When Susan Chen left high school, she wanted to go to university. Unfortunately, her father was quite poor, and a university education cost a lot of money.
“Take the entrance examination,” her father said, “and we’ll think of something if you pass.”
Susan took the examination. She did not 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 very 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 did not complain. His daughter’s education was worth it.
A year passed. Susan took her first-year examination.
When the results were announced（宣布）, she ran home to tell her father the news.
“Dad,” she said, “I’ve got my examination results. You’ll be so pleased.”
“You’ve passed!” he exclaimed.
“Guess what? I got the third place and won the scholarship. You can get your car back and stop working so hard.”
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
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 is probably TRUE that .
A. Susan didn’t do well in her subjects
B. Mr. Chen was pleased to hear the news
C. Susan found a job to have her father’s car back
The American secret service began in 1865. It has many important jobs. One is to stop different types of fraud(诈骗)， such as printing fake(假的) money, credit card(信用卡) fraud and computer fraud. The other is to protect the president at all times.
The secret service’s earliest job was to stop people from making fake money. The secret service agents(特工) still have to do that because the criminals(罪犯) are smarter now. They are better at using computers and other expensive equipment. But agents are much smarter.
Protecting the president is hard. The most dangerous places are outdoors. Agents can’t check every person in the crowd, so they must watch the crowd carefully. And they always follow the president. They’re just like the president’s shadow.
Unluckily, some criminals do want to give the president trouble, or even hurt him. The secret service agents try to find them and stop them when they want to do something bad. It’s a dangerous, but important job. The secret service helps keep the president and the country safe.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
1.The American secret service .
A. isn’t to protect the president
B. makes fake credit cards
C. began in 1865
D. has only one important job
2.At the very beginning, the secret service’s job was to .
A. protect the president
B. stop computer fraud
C. watch the crowd carefully
D. stop fake money making
3.When protecting the president, .
A. agents must be careful at all times
B. agents don’t always stay near him
C. agents check every person in the crowd
D. agents are afraid of indoor places most
4.When underlined word “them” means the .
A. presidents B. criminals
C. secret service agents D. people in the crowd
5.The most dangerous place to protect the president would be in .
A. the White House B. a hotel room
C. a public park D. a main hall
A Big Umbrella
Nancy: I saw seven girls in one umbrella and none of them got wet.
Taney: Oh, that must be a very big umbrella.
Nancy: No, it wasn’t raining.
A Good Boy
Little Robert asked his mother for two cents.
“What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday?”
“I gave it to a poor old woman,” he said.
“You’re a good boy,” said the mother proudly. “Here are two more cents. But why are you so interested in the old woman?”
“She is the one who sells candies.”
Break a Mirror（镜子）
“Why are you so happy, Jason?” Laura asked the 98-year-old man.
“I broke a mirror,” he replied.
“But that means seven years of bad luck.”
“I know,” he said happily. “Isn’t it wonderful? I can live for another seven years.”
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
1.The three passages above are all .
A. jokes B. notices
C. news D. letters
2.The seven girls didn’t get wet because .
A. the umbrella was big enough
B. the seven girls wore their raincoats
C. it wasn’ t raining at all
D. it wasn’t a heavy rain
3.Little Robert spent the money .
A. helping the poor old lady
B. buying candies for himself
C. helping his mom
D. buying gifts for his mom
4. broke the mirror.
A. Nancy B. Laura C. Robert D. Jason
5.Which of the following is true?
A. Robert’s mother was very kind.
B. Little Robert would get four cents every day.
C. Because of breaking the mirror, Jason lived to be 105 years old.
D. Laura would often break a mirror after hearing Jason’s words.
完型填空(每题1分，共15分)
Molly’s brother Sammy liked to play the guitar and sing. The made him happy and him of many happy times . He wrote a lot of and played them for his family. There was that Sammy wanted more to do except music .
But one day Sammy a tree. he fell off and hurt his arm badly.
The doctor at the hospital told him his arm would never again. It made him very sad . His sister Molly felt sad too. She knew how down he was. She wished that she could him out. She told him to be positive(积极的) , and she would help him difficult times .
Sammy smiled a bit, because his sister seemed to care. She him her support and he was glad that she was there. When Sammy returned home from the hospital, he could not wait to up his guitar and tried to play a small piece of music, Sammy’s arm did not work right, the music all wrong. He became so upset (沮丧)and threw his guitar out.
Then Molly ran and took Sammy’s guitar out of the dirty old dustbin, and said, “Can you teach me to play? ” So Sammy showed Molly what he knew about guitar, and before long , she could play just like a . Sammy smiled again.
Music is a miracle(奇迹) when things seem to go wrong.
1.A. tool B. music C. spirit D. song
2.A. reminded B. thought C. made D. remembered
3.A. articles B. letters C. songs D. words
4.A. anything B. everything C. nothing D. something
5.A. passed B. cut C. climbed D. past
6.A. Excitedly B. Unluckily C. Quickly D. Generally
7.A. work B. stand C. sing D. walk
8.A. teach B. help C. save D. live
9.A. from B. out C. through D. away
10.A. brought B. prevented C. lent D. offered
11.A. put B. pick C. look D. give
12.A. or B. so C. but D. and
13.A. sounded B. felt C. smelt D. looked
14.A. down B. inside C. outside D. up
15.A. superstar B. singer C. worker D. painter
Could you tell me ?
A. what’s on your mind B. where does he live
C. what your mind was on D. where he lived in
－ your teachers strict you ?
－Yes.
A. Do, with B. Is, with
C. Are, with D. Are, in
