When I was six, I went to a public school. In the school I was  1  the other kids because of my speech and reading problems. All the kids would say, "You are a fool (傻瓜), you are a fool," and so on. I thought they were  2  because all my grades (成绩) show it. I had no  3.

   During the first  4  years of the public school, I was small and clumsy (笨拙的). In the sixth grade, I became interested in  5  . The class had its own sports day every year. Each class would have its own  6  to play against each other. I went out for all of the teams, I was not the best  7  I was not bad. The only thing that I could do was to run  8  . This surprised the other kids  9   I was so clumsy, and then came a lot of more nicknames (绰号) from the kids. I didn't know why they were doing this, and it really  10  me.

   Between the seventh and eighth grade, I started to  11  . In three months, I grew seven inches. At the start of eighth grade, I began to play  12 . I was much bigger than everybody else. I was  13  than most of the backs (后为) we played against. The other team would not run the ball towards me because of my great speed. It was the  14  time that I was really good at  15  and knew it in my life. It was a new feeling of pride.                               

1. A. before       B. between       C. behind        D. among

2. A. wrong       B. right          C. silly          D. noisy

3. A. surprise      B. friendship     C. interest       D. confidence

4. A. five         B. six           C. seven         D. eight

5. A. studies      B. music         C. programs      D. sports

6. A. books       B. singers        C. teams         D. players

7. A. and         B. or            C. but           D. then

8. A. slowly      B. fast           C. hard          D. quietly

9. A. if           B. though        C. because       D. when

10. A. hurt         B. filled         C. frightened     D. encouraged

11. A. fight        B. play          C. grow         D. sing

12.A. ping-pong    B. football       C. volleyball     D. yo-yo

13. A. taller        B. harder        C. cleverer       D. faster

14. A. first         B. second        C. third          D. last

15. A. everything    B. something     C. anything      D. nothing

阅读理解。
     Many people invented toys. Most of them were kids. Kids are better than adults at inventing toys. They
can use everything to make toys.
     But sometimes adults can make the old ones more popular. For example, People first played yo-yos in
ancient (古代的) Greece. About two hundred years ago they became very popular with children, first in
England and then in the United States. Later people didn't like them, In 1928, Donald Duncan went into the
yo-yo business. He had some "Yo-yo men" and let them go door to door selling yo-yos. Soon more and more
people began to play yo-yos. Today the name Duncan still goes with yo-yo.
     People named teddy bears after Teddy Roosevelt, a president of the United States. But he didn't invent
teddy bears. People play crayons (蜡笔) many years ago. Edwin Binney and Harold C. Smith decided to
make them in some colors and sell them to schools. Kids enjoyed using them very much.
1. This article is about _______.
A. yo-yos
B. toys
C. kids
D. American history
2. Who invented yo-yos?
A. The ancient Greeks.
B. Harold C. Smith
C. A man named YO YO
D. A child of two hundred years ago
3. The name Duncan still goes with yo-yo today because Duncan _______.
A. was a yo-yo man
B. made yo-yos popular again
C. liked playing yo-yos
D. invented yo-yos
4. Whom id Edwin Binney sell crayons to?
A. School kids
B. Businessmen
C. Workers
D. Teachers'
5. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Adults usually do better than Kid in making toys
B. In 1928,Yo-yo became popular with children first in America, and then in England
C. The US president, Teddy Roosevelt invented teddy bears
D. Edwin and Harold sold crayons to school children

违法和不良信息举报电话:027-86699610 举报邮箱:58377363@163.com

精英家教网