Mr. White works in an office. He liked reading in bed when he was at school. It was bad for his eyes and now he is near-sighted. But he wouldn’t want anybody else to know about it and he never wears a pair of glasses. It often brings him some trouble.
One winter morning he was sent to a village school on business. He got off a bus at a stop in a small town. Then he had to walk there. The road to the village wasn’t smooth. There were stones here and there. He fell over several times and it made his clothes very duty. At last he got to the village. Suddenly it began to blow strongly and it got much colder. His hat was blown off while he was looking for the school. He had to run after it but he couldn’t catch it. He was wondering why his hat ran into a house as if it had legs. And then he ran into the house, too.
A big woman appeared and stopped him by shouting angrily, " What are you running after my hen for?"
小题1:According to the passage, which of the following is true?

A．Mr. White wears a pair of glasses.

B．Mr. White works in a village school.

C．Mr. White likes reading in bed in his office.

D．Mr. White often has some trouble because of his near sight.

小题2: What was the weather like when Mr. White was walking to the village school?

A．It was warm.

B．It was windy.

C．It was fine.

D．It was cool.

小题3:Mr. White couldn’t get his hat because ______.

A．his hat had legs	B．his hat was the big woman’s
C．he couldn’t see his hat at all	D．he couldn’t run as fast as his hat

Monty was the son of a horse trainer. When he was in his ninth grade, he was asked to write a __31__ about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up.
That night he wrote a seven-page paper saying that someday he’d __32__ a horse ranch (牧场). He wrote about his dream in great detail and he __33__ drew a picture of a 200-acre ranch with all the buildings.
He put a great deal of his __34__ into the project and the next day he handed it in __35__ his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back. On the front page was a large red F with a __36__ that read, “See me after class.”
The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class and asked, “__37__ did I receive an F?”
The teacher said, “This is an __38__ dream for a young boy like you. You come from a poor family. Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of __39__. You have to buy the land. You have to pay for other things. There is no__40__ you could ever do it.” Then the teacher added, “__41__ you rewrite this paper with a more realisticgoal, I will reconsider your grade.”
The boy went home and thought about __42__ long and hard. He asked his father what he should do. His father said, “Look, son, you have to make up your own mind on this. However, I think it is a very important __43__ for you.”
Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the __44__ paper, making no changes at all. He said to the teacher, “You can keep the F and I’ll keep my   45 .”

小题1:	A．speech B．paper C．notice D．diary

小题2:	A．paint B．win C．own D．sell

小题3:	A．just B．almost C．ever D．even

小题4:	A．heart B．life C．advice D．trust

小题5:	A．to B．with C．from D．for

小题6:	A．word B．letter C．note D．post

小题7:	A．How B．Why C．When D．Where

小题8:	A．unusual B．unforgettable C．unimportant D．unrealistic

小题9:	A．money B．time C．space D．effort

小题10:

A．wonder B．way C．problem D．matter

小题11:

A．Though B．since C．Until D．If

小题12:

A．himself B．him C．it D．itself

小题13:

A．change B．gift C．message D．decision

小题14:

A．long B．thick C．same D．correct

小题15:

A．grade B．dream C．duty D．secret

Just a Little Smile
Mark was walking home from school one day when he saw the boy in front of turn fall over and drop all of the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a basketball and a walkman (随身听). Mark stopped and helped the boy pick up these things. Since they were going the same way, he helped to carry some of his things. As they walked, Mark knew that the boy’s name was Bill, that he loved computer games, basketball and history, and that he was having lots of troubles with his other subjects and that he had just broken up with his girlfriend.
They arrived at Bill’s home first and Mark was invited(邀请) in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed happily with a few laughs and some small talk, then Mark went home. They often saw . each other at school, had lunch together once or twice, and then they both finished middle school. They ended up in the same high school where they sometimes saw and talked with each other over the years. At last just three weeks before they finished high school, Bill asked Mark if they could talk.
Bill asked Mark if he still remembered the day years ago when they had first met. "Did you ever think why I was carrying so many things home that day?" asked Bill. "You see, I cleaned out my locker(锁柜) because I didn’t want to leave anything for anyone else. I had put away some of my mother’s sleeping pills and I was going home to kill myself. But after we spent some time together talking and laughing, ! began to understand that if I killed myself, I would have missed that time and so many others that might follow. So you see, Mark, when you picked up those books that day, you did a lot more. You saved my life. "
小题1: When Mark met him the first time, Bill was going

A．to have a basketball game

B．to his classroom

C．to see Mark

D．back home

小题2:From what Bill was carrying, we can know that he        .

A．was a good student

B．liked sports and music

C．liked all the subjects in school

D．was a g

小题3:Mark and Bill    .

A．were in the same middle school and high school

B．were in the same middle school but not in the same high school

C．of ten had lunch together at school

D．had known each other before they began to study in middle school

小题4: In this passage, the phrase "break up" means"    ".

A．相处很好

B．和好如初

C．关系破裂

D．保持联系

小题5: When Mark helped Bill to pick up some of his things, he.      .

A．knew he could save Bill’s life

B．knew who Bill was and wanted to help him

C．didn’t know why he was going to help him

D．didn’t know what he was doing was very important to Bill

How do you usually get to school? Buy bus? On foot? Roby Burch, 16, a US student, gets to school a little 36__________---he goes by horse (马).
Burch has been riding his white horse 4 miles to and from school 37 __________the beginning of the semester. “Every morning, wearing my blue jacket and jeans, I’m on my way at 6 am.” Burch says, “The streets are mostly 38__________ at this time of morning. It’s a nice way to start the day.”
The idea was his 39__________. His family were enjoying their vacation on their farm this summer, “My dad just said, ‘Roby, you 40__________ ride your horse to school every day.’” says Burch. He thought it really was a good idea.
When they got back home, Burch asked for permission from the headmaster (校长), Joe Cox, and surprisingly, he got the green light. Cox even 41__________ Burch to keep the horse next to the headmaster’s house. Then his dad helped Burch find the best route to school. It is along back streets and has 42__________cars than the others.
For the return trip every afternoon, Burch leaves school at 5:45 pm. Even now, as the days grow shorter and colder, he 43__________ to ride his horse. “ I will ride my horse even in the coldest weather.” he says.
Burch says the first time he sat on a horse as a four-year-old boy he was afraid. 44__________ now, “it’s what I do best.” It’s no surprise that he wants to be a cowboy (牛仔) when he grows up. “I love riding horses more than 45 __________ else.” He says, “It’s really a guy thing.”

小题1:	A．normally B．casually C．differently D．actually

小题2:	A．for B．since C．before D．after

小题3:	A．empty B．crowded C．busy D．awful

小题4:	A．sister’s B．brother’s C．mom’s D．dad’s

小题5:	A．will B．won’t C．should D．shouldn’t

小题6:	A．invited B．allowed C．taught D．urged

小题7:	A．fewer B．few C．more D．many

小题8:	A．begins B．stops C．continues D．refuses

小题9:	A．so B．or C．and D．but

小题10:

A．anything B．nothing C．everybody D．somebody

Greg Woodburn, a university student, spends a lot of time cleaning sports shoes. Some of them once belonged to him; some belonged to his friends. But soon the shoes will have new owners, poor children in the USA and 20 other countries, thanks to Greg’s Share Our Soles(鞋底) (S.O.S) charity. 
Greg was a high school running star in a small town in California. He had to stop running for months because his knee was injured. “I started thinking about all the things I got from running, the health, the friendships and the confidence.” he says. And I realized there are children who don’t even have shoes.
Greg collected his own sports shoes and then called his friends and the town. His aim was to have 100 pairs by Christmas 2006. When the number climbed to more than 500 pairs. Greg know that he could collect sports shoes all year round.
Now he has set up collection boxes in his town. So far, S.O.S has collected and donated more than 3,000 pairs of shoes. And Greg has cleaned almost all of them. “People think of it as duty work,” he says, “but I like doing it, because I feel happy when I’m doing it. It’s not work I want to pass on to someone else.”
In just three years, Greg has started three branches(分部) of S.O.S and there are more and more sports shoes.
For many poor children who have received the shoes mean opportunity. Two young boys in southern California used to go to school on alternate days(隔日) because they both shared a pair of shoes. They were too big for one boy and too small for the other. Thanks to S.O.S, each brother received his own pair of shoes. The boys now go to school every day. When they graduate, they say they will help others, just as Greg helped them.
小题1:Who will Greg donate these sports shoes to?
_____________________________________________
小题2:From running Greg got health, friendships and confidence, and what did he realize?
_____________________________________________
小题3:How many pairs of shoes has S.O.S collected and donated so far?
_____________________________________________
小题4:Why does Greg like to clean the donated shoes?
__________________________________________________
小题5:What did the two boys in southern California learn from Greg?
___________________________________________________

Rudi Matt lived in a small village in the Swiss Alps in 1865. What he wanted most in the world was to climb   31  highest peak (山峰) in the Alps.   32  mother and his uncle, Franz, a mountain guide, wanted him to stop   33  and start working in a hotel. Rudi would not  34  his dream and secretly got in touch with an English mountain climber   35 was planning to climb the highest peak.
Franz was very angry when he found out   36  Rudi had done, but he finally agreed to let Rudi go if he went climbing, too. Franz also didn’t want to see Emil Saxo, a guide from another village, got to the top   37   him.
Rudi turned out to be a very good climber,  38   as they got close to the top, the Englishman got sick and couldn’t go on farther. Franz   39  behind to take care of him, but Saxo continued, wishing to be the   40  to the top. Rudi went after Saxo, hoping to   41  him to the top. When they met, Saxo fought with Rudi and fell down by accident. Saxo was   42  and hurt. Rudi must decide whether to carry Saxo back down to safety or to continue alone to the top.
He thought Saxo’s life was more   43  than his dream and helped him down. During that time, the Englishman and Franz continued the climb, and finally   44 reached the top. Later, the villagers   45  knew Rudi was the real conqueror (征服者) of the mountain.

小题1:	A．the B．a C．an D．/

小题2:	A．Rudi B．The Rudi’s C．Rudis’ D．Rudi’s

小题3:	A．climbing B．climb C．to climb D．climbed

小题4:	A．try out B．give up C．go over D．work out

小题5:	A．what B．which C．whom D．who

小题6:	A．which B．what C．that D．where

小题7:	A．after B．behind C．before D．over

小题8:	A．but B．so C．or D．for

小题9:	A．walked B．rested C．stayed D．watched

小题10:

A．first B．second C．third D．last

小题11:

A．take B．beat C．push D．help

小题12:

A．helpful B．helping C．helps D．helpless

小题13:

A．popular B．successful C．important D．interesting

小题14:

A．he B．they C．them D．him

小题15:

A．both B．none C．either D．all

Michael Essany is the young star of his own TV talk show. When he was 14, he bought some    36   machines and asked a local television station to air (播放) his show. Michael contacted 500 famous people but only three of them    37   to be on his show. However, now many well-known people want to be on his show. In 2003, the Michael Essany Show became so    38   that even the E! network made a show about his show!
Michael’s show is    39   from the living room of his family’s house. Before the show starts, his parents    40   the guests at the airport and make them comfortable. While the show is    41  , Michael tells jokes and interviews the guests, and his parents    42   the video machines. After Michael finished the show, the guests eat dinner with Michael and his    43   in the dining room.
Michael’s fame (名气) is    44  , but he still has plans and goals. “I would like to be the host of The Tonight Show. That is my    45  , and it’s a dream I intend to realize one day.”
小题1: A. radio                  B. video                    C. Internet
小题2: A. forgot                 B. refused              C. agreed
小题3:A. strange                 B. popular              C. serious
小题4: A. recorded               B. discovered           C.introduced
小题5: A. help out                   B. look after           C. pick up
小题6: A. on                     B. off                  C. up
小题7: A. mend                   B. run                  C. sell
小题8:A. family                  B. audience             C. boss
小题9: A. falling                    B. disappearing         C. growing
小题10: A. advice                 B. dream                    C. story

Sharks frighten most of us, but Daniel Weaver, a shark scientist, swims with them for a living! We asked him some questions about this unusual job.
So Daniel, what’s it like to be a shark scientist?
Well, it’s a great job. I often travel to faraway places like South Africa and Fiji to study sharks. On the other hand, a shark scientist sometimes does boring desk work, such as writing reports. Also, shark scientists don’t usually get paid a lot.
What qualities (品质) do you need to become a shark scientist?
Shark scientists need to be wise and strong. They enjoy working outdoors and they have to be cool and patient (耐心). They also have to be quite brave!
So do you think it’s a dangerous job?
Well, sharks have up to 15 rows of sharp teeth. However, sharks hardly attack (攻击) humans. There are over 350 kinds of sharks in the world and only about 10 are dangerous to us. In fact, dogs kill more people every year than sharks! Humans kill over 12 million sharks a year for food and sport!
How do you become a shark scientist?
A shark scientist usually studies Marine Science or Zoology at university. It’s also good to get some work experience in an aquarium (水族馆). In my opinion, I have the best job in the world!
小题1:_______ questions were asked about Daniel’s unusual job.

A．One

B．Two

C．Three

D．Four

小题2:As a shark scientist, Daniel _______.

A．studies sharks in his neighbourhood	B．makes lots of money
C．swims with sharks for a living	D．only writes reports on sharks

小题3:In Daniel’s opinion, one needs to be _______ to become a shark scientist.
①excited   ②patient      ③brave    ④strong   ⑤wise

A．①②③④

B．①③④⑤

C．②③④⑤

D．①②④⑤

小题4:The underlined “Marine Science” and “Zoology” must be two _______ at university.

A．subjects

B．books

C．scientists

D．prizes

小题5:From the passage we can know that _______.

A．sharks are likely to attack humans

B．dogs are as dangerous as sharks to humans

C．sharks are not dangerous to humans at all

D．humans do more harm to sharks than sharks do to humans

Robby was 11 years old when his mother sent him to have his first piano lesson. I prefer that students begin at an earlier age, but Robby said ____36____ had always been his mother’s dream to hear him play the piano. So I took him on __37__ my student.
Although Robby tried very hard, ___38____ he was not good at music. However, he continued and _____39____ the end of each weekly lesson he’d always say:“My mom is going to hear me play someday.” But it seemed hopeless. He didn’t have a talent for music.
One day, Robby stopped ____40____ to our lessons. He told me that his mom had been sick and unable to take him to piano lessons, but he was still practicing. He asked ____41____ he could take part in my concert and I agreed.
The night of the concert came. The high school gym ___42____ with parents, friends and relatives. The concert was going well. Then Robby came up on the stage, and began to play the piano.
He played _____43___ well that everyone was on their feet, clapping(鼓掌)excitedly. In tears, I ran up on the stage, “Oh, Robby! ____44____ did you do it?”.
“Well, Miss Green…remember I told you my mom was sick? Well, actually she had cancer and died this morning. And well…she was born deaf, so tonight was the ____45___ time she ever heard me play the piano. I wanted to make it special.

小题1:	A．it B．it’s C．that D．he

小题2:	A．with B．for C．in D．as

小题3:	A．and B．but C．/ D．so

小题4:	A．in B．by C．to D．at

小题5:	A．come B．to come C．coming D．came

小题6:	A．why B．if C．when D．how

小题7:	A．packed B．was packed C．were packed D．packing

小题8:	A．so B．such C．very D．quite

小题9:	A．Why B．How C．What D．When

小题10:

A．good B．better C．best D．worst

Scott was not happy. He had no money left to buy the new toy train he wanted. Suddenly,he had an idea! "I’ll ask my brother Alan if I can borrow some money. He always has money to lend peo­ple. "
Scott found Alan in his room. "Alan,may I borrow $20 from you to buy myself a new train?"
Alan replied,"I just spent all of my money on Mom’s birthday present. I have no money left. You are barking up the wrong tree. "
Scott was very disappointed. He decided to get a job. He went to many stores, but no one had a job for him. He walked and walked from store to store.
Finally,he got a job selling ice cream and he was very happy. "My feet are tired for walking all day,but I can get enough money for a toy train. "
小题1:Why did Scott need to borrow money?
A. Because he needed to get a job.
B. Because he wanted to buy a new toy train.
C. Because he wanted to buy a present for his mother.
小题2:The underlined( 划线) phrase "barking up the wrong tree" means______.
A. acting like a dog        B. asking the wrong person      
C. asking the right person
小题3:According to the story, Scott might work in_______.
A. a dessert house  B. a book store   C. a clothing store
小题4:What do you think of Alan?
A. He was unfriendly.    B. He was clever.   C. He was kind.
小题5:What can we know from the story?
A. Scott could get a new train.
B. Scott didn't like his brother.
C. Scott's family was very poor.