He came again the next day and worked until it was time to leave. His name was Jerry. He was 12 and had been at the Children's Home(孤兒院)since he was only four. \ I thought of him. He was honest(誠實(shí)). For example, the handle (柄) of the ax (斧)broke one day. Jerry said the Children's Home would mend it. I handed him some money to pay for it. He wouldn't take the money. "I'll pay for it, mama. I broke it. I didn't hit the wood in the right place. "
"But Jerry, no one hits the wood in the right place all the time. And it was a weak handle. I'll speak to the seller. " It was only then that he would take the money.
Another thing about Jerry was that he would do those little but helpful things. The things would not be badly needed but would make life so much easier. For example, he found a hole near the fireplace. "I'll put some wood in the hole, mama. Then when a sudden storm(暴風(fēng)雨)comes up, you can stay warm. "
One cold day, Jerry sat close by me near the fire. We watched the fire bum. He suddenly talked of something he had never talked of before. "You look like my mother, especially(特別) next to the fire"
But you were four, Jerry, 'when you came to live at the Children's Home. Do you still remember your mother?"
【小題1】How long had Jerry lived at the Children's Home by the time he met the writer?

A．One year.

B．Four years.

C．Eight years.

D．Twelve years.

【小題2】How did Jerry feel after he broke the handle of the ax?

A．Sorry.

B．Happy.

C．Angry.

D．Lucky.

【小題3】What did the writer think of Jerry? He was        .

A．clever, honest but lazy	B．honest, helpful and worked hard
C．honest, warm - hearted and strange	D．careful, honest and weak

【小題4】The sentence underlined (劃線的)means that        .

A．you should be more careful next time

B．a(chǎn)nyone can hit the wood in the right place

C．I always hit the wood in the right place

D．people hit the wood sometimes in the wrong place

【小題5】Which is right?

A．Jerry lived with his parents at times.

B．The writer was really Jerry's mother.

C．Jerry liked the writer and the writer liked him, too.

D．Jerry did not like to live with his mother.

Yao Ming, the center of the Chinese National Men’s Basketball Team, served the Huston Rockets in NBA．The 2．26 m, 120 kg center（中鋒） becomes the first one to come from a foreign team．
Yao Ming was born in Shanghai in September, 1980．His mother was a center and captain of the Chinese National Women’s Team．His father played basketball, too．
Yao Ming is widely known in China．He came to be a very important basketball player in China Basketball Association （聯(lián)賽）．It’s short for CBA．During the 2000～2001 season, he did very well．He got 27．1 scores for the Shanghai Oriental （東方） Sharks in every match．
Yao Ming joined the Houston Rockets in November, 2002．He said this was a new start in his basketball life．He would do his best to learn from the NBA and improve himself．
Sport analyst （分析家） Bill Walton said, “Yao Ming has the potential （潛力）, the capability（能力） of changing the future of basketball．”
【小題1】The Houston Rockets is the name of a ______ team．

A．table tennis

B．volleyball

C．basketball

D．baseball

【小題2】Both Yao Ming’s father and mother were ___________．

A．football players	B．basketball players
C．the centers of the Chinese National Team	D．teachers

【小題3】Yao Ming ________ in CBA during the 2000～2001 season．

A．did badly

B．did well

C．was common

D．was not

【小題4】Yao Ming ________ the Houston Rockets in November, 2002．

A．did his best to join	B．was well-know in
C．became a member of	D．left

【小題5】Sport analyst Bill Walton thought Yao Ming was able to _______．

A．learn from the NBA	B．change the future of basketball
C．improve himself	D．becoming an American

He came again the next day and worked until it was time to leave. His name was Jerry. He was 12 and had been at the Children’s Home(孤兒院)since he was only four.  I thought of him. He was honest(誠實(shí)). For example, the handle (柄) of the ax (斧)broke one day. Jerry said the Children’s Home would mend it. I handed him some money to pay for it. He wouldn’t take the money. "I’ll pay for it, mama. I broke it. I didn’t hit the wood in the right place. "
"But Jerry, no one hits the wood in the right place all the time. And it was a weak handle. I’ll speak to the seller. " It was only then that he would take the money.
Another thing about Jerry was that he would do those little but helpful things. The things would not be badly needed but would make life so much easier. For example, he found a hole near the fireplace. "I’ll put some wood in the hole, mama. Then when a sudden storm(暴風(fēng)雨)comes up, you can stay warm. "
One cold day, Jerry sat close by me near the fire. We watched the fire bum. He suddenly talked of something he had never talked of before. "You look like my mother, especially(特別) next to the fire"
But you were four, Jerry, ’when you came to live at the Children’s Home. Do you still remember your mother?"
【小題1】How long had Jerry lived at the Children’s Home by the time he met the writer?

A．One year.

B．Four years.

C．Eight years.

D．Twelve years.

【小題2】How did Jerry feel after he broke the handle of the ax?

A．Sorry.

B．Happy.

C．Angry.

D．Lucky.

【小題3】What did the writer think of Jerry? He was        .

A．clever, honest but lazy	B．honest, helpful and worked hard
C．honest, warm - hearted and strange	D．careful, honest and weak

【小題4】The sentence underlined (劃線的)means that        .

A．you should be more careful next time

B．a(chǎn)nyone can hit the wood in the right place

C．I always hit the wood in the right place

D．people hit the wood sometimes in the wrong place

【小題5】Which is right?

A．Jerry lived with his parents at times.

B．The writer was really Jerry’s mother.

C．Jerry liked the writer and the writer liked him, too.

D．Jerry did not like to live with his mother.

Adults usually do not remember most of the things that are taught by their teachers at school. But this story is one such    16     that I will never forget. Every time I drift off course, I think of this story.

    It was a normal Monday morning, and my teacher was teaching us on  17  things in life and about devoting ourselves to 18   is important to us. This is how the story went:

    An old man lived in a certain part of London, and he would wake up every morning and go to the sub-way. He would    19    the train right to Central London, and then sit at the street corner and   20  . He would do this every single day of his life. He sat at  21   street corner and begged for almost 20 years.

    His  22    was dirty, and a stench came out and it smelled terrible. The neighbors could not stand the smell any more, so they called for the police officers to clear the place. The officers knocked down the door and cleaned the house. There were small bags of  23   all over the house  24   he had collected over the years.

    The police counted the money, and they soon   25  that the old man was a millionaire. They waited outside his house expecting to ___26__ the good news with him. When the old man arrived home that evening, one of the officers told him that there was no need for him to beg any more as he was a   27    man now, a millionaire.

    But the old man said  28   ; he went into his house and locked the door. The next morning he woke up  29 , went to the subway, sat at the street corner and continued to beg.

    Clearly, this old man had no great plans,  30   or anything significant for his life. We learn nothing from this story other than staying focused on the things we enjoy doing.

1.A. class             B. teacher        C. lesson        D. study

2.A. interesting         B. special         C. important     D. necessary

3.A. what              B. that           C. how          D. where

4.A. get up             B. get onto        C. get from       D. get to

5.A. sing              B. sleep          C. think         D. beg

6.A. a different         B. another        C. the same      D. a strange

7.A. house             B. coat          C. cap          D. bag

8.A. food              B. money        C. books         D. clothes

9.A. that               B. where         C. whose         D. who

10.A. recognized        B. said           C. realized        D. thought

11.A. tell               B. share          C. cover          D. discuss

12.A. rich              B. poor           C nice            D. bad

13.A. thanks            B. something       C. nothing        D. much

14.A. much later         B. much earlier     C. so quickly      D. as usual

15.A. friends            B. jobs            C. chances        D. dreams

 

Robert is eleven years old. He loves to watch TV. But for one full year, he did not watch TV at all. What was the reason? Robert’s parents said they would give him $500 if he didn’t watch TV for a year.

Robert’s parents thought he watched too much TV. One day his mother saw a newspaper story about a boy who didn’t watch TV for a year. She showed the story to Robert. “It was a joke,” his mother said, “I didn’t think he would do it.” But Robert liked the idea. He turned off the TV right away. He said, “It doesn’t matter to me whether to watch TV or not. I just want the money.”

At first, Robert’s parents were very happy. Robert read the newspaper, played outside, played computer games, and played cards with his mother. But after a while, he got bored. Every evening, he asked his parents, “What are we doing tonight?” Sometimes his mother and father wished he would watch TV, just for one evening. Robert always said, “No, it would cost me money!”

Finally the year was over. Then Robert started watching his favourite TV shows all day long again. Robert got the money from his parents. What does he plan to do with the $500? “I want to buy myself a TV set!” he said.

1.What is Robert’s hobby?

A．Playing games.

B．Reading newspapers.

C．Talking with his parents.

D．Watching TV.

2.Robert stopped watching TV because he wanted to _________.

A．play computer games

B．play outside

C．get the money

D．read newspapers

3.Which is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Robert’s mother showed him the story in the newspaper.

B．Robert’s mother didn’t believe the story in the newspaper.

C．After Robert got the money, he went on watching TV again.

D．During the whole year, Robert watched TV for just one evening.

4.Robert felt _______ after he stopped watching TV.

A．sad

B．happy

C．bored

D．a(chǎn)ngry

5.The best title for the passage would be _________.

A．A year without TV

B．Don’t watch TV

C．A big joke

D．A way to make money