In Britain you’re allowed to drive a car when you’re seventeen. You have to get a special two-year driving license before you can start. When you’re learning, someone with a full license always has to be in the car with you because you aren’t allowed to drive the car on the road alone. You don’t have to go to a driving school --- a friend can teach you. The person with you isn’t allowed to take money for the lesson unless he’s got a teacher’s license.
Before you’re allowed to have a full license, you have to take a driving test. You can take a test in your own car, but it has to be fit for the road. In the test you have to drive round for about half an hour and then answer a few questions. If you don’t pass the test, you’re allowed to take it again a few weeks later if you want to. In 1970 a woman passed her fortieth test after 212 driving lessons! When you’ve passed your test, you don’t have to take it again, and you’re allowed to go on driving as long as you like. Britain’s oldest driver was a man who drove in 1974 at the age of 100.
Before 1904 everyone was allowed to drive, even children. Then from 1904 car drivers had to have a license. But they didn’t have to take a test until 1935. On the early days of car driving, before 1878, cars weren’t allowed to go faster than four miles an hour, and someone had to lead the car with a red flag.
1.A person can’t take money for driving lessons unless he __________.
A. has learnt to drive in a driving school
B. has a full driving license
C. has a full license and a teacher’s license
D. is given a special two-year driving license
2.In the driving test, one _______________________.
A. mustn’t drive his car, even though the car is fit for the road
B. is usually asked to drive on roads for some time
C. has to be examined only in car driving skills
D. must drive around for more than an hour
3.When can I take the driving test again if I don’t pass it?
A. a few years later
B. right after the first test
C. a few weeks later
D. never
4.Which of the following is NOT true?
A. There is no limit (限制)to the age of an old man who drives a car.
B. One can take a driving test again and again until he passes it.
C. There was a speed limit to cars before 1878.
D. A car driver didn’t have to get a limit license until 1935.
5.The best title for the passage is _____________.
A. Driving Licenses in Britain
B. Tests for Britain People
C. Driving Cars
D. Young Men’s Driving Licenses
Chairman Mao once said: “It is not hard to do one good deed. It is hard to do good deeds all your life.” Guo Mingyi, 52, a worker in Anshan, Liaoning, did just that. Over the past 20 years, Guo has donated 60,000 milliliters(毫升) of blood. That is the blood of 10 people put together.
Once, on a cold winter of 2009, Guo got a call from the hospital. The doctors told him that a patient needed a blood donation. Guo didn’t have time to eat lunch. He travelled in the snow to get to the hospital. When he finished donating the blood, he was so tired that he fell asleep on the hospital bed.
Guo and his family live a simple life. He and his wife and daughter live in a house of only 40 square meters. They don’t have a lot of money, but Guo saves money to support poor children. In the past 16 years, he has donated over 100,000 yuan to more than 180 poor students. When the parents met him, many cried. “He looks poorer than us,” they said.
Guo has also offered hands to thousands of workers, friends and strangers. His warm heart has moved many people. They call him a “Modern-Day Lei Feng”.
Recently, Chinese leaders called on people to learn from Guo. They say young people especially should learn his selfless devotion(无私奉献).But Guo said he did these things in order not to get famous. “It’s just that some people need some help, and there should be someone standing out to give them a hand,” he said.
1.When was Guo Mingyi born in Anshan, Liaoning?
A. In 1940 B. In 1950 C. In 1960 D. In 1970
2.Why did Guo Mingyi donate the blood to a patient on a cold winter of 2009?
A. Because they are good friends.
B. Because he had no money to eat lunch.
C. Because he wanted to sleep in the hospital
D. Because he wanted to help the patient very much.
3.Which of the following is RIGHT about Guo Mingyi?
A. He is a common businessman.
B. He has a very rich family.
C. He wants to be famous a lot.
D. He devotes what he has to helping others
4.What does the writer write the passage for?
A. To learn from Gou Mingyi’s selfless devotion.
B. To donate blood to the people in need.
C. To raise money for poor students.
D. To remember Lei Feng.
5.Which part of the newspapers can we see the passage ?
A. Sports news B. Health care C. People D. Nature
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News 1 Huang Heshan, a boy from Xinghua, has moved(感动) many people in Taizhou. Thanks to Huang Heshan, Yang Kangshao can go to school every day. Yang is disabled, but Huang Heshan carries him to school on his back. It’s eight years since he started to do that. They help each other. At school, Yang helps Huang with his study, too. Huang says that he feels happy when he can do something to help disabled people. |
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News 2 In Taizhou City, Ren Min Park is a good place for families to have fun. There are many green trees and the air is fresh. People can have different activities in the park. However, we can also find the waste bags and other rubbish everywhere. How can we get such bad environment? Now it’s time to keep the park clean if we want to have a nice field trip. |
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News 3 On March 25, more than four thousand people started to run from Jiangsu Taizhou Middle School. All the runners ran about 4.7 kilometers. They took part in the activity to lead a healthy life and show the spirit of the people in Taizhou. After running, many runners signed their names on the wall. |
1.In News 1, we know Huang Heshan has helped Yang Kangshao for _____.
A. eighteen years B. eighty years C. eight months D. eight years
2.We should _____ if we want to have a nice field trip in Ren Min Park.
A. throw the rubbish B. find some waste bags
C. plant more trees D. help keep the environment clean
3.To lead a healthy life, over four thousand people _____ on March 25.
A. cleaned the park B. signed their names on the wall
C. ran about 4.7 kilometers D. started to help disabled people
4.According to the news, we can know something happened in _____.
A. Beijing B. Taizhou C. Guangzhou D. Shanghai
5.We may know the news above from _____.
A. a newspaper B. a book C. a magazine D. a poster
My mum only had one eye. She cooked for students and teachers to 16 the family when I was young.
One day my mum came to 17 hello to me in primary school. I was so embarrassed（尴尬的） that I threw her a hateful 18 and ran out.
The next day at school, one of my classmates said, “Your mum only has one eye!” and 19 at me.
I hated my mum and decided to leave her, so I studied very hard. Later I got a chance to go abroad to study and I left my mother. 20 graduation I worked, bought a house and got 21 there. Then I had kids of my own. I was happy with my wife and my kids. But one day someone knocked at my door. It was my 22 !When she stood by the door, my children laughed at her, and I 23 at her, “How dare you come to my house and scare my children! GET OUT OF HERE NOW!” And to this, my mum 24 answered, “Oh, I’m so sorry. I may have got the wrong 25 ,”and she disappeared.
One day, a letter regarding a school reunion（聚会） came to my house. So I 26 to my wife that I was going on a business trip. After the reunion, I went to the old house.
My neighbors said that she 27 . I did not have a single tear. They handed me a letter that she had wanted me to have.
My dearest son,
I am thinking 28 you all the time. I’m sorry that I came to your house and scared your 29 .
I was so glad when I heard you were coming for the reunion. But I may not be able to even get out of bed to see you. I’m sorry that I was still an embarrassment to you when you were growing up.
You see…when you were very little, you got into an accident, and lost your eye. As a mother, I couldn’t stand watching you grow up with one eye. So I gave you 30 .
… With all my love to you!
Your mother
1.A. support B. provide C. offer D. prefer
2.A. speak B. talk C. say D. tell
3.A. cry B. look C. laugh D. smell
4.A. smiled B. shouted C. knocked D. laughed
5.A. After B. Since C. Before D. Until
6.A. worried B. excited C. married D. satisfied
7.A. Dad B. friend C. son D. Mum
8.A. said B. screamed C. talked D. added
9.A. quietly B. happily C. loudly D. angrily
10.A. name B. address C. number D. city
11.A. laid B. told C. lied D. lay
12.A. returned B. moved C. hurt D. died
13.A. over B. of C. out D. about
14.A. wife B. son C. family D. daughter
15.A. his B. yours C. hers D. mine
Kate was not sure_______.
A. that she should go through the third gate
B. if she should go through the third gate or not
C. which gate should she go through
D. which gate she should go through
---You must be very excited about going to New York for further study.
--- , but I am afraid I won’t do well because my English is poor .
A. I’m sorry B. Certainly not
C. I don’t know yet D. Well, I ought to be
