One day , a young man asked Albert Einstein ,  1   great German scientist,   2   the secret(秘密) of success (成功)was .The scientist   3    him that the secret of success is hard work. A few days   4    the young man asked him the 5    question again .Einstein was very 6   He did not say  7   ,but wrote a few    8  on a piece of paper and   9   it to the young man .The young man looked 10   the piece of paper. On it was     11   :A=X+Y+Z." What

  12  this mean?" asked the young man." A means success,"   13    the old scientist. "X means hard work, Y means good methods(方法)，and Z…Z mean    14   talking and start to   15    ."

1. A. a      B. the        C. one       D. some

2. A. who    B. whether    C. what      D. which

3. A. told     B. said       C. talked    D. spoke

4 .A. ago     B. before      C. earlier    D. later

5. A. easy    B. good       C. different   D. same

6.A. worried  B. happy      C. angry     D. disappointed（失望）

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

8. A. words   B. word       C. sentences  D. sentence

9. A. to hand   B. hand      C. handed    D. handing

10. A. on       B. up        C. down     D .at

11. A. answered    B. written    C. read    D. found

12.A will         B. shall      C. does     D. did

13. A. said        B. thought    C. believed  D .told

14. A. go on       B. stop      C. enjoy     D. try

15. A. do          B. read      C. write     D. work

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容和首字母提示，在每个空白处填入一个适当的单词。

A farmer went to town to sell his vegetables. It was snowing that afternoon and there were few people in the street. When his vegetables were (1) s       out, it was dark. On his way home, he saw a man (2) 1       on the snow. He put his basket on the ground and was going to help the man (3) g       up. At that time he found that the man was dead and there was much blood(血)on the ground. He was so (4) s        that he ran away quickly, (5) w       taking his basket away. The next morning, the farmer was taken to the police station. After showing the basket, an officer asked, "Is it (6) y       ？”

      "Yes, sir," the farmer answered.

      "When did you see the dead man?"     

"At about seven yesterday evening. "     

"Do you know who (7) k        him?"

      "No, sir. "

      The officer (8) b       out a knife and asked, "Have you ever seen it?"     

"No, sir. "

      The officer became angry and told a policeman to beat him up.

      That afternoon the officer went on with the trying (审问 ). (9) P       to the knife, the officer asked again, "Have you ever seen it?"

      "Yes, sir. "

      "Well," the officer became (10) e        and asked, "but when and where?"      

"I saw it here this morning, sir. "

阅读下面短文，据上下文意义和所给单词首字母，写出每小题适当单词的完全正确形式，每空一词。

     Mr Jackson works in a college. He likes reading and often b  1   some books from the library. He keep l   2   to the radio every morning and reading n   3   after dinner. So he knows much and t  4    well. His s   5  worship(崇拜) his very much. Mike, Mr Jackson's little son is only nine. He a   6   likes reading books. And he often asks his father some questions. Mr Jackson always think he is too y   7  to understand him, so he chooses easy ones to answer. Of course the boy is not satisfied(对…满意) with it.

     One day Mike read s   8  about the electric lights and was i   9   in it. When his father t   10  him to do housework, he w   11  on thinking o   12   it. He asked him a

f  13  questions, and his father answered all. Then his father said p  14   , "Fathers always know m  15  than s  16  !"Then boy t  17  for a while and said, "I don't think so!" "Oh? Why?" Mike didn't answer and asked i  18   . "Who i  19  the electric lights? " "Thomas Edison ," answered Mr Jackson "Why didn't his father invent them then" Mike asked again.

     Looking at his son. Mr Jackson didn't know w  20__to answer.

Most dictionary will tell you a lot of things about a language. There are three important things. These three things are spelling, pronunciation (发音) and meanings. First, a dictionary will tell you the spelling of a word. If you are not sure about the spelling of a word, you can try to find the correct spelling in a dictionary. Words are listed in alphabetical order(按字母顺序)  -a, b, c and so on. For example, on a dictionary page the word "poor"-p, o, o, r-comes before "poverty"  -p, o, v, e, r, t, y-and the word "poverty" comes before the word "power"  -p, o, w, e, r. The words are always given in alphabetical order.

    The second thing, a dictionary will tell you how a word is pronounced. There are a few different pronunciations. Most dictionary give phonetic (语音的), or sound alphabet. The phonetic spelling will tell different phonetic alphabets. Many dictionaries use the international phonetic alphabet (国际音标) to show pronunciation.

    The third thing, a dictionary will tell you the meaning of words. You can look up a word and find out what it means. Many words have more than one meaning and a good dictionary also tell you all of the word's meanings. For example, the word "get" has over 20 meanings.

1. In the passage, which of the following is one of the three important things?

A. How to write a word well.         B. How to use a word.

C. How to make a sentence.          D. How to read a" word correctly.

2. Of the three words "remove", "remote", and "remount",          in a dictionary.

A. "remount" comes first and "remove" comes

B. "remove" comes first and "remote" comes last

C. "remote" comes first and "remove" comes last

D. "remove" comes first and "remount" comes last

3. Many words have         .

A. several meanings                B. few meanings

C. one meaning                    D. no meaning

4. A good dictionary will tell you         

A. more of the word's pronunciation  B. more of the word's meaning

C. more of the word's spelling        D. more of grammar

5. Phonetic alphabets are used to show       

A. spelling                      B. handwriting

C. meaning                       D. pronunciation

John sent his mother expensive presents on his mother's birthday every year. He liked to show her how rich he was.

"I must find something wonderful for her, and it must be the only one in the whole world. "John thought.

He advertised (登广告) in the newspapers. " Wanted—the best present for the woman who has everything. "

For many days his telephone did not stop ringing. People phoned him from all over the world. They wanted to sell him "the best present". But they did not have anything that was the only one in the whole world.

Then less than a week before his mother's birthday, a man came to his office. He was carrying a cage, and in the cage there was a large bird.

"This bird, "the man said, "can speak ten languages and sing any pop song. There is no other bird like it in the world. "

"I will listen to it, "John said. "If what you said is true, I will buy the bird from you. "

The man spoke to the bird. "Talk to me in French, " he said. The bird spoke to him in French. "Tell me a joke in Japanese, " he said. The bird told him a joke in Japanese. "Sing a famous pop song, "he said. The bird sang a famous pop song.

"I'll buy it, "John said. "How much do you want?"

"One hundred thousand dollars, "the man said. This was a lot of money but John paid him. Then he sent the bird to his mother with a birthday card.

The day after his mother's birthday he phoned her. "Well, mother, "he said, "Is the bird wonderful?"

"Oh, it was delicious, dear, "she said.

1. Why did John send her mother expensive presents for her birthday every year?

A. Because he loved his mother very much.

B. Because his mother needed these presents.

C. Because he wanted to show he had a lot of money.

D. Because he was the richest man in the world.

2. How did people know John wanted the best present in the world?

A. They rang John up.

B. They knew it from the newspapers.

C. John phoned them one by one.

D. They knew it on TV.

3.When did the man with a bird come to visit John?

A. Two weeks before John's mother's birthday.

B. On John's mother's birthday.

C. About five days before John's mother's birthday.

D. Less than a week after John's mother's birthday.

4. Why did John pay the man a lot of money for the bird?

A. Because it was such a beautiful bird.

B. Because he wanted to help the poor man with the bird.

C. Because the bird could look after his mother.

D.  Because John  thought  the bird could make his mother happy.

5. What does the sentence "It was delicious, "really mean in the story?

A. His mother ate the bird.

B. His mother let the bird fly away.

C. His mother began to learn languages from the bird.

D.  His mother thought  it  was the most  expensive present in the world.