1 . Steve was born in a poor family with alcoholic(酗酒的)parents, and didn’t like studying at school．He was often late for class and could not get on well with his deskmate, Jim．
That new term, Miss White, a new teacher, worked as the head teacher for him．Her classes were very interesting and she was kind to the students. So they loved her very much．
One day，Steve went to school without having breakfast, he was very hungry．He stole the   money in Jim’s pencil case and bought something to eat．The next morning, Jim told Miss White it was Steve that stole his money in class．Hearing this，Steve dared(敢于)not to look up Miss White’s eyes with the red face．However，Miss White said，“I don’t believe Steve has done that， because he’s a good student．” After a while, she took the same number of money from her pocket and said，“A student in Class Two picked it up beside the gate of our classroom just now and gave it to me，and it is yours，Jim?’’ Jim said“yes，”with“sorry”to Steve．The poor boy could say nothing to his dear teacher with tears in both eyes．
After that，Steve did his best to study hard and got good grades．Later，he became a famous doctor．He would never forget the kind head teacher in his middle school．
1. Steve _______ at school before Miss White was his head teacher．

A．studied hard

B．got on well with Jim

C．was often late for class

2. Miss White______________ the students and they’ll liked her very much.

A．was friendly to

B．was tired of

C．was strict with

3. Steve was very hungry and he ________．

A．borrowed some food from Miss White

B．stole Jim’s money and bought something to eat

C．ate a lot of food

4. Miss White gave some money to Jim because _________．

A．Jim lost his money

B．it was actually Jim’s money

C．she wanted to give Steve some self-esteem(自尊)

5. What’s the best title for this passage?

A．A Meaningful Lesson at School

B．A Kind Head Teacher, Miss White

C．Steve and His Classmates

2 . We talk every day. When we have good news, we like to share it with our good friends and when something terrible happens, we make it known to others soon. But can you imagine that a tree can talk and share news too? Of course, no tree moves lips and says words just as people do. Strange as it may sound, though, some trees do manage to communicate with each other.
Willow(柳树) trees are the best-known of these trees. When insects begin nibbling(叮咬) a willow tree, the tree sends out a special smell at once. This smell tells the other willows that harmful insects are coming near. All of them quickly make a chemical(化学物质) in their leaves. This chemical is bad to the insects. The insects do not like it and they fly away soon. In this way, the willow trees protect themselves from the insects.
The next time when you take a walk in the woods, maybe the trees are “talking” to each other quietly. And when someone says that trees cannot “talk”, please tell them that even trees give messages to each other, too.
1. Willow trees send messages with _________.

A．words	B．movements
C．smells	D．sounds

2. The underlined word “lips” in the first paragraph means ________.

A．树干	B．嘴唇
C．枝条	D．手势

3. The passage tells us that some of the trees can ________.

A．speak just as people do	B．tell stories to others
C．communicate with each other	D．kill insects in the woods

4. According to the passage, the right order of the following is ________.
a. The willow tree gives out a smell.
b. The willow trees make a chemical in their leaves.
c. Insects fly away because of the chemical.
d. Insects begin nibbling a willow tree.

A．d-a-b-c	B．d-b-a-c
C．a-b-c-d	D．d-c-b-a