“Everything happens for the best，”my mother said whenever I faced disappointment (失望)．“If you carry on，one day something good will happen．”
Mother was right，as I discovered after graduating (毕业) from college in 1932，I had decided to try for a job in radio，then work my way up to a sports announcer．I hitchhiked (搭便车) to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station and got turneddown every time．In one studio，a kind lady told me that big stations couldn’t risk hiring an inexperienced person．“Go out in the sticks and find a small station that’ll give you a chance，”she said．I thumbed home to Dixon，Illinois．
While there were no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon，my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local sportsman to manage its sports department (部门)．Since Dixon was where I had played high school football，I applied．The job sounded just right for me．But I wasn’t hired．My mother noticed my disappointment．“Everything happens for the best．”Mom reminded me．Dad offered me the car to hunt a job．I tried WOC Radio in Davenport，Iowa．The program director, a wonderful Scotsman named Peter Mac Arthur told me they had already hired an announcer．
As I left his office，I asked aloud，“How can a guy get to be a sports announcer if he can’t get a job in a radio station?”I was waiting for the lift when I heard Mac Arthur calling，“What did you mean about sports? Do you know anything about football?’’ Then he stood me before a microphone and asked me to cover an imaginary (想象的) game．Last autumn，my team had won a game in the last 20 seconds with a 65-yard run．I did a 15-minute build-up to that play, and Peter told me I would cover Saturday’s game! On my way home，I thought of my mother’s words：“If you carry on，one day something good will happen．”
I often wonder what direction my life might have taken if I had gotten the job at Montgomery Ward．When did the writer first decide to take a radio-announcing job?
| A．After he applied for the job in a store． |
| B．Before he graduated from college． |
| C．After he came back from Chicago． |
| D．Before he was a football player． |
The underlined phrase“turned down”probably means ．
| A．refused | B．accepted |
| C．hired | D．offered |
Why did the writermention his mother’s words over and again?
| A．Because his mother liked to talk a lot． |
| B．Because his mother’s words made him sad． |
| C．Because his mother’s words encouraged him． |
| D．Because his mother’s words disappointed him． |
The writer shows his by saying“．．．if I had gotten the job at Montgomery Ward．”
| A．regret | B．happiness |
| C．thankfulness | D．disappointment |
| Sunshine TV |
Golden TV |
| 18:30 Cartoon World : Hello Kitty |
18:00 TV Classroom: Modern English |
| 19:00 Today’s News |
18:30 Animal World |
| 19:30 Weather Report |
19:00 Documentary : In Asia |
| 19:40 Food and Health |
19:40 News in English |
| 20:10 Drama series: The Three Kingdoms |
20:10 Sports World: Football Match |
| 21:25 Game Show: Lucky Winner |
22:00 Chat Show |
| 23:00 China Music TV |
22:30 News Round-up |
| 23:30 On the Screen next Week |
23:00 Film: Roman Holiday |
| A．tells you something about English classroom |
| B．lets you know English news |
| C．teaches you English |
| D．makes foreign friends |
| A．Food and Health | B．Sports World |
| C．Today’s News | D．Game Show |
| A．19:00 on Sunshine | B．19:30 on Sunshine |
| C．19:00 on Golden | D．19:30 on Golden |
| A．20:00 on Sunshine | B．23:00 on Sunshine |
| C．19:40 on Golden | D．23:00 on Golden |
| A．Once. | B．Twice. |
| C．Three times. | D．Four Times. |
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A recent survey found that only 9 percent of teens in the United States smoke cigarettes(香烟). That’s down from 23 percent in 2000. While this is good news for the US’s overall health, tobacco(烟草)use is still a problems.
Cigarettes can cause many diseases. Although they know about the health problems, teenagers still smoke. According to the American Lung Association(美国肺病协会), every day almost 3,900 children under 18 years of age try their first cigarette, and more than 950 of them will become daily smokers. If it goes on like this, 5.8 million children alive today will die as a result of smoking.
The Truth Campaign is working to end teenage smoking. Their latest activities uses social media(媒体) to remind teenagers of the dangers of smoking. “If we all join forces, smokers and non-smokers, we can end smoking once and for all,” the campaign website explained. The campaign encourages teens to learn the facts. “ We are not here to criticize(批评)your choices, or tell you not to smoke. We are here to arm everyone, smokers and non-smokers, with the tools to make change,” they say.
根据短文内容，回答问题：(答案不超过5个单词)According to the survey, how many American teenagers smoked in 2000?
______________________________________________________________What can cigarettes cause?
______________________________________________________________What do almost 3900 children under 18 years of age do according to the association?
______________________________________________________________What’s the aim of the Truth Campaign?
______________________________________________________________What does the campaign encourage teens to do ?
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Growing up is not always easy. When we face difficulties，a spirit of depending on yourself is more useful than crying for help．That’s what Hong Zhanhui’s story of growing from boy to man with family hardship tells us．
Hong was born in 1982 in a poor family in Xihua County(县)，Henan Province. When he was only 11，his father became badly ill and one day he came back with an unwanted baby girl．A year later，Hong’s mother left home. She no longer wanted to live such a poor life and face her sick husband．Everything hard fell onto the young boy’s shoulders. He managed to take care of his father and the sister Chenchen and go on to study as well．
Although his life was hard, Hong didn’t go away from his father and sister. He worked in part-time jobs to feed his family．He climbed tall trees to get birds’ eggs for his sister．He walked two hours at weekends to the market to buy different things to sell around his school. A few years later，he studied at a college．To take care of Chenchen，he worked hard to rent(租)a room near his college for her，and send her to school．
After Hong’s story went public，he became a hero in people’s eyes．But Hong refused offers from others．He said he felt encouraged by kind offers，but he could depend on his own work．
Through his hard life，he has grown up from boy to man．
| Hong’s birthplace |
Xihua County, Henan Province |
| His family background |
Hong came from a |
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| What Hong did in face of |
Hong climbed trees to get |
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| While he was in college, he sent his sister to school as well. |
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He depended on |
You can be proud of yourselves, even if you can only make one or two of these green changes. The goal here is to limit CO₂and other greenhouse gases, which are closely connected to the big problem of global-warming (全球变暖).
WAY 1: Bring your own cup to Starbucks. You’ll get a 10-cent discount, and it’s one less paper cup to end up in a dustbin. The store won’t create more waste when they throw away a cup.
WAY 2: Turn off your computer. If you don’t do that, your PC is still using energy. Turning off a monitor (显示器) for 40 hours a week may only save $ 5 a month, but it reduces CO2 by 750 pounds.
WAY 3: Reuse plastic bags. Instead of throwing away 100 billion plastic bags a year, try and get a second, third, or tenth use out of them. Better yet, next time you shop, try a reusable bag. Oil that is used for making just 14 plastic bags would run your car for one mile.
WAY 4: Use recycled paper in the bathroom. Most of the toilet paper we use is made from trees found in forests. If every family replaced(替换)one roll of toilet paper with a recycled one, 424,000 trees would still be standing.
WAY 5: Plant a tree. Adding green to your garden is beautiful and earth-pleasing. Just one tree will help make cleaner air and save the environment from 5, 000 pounds of hot CO2 each year.How many ways are mentioned in the passage?
| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Four. | D．Five. |
What will happen if our PC is turned off when it isn’t in use?
| A．It will help to save much money. |
| B．It will help to reduce a great deal of CO₂. |
| C．It will save a lot of oil that runs your car for a mile. |
| D．It will be like planting 1.7 million acres of new trees. |
Which ways suggest recycling or reusing of things?
| A．Ways 3 & 4. | B．Ways 2 & 3. |
| C．Ways 3 & 5. | D．Ways 2 & 4. |
How do these ways do good to our environment?
| A．They all help reduce the use of energy like electricity. |
| B．They all cut down the number of the use of paper. |
| C．They all produce less greenhouse gases as a result. |
| D．They all help protect our trees and forests. |
What are the uses of planting a tree?
| A．To make your garden beautiful |
| B．To help make cleaner air |
| C．To save environment |
| D．All of above |
Amy was looking for a gift for her little daughter. Suddenly she stopped before a store of dolls. “Girls like dolls,” she thought as she stepped into it. Looking around, she saw a grandma doll---one with gray hair and a pair of glasses. In her mind appeared Joyce, her mother.
When Amy was a little girl, she got her first doll from Joyce for her birthday. Then the second, the third… A doll a year never arrived late.
“Why always a doll?” This question had been in Amy’s mind until one day her father gave the answer.
Little Joyce dreamed to have a doll. Her parents promised one for her fifth birthday. Sadly, they both died in a traffic accident before it arrived. The never-received gift was the most precious (珍贵的) in her eyes.
Her mother’s story being recalled, Amy got an idea.
It was Joyce’s birthday. A package was sent to her with a card that read:
Dear Joyce,
I forget to send you the package that you should have received on May 20, 1956, your fifth
Birthday. The gift inside has aged, but I felt that you might still wish to have it.
Love, Angel of Joy
Joyce opened the package and saw a lovely grandma doll. She clasped the doll that she had waited so many years for, crying softly. The doll given by “Angel of Joy”, made her the happiest “child” in the world.
We can tell from the story that Joyce is _____
| A．Amy’s daughter | B．Amy’s mother |
| C．the grandma doll | D．Angel of Joy |
Why did Joyce think dolls were the best birthday gifts for Amy?
| A．Amy dreamed to have all kinds of lovely dolls. |
| B．Amy looked like a doll when she was a little girl. |
| C．Joyce received a lot of lovely dolls from her parents. |
| D．Joyce had never got the dream doll from her parents. |
Who sent a grandma doll to Joyce indeed on her birthday?
| A．Amy | B．Angel of Joy |
| C．Joyce’s parents | D．Amy’s daughter |
The underlined word “clasped” means “______” in the passage.
| A．held | B．threw | C．made | D．bought |
What can we learn from the story?
| A．Dolls are every little girl’s dream toys. |
| B．Grandma dolls are best gifts for parents. |
| C．Parents sometimes need their “Angel of Joy”. |
| D．Parents’ birthdays are very important. |
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