Felix, a little mouse, looked outside through the window of a farmhouse. Still nobody came. Maybe today, he thought hopefully. It was only a few days before Christmas and he was watching for a miracle（奇迹）.
This farmhouse had been empty too long. It needed a family. Felix’s stomach made a noise. He realized that he had eaten nothing since yesterday. He took a bag from his home, and went next door to Farmer Mike’s.
Farmer Mike’s house had been a great place for Felix until the farmer married a wife who had a cat. Felix felt scared when he thought of it. He looked around cautiously as he moved quietly into the room and was quite nervous when he filled his bag with rice. He was turning to leave when suddenly he felt something unusual. The cat? Without thinking he started to run and luckily escaped the cat’s paws（爪子）.
The next afternoon Felix heard some good news: a new family would move into the farmhouse soon. Felix was happy and hoped that the family would come before Christmas. Before long, a car came up to the house, with sandwiches, cheese and chocolate.
Felix’s Christmas miracle did arrive!
The house came alive the next few days. Felix enjoyed every hour of them. However, the day before Christmas when he was drinking hot chocolate with a big smile, he heard about the gift that the children of the family might get for Christmas. What? A cat? The smile froze（冻结）on his face; his mouth fell wide open. After a long moment, he at last found his voice: “Hey! Whose Christmas miracle is this?”What does the underlined word “cautiously” mean in the passage?
| A．平稳地 | B．兴奋地 |
| C．谨慎地 | D．可怕地 |
What’s the correct order of the following sentences?
a. Felix escaped from the cat.
b. Felix went into Farmer Mike’s room.
c. Felix enjoyed his life after the new family moved in.
d. Felix filled a bag with rice.
e. Felix heard about the gift that the children might get.
| A．b-d-a-c-e | B．b-d-c-e-a |
| C．a-b-c-e-d | D．a-b-c-d-e |
How did the little mouse feel at the end of the story?
| A．Excited. | B．Hopeful. |
| C．Angry. | D．Upset. |
Which of the following sayings can express the main idea of the story?
| A．Love me, love my dog. |
| B．Where there is a will, there is a way. |
| C．Life is one trouble after another. |
| D．It is better to be poor than to be dishonest. |
Most people think talking is the most important communication skill.They care little about listening.A research about our waking day communicating time shows that 9% is spent writing, 16% reading, 30% talking and 45% listening.
Many of us can remember only 50% immediately after hearing something.But within two to eight weeks, we can only remember 25% or less of the message.Sometimes it will make us fail if we really forget something important.
Here are some suggestions to be a good listener.
Stop talking — you can’t listen well when you speak.
Ask questions — when you don’t understand, when you want to catch their attention or when you want to be liked.
Be polite — give them time to say what they have to say.
Listen carefully and actively to what they are saying — pay attention to their words, their ideas and their feelings as those things relate to the subjects.
Understand the main points.
Look at each other — you will feel confident by looking.
Don’t argue with other people when you are trying to understand them, especially when they are speaking.
Try not to bring your worries and problems — when you listen, they will stop you from listening well.
Learn to listen and you’ll achieve a great success in your life.
How many suggestions does the writer give us?
| A．6 | B．7 | C．8 | D．9 |
You can make the speaker like you by __________.
| A．stopping talking | B．looking at each other |
| C．asking questions | D．arguing with the speaker |
From the passage we know that __________.
| A．people spend less time reading than writing |
| B．you should try to understand each word when you listen |
| C．we can remember what we hear for a long time |
| D．you’d better leave your worries and problems behind when you listen |
The passage is mainly about __________.
| A．how to be a good listener |
| B．listening carefully while people are speaking |
| C．listening is the most important communication skill |
| D．people spend different time in reading, writing, speaking and listening |
| W＆P Music Store ● Buy CDs new or used ● Listen after you buy ● Piano lessons offered ● Pop, country and rock music |
Love Coffee Shop ● Different kinds of coffee ● Sandwiches, pies and cakes ● Open 24 hours on Saturday and Sunday ● Jazz music every weekday |
| Path Market ● Fresh meat and vegetables ● Open Friday and Saturday ● Free hot milk for children under 15 |
Brown’s C＆C ● We have different kinds of rooms ● Feel like home when you are away from home ● No free breakfast |
You can __________ at W＆P Music Store.
| A．learn pop music history |
| B．receive piano lessons |
| C．borrow new or used CDs |
| D．listen to music before you buy |
If your friend is coming for a visit, he can stay in __________.
| A．W＆P Music Store | B．Love Coffee Shop |
| C．Brown’s C＆C | D．Path Market |
Which of the following is RIGHT according to the table?
| A．You can have breakfast without paying money. |
| B．Your father can get hot milk for free. |
| C．Brown’s C＆C is not comfortable enough. |
| D．You can listen to Jazz music on Thursday. |
An old engineer went suddenly blind.She promised a doctor a lot of money if he could make her see again.“If you fail,” she said, “you’ll get nothing.” The doctor agreed.
The doctor soon discovered what was wrong with her, but he decided not to cure her right away.Instead each time he visited, he secretly took some of her things.When he had taken away everything, he wanted to cure her blindness and asked for the money.
Now the old woman could see again, she noticed that all her things had gone and she refused to pay the money.So the doctor took her before a judge(法官).
“What the doctor said is true,”she said to the judge.“But I say I was not well cured, because I still can’t see any of the things in my house.”
The old woman won the case and the doctor went away unhappily without getting his pay.
What did the engineer promise(允诺) the doctor if he failed to make her see again?
| A．A lot of money | B．Half of the money |
| C．No money | D．A little money |
The underlined word “discovered” in Paragraph 2 means .
| A．found | B．caught | C．heard | D．covered |
What can you infer(推测) from the story?
| A．The old engineer lived alone. |
| B．The old engineer lived with a servant. |
| C．The old engineer lived with her children. |
| D．The old engineer lived with a judge. |
What’s the result of the case?
| A．The engineer failed. |
| B．The doctor failed to get the pay. |
| C．The doctor returned the things. |
| D．The old engineer forgot her promise. |
What kind of person was the old engineer?
| A．She was foolish. | B．She was kind. |
| C．She was clever. | D．She was polite. |
This story is about a young man.He worked very hard at his lessons.He was too busy to have a rest.At last, he became ill, so he couldn’t go to sleep.Every night, when he went to bed, he closed his eyes and tried to sleep.But the more he tried, the more he stayed awake.
After a while he decided to visit the doctor.“I just can’t go to sleep at night.What should I do?”
“I have a suggestion,” said the doctor.“Try counting numbers.By the time you reach one thousand, you’ll be asleep.I’m sure of it.”
The next day the man returned to the doctor’s office.“Well,” said the doctor, “how are you today? Did you try my suggestion?”
The man still looked tired.“Yes,” he said, “I tried counting one, two, three…up to one thousand.But when I reached five hundred and sixty-nine, I began to feel sleepy.I had to get up and drink some tea so that I could go on counting up to one thousand.But then I still couldn’t fall asleep.”
The young man couldn’t go to sleep because .
| A．he hadn’t finished doing his lessons |
| B．he had worked too hard and became ill |
| C．he was worried about his homework |
| D．there was a lot of noise there and he couldn’t have a good rest |
The doctor asked the young man .
| A．to count numbers before he went to bed |
| B．to put all numbers from 1 to 1,000 together |
| C．to count numbers while he was lying in bed |
| D．to take some medicine and go to bed earlier |
The young man returned to the doctor’s office the next day because .
| A．he wanted to thank the doctor |
| B．he was better and wanted some more medicine |
| C．he wanted to ask the doctor how to count the numbers |
| D．he still couldn’t go to sleep at night |
The young man .
| A．counted from 569 to 1,000 |
| B．counted from 1 to 569 and fell asleep |
| C．counted from 1 to 569 and got up to drink some tea |
| D．counted from 1 to 1,000 and fell asleep |
The young man in fact.
| A．didn’t understand the doctor’s suggestion |
| B．was not able to count numbers |
| C．didn’t try the doctor’s suggestion |
| D．wasn’t ill at all |
Life is not easy, so I’d like to say “When anything happens, believe in yourself.”
When I was a young boy, I was too shy to talk to anyone.My classmates often laughed at me.I was sad but could do nothing.Later, something happened, and it changed my life.It was an English speech contest.My mother asked me to take part in.What a terrible idea! It meant I had to speak before all the teachers and students of my school!
“Come on, boy.Believe in yourself.You are sure to win.” Then my mother and I talked about many difficult topics.At last I chose the topic “Believe in yourself”.I tried my best to remember all the speech and practiced it over 100 times.With my mother’s great love and encouragement(鼓励), I did well in the contest.I could hardly believe my ears when the news came that I had won the first place.I heard the cheers from the teachers and students.Those classmates who once looked down on (瞧不起) me now all said “Congratulations!” to me.My mother hugged me and cried excitedly.
Since then, everything has changed for me.When I do anything, I try to tell myself to be confident and I will do a great job.This is true not only for a person but also for a country.
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。Why did the writer’s classmates laugh at him?
What could he do when others laughed at him?
What changed him and his life?
What was the result of the English speech contest?
Which sentence do you think is the topic sentence in this passage?
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