A. first; last B. last; first C. second; family D. family; first

A. 800-meter race B. 800-meter races

C. 800 meter race D. 800-meter-races

A. if B. unless C. when D. while

How are you getting on with your study? Maybe you are the best in your class. In the last few exams one or two even several classmates have got higher marks than you. How do you feel? Are you jealous of them? Are you grateful to them? Please think it over after reading the following text. You will probably learn a lot.

Once a zoologist worked on antelopes (羚羊) which were living on both sides of a river in the Republic of South Africa. He discovered that the antelopes on the east side multiplied (繁殖) more quickly and ran faster than those on the west.

The zoologist was puzzled after long thought about the difference. As two groups of antelopes lived in the same environment and they fed on the same kind of grass.

One year, with the help of the Animal Protecting Society, he caught ten antelopes on each side and exchanged them. A year later, the ten antelopes sent to the west bank multiplied by fourteen while only three of the ones sent to the east remained. Where are the other seven? They had been eaten by wolves!

At last the zoologist understood why the antelopes on the east were stronger. That was because on the east side there were living a group of wolves ---their natural enemy!

Now everything is plain sailing in your life. It's your opponents (對手) that you are improving indeed, so thanks must go to your opponents. It's a true!

【1】The zoologist was puzzled when he found________.

A.the antelopes on the west side multiplied more than those on the east.

B.the antelopes on the east side ran faster than those on the west.

C.the two groups of antelopes lived in the same environment.

D.the two groups of antelopes fed on the same kind of grass.

【2】What does the underlined word “jealous” mean in the passage?

A.害怕的B.生氣的C.嫉妒的D.憎恨的

【3】What is the passage mainly about?

A.Antelopes should be raised on the same side of the river.B.Antelopes should be raised with wolves.

C.We should learn from the zoologist.D.We should be grateful to our opponents.

A. a, a B. an, a C. a, an

—Two.

A. How much B. How C. How many

A. some B. seven C. several D. sad

A. which were B. that is

C. that were D. which was

There was a baker who also lived in this kingdom. Everyone agreed that he baked the finest breads. The baker had almost everything he needed except for a horse. If the baker had a horse, he could sell his fine breads from one end of the kingdom to the other.

One year the king made a new riddle that puzzled everyone. "I will give a prize to the person

who can solve my riddle, " the king said. Whoever wins will have the pick of one of my strongest

horses." He then drew a line down the middle of the courtyard "Make this line shorter without erasing(清除) any part of it,” the king challenged.

People came from far and wide. They looked at the line and squinted at it. They even put their

noses to the ground and scratched their heads.

How can you make a line shorter without erasing any part of it?” the people in the crowd asked each other. Some of them tried. The dressmaker kicked dirt(泥土)over the line to hide it. The farmer poured water over the line to make it disappear. None of these efforts worked, and the people went home disappointed. Everyone was puzzled about how to solve this new riddle.

A week passed, and nobody had any new ideas. Then one day the baker came into the courtyard with a bag of flour(面粉).

Your Majesty, "the baker said to the king, I can make your line shorter without erasing any part of it. "Then the baker opened his bag of flour. He poured out a line of flour right next to the king’s line. The line the baker made was longer than the king’s line.

Now, good king, "the baker smiled, "your line is shorter.

The people were amazed. The king laughed and clapped his hands. "You have won the prize. I will give you a horse of your choice.

The baker was excited. Now he could sell his breads from one end of the kingdom to the other.

【1】What was the baker's problem at the beginning of the story?

A. He couldn't make fine breads

B. He needed money to open more stores

C. He didn’t have enough flour to make more breads

D. He had difficulty selling breads all over the kingdom

【2】The dressmaker and the farmer failed because they both__________.

A. tried to erase the line B. poured water over the line

C. kicked dirt over the line D. put their noses to the ground

【3】The baker smiled because _______.

A. he was glad to see he king B. he wanted to make the king happy

C. he felt sure that he solved the riddle D. he sold a lot of breads to the villagers

【4】This story shows that the king liked _______.

A. to be rich B. to train horses C. to eat breads D. to have fun

【5】Who tells this story?

A. The king B. The farmer and the dressmaker

C. The baker D. Someone who is not a character in the story

I had an interesting experience at my children's school this week. About six months ago, a crazy father was driving his car half on the sidewalk at a fast speed along the road into the school. I was frightened and had a conflict (沖突) with him, telling him his driving was dangerous.

Two days ago, I was walking along the road into the school, actually a foot or so on to the road because the sidewalk was full of kids, and I saw this same man sitting at the wheel of his car about 10 metres in front of me. He looked at me angrily, started up the engine and speeded past me. So close to me that the car almost brushed my coat. It was obvious he did it purposely, to try to frighten me. I hit his car with my son's school bag hard as it went by. I called the police and they told me I should get his licence (執(zhí)照) plate number and they would go round and talk to him.

This morning I was walking up to the school gate with my kids and the guy got out of his car and walked up to me. I knew he was going to confront (對質(zhì)) me. "Next time I'm going to run you over," he said to me.

And for some reason I smiled. "You nearly ran me over two mornings ago." I said.

Then his manner suddenly changed, became less confrontational, "I'm not going to be dirty, because you smiled."

Did I? I didn't even realize that I had.

"I shouldn't have done it." he said. "I shouldn't have tried to make fun of you, by pulling my foot down so hard. I won't do it again. "

"Okay. Let's just stop it there then." I said.

He put his hand on my shoulder, and for some reason without thinking about it. I put an arm around him.

How strange! It shows how powerful a smile can be and how quickly conflict can turn to empathy (同理心), if you deal with it with a non-confrontational attitude.

【1】The writer told the crazy father his driving was ________ about six months ago.

A.carefulB.slowC.dangerousD.funny

【2】The crazy father wanted to ________ by speeding past the writer two days ago.

A.save the timeB.pick up his sonC.get his son's bagD.frighten the writer

【3】The crazy father changed his manner because ________.

A.the writer smiled to himB.the writer was powerful

C.the police talked to himD.the kids stopped him