【推荐2】When I was in junior high school, I was really a bad boy. My history teacher — Mr Oven criticized me a lot because I was naughty in his class. By the end of the first semester, I’d had enough of his words and had decided that I would get my revenge on him.

The opportunity arose one morning when Mr. Oven was called to the office for a certain reason. While Mr. Oven left, my company Billy and I grabbed Mr. Oven’s lunch bag from under his desk. I opened his sandwich and placed a bug in between the two slices of bread. We put it back and closed it. To keep it in memory, Billy took photos of the whole process. We laughed for weeks over this.

Well, it all went south during Thanksgiving break. Billy’s Mother found the pictures in his room, and demanded that he should tell her where these pictures were from. Billy told his mother the whole story, and Mr. Oven was informed. Not only was I punished from school for two weeks, but also I was kicked off the football and basketball team. Before I could return to school, I had to turn in a 1000-word essay on what I did and why I did that. I really felt embarrassing every time I saw Mr. Oven in the hallway for the rest of the school year. I felt a little regret that Mr. Oven left our school the next year.

1. Mr. Oven criticized the writer a lot because ________.

A．he was naughty in his class	B．he didn’t go to his class
C．he didn’t answer his questions	D．he was good at his class

2. How can you imagine Mr. Oven when he had his lunch?

A．He would be glad to eat his delicious sandwich.

B．He would eat it as usual when he had his sandwich.

C．He would cry because he was afraid of the bug in his sandwich.

D．He would be very angry when he found the bug in his sandwich.

3. What is the meaning of the underlined sentence “Well, it all went south during Thanksgiving break.” in the third paragraph?

A．It was until Thanksgiving break that the secret was let out.

B．All the students left on Thanksgiving break.

C．All the students went south on Thanksgiving break.

D．Billy and I went south during Thanksgiving break.

4. What does the phrase “kicked off” mean in this passage?

A．fired

B．punished

C．scolded

D．hit

5. Which one was NOT true according to the article?

A．He had to leave school for two weeks.

B．He was kicked off the football and basketball team.

C．He had to eat the sandwich he had made for Mr. Oven.

D．He had to write a 1000-word essay to acknowledge his mistake.

【推荐3】After Mom died, I began visiting Dad every morning before I went to work. He was weak and moved slowly, but he always had a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice on the kitchen table for me, along with an unsigned note reading, “Drink your juice.” Such a note, I knew, was as far as Dad had ever been able to go in expressing his love. In fact, I remember, as a kid I had questioned Mom, “Why doesn’t Dad love me?” Mom frowned, “Who said he doesn’t love you?” “Well, he never tells me,” I complained. “He never tells me either,” she said, smiling. “But look how hard he works to take care of us, to buy us food and clothes, and to pay for this house. That’s how your father tells us he loves us.”

I nodded slowly. I understood in my head, but not in my heart. I still wanted my father to put his arms around me and tell me he loved me. Dad owned and operated a small scrap (片)metal business, and after school I often hung around while he worked. Dad handfed scrap steel into a device that chopped (剁碎) it as cleanly as a butcher chops a rack of ribs. The machine looked like a giant pair of scissors, with blades thicker than my father’s body. If he didn’t feed those terrifying blades just right, he risked serious injury. “Why don’t you hire someone to do that for you?” Mom asked Dad one night as she bent over him and rubbed his aching shoulders with a strong smelling liniment. “Why don’t you hire a cook?” Dad asked , giving her one of his rare smiles.

Many years later, during my first daily visit, after drinking the juice my father had squeezed for me, I walked over, hugged him and said, “I love you, Dad.” From then on I did this every morning. My father never told me how he felt about my hugs, and there was never any expression on his face when I gave them.

1. The author’s father always prepared a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice for him because ______.

A．that was the author’s favorite.

B．he was sure the author would be thirsty.

C．the author was always complaining.

D．that was a gesture of love.

2. The author’s father didn’t hire a helper because ______.

A．his job was too dangerous.

B．his job required high skills.

C．he wanted to save money.

D．he was not good at communicating with others.

3. What would be the best title for the passage?

A．I Just Couldn’t Understand my Father.

B．My Father Never Loved Me.

C．Silent Fatherly Love.

D．My Hard-working Father.

【推荐1】Once upon a time a man became a great archer(射手). He asked the king to declare him as the greatest archer of the country. The king was about to do so when an old servant of the king said,“Wait, sir. I know an old man who lives in the forest. He is a much greater archer. Let this young man go to him and learn from him for at least three years.”

The man could not believe that there could be a greater archer than him, but he went and found the old man and he was! For three years he learned from him. Then one day, when he thought he had learned everything, the thought arose in him:“If I kill this old man, then I will be the greatest archer.”

The old man had gone to cut wood and he was coming back carrying wood on his shoulder. The young man hid behind a tree, waiting to kill him. He shot an arrow. The old man took a small piece of wood and threw it. It struck the arrow and the arrow turned back and wounded the young man very deeply. The old man came, took out the arrow and said, “I knew that some day or other you were going to do this. That's why I have not taught you this secret. There is no need to kill me. My Master is still alive, and I'm nothing before him. You must be with him for at least thirty years. And he is very old, so go fast! Find the old man!”

1. The young archer wanted to kill the old man because________.

A．he had nothing more to learn from him

B．he could then become the greatest archer

C．the old man refused to teach him everything

D．the king's old servant ordered him to do so

2. The following sentences show what happened between the young archer and his master.Which is the right order of the events?
a.The old man wounded the young man.
b.The young man learned from the old man.
c.The young man wanted to kill the old man.
d.The young man asked the king to declare him as the greatest archer.

A．abcd

B．dcba

C．dbca

D．dbac

3. What do you think would most probably happen next?

A．The young archer died from the wound soon after.

B．The king declared the young man the greatest archer.

C．The young archer found the old man's master and killed him.

D．The young archer set off to look for the old man's master.

4. What lesson can you learn from the story?

A．There's always someone better than you in this world.

B．You must never try to become better than your teacher.

C．The older a man is, the better archer he usually becomes.

D．Always use a piece of wood to protect yourself from an arrow.