A good reader is very much like a driver．He must change his reading speed to fit(适应)what he is reading and what he is reading for, just as a driver does to fit the road situation．
A good reader may read at 1, 000 WPM(每分钟…词)when he looks for something for a report in the library．But once he finds what he needs, he may slow down to 100 WPM．A good reader may read newspapers and story books at 600 WPM．But he may read his science or maths books at 150 WPM．Just as a driver has a wide change of driving speed, so a good reader has a wide change of reading speed．
(1)
The writer thinks that a good reader can ________．
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A．
read at 1, 000 WPM
B．
read as fast as he can
C．
change the reading speeds as he needs
D．
spend more time reading
(2)
A good reader may read fastest ________．
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A．
when he reads newspapers and story books
B．
when he reads something most useful to him
C．
when he is trying to work out a maths problem
D．
when he is trying to find something for his report
In ancient China, the State of Wu made an attack on the State of Yue．The king of Wu was badly hurt and soon died．His son Fu Chai became the new king．Fu was very sad and angry and he decided to fight back for his father’s death．He trained his army strictly until it was very strong．Three years later, he led his army against the State of Yue and caught its king Gou Jian, who was taken to the State of Wu．
Gou Jian was put into a small black stone house which was full of terrible smell and was made to raise(饲养) horses．Gou worked hard and tried to keep himself quiet, but he never forgot his pain．Many years later, he was set free．Gou secretly trained his army after he went back to his own state．In order to make himself strong－minded he slept on firewood and ate a gall bladder before having dinner and going to bed every night．After a few years, his country became strong once more．Then Gou took hold of a golden chance to fight against Wu and won the war in the end．
If one voluntarily(自愿) works very hard and voluntarily stands up to pains and difficulties in order to succeed, we might call him a “Gou Jian”, and his story, a “Gou Jian’s story”．
(1)
________ was seriously hurt and died．
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A．
Gou Jian’s father
B．
Fu Chai’s father
C．
Gou Jian’s brother
D．
Fu Chai’s brother
(2)
Three years later _______ was caught and taken to the state of Wu．
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A．
Gou Jian
B．
Fu Chai
C．
Gou Jian’s father
D．
Fu Chai’s father
(3)
Gou Jian ________ when he was in the state of Wu．
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A．
ate gall bladders
B．
raised horses
C．
trained his army
D．
forgot his pain
(4)
Which of the following is TRUE?
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A．
The gall bladders tasted good．
B．
Gou Jian loved horse-raising．
C．
Finally Gou Jian was set free．
D．
Finally Fu Chai was set free．
(5)
The story mainly tells us that ________．
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A．
a country without a strong army is easy to defeat
B．
if someone attacks you, you should just fight back
C．
if you fail in doing something, it’s better for you to forget the pain
D．
if you face difficulties bravely without giving up, you’ll finally succeed
阅读下面的三篇短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。
Li Ping is a Grade Eight student in Zhenjiang Sunshine Secondary School．The table below is his mid-term self-assessment(自我评价)．He draws faces to show his progress：
excellent OK weak
Read the table and find out how well Li Ping is doing．
(1)
What does Li Ping need to improve in Unit 1?
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A．
Present perfect tense．
B．
Using a dictionary
C．
A report．
D．
Opposites．
(2)
Which do you think Li Ping does well in?
[ ]
A．
Present perfect tense．
B．
Passive voice．
C．
Organizing information．
D．
Favourite educational computer game．
(3)
From the table we know Li Ping is weak in ________．
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A．
Vocabulary
B．
Main task
C．
Study skills/Pronunciation
D．
Grammar
阅读下面的三篇短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。
You may know the English letters A, B and C．But do you know there are people called ABC? You may like eating bananas．But do you know there is such a thing a “banana person”? How strange! Are these people from “another earth”? No, they are just Chinese people like you and me．
ABC means American-born Chinese．An ABC is a Chinese, but was born in the United States．Sometimes, people call an ABC a “banana person”．A banana is yellow outside and white inside．So, when a person is a banana, he or she is white inside-thinking like a Westerner and yellow outside-looking like a Chinese．
Do you know why? Usually, ABCs know little about China or the Chinese language．Some of them don't speak Chinese．Also, they are not interested in Chinese politics．
But if ABCs can not speak Chinese, can we still call them Chinese people? Yes, of course．They are Chinese．They are overseas Chinese．These people may be citizens(公民)of another country like the US, Canada or Singapore．But they have Chinese blood．Their parents, grandparents or even great-grandparents were from China．They all have black eyes and black hair．But they are not Chinese citizens．They are not people of the People's Republic of China．For example, we all know the famous scientist, C．N．Yang(杨振宁)．He got the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1957．Chinese people love him．But he is an American citizen．
(1)
“ABC” in this passage means “ ________ ”．
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A．
three English letters
B．
a kind of banana
C．
Chinese born in America
D．
Americans born in China
(2)
Chinese in Western countries are called “banana persons” because ________．
[ ]
A．
their bodies are white inside but yellow outside
B．
they think like Westerners but look like Chinese
C．
they were born in China but got to study in America
D．
they like to eat bananas
(3)
The underlined word “blood” may probably mean ________．
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A．
国籍
B．
血统
C．
爱心
D．
皮肤
(4)
This passage mainly talks about ________．
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A．
different kind of bananas
B．
the life story of C．N．Yang
C．
the Noble Prize
D．
overseas Chinese
阅读理解，阅读下面三篇短文，从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Most schools in England require children to wear a school uniform．
There are at least four advantages．Firstly, when they go on a school trip they all look the same and so they can't get lost．Secondly, it stops kids worrying about what to wear each day．Everyone is equal．Thirdly, parents don't have to shop for expensive and different clothes for their children to show off．Fourthly, wearing a uniform gives a sense of being proud and discipline(纪律约束)in them．
(1)
What colour are the shoes that the English students wear in school?
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A．
White
B．
Grey
C．
Black
D．
Yellow
(2)
Where can you find the school name?
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A．
On the tie
B．
On the sweater
C．
On the shirt
D．
On the skirt
(3)
Which of the following is one of the advantages of wearing a uniform?
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