When I was twelve years old, my family were the first black people to move into an all white part of Grand Rapids, Michigan． Many of our new neighbors weren’t very welcoming．Some of them said angrily that we should return to where we came from．The children sometimes threw stones at me or drove me home from school．

Most of my teachers simply took no notice of me, but not Dorothy Bean, my history teacher．Miss Bean was angry at how badly I was being treated, but she didn’t say this to me．Miss Bean showed her respect for me by teaching me just like anyone else．Instead of being unnoticed, I was given a chance to show that I was clever．Miss Bean was the first teacher who ever made me think for myself．She always wanted to know what I thought about difficult questions．Was Thomas Jefferson right to buy Louisiana from France? Why? She expected me to have my own idea．Miss Bean was teaching me that thinking for oneself was the real key to education．

One day, when I was not paying attention in class, Miss Bean suddenly threw an eraser at me．The eraser hit me right on the hand and sent my pencil flying．The whole class were very surprised at first, then started laughing．This event became famous in the school and, because it happened to me, the students wanted to get to know me．So that’s the story of how Dorothy Bean made me her target（靶子）, and how I became just another kid in school．

1． The author and his family were not welcomed by the local people because ________．

A． they returned from another country            B． they had different skin colour

C． they spoke a different language                   D． they moved to a wrong place

2． From the end of the first paragraph we know that ________．

A． children are more friendly to strangers

B． American schools are not safe for kids

C． children often follow their parents’ behavior

D． fighting each other is part of children’s nature

3． At school most of his teachers ______ the author．

A． were cold to    B． didn’t notice     C． threw things at   D． got angry with

4． Miss Bean respected the author by ________．

A． giving him chances to answer questions      B． hitting him with a eraser

C． giving him extra lessons                             D． treating him as one of her students

5． To Miss Bean the most important thing for a student is to ________．

A． pay close attention to what the teacher says

B． learn to think and have one’s own idea

C． keep silent and unnoticed in class

D． get special attention from the teacher

根据短文内容，从A到F中选择相应的中心词。（方框中有一个选项是多余的）

A．Communicating       B．Sleeping           C．Relaxing D．Eating                    E．Working           F．Shopping

A Day in Your Future Life

People used to know more or less how their children would live. Now things are always changing and we don’t even know what our own lives will be like in a few years. Let’s see what scientists tell us about the future.

1．You go to the kitchen when you get home. The foods are prepared and sent to you. You ordered them by computer an hour ago. You said for them through bank cards before they arrived. Nobody uses cash（现金） any more.

2．What’s for lunch? In the old days, you used to go to a fast food restaurant to get a hamburger and some coke. Now you use your special machine to find out which foods your body needs. Your food-machine makes you what you need.

3．After lunch, you go down the hall to your home office. Here you have everything you need to do your work, You never have to go out to work anymore.

4．Your information screen says that you’re received a message from a friend in America. Your computer can turn English into Chinese. Your friend’s face appears on the screen, and the Chinese words appear at the bottom.

5．You finish working and go back to your living room. You turn on the TV and look through the list of new movies. It’s a like having a video store in your home. How about a movie tonight?

在下面对话的空格内填上一个适当的词，使对话意思完整，语句正确。

 （A）

A：Mum, I shall not have lunch at home today.

B：Why not, Linda?

A：I want to go to the pet（宠物） shops at noon with my classmates. Most of the students in our class have their own pets. Mum, as you know, I 1    got a pet yet.

B：What 2    of pet do you want to have?

A：A dog 3    a cat. I haven't decided yet.

B：You'd better not keep a dog in our flat. It would make much noise．And a dog has to go out every day, and there isn't a 4    near our building．And the dog food is expensive.

A：Then I'll have a cat．Cats are cheaper than dogs, and they are quiet, too.

B：Yes, cats are easier to5    

（B）

A：Huang Hai, why do you look so tired and worried today?

B：I got up very early this morning as my family has moved to a new building. The new flat（套间） is much 6   than the old one.

A：Congratulations!  You've moved to a new flat!

B：Thanks．But it's about ten kilometres from my new house to the school. It takes me a longer time to go to school. The population of Guangzhou is 7    very fast, you see．But there is not enough space for us to build new buildings in the city centre. Most of the new buildings have to be built in the places 8  away from the city centre.

A：I quite 9  with you．And people spend more money and more time on their way to work.

B：What's more, the traffic will be heavier and the air will be 10   because there are more and more buses and cars. So the population problem may be one of the serious problems of the world today.

（C）

A：Huang Xumei, I'm  glad you can come  for our Thanksgiving（感恩节） dinner.

B：Thanks for  11    me, Helen. Why do you call it dinner when we are eating at noon?

A：Because it's a big  12  . We call it dinner when we have a lot to eat.

B：Is that a chicken? It's so big!

A：No, it's a turkey（火鸡）. It's 13    bigger than a chicken.

B：Why do Americans and Canadians celebrate （庆祝）Thanksgiving?

A：It's  14   your  Mid-autumn Festival.  In China, families get together and enjoy looking at the bright, round 15   In America and Canada, families get together to celebrate the harvest（收获）.

B：So we each have an autumn festival. Something is the same in China, America and Canada．

阅读短文，把题后A～D四个句子填入文中空缺处，使短文内容完整、正确。

We often hear that children wish they were grown—ups，and that old people wish they were young．  1  The happiest people enjoy what each age gives them without wasting their time in useless regrets．

Childhood（童年）is a time when there are few duties．A child is fed，looked after and loved by all grown—ups like parents or grandparents． 2  However, for older people they often lose their interest in those things．

On the other hand（另一方面），a child may also have some pains with him．  3   He is often told not to do something．He will certainly be shouted at for doing something wrong．

When a child grows up, he can no longer expect others to pay for his food, clothes, room and many other things．   4  If he still spends most of his time playing as he used to in childhood, he will go hungry．If, however, he works hard and has no trouble, he can build up his own position in society with great happiness．

A．What's more, life is always giving new things to him．

B．And he has to work if he wants to live comfortably．

C．He is not so free to do what he wishes to do．

D．Each age has its own pleasures and its own pains．

5．What is the best title of the passage?

A．Childhood Is a Happy Time                   B．No Pains at Any Age

C．Happy Position in Society                    D．Enjoy Your Whole Life

How often does one hear children wishing they were grown ups, and the old wishing they were young again? Each are has its pleasure and its pains，and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without washing any time in useless regrets （悔恨）．

Childhood is a time when there are few duties to make life hard．If a child has good parents，he is fed，looked after，and loved whatever he may do．It’s impossible for him to be given so much again in his life without having to do anything in return．Also，life is always giving new things to the child．A child finds pleasure in playing in the rain, or in the snow．His first visit to the seaside makes him wild．But a child has his pains  he is not free to do things as he wishes．He is always being told not to do this，not to do that，or being punished （惩罚） for what he has done wrong．So his life is not quite happy．

When the young man starts to make his own living he becomes，free from the discipline （约束） of schools and parents．But at the same time he is made to accept duties．He can no longer expect others to pay for his food，his clothes and his room，but has to work if he wants to live comfortably．If he spends most of his time pitying about in the way that he used to as a child，he will go hungry．And if he breaks the law of the society as he used to break the laws of his parents，he may go m prison （监狱）．If，however，he works hard，keeps out of trouble，and in good health，he can have the great happiness of seeing himself do better in his job and building up his own place in the society．Old age has always been thought of as the worst age to be in，but it is not necessary for the old to be unhappy．Old age should come with wisdom and the ability to help others．They can have the joy of seeing their children doing better in life; they can watch their grandchildren growing up around them and，perhaps，best of all，they can，if their life has been a useful one，feel the happiness of having come through the fight of life safely and of having reached a time when they can lie back and rest，leaving others to go on with the fight．

1．According to the passage，to a child，______．

A．he is free of duties，but he is short of freedom

B．everything may give him pleasure，but he can't do anything as he wishes to

C．life is always new to him，but he can't do anything

D．he is always loved and has no worries，but he can't be happy

2．The writer mainly tells us that______

A．everyone lives a happy life                          B. each age has its pleasure and its pains

C．children are the happiest                     D．time is everything

3．A young man who starts to make his own living_______

A．can spend his time playing about in the way he used to as a child

B．can wait for others to feed him

C．is free to break the law of society

D．is happy to see himself getting on well with his job

4．In the writer's opinion，the old _______．

A．are useless people                        B．have to help others

C．have their own pleasure                    D．are the best group

5．Which period of one's life is the best according to the writer?

A．Childhood．                             B．Youth．

C．Old age．                               D．He doesn't tell us．