The Guidance Department （教导处）at Berryville High School has a staff of eleven teachers. Most of their work is done with the students. But the staff sees a lot of parents, too.
“Parents meetings make clear monthly diagram（图表）.”says Mildred Freman, head of the Guidance. “This diagram stays much the same from year to year. The busy months are October, March and May. ”
September, the beginning of a new school year, starts rather slowly. Few parents come in. Most of these want to talk about the schedules. October brings many problems caused by some students. Some parents are called in. Others come by themselves. Things quiet down in November. December is a quiet month. “It’s the holiday. ”Ms Foreman says, “People want to come in, I know, but they decide to wait until after New Year’s Day.”
Report cards go home just before Christmas holidays. Bad marks bring parents in as school opens again. This happens again in March, another report card month. May is always the year’s busiest month. That’s when parents begin to think that their children may be asked to stay in the same grade again. They come in to see if anything can be done before things are decided in June.
1.The teachers in the Guidance Department usually ______.
A．do most of their work for the students
B．answer all the questions from parents
C．help other teachers get along with students and parents
D．only bring report cards to students and parents
2.In December parents usually ______.
A．stay at home with their children for their holidays
B．wait for the teachers to bring report cards to their children
C．wouldn’t like to visit the teachers in the Guidance Department
D．let teachers have a good rest during their holidays
3.Why do some parents come to school in March? Because ______.
A．they want to see their children’s teachers after Christmas holidays
B．they are called by the teachers of Guidance Department
C．bad marks have them do it
D．it’s the beginning of a new school year
4.Which of the following is Right?
A．In June the school decides who will stay in the same grade again.
B．Almost all the parents come to meet Mildred Foreman every month.
C．April is also the second busiest month for the staff.
D．The parents help to do most of the work for the staff.
Matt's hobby was collecting stamps. He had stamps from many countries, like America, Egypt and China. On his birthday, can you guess what people gave him? That's right——stamps.
Matt's favorite stamps came from France. He had almost every stamp from 1954 to 2003 except one. That was a 1974 special edition (版). It was very hard to find.
He looked for it everywhere. He asked his friends and relatives to help him. But nobody could find the stamp. It made Matt very sad.
"Don't worry," his father said to him. "You'll find it one day."
"I hope so," Matt said.
"Be patient (耐心的),"his father said. "Don't give up."
Besides collecting stamps, Matt liked writing. He had a pen friend in France. They wrote to each other every month. Matt's pen friend, Philip, gave him a big, green stamp. It looked old. When Matt received the letter, he was very surprised. On the envelope, he looked closely at the stamp. It was the 1974 special edition stamp. Matt was so happy! He told his sister, his mother and his father.
"You see," his father said, "You did find your stamp. So, you see, it's good to have two things in life."
"What are they?" Matt asked.
“Friends and patience (耐心).” he answered.
1.Matt loved the stamps from ______best.
A．America B．Egypt C．France D．China
2.It was very difficult for Matt to find a special French stamp of_____.
A．1954 B．1974 C．2003 D．2011
3.His father told him to_______.
A．stop looking for it B．ask his friends for help
C．be patient D．write a letter
4.______sent Matt the letter with the special edition stamp on it.
A．Philip B．Philip's mother C．Matt's father D．Philip’s friend
Every day when I enter the classroom, I will take a look at the wall beside my seat. You will find nothing special about this old wall if you just look at it. But for the students in my class, it is a special wall. Take a good look at it, and you will get to know the real feelings and thoughts of us, the 9th graders.
In the middle of the wall, there is a big “VICTORY”. It was written in pencil. I guess it must have been written by someone who got a good mark in an exam.
A little higher above the formulas, there is a poem. It only has two sentences. It reads: All those sweet memories have disappeared. Like tears dropping in the heavy rain.
Oh! It must have been written at the end of the last semester in middle school. Classmates had to leave school and good friends had to part. What a sad poem!
If you look at the wall more carefully, you will find many other interesting things, like a crying face, or a happy face, and other patterns(图案). There are still some patterns and letters that I can’t understand, but they all show the feeling of the students who drew them.
For years, the wall has witnessed(目睹) all the things that have happened in the classroom. I don’t know how it will be next year, two years from now, or even ten years from now. But I hope more smiling faces will be drawn on it.
1.There is ______ special on this wall.
A．something B．anything C．nothing D．everything
2.What was the “VICTORY” written in?
A．Chalk B．Pencil C．Pen D．Brush
3.When has the poem been written?
A．At the beginning of the last semester.
B．At the end of the year.
C．At the end of the last semester.
D．At the beginning of the last month.
4.What’s the meaning of the underlined word?
A．部分 B．分离 C．和好 D．聚集
5.What’s the title of the passage?
A．The Pictures of the Wall
B．The Feelings of the Students
C．The Patterns of the Classroom
D．The Hope of the Writer
Betty is an American school girl. She is very happy because her parents will take her to China for a visit. They are going to fly from New York on June 30 and get to Beijing on July 1. They will stay at Lido Holiday Inn. Their Chinese friends will show them around Beijing. They are going to visit the Palace Museum, the Summer Palace, the Temple of Heaven and the Great Wall. They will also visit some Chinese homes and try some Chinese food. They will spend a week in Beijing and then go to Xi’an, Guilin and some other places for sightseeing. The whole trip will take three weeks and she is sure she will have a great time in China.
1.Betty is very happy because she will _______ with her parents.
A. visit China B. go home C. watch TV
2.Their _______ friends will show them around Beijing.
A. Australian B. Chinese C. American
3.From the text we can know that they will _______ in Beijing.
A. cook Chinese food
B. Learn to speak Chinese
C. try some Chinese food
4.After they visit Beijing , they will go to _______.
A. Xi’an and Guilin
B. The Summer Palace
C. Shanghai
5.How long will the whole trip take?
A. one week B. two weeks C. three weeks
One day something went wrong with a man’s bicycle chain(链条). The man could not repair it, so he looked 1 for help. The only house nearby belonged to a woman who had 2 there a few months earlier. The man knocked at the door, but the woman did not answer. The door had clear glass in it, and the man 3 see that the woman was home. He decided to knock again. Finally the woman came to the door. The man immediately explained his 4 . “I can fix the chain,” the woman said. Later when the bike was 5 to go, the man said, ‘Thanks. I hope I can help you some day.” “I never need help,” the woman said.
The following week the man was riding his bike 6 he noticed the woman walking down the street. A strong wind suddenly lifted her hat and sent it into the branches(树枝) of an old tree. The woman tried to get her hat with a stick, but she failed. She seemed 7 because she clearly was not dressed for tree-climbing. The man hurried over, quickly climbed up to the hat and 8 it into the woman’s waiting hands. When she put on her hat, she 9 the man as he climbed back on his bike. ‘I think I told you I never need help,” the woman said, “I’m glad you didn’t 10 me. Thanks.” Then they both smiled.
1. A．out B．up C．down D．around
2. A．left B．moved C．waited D．stopped
3. A．could B．might C．couldn’t D．didn’t
4. A．idea B．plan C．problem D．message
5. A．hard B．ready C．slow D．unable
6. A．when B．before C．after D．though
7. A．bored B．relaxed C．frightened D．worried
8. A．dropped B．put C．collected D．brought
9. A．saved B．passed C．studied D．chose
10. A．excuse B．notice C．find D．believe
Many people are grateful _______ ORBIS nurse _______ their help.
A．to, for B．/, for C．at, of D．toward, at
