I stood there listening to my father shout at top of his voice. The look on his face said that one of us had done something wrong.
“Which one of you did this?”
We all looked down at the step. There was child’s handwriting in chalk there. I was very frightened. I hope no one could see it. Would he guess it was me? I was so scared. When he asked me, I lied, “Not me, dad.” The other denied(否认) it as well. Of course, we all knew that one of us must have done it. But as the youngest and smallest of the three, I just couldn’t find courage to tell the truth.
To find out who had written on the step, Father gave us each a piece of paper and a pencil. “I want each of you to write exactly what you see on the step.” I tried my best to write the words differently. I didn’t want dad to be able to tell it was me.
He gathered up our paper and looked at them. “Since none of you will say yes, then I will punish you all.” I stood there and said nothing. The last thing I wanted was for Dad to punish me!
“I did it.” My sister walked forward and said she had done something she hadn’t. she was punished for a month.
We didn’t talk about that day for many years. Not until we were all older and I knew it was safe to finally tell my dad it was really me. I always felt sorry because of it. That was the last time I let anyone take the blame for me. I told myself, “One must see to what he or she has done.” The writer’s father was _____________ when he saw the handwriting in chalk on the step.
| A．very happy | B．very sad |
| C．very angry | D．very excited |
The underlined word “take the blame” most probably means ________________ in Chinese.
| A．撒谎 | B．承担责任 |
| C．接受惩罚 | D．解决困难 |
The writer’s sister told a lie because _________________.
| A．she liked telling lies |
| B．she was afraid of being punished |
| C．she didn’t like her father |
| D．she didn’t want her father to punish them all |
Which of the following statements is true?
| A．The writer kept telling lies. |
| B．Her sister told the truth. |
| C．The writer’s father punished the children. |
| D．None of the children told the truth. |
Wu Juping is just a saleswoman. However, on July 2, 2011, she bravely caught a falling child and has been praised as the most beautiful mother in China. The child fell from the 10th floor of a building into Wu’s arms.
The child is two years old, who named Niu Niu. Niu Niu climbed up to the window looking for her grandma. When a neighbor living one floor saw the little girl falling, he held out a ladder(梯子) to catch her. The ladder, however, was too short to reach the girl. At this dangerous moment, Wu, who was just walking near the building, rushed to the spot and caught her successfully before she hit the ground.
The girl fell into coma(昏迷), and Wu was also injured seriously in her left arm. On July8, Niu Niu, who was able to move her fingers, feet and eyes, was out of dangerous condition and Wu’s arm is recovering well now.
根据短文内容回答下列问题。（每题2分，满分10分） What does Wu Juping do?
When did Wu Juping save the child?
Why did the child fall from the 10th floor of the building?
What did the neighbor do when he saw the girl falling?
Was the girl out of dangerous condition in the end?
The following is some children’s wish for the New Year.
| Mark: I wish I could get more money to fix our house. |
Kate: My wish is to change my school as there’s too much to study in this school. |
| Ann: I wish I could spend more time with Mom. She should stop working at the bank and take up a job at our neighborhood toy shop. |
Peter: I wish someone would find a way to help me walk with my only leg, so I can take part in activities and sports that I can’t do now. |
| Mary: I wish that I could save all my money, so I could buy presents for my mother, father and sister on their birthdays. |
Bob: I wish for good health though I’m badly ill. I want to finish high school and take an IT course after. |
| John: I wish to be a better boy to Mom and listen to her more. I also want to get better grades in school. |
根据表格信息选择正确答案。（每小题2分，满分10分） _______ children have mentioned(提过) their parents.
A. 3 B. 4 C. 5________ is badly ill among the children.
A. Kate B. Bob C. Mary Mark’s wish is __________.
A. to get better grades B. to change his school C. to fix his house Ann’s mother works _________.
A. in a school B. at a bank C. at a toy shop Which is NOT true according to the passage?
A. There is something wrong with Peter’s study.
B. There are four people in Mary’s home.
C. Bob hopes he can take an IT course after high school.
Steven Jobs, the designer of Apple Computer, was not clever when he was in school. At that time, he was not a good student and he always made troubles with his schoolmates. When he went into college, he didn’t change a lot. Then he dropped out（退学）. But he was full of new ideas.
After he left college, Steven Jobs worked as a video game designer. He worked there for only several months and then he went to India. He hoped that the trip would give him some new ideas and give him a change in his life.
Steven Jobs lived on a farm in California for a year after he returned from India.
In 1975, he began to make a new type of computer. He designed the Apple Computer with his friend in his garage. He chose the name “Apple” just because it could help him to remember a happy summer he once spent in an apple tree garden.
His Apple Computer was so successful that Steven Jobs soon became famous all over the world.
He often said, “I live in order to change the world, there aren’t any other reasons. The only way to have a great achievement(成就) is to love your own career. If you can’t find your favorite career, go on looking for it and never give up.”
This is Steven Jobs, though he is dead, his spirit and achievements still influence our lives.
根据短文内容选择最佳答案。（每小题2分，满分10分）Steven Jobs was not a good student in school because he ________.
A.never did his lessons
B.dropped out
C.always made troubles with his schoolmates Why did Steven Jobs go to India?
A.Because he wanted to be a video game designer.
B.Because he wanted to get some new ideas.
C.Because he wanted to make a new type of computer. Steven Jobs was famous for his ________ all over the world.
A.new ideas B.Apple Computer C.video games Steven Jobs chose the name “Apple” in order to ____________.
A. remember a happy summer
B. let more people remember it
C. change the worldFrom this passage we know Steven Jobs ________.
A.didn’t finish his studies in the college because he hated his schoolmates
B.liked traveling in India and California
C.liked trying new things and making his new ideas come true
Have you ever complained（抱怨）why life is so tiring? Are your studies sometimes not successful? Well, friends, cheer up and smile all the time . If you see the world with your warm heart, you will find that the whole world smiles to you.
While in school, sometimes you are tired of your lessons, but have you ever noticed the happy smile on your teacher’s face when you did a good job?
One day it is fine . Just before you want to go out, it suddenly starts to rain . Maybe you would feel very sad and start complaining about the weather . But dear friends, why don’t you sit down and listen to the free concert that the nature offers you? And with the timely rain, crops in the fields will grow better and better and farmers will have a good harvest .
Although everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do, sometimes failure can’t be avoided . I think failure(失败) is not terrible, and the terrible thing is that we are afraid of it and give up hope. When we face failure, we must be confident in ourselves, draw a useful lesson from it and try our best to finish what we have decided to do. As a popular saying goes, “Failure is the mother of success.”
Attitude（态度）decides everything. With an optimistic（乐观的）attitude life is easy and pleasant. Let’s smile to whatever we meet and the whole world will smile to us.
根据短文内容选择最佳答案。（每小题2分，满分10分） People sometimes complain __________ .
A. their studies are successful
B. they have no enough money
C. life is tiringAccording to the passage, in school, _________ .
A. the students don’t like their lessons
B. the teachers will be happy if the students do good jobs
C. the teachers are tired of their workIf there is a timely rain, ____________ .
A. you want to go out
B. you can listen to a concert
C. crops will grow betterWhen we face failure, we ___________ .
A. don’t know what to do
B. may give up hope
C. shouldn’t be afraid of itThe best title of this passage is ___________ .
A. Smile and the World Smiles to You
B. Complaining about Life
C. Failure is the Mother of Success
A bag is useful and the word “bag” is useful too. It gives us some interesting phrases(短语). One is “ to let the cat out of the bag.” It is the same as “to tell a secret”. There’s an old interesting story about it.
Long ago, when people sold things in big cloth bags, a woman asked a man for a pig. The man held up his cloth bag. There seemed to be a little pig in it. The woman asked to see it. When the man opened the cloth bag, a big black cat ran out. Not a pig! The man’s secret was out and everyone knew it.
Now when someone lets out a secret, he “ lets the cat out of the bag”. And that is the story where the interesting phrase came from.
根据短文内容判断正误。（正确写A，错误写B, 每小题1分，满分5分）The phrase “to let the cat out of the bag” came from an old interesting story .
The woman wanted to buy a pig .
The man knew there was nothing in his cloth bag .
At the end of the second passage（短文） “--- everyone knew it”, “it” refers to the man’s secret .
John “let the cat out of the bag” means he puts the cat away from the bag .
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