When Mencius(孟子) was a little boy, his father died. Mencius and his mother were quite poor. One day Mencius returned home from school and found his mother making some cloth. It was very beautiful and expensive.
“How much of the book have you read today?” Mencius’ mother asked him. “I haven’t read any of it yet.” Mencius replied, “I played with some friends of mine in the fields.”
When his mother heard this, she picked up a pair of scissors and cut the cloth.
“Why did you cut your cloth?” Mencius asked, “It was beautiful but now you’ve wasted (浪费) it.” “You have wasted your time,” his mother said, “now I have wasted mine. Look what terrible things we have done.”
Mencius learnt a lot from this lesson. After that, he always studied hard.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
1.When did this story happen?
A. Not long before liberation(解放).
B. More than 2000 years ago.
C. About 400 years ago.
D. In the 18th century.
2.What was Mencius doing while his mother was cutting the cloth?
A. He was reading his book.
B.He was playing in the fields.
C. He was trying to help her.
D.He was watching strangely.
3.The mother cut the cloth because _____.
A. she thought making cloth was wasting time
B. she wanted to give her son a lesson
C. she wanted to use more beautiful and expensive cloth
D. she wanted her son to do his lessons at once
4.Why Mencius and his mother were quite poor?
A. Because his father died when Mencius was a child.
B. Because his father was ill in bed.
C. Because his mother cut the cloth.
D. Because the cloth his mother made was very cheap.
5.How did Mencius’ mother feel when she knew Mencius haven’t read any book?
A.She felt very happy.
B.She felt very sad.
C.She felt very excited.
D.She felt very pleased.
通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在1—10各题所给的A、B、C、D三个选项中，选出一个最佳选项。
In America, the school day usually starts at 9 a.m. and finishes at about 4 p.m. The school subjects________ different from ours. In China, we always ________ Chinese, math, English, P. E. and so on. But in America, students have more ________ , such as cooking and driving lessons. Their school life isn’t just ________study. They have ________ things to do than the Chinese students do. There are many clubs in American schools, too. If the students are________ in sports, they can join different sports clubs. American students also have art clubs, language clubs and some ________ clubs. From 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., they do ________ things in different clubs.
Maybe you think English is very popular in the world, so American students don’t need to learn any other language. ________ that’s not true. American children from the age of seven _________ learn a foreign language. For example, they learn French or Chinese.
1.A. are B. is C. was D. were
2.A. having B. have C. has D. had
3.A. sports B. clubs C. lessons D. opportunities
4.A. about B. in C. of D. to
5.A. many B.much C. more D. few
6.A. interested B. interest C. interesting D. interests
7.A. another B. others C. other D. many
8.A. different B. dangerous C. easy D. same
9.A. Because B. So C. And D. But
10.A. don’t have to B. have to C. had to D. has to
根据各题括号内的中文，结合句子的要求，写出正确形式的英语单词，每一横线上只能写一个单词。
1.I have many ________( 亲戚) in my hometown.
2.You should study hard ________ (使满意) your parents.
3.China has ________ (发展) rapidly in recent years.
4.People can enjoy good ________________ (医疗的) care.
5.The population is _______________ (增加). It may be the greatest challenges of the world today.
6.As we know, Paris is the _____________ (首都) of France.
7.The condition of the patient is getting much ___________(糟糕)than before.
8.Chinese ________________ (政府) is trying to save this kind of special language. It is dying.
—Have you found your lost book_____?
—No, I haven’t.
A. already B. yet C. still D. once
The _____ population has caused many serious problems.
A. increase B. increased C. increasing D. increases
---Rita has been to Tokyo twice.
--- ___________ .
A. So Lily has. B. Lily so has.
C. So has Lily. D. Lily has so.
