任务型阅读。 阅读下文并回答问题。

Some time ago, an old businessman had a large store in Boston. He wanted a boy to work for him, and he put an advertisement in the newspaper. The next morning, many boys came to the old man’s office, asking for the job.

There was a post（柱子）by his desk, and there was a nail（钉子）in it. He took a walking-stick and said, “Everyone has three chances. If anyone can hit the nail on the head with this stick more than once, I will give him the job.”

The boy thought it was very easy. They all tried, but nobody could make it. So the old man said, “I’m sorry I can’t take any of you.” And they left.

He kept the advertisement in the papers, and the next morning many more boys came, and among them he saw a thin boy who had been there the day before. The boy hit the nail successfully for three times. The old man felt surprised and asked how he did that.

“Yes,” said the boy, “I failed yesterday, but I thought that if I kept on trying a while, I could do it. So I went home and practiced hitting a nail with a stick till I could do it, and I got up very early this morning, and tried again.”

The old man said, “You are the boy for me,” and gave him the job. Whatever the boy had to do, he tried to do his best. It was not very long before he became the best clerk in the store.

1. Did the thin boy get the job at last?

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2. What did the old man have in Boston?

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3. Where did the boy practice hitting a nail?

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  Rachel Carson was born in the USA on May,1907. Her mother, Maria Carson, had been a schoolteacher. She also loved nature. She showed Rachel the beauty of nature. She also taught Rachel a deep love for books. As a quiet child, Rachel liked to read and write stories. At a very early age, she decided she wanted to be a writer some day. Her story first appeared in a children’s magazine when she was ten years old.

   Her first books, Under the Sea Wind came out in 1941. In 1948, Miss Carson began working on another book, The Sea Around Us. She always remembered carefully when she wrote. She collected information from more than one thousand places to write The Sea Around Us. When the book came out in 1951, it won the National Book Award.It was No.1 on the best-seller list for more than a year.The Sea Around Us made Rachel Carson famous.

Rachel Carson’s most famous book, Silent Spring came out in 1962. In this book, she pointed out that the use of some kinds of pesticides(杀虫剂) like DDT would cause the number of birds to decline because it would kill them as well. Finally, in November 1969, the United Sates government decided that the use of DDT must stop in two years.

Rachel Carson has been regarded as a great environmentalist(环保主义者) and writer. She will be remembered by the world.

1. Rachel Carson had a deep love for nature and books because of ____________ .

A. her father    B. her mother   C.her schoolteacher  D. her brother

2. Rachel decided that she wanted to be a writer when ___________ .

 A. she was very young         B. she was in college   

 C.she became a teacher         D. she became famous

3. The Chinese meaning of the word ”decline” in this passage is probably “___________” .

 A. 增加        B. 减少     C.维持      D. 翻番

4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?xkb1.com

 A.Rachel Carson was a careful and serious writer.

 B. The Sea Around Us won the National Book Award.

 C. In Silent Spring Rachel said some pesticides were bad for the environment.

 D.The use of DDT was stopped as soon as the book Silent Spring came out.

Why are you study habits different from those of your friends? Why do you seem to learn faster in some classes while more slowly in others? One reason you may not know is that people have different types. Scientists say there are three different learning types: Visual(视觉型)，Auditory(听觉型)，and Kinesthetic (动觉型)。

Visual learners learn best by seeing. If you seem to easily remember information from pictures, graphs(图表)，and videos, you are probably a visual learner. You’re not good at copying down what the teacher says in class. Never mind. You can draw graphs or pictures instead, if you find that works better for you.

Auditory learners learn best by hearing. If you seem to easily remember things by hearing them, then you are probably an auditory learner. You must listen carefully while the teacher is speaking because it’s the easiest way foy you to learn . Sometimes you may find that taking notes tops you from listening carefully. After class, you can write down what you remember or borrow your friend’s notes to copy.

Kinesthetic learners learn best by doing. If you seem to learn best by working with your hands, you are probably a kinesthetic learner. Taking notes by writing can make you pay close attention to information as you receive it. Of course, you can learn best by making full use of labs or other class activities.

Hope you learn better by knowing what your personal learning type is.

1.There are____________different learning types according to the passage.

A. two B. three C. four D. five

2.Jude can remember the words of a song quickly by listening to it once or twice. She might be a /an ____________ according to the passage.

A. auditory learner B. visual learner

C.strange leaner D. usual learner

3.Kinesthetic learners learn best by ____________

A. Remembering information from videos B.listening teachers in class

C.drawing graphs or pictures D.doing things with their hands

4.The best title of this passage may be “____________”

A.Study Habits B. Ways to study

C.Learning types D.Reasons to learn

A big umbrella

Nancy: I saw seven girls in one umbrella and none of them got wet.

Taney: Oh, that must be a very big umbrella.

Nancy: No, it wasn’t raining.

A good boy

Little Robert asked his mother for two cents（美分）.

“What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday?”

“I gave it to a poor old woman,” he answered.

“You’re a good boy,” said the mother proudly. “Here are two more cents. But why are you so interested in the old woman?”

“She is the one who sells candies.”

Break a mirror

“What are you so happy about, Jason?” Lisa asked the 98-year-old man.

“I broke a mirror,” he replied.

“But that means seven years of bad luck.”

“I know,” he said happily. “Isn’t it wonderful? I can live for another seven years.”

阅读理解。阅读下列材料，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案

2014 is the year of horse in China. Do you know anything about the horse?

The horse is strong and runs very fast. He’s a useful and hard-working animal. The horse learns to know his master（主人） soon. He loves his master, even after his master has died. Here’s a story about such a horse. In a war, the master was killed, and fell from his horse. When his body was found some days later, the horse was still standing beside it. During that long time, the horse didn’t leave the body of his master, without food or water, in the coldest weather, driving away the birds that might eat it. Wasn’t be a great animal?

1. The horse is a _________ animal to man.

   A. strange               B. lazy                   C. useful               D. small

2. When the body of the master was found, the horse was _________.

   A. going away                                     B. eating grass beside it

C. drinking water                               D. still standing beside it

3.The story probably took place in _________.

  A. spring                      B. summer             C. autumn             D. winter

完型填空。根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个能填入相应空格内的最佳答案

“Who would you like to change your life with if possible?” Last week, we asked many middle school students this question. The following are some of their  1    .

Zhang Yike, 12

     I want to change my life with my friend, Wang Xiaohui. She is studying in England now. She has   2    to many countries, such as the US and France. They are the places I wish to visit. What’s more, she    3    much better English than me. If I change my life with her, I can visit many beautiful countries, eat delicious    4    and meet different kinds of people there.

Qiu Haoran, 14

     I’d like to change my life with my Chinese teacher Miss Zhao. Miss Zhao is a very kind lady. She    5    a lot, so she always has so many     6    stories to tell us. We all like her classes. I also want to be such an excellent teacher and be   7    with my students.

Tan Bo, 13

     I will change my life with my elder brother. My brother is a college student now. He does have to go to class all the time. He can study    8   he is interested in. And he even has a part-time job to make money. To    9    , all of these sound very interesting. I really want a life   10    this.

1. A. answers         B. problems                C. questions        D. changes

2. A. gone            B. come                   C. been           D. moved

3. A. says             B. speaks                 C. talks            D. tells

4. A. drink            B. air                    C. food            D. water

5. A. teaches           B. knows                 C. thinks            D. asks

6. A. long              B. short                  C. terrible           D. interesting

7. A. busy              B. angry                 C. popular           D. serious

8. A. that               B. which                C. who              D. what

9. A. me               B. him                   C. you              D. them

10. A. at                B. on                    C. for               D. like

——Do you know________?

 ——This afternoon.

A. when will the policenman give us a talk    B. where will the policeman give us a talk

C.when the policenman give us a talk         D.where the policeman will give us a talk

——I have looked for my lovely dog everywhere but I still can’t find it.

 ——________.

A.Great    B. Good idea        C.I don’t think so        D.I’m sorry to hear that

We should think of others if we want to ________them.

A.get on well with    B.hear of           C.get ready for         D.hear from

lin Fang comes home ________ than before this term. She doesn’t have so many classes in the afternoon.

A.early            B.earlier            C.late                D.later