Mr. Smith is my new friend. He  1 from Paris, France. He is a French   2 of a middle school. His students all like   3 very much. He can speak some Chinese, 4  not much. He wants to learn more, so he goes to  5 classes every week. He likes living and working   6 China very much. He   7 the Chinese people are very friendly(友好的). He has two   8  , Maria and Tom. They are students, but they go to different(不同的)  9 . They have some pen pals and they often write   10  the pen pals. They also have many Chinese friends at school and they play games after class.
小题1:A. comes       B. goes           C. has
小题2:A. friend      B. student        C. teacher
小题3:A. me         B. her            C. him
小题4:A. or          B. but            C. and
小题5:A. Chinese     B. French         C. English
小题6:A. at          B. from           C. in
小题7:A. thinks      B. speaks         C. likes
小题8:A. sons        B. kids           C. daughters
小题9:A. families    B. schools        C. cities
小题10:A. for         B. with           C. to

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
Hello, everyone(每个人)! My name is Bob. I live in Toronto, Canada. It’s a very beautiful city. My parents are from France. They speak French. And I can speak English and French.
I am 13 years old and my birthday is in November. I’m a middle school student. There are thirteen girls and fifteen boys in my class. They are from five countries. They all come to learn English. There are eight Chinese students in my class and six of them are my good friends. I like China very much because it is a great country. I want to learn Chinese. And I want to go to China.
小题1:Where is Bob from?
A. France.    B. Canada.     C. China.
小题2:How many students are there in Bob’s class?
A. Thirteen.   B. Fifteen.        C. Twenty-eight.
小题3:What does Bob want to do?
A. He wants to go to China. B. He wants to learn English. C. He wants to go to France.
小题4:What languages can Bob speak?
A. English and Chinese.  B. English and French.  C. Chinese and English.
小题5:How many Chinese friends does Bob have?
A. Five.       B. Six.         C. Eight.

J.K. Rowling is the writer of Harry Potter, which is now one of the bestsellers in the world.
J.K. Rowling was born in Bristol on July 31st, 1965. She has one sister who is two years younger than her. Both girls loved listening to their father reading bedtime stories to them. They especially loved stories about magical worlds. Rowling wrote her first story, called Rabbit, at the age of six.
After she graduated from the university, Rowling worked as a translator (翻译者) in London. During this time, on a long train trip in the summer of 1990, the idea came to her of a boy who has magic but doesn’t know it. In 1992 Rowling began to teach English. She lived with her baby daughter, Jessica, and spent much time finishing the first Harry Potter book for young readers. It appeared in June 1997. To her surprise, the book was greatly successful. The film came out in November 2001. Now Harry Potter series (系列) is popular with people of all ages and about 60 million books were sold in 200 countries.
Why has the series been so successful? There are a few things. Many other magical stories take place in faraway lands or in past or future times. But Harry lives in modern (现代的) England. He’s also a very normal (平常的) boy: polite, friendly, brave and clever. So when other children read about Harry,  they can imagine being like him.
J.K. Rowling is very happy with the success, and she is now busy finishing the whole series of seven books. She’s writing full time and she’s really enjoying life. She says she will go on living a normal life with her daughter and writing children’s books.
小题1:From the passage, we know ___________.

A．J.K. Rowling met a boy named Harry on a long train trip

B．J.K. Rowling loved listening to stories when she was very young

C．J.K. Rowling is two years younger than her sister

D．Harry Potter is J.K. Rowling’s first story

小题2:The Harry Potter series is __________.

A．written for young people

B．only enjoyed by children

C．only sold in England

D．about a young inspector

小题3:J.K. Rowling has been successful, and she ___________.

A．likes to travel all over the world with her daughter

B．is too busy to enjoy her life

C．is excited about her success every day

D．is still writing stories for children

小题4:How is Harry Potter series different from other magical stories?

A．There are magical things.

B．The stories happened in the modern world.

C．It has seven books.

D．It took much time to finish.

Short and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team. "Football, tennis Cricket — anything with a round ball, I was useless." he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the object of jokes in school gym classes in England’s rural Devonshire.
It was a mountain bike he received for his 15^th birthday that changed him. At first the teen went biking alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to cycle along with a runner friend. Gradually, Saunders set his mind building up his body, increasing his speed, strength and endurance. At age 18, he ran his first marathon.
The following year, he met John Ridgway, who became famous in the 1960s for rowing an open boat across the Atlantic Ocean. Saunders was hired as an instructor at Ridgway’s school of Adventure in Scotland, where he learned about the older man’s cold-water exploits (成就). Intrigued, Saunders read all he could about Arctic explorers and North Pole expeditions, then decided that this would be his future. Journeys to the Pole aren’t the usual holidays for British country boys, and many people dismissed his dream as fantasy. "John Ridgway was one of the few who didn’t say, ’You are completely crazy,’" Saunders says.
In 2001, after becoming a skilled skier, Saunders started his first long-distance expedition toward the North Pole. He suffered frostbite, had a closer encounter (遭遇) with a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit.
Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and he’s skied more of the Arctic by himself than any other Briton. His old playmates would not believe the transformation.
This October, Saunders, 27, heads south to explore from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, an 1800-mile journey that has never been completed on skis.
小题1:The turning point in Saunders’ life came when ________.

A．he started to play ball games

B．he got a mountain bike at age 15

C．he ran his first marathon at age 18

D．he started to receive Ridgway’s training

小题2:We can learn from the text that Ridgway ________.

A．dismissed Saunders’ dream as fantasy

B．built up his body together with Saunders

C．hired Saunders for his cold-water experience

D．won his fame for his voyage across the Atlantic

小题3:What do we know about Saunders?

A．He once worked at a school in Scotland.

B．He followed Ridgway to explore the North Pole.

C．He was chosen for the school sports team as a kid.

D．He was the first Briton to ski alone to the North Pole.

小题4:The underlined word "Intrigued" in the third paragraph probably means ________.

A．Excited

B．Convinced

C．Delighted

D．Fascinated

小题5:It can be inferred that Saunders’ journey to the North Pole ________.

A．was accompanied by his old playmates

B．set a record in the North Pole expedition

C．was supported by other Arctic explorers

D．made him well-known in the 1960s

One day, my English teacher asked me to help her save back-up（备份） copies of her work in the computer. I then realized I was able to know the grades of all of her students. I   1  her how to copy files（文件） from one disk to another and she thanked me.
A few days later, she asked me to help her again, because she   2  how to do it. When I showed it to her, some students in my class   3  and began to talk among themselves   4  .Later that day, at lunch time, several of them came up to me.
“Hey, could you help us change our grades? We’ll   5  for it.”
I could not believe what I heard. I could get paid for something very   6 . “All right. I’ll do it.” The next day, my English teacher   7  me to help him out again. When he was not paying   8  , I changed their grades from Fs to As.
I soon became very   9  among my friends. They began to treat me like God who could do   10 . Word spread quickly and I became very rich.
Everything was going fine   11  I was called into the headmaster’s office. When I got there, both of my teacher and the headmaster were very angry. “ I don’t want to   12  what your teacher said, but I have to. She has too much evidence(证据),’’ the headmaster said. “Do you have anything to say for yourself?”
“No,” I said finally. I didn’t realize how   13  my behavior had been. I had disappointed my teacher and the headmaster. And there was no way   14 . I had to leave my school. That was a good   15  for me.

小题1:	A．said B．urged C．knew D．showed

小题2:	A．lost B．remembered C．reminded D．forgot

小题3:	A．listened B．noticed C．played D．checked

小题4:	A．quietly B．luckily C．sincerely D．angrily

小题5:	A．pay B．praise C．follow D．explain

小题6:	A．familiar B．easy C．interesting D．pleasant

小题7:	A．challenged B．allowed C．taught D．asked

小题8:	A．money B．work C．attention D．interest

小题9:	A．common B．popular C．modest D．dishonest

小题10:

A．something B．anything C．nothing D．some things

小题11:

A．until B．since C．because D．after

小题12:

A．believe B．reply C．hate D．influence

小题13:

A．hard B．interesting C．serious D．important

小题14:

A．up B．in C．back D．down

小题15:

A．skill B．lesson C．story D．example

请仔细阅读以下五个段落，然后从A到F六个选项中选出和每个段落对应的内容。其中有一项多余。
请阅读以下五个人的信息，然后为他们选择最适合的一处地方：
小题1:Joe comes from Moscow. He has studied in Beijing for two years. So he misses his hometown very much. He hopes to go to a city where he can find the feeling of returning home.
小题2:Mary is an American girl. She likes going shopping. This year she’ll graduate from a famous Chinese college. So she is planning to travel to a city where she may find a job.
小题3:Henry is from Canada. He is interested in surfing and diving. But the city in which he is living is far from the sea. So he is expecting to get to a place where he can do these activities and taste bananas and pineapples.
小题4:Rosa comes from Britain. She cannot stand hot weather. And she thinks some Chinese cities have too much pollution. So she wants to go somewhere clean and peaceful.
小题5:Timmy comes from Japan. He has great interest in taking photos. He is looking forward to staying close to nature. He even wants to take a boat while taking photos. However, he doesn’t like hot food.

A		City: Lhasa Temperature in July:15-17℃ Attractions: blue sky, fresh air and wonderful dances
B		City: Harbin Temperature in July: 24-30℃ Attractions: some old buildings in Russian style
C		City: Chongqing Temperature in July: 28-30℃ Attractions: tall mountains, hot food and friendly people.
D		City: Hong Kong Temperature in July: 29-30℃ Attractions: nice and cheap clothes, all kinds of tasty food and chances to find good jobs.
E		City: Guilin Temperature in July: 29-30℃ Attractions: fantastic hills, clean rivers and many other natural sights.
F		City: Sanya Temperature in July: 27-32℃ Attractions: exciting water sports, lovely beaches and great tropical fruit.

Choose the best answer (根据文章内容，选择最恰当的答案)
Traditionally, the President is the highest-pad public employee. A salary of $ 400,000, along with other benefits, is paid to the President annually. But President Obama’s income for 2008 was far more than that, according to the White House.
The White House recently published the tax returns (纳税申报单)of Obama and Vice –president Joe Biden. Tax returns are reports of tax that a person has to pay. They often include income information used to calculate the tax. In the US, people whose incomes are over a certain amount have to file tax returns(纳税申报)every year. The tax returns of government officials are open to the public. This transparency helps to prevent corruption(腐败)。
From Obama’s tax returns , we can see that the President and first lady President’s two books Dreams From My Father and The Audacity of Hope(《无畏的梦想》). The two books, published in 1995 and 2006,are very popular and have been on the bestseller(畅销书)list for a long time.
The Obama’s income is down from 2007,when they made ＄4.2 million. However, that is still far more than former US President George Bush earned, who reported a total of ＄719,274 for his final year. The Obamas’ income also greatly exceeded(超出)that of Biden, who reported a family income of ＄2269,256.That’s about a tenth of what the Obamas earned. As Vice-president, Biden earns a salary of ＄220,000.US families earn an average income of about ＄50,000.
The Obama’s tax returns also show that together, the President and his wife paid about ＄933,000 in taxes. They gave $172,050 —nearly 6.5 percent of their earnings —to different charity groups. In the US, if a person gives his money to churches and non-profit(非盈利)organizations, the law reduces his or her taxes. This is one reason why rich people in the US like to give money to charity.

小题1:_______had the highest income in 2008.

A．Obama

B．Biden

C．Bush

D．George

小题2:How much did Obama and his wife earn in 2008?

A．$400,000

B．$2,660,000

C．$4,200,000

D．$719,274

小题3:In the US, which people have to file tax returns?

A．Everybody

B．Wealthy people

C．Government officials

D．People whose incomes are over a certain amount.

小题4:The Obamas have given_______ percent of their earnings to charity.

A．10

B．6.5

C．9.7

D．4.3

小题5:Why should the tax returns of government officials be open to the public?.

A．Because it can help to prevent corruption

B．Because it can make government officials well-known to the public.

C．Because it can help government officials to get more money.

D．Because the government wants them to pay more taxes to the public.

小题6:According to the law, if a rich man gives his money to charity,_______.

A．he will be praised by the people

B．he will pay fewer taxes

C．he will be free of taxes

D．he will get some extra money from the government.

The family man?
Father was a hardworking man who tried his best to support his wife and three
children. He spent all his evenings attending classes, hoping to improve himself
so that he could one day find a better-paid job, except for Sundays. Father hardly ate a meal together with his family. He worked and studied very hard because he wanted
to provide his family with the best things that money could buy.
Whenever the family complained that he was not spending enough time with them, he reasoned that he was doing all this for them. But he often wished to spend more time with his family.
The day came when the examination results were announced. To his joy, Father passed with a good mark! Soon after , he was offered a good job as a senior supervisor (主管), which paid quite well.
However, the family still did not get to see Father for most of the week. He continued to work very hard, hoping to get the position of manager. Again, whenever the family complained that he was not spending enough time with them, he reasoned that he was doing all this for them. But he often wished to spend more time with his family.
Father’s hard word paid off and he was promoted(提升). Excitedly, he decided to hire a maid
so his wife did not have to do the housework any more. He also felt that their three-room flat was not longer big enough, and it would be nice for his family to be able to enjoy the comfort of a condominium(公寓). Having experienced the rewards of his hard work many times before, Father decided to further his studies and work at being promoted again. The family still did not get to see much of him again.
As expected, father’s hard work paid off again and he bought a beautiful condominium near the coast of Singapore. On the first Sunday evening in their new home, father told his family that he had decided not to take any more courses or pursue(追求) any more promotions. From then on he was going to spend more time with his family.
Father did not wake up the next day.
小题1:Father worked seven days a week, didn’t he ?
小题2:Why did father work and study hard?
小题3:What was father’s first well-paid job?
小题4:What did the family complain about father?
小题5:Where did father manager to buy a beautiful condominium for his family?
小题6:Do you want to have the “father”in your family? Why or not?

I first had physics lessons when I was in Grade Eight some years ago. In class, I   1   that there wasn’t a Nobel (诺贝尔) Prize winner from China. That made me sad, and I decided to change (改变) it.   2   after that, I got up early in the morning. I turned on the light and took out a physics book. Then I started   3   quietly. I worked so hard because I had a great   4   — one day, I would be the first   5   person to win the Nobel Prize in physics. Later on, I found physics at school too easy for me. I wanted to learn   6  , so I made a reading plan and started to find answers to more difficult problems.
Now I am a top student in physics. I won the first prize in the national physics competition  last month. And I am happy to be closer to my dream after a few   7   hard work. Of course,   8   I have some problems. My classmates always   9   me when they are talking about fashion (时尚) or pop stars, because I know   10   about them. “Well, that doesn’t matter too much,” I tell myself. “They don’t know much about physics , but I won’t laugh at them.”
小题1:A. joined           B. heard                 C. studied
小题2:A. So              B. But                    C. And
小题3:A. writing         B. reading                C. thinking
小题4:A. dream          B. idea                 C. plan
小题5:A. Chinese        B. Canada                C. American
小题6:A. much           B. more                  C. most
小题7:A. weeks’         B. months’              C. years’
小题8:A. usually         B. always                C. sometimes
小题9:A. depend on      B. look at                C. laugh at
小题10:A. anything        B. nothing              C. everything

Once a man and his wife worked for a businessman．There was a big box in the businessman’s living room．The businessman pointed at the box and said，“There’s only one thing you  1  do．Don’t open the box．”After   2   this，he left the living room．
The woman said to her husband，“There must be   3   in the box．Let’s open it，shall we?” Her husband said ___4___ to her．
But the woman didn’t give up her idea．One day，she decided to ___5___ what was     __6   it．Her husband didn’t stop her this time．She opened the box and looked inside．She found nothing in the box and then tried hard to close it,    7   she failed．
That evening the businessman came home and found the box was    8  ．He was very __9___ and asked the woman and her husband to leave his home．
“But there is nothing in the box，”the woman said．“We    10    anything at all．”The businessman shouted at them，“The box is not important．I cannot believe you．That’s important!”
小题1:A．needn’t     B．wouldn’t    C．mustn’t       D don’t have to
小题2:A．saying     B．said        C．says         D to say
小题3:A．expensive something   B．something expensive
C．nothing expensive    D expensive anything
小题4:A．yes        B．nothing     C．no           D hello
小题5:A．look for    B．clean up    C．find out     D get over
小题6:A．near        B．under       C．in           D on
小题7:A．though     B．or         C．unless       D but
小题8:A．closed     B．empty       C．open         D full
小题9:A．happy      B．angry       C．stressed out  D worried
小题10:A．didn’t take  B．won’t take  C．haven’t taken  D aren’t taking