When I was at university,I studied very hard.But a lot of my friends did very little work.Some did just enough to pass exams.Others didn’t do quite enough.Fred Baines was one of them.He spent more time drinking in the Students’ Union than working in the library.
  Once at the end of the term,we had to take an important test in chemistry.The test had a hundred questions. In my room the night before the test,Fred was watching TV.Fred usually worried a lot the night before a test.But on that night he looked perfectly calm.Then he told me of his plan.“It’s very simple.There are a hundred questions and I have to get fifty correct to pass the test.I’ll take a coin into the examination room.I haven’t studied a chemistry book for months,so I’ll just toss the coin.That way,I’m sure I’ll get half the questions right.”
  The next day,Fred came happily into the exam room.As he sat tossing a coin for half an hour he marked down his answers.Then he left,half an hour before the rest of us.
  The next day,he saw the chemistry professor in the corridor.“Oh,good,”he said,“Have you got the result of the test?”The professor looked at him and smiled,“Ah,it’s you,Baines.Just a minute.”Then he reached into his pocket and took out a coin.He threw it into the air,caught it in his hand and looked at it.
  “I’m terribly sorry,Baines,”he said,“You failed!”
【小题1】This story mainly wants to tell us ________.

A.chemistry is really hard to learn
B.there were too many questions for students to prepare for
C.good exam results needs hard study
D.tossing a coin can not always decide the result
【小题2】Fred Baines was one of those who ________.
A.did just enough to pass the exam
B.didn’t work hard enough for their studies
C.had too much other work for the Students’ Union
D.were quite good at passing exams
【小题3】Fred came happily into the exam room because ________.
A.he had got ready for the exam
B.he knew the answers already
C.the other students would be behind him
D.he had his way to finish the exam
【小题4】The chemistry exam in fact ________.
A.was not very hard
B.took the other students an hour to finish
C.had more than one hundred questions
D.needed to be done by tossing a coin
【小题5】The professor tossed the coin to tell Baines that ________.
A.he was satisfied with his way for the exam
B.he wanted to make friends with him
C.his way for the exam would never work
D.the exam result depended on the coin


One day, a boy found the cocoon(茧) of a butterfly and brought it home. A few days later, the boy saw a small ___31___ in the cocoon. He sat and watched for several hours as a butterfly struggled to make ___32___ body through that little hole. Suddenly it stopped.
So the boy ___33___ to help the butterfly, thinking the butterfly might be___34___  .He took a pair of scissors(剪刀) and cut the hole ___35___  .The butterfly came out of the cocoon but it ___36___ a little different. It had a weak body and small, thin ___37___  .The butterfly didn’t start to fly. In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling(爬行) around with a weak body and thin wings. It was never able to fly.
The boy acted with___38___  but he didn’t understand why it could be like this. When a butterfly crawls out of the cocoon, it must struggle. The hard work of ___39___  out of the cocoon makes the fluid(液体) from the butterfly’s body into its wings. It helps the butterfly be___40___ to fly. If the butterfly never has to squeeze(挤压) itself out of the cocoon, its wings will never get the fluid and it can never fly.___41___ struggles are what we need in our lives. If we lived our lives without any problems, we would never learn or grow. We would not be ___42___ as we could have been and we would never fly.
In our lives, pain and suffering is the key to all windows, and sometimes even ___43___ growth, without it , there’s no way of life. We can’t avoid ___44___  or problems. So, next time you are ___45___ a problem or difficulty, remember the butterfly. Struggle a little----then fly!

【小题1】
A.hole B.worm C.tall D.snake
【小题2】
A.it B.it’s C.itself D.its
【小题3】
A.decided B.asked C.showed D.ordered
【小题4】
A.afraid B.interestedC.surprised D.grateful
【小题5】
A.slimmer B.bigger C.shorter D.smaller
【小题6】
A.touched B.sounded C.looked D.smelt
【小题7】
A.wings B.feet C.eyes D.head
【小题8】
A.success B.excitement C.kindness D.humor
【小题9】
A.get B.getting C.to get D.got
【小题10】
A.ready B.quiet C.glad D.used
【小题11】
A.SomewhereB.SomethingC.Some timeD.Sometimes
【小题12】
A.as helpful B.as weak C.as strong D.as creative
【小题13】
A.repeats B.recommends C.requires D.represents
【小题14】
A.happiness B.difficulties C.pleasure D.hope
【小题15】
A.served withB.growing intoC.bringing inD.faced with

Before Christmas Mr Smith broke his right leg and had to stay in hospital. When he was there, he always asked his doctor when he could go home. He didn’t like to spend Christmas in hospital. Though the doctor did his best, Mr Smith didn’t get better. So on Christmas Day he was still in hospital. He spent a bad day in bed thinking that he missed a lot of fun on such a happy day.

The next day the doctor told him that he might be well enough to leave hospital in time for the New Year. Mr Smith was very happy to think that he would spend New Year’s Day outside hospital. Soon Mr Smith left hospital and on New Year’s Eve he went to a party. He enjoyed himself there. But he drank too much. On his way home that night, he had a fall and broke his left leg. What an unlucky man he was!

1. Mr. Smith felt ____ on Christmas Day. 

A. happy                               B. sad                        C. better                                               D. well

2.Because ______, he drank so much on New Year’s Eve.

A. he was too happy                           B. both of his two legs got well   

C. he had a fall                               D. he was in hospital

3. Mr Smith would have to spend New Year’s Day ______.

A. at home                              B. at a party                    C. in hospital                        D. outside hospital

 

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