A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a bos by his feet．He held up a sign which read,“I am blind, please help．”There were only a few coins in the box．The boy felt sad．
A man walked by．He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the box．Then he took the sign, turned it around and wrote some wordds．He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words．
Soon the box was full．A lot more people were giving mpney to the blind boy．
That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were．The boy recognized his footsteps(听出他的脚步声)and asked,“were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?”
That man said,“I only wrote the truth．I said what you said but in a different way．”What he had written was,“today is a beautiful day and I can not see it．”
Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?Of course both signs told people they were so lucky that they were not blind．
Great men say,“In the journey of life, if you want to travel without fear, you must have the ticket of a good conscience(良心)．”
It’s a beautiful thing to see a people smiling! And it’s even more beautiful to know that you are the reason of a person’s smiling!
(1)
When did the man pass by and change the blind boy’s sign?
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A．
In the morning
B．
At noon
C．
In the afternoon
D．
At night
(2)
Why did the second sign have a better effect?
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A．
It told the truth in a straight way
B．
It told the passing people a lie
C．
It told people to buy some tickets for the boy
D．
It told people to feel lucky for not being blind
(3)
What do the first three paragraphs tell us?
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A．
No pains, no gains
B．
Different ways, different results．
C．
The early bird cathches the worm
D．
When the cat’s away, the mice will play
(4)
According to the last paragraph, the most beautiful thing is ________．
The pencil maker took the pencil aside, just before putting him into the box．
“There are five things you need to know,” he told the pencil．“Before I send you out into the world．Always remember them and never forget, and you will become the best pencil you can be．”
“One：you will be able to do many great things, but only if you allow yourself to be held in someone’s hand．!”
“Two：you will experience painful sharpening from time to time, butitwill make you a better pencil．”
“Three：you will be able to correct any mistakes you might make．”
“Four：the most important part of you will always be what’s on the inside．”
“And five：on every surface(表面)where you are used, you must leave your mark．No matter what the condition(情况), you must continue to write．”
The pencil understood and promised to remember, and went into the box with purpose in its heart．
Now replace(替换)the pencil with yourself．Always remember these steps and never forget, and you will become the best person you can be．
One：allow other human beings to make use of the many gifts you possess(拥有)．
Two：you will experience a painful sharpening from time to time when you go through various(各种的)problems in life, but this will make you a stronger person．
Three：you will be able to correct any mistakes you make．
Four：the most important part of you will always be what’s on the inside．
And five：on every surface you walk on, you must leave your mark．No matter what the situation, you must continue to do your duties．
Allow the parable(寓言)of the pencil to help you understand that you are a special person and only you can fulfill the purpose which you were born to accomplish(完成)．
(1)
The pencil maker told the pencil five principles in order to _________．
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A．
tell him his best side in the future
B．
calm his fears about unknown things in the future
C．
give him advice on how to write
D．
encourage him to do his duty
(2)
The underlined word “it” in the fourth paragraph refers to _________．
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A．
experience
B．
pain
C．
sharpening
D．
time
(3)
We can learn all the following from the parable EXCEPT that _________．
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A．
it is normal to make mistakes
B．
we should live for ourselves
C．
we should carry out our duties
D．
it is what’s inside that is important
(4)
If you are in trouble, which principle might be the best advice?
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A．
Principle one．
B．
Principle two．
C．
Principle three．
D．
Principle five．
(5)
What does the underlined word “fulfill” mean?
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A．
实现．
B．
意识．
C．
认识．
D．
满足．
阅读理解
French doctors and American scientists have reported doing an operation in which the doctor was outside the operating room．This kind of operation is known as robotic operation．
Doctor Marescaux did the operation in an office in New York City last month, while a sixty-eight-year-old woman patient was in a hospital in Strasbourg, France．
A doctor in Strasbourg got the patient ready．He placed medical tools and a small video camera in her stomach area．Doctor Marescaux in New York watched the patient on a video screen．Then he used the computer to send messages to the robot machine．The robot moved the tools that cut the woman’s gallbladder(胆囊)away．The woman got well soon after the operation and left the hospital two days later．
Experts say the main problem with such a robotic operation is based on high-speed telecommunications between the doctor and the robot．Technology must be able to send a doctor’s order to a robot to move the tools quickly．
Experts also say a successful robotic operation will improve an operation．For example, the robot can make much smaller movements than a person can．A robot machine can turn tools in ways that a doctor’s hand cannot．
Doctors say such a robotic operation will make possible safer and better operations in the future．They say it will improve doctor training．It will also mean that doctors could do an operation on people in dangerous places far away．And it could mean that people could have operations done by top doctors without having to travel to the city where doctors work．
(1)
“Robotic operation”means“________”．
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A．
a special kind of robot invented by doctors
B．
an operation done far away
C．
an operation done with the help of a robot
D．
something done to mend a robot
(2)
We use the robot in the operation because ________．
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A．
it can send messages at a high speed
B．
even a top doctor can’t do the operation himself
C．
it can make the operation safer and better
D．
operations can be done without any doctors
(3)
If we want to use the robot in the operation, we must solve the problem of ________．
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A．
top doctors
B．
smaller movements
C．
doctor training
D．
high-speed telecommunications
(4)
If the smaller movement can’t be done by doctors in the operation, we may use ________ to solve it．
A：Thanks a lot．Here is the change (找的零钱) for you．Do you need a bag?
B：Yes，please．
A：Here you are．
B：Thank you very much．
A：Thank you，too．
(1)
The customer wants ______．
A．to get a discount (折扣)
B．to use a credit card
C．one bag for each item
D．to pay with a check (支票)
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(2)
How much does the cashier give the customer?
A．￥20．00． B．￥10．50． C．￥10．00． D．￥6．50．
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(3)
The tax is ______．
A．less than a dollar
B．10% of the total
C．fifty dollars
D．more than a price of a notebook
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(4)
“Here you are．” is the same as“______”．
A．This is for me．
B．Please leave．
C．This is your bag．
D．The door is over there．
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(5)
Which of these sentences is true?
A．The store doesn't have any bags．
B．A tape costs more than a pen．
C．The person buys six things．
D．The store doesn't take credit cards．
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阅读理解
You will have a lot of reading to do in this grade this year．You can do more of it in less time if you learn to read rapidly．
Perhaps you have been told about some habits (习惯) which keep a person from reading fast and have been strongly asked to break those habits which you might have．
Do you still have any of these bad habits?Check yourself by answering“yes”or“no”to these questions．
(1) Do you move your lips (嘴唇) when reading silently?
(2) Do you point to words with your finger as you read?
(3)Do you move your head from side to side as you read?
(4)Do you read one word at a time?
If you answer“yes”to any of these questions,start at once to break the habit．If you move your tips，hold your fingers over them，or hold a piece of paper be-tween your lips while you are reading．Then if your lips move，your will know it and can stop them．
If you point to words，hold the two sides of your book，one side with your left hand，the other side with your right hand．Then you won't have a free finger to use in pointing while reading．If you move your head，place your chin (下巴) in one hand and hold your head still (静止不动的)．
If you read no more than one or two or three words at a time，you need to work very hard in learning to take in (吸收) more words at each glance (一瞥) as your eyes travel across the lines of words．
Even if you do rather fast now，you can learn to read even faster．As you probably have been told，the secret of fast reading is to take in whole groups of words as each glance．Read in through groups and force (迫使) your eyes along the lines of words as fast as you can to make them go．Anyone who practices doing these things will he able to read faster．
(1)
You may hold your fingers over your lips while reading so as ______．
A．to tell others to be silent
B．to feel whether your lips move or not
C．to hold a piece of paper between them
D．to keep yourself from talking to others
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(2)
When you read，______．
A．don't keep your head still
B．don't hold your books with your hands
C．don't stand up near a desk
D．don't use your finger to point to words
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(3)
If you learn to read fast，______．
A．you can read more in less time
B．you can write faster
C．you can understand better
D．you can read less in more time
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(4)
You must _______ those habits that we are talking about in this reading．
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