Bob was a homeless boy who lived in a house for homeless children. He always felt lonely and sad. He felt he was a nobody in this world. One day, he said to Mr. White, head of the house, "Why did my parents bring me to this world? What value do I have now?" Mr. White gave Bob a stone and said to him, "Take it to the market, but don't sell it no matter how much money they pay you.
Bob took the stone to a market called Green Market. A man wanted to buy it for 100 pounds, and Bob wouldn't sell it. Later, another buyer would pay more for the stone, but Bob still wouldn't sell it.
The next day in Center Market, the people would buy it at a much higher price. But Bob wouldn't sell it.
The third day, Bob took the stone to Street Market. This time, the people there offered a price which was ten times higher than that in Green Market. But Bob wouldn't sell it.
Bob couldn't understand. He asked Mr. White, " Why did they pay me so much money for just a stone?"
" Even for a stone, if you think it valuable, it will be valuable, " said Mr. White.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填人题前括号内。Why did Bob always feel lonely and sad?
| A．Because he didn't go to school. |
| B．Because he didn't have any money. |
| C．Because he didn't have a warm family. |
| D．Because he didn't like the place he lived in. |
Which places did Bob take the stone to?
| A．Some parks. | B．Some hotels. |
| C．Some schools. | D．Some markets. |
For what reason didn't Mr. White want Bob to sell the stone?
| A．Bob wanted a higher price. |
| B．The stone is very expensive. |
| C．Mr. White wanted to teach Bob a lesson. |
| D．Mr. White wanted to play a joke on Bob. |
How many times did Bob go to the market?.
| A．Only once. | B．Only twice. |
| C．Three times. | D．Four times. |
What is the best title for this passage?
| A．A homeless boy | B．A valuable lesson |
| C．An expensive stone | D．A house for children |
Today is Saturday. It’s sunny and warm. Many children from No. 1 Middle School are at the Old People’s Home. Now, they’re helping the old people.
Look! Li Min and Zhan Ran are cleaning the windows. Ma Lan and Liu Qian are washing clothes.
What’s Li Na doing over there? Many old people are clapping their hands(鼓掌)for her. Oh, she’s singing for them. Her song is really beautiful. And where’s the American boy, Tom? He likes helping others and he often comes here. Listen! Who’s speaking English? It’s Tom. He’s teaching two old people to speak English.
All the children and the old people are very happy. “We are happy when we help others, ” says Tom. How’s the weather today?
| A．It’s snowy. | B．It’s windy. |
| C．It’s Saturday. | D．It’s sunny and warm. |
How many children in the passage?
| A．Three. | B．Four. | C．Five. | D．Six. |
The old people are clapping hands, because Li Na sings ________.
| A．very well | B．very badly |
| C．really beautiful | D．very good |
Where is Tom from?
| A．the United Kingdom |
| B．the United States |
| C．China. |
| D．The Old People’s Home. |
What is Tom doing?
| A．He is singing English songs. |
| B．He is teaching English. |
| C．He is washing clothes. |
| D．He is cleaning the windows. |
My name is Andrew．There are three people in my family—my father，my mother and I．
My father is a bank clerk．And he works in a bank．He thinks it’s a boring job．He wants to be a policeman．My mother is a teacher．She teaches Chinese．She thinks her job is very interesting．She works hard and often comes back home very late．In her free time，she likes writing stories for a magazine．I’m a student．I want to be a musician when I grow up.Where does Andrew’s father work?
| A．In a bank． | B．At the police station． |
| C．In a school． | D．In a shop． |
What does Andrew’s father want to be?
| A．A bank clerk． | B．A teacher． | C．A musician． | D．A policeman． |
Why does Andrew’s mother often come back home late?
| A．Because she wants to make money． |
| B．Because she likes her job and works hard． |
| C．Because she doesn’t love her family． |
| D．Because she works for a magazine． |
Who likes writing stories?
| A．Andrew． | B．Andrew’s father. |
| C．Andrew’s mother． | D．We don’t know． |
What does Andrew like?
| A．Chinese． | B．Reading stories． |
| C．Music． | D．Sports． |
阅读后，完成下面的任务。
Your schooldays should be some of the best and happiest days of your life. You shouldn’t waste this wonderful opportunity to learn. Here is our advice for you to have a happy school-life.Don’t say things are difficult or boring. Be interested in school-life and your school subjects. Join lots of activities. Be quick to put your hand up. Go round the school with a big smile.
School is not a holiday camp. If you are not working, you are not learning, and you are wasting your time at school. Teachers cannot make everything enjoyable.
If you don’t eat a good breakfast, you will be thinking about food in class. If you go to bed late and do not have enough sleep, you will be sleepy in class. Play some sports to keep your body strong.
Do not say you will do things tomorrow. If you get behind the class, it is very difficult to get back in front. You cannot finish a race if you rest all the time.
Everyone fails some tests, loses some matches and has bad days. Friends are not always perfect, and they sometimes say and do unpleasant things. Don’t let small problems seem very big and important.
阅读上面5段语言材料， 从中找出与它们相对应的标题， 并将其标号填入语段前的括号内。其中有两个选项是多余的。
| A. Plan your holiday. B. Don’t be too disappointed if things sometimes go badly. C. Do today’s work today. D. Be active in school！ E. Expect to work！ F. Talk about problems. G. Keep fit. |
根据短文内容完成任务
Can plants eat people? Probably not, but there are many plants that eat meat. Some of them are big, and they can eat small animals. One famous meat-eating plant is the Venus flytrap.
The Venus flytrap is a very strange plant. It grows in dry parts of the United States. Its leaves are like the pages of a book. (A) They can open and close very quickly. Inside the leaves, there are three small hairs. If an insect touches one of the hairs, the leaf closes quickly. The insect cannot get out. In about half an hour, the leaf presses(挤压) the insect until it is dead. Then, the plant covers the insect with a special liquid （液体）. Slowly, the plant eats the insect.
(B) Plants are living things that have leaves and roots and grow in earth. Most of them get energy from the sun, the air, and the ground. In some places, the ground is very poor. It doesn’t have all the important things that plants need, especially nitrogen （氮）. Animal meat has a lot of nitrogen, so some plants eat meat to get what they need. Let’s hope that some of the bigger plants don’t get the same idea!Can plants get energy from the air?
Why is Venus flytrap a famous piant?
In some places, why do some plants get energy from animal meat?
写出（A）处划线单词they所指代的名词。
将（B）处划线句子改为两个简单句。
Plants are living things. ______________________________
Passage 4
From the world’s heaviest apple, the oldest lady to the world’s smallest dog, these are all parts of a group of the world’s strangest people and things. And they are all in the Guinness Book of Records(《吉尼斯记录》).
The book is going to celebrate its birthday this August. It began exactly half a century ago. And it’s always one of the best selling books in the world.
People now can break over 1000 records every week! Why do so many people want to break the records? Do they want their names in the book or meet more people around the world? “It gives people a chance to show they’re the best in the world.” said one of the record keepers Stewart Newport.
The book was started by Hugh Beaver from Britain. In 1951, he went shooting birds and talked with his friends about the fastest bird in Europe. Three years later, they were still talking about it. So Beaver believed that people must have different ideas. So, he decided to start a book to record the world’s truly greatest people and things in it!
The newest book came out last Tuesday. This book has a lot of interesting records. Here are two:
☆ A British dog, Whitney, is the world’s smallest dog. It’s only 76mm tall.
☆ An American woman Lee Redmond has the longest fingernails(指甲).They grew as long as 600 mm! She made the record in 1971.We can see everything in the Guinness Book of Records except .
| A．the heaviest fruits and vegetables |
| B．the smallest people and animals |
| C．the strangest people and things |
| D．very ordinary people and things |
The Guinness Book of Records has been one of the best selling books for .
| A．50 years | B．76 years | C．600 years | D．1000 years |
Newport thought many people tried to break Guinness records because .
| A．their names be kept in the world records. |
| B．their names could be seen by the whole world. |
| C．they could meet more people all over the world. |
| D．they could be known as the greatest by the world. |
Which of the following is right according to the passage?
| A．Newport started the Guinness Book of Records in Britain. |
| B．More than four thousand records are broken each month. |
| C．The Guinness Book of Records started in the year 1954. |
| D．The newest book of Guinness comes out every Tuesday. |
The writer of this passage wants to .
| A．tell us the strangest records in the world |
| B．show us the beginning of the Guinness Book of Records |
| C．give us an introduction to the Guinness Book of Records |
| D．let us know the most interesting things in the world |
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