Save the Game

　 The basketball final between Perfect School and Sunrise School has entered white-hot stage. There are only fifteen seconds left. Sunrise School is one point ahead. Mitchell, who is one of the best players of Perfect School, is now controlling the ball. The students are extremely excited. They cannot help standing up and shouting, “Go! Mitchell!”Other teammates also encourage Mitchell, “Take a shot, boy!”

　 Mitchell knows it will be the last shot. He hesitates (犹豫) and falls into careful thinking. He imagines that he shoots from the halfway line. The hall turns quiet. All eyes follow the track of the basketball. It jumps round the ring over and over again and finally rolls out of the court. The world turns noisy. Mitchell sees his coach lower his head, his teammates kneel down and his fans cry. It gives him so much pain. It is the last match for his coach before retiring. All the teammates practiced hard and hoped to give their coach a perfect ending. But now, the bubble bursts (破裂).

　 “Is that what you want?” Mitchell asks himself.“Certainly not. But how can I change the situation? Teamwork!”Mitchell returns to reality from his thinking. He does not have a shot by himself but surprisingly passes the basketball to his teammate, Jack, who is standing near the basket. Jack catches the basketball and quickly scores a two-point shot. There goes the whistle at the same time. Perfect School finally wins the game.

50. When there are only fifteen seconds left, ______.

A. the students are surprised

B. Mitchell’s coach is shouting

C. Sunrise team is one point ahead

D. Perfect team is two points ahead

51. How does Mitchell help his team win the game?

A. He tries to stand near the basket.

B. He passes the basketball to Jack.

C. He shoots from the halfway line.

D. He quickly scores a two-point shot.

52. What can we learn from the story?

A. Teamwork helps win the game.

B. Jack is the most popular player.

C. The coach will retire next year.

D. The hall turns quiet after the final shot.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

阅读下面对话，从方框内7个选项中选择5个恰当的句子完成此对话。

A. I’ll take them. B. Can you go to other shops? C. I feel sorry about it. D. May I have a look at other another pair? E. How much are they? F. I’d like a pair of shoes for my daughter. G. She likes white and black.

A: What can I do for you?

B:     1   ?

A: For your daughter? Look, the shoes are really nice. Do you like them?

B: Yes. But I’m afraid my daughter doesn’t like the color.    2   ?

A: Sure. There are different kinds of shoes over there. What color does she love?

B:   3    And black is her favorite color.

A: What size of shoes does she wear?

Angela: Size 9. Let me see. Um, this pair of shoes must fit her.    4   ?

A: They are not expensive, Only 199 Yuan.

B: That would be OK.    5   . Here is the money.

A: Thank you very much.

B: That’s all right.

 

阅读下面对话，从方框内7个选项中选择5个恰当的句子完成此对话。

A. I’ll take them. B. Can you go to other shops? C. I feel sorry about it. D. May I have a look at other another pair? E. How much are they? F. I’d like a pair of shoes for my daughter. G. She likes white and black.

A: What can I do for you?
B:     1    ?
A: For your daughter? Look, the shoes are really nice. Do you like them?
B: Yes. But I’m afraid my daughter doesn’t like the color.    2    ?
A: Sure. There are different kinds of shoes over there. What color does she love?
B:   3    And black is her favorite color.
A: What size of shoes does she wear?
Angela: Size 9. Let me see. Um, this pair of shoes must fit her.    4    ?
A: They are not expensive, Only 199 Yuan.
B: That would be OK.    5    . Here is the money.
A: Thank you very much.
B: That’s all right.

 

Think back to a time in your life when you tried something new.

When I was a teenager I volunteered to pass out water at a local race. I was so excited to see all the different runners who passed by and quickly took a cup of water. Some ran past，some walked past and a few wheeled past.

I saw so many types of people doing it. I thought maybe I could do it too! The next year I decided to run for the race，but I had little running practice. I just wanted to finish.

On the day of the race，it was terribly hot. After running for about 5 miles，I was thinking，“I must be crazy. Why did I do this? What was I thinking？” And at one moment，I said to myself，“I am never doing this again！”

That first 10 km race was quite an experience. I jogged (慢跑)，I walked，I jogged and walked. At times，I didn’t know if I could finish.

Near the end，a 70­year­old man ran past me，very fast，and I felt a little embarrassed (尴尬的) that I was more than 50 years younger than he and I couldn’t even keep up with him. But then I realized something. He was running his race and I was running mine. How often in life do we compare(比较) ourselves to others when we really shouldn’t? I decided that I would not give up on running races，and that one day I would be one of those 70­year­olds who were still running.

As I crossed the finishing line，I was proud of myself. I didn’t regret (后悔) having such an experience.

1.What did the writer do at a local race as a volunteer?

A. He helped old runners.            

B. He cheered up the runners.

C. He passed out water to the runners.  

D. He took back the cups from the runners.

2.Why did the writer join the race?

A. He just wanted to experience.        B. He was crazy about running.

C. He had practiced running very hard.   D. He wanted very much to win a prize.

3.How did the writer’s feeling change after running about 5 miles?

①He regretted.

②He encouraged himself.

③He felt a little embarrassed.

A. ①—②—③       B. ②—①—③       C. ①—③—②     D. ②—③—①

4. What is the best title (标题) of the passage?

A. To be No.1.                         B. Let’s compare.

C. A volunteering job.                 D. Running your own race.

 

Dogs are friends of man. They work for us. They hunt with us. They also play with us. But a long time ago, all over the world, dogs were wild. Dogs can go back to the Stone Age. All dogs had the same ancestor (祖先). It is believed that this ancestor was much like a wolf. Other animals, like fox, also came from this ancestor. Thousands of years ago, man began to tame (使驯服) the wild dogs. When the dogs were tamed, they were trained well. The strong dogs then became working animals. They were trained to pull heavy loads (担子). They learned to keep watching over sheep and other animals. Working dogs could do other things, too. Some dogs were not strong. But they could help man hunt. Other dogs were best at pets. At first, there were only a few kinds of dogs. Today, there are more than 100 kinds.

1.The word “wild” in the first paragraph means ___.

A. 温顺的       B. 野生的       C. 凶残的       D. 善良的

2.Dogs can go back to the Stone Age. Here “go back” means ___.

A. 追溯到       B. 回来         C. 违背         D. 返回去

3.From this passage, we know that ___.

A. all the animals have the same ancestor  

B. all dogs are as wild as they were many years ago

C. man has helped change dogs

D. animals never change

4.What jobs can dogs do?

A. Keep watching over sheep.    B. Hunt with man.

C. Pull heavy loads.            D. All the above.

5.The main idea of the whole story is that ___.

A. man and dogs have the same ancestor

B. all animals are too wild to be man’s friends

C. dogs and man have been friends for a long time

D. people like to keep foxes as pets because they are tamer