The clock struck（敲）eleven at night. The whole house was quiet. Everyone was in bed except me. Under the strong light, I looked sadly before me at a huge pile of books. I was going to have my exam 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 poorest creatures in the world. Dad does not agree with me on this. He did not have to work so hard when he was a boy.
The clock struck one.1 was quite hopeless now. I forgot all I had learnt. I was too tired to go on. I did the only thing I could. I prayed（祈祷）,"Oh, God, Please help me pass the exam tomorrow. I do promise to work hard later on, 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 writer was going over his lessons, all the others in the house were_______.
A. outside B. working in bed
C. asleep D. laughing at him
2. What do you suppose happened to the writer?
A. He went to a church to pray again.
B. He failed in the exam.
C. He passed the exam by luck.
D. His teacher helped him with the exam.
3.The best title for the passage would be_______.
A. Going Over My Lessons
B. Working Far into the Night
C. A Slow Student
D. The Night Before the Exam
The teacher stood before his class and was going to hand out the final exam papers. ‘‘I know how you have worked to prepare for this test:' he said. "And because I know you can do it well, I am willing to offer a 'B' to those who not to take the test."
Many students thanked the teacher and left. The teacher looked at the remaining（剩下的）students and said, "Does anyone else want to get a 'B'? This is your last chance." Two students decided to go.
Seven students remained. The teacher then handed out the papers. There were only three sentences on the paper: Congratulations! You have just got an in this class. Keep believing in ．
I never had a teacher like that, but I think it is a test that any teacher could give. Students who are not in what they have learned are 'B' students at best.
The same is in our daily life. The 'A' students are those who believe in what they are doing because they have both successes and failures. They have learned life's lessons, not only from normal education, from events in their lives. In the end, they have become people. You see, one should always believe in himself.
1.A. hardly B. terribly C. luckily D. hard
2.A. dislike B. rather C. prefer D. start
3.A. another B. more C. others D. many
4.A. 'D' B. 'C' C. 'B'D. 'A'
5.A. himself B. yourself C. themselves D. ourselves
6.A. confident B. lucky C. modest D. easy
7.A. unusual B. impossible C. true D. good
8.A. broken off B. learned from C. dreamed of D. cared for
9.A. and B. or C. but D. also
10.A. ruder B. braver C. worse D. better
- Rose isn't here today. Is she ill?
-_______. I saw her at the doctor's this morning.
A. I don't think so B. I don't mind
C. I am afraid so D. I hope so
- Can Peter play games with us, Mrs. Hawking?
- Wait a minute. He_______ a shower.
A. takes B. is taking
C. took D. was taking
- Have you asked the policeman_______?
- Yes. He told us to turn left onto Main Street. It's on the right.
A. if there is a bank near here
B. how can we get to the nearest bank
C. where can we find a bank
D. when we can go to the nearest bank
Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize for Literature（文学） last year. _______ excellent he is!
A. How B. What
C. How an D. What an
