Confucius was born on September 28，551 BC．Chinese regard Confucius as the greatest thinker and also the greatest teacher．He had about 3，000 students．For more that 2，000 years，Confucius’s ideas have been around in people’s everyday life．Now they have gone far into east and south Asia．People can still hear them today．
Why are his ideas so popular? Because they help a 1ot in everyday life．Confucius said young people should take care of the old．People should give up thinking of themselves and work for others．As a great teacher，Confucius said all should go to school if they could．
1.Confucius was born on_________． ’
A．September 28，551 AD B．September 28，551 BC
C．December 28，551 BC D．December 28，551 AD
2.Confucius’ideas have gone far into_________．
A．east and south Asia B．north and west Asia
C．east and south Africa D．north and west Affica
3.Confucius thought _________ ．
A．young people needn’t take care of the old
B．people should think of themselves
C．people should work for others
D．all the people could go to school
4.What do people think of Confucius?
A．The greatest leader and teacher．
B．The greatest thinker and teacher．
C ．The greatest leader and thinker．
D．The greatest doctor and teacher．
5.What’s the passage mainly about?
A．All should go to schoo1．
B．The old and the young．
C．Work for others．
D．Confucius and his ideas．
Tom is a little boy ,and he is only seven years old. One day he went to the cinema. It is the first time for him to do that. He bought a ticket and then went in. But after two or three minutes he came out, bought a second ticket and went in again. After a few minutes he came out again and bought a third ticket. Two or three minutes later he came out and asked for another ticket. Then the girl in the ticket office asked him,“Why do you buy so many tickets? How many friends do you meet?”Tom answered,“ No, I have no friend here. But a big boy always stops me at the door and tears（撕）my ticket to pieces.”
1.Tom wanted to buy____when the girl asked him.
A. the second ticket B. the third ticket
C. the fourth ticket D. the fifth ticket
2.The big boy stopped Tom at the door because__________.
A. it was the big boy’s job
B. the big boy didn’t like Tom
C. the big boy didn’t know Tom
D. Tom didn’t buy tickets at all
3.The big boy was__________ at the cinema.
a bookseller B. a policeman
C.a shopkeeper D. a worker
4.From the story we know__________.
A. the little boy had a lot of money
B. the little boy knew nothing about the cinema
C. The big boy wasn’t friendly to Tom
D. the girl wanted to get more money
5.Which of the following is Not true in the passage?
A.Tom bought the tickets for himself.
B. Tom didn’t go to the cinema before.
C.Tom was too young to make friends
D. Tom had no friend at the cinema.
I have had thousands of classes since I started school nine years ago. But only one was the most important.
It happened last term just after I had got a result in an exam. I was sad and had lost my confidence. I decided to go to a class which can tell me how to be .
The speaker walked into the room. But he did not start talking a teacher. Instead, he held up a twenty yuan note(钞票) !
"Who wants this?" he asked. Unsurprisingly, of us in the class held up our hands.
The speaker smiled. Then he put up the note on the blackboard and asked the same question. Again, we all put up our hands. The speaker smiled again, but nothing. Suddenly, he threw the note onto the floor! Then he asked the same a third time.
I didn' t what the speaker was doing. Why was he asking the same question again and again? I didn't know what to do. I wanted the note, I put my hand up again. After a while, he the note and started to laugh. "You have all just told me how to become successful, " said to us with the note in his hand.
"The note is worth twenty yuan. It is worth twenty yuan, even though I throw it on the floor. You are like the note. No matter happens to you, you still have your worth."
When I heard those words, I was deeply moved. Suddenly, I I was worth a lot. I may have done in an exam, but it doesn't I can' t do well in the future. If I believe in myself, I will be successful!
1.A. classroom B. subject C. class D. school
2.A. same B. good C. lucky D. bad
3.A. comfortable B. successful C. famous D. rich
4.A. like B. for C. about D. by
5.A. both B. neither C. all D. none
6.A. said B. bought C. saw D. wanted
7.A. student B. teacher C. question D. way
8.A. remember B. understand C. notice D. find
9.A. so B. though C. if D. or
10.A. took out B. threw away C. picked up D. put down
11.A. you B. he C. she D. they
12.A. never B. sometimes C. hardly D. always
13.A. when B. who C. what D. how
14.A. realized B. forgot C. dreamed D. decided
15.A. know B. mean C. think D. complain
I can’t imagine ________ with him in the same room.
A. to live B. living
C. liveD. lived
I can use my ________ to take high-quality images.
A. radio B. watch
C. television D. camera
Life on Mars will be better than life on Earth __________many ways.
A. on B. in
C. at D. for
