【題目】閱讀下面短文根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容完成表格中信息，每空一詞。
Some people succeed, while others may not. This is because some people have certain qualities, which others do not.
The first thing you must remember is that in order to succeed, you must be optimistic（樂觀）. If you do not expect to win, you will not try as hard as people who do expect to win. You also need to have a clear aim and a reason for doing something because motivation（動(dòng)機(jī)） is a key to getting success. If you do not have an aim, then you won't work hard and put your performance under the microscope（顯微鏡） to make sure that every detail is right.
Another quality that helps people succeed is creativity---thinking about things in a different way and wondering how others would do the same thing. Think about some successful people you know. They might be successful with a little creativity, but the most successful people are the most creative ones.
Reading is another way to success, as it will help you learn about how other people have got success. If you want to learn how to set up a successful business, you should read books about people like Bill Gates and Jerry Yang, who have got amazing success in their areas of business.
Practicing is also important if you want to be successful because practice makes perfect. Practise every day at whatever career you are in, and by doing so, you will see yourself, your business and your self-confidence begin to grow. If you feel confident about what you do, this confidence will make other people believe in you as well. Your workmates will be happy to work with you, and your boss will give you more responsibility（責(zé)任）. Finally if you are a successful person, you will be able to look people in the eye and smile confidently.
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My favorite thing from childhood is a toy car. I have had it since I was three. I got it on my third birthday. My uncle gave it to me 【1】a birthday gift. I love it. It is quite 【2】 from other toys because it can make some sounds. It can 【3】 me of my pleasant childhood. I often slept with it. When I played out, I often took it with me. I must take【4】 of it. It is old,【5】 I still like it very much.

If you have ever done rock climbing, you will know that it is not a very easy sport. You need to practice more. 【2】What most people don't know is that rock climbing is one of the sports that depend on your body and mind.(意志)

To climb successfully, one must use wonderful skills.【3】Another important rule is that your arms only hold you close to the rock face while your legs are pushing you up. The closer you are to the rock face, the easier it is to climb.

【4】 Once you start to learn how to climb, you'll find more fun. People who like games such as chess playing or problem-solving may love rock climbing, because they are nearly the same in the way of thinking.【5】Anyone who enjoys a difficult game and loves the outdoors should think of taking rock climbing as a new hobby.

A. One of the important rules is to always have three parts of your body on the rock face.

B. But now it has become a popular outdoor activity.

C. For anyone who wants to get into beautiful shape, rock climbing is a fun and good way.

D. Rock climbing is a wonderful sport .

E. Indoor and outdoor rock climbing both need practice.

The Programme for International Student Assessment, or PISA, carried out a survey of student's ability to work together in groups. They found that students who do well on tests by themselves are also likely to be better at working with other people. This finding was true for many countries. Students in Japan, South Korea, Finland and Canada, where test scores are high, also did well in working together to solve problems.

But this was not the case for every country. Chinese students, who have high scores as well, displayed just average collaborative （合作的）skills. "One reason might be that Chinese parents and teachers focus too much on grades," said Zhao Zhongxin, former vice president of the Chinese Family Education Association. "Students have a lot of exam pressure and they see schools as places for competition." "However, collaborative skills are very important for preparing students for today's society." he added. "Luckily, more Chinese parents and teachers are realizing the importance of this and are thinking of ways to help students improve this skill."

Another interesting finding from the PISA survey was that girls can be better than boys at working together. They said girls show more positive attitudes （態(tài)度）to wards relationships, which means they are more willing to listen to other' opinions.

PISA also found that the classroom environment can influence how well students collaborate. In classes where there are a lot of activities that require communication such as class debates, students might have better attitudes towards collaborating.

【1】The PISA did the survey to find out the students' ability to____________.

A.work with other peopleB.get high scores on tests

C.solve difficult problemsD.make plans for projects

【2】What can we know from the findings of the survey?

A.Boys are better at working with others than girls.

B.Students who do well on tests are worse at working with others.

C.Collaborative skills are less important than scores for students' futures.

D.The classroom environment can influence students' ability to work together.

【3】What do Chinese teachers and parents think of working together now?

A.They like it a lot.

B.They can't stand it.

C.They think it's important.

D.They think it's unnecessary

【4】What can be done to improve students' ability to work together according to the passage?

A.Giving students high scores on every test.

B.Helping students to get used to exam pressure.

C.Making girls work with girls rather than boys.

D.Arranging more communicative activities in class.

【5】What's the passage mainly about?

A.The popularity of PISA across the world.

B.Chinese students' ability to work with others.

C.The findings of a survey about working together.

D.The difference between boys and girls in working together.

Schools run programmes outside school hours. The students can take part in sports and games, music and dance, hiking and rock-climbing, etc. They are also very active in community service（社區(qū)服務(wù)）.

In their spare time, most students like to listen to pop music. Hollywood blockbusters(大片). Hong Kong and Singapore movies are very popular among them. They understand IT very well. Some of them also spend their free time surfing the Internet, e-mailing their friends, playing computer and video games.

They sometimes go to cafes, fast-food restaurants, shopping centers and big bookstores.

So, it looks like life as a middle school student in Singapore is not easy but it is rich and colorful.

【1】What is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A.Schoolwork.B.After-class activities.

C.Subjects.D.Things to do in the spare time.

【2】Why do students work hard at school in Singapore?

A.Because they have a lot of homework.

B.Because they have to go to remedial classes.

C.Because they want to get a good future.

D.Because they have many outside school activities.

【3】What does the underlined sentences mean in the first paragraph?

A.Students are afraid of exams.

B.Students have a headache before an exam.

C.Students have too many exams.

D.Students are in poor health because of exams.

【4】Programmes outside school hours are _______.

A.the same as spare time activitiesB.remedial classes after school

C.sports activitiesD.popular among students

【5】What do you know from the last sentences?

A.The middle school students live an easy life in Singapore.

B.The middle school students’ life in Singapore is amazing.

C.The middle school students’ life in Singapore is boring.

D.The middle school students’ life in Singapore is hard, but interesting.

A: Where did you go on National Day (國(guó)慶節(jié))?

B: 【1】 We boated there. We saw some Americans.

A: Did you talk to them?

B: 【2】How happy I began to understand what they had said!

A: You're great!

B: Where did you go on that day?

A: 【3】We watched the football match between the visiting and home teams. Football is my favorite game.

B: Who went with you?

A: Lin Tao and Li Lei. The match had already begun when we got there.

B:【4】

A: The Chinese team. The score is 3:1.

B: We both had an interesting day, didn't we?

A: 【5】

A. Yes, we certainly did.

B. Which team won the match?

C. I went to the Capital Stadium with my friends.

D. I like to watch a match.

E. I went to the park with my classmates.

F. Yes, but at first I was a little afraid.

【題目】閱讀理解
C
Almost all animals need to sleep to stay healthy. But sleeping can also be dangerous because other animals may hurt those who are sleeping. This leads to many different ways of sleeping that help them stay safe. Some of these ways may surprise you!
Almost all bats sleep upside down. They hang from a branch of a tree or the ceiling of a cave. Up high, bats are safe from most other animals. If they are in danger, they just fly away.
A dolphin sleeps with just half its brain at a time. It must stay awake to breathe and to watch for danger. Dolphin mothers and babies can go without sleep for as long as two months to stay safe.
Some ducks sleep with just half their brains, too. These ducks often sleep in a line. The ducks at both ends help to keep the group safe. They keep one eye open to watch for danger. The ducks in the middle sleep deeply with both eyes closed.
Seals breathe air, but that doesn't stop some of them from sleeping underwater. They hold their breath and dive deep to sleep for up to twenty minutes at a time. Sleeping deep underwater helps these seals stay safe from animals that hunt them near the surface.
Horses often sleep standing up. Their legs lock in place so they don't fall over. If a horse is lying down, it needs a long time to get up. A horse can run from danger more quickly if it is already standing.
A flamingo can sleep while standing on one leg. The standing leg locks so it stays straight. The other leg remains close to the flamingo's body. Its head rests on its back. A flamingo lives (and sleeps) near many other birds to stay safe.
Some seabirds can sleep while they fly. These large birds spend most of their lives over the ocean. They are in danger on the water, but they are safe in the air. They fly for many hours without flapping（拍打）their wings. Sometimes they sleep while they are flying.
Would you like to sleep how they sleep?
（1）The animals that sleep with half their brains are _______.
A.ducks and seals
B.dolphins and ducks
C.bats and dolphins
D.flamingos and seabirds
（2）Horses often stand up when they sleep because _______.
A.they can run from danger quickly
B.they are afraid of falling over
C.this helps them to sleep deeply
D.it takes them a long time to go to sleep
（3）The underlined word "hunt" in Paragraph 5 probably means _______.
A.offer to help
B.come to teach
C.refuse to protect
D.want to kill
（4）Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A.How animals sleep
B.Sleep to stay healthy
C.Sleep as animals do
D.What sleeping animals are like

【題目】閱讀理解。
Mark began to introduce the guest speaker to the listeners， but then stopped for a while. He had forgotten her name.
Barbara hid her valuable things when she went on vacation. When she came back， she couldn't remember where she'd put them.
Perhaps you've had such experiences like these. Most people have. But most of them haven't realized that they have a memory problem. Neither do they know a simple but important fact: Memorycan be improved. If you'll just accept that， the following will show you how.
First， relax. If you are over worried about remembering something， you'll forget it. If you keep telling yourself that your memory is bad， your mind will come to believe it and you won'tremember things. When you forget something， don't follow up with sayings like “Oh， my God! Ialways forget things!” Such words will have a bad result on you and your memory.
But relaxing isn't enough. To improve your memory， you'll need to take an active role. Like your body， your memory can be made strong through exercise. Look for opportunities to exercise your memory. For example， if you're learning a language， try to actively remember a lot of newwords.
If you don't take notice of things actively， you won't remember them. So， you can make pictures of what you see in your mind every day. For example， don't just put your keys down! If you want to find them again， make a mind picture of the place where you're putting them.
（1）The first two paragraphs just tell us ________.
A.Barbara was a very rich person
B.Mark often forgot his friends' names
C.examples of memory problems
D.language problems of two persons
（2）When you forget things， you ________.
A.must be too careless
B.shouldn't lose heart about your memory
C.must accept the fact
D.shouldn't take notice of the result
（3）The word “opportunities” in the fifth paragraph means “________”.
A.places
B.activities
C.positions
D.chances
（4）According to the passage， ________ can make your memory better.
A.realizing your memory problems
B.talking to your friends
C.making mind pictures of what you see
D.doing sports every day

【題目】閱讀理解
B
World's history in one place
Is it possible to put millions of years of the world's history into one building? The British Museum seems to think so. "A history of the World in 100 Objects", an exhibition about rare and ancient objects from the world, has made it a success.
The British Museum says it owns at least 8 million historical objects. But why choose these 100 objects to tell stories of our world's history?
It all started with a challenge（挑戰(zhàn)）.
Neil MacGregor, who was once director of the British Museum, was asked by BBC to choose 100 objects from the museum's huge collection. The objects had to include things from the beginning of human history about 2 million years ago to the present day.
MacGregor accepted, and took four years to choose each object himself.
In 2010, MacGregor appeared on BBC radio, giving a detailed（詳細(xì)的）explanation of each object. The show was a big hit and all these 100 objects were shown in the British Museum. A book with photos of each object soon followed.
"The objects had to cover the whole world, from a cooking pot to a golden galleon, from a Stone Age tool to a credit card." MacGregor wrote.
The collection includes many important objects from China. There is a banknote from the Ming Dynasty, showing China as the first country to use paper money.
But it's not just ancient things that are shown. Among them are some modern things like a solar-powered lamp and even a throne made of weapons created by an African artist.
"Of course, the collection could only be 'a' history of the world. But it is still a history that people in the present world need to know." MacGregor wrote.
（1）"A history of the World in 100 Objects" is a(n) ________.
A.TV programme about Africa
B.challenge of scientific research
C.book about modern development
D.exhibition of the world's history
（2）We can learn that the BBC programme by Neil MacGregor was _______.
A.successful
B.expensive
C.regular
D.traditional
（3）Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.The objects shown cover half of the world.
B.Neil MacGregor used to be director of BBC
C.China was the first country to use paper money.
D.The British Museum owns 2 million historical objects.
（4）What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph mean?
A.There will be another collection of this kind soon.
B.The history of the world is too long for us to show.
C.The British history is one part of the world's history.
D.The collection only shows part of the world's long history.

【題目】閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)。
I was standing in line behind a woman in her 60s. When it was her turn to pay, the shop owner greeted 1 and asked how she was doing.
The woman looked down, shook her head and said, “Not so 2, my husband just lost his job. I don't know how I can 3 the holidays.”
Then she gave the shop owner the food stamps（食品券）for poor families.
My 4 hurt, I wanted to help but didn't know 5. Should I offer to pay for her food, or ask for her husband's resume（簡(jiǎn)歷）?
6 I walked towards my car, I met the woman again. I remembered something in my wallet. It wasn't any money or an offer of a job, but7 it would help.
"Excuse me," I said, "I heard what you said to the shop owner. It sounds like you're going through a really 8 time right now. I'm so sorry. I'd like to give you something."
I 9 her the small card from my wallet.
When the woman read the two 10 on the card, she began to cry. Through her tears, she said, "You have no idea how much this 11 to me."
To tell the truth, her reply was a little 12. Having never done anything like this before, I didn't know what could happen. All I could say was, "Would it be OK to give you a hug?"
After that, I walked into my car and began to13 too.
The words on the card?
"You Matter."
A few weeks earlier, a friend gave me a similar 14 as encouragement for my work. When I read it, I really felt 15. So I ordered my own box of You Matter cards and started sharing them.
（1）A.him B.her C.me D.us
（2）A.bad B.busy C.funny D.good
（3）A.get through B.give up C.put off D.talk about
（4）A.hand B.head C.heart D.leg
（5）A.how B.when C.where D.why
（6）A.After B.Although C.As D.Once
（7）A.again B.instead C.maybe D.often
（8）A.dull B.hard C.pleasant D.special
（9）A.handed B.lent C.read D.sold
（10）A.expressions B.letters C.sentences D.words
（11）A.explains B.introduces C.means D.suggests
（12）A.boring B.exciting C.relaxing D.surprising
（13）A.chat B.cry C.drive D.shake
（14）A.card B.resume C.stamp D.wallet
（15）A.silly B.sorry C.well D.warm