What would you do if a stranger gave you some medicine and said it would keep you slim or help you do well in exams? Would you take it?
Students at Shenzhen Luohu Foreign Language Middle School have learned to keep themselves safe by saying “no”. In fact, what those strangers want to give them are drugs（毒品）. Drugs are dangerous to your health!
“Because teens don’t know much about drugs, they might want to try them.” said Zhang Dongsheng, the director of Shenzhen Drug Control Office.
Now, many schools arrange（安排）courses or organize some activities to help students know about drugs.
Liang, 16, was a good student before trying drugs. One day, some old friends told him it would be fun. After taking drugs only once, he found it very hard to stop. Liang began to spend all his time and money on drugs. Soon, he stopped going to school and started stealing（偷窃）. In the end, he was put in prison.
In China, taking drugs is becoming a big problem for teens. According to a survey, about one million people in China were using illegal（违法）drugs last year, and 72% of them were young people. Worse still, there are about 10,000 drug users under 16 now.
Zhang has some good advice on staying clean. He said, “Drugs are dangerous. Never try them, even if you’re curious! It is the most important for you to keep safe and healthy.”
【小题1】 Which statement is right about drugs?

A．Drugs do harm to your health.	B．Drugs help you do well in exams.
C．Drugs keep you slim and lovely.	D．Drugs make you stay well.

【小题2】 According to this passage, many schools arrange courses or some activities to __________ now.

A．know more about cigarettes	B．relax
C．know about drugs	D．learn some Chinese culture

【小题3】 Teens want to try drugs because __________.

A．they are 18 years old	B．they are curious about drugs
C．they have enough money	D．they know about the harm of drugs

【小题4】 From Liang’s story, we can know that it is not __________ to give up drugs even if one tries only once.

A．easy

B．hard

C．foolish

D．possible

【小题5】What does the phrase staying clean here mean?

A．Being clean and tidy.	B．Keeping clothes clean.
C．Wearing clean clothes.	D．Staying away from drugs.

Jeff Keith has only one leg. When he was 12 years old, Jeff had cancer(癌症). Doctors had to cut off most of his right leg.

Every day Jeff puts on an artificial leg(假腿). With the plastic artificial leg Jeff can ride a bicycle, swim, and play soccer. He can also run.

Jeff made a plan with his friends who had plastic legs, too. They decided to run across America.

When he was 22 years old, Jeff Keith ran across the United States from the east to the west. He started running in Boston. Seven months later, he stopped running in Los Angeles. He ran 3,200 miles. Jeff stopped in cities on the way to Los Angeles. In every city people gave Jeff money. The money was not for Jeff, but for the American Cancer Society.

Jeff is disabled, but he can do many things. He is studying to be a lawyer(律师). Jeff says, “People can do anything they want to do. I want people to know that. I ran not only for disabled people. I ran for everybody.”

1. Jeff’s right leg was cut off because he had_______.

A．TB（肺结核）	B．an accident
C．cancer	D．a serious injury

2. From the passage we know that Boston is _______.

A．in the west	B．half between the east and west
C．near Los Angeles	D．in the east

3. It took Jeff _______ to run from Boston to Los Angeles.

A．about four and a half months

B．over two hundred days

C．almost twenty-five weeks

D．less than half a year

4. The underlined word “disabled” means _______.

A．优秀的	B．劳累的
C．残疾的	D．无能为力的

5. The fifth passage tells us that _______.

A．people should give him more money

B．people can do anything they want to do

C．some disabled men will become lawyers

D．disabled people also can run

 

Once there was a piano player in a bar(酒吧). People came just to hear him play. But one night, a lady asked him to sing a song.
‘I don’t sing,’ said the man.
But the lady told the waiter, ‘I’m tired of listening to the piano. I want the player to sing!’
The waiter shouted across the room, ‘Hey, friend! If you want to get your money, sing a song!’
So he did. He had never sung in public before. Now he was singing for the very first time! Nobody had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung so beautifully!
He had talent(天赋) he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar. But once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working hard and became one of the best-known singers in the US. His name was Nat King Cole.
You, too, have skills and abilities. You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be better than you think. With hard work, most skills can be improved. Besides, you may have no success at all if you just sit on your talent.
【小题1】The lady asked the player to sing a song because ______________.

A．she had paid him for this	B．she knew him very well
C．she wanted to have a change	D．she enjoyed his singing

【小题2】 Nat King Cole succeeded because ______________.

A．the lady helped him a lot	B．he caught the chance
C．he continued to play in the bar	D．he stopped playing the piano

【小题3】From the story we know if you have some talent, you should ______________.

A．hide it and wait	B．ask others for help
C．pay no attention to it	D．work hard to improve yourself

John loved basketball. One day, as he was walking to a basketball game, he dreamed about playing basketball for the college team the next year. Suddenly a car hit him and he was thrown three meters  36    .
John woke up in a hospital room. When the doctor told him that both his legs were broken, he knew his college basketball   37    was over. John did what the doctors told him. but it  38   . When he left the hospital, John was sent to a rehab center(康复中心).
A week   39   he arrived there, he met Sunny Chen. Sunny used to be a coach(教练). His legs were badly hurt in a skating accident.
Though he couldn't move his legs, Sunny became the coach of a basketball team called the Suns. It was an on-wheelchair basketball team, because 40 on the team played from a wheelchair(轮椅). Sunny invited John to   41   the game. John played badly, but for the   42 time since the accident. he stopped feeling sorry for himself.
After becoming a part of the Suns. John improved quickly. Basketball was like medicine for him. John was much   43  than before. When John became unhappy, Sunny was there to comfort him. The day before John  44   the center, he had dinner with Sunny. He asked Sunny how he could be so happy even with his broken legs.
Sunny   45   and said, "It's really quite easy. When you keep your face to the sun. the shadows will fall behind."

【小题1】

A．away B．from C．out D．in

【小题2】

A．game B．dream C．team D．coach

【小题3】

A．worked B．affected C．didn't work D．didn't affect

【小题4】

A．until B．when C．before D．after

【小题5】

A．somebody B．anybody C．everybody D．nobody

【小题6】

A．join B．show C．study D．watch

【小题7】

A．next B．last C．first D．early

【小题8】

A．worse B．better C．busier D．smarter

【小题9】

A．arrived B．got to C．went to D．left

【小题10】

A．smiled B．shouted C．cried D．turned

My name is Lily. My father is a teacher. His students love him a lot because he is funny. I love him, too, but I think he can be “foolish”  41 .
Once we moved into a new house and had to go shopping to buy new chairs and lights. In the supermarket, I’m interested   42  some of the beautiful lights with good qualities and made my father buy them.
When we got home, my father began to work out how much money we had   43  that day. Suddenly, he stopped. “Something’s wrong.” he said. “I’ve got 30 yuan   44  than I should!”“That’s great,” I said. “You can buy me that   45  book I want.”
Father said nothing. Instead, he counted（数） how much money he had again and again.
“The salesgirl must have made a mistake. We   46  go back to the shop,” he said.
“Do you have to go back?” I asked. “Nobody will know we   47  too much change(找零). It would be foolish to go back.”
“It wouldn’t be ‘foolish’.” my father said angrily. “It’s called being   48  .” At that moment, I looked into his eyes and knew he was right.
The salesgirl was surprised to see us in the shop again. But   49  we gave her the money, she thanked us a lot.
On my way home, my father stopped me   50  smiled. “Do you still want that cartoon book?” he asked. I looked at my “foolish” father and answered loudly, “Father, you are the greatest!”

【小题1】

A．sometimes B．often C．always D．never

【小题2】

A．with B．on C．in D．to

【小题3】

A．took B．lost C．cost D．spent

【小题4】

A．much B．more C．less D．some

【小题5】

A．story B．cartoon C．music D．magic

【小题6】

A．may B．can C．should D．need

【小题7】

A．gave B．have given C．is given D．were given

【小题8】

A．clever B．honest C．selfish D．cool

【小题9】

A．how B．why C．when D．where

【小题10】

A．and B．but C．or D．so