Every day when I enter the classroom, I will take a look at the wall beside my seat. You will find nothing special about this old wall if you just look at it. But for the students in my class, it is a special wall. Take a good look at it, and you will get to know the real feelings and thoughts of us, the 9th graders.
In the middle of the wall, there is a big “VICTORY”. It was written in pencil. I guess it must have been written by someone who got a good mark in an exam.
A little higher above the formulas, there is a poem. It only has two sentences. It reads: All those sweet memories have disappeared. Like tears dropping in the heavy rain.
Oh! It must have been written at the end of the last semester in middle school. Classmates had to leave school and good friends had to part. What a sad poem!
If you look at the wall more carefully, you will find many other interesting things, like a crying face, or a happy face, and other patterns(图案). There are still some patterns and letters that I can’t understand, but they all show the feeling of the students who drew them.
For years, the wall has witnessed(目睹) all the things that have happened in the classroom. I don’t know how it will be next year, two years from now, or even ten years from now. But I hope more smiling faces will be drawn on it.
【小题1】There is ____ special on this wall.

A.somethingB.anythingC.nothingD.everything
【小题2】What was the “VICTORY” written in?
A.ChalkB.PencilC.PenD.Brush
【小题3】When has the poem been written?
A.At the beginning of the last semester.B.At the end of the year.
C.At the end of the last semester.D.At the beginning of the last month.
【小题4】What’s the meaning of the underlined word?
A.部分B.分离C.和好D.聚集
【小题5】What’s the title of the passage?
A.The Pictures of the WallB.The Feelings of the Students
C.The Patterns of the ClassroomD.The Hope of the Writer



The family man?
Father was a hardworking man who tried his best to support his wife and three
children. He spent all his evenings attending classes, hoping to improve himself
so that he could one day find a better-paid job, except for Sundays. Father hardly ate a meal together with his family. He worked and studied very hard because he wanted
to provide his family with the best things that money could buy.
Whenever the family complained that he was not spending enough time with them, he reasoned that he was doing all this for them. But he often wished to spend more time with his family.
The day came when the examination results were announced. To his joy, Father passed with a good mark! Soon after , he was offered a good job as a senior supervisor (主管), which paid quite well.
However, the family still did not get to see Father for most of the week. He continued to work very hard, hoping to get the position of manager. Again, whenever the family complained that he was not spending enough time with them, he reasoned that he was doing all this for them. But he often wished to spend more time with his family.
Father’s hard word paid off and he was promoted(提升). Excitedly, he decided to hire a maid
so his wife did not have to do the housework any more. He also felt that their three-room flat was not longer big enough, and it would be nice for his family to be able to enjoy the comfort of a condominium(公寓). Having experienced the rewards of his hard work many times before, Father decided to further his studies and work at being promoted again. The family still did not get to see much of him again.
As expected, father’s hard work paid off again and he bought a beautiful condominium near the coast of Singapore. On the first Sunday evening in their new home, father told his family that he had decided not to take any more courses or pursue(追求) any more promotions. From then on he was going to spend more time with his family.
Father did not wake up the next day.
【小题1】Father worked seven days a week, didn’t he ?
【小题2】Why did father work and study hard?
【小题3】What was father’s first well-paid job?
【小题4】What did the family complain about father?
【小题5】Where did father manager to buy a beautiful condominium for his family?
【小题6】Do you want to have the “father”in your family? Why or not?

Where there is a will, there is a way.


Nick Vujicic was born, without arms and legs, in 1982 in Melbourne, Australia. Nick faced all kinds of problems and troubles in his life. But he never gives up. Now Nick has his own speaking company; Attitude Is Attitude. And he has traveled around the world to give speeches. He shares with his audience his audience the importance of vision and dreaming big. He says attitude (态度) is the most powerful tool in the life and failure (失败) is just a learning experience.

Mark Zuckerberg, the boss of Facebook, is only 28. In only 8 years, Zuck turned his small website into a world famous network. Zuck once wrote to his workmates, "We don't build services to make money; we make money to build better services"

Jeremy Lin's excellent performances in basketball courts attracted the eyes of both Americans and Chinese this year. Then what has led this young man to such a success? The following may help us understand it.
1. Believe in yourself;
2. Catch the chance when it comes up;
3. Find the system that works for your style;
4. People will love you for being yourself;
5. Stay humble (谦逊).
【小题1】Attitude Is Attitude is _______.
A.the title of Nick's speech
B.Nick's company
C.an international organization
D.a machine that can speak
【小题2】Which of the following about Nick is wrong?
A.Nick had no arms or legs when he was born
B.He says people can learn from their failures
C.He tells his audience to dream big and have vision
D.He has never traveled around the world so far
【小题3】Facebook is _______.
A.a world-wide networkB.Zuck's workmateC.a popular bookD.Zuck's boss
【小题4】From what Zuck wrote ,we can learn _______.
A.Facebook doesn't build services
B.Facebook doesn't make money
C.offering better services is more important than making money
D.building services doesn't make money
【小题5】From Jeremy Lin's success, we can find _______.
A.one must have self-confidence
B.catching the chance is the most important
C.one should try his best to follow others
D.one must keep the rules all the time

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As you know , Mark Twain was a f ___【小题1】____ writer . He was born in a poor family . It was difficult for him to get some money when he was young . One day , he was invited to give a talk and after that he was asked if he could r____【小题2】_____ the first money he ever earned (挣). He had thought a long time before he answered and then said , “Yes , it was at school . I can remember e____【小题3】_____ about it . Pupils in those days didn’t respect (尊敬) their teachers and didn’t take c­­___【小题4】____ of school property (财产). Some of them often broke the windows and doors , the others cut something on the desks . S____【小题5】____ a rule (规定)was made in our school that any boy who did that would be beaten (被打) in front of the whole school , or would have to p____【小题6】_____ five dollars .”
“ One day I cut a mouse on the desk with a knife . I had to give five dollars to the school or be beaten before the w____【小题7】____ school . So I had to tell my father about it . My father said it would be very bad to have our family disgraced(羞辱) in front of the whole school . He agreed to give me five dollars to hand over to the headmaster(校长).But before g____【小题8】____ me the money , he took me upstairs(楼上) and gave me a beating . But as I had one beating and got used to(习惯) it , I d_____【小题9】____ I would take another beating at school and leave the five dollars to m_____【小题10】______ . So that’s what I did . That was the first money I ever earned .”

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