A  On a Quiet Night

                          Tang  Li Bai

I saw the moonlight before my couch,

And wonder if it were not the frost on the ground,

I raised my head and looked out on the mountain moon,

I bowed my head and thought of my far-off home.

B  Homesickness

-- by Yu Guangzhong

In my childhood,

Homesickness was a small stamp.

I was here.

And my mother was over there，

 

When I grew up,

Homesickness was a narrow ship-ticket.

I was here

And my bride was over there:

 

And then
Homesickness was ___47________.

With me outside

And my mother inside:

 

But now,

Homesickness is a shallow strait.

I am on this side.

And the mainland is on the other side

46. PoemA was written by     in       Dynasty.

A. Du Fu, Tang      B. Bai Juyi, Tang       C. Li Bai, Tang    D. Sushi, Song

47. Choose the best phrase to fill in the blank.

A. a big rock          B. a huge mountain    C. a small tomb   D. a long river

48. What’s the theme of the two poems?

A.Missing hometown           B.Talking about friendship            C. Missing mother              D. Talking about city

A rich man was ill in hospital, and the doctor feared that his life was ending soon. He called together his three sons and gave them the challenge, ‘One of you will get all my money. To decide which of you can get the money, I am going to give each of you a dollar. Go today and buy something that can fill this room.”

     In the evening, they all came back. Child number one went to his friend’s farm and bought two bales of hay (兩捆干草) with the dollar. He brought the hay and threw it up into the air. But it couldn’t fill the room.

Child number two went to a shop and bought two pillows made with feathers(羽毛). He then opened them and threw the feathers all over the room. All the feathers settled down on the floor and the room was still not filled.

The third son took out a candle and said, “I bought a box of matches and a candle then I gave the rest to a charity.” He lit the candle and turned off the lights, and the room was filled.

“ Well done, my son. You will get all my money because you understand a very important lesson about life. You understand how to let your light shine. That is good.” said the father.

1.The rich man wanted to give all his money to one of his sons because _______.

A. he was dying

B. he was too old to work

C. he wanted to know which son was the cleverest

D. he want something special

2.Child number two ________.

A. asked his father for help        B. bought nothing

C. gave the money to charity       D. got feathers in a shop

3.From the passage we can know _______.

A. the third son is honest and friendly  

B. the father is satisfied with the third son

C. child number one is the cleverest     

D. candle is a good gift for family

4.What’s the best title of the passage?

A. Let Your Light Shine      B. A Rich Man and His Three Sons

C. How to Get Money        D. The Cleverest Son

 

On a cold afternoon in winter, Robert was walking on the bridge. There was hardly any   1   on the river. Near the bridge, however, there was a small canoe(獨木舟), with a boy in it. He was not    2   many clothes. He was going to walk when he heard a cry, “Help!” He looked down and saw the boy was in water and his canoe was far away.

Robert was a good   3 . Taking off his clothes, he jumped into the river. The cold water made him tremble(顫抖)all over. Soon he 4  the boy and started to swim towards the river bank. Just then he saw a motor boat under the bridge. There were some people on it, all 5 in his direction. Robert 6  to swim towards the boat.

“Help me,” he shouted   7  he got near the boat. He looked up into a row of faces. “Why?” he thought. “They look so    8 .” Silently they helped the boy into the boat. But they did not move to save Robert.

“Aren’t you going to help me  9  , too?” Robert asked.

“You!” said one of the men, who was standing next to a large camera, “Why, we were making a film and you spoiled (攪亂) the whole afternoon’s work! You can   10  in the water.”

1.                A．sounds         B．boat           C．water    D．fish

 

2.                A．wearing        B．putting         C．taking    D．dressing

 

3.                A．sportsman      B．worker         C．soldier   D．swimmer

 

4.                A．reached        B．swam          C．a(chǎn)rrived   D．catch

 

5.                A．smiling         B．seeing          C．looking   D．shouting

 

6.                A．hoped         B．thought         C．decided  D．a(chǎn)greed

 

7.                A．till             B．a(chǎn)s             C．for  D．though

 

8.                A．pleased        B．excited         C．a(chǎn)fraid    D．a(chǎn)ngry

 

9.                A．out            B．off             C．a(chǎn)way D．on

 

10.               A．stay           B．leave          C．play  D．swimming

 

 

A. crying     B. laughing   C. shoes    D. all the time    E. asleep

When I was ten, my mother worked all day, so I had to take care of my younger sister. At that time, my little sister was about four years old and she missed mum  【小題1】  .
One day, after I had given her dinner, she started    【小題2】  for mum. She was so young and really needed mum. So I dressed her up, put on her   【小題3】 , carried her on my back and walked out. Soon she fell     【小題4】 .
About half an hour later, I found that she had lost a shoe while sleeping. I took her off my back and put her down.

On October 15, 2003 China　　 its second lunar orbiter Chang'e 2.

A. set out　 　　　 B. set off 　　　　 C. sent up 　　　　 D. sent out