A  Xia Chimei, 51, has become both classmate and granny of kids at Xiping Primary School in Xuan’en County, Hubei Province. Bu far the oldest student at the school enrolled（入学）in the first grade earlier this year. She is now learning pinyin with children just six and seven years of age. Her husband and children encouraged her to go to school when the new term began early this year. She had never been to school in her life.

B  A dog owner in Dalian, Liaoning Province, was very surprised when his 4-year-old dog picked up a 5-yuan note and gave it to him on Monday on their way to a market.     Days earlier, Mr. Ye had dropped a 10-yuan note on his sofa and let the dog pick it up for him. He then showed the pet other notes and told it how to use money. He did that just for fun. But he never thought the animal would take to（喜欢）dealing with money so naturally.

C  Wang Xiaoyan, a farmer in Duanjianwan Village, Shanxi Province, has carried his daughter, who suffers from polio（小儿麻痹症）, to school every day over the past ten years.   Wang’s daughter, Wang Dan, lost the use of her left legs after catching polio in 1995, at the age of three. Three years later when it was time for Wang Dan to go to school, Wang Xaioyan decided he would carry her to school. The girl repaid him by her excellent studies.

1. What’s the best title for Passage A?

A．Practice makes perfect                                                         B．Clothes don’t make the man.

C．The early bird catches the worm.                D．It’s never too late to learn. 

2. In which province did the story happen in Passage B?

A．Liaoning.                    B．Hubei.                C．Fujian.            D．Hebei.

3. What does the underlined word repaid mean in Passage C?

A．付款                          B．赔偿                  C．报答              D．贷款 

4. Which of the following is true is TRUE according to the passages above?

A．Xia Chimei came to school with her husband and son

B．The dog was so clever that it taught itself to borrow money.

C．Wang Dan lost the use of her legs because of polio when she was three.

D．Mr. Ye picked up a 5-yuan note and give it to the dog on the way home

A     Xia Chimei, 51, has become both classmate and granny of kids at Xiping Primary School in Xuan’en county, Hubei Province．By far the oldest student at the school enrolled(人学)in first grade earlier this year．She is now learning pinyin with children just six and seven years of age．Her husband and children encouraged her to go to school when the new term began early this year．She had never been to school in her life．

B     A dog owner in Dalian, Liaoning Province, was very surprised when his 4-year-old dog picked up a 5-yuan note and gave it to him on Monday on their way to a market．

Days earlier, Mr. Ye had dropped a 10-yuan note on his sofa and let the dog pick it up for him．He then showed the pet other notes and told it how to use money．He did that just for fun．But he never thought the animal would take to(喜欢) dealing with money so naturally．

C     Wang Xiaoyan, a farmer in Duanjiawan village, Shaanxi Province, has carried his daughter, who suffers from polio(小儿麻痹症), to school every day over the past lo years．

Wang’s daughter, Wang Dan, lost the use of her legs after catching polio in 1995, at the age of three．Three years later when it was time for Wang Dan to go to school, Wang Xiaoyan decided he would carry her．The girl has repaid him by her excellent studies．

1．How old did Xia Chimei begin her study in Passage A?

A．6．                     B．7                         C．15．                   D．51．

2．What’s the best title for Passage A?

A．Practice makes perfect．                                   B．It’s never too old to learn．

C．Clothes don’t make the man．                            D．The early bird catches the worm．

3．In which province did the story happen in passage B?

A．Liaoning．           B．Hubei．               C．Fujian．                 D．Shaanxi．

4．What does the underlined word “repaid” mean in Passage C?

A．付款                   B．赔偿                    C．报答                   D．贷款

5．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passages above?

A．Xia Chimei came to school with her husband and son．

B．The dog was so clever that it taught itself to borrow money．

C．Wang Dan lost the use of her legs because of polio when she was three．

D．Mr. Ye picked up a 5-yuan note and gave it to the dog on the way home．

A fisherman was fishing all day without    1    anything. When evening    2    he found a small fish on the end of his line.

“Please let me    3    ,”said the little fish. “Please! I’m    4    small to    5   you a good meal, because I’m not fully grown    6    .Why don’t you throw me back into the river? Then, when I’m bigger and fatter you can come back and catch me again.”

“No, no,” said the fisherman. He was now hungry. “I’m going to hold on you now, because I    7     you. If you once get back into the river you will take very good care not to come near me again and I shall have no supper now or later.”

“No, sir. I was not    8    clever,” the little fish said.

“OK, you said you were not so clever. Now, please go back into the river. And don’t    9  

 to come back when you grow up,” the fisherman said and let the fish go    10   .

“But sir, I am clever enough now.”

1.A.catch　　　　　　　　　　　　    B.have　　　　　　　　   C.catching　　　　　　　　　　　　   D.having

2.A.went　　　　　　　　　　  B.fell　　　　　　　　　　 C.got　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  D.down

3.A.to go　　　　　　　　　　  B.going　　　　　　　　 C.went　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D.go

4.A.very　　　　　　　　　　   B.quite　　　　　　　　  C.too　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  D.so

5.A.give　　　　　　　　　　   B.take　　　　　　　　   C.make　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D.bring

6.A.yet　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.still　　　　　　　　    C.too　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  D.already

7.A.caught　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    B.was going to catch

C.have caught　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D.must catch

8.A.very　　　　　　　　　　   B.quite　　　　　　　　  C.so　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D.too

9.A.want　　　　　　　　　　  B.forget　　　　　　　　 C.remember　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.mind

10.A.to　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.far　　　　　　　　　　 C.out　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  D.away

 

（A）

China’s Manned Space Program

The first stage	The second stage	The third stage
Time: October 15,2003 Spaceship: Shenzhou V Main events: Chinese spaceman Yang Liwei was sent into space. He went around the earth 14 times in his one-day flight.     China became the third country to succeed in manned space flight.	Time: October 12, 2005 Spaceship: Shenzhou VI Main events: Chinese spacemen Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng were both sent into space.     On October 17, the two Chinese space heroes safely returned to the earth.	Future plans 1．China will make a manned moon landing at a proper（适当的）time around 2017. 2．China plans to set up a permanent（永久的）space lab ,and build its engineering system in the near future.

       根据文章内容，选择正确答案。

1The Chinese spaceman traveling in space in the autumn of 2003 is       .

                     A．Yang Liwei       B．Fei Junlong      C．Nie Haisheng    D．Zhai Zhigang

2 Before China, how many countries had already sent their spaceship into space?

                     A．Only one          B．Two                C．Three              D．We don’t know

3 Shengzhou V circled the earth in space       .

                     A．one time          B．four times        C．five times         D．fourteen times

4 During the second stage ,Chinese spacemen stayed in space for       .

                     A．one day           B．four days         C．five days          D．fourteen days

5 Chinese spacemen will possibly walk on the moon around       .

                     A．2007               B．2008                C．2010               D．2017

（B）

       When an earthquake hit a small town, many houses fell down. After the earthquake，all the newspapers reported many stories about some of the families who were in trouble.

       One Sunday, when I was reading a newspaper, a special picture touches(触动)me. It suggested everyone should give something helpful to the people in the earthquake. I thought that this would be a good chance to teach my children to help those who were less lucky than themselves. I said to my seven-year-old twins, Brad and Brett, and three-year-old Meghan. "We have so much, and these poor people now have nothing. We'll share what we have with them.”

       I filled a box with foods and clothes. While I was doing this, I encouraged the boys to choose their toys and give away some of their less favorite things. Meghan watched quietly when the boys took out their old toys and games and put them together. Then she walked away. A few minutes later she came back with Lucy, her much-loved doll. She put the doll on top of the other toys. "Oh, dear,” I said. “You don't have to give Lucy. You love her so much.” Meghan said, “Lucy makes me happy, Mommy. Maybe she'll make another little girl happy, too.”

       I looked at Meghan for a long moment. She taught me a lesson. It's easy to give something that we don't  want any more，but harder to give what we cherish(珍爱), isn’t it?

       根据短文内容，判断下列句子的正误，正确的写（T），错误的写（F）。（5分）

6 An earthquake happened in the writer’s hometown.

7 The writer learned the news of earthquake on the radio.

8 The writer decided to buy some clothes for those people in trouble.

9 The writer didn’t let Meghan give her much-loved doll.

10 The writer thinks it is more difficult to give what we love a lot.

When I was a teenager growing up in Russia, I felt studying very boring, I wanted to leave school and have my own life. There were only two ways for me to do this—working in the toy factory in my town, or getting married. I chose the first one. I was nervous when I told my father that I wanted to leave school. I thought he would say, “No! You are going to college.” Instead,  he took me by surprise when he said, “OK. We’ll go to the toy factory.”
Two days later, he took me to the factory. I had a very romantic idea of working in a factory. I had imagined everyone to be friendly working together and having fun. I even imagined there would be music and singing. I guess I had watched too many movies as a teenager.
When we arrived at the factory gates, my father spoke to the guard and one minute later we went inside. My father said, “Take your time. Look around.” I walked around the factory, looking at the buildings, the workers, and listening to the noise. It was terrible. I ran back to my father and said, “I want to go home.”
He asked me, “What do you think of the factory?”
“It’s terrible,” I replied.
“And you have another choice, but I think getting married is even worse!” he said.
I went back to school the next day. From then on, I studied as hard as I could. Finally I got into a good college. I enjoyed studying English so I decided to major in languages at college. Thanks to my father and our trip to the factory, I now work at the United Nations and my father is very proud of me. I married a very good man and my life is much better than it would have been working in the factory!
【小题1】The writer lived in ________ when she was a teenager.

A．Russia

B．Japan

C．China

D．England

【小题2】At first she thought life in the factory would be ________ than in school.

A．more terrible

B．more colorful

C．busier

D．more boring

【小题3】After they visited the factory, the writer ________.

A．decided to work there	B．changed her romantic idea
C．wanted to get married	D．argued with her father

【小题4】Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A．The writer studied languages after she went into the college.

B．The writer now works at the United Nations.

C．The writer’s father used a special way to let his daughter go back to school.

D．The writer’s father is proud because his daughter married a good man.