In the 1930s a young traveler was climbing the French Alps(法国阿尔卑斯山).He arrived at big piece of land without living things.It was ugly.It was the kind of place you hurry away from.
Then,suddenly,the young traveler stopped on the way.In the middle of this large land there was an old man.On his back was a bag of seeds.In his land was an iron pipe(铁管).
The man used the iron pipe to make a hole in the ground.Then from the bag he took a seed and put it in the hole.He did this again and again.
Later the old man told the traveler,“I’ve planted over 100,00 seeds.Perhaps only a tenth of them will grow.”
The old man’s wife and son had died,and this was how he chose to spend his final years.
“I want to do something useful,”he said.
(1)二十年以后那个年轻的游客已不再年轻。 He retutned to the place.What he saw amazed him.He could mot believe his eyes.The land was covered with a beautiful forest two miles wide and five miles long.Birds were singing,animals were playing,and wild flowers were here and there.
(2)The traveler stood there remembering the lifeless picture of the place that it once was.A beautiful forest stood there now,all because someone cared.
小题1:Why did the ola man plant seeds?_____________________________________________
小题2:How many seeds did the old man think could grow,all of them or only some?___________
小题3:What amazed the young traveler when he returned to the place?______________________
小题4:将短文中画线句子(1)翻译成英语。___________________________________________
小题5:将短文中画线句子(2)翻译成汉语。___________________________________________

With a determined(坚定的) look on his face, Chicago’s Michael McCarthy held on to the banister(扶手) and climbed to the top of the Willis Tower not long ago. The Tower stands 1,451 feet(442 meters) tall, the＿21＿ building in the US.
As he got to the last step, McCarthy ＿22＿ fell down, but that didn’t stop him. The 14-year-old boy finally finished climbing the 2,109 steps and arrived at the top, where he ＿23＿cheers from many people.
“I just want to show people that ＿24＿ a kid with no legs can do it, anyone can do it,” McCarthy said.
McCarthy, who was born without legs, has to wear prosthetic legs(假肢) and use a stick to walk. But McCarthy has a strong 25 . He believes having a disability(残疾) shouldn’t stop anyone  26  achieving his or her success.
He has been in a special school  27  he was four. When he decided to climb the Willis Tower, his teacher, Jeff Kohn, was   28  by his determination(决心) and offered to help train him. They   29  more than ten hours practicing climbing stairs and keeping balance with the prosthetics and sticks on the steps every day. “  30  seems that he never knows how difficult it is.  31  I was so tired that I asked him to rest for a day,”said Kohn. “But he said he was still full of energy and wanted more  32 .”
Kohn always walked with McCarthy for the climb. “I   33   the last 10 floors, he went faster,” said Kohn. “He’s the most craven sportsman I’ve ever trained.”
McCarthy said he was   34  of himself and that the tower now holds special meaning. “When I’m older, I’ll   35  to the building and say ‘Look at this building I climbed’,” he said.

小题1:	A．largest B．highest C．earliest D．latest

小题2:	A．seldom B．hardly C．always D．almost

小题3:	A．enjoyed B．needed C．made D．kept

小题4:	A．while B．after C．if D．though

小题5:	A．heart B．hope C．body D．love

小题6:	A．by B．for C．in D．from

小题7:	A．as B．since C．until D．before

小题8:	A．pleased B．beaten C．moved D．asked

小题9:	A．used B．spent C．took D．wasted

小题10:

A．Here B．There C．He D．It

小题11:

A．However B．Sometimes C．Again D．Then

小题12:

A．friends B．helpers C．time D．exercise

小题13:

A．tried B．saw C．did D．met

小题14:

A．thinking B．talking C．worried D．proud

小题15:

A．point B．go C．turn D．hurry

Steven Park and his wife Susan were having financial(财政) problems. One day, they each decided, without telling the other, to buy lotto ticket(彩票). Before buying these tickets, they had never spent money on the lotto. They both used numbers that were their anniversary(周年纪念) date and address. That night, they were watching the news on TV, and the winning numbers were drawn. Soon after hearing the numbers, they started jumping up and down. They were shocked(震惊) to find out that they each held a winning ticket! The ticket won＄450,000.
小题1:Why did the parks buy a lotto ticket?
小题2:What number did the Parks use?
小题3: Where did the Parks get the news that they won?
小题4: When did the Parks start jumping up and down?
小题5:How much did the Parks win?

In a small town in France, there was a farmer who lived alone. Every day he  31 a pound of butter to his neighbour, who was a baker, One day the baker decided to 32  the butter to see if he was getting a pound. After he weighed it, he found that he wasn't. The baker then took  33   farmer to the judge (法官).
The judge asked the farmer if he had any way to weigh the butler. The farmer replied. "I am so 34  that I do not have enough money to buy anything to weigh it, 35 I do have a kind of scale(天平). " The judge asked, "Then how do you weigh the buttery" The farmer replied, "Before the baker started buying butler from 36 , I had bought bread from him. So now every time when I bring home the bread from the baker, I put it On the scale and give him the butter of the same weight,"
We 37  what we give to Others in life. Whenever you take action, ask yourself this 38  , "Am I honest?"
Honesty or dishonesty can become a 39  . Some dishonest people can lie(说谎) without a red face. Others lie so much that they do not even 40  what the truth is any more. But who is it bad for? As a matter of fact, those who lie will hurt themselves by their own dishonest behaviour.

小题1:	A．gave B．fed C．threw D．sold

小题2:	A．weigh B．watch C．cut D．use

小题3:	A．/ B．a C．an D．the

小题4:	A．rich B．poor C．honest D．quiet

小题5:	A．and B．so C．but D．or

小题6:	A．I B．my C．me D．mine

小题7:	A．get back B．look back C．give back D．turn back

小题8:	A．answer B．question C．help D．idea

小题9:	A．difference B．habit C．mistake D．difficulty

小题10:

A．Study B．mean C．imagine D．know

Many years ago, a rich man found that someone wan taking valuable things from his house. He locked all the doors and all the windows .Still the things went. It must be one of the servants! How could he catch the servant? He thought of a good plan.
Late one evening. When it was dark, he called all the servants together, “There is a thief in the house, but I know how to catch him.”He said.”In the next room there is a square box. In that box there is a chicken which is magic. Each of you must go into the room alone. It is quite dark in the room. You must feel your way to the table and press the first finger of your right hand on the top of the box. If you are not the thief, nothing will happen. If you are the thief, the chicken will make such a loud sound that everyone in the house will hear it.”Some of the servants said that they did not want to do this. They were frightened of the magic chicken. But the man said that they must do what he said. If they had done nothing wrong. They had nothing to fear.
So the servants went into the dark room one at a time, while the rest listened carefully. Soon everyone had been in the room. but the chicken made no sound.”Good “said the man.”Now I know who the thief is! The servants looked very surprised.“Show me your right hands! The chicken did not make a sound for a very good reason. There is no chicken in the box at all! But the top of the box was covered with paint. You all have paint on your fingers, except for one person. That person is the thief, and he was afraid to put his finger on the box.”He pointed to one of the servants.”Your finger is clean! You are the thief!”
小题1:Were the rich man call all the servants together?
A. Yes, they were.  B. No, they weren’t.   C.I don’t know.
小题2:When did the rich man call all the servants together?
A. In the morning B. In the afternoon C. In the evening
小题3: Did the rich man catch the thief at last?
A. Yes, he did B. No, he didn’t   C. He gave up the plan
小题4: Which of the following is NOT true?
A. There was paint on the box.
B. All of the servants touched the box.
C. All of the servants went into the dark room
小题5: What do you think of the rich man?
A. Brave.   B. Clever   C. Friendly.

Mr Scott was the owner of a shop. He lived by himself in a small room above his shop. He was always afraid that someone might break into his shop at night
One day, when he checked his money after closing up, he found he had almost 10,000 dollars. He thought keeping so much money in the shop was a dangerous thing. So he took the money with him to his bedroom, put it in the pocket of his coat and went to bed with his coat on. At midnight the doorbell rang and woke him up. He got out of bed and called out in a shaky(颤抖的) voice, “What do you want?” Under the street light stood a policeman, “Sorry to wake you up,” the policeman said, “but all the lights are on in your shop. I think you just forgot to turn them off when you closed up.”
小题1:Where did Mr Scott live?
A. By himself.         B. In his shop.        C. Above his shop.
小题2:How much money did he have that day?
A.＄10,000.         B.￥10,000.        C. 10,000.
小题3:Why did Mr Scott sleep with he money that night? '
A. Because he loved money very much.
b. Because he thought it was not safe to keep it in the shop.
C. Because he knew the policeman would wake him up.
小题4:Why did the policeman wake him up? '
A. Because he wanted to turn off the lights .
b. Because he wanted to remind Mr Scott
C. Because he wanted to ring his doorbell.
小题5:How did Mr Scott feel when he heard the doorbell.
A. Excited.           B. Angry.          C. Stressed.

Norman Bethune is one of China’s most famous heroes, but he wasn’t Chinese—he was Canadian. He gave his life to helping Chinese people.
Norman Bethune         born in 1890. He became a         in 1916, and he went to the front to look after injured soldiers in the First World War. He saw many soldiers die in the war. Later he invented new treatments to         soldiers, and medical tools to use outside hospitals.
In 1938 he came to China to treat the Chinese soldiers in the mountains north of Yan’an. There were         doctors, so he had to work very hard. He opened hospitals to give treatment to local people and soldiers, and to train doctors and nurses. He also wrote books so that doctors can learn about new treatments.
Dr Bethune worked very hard without stopping to         . Once, he performed operations       69 hours without stopping, and saved 112 people. He         working in spite of cutting his hand during an operation. In the end, he died because he did not take care of his         .
Dr Bethune’s work with the Chinese soldiers made         a hero in China. There are books and films about him, and he is         remembered in both Canada and China.

小题1:	A．is B．was C．has been D．be

小题2:	A．doctor B．nurse C．teacher D．worker

小题3:	A．understand B．believed C．help D．count

小题4:	A．little B．few C．much D．many

小题5:	A．rest B．act C．with D．for

小题6:	A．from B．since C．with D．for

小题7:	A．allowed B．continued C．forgot D．stopped

小题8:	A．face B．leg C．foot D．hand

小题9:	A．his B．he C．him D．one

小题10:

A．still B．never C．hardly D．regularly

Alexis Rocha is a 13-year-old boy from California, US. He weighs 147 pounds (67 kg). But six months ago, he weighed more than 202 pounds (91 kg). How did he lose all that weight in only half a year?
“One day, I was surprised to find that I weighed about 200 pounds,” Rocha says. “I thought I had to do something.”
Rocha is from a boxing (拳击) family—his father and two older brothers are professional boxers. So he decided to start boxing. He began with simple exercises, like sit-ups and push-ups (俯卧撑). Then Rocha started jogging(慢跑). “No kid likes running,” he says. “I don’t want to do it, either, but I have no choice but to keep on.”
Months later, Rocha joined a boxing club in his city. He is always the first kid at the club to begin exercising, and the last to leave with sweat (汗水) on his face. Every day he boxes for about three hours.
“Rocha works very hard,” says his coach, Hector Lopez. “It’s surprising to see him lose the pounds so quickly. I’ve never seen anything like this in my 20 years of coaching.”
Rocha is very happy with his weight now. There is a family photo in his room from 18 months ago. “Each time I look at the photo, I laugh at myself. I was so big back then,” Rocha says. “I look 100 times thinner and 1,000 times stronger now.”
小题1:How much weight did Rocha lose in six months?
A. At least 24 pounds.     B. At least 30 pounds.　　    C. At least 55 pounds.
小题2: Rocha said he had no choice but to keep on running because_______.
A. he liked running very much
B. he wanted to be thin and strong
C. he wanted to be a professional boxer
小题3:What makes Coach Hector Lopez surprised?
A. Rocha lost weight so quickly.
B. Rocha was so fat 18 months ago.
C. Rocha comes from a boxing family.
小题4:What’s the correct order of the following sentences?
a. He did some sit-ups and push-ups.
b. He lost the pounds quickly.
c. He joined a boxing club.
d. He began running.
f. He boxed for about three hours every day.
A. a-d-c-f-b     B. d-a-f-c-b     C. a-d-f-c-b 
小题5:The writer mainly wants to tell us _______.
A. Rocha is a hardworking boy
B. it is important to get exercise
C. everything is possible if you work hard

A lot of teenagers are good at art at school, but how would you feel if people called you “the new Picasso(毕加索)” or if presidents and other famous people collected your paintings?
Alexandra Nechita was ten when her paintings became famous all over the world. She visited Britain, France, Italy, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and her family’s native place (祖籍) Romania where 5,000 fans came to see her at the airport. Alexandra said, “When it all started, I was moved. It was very exciting and I loved the traveling, but I got very tired. And I missed home.”
Alexandra is a good student. Her studies always come first. She only starts painting after she’s done her homework. She works on two or three paintings at a time. The paintings sell for thousands and Alexandra’s parents have given up their jobs to work for their daughter. Life for the Nechita family is very different from what it was like a few years ago.
Alexandra’s father Niki left Romania for political reasons in 1985. At first he tried his best to learn English and had different kinds of low-paid jobs. In 1987, he brought his wife and Alexandra, who was then 18 months old, to America. The family was very poor. Alexandra began to draw at the age of three.
She was drawing for four or five hours a day. Soon people offered to buy her paintings and she had her first art show at the age of eight. Stories about this child appeared in the newspapers and television. They now live in a large house with a swimming pool. Her mother said, “We started without anything, but thanks to Alexandra, we have everything we ever dreamed of.”
小题1:Alexandra became well-known all over the world for her paintings at the age of _______.

A．18months

B．three

C．eight

D．ten

小题2:Which country does Alexandra live?

A．America.

B．Britain.

C．Romania.

D．France.

小题3: Alexandra’s painting _________.

A．took her a lot of time at school

B．made her drop out of school

C．didn’t influence her studies at school

D．made her fall behind others in studies at school

小题4: When her family arrived in America in 1987, _________.

A．their life was very hard

B．they lived by selling Alexandra’s paintings

C．Alexandra began to draw her painting

D．her parents left their jobs and worked for her

小题5: From the passage, we can learn ________.

A．Alexandra was not interested in travelling

B．Alexandra’s success changed her family’s life

C．Alexandra’s parents were good at English

D．Alexandra’s stories appeared often on the radio and TV

Alan worked in an office in the city. He worked very hard and really looked forward to his holiday. He usually went to the seaside, but one year he saw an ad. in a newspaper “Enjoy country life. Spend a few weeks at William Farm. Good food, fresh air, horse riding, walking, fishing…”
“This sounds like a good idea.”he thought, I’ll spend a month at William Farm. I’ll go horse riding, walking and fishing. It’ll be different from the seaside.” Four days later, he returned home.
“What’s wrong with William Farm?”His friend Jack asked him.“Didn’t you enjoy country life?”
“Country life was fine,”Alan said.“But there was another problem.”
“Oh, what problem?”
“Well, the first day I was there, a sheep died, and we had roast(烤肉) mutton for dinner.”
“Fresh meat is the best.”
“I know, but on the second day a cow died, and we had roast beef for dinner.”
“Lucky you!”
“You don’t understand,”Alan said,“On the third day a pig died and we had roast pork for dinner.”
“A different roast every day.”Jack said.
“Let me finish.”Alan said,“On the fourth day a farmer died and I didn’t want to stay there for dinner.”
小题1:Alan saw ________ in a news paper.

A．an ad.

B．a letter

C．a story

D．a report

小题2:Alan usually went to ________ on the vacation.

A．the mountains	B．the countryside
C．the seaside	D．William Farm

小题3:Alan spent _________ at William Farm.

A．four days

B．three months

C．a month

D．a few weeks

小题4:Alan had roast _______ for dinner on the third day.

A．mutton

B．pork

C．beef

D．fish

小题5: From the passage we know that ________.

A．Alan left the farm because he missed his family

B．Alan left the farm because he had four dinners at the farm

C．Alan left the farm because he couldn’t go fishing at the farm

D．Alan came back home because he was afraid of the fourth dinner