In American schools there is something called Home-coming Day. Many high schools and colleges with a football team have a home-coming game. This can be the most important event of the year except graduation (毕业) day. Students plan Home-coming Day for many weeks in advance.
Several days before Home-coming ,students start to decorate (装饰)the school. There are signs to wish luck to the team, and many other signs to welcome all the graduates. Many people still come to Home-coming twenty or thirty years after their graduation.
The members of school clubs build booths (摊位) and sell lemonade, apples and sandwiches. Some clubs help to welcome visitors.
During the day people like to look for teachers that they remember from long ago. Often they see old friends and they talk together about those happy years in school.
Everyone soon comes to watch the football game. When the game is half over, the band (乐队)comes onto the field and plays school songs. Another important moment is when the Home-coming Queen or King appears. All the students vote a most popular student Home-coming Queen or King. It is a great honor to be chosen.
Home-coming is a happy day, but it is not perfect unless the football team wins the game. Even if the team loses, the students still enjoy Home-coming. Some stay at the school to dance, and others go to a party. For everyone it is a day worth remembering.
1.The most important event of the year in high schools and colleges is_______.
A．Home-coming B．the football game
C．graduation D．winning the game
2.When do students begin to do everything for Home-coming?
A．The day before Home-coming.
B．Many weeks before the day.
C．When the guests arrive.
D．Several hours before Home-coming.
3.Which of the following is NOT mentioned (提及) on Home-coming Day?
A．To see old friends.
B．To visit teachers they remember.
C．To watch the football game.
D．To go home to see their family.
4.Who can probably become Home-coming Queen or King?
A．The teacher who is kind to the students.
B．The student who is popular with the students.
C．The visitor who is famous to the students.
D．The player who plays best in the football game.
5.What’s the best title of this article?
A．Home-coming Day B．A Happy Day
C．The Most Important Event D．Home-coming Queen or King
Dear Mr Zhu,
I am writing to your magazine’s “Teenagers Now” column(专栏) to ask for some help with my 16-year-old son. At the moment, he refuses to do almost everything his mother and I ask him to do. He is our only child and we treat him very well. His grandparents buy him many things, and yet he is still rude to us. He refuses to spend time with us or do as we tell him. Sometimes he acts as if he doesn’t even love us at all.
Now he refuses to do his homework, and instead insists on wasting his time watching DVDs and listening to foreign music. I cannot understand this music, but I don’t like it. He also spends too much time in Internet cafes, where he either plays games or chats online. He is wasting valuable time during this important period in his life!
What am I to do? At present, to prevent making his mother unhappy with an argument, I am allowing him his freedom. However, I am worried that if I keep allowing him to do what he wants, he may fail at school, or worse.
How can I help my son without harming our relationship?
Yours,
Liu Zhenhua
1.What’s Mr. Zhu’s job?
A．A teacher. B．A magazine columnist.
C．A youth worker. D．A doctor.
2.From the passage, we can know that Mr. Liu’s son is _______ to his parents.
A．friendly B．thankful C．polite D．rude
3.What does Liu Zhenhua write to Mr. Zhu for?
A．To blame his son.
B．To ask for help with his son.
C．To say something about his son.
D．To complain to him about his son.
4.Mr. Liu’s son always spends his time _______.
A．doing his homework
B．playing games online
C．chatting with his parents
D．doing everything his parents ask him to do
5.What do you think is the possible answer for the father?
A．The father should let the son alone.
B．The father should give his son a beating.
C．The father should allow his son his freedom.
D．The father should be patient enough to have communication with the son.
完形填空
Long ago，some children were playing at seaside when they found a turtle(海龟). They began to beat(打) the turtle. Just at that time, a young man came and said to them, “Stop!” The children ran 1 quickly. The turtle was very thankful and said, “Thanks for your 2 . I truly would like to invite you to a wonderful palace now.”
The young man rode on the back of the turtle and was taken to the secret palace in the sea. When he 3 the palace, he was very surprised and said to the turtle， “What a nice palace!” In order to thank him, the king(国王) of the turtles gave him a very big dinner. He had never seen such a dinner before. He received a warm welcome there and was very 4 everything.
After dinner, the king of the turtles said, “I am going to give you two boxes, 5 you can open only one.” “You mustn’t open both of them. Don’t forget it！” The turtle 6 him. “All right, I will open only one,” the young man promised. At this time, a large wave(浪) sent him out of the sea.
7 he went home, he opened the bigger one of the two boxes. To 8 surprise, the box was full of gold. “My God!” he cried. “I’m 9 now.” Then he thought, “Things in the other box must be expensive, too.” He could not wait any longer. He 10 his promise and opened the other box. As soon as he opened it, he became an old man. His hair turned white. His face looked like an old man over eighty years old. It all happened in a moment. He was sorry for what he did, but it was too late.
1. A．across B．away C．into D．out
2. A．gift B．gold C．treatment D．kindness
3. A．left B．reached C．built D．designed
4. A．pleased with B．careful with C．angry with D．sorry for
5. A．so B．or C．but D．as
6. A．helped B．followed C．reminded D．refused
7. A．After B．Before C．While D．Since
8. A．her B．him C．their D．his
9. A．poor B．rich C．sad D．young
10. A．remembered B．accepted C．broke D．recorded
—Would you please pass me the sugar?
— ____. Here you are.
A．Sure B．Nothing much C．Thanks a lot D．Sorry
In our school library there ____ a number of books on science and the number of them ____ growing larger and larger.
A．is; are B．are; is C．is; is D．are; are
It’s said that Armstrong sent a message to Mission Control _____ said that two huge, strange objects landed near them and were watching them.
A．who B．which C．whom D．whose
