A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor（教授）．They talked about their troubles in work and life．After the professor had offered his（A）guests a drink he went into the kitchen and returned with a（B）big pot（壺）of coffee and some cups--porcelain（瓷的），plastic，glass，crystal（水晶的），some plain-looking（普通的），some beautiful，some expensive．The professor let them（C）隨便喝些咖啡．

When all his students had a cup in hand，he said：“I don’t know if you noticed it，but when all the nice-looking expensive cups were taken up，the plain and cheap ones were（D）_________ behind．While it is normal（非常的）for you to want only the best for yourselves，that is the source（根源）of your problems and stress（壓力）．”

“（E）You really wanted coffee instead of the cup，but you went for the best cups and were eyeing each other's cups to see if they were better．”

Just think about this：Life is the coffee，and jobs，money and titles are the cups．（F）They are only tools to hold and contain Life，and do not change the quality（質(zhì)量）of Life．Sometimes，by concentrating（集中）only on the cup，we（G）_______ to enjoy the coffee．So don't let the cups drive you，enjoy the coffee instead．

1．分別寫出（A）和（B）處的同義或近義詞_________ _________

2．將（C）處譯成英語_____________________________________________

3．在（D）和（G）處分別填上適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~_________ _________

4．將（E）處句子進(jìn)行改寫What you really wanted was _________ the cup，_________ coffee．

5．指出（F）處在文中所指代的內(nèi)容_________

In a school some trouble was caused by the students. They are very naughty and didn't obey the school rules.They often fought with each other and they didn't forgive each other. One day a new teacher came to this school. When he heard that, he came up with a good idea.

He told each of his students to bring a clear plastic bag and a bag of potatoes to school. For every person they didn't want to forgive in their lives, they chose a potato, wrote the person's name on it, and put it in the plastic bag.

Some of their bags were very heavy. They were then told to carry this bag with them everywhere for one week. They would put it beside their bed at night, on the seat when sitting in a car or on a bus, and next to their desk at school. Days of carrying the bags around with them made students get to know what a weight they were carrying in their minds. * And they had to pay attention to it all the time so they didn't forget it or leave it in embarrassing (令人難堪的) places. As time passed by, the potatoes went bad and smelt nasty.

Too often we think of tolerance as a gift to other people, and it clearly is for ourselves! * If we choose to keep our sadness and hatred (仇恨) in our hearts, we will have to carry them around all our lives. After that, the students got on well with each other and didn't fight anymore. Learn to forgive (原諒), and you will be happier at the same time.

( )76．The new teacher asked the students to bring _____________to school.

　 A. a clear plastic bag of potatoes　 B. a clear plastic bag and a potato

　 C. some clear plastic bags of potatoes　 D. a clear plastic bag and a bag of potatoes

( )77. They wrote the person's name on the potato, who_____________.

　 A. they liked　 B. they didn't forgive　 C. hated them　 D. liked them

( )78. The underlined word “tolerance” means

　 A. 感恩　　 B. 寬容　 C.　 仇恨　 　　　 D. 憎恨

( )79. From this passage we can know that _____________.

　 A. we should learn to forgive　 B. we should know something about potatoes

　 C. we shouldn't use plastic bags　 D. we should take potatoes to school

( )80. Which of following is NOT true?

A. Tolerance is a gift for other people and ourselves.

B. Carrying a bag of potatoes made the students embarrassed.　

C. The students had to take bags of potatoes with them everywhere.　

D. The students had to take bags of potatoes with them for about two weeks.

　　A Japanese toy maker speaks out that they made a gadget（小配件）that translates（翻譯）dog bark（狗叫）into people’s language and plans to sell the gadget in U．S．pet stores and gift shops this summer.

　　Tokyo-based Takara Co. Ltd（有限公司）says about 300,000 of the dog translating gadgets have been sold since it was on sale in Japan late last year. They think far bigger sales come to America in August. The United States is home to about 67 million dogs, more than six times the number in Japan.

　　Regarded as one of the coolest inventions（發(fā)明）of 2002 by Time magazine, the gadget translates each bark into six feelings. It can tell whether the dog is happy, sad, disappointed or angry etc.

　　“We know that the Americans love their dogs so much, so we don’t think they will mind spending $ 120 on this gadget,” the marketing manager said during an interview in America.

　　One thing that seems certain is that the market for animal translation gadgets will likely keep on a dog’s world since Takara has no plans to make a gadget for cats. “They are too changeable,” the marketing manager said.

　　1．This text mainly tells us that________.

　　A. the gadget is very expensive

　　B. Japanese made a new gadget

　　C. American dogs can tell their feelings

　　D. Japanese will sell the gadget in America

　　2．“They are too changeable.” means “________ are too changeable.”

　　A. Cats　　　　 B. Dogs　　　　　C. Stores　　　　 D. People

　　3．We can learn from the text that________.

　　A. people need to talk to dogs

　　B. there are more dogs in America than in Japan

　　C. Japanese people don’t like dogs

　　D. they will make a gadget for kids in the future

　　4．Takara Co. Ltd. is ________ the sale of its new gadget.

　　A. proud of　　　B. satisfied with　　 C. sure of　　　 D. worried about

 

A: How are you going to spend this long summer holiday, Xiao Ming?
B: I'm going to visit Hainan Island.
A: 【小題1】
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B: No, I'llgo there by myself.
A; _【小題2】
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B; By plane. It takes only about two hours to get there.
A_:__【小題3】
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B; Thank you very much. How about you?
A: I’ll go back to my hometown to see my parents.
B_:__【小題4】
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A; My pleasure.
B; Thank you.
A: You' re welcome.

A．Say hello to your parents for me. B．How will you get there? C．Will you go there with your parents? D．I'm sure you will enjoy yourself there.

A lady has a problem with her daughter:
My nine-year-old daughter, Maria, is in Year Four. Every evening we get into homework battles(爭執(zhí)). Three afternoons a week, she has activities(netball, singing) after school and by the time we get home early, we argue(爭論) about whether she should do her homework right after school, or if she should have some time to rest and play first. When Maria at last sits down to do her homework, she seems to want me there helping all the time, I do want to help her, but I’m sure that she is going to need to be able to do it on her own. And in fact, most of the time, I have other things I need to be doing. It seems that children these days have much more homework than we did, and some of it is really beyond(超越) their abilities(能力). As you can see, I’m really worried about homework and I really don’t know what I should do. Any ideas?
【小題1】The woman’s daughter is          .

A．four years old

B．six years old

C．eight years old

D．nine years old

【小題2】Maria doesn’t have any activities after school for           afternoons.

A．two

B．three

C．five

D．seven

【小題3】Maria want to           first when she gets home early.

A．do her homework	B．play netball and sing
C．have supper	D．have a rest and play

【小題4】Can you guess where this passage is from?

A．A diary.

B．A newspaper.

C．A novel(小說).

D．A story.