A new term has begun. Teachers are 1        about the fact that new students are not easy to deal with. They like to bring cellphones and MP3 players to school. What is 2       ,some students even use cellphones 3        out-of-class matters in class,or sometimes just for fun. Some 4       students listen to MP3 players when they are having a lesson that they are not interested in.

  Are these new students really that 5       ? "Yes," says Delaney Kirk,a professor at Drake University. 6       she adds it's not their fault.     7      ,the teachers should be blamed. Mrs Kirk first began thinking about students' manners six years ago. " I had my first class in which students were sleeping or talking to each other. It seemed that 8        well had nothing to do with them," she says. "At first,I got worried about this,but then I said to 9       ,you're giving 10      ,and you need to manage this kind of situation. These students need to know more about manners. It's time to help them develop some good 11        They shouldn't waste time doing nothing when they are young. Sooner or later,they may regret the time they 12       ”

  Mrs Kirk also 13       a list of suggestions to help teachers better manage their classes. The following are among her suggestions：

  . On the first day of class,tell students how they will benefit by taking the class and the importance 14        listening carefully in class.

  . Do not allow them to bring cellphones or MP3 players to the class at all.

  . Tell them how to use cellphones or MP3 players 15       .

(   ) 1. A. excited   B. worried   C. surprised   D. interested

(   ) 2. A. bad   B. worse   C. good   D. better

(   ) 3. A. do   B. doing   C. to do   D. did

(   ) 4. A. other   B. the other   C. others   D. another

(   ) 5. A. rude   B. polite   C. friendly   D. boring

(   ) 6. A. But   B. However   C. And   D. So

(   ) 7. A. Such as   B. For example   C. Instead of   D. Instead

(   ) 8. A. learn   B. learned   C. learning   D. learns

(   ) 9. A. me   B. myself   C. I   D. mine

(   ) 10. A. math   B. English   C. Chinese   D. lessons

(   ) 11. A. ideas   B. speeches   C. habits   D. classes

(   ) 12. A. had wasted   B. waste   C. have wasted   D. will waste

(   ) 13. A. makes   B. brings   C. gets   D. takes

(   ) 14. A. on   B. of   C. at   D. by

(   ) 15. A. careful   B. carefully   C. proper   D. properly

 To me,life without music would not be exciting. I r 1       that this is not true for everybody. Many people get along quite well without g 2       to concerts or listening to records. But music plays an important part in everyone's life,w 3       they realize it or not. Try to imagine,for example,w 4       films or TV plays would be like without music. Would the feelings,the moving plot (情節(jié)) ，and the greatest interests,be as e 5       ? I'm not sure about it.

  Now,we have been speaking of music in its more common meaning―the kind of music we hear in the concert hall. But if we look at some parts of music closely,we d 6       them in our everyday life―in the rhythm (節(jié)奏) of the sea,the melody of a bird in the woods and so on. So music surely has meaning for e 7       ,in some way or other. And,of course,it has special meaning for those who have spent all their 1 8      working on playing or writing music.

  It is well said ," through music a child enters a world of beauty,expresses h 9       from his heart,feels the joy of doing things alone,learns to take care of others,develops his mind and m 10      his body strong."

1.r       2. g       3. w       4. w       5. e         

6.d       7. e       8. 1       9. h       10. m       

  In New York,on a Friday night,a poor young artist stood at the gate of a train station. He was playing his 1        His music was so great that many people put money into his 2       

  The next day,the young artist came to the 3        place,and played the violin as usual. Different from the day before,he took out a piece of paper and put 4        on the ground. The paper read, "Last night,a man named George Sang put an important thing into my hat 5        Please come to get it soon."

  6       about half an hour,a(n) 7       man ran there in a hurry. "Oh,it's you. You did come here. " The young violinist asked 8       , "Are you Mr George Sang?" "Yes!Yes!" Then the violinist asked, "Did you lose something?" "Lottery (彩票) .It's the most valuable lottery in my 70 years of life," said the man.

  The violinist 9      a lottery ticket. George Sang's name was on it,so the violinist 10        it to him.

  Later someone asked the violinist, " Since you 11        play the violin every day to make your tuition fee (學(xué)費(fèi)) in the university,why didn't you keep the lottery ticket for yourself?"

  The violinist said , " 12        I don't have much money,I live happily;but if I lose honesty,I won't be happy forever. " Through our lives,we can get a lot and lose so 13        But being 14       should always be with us. If we act in a dishonest way,we may 15        in a short period. However,from the longterm view,we will be a loser.

(   ) 1. A. piano   B. guitar   C. violin   D. sax (薩克斯)

(   ) 2. A. bowl   B. hat   C. pocket   D. hands

(   ) 3. A. similar   B. different   C. strange   D. same

(   ) 4. A. it   B. its   C. they   D. them

(   ) 5. A. by then   B. by mistake   C. by the way   D. by hand

(   ) 6. A. After   B. Before   C. From   D. When

(   ) 7. A. young   B. old   C. small   D. tall

(   ) 8. A. coldly   B. angrily   C. calmly   D. sadly

(   ) 9. A. took out   B. took off   C. took back   D. took away

(   ) 10. A. sold   B. bought   C. gave   D. lent

(   ) 11. A. could   B. had to   C. should   D. must

(   ) 12. A. Although   B. Once   C. If   D. Unless

(   ) 13. A. many   B. much   C. little   D. few

(   ) 14. A. kind   B. rich   C. honest   D. poor

(   ) 15. A. fail   B. relax   C. suffer   D. succeed

  Al was a potter (制陶工) .He had a wife and two fine sons. One night,his elder son got a stomachache. At first,Al and his wife thought the boy just got a bad cold,so they didn't take it seriously. But it was not a cold. It was terrible appendicitis (闌尾炎) ，and the boy died suddenly that night. 1       the death could not happen if he had taken the ill seriously,Al was very 2        and was full of guilt (罪惡感) .Then his wife couldn't stand the thing,so she left him alone with his six-year-old 3       son.

  Al lost his two favorite persons. He felt no hope in the world and 4        to alcohol. Then Al became an alcoholic (酒鬼) .As he drank more,Al began to lose 5        he had―his home,his land and his work. Finally,Al died 6        in a San Francisco room.

  When I heard of Al's death,I thought he was a 7       and he wasted his life. As time went by,I began to know 8        I once thought was wrong.

  I knew Al's little son,Ernie. He is one of the kindest,most caring,most loving men I have ever known. I watched Ernie with his children and saw the love 9        them. I knew that kindness and caring had to 10        somewhere. I never heard Ernie talk much about his father.

  One day I asked him , " I'm really 11        by something. I know your father was the only one to raise you. What 12       did he do to make you become such a special person?" Ernie sat quietly and smiled for a few 13        Then he said, " When I was a child,Al came into my room every night,gave me a kiss and said, * I love you,son."，

  Tears came to my 14        Al had not left any money 15       ,but he had been a kind,loving father,and he left behind a legacy (遺產(chǎn)) of love.

(   ) 1. A. So   B. Because   C. Knowing   D. Hearing

(   ) 2. A. happy   B. sad   C. bored   D. tired

(   ) 3. A. fine   B. elder   C. younger   D. youngest

(   ) 4. A. got   B. turned   C. came   D. said

(   ) 5. A. everything   B. something   C. anything   D. nothing

(   ) 6. A. lonely   B. alone   C. hopelessly   D. happily

(   ) 7. A. winner   B. stranger   C. alcoholic   D. loser

(   ) 8. A. that   B. why   C. what   D. /

(   ) 9. A. in   B. between   C. among   D. with

(   ) 10. A. come from   B. move   C. come   D. move to

(   ) 11. A. puzzled   B. interested   C. moved   D. excited

(   ) 12. A. after all   B. on earth   C. then   D. above all

(   ) 13. A. moment   B. while   C. moments   D. hours

(   ) 14. A. eyes   B. ears   C. hands   D. feet

(   ) 15. A. back   B. behind   C. in front   D. before

  I feel very excited at the thought that in another week I'll be with you again on holiday. I enjoy my s 1      inEnglandvery much indeed. My host and my fellow s 2      are all very nice to me,but as they say in England ," There's no place like home , ” and I think you will f 3       this above all at Christmas time.

  I'm 1 4       here early in Thursday,the 23 rd,and I will be arriving in Paris on Friday morning. So I will be home about lunch time. Please meet me at the s 5       . In some of my e 6       letters I have told you all about the other students here. Well,I want to ask my Canadian friend,Ken,to come and spend Christmas b 7       he has no friends inEnglandexcept me. He is a very nice boy.  I know you will like him and I feel sure he will enjoy

Christmas with us. But I haven't i 8       him yet. Please let me know soon if that's all right. I've got some Christmas presents for you all,but I'm not going to tell you what they are,so it will be a s 9       .

  How are you all at home? I hope you are keeping well. Make sure that father always puts on his big coat when he goes out so that he will not catch a cold. We don't want him i 10       for Christmas.

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6.e       7. b       8. i       9. s       10. i      

  Tony loved basketball. One afternoon on his way to a basketball game,he was walking and dreaming about playing 1        in his college team the next year. Suddenly a car hit him and he was thrown three 2        into the air.

 Tony woke up in a 3      room. When the doctor told him that both his legs were broken,he knew his college basketball dreams were 4        Tony did what the doctors told him,5       it didn't work when he left the hospital. Tony was sent to a recovering (恢復(fù)) center.

  A week after he arrived there,he met Sunny Chen. Sunny used to be a coach. His legs were hurt 6        in a skating accident. Though he couldn't move his legs,Sunny became a coach of a basketball 7        called the Suns. It was an onwheelchair basketball team,because 8       on the team played on a wheelchair. Sunny invited Tony to 9        the game. Tony played badly,but for the 10        time since the accident,he stopped feeling sorry for himself.

  After becoming a part of the Suns,Tony improved quickly. Basketball was like 11        for him. Tony was much better than before. When Tony became sad or 12       ,Sunny was there to help him. The day 13        Tony left the center,he had dinner with Sunny. He asked Sunny 14        he could be so happy,even with broken legs.

  Sunny 15       and said, " It's really quite easy. When you keep your face to the sun,the shadows (影子) fall behind."

(   ) 1. A. tennis   B. basketball   C. soccer   D. baseball

(   ) 2. A. meters   B. minutes   C. kilos   D. hours

(   ) 3. A. college   B. living   C. game   D. hospital

(   ) 4. A. over   B. late   C. good   D. true

(   ) 5. A. or   B. but   C. so   D. and

(   ) 6. A. badly   B. well   C. slowly   D. quickly

(   ) 7. A. class   B. school   C. team   D. classroom

(   ) 8. A. somebody   B. anybody   C. nobody   D. everybody

(   ) 9. A. study   B. show   C. join   D. watch

(   ) 10. A. first   B. last   C. late   D. early

(   ) 11. A. fruit   B. medicine   C. food   D. water

(   ) 12. A. glad   B. excited   C. angry   D. relaxed

(   ) 13. A. until   B. before   C. at   D. on

(   ) 14. A. when   B. what   C. where   D. how

(   ) 15. A. cried   B. shouted   C. smiled   D. turned

  "Hi!John. " Mary ran towards me with a bright smile,saying , " I'm going to have a dance performance tonight. I hope you'll come. Here is the ticket. Don't forget ！ ” Then she 1        in a hurry.

  "What? ！Dance? Is that 2       ?" I asked myself. Mary was not such kind of girl. She was a quite 3        one. I had never seen her wearing colorful clothes. In fact,she really did not know 4        to dress up. What a terrible thing ！

  "I should go to. I must go to. ” I thought.

  I arrived at the hall with the ticket,found my 5        and sat down. Her performance was the seventh one. I knew I would have a 6      time before her turn,for I had no sense of art,7       her performance was worth watching,no matter how long I would wait. 

  Time went 8      . I tried my best not to fall asleep.

  Just then,came the 9      " Let's welcome the next exciting dance―Latin ！”

  Hearing this,I opened my eyes as large as possible ，10       to lose anything. Wearing a golden and shining skirt,Mary appeared. She 11       with a sweet smile,looking like a pretty butterfly flying. I could 12        believe my eyes.

  After all the performances ended,I 13       her at the gate.

  "Hi!" She stood in front of me with her crystal (水晶) shoes. "How do you feel?"   "Fantastic!" I answered.

  "Ha,ha. I knew 14        would be. ” She could not hide her excitement,laughing 15       a child.

  At that time,I realized that every girl has a pair of special shoes which are like the crystal shoes of Cinderella.

(   ) 1. A. came   B. jumped   C. left   D. moved

(   ) 2. A. possible   B. lucky   C. funny   D. strange

(   ) 3. A. modern   B. common   C. perfect   D. careful

(   ) 4. A. why   B. where   C. when   D. how

(   ) 5. A. seat   B. room   C. gate   D. way

(   ) 6. A. great   B. short   C. hard   D. relaxing

(   ) 7. A. or   B. so   C. but   D. and

(   ) 8. A. quickly   B. slowly   C. safely   D. easily

(   ) 9. A. words   B. sentences   C. sounds   D. cries

(   ) 10. A. hoping   B. fearing   C. planning   D. hating

(   ) 11. A. walked   B. skated   C. danced   D. stood

(   ) 12. A. seriously   B. hardly   C. nearly   D. certainly

(   ) 13. A. waited for   B. looked for   C. paid for   D. cared for

(   ) 14. A. I   B. you   C. she   D. it

(   ) 15. A. as   B. like   C. for   D. at

  Michael's birthday was coming soon,so he asked his dad for a bike so that he would not need to walk to school anymore. However,Michael's dad had 1 1       his job and didn't have much money. Michael got a book instead but he didn't c 2       

  One bright and sunny day while Michael was walking past a store on his way to school,he saw a big boy on a bike. The bike was too small for the boy. As the boy was t 3       around a corner,the bike skidded (打滑) on the wet street and went d 4      nto the wall.

  The boy was in Michael's school. Michael knew him. His name was William. William seemed to have b 5       his leg. Michael picked up William's bike which was not d 6       and rode to the nearby hospital to get help. A few minutes later,an ambulance came and brought William to the hospital. Michael rode William's bike to school so he would not be 1 7       for class. After school,Michael quickly rode the bike to William's house with a book for William. William was not too seriously h 8      . He left the hospital for home after his leg was in a cast (石膏) .

  To Michael's surprise,William was getting a new bike on his birthday in two months' time and Michael could have W 9       old bike. Michael was very happy. From then on,Michael and William became good friends. Michael v 10      William every day till William's leg healed.

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6.d       7. 1       8. h       9. W       10. v       

  A group of working people got together to visit their university teacher. The teacher was happy to see them. They talked 1        He asked them how they were going 2        Then his students started to 3        about the stress in work and life.

  The teacher just 4        and smiled. Then he went to the kitchen to 5        some cups ： some porcelain (瓷制的) ，some plastic,some glass,some cheap and some looked 6        expensive and beautiful. The teacher 7        his former students the cups to get drinks for themselves.

  When all the students had a cup 8        hand with water,the teacher said ," If you noticed,all the nicelooking,expensive cups were 9        up,leaving behind the plain and cheap 10       . In fact,you only want the 11        for yourselves. That is why you have problems and stress in your work and life. 12       all of you wanted was water,not the cup,but you unconsciously (不知不覺地) went 13        the better cups."

  Just like in life,14 life is water,then the jobs,money and position (地位) in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold life,but the life itself doesn't change. If we only pay attention to the cup,we won't have time to 15        the water in it.

(   ) 1. A. friendly   B. happily   C. carefully   D. lively

(   ) 2. A. away   B. off   C. for   D. on

(   ) 3. A. complain   B. speak   C. think   D. worry

(   ) 4. A. heard   B. listened   C. watched   D. sat

(   ) 5. A. take   B. buy   C. bring   D. get

(   ) 6. A. rather   B. such   C. so   D. much

(   ) 7. A. asked   B. told   C. offered   D. moved

(   ) 8. A. to   B. at   C. on   D. in

(   ) 9. A. held   B. taken   C. looked   D. took

(   ) 10. A. one   B. ones   C. others   D. other

(   ) 11. A. good   B. better   C. cheaper   D. best

(   ) 12. A. That   B. How   C. What   D. Where

(   ) 13. A. for   B. to   C. off   D. away

(   ) 14. A. when   B. if   C. where   D. even

(   ) 15. A. drink   B. save   C. enjoy   D. change

  I know my brother better than anyone else in the world. Since the moment of his birth,I've been part of his life. I had spent seven 1       years in the world with the attention of those around me. But when Rohan was born,life 2       Suddenly I had to 3        my toys and there were no more bedtime stories or my own choice of food.

  Finally,I felt my 4        at my brother. The poor baby had no idea what had made me so unhappy. Maybe he found me strange,the only person in this house 5        did not like him. Whatever the reason was,he loved 6        me around. However,I seldom talked to him and 7        asked him to leave me alone.

  Then all that changed. I hardly remember everything of that day six years ago,8       I do remember that I was feeling very angry. Somehow my feet led me to my brother's bed. My hand,completely 9       from my mind,reached through the bars. At once,he reached his small hand and softly touched 10       . And that was all I needed. Through all the unhappiness of the day,that one moment changed 11        How could I hate someone who made me feel so important? For the 12        time,I saw my brother,not through the eyes of a child who was no longer favored (寵愛) ，but through the eyes of a 13       

  To this day,I can't imagine life 14        my brother. It is unbelievable how much I have 15      about life from a seven-year-old boy. Above all,Rohan has taught me that one should not care only for himself.

(   ) 1. A. happy   B. hard   C. lonely   D. busy

(   ) 2. A. began   B. continued   C. changed   D. saved

(   ) 3. A. collect   B. choose   C. hide   D. share

(   ) 4. A. fun   B. anger   C. fear   D. worry

(   ) 5. A. which   B. where   C. who   D. what

(   ) 6. A. showing   B. carrying   C. meeting   D. following

(   ) 7. A. always   B. already   C. hardly   D. almost

(   ) 8. A. but   B. so   C. or   D. for

(   ) 9. A. far   B. sick   C. different   D. free

(   ) 10. A. one   B. both   C. mine   D. them

(   ) 11. A. nothing   B. everything   C. something   D. anything

(   ) 12. A. first   B. second   C. last   D. next

(   ) 13. A. student   B. parent   C. teacher   D. sister

(   ) 14. A. except   B. besides   C. without   D. through

(   ) 15. A. cared   B. learned   C. talked   D. heard