Jealousy is a very common problem in daily life. It’s everywhere. For example, if someone does better than you, you will get annoyed because you want to be No. 1. We may become jealous of a best friend’s top marks in an exam, or of the girl in art class who is praised by the teacher all the time. We get annoyed because these good things are happening to someone else but not to us.
It’s bad to feel jealous. We should be pleased with the things we have. But we still wish we had the money of this person and the talent of that person. Instead of sharing their happiness, we just feel jealous and unhappy with ourselves. And, too often, these feelings are expressed by speaking ill of the people we envy.
However, envy is also a kind of compliment to others. We see that other people have styles and talents different from our own. By comparing ourselves with others, we can know what we lack. And we can turn this comparison, the envy of others, into a kind of power.
Therefore, being a bit jealous of others lets us know what we are like and what we want to be like. It can push us to become what we really want to be.
根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。
1.According to the first paragraph, why do you get annoyed?
A．Because the teacher dislikes others.
B．Because others do something better than you.
C．Because you are an annoying person.
D．Because you want to be No.1 in the exam and you do.
2.The Chinese meaning of the underlined part “speaking ill of” probably is “_____".
A．赞美 B．说…的坏话 C．憎恨 D．说…病了
3.What should be the right attitude towards jealousy?
A．It’s a good thing.
B．It’s just a bad thing.
C．It’s a kind of compliment to others.
D．It makes us know what we are like and what we want to be like.
Some time ago , I discovered that one of my chairs had a broken leg ．I didn’t think there would be any difficulty in getting it mended , as there were a whole lot of antique shops near my home ．So I left home one morning carrying the chair with me ．I went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception ．I was quite wrong ．The man wouldn’t even look at my chair ．
The second shop , though slightly more polite , was just the same , and the third, and the fourth—so I decided that my approach must be wrong ．
I went into the fifth shop with a plan in my mind ．I placed the chair on the floor and said to the shopkeeper , “ Would you like to buy a chair ?” He looked it over carefully and said, “Yes , not a bad chair ．How much do you want for it , sir ?” “Twenty pounds ,” I said ．“OK ,” he said , “I’ll give you twenty pounds ．” “It’s got a slightly broken leg ,”I said ．“Yes I saw that , it’s nothing ．”
Everything was going according to plan and I was getting excited ．“What will you do with it ?” I asked ．“Oh , it will be easy to sell once the repair is done ．” “I’ll buy it ,” I said ．“ What do you mean ? You’ve just sold it to me ,” he said ． “Yes , I know but I’ve changed my mind ．I’m sorry , I’ll give you twenty-seven pounds for it ．” “You must be crazy ,” he said．Then suddenly the penny dropped ．“ I know what you want ．You want me to repair your chair．” “ You’re right ,” I said ．“ And what would you have done if I had walked in and said , ‘ Would you mend this chair for me’ ?” “I wouldn’t have agreed to do it ,” he said ．“We don’t do repairs , not enough money in it and too much trouble ．But I’ll mend this for you , shall we say for a five?” He was a very nice man and was greatly amused （感到有趣） by the whole thing ．
1.We can learn from the text that in the first shop the writer ．
A．was rather impolite
B．was warmly received
C．asked the shopkeeper to buy his chair
D．asked the shopkeeper to repair his chair
2.The expression “the penny dropped” in the last paragraph means the shopkeeper ．
A．changed his mind B．accepted the offer
C．saw the writer’s purpose D．decided to help the writer
3.How much did the writer pay ?
A．£5． B．£7 C．£20． D．£27．
4.From the text , we can learn that the writer was
A．honest B．careful C．smart D．funny
University of Oxford is the oldest university in the English-speaking world and it’s one of the top university in the world. There is no clear date when the university started, but teaching began at Oxford in some forms in 1096 and developed quickly from 1167.
There are 39 independent(独立的) colleges at Oxford, attracting students and learned men from across the world. There are over 100 libraries for the students and learned men to use. At University of Oxford, they also provide a number of money for the best students. Of course, if you want to study here, first you have to reach a certain level of English language.
College life at Oxford is very exciting but busy. The groups of college provide a friendly and welcoming home for students while the college are strict with students about their studies. Many Chinese students are studying here. The number of Chinese students at the university has grown quickly over the past 10 years.
根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。（共3小题，每小题1.5分，满分4.5分）
1.What do you have to do first if you want to ask fir studying at Oxford? You have to________.
A．be independent
B．pass a certain level test of English language
C．study English hard
D．be the best students
2.How’s the college life at Oxford? It’s full of ________ and has __________.
A．excitement; much school work to do
B．excitement; no school work to do
C．attraction; no school work to do
D．attraction; a little school work to do
3.What’s the best title for the passage?.
A．The College Life
B．The Famous Learners at Oxford
C．The Chinese Students at Oxford
D．The University of Oxford
Miss Grey lived in a small house. She was old and did not like noise at all , so she was very pleased when her noisy neighbour moved out .A young man moved in and Miss Grey thought the man seemed to be quiet.
But at three o’clock the next morning , the noise of a dog woke her up . She thought she had never heard a dog there before . It must be the young man’s dog . So she telephoned the young man , said something bad about the dog and then hung up the telephone before he could answer. Nothing more happened until three o’clock the next morning . Then Miss Grey’s telephone rang , and when she answered , a voice said ,“ You telephoned me twenty four hours ago .Now I’ve rung you up to say that I have’t a dog . ”
根据短文内容，判断以下句子的正（T）误(F)。（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10）
1.Miss Grey felt sorry when her noisy neighbour moved out.
2.Miss Grey’s new neighbour was as the old one .
3.Some noise woke her up in the early morning .
4.She thought the new neighbour had brought a dog with him.
5.The young man rang up Miss Grey in the early morning , because he wanted to punish her.
阅读短文，根据短文内容从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。
I had never been much interested in sports. I had tried playing tennis, swimming and running but found nothing I liked. But 10 years ago, I found the right kind of exercise--- 41 .
Why did I start walking? At the age of twenty, my doctor told me I had a serious illness and 42 not live longer. I was so 43 then. I spent all of my life worrying. The doctor suggested that I should 44 . I didn’t listen at first. 45 , after several months, I began to get the meaning of the doctor’s words. While I was walking, I began to 46 flowers. I would stop and enjoy their beauty. I 47 found that I had missed the most beautiful part of life--- flowers, falling leaves, snow-covered houses. I had been wasting time worrying about 48 .
Now I’m 35, and I don’t worry any more about 49 may happen, Worry only makes me miss the good things in 50 . I want to say hello to everything because I’m living a new life.
1. A．skating B．fishing C．riding D．walking
2. A．must B．need C．may D．should
3. A．happy B．worried C．excited D．bored
4. A．take more exercise B．watch more TV
C．play computer games less D．have enough sleep
5. A．If B．So C．Unless D．However
6. A．notice B．water C．pick D．plant
7. A．usually B．early C．quickly D．normally
8. A．pressure B．death C．study D．work
9. A．what B．when C．why D．where
10. A．season B．life C．book D．family
We haven’t dicussed yet _______ we are going to place our new furniture.
A．that B．which C．what D．where
