It snowed again. My seventh Christmas was round the corner. I dreamed of getting the present from Father Christmas until my elder sister dropped the bomb, “There is no Father Christmas.”
I ran to my grandmother’s house, for she always told the truth. Grandma was at home. I told __11___ everything. “No Father Christmas?” she was a little ___12____. “Don’t believe it. Put on your coat, and let’s go.”
“Go? Where, Grandma?” I asked.
“Kerby’s Store.”
As we walked through its doors, Grandma handed me ten dollars and said, “Take the __13___ and buy something for someone who needs it. I’ll wait for in the car.” Then she turned and walked out of the Kerby’s.
For a few seconds I just stood there, holding the money, wondering ___14___ to buy, and who to buy it for.
I thought of ___15___ I knew: my family, my friends, my neighbors … I suddenly thought of Bobbie Decker, a __16___ with bad and messy hair. He sat right behind me ___17____ Mrs. Pollack’s class.
Bobbie ___18___ went to any party during the winter. His mother always wrote a note, telling the teacher that he had a cough, ___19____ we all knew that he didn’t have a cough, and he didn’t have a coat. I decided to buy Bobbie a red warm coat ___20____ he would like.
That evening, Grandma helped me wrap the coat in Christmas paper and ribbons, and ___21___ “To Bobbie, From Father Christmas” on it. Grandma told me Father Christmas never let people know that he ___22___ them. Then she drove me over to Bobbie’s house, telling that I was helping Father Christmas ____23___ the presents.
Grandma parked the car along the street, and we hid behind the trees near Bobbie’s house. Then Grandma said to me, “All right, Father Christmas, get going.”
I took a deep breath, rushed to his front door, put the present down. ____24___ the door, rang the doorbell and flew back to the safety of the ____25_____ and Grandma. We waited breathlessly in the dark for the front door to open. Finally it did, and there stood Bobbie.
That night, I realized that Father Christmas was alive and well, and we were on his team.
【小题1】
A.himB.herC.themD.you
【小题2】
A.angryB.happyC.tiredD.afraid
【小题3】
A.bookB.coatC.presentD.money
【小题4】
A.whatB.whenC.whereD.how
【小题5】
A.everybodyB.nobodyC.somebodyD.anybody
【小题6】
A.girlB.boyC.manD.woman
【小题7】
A.forB.onC.inD.with
【小题8】A. always   B. often   C. sometime   D never
【小题9】
A.soB.ifC.butD.and
【小题10】
A.whereB.thatC.whoD.why
【小题11】
A.readB.sayC.writeD.spell
【小题12】
A.helpedB.believeC.taughtD.made
【小题13】
A.give upB.give awayC.put upD.put off
【小题14】
A.onB.behindC.outsideD.over
【小题15】
A.shopB.carsC.doorD.trees
I heard the bees long before I saw them.
It was a very hot afternoon, and we decided to cool off in the river near my home. As we climbed down a small rocky hill toward the water, my boyfriend John suddenly started to shout then jumped into the water below. Peter and Mary quickly followed but I was too far away to jump. I was trapped.
I heard a low hum(嗡嗡声),which was growing louder. From a distance, the group of bees looked almost like a cloud of smoke. As it got closer, I realized it was actually thousands of bees flying towards me.
All I could do was cover my face with hands. Crazily, I thought that if I sat very still, the bees would think I was just another rock.
After a few minutes, I knew my plan hadn’t worked. The bees were attacking me. I could hear my friends shouting at me to get down to the pool fast.
But it wasn’t so easy. I was in great pain and the only way I could get away was to use my hands to climb down the rocks. However, I was afraid to do that at first because my face would be unprotected. The noise the bees made was so loud and frightening, but I had no choice.
I rushed down the rocks and jumped into the pool, but I don’t remember doing it. I was just so happy to be free from the pain. I was safe, and the water felt wonderful.
But we still weren’t out of danger. Every time we tried to climb out of the pool, the bees flew back over our heads. We spent the next three hours in the water, putting our heads under the water from time to time to avoid the bees until they finally lost interest.
【小题1】 How many people went swimming that day?
A.Two.B.ThreeC.FourD.Five
【小题2】The underlined word “it” (in Paragraph 3) refers to        .
A.a rockB.the group of beesC.a hillD.the river
【小题3】 At first why didn’t the writer want to climb down the rocks?
A.She was afraid she would fall.
B.She was too far away from pool.
C.She thought the bees would follow her.
D.She didn’t want her face to be unprotected.
【小题4】 How did the writer escape the bees?
A.She covered her face with her hands.
B.She hid behind the rocks.
C.She jumped into a water pool.
D.She pretended to be a rock.
【小题5】In what order are the following mentioned in the story?
a. The writer rushed down the rocks.
b. John jumped into the water.
c. The low hum grew louder.
d. The bees flew back over their heads.
e. The bees were attacking the writer.
A.b c e a dB.b a e c dC.c d e a bD.c b d e a

One day something went wrong with a man’s bicycle chain(链条). The man could not repair it, so he looked    1   for help. The only house nearby belonged to a woman who had    2   there a few months earlier. The man knocked at the door, but the woman did not answer. The door had clear glass in it, and the man    3   see that the woman was home. He decided to knock again. Finally the woman came to the door. The man immediately explained his    4  . “I can fix the chain,” the woman said. Later when the bike was    5   to go, the man said, ‘Thanks. I hope I can help you some day.” “I never need help,” the woman said.

The following week the man was riding his bike    6  he noticed the woman walking down the street. A strong wind suddenly lifted her hat and sent it into the branches(树枝) of an old tree. The woman tried to get her hat with a stick, but she failed. She seemed    7   because she clearly was not dressed for tree-climbing. The man hurried over, quickly climbed up to the hat and    8   it into the woman’s waiting hands. When she put on her hat, she    9   the man as he climbed back on his bike. ‘I think I told you I never need help,” the woman said, “I’m glad you didn’t    10   me. Thanks.” Then they both smiled.

1.                A.out            B.up             C.down D.around

 

2.                A.left            B.moved         C.waited   D.stopped

 

3.                A.could          B.might          C.couldn’t D.didn’t

 

4.                A.idea           B.plan           C.problem  D.message

 

5.                A.hard           B.ready          C.slow D.unable

 

6.                A.when          B.before         C.after D.though

 

7.                A.bored          B.relaxed         C.frightened D.worried

 

8.                A.dropped        B.put            C.collected D.brought

 

9.                A.saved          B.passed         C.studied   D.chose

 

10.               A.excuse         B.notice          C.find  D.believe

 

 

Many textbooks are not written in the kind of English that we speak every day. In fact, sometimes the reading is so difficult that it almost seems like a foreign language. In a way, it is—the language of science. You should not expect to be able to read a difficult science passage the same way you read an interesting story; you should not expect to read it easily and all at once. Instead, you may have to read it several times through, catching on the meaning of difficult words, going back over difficult sentences, and finally putting the whole thing together. Do not be discourages if the whole passage don’t make sense to you at first. You need to pick it apart patiently until you can understand it.

         These are the steps to follow when you are reading something difficult:

1. Start to read normally until you run into a sentence that doesn’t make sense to you.

2. When a sentence doesn’t make sense, go back and read it again more slowly.

3. Look for any word you don’t know in the sentence. Try to understand their meanings using word parts and context clues(上下文线索). If necessary, look them up in the dictionary.

4. Look at the next few sentences to see if they explain more about the sentence you are working on. Do not read very much farther ahead until you understand what is being said.

5. Finally, read the sentence again. Try to put it into simpler words.

6. Read through the passage once. Try to understand all the hard parts well. Then read the whole passage once more at a usual speed. This helps you to put all ides together.

The stops sound a lot harder than they are. It is really just the normal way good readers understand anything that is difficult to read. After you have done the best you can this way, you should always feel free to ask for help from your teacher, if you have one.

1.The underlined phrase “run into” means ___________.

         A. work out                      B. come across                         C. look into              D. pass by

2. From the passage, we can know _________.

         A. we should look up new words before reading

         B. it is sometimes difficult to read a science passage

         C. the six steps are helpful in learning spoken English

         D. interesting stories help readers to improve their English

3.The massage is mainly about _________.

         A. steps of studying science                                B. difficulties in reading science

         C. ways of reading science passages                     D. researches on science and English

 

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