A teacher stood in front of his history class of twenty students just before handing out the final exam. His students sat quietly and waited for him to speak.
“It’s been a pleasure teaching you this term,” he said. “You’ve all worked very hard, so I have a pleasant surprise for you. Everyone who chooses not to take the final exam will get a ‘B’ for the course.”
Most of the students jumped out of their seats. They thanked the teacher happily, and walked out of the classroom. Only a few students stayed. The teacher looked at them. “This is your last chance,” he said. “Does anyone else want to leave?” All the students there stayed in their seats and took out their pencils.
The teacher smiled. “Congratulations (祝贺),” he said. “I’m glad to see you believe in yourselves. You all get A.”
【小题1】This story most probably took place       .

A．at the beginning of the term	B．in the middle of the term
C．at the end of the term	D．at the beginning of the school year

【小题2】Most of the students got Grade ______.

A．‘A’

B．‘B’

C．‘C’

D．‘F’

【小题3】Why did some students stay in their seats?

A．Because they wanted to take the exam.

B．Because the teacher told them to stay in their class.

C．Because they were afraid to leave.

D．Because they didn’t have anything to do.

【小题4】The teacher gave the students who stayed in the classroom A because ______.

A．the teacher liked them

B．they were cleverer than the other students

C．they believed in themselves

D．they studied hard

A Policeman and a Thief  
One day a policeman was taking a thief to the city . On the way , they saw a shop . The thief said . “ Let me go into the shop to buy some bread . We can eat it in the train . ”
The policeman agreed . The thief went into the shop and ran out of the back door . When the policeman knew that , he began to look for the thief everywhere . At last the policeman caught(抓获) thief again . They went on to the city . On the way they came to the same shop . The thief wanted to buy some bread again . “Oh , no . ” said the policeman , “You did that before , and you ran away . This time I^’ll go into the shop and buy bread . You must wait here for me . ”
【小题1】What was the policeman doing one day ?

A．Catching a thief with others .	B．Doing nothing.
C．Taking a thief to the city .	D．Walking go the city by himself .

【小题2】On the way the thief asked to         .

A．buy some food to eat .	B．let him free .
C．take a rest .	D．walk slowly .

【小题3】When the thief went into the shop , he ran out of        .

A．the back door .	B．the back window .
C．the front door .	D．the front window .

【小题4】When the thief ran away the first time , what did the policeman do ?

A．The policeman caught the thief again .

B．The policeman looked for the thief . but he didn,t find him .

C．The thief was caught again by other policemen .

D．The policeman went back without(没有) the thief .

【小题5】 From the last three sentences, we know that the policeman was very        .     

A．brave

B．careful

C．clever

D．foolish

A lot of teenagers are good at art at school, but how would you feel if people called you “the new Picasso(毕加索)” or if presidents and other famous people collected your paintings?
Alexandra Nechita was ten when her paintings became famous all over the world. She visited Britain, France, Italy, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and her family’s native place (祖籍) Romania where 5,000 fans came to see her at the airport. Alexandra said, “When it all started, I was moved. It was very exciting and I loved the traveling, but I got very tired. And I missed home.”
Alexandra is a good student. Her studies always come first. She only starts painting after she’s done her homework. She works on two or three paintings at a time. The paintings sell for thousands and Alexandra’s parents have given up their jobs to work for their daughter. Life for the Nechita family is very different from what it was like a few years ago.
Alexandra’s father Niki left Romania for political reasons in 1985. At first he tried his best to learn English and had different kinds of low-paid jobs. In 1987, he brought his wife and Alexandra, who was then 18 months old, to America. The family was very poor. Alexandra began to draw at the age of three.
She was drawing for four or five hours a day. Soon people offered to buy her paintings and she had her first art show at the age of eight. Stories about this child appeared in the newspapers and television. They now live in a large house with a swimming pool. Her mother said, “We started without anything, but thanks to Alexandra, we have everything we ever dreamed of.”
【小题1】Alexandra became well-known all over the world for her paintings at the age of _______.

A．18months

B．three

C．eight

D．ten

【小题2】Which country does Alexandra live?

A．America.

B．Britain.

C．Romania.

D．France.

【小题3】 Alexandra’s painting _________.

A．took her a lot of time at school

B．made her drop out of school

C．didn’t influence her studies at school

D．made her fall behind others in studies at school

【小题4】 When her family arrived in America in 1987, _________.

A．their life was very hard

B．they lived by selling Alexandra’s paintings

C．Alexandra began to draw her painting

D．her parents left their jobs and worked for her

【小题5】 From the passage, we can learn ________.

A．Alexandra was not interested in travelling

B．Alexandra’s success changed her family’s life

C．Alexandra’s parents were good at English

D．Alexandra’s stories appeared often on the radio and TV

A teacher stood in front of his history class of twenty students just before handing out the final exam. His students sat quietly and waited for him to speak.
“It’s been a pleasure teaching you this term,” he said. “You’ve all worked very hard, so I have a pleasant surprise for you. Everyone who chooses not to take the final exam will get a ‘B’ for the course.”
Most of the students jumped out of their seats. They thanked the teacher happily, and walked out of the classroom. Only a few students stayed. The teacher looked at them. “This is your last chance,” he said. “Does anyone else want to leave?” All the students there stayed in their seats and took out their pencils.
The teacher smiled. “Congratulations (祝贺),” he said. “I’m glad to see you believe in yourselves. You all get A’s.”
【小题1】This story most probably took place       .

A．at the beginning of the term	B．in the middle of the term
C．at the end of the term	D．at the beginning of the school year

【小题2】 Most of the students got Grade ______.

A．‘A’

B．‘B’

C．‘C’

D．‘F’

【小题3】Why did some students stay in their seats?

A．Because they wanted to take the exam.

B．Because the teacher told them to stay in their class.

C．Because they were afraid to leave.

D．Because they didn’t have anything to do.

【小题4】 The teacher gave the students who stayed in the classroom A’s because ______.

A．the teacher liked them

B．they were cleverer than the other students

C．they believed in themselves

D．they studied hard

【小题5】 The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 3 refers to “______”.

A．students staying in their seats	B．students leaving the classroom
C．their seats	D．all the students

A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said, “I am blind, please help.” There were only a few coins in the hat.
A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would 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(听出)his footsteps and asked, “Were you the one who changed my sign this 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; I can not see it.”
Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply sign the boy was blind. The second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind. Should we be surprised that the second sign was more effective (有效的)？
【小题1】The boy in the passage can not           .

A．see

B．walk

C．hear

D．speak

【小题2】 How did the man help the boy?

A．He gave the boy a lot of money.

B．He brought the boy back to his home.

C．He wrote some new words on the sign.

D．He sent the boy to a special school.

【小题3】The underlined words “held up” in the first paragraph mean          .

A．阻碍

B．举着

C．承受

D．坚持

【小题4】What happened after the man changed the sign?

A．The boy still got a few coins in the hat.

B．The boy got much more money.

C．No one gave the boy coins any more.

D．No one gave the boy coins any more.

【小题5】 What can we learn from the story?

A．Time can we learn from the story?

B．You should be brave even thought you’re blind.

C．Treating a thing differently brings a different result.

D．If we want to be rich, we should be honest.(结果)