Life is like the four seasons. Now I am very old, but when I was young, it was the spring of my life. After I was born, I played a lot, and then I started school. I learned many new things. Like a flower, I grew bigger every day. There were happy days and sorrowful days: some days the sun shone(閃耀), and some days it didn’t.
In my twenties, I had a good job. I was strong and happy. Then I married and had a child. In those days, I didn’t have much time to think. Every day I was busy and worked very hard. And so, I started to get some white hairs. The summer of my life passed quickly.
Then the days got shorter. Leaves fell from the trees. My child was a university student, and then an engineer. My home was much quieter. I started walking slowly. One day I stopped working. I had more time. I understood this was my autumn, a beautiful time when the trees change color and give us delicious fruits.
But the days kept getting shorter and colder. Winter has come, I am older and weaker. I know I do not have many days left. I will enjoy them to the end.
【小題1】The writer was very busy in the ______ of his life.

A．spring

B．summer

C．a(chǎn)utumn

D．winter

【小題2】According to the passage, which of the following ages is during the autumn of his life?

A．15

B．33

C．62

D．87

【小題3】What does the word “sorrowful” mean in this passage?

A．sad

B．exciting

C．wonderful

D．pleasant

【小題4】Which of the following statements is true?

A．The writer was an engineer.

B．The writer had a garden with flowers.

C．The writer was always happy as a child.

D．The writer now is old and weak, but still he enjoys his life.

【小題5】The best title for the passage would be _____

A．Four seasons	B．My life
C．Four seasons in a year	D．Four seasons in my life

One day, my wife and I went shopping. We took the car as we had a lot of things to buy because my brother and his family were going to spend the weekend with us. We stopped the car in front of the shop. An hour later we came back to the car with a lot of things. Then the trouble started. We could not open the car door. “Oh, dear,” said my wife. “What are we going to do?” “Let’s ask that policeman,” I said. The policeman was very kind and glad to help us. Soon he got the door open. Just at that moment an angry man came up and shouted. “What are you doing with my car?” We looked at the number of the car, and our faces turned very red.
【小題1】The husband and the wife went shopping _________.

A．by bus

B．in their car

C．by bike

D．on foot

【小題2】They spent _________ in the shop doing their shopping.

A．half an hour

B．four hours

C．one hour

D．eight hours

【小題3】The _________ opened the car door in the end.

A．husband

B．wife

C．policeman

D．owner of the car

【小題4】The owner of the car was very angry to see _________.

A．someone had opened his car door	B．the policeman standing by the car
C．his car was not there	D．that there was a trouble

【小題5】They didn’t know it was the wrong car until they looked at the _____ of the car.

A．color

B．owner

C．door

D．number

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【小題1】The ad wants to ___________.

A．invite more people to take the tour	B．tell you something about Taiwan
C．describe how beautiful Taiwan is	D．show you the best of Taiwan

【小題2】 If you go on a trip to Taiwan on September 5th, you will probably be back on _________.

A．September 7th	B．September 8th
C．September 10th	D．September 11th

【小題3】 __________ is a good place for tourists to have a good time with Gaoshan people.

A．Sun Moon Lake	B．Ali Mountain
C．Peng Lake	D．Gao Xiong

【小題4】 You will visit ________ tourist spots if you take the tour.

A．3

B．4

C．5

D．6

【小題5】 If you want to take the tour to Taiwan, you can book it by phone at___________.

A．4:00 pm on Sunday	B．7:00am on Monday
C．4:00pm on Wednesday	D．7:00 am on Saturday

It’s not easy to be an astronaut’s son．Everybody expects you to be special or perfect. I often wonder how my father ever had a son like me. I mean he’s so special and so good at everything he does. Even in middle school he was class president and captain of the football team.
Well，to be honest，I often dream about being some kind of hero or doing something special—like saving a child from a burning building or discovering a new star. I was daydreaming at school one morning when my teacher said there would be a Father’s Day writing competition for the whole schoo1. “I hope we have a winner right here in my class.”
When I got home，I started to think about what to write. My father is an astronaut. No, I wouldn’t start like that．That was the way others saw him．How did I see my father? Hmm.
I saw him sitting with me in the dark when I had a terrible dream．I remembered how he hugged me for hours when my dog Spotty was killed by a car．Yes，these were the things I was going to write．To me，he wasn’t just a world—famous astronaut．He was my dad．
My parents and I went to school on Thursday night. There were so many people in the big hall! My dad looked at me, and I shrugged(聳肩).
The third prize was announced and it was not me. I was relieved(釋然)and disappointed at the same time. The second prize was announced. It was me.
I went up to the stage and read what I had written，“My father’s son”. When I finished, the people stood up and cheered. I saw my father blowing his nose. Tears were running down my mother's face.  Dad cleared his throat and put his hand on my shoulder. “Son, this is the proudest moment of my life.’’
It was the proudest moment of my life, too. Maybe I’ll never be a great hero or win a Nobel Prize, but it was enough just to be my father’s son.
根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選最佳擇答案,并在答題卡上按要求作答。
【小題1】The writer felt it       to be the son of a famous person．

A．1ucky

B．natural

C．hard

D．pleasant

【小題2】In order to     the writer would like to save a child from a burning building．

A．become an astronaut	B．become a class president
C．become a school team captain	D．become a great hero

【小題3】．What did the boy probably write in his composition?

A．A lot of special things he had done．

B．The story of his father as an astronaut．

C．The unforgettable time he spent with his father．

D．The experiences his father had in middle school．

【小題4】．The writer felt proud when he          ．

A．got a prize in a writing competition	B．won a Nobel Prize
C．saved a child from a burning building	D．discovered a new star

【小題5】What is the best title for the passage?

A．My daydream.	B．My father’s son.
C．My famous father.	D．My happy family.

Once there was a little girl in a village. She spent summers on her grandfather’s farm. The year she was four, she knew some ducks. The ducks were white with orange feet. They lived in a little wooden house near the road. The little girl liked these ducks very much. Every day they walked down the road to the pond（池塘）. Then the ducks went into the water and the little girl sat on the bank（岸） and saw them swimming in the pond. The little girl talked to the ducks and they quacked（嘎嘎叫）back. Then one day the ducks were gone. No one would say anything about them. The little girl was afraid to ask where they were. One night everyone sat down for dinner. The food looked a little like chicken. The girl didn’t want to eat. Can you guess why?
A. eating chicken   B. sitting by the pond
C. living on a farm   D. ducks and a little girl
【小題1】The ducks were __________.

A．yellow and orange	B．yellow and white
C．white with orange feet	D．white and black

【小題2】When the little girl ________ , the ducks quacked back.

A．saw them swimming	B．sat on the bank
C．walked to the pond	D．talked to them

【小題3】At the end of the story, the ducks were probably _______.

A．under the water	B．on the plate (盤子)
C．in the wooden house	D．swimming in the pond

【小題4】The little girl didn’t eat because _____________.

A．she wanted nice cakes	B．the food was ducks
C．the food was too hot	D．the plate was empty