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Even your worst enemies (敌人) could be your best friends. This was     1     about my best friend in 5th and 6th grade.         We started school in Bedford when our families moved there. We shared interests and did things together.         In the last year, however, we looked down upon each other and rarely (很少) talked except to say terrible things. I     2     her for a long time.         My family moved from Massachusetts to Kansas a month ago. To my     3    , she gave me a teddy bear as a farewell present. She'd designed it herself and     4    made a scarf for it. She also wrote a card that said:         Hey Frances,         Wow ... you were my best     5    for two amazing years. But now you're     6     hundreds of miles away. I am going to miss you! There are many things I regret doing to you. And now that I want to say      7    to you, I have to make it fit into one little     8   . Fifth grade was a trip. We two new girls became friends immediately. Sixth grade was     9   , even though the path was hard. In 7th grade we made new friends. We wouldn't even say "hi". Was it my fault (错误) that we fought? I feel sorry and I don't know     10   . You won't be here next week so we can't go to the movies or the mall one last time. Now that you've done reading my sloppy card ... bye. Hope you can forgive (原谅) me.                                                                                                                       Sincerely. Love always,                                                                                                                        Michelle         This card made me cry for the first time during the move. It made me    11    that moving keeps you away from people you care about. I also realized that I cared for Michelle more than I thought. If we try to forgive and   12  , life will be easier and happier.

(     )1. A. fine    (     )2. A. expected (     )3. A. joy    (     )4. A. ever    (     )5. A. friend  (     )6. A. walking  (     )7. A. goodbye  (     )8. A. present  (     )9. A. fun    (     )10. A. how    (     )11. A. realize          (     )12. A. help

B. hard      B. refused   B. sadness    B. never      B. girl    B. going    B. sorry    B. bear        B. short      B. what    B. understand       B. forget

C. true     C. left       C. interest   C. even        C. teacher   C. traveling   C. hello       C. card       C. special      C. why       C. know         C. move

D. lucky    D. hated      D. surprise   D. just       D. neighbor D. moving     D. good luck    D. scarf    D. hurry                          D. who        D. think        D. cry

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    Maybe you are wondering how we students spend our free time．so I'll tell you what I did last weekend．

On Saturday morning, I stayed in bed until 9 o’clock when my mother  1   (wake)me up．”Wendy! Get put of bed!”she said．”  2   (not lie)in bed all day，and you’ve got homework to do，haven’t you?”Are all mothers so angry like that?

    I got out of bed and asked for a hamburger．  But mother said，”No，Wendy．You can have hamburgers only three times a week，and you   3  (have)three：you had them on Monday，Wednesday and Friday．So I’m going to give you a glass of milk，all egg and some fruit for your breakfast．It’s good for your health．”You see，my mother  4  (plan)everything for me already．

  After  5  (eat)breakfast，I took out my workbook．I had to do my math homework on  Saturday．But I think we never need to use math in our daily lives．Computers call do all counting, can’t they?

    At last I finished all! My mother was  6  (please)．But I said in my heart，“I hate math!”

    Soon after lunch，mother said，“Wendy，it’s already time for you  7  (finish)your geography homework!”Geography! How I like geography! I like Mr．Tomlinson．He always  8    (take)us around the world in his class．Mr．Tomlinson asked us to plan a trip to Egypt．I made  my plan carefully．It took me nearly the whole afternoon．Mother Was a bit worried．She asked，” I wonder when your other homework  9   (do)．”So I had to spend the whole evening not 10  (watch)TV but doing homework．

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One summer evening as I was cooking dinner, there was a knock at the door. I opened it and saw an old man. But his voice was pleasant as he said, “Good evening. I come to see if you have a room for just one night. I live far away from here, and there's no bus till next morning. ”

I told him we would find him a bed, but it was not comfortable. I went inside and cooked dinner. When we were ready, I asked him if he would like to join us. “No, thank you. I have plenty.” When I had finished the dinner, I went out to talk with him. He told me he fished for a living to help his daughter, her five children, and her husband, who was ill and too weak to do anything.

At bedtime, we put a bed in the children's room for him. On his next trip, as a gift, he brought a big fish and some fresh vegetables. In the years he came to stay overnight with us, and there was never a time he did not bring us some fish or vegetables from his garden.

 I know it was thankful for our family to know him, from whom we learn what was to accept the bad without a complaint(抱怨) and the good with thanks.

1Why did the old man go to the writer's house?

A. To give a fish to the writer.                   B. To stay for the night.

C. To sell some fish.                             D. To ask for some money.

2 How many people were there in the old man's daughter's family?

A. Two.           B. Four.                 C. Six.           D. Seven.

3 Which of the following is true?

 A. The old man stayed for the night with the writer only once.

 B. The old man came to the writer's house to ask for some food.

 C. The old man came to stay with the writer for the night many times.

 D. The old man felt lonely because he had no son or daughter.

British people are famous for drinking tea. But brother and sister, Sarah and Bobby Green, became young millionaires(百万富翁) when they opened a chain of American-style coffee shops in the UK.

Having the idea: It started when Sarah took a weekend trip to New York to visit her brother Bobby. One evening, in a Thai restaurant, Sarah told Bobby how much she wished she could buy American-style coffee in London. Bobby suggested they started their own coffee shop. Sarah fell in love with the idea.

Doing the research: Back in London, she spent a whole day on the London subway, getting off the train at different stations to taste the coffee. “It was terrible, and I knew there was a gap (空缺) in the market.” In 1995, they opened their first Coffee Republic shop in the center of London.

Making it work: The first year was very difficult. British people were not used to the names of American coffees, like latte and macchiato. But being successful was their dream and they were not going to give up. Today, there are over 100 Coffee Republic shops all over the country and the company has ￡30 million a year.

Advice for others: Sarah has now written a best-selling book about their experience, called Anyone Can Do It! She hopes it will help other young people to start their own businesses. She says, “If you think you have the energy, then get out and follow your dream.”

4What kind of company do they run?

A. A fast-food restaurant.                                B. A tea shop.   

C. A coffee shop.                       D. A big hotel.

5 Where are their Coffee Republic shops?

A. All over the UK.                        B. All over the US.

C. In the center of London.                D. In New York.

6Which information is mentioned in the passage?

A. Sarah was not interested in Bobby’s idea.

 B. British people never drank coffee before 1995.

 C. Sarah’s best-selling book is about how to make coffee.

 D. Sarah found a business chance while doing the research.

Most people around the world are right-handed. This also seems to be true in history. In 1799, scientists studied works of art made at different times from 1,500 B. C. to the 1950s. Most of the people shown in these works are right-handed, so the scientists guessed that right-handedness has always been common through history. Today, only about 10% to 15% of the world's population is left-handed.

  Why are there more right-handed people than left-handed ones? Scientists now know that a person's two hands each have their own jobs. For most people, the hand is used to find things or hold things. The right hand is used to work with things. This is because of the different work of the two sides of the brain(脑). The right side of the brain, which makes a person's hands and eyes work together, controls(控制) the left hand. The left-side of the brain, which controls the right hand, is the centre for thinking and doing problems. These findings show that more artists should be left-handed, and studies have found that left-handedness is twice as common among artists as among people in other jobs.

No one really knows what makes a person become right-handed instead of left-handed. Scientists have found that almost 40% of the people become left-handed because their main brain is damaged(伤害) when they are born. However, this doesn't happen to everyone, so scientists guess there must be another reason why people become left-handed. One idea is that people usually get right-handed from their parents. If a person does not receive the gene(基因)for right-handedness, he/she may become either right-handed or left-handed according (根据)to the chance and the people they work or live with.

  Though right-handedness is more common than left-handedness, people no longer think left-handed people are strange or unusual. A long time ago, left-handed children were made to use their right hands like other children, but today they don't have to.

7 After studying works of art made at different times in history, the scientists

found ____________.

A. the art began from 1,500 B. C.

B. the works of art ended in the 1950s

C. most people shown in the works of art are right-handed

D. most people shown in the works of art are left-handed

8 How many people in the world are left-handed now?

A. Less than one sixth.                 B. More than a half.

C. About 40%.                             D. The passage doesn't tell us.

9 According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A. No one really knows what makes a person become right-handed.

B. Scientists think there must be some reason why people become left-handed.

C. Today children are not made to use their right hands only.

D. Left-handedness is cleverer than right-handedness.

10 What is the best title for this passage?

A. Left-handed People                           B. Scientists' New Inventions

 C. Which Hand                         D. Different Brains, Different Hands

阅读理解

　　It is difficult for parents of nearly every family to teach their children to be responsible for homework, but with one of the following suggestions, you really can get your children to help at home.

　　You give your children the impression that they can never do anything quite right, then they will regard themselves as unfit or unable persons. Unless children believe they can succeed, they will never become totally independent(独立的).

　　My daughter Carla's fifth-grade teacher made every child in her class feel special. When students receive less than a perfect test score, she would point out what they had mastered and declared firmly they could make up what they had missed. You can use the same technique when you evaluate(评价) your child's work at home. Don't always scold(责骂) and give lots of praise instead. Talk about what he had done right, not about what he hasn't done. If your child completes a difficult task, reward(奖励) him with a Sunday trip or a ball game with Dad.

1．The whole passage deals with ________.

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2．The author thinks that ________.

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A．there is no way to get children to help at home

B．it is very difficult to make children responsible for housework

C．the more encouragement and praise, the more responsible and helpful children will become

D．children can be forced to help with housework

3．The article gives us a good suggestion about how to evaluate your child's work at home. That is to ________.

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4．The author advises readers to ________.

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A．learn from himself, for he has a good way of teaching

B．take pride in Carla's fifth-grade teacher

C．do as what Carla's teacher did in educating children

D．follow Carla's example because she never fails in the test

5．Having read the last paragraph, we can conclude that ________.

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A．pride goes before a fall

B．practice makes perfect

C．no pains, no gains

D．failure is the mother of success