Harry is eighteen now. He studies in a middle school. His parents like him very much and hope he can become a famous man. So they often tell him to study hard and they do all for him. They call him at six in the morning. After breakfast his father takes him to school in a car and in the afternoon, as soon as the young man comes back, the supper is ready. Of course, he never washes his clothes or goes to buy something in the shops.
Once Harry’s father was sent to London on business. He would stay there for half a year. Before leaving, he told his wife to take good care of their son. The woman had to get up earlier and did all that her husband did before. And two months later she was so tired that she was ill in bed. Now the young man got into trouble. He couldn’t do any housework. He had to do as his mother told him. Even he didn’t know where to get on the bus!
Yesterday Harry’s mother found his shoes were worn out and told him to buy a new pair in the shop. But he didn’t know how to choose. The woman had a sigh(叹息) and gave him a shoe pattern(鞋样) and told him to buy a pair of shoes himself. It’s Saturday today and Harry doesn’t go to school. With a policeman’s help, he found a shop. The shopkeeper was friendly to him. The man brought a lot of shoes and asked him to choose. When he was trying on a pair, suddenly he remembered something and took them off. The man was surprised and asked, “What’s the matter, young man?”
“I’m sorry. I’ve left the shoe pattern at home!”
1. _______ always does some housework in the morning.
A. Harry’s father B. Harry’s mother C. Harry D. Nobody
2.Harry’s parents do all instead of him because _______.
A. he’s too young B. he has poor health
C. he’s busy with his studies D. they hope he spends all time on studies
3.When the man was in London, _______.
A. Harry had to stay at home B. Harry couldn’t find the bus stop
C. Harry fell behind in his class D. Harry wouldn’t go to school
4.We can infer from the passage that _______.
A. Harry wanted his mother to buy shoes for him
B. Harry didn’t believe himself
C. Harry wouldn’t listen to his mother
D. Harry was strong enough to buy shoes for himself
School education is very important and useful. Yet no one can learn everything from school. A teacher, no matter how much he knows, can not teach his students everything they want to know. The teacher’s job is to show his students how to learn. He teaches them how to read and how to think. So much more is to be learned outside school by the students themselves.
It is always more important to know how to study by oneself than to learn some facts or a formula by heart. It is actually quiet easy to learn a certain fact in history or a formula(公式) in mathematics. But it is very difficult to use a formula in working out a maths problem. Great scientist, such as Einstein, Newton and Galileo, didn’t get everything from school. But they were all so successful and invented so many things for men. They worked hard all their lives, wasting not a single moment. They would ask many questions as they read and they did thousands of experiments.
1.According to the passage, a good teacher should be one who is to_________.
A. help his students to gain a good memory.
B. train his students’ ability to learn
C. teach his students everything he knows
D. have his students studying long hours
2.If a student want to learn better, the most important thing for him to do is_______.
A. to learn all the useful facts and formula by heart
B. to do everything as his teacher have said in class
C. to absorb (吸收) as much knowledge from his teacher as possible
D. to think more while he is studying
3.The main reason for the success of the great scientists is that________.
A. the teachers who had taught them were all experienced.
B. they used to work and study without a moment’s rest.
C. they had received more schooling than other people
D. they know how to study and worked hard
4.What’s the good advice the writer gives us?
A. We can learn better without teachers
B. We should do more asking and thinking while studying
C. We should pay enough attention to classroom
D. Book knowledge is of little use
The captain of a ship and a merchant（商人）were friends．The merchant had a young son，who wanted to be a sailor（水手），so the captain took him for voyages in his ．One day when the captain had come from a with a lot of money，the merchant told him that the price of iron（铁） had and suggested that he should buy some with his money．“I’ll it for you in my storehouse _ you return from your next voyage，and perhaps you’ll get money．” But while the captain was away，the price of iron went up _ 60% ，so the merchant sold it and kept the money．When the captain came back，his friend told him that he was very sorry and the mice had all the iron． The captain knew that his friend was lies，but he stayed _and said，“I knew that you had problems mice in your storehouse．” After a few days，the captain started voyage，and when he returned home，he said to the merchant，“I’m very sorry，but _our voyage a bird came down and carried your son away．” The merchant was very and said，“Birds cannot carry boys!” “And can mice eat iron，” answered the captain．The merchant took the captain to a ，who said，“The merchant must the captain the money which he got when he the iron，and then the captain must the merchant’s son back to him．”
1.A. car B. cart C. ship D. plane
2.A. voyage B. travel C. business D. visit
3.A. fallen B. raised C. widened D. risen
4.A. keep B. hide C. hold D. put
5.A. when B. since C. after D. until
6.A. many B. more C. a bit D. less
7.A. on B. in C. to D. by
8.A. dishonest B. honest C. real D. former
9.A. sold B. borrowed C. eaten D. drunk
10.A. talking B. making C. telling D. saying
11.A. friendly B. calm C. quiet D. angry
12.A. about B. in C. on D. with
13.A. another B. next C. the other D. other
14.A. while B. after C. during D. before
15.A. boring B. puzzled C. angry D. afraid
16.A. yet B. neither C. so D. either
17.A. lawyer B. manager C. child D. judge
18.A. return B. give C. offer D. lend
19.A. kept B. bought C. sold D. stole
20.A. bring B. fetch C. carry D. catch
Mr. Smith, _______ of the _____ speech, started to read a novel.
A. tiring; bored B. tired; bored C. tired; boring D. tiring; boring
Sarah，hurry up! I’m afraid you don’t have time to__________.
A. get change B. get changing C. get to change D. get changed
My sister will get up early tomorrow morning，because the train to London _________at 6:00 a.m.
A. will leave B. is going to leave C. is to leave D. leaves
