Life is not easy, so I' d like to say "When anything happens, believe in yourself. "

     When I was a young boy, I was so shy to talk to anyone that my classmates   17  laughed at(嘲笑) me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later,  18  happened, and it changed my life. It was an English speech contest (比赛). My   19   asked me to take part in it. What a  20 idea! It meant I had to speak before all the teachers and students of my school.

     "  21  , boy. Believe in yourself. You are sure to win the contest. " Then Mother and I talked about many different topics.  22  I chose the topic "Believe in yourself", I tried my best to remember all the speech and practiced it  23   100 times. With the help of my mother, I did well in the contest. I could hardly believe myself when the  24  came that I had won the first place; I heard the cheers from the teachers and the students. Those classmates who once looked down on me, now all  25   "Congratulations!" to me. My mother hugged (拥抱) me and cried excitedly.

     Since then, everything has changed for me.   26   I do anything, I try to tell myself to be sure and I will find myself. This is not only for a person but also for a country.

1.A. never              B. often              C. also              D. still

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

3. A. father              B. teacher             C. friend             D. mother

4.A. funny              B. good               C. terrible            D. special

5.A. Hurry up           B. Come on           C. Look out          D. Hold on

6. A. At last            B. In fact            C. At once          D. At first

7. A. at                 B. in                 C. with              D. over

8.A. letter               B. topic               C. news              D. report

9.A. said                B. passed              C. sent               D. gave

10. A. Although            B. If                  C. Because           D. When

 

How much sleep do we need? We are all different. Some people need only three hours of sleep a night. Others need ten hours of sleep a night. Most Americans sleep an average (平均值) of seven to eight hours a night. After the age of fifty the average sleep time goes down to 6.5 hours a night.
Most people have a bad night when they can not sleep. About one in three Americans has a problem with sleep. Many of these people can not fall sleep. This problem is called (叫做) insomnia. This is not a new problem. Many famous people in history had insomnia. Some of these people had special (特别的) ideas to another to make them sleep. Benjaming Franklin, the famous stateman (政治家) and inventor (发明家)，had four beds. He moved from one to another to fall asleep. King Lousis XIV of France had 13 beds and hoped that he could fall asleep in one of them. Mark Twain, the famous American writer, had a different way. He lay on his side on the end of the bed!
【小题1】.Most American people need________ hours of sleep a night.

A．3

B．10

C．7-8

D．5-6

【小题2】People need_________ sleep as they get older.

A．more

B．less（更少的）

C．no

D．little

【小题3】“The problem is called insomnia.” Here “insomnia” means_________.

A．going to sleep easily	B．sleep at daytime
C．the ways of sleep	D．not being able to(能够)go to sleep

【小题4】Mark Twain lay on his side on the end of the bed because he_________.

A．was an old man	B．thought it was easy to go sleep
C．was a famous writer	D．didn’t have much room to sleep in

【小题5】The passage is mainly (主要地) talking about_________.

A．sleep	B．insomnia
C．how to go to bed	D．the famous person

Have you ever seen the man in the moon? If you look closely at the moon on some nights, you can see the face of the man in the moon. Some people say that they can see an old man carrying sticks. 1.        These pictures are made by the mountains and plains of the moon.

Long ago people in England used to tell their children that the moon was made of green cheese.2.          The moon is a large round rock. It is completely bare. There are no trees or plants on the moon. There are no rivers or seas. There are no living things. It never rains on the moon, and everything is covered with dirty, white dust. 3.            

When the sun shines on it, the moon is very hot, in the shade, however, it is as cold as ice.4.          It does not weigh as much as the earth. If you went to the moon, you would weigh six times less than you do now. 5.       

 

仔细阅读短文，将下面五句话还原到文中空白处，并将其标号填入答题栏的相应位置。

 

A. Even a fat man would be able to jump high off the ground. B. The moon is much smaller than the earth. C. Everyone knows that this is not true. D. Not even a sound can be heard on the moon. E. Others say a girl is reading a book.

 

 

任务型阅读  请根据材料内容，按照要求完成各题。（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

In real life, all of us have friends. We can talk to them, play and go to the cinema with them. (1) But we know that not all of them are real good friends, because simply “A friend in need is a friend indeed”.

But why are they still our friends? (2) In every one of us there is a ______ need to have friends and not to live ______ in this world. This need makes us get along with the others. On the other hand, this need keeps us searching everywhere to find new friends. But when we have found one, some time later we realize that he or she is not what we are looking for.

    Everybody knows how to become a friend, but not all of them know how to become a good friend, because they don’t know what a good friend means. Some of us want to have friends just to make themselves happy, or maybe get something from others. He or she is not thinking about the others or what makes them happy. He or she is a selfish person.

    Someone knows the meaning of good friendship. Someone knows how to be loyal(忠诚的) to someone, how to take care of him, and how to love him, as he is a very important person in his life. Unluckily, not everyone on the Internet wants to be a good friend as what is happening in real life. They are looking for friends, just to prove that they have a lot of friends.

    About me, I’m not interested in numbers. Because I learned from the life: “Finding a real good friend is not an easy task”.

1. 将(1)句译成中文：_________________________________________________________

2. 在(2)句的空白处分别填入一个适当的词使句意完整、上下文通顺：

_____________________ _____________________

3. 回答问题:What can we do with friends according to this passage?

___________________________________________________________________________

4.在文中找出与We are not alone because of the need of having friends意思相近的句子：

___________________________________________________________________________

5. 写出文中最能表达该短文主题的句子。

___________________________________________________________________________

 

 

One day I happened to meet an Englishman in the street and soon we began to talk. As I  was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner seemed to be very surprised, gently shaking his head and saying “You don’t say!” I was puzzled, and I thought , “Perhaps this is not a right thing to talk about.” So I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? Have you ever been there?”

“Certainly! Everyone back home will laugh at me if I leave here without seeing it. The Great Wall is wonderful!” “Yes, it is one of the wonders in the world. And people of many countries have come to visit it.” As I went on telling him more about it, he stopped me again, “You don’t say!”

I couldn’t help asking, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it? ”

“Well, I didn’t ask you to do so,” he answered, greatly surprised.

“Did you say ‘You don’t say!’?” I asked again.

Hearing this, the foreigner laughed loudly. He began to explain, “‘You don’t say!’ means ‘Really’. Perhaps you know little about English idioms(惯用语).”

 Wow! How foolish I was! Since then I have been careful with English idioms.

1.The writer was puzzled because                  .

A. the foreigner has some difficulty in understanding him.   

B. the writer himself didn’t understand the meaning of “You don’t say!”

C. the foreigner was not polite.          

D. the writer was very clever 

2.What made the foreigner laugh?

A. The English idioms                   B. The writer’s talking about the Great Wall             

C. The writer’s explanation             D. The writer’s question

3.The story probably happened in                  .

A. China            B. America          C. England          D. Canada

4.The writer was puzzled                  in the passage.

A. once         B. twice                C. three times          D. four times

5.The English idiom “You don’t say!” means “                ”

A. Thank you        B.OK                C. Really               D.  Sorry