When Susan Chen left high school, she want to go to university. Unfortunately, her father was quite poor,and a university education cost a lot of money.
Take the entrance examination, she didn’t score very high marks, but she scored enough, and was offered a place at the university.
“I’m very proud of you, Susan,” her father said, “I must find the money for a university education for you somehow.”
“But how ,Dad?” Susan asked.
“Well, I can sell my car and work a lot of overtime, I can even work at two jobs if necessary. One during the day and one at night.”
“You’re a generous father” Susan said.
“Your future is worth the sacrifice,” he told her.The next day he sold his car and asked his boss to give him three hours overtime every day.This meant walking to work and working 12 hours a day, seven days a week, but he didn’t complain. His daughter’s education was worth it.
A year passed, Susan took her first-year examination. When the results were announced, she ran home to tell her father the news. “Dad” she said, “I've got my examination results, you’ll be pleased,” “You’ve passed” he exclaimed ,“guess what? I’ve got the third place and won the scholarship. You can have your car back and stop working so hard.”
1.Susan Chen wanted to_____when she graduated from high school.
A.make some money
B.go to university
C.go to work
2.she took the entrance examination and passed it with_______.
A.the highest marks
B.full marks
C.just enough marks
3.To pay for her university education,her father______.
A.sold his car
B.bought a house
C.changed his job
4.At the end of her first year at university,Susan______.
A.bought her father a car.
B.failed the exam
C.passed the exam.
5.According to the story,it’s probably true that_______.
A.Susan didn’t do well in her subject.
B.Mr Chen was pleased to hear the news
C.Susan found a job to have her father’s car back.
Looking back at these past three years, I remember many things,trying to be on time for morning readings.Running when the lunch bell rings. I remember the excitement of the school sports day each year.The many hours of training ,pride of overcoming fear. I remember starting day one .The shiest in my whole class.never speaking to anyone and think i would not pass.Then slowly I made some new friends to remember forever.helping each other with homework getting better together. Preparing for art festivals and making a great big mess.Having fun at New Year’s parties, wishing everyone the best.
We have learned a different language,That is from a foreign land ,English brings many challenges. We work hard to understand ,and now, it’s time to graduate, we will leave our lovely school. I can’t believe it’s been three years I’m trying to keep my cool.But it’s difficult not to cry, I’ll miss the school trees and flowers and our kind and caring teachers, wonderful memories of ours.
1.According to the poem,we can guess the writer is probably______of junior high school.
A.a coach B.a teacher C.a graduate
2.From the part of the poem,we know the writer used to be a _________person at school.
A.shy B.good C.cute.
3.The writer thinks English is a subject which is full of______.
A.words B.challenges C.meanings.
4.The underlined sentence“I’m trying to keep my cool”means________in Chinese.
A.我一定让我自己很酷
B.我保持清新的模样。
C.我极力保持冷静。
5.In the poem,the writer mentioned several beautiful memories of_________.
A.the school life
B.school sports day
C.the art festival.
We had Sports Day at school on Saturday. I entered the 100 meters, 400 meters and high jump for older boys.
I didn’t win the 100 meters but I came in .My friend Peter came in first.I really thought I was going to beat him.But he managed to run just a little bit than me over the last 20 meters and broke the tape a fraction of a second before me.Next year,I’ll beat him!
I won the 400 meters.I think I am probably a better at the longer distance.Next year,I might enter the 1,000 meters. To win the short distance races,you need to get a very good start.With the longer distance races,however,you have time to if you get off to slow start.
Although I won the ,it was a slow race compared with last year.I was 2 seconds behind my personal best.I know .I haven’t been doing enough training. Next year, I must get into training at least a month Sports Day. I will run for half an hour every morning.
I thought I was going to win the high jump but I the bar in my third jump. My left foot touched the bar just enough to knock it down. I need to more if I am going to win this event next year.
1.A. first B.second C.third
2.A. faster B.slower C.happier
3.A. jumper B.runner C.walker
4.A.hand up B.show off C.catch up
5.A.400 meters B.100 meters C.high jump
6.A.what B.why C.how
7.A.during B.after C.before
8.A.knocked down B.broke down C.went down
9.A.study B.work C.practice
通读全文，理解大意，从各题所给的选项中选择可填入短文的最佳选项，并将答题卡上该选项涂黑。
Nowadays, millions of Chinese leave the countryside to search for work in the cities. They usually go back to once or twice a year. Zhong Wei is one of them.
Zhong Wei has lived in Wenzhou for the last 13 years. With a hard job in a crayon factory, he is too busy to find to visit his hometown.
Many people like Zhong Wei regard with great interest their hometowns have changed. Perhaps large hospitals and new roads have appeared. In many places, the government has also built and sent teachers from the cities to help.
ZhongWei thinks such development are very good, and these changes will take place in his hometown because some things need to change in order to become .
He also thinks among all the changes, some things are to change, such as the soft and sweet memories of the hometown in people’s hearts. That is why people try to find time to go back to visit their hometowns though they are very busy.
1.A. the beautiful places B. their hometowns C. the big cities
2.A. much time B. much money C. much food
3.A. while B. which C. how
4.A. tall buildings B. new schools C. big factories
5.A. older B. better C. worse
6.A. difficult B. possible C. necessary
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A: Hi, Molly. Where’s your brother Larry? I thought he was joining us.
B: Hi, Kathy. I’m sorry. 1. He is working late tonight.
A: Oh, Larry’s working late again?
B: Yeah, he is.
A:I see...I really don’t think sixteen-olds should be
allowed to work at night. 2. .
B: Oh, I disagree with you. Teenage boys never get tired.
A: Well, maybe. 3.
B: That’s true. He needs time to do homework.
A: And you know, Molly...he should really cut his hair.
B: Oh, I don’t know. 4.
A: Yes, I do. It doesn’t look clean. And I think he should stop wearing that silly earring.
B. Hmm...I disagree. I kind of like it.It looks cool!
A: You know another thing that worries me? 5.
B: Yeah, I know. I think he shouldn’t work on weekends.
A: That’s right. He needs to spend time with friends.
从右栏选项中找出左栏各句的恰当应答，并将答题卡上该选项涂黑
I II
1.Hello,Jenny speaking. A.I like music that I can dance to.
2.How often does Jeff go to the library? B. It’s 876-9548.
3.What’s your telephone number? C. They’re pretty good.
4.What do you think of the cartoons? D. Hi, Jenny. It’s Steve.
5.What kind of music do you like? E. Hi,I’m Jack.
F. Once a week.
