Peter was a potter (制陶工). He had a wife and two fine sons. One night, his older son got a stomachache. At first, Peter and his wife thought the boy just got a bad cold, so they didn’t take it . But it was not a cold. It was terrible appendicitis(阑尾炎), and the boy died suddenly that night. Knowing the could not happen if he had taken the ill seriously, Peter was very and was of guilt. Then his wife couldn’t stand the thing, so she left him alone with his six-year-old son.
Peter lost his two favourite persons. He felt no hope in the world and to alcohol(酒精). Then Peter became an alcoholic(酒鬼). As he drank more, Peter began to lose he had---his home, his land and his work. Finally, Peter died in a San Francisco room. When I heard of Peter’s death, I thought he was a and wasted his life. As time went by, I began to know I once thought was wrong. I knew Peter’s little son, Ernie. He is one of the kindest, most caring, most loving men I have ever known. I watched Ernie with his children and saw the love them. I knew that kindness and caring had to somewhere. I never heard Erine talk much about his father.
One day I asked him, ‘ I’m really puzzled by something. I know your father was the only one to raise you. What on earth (究竟) did he do to make you become such a special person?’ Ernie sat quietly and smiled for a few . Then he said, “When I was a child, Al came into my room every night, gave me a kiss and said, ‘I love you, son.’ ”
Tears came into my .Al had not left any money , but he had been a kind, loving father, and he left behind a legacy(遗产) of love.
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Mr. John Heppell
House of Commons
London
SW1AOAA
Monday 12th March, 2007
Dear Mr. Heppell,
I am Sabrina Akhtar studying in a high school and I’ve noticed that forests are disappearing.
You know, forests are disappearing around the world each year because of many different reasons including farming, tourism, pollution, etc. If we stop doing these things, there will be a good future for people of tomorrow.
Now I’m writing to ask you to help stop forests from disappearing. You can help by getting shops to stop selling paper made from trees and by persuading people not to use tree-free paper (paper not made from trees). This will help forests so much. There are many, many things we can do to help forests. If you would like to know more, please visit http://www. Rainforestweb. Org/.
By changing the little things, we can make a big difference.
If you would like to contact（联系）me, please see the above address or e-mail me at shazadinol @ hotmail.co.uk. Thank you for taking your time in reading this letter.
Yours sincerely,
Sabrina AkhtarThe writer of this letter is ______.
| A．a student | B．a teacher |
| C．an officer | D．a driver |
______ is one of the reasons why the forests are disappearing.
| A．Rain | B．Tourism |
| C．Planting | D．Breathing |
The writer advises Mr. Heppell to ______.
| A．stop shops from using paper any more |
| B．use paper which is made from tress |
| C．stop shops selling paper made from trees |
| D．plant more and more trees in the future |
How can Mr. Heppell contact the writer? ______.
| A．By calling her | B．By interviewing her |
| C．By visiting her | D．By e-mailing her |
What’s the purpose of this letter? ______.
| A．To know more about Mr. Heppell |
| B．To make friends with Mr. Heppell |
| C．To ask Mr. Heppell to teach in the school |
| D．To ask Mr. Heppell to help protect forests |
If you want to join the world for Earth Hour you can simply _____.
| A．call us on 555-3033 at 3 p.m. Sunday |
| B．go around the world to 2,000 cities |
| C．take actions at 8:30 a.m. on 28 Mar. 2013 |
| D．switch off your lights for one hour |
The final soccer match is _____.
| A．at 7 p.m. on Friday |
| B．at 3 p.m. on Sunday |
| C．at 3 p.m. on Saturday |
| D．at 2 p.m. on Monday |
There is a silk blouse which is ¥ 100 at New Star Mall. You can pay _____ if you want to buy it on Mother’s Day.
| A．¥ 40 | B．¥ 60 |
| C．¥ 50 | D．¥ 25 |
Which movie star can you see on Saturday night?
| A．Wentworth Miller | B．Michael Schofield | C．Harry Potter | D．Jackie Chan |
If you are interested in Harry Potter children’s show, you can find more information by _____.
| A．visiting us at New Star Mall | B．calling us on 690-1856 |
| C．calling us on 555-3033 | D．turning off your lights for one hour |
Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories(新界), destroying fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly destroyed that their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or broken roofs. One person was killed, several were badly hurt and taken to hospital, and a number of other people received smaller hurt. Altogether (总共) over two hundred people were homeless after the storm.
A farmer, Mr. Tan, said that the storm began early in the morning and lasted for over an hour.
“I was eating with my wife and children,” he said, “when we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our house fell down on top of us. We tried our best to climb out but then I saw that one of my children was missing. I went back inside and found him safe but very frightened.”
Mrs. Woo Mei Fong said that her husband had just left for work when she felt that her house was moving. She ran outside at once with her children.
“There was no time to take anything,” she said, “A few minutes later, the roof came down.”
Soldiers helped to take people out of the water area and the welfare government brought them food, clothes and some other things.How many homes altogether were destroyed in the storm last Friday?
| A．Fourteen. | B．Twenty-one |
| C．Twenty-nine. | D．Thirty-six. |
Where was Mr. Tan when the storm first began?
| A．He was in bed. | B．He was at table. |
| C．He was outside the house. | D．He was on the roof. |
Mrs. Woo and her family didn’t get hurt because ________.
| A．her husband knew there would be a storm |
| B．they were all outside the house when the storm became worse |
| C．she felt the house moving and they ran out immediately |
| D．the welfare department helped her |
This passage may be from _____________.
| A．a guide book | B．an introduction |
| C．an advertisement | D．a newspaper |
Which of the following may be the best title for this passage?
| A．A Terrible Storm | B．A Lucky Woman |
| C．Good Soldiers | D．Clever People |
All over the world people enjoy sports．Sports help to keep people healthy and happy, and to live longer． They buy tickets or turn on their TVs to watch the games．Often they get very excited when “their” player or team wins．
People play different games in winter and summer．Swimming is fun in warm weather, but skating is good in winter．
Football, for example, has spread around the world．Swimming is popular in all countries near the sea or in those with many rive．What fun it is to jump into a pool or lake, whether in China or Australia! And think of people in cold countries．Think how many people love to skate in Japan or Canada．
Chinese Wushu, for example, has a very long history．But basketball and volleyball are rather new．Neither one is 120 years old yet．People are inventing new sports or games all the time．Water- skiing is one of the newest in the family of sports．
People from different co, retries may not be able to understand each other．Sports help to train a person's character．One learns to fight hard but fight fair, to win without pride and to lose with grace （体面） ．
根据短文内容，选出五个句子填入文中空缺处，使短文内容完整正确。答案E用“AB”表示。答案F用“CD”表示。
| A．Some sports are so interesting that people everywhere go in for them． |
| B．Sports change with the seasons． |
| C．Some sports or games go back to thousands of years ago． |
| D．Many people like to watch others play games． |
E．But after a game together they often become good friends．
F．More and more people enjoy playing sports now．
One morning, a blind boy sat beside a building with a hat by his feet．He held a sign which said, “I am blind．Please help me．”
There were only a few coins in the hat．A man was walking by．He took out a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat．He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words on it．He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by could the new words．
Soon the hat began to fill up．A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy．That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were．The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, “Are you the one who changed my sign in the morning? What did you write?”
The man said, “I only wrote the truth．I said what you said, but in a different way．”
What he had written was, “Today is a beautiful day, but I can' t see it．”
Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?
Of course both signs told people the boy was blind．But the first sign simply told people to help by putting some money in the hat．The second sign told people that they were able to enjoy the beautiful day, but the boy could not enjoy it because he was blind．
The first sign simply said the boy was blind, while the second sig told people they were so lucky that they were not blind．
There are at least two lessons we can learn from this simple story．
The first is：Treasure （珍惜） what you have．Someone else has less．Try your best to help those who need your help．
The second is：Be creative．Think differently．There is always a better way．Form the article we know that _______
| A．the boy always has a hat on his head |
| B．the man is one of his neighbors |
| C．the boy is blind and needs help |
| D．the boy works for the man |
On the sign what the man wrote was, “_________”．
| A．Treasure what we have already had |
| B．Today is a beautiful day, but I can't see it |
| C．We are so lucky that we are not blind |
| D．Try your best to help those who reed your help． |
According to the article, which of the following is TRUE?
| A．The hat began to fill up after the man wrote some words on the sign． |
| B．The man took away all the few coins from the hat． |
| C．The boy wanted to get enough money to go to school． |
| D．Nobody wanted to give any coins to the blind boy． |
The word “recognized” here in Chinese means ______
| A．承认 | B．接受 |
| C．表扬 | D．认出 |
_______is the best tide （题目 ） for this story．
| A．Be careful not to be blind． |
| B．Be creative．There, is always a better way! |
| C．Be kind to the blind！ |
| D．Don't always get, but offer! |
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