Once upon a time, there was a man called Zheng. He _______ in a small town. One day he wanted to buy himself a pair of new shoes. He measured his _______ with a ruler and _______ down his size on a piece of paper. After that he went shopping.

When he _______ at the shoe shop, he reached into his pocket, _______ he found the paper was not there. So he said to the shop keeper, “I have left the paper at home and I don’t know the _______. I’ll go back home to get it.” With these words, he ran out of the shop.

He ran back home, found the paper and then ran to the shop again. But it took him _______ hours and the shop was _______. He spent the whole afternoon on the way and did not buy his shoes at last. Someone asked him, “Did you want to buy the shoes _______ yourself?”

“Of course,” he answered.

“Then why don’t you ________ the shoes by yourself?”

“I trust (相信) the ruler more than my feet,” he answered.

1.

A．checked

B．took

C．moved

D．lived

2.

A．hands

B．feet

C．arms

D．legs

3.

A．wrote

B．sat

C．cut

D．fell

4.

A．got

B．reached

C．arrived

D．looked

5.

A．and

B．but

C．or

D．so

6.

A．feet

B．mess

C．size

D．sale

7.

A．few

B．a few

C．little

D．a little

8.

A．open

B．full

C．busy

D．closed

9.

A．for

B．to

C．by

D．with

10.

A．come on

B．turn on

C．try on

D．get on

Long long ago, there was a small village in the mountains, and many people lived there. Mike was one of them. He was a middle-aged man. The people in the village always laughed at him. They liked to show visitors how stupid Mike was. They thought this was an amusing thing to do.

One day, a visitor came to the village. “Watch this,” a villager said and called to Mike. “Come and play a game, Mike,” he shouted. Mike walked slowly towards him, with a silly smile on his face. “Look! Mike,” the villager said, “I’ve got something for you.” He showed Mike a $1 coin and a much larger 50￠ (美分) coin. “Which one would you like?” he asked Mike, holding them both out. Mike immediately took the 50￠ coin. The villager laughed. “See how foolish he is!” he said, “He always does that. How stupid he is!” He walked away, leaving Mike with the visitor.

The visitor felt sorry for Mike. “Mike, listen,” he said, “Although the 50￠ coin is bigger than the $1 coin, the $1 coin is worth (值钱) much more. Twice as much. “I know that,” Mike said. “But the very first time I take the $1 coin, they’ll stop playing the game.” Mike went away and left the visitor in silence.

11. After the game, how did the visitor feel for Mike at first?

A．Sorry.

B．Excited.

C．Happy.

D．Crazy.

12. Which is TRUE in the following sentences!

A．A group of visitors came to the village.	B．Mike didn’t take the $1 coin.
C．A visitor came to play chess with Mike.	D．Mike refused to play the game.

13. Why did Mike take the 50 ￠ coin?

A．He knew the visitor very well.	B．He didn’t know the worth (价值) of it.
C．He liked the picture on it.	D．He wanted the game to be continued.

14. In fact, Mike was ________ according to the passage.

A．silly

B．smart

C．poor

D．sick

Characters: a judge(法官)   Mike(a painter)     Peter(a cook）
Setting: a courtroom（法庭）
A judge is sitting behind a desk. Mike and Peter are standing in front of her.
Peter: Your honor. This man lives in a room above my restaurant. I heard him telling a friend that he was stealing from me.
Mike: Smells, your honor! I just take the smells of the food coming up from the restaurant.
Judge: (Looking at Mike)What do you do with the smells?
Mike: The smells help me imagine that I am eating a fine dinner.
Judge:(To Peter)And how much do you want for these smells, sir?
Peter: The 5 coins he always carries.
Mike: But my mother gave me the coins to save me when in need.
Judge: (To Mike) Drop the coins onto the table, one at a time. (Mike drops the coins.)Case dismissed（结案）.
Peter: What do you mean? I didn't get paid!
Judge: You want the SMELLS paid. Mike has now paid you in SOUNDS—the sounds of the coins
15. ___________ lives in a room above the restaurant.

A．The judge

B．Mike

C．Peter

D．No one

16. Peter wanted to get __________ from Mike.

A．the smells

B．the food

C．the sounds

D．the coins

17. From the material, we can see that the judge is __________.

A．poor

B．rich

C．stupid

D．wise

18. The material above is probably ____________.

A．a play

B．a poem

C．a notice

D．a diary

I wrote a note to my parents when I was a young boy. I didn’t write anything to them before. That night, I just had a strong desire (渴望) to let Mom and Dad know how much I loved them, how much they meant to me, and how thankful I was for what they gave me. Because I was too shy to tell them my feelings face to face, I wrote the note and put it on the desk in their bedroom. I imagined how they would feel after they read the note thousands of times before going to bed.

Early the next morning, I heard a soft knock at my door. As soon as I opened the door, I found my mom and dad standing outside. They kissed me and thanked me for the note. Mom said that she was thinking I was a little child, but to her surprise, I grew into a young boy unconsciously (不知不觉地). Dad said he was happy that I could share my true feelings with them.

Seeing the smiles on their faces made me laugh happily. At the same time, I was surprised that my simple words could touch them so much. On that day, I saw my dad cry for the first time. The beautiful memory (记忆) stayed in my heart from then on.

23. The writer wrote the note to his parents because ________.

A．he wanted to ask for help	B．he wanted to tell them the parents’ meeting
C．it was part of his homework	D．he wanted to show his love to them

24. We can know from the passage that the writer ________.

A．was a shy boy	B．was good at writing
C．liked imagining things at night	D．never talked with his parents

25. Which question can the second paragraph answer?

A．How old was the writer in his mom’s eyes?

B．When did the parents leave the writer’s room?

C．What did the writer’s parents think after reading the note?

D．How far was it from the writer’s parents’ room to his?

26. We can infer (推断) from the passage that ________.

A．the writer’s parents always knocked at his door softly

B．the writer talked with his parents more after writing the note

C．the writer’s father liked crying in front of his wife and son

D．the note made the writer’s parents understand him better

A father and his son went to a kite-flying festival. The son was full of joy when he saw the sky filled with colorful kites. He wanted to fly a kite, too. The father then bought a kite for him.

The son started to fly the kite. Soon, his kite was high up in the sky. After a while, he said, “Father, it seems that the string (线) is stopping the kite from flying higher. If we cut it, the kite will be free and fly even higher. Can we cut it?” The father cut the string. The kite started to go higher. This made the little boy happy.

But then, slowly, the kite started to come down. And finally it fell to the ground. The son was surprised to see this. He asked his father, “I thought that after cutting the string, the kite would fly higher. Why did it fall down?”

The father explained, “The string was not stopping the kite from going higher, but was helping it stay in the sky. You helped the kite go up in the right direction using the string. But when you cut the string, it could no longer support the kite.”

Sometimes, we may feel like there are certain things that are holding us back (阻碍) and stopping us growing. But in fact, these might be the things that support us the most.

27. How did the boy feel when he saw the colorful kites?

A．strange

B．happy

C．relaxed

D．tired

28. When the son started to fly the kite, ________.

A．it could not fly	B．it stopped in the sky
C．it was high up in the sky	D．it fell to the ground at once

29. The son wanted to cut the string because ________.

A．he preferred to use a longer one	B．he thought the kite would fly higher
C．he found the string was not strong	D．the string was not long enough

30. What can we learn from the passage?

A．The things that hold us back can also support us.

B．We can fly kites in our free time with our parents.

C．Flying kites can make people healthy.

D．We’d better fly kites without strings.

根据下列短文，写出与各小题所给汉语相对应的英语单词的正确形式(每空一词)。

Lao She was born in Beijing in F    41     1899. His mother sent him to a teacher’s school in 1913. After     42       (完成) school in 1918, he became a head teacher of a primary school. In 1924, Lao She left home and went to England. He     43     /tɔ:t/ Chinese at a college in London and returned to China five years later. He wrote many plays, novels and short     44     (故事) about people’s lives, and was named “the People’s Artist”. Lao She was one of the greatest Chinese writers of the     45     (第二十) century.

从下面方框中选择恰当的词或短语并用其正确形式填入短文中，使短文通顺正确(每个词或短语只用一次)

look through, good, on, appear, before, on the other hand, especially, share, side, and

In recent years, with the development of technology, many popular apps (应用程序) have been produced. These days, an app has caught great attention. It is Douyin, a video sharing app. Douyin first     46     in 2016. Now it is many people’s favorite app,     47     the young.

With Douyin, users can record videos, edit (编辑) them and     48     them online. It is very easy     49     interesting. We can share our videos with our friends with just a tap on the mobile phone screen. What’s more, it’s a great way to spend our free time by     50     those funny videos.

However, every coin has two     51    . The app also has bad things. On the one hand, some people spend long hours     52     the app, which is harmful for their health.     53    , users can also find some bad things on the app. Such thing is unsuitable and meaningless.

In my opinion, Douyin should check the videos     54     they are uploaded (上传) in order to keep healthy environment for its users. Douyin is not     55     for teenagers. We should not use it too often.

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，在每小题句子空白处填入适当词语，使其意思与短文内容一致(每空词数不限)。

A man is always busy with his work. He thinks the more money he makes, the happier his son will be, because then his son can buy anything he wants.

Today, he came home late as usual. When opening the door, he found his son waiting for him.

His son asked, “Daddy, how much do you make an hour?”

“I make $100 an hour,” the man answered.

With his head down, the boy asked, “May I borrow $50?”

The man was angry. “If the only reason you asked for that is to buy some toys, then walk straight to your room,” he said

Hearing this, the boy quietly went into his room and closed the door.

Minutes later, the man calmed down and started to think about their talk “Perhaps there is something he really wants to buy.”

The man went into his son’s room and said, “Sorry, I was too hard on you. Here’s $50.”

The boy sat up, thanked his father and took out some money under his pillow (枕头). “Now, I have enough money to buy an hour of your time. Would you please come home an hour earlier tomorrow?” At this time, the man understood what his son really needed.

56. The man thinks his son will be ________ as he makes more money.
57. The son wanted to ________ $50 from his father.
58. The man was angry because he thought his son wanted to buy some ________ with the money.
59. The son wanted to buy ________ of his father’s time.
60. We can infer (推测) that the father will spend ________ with his son in the future.