Little Tommy was doing very badly in math. His parents had tried everything -- tutors, cards, special learning centers -- in short, everything they could think of. Finally they took Tommy to a catholic（天主教的） school.

    After the first day, little Tommy came home with a very serious look on his face. He didn't kiss his mother hello. Instead, he went straight to his room and started studying. Books and paper were spread（鋪開）out all over the room and little Tommy was hard at work. His mother was surprised. She called him down to dinner and as soon as he finished eating, he went back hitting the books as hard as before. This went on for some time, day after day while the mother tried to understand what was happening.

    Finally, little Tommy brought home his report card. He quietly put it on the table and went up to his room and hit the books. His morn looked at it and to her surprise, little Tommy got an A in math. She could no longer hold her curiosity（好奇心）. She went to his room and asked, "son, what was it? Was it the nuns（修女）?"

    Little Tommy looked at her and shook his head（搖動）, "No."

    "Well then," she asked again. "What was it?"

    Little Tommy looked at her and said, "Well, on the first day of school, when I saw that man nailed（釘） to the plus sign（加號）, I knew they weren't joking."

1. Why did Tommy's parents send him to a catholic school?

    A. Because he could eat well there.

    B. Because he could learn more about nuns.

    C. Because his parents wanted him to do better in his math.

    D. Because his parents didn't want him to learn math any more.

2. Tommy's mother felt surprised that his son _____.

    A. was still the same

    B. ate so much at dinner

    C. kissed her hello after school

    D. worked so hard but said too little

3. The phrase "hit the books" means “_____” in Chinese.

A. 用功                       B. 捶書                       C. 發(fā)泄                       D. 振作

4. The last sentence in the passage shows that ______.

    A. Tommy felt sorry for the man

    B. Tommy didn't like the plus sign

    C. Tommy was afraid of being nailed

    D. Tommy liked playing jokes on others

I once experienced an unforgettable trip to Gloucester to see some of the world's most beautiful and exciting animals in their own habitat（棲息地）, the North Atlantic Ocean.

    After a long trip by bus, we got on the ship. After a while, we stopped and everyone on the ship started to shout because we saw a humpback whale（座頭鯨）. It was wonderful. Sometimes, whales came so close to the ship that you thought you could easily touch them.

    While we were watching the whales, a guide was giving us some information about them. She told us that we saw only two kinds of whales -- 50-foot humpback whales （singing whales） and 70-foot fin back whales （the second largest whales on earth）. She also said we could easily recognize a whale by its tail because every whale has a different kind of tail just like people have different fingerprints.

    They all have names, and on this trip, we saw "Salt" and "Pepper", two whales named by a biologist and a fisherman. They were swimming together all the time.

    I took twenty-seven photos, but it was very hard to take them because the whales were quick and stayed on the surface（表面） of the ocean just for a short time. It was really something. It was one of the chances that a person hardly ever experiences in life, but I had that chance.

1. This passage is mainly about ____.

    A. an unforgettable experience in the forest

    B. an unforgettable trip to see some strange animals in the mountains

    C. a long trip on the ship

    D. an unforgettable trip to watch whales

2. Everyone on the ship began to shout because ______.

    A. a whale came so close to the ship                  B. they saw a singing whale

C. they saw a fin back whale                             D. they could touch the whale

3. When they were watching the whales, ____.

A. some of them fed the whales

B. they found several kinds of whales

C. a guide told them something about the whales

D. some of them took many photos and touched the whales

4. How can we recognize a whale?

A. By its tail（認識）.                            B. By its head.

C. By its neck.                                      D. By its eyes.

Good news for all Chinese middle school students in the countryside. They don't have to pay for school education anymore.51-year-old Ren Yuqi is even happier than the students. It was Ren who suggested the idea to the government about this.

    Ren is not a government official but the boss of a big company in Hunan. He talks to the government as a deputy（代表） of the National People's Congress（NPC, 全國人民代表大會）. He is in Beijing for the NPC's yearly meeting.

"This year I have 20 suggestions for making farmers' lives and the environment better. They all come from studying country people's lives," said Ren.

Ren went to several provinces to find out how people lived in the countryside. He saw that many children dropped out of school because they were poor. So at the last NPC meeting he suggested the government spend more money helping kids get back to school. Most of the NPC deputies agreed to it. So the government adopted it and made it law.

Ren, just like the other 2,977 NPC members, was elected by the Chinese people. The upper-level（較高級別的） deputies were chosen by the lower-level ones.

    At NPC meetings, deputies also take part in making and changing laws. They help decide on the slate leaders and public policies（政策） as well.

1. What does the underlined word "adopted" mean in Chinese?

    A. 吸取                       B. 放棄                       C. 按照                D. 采納

2. Many poor kids from the countryside can go back to school because _____.

    A. Ren Yuqi has paid the money for them

B. Ren Yuqi's idea has been adopted by the government

    C. the government is so rich that it can afford all the kids' tuition fees（學(xué)費）

    D. their parents have worked hard and made enough money

3. The underlined word "They"  refers to（指）

A. suggestions                     B. deputies                    C. farmers             D. people's lives

4. Who chooses the deputies of the NPC?

A. Students in the countryside                    B. The government.

    C. The Chinese people.                              D. The bosses of some big companies.

假如你是郭佩，你的朋友張明發(fā)電子郵件向你訴苦：他的朋友劉剛喜歡花很多時間打籃球，并經(jīng)常上課遲到。昨天劉剛叫他一起去玩，但他說要做作業(yè)，沒有和劉剛一起去，于是劉剛就生他的氣了。

請你根據(jù)上述提示給張明回復(fù)一封電子郵件，并給張明提一些處理這件事的意見和建議。

注意：詞數(shù)80～100；

Please be quiet! We ______ to the songs sung by the “Super Girl” Li Yuchun.

A. listen         B. listened         C. are listening         D. have listened

－You did well in the exam. You’ve made ______ mistakes.

－Thank you.

A. little         B. a little         C. few         D. a few

－I like the party so much, but I ______ go home. It’s so late.

－What a pity!

A. mustn’t         B. have to         C. can’t          D. may

－Is that Maria speaking?

－Sorry, he isn’t in. He ______ abroad on business.

A. goes         B. went          C. will go         D. has gone

－He was ______ tired ______ he fell asleep as soon as he lay down.

－Oh, we can go out and let him have a good rest.

A. too; to        B. so; that        C. enough; to         D. such; that