Joe wanted a computer. He asked his 1.  for the money and they said he must get it himself. But how did he get it? He  2. about this when he walked home. Not many people wanted to ask children to work for them. Maybe he could take away snow for the neighbours. But this was not 3. . He had to wait a long time for that. He couldn't cut grass for their gardens  4.he had no tools to do the work with.

Then he saw one of his classmates, Dick, delivering  5. . I could do that, he thought. Maybe I could  6.  get the computer right away I could pay  7. it a little each week. He ran to Dick. Joe  8. him a lot of questions. He learned that it was 9.to get twenty-five dollars each week. He learned that the job took  10. three hours  each night. Dick 11. him the phone number of the newspaper manager

Joe almost flew home. After he had told his mother  12. he thought, she  13. . "I think it

is a  14. idea, " she said, "I'll call the newspaper...."

"What, Mum," Joe said, "I'll call." After that, I'm going to be a businessman now.

Joe's mother smiled  15. .

16.               A．teachers        B．parents         C．classmates D．friends

 

17.               A．said           B．told           C．thought   D．spoke

 

18.               A．spring          B．summer        C．autumn   D．winter

 

19.               A．because        B．when          C．while D．after

 

20.               A．newspapers     B．bikes          C．computers D．cars

 

21.A still         B. even          C. yet               D. never

22.               A．on            B．to             C．of    D．for

 

23.               A．answered       B．asked          C．wrote D．read

 

24.               A．friendly        B．kind           C．possible   D．wrong

 

25.               A．at             B．about          C．before    D．after

 

26.               A．taught         B．gave           C．made D．asked

 

27.               A．that           B．when          C．what  D．where

 

28.               A．smiled         B．shouted        C．cried D．worried

 

29.               A．big            B．large           C．great D．bad

 

30.               A．sadly          B．happily         C．politely    D．angrily

 

 

Last July, my 12-year-old car died on California's Santa Freeway. It was an hour before sunset, and I was 25 miles from home. I couldn't reach anyone to pick me up, so I decided to take a bus. Not knowing the routes, I thought I'd just go east.

A bus stopped. I got on and asked the driver how far she was going, "Ten more miles," she said. There was another bus I could take from there. This clearly was going to be a long night.

I got off at the end of the route and she told me which bus to look for. After waiting 30 minutes, I began to think about a very expensive taxi ride home. Then a bus came up. There was no lighted number above its windshield. It was out of service, but the door opened. It was the same driver.

“I just can't leave you here,” she said. “This isn't the nicest place. I will give you a ride home.”

“You will drive me home on the bus?" I asked, astonished.

“No, I will take you in my car,” she said.

“It's a long way," I insisted.

“Come on, ” she said. “I have nothing else to do.”

As we drove from the station in the car, she began telling me a story, A few days earlier, her brother had run out of gas. A good man picked him up, took him to a service station and then back to his car. “I'm just passing the favor(善意的行为) along,” she said.

When I offered her money as a thank-you, she wouldn't accept. “Just do something nice for somebody. Pass it along," she said.

1.There was something wrong with the writer's car ______.

A．late at night                            B．early in the morning

C．an hour before sunset                    D．thirty minutes after sunset

2.The writer changed his mind after waiting 30 minutes because ______.

A．he became impatient and a bit worried

B．a taxi ride would be more comfortable

C．he knew the driver would never return

D．the bus driver had given him wrong information

3.The bus driver drove the writer home later because ______.

A．her brother had told her to do so

B．she wanted to earn more money

C．she happened to go in the same direction

D．she wanted to do something good for others

4.The underlined word "astonished" in the passage probably means      .

A．surprised         B．grateful           C．happy            D．angry

5.The bus driver hoped that the writer       .

A．would drive someone home

B．would help someone in need

C．would keep her in memory

D．would give the money to others

 

Mr Clarke works in a middle school. He likes reading and often __1.__ some books from the library. He __2.__ to the radio every morning and reading __3.__ after supper. So he knows much and teaches well.His __4.__ worship(崇拜) him very much. Mike, Mr Clarke’s little son, is only nine. He __5.___ likes reading books. And he often asks his father some questions. Mr Clarke always thinks he's too __6.__ to understand him and chooses __7.__ ones to answer. Of course the boy is not satisfied with(对…满意) it. One day Mike read __8.__ about the electric lights (电灯) and was __9.__it. When his father told him to do some housework, he went on thinking of it. He asked him __10.__ questions, and his father answered all. Then his father said proudly, "Fathers always know __11.__than sons!" The boy thought for a while and said, __12.__" "Oh? Why?" Mike didn’t answer and asked, __13.__, "Who invented the electric lights?" __14.__ "answered Mr Clarke. "Why didn't his father invent them, then?" Looking at his son, Mr Clarke didn't know __15.___ to answer! 

16.               A．finds           B．sells           C．buys  D．borrows

 

17.               A．hears          B．listens          C．says  D．reads

 

18.               A．newspapers     B．letters         C．stories    D．messages

 

19.               A．teachers        B．parents         C．students   D．classmates

 

20.               A．also           B．never          C．even D．only

 

21.               A．old            B．young          C．clever D．able

 

22.               A．more difficult    B．the most difficult C．easy  D．the easiest

 

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

 

24.               A．worried about   B．interested in     C．afraid of   D．angry with

 

25.               A．few           B．little           C．a few D．a little

 

26.               A．more          B．most           C．less  D．least

 

27.               A．I think so       B．I don’t know    C．I agree    D．I don’t think so

 

28.               A．instead         B．carefully        C．quickly    D．brightly

 

29.               A．Thomas Brown   B．Allan Smith      C．Thomas Edison  D．Ron Jenkins

 

30.               A．when          B．what           C．where D．which

 

 

请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案。

“I don’t like my parents. They __21 _ tell me I should do this, and I should not do that. It sometimes makes me angry.” Said Hang Hua, a middle school student in Nanjing. Do you have the same _ 22__? Why does it seem that some parents are so __23__ in their children’s eyes?

Since you were born, your parents have worried about everything about you. They __24__ about your choice of friends, the food you eat, your work at school, __25__ sleep you get, etc. All these things are part of your life. They want you to grow up __26__ and happily.

So how can you __27__ things easier on yourself? It’s easier __28__ you think. Just let your parents know what you’re doing. Get them to know your friends. Call them if you stay somewhere else __29__ than usual. Say __30__ to them when you are wrong. Take responsibility(责任) for what you have done. Talk about your ideas with them. They may talk about __31__ with you. Most of all, try __32__ them. They are still __33__ being parents and need your help, too. Someday, when you become a parent, they may give you __34__ on how to get on with your __35__.

(    )21.	A. never	B. hardly	C. always	D. sometimes
(    )22.	A. result	B. habit	C. way	D. problem
(    )23.	A. happy	B. friendly	C. beautiful	D. serious
(    )24.	A. worry	B. talk	C. think	D. hear
(    )25.	A. how much	B. how many	C. how long	D. how many hours
(    )26	A. quickly	B. healthily	C. slowly	D. early
(    )27.	A. stay	B. believe	C. look after	D. make
(    )28.	A. as	B. till	C. than	D. when
(    )29.	A. earlier	B. later	C. shorter	D. sooner
(    )30.	A. hello	B. no	C. sorry	D. yes
(    )31.	A. theirs	B. them	C. themselves	D. their
(    )32.	A. to understand	B. to leave	C. to care	D. to forget
(    )33.	A. practice	B. practicing	C. plan	D. planning
(    )34.	A. medicine	B. rest	C. vacation	D. advice
(    )35.	A. friends	B. parents	C. children	D. teachers

   

Returning from a trip overseas, I felt that something was wrong between Keith, one of my two sons, and me. So I asked him, “Keith, have I done anything that really __21__your feeling?”

Immediately, he said, “Yes. Last Christmas you promised us a special    22    that I really wanted but you never gave it to me.”

The    23   was that I’d completely forgotten about it. I   24     , “Is there anything else I’ve done wrong, but didn’t apologized for?”

Again, his   25    was immediate, “Remember last Christmas when Mom said you had to go to the  26    because Stephen was going to be born? You left us at home and  27        in a hurry. Remember?”

“Well, you left and forgot the suitcase.” I couldn’t believe he  28     all the details! “After you came back from the hospital you were  29    . When you got home, the suitcase had been opened and everything had been thrown all over the place, and you   30   me.”

“And you didn’t do it?” I asked.

“No, I didn’t . I was just searching for my gift.”

My heart sank. I felt  31    . I hugged Keith and asked him to  32     me. His Honesty made me think of our other son, Kevin. Maybe I’d hurt his feelings, too. I went to ask him the same question. Kevin’s answer was as immediate as his  33    , “Last Christmas you promised us a special toy, but you forgot about it.”

Though Christmas had passed, I took my two sons to the store that day and bought them what I had promised. The  34    thing wasn’t the toy. The problem was I’d made a promise too  35     and didn’t keep it as their father.

21.A．showed             B．hurt             C．attended          D．expressed

22.A．candy              B．book             C．picture            D．toy

23.A．challenge          B．message        C．idea               D．fact

24.A．complained       B．apologized     C．continued        D. explained

25.A．suggestion         B．answer          C．memory           D．blame

26.A．hospital           B．church           C．school            D．garden

27.A．settled down      B．went on        C．set off            D．got up

28.A．knew               B．imagined       C．discovered       D．remembered

29.A．angry              B．worried          C．happy            D．satisfied

30.A．praised             B．punished       C．helped            D．educated

31.A．terrible             B．hopeless         C．inspired         D．encouraged

32.A．support            B．criticize         C．suspect           D．forgive

33.A．mother            B．brother           C．sister             D．father

34.A．strange            B．interesting      C．important        D．difficult

35.A．lightly             B．rudely            C．equally           D．truly