One day, Mr. White takes his mother to a shopping mall. He wants to buy a new pair of shoes for her.
There are so many beautiful shoes, and the old woman tries on (试穿) some shoes happily. But she doesn’t like any of them when she knows the prices.
Seeing this, Mr. White speaks to the shopkeeper quietly (轻轻地), “Next time (对……感兴趣) some pairs, just tell her the price is only 15 dollars.”
“But that’s not the real price!” the shopkeeper says.
“Don’t worry! I will pay (付钱) for the shoes at the real price.”
Then, the old woman gets her favorite shoes. Mr. White pays 15 dollars at first, and then he pays another 50 dollars privately.
Three days later, the shopkeeper asks Mr. White to come back and pay more money. Mr. White feels surprised. He asks, “Why?” “Because your mother brings many of her friends to buy that kind of shoes.”
1. Mr. White’s mother doesn’t like any shoes at first because ________.| A．the prices are too high |
| B．the prices are not real |
| C．the shoes are not beautiful |
| A．he only has 15 dollars |
| B．his mother doesn’t have so much money |
| C．he doesn’t want his mother to know the real price |
| A．公开地 | B．犹豫地 | C．私下地 |
| A．＄65 | B．＄50 | C．＄15 |
| A．buys a pair of shoes for her son |
| B．asks her friends to buy the same kind of shoes |
| C．buys the same kind of shoes for many of her friends |
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【推荐1】I am Henry. I have three good friends. They are Alan, Frank and Peter. We are not in the same class, but we often play sports together after school. What’s the good place for us to play sports? It is the playground.
I have a football, but I don’t have a basketball or a baseball. Alan has a basketball, but he doesn’t have a football or a tennis ball. What does Frank have? Oh, he has one football, two basketballs, three baseballs and one tennis ball. But he doesn’t have a tennis bat. He has a scooter (滑板车) too. And he can play it very well. Peter has a baseball, two tennis balls and two tennis bats. He doesn’t have a basketball or a volleyball. But his sister Jenny has a volleyball. Jenny likes to play volleyball after school. She also has a basketball, but she doesn’t play it. She often watches basketball games on TV.
1. The underlined word “place” means “________” in Chinese.| A．比赛 | B．场所 | C．得分 | D．奖品 |
| A．Six. | B．Seven. | C．Eight. | D．Nine. |
| A．Peter is Jenny’s brother. | B．Peter has a baseball. |
| C．Alan doesn’t have a tennis ball. | D．Jenny often plays basketball after school. |
【推荐2】Hello! I’m Tom. This is a pencil box. It’s orange. It’s my pencil box. What’s in the pencil box? A ruler is in the pencil box. It’s my ruler. The ruler is blue and red. That is a pencil in my pencil box. It’s black and white. It is not my pencil. Look! That girl is Lucy. It is her pencil. I find a green pen in the pencil box, too. It’s Tim’s. I call Tim at 759-631. It is his telephone number.
1. What is blue and red?| A．The pencil box. | B．The ruler. |
| C．The pencil. | D．The pen. |
| A．3 | B．4 | C．5 | D．6 |
| A．Orange. | B．Blue and red. |
| C．Red. | D．Black and white. |
| A．The pencil box and the ruler |
| B．The ruler and the pencil |
| C．The pencil and the pen |
| D．The pencil and the pencil box |
| A．It’s seven five nine-six three one. |
| B．It’s seven five eight-eight three one. |
| C．It’s six eight nine-eight six one. |
| D．It’s seven three eight-six one eight. |
【推荐3】Bob and his friends want to go climbing(登山). They need to buy some things. They are in a supermarket(超市) now. Bob wants to buy a pair of blue sports shoes. It’s 158 yuan. “I have 200 yuan. It’s enough,” Bob says to his friends.
Tony wants to buy a hat. The black hat is great and it’s only 22 yuan, but it is small for him. “What about this white one? It’s 32 yuan,” John says to Tony. “Great! I’ll take it,” Tony says.
John wants to buy some food. “I’ll buy some milk and apples for us,” he says. “Apples are too heavy(重的). How about some small tomatoes?” Tony says.
“Sounds good!” says John.
1. Bob is in a supermarket with his _______ now.| A．classmates | B．friends | C．brothers | D．parents |
| A．A hat. | B．A sweater. | C．A pair of trousers. | D．A pair of shoes. |
| A．容易的 | B．足够的 | C．浪费的 | D．满意的 |
| A．white | B．black | C．blue | D．red |
| A．Bob likes yellow. | B．Tony has 200 yuan. |
| C．The black hat is small for Tony. | D．John wants to buy some pears. |
【推荐1】Some people have a very poor sense of direction. Unluckily, I am one of them. I have visited a place many times but I may still get lost there the next time.
When I was a little girl, I never dared to ask strangers the way. And so I used to walk round in circles and hope that by chance I would get to the place I was going to.
Now, I am no longer too shy to ask people for directions, but I often receive helpless or even wrong information. So I try to avoid giving people wrong directions. If someone asks me the way somewhere, I would say, “Sorry, I am a stranger here.”
Once on my way to work I was stopped by a man. He asked me if I could tell him the way to the Friendship Building. I gave him my usual reply. But just as I walked on only a few steps, I realized that he had asked the way to my office building. However, I had no time to turn back and look for him. I was rushing to meet with someone at my office and I didn’t want to keep him waiting.
When I just got to my office, the secretary showed in the man who had asked me for directions. Imagine how embarrassed I was and how surprised he was when we saw each other at first sight!
1. Why does the writer always refuse to give people directions?| A．She doesn’t know the people. |
| B．She has no time to help others. |
| C．She’s afraid of giving wrong directions. |
| A．Sorry, I don’t know. | B．Sorry, I’m too busy. | C．Sorry, I am a stranger here. |
| A．Surprised. | B．Embarrassed. | C．Frightened. |
| A．The writer is too shy to give others directions. |
| B．The writer has a very poor sense of direction. |
| C．The writer never got lost when she was young. |
My name is Eric and I am a ninth grader now. When I was in Grade 8, I met one of my classmates, Susan, one day. I greeted her “Hello” at once. However, she didn’t answer me and still went on her way. I ran and caught her, “Hello, Susan.” But she looked very surprised. Just then, a girl who looked similar to her came over to me, “Hello, Eric.” I realized I made a mistake and knew she was Sally. They looked the same a lot.
I’m Linda and I’m about 1.71m tall. When my mother took me to the zoo at my seventh grade, she forgot to buy a ticket for me. As a result, the doorkeeper certainly didn’t allow me to get in. Till then, Mom realized my height was so high that I should buy a ticket. In her memory, I’m still a little girl. After that, Mom often laughs, “My little daughter isn’t little.”
I’m Helen and I like drawing very much. Last year, while I was drawing a bird in a tree in a mountain, my cousin Maria came. She wanted to make fun of me and drew away the bird in the tree. When she ran to the tree, she realized it’s not a real tree. It’s a picture of mine. Till now, I often laugh with her when we think of it. She says I’m so good at drawing.
1. Who did Eric greet at first?| A．Sally. | B．Linda. | C．Susan. | D．Maria. |
| A．Because there was no doorkeeper. | B．Because Linda was not tall enough. |
| C．Because people could enter the zoo for free. | D．Because she didn’t think Linda needed a ticket. |
| A．Don’t hurt birds or trees. | B．Don’t make fun of others. |
| C．Helen does well in drawing. | D．Helen often makes Maria laugh. |
【推荐3】The Lost Boys are waiting downstairs. They count to five hundred, then they go up to the bedroom. They stand in a line in front of Mrs Darling. “Can you adopt them, mother?” asks Wendy.
The boys don’t say anything but their eyes are asking her to adopt them. Mrs Darling looks at them and says “yes” immediately.
“But the house is very small, my dear, ”says Mr Darling.
“We can sleep in the sitting room, sir, ” the boys say. “Please say ‘yes’!”
Mr Darling laughs. “Very well !” he says. “You can stay”! And everyone is happy again. Before Peter flies back to Neverland, he goes to see Wendy once more.
“Hello, Wendy. Goodbye, ” he says. “Peter, are you going away? ” “Yes.”
Then Mrs Darling comes to the window. She’s watching Wendy very closely now. “Peter, can I adopt you, too?” she asks.“You can go to school and learn to be a man.” “No, thank you. I don’t want to go to school. And I don’t want to be a man,”he replies. But Peter looks sad and Wendy’s worried about him. He doesn’t have a mother now. “Mother!” she says. “Can I go back to the little house with Peter? He needs a mother. ”“Certainly not!” Mrs Darling replies. “You need a mother, too, Wendy.” Then she looks at Peter’s sad face and she feels very sorry for him.
“Well, alright, Wendy, ”she says. “You can go to Peter for one week every year to do his spring cleaning.”
This makes Peter happy again. “Don’t forget me, Peter, ” Wendy says. Peter promises, and then he flies away.
—Taken from Peter Pan
1. According to this passage, what do you think of Mr. and Mr. Darling?| A．smart | B．lovely | C．kind | D．polite |
| A．he really doesn’t want to leave Neverland |
| B．he wants to be a child forever and enjoy the free life |
| C．he wants to be someone like Wendy |
| D．he doesn’t want to leave his friends on Neverland |
| A．After the Lost Boys count to five hundred, they go up to the sitting room. |
| B．Peter looks at Wendy’s face and feels sorry for her. |
| C．Mr. Darling comes to the window to watch Wendy very closely. |
| D．Wendy can go to Peter for one week every year for the spring cleaning. |
| A．Wendy helps Peter | B．Poor Wendy | C．Find a mother | D．Back home |
【推荐1】There is an old man. He lives alone in a beautiful house in a small town. As he is old, he wants to sell (出售) his house and go to the home for the aged (敬老院).
Many people want to buy the house. The price (价格) goes up day by day. But the old man doesn’t sell it to anybody. He grows flowers in the garden and drinks tea in the living room as usual.
One day, a young man comes to the old man. “Sir, I really love your house. It is my dream home. I want to buy it but I only have 20.000 pounds. ▲ ”
“But someone offers (主动提出) a price much higher than that,” answers the old man.
“I know, sir. But if you sell it to me, you can still live in the house, read newspapers and have tea with me. I will look after you and make you happy every day.”
At this time, the old man smiles and says. “OK, young man, now you can have it!”
Sometimes, success (成功) just needs a loving touch (关怀).
1. The old man wants to sell his house because ________.| A．he lives alone in the town | B．he needs much money |
| C．the house is too old | D．he will go to the home for the aged |
| A．He grows many flowers. | B．He play chess with his friends. |
| C．He drinks tea. | D．He read newspapers. |
| A．Would you please sell it to me? | B．Can you help me? |
| C．I don’t have much money. | D．I want to live in your house. |
| A．An old man and his house | B．A young man with much money |
| C．Living happily with others | D．Selling and buying the house |
【推荐2】Teenager Jake Deham was skiing with his family in the USA when he fell over and lost one of his skis. His family didn’t know that he had a problem. They kept on skiing. When they got to the foot of the mountain, there was no sign of Jake.
Jake couldn’t find his ski anywhere. In the end, he decided to take off his other ski and walk down the mountain. But he couldn’t work out the right way to go.
It was now getting dark and he was a long way from any place of safety. He knew that he might die that night in the cold temperatures. But Jake kept calm. At home, Jake watched a lot of programs about living in difficult situations. He remembered the advice from these programs and knew that he should build a hole in the snow. He made a hole and pointed it up the hill so the wind couldn’t blow into it. Outside his hole, the temperature fell to a dangerous-15℃ that night, but inside it Jake was safe from the cold.
But he had to get down the mountain. The TV programs always said, “If you are lost, you should find someone else’s tracks (足迹) through the snow and follow them.” “I wanted to live my life.” remembers Jake. “So I got up and I found some ski tracks and I followed those.” He walked and walked and finally he saw lights. Nine hours after he lost his ski, he found a team of worker who-came to save him. He was safe!
His mum was very happy when she heard the news. Amazingly, Jake didn’t even have to go to hospital. He got through the terrible experience without any injuries.
So, the next time someone says that watching TV is a waste of time, think of Jake. Sometimes TV can save your life!
1. When did Jake’s parents know that he was missing?| A．When Jake lost one of his skis. |
| B．When they began to ski down the mountain. |
| C．After they reached the foot of the mountain. |
| D．Before a team of workers found Jake. |
a. Jake made a hole in the snow. b. Jake lost one of his skis.
c. Jake finally saw lights. d. Jake skied with his family.
| A．d-b-a-c | B．a-b-c-d | C．b-a-d-c | D．c-b-a-d |
| A．He followed his parents. | B．He followed the workers. |
| C．He followed some ski tracks. | D．He followed some light. |
| A．Polite and hardworking | B．Calm and clever |
| C．Outgoing and helpful | D．Warm and friendly |
| A．Ski safely. | B．Missing boy. | C．Back home. | D．Careless parents. |
【推荐3】Once upon a time, there was a rich man. He had a servant. The rich man loved wine (酒) and good food very much. The servant loved them, too. Every time the rich man left home, the servant would drink the wine and eat up all the nice food in the house. The rich man knew what his servant did, but he had never caught his servant doing that.
One morning, when he left home, he said to the servant, “Here are two bottles (瓶) of poison (毒药) and some nice food in the house. You must take care of them.” With these words, he went out.
But the servant knew that what the rich man had said was not true. After the rich man was away from his home, he enjoyed a nice meal. Because he drank too much, he was drunk and fell to the ground (地面). When the rich man came back, he couldn’t find his food or his wine. He became very angry (愤怒的). He woke the servant up. But the servant told his story very well. He said a cat had eaten up everything. He was afraid to be punished (惩罚), so he had to drink the poison to kill himself.
1. What did the rich man love?| A．Wine and good food. | B．Money and cars. | C．Sugar and honey. | D．Beautiful clothes. |
| A．His son. | B．His daughter. | C．His servant. | D．His father. |
| A．Three. | B．One. | C．Four. | D．Two. |
| A．the cat ate up the nice food | B．he couldn’t find his nice food |
| C．his servant shouted at him | D．he couldn’t find his cat |
| A．The Rich Man and the Servant | B．A Lucky Cat |
| C．Who Broke the Bottle? | D．A Cat and a Servant |
