This morning I got a funny feeling. Today I had to give a report in my  1  , and I had been doing this for a long time!

    Mum came into the kitchen, asking, "Are you ready(準(zhǔn)備好的), Sam?"     

"Yes," I answered quietly,2  in fact I wasn't ready, really!

    On my way to school, I could feel my heart beating (跳動) fast. I hated this.

    I went into Mrs. Green's class. She is smiling (微笑), and saying hello to all her students as she did every morning.

    "Hi, Sam," she said to me as I walked  3  the classroom.

    "Hi," I said and quickly sat in my  4  . I looked at the clock. The class was about to begin. Then Mrs. Green started, "Sam, it's time for you to give your speech."  "  5  in front of everybody? Oh, no! "

    I stood up slowly, looking at the ground and I walked to the front of the classroom. Then, I looked up, and everyone was looking at me. Mrs. Green knew I was  6  , so she came beside me, and put  7  hand on my back.

    She said to the class, "Sam has worked very hard on his  8  and I know it is a very interesting report." Then she turned to me and asked, "Sam,  9  did you like best about the report on Hawaii?"  

      I thought about the funny things I had read about surfing, and I  10  to talk. I talked and talked in front of the whole class, and I was not nervous at all. It was great fun. I wasn't nervous. The class cheered when I finished and Mrs. Green was smiling.

1. A. house         B. class.             C. party              D. home

2. A. But            B. Then            C. So              D. Or

3. A. away         B. out of            C. into                D. from

4. A. seat           B. bed               C. desk             D. car

5. A. Put up        B. Stand up         C. Fix up          D. Dress up

6. A. glad          B. active            C. nervous          D. happy

7. A. she          B. her                C. hers                    D. herself

8. A. dictionary     B. magazine         C. newspaper         D. report

9. A. what         B. who                    C. where           D. whom

10. A. came.     B. allowed          C. forgot           D. started

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One day, my English teacher asked me to help her save back-up（備份） copies of her work in the computer. I then realized I was able to know the grades of all of her students. I   1   her how to copy files（文件） from one disk to another and she thanked me.

  A few days later, she asked me to help her again, because she   2   how to do it. When I showed it to her, some students in my class   3   and began to talk among themselves   4   .Later that day, at lunch time, several of them came up to me.

  “Hey, could you help us change our grades? We’ll   5   for it.”

  I could not believe what I heard. I could get paid for something very   6  . “All right. I’ll do it.” The next day, my English teacher   7   me to help him out again. When he was not paying   8   , I changed their grades from Fs to As.

  I soon became very   9   among my friends. They began to treat me like God who could do   10  . Word spread quickly and I became very rich.

  Everything was going fine   11   I was called into the headmaster’s office. When I got there, both of my teacher and the headmaster were very angry. “ I don’t want to   12   what your teacher said, but I have to. She has too much evidence(證據(jù)),’’ the headmaster said. “Do you have anything to say for yourself?”

  “No,” I said finally. I didn’t realize how   13   my behavior had been. I had disappointed my teacher and the headmaster. And there was no way   14  . I had to leave my school. That was a good   15   for me.

1.A. said B. urged           C. knew          D. showed

2.A. lost B. remembered      C. reminded       D. forgot

3.A. listened B. noticed          C. played         D. checked

4.A. quietly B. luckily           C. sincerely       D. angrily

5.A. pay B. praise            C. follow        D. explain

6.A. familiar B. easy             C. interesting     D. pleasant

7.A. challenged B. allowed          C. taught        D. asked

8.A. money B. work            C. attention       D. interest

9.A. common B. popular           C. modest        D. dishonest

10.A. something B. anything          C. nothing        D. some things

11.A. until B. since             C. because        D. after

12.A. believe B. reply             C. hate           D. influence

13.A. hard B. interesting         C. serious        D. important

14.A. up B. in               C. back           D. down

15.A. skill B. lesson            C. story          D. example

 

One day, my English teacher asked me to help her save back-up（備份） copies of her work in the computer. I then realized I was able to know the grades of all of her students. I   36   her how to copy files（文件） from one disk to another and she thanked me.

  A few days later, she asked me to help her again, because she   37   how to do it. When I showed it to her, some students in my class   38   and began to talk among themselves   39  .Later that day, at lunch time, several of them came up to me.

  “Hey, could you help us change our grades? We’ll   40   for it.”

  I could not believe what I heard. I could get paid for something very  41 . “All right. I’ll do it.” The next day, my English teacher   42   me to help him out again. When he was not paying   43   , I changed their grades from Fs to As.

  I soon became very   44   among my friends. They began to treat me like God who could do   45  . Word spread quickly and I became very rich.

  Everything was going fine   46  I was called into the headmaster’s office. When I got there, both of my teacher and the headmaster were very angry. “ I don’t want to   47   what your teacher said, but I have to. She has too much evidence(證據(jù)),’’ the headmaster said. “Do you have anything to say for yourself?”

  “No,” I said finally. I didn’t realize how   48   my behavior had been. I had disappointed my teacher and the headmaster. And there was no way   49  . I had to leave my school. That was a good   50   for me.

1.A. said         B. urged         C. knew          D. showed

2.A. lost         B. remembered    C. reminded       D. forgot

3.A. listened      B. noticed      C. played         D. checked

4.A. quietly      B. luckily       C. sincerely       D. angrily

5.A. pay         B. praise         C. follow        D. explain

6.A. familiar      B. easy         C. interesting     D. pleasant

7.A. challenged    B. allowed      C. taught        D. asked

8.A. money       B. work           C. attention       D. interest

9.A. common     B. popular         C. modest        D. dishonest

10.A. something    B. anything      C. nothing        D. some things

11.A. until        B. since         C. because        D. after

12.A. believe      B. reply         C. hate           D. influence

13.A. hard        B. interesting      C. serious        D. important

14.A. up          B. in               C. back           D. down

15.A. skill        B. lesson            C. story          D. example

 

Once a young man was travelling by train.  It was a long and boring journey.

As the train was moving 1 a wilderness (荒野) » the passengers looked out of the windows 2 . When the train reached a bend(轉(zhuǎn)彎處),  it 3 and then a sim­ple house 4 . It was so easy to notice 5 everybody on the train turned to "en­joy" with eyes wide open. Some passengers even began a 6 about it. The young man was also 7 by the scenery. On his return he 8 the train at the nearest station and found his 9 to the house. Its owner said that he was troubled by the 10 of the train.  He wanted to  11 the house,  but nobody would buy it,

12 the young man spent 30 000 dollars on the 13 . He thought it was a good place for 14 because it was facing the railway bend. When the train moved slowly past» the  15 passengers would be very interested in the house.

He 16 to connect with some big companies and told them that could be used for advertisement. 17 the Coca-Cola Company took it to put up their 18 . To everyone's surprise,  the young man was 19 180 000 dollars for a three-year rent(租金).

This is a true story. It tells us that discovery is very important to   20 Many people have got new ideas from it.

1.A.over            B. around         C.through        D.across

2.A.happily         B.quietly         C.safely         D.clearly

3.A.dropped off     B.fell behind     C.slowed down    D.rushed out

4.A.appeared        B.found           C.discovered     D.came

5.A.when            B.that            C.why            D.how

6.A.discussion      B.meeting         C.subject        D.competition

7.A.attacked        B.frightened      C.trapped        D.attracted

8.A.got on          B.looked for      C.got off        D.waited for

9.A.address         B.way             C.key            D.trip

10.A.Track           B.conductor       C.passenger      D.noise

11.A.change          B.paint           C.sell           D.mend

12.A.Soon            B.Yet             C.Instead        D.After

13.A.room            B.place           C.house          D.land

14.A.information     B.relaxing        C.travelling     D.advertisement

15.A.excited        B.tired            C.surprised        D.worried

16.A.tried          B.had              C.agreed           D.stopped

17.A.Since then     B.At last          C.At least         D.So far

18.A.messages       B.companies        C.notices          D.signs

19.A.shown          B.allowed          C.offered          D.returned

20.A.success        B.confidence       C.activity         D.invention

One's attitude is always important. If you are lazy and weak, you will never taste any success. But if you are  16  , success and happiness will be more likely to come to you.

I love eating persimmons(柿子). But you can't get them until autumn. If you try them before the right time, they probably  17  bad.

In Grade Six, because of my poor grades, my parents were  18  that I wouldn't be able to get into an excellent middle school. They  19  me to study harder, but I didn't really understand why they were so anxious.

Summer came, and I studied hard. The hot weather made me   20   and I couldn't focus on my textbooks. But every time I wanted to stop  21  , Mom would shout, "Hey, you! Think about your  22  . If you don't work hard, you'll regret (后悔) it!" I had to sit back down again and return to my textbooks. But all I  23  was playing with my friends and eating persimmons.

My mom would say to me, with a serious look on  24  face, "If a persimmon tree doesn't grow in summer, it can't bear( 結(jié)出 ) fruit in autumn ! Only by hard work,   25  you get the good result of your work. "

Although I didn't understand it at that time, I  26  came to see the truth of her words. A few months later, I succeeded in getting into the key middle school. It was  27  . Walking in my new school, I could see quite a few persimmon trees. The fruit was so red that it looked as if it was on fire. Suddenly, I  28   that working hard may be bitter but its fruit is sweet.

My mom was right: If a persimmon tree doesn't grow  29  summer, it can't bear fruit in autumn. I smiled.

I had grown through the summer  30  now it was autumn.

I tasted my success and enjoyed the fruits of my labors!

(     )16. A. busy                     B. clever                       C. hard-working

(     )17. A. look                        B. taste                   C. turn

(     )18. A. embarrassed.               B. worried                     C. excited

(     )19. A. afforded                    B. allowed                     C. pushed

(     )20. A. sleepy                         B. slept                         C. asleep

(     )21. A. thinking                   B. working                 C. playing

(     )22. A. future                     B. hobby                C. health

(     )23. A. talked about                 B. heard about             C. thought about

(     )24. A. her                       B. your                      C. my

(     )25. A. have to                  B. can                    C. need

(     )26. A. probably                  B. particularly              C. gradually

(     )27. A. spring                      B. summer                C. autumn

(     )28. A. realized                    B. considered              C. noticed

(     )29. A. before                       B. during                     C. after

(     )30. A. and                        B. but                      C. or