It’s not easy to be an astronaut’s (宇航员) son．Everybody expects you to be special or perfect(完美的)．I often wonder how my father ever had a son like me．I mean he’s so special and so good at everything he does．Even in middle school he was class president and captain of the football team．

Well，to be honest，I often dream about being some kind of hero or doing something special—like saving a child from a burning building or discovering（发现）a new star．I was daydreaming （做白日梦）at school one morning when my teacher said there would be a Father’s Day writing competition for the whole school．“I hope we have a winner right here in my class．”

When I got home，I started to think about what to write．My father is an astronaut．No，I wouldn’t start like that．That was the way others saw him．How did I see my father? Hmm．I saw him sitting with me in the dark when I had a terrible dream．I remembered how he hugged （拥抱）me for hours when my dog Spotty was killed by a car．Yes，these were the things I was going to write．To me，he wasn’t just a world-famous astronaut．He was my dad．

My parents and l went to school on Thursday night．There were so many people in the big hall! My dad looked at me，and I shrugged(耸肩)．The third prize was announced(宣布) and it was not me．1 was relieved(释然)and disappointed（失望）at the same time．The second prize was announced．It was me．1 went up to the stage and read what I had written，“My father’s son”．When I finished，the people stood up and cheered．I saw my father blowing his nose．Tears were running down my mother's face．Dad cleared his throat（喉咙）and put his hand on my shoulder．“Son，this is the proudest（自豪的）moment of my life．’’

It was the proudest moment of my life，too. Maybe I’ll never be a great hero or win a Nobel Prize，but it was enough just to be my father’s son．

1.The writer felt it       to be the son of a famous person．

A．1ucky

B．natural

C．hard

D．pleasant

2.In order to_       the writer would like to save a child from a burning building．

A．become astronaut

B．become a great hero

C．be made school team captain

D．be made class president

3.What did the boy probably write in his composition?

A．A lot of special things he had done．

B．The story of his father as an astronaut．

C．The unforgettable time he spent with his father．

D．The experiences his father had in middle school

4.What is the best title for the passage?

A．My daydream	B．My father’s son
C．My famous father	D．My happy family

 

One day Mr Smith went to a dinner party. He was wearing very old clothes. He came into the room, but people in the room didn’t look at him. They didn’t ask him to sit at the table. He wasn’t happy. But he said nothing.Mr Smith went home quickly and put on his best clothes. He went back to the party. Everyone in the room stood up and looked at him. They gave him good food to eat.Mr Smith took off his coat, and put it on the food and said, “Eat, coat!”

     The other people were surprised and asked, “What are you doing? Why do you do that?”Mr Smith answered, “I am asking my coat to eat food. When I wore old clothes, you didn’t look at me. You didn’t ask me to sit down. Now I am wearing these nice clothes. And you give me good food. Now see, you give the food to my coat, not to me.”

1.One day Mr Smith went to      .

A. a birthday party                              B. a dinner party     

C. an English party                            D. a movie

2.When he came into the room, the people didn’t look at him. Why?

A. Because the people didn’t ask him to come.          

B. Because Mr Smith wore old clothes.

C. Because Mr Smith didn’t say hello to them first.       

D. Because it was night and they didn’t see him.

3.Why did he go home quickly?

A. Because he didn’t want to stay at a restaurant.          

B. Because he went home for his best clothes..

C. Because the people there asked him to leave       

D. Because he didn’t like the food there.

4.What’s the meaning of “surprised” in Chinese?

A.高兴的                     B.不满的          C.感到奇怪的                D.生气的

5.Which statement is right?

A. A person in good clothes should eat good food    

B. A good coat should eat good food.

C. We can’t judge (判断) a man by his clothes.       

D. Mr Smith is stupid (愚蠢的).

 

根据中文或首字母提示填写单词，注意词形变化
【小题1】I hope your dream will come t________ in the future.
【小题2】Sam has been learning English s__________ he was ten years old.
【小题3】Last night Bob ________(争吵) with Anna about the best place for vacation.
【小题4】Don’t be ________ (紧张的). You can try it slowly.
【小题5】I fell off the bike, but luckily I didn’t hurt m________.
【小题6】Could you buy me a __________(入场券) to the concert?
【小题7】They went to the Great Wall e________ me, because I had a bad cold.
【小题8】I can’t make a ________ (决定) about the dresses. Can you help me?
【小题9】The three astronauts are regarded as our national ________(英雄).
【小题10】He wasn’t happy because he f________ the test yesterday.

1990 was a significant year in world enents. In Febbruary, Nelson Mandela was set free after 27 years in prison. In October, East and West Germany became one country again. Then at the end of 1990, the World Wide Web was born. For this final event we have one man to thank, Tim Berners-Lee, the father of the Web.

Berners-Lee was born on June 8, 1955 in London, England. His parents, both computer designers, encouraged him to think and work creativelhy as he grew up. He was an excellent student and naturally took an interest in computers and science.

After graduating from Oxford University, Tim went to work at a science research centre in Sfwitzerland. There be developed some of the different systems that would later become the Web. The first was HTML, the computer language used to make web pages. The second was an address system that let  computers anhywhere find each other and send and receive information. In 1990, while still at the science centre in Switzerland, he put them together to make the first Internet browser. It could run on any computer and allowed people to create  share their information with the rest of the world.

Tim knew that the more people used the Web, the more useful it would be. He wasn’t interested in money but knowledge, so he gave out his invention for free to anyone who was interested. Many were interested and the growth of the Internet began.

Today Tim works as a professor at the MIT in America, researching new and interesting ways to use the Web. He has received many awards from governments and organizations for his efforts. He is still not very interested in money. That is why he is so admired by his students and workmates. It may also be one of the reasons that few people outside the world of technology know his name.

1. The underlined word “significant” (in Paragraph 1) most probably means “       ” .

A．strange

B．terrible

C．important

D．difficult

2.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A．The address system was used to make make web pages.

B．The World Wide Web was created in Swizerland.

C．The fist web browser was very expensive to buy

D．Many people could use the Internet before 1990

3. What can we learn about Berners-Lee from the passage?

A．He was encouraged to be creative.

B．He didn’t do well at school.

C．He is a very poor businessman.

D．He is well-known all over the world.

4. Where does Berners-Lee live today?

A．England.

B．Switzerland.

C．America.

D．Canada.

5.What is the passage mainly about?

A．The events that took place in 1990.

B．The history of the Internet.

C．The invention of the Internet browser.

D．The man who created the World Wide Web.

 

A nurse took a tired soldier to an old man , “Your son is here ,” she told the old man. The old man could hardly  1 the young soldier clearly. He reached out his 2 .The soldier held the old man’s hand. The nurse brought a chair so that he could sit  3 the bed. All through the night, the young soldier sat there   4  the old man’s hand. Now and then he heard him say a few words. The dying man said 5 . He only held his son’s hand tightly all through the night.

The next morning, the old man died. The soldier freed his hand and went to  6  the nurse .While the nurse did  7 she had to do, he waited. Then he asked her, “Who was that man?”

The nurse was  8“Wasn’t he your father?” she said.

“No, he wasn’t”, the soldier answered.” I 9 saw him before.”

“Then  10 didn’t you say anything when I took you to  11 ?”

“I knew right away there had been a  12 , and I also knew he needed his son ,_13  his son just wasn’t here. When I found that he was too  14 to tell whether or not I was his son, I knew  15 he needed me, I stayed.

1.                A．see            B．look           C．saw  D．seeing

 

2.                A．head           B．foot            C．hand D．hair

 

3.                A．besides         B．beside          C．under    D．on

 

4.                A．held           B．holds           C．holding   D．was holding

 

5.                A．everything      B．nothing         C．anything  D．something

 

6.                A．cry            B．speak          C．tell  D．say

 

7.                A．how           B．who           C．what D．when

 

8.                A．surprising       B．surprised       C．surprise  D．surprises

 

9.                A．sometimes      B．usually         C．always    D．never

 

10.               A．where         B．why           C．which D．who

 

11.               A．him           B．he            C．his   D．her

 

12.               A．bed           B．chair           C．mistake   D．hand

 

13.               A．and           B．or             C．but   D．then

 

14.               A．sick           B．healthy         C．strong D．nice

 

15.               A．how many      B．how long       C．how much D．how old