A jobless man applied（申请）for the position of “office boy” at Microsoft, The HR manager interviewed him and then watched him cleaning the floor as a test.
“You are employed,” he said. “Give me your e-mail address and I’ll send you the application form to fill in, as well as the date when you may start.”
The man replied, “But I don't have a computer or an e-mail.”
“I’m sorry,”said the HR manager, “If you don't have an e-mail, that mean you do not exist. And the one who doesn't exist cannot have the job.”
The man left with no hope at all. He didn't know what to do. With only $10 in his pocket, he decided to go to the supermarket and buy 10kg tomatoes. He then sold the tomatoes from door to door . In less than two hours, he succeeded in making his money double. He repeated the
operation three times, and returned home with $60.
The man realized that he could survive in this way, and started earlier and returned late.
Thus, his money doubled or tripled every day. Shortly, h e bought a cart, then a truck and then he had his own fleet to send food . Five years later, he became one of the biggest food sellers in The US.
He started to plan his family's future, so he called an insurance broker (保险经纪人）to Have a discussion. When the conversation was over, the broker asked him for his e-mail. The man replied again,“I don't have an e-mail.”
The broker answered in surprise, “You don't have an e-mail, and yet have succeeded building an empire. Can you imagine what you could have been if you had had an e-mail?”
The man thought for a while and replied, "Yes, I would be an office boy at Microsoft
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填涂在答题卡相应位置。Why was the man refused by the Microsoft?
| A．He didn't pass the test. |
| B．He didn't do well in the interview. |
| C．He didn't get on well with the manager. |
| D．He didn't have a computer or an e-mail. |
How much money did the man make in less than two hours by selling tomatoes?
| A．$10． | B．$20． | C．$40． | D． $60． |
What does the underlined word“fleet” mean in Chinese?
| A．公司 | B．农场 | C．车队 | D．商场 |
What does the insurance broker's answer mean?
| A．He suggests that the man should have an e-mail. |
| B．The man doesn't have an e-mail. so he has succeeded. |
| C．The man could be more successful if he had an e-mail. |
| D．He can't imagine there exists someone who has no e-mail. |
What's the best tide of the passage?
| A．I don't have an e-mail. |
| B．I used to be an office boy. |
| C．Having an e-mail is important |
| D．Insurance is important in one’s life. |
Have you ever tried scuba-diving(戴水肺潜水)? It is a very wonderful experience. Scuba is a kind of machine which can help people breathe under the water for a long time. The machine is invented by Jacques Cousteau and his friend.
Cousteau, a French man, is full of new ideas. Since he was a child, he has dreamed of diving (潜水) deep to see the wonderful world under the sea. Later with the help of the scuba machine, his dream was realized. Cousteau took lots of pictures and videos of many strange things that people had never seen before. He spent eight years making a TV show named The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau. People were surprised at so many beautiful things under the water.
Cousteau loved the coral reels(珊瑚礁) and the colorful fish very much. However, he was sad to see that the beautiful coral reels were dead and grey when he returned some years later. He tried his best to encourage people not to pollute our seas and oceans any more.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。 The underlined word “scuba” means in Chinese.
| A．氧气瓶 | B．水下呼吸器 | C．救生衣 | D．防护服 |
Cousteau is from .
| A．Australia | B．France | C．the USA | D．Canada |
It took Cousteau years to make the TV show, The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau.
| A．4 | B．6 | C．8 | D．10 |
Why were the coral reels dead or grey?
| A．Because they were picked up. |
| B．Because they were eaten by fish. |
| C．Because they grew old. |
| D．Because the sea water was polluted. |
What’s the best title for the passage?
| A．Jacques Cousteau and the Scuba Machine |
| B．Scuba-diving |
| C．The Beautiful Coral Reels |
| D．The Wonderful World Under the Sea |
阅读下面四篇语言材料，然后按文后要求做题, 并将最佳答案填入下列方框内。
| direct /dI'rekt/ adj.,v. ▪ adj. with nothing or nobody in between; immediate. ▪ v. to tell or show sb how to get somewhere. Can you direct me to the bus station? direction /dI'rekʃn/ n. way that a person moves or faces. |
| striker /straIk/ n., v. ▪ n. stopping of work by workers because of a disagreement. ▪ v. (pt, pp: struck /strʌk/) hit (sb/sth) The stone struck me on the head. |
| sudden /'sʌdn/ adj. happening, coming or done quickly. ◇ The driver made a sudden turn in the road. suddenly/'sʌdənli/ adv. quickly ◇ He went to America suddenly. |
| valuable /'væljuəbl/ adj. very useful or important. Don’t waste any valuable time. value/' vælju:/ n., v. |
阅读以上词条，选择最佳答案。
Which of the following words is the first in alphabetical(字母的) order in a dictionary?
| A．strike | B．direct | C．sudden | D．valuable |
The pronunciation of the word “sudden” is .
| A．/straIk/ | B．/dI'rekt/ |
| C．/'sʌdn/ | D．/ 'væljuəbl/ |
What’s the past form of the word “strike”?
| A．strike | B．striked | C．struck | D．striking |
Which sentence is wrong after learning these words in the dictionary?
| A．The ball struck me on the nose. |
| B．We direct the old man to the park. |
| C．The car stopped suddenly. |
| D．The time is value. |
What are the Chinese meanings of the words “strike”, “direct”, “sudden”, and “valuable”?
| A．击打；指引；突然的；有价值的 |
| B．指引；击打；有价值的；突然的 |
| C．突然的；有价值的；击打；指引 |
| D．指引；突然的；击打；有价值的 |
This is Kate’s room. There is a big bed, a table, a computer and some chairs in it. The cup and some books are on the table. A picture is on the wall (墙)。 The baseball is under the chair. Some CDs are on the desk. Her model plane is in the bookcase. Look, there is an English dictionary in the bookcase, too.Where is the baseball?
| A．It’s on the wall. | B．It’s on the table. |
| C．It’s on the chair. | D．It’s under the chair. |
What’s in the bookcase?
A model plane.
B. An English dictionary.
C.some books
D. Her model plane and English dictionaryWhere are the CDs?
| A．On the table. | B．Under the chair |
| C．On the desk. | D．In the bookcase. |
I’m Ann. I am twelve. My birthday is on May 11th. I am a student. I am in No. 3 middle School. I have a good friend. Her name is Alice. She is twelve, too. We are not in the same class. We have the same English teacher. Her name is Monica. We all like her. Kate is Alice’s sister. Oh, today is November 11th. It’s Kate’s birthday. I will buy her a birthday card.Ann and Alice are______________.
| A．friends | B．sister |
| C．classmates | D．cousins |
When is Ann’s birthday?_______ .
| A．May 8th | B．May 11th |
| C．November 11th | D．November 12th |
Who is Monica? ________ .
| A．She is Ann’s mother. |
| B．She is Alice’s mother. |
| C．She is Kate’s friend. |
| D．She is Ann and Alice’s English teacher. |
How old is Alice?
| A．11. | B．12. | C．13. | D．14. |
Today is _ .
| A．Ann’s | B．Alice’s |
| C．Monica’s. | D．Kate’s |
Today is November 8th. It’s Gina’s birthday. She is twelve. Jim , Kate and Bill are her friends. They want to buy some presents (礼物) for Gina. They go to the shop near the school. There are a lot of things in the shop. They buy a big cake , two boxes of color pencils , a pencil-box and some nice exercise books. They want to buy two dolls (玩具） for Gina. But all the dolls are too dear(贵的).How old is Gina today?
| A．12 | B．13 |
| C．11 | D．10 |
Gina has _______friends.
| A．three | B．Four |
| C．two | D．Only one |
_______ is near the school.
| A．their home | B．A factory |
| C．The shop | D．The farm |
They buy ______ for Gina.
| A． big cake |
| B．two boxes of color pencils |
| C．a pencil-box and some nice exercise books |
| D． A, B and C |
Xin hua Clothes Store
| clothes |
color |
price |
| Sweater |
Pink, green |
$25 |
| Hats |
Red, black |
$4 |
| Pants |
green |
$20 |
| Sports bags |
Black, white |
$7 |
| T-shirts |
Blue, red, green |
$21 |
You can buy _________ in Xin hua Clothes Store.
| A．Red pants | B．Green sports bags |
| C．Black hats | D．White T-shirts |
How much are two hats and three sports bags?
| A．$11 | B．$15 | C．$26 | D．$29 |
You like green and you only have $ 21 to buy____.
A T-shirt B. a hat
C. a sports bag D. a sweater
How much do you know about American schools?
There are two terms(学期)in a school year in American schools. Most American children begin to go to school when they are five years old. Most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they finish high school.
High school students take four or five subjects(科目)each term. They usually go to school every day except(除了)Saturday and Sunday. All of them have lunch in the school dining hall. They have homework for every class. After school, they often do some sports with their friends. What about your school?How many terms in a school year in American schools?
| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
Where do they have lunch?
| A．At home. | B．At school. |
| C．In the office. | D．In the classroom. |
How many days do the students in American go to school?
| A．four | B．five | C．six | D．seven |
After school, they often with their friends.
| A．sing and dance | B．read books |
| C．listen to music | D．play football |
In many English homes people eat four meals a day. They have breakfast at any time from seven to nine in the morning. They eat porridge(粥) 、eggs or bread and drink tea or coffee for breakfast. Lunch comes at one o’clock. Afternoon tea is from four to five in the afternoon and dinner is about half past seven. First they have soup, then they have meat or fish with vegetables. After that they eat some other things, like bananas, apples or oranges. But not all English people eat like that. Some of them have their dinner in the middle of the day. Their meals are breakfast, dinner, tea and supper and all these meals are very simple.
Many English people have ____________ meals a day.
| A．two | B．three | C．four | D．five |
Afternoon tea is ______ in the afternoon.
| A．at one o`clock | B．from four to five |
| C．from one to two | D．from seven to nine |
People don’t have _____________________ for their dinner.
| A．bananas and apples | B．soup and meat |
| C．meat and fish | D．Porridge |
 Name: Sally Age: 12 Country:﹙国家﹚England Class: Class Three, Grade Seven QQ: 22635901 Tel: 83422668 |
 Name: Sam Age: 13 Country: America Class:Class, Two Grade Eight QQ: 50318693 Tel: 22201685 |
 Name: Lin Tao Age: 13 Country: China Class: Class Four, Grade Eight QQ: 136038291 Tel: 87533229 |
How old is Sally? She is ______.
| A．twelve | B．thirteen |
| C．fourteen | D．eleven |
Where is Sam from? He is from ______.
A. Canada B. England
C. the U.S.A. D. China What’s the number 136038291? It’s ______.
| A．Sally’s QQ number |
| B．Sam’s QQ number |
| C．Lin Tao’s QQ number |
| D．Lin Tao’s phone number |
In 1933， an unknown American called Clarence Nash went to see the filmmaker
Walt Disney. He had an unusual voice and he wanted to work on Disney's
cartoon (动画片) film for children. When Walt Disney heard Nash's voice, he said
“Stop！That's our duck！”
The duck was the nowfamous Donald Duck, who first appeared in 1934 in
the film The Wise Little Hen. Donald lived in an old houseboat (水上住家) and wore his sailor jacket and hat. Later that year，he became a star after an eightminute Mickey Mouse film. The cinema audience liked him because he was lazy and greedy (贪婪的), and because he lost his temper (发脾气) very quickly. And they loved his voice when he became angry with Mickey's eight nephews (侄子)．Soon Donald was more popular than Mickey Mouse himself, probably because he wasn't a goodygoody like Mickey.
In the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, Donald and his friends Mickey, Goofy and Pluto made hundreds of Disney cartoons. He also made educational films about the place of the USA in the world, and safety in the home. Then in 1966, Donald Duck and his voice disappeared — there were no more new cartoons.
Clarence Nash died in February, 1985.But today's children can still see the old cartoons on television and hear that famous voice.
Who made Donald Duck film?
| A．Mickey Mouse. | B．Clarence Nash. |
| C．Walt Disney. | D．Pluto. |
When was the first Donald Duck film made?
| A．In 1933. | B．In 1934. |
| C．In 1966. | D．In 1930. |
Who was Clarence Nash?
| A．A cartoonist. | B．Donald Duck's voice. |
| C．A filmmaker. | D．A film star. |
Where do today's children see Donald Duck?
| A．In new film. | B．At the cinema. |
| C．On television. | D．At concerts. |
The underlined word “audience” in the second paragraph means______.
| A．reads |
| B．formal interview |
| C．law freedom |
| D．the people who watch a film at a cinema |
Mr Green is a teacher of English. He comes from America. He teaches English in China. He speaks English quite well.
He reads a lot of books and his wife Mrs Green often writes books for the students. He gets up at five in the morning. He leaves home at ten to six. He begins the first lesson at 8:00. He teaches English every day except Sunday. At ten to twelve he finishes his lessons. Ten minutes later he has lunch.
In the afternoon he often plays games with his students at about four o’clock. Sometimes he teaches his students in his room. Supper time is at about six. After that he reads newspapers and watches TV. At about ten to eleven he goes to bed.Mr Green comes from ________.
| A．China | B．Australia | C． England | D．America |
He leaves home at ________.
| A．5:00 | B．5:50 | C．6:10 | D．6:30 |
The students go to school every day except _______in a week .
| A．Friday | B．Saturday | C．Sunday | D．Monday |
He has lunch at _______.
| A．11:30 | B．12:30 | C．12:00 | D．11:50 |
He watches TV or reads newspapers _______.
| A．at six | B．after supper |
| C．before supper | D．in the afternoon |
Very often, new-born babies aren’t beautiful. They’re wrinkled (皱褶), or they have an angry look on their faces. They seem to say, “Get away！I hate everybody.” But to a parent, that wrinkled, angry-faced baby is the most beautiful and perfect child in the world. When a proud (自豪的) parent asks you, “Well, what do you think…? Isn’t she beautiful?” What are you going to say? Is this the time for the truth (真相)? Of course not!
You look at that proud parent in the eye and say, “Yes, she is! She is really a beauty. She’s going to be a movie star! I can tell!”
In English this is a white lie. White lies don’t hurt (伤害) people. They aren’t angry words. People use them to make a difficult thing a little easier. When people don’t want to meet someone, or they eat something new that they really don’t like at a friend’s house, they’ll tell a white lie. They are trying to be kind. They don’t want to hurt anyone. It’s important to be honest, but being kind is sometimes more important.
根据短文内容完成下列任务。（共5分）根据短文内容填空：Parents are usually ______________ when their babies are born.
The word “white” in the phrase “a white lie” means ________.
A. 白色的谎言 B. 善意的谎言 C. 真实的谎言Which of the following is a white lie?
A. You break the window but you say you don’t know who breaks it.
B. You know Jim has picked up (捡起)a wallet but you say you don’t know.
C. You don’t think your friend’s first picture is great but you say it is.从文中找出下列句子的同义句。Sometimes it’s more important to be kind.
________________________________________________________________.回答问题：Why do people use white lies? ___________________________
“I don't like my parents. They always tell me I should do this, and should not do that. It sometimes makes me angry,” said Zhang Hua，a middle school student in Guangzhou. Do you have the same problem? Perhaps your parents had the same problem when they were your age long ago. Why does it seem that some parents are not so friendly in their children's eyes?
One of the biggest things is when someone becomes a parent, he/she likes worrying about things. They worry about everything about you, from the time you were born (出生). They do a lot for you, though something would make you angry, because they care about you and worry about you. They worry about your choice (选择) of friends, the food you eat, your work at school, how much sleep you get, etc. All these things are part of your life. They want you to grow up healthily and happily.
So how can you make things easier on yourself? It's easier than you think. Just make sure your parents know what you're doing. Get them to know your friends. Phone if you stay somewhere else so that your parents don't call everybody in the phone book looking for you. Say sorry to them when you make mistakes. Take responsibility (负责任) for what you did. Talk about your ideas with them. They may talk about theirs with you.
Most of all, try to think about why your parents do this or do that. They are still practicing being parents and need help from you. Someday, when you become a parent, they may be able to help you how to get on with your children.Parents sometimes look so unfriendly because ______.
| A．they are older than us |
| B．they worry about almost everything about us |
| C．they have the same problems as us |
| D．they are often unhappy |
Parents worry about ______.
| A．who you make friends with | B．what you eat |
| C．your schoolwork | D．all the above |
The writer thinks we should ______ if we go back home later than usual.
| A．tell our friends |
| B．tell the teacher |
| C．say sorry to our parents |
| D．make a telephone call to our parents |
The writer thinks ______.
| A．it's wrong of parents to worry about their children too much |
| B．some parents are unfriendly, and this makes their children angry |
| C．parents love their children very much and the children should understand them |
| D．children should do everything as their parents say |
Which is the best title (题目) for the passage?
| A．How to Get on with (相处) Parents? |
| B．Parents' Responsibility |
| C．Zhang Hua's Problem |
| D．What Are Parents Worrying about? |
Robert is sixteen now. He’ll finish middle school in two years. His father has a shop and gets much money. He hopes his son can go to university, so he lets him study hard. But the young man likes to play cards. He has to go out when his parents fall asleep.
One night, when Robert came back, his father happened to see him. The old man was very angry and told his son to live upstairs (楼上). Robert had to go up and down quietly. Of course it troubled him. He thought and thought but didn’t find a way.
Last evening Robert listened carefully. And he was sure his parents went to sleep, he went out to play cards with his friends. He won some money and was happy. After he got back, he took off his shoes and was going upstairs. He heard a noise in his parents’ bedroom. He stood behind the door and saw a man come out. He understood it was a thief. He stopped him at once. The man was very afraid and brought out all the things he stole (偷) in the room.
“Tell me how you didn’t wake my parents up,” said Robert. “Or I’ll take you to the police station!”Robert’s father wants Robert ______ when he finishes middle school.
| A．to work in his shop |
| B．to be a good helper |
| C．to study in a university |
| D．to catch up with his classmates |
Robert has to go out at night because ______.
| A．his friends have no time in the daytime |
| B．he can’t go out to play cards until his parents fall asleep |
| C．he can’t win any money in the daytime |
| D．his parents let him do so |
Robert listened carefully because he wanted to make sure ______.
| A．he woke his parents up | B．someone came in |
| C．it was raining hard outside | D．his parents went to sleep |
The underlined word “thief” in Chinese means ______.
| A．门卫 | B．小偷 | C．保安 | D．亲戚 |
Robert stopped the thief at once because he wanted ______.
| A．to stop playing cards |
| B．to know how to make more money |
| C．the thief to teach him how to steal |
| D．to learn how he couldn’t wake his parents up |
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