Tom was ten years old and he was a very lazy boy. He didn’t like doing any work. He had to go to school, of course , but he didn’t study hard there and tried to do as little work as possible. His father and mother were both doctors and they hoped that their son would become one, too. But one day Tom said to his mother, “ When I finish school, I want to be a dustman.”
“A dustman?” his mother asked, she was very surprised. “ that’s not a very pleasant job, why do you want to be a dustman?”
“Because then I would only have to work one day a week.” Tom answered at once.
“Only one day a week?” his mother said, “What do you mean? And how do you know?”
“ Well,” Tom replied, “ I know that the dustmen who come to our house to work on Thursday, because I only see them on that day.”
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案，并在答题卷上按要求作答。
【小题1】What kind of boy was Tom?

A．Tom was a clever boy.	B．Tom was a lazy boy.
C．Tom worked very hard.	D．Tom was not polite.

【小题2】What were his father and mother?

A．His father was a doctor and his mother was a nurse.

B．His father was a worker and his mother was a doctor.

C．His father was a doctor and his mother was a doctor, too.

D．His father and mother were teachers.

【小题3】What did his parents want him to be when he grew up?

A．They wanted him to be a dustman.

B．They wanted him to be an officer.

C．They wanted him to be a doctor.

D．They wanted him to be a football player.

【小题4】What did Tom say he wanted to be when he grew up?

A．Tom said that he wanted to be a dustman.

B．Tom said that he wanted to be a teacher.

C．Tom said that he wanted to be a doctor.

D．Tom said that he wanted to be a singer.

【小题5】Why did Tom think that dustmen only worked one day a week?

A．Because Tom heard of this before.

B．Because one of the dustmen had told him before.

C．Because Tom had seen the dustmen only on Thursday at his house.

D．Because Tom’s mother told him.

句型转换

1.What were they doing? I don’t know. (合并为一个句子)

I don’t know what _________ _________ doing.

2. There isn’t any water in the glass. (改为同义句)

_________ _________ water in the glass.

3.His brother is not only a singer, but also an actor. (改为同义句)

His brother is a singer _________ _________ as an actor.

4. You mustn’t tell it to anyone. (改为祈使句)

Please _________ _________ it to anyone.

5. You can stay in the museum as long as you like. (对画线部分提问)

_________ _________ can we stay in the museum?

 

My teachers suggested that I see a speech specialist (专家) in school.

I never really gave much thought to my speech. If other people understood what I was saying, then that was good enough. I didn’t mind repeating myself many times.

Before testing me, the speech specialist asked me what I thought of having good speech. I told her I thought it was not important.

“Well, when you are in an interview for a job, and they don’t know what you are saying, what are they going to say to you? Nice meeting you, bye,” she said.

Maybe good speech was important. I took part in 20-minute classes each week with the specialist.

After she tested me, she told me that I spoke too fast, and didn’t give enough eye contact (眼神交流). I learned that when I made eye contact with someone, it meant that I was talking to that person, and I could also see what he or she thought about what I was saying.

When my first speech class started, I found that I had been speaking too fast to be understood. Every time I spoke too fast, the specialist stopped me and told me to start again. At first, I got stopped after almost every other sentence. After a while, I felt my speech slow down. I wasn’t sure if people could understand me better, but my friends stopped asking me to repeat myself.

Speech is an important skill to have. If you do have good speech, that’s a good thing, but if you don’t have it, it is never too late to improve.

1.The article is probably taken from       .

A．a newspaper                           B．an advertisement

C．a detective story                        D．a science book

2.What did the writer think of having good speech before the classes?

A．It was very useful.                       B．It was nothing important.

C．It was impossible.                       D．It was good for interviewing.

3.What were the writer’s problems when he was speaking?

a. He spoke too quickly.

b. He never stopped once he started talking.

c. He seldom kept eye contact with people.

d. He didn’t give others time to ask questions.

A．a, b              B．b, c              C．a, c              D．b, d

4.From the sentence “but my friends stopped asking me to repeat myself,” we know that _____.

A．the writer’s friends couldn’t understand him

B．the writer still couldn’t make eye contact

C．the writer improved a lot

D．the writer didn’t slow down

5.Through the passage, the writer wants to tell us that _____.

A．seeing a speech specialist is necessary

B．speech is an important skill to have

C．good speech can help you make friends

D．good speech gets good affect

 

A little girl walked to and from school every day. Though it was not fine and clouds appeared in the sky that morning, the little girl made her daily trip to school as usual. When school was over, winds became stronger and it began to rain.

    The mother of the little girl felt worried that her daughter would be afraid when she walked home from school and that lightning might frighten(受惊吓) her child. Following the bright light of lightning, the mother quickly got into her car and drove to her child's school.

    As the mother drove along the road, she saw her little girl walking alone in the rain.To her great surprise, she found that when a lightning came, her daughter stopped, looked up and smiled. Another lightning came and then another followed. With each lightning, the little girl stopped, looked up and smiled.

    Inside the car, the mother asked her daughter, "What were you doing? Why did you look up and smile when the lightning came?" The little girl answered with a smile, “Mum, you know, God was looking at me. Each time I felt a little afraid walking in the rain, God would take a picture of me. I knew he was playing a game with me.”

1.How did the little girl go to school every day?

A. By car.       B. On foot.                   C. By bus.           D. By bike.

2.What was the weather like before school was over?

A. It was rainy.         B. It was fine.                       C. It was just windy. D. It was cloudy.

3.At first, the mother felt worried because           .

A. she couldn't help her daughter

B. her daughter hadn't taken her umbrella

C. she had something more important to do

D. her daughter might be afraid of the lightning

4.According to the article, we can know that the little girl was           .

A. proud           B. shy                 C. brave                        D. nervous

5.This passage is possibly from          .

A. a menu          B. a magazine                   C. a dictionary                   D. a report