How do you usually get to school? Buy bus? On foot? Roby Burch, 16, a US student, gets to school a little 36__________---he goes by horse (马).
Burch has been riding his white horse 4 miles to and from school 37 __________the beginning of the semester. “Every morning, wearing my blue jacket and jeans, I’m on my way at 6 am.” Burch says, “The streets are mostly 38__________ at this time of morning. It’s a nice way to start the day.”
The idea was his 39__________. His family were enjoying their vacation on their farm this summer, “My dad just said, ‘Roby, you 40__________ ride your horse to school every day.’” says Burch. He thought it really was a good idea.
When they got back home, Burch asked for permission from the headmaster (校长), Joe Cox, and surprisingly, he got the green light. Cox even 41__________ Burch to keep the horse next to the headmaster’s house. Then his dad helped Burch find the best route to school. It is along back streets and has 42__________cars than the others.
For the return trip every afternoon, Burch leaves school at 5:45 pm. Even now, as the days grow shorter and colder, he 43__________ to ride his horse. “ I will ride my horse even in the coldest weather.” he says.
Burch says the first time he sat on a horse as a four-year-old boy he was afraid. 44__________ now, “it’s what I do best.” It’s no surprise that he wants to be a cowboy (牛仔) when he grows up. “I love riding horses more than 45 __________ else.” He says, “It’s really a guy thing.”

【小题1】

A．normally B．casually C．differently D．actually

【小题2】

A．for B．since C．before D．after

【小题3】

A．empty B．crowded C．busy D．awful

【小题4】

A．sister’s B．brother’s C．mom’s D．dad’s

【小题5】

A．will B．won’t C．should D．shouldn’t

【小题6】

A．invited B．allowed C．taught D．urged

【小题7】

A．fewer B．few C．more D．many

【小题8】

A．begins B．stops C．continues D．refuses

【小题9】

A．so B．or C．and D．but

【小题10】

A．anything B．nothing C．everybody D．somebody

Hello, I’m Peter in the second grade. Now I have one thing to say: It’s not easy being a kid. Being a kid might look like fun, but sometimes it’s not fun at all.
Yesterday I was playing outside with my friend. We were having a good time. But suddenly, my mother said, “Peter, it’s time to come inside now. It’s getting dark.” When you’re an adult, no one can tell you what to do or when to do it.
When you are a kid, you have to get up early in the morning and go to school. At school, you have to study math, English, science and history. After school, you have to do your homework. When you are an adult, you do not have to go to school and you never have homework to do.
When you are a kid, the older kids sometimes pick on you. When I was walking home from school on Monday, Tom and Steve bothered me. Steve took my schoolbag and put it in a tree. It made me very mad. When you are an adult, no one can pick on you.
When you are a kid, you have to go to bed early. On school nights, my mom asks me to go to bed at 9:00 pm. But I do have parents who love me, which is really great. So I think I like being a kid, even though it’s not easy being a kid.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。
【小题1】 What was Peter doing when his mother called him home yesterday?

A．He was playing with his pet.

B．He was cleaning his bike.

C．He was drawing a picture.

D．He was playing with his friend.

【小题2】 The underlined phrase “pick on” means “     ” in Chinese.

A．挑中

B．取笑

C．欺负

D．尊重

【小题3】 As a kid you do the following things EXCEPT       .

A．go to school

B．do your homework

C．get up early and go to bed early

D．go anywhere without telling anyone

【小题4】Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Peter is a student in Grade Two.

B．Peter usually goes to bed at 9:00 pm on school nights.

C．Steve took Peter’s schoolbag and put it in a tree on Monday.

D．Peter is looking forward to being an adult as soon as possible.

【小题5】 What can we learn from the passage?

A．Being a kid is fun.

B．It’s not easy being a kid.

C．Peter likes being a good kid.

D．Peter likes being a superman.

I know what you’re thinking: pizza? For breakfast? But the truth is that you can have last night’s leftovers in the a. m. if you want to.

I know lots of women who skip (跳过) breakfast, and they have a lot of different excuses for doing it. Some say they don’t have time. Others think they’re “saving” calories, still others just don’t like breakfast food.

But the bottom line is that eating in the morning is very important when you’re trying to lose weight. “Eating just about anything from 300 to 400 calories would be better than nothing at all,” says Katherine Brooking, R, D, who developed the super-easy eating plan for this year’s “SELF CHALLENGE”. And even pizza can be healthy if it’s loaded（装填） with vegetables, and you just eat one small piece.

Breakfast is one meal I never miss, and the same goes for most weight loss success stories. Research shows that eating breakfast keeps you from overeating (吃得过多) later in the day. Researchers at the University of Southern California found that breakfast skippers have a bigger chance of getting weight than those who regularly have a morning meal.

So eat something in the morning, anything. I know plenty of friends who end up having no breakfast altogether, and have just coffee or orange juice. I say, try heating up last night’s leftovers — it may sound crazy, but if it works for you, do it! I find if I tell myself, “You can always eat it tomorrow.” I put away the leftovers instead of eating more that night. Try it…you may save yourself some pre-bedtime calories. And watch your body get the fat-burning effects.

1.The word “leftovers” in Paragraph 1 probably means_______.

A．food left after a meal                     B．things left undone

C．meals made of vegetables                 D．pizza topped with fruit

2.What can we infer from the text?

A．Working women usually have breakfast in a hurry.

B．Many people have wrong ideas about breakfast.

C．There are some easy ways of losing weight.

D．Eating vegetables helps save energy.

3.According to the last paragraph, it is important to_______.

A．be careful about what you eat              B．eat calorie-controlled food

C．heat up food before eating it               D．eat something for breakfast

4.The text is written mainly for those_______.

A．who want to lose weight                  B．who go to work early

C．who stay up late                        D．who eat before sleep