Real gift at Christmas
IT was Christmas Eve, 1881. I was 15 years old and feeling like the world was over for me. I didn’t have enough money to buy myself the gift that I had wanted that year.
Dad came back in and there was ice in his beard. “You’ve been by widow (寡妇) Smith’s house recently?” he asked. Widow Smith lived two miles down the road. Her husband died a year ago and left her with three children.
“I rode by just today,” Dad continued. “Little Jack was out looking for wood (木头). They must be out of wood, Tom.”
We filled our sled (雪橇) high with wood. Then we went to the store and Dad bought some food, and a smaller pair of shoes. I tried to think through what Dad was doing. I knew we didn’t have much money, so why was Dad buying them so many things?
We got to the Smith’s house and went in. “We brought you a few things, madam,” Dad said, and put down the bag of food on the table. Then Dad handed widow Smith the pair of shoes. She bit her lower lip (下唇) to keep it from trembling (发抖), and then tears filled her eyes and started running down her cheeks.
My throat seemed to be filled with something, and there were tears in my eyes, too. Just then my dream gift seemed very unimportant. Dad had given me the look on widow Smith’s face and the smiles of her three children. He had given me the best Christmas of my life.The writer was not happy on Christmas Eve 1881 because ___________.
| A．he was worried that his father was still not back |
| B．it was the beginning of a new year and he didn’t want to grow up |
| C．he couldn’t have the Christmas gift he wanted |
| D．he didn’t want to go out in the cold |
The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 4 refers to(指的是) “ ___________”.
| A．food and shoes | B．Tom and his dad |
| C．sled and some wood | D．the Smiths |
The father decided to help the Smiths because ___________.
| A．he learned from widow Smith about her trouble |
| B．he saw the little child looking for wood out in the cold |
| C．he realized widow Smith had to raise three children |
| D．he saw their neighbors were not nice or helpful |
How did widow Smith feel when the dad handed her the pair of shoes?
| A． Surprised. | B．Moved. |
| C．Excited. | D．Worried. |
What did the writer learn from that Christmas?
| A．Helping those in need makes us feel good. |
| B．Christmas gifts are unimportant for poor people. |
| C．We should get along with people around us. |
| D．Being helpful sometimes brings people good luck. |
(1) The looks are for Tom’s family.
| Family member |
His /her looks |
| father |
tall, curly hair |
| mother |
short, black hair, heavy |
| sister |
long curly hair, medium build |
| brother |
looks like my mother, short, heavy |
(2) Here is the weather report in some cities in China.
| WEATHER REPORT |
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| City |
Max(最高温度) |
Min(最低温度) |
Weather |
| Beijing Dalian Harbin Shenzhen Ji’nan Xiamen Chongqing |
50C 10C -160C 240C 60C 190C 200C |
-70C -110C -250C 130C -20C 130C 120C |
sunny cloudy to sunny light snow su  nny to cloudycloudy windy rainy |
(3) This is TV show in Chongqing Station.
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| A．tall, curly | B．short, black | C．medium, long | D．short, long |
Beijing is ______ while Chongqing is raining.
| A．sunny to cloudy | B．cloudy to sunny | C．sunny | D．cloudy |
Which is the following sentence right?
A．Tom’s father is a cook. H e learns Chinese cooking on TV at 15:30. |
| B．Tom’s sister looks like my mother and she likes watching soap operas. |
| C．A reporter asks me about what I did on weekends on TV at 16:50. |
| D．Tom’s mother went to Harbin, she has to wear very warm clothes. |
"Come and have a dinner with me on Thursday," says John.
“But I don’t know where your house is,” says Henry.
“It’s easy,” says John. “There’s no problem. You get off(下车) the bus. Then, you cross the street. You take the first on the left, and you walk for five minutes. Then you come to a big tree about a hundred metres down this street, there is a big red house. You go past the big red house. And after about five hundred metres, you see a small yellow house near a little tree. Open the door with your foot."
“With my foot?” Says Henry.
“Why, yes,” says John, “Your hands will be full(满满的).”
"How do you know my hands will be full?"says Henry.
“You wouldn’t come to my house without(没有) some food with you”.John’s house is _____________.
A. a big and red house B. a small yellow house C. near a big treeWhy does John want Henry to open the door with foot? Because ______.
A. John invite(邀请) Henry to have dinner with him
B. There is something wrong Henry’s hands
C. John thinks that when Henry comes, his hands will be fullIn the story(故事), "You take the first on the left" means(意思)
A. You take No.1 bus on the left B. You take the first turning on the left
C. You take the first step on the left
阅读下面图片，从图片后所给各题的四个选项中，选择最佳选项。
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How many(多少) ID cards are there in the picture?
| A．4. | B．3. | C．5. | D．6. |
Linda Brown is her ______ name.
| A．first | B．full | C．family | D．last |
What’s Jim’s family name?
| A．Brown. | B．Hand. | C．Smith. | D．Miller. |
What’s Mr. Hand’s first name?
| A．Gina. | B．Alan. | C．Nick. | D．Jim |
Can you see a clock and glasses(眼镜) in the picture?
| A．Yes. | B．No. | C．Sorry, I don’t know.(不知道) | D．Thanks. |
A student was going to spend his holiday in a cool mountain village. That evening he stayed at an inn (小旅馆) near the railway station (火车站). Before going to bed, he went to the boss of the inn and said, "Excuse me, sir. Will you please wake me up at a quarter to five tomorrow morning? I’ll take the five o’clock train."
"Oh, sorry, sir," the boss said in a hurry, "I’m afraid I can’t. I won’t be able to get up so early."
The student was disappointed (失望). When he began to return to his room, be stopped and asked, "Have you got an alarm-clock (闹钟)? Maybe it can help me."
"Wait a minute, then." The boss said and brought out an alarm-clock. "Here you are, sir."
"Thank you very much." The student said happily. But he found it was rusty (锈的) when he had a look at it. And it sometimes worked and sometimes didn’t. He asked, "Will it ring in time?"
"I don’t know, either." said the boss, "But it doesn’t matter. You just give it a good shake at a quarter to five. And it will ring on time." The student stayed at the inn because ____.
| A．it was in the cool mountain village he was going to |
| B．the boss of the inn was kind to him |
| C．the boss could wake him up at the right time |
| D．it was near the railway station |
The student asked the boss to wake him up the next morning because ____.
| A．the boss had the habit (习惯) of getting up early |
| B．the boss had promised (答应) to help him in every possible way (千方百计地) |
| C．he was afraid he would not wake up in time to catch the train |
| D．it would take him a long time to walk to the railway station |
The train the student was going to take would start at ____ the next morning.
| A．five o’clock | B．a quarter to five |
| C．half past four | D．a quarter to six |
The student was disappointed because ____.
| A．he had to buy an alarm-clock |
| B．the boss refused to wake him up |
| C．he would take another train |
| D．he had to go to the village on foot |
From the story we know the ____.
| A．clock would wake the student up in time |
| B．student certainly missed his train the next morning |
| C．alarm-clock was no use for the student |
| D．student had the alarm-clock repaired (修理) |
Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955. He grew up in Seattle, Washington in the US. He was a very clever boy. His favorite subjects at school were science and math. When he was 13, he started to play with computers. At that time, computers were large machines（机器）. Once he was very interested in a very old computer. He and some of his friends spent lots of time doing unusual things with it. In the end, they worked out a software program（软件程序） with the old machine. Bill sold it for $4,200 when he was only 17.
In 1973, Bill went to Harvard University(哈佛大学). In his third school year, he left Harvard to work for a company called Microsoft（微软）. Bill began his company（公司） in 1975 with his friend Paul Allen. They thought the computer would come into every office and every home soon. So they began developing(发展) the software for personal computers. They improved(改进) the software to make it easier for people to use computers.Bill Gates grew up in _______.
| A．Canada | B．Australia | C．America | D．Germany |
What subjects did Bill like best at school?
| A．Science and math | B．Languages and art |
| C．Math and languages | D．Music and P.E |
Bill’s company worked hard at _______.
| A．making large machines | B．playing computer games |
| C．mending old machines | D．developing software |
Bill started to play with computers ______.
| A．in 1955 | B．in 1968 | C．in 1973 | D．in 1975 |
The underlined word “personal” means _______.
| A．个人的 | B．公众的 | C．大型的 | D．昂贵的 |
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