Algae(水藻) are very simple plants. They grow in fresh water or salty water. Seaweed is algae that grow in salty water. Seaweed is red or brown in color. The Japanese people use these plants from the sea in many ways. From it, they make a food called Kombu. Kombu is seaweed that has been dried, cooked and pressed together. Then it is dried again and cut into long pieces. The Japanese eat a lot of Kombu and like it very much.
Japanese farmers often use seaweed as fertilizer. It makes their plants grow better. Many farmers also find seaweed makes a fine food for their animals.
From seaweed the Japanese also get iodine(碘), which they sell to other countries. Iodine is used in many ways all over the world. It is used in making medicine. It is added to the salt we use at the table. Scientists even use one form of iodine to "seed clouds" when they want rain to fall.
1.Kombu is a kind of ____ according to the text.
A. plant B. medicine C. food D. fertilizer
2.In the last sentence of the text, "seed clouds" means ____.
A. clouds spreading like seeds
B. the seeds like clouds
C. to make rain fall with human power
D. dropping seeds by clouds
3.The main idea of the story is that ____.
A. The Japanese eat seaweed when they want rain to fall.
B. Kombu is made into medicine for farmers.
C. The Japanese use seaweed in many ways.
D. The Japanese eat a lot of Kombu.
The clock struck eleven at night. The whole house was quiet. Everyone was in bed except me. Under the strong light, I looked sadly before a huge pile of troublesome stuff they call “books”.
I was going to have my examination the next day. "When can I go to bed?" I asked myself. I didn’t answer, in fact I dared not.
The clock struck 12. "Oh, dear!" I cried, "ten more books to read before I can go to bed!” We pupils are the most wretched creatures in the world. Dad does not agree with me on this. He did not have to study so hard when he was a boy ."
The clock struck one. I was quite hopeless now. I forgot all I had learned. I was too tired to go on. I did the only thing I could. I prayed, “Oh, God, Please help me pass the exam tomorrow. I do promise to work hard afterwards, Amen.” My eyes were heavy, so heavy that I could hardly open them. A few minutes later, with my head on the desk, I fell asleep.
1.When the author was going over his lessons, all the others in the house were_____ .
A．asleep B．working in bed
C．outside D．quietly laughing at him
2.Reviewing his lessons didn’t help him because ________.
A．it was too late at night
B．he was very tired
C．his eyes lids were so heavy that he couldn’t keep them open
D．he hadn’t studied hard before the examination
3.What do you suppose happened to the author？
A．He went to a church to pray again
B．He passed the exam by luck
C．He failed in the exam
D．He was punished by his teacher
Jean Driscoll can go faster in her wheelchair than the world’s best marathoners can run!
In April, Jean finished the Boston Marathon in 1 hour 34 minutes 22 seconds. That’s about 33 minutes faster than the winning male runner! She competed on the track, too. She was second in the 800 meter wheelchair race at the 1992 Olympics.
Jean doesn’t like to be told she’s brave. “I’m in sports because I’m a competitive person!” Jean was born with spina bifida(脊柱裂), a birth illness that damages the spine（脊椎）. She began to use a wheelchair to get around in high school. Then she tried wheelchair race and was amazed.” Players banged each other and fell out of their chair,” she says, “It was fun.”
Jean tried other wheelchair sports. At the University of Illinois, her wheelchair basketball team won two national titles.
Now Jean coaches and teaches. She tries to get people to set goals. “When I sign my autograph（亲笔签名）,says Jean, “I write, dream big and work hard.”
1.What made Jean take part in sports?
A.She was brave. B．She was competitive.
C．She was strong. D．She was disabled
2.What kind of education did she receive?
A． High school. B．Junior middle school.
C．High education. D．Primary school.
3.What is Jean’s advice on how to succeed?
A．Work hard. B．Hope for the best.
C．Dream a lot. D．Have great wishes and work hard.
完型填空（共10分，每小题1分）
Have you ever complained why life is so tiring? Does the sky sometimes dark to you? Are your lessons sometimes not successful? Well, friends, cheer up and all the time. If you see the world with your warm heart, you'll find the whole world smiling to you.
On a sunny morning, you plan to have a walk to relax yourself. Just before you go out, it starts to rain. Maybe you would feel very sad and start to complain about the weather. But dear friends, why sit down and listen to the free concert that the nature brings you? And with the timely rain, crops (庄稼) in the fields will grow better and farmers will have a good harvest (收成).
everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do, life isn't a bed of roses. It's very common to meet difficulties on the way to success. , difficulty isn't terrible. The real terrible thing is that we are afraid of it. Difficulty is a spring (弹簧). If you are , it will be strong. So when you meet difficulties, don't give up. Instead you should face them with a smile.
Attitude (态度) everything. With an optimistic (乐观的) attitude, life is easy and . If you want to be happy, try to remember these five rules: Free your heart from hate; Free your mind from worries; Live an easy life; Give more; Expect less. The quickest way to receive happiness is to smile, the fastest way to lose it is to complain.
1.A. is B. seems C. seemed D. seem
2.A. cry B. smile C. complain D. laugh
3.A. suddenly B. finally C. hardly D. certainly
4.A. don't B. not C. didn't D. doesn't
5.A. But B. For C. So D. Although
6.A. In fact B. From early on C. For example D. Such as
7.A. unlike B. likes C. likely D. like
8.A. powerful B. weak C. confident D. strong
9.A. decides B. deciding C. to decide D. decide
10.A. please B. pleased C. pleasant D. pleasure
—Forgotten something ? I can look after your kids if you want to go and get it.
—_________. Thank you all the same.
A. It's very kind of you.
B. Oh, how careless of me.
C. I might as well go and get it.
D. Well, I can do without it.
It _____that this method didn't work well.
A. run out B. find out C. turned out D. worked out
