1 . Why is the man worried about his brother?

A．His brother is too confident.

B．His brother struggles to make friends.

C．His brother’s friends will be a bad influence on him.

2 . 语篇填空

In our daily life, it’s common that we may have trouble with our parents. Once, when I did my homework, I met some difficult words and took out my phone     1    look them up. Just then, my mother passed by. She thought I was playing with my phone instead     2    studying. I felt upset and angry because she told me off wrongly. I argued     3     her. Finally, my father told me to stand in her shoes and advised me to explain the truth. I said sorry to her for my rudeness and my mother also realized her fault (过错) and give me    4    big hug.

It’s the different opinions     5    made me realize understanding is the key to solving a problem.

3 . Steve is James and John's big brother. One day, when their mum left for work, James and John started crying. They didn't want her to leave. Steve tried to stop them crying and said, “Let’s play hide-and-seek (捉迷藏). You hide and I'll count to ten. Then I’ll try to find you.” Steve found James under a chair and John behind a door. They played over and over again. Each time, the two boys hid in the same places. Finally, Steve felt too bored with the game. “Let’s take the dog for a walk,” he said.

When Steve walked the dog, he found James and John were running in the street. He thought it was so dangerous. Then he had an idea. “Anyone who walks back to the house with me can have some snacks!” Steve shouted.

At home, the boys ate some cookies and got ready for a sleep. James and John wanted a story. Steve told them the story about the little red hen. When their mum returned home, she was pleased to find the three sleeping boys.

1. James and John started ________ when their mum left home.

A．crying

B．running

C．reading

D．sleeping

2. Where did James hide during the game?

A．Under a table.

B．Under a chair.

C．Behind a door.

D．Behind a box.

3. Why did Steve feel bored with the game?

A．Because he was not good at it.

B．Because he didn't know where to hide.

C．Because his brothers made the room dirty.

D．Because his brothers always hid in the same places.

4. What were James and John doing when Steve walked the dog?

A．Staying in the house	B．Shouting at Steve
C．Running in the street	D．Eating some snacks

5. How did their mum feel when she found the sleeping boys?

A．Angry

B．Pleased

C．Afraid

D．Sad.

4 . Joe and Della were a new couple. They were both interested in art--one in painting, the other in music. They lived in a small flat. They loved each other and they were happy.

But one day they found that they had spent all their money. One afternoon Della told Joe that she had found a _________ and was to give her three music lessons a week. For that she could get fifteen dollars a week. But Joe was not _________ because he didn’t want to stay at home, playing with his art while Della was at work. He wanted to earn some money too.

Every day they parted in the morning and _________ in the evening.

A week _________ , Della brought home fifteen dollars, but she looked a little _________. Joe took eighteen dollars out of his pocket. They were both _________ to have so much money at hand.

The next week, Joe _________ home another eighteen dollars but Della came home with her right hand in a bandage (绷带). Joe asked Della what was the _________. Della said, “It was because of an iron-- I mean a plate of soup spilled on my _________.”

“What do you do every day, Della? Do you __________ give music lessons?” Joe asked. “Tell me the __________!”

Della cried. She told Joe that she was working in a laundry (洗衣店), __________ shirts. A girl accidentally __________ an iron on her hand and she got a __________ burn. But Della asked Joe how he had guessed that she wasn’t giving music lessons.

Joe told Della that he worked in the engine-room of the same laundry where she worked. They both let out their __________ and laughed.

1.

A．pupil

B．teacher

C．painter

D．director

2.

A．worried

B．busy

C．glad

D．surprising

3.

A．studied

B．met

C．worked

D．talked

4.

A．killed

B．spent

C．wasted

D．passed

5.

A．tired

B．excited

C．fatter

D．stranger

6.

A．puzzled

B．disappointed

C．anxious

D．happy

7.

A．borrowed

B．brought

C．applied

D．stored

8.

A．result

B．job

C．matter

D．bandage

9.

A．foot

B．face

C．arm

D．hand

10.

A．really

B．often

C．seldom

D．finally

11.

A．reason

B．cause

C．truth

D．incident

12.

A．making

B．repairing

C．ironing

D．selling

13.

A．picked up

B．set down

C．poured out

D．filled with

14.

A．slight

B．bad

C．soft

D．hard

15.

A．secrets

B．lessons

C．ideas

D．opinions

5 . I'm still very much figuring out what I want to do with my life, but I can honestly say now that I feel very proud of where I am right now. I've written about the teachers in high school and college I had that made a big impact on me, but I haven't mentioned the person that make the biggest difference.

Growing up, Mom was always there for me. People think of Asian mothers as scary and demanding, but my mother was nothing like that. During the summers, we had some math and Chinese lessons every day before we could go outside and play, which may sound dull, but somehow Mom made it fun. She took our education very seriously and spent countless hours copying math problems into notebooks with colored pens. She made hundreds of index（索引）cards, each with a Chinese character on it, which we would rearrange to make sentences. I still smile when I open up my math notebooks and see those colorful pages of math problems—if I got them all right, I'd get a smiling face and "100%!" or "Next Einstein!" on the top with sticker. If I didn't do so well, I'd get a Pretty Good!"

I was the only girl on the Math Counts team in middle school. I came home one day from middle school and told her that some of the boys in my class made fun of me because I was doing better than them in math. She went to my teacher and told her that she didn't want her daughter to feel like she couldn't be good at math or to be teased because of it. I didn't know this until recently my mom told me that she herself was the only female engineer where she started working, and gained the respect of her coworkers.

1. Who made the lasting and deepest influence on the author?

A．Her teachers in high school.

B．Her teachers in college.

C．Her friends in college.

D．Her mom.

2. When the author was young, her math and Chinese lessons made her feel ________.

A．fun with Mom's wonderful instructions

B．dull without classmates to study together

C．hopeless to keep up with other classmates

D．more confused since mom wasn't a teacher

3. Why did the author love learning from her mother?

A．She liked to play word games with Mom at home.

B．Mom always encouraged her whatever happened.

C．She knew Mom liked playing tricks on her.

D．Mom drew many smiling faces for her.

4. Why was the author made fun of when in Math Counts team in middle school?

A．Because her math was better than the boys.

B．Because no other girls liked to learn math.

C．Because her mother wasn't good at math.

D．Because she failed in the math contest.