I grew up in one of the poorest areas in Bradford. I live in a three-bedroom house with six brothers and sisters. I studied very hard . I got the best results in the history of the school. Other students would be happy with receiving such results. Their parents would give them an MP5 player as a prize or take them for a trip. What about me? In fact it made me sad. It was because my application(申请)to Imperial College London didn’t pass. It is my dream to study medicine there.
I know that nothing in life is easy. I won’t give up. I will apply again the following year. While some students are traveling during the holiday, I am working hard. I help the doctors look after sick people in a hospital . I believe I must become a doctor one day.
1.How many brothers and sisters does the writer have?
A. Three. B. Four. C. Five. D. Six.
2.What does the writer want to study? .
A. History. B. Medicine. C. English. D. Chemistry.
3.Why did the writer feel upset?
A. He didn’t get good grades.
B. His parents didn’t give him an MP5 player.
C. He couldn’t go traveling
D. His application to a college failed.
4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. The writer is working as a doctor.
B. The writer is good at school
C. The writer’s family is poor.
D. The writer doesn’t think that life is easy.
5.From the passage we can learn that the writer is a person who
A. has hope B. is lucky C. hates life D. is shy
A Deaf Person's Joke
Something was wrong with Jack's ears after he was much better from a serious illness. Several months later he went to a doctor. The doctor told him that he was deaf of both ears. Jack was sad. He was afraid to lose his work. So he did not like people to know this.
One evening he asked some friends to dinner. While they were sitting at the table, one of his friends told an interesting joke. Everyone laughed and Jack laughed louder than anyone else. He said, “That was a very interesting joke, but I know a more interesting one. Would you like to hear it?” All his friends said OK to him, so Jack began to tell his joke. All his friends were listening to him with smiles. When the joke ended, everyone laughed louder than before and Jack laughed happily, too. He was very glad because he thought that his must be more interesting than his friend's. But he didn't know that he had made a fool of himself（出丑；闹笑话） because his joke was the same as the first one.
1.When was Jack deaf of both ears?
A. After he came back from work. B. After a serious illness.
C. After seeing a doctor. D. After being a doctor.
2. Why did Jack not like people to know he was deaf?
A.He was afraid to lose his work.
B. He was afraid of his friends.
C. He didn't want to lose his face.
D.He was afraid that his wife would leave him.
3. What did Jack do after hearing his friend's joke?
A. He laughed as loudly as others. B. He didn't laugh.
C. He laughed louder than anyone else. D.He only smiled.
4.Jack laughed because _____.
A. all the others were laughing
B. he could tell the same joke himself, too
C. he wanted to show that there was nothing wrong with his ears
D. his friend's joke was interesting
5.Jack's friends laughed a lot louder than before because _____.
A.the joke he told was more interesting
B. it was as interesting as the first
C.all his friends liked his joke better
D. it was the same joke as his friend's
从方框中选择适当单词并用其正确形式填空。
try I take worse soon on off difficulty leave away one easy |
Last week, my friend, Mike, decided __1.__ a trip to Beijing by train. I went to the train station to see him off.
He took a lot of luggage(行李)with him. So I got __2.__ the train with him and helped him put__3.__ his luggage. There were a lot of people on the train. Some of them had no seats and they stood in the aisle(过道). When I __4.__to get off the train, one worker shouted, “The train is __5.___now. Please get on the train as __6.__ as possible.” Then many people tried to get on the train. It was __7.__ for me to move. Before I could get off, the train began to move. Then my friend said to me, “Why don’t you go to Beijing with __8.__ ? You will have a great time there.” I thought it was not a __9.__ idea. So I went to Beijing for the __10.__time.
Dear Mum,
I’m writing to you from America. You don’t know how happy I am. I ____ many new friends here. They are very helpful. Last week I got a fever and _____ stay in bed for three days. They helped me a lot with my lessons.
Cathy is one of my good friends. She has a round face___ a pair of glasses. She is two months older than I am, but a little ___. She works _ and____all her lessons. We like chatting with each other at lunchtime. After school,we always go home together ____we live in the same street. Sometimes we dance for an hour before going home. She dances____than any other student. She wants to be a ___when she grows up.
At the weekends, Cathy usually goes swimming. I sometimes go swimming with her. I think it’s a good way to _______. We always have a good time.
Write soon.
Love
Lanlan
1.A. made B. depended C. took D. Kept
2.A. must B. should C. had to D. may
3.A.. has B. have C. with D. on
4.A. longer B. shorter C. taller D. older
5.A. hardly B. good C. careful D.hard
6.A. is good at B. was bad in C. is well in D. was worse at
7.A. so B. because C. and D. but
8.A. good B. well C. best D. better
9.A. singer B. cook C. dancer D. writer
10.A. keep health B. make fit C. stay healthy D. be health
填上正确句子使对话完整。
M: Excuse me, 1.________________________
P: Go down this road and turn right at the third crossing, then turn left at the post office. You can see the cinema on your right.
M: 2._________________________
P: About half an hour’s walk. I think you’d better take a bus.
M: 3._________________________
P: The No.10 bus.
M: 4._________________________？
P: It’s over there, outside the school gate.
M: Where shall I get off?
P: Get off at the third stop and there you are.
M: 5._____________________
补全对话，选择正确的选项填到横线上
Tony: We get an invitation to dinner tomorrow. 1.________
Lucy: It’s unnecessary to bring anything.
Tony: Really? But we can’t go empty-handed.
Lucy: If you really want to bring something, 2.____ We can bring some toys for kids.
Tony: But I’m not sure whether they will like them.
Lucy: 3.____ I usually bring flowers when it’s hard to choose a present.
Tony: 4.______Will you help me to choose some flowers?
Lucy: 5._____________
A: I don’t know what to do.
B: I hope so.
C: What should we bring?
D: it should be a small and inexpensive thing.
E: Sure. Let’s go.
F: Or maybe just some flowers.
G: That sounds like a good idea.
