It is true that people with better education are usually able to get better paying jobs. In other words， they have more chances to choose a good job while people with little or no education don’t. It seems that the purpose of education is to make people get jobs. But this isn’t accepted by all people.
Some people may think that a person should spend the best years of his life to get education only for a way of living. This was probably one of the earliest reasons of education. In fact， if education is just a way of making a living， people don’t need to spend so much time in school. People can get education for a living in a short time. Subjects like history and geography need not be taught to everyone. Even language and mathematics need not be taught in detail (详细地)， either. Here it is clear that education is much more than teaching a man to get a way of living.
Education is well-rounded and it is mainly for improving a man. It is not only to teach him to speak， read and write， but also to develop his creative thinking and other abilities. After that， it is to make him a wise man and thankfully enjoy the achievements of human. Education is to make a man lead a better life. Educated people are expected to be able to listen to good music， read good books， watch plays and most of all take an interest in the world.
I would agree that making a good living is an important reason for education， but certainly not the most important or the main reason.
1.People with little education usually ____.
A. spend a long time in school
B. have a good chance to get a job
C. spend the best years to choose jobs
D. have fewer chances to get a good job
2. The earliest education was probably to ______.
A. make a man lead a better life
B. teach a man to write and think
C. make people get a way of living
D. teach people to read good books
3. The underlined word “well-rounded” in the passage means “_______” in Chinese.
A. 圆满的 B. 崭新的 C. 公平的 D. 全面的
4. It is expected that educated people will be able to _____.
A. accept education as a way of living
B. take an interest in the whole world
C. develop their abilities to make plays
D. learn subjects like language and math
5. The passage mainly tells us that _______.
A. education should make a man improve
B. people can get education in a short time
C. people should be able to get better paying jobs
D. all subjects are so important for a way of living
One Saturday evening， my husband and I went to have dinner at a restaurant. As we sat there eating and sharing conversation， I watched an old woman stop and look around. I looked over at my husband and said， “She must be lost.”
I got up and caught up with her as she walked by our table and touched her lightly on the shoulder. “Ma’am， are you having trouble finding who you are dining with?” I asked.
She said yes. She was there with her daughter. I asked if her daughter was the only person she was there with， and she replied yes. “If you stay right here， I will find her and come back and take you to her—to save you some steps，” I offered. She looked at me and said， “But you don’t know who I am here with.”
She was right. I explained that her daughter should be easy to find， because I thought she would be the only lady sitting by herself in the whole restaurant. She agreed…but just then a young man stopped me and asked， “Is she looking for her seat? They’re sitting at a table right across from us.”
I told him that she was and thanked him. I watched as they walked off together and kept my eyes on the old woman to make sure that she could see her daughter and all was well. I couldn’t help but think that it must not be much different from being lost as a child. I wondered if I too would accept the help from strangers when I was as old as the lost woman.
1. Where did the story happen?
A. In the street. B. In a restaurant.
C. In a hotel D. In a kitchen.
2. The woman stopped and looked around because___.
A. she lost her way B. she asked for some food
C. she didn’t feel well D. she looked for the toilet
3. Who did the woman come to the restaurant with?
A. Her husband. B. Her son. C. Her daughter. D. Her friend.
4. Who helped the woman find her seat in the end?
A. A waiter. B. Her daughter. C. The writer D. A young man.
5.What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. The writer was afraid she would have to accept help from strangers when she was old.
B. The writer felt sorry for the woman because she couldn’t find her way to her daughter.
C. The writer decided that she wouldn’t accept help from strangers like the woman.
D. The writer thanked the young man for he helped the woman to find her daughter.
Only children are happier than those with brothers or sisters， according to a new research which shows sibling rivalry (竞争) can have a serious effect on a child’s emotion.
Over half of the children surveyed said they had been bullied（欺负）by a sibling， and one in three said they had been hit，kicked or pushed by a sibling， others complained of name-calling and having their belongings stolen.
Other reasons for only children being much happier include not having to compete（竞争）for parents’ attention or share bedrooms with a sibling， said Gundi Knies， a researcher on the project.
Dr. Ruth Koppard， a child psychologist， said， “In an average home， the more children， the less privacy for each child. Some love sharing a bedroom with a sibling but they would rather choose to do it than have to do it”.
Homes with just one child make up nearly half of all families in Britain.
The study， to be published on Friday， questioned 2，500 young people. It also found that seven out of 10 teenagers are “very satisfied” with their lives.
1.The underlined word “sibling” means_____.
A. 兄弟或姐妹 B. 兄弟 C. 姐妹 D. 独生子女
2. Only children are happier than those with brothers or sisters for the following reasons EXCEPT______
A. they won’t be bullied， hit， kicked or pushed by a sibling
B. they needn’t worry about name-calling and having their belongings stolen
C. they needn’t compete for parents’ attention or share bedrooms with a sibling.
D. they can get what they want， and more love from their parents
3. Dr Ruth Koppard is a _______.
A. researcher B. teacher C. child psychologist D. doctor
4. Homes with just one child make up nearly ______ of all families in Britain.
A. 50% B. 30% C. 70% D. 10%
5. This article mainly tells us____.
A. why the families don’t want to have more than one child.
B. the reasons why only children are happier than those with brothers or sisters.
C. sibling rivalry can have a serious effect on a child’s emotion.
D. homes with just one child make up nearly half of all families in Britain.
1. There were already _____ children’s book fairs before.
A. 7 B. 25 C. 26 D. 55
2. People can enjoy the following EXCEPT _____ at the fair.
A. music B. activities C. books D. movies
3. The book fair will last for _____ hours.
A. one B. five C. six D. seven
4. The fair will be at _____ if the weather is good.
A. Nichols park B. Your backyard
C. 5480 South Kenwood Avenue D. the HPNC
5. We can usually see this _______.
A. in a book B. on a newspaper
C. in a textbook D. in the backyard
完形填空
根据短文内容， 从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个最佳答案。
If you meet Walker Ciorobea， a 2-year-old boy from Coral Gables， Florida， the first thing he will ask you is what kind of car you drive. Walker has been interested in for more than a year， ever since the day his ， a car fan， brought home a single matchbox car for him.
“He started to learn cars from his father， and within a week or two， he could every car on the road，” Walker’s mother Lynley Ciorobea said.
Walker’s father often brings home about cars. Lynley said， “So Walker and his father would try to find cars in the magazines that we and our friends drove. So they’d Saturn and my husband would say ‘This is what mommy !’ and then they’d look for Saab and say ‘This is what daddy drives!’ Before we knew it， pointed all our kinds of cars out on the road.”
“So now he knows car you can imagine，” said Lynley， “including some super fancy cars that you never see on the road， such as Aston Martins and Lamborghinis. We’re so to see such a little guy who can name every car he sees!”
Walker can now identify every car he sees on the road — though his isn’t always right. “He’s not good with ‘r’s， so for example when he sees a Porsche， he calls it a ‘Posh.’ And when he sees a Ford， he’ll call it ‘Fod’，” said Lynley.
1.A. boxes B. toys C. cars D. dolls
2.A. father B. grandfather C. brother D. sister
3.A. name B. drive C. clean D. buy
4.A. newspaper B. magazines C. books D. cards
5.A. take B. buy C. find D. get
6.A. rides B. drives C. catches D. brings
7.A. she B. he C. we D. they
8.A. either B. neither C. every D. no
9.A. surprised B. disappointed C. bored D. angry
10.A. spelling B. pronunciation C. imagination D. explanation
情景交际
根据对话内容，从所给的五个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，使对话内容完整。
Teacher: So what do you think about the story of Yu Gong?
Wang Ming: 1.____________ Yu Gong found a good way to solve his problem.
Claudia: Really? 2. ____________ It doesn’t seem very possible to move a mountain.
Wang Ming: But the story is trying to show us that anything is possible if you work hard. Yu Gong kept trying and didn’t give up.
Claudia: Well， I still don’t agree with you. 3.____________
Wang Ming: 4._____________
Claudia: Well， there are many other ways. For example， he could build a road. 5._________
Teacher: You have different opinions about the story， and neither of you are wrong. There are many sides of a story and many ways to understand it.
A.Gong do instead of moving the mountains?
B. That’s better and faster than moving a mountain!
C. I think it’s really interesting.
D. I think we should try to find other ways to solve a problem.
E. I think it’s a little bit silly.
