Is handwriting(书写) important? Yes, the 10-year-old girl Alyssa thinks so. She is a fifth-grade student from Mason County, the USA. She’s the champion(冠军) for her grade level in the National Handwriting Contest in 2012.
After she got the news, Alyssa was surprised that she could be the first. “I’m really happy,” she said. “I’m really surprised, too. I didn’t know I was that good.”
To enter (参加) the contest, each student had to write the sentence (句子) “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”. It is a common English sentence, but it uses every letter of the English alphabet. Teachers were invited to be judges. They could decide who wins the contest. Alyssa enjoys handwriting, and wants to write adventure(冒险) stories when she gets older. “From the third grade we started learning handwriting,” Alyssa said. “All the letters look pretty. It makes me think of art.”
1.Alyssa is in Grade now.
A、3 B、4 C、5
2.Alyssa won in the National Contest.
A、Listening B、Reading C、Handwriting
3.Why do they choose the sentence in the contest?
A、Because it’s difficult to write.
B、Because it’s good for students’ reading.
C、Because it has 26 different letters.
4.The underlined word “judges” means in Chinese.
A、评判员 B、嘉宾 C、指导员
5.Which of the following is TRUE?
A、Alyssa is 10 years old and she’s from the UK.
B、Alyssa was not surprised when she got the news.
C、Alyssa wants to write adventure stories when she gets older.
Once upon a time, there lived a rich man. He had a servant(仆人). He and the servant loved wine and good food very much. Each time the rich man left his home, the servant would drink the wine(酒) and eat up all the nice food in the house. The rich man knew what his servant did, but he had never caught his servant doing that.
One morning, when he left home, he said to the servant, “Here are two bottles of poison (毒药) and some nice food in the house. You must take care of them.” With these words, he went out.
But the servant knew that the rich man had said was untrue. After the rich man was away from his home, he enjoyed a nice meal. Because he drank too much, he was drunk and fell to the ground. When the rich man came back, he couldn’t find his food and his wine. He became very angry. He woke the servant up. But the servant told his story very well. He said a cat had eaten up everything. He was afraid to be punished(惩罚), so he drank the poison to kill himself.
1.In the story, _______ liked wine and good food very much.
A、the rich man B、the servant C、both A and B
2.The rich man_______who drank the wine and ate up all the nice food.
A、didn’t know B、wondered C、knew
3.The rich told the servant that there was poison in the two bottles, because .
A、there was in fact poison in the bottles
B、he did not want the servant to drink his wine
C、he wanted to kill the servant
4.In fact, _______ ate all the nice food and drank the wine.
A、the servant B、cat C、the rich man
5.From the story, we know that the servant is very _______.
A、lazy B、bad C、clever
完形填空（共15分）
Mr. North looks worried this week. He always good habit. He gets up early in the and does some exercises before breakfast. He thought himself and didn’t often go to see a doctor. But last Friday morning, when he was walking near the garden. He suddenly fell to the ground . There_ _nobody around him and a few minutes he stood up and went back slowly. He thinks something is wrong with his and sometimes it beats fast, sometimes slow now. He can’t fall in the evening. And he often feels when he’s at work.
This morning Mr. North came to the . He told the doctor what happened to him. The young doctor looked him over and then said,” I’m to tell you, Mr. North. You’re not . You must give up coffee if you hope to live .”
“But I never drinks it” said Mr. North.
“And smoking.”
“I don’t smoke at all.”
“Mm! That’s bad! If you haven’t anything to give up, I’m afraid I can’t do for you.”
1.A、gives B、keeps C、studies
2.A、morning B、night C、noon
3.A、weak B、good C、healthy
4.A、were B、was C、is
5.A、late B、later C、after
6.A、head B、face C、heart
7.A、behind B、asleep C、over
8.A、hungry B、dangerous C、tired
9.A、hospital B、cinema C、park
10.A、careful B、carefully C、clearly
11.A、glad B、sure C、sorry
12.A、health B、healthy C、common
13.A、long B、longer C、shorter
14.A、begin B、stop C、forget
15.A、much B、little C、a lot of
There isn’t in today’s newspaper.
A、something new
B、anything new
C、new anything
He always tries to face any when he met some things.
A、danger, dangerous
B、danger, danger
C、dangerous, danger
Mickey Mouse was the first cartoon sound and music.
A、with B、in C、of
