My teenage son__________after his father died. As a single parent, I tried to do my best to talk to him. But the more I tried, the more he pulled away. When his report card arrived during his junior year, it said that he had been absent 95 times from classes and had six falling grades for the year. In this case he would never graduate. I sent him to the school adviser, and I even begged（乞求）him. Nothing worked.
One night I felt so powerless that I got down on my knees and begged for help. "Please God, I can't do anything more for my son. I'm___________I'm giving the whole thing up to you."
I was at work when I got a phone call. A man introduced himself as the headmaster. "I want to talk to you about Karl's absences." Before he could say another word, I choked（哽咽） up and all my disappointment（失望） and sadness over Karl came pouring out into the ears of this stranger. "I love my son but I just don't know what to do. I've tried everything to get Karl to go back to school and nothing has worked. It's out of my hands." For a moment there was silence on the other end of the line. The headmaster seriously said, "Thank you for your time." and hung up.
Karl's next report card showed a marked improvement in his grades. Finally, he was even on the list of the best students at school. In his fourth year, I attended a parent-teacher meeting with Karl. I noticed that his teachers were surprised at the way he had turned himself around.
After the meeting, Karl said, "Mum, remember that call from the headmaster last year?" I nodded.
"That was me. I thought I'd play a joke but when I heard what you said, it really hit me how much I was hurting you. That's when I knew I had to make you proud."
1.By saying "Karl became withdrawn", the writer means the boy changed completely and _______.
A. preferred to stay alone at home
B. lost interest in his studies
C. refused to talk to others
D. began to dislike his mother
2.There was silence on the other end of the line because the speaker _______.
A. was too moved to say anything to the mother
B. waited for the mother to finish speaking
C. didn't want the mother to know who he was
D. didn't want to say to his mother
3.The phrase "at the end of my rope" means _______ in Chinese.
A. 心如刀割 B. 心意冷 C. 失魂落魄 D. 山穷水尽
4.What does this passage mainly tell us?
A. Being understood by parents is very important to teenagers.
B. Mother's love plays an important part in teenagers' life.
C. School education doesn't work without full support from parents.
D. Children in single-parent families often have problems with their mind.
5.The best title for the passage is _______.
A. A lonely boy
B. How to get on with a teenager
C. A student who turned himself around
D. A joking phone call
At one time or another we have all stopped to think about weather. Some days the weather is good. Some days the weather is bad. Still, there are days when the weather seems to change from hour to hour. A day that starts out fine might not stay that way. Sometimes a day that seems bad turns out better than you thought it would. There are ways of understanding the weather. One way is to study the clouds.
No two clouds are ever alike. But it is still possible to group clouds and to give them names. We can recognize the different kinds of clouds and watch them for signs of changing weather.
As a rule, the higher the clouds, the better the weather. And the lower the clouds, the worse the weather is likely to be. To predict the weather, there are three things about clouds you should look for: movement. color, and change.
Clouds can tell you if storm is on the way. For example, small feathery cirrus clouds(卷云) can become thick and move lower. This means rain is on the way. If there is a sudden, cool breeze（微风）and a dark thunder(雷声) clouds appears, then a storm is about to break out.
1.According to the first paragraph, we can say that_______.
A. the weather always remains the same in a day
B. a fine day can't last for long
C. we rarely think about the weather
D. the weather changes a lot
2.The importance of studying clouds is to_______.
A. learn about the change of weather
B. group them and give them names
C. tell the differences in clouds
D. find the likeness of clouds
3.Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. If clouds are high, there will be bad weather.
B. The color of clouds is a factor to help predict the weather.
C. If the weather is good, the clouds must be very low.
D. To study clouds is the only way to understand the weather.
4.Which of the following is the sign of a storm?
A. A sudden and warm wind. B. Thick and lower clouds.
C. Small and feathery cirrus clouds. D. Dark and thunder clouds.
5.This passage is mainly about ___________.
A. the relation between the weather and clouds
B. the ways of grouping and naming clouds
C. the causes of differences in weather
D. the sign of the rain and storm
Mike Myers is a teacher at Chauncey Rose High School in Terre Haute, Indiana. Last year, he taught his students about the world’s rain forests. They learned that rain forests are important because the plants and animals of the rain forest give us food, wood, and medicine.
Destruction of the world’s rain forests is a serious problem. Unluckily, rain forests are disappearing at a rate of 80 acres per minute! As part of a class project, Myers’ students bought three acres of rain forest in Central America. They paid $25 per acre. The students hope that the land they bought will be protected and not destroyed. The students became so interested in rain forests that they decided to get a closer look at a real rain forest.
So last June, Myers and four of his students took a boat ride down a river. They saw alligators and crocodiles. In the middle of the week, a guide took Myers and his students into the rain forest. “The monkeys were not happy that we were in their forest. They broke small branches off the trees and threw them at us,” one of the students said, “It was a great learning experience for all of us,” said Myers.
Each student chose something specific about Costa Rica to study involving the plants, animals, food, and culture. During the last few days the group had time to do fun activities. They went whitewater rafting and horseback riding, and visited Costa Rica’s active volcano.
Myers hopes to make the trip every year with a different group of kids.
1.How much did Myers’ students pay for the rain forest they bought?
A. $25 B. $75 C. $80 D. $2000
2.What did Myers and his students do at the beginning of the trip?
A. They went into the rain forest.
B. They bought acres of rain forest.
C. They took a boat ride down a river.
D. They visited Costa Rica’s active volcano.
3.The word “Destruction” in paragraph 2 probably means “the process of being ______.”
A. destroyed B. developed
C. described D. discovered.
4.When the monkeys saw Myers and his students, they _________.
A. felt excited B. felt angry
C. jumped off the trees D. left the rain forest
5. The passage mainly shows that Myers and his students ________.
A. did something to protect rain forest
B. wanted to buy the rain forest in Costa Rica
C. were interested in the culture of Costa Rica
D. went to the rain forest for various fun activities
It’s very important that we all recycle (再利用). In nature, everything____again. For example, when an animal dies, it becomes____animal’s food. Nothing is wasted. But humans have created things like plastic bags____can’t be broken down by nature. Our rubbish kills animals and____water and soil.____we continue making too much rubbish, the problem will only get worse. If nature can’t reuse the rubbish, we must recycle____
We should clean up the rubbish we’ve made because nature can’t.
Recycling is also the right thing to do for another reason. The earth is rich in natural materials like water and trees,____these materials are not endless. We use up our natural materials much____than the earth is able to reproduce them. For example, each year we cut____more that 6,000 square miles of forest. But it takes an average of 25 years for a new tree____
Recycling can help us save the earth, so let’s take action right now.
1.A. use B. using C. is used D. used
2.A. another B. other C. others D. the other
3.A. who B. which C. how D. where
4.A. pollutes B. polluted C. polluting D. is polluted
5.A. When B. Whether C. Why D. If
6.A. them B. their C. it D. itself
7.A. but B. so C. and D. or
8.A. fastly B. fast C. taster D. fastest
9.A. out B. down C. in D. up
10.A. grows B. for growing C. growing D. to grow
--Tom,be careful not to drive to fast._________ .
--Thank you for your advice.
A. It’s better to be safe than sorry.
B. Too many cooks spoil the broth.
C. Many hands make light work.
D. Every dog has its day.
It's said that a fashion show_______ in our city next Saturday.
A. will hold B. is going to hold C. will be held D. is held
