Jack had gone to the university to study history, but he kept playing all the time and at the end of his first year, his history professor failed him in his exams. He was so poor at his subject that he would have to leave the university. However, his father made up his mind that he would go to see the professor to ask him to let Jack go on his studies the next year.
“He’s a good boy,” said the father, “and if you let him pass this time, I’m sure he’ll improve a lot next year and pass the exam at the end of it really well.”
“No, no, that’s quite impossible.” said the professor at once, “Do you know, last month I asked him when Napoleon(拿破仑) had died, and he didn’t know!”
“Please, sir, give him another chance.” said Jack’s father. “You see, I’m afraid we don’t take any newspapers in our house, so none of us even know that Napoleon was ill.”
1.Jack would have to leave the university because _________.
A. he d idn’t like history
B. he didn’t pass the exams
C. he was a good boy
D. he didn’t know Napoleon was ill
2.Jack’s father wanted the professor _________.
A. to tell him a story
B. to give Jack a lesson
C. to let Jack leave the university
D. to let Jack pass his exam s that time
3.In “at the end of it”, the word “it” means _______.
A. Jack’s exams
B. the university
C. Jack’s first year in university
D. Jack’s second year in university
4. Jack didn’t know when Napoleon had died because________.
A. he didn’t do well in his history
B. he didn’t take any newspaper
C. he didn’t know Napoleon
D. he didn’t know Napoleon was ill
5. What will you say to Jack?
A. Actions speak louder than words.
B. No pain, no gain.
C. Burn the candle at both ends.
D. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Head-on Train Crash On May 18,two trains had a head-on crash （正面相撞） near New York City. Over 250 people were on the trains then. About 60 people were hurt, but no deaths were reported.
Travel Time Tourists came together to Mount Tai on May 1.Over 180,000 tourists visited the place of great interest during the three-day holiday, from April 29 to May 1.
Brave Volunteer Liao Zhi, a dance teacher from Chengdu who lost her 1-year-old daughter and her legs in the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, arrived in Ya’an 13 hours after the earthquake. The dancer said she had had a terrible time herself and knew what people needed most, so she decided to come and offer help.
根据短文，判断正（A）误（B）。
1.About 250 people were hurt, and nobody died in the head-on crash.
2.A lot of people visited Mount Tai during the May Day holiday.
3.Liao Zhi lost her daughter and her legs in the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake.
4.The brave volunteer had a terrible time when she offered help.
5.Liao Zhi decided to come because she knew what people needed most.
One day a poor man was cutting a big piece of wood (木头) near a river. Suddenly his old axe (斧子) fell into the water. He felt very sad because he lost his only axe. Then all at once a beautiful fairy (仙女) came out and asked the man what was the matter.
“I have lost my axe.” he said, “It fell into the water when I was cutting the wood.”
The fairy showed him a gold axe and asked, “Is that yours?”
“No.” said the man.
The fairy then showed him a silver (银) axe and asked again, “Is this yours?”
“No.” again answered the man.
Then she showed him the old axe.
“Yes, that is mine.” called out the happy man.
“I know it well enough.” said the fairy, “I only wanted to see if you would tell me the truth, and now I’ll give you the gold axe and the silver axe besides (包括) your own one.”
根据短文，判断正（A）误（B）。
1.The man was poor, he had nothing but an old axe.
2.The old axe fell into the water when the man was cutting the wood.
3.The fairy asked the man if he lost a gold axe, then the man said “No”.
4.When he saw his own axe, the man was very happy.
5.At last, the man had two axes.
完型填空。（每题1分，共10分）
It was my first day at Grade 6. And the first lesson was ____ English. When I was doing nothing, Mr. Gough, our new English teacher, ____ into the classroom.
To my surprise, he held up a book, The Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe, and asked “Who ____ it yet? ”. I put my hand up, because Poe was my favorite writer. Mr. Gough asked if I really understood ____ the author tried to say in his book. My reply made him smile, and he asked me ____ an essay on that subject.
After that, English classes became a new interest for me. Mr. Gough thought that students had to ____ a play to understand it. “Don’t just read it, ” he said.
As time passed, we developed a real friendship. He encouraged me to be a ____ in the future. When I left school, he said to me, “You have a gift for writing, Tony, and one day you’ll come to realize how ____ it is. Make use of it if you want your life to be complete. ”
____ has passed. Now every time I sit down to write ____, I think of Mr. Gough. He was more than just an English teacher, because he also taught me useful lessons in life.
1.A. boring B. bored C. interesting D. interested
2.A. walks B. walked C. was walking D. is walking
3.A. reads B. read C. have read D. had read
4.A. if B. when C. what D. how
5.A. wrote B. writing C. to write D. written
6.A. work out B. act out C. put out D. come out
7.A. teacher B. actor C. waiter D. writer
8.A. useful B. beautiful C. careful D. thankful
9.A. A year B. Some year C. Years D. Every year
10.A. anything new B. something new C. new anything D. new something
This river is more than _______.
A. 5000 kilometers long B. 5000 kilometer long
C.5000-kilometers long D. 5000 kilometer longer
----Julie, _______ have you been learning English?
¬---- Since six years ago.
A. when B. how far C. how soon D. how long
