One morning it was shining brightly when I woke up. I looked at the alarm clock. It said 3:45! It had stopped! What time was it? I climbed out of bed and went downstairs to the kitchen. The kitchen clock said 8:30—I was late! My parents were away. My aunt had gone to work without checking if I was up. The school bus went at 8:00. I had missed it. I rang my friend Tony on his mobile phone.

“Tell the teacher I’ll be in as soon as I can!” I said.

“Come on your rollerblades,” Tony said. “It will be faster than the bus.”

I washed and dressed in a hurry. I grabbed an apple to eat on the way. That was my breakfast! Then I put on my rollerblades and set off for school. It took half an hour to get to the school. I took all the shortcuts I knew. I went across the park — even through some backyards! When I got to school, I was very hot and my legs ached. I had missed math, our first lesson of the morning. But I made it just in time for history, our second lesson. I was very happy because history is my favorite subject.

1.The boy woke up at __________ that morning.

   A. 3:45             B. 7:30            C. 8:00             D. 8:30

2.The boy got up late mainly because __________.

   A. his alarm clock had stopped

B. his parents were away

   C. his aunt had gone to work

D. he had missed the school bus

3.The boy got to school __________ that morning.

   A. by bus               B. by skating       C. by running           D. by bike  

4.The boy took all the shortcuts in order to __________.

   A. have breakfast on the way

B. meet his friend 

C. get to school as soon as he could

D. have his favorite lesson

5. Which of the following is NOT true?

   A. The boy’s bedroom is upstairs and the kitchen is downstairs.

   B. Tony told the boy to go to school on his rollerblades.

   C. The boy had nothing for breakfast that morning.

   D. The boy didn’t miss his favorite lesson.

A man and a woman had a son many years after they married. They had a happy family and the boy was the apple of their eyes. When the boy was four years old, an accident happened. One night the father was very tired after work, so he asked his wife to meet their son and take him home. The mother was very busy in the kitchen, and she forgot about it.
Later the boy lost his way in the street. When the mother found this, she went to look for him, but she couldn’t find him. Then she went to the police station to ask for help. She was very sad and didn’t know how to face her husband. After hearing the bad news, the father hurried to the police station. When he saw his wife, he didn’t blame(责备) her. Instead he said, “I love you, darling!”
“If I had picked him up or found this earlier, this would not have happened,” the father said to himself. He thought there was no point in blaming anyone. His wife also lost her only child. What he could give her was just understanding. Several weeks later, with the help of the police, they finally found their lost son. From then on, they became closer than before.
When something bad happens, people always spend lots of time blaming others instead of giving them support. Try to learn to forgive(原谅), and then you will find the world is much more wonderful.
【小题1】The father didn’t pick the boy up that day because he was________.
A. sick                         B. tired                              C. busy
【小题2】The mother asked ________ for help when she couldn’t find her son.
A. her husband       B. her neighbor          C. the police
【小题3】The underlined sentence “the boy was the apple of their eyes” means ________.
A. the boy was loved deeply by his parents             B. the boy liked eating apples
C. the boy’s face was round like an apple
【小题4】Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The mother was angry with her husband.
B. The father thought his wife should be blamed.
C. The boy was safe and sent home by the police at last.
【小题5】 The passage mainly tells us that we should _________.
A. forgive and understand others                B. blame each other
C. take good care of children

Once a boy went to a palace to ask a wise man what the secret of happiness is. After talking with the boy, the wise man asked the boy to look around the palace and return in two hours. “And , I want to ask you to do something,”said the wise man .“As you look around, carry this spoon with you without making the oil spill (溢出).”

The boy began walking up and down the stairs of the palace, and he kept his eyes on the spoon all the time. After two hours, he returned. “Well,” asked the wise man, “what did you see in my palace?” The boy said that he had seen nothing.

“Then go back and enjoy my wonderful world,” said the wise man. The boy picked up the spoon and began to look around the palace again. This time, he saw many beautiful things in the palace. When he returned, the wise man asked, “but where are the drops of oil I give you?” The boy saw that the oil was gone.

“There is only one piece of advice I can give you,” said the wise man. “The secret of happiness is to see all wonders of the world and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon.”

根据短文内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出正确选项，并将所选答案涂到答题卡（填在答题卷）的相应位置上。

1.The boy visited the wise man for _______________ .

A. helping the wise man carry the oil

B. becoming famous

C. getting the secret of happiness

D. going sightseeing in the palace

2. The story happened _______________ .

A. in a university    B. in a palace

C. in a restaurant     D. in a boy’s home

3.Why did the boy see nothing for the first time to look around the wise man’s palace?

A. Because he kept his eyes on the spoon all the time.

B. Because he was blind.

C. Because there was nothing in it.

D. Because the oil was gone.

4.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. The wise man lived in the beautiful palace.

B. There were many beautiful things in the palace.

C. It was difficult for the boy to carry the spoon with him without making the oil spill.

D. The boy was invited to see a wise man.

5.According to the passage, we can know _______________ .

A. the boy didn't get the secret of the happiness at all

B. the wise man told the boy what was the happiness, but not directly

C. the secret of happiness is to see all wonders of the world

D. the wise man said nothing

阅读理解

Mr. King is a tall and strong man. He teaches P.E. in a middle school. He wears a long beard（胡子）and takes good care of it.

   It was Sunday yesterday. There was a big football match of the year on the playground in the centre of the city. Mr. king likes the game very much and of course he was going to watch it. With his friends' help he got a ticket a few days ago.

After breakfast he hurried to the bus stop, but a lot of people were waiting there. A bus came and he hardly got on. There were plenty of people in it and it was difficult for them to put their feet. He had to grip（抓住）a back of the chair. At the next stop a boy got on the bus. He was short and couldn't grip anything. Suddenly the bus stopped and the boy hardly fell onto the floor. He looked around and saw Mr. King's beard and grip it. The man found it at once and called out, "Let go of（松开）my beard, boy!"

"Are you going to get off, sir?" asked the boy.

1.Mr. King is a ___.

A. player   B. runner    C. teacher    D. driver

2.Mr. King was going to watch the match because ___.

 A. he teaches P.E. in a middle school  B. he likes football very much

 C. he had already got a ticket        D. he didn't go to work yesterday

3.It was difficult for Mr. King to stand because ___.

 A. he had drunk too much       B. the bus was too small

 C. he got on the bus too late      D. it was very crowded in the bus

4.The boy gripped Mr. King's beard because ___.

 A .he was afraid to fall again             B. he wanted to make the man angry

 C. he hoped the man to find a seat for him   D. he hoped the man to get off soon

5.Mr. King was afraid ___, so he shouted at him.

 A. the boy would pull him down      B. the boy would hurt his beard

 C. the boy could be hurt again        D. the boy would borrow his ticket

One morning, a blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet .He held a sign which said,“I am blind. Please help me.”

There were only a few coins（硬币） in the hat. A man was walking by. He took out a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat .He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words on it. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by could see the new words.

Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and ask,“Are you the one who changed my sign in the morning? What did you write?”

The man said,“I only wrote the truth. I said what you said, but in a different way.”

What he had written was,“Today is a beautiful day, but I can’t see it.”

Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?

Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply told people to help by putting some money in the hat. The second sign told people that they were able to enjoy the beauty of the day, but the boy could not enjoy it because he was blind.

The first sign simply said the boy was blind, while the second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind.

There are at least two lessons we can learn from this simple story.

The first is: Treasure(珍惜)what you have. Someone else has less. Try your best to help those who need your help.

The second is: Be creative. Think differently. There is always a better way.

1. From the passage we know that______.

A. the boy is the man’s son.                B. the man is one of his neighbors.

C. the boy is blind and needs help.        D. the boy works for the man.

2. On the sign what the man wrote was,“_______.”

A. Treasure what we have already had.     

B. Today is a beautiful day, but I can’t see it.

C. We are so lucky that we are not blind.  

D. Try your best to help those who need your help.

3.According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A .The hat began to fill up after the man wrote some words on the sign.

B. The man took away all the few coins from the hat.

C. The boy wanted to get enough money to go to school.

D. Nobody wanted to give any coins to the blind boy.

4.The word“recognized”here in Chinese means______.

A.承认                                    B.接受           

C.表扬                                    D.认出

5.“____”is the best title for this story.

A. Be careful.                           

B. Be creative. There is always a better way!

C. Be kind to the blind!             

D. Do not always get, but offer!