedding in the place for the mother of the groom(新郎).
Of course，Mrs. Thompson did. She wore the bracelet and the perfume that Teddy remembered his mother wearing on their last Christmas together．
They hugged(拥抱)each other，and Teddy whispered in Mrs. Thompson’s ear，“Thank you，Mrs. Thompson，for making me feel important，and showing me that I could make a difference．”
Mrs. Thompson，with tears in her eyes，whispered back，“Teddy，it’s not like that. You were the one who taught me that I could make a difference. I didn’t know how to teach until I met you.”
小题1:What made Teddy change before Mrs. Thompson came?

A．His mother’s illness and death.	B．His classmates’’ laughing at him.
C．His past records by his teachers.	D．His interest in some other things.

小题2:Teddy left a note for Mrs. Thompson when he left school mainly to say _______.

A．sorry

B．hello

C．thanks

D．goodbye

小题3:What kind of person was Mrs. Thompson?

A．Wise and humorous.	B．Kind and helpful.
C．Selfish and impatient.	D．Strict and stubborn．

小题4: We can learn from the passage that _______.

A．Mrs. Thompson became Teddy’s mother at last.

B．Mrs. Thompson didn’t know how to teach all her life.

C．Teddy didn’t finish college before he got married.

D．Mrs. Thompson and Teddy each made a difference.

Evelyn Glennie was the first lady of solo percussion in Scotland. In an interview, she talked about how she became a percussion soloist（打击乐器独奏演员）in spite of deafness.
“Early on I decided not to allow the   1  of others to stop me from becoming a musician. I grew up on a farm in northeast Scotland and began   2  piano lessons when I was eight. The older I got, the more my passion（酷爱）for music grew. But I also began to lose my   3 . Doctors told me that the nerve damage(神经损伤) was the  4  and by age twelve, I was completely deaf. But my love for music never left me.”
“My   5  was to become a percussion soloist, even though there were none at that time. To perform, I learned to ‘hear’ music differently from others. I play in my stocking feet and can  6  the pitch of a note（音调高低）by the vibrations（振动）I feel through my body and through my imagination. My sound world exists by making use of almost every   7 that I have.”
“I decided to be a musician even though I was deaf, and applied to the famous Royal Academy of Music in London. No other deaf student had   8  this before and some teachers disagreed with me. Because of my performance, I finally entered the academy and went on to  9  with the academy’s highest honors a few years later.”
“I’ve been a soloist for more than ten years. 10  the doctor thought I was totally deaf, it didn’t mean that my passion couldn’t be realized. I would encourage people not to allow themselves to be limited by others. Follow your passion; follow your heart. They will lead you to the place you want to go.”

小题1:	A．conditions B．opinions C．advantages D．recommendations

小题2:	A．enjoying B．choosing C．taking D．giving

小题3:	A．sight B．hearing C．touch D．taste

小题4:	A．evidence B．result C．excuse D．cause

小题5:	A．job B．opinion C．promise D．goal

小题6:	A．tell B．see C．hear D．smell

小题7:	A．feeling B．effort C．sense D．idea

小题8:	A．done B．accepted C．advised D．refused

小题9:	A．study B．offer C．graduate D．educate

小题10:

A．As B．Although C．Because D．Since

Do you know more and more Chinese artists have made regular donations to charity or put their efforts(努力) into charity work in China? Here let's know some of them.
Faye Wong and her husband Li Yapeng started the Yan Ran Angel Foundation(基金会) for harelipped(兔唇的) children three years ago. It was named after their daughter. Its purpose is to help children under 14 to cure their harelips. The couple donated one million yuan (about $ 133,000) to start the organization.
Cong Fei was born in a poor family. He became a successful singer in Shenzhen. He helped 178 poor students and disabled people for more than 10 years. Before he died of an illness at the age of 37 in 2006, he decided to donate his cornea(角膜) to people with eye problems. He helped six people see the world.
Guan Mucun has donated money to Project Hope to help poor students finish primary education. Thirty of these poor students have already finished high school with her support. Guan has also helped with charity work for environment protection, HIV/AIDS prevention, blood donation and "Mother Water".
Guan had an unlucky childhood: her mother died when she was only 10 years old. With the help of the government and her neighbours, she grew up and was successful as a famous singer.
Action star Jackie Chan is a wholehearted supporter of charities including UNICEF, Operation Smile and his own Jackie Chan Charitable Foundation. In 2007, he used much of his spare time to visit the farthest parts of China on his Dragon's Heart Charity Missions. The Dragon's Heart Foundation aims to meet the needs of poor children and the elderly in the hardest-to-reach areas of the country. Chan has made several trips to these poor villages, bringing warm clothing, wheelchairs and school supplies, and helping to build schools.
小题1:Who can get help from the Yan Ran Angel Foundation?

A．Harelipped children under 14.	B．All disabled children.
C．All disabled children under 14.	D．All harelipped children.

小题2:What can we learn from the passage?

A．Faye Wong and Li Yapeng don't like their daughter.

B．More than 7 people's eyes were cured thanks to Cong Fei's Cornea.

C．Guan Mucun was once helped by the government and her neighbours.

D．Jackie Chan didn't have chance to visit the people he helped.

小题3:What is the passage mainly about?

A．Chinese charity work.

B．Charity work of some Chinese artists.

C．Some famous Chinese artists,

D．Organizations started by Chinese artists.