C

It was at least tow months before Christmas, when nine-year-old Almie Rose told her father and me that she wanted a new bike. Her Barbi bike was just too old, and it needed repairing as well.

As Christmas came nearer, her dream for a bike seemed to disappear, so we thought, for she didn’t mention it again. We were busy buying some beautiful storybooks, a doll house, a holiday dress and toys. Then much to our surprise, on December 24, she said she really wanted a bike more than anything else.

Now we didn’t know what to do. It was just toot late. We were busy with Christmas dinner and packing children’s presents, parents’ presents, a brother’s present and friends’ presents till midnight.So there was no time to take to buy the “right bike” for our little girl. Thinking that we were parents who would make their children unhappy, we felt guilty and sad.

Suddenly my husband came up with an idea. “What if I make a little bike out of clay(泥土) and write a note(便條) that she could trade in(交換) the model bike for a real one?” So he spent the next five hours carefully working with the clay to make a small bike.

On Christmas morning, we were so excited for Almie Rose to open the little box with the beautiful red and white clay bike and the note. She opened and read the note loudly.

She looked at me and Ron and said, ”So does this mean I can trade in this bike for a real one?” Smiling, I said, “Yes.”

Almie Rose had tears in her eyes when she replied, “I would never trade in this beautiful bike that Daddy made me. I prefer to keep it rather than get a real bike.” At that moment, we would have moved the God to buy her every bike on the Earth.

1.Rose’s wish was to____ on Christmas Day.

A．get a new bike                         B．make a clay bike

C．receive a doll house                     D．repair her old Barbi bike

2.Rose’s parents didn’t buy her a bike because she____.

A．didn’t want a bike any more

B．changed her idea to some story books

C．didn’t mention it in the last tow months

D．a(chǎn)sked for it only on December 24

3.The word “guilty” in the third paragraph(段落) means____.

A．unhappy          B．worried           C．happy            D．sorry

4.Rose’s father got a good idea to____.

A．spend five hours finishing making a small bike with clay

B．make a small bike red and white

C．make her old bike red and white

D．put the present in the box

5.From Rose’s words in the last passage , we know that she____

A．still wanted to get a real bike

B．didn’t know the meaning of the note

C．preferred a real bike to a model bike

D．was greatly moved by what her father had done

 

It is very important to stay healthy. I have a neighbor. She is an old lady. She can do all the housework, __41__ newspapers, watch TV and search on the Internet to learn something new. I often see __42__ do taijiquan in the morning and dance in the evening. She looks young and beautiful __43__ she is over seventy. Last week a reporter from a magazine interviewed her and asked __44__ she kept so young and healthy. She replied with a smile:I have a secret of staying young and healthy. It is quite __45__ keep your mind active，take an interest in the world __46__ you, and learn at least one new thing every day. Try to do different kinds of housework and do sports as __47__ you can. Don’t think you are too old to go back to __48__. I know a man who entered a medical college when he was 70 years old. He studied there for 6 years and now he is a doctor. Another man went to a tennis school at the age of 71 and now he is good at __49__ tennis. Some people may say staying young is easy only for those who live in the future. In fact, no matter how old you are, you can make it.

Please tell the story to your family. It would be a good start to __50__ the Lady’s example. I hope all people will stay young and healthy.

41. A. look 　　　 B. read　　 C. see　　　　 D. watch

42 A. her　　　　　 B. him　　 C. other　　　　　 D. others

43. A. than　　 B. since　　　 C. though　　　　　 D. because

44. A. what　　 B. why　　 C. who　　　　 D. how

45. A. early　　　 B. dear　　 C. easy　　　　 D. late

46. A. under　　　 B. around　　　 C. above　　　　　 D. between

47. A. soon　　 B. busily　　　 C. hardly　　　　　 D. often

48. A. place　　　 B. song　　 C. school　　　　　 D. dance

49. A. buying　　　 B. losing　　　 C. sending　　 D. playing

50. A. follow　　　 B. give　　 C. make　　　　 D. bring

A French woman goes to London to see her son. She knows a little English, but can not speak it very well. One day she goes to a shop. She wants to buy a hen for supper. But she can not remember the English word for “hen”. Just then the shop waiter asks her, “Can I help you?” “I want the egg’s mother.” the woman answered. The shop waiter does not understand her and says, “Sorry, we have not any bigger eggs.” Suddenly the woman remembers the word “cock”. “I want the cock’s wife!” she says. This time the shop waiter laughs.
【小題1】The woman goes to London_______.

A．to learn English	B．to have supper
C．to eat some hens	D．to see her son

【小題2】The woman________.

A．only knows a little English

B．knows much English

C．doesn’t know English

D．doesn’t buy a hen at last

【小題3】The shop waiter thinks that an egg’s mother must be          .

A．a(chǎn) bigger egg	B．the cock’s wife
C．a(chǎn) hen	D．the hen’s sister

【小題4】The shop waiter laughs because he ________.

A．understands the woman at last

B．thinks it is interesting.

C．does not understand the woman

D．thinks that the woman isn’t clever

【小題5】Which of the following(如下的) is true?

A．The waiter knows French.

B．The woman buys a cock.

C．The woman is foolish(笨的).

D．The woman has a hen for her supper.

A.根據(jù)首字母提示寫單詞完成下面的句子。（5分）
1. Our English teacher always asks us to read a_______ in the morning.
2. Though the old man felt tired , he walked very f______.
3. Tina used to be shy, but now she is o_________.
4. The dog’s d_______ made its owner sad for a long time.
5. You can’t drive without a driver’s l________.
B. 根據(jù)漢語提示填寫單詞完成下面的句子。（5分）
1.I _______(錯過) the early bus yesterday, so I was late for class.
2. He learns English by __________(他自己)
3. It’s ________(傻) of you to go out in the hot sun without a hat.
4. We are not _________(允許) to go out during a test.
5. Our math teacher is ________(嚴厲) with us.
C.用所給單詞的正確形式完成句子。（5分）
1. You look unhappy. What about _______ (have) a walk with me?
2.Do you learn English by _________(ask) friends for help?
3. His sister is ________(terrify) of the dark.
4. When I was a child, I used ________ (go) out for a picnic（野餐）.
5.When students do homework with friends, they talk instead of _____(do) homework.

A lot of teenagers are good at art at school, but how would you feel if people called you “the new Picasso(畢加索)” or if presidents and other famous people collected your paintings?
Alexandra Nechita was ten when her paintings became famous all over the world. She visited Britain, France, Italy, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and her family’s native place (祖籍) Romania where 5,000 fans came to see her at the airport. Alexandra said, “When it all started, I was moved. It was very exciting and I loved the traveling, but I got very tired. And I missed home.”
Alexandra is a good student. Her studies always come first. She only starts painting after she’s done her homework. She works on two or three paintings at a time. The paintings sell for thousands and Alexandra’s parents have given up their jobs to work for their daughter. Life for the Nechita family is very different from what it was like a few years ago.
Alexandra’s father Niki left Romania for political reasons in 1985. At first he tried his best to learn English and had different kinds of low-paid jobs. In 1987, he brought his wife and Alexandra, who was then 18 months old, to America. The family was very poor. Alexandra began to draw at the age of three.
She was drawing for four or five hours a day. Soon people offered to buy her paintings and she had her first art show at the age of eight. Stories about this child appeared in the newspapers and television. They now live in a large house with a swimming pool. Her mother said, “We started without anything, but thanks to Alexandra, we have everything we ever dreamed of.”
【小題1】Alexandra became well-known all over the world for her paintings at the age of _______.

A．18months

B．three

C．eight

D．ten

【小題2】Which country does Alexandra live?

A．America.

B．Britain.

C．Romania.

D．France.

【小題3】 Alexandra’s painting _________.

A．took her a lot of time at school

B．made her drop out of school

C．didn’t influence her studies at school

D．made her fall behind others in studies at school

【小題4】 When her family arrived in America in 1987, _________.

A．their life was very hard

B．they lived by selling Alexandra’s paintings

C．Alexandra began to draw her painting

D．her parents left their jobs and worked for her

【小題5】 From the passage, we can learn ________.

A．Alexandra was not interested in travelling

B．Alexandra’s success changed her family’s life

C．Alexandra’s parents were good at English

D．Alexandra’s stories appeared often on the radio and TV