Are only clever and good-looking students happy in the school? Best-selling ___31___ Xiao Nizi (Nini) doesn’t think so.

 “___32___ has his own place in the sky." she said.  "We're all special in our own ways.”

Nini, from Hunan, writes stories about young people in the school. Her books, ___33___ Devils Kiss and Un-e on Midsummer’s Night, are very ___34___ with students.

In her stories, the main characters arc usually common girls who are neither pretty ___35___ smart. But they always win the love of a Prince Charming(白馬王子)，or ___36___ successful stars.

"It’s not because of luck."' said Nini. ""They are ___37___ honest and they don't lie. They know what they arc good ___38___ and work hard to realize their dreams. "

Nini herself is like one of the characters in her stories. She was a shy girl at school. But she thought a lot and liked languages, and that made her ___39___ to be a writer. She hopes her stories ___40__ make more kids happy.

31. A. writer        B. reader         C. speaker

32. A. Nobody      B. Everyone      C. Someone

33. A. as           B. for example    C. such as

34. A. successful    B. popular        C. funny

35. A. nor          B. or             C. but

36. A. become      B. make          C. take

37. A. still          B. only          C. ever

38. A. at           B. for           C. with

39. A. deciding      B. to decide      C. decide

40. A. can          B. must         C. need

A Great Creator

Steven Jobs, the designer of Apple Computer, was not clever when he was in school. At that time, he was not a good student and he always made troubles with his schoolmates. When he went into college, he didn’t change a lot. Then he dropped out. But he was full of new ideas.

After he left college, Steven Jobs worked as a video game designer. He worked there for only several months and then he went to India. He hoped that the trip would give him some new ideas and give him a change in life.

Steven Jobs lived on a farm in California for a year after he returned from India.

In 1975, he began to make a new type of computer. He designed the Apple Computer with his friend in his garage. He chose the name “Apple” just because it could help him to remember a happy summer he once spent an apple tree garden.

His Apple Computer was such a great success that Steven Jobs soon became famous all over the world.

1.Steven Jobs was not a good student in school because he      .

A. never did his lessons     

B. was full of new ideas

C. always made troubles with his schoolmates

D. he was not clever

2.Then he dropped out.

A. drop in      B. gave up college   C. fall off    D. left out

3.Steven Jobs called his new computer “Apple” because       .

A. he likes apples too much

B. he wanted to remember the happy time in an apple tree garden

C. he always liked some new ideas

D. he wanted to change in his life

4.Steven Jobs is famous for his    all over the world.

A. new ideas               B. apple

C. Apple Computer          D. video games

5.From this passage we know      .

A. Steven Jobs didn’t finish his studies in the college because he hated his    schoolmates.

B. Steven Jobs liked traveling in India and California.

C. Steven Jobs only designed video games.

D. Steven Jobs liked trying new things and making new ideas become true.

1._______ doesn’t like dogs.

A．Andrew           B．Julia              C．Nancy            D．Henry

2._______ kids like dogs.

A．One             B．Two              C．Three            D．Four

3.________ like the same animal.

A．Nancy and Julia                         B．Henry and Nancy

C．Julia and Andrew                        D．Andrew and his mother

4.Some dogs are “doctor” because ___________.

A．They can work in the hospital              B．they treat (治療)the sick people

C．they can do some medical work            D．they can make sick children happy

5.Which sentence is NOT true?

A．Henry thinks dogs are cute.                B．Julia likes giving animals showers.

C．Dogs can help people with many things.      D．Andrew thinks dogs are smart.

Michael Jordan是Jim最喜歡的運動明星，請跟Jim一起閱讀下面這篇短文，讀完后判斷正（T）誤（F）,看看誰的記憶力最好?

Michael Jordan is the best basketball player in the world. He was born in New York in 1963. There are 5 children in his family. He is the fourth one. When he was a child, he was small but clever. So he played basketball very well.

When he was a middle school student, he was the star of each game and he could score 40 points（分?jǐn)?shù)）in a game. In 1984, he played in the US men’s Olympic Basketball Team .And later（后來）he played for the Chicago Bulls.

1.Michael Jordan is a football player.

2.Michael Jordan comes from America.

3.Michael Jordan could play basketball very well when he was a child.

4.Michael Jordan was small when he was a child.

5.Michael Jordan played for the Chicago Bulls first, then for the US men’s Olympic Basketball Team.

完形填空。（10分 每小題1分）

Helen is a student. She usually gets up at 6:00 in the morning. Then she has   1  at 6:30 a.m. She goes to school   2 about 7:00 a. m.. She is never late for school(從不遲到). Helen is a clever girl,   3  she doesn’t have any friends.  One morning,  4 her way to school, she finds a yellow cat. She thinks,“The cat can’t find  5    way home.” So she  6 to the zoo.

Then she hurries(急忙) to   7 , but she is late. All the students and her   8  look at her. Her face looks red.   After(在……之后)class, her teacher says to the students.“Helen is a   9  girl. She finds a cat and takes it to the   10 .”Now all her classmates like her.

1.                A．breakfast       B．lunch          C．dinner   D．picnic

2.                A．of             B．in             C．a(chǎn)t   D．to

3.                A．a(chǎn)nd            B．but            C．if    D．so

4.                A．to             B．on             C．in   D．of

5.                A．my            B．your           C．their D．its

6.                A．to take         B．taking          C．takes D．take

7.                A．school         B．zoo            C．home    D．farm

8.                A．father          B．teacher         C．brother   D．sister

9.                A．new           B．strong          C．heavy    D．kind

10.               A．class           B．school         C．zoo   D．hospital