When I was young，I liked to play jokes on people I knew, especially on my parents and friends. One day my mother was cooking and I was playing with my younger brother Tony. Suddenly I ran to my mother and said: “Tony fell from the open window!” She was very worried and ran out of the kitchen. Then I said: “Don’t worry, I’m just joking.” My mother shouted at me, “If you do it again, I’ll hit you.”
Another day I went swimming with my friends in the sea. I wanted to play a joke on them. In the beginning I swam fast and I called out “Help!”. All my friends came to help me. However, they found that I was joking. But half an hour later I wasn’t joking. I was so fast, soon I got tired and couldn’t swim on in water. I tried my best to call my friends for help, but this time nobody came to help me.
In the end they found I was telling the truth. They came and saved my life. They took me to the hospital. This is the best lesson in my life. From then on I haven’t joked on anyone.
【小题1】When he was young, the writer liked to _______.

A．play with his brother	B．help his mother cook
C．play jokes on people	D．go swimming with his friends

【小题2】What happened when the writer was playing with his brother?    ______

A．He got tired.	B．He played a joke on his mother.
C．Tony fell from the open window.	D．His mother hit him.

【小题3】In the beginning, all his friends came to help him because he ______.

A．swam fast	B．called for help
C．would sink in water	D．couldn’t swim on in the water

【小题4】When the writer called his friends for help for the second time, they ______.

A．took him to the hospital at once

B．came and saved him immediately

C．thought at first he was joking again

D．did nothing because the writer had lied to them

【小题5】The story tells us that ________.

A．swimming is dangerous

B．the writer is a naughty boy

C．one can play jokes only on people he knows

D．if someone always tells lies, others won’t trust (信任) him

I often hear some students say English is difficult, and it gives them a headache. So they can’t learn it well. But English is very easy for me. I’m good at it. I’m very glad to tell you something about how I study English.

First, I think an interest in English is very important. When I was in Grade One, we had a new subject -English. It was fresh for me. I was interested in it, so I worked hard at it. Soon we had an English exam and I got a very good mark. How happy I was! After that, I learned English harder and harder. Our English teacher often teaches us English songs, the songs sound nice. I often think how interesting English is!

Second, I think English is a foreign language. I should learn it well in the following ways: Listen to the teacher carefully, speak bravely, read aloud and have a good vocabulary. Then practice again and again, never be tired. And I also have a good habit: Asking whenever I have a question, I must make it clear by asking our English teacher. How happy I am when I understand!

Besides this, I often read English stories, jokes and easy novels. From these I know English is not only interesting, but also useful. They help me understand a lot of things. So to do more reading is an important way to learn English well.

And I also do some exercises from our class magazines, and I often write English diaries. English has become a close friend of mine.

Now I have learned English for more than two years. I always keep the first position in our school. From these words, I hope every student can learn English well.

1. Why do some Students often “have a headache”?

A. Because they are easy to catch cold.

B. Because it’s often very cold

C. Because they think English is easy.

D. Because they don’t think English is easy.

2. The sentence “I got a very good mark” means ________.

A. I got a good way.                       B. I had a good idea.

C. I did badly in the exam.                D. I did well in the exam.

3. The writer thinks English is interesting because ________.

A. English is full of stories.

B. English is full of jokes.

C. His teacher often teaches them nice English songs.

D. Of nothing

4. Which of the following is not the way the writer studies by?

A. Speaking bravely                      B. Writing to foreign friends

C. Reading aloud                         D. Writing English diaries

 

完形填空 (共15小题；每小题1分，总分15分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

    This morning, I got a funny feeling. Today I had to give a report in my   31     , and I had been afraid to do so for a long time.

    Mom came into the kitchen, asking , “Are you ready,   32   ?”

    “ Yes.” I answered quietly.    33   in fact I wasn’t ready!

    On my way    34    school, I could feel my heart beating. I hated this!

    I went into Mrs. Owens’ class. She was smiling, and saying   35   to all her students as she did every morning.

    “ Hi, Sam,” she said to me as I walked    36   the classroom.

    “ Hi,” I said and quickly sat in my   37   . I looked at the clock. The time was near. Then Mrs. Owens started, “ Sam, it’s time for you to show yourself.” “Show   38    ? Oh, no!”

I got up slowly,    39    the ground as I walked to the front of the class. Then, I looked up, and everyone was looking at me. Mrs. Owens knew I was   40    , so she came beside me, and put her hand on my back.

She said to the class, “Sam has worked very hard on his    41   ,and I know it is a very interesting report.” Then she turned to me and asked, “Sam,    42    did you like best about your report on Hawaii?”

I thought about the fun things I    43   about surfing before, and I started to talk. I talked and talked    44   the whole class, and I was not nervous at all. It was great fun. It wasn’t frightening. The class cheered as I finished and Mrs. Owens was   45    .

In fact, I can do better than I think I can— if I try! I am proud of myself.

1.A. class        B. house            C. party        D. hometown

2.A. friends        B. classmates       C. Owens        D. Sam

3.A. Then          B. But          C. So           D. Or

4.A. on            B. from         C. to            D . in

5.A. sorry         B. hello            C. goodbye     D. thanks

6.A. into          B. out of           C. away from   D. far from

7.A. bed           B. seat         C. dinning room     D. reading room

8.A. me            B. us               C. myself      D. ourselves

9.A. looking after B. look over        C. looking at       D. looking for

10.A. glad         B. stressed    C. active           D. happy

11.A. dictionary       B. magazine         C. newspaper        D. report

12.A. what         B. who              C. where            D. whom

13.A. will read        B. have read    C. am reading       D. read

14.A. in front of  B. over         C. beside           D. near

15.A. playing      B. dancing     C. singing     D. smiling

 

 

Perhaps the only test score that I remember is the 55 when I was in high school.
The test was the final for a course. I remember waiting anxiously as my teacher Mr. Right passed out our papers one by one. It was a rather difficult test. I heard my classmates groaning（发牢骚）, and I could tell by the groans that the scores weren’t looking good.
Mr. Right put my paper on my desk. There in big red numbers, circled to draw attention, was my score, 55!
I lowered my head, and covered the score up quickly. A 55 is not something that you wanted your classmates to see.
“The scores were not very good, none of you passed,” Mr. Right said. “The highest score in the class was a 55.”
A 55. That’s me!
Suddenly my sad look didn’t look so bad. I had the highest score. I felt a lot better.
I walked home alone that day with the low but high score. My father knew that I had a big test that day and asked me as soon as I got home, “How did you do in your test?”
“I made a 55,” I said.
A frown (皱眉) now stood on my father’s face. I knew I had to explain immediately. “But Dad, I had the highest score in the class,” I proudly stated. I thought that explanation would make a difference.
“You failed!” my father replied.
“But it’s the highest!” I insisted.
“I don’t care what scores others had, but you failed. What matters is what you do!” my father firmly said.
For years, my father was always that way. It didn’t matter what others did, it only mattered what I did and that I did it excellently.
We often don’t understand the wisdom (智慧) of good parents until we ourselves stand in the parents’ shoes. My father’s words have carried me throughout life.
【小题1】In class, to hide my score from my classmates, I ___________ .

A．lowered my head	B．covered my score up
C．walked home alone	D．explained immediately

【小题2】 A frown stood on my father’s face because he thought ____. .

A．I did a bad job in the test.	B．I gave a good excuse.
C．I became the worst student.	D．I stood in his shoes

【小题3】 We can infer from the passage that _____..

A．the father was strict with his child.

B．the writer was always poor in tests.

C．Mr. Right was worried about the writer.

D．the writer was always happy with his scores.

【小题4】Which is the best title of the passage?

A．The Final Test

B．That’s Me!

C．My Strict Teacher

D．Scores, Important?