June and I were both poor when we were young. At that time, June always said, “ If I got rich, I would buy a bigger apartment and a new wardrobe(衣柜).” Of course, she said this just for fun and she never imagined that she would really become rich.
A few years ago, June was surprised and excited when she came into a fortune(财产) from her uncle, who had been single. After receiving it, she made a shopping list. On it she wrote down all the ways she could use to spend the money. Every time I told her not to spend all of the money and to save some, she would always say impatiently(不耐烦的), “ I know, I know!”
One day, when I was in June’s home, she passed a piece of paper to me. “I thought over your suggestion for several nights. I’ve decided how to use the money. I hope my money will be helpful to those who need help,” she said.
I was pleased to hear what she said. Then I took the paper and only saw the two words written by her: Charity and Family. I smiled and played a joke on her, “Don’t you want to move to a new apartment? That is what you have been dreaming of.”
“Actually, I have been looking forward to it, but now it doesn’t seem so important to me anymore,” she answered with a smile.
When I was about to put the paper on the table, I found there were still a few words. June had written: and a new wardrobe.
小题1:June could get her uncle’s fortune because ________.

A．her uncle had no children

B．she treated her uncle very well

C．her uncle didn’t get along well with his children

D．she was very poor and her uncle wanted to help her

小题2:How did the writer probably feel after seeing June’s shopping list at first?

A．Relaxed.

B．Worried.

C．Happy.

D．Impatient.

小题3:How did June plan to spend her money at last?
①Buying a big apartment.
②Leaving some of it to her family.
③Donating all her money to charity.
④Getting a new wardrobe.
⑤Helping those who need help.

A．①②③

B．②③④

C．③④⑤

D．②④⑤

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

A．the writer told June to give the money to the poor

B．the writer helped June buy a new apartment

C．June’s parents didn’t have any brothers at all

D．June was poor when she was young

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

A．June’s Life	B．June’s Friend
C．June’s Decision	D．June’s New Apartment

“Mum, I want to make you a bet,” I said. “If I go a whole year without TV, will you give me a hundred dollars?”　　
“Well, if you can   1  do it, …”
“Of course I can,” I replied, trying to convince   2 .
In fact, all this started from my   3  of a picture in the newspaper. I couldn’t bear to look at that boy. He said that he had   4  one year without TV for a hundred dollars,   5 me with mocking eyes. It seemed he was saying, “I did it,   6  you can’t!”. I glared at the boy’s face.
That year I did a lot of things. For example, my father taught me to   7 , which became my favorite sport.   8  winter afternoons snowball wars with my neighbors offered daily drama. I went on bike trips with my friends and swam as much as a fish.　　
It was unbelievable how much   9  I had without TV. I learned so many new games. I guess the   10  thing I learnt, though, was self-motivation(上进心).　　
I started to do my homework. I went from a D student to an A student within a couple of   11 .　　
I used to   12  reading if there were no   13 , but now I began to read and enjoy it. I could arrange off all the pictures just the way I wanted them—my own little TV, right   14  my head!
I’m surprised what I did. I got a lot more from the   15  than just the 100 dollars!

小题1:	A．really B．finally C．quickly D．clearly

小题2:	A．herself B．myself C．himself D．ourselves

小题3:	A．belief B．love C．joy D．anger

小题4:	A．become B．gone C．arrived D．reached

小题5:	A．picking up B．laughing at C．talking with D．looking after

小题6:	A．but B．and C．or D．though

小题7:	A．draw B．read C．act D．ski

小题8:	A．Few B．Any C．Several D．Many

小题9:	A．difficulty B．trouble C．fun D．knowledge

小题10:

A．smallest B．biggest C．first D．last

小题11:

A．years B．days C．weeks D．hours

小题12:

A．hate B．enjoy C．interest D．prefer

小题13:

A．stories B．words C．pictures D．plots

小题14:

A．on B．with C．inside D．outside

小题15:

A．TV B．reading C．trip D．experience

During my second year of nursing school, our teacher gave us a test. I was a hardworking student and I did well in all the subjects. I finished the questions successfully until I read the last one: “What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?”
Of course this was a joke. I saw the cleaning woman every day. She is short and about 60 years old. She has dark hair. But how would I know her name? I had never talked with her before. In fact, I’d never even thought about talking to her. I stared at my paper and started to feel rather guilty. Finally, I handed in my paper, leaving the last question blank.
Before the class ended, one student asked if the last question would count toward our grades.
“Absolutely,” the teacher said. “In your life, you will meet many people. All are important. They deserve your attention and care, even if all you do is to smile and to say hello.”
I’ve never forgotten that lesson. Everyone deserves my attention and I should get to know all of the people who work and live around me. That was, perhaps, the most important lesson of my life. I also learned the cleaning woman’s name was Dorothy.
小题1:How was the writer at the nursing school?

A．She didn’t study hard.	B．She was one of the top students.
C．She loved telling jokes.	D．She often asked questions in class.

小题2:What did the cleaning lady look like?

A．She had only a little hair.	B．She was not tall.
C．She looked young.	D．She always smiled.

小题3:How did the writer feel she first saw the last question?

A．She felt guilty.	B．She felt surprised.
C．She felt excited.	D．She felt comfortable.

小题4:What can we learn from paragraph 3 and 4?

A．The last question was a part of the quiz.

B．The students needn’t answer the last question.

C．Only one student didn’t know the answer.

D．None of the students knew the woman’s name.

小题5:What did the teacher want to tell the students through the last question?

A．You should pay attention to everyone around you.

B．You should work hard to get good grades in school.

C．You should be friends with the cleaning lady.

D．You should try to make as many friends as you can.

One day, a man found the cocoon (茧) of a butterfly and he brought it home.
A few days later, the man saw a small hole in the cocoon. He sat and watched for several hours as a butterfly struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it stopped.
So the man decided to help the butterfly. He took a knife and cut a bigger hole in the cocoon. The butterfly came out of the cocoon but it had a weak body and small, thin wings. The butterfly didn’t start to fly.
In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling(爬行) around with a weak body and thin wings. It was never able to fly.
The man acted with kindness but he didn’t understand that he had done something wrong. When a butterfly crawls out of the cocoon, it must struggle. The hard work of getting out of the cocoon forces the fluid(液体) from the butterfly’s body into wings. It helps the butterfly be ready to fly. If the butterfly never has to force itself out of the cocoon, its wings never get the fluid and it can never fly.
Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our lives. If we lived our lives without any problems, we would never learn or grow. We would not be as strong as we could have been and we would never fly.
So, the next time you are faced with a challenge or a problem, remember the butterfly.
Struggle a little – then fly!
小题1:Why did the man cut a bigger hole in the cocoon?

A．To catch the butterfly easily.

B．To play with the butterfly.

C．To help the butterfly come out.

D．To make the butterfly stronger.

小题2:What happened after the butterfly got out of the cocoon?

A．It died soon.

B．It had a strong body and wings.

C．It could fly after a few days.

D．It couldn’t fly during the rest of its life.

小题3:Why couldn’t the butterfly fly?  Because ___________ .

A．it got out of its cocoon without struggle

B．nobody had taught it to fly

C．all newborn butterflies could not fly

D．the man broke its wings

小题4:What does the writer want to tell us?

A．Kindness in our lives can help us grow.

B．Try to be ready to help others.

C．Without other’s help we can still succeed.

D．Hard work leads to success.

小题5:Which is the best title for the passage?

A．The Old Man and the Butterfly	B．Life Struggle
C．How To Help a Butterfly Fly	D．Kindness and Rush

When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor, Dr. Gibbs. He didn’t look like any doctor I’d ever known. He never invited us to play in his yard, but he was a very kind person.
When Dr. Gibbs wasn’t saving lives, he was planting trees. He owned a large field and wanted to make it a forest.
The good doctor had some interesting ideas about planting trees. He never watered his new trees. Once I asked why. He said that watering plants spoiled them, and that if you watered them, each baby tree would grow weaker and weaker, so you had to make things difficult for them and pick out the weaker trees early on.
He talked about how watering trees made for shallow（浅的）roots, and how trees that weren’t watered had to grow deep roots in search of water under the earth by themselves. Deep roots were very important.
So he never watered his trees. He’d planted an oak and, instead of watering it every morning, he’d beat it with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree’s attention.
Dr. Gibbs died several years after I left home. Every now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I watched him plant about twenty-five years ago. They’re very big and strong now. I planted some trees a few years back and carried water to them for whole summer.
After two years of caring too much, whenever a cold wind blows in, they shake a lot.
Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. Mostly I pray（祈祷）that their lives will be easy. But lately I’ve been thinking that it’s time to change my prayer. I know my children are going to face difficulties. There’s always cold wind blowing somewhere, so what we need to do is to pray for roots that reach deep into the brave heart, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we could face it strongly and won’t be beaten down.
小题1:We know from the passage the doctor           .

A．didn’t know how to plant trees at all

B．wasn’t good at his own medical job

C．had his own ways of planting trees

D．had nothing to do but plant trees

小题2:When Dr. Gibbs said “…pick out the weaker trees early on.”, he meant that          .

A．some weak trees would be easily found out at the beginning

B．he would choose the weak trees to water earlier

C．the weak trees would be sent to his patients later

D．he would not plant weak trees so early anymore

小题3:The passage tells us that the writer      .

A．should beat his trees with a rolled-up newspaper

B．didn’t often water his trees

C．didn’t have a large field

D．took too much care of his trees

小题4:Which can be the best title of the passage?

A．Watering trees

B．Growing roots

C．Doctor and his neighbor

D．Father and his children

A little girl thought she was not as beautiful _31_other girls,and nobody liked her. So she was always 32__  and didn’t like to talk to others. 33 _ ,one day,her mother gave her a beatiful hair clip. When she wore it,she looked 34__ than before. She decided 35  it to school.
On her way to school, she found that everyone she saw smiled at her. Most of them said “Hello” to her, but this 36___  happened before. She thought that beautiful hair clip brought them all. She was so happy about all of the great things. Although she didn't 37 her classmates about her beautiful hair clip, they want to know what happened to her.
 38  she went back home, her mother asked her, “Did you know you 39  your hair clip? I found it at the door this morning.”
She understood that she didn’t wear the hair to school at all.
It was not important what we wear or how we look. The most important thing is  40  we think of ourselves.

小题1:	A．than B．like C．as D．from

小题2:	A．happy B．excited C．sad D．outgoing

小题3:	A．But B．However C．so D．because

小题4:	A．much beautiful B．much more beautiful C．uglier D．more ugly

小题5:	A．to wear B．wearing C．wear D．wore

小题6:	A．always B．often C．sometimes D．never

小题7:	A．say B．talk C．speak D．tell

小题8:	A．Then B．When C．Before D．Until

小题9:	A．wore B．brought C．lost D．took

小题10:

A．why B．how C．that D．what