The little boy entered the house unhappily. His mother was  1 cakes in the kitchen. She smiled as she  2 ,but stopped when she saw his face.“Tyler,  3 happened? Is everything okay?”

“Nothing is okay,Mom,” said the boy.” Today, in our science lesson, Mrs Green talked about the 4 .The whole world is getting dirtier and many animals and plants are dying, She wants us to think of something we can do to help. I thought all the way home, but there is  5 I can do to make a difference.”

“Let me tell you a  6 ,”the mother said after thinking  for a while .“ One morning a man was walking down a beach, there he saw thousands of dying starfish（海星） covering the beach, they were pushed up by the   7 . and it was too far for them to make their way back by  8 . The man shook his head as he walked along,“What a pity!So many starfish will die on the beach.” The man felt very  9 for those starfish . He went on walking and just at that time he was  10 to find a boy in front who was throwing the starfish back into the sea as  11 as he could. “How silly you are! My  12 ,” the man said.“There are so many starfish, and can you throw all of them back?” The boy didn’t stop but kept throwing. “  13 I can’t help them all, I can make a difference to this one, and this one, and this one,”said the boy.“Thinking for a moment, the man  14 to help return the starfish to their home. He smiled and said to himself, “Sometimes the biggest lesson in life comes from the   15 person.”

1.                A．drinking        B．making         C．selling    D．washing

2.                A．turned around   B．turned down     C．turned on D．turned off

3.                A．what           B．when          C．where    D．why

4.                A．air            B．land           C．water    D．environment

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

6.                A．lie             B．joke           C．story D．way

7.                A．wind           B．rain            C．waves    D．sands

8.                A．himself         B．itself           C．ourselves D．themselves

9.                A．tired           B．sorry           C．happy    D．excited

10.               A．afraid          B．surprised       C．sad   D．angry

11.               A．slow           B．fast            C．soon  D．high

12.               A．father          B．mother         C．son   D．daughter

13.               A．Or            B．So             C．Because   D．Though

14.               A．began          B．continued       C．forgot D．waited

15.               A．shortest        B．tallest          C．smallest   D．biggest

You had better _____ because you have to drive back home.

A. not drinking　　 B. not drink　　 C. don’t drink　　 D. not to drink

Michael Jordon is the greatest basketball player of all time. Once he was making a television advertisement, all he needed to do was to miss a shot.

For Michael, this was difficult. He had conditioned(定位) himself to succeed whenever he was throwing the ball. Every time he threw a basketball, it went in. Every time he tried to miss a shot, he couldn’t. In total, it took him over 20 attempts (尝试) before he missed a shot.

For Michael, success is a strong habit. It took him a lot of time to break it. Just like drinking, smoking and collecting things, success is also a habit. Once it is formed, it is difficult to break. Many people think that success is difficult to keep. They feel that it will be hard work and will need too much action and focus. The truth is that it is simply a habit, and as easy to keep as any other habit.

Spend some time making success a habit in your life. Once you have developed it, it is not something you want to change again.

1.In the advertisement Michael Jordon needed to ______________.

A．miss a shot        B．throw the basketball in                   C．keep his habit   D．develop his skills

2.The writer used the example of Michael Jordon to tell us ________.

A．he is the best basketball player of all time     B．he had worked very hard to be successful

C．success is a strong habit                  D．success is a habit that is not difficult to break

3.Which of the following is not the habit mentioned in the passage?

A．drinking          B．smoking           C．collecting things    D．working hard

4.If you want to succeed , you must____________.

A．miss the shot                           B．make success a habit

C．keep throwing                          D．make an advertisement

The little boy entered the house unhappily. His mother was 31   cakes in the kitchen. She smiled as she 32   but stopped when she saw his face. “Tyler, 33  happened? Is everything okay?”

“Nothing is okay, mom.” said the boy, “Today, in our science lesson, Mrs Green was talking about the 34 . She said that the whole world is getting dirtier and that many animals and plants are dying. She wants us to think of something we can do to help. I thought all the way, but there is 35  I can do to make a difference.”

“Let me tell you 36 .” the mother said after thinking for a while. “One morning a man was walking down a beach, there he saw thousands of dying starfish covering the beach, they were pushed up by the 37 , and it was too far up for them to make their way back by 38 . The man shook his head as he walked along, ‘What a pity! So many starfish will die on the beach.’ The man felt very sorry 39  those starfish. He went on walking and just at that time he was 40 to find a boy in front who was throwing the starfish back into the sea as 41 as he could, ‘how silly you are! My 42 ,’ the man said, ‘There are so many starfish, can you throw all of them back?’ The boy didn’t stop but kept throwing, ’43 I can’t help them all. I can make a difference to this one, and this one, and this one, and this one.”

“Thinking for a moment, the man 44  to help return the starfish to their home. He smiled and said to himself, ‘Sometimes the biggest lesson in life comes from the 45  person.

9.A of             B. for              C. from             D. forward

15.A shortest             B. tallest          C. smallest         D. biggest

Water, it’s a problem for the whole world. A bottle (瓶) of water may not seem like much to us,   1  it can help the people who live in drought-hit (遭受旱灾的) areas in China.

In the past few months, many places in southwest China have  2  a serious drought. There has been very little  3  since last autumn. More than 20 million people are   4  trouble finding safe drinking water.

After learning about the drought, many people around the country helped by   5   away water, money and other resources (资源) to the people there.

Last week, the Young Pioneers and the Communist Youth League in China called on (号召) each student to give one bottle of water to the drought-hit area. In Xi’an, 900 students bought over 100 bottles of water  6  their pocket money. They also wrote their   7  on the bottles. “I hope you get more rain there. I hope you are happy.”

A bottle of water isn’t much, but thousands of bottles will be very   8 . The serious drought has also made students   9  the importance of saving water. One student said, “I have decided to take a shower twice a week   10  every day to save water.”

1.                A．unless          B．and            C．but  D．because

2.                A．bought         B．experienced     C．studied   D．missed

3.                A．rain           B．wind           C．snow D．sunshine

4.                A．causing         B．making         C．having    D．bringing

5.                A．drinking        B．giving          C．getting   D．collecting

6.                A．by             B．in             C．for  D．with

7.                A．plans          B．notes          C．wishes    D．dates

8.                A．relaxing        B．beautiful        C．boring    D．helpful

9.                A．think           B．realize          C．miss D．regard

10.               A．instead         B．instead of       C．except    D．because of