27、Confucius was born on September 28, 55 l BC．Chinese regard Confucius as the greatest thinker and also the greatest teacher．He had about 3,000 students．For more than 2,000 years, Confucius’ ideas have been around in people’s everyday life．Now they have gone far into east and south Asia．People can still hear them today．

    Why are his ideas so popular? Because they help a lot in everyday life．Confucius said young people should take care of the old．People should give up thinking of themselves and work for others．As a great teacher．Confucius said all should go to school if they could．

1．Confucius was born on_______．

    A．September 28, 551 AD               B．September 28, 55l BC

    C．December 28, 55l BC                 D．December 28 , 551 AD

2．Confucius’ ideas have gone far into_________ ．

    A．east and south Asia                      B．north and west Asia

    C．east and south Africa                   D．north and west Africa

3．Confucius thought __________．

    A．young people needn’t take care of the old

    B．people should think of themselves

    C．people should work for others

    D．a(chǎn)ll the people could go to school

4．What do people think of Confucius?

    A．The greatest leader and teacher．

    B．The greatest thinker and teacher．

    C．The greatest leader and thinker．

    D．The greatest doctor and teacher．

5．What’s the passage mainly about?

    A．All should go to school．

    B．The old and the young．

    C．Work for others．

D．Confucius and his ideas．

26、Animals have the ability to make themselves understood by man，especially when they are in serious danger and wish man to help them．

    One day，I visited one of my friends on the farm．Late that afternoon，a sheep came crying to the tent where my friend lived．The sheep made the painful cries．My friend told me that something unusual happened．

    We fo1lowed the sheep．It rushed forward and kept on looking back to see if we were coming．It finally led us to an old well．a(chǎn)nd we heard a sad voice of a baby sheep that had fallen into the well．Because there was no water in it and it was not deep，we fetched a ladder(梯子)and several minutes later, the baby sheep went back to its mother．They seemed very much pleased to be together again．

    It was the mother sheep that came to tell us the trouble and got help at last．

1．The sheep went to the tent in order to__________．

  A．visit the writer and his friend

  B．a(chǎn)sk the writer and his friend for water

  C．wish the writer and his friend to save her baby sheep

  D．invite the writer and his friend to have a look at the baby sheep

2．The writer found the baby sheep __________．

  A．in the tent         B．a(chǎn)t his home     C．by the water         D．in the well

3．Which is the correct order of the following actions?

  a．The writer and his friend arrived at the well．

  b．The sheep looked back to see if they were coming．

  c．The writer and his friend followed the sheep．

  d．The sheep came crying to the tent．

  e．The writer and his friend fetched a ladder．

  A．b，c，a，e，d                      B．d，c，b，a，e

  C．a(chǎn)，d，c，b，e                        D．e，b，e，a，d

4．How did they help the baby sheep out of danger?

  A．They got down to the well and carried it out．

  B．They led the mother sheep to the well．

  C．They gave it some water．

  D．They fed it with some grass．

5．What’s the main idea of the passage?

  A．Animals can ask man for help when in serious danger．

  B．The sheep won’t die in the well because there is no water in it．

  C．Man can help animals if necessary．

  D．The writer and his friend love animals．

25、Passage l A Teacher Who Saved His Students

    An Australian teacher Dane came to Chengdu four years ago．He was giving an English class in Guangya School，in Dujiangyan, when the ground began to shake at 2：28 P.m. on May 12．“Desk! Desk!”he shouted to his students．After all the children hid under the desks safely, he joined them．

    When the shake stopped，Dane led his students out of the classroom on the third floor and downstairs to an open area．

    Passage 2 International Aid(援助)

    A Japanese team of medical workers landed in Chengdu on the early morning of May 16．It was the first team to arrive from abroad．They set off for Guanzhong Town, in Qingchuan County(縣)．Two villages were lost in the town，and about 700 people were in danger．Without stopping to rest，they walked many miles to search for the survivors．Soon，a team from Singapore and a second team from Japan arrived，followed by two other teams from Korea and Russia．

1．We can learn from Passage l that Dane is _________ ．

  A．a(chǎn)n American doctor

  B．a(chǎn)n Australian teacher

  C．a(chǎn) medical worker

  D．a(chǎn)n International organization(組織)

2．Which of the following is TRUE?

  A．There weren’t any Chinese teams providing aid after the earthquake．

  B．A Japanese team was the first team that arrived in Sichuan．

  C．Several countries provided aid．

  D．Dane taught English in Chengdu for four years．

3．What does the underlined word“survivors”mean?

  A．幸存者              B．災(zāi)區(qū)      C．失敗者  D．災(zāi)難

4．How many international teams are mentioned in Passage 2?

  A．Two．      B．Three．         C．Four．     D．Five．

5．What is the second passage mainly about?

  A．How to save students during the earthquake．

  B．How to search for villagers in Dujiangyan．

  C．Aid from different countries．

  D．Ways of providing aid．

23、When Wang Hai went to Yucai Middle School two years ago, he worked hard and did very well in his lessons．He was also  1  in sports．He ran to school every day to build up his  2  ．His parents were very  3  him and bought him a computer as a birthday present．However，something began to change．He stopped  4  early and never ran to school any more．He  5  his interest in studying．

    One day in the middle of the night, Wang Hai’s mother discovered the cause of the  6  ．He played computer games till midnight．It had a  7  effect(影響)on him and must be stopped．

    The next day Mother had a serious talk with Wang Hai． 8  taking the computer away，she told him he was  9  enough to control himself．Wang Hal was happy he had a wonderful mother and  10  not to do that again．

1．A．worried                  B．unusual         C．a(chǎn)ctive                D．nervous

2．A．body                    B．legs             C．a(chǎn)rms                  D．head

3．A．surprised at             B．strict with       C．a(chǎn)ngry with            D．satisfied with

4．A．getting up             B．putting up      C．getting on              D．putting on

5．A．forgot              B．lost              C．found              D．took

6．A．choice              B．change          C．chant               D．chance

7．A．good               B．bad            C．useful                    D．useless

8．A．Instead of             B．Instead        C．Because of        D．Because

9．A．strong               B．weak          C．old               D．young

10．A．printed                B．protected        C．provided         D．promised

22、根據(jù)對(duì)話內(nèi)容，從方框內(nèi)的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。

A：Have you ever read today’s newspaper?

B：No．I haven’t．  1 

A：Yes．The Olympic flame(奧運(yùn)圣火)will come to our city．Everybody is very excited about it．

B：Sounds great !  2 

A：It is reported that it’ll start on July 5th．One student from our school has been chosen to join in the torch relay(火炬接力)．

B：  3  He must be the luckiest student in our school．

A：  4 

B：I wish I could．Thank you for telling me such exciting news．

A：  5  Let’s wish the torch relay in Yan’an a big success

21、I got the news on _________ radio．

A．不填            B．a(chǎn)                  C．a(chǎn)n                  D．the

20、To keep healthy, we should eat more vegetables and less _______

A．meat             B．food             C．wine               D．drink

19、The policeman helped the old woman ________the road．

A．a(chǎn)bove           B．a(chǎn)cross      C．through             D．over

18、一Are you sure Liu Xiang can win the 2008 Olympic champion(奧運(yùn)冠軍)of the men’s 110-metre hurdles (跨欄)?

一_______In my eyes，he’s No．1 in his field．

A．Yes．of course!                        B．I’m afraid not．

C．I’m afraid so．                                D．I’ve no idea．