One day an old man went into a cafeteria (自助餐厅) to eat in America for the first time. He sat down at an empty table and waited for   43  to take his order. Of course nobody did. Finally, a woman with a plate full of food sat down opposite him and told him how a cafeteria   44 .
“Start out at that end,” she said. “Just go along the line and   45  what you want. At the other end they’ll tell you how much you have to pay.”
“I soon learned that’s how everything works in the US,” the old man later told a friend. “ 46  is a cafeteria here. You can get anything you want   47  you are willing(自愿的) to pay the price. You can even get success, but you’ll never get it if you wait for someone to   48  it to you. You have to get up and get it yourself.”   
49 , life everywhere is like a cafeteria. Don’t wait for things to happen to you. Success lies in your own   50 .

【小题1】

A．his friend B．his wife C．a stranger D．someone

【小题2】

A．worked B．painted C．repaired D．planned

【小题3】

A．send out B．give out C．pick out D．look out

【小题4】

A．School B．Life C．Office D．Company

【小题5】

A．if B．because C．though D．until

【小题6】

A．carry B．lend C．move D．bring

【小题7】

A．In peace B．In the end C．In fact D．In a hurry

【小题8】

A．work B．hands C．opinion D．books

What is color? Why do some of the things around us look red, some green, others blue?
Colors are really made by deflected (反射) light. We see color because most of the things reflect light. In the same way, if something is green, it reflects most of the green light. If something reflects all light, it is white. If it doesn’t reflect any light, it is black.
Some of the light is reflected and some is taken in (吸引) and turned into (变成) heat (热能).The darker the color is, the less light is reflected, the more light is taken in. So dark-colored clothes are warmer in the sun than light-colored clothes.
【小题1】When something reflects light, we can _____.

A．see its color

B．see its heat

C．not see its color

D．see nothing

【小题2】Something looks white because it reflects _____.

A．some light

B．no light

C．all light

D．most light

【小题3】the dark-colored clothes are warm because ____ is taken in.

A．more light

B．less light

C．more color

D．less color

【小题4】In summer ______ make people feel cool.

A．dark-colored clothes	B．red-colored clothes
C．green-colored clothes	D．light-colored clothes

【小题5】What’s the best title(标题)of this passage( 短文 )?

A．Dark color

B．Color

C．Heat

D．Clothes

根据对话内容，从方框中选择适当的选项补全对话。选择中有两项为多余的选项。（每小题1; 满分5）

A. Maybe you’re right. B. Is there anything wrong? C. I’ll try to understand her. D. She nags me about almost everything. E. That’s a good idea. F. But she doesn’t like it at all. G. Could I use your telephone, please?

 
A: Hello, Xiao Hong!
B: Hello!
A: You look a little upset.  【小题1】 
B: Yes. It’s just my mom. She always nags(唠叨)me.
A: Really? What does your mother nag you about?
B:  【小题2】 “ Get up now... Everything must be in place... Don’t forget your piano lesson...”
A: Well, all the mothers like saying these words to their children.
B: Also, I’m fond of pop music. 【小题3】 We don’t have the same interest in many things.
A:  【小题4】 But I should say she nags you because she cares about you. You’re lucky to have such a good mother.
B: I agree with you.  【小题5】 .
A: That’s right. Understanding is important. If your mom knows that everything is fine, she will never nag.

Alexis Rocha is a 13-year-old boy from California, US. He weighs 147 pounds (67 kg). But six months ago, he weighed more than 202 pounds (91 kg). How did he lose all that weight in only half a year?
“One day, I was surprised to find that I weighed about 200 pounds,” Rocha says. “I thought I had to do something.”
Rocha is from a boxing (拳击) family—his father and two older brothers are professional boxers. So he decided to start boxing. He began with simple exercises, like sit-ups and push-ups (俯卧撑). Then Rocha started jogging(慢跑). “No kid likes running,” he says. “I don’t want to do it, either, but I have no choice but to keep on.”
Months later, Rocha joined a boxing club in his city. He is always the first kid at the club to begin exercising, and the last to leave with sweat (汗水) on his face. Every day he boxes for about three hours.
“Rocha works very hard,” says his coach, Hector Lopez. “It’s surprising to see him lose the pounds so quickly. I’ve never seen anything like this in my 20 years of coaching.”
Rocha is very happy with his weight now. There is a family photo in his room from 18 months ago. “Each time I look at the photo, I laugh at myself. I was so big back then,” Rocha says. “I look 100 times thinner and 1,000 times stronger now.”
【小题1】How much weight did Rocha lose in six months?
A. At least 24 pounds.     B. At least 30 pounds.　　    C. At least 55 pounds.
【小题2】 Rocha said he had no choice but to keep on running because_______.
A. he liked running very much
B. he wanted to be thin and strong
C. he wanted to be a professional boxer
【小题3】What makes Coach Hector Lopez surprised?
A. Rocha lost weight so quickly.
B. Rocha was so fat 18 months ago.
C. Rocha comes from a boxing family.
【小题4】What’s the correct order of the following sentences?
a. He did some sit-ups and push-ups.
b. He lost the pounds quickly.
c. He joined a boxing club.
d. He began running.
f. He boxed for about three hours every day.
A. a-d-c-f-b     B. d-a-f-c-b     C. a-d-f-c-b 
【小题5】The writer mainly wants to tell us _______.
A. Rocha is a hardworking boy
B. it is important to get exercise
C. everything is possible if you work hard

Yesterday my son, daughter and I went to the grocery store. In front of us in line was a little girl with her mother. The little girl was asking her mother for a box of Smarties. The polite way she was asking almost broke the mother’s heart, “I’m sorry, Honey, but we have no money to buy it ”
My son was watching that dialogue. By the way, he had been raking(用耙子耙)leaves our garden to raise himself some money to buy a bike. As he watched the mother and daughter leave the store, he ran to the candy counter(柜台)and bought a box of Smarties with the money .
He turned to look at me and I just nodded. He ran out after the little girl and her mother and he gave them the box. He came back and told me what he told them. “Every kid should have a pack of Smarties because they can make you smart.”
I was so excited that I bought a pack of Smarties for my son. I told him that I was proud of him, and that was for his act of generosity(慷慨)because he gave his own Smarties to others  Quickly, he replied, “But you do nice things for people and you never get anything for it .”explained, “when you do something nice for someone, you shouldn’t expect to get anything, when you do get something you should be very thankful.”
【小题1】When the writer and her children went to the grocery store, they saw a little girl asking ____.

A．her mother for a nice toy

B．her mother for a box of Smarties

C．where she could find a box of Smarties

D．her mother if she could had enough money

【小题2】From the passage we know Smarties are ____.

A．a beautiful doll

B．an interesting story book

C．a kind of candy

D．some leaves of a nice tree

【小题3】The writer was____to see her son buy a pack of Smarties for the little girl.

A．sad

B．excited

C．angry

D．proud

【小题4】What can we learn from the story above?

A．Every kid should have a pack of Smarties..

B．Everyone should have a good mother.

C．Everyone should do nice things for others.

D．Every mother should often do something for her children.