“You know, these cups brings to my mind a story I heard,” Mary said to her students.
She poured some tea. There were four of them and there were four completely different cups on the tables.
“I heard there was a teacher who took all his students for tea. His students were surprised that all the cups on the table were different. They all took a cup and started drinking their tea, each looking at the cups of others. The teacher said, “Did you notice your behavior? You are all looking at each other’s tea cup and some of you even envy(羡慕)the finer cups of others.”
“I put the different cups here on purpose. I want to say life is like this tea. You all have the same thing in your cups——tea. And yet you cannot truly enjoy it in your envy of another’s cup. You forget to enjoy your own life when you envy someone else’s life. We all have the same thing——life. We should care more about the tastes of your own life. So now, taste your own tea. Does it matter from which cup it came from?” Mary finished telling her story and her students all sat in silence for a while, enjoying their tea. And it really did not matter a bit from which teacup they drank.
【小题1】 Which of the following statement is TRUE?

A．All of the students had the same kind of cups.

B．One of the cups is different from others.

C．All of the cups were filled with the same tea.

D．There was different tea in different cups.

【小题2】What should we learn from the story?

A．Envy others and make progress.	B．All the lives are the same.
C．Work hard and catch up with others.	D．Try to enjoy your own life.

【小题3】 Which is the best title for the story?

A．More than tea in a cup	B．The same cups, the same tea
C．The taste of the tea	D．Different cups, different tea

A very young boy, Tom, lives a long way from the city. One day he goes to the city to visit his friend, Jack. Jack asks Tom to have lunch together. They go into the restaurant and sit down at a table. Tom looks around and he sees some old people put eye glasses on before reading their books, so after lunch he goes to a shop to buy some glasses, too. He walks along the road, and soon finds a shop. The man in the shop makes him try on a lot of glasses, but Tom always says, “No, I can’t read with these.”
The man in the shop becomes more and more puzzled (困惑的). At last he says, “Excuse me, but can’t you read at all?”
“No, I can’t.” Tom says, “If I can read, do you think I come here to buy glasses?”
【小题1】Tom meets some old people ____________ .

A．far away from the city	B．in the shop
C．in the restaurant	D．in the village

【小题2】When does Tom go to the shop?

A．After lunch.	B．Before lunch.
C．In the morning.	D．In the evening.

【小题3】Tom goes to the restaurant to ___________.

A．buy eye glasses	B．have lunch
C．buy some books	D．sell eye glasses

【小题4】Before reading their books, the old people in the restaurant ____________.

A．put their glasses on	B．drink tea
C．take their glasses off	D．buy glasses

【小题5】In fact(事实上), Tom _______________.

A．likes eye glasses	B．goes to the wrong shop
C．can’t read at all	D．knows the man in the shop

An American writer, Mr Green once(曾经) said, “Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” It is true that everybody talks about the weather. Many people begin their talks by saying, “Isn’t it a nice day?” “Do you think it will rain?” “I think it’s going to snow.”
Many people think they can tell what the weather is going to be like. But sometimes they don’t agree with each other. One man may say, “Do you see how cloudy it is in the east? It’s going to rain tomorrow.” Another man will say, “No, it’s going to be fine tomorrow.”
People often look for the weather they want. When a farmer needs water, he looks for something to tell him it’s going to rain, and he doesn’t look for anything else. When friends have a picnic, they hope the weather is going to be fine and they can sit eating their lunch under the blue sky.
Almost everyone listens to what the weatherman says. But he doesn’t always tell us what we want, and sometimes he makes a mistake. Still, he is right most of the time.
【小题1】People often begin their talk by ______.

A．saying hello to each other	B．Drinking tea
C．Looking for good weather	D．saying something about the weather

【小题2】People sometimes have different ideas about ______.

A．what the weather is going to be like	B．what we should do about the weather
C．how to begin a talk	D．how to have fine weather

【小题3】 ______, they always hope the weather is going to be fine.

A．When people talk about weather	B．When people stay at home
C．When the farmers need water	D．When people have a picnic

【小题4】According to the passage, which is NOT RIGHT?

A．Almost everyone listens to what the weatherman says.

B．People often look for the weather they want.

C．The weatherman never makes a mistake.

D．Many people begin their talks by talking about the weather.

【小题5】What is the best title for the passage?

A．Weather Report	B．Story About a Weatherman
C．About Weather	D．How to Begin a Talk

Tea, coffee and cocoa are three major drinks all over the world. Tea is drunk by the largest number of people in the world. Tea, as well as silk and porcelain, began to be known by the world over a thousand years ago and has been an important Chinese export since then.
Tea has a history of over 4 , 000 years and China is the home of tea. In ancient China, tea was used as a kind of medicine, while nowadays people drink tea daily.
Longjing, Pu'er, Wulong and Tieguanyin are all famous tea. Thanks to the mild climate and rich soil in Fujian, Zhejiang and Yunnan, tea is produced mainly in these provinces.
The word for tea in different languages came from Chinese, like "cha'i" in Russian. And the Japanese character for tea is written exactly the same as it is in Chinese.
Over the past centuries, Chinese people have developed their unique tea culture, which includes tea planting, tea-leaf picking, tea making, tea drinking and so on. Tea is also popular in some sayings, like "A friendship between gentlemen is like a cup of tea." In dances, songs, poems and novels, tea is often mentioned. loo.
根据短文内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳答案。(10分)
【小题1】 How many drinks are mentioned in this passage?

A．Three.

B．Four.

C．Five.

D．Six.

【小题2】Tea is produced mainly in Fujian, Zhejiang and Yunnan because__________.

A．they are all big provinces

B．they are all close to the sea

C．there are quite a lot of mountains there

D．the climate ia mild and the soil is rich there

【小题3】The underlined sentence “ A friendship between gentlemen is like a cup of tea. " in the last paragraph means_________.

A．一个朋友就是一杯茶

B．君子之交淡如水

C．看到朋友就会想起茶

D．绅士才能够喝茶

【小题4】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Tea, cocoa and silk are important Chinese exports.

B．Tea has more than 1, 000 years of history.

C．Japan is the home of tea.

D．In ancient China, people used tea as a kind of medicine.

【小题5】Which is the best title for the passage?

A．China's Tea Culture	B．A Saying of Tea
C．Drinks in the World	D．Tea and Coffee

Coffee has been a part of people’s lives for thousands of years, and today it is still one of the favorite drinks in the world. Many people in the world begin their busy day by drinking a cup of or several cups of coffee. They have always said that a cup of coffee in the morning helps them begin their day in the right way. So they say a cup of coffee is necessary for them in the morning.
Do you know what in the coffee makes our bodies and brains(大脑) active? It is caffeine(咖啡因). Caffeine may increase a person’s mental and physical abilities(精力和体能). For example, two cups of coffee will make you breathe faster and augmentbody heat. All this makes you heart beat faster, and doctors warn that this may be a little dangerous.
Caffeine is found in tea, coffee, chocolate and some other foods. A little caffeine is probably not harmful. But much caffeine can make people nervous and sleepless.
【小题1】A good title for this passage is              .

A．Coffee Is Harmful

B．Coffee and Tea

C．Caffeine and Health

D．Caffeine Is Useful

【小题2】 The word “augment “ means               .

A．increase

B．drink

C．stop

D．drop

【小题3】 From this passage, we may know that drinking a cup of coffee late at night might             .

A．give you a headache

B．make you fall sleep

C．keep you awake

D．be dangerous

【小题4】Caffeine is found in             .

A．tea and water

B．fish and meat

C．coffee and jam

D．coffee, tea and some other foods