Shane Battier (肖恩巴蒂尔) is a famous basketball player. Now he plays in Houston Rockets (休斯顿火箭队). Yao Ming is also in the team. Shane Battier was born in 1978 in Michigan. He is 2.03 meters tall. He loves his parents very much. He always remembers their words: Be kind to others. In Shane Battier's everyday life, he likes playing golf and tennis. He also likes playing chess. His favorite film is Meet the Parents. His favorite singer is Marvin Gaye. He hopes to be a boss (老板) in the future.
He began to play basketball at the age of four. In 2006, he joined Houston Rockets, and became one of the most important players. 31, a familiar number, is often shouted in the game More and more basketball fans regard him as a hero! He is a team-player. He once said, "There are many excellent players in our team, so I shouldn't only try to show myself, instead I will try my best to help my partners to play well. Teamwork is the most important."
It is his hard work that makes him successful and famous. Let's wish him good luck in the future.
【小题1】Shane Battier likes playing golf, tennis and chess.
【小题2】He wants to be a singer like Marvin Gaye in the future.
【小题3】Shane Battier and Yao Ming play in the same team.
【小题4】His number in Houston Rockets is 31.
【小题5】Shane Battier only wants to show himself in any games.

John likes chocolates very much, but his mother doesn’t give him. They are bad for his teeth, she thinks. But John has a very nice grandfather. The old man loves his grandson very much. And sometimes he buys John some chocolates. Then his mother lets him eat them, because she wants to make the old man happy.
On Sunday evening, it is John’s seventh birthday. He says,“Please, God(上帝), make them give me a big box of chocolates for my birthday,”His mother says, “ God can’t hear you. Don’t shout(喊).”               “ I know, ”says the clever boy with a smile（微笑）. “ But my grandfather is in the next room, and he can!”
【小题1】 John’s mother thinks________.

A．John’s teeth are bad	B．chocolates are good for her teeth
C．chocolates are bad for John’s teeth	D．John likes cakes

【小题2】 Why does John’s mother let him eat chocolates sometimes?

A．Because John wants to eat them.

B．Because John’s father buys some chocolates for him.

C． Because she is happy.

D． Because she wants to make John’s grandpa happy.

【小题3】 Why does John shout? Because he wants to make _________hear him.

A．his grandpa

B．his grandma

C．his mother

D．his father

【小题4】Which one is right?

A．The grandfather is bad.	B．John studies hard in his school.
C．John is clever.	D．John’s mother doesn’t love him.

【小题5】What day is John’s seventh birthday?

A．Saturday

B．Friday

C．Tuesday

D．Sunday

The day is like any other day in his life. Tom walks past the shop on the street corner. He stops to look at the front row of shoes, and he feels happy to see that the pair of shoes he wants very much is still there. Looking down at his old shoes, he feels sorry for himself. He really wants to have them for his birthday.

He sadly walks away and thinks how to tell his mother about it. He knows very well she has little money. He decides not to go home at once , as he looks sad and his mother will notice(注意) it. So he goes to the park and sits on the grass. There he sees a boy moving a wheelchair（轮椅）with his hands . Tom looks at him and is surprised to see that the boy has no feet. He looks at his own feet. “It’s much better to be without shoes than without feet”, he thinks. There is no reason or him to feel so sorry and sad. He goes away and smiles, thinking he is happier.

1.Tom passes the shop ______.

A．on foot

B．by bike

C．in a wheelchair

D．by bus

2.Tom stops in front of the shop because he wants to ______ .

A．buy the shoes	B．look at the shoes he liked
C．buy a present for his friend	D．get something for his birthday party

3.Why did Tom go to the park? Because ______.

A．many nice shoes are sold(卖) there

B．he wants to play there for a while

C．he wants to see his disabled(残疾的) friend

D．he doesn’t want to make his mother worried

4. We can learn from the story that Tom ______ .

A．doesn’t like old shoes	B．loves his mother very much
C．doesn’t want to stay at home	D．has no feet

 

It is the duty of every man to work. The life of a lazy man is of no use to himself and to others.

The man who is too lazy to work is the man who’s generally most ready to beg or steal. Every boy should learn some useful work when he is young.

But it is not enough that a boy should learn some kind of work. He should put his effect completely into his work, and not waste his free time. “Working while you work and playing while you play is as good rule for young people as for the old.”

There is no better help to diligence (勤奋) than the habit of early rising, and this, just like all other good habits, is most easily formed in youth. There is an English saying “Lost time never returns.” This means that everybody must be diligent and make good use of his time. One must study hard when one is young so that one can make great progress, succeed in life and become useful to one’s country. Therefore, we can say that diligence is the mother of success.

1.After reading the passage we know that those who are too lazy to work will become________.

A. beggars           B. thieves        C. beggars or thieves       D. useful men

2.In order to learn to be diligent, it’s most important for the young people to _________.

A. form the habit of getting up late     

B. learn some good subjects

C. work all the time without play      

D. work while they work and play while they play

3.One can’t be successful in life unless he ________ when he is young.

A. spends some time learning something   

B. is diligent in his study

C. makes up for his lost time             

D. loves his school

4.Which of the following may be the best title for this passage?

A. Lazy Boy Can Learn to Be Diligent.     

B. Young People Should.

C. Lost Time Never Returns.              

D. Diligence, the Mother of Success.

 

John likes chocolates very much, but his mother doesn’t give him. They are bad for his teeth, she thinks. But John has a very nice grandfather. The old man loves his grandson very much. And sometimes he buys John some chocolates. Then his mother lets him eat them, because she wants to make the old man happy.
On Sunday evening, it is John’s seventh birthday. He says, “Please, God(上帝), make them give me a big box of chocolates for my birthday,”His mother says, “ God can’t hear you. Don’t shout(喊).”               “ I know, ”says the clever boy with a smile（微笑）. “ But my grandfather is in the next room, and he can!”
【小题1】 John’s mother thinks________.

A．John’s teeth are bad	B．chocolates are good for her teeth
C．chocolates are bad for John’s teeth	D．John likes cakes

【小题2】 Why does John’s mother let him eat chocolates sometimes?
Because John wants to eat them. 
Because John’s father buys some chocolates for him.
C.  Because she is happy.   
D.  Because she wants to make John’s grandpa happy.
【小题3】 Why does John shout? Because he wants to make _________hear him.

A．his grandpa

B．his grandma

C．his mother

D．his father

【小题4】Which one is right?

A．The grandfather is bad.	B．John studies hard in his school.
C．John is clever.	D．John’s mother doesn’t love him.

【小题5】What day is John’s seventh birthday?

A．Saturday

B．Friday

C．Tuesday

D．Sunday