Once there was a piano player in a bar. People came just to hear him play. But one night, a lady asked him to sing a song.
"I don’t sing," said the man.
But the lady told the waiter, "I’m tired of listening to the piano. I want the player to sing!
The waiter shouted across the room, "Hey, friend! If you want to get paid, sing a song!’
So he did. He had never sung in public before. Now he was singing for the very first time! Nobody had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung so beautifully!
He had talent(天赋) he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar. But once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working hard and became one of the best-known singers in the US. His name was Nat King Cole.
You, too, have skills and abilities. You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be better than you think. With hard work, most skills can be improved. Besides, you may have no success at all if you just sit on your talent.
The lady asked the player to sing a song because _____.
A.she had paid him for this |
B.she knew him very well |
C.she wanted to have a change |
D.she enjoyed his singing |
Nat King Cole succeeded because _____.
A.the lady helped him a lot |
B.he caught the chance |
C.he continued to play in the bar |
D.he stopped playing the piano |
The words "sit on" in the passage probably mean"
A.参加 | B.搁置 | C.开发 | D.展示 |
Which could be the best title for the passage?
A.Sing in the Bar |
B.Achieve Success in Life |
C.Never Lose Heart |
D.Find Your Hidden Talent |
The children often play soccer in the garden and sometimes break Mr Black’s windows. One afternoon Mr Black is at home and reads a book. In a minute he closes his eyes and goes to sleep. At that time a little boy knocks at the door. Mr Black opens his door and asks, “Do you break my window again?”
“Oh, no,” says the boy, “Your window is open this time and our soccer ball is in your room. May I get it, please?”
根据短文内容,判断下列句子T(正确) 还是F(错误)
The children often play soccer in the park.
Sometimes the children break Mr Black’s windows.
Mr Black watches TV one afternoon.
The children’s soccer ball is in Mr Black’s room.
The children break Mr Black’s window again.
There are two deaf(聋的) men in a small village. One is Mr. White and the other is Mr. Black. They live near to each other. They are good friends.
Mr. White and Mr. Black often talk together. They talk about all kinds of things. Sometimes they are worried about their hearing. But one thinks the other is much deafer.
One day Mr. Black comes to see Mr. White. Mr. White is sitting on a chair, He is having a rest. Mr. Black stops at the door and asks, “Can you hear me?” There is no answer. Mr. Black goes nearer and asks again, “Can you hear me?” Again he doesn’t hear any answer. Mr. Black is quite pleased. Still he goes nearer and asks for the third time, “Can you hear me?” Still there is no answer. At last Mr. Black goes up to Mr. White and calls, “Now I know you are much deafer than me. You don’t hear my questions.” “I’m much deafer?” says Mr. White. “No, I answer you three times. But you do not hear my answer.”
Mr. White and Mr. Black are .
A.brothers | B.in the city |
C.not near to each other | D.in the same village. |
Mr. White and Mr. Black often together.
A.talk | B.have a rest | C.sit at home | D.go out for a walk |
One day Mr. Black talks with Mr. White .
A.in Mr. Black’s house | B.in the street |
C.at the door of Mr. White’s house | D.happily |
Which one is right?
A.Mr. White doesn’t answer Mr. Black’s question. |
B.Mr. Black doesn’t hear Mr. White’s answer. |
C.Mr. White is deafer than Mr. Black |
D.Mr. White wouldn’t like to answer Mr. Black’s question |
Mr. Black and Mr. White are men, I think.
A.interesting | B.good | C.bad | D.blind |
Almost every child in big cities has the chance to go to school. Nine years’ studying helps children to prepare for their future lives. In fact, many students can study for more than nine years. Not all children are so lucky.
There is a girl called Xiao Fang. She is eight years old and lives in a small village in Guangxi. When she was younger, she wanted to go to school, but she could not because her family was too poor. The schools were too expensive, so her parents kept her at home. Instead of studying, Xiao Fang worked in the fields with her parents.
Then Project Hope heard about Xiao Fang. It agreed to help Xiao Fang to go to school. Her wish came true, and now she is studying in a school. Unluckily, there are many thousands of children who can not go to school. You can help these children.
Project Hope also helps to repair school buildings.
All this good work costs money. Project Hope needs your help. If you give Project Hope ¥300, we can pay for one child to go to school for a whole year. With more money, Project Hope can build new schools. The money buys good desks, chairs, blackboards and books. To help us is to help Xiao Fang and many other children to have a good start in life.
根据Almost every child in big cities has the chance to go to school 可知大城市每个孩子都能上学。故选C。
根据When she was younger, she wanted to go to school, but she could not because her family was too poor. 可知选A。
根据If you give Project Hope ¥300, we can pay for one child to go to school for a whole year.可知选D。
根据Then Project Hope heard about Xiao Fang. It agreed to help Xiao Fang to go to school. Her wish came true, and now she is studying in a school. 描述,可知选B。
根据短文描述,可知希望工程帮助贫穷孩子上学,修建校舍,故选D。
______________can go to school.
A.Almost everyone in the world | B.Almost everyone in China |
C.Almost everyone in big cities | D.Almost everyone in small villages |
Xiao Fang didn’t go to school when she was younger because_______. .
A.her family was too poor | B.she didn’t like school |
C.there was too much work for her to do | D.she could learn nothing at school |
With¥300, ______________.
A.one child can go to school for nine years |
B.a new school can be built |
C.many children can go to school |
D.a child can go to school for a year |
Xiao Fang is studying in a school because _________________________. .
A.Project Hope heard from her |
B.Project Hope helped her |
C.she knew someone working in Project Hope |
D.she wrote a letter to the newspaper |
Project Hope helps__________________________. .
A.children who are too poor to go to school | B.to repair school buildings |
C.children to go to school | D.all the above |
阅读上面的5段语言材料,请找出与它们相对应的标题。
Your best chance of success is by doing what you really want to do. Ask yourself, “If money were not so important, what kind of work would I do for free?” Then just do what you like to do.
Think about what you are going to do. You have to start somewhere and it may be quite a real beginning. Whether you are beginning in business or you’re dreaming to be a star, you have to start at the bottom.
Great ambition(目标)is necessary. An English student called Richard Brason opened a student magazine when he was only 16 years old. But he didn’t stop there. He also opened a record business with many shops, and now his company has planes, trains and cars.
The only people who succeed without hard work are lottery(彩票)winners. You need a “can do” attitude(态度)and you must work step by step, which will help you get what you really want. You are on the right way to win the success.
If you always say someone is successful, it doesn’t mean anything to you. Learn from those who have already succeeded in something, especially where they do the same as you want to do.
A.Think big |
B.Start small |
C.Follow the leaders |
D.Find the work you love |
E. Be prepared to work hard
Our school is very big. There are sixty classes in our school. There are about(大约) fifty students in a class. There is a television in a classroom, but there isn’t a computer. There are 52 desks in my classroom. In my class there are 26 boys and 25 girls.
Our library is big, too. There are many books in it. The gym is behind it, and the science labs are next to the library. Behind the gym is our dining hall. We have lunch(吃午饭)in it.
There are about ___________ students in a class in our school.
A.70 | B.60 |
C.50 | D.40 |
There is no ________ in my classroom.
A.television | B.computer |
C.blackboard | D.teacher’s desk |
In my class there are _________ students.
A.52 | B.26 |
C.25 | D.51 |
_________ is in front of the gym.
A.The library | B.The science lab |
C.The dining hall | D.The classroom |
We have lunch in the _________.
A.library | B.science lab |
C.dining hall | D.classroom |
阅读判断(根据短文内容判断正误。正确的用A,错误的用B)
Healthy Eating
Healthy eating is important to us. What and how should we eat to be healthy?
First, we must have enough food, never too much or too little. The food must be clean and we should cook it properly.
Second, it’s very important for us to keep a balanced diet. Different kinds of foods are necessary, such as rice, bread, meat, fish, eggs, milk and vegetables. Rice and bread give us energy. Meat, fish, eggs and milk help our bones grow. Fruit and vegetables make us healthy.
Third, we should eat regularly. It’s said that half of the students don’t have a regular breakfast or don’t eat anything at all in the morning. It is bad for their health. In fact, a good breakfast keeps us strong.
In short, we should not only eat enough food, healthy food but also eat regularly.
We eat food freely.
We should eat different kinds of healthy foods.
Vegetables are the most important food for our health.
The more regularly, the healthier we are.
All the students don’t have a regular breakfast.
Being safe in your everyday life needs knowledge. If you remember the following information,your life will be much safer.
● Always notice the environment around you. You shouldn’t walk alone outside late at night. Make sure where the public phones are. If anything dangerous happens,you can find them easily.
●Your bag should be carried towards the front of your body instead of putting it on your back。When a bus is full of people,it is easy enough for a thief to take away the things in the bag on your back.
●If you are followed by someone you don’t know, cross the street and go to the other way, let the person understand that you know he or she is after you. Next,don’t go home at once. You are safer in the street than you are alone in your home or in a lift.
●If you have to take a bus to a place far away, try to get to the stop a few minutes earlier before the bus leaves. This stops other people from studying you. On the bus,don’t sit alone. Sit behind the driver or other people. Don’t sleep.
Which of the following is NOT safe when you are out?
A.Go home alone late at night. |
B.Make sure where the public phones are. |
C.Don’t get to the bus stop too early. |
D.Always notice the environment around you. |
When you are followed by someone on your way home,you should ____ to make yourself safe.
A.run home |
B.find a lift and go in |
C.turn back and walk towards him or her at once |
D.cross the street and go to the other way. |
When you take a bus alone,it’s safe for you______
A.to sit behind the driver or with other people,but not to sleep |
B.to talk with the driver |
C.to call your friends |
D.to get off the bus at once |
What can you learn from the passage?
A.How to notice the environment around you |
B.How to be safe in your everyday life |
C.How to cross the street |
D.How to use the public phones |
A new Long March(长征)
Twenty-one people from Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland began a new Long March on October 15. They will walk about 8,000 kilometers from Ruijin, Jiangxi to Wuqi, Shanxi. They hope to get 20.2 million Yuan to build 101 schools and help poor children go back to school. They hope to finish the march by August 16, 2012.
The football team
The Chinese under-17 football team is No. 1 in Asia. They won the Asian U-17 Championship(亚洲U-17锦标赛)in Japan on Saturday. They beat the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea(朝鲜)by 1:0. After 85 minutes, Wang Weilong got the only goal. They took the cup for the first time in 12 years.
Liu leaves China
Chinese actor Liu Ye left for the US on Monday to make a film called Meteor(《流星》)。 He is going to act with the Hollywood film star Meryl Streep. His former classmate Zhang Ziyi sent Liu a message to encourage him. Liu was worried about his English, and worked hard on it before he left. People know him from films like last year’s “Mei Ren Cao”。
From the news,we know that the twenty-one people began a new Long March to ______.
A.travel around China |
B.visit some schools |
C.teach poor children |
D.get some money and help poor children go back to school |
The second piece of news tells us ______.
A.Korea held this contest |
B.the Chinese football team is No. 1 in South-East Asia |
C.the Chinese under-17 football team won the world championship |
D.the Chinese under-17 football team won the championship for the first time in 12years |
Which of the paragraphs is about sports? ______
A.The 1st | B.The 2nd |
C.The 3rd | D.The 3th and the 1st |
任务型阅读:根据对话内容,完成下列空格。
Michael’s mother:Hello!
Sally:Hello! May I speak to Michael?
Michael’s mother:Who’s this, please?
Sally:This is Sally.
Michael’s mother:Oh, hello, Sally. Michael isn’t in now.
Sally:Could you ask him to call me back this evening?
Michael’s mother:Sure.
Sally:Thank you. Good bye.
Michael’s mother:Bye.
Telephone Message From: To: Message:Call back this . |
American schools begin in September after a long summer holiday. There are two terms in a school year, the first term is from September to January, and the second is from February to June. Most American children begin to go to school when they are five years old. Most children are seventeen or eighteen years old when they finish high school. High school students study only four or five subjects each term. They usually go to the same class every day, and they have homework for every class. After class they do many interesting things.
After high school, many students go to college. They can go to a small one or a large one. They usually have to give a lot of money. So many college students work after class to get the money for their studies.
Most American children go to school at the age of _________.
A.eight | B.seven | C.six | D.five |
High school students _________ after class.
A.do a lot of homework |
B.do some housework for their parents |
C.do many interesting things |
D.do some shopping |
After high school, many students go to__.
A.work in a college | B.college |
C.make more money | D.cities or towns |
In order to ______, many college students work after school.
A.get the money for their studies |
B.help other people |
C.help their parents |
D.learn some new things |
From this passage we can know in American, a summer holiday begins in ________.
A.June | B.January | C.September | D.February |
(A)
During the day we work and play,and at night we sleep. Our body rests when we sleep. In the morning we are ready to work and play again. Our body grows most when we are asleep. Children who are tired usually need sleep. We can get better at our lessons after having plenty of rest. Boys and girls who are eight or nine years old need ten hours of sleep every night. Our body needs plenty of air when we are asleep. If we do not get enough fresh air, we will feel tired when we wake up. While in bed we must not cover our head,our lungs need to get enough fresh air. If we open our windows at night,we can have plenty of fresh air. Cool air is better than warm air.
Our body grows most while we are _______.
A.eating | B.playing | C.sleeping | D.reading |
Too little sleep makes us _______.
A.tired | B.hungry | C.happy | D.angry |
—What may cause us to feel tired in the morning?
—_______ during the sleep.
A.Too much air | B.Not enough fresh air |
C.Too much cold air | D.Too much warm air |
How many hours of sleep should 9-year-old children have every night?
A.8 hours. | B.9 hours. | C.10 hours. | D.11 hours. |
What do the lungs need most?
A.Fresh air. | B.Exercise. | C.Warm air. | D.Cold air. |
Doctor Seuss was born in 1904. By the middle 1950s, he had become one of the best-loved and most successful children’s book writers in the world. His books are very popular with young readers. They enjoy the invented words and the pictures of unusual funny animals and plants.
In 1954, life magazine published a report about school children who could not read. The report said many children’s books were not interesting. Doctor Seuss strongly hoped to help children and decided to write books that were interesting and easy to read. He used words with the same ending sound, like fish and wish. He did not receive training in art. Yet, he drew the pictures for most of his books.
In 1957, Dr. Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat. He used less than 230 words to write the book and even a six-year-old should be able to read it. It was a fun story and easy to read. Children loved it. Their parents loved it, too. Today it is still one of the stories they like best. The success of The Cat in the Hat made him want to write more books for children. In 1960, he wrote a book using less than fifty words. The book is called Green Eggs and Ham.
In 1984, Doctor Seuss won a Pulitzer Prize (普利策奖). He was honored for the education and enjoyment his books provided American children and their parents. He died at the age of 87, but his influence remains. Millions of his books have been sold worldwide. People say his books helped change the way American children learned to read. Yet, his books are loved by people of all ages. Doctor Seuss once said, "I do not write for children. I write for people.
–Doctor Seuss learned from the magazine that _______.
A.children wanted to learn to write |
B.a report for children was wanted |
C.many children’s books were interesting |
D.some school children were not interested in reading. |
People like his books because the books ______.
A.are cheap and easy to get | B.were written in different languages |
C.are easy and interesting to read | D.were written with invented words |
He wrote the book The Cat in the Hat at the age of _____.
A.50 | B.53 | C.56 | D.87 |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.Doctor Seuss wrote Green Eggs and Ham with over 230 words. |
B.Doctor Seuss wrote books only for children in the United States. |
C.The Cat in the Hat was written only for six-year-old children. |
D.His books provided education and enjoyment for Americans. |
From the text we know that Doctor Seuss __________.
A.won a Pulitzer Prize soon after his death |
B.sold millions of his books himself worldwide |
C.changed American children’s way of reading |
D.wrote the largest number of books in the world |
Students learn many subjects at school, like Chinese, English, math and physics. Some students think it’s hard to do well in math. They say it’s boring. Why do they say this? First, some math problems are so hard for them. They spend a lot of time on them, but they can’t work them out, so they lost heart(失去信心). Second, they are afraid( 害怕) to ask their teachers for help. They think the teachers will laugh at them. Third, they think math class is very tiring because they need to use their brain(大脑)to find out the answers all the time.
How can you do well in math? Here is some advice from a math teacher:
1. Listen to the teacher carefully in class and do some extra(额外的) exercises after class.
2. Ask the teacher for help if you don’t understand anything. Don’t be afraid.
3. Don’t forget to go over (复习) your old lessons.
If you do these things, you will find it much easier to do better in math.
Doing _______ math problem can make students lose heart.
A.easy | B.difficult | C.many | D.few |
The advice is from ____________.
A.a math teacher | B.an English teacher |
C.a student | D.a doctor |
Some students think math class is very tiring because _____________
A.they have to listen to the teacher. |
B.they have to look after themselves. |
C.they need to use their brain to find out the answers all the time. |
D.they need to help their classmates. |
If you want to do better in math, you should NOT______________.
A.listen to the teachers carefully |
B.ask the teacher for help |
C.go over your old lessons |
D.lose interest in studying math |
Do you know that animals have love for each other and their children just like us humans? Let me tell you some moving stories of great animal parents.
Several years ago a heavy rain hit a town and made the river go up. When the rain stopped, people found that a dog swam to an island in the river twice a day for two weeks. Why did she do so? Her four children were there. The mother swam there every day to feed her babies. This true story moved many people.
Another story is about chimpanzees(猩猩). A scientist named Jane Goodall spent 4 years living with chimpanzees in Africa. She found that chimpanzees also cared for those that were hurt or got lost. “It is not only humans who have duties, animals also do,” she said.
Two birds in Chengdu also showed their parental(父母的) love. Their baby was hurt and fell on the street in the center of the city. Cars were driving past but the brave parents rushed down to the road and took the little bird away with their claws(爪子).
B
A
D
C
After the heavy rain, the mother dog swam to the island ________.
A.to look for food | B.to feed her babies |
C.to move some people | D.to carry things to her owner |
The scientist found chimpanzees ________.
A.cared for the hurt or lost ones | B.often left for a far place |
C.always stayed in the same place | D.didn’t care about each other |
The two birds rushed down and took the little one away because ________.
A.they didn’t like their baby | B.they were not kind enough |
C.they wanted to teach their baby | D.they wanted to save their baby |
From the passage we know ________.
A.dogs like to swim across the river in a heavy rain. |
B.mother birds don’t want to save their children |
C.animal parents love their children a lot |
D.all animals want to move people very much |