Perhaps the only test score that I remember is the 55 when I was in high school.
The test was the final for a course. I remember waiting anxiously as my teacher Mr. Right passed out our papers one by one. It was a rather difficult test. I heard my classmates groaning（发牢骚）, and I could tell by the groans that the scores weren’t looking good.
Mr. Right put my paper on my desk. There in big red numbers, circled to draw attention, was my score, 55!
I lowered my head, and covered the score up quickly. A 55 is not something that you wanted your classmates to see.
“The scores were not very good, none of you passed,” Mr. Right said. “The highest score in the class was a 55.”
A 55. That’s me!
Suddenly my sad look didn’t look so bad. I had the highest score. I felt a lot better.
I walked home alone that day with the low but high score. My father knew that I had a big test that day and asked me as soon as I got home, “How did you do in your test?”
“I made a 55,” I said.
A frown (皱眉) now stood on my father’s face. I knew I had to explain immediately. “But Dad, I had the highest score in the class,” I proudly stated. I thought that explanation would make a difference.
“You failed!” my father replied.
“But it’s the highest!” I insisted.
“I don’t care what scores others had, but you failed. What matters is what you do!” my father firmly said.
For years, my father was always that way. It didn’t matter what others did, it only mattered what I did and that I did it excellently.
We often don’t understand the wisdom (智慧) of good parents until we ourselves stand in the parents’ shoes. My father’s words have carried me throughout life.
1.In class, to hide my score from my classmates, I ___________ .
A. lowered my head B. covered my score up
C. walked home alone D. explained immediately
2. A frown stood on my father’s face because he thought ____. .
A. I did a bad job in the test. B. I gave a good excuse.
C. I became the worst student. D.I stood in his shoes
3. We can infer from the passage that _____..
A. the father was strict with his child.
B. the writer was always poor in tests.
C. Mr. Right was worried about the writer.
D. the writer was always happy with his scores.
4.Which is the best title of the passage?
A. The Final Test B. That’s Me! C. My Strict Teacher D. Scores, Important?
New York City is a very large city with 8 million people. How do so many people move on their way to work and school?
In New York you can travel by subways, bus, taxi and private (私人的) car. The subway runs on the railroad lines under the city. It crosses the city at different points and goes to all parts of the city. Travelling by subway is the fastest way to get around the city.
The second way to travel is by bus. It is a slower way to travel.
You can also travel by taxi. This is very expensive, but the taxi will take you to every place you want to go to. If traffic is heavy, the taxi will be slow. During the mornings and afternoons, there is the “rush hour”. This is the time when the traffic is very heavy with people going to and from work..
The last way is to use your private car. It’s not good to drive during the “rush hour”. If there is an accident on the road, you will have to wait for a long time.
The best time to travel is from 9 a.m to 4.pm . Traffic will be less crowded during this time because most people are already at school or at work at that time.
1.How many ways of travelling are mentioned (提到) in the passage?
A. Two B. Three C. Four D. Five
2.The word “rush hour” in Chinese means _____________.
A.高峰时间. B. 匆忙时间 C. 冲刺时间 D. 繁忙时间
3.From the last paragraph we know that in New York City ____________.
A. there is no “rush hour” from 9.am to 4 p.m.
B. traffic is heavy at noon.
C. most Americans have lunch at home.
D. people go to work and school at 9:00.
4.Why do so many people go to work or school by subway, taxi, bus and private car?
A. Because New York City is a modern city.
B. Because New York City is a very large city.
C. Because New York City is new.
D. Because the people in New York City are very busy.
One afternoon Mrs.Green’s husband wanted to catch the 3:30 flight to London to have an important meeting. She was very surprised when he telephoned her at 5 o’clock and said that he was still at the airport.
“What happened to you?”asked Mrs Green.
“Well,” said Mr. Green, “Everything was going fine. I got my ticket, checked my luggage and waited in line at the gate. I walked across the runway to the airplane and I saw my friend Jack Scott, who was an airplane engineer. I shouted to him and a policeman caught me.”
“Why did he catch you?”
“I don’t know,”said Mr.Green, “As soon as he heard my shout, he ran towards me and caught me.”
“What did you shout to your friend?”
“All I said was ‘Hi, Jack’. You know that’s the usual way we say hello to our friends.”
“But you don’t know the sentence ‘Hi,Jack’ also means to take control of a plane by force.”
1.How did Mr.Green want to go to London?
A. By train B. By bus C. By airplane D. By ship
2.Why was Mrs. Green surprised? Because her husband_______
A. didn’t arrive the airport in time
B. was still at the airport at 5 o’clock
C. didn’t want to go to London
D. was in London at 5 o’clock
3.When did Mr.Green get to the airport that afternoon?_______
A. Before 3:30 B. After 3:30 C. At 3:30 D. At about 5:00
4.What was Jack Scott in the passage? He was _________
A. a pilot B. a policeman at the airport C. an engineer D. an actor
Dear editor,
I live in a beautiful city. Many visitors come to my city every year because there are so many colorful peacocks (孔雀) here.
The peacocks mostly live on the grassland of Dongfeng Square. Visitors usually throw food to them, but they don’t think about at all whether the food is good or not. Some of the peacocks became ill, and some even died, eating the bad food given by visitors.
I’m sure most of the visitors who throw food to the peacocks really like the bird, but they don’t realize that they may be doing them harm. Visitors should be told that what they have done is harmful to the birds, and this kind of thing must be stopped.
Perhaps we can build some small shops beside Dongfeng Square to sell peacock food. For us every person, it is our duty to give more love to these beautiful birds to look after them carefully.
Yours,
Wang Yang
1.The letter will be sent to ________________.
A. a school B. a hospital C. a newspaper D. a museum
2.Many visitors come to the writer’s city every year to ______________.
A. give peacocks food B. see peacocks
C. do some shopping D. look after peacocks
3.Some peacocks became ill and died because __________________.
A. they weren’t given any food
B. they were given too much food
C. they were given some bad food
D. they weren’t given enough food
In front of my daughter Sindu was a bowl filled with cabbage. She cabbage. She sat there in silence with tears（眼泪）in her eyes.
“Sindu, darling, why don’t you a little? Your Mom will shout at me.”
Sindu wiped (擦) her tears with the back of her hand.
“OK, Dad. I’ll eat, just a .” Then Sindu said: “Dad, if I eat it all, will you give me what I want?”
“Yes, within reason.”
she began to eat. It took her almost half an hour to finish the . Then she came up to me and said: “Dad, I want to have my head shaved (剃)！”
“Sindu, why don’t you something else? If we see you with a clean-shaved head, we will be ,” I said.
“But, Dad, you ! Now, you are going back on your words.”
I had to my promise. Sindu had all her hair cut off. She looked beautiful
On Monday morning, I took her to school. Just as we , a boy got out of a car, and shouted, “Sindu, please wait for me!”
Guess what? The boy had hair either.
“Sir, your daughter is !” A man got out of the car and said, “That boy is my son Harish. He has cancer. He lost his hair he got ill. Sindu cut hers off, so Harish would feel less . She’s a special girl.”
I stood for a while, then said “My little girl, you are me how selfless (无私的) real love is!”
1.A. liked B. enjoyed C. hated D. cooked
2.A. cook B. cut C. ask D. eat
3.A. few B. little C. moment D. lot
4.A. Luckily B. Slowly C. Easily D. Happily
5.A. food B. homework C. game D. talk
6.A. ask for B. look for C. work for D. pay for
7.A. happy B. sad C. funny D. excited
8.A. said B. understood C. promised D. proved
9.A. make B. break C. change D. keep
10.A. arrived B. met C. left D. drove
11.A. much B. no C. thick D. short
12.A. great B. silly C. weak D. strange
13.A. before B. and C. so D. when
14.A. different B. strong C. dangerous D. important
15.A. giving B. offering C. teaching D. advising
---Sorry, I have left your dictionary at home. ---______. I won’t be using it today.
A. My pleasure B. Certainly not C. All right D. It doesn’t matter
