A 50-year-old American officer came back to his school. The teacher asked him to give a talk to the small boys and girls there. The talk was about the love of their great country. All the little ones were sitting in a large meeting-room. The old officer went up and began speaking. He said , " Boys and girls . I studied in this school forty years ago. When I was your age, we were not as happy as you are today. Think about it and answer me, why are you so happy now?"
No sound came from the children. The old man waited for a long time. Then a short boy in the front put up his small dirty hand. "Good boy! Please answer me, dear." said the officer.
With a big smile on his face, the boy stood up and said, "If you speak long enough, we won't have Maths and biology lessons this morning."
1. The old man came back to school_______.
A. to listen to a talk B. to have lessons
C. to give a talk D. to see his children
2. The officer studied in this school when he was_______.
A. fifty B. ten
C. twenty D. thirty
3. The children were thought to be_______ before.
A. as good as B. as well as
C. as happy as D. much happier than
4. The short boy in the front_______.
A. didn't understand the question but answered it
B. told the truth
C. wanted to make others laugh
D. wanted to make the officer angry
5.After reading the last part of the story, we know the_______.
A. the short boy liked the talk very much
B. all the children liked the talk
C. the short boy didn't like to study his lessons
D. some of the children liked to listen to a funny story
A farmer was put in prison(监狱). One day, he got a letter from his wife.
“I am worried about our farm,” she wrote. “It’s time to plant potatoes, but I can’t do all the digging(挖) by myself.”
The farmer thought over and then had an idea. He wrote to his wife, “Don’t dig the fields. This is where my gold(金子) is. Don’t plant potatoes until I come home.”
A few days later, the farmer got another letter from his wife. It said, “Two days ago, about ten prison guards(监狱看守) came to our fields. It looked as if they were looking for something. They have dug our field.”
The farmer wrote to his wife at once. “Now you can plant our potatoes,” he wrote.
1.The farmer was put in prison ________.
A. because he had done something wrong
B. because he had a lot of gold in the fields
C. The writer didn’t say anything about why the farmer was put in prison
D. For nothing
2.The farmer’s wife was much worried about _____ .
A. her husband B. their farm
C. planting potatoes D. herself
3. The farmer told his wife first.
A. not to dig the fields
B. to dig the fields
C. to ask the prison guards for help
D. to find the gold in the fields
4.Why did the prison guards dig the farmer’s fields? ________.
A. They wanted to help the farmer
B. Their leader ordered them to do so
C. The farmer asked them to do so
D. They wanted to find out the gold
5.Why did the farmer ask his wife to plant potatoes at once? Because _____.
A. their fields had been dug
B. the gold was found out
C. the prison guards asked him to do so
D. the prison guards were digging the fields
完形填空（10分）
Do you hope to do a lot of homework every evening? Are you interested in your English classes? do you want to teach you? Maybe you have lots of questions to think about school starts.
Well, I want to give you some good advice on these problems. First, don't worry about all the questions you have. Put yourself into learning, and you can find you are interested in. Do it actively.
Second, try your best to finish your homework . Don't spend a lot of time on it. Do more reading or writing in English. Think about the problems you have and work out them at once. Don't Up late, or you can't study well the next day.
Third, invent（发明）something instead of copying or repeating. If you can the words in your way, you can tell your you don't like the way of copying them again and again. Be sure that you must the test. I think your teachers will agree with you. And they can give you some work to do.
School is really a good place for us to learn. in your teachers and yourself. You are the best one and you can do everything well.
1.A. What B. Which C. Who D. How
2.A. after B. before C. when D. if
3.A. everything B. anything C. nothing D. something
4.A. quickly B. correctly C. honestly D. carefully
5.A. get B. wake C. stay D. pull
6.A. remember B. read C. put D. write
7.A. parents B. classmates C. teachers D. friends
8.A. take B. finish C. have D. pass
9.A. more B. interesting C. exciting D. busy
10.A. Join B. Trust C. Fit D. Believe
- ______ exercising, and you'll be healthier.
A. Keep B. To keep
C. Keeping D. Kept
There______ a sport meeting in our school this weekend, isn't there?
A. will be B. is
C. will have D. is going to be
- Don't forget to bring your homework here tomorrow. -_______.
A. Yes，I do B. No, I don't
C. Yes, I won't D. No, I won't
