1 . I once needed to make a speech in my English class. The speech was about ten to fifteen minutes. I’d never spoken in public (公开) for such a long time before. I really had no idea whether I could do a good job. After two weeks’ preparation, I finished my speech. But speaking in public still made me nervous.
At last, the day came. I went to the platform (讲台). However, before my speech started, I dropped all my note cards over the floor by accident. I was greatly down. I tried to focus on my speech but I couldn’t. All I cared about was how my classmates would think of me.
However, no one laughed at me. They just said, “Come on!” Because of their encouragement (鼓励), I finished my speech successfully in the end.
In life, we always pay more attention (注意) to bad things than good ones. This always makes us feel awful. And such bad feelings will also stop us from bringing the best in us. If we can change our way of thinking, we can think clearly what we’ve learned. And the knowledge can be put into use in the future. Then change from now on.
根据短文内容判断正、误。(正确的写A，错误的写B)1. The speech was about thirty minutes and that made the writer nervous.
2. Before that speech, the writer had spoken in public for many times.
3. Dropping the note cards made the writer greatly discouraged.
4. The writer finally finished the speech successfully because of the classmates’ encouragement.
5. We should change our way of thinking in order that bad feelings can’t stop us from bringing the best in us.
2 . A young man would graduate (毕业) from university soon. He was hoping to get a very nice gift from his parents.
When he graduated from high school, he got a watch. He hoped that his university gift would be bigger. He was hoping that he might even get a car. He gave many hints (暗示) to his parents about it.
The day of his graduation finally came. That night, his father called the young man into the living room. He said, “Son, you know how I read you stories from your favorite book when you were a little boy? Well, after days of searching (寻找), I finally found that book. I’ve got it cleaned, fixed up and I’ve put a new cover on it. Maybe one day you can give it to your child.” The father’s eyes were filled with tears (眼泪) as he handed the book to his son.
The gift of a book was never what the young man hoped for. But he loved his father a lot and he knew that this book was more meaningful than a car and many other expensive things in the world. “Thanks, Dad,” the young man accepted the gift with tears in his eyes, too. “It’s a great gift. And you’re right. I will give it to my child one day,” He learned a great lesson.
根据短文内容判断正误，正确的写(A)，错误的写(B)。1. The young man got a watch when he graduated from high school.
2. At first the young man hoped to get a bigger graduation gift.
3. The father gave a car to the young man when he graduated from university.
4. The young man didn’t accept the gift of a book.
5. From the passage we can know that the meaning of a gift is more valuable (宝贵的) than its price.
3 . Fiona was a very popular girl at school. She was clever and fun, and got on well with everyone. It was no accident that Fiona was so popular. From an early age she had made an effort to be kind and friendly to everyone. She invited the whole class to her birthday party, and from time to time she would give presents to everybody. She felt very lucky; no other student had so many friends at school.
But everything changed on National Friendship Day. On that day, in class everyone had to make three presents to give to their three best friends. However, when all the presents had been made and shared out among classmates, Fiona was the only one who had not received a present! She spent hours crying. How could it be possible? Everyone came and tried to console (安慰) her for a while. But each one only stayed for a short time before leaving.
When she got home that night, Fiona asked her mother where she could find true friends. “Fiona, my dear,” answered her mother. “You’re a lovely girl, but you can’t be a close friend to everybody. You cannot buy friends with a smile or a few good words.”
Hearing this, Fiona thought about her mother. Her mother was always ready to help her, and she bore all of Fiona’s dislikes and problems, and she always forgave (原谅) her, and she loved her a lot... That was what makes friends! Fiona smiled from ear to ear, realizing that she already had the best friend anyone could ever want.
根据短文内容判断正、误。(正确的写A，错误的写B)1. From an early age Fiona tried her best to be kind and friendly to everyone.
2. Fiona felt very lucky because she thought she had more friends than the others at school.
3. Besides Fiona, everyone in the class received presents on National Friendship Day.
4. Fiona’s mother told her to make friends not with money but with good words.
5. From her mother’s words, Fiona realized she should give her mother more love.
4 . There are many TV programs about Chinese dishes, but few are like A Bite of China (《舌尖上的中国》). The documentary (纪录片) tells us foods in different places in China.
The foods in the first season (第一季) of the documentary are from 70 places. You can see many kinds of food and they can capture (俘获) your eyes and stomach (胃). And you can also learn how to make the food. That’s why it becomes one of the most popular programs.
However, the program is not only about food. There are many different stories between food and people. To know about good stories, workers of the first season spent about 13 months doing the research (研究) and filming. One of the workers says that the stories also show the social transformation (社会变迁).
“The program is like a window. It makes the world know more about China. It helps people around the world not only enjoy Chinese dishes, but also learn Chinese culture.”
根据文章内容判断下列句子正确 (T) 或错误 (F)。1. Many TV programs are like A Bite of China.
2. Workers of the first season spent about 13 weeks doing the research (研究) and filming.
3. The foods in the first season are from 70 places.
4. The program is only about food.
5. The program can make Chinese know more about the world.
5 . A girl named Lucy was working as a nurse in a hospital and one day, an uncommon thing happened in her hospital. An old man fell down on the street and he couldn’t wake up. Two boys noticed this and without thinking twice, they took him to the hospital and left. After the doctor checked the old man, the doctor found that he needed an operation (手术) at once because he had a heart illness. The leader of the hospital said that the old man should pay his bill first, or he couldn’t have an operation. But nobody could found the old man’s family and nobody could pay his bill.
After Lucy heard about this, she made a surprising decision. In order to save the old man, she paid his bill although she was very poor and then the old man was sent to the operation room. After a few hours, the police found the old man’s family and the old man’s family came to the hospital. They wanted to thank Lucy by giving her an expensive gift but she refused. She said, “I do this just for saving a man’s life, not for the repay (回报).”
If all of us can help others who are in need, the world will be full of love. Those who help others are always loved by more people and they usually have more wonderful and happier lives. We should help others in need to make the world more beautiful.
根据短文内容判断正、误。(正确的写”A”，错误的写”B”。)1. Two boys took the old man to the hospital and left.
2. The old man’s life was saved with the help of the leader of the hospital.
3. After a few days, the police found the old man’s family.
4. The nurse named Lucy accepted an expensive gift at last.
5. The story tells us that we should help others in need.
6 . Buddy is a 3-year-old foster (收养的) child and his best friend is a cute dog called Reagan. These days they are planning to publish a book to support a foster parent organization.
They do almost everything together, whether it’s taking a bath, enjoying food at the table, sleeping in bed, or playing on swings. Sandi Swiridoff, the little boy’s foster grandmother, told Daily Mail that the true story of Buddy and Reagan needed to be told.
“Here are some wonderful photos of them which show their close relationship. Their story is strong and sweet, and includes a few surprises,” she said.
Swiridoff’s daughter adopted 8-week-old Reagan to help deal with the pain she felt after having to give up her first two foster children. As for Buddy, he was adopted when he was an 11-month-old baby and has lived with Reagan ever since. “Reagan is good with kids and other dogs. He hasn’t met another dog or person that he doesn’t like. Adopting Reagan was one of the best decisions we had ever made. He has added so much joy to our life, and to the life of many other people,” Mrs. Swiridoff added.
根据短文内容判断正、误，正确的用“A”表示，错误的用“B”表示。1. Buddy and Reagan have finished writing a book about themselves.
2. There is a deep friendship between Buddy and Reagan.
3. Swiridoff’s daughter was the first one to keep Reagan at her home.
4. Reagan made Swiridoff’s family full of trouble.
5. The main idea of the article is that the foster family is full of love and surprises.
7 . People surely meet lots of difficulties in life. But life is all about choices. You choose how you deal with different situations. You choose how people influence (影响) you. The key is: it’s your choice how you live life.
My friend Michael is always happy and always has something good to say. If someone is having a bad day, Michael will tell the person how to find the good side of the situation.
One day I asked Michael, “How can you always be so happy?” Michael replied, “Each morning I wake up and say to myself, ‘Mike, you have two choices today. You can choose to be happy or you can choose to be unhappy.’ I choose to be happy. Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be sad or choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it.”
Soon after that, I left the big factory that I had worked in and started my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life.
Several years later, I heard Michael had a serious accident. He fell from a 10-meter-high building. I saw Michael about six months after the accident. I asked him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place. “As I lay on the ground, I remembered I had two choices: I could choose to live or I could choose to die. I chose to live.” Michael replied. “Weren’t you scared?” I asked. Michael continued, “When I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read ‘He is a dead man.’ I knew I needed to take action. I told them “I chose to live and operate on me as if (好像) I am alive, not dead.” Michael lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing thought.
I learned from him that every day we have a choice to live fully. What is your choice?
根据短文内容判断正误，正确涂（A），错误涂（B）。1. The writer thinks how we live life depends on our choices.
2. The writer used to work in a small factory.
3. Michael is always happy because he usually finds the good sides of different situations.
4. Michael finally lived after a serious accident only because of the skill of his doctors.
5. We can learn from the story that we can choose to live fully whatever we may meet.
8 . One’s attitude (态度) is always important. If you are lazy and weak, you will never taste any success. But if you work hard, success and happiness will be more likely to come to you.
I love eating tomatoes. But you can’t get them until autumn. If you try them before the right time, they probably taste bad.
In Grade Nine, because of my poor grades, my parents were worried that I wouldn’t be able to get into an excellent middle school. They pushed me to study harder, but I didn’t really understand why they were so anxious (焦虑). Summer came, and I studied hard. The hot weather made me sleepy and I couldn’t pay attention to my text. But every time I wanted to stop working, Mom would say to me, with a serious look on her face, “If a tomato tree doesn’t grow in summer, it can’t have fruit in autumn! Only by hard work, you can get the good result of your work.”
Although I didn’t understand it at that time, I gradually came to see the truth of her words. A few months later, I succeeded in getting into the key middle school. It was autumn. Walking in my new school, I could see quite a few tomato trees. The fruit was so red that it looked as if it was on fire. Suddenly, I realized (意识到) that working hard may be bitter (苦涩的) but its fruit is sweet. My mom was right. If a tomato tree doesn’t grow during summer, it can’t have fruit in autumn. I smiled. I had grown through the summer and now it was autumn.
根据短文内容判断正、误。(注意：正确的涂“A”，错误的涂“B”)
1. According to the passage, the writer was a lazy middle school student.
2. The writer couldn’t understand why his parents were so anxious.
3. The writer realized working hard may be bitter but its fruit is sweet.
4. In order to get into the key middle school, the writer grew many tomato trees through the summer.
5. The writer achieved his dream at last.
9 . Once upon a time, there was a man named Lazy. He lived in a big and beautiful house.
But as time went by, his house started to have problems. One day, a neighbor went past and told him, “Your house is beautiful, but the grass (草) in the garden is overgrown (杂草丛生的). You’d better cut it.” Lazy answered, “I know. I will cut it tomorrow.” Some days later, another neighbor said to Lazy, “Your house is wonderful, but the windows are dirty. You can do some cleaning for it.” Lazy replied, “I know. I will do that tomorrow.”
Weeks later, Lazy’s house was in a mess. The paintings were falling down. One day, his brother came round and saw everything. He said angrily, “Lazy, you’re just like your name! You did nothing for your house. It could fall down at any time!” Just the next day, after a heavy rainstorm, Lazy’s house fell down!
There are many Lazys around us. Have you ever left something until tomorrow, next month or even next year like him? It’s much better to just deal with things today than tomorrow.
根据语篇内容，判断正误。（正确选 A，错误选B）1. Lazy lived in a small but comfortable house many years ago.
2. Neighbors gave Lazy some advice to keep the house beautiful.
3. Lazy’s brother was glad to see what Lazy did for his house.
4. Lazy’s house fell down after a heavy rainstorm.
5. From this story, we know that we should deal with things right now instead of leaving them later.
10 . One day, many years ago, when I was working as a doctor in England, a teacher brought David into my office. He looked sad and he looked at his own feet. Then I heard his sad experiences from the teacher.
David lost his father when he was two years old and then lived with his mother and grandfather. When he was at the age of 13, his grandfather died and his mother was killed in a car accident. He refused to talk to others from then on. How could I help him?
David didn’t say a word. As he was leaving, I said, “Come back next week if you like.” To my surprise, he came again. I asked him to play chess with me. He agreed. After that we played chess every Friday afternoon in complete silence. Usually, he arrived earlier than the time we agreed. It seemed as if he liked to be with me. But why didn’t he ever look at me?
Months later, when I looked at his head, he suddenly looked up at me. “It’s your turn,” he said. After that day, David started talking. He finally got friends at school and he even joined a Chinese club. He wrote to me a few times. Now he is living a new different life.
Maybe I gave David something. But I learned a lot from him. All we need is a friendly touch and an ear that is used to listen.
根据短文内容判断正误。（正确的写 A ，错误的写 B）。1. David’s teacher told the writer about David’s experiences at first.
2. David’s grandmother died when he was 13 years old.
3. David didn’t say a word when playing chess because he liked silence.
4. What the doctor did made a difference to David’s life.
5. From the passage, we know we should always help others and play together.
