【推荐1】I used to watch her from my kitchen window. She seemed so small as she muscled（使劲挤出） her way through the crowd of boys on the playground. The school was across the street from our home and I would often watch the kids as they played during break. I remember the first day I saw her playing basketball. I watched in wonder as she ran circles around the other kids. She managed to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net. The boys always tried to stop her but no one could. I began to notice her at other times, basketball in hand, playing alone.
One day I asked her why she practiced so much. Without a moment of hesitation she said, “I want to go to college. The only way I can go is to get a scholarship（奖学金）. I am going to play college basketball. I want to be the best. My Daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.” Well, I had to give it to her—she was determined. I watched her through those junior high years and into high school. Every week, she led her school team to victory.
One day, I saw her sitting in the grass, head in her arms. I walked across the street and sat down in the cool grass beside her. Quietly I asked what was wrong. “Oh, nothing”, came a soft reply, “I am just too short.” The coach told her that at 165cm she would probably never get to play for a top team—much less offered a scholarship—so she should stop dreaming about college. She was heartbroken and I felt my own throat tighten(喉咙哽噎) as I sensed her disappointment. I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet. She told me that her father said those coaches were wrong. _____________. He told her that if she truly wanted a scholarship and that nothing could stop her except one thing — her own attitude.
The next year, as she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was offered a scholarship and on the college team. She was going to get the college education that she had dreamed of.
1. The author was probably the girl’s       .

A．neighbor

B．friend

C．mother

D．teacher

2. Why was the girl heartbroken?

A．She was considered too short to be a top player.

B．Her coach stopped her training because of her height.

C．She couldn’t be on a college basketball team.

D．She wouldn’t attend her favourite college.

3. Which of the following is the best for the _______in Paragraph 2?

A．They should encourage everyone to play basketball.

B．They should not give up their dreams.

C．They didn’t know what a father should do for his child.

D．They just did not understand the power of a dream.

4. Which proverb best matches the story?

A．Practice makes perfect.

B．Rome was not built in a day.

C．Where there is a will, there is a way.

D．Pride comes before a fall.

【推荐3】Peter is thirteen years old. He is in Grade Eight this year. He likes to play football and watches football matches. And he often reads newspapers. He does his best to know where and when a football match will be. Now Peter is having lunch. He is listening to the radio, too. He is very happy because there is going to be a nice football match on TV at four this afternoon. He wants to watch it very much. But he’s going to have English and Chinese lessons. He thinks hard and find a way.

“Hello, Mrs. Black,” Peter says to his teacher on the telephone.

“Peter is ill in bed. He wants to ask for half a day’s leave.”

“Oh, I’m sorry to hear that,” says Mrs. Black. “But who’s that?”

“It’s my father, Mrs. Black.”

1. Peter likes to ________.

A．make a call

B．play basketball

C．study English

D．watch football matches

2. Why dose Peter often read newspapers?

A．Because he wants to know more news.

B．Because he wants to know where and when a football match will be.

C．Because he wants to read some interesting stories.

D．His parents ask him to do so.

3. How does Peter know there will be a nice football match on TV at four o’clock this afternoon?

A．He knows it from the radio.	B．He knows it from the newspaper.
C．He knows it from watching TV.	D．He knows it from somebody.

4. Peter asks for leave (请假) because ________.

A．he doesn’t like to study English and Chinese	B．he is ill
C．he has to help his father with some important work.	D．he wants to watch a football match.

5. Does Mrs. Black know Peter tells a lie?

A．Yes, she doesn’t

B．No, she does

C．No, she doesn’t

D．Yes, she does.

【推荐1】Once upon a time, a king placed a large stone in the middle of the main road and hid gold coins under the stone. Then he hid behind a huge tree and watched.

The first person down the street was a milkman with his car. He crashed (撞上) into the stone and the milk spread all over the ground. “What fool put this stone here?” he shouted. He picked himself up and angrily went away.

After a while, a woman came along, putting a pot of water on her head. Suddenly, the woman tripped over (绊倒) the stone and her water pot went crashing to the ground. She picked herself up and walked away in tears.

The king watched all day as many people complained about the stone, but nobody tried to move it. The king wondered, “Is there no one in this village who feels any responsibility to keep their neighbors from harm?”

Just then, a young girl came along. When she saw the stone, she said to herself. “This stone is a danger. I should move it out of the way.” After lots of effort, the girl finally succeeded in moving the stone to the side of the road, and she found the gold coins under the stone. She looked around and found nobody.

At that moment, the king stepped out from where he hid. “Oh sir,” the girl said, “is this gold yours? If not, we surely must find the owner, for he will certainly miss it.” The king said, “My dear, the gold coins are mine, but now the gold coins are yours, because you are the only person who has learnt the lesson I want to teach my people. Nothing good can come to a nation whose people only complain and expect others to solve their problems.”

1. Where were the gold coins?

A．Behind the tree.

B．On the stone.

C．In a tree

D．Under the stone.

2. When the milkman crashed into the stone, he felt ________.

A．angry

B．sad

C．surprised

D．excited

3. What does the underlined word “responsibility” in Paragraph 4 most probably mean in Chinese?

A．欲望

B．兴趣

C．责任

D．能力

4. The king placed a stone on the road because he wanted to ________.

A．give the girl a big surprise	B．hide gold coins under it
C．play a trick on his people	D．see who would move it

5. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．The woman tried to move the stone but she failed.

B．It was not easy for the girl to move the stone by herself.

C．All the people complained about the stone and refused to move it.

D．The man crashed into the stone and the water spread over the ground.

【推荐2】A famous teacher was speaking to the students at our school. He began his lesson by holding up a ¥100 bill. Then he said to the three hundred students, “Who would like this ¥100 bill?” The students began to put up their hands at once.
Then he said, “I am going to give this ¥100 to one of you, but first, let me do this.” He then made the bill into a ball. Then he said, “Who wants it now?” The hands went back into the air.
“Well,” he said, “What if I do this?” and he dropped it on the floor and stepped on it. He picked up the dirty, crumpled bill and said, “Who still wants it?” Hands went back into the air.
“My friends,” he said, “you have learned a valua­ble lesson today. No matter (无论) what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not go down in value (价值). It was still worth ¥ l00!”
Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crum­pled, and stepped on by the chances we take and the things that happen to us. We feel as if we are worth nothing. But remember, no matter what has happened to you, you will never lose your value: you are always valuable to those people who love you. Your value doesn’t come from what you do or whom you know, but WHO YOU ARE.
You are special and valuable. Don’t ever forget it!
1. Even though it was dirty, the money _______.

A．still went up in value

B．was worth nothing

C．didn’t go down in value

2. We are always valuable to the people _______.

A．who pay us

B．who love us

C．who hate us

3. Your value doesn’t come from what you do but _______.

A．who you know

B．who made you

C．who you are

4. The sentence “Hands went back into the air” means “_______”.

A．the students put up their hands again

B．the students put down their hands

C．the students put their hands behind their backs again

5. Why did the famous teacher use a ¥100 bill at his lesson?

A．Because he wanted to make the bill into a ball.

B．Because he used to drop a bill on the floor and stepped on it.

C．Because he wanted to make the students know what value was.