Laura was married for 6 months. Her husband was using drugs. She didn’t want her son or her unborn baby to live that way, but she was afraid to ask her husband to leave. She left him a note instead. After reading the note, Laura’s husband waited for her to come home and then beat her and
her son.
He smashed（使……碎）dishes, pictures and toys and left the house in a terrible mess（混杂）. He said it was all her fault. After Laura cleaned up the mess she went to the hospital. She was badly hurt all over her body, but the baby was fine.
Laura had little education and she never had a good paying job. She was ashamed to ask for help from the police, courts or women’s shelters. Laura wanted her marriage and family to work. Sometimes her husband was very nice to her. She decided to try harder se her children could have a home and a father. Laura joined a church and told a priest（牧师）about her problem.
But her husband kept using drugs and hurting the family. Finally, she told her husband she loved him, but they should live apart for a while. He beat her again. The priest had called and could tell Laura was in trouble. He came over to talk to her, He asked the husband to go out for a while. Laura packed up her kids and left. Her husband went to jail. Laura got a lot of help from groups that help women who have been beaten. Now she is in college, has her own apartment and works on special projects at a women’s shelter. “We got out , and it changed the life for me and my children. You can do it. You can break the cycle.” Laura said. Laura’s husband treated her ________.
| A．carefully | B．badly |
C．coldly | D．carelessly |
. Why did Laura not leave her husband in the beginning?
| A．Because she loved him very much. |
| B．Because he could make her live a rich life. |
| C．Because he was her son’s father. |
| D．Because she hoped to keep the family. |
. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Now Laura works on a special project at a women’s shelter.
B. Laura had little education and she never had a good paying job.
C. After Laura cleaned up the mess, she went to the church.
D. Laura was ashamed to ask for help from organizations.. Which do you think is this passage about?
| A．Educational and social problems. | B．Working and housing. |
| C．Family violence（暴力）. | D．Relationship between husband and wife. |
Jealousy is a very common problem in daily life. It’s everywhere. For example, if someone does better than you, you will get annoyed because you want to be No. 1. We may become jealous of a best friend’s top marks in an exam, or of the girl in art class who is praised by the teacher all the time. We get annoyed because these good things are happening to someone else but not to us.
It’s bad to feel jealous. We should be pleased with the things we have. But we still wish we had the money of this person and the talent of that person. Instead of sharing their happiness, we just feel jealous and unhappy with ourselves. And, too often, these feelings are expressed by speaking ill of the people we envy.
However, envy is also a kind of compliment to others. We see that other people have styles and talents different from our own. By comparing ourselves with others, we can know what we lack. And we can turn this comparison, the envy of others, into a kind of power.
Therefore, being a bit jealous of others lets us know what we are like and what we want to be like. It can push us to become what we really want to be.
根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。According to the first paragraph, why do you get annoyed?
| A．Because the teacher dislikes others. |
| B．Because others do something better than you. |
| C．Because you are an annoying person. |
| D．Because you want to be No.1 in the exam and you do. |
The Chinese meaning of the underlined part “speaking ill of” probably is “_____".
| A．赞美 | B．说…的坏话 | C．憎恨 | D．说…病了 |
What should be the right attitude towards jealousy?
| A．It’s a good thing. |
| B．It’s just a bad thing. |
| C．It’s a kind of compliment to others. |
| D．It makes us know what we are like and what we want to be like. |
Some time ago , I discovered that one of my chairs had a broken leg ．I didn’t think there would be any difficulty in getting it mended , as there were a whole lot of antique shops near my home ．So I left home one morning carrying the chair with me ．I went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception ．I was quite wrong ．The man wouldn’t even look at my chair ．
The second shop , though slightly more polite , was just the same , and the third, and the fourth—so I decided that my approach must be wrong ．
I went into the fifth shop with a plan in my mind ．I placed the chair on the floor and said to the shopkeeper , “ Would you like to buy a chair ?” He looked it over carefully and said, “Yes , not a bad chair ．How much do you want for it , sir ?” “Twenty pounds ,” I said ．“OK ,” he said , “I’ll give you twenty pounds ．” “It’s got a slightly broken leg ,”I said ．“Yes I saw that , it’s nothing ．”
Everything was going according to plan and I was getting excited ．“What will you do with it ?” I asked ．“Oh , it will be easy to sell once the repair is done ．” “I’ll buy it ,” I said ．“ What do you mean ? You’ve just sold it to me ,” he said ． “Yes , I know but I’ve changed my mind ．I’m sorry , I’ll give you twenty-seven pounds for it ．” “You must be crazy ,” he said．Then suddenly the penny dropped ．“ I know what you want ．You want me to repair your chair．” “ You’re right ,” I said ．“ And what would you have done if I had walked in and said , ‘ Would you mend this chair for me’ ?” “I wouldn’t have agreed to do it ,” he said ．“We don’t do repairs , not enough money in it and too much trouble ．But I’ll mend this for you , shall we say for a five?” He was a very nice man and was greatly amused （感到有趣） by the whole thing ．
We can learn from the text that in the first shop the writer ．
| A．was rather impolite |
| B．was warmly received |
| C．asked the shopkeeper to buy his chair |
| D．asked the shopkeeper to repair his chair |
The expression “the penny dropped” in the last paragraph means the shopkeeper ．
| A．changed his mind | B．accepted the offer |
| C．saw the writer’s purpose | D．decided to help the writer |
How much did the writer pay ?
| A．£5． | B．£7 | C．£20． | D．£27． |
From the text , we can learn that the writer was
| A．honest | B．careful | C．smart | D．funny |
University of Oxford is the oldest university in the English-speaking world and it’s one of the top university in the world. There is no clear date when the university started, but teaching began at Oxford in some forms in 1096 and developed quickly from 1167.
There are 39 independent(独立的) colleges at Oxford, attracting students and learned men from across the world. There are over 100 libraries for the students and learned men to use. At University of Oxford, they also provide a number of money for the best students. Of course, if you want to study here, first you have to reach a certain level of English language.
College life at Oxford is very exciting but busy. The groups of college provide a friendly and welcoming home for students while the college are strict with students about their studies. Many Chinese students are studying here. The number of Chinese students at the university has grown quickly over the past 10 years.
根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。（共3小题，每小题1.5分，满分4.5分）What do you have to do first if you want to ask fir studying at Oxford? You have to________.
| A．be independent |
| B．pass a certain level test of English language |
| C．study English hard |
| D．be the best students |
How’s the college life at Oxford? It’s full of ________ and has __________.
| A．excitement; much school work to do |
| B．excitement; no school work to do |
| C．attraction; no school work to do |
| D．attraction; a little school work to do |
What’s the best title for the passage?.
| A．The College Life |
| B．The Famous Learners at Oxford |
| C．The Chinese Students at Oxford |
| D．The University of Oxford |
Miss Grey lived in a small house. She was old and did not like noise at all , so she was very pleased when her noisy neighbour moved out .A young man moved in and Miss Grey thought the man seemed to be quiet.
But at three o’clock the next morning , the noise of a dog woke her up . She thought she had never heard a dog there before . It must be the young man’s dog . So she telephoned the young man , said something bad about the dog and then hung up the telephone before he could answer. Nothing more happened until three o’clock the next morning . Then Miss Grey’s telephone rang , and when she answered , a voice said ,“ You telephoned me twenty four hours ago .Now I’ve rung you up to say that I have’t a dog . ”
根据短文内容，判断以下句子的正（T）误(F)。（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10）Miss Grey felt sorry when her noisy neighbour moved out.
Miss Grey’s new neighbour was as the old one .
Some noise woke her up in the early morning .
She thought the new neighbour had brought a dog with him.
The young man rang up Miss Grey in the early morning , because he wanted to punish her.
Does being rich make you happy? Many studies on happiness give negative answers. Here are some points in being happy.
Basic Human Needs Must Be Met
People whose basic needs for shelter, clothing and food are not met will find it very difficult to feel happy. Of course，there are exceptions，but for most of us，we can only be happy once our basic needs are met.
The Joneses Cannot Be Escaped
People's happiness is not determined by how much they have, but by how much people around them have. So, we tend to feel happy once our basic needs are met and we have more than the people surrounding us.
This means that while keeping up with the Joneses could be destructive if we let it go too far, it is also part of human nature to want to feel at least on the same level，financially，as those surrounding us.
You Should Escape The Rat Race
We should know the importance of staying out of the rat race. So yes, you need to work hard，get the education you need to land a good job and work long enough and hard enough to get to a place where you can easily meet your basic needs. What are basic needs? For most middle or upper middle class Americans, basic needs are not very basic anymore.
For most of us，once our basic needs have been met, happiness is achieved when we engage in activities we like，spend time with friends and family and stay active. Making money for the sake of making money does not make people happy.
Ideally, these questions should be answered when you're still young and just starting out. Don't wait until your midlife crisis to realize that half your life has passed you by and you're still unhappy.What is the main idea of the passage?
| A．The research on what determines happiness |
| B．Being rich makes people happy |
| C．What makes people feel unhappy |
| D．Key points on being rich and being happy |
What does "the Joneses" in Paragraph 4 probably stand for？
| A．Expensive things | B．Neighbors |
| C．Money | D．Richer people |
From the passage，what people probably do in "the rat race"？
| A．To enjoy their life with family. |
| B．To get high education for better jobs. |
| C．To work too hard for money only. |
| D．To work hard for basic needs. |
What's the attitude of the author towards the passage?
| A．Money is happiness. |
| B．The love of money is the root of all evil. |
| C．Money doesn't grow on trees. |
| D．Money is a big problem, but money isn't everything. |
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