Have you ever asked yourself why children go to school? You will probably 1        they go to learn languages,geography,history,science and all 2        subjects. That is quite 3       ,but4       do they learn these things?

We send our children to school to 5        them for their future work and life. Nearly everything they study at school has some practical use 6        their life,but is that the 7        reason they go to school?

There is 8        in education than just learning facts. We go to school above all 9        how to learn,so that when we have left school we can go on learning. If a man really knows 10       ,he will always be successful,because whenever he has to do 11        he will quickly teach himself how to do it in the best way. The uneducated person,on the other12      ,is 13       unable to do it,or does it badly,so the purpose of school is not just 14        languages,geography,science,etc,but to teach pupils the 15        to learn.

(   ) 1. A. speak   B. say   C. talk   D. tell

(   ) 2. A. the   B. other   C. the other   D. other the

(   ) 3. A. true   B. real   C. fact   D. wrong

(   ) 4. A. how   B. where   C. why   D. what

(   ) 5. A. stop   B. ask   C. ready   D. prepare

(   ) 6. A. at   B. in   C. on   D. with

(   ) 7. A. best   B. only   C. just   D. first

(   ) 8. A. many   B. much   C. more   D. most

(   ) 9. A. learn   B. to learn   C. learning   D. learned

(   ) 10. A. how to learn   B. why to learn

   C. how does he learn   D. why does he learn

(   ) 11. A. anything new   B. something new

   C. new anything   D. new something

(   ) 12. A. way   B. word   C. foot   D. hand

(   ) 13. A. both   B. either   C. neither   D. not

(   ) 14. A. learn   B. to learn   C. teach   D. to teach

(   ) 15. A. subjects   B. reasons   C. way   D. knowledge

Many people think the 1        time is spent,the more work will be done. So students have to spend the whole 2        doing school work except the three meals.

Modern students have many3      .They love sports,conputers and music. A4       holiday can get them away from too much school work,and they can do 5        they like. But still teachers do not think about it. Because students have too much homework,they have no time to 6        themselves. Students are really tired 7        their weekend homework. So they don't do it 8        Sunday night. And there is not enough time to finish the homework9      . The poor weekend homework usually makes teachers10       .

Things always get 11        without right ideas. Too much school work makes students lose interest in learning. It's also bad for their12       . A horse runs faster after a13       . But for students only rest is not enough. So such a condition (状况) should be 14        to give students both 15        and knowledge.

(   ) 1. A. many   B. much   C. more   D. most

(   ) 2. A. week   B. morning   C. evening   D. day

(   ) 3. A. interests   B. books   C. pens   D. friends

(   ) 4. A. two days   B. twodays   C. twoday   D. twoday's

(   ) 5. A. that   B. if   C. what   D. when

(   ) 6. A. learn   B. enjoy   C. teach   D. look after

(   ) 7. A. with   B. of   C. at   D. for

(   ) 8. A. in   B. on   C. after   D. until

(   ) 9. A. carefully   B. angrily   C. quickly   D. fast

(   ) 10. A. happy   B. angry   C. worried   D. surprised

(   ) 11. A. Better   B. best   C. worse   D. worst

(   ) 12. A. eyes   B. ideas   C. healthy   D. health

(   ) 13. A. meal   B. rest   C. moment   D. while

(   ) 14. A. changed   B. kept   C. taught   D. made

(   ) 15. A. food   B. pleasure   C. money   D. time

Peter was a clever boy. On his f1      day at school,he learned t2       words： I,you and she. The teacher taught him how to m3       sentences with those words. The teacher said , " I,I am your teacher; (then pointing to a girl) She,she is your c4      ;You,you are my s5      .”

When Peter w6       home,his father asked him what he had learned at school. Peter said at once ,"I,I am your teacher; (then pointing to his mother) She,she is your classmate;You,you are my student." His father got a7       and said;"1,I am your father; (then pointing to his w8      ) She,She is your mother' You,you are my son."

The next morning at school,the teacher asked Peter if he had learned the three words by h9       ,"Yes," he said p10      ， "1,I am your father;(then pointing to a girl) She,she is your mother; You,you are my son."

1. f       2. t        3. m       4. c       5. s      

6. w       7. a         8. w       9. h       10. p       

 Mr. Yorkwell was blind when he was seven. He had seen many doctors but none of them could do 1        for him. He could never see the world 2       . Now he has a seeingeye dog.

A seeingeye dog can help a blind man 3        along the streets. He is called a seeingeye dog 4        he is the eye of a blind man.

One day,the bus was full of people 5        Mr. Yorkwell 6       the bus with his seeingeye dog. There were no seats for Mr,Yorkwell at all. He stood 7        so many people before a few busstops passed. Then,one man got up and 8        his seat and got off the bus. The dog took little 9        there. The dog began to push the people on each side with his 10      He pushed and pushed until the people around moved away and there was enough place for 11        people.  Mr.  Yorkwell sat down and the dog got up on the seat 12        Mr. Yorkwell's. He lay down and put his head on the blind man's 13        Soon he fell asleep. People around were not 14        with him and all 15        at this.

(   ) 1. A. nothing   B. anything   C. everything   D. things

(   ) 2. A. again   B. once   C. always   D. still

(   ) 3. A. run   B. jump   C. play   D. walk

(   ) 4. A. why   B. that   C. because   D. what

(   ) 5. A. when   B. while   C. before   D. since

(   ) 6. A. got off   B. got on   C. stopped   D. waited for

(   ) 7. A. among   B. between   C. above   D. after

(   ) 8. A. took   B. started   C. lost   D. left

(   ) 9. A. house   B. seat   C. room   D. place

(   ) 10. A. teeth   B. eat   C. eye   D. nose

(   ) 11. A. one   B. two   C. many   D. all

(   ) 12. A. under   B. above   C. beside   D. behind

(   ) 13. A. head   B. foot   C. leg   D. back

(   ) 14. A. angry   B. sad   C. happy   D. sorry

(   ) 15. A. spoken   B. smiled   C. worried   D. learned

My family spent a few weeks in London last year. We went there in the autumn. We think it is the 1        season to visit England. The weather is usually quite good 2        there are not too many 3        in October.

We stayed in a small 4        in the West End. We 5       most of our sightseeing on foot. We went to look at the places which all travelers would like to 6       . We went shopping and spent too much money 7       a lot of things. What we liked most was going to the 8       . We didn't have the chance to see such 9        plays at home. A lot of people say English 10        is very bad. We didn't think so. It is 11        that most of the restaurants are French,Italian,or Chinese,but Britain had some very 12        meals.

In fact,we 13       our holiday so much that we have already decided to 14        there again this year. But we are going to take our umbrellas. I'm sure we'll need them 15       .

(   ) 1. A. busiest   B. working   C. best   D. hottest

(   ) 2. A. and   B. or   C. as   D. so

(   ) 3. A. players   B. travelers   C. places   D. things

(   ) 4. A. station   B. hotel   C. office   D. cinema

(   ) 5. A. missed   B. showed   C. used   D. did

(   ) 6. A. look   B. watch   C. see   D. notice

(   ) 7. A. buying   B. buy   C. bought   D. to buy

(   ) 8. A. shops   B. cinemas   C. restaurants   D. theaters

(   ) 9. A. well   B. wonderful   C. terrible   D. sad

(   ) 10. A. language   B. film   C. clothes   D. food

(   ) 11. A. impossible   B. true   C. important   D. necessary

(   ) 12. A. delicious   B. poor   C. fresh   D. expensive

(   ) 13. A. spent   B. enjoyed   C. paid   D. finished

(   ) 14. A. live   B. eat   C. go   D. spend

(   ) 15. A. sometime   B. sometimes   C. some time   D. some times

Mr. Johns went into his tea shop again one morning,and sat on one of the seats at the counter (才巨台) .Many o 1       people came in also,but most of them did not s 2       long.

After fifteen m 3       ,a young man and a young woman came in. There were only two e 4       seats at the counter,o 5       on Mr. Johns' left,and the other on his right. The young man s 6       on one,and the young woman on the other,but Mr. Johns immediately asked to change p 7       with him so that the man and the woman could be together. "Oh,that isn't necessary (必要) ，"the young woman said,b 8       Mr. Johns insisted (坚持) .When the young man and the young woman were side by side,the young man said to her, "Well,this kind old man wanted us to sit t 9      ,so may I introduce (介绍) myself? My name's Jack. What's y 10       ？"

1. o       2. s       3. m       4. e       5. o         

6. s       7. p       8. b       9. t        10. y       

Granny Sarya lived outside Moscow. Her only son 1        to Afghanistan (阿富汗) and was killed in action there. Soon after that,her husband lost his job. The old man was always 2        food and clothes. And on a winter night he went out alone when Sarya was asleep. The next morning he was 3        dead in a cold lake. And his wornout coat was 4        in a tree not far away. Sarya was so 5        that she nearly took her own life.

Things got worse and worse after that. She always lived in hunger and cold. She had hoped that the government (政府) could help her but she 6       .

It was a cold windy night. The old woman couldn't 7        asleep at all. She had to get up. She decided to write a letter to God (神) ，asking for 8       . She wished God to give her 100 rubles (卢布) ，so she could buy some food for herself. When she 9        writing it,she found she had no 10       . She had to put the 11        at a crossing. 12       the next morning a policeman found the letter. He read it to his comrades. They were all so 13        that they gathered some rubles and sent them to the poor old woman.

At first Granny Sarya was happy. But after she 14        the money,she became 15        and said, "I'm told that all things that are touched by the policeman will be only a half left!"

(   ) 1. A. sent   B. ran away

   C. was sent   D. escaped

(   ) 2. A. worried about? B. pleased with

   C. thinking about   D. hearing of

(   ) 3. A. known   B. found   C. told   D. fallen

(   ) 4. A. put   B. hanged   C. shown   D. hung

(   ) 5. A. sad   B. happy   C. tired   D. clever

(   ) 6. A. succeeded   B. failed   C. won   D. lost

(   ) 7. A. go   B. fall   C. get   D. help

(   ) 8. A. coats   B. food   C. houses   D. help

(   ) 9. A. ended   B. started   C. finished   D. enjoyed

(   ) 10. A. stamp   B. money   C. pen . D. paper

(   ) 11. A. food   B. letter   C. coat   D. rubles

(   ) 12. A. Badly   B. Carefully

   C. Luckily   D. Wonderfully

(   ) 13. A. excited   B. moved   C. amazed   D. surprised

(   ) 14. A. saw   B. received   C. gave   D. counted

(   ) 15. A. angry   B. thankful   C. helpful   D. worried

I have tried many ways to be 1       . I don't wear a sweater when I 2       ,and two days ago I walked in the 3        without my shoes. But so far nothing 4       . Debbie once told me about a boy in her class who liked 5        school. He would rub (摩擦) the end of the thermometer (温度计) until it went 6        to 39Then he'd put it in his mouth and his mother would think he was 7        ill.

This morning I tried doing that but it 8        went above 351 and I rubbed it for ten 9       . So I held the thermometer 10        the light on my desk and it went up to 401. I thought I'd put it in my mouth and walk downstairs like that. 11       my mother would take it out and she would be 12        when she saw that I was rather ill.

The only trouble was I didn't know the thermometer would be so 13       ,As soon as I put it into my mouth I burnt my tongue (舌头) ！

I spit (吐) the thermometer out. It fell 14        the floor but it 15       .

(   ) 1. A. well   B. fine   C. ill   D. bad

(   ) 2. A. could   B. should   C. must   D. might

(   ) 3. A. water   B. rain   C. sun   D. wind

(   ) 4. A. happens   B. happened

   C. will happen   D. has happened

(   ) 5. A. being away from   B. leaving

   C. staying at   D. being out of

(   ) 6. A. on   B. down   C. up   D. off

(   ) 7. A. really   B. real   C. bad   D. badly

(   ) 8. A. can't   B. not   C. never   D. didn't

(   ) 9. A. seconds   B. hours   C. minutes   D. moments

(   ) 10. A. near   B. near to   C. next   D. next to

(   ) 11. A. When   B. Then   C. So   D. If

(   ) 12. A. worried   B. surprised

   C. happy   D. frightened

(   ) 13. A. cold   B. hot   C. warm   D. cool

(   ) 14. A. off   B. down   C. to   D. on

(   ) 15. A. didn't break   B. didn't broke

   C. wasn't broken   D. was broken

Sally's old grandfather lived with her. Every morning he went for a walk in the p 1       and came home at half past twelve for his 1 2       . But one morning a police car stopped near Sally's house at twelve o'clock,and two p 3       helped her grandfather to get out. One of them said to Sally, "The old man 1 4       his way (迷路) in the park and c 5       us for help,s 6       we sent a car to bring him home. " Sally was very s 7       ,but she t 8       the policemen and they left. "But,grandfather," she asked, "you g 9       to the park every day for twenty years. How did you lose your way (迷路) ？" The old man smiled and said, "I didn't lose my way. I was just t 10       and didn't want to walk home."

1. p       2. 1       3. 2       4. 1         5.c        

6. s       7. s        8. t        9. g       10. t       

 The Inspector of Schools arrived yesterday morning,and he spent the whole day examining the classes. The headmaster had told us a few days 1        that he was coming. I think the headmaster was very 2        about it,for every day,he came to all the classes,3       the teachers over and over again what they must do and examined the boys himself to see 4        they were ready for the inspector. He told us in our class that we were all fools and would be sure to make him lose face before the inspector. All this made us very nervous;and when the 5        walked into our class we were all very afraid. I felt that all I 6        knew had gone clean out of my 7       . The inspector is a tall man. He wears glasses and always looks very strict. He 8       on examining the class in English,and I was asked to read. I felt very nervous,but I got 9        without any bad mistakes. Some of the other boys,10       ，did not do well and the inspector 11        serious,though he did not say 12        We got along with history and geography;but when it came to math,he set us some very 13        problems to solve which we failed to do; so he looked very angrily at our teacher. Our teacher was very 14        with us later;but I am sure we should have done better if we had not been so afraid. I think I should like to be 15        when I grow up,because everyone should be afraid of me.

(   ) 1. A before   B. after   C. ago   D. later

(   ) 2. A. nervous   B. angry   C. afraid   D. sure

(   ) 3. A. asked   B. needed   C. promised   D. told

(   ) 4. A. whether   B. how   C. why   D. that

(   ) 5. A. teacher   B. students   C. headmaster   D. inspector

(   ) 6. A. never   B. often   C. ever   D. even

(   ) 7. A. hand B finger   C. heart D mind

(   ) 8. A. finished   B. stopped   C. kept   D. went

(   ) 9. A. on   B. through   C. down   D. out

(   ) 10. A. but   B. however   C. though   D. whatever

(   ) 11. A. looked   B. felt   C. seemed   D. sounded

(   ) 12. A. little   B. many   C. much   D. few

(   ) 13. A. easy   B. hard   C. interesting   D. simple

(   ) 14. A. pleased   B. surprised   C. angry   D. strict

(   ) 15. A. a teacher   B. an officer   C. an inspector   D. a headmaster