When this story happened, they were working around a very large house. Their job was to do the cleaning. It was not a difficult job, but sometimes it was a little dangerous, because they had to walk below where workmen were working. Often these workmen dropped something from the top of the house many meters high to the ground.

One morning Joe was working near the house with a cigarette behind one of his ears. Suddenly somebody on the top shouted, "Look out!" But Joe did not "look out". He looked up. And as he did so, a long knife missed Joe's head, but it cut off one of his ears. At once he put his hand to one side of his head and cried out, "I've lost an ear. Help! Help!"

Jeff ran up to help his friend. "Look for my ear," Joe told him. "It must be on the ground somewhere." Jeff looked everywhere for the missing ear. At last he found an ear on the ground. He picked it up and carried it to Joe. "Here you are," he said, "I've found it." Joe looked at it. "No, that's not my ear." he said, "Mine had a cigarette behind it."

1.What were Joe and Jeff?

A. Soldiers.                 B. Drivers.          C. Farmers.        D. Cleaners.

2.How did Joe lose his ear?

A. He cut it off by himself.          B. Jeff cut it off with a knife.

C. A falling knife cut it off.           D. A cigarette burned it up.

3. From the passage, we know Joe  was not _______.

A. strong            B. kind                C. foolish    D. clever

4.Which is the most possible title for this passage?

A. A Lost Ear              B. A Busy Cleaner

C. A Falling Knife          D. A forgetful Man

The teacher stood before his class and was going to hand out the final exam papers.  “I know how  1   you have all worked to prepare for this test,” he said.  “And because I know you can do it well, I am willing to offer a B to anyone who would    2 not to take the test. ”

Many students jumped up to   3 the teacher and left the classroom.  The teacher looked at the   4  students and said, “Does anyone else want to get a B? This is your last  5    . ” Two more students decided to go. Seven students remained.  The teacher then handed out the 6  .  There were only three sentences typed on the paper: Congratulations! You have just  7  an A in this class.  Keep believing in yourself.    

I never had a teacher like that, but I think it is a test  8  any teacher could and should give.  Students who are not   9  in what they have learned are B students at best(充其量). The same is  10   in real life.  The A students are those who believe in what they are doing because they have  11  both successes and failures. 

They have learned life’s lessons, either from normal education   12  from events in their lives, and have become   13  people.     

Scientists say that by the age of eight, 80% of what we believe about ourselves has already been formed.  You are a big kid now, and you   14  that  you have some limits (限制).  However, there is   15  you can’t do or learn or be.  Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest said, “It’s not the mountain we conquer(克服) but ourselves. ”

1.A.  luckily        B.  terribly        C.  hard

2.A.  dislike        B.  help            C.  prefer

3.A.  thank         B.  praise          C.  fight

4.A.  following     B.  relaxing       C.  remaining

5.A.  chance        B.  trouble         C.  test

6.A.  results        B.  presents        C.  papers

7.A.  given         B.  sent            C.  received

8.A.  where         B.  that            C.  what

9.A.  confident     B.  necessary       C.  mysterious

10.A.  unusual       B.  impossible      C.  true

11.A.  broken off       B.  dreamed of      C.  learned from

12.A.  and          B.  or             C.  but

13.A.  ruder        B.  cuter           C.  better

14.A.  decide           B.  forget          C.  realize

15.A.  something     B. anything        C.  nothing

Recently, an Internet game has become a new fashion among young office workers and students. People can “farm” on a piece of “l(fā)and” and “grow”, “sell” or even “steal vegetables”, “flowers” and “fruits” on the Net. They can earn some e-money and buy more “seeds”, “pets” and even “houses”.

Joyce interviewed some young people. Here are their opinions:

Harold: I don't quite understand why they are so mad about the childish game. Maybe they are just not confident enough to face the real world.

Allan: I enjoy putting some “bugs” in my friends’ gardens and we’ve become closer because of the game. Having fun together is the most exciting thing about it.                                

    Laura: You know, people in the city are longing for（渴望）the life in the countryside. It reduces my work pressure（壓力）. Besides, it gives me the exciting experience of being a “thief”.

   Ivy: Well, it's just a waste of time. Teenagers playing the game spend so many hours on it that they can not focus on （專注于）their study.

1. According to the passage, people can’t                            things in this game.

A. grow                             B. borrow                C. steal                   D. sell

2. Among the people Joyce interviewed, _____ likes the game while                 dislikes the game.

A. Laura, Allan                  B. Allan, Harold                 C. Harold, Ivy    D. Ivy, Allan

3. From Laura's words, we can guess that she's most probably                     .

A. a student                        B. an office worker           C. a farmer              D. a thief

4.Which is NOT the reason why people like the game?

A. They are longing for country life.

B. They can have fun with friends.

C. The game can relax people and give them a new experience.

D. They are confident enough to face the real world.

5.Where can you find this passage?

A. In a car magazine.                                   B. In an advertisement.

C. In a newspaper.                                  D. In a science book.

Taking away a city's rubbish is a big job. Every day trucks come into a city to collect it. Most rubbish is made up of things we can't eat or use. If we kept these things we would soon have a mountain of rubbish.

In some cities the rubbish is collected and taken outside of city to a dump. Often the city dump is placed where the ground is low or there is a big hole. The kitchen rubbish is broken into small pieces and sent into the sewage system. The sewage system takes away the used water from toilets, bathtubs and other places.

To keep mice and flies away, some earth is used to cover the newly dumped rubbish. Later, grass may be planted on the rubbish-filled land. Finally, a house or a school may be built there, and then you'd never know that this had once been an old rubbish dump.

In other cities the rubbish is burnt in special places. The fire burns everything but the metal. Sometimes the metal can be used again in factories where things are made of metal. The food parts of rubbish are put in special piles where they slowly change into something called humus, which looks like black earth. It is rich with the kinds of things that feed plants and help them grow.

1.You can most probably read the passage in_________.

A. a science book                                     B. a TV guide     

C. a history book                                      D. a telephone book

2.The underlined word “sewage” in the passage means_________.

A．排污            B．染色             C．洗滌             D．吸塵

3.The main idea of the passage is_________.

A. to let us know taking away rubbish is a big job

B. to explain the need for rubbish collection

C. to introduce different ways to treat rubbish

D. to tell people to take useful things out of rubbish

4.How should we take care of a used metal box according to the passage?

A. By burning it off.                   B. By putting it in water.

C. By throwing it away.                 D. By reusing and recycling it.

5.According to the passage, the food parts of rubbish can be used again_________.

A. to feed animals                                          B. to feed plants  

C. to build a house                                          D. to make machines

Dear Dad,

   Happy birthday to you!

On this special day, I’d like to talk to you   36   a special way.

I don’t think I’m good at   37   you my thought (想法)face to face with you, so I’m writing to show my deep love for you.

You aren’t a rich man or a famous person. But in my heart, you are one of the greatest   38   in the world. I’m   39   you.

You are   40   interested in fame and wealth (名和利). You do   41  things like paying bills on time, and working as a worker in your factory. The smile on your face shows you are happy with the family. You take good care of my grandparents. You help me with my schoolwork and do some shopping with Mom on Sundays.

In the past, I didn’t care   42   you were with me or not . Now I am sorry to say I   43   you the respect (尊重) before. But I am thankful for what you have done for me.

I am quite lucky that I have   44  a great father. I want to let you   45   how much I love. You are a successful as a son, a husband, a father, and a friend.

Yours,

David”

1.A.in                                    B. at                                       C. by                             D. on

2.A.talking                            B. saying                               C. speaking                           D. telling

3.A.businessmen                B. man                                   C. men                                  D. worker

4.A.worries about    B. proud of(自豪)          C. afraid of                           D. sorry for

5.A.always                           B. ever                                  C. already                    D. never

6.A.common                        B. interesting                       C. wonderful                        D. popular

7.A.whether(是否)    B. that                                 C. what                                  D. where

8.A.will show              B. don’t show                       C. didn’t show                      D. have shown

9.A. too                                 B. so                             C. very                                  D. such

10.A.to know                       B. know                                 C. knew                                 D. knowing