---Mrs. King：Good morning. It's a lovely day. isn't it?
---Mrs. Stewart：Yes, it's quite warm, isn't it? And the days are longer now, aren't they?
---Mrs. King：Yes, they are. I like the long days.
---Mrs. Stewart：Yes, so do I. ________.
---Mrs. King：He's from Scotland. isn't he?
---Mrs. Stewart：Yes, he's from the north of Scotland and it's never hot there.

A.
My husband likes cold weather and I like cold weather, too.
B.
But my husband doesn't like cold weather.
C.
I like summer, but my husband doesn't. and he likes cold weather.
D.
It's really cold. I'm from the Channel Islands.

When I was 16 years old, a boy gave me an important gift. It was a smile.
It was the early autumn of my first year at a junior high school, and my old school was far away. As a result, no one knew who I was. I was very lonely, and afraid to make friends with anyone.
Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing, I felt my heart break. I couldn’t talk about anyone with my problems. And I didn’t want my parents to worry about me.
Then one day, my classmates talked happily with their friends, but I sat at my desk unhappily as usual. At that moment, a boy came into the classroom. I didn’t know who he was. He passed me and then turned back. He looked at me, without a word, only a smile.
Suddenly, I felt the touch of something bright and friendly. It made me feel happy, lively and warm.
That smile changed my life. I started to talk with other students and made friends. Day by day, I became closer to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now.
One day I asked him why he smiled, but he couldn’t remember smiling at me!
It doesn’t matter because all the dark days have gone. I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think it lonely, you might always be alone. So smile at the world and it will smile back.
11. Why was the smile an important gift?
A. Because the writer’s old school was far away.
B. Because the writer didn’t know who the boy was.
C. Because the smile didn’t mean anything to the boy.
D. Because it made the writer feel happy, lively and warm.
12.The writer didn’t talk to anyone in her new school about her problem because   .
A. she was always unhappy
B. she didn’t have any friends there
C. she was in the first year at the junior high school
D. she didn’t want her parents to worry about her
13. How did the smile change her life?
A. She started to make friends.
B. She became the best friend with the boy.
C. Her parents didn’t worry about her any more.
D. She realized that she was lonely.
14. Where does she now think her feeling of unhappiness came from?
A. From her old school      B. From her parents.
C.. From herself.           D. From her classmates at the new school.
15. Who has become the writer’s best friend now?
A. The writer herself        B. The writer’s parents
C. The writer’s classmates     D. The boy with the smile

An important question about eating out is who pays for the meal. If a friend of yours asks you to have lunch with him, you may say something like this, “I’m afraid it’ll have to be someplace cheap, as I have little money.” The other person may say, “OK, I’ll meet you at McDonald’s.”

This means that the two agree to go Dutch, that is, each person pays for himself. He may also say, “Oh, no, I want to take you to lunch at Smith’s,” or “I want you to try the Chinese dumplings there. They are great.” This means the person wants to pay for both of you. If you feel friendly towards this person, you can go with him and you needn’t pay for the meal. You may just say, “Thank you. That would be very nice.”

American custom(风俗) about who pays for dates(约会) are much the same as in other parts of the world. In the old days, American women wanted men to pay for all the meals. But, today, a university girl or a woman in business world will usually pay her way during the date. If a man asks her for a dance outside the working hours, it means “Come, as my guest(客人).” So as you can see, it is a polite thing to make the question clear at the very beginning.

1.The passage mainly tells us ________.

A. how to eat out

B. where to eat out

C. what to eat out

D. who pays for the meal in different situation

2.The underlined phrase “go Dutch” in this passage means “________” in Chinese.

A. 去订餐????? B. 共同就餐???? C. 去饭店????? D. 各自付款

3.Sometimes your friend takes you to lunch. It means _________.

A. he’s going to pay for your meal

B. he’s going to lend some money to you

C. he can’t understand you

D. he’ll be angry with you

4.In America, some girls and women _________ now.

A. ask men to pay for their clothes

B. try to pay for their own meals

C. never have anything outside

D. try to pay for the men’s meals

5.We can infer(推断) if a man asks a woman for a dance outside the working hours _________.

A. the man will pay for it

B. the woman will pay for it

C. they will go Dutch

D. another person will pay for them

When I was a teenager growing up in Russia, I felt studying very boring, I wanted to leave school and have my own life. There were only two ways for me to do this—working in the toy factory in my town, or getting married. I chose the first one. I was nervous when I told my father that I wanted to leave school. I thought he would say, “No! You are going to college.” Instead, he took me by surprise when he said, “OK. We’ll go to the toy factory.”

Two days later, he took me to the factory. I had a very romantic idea of working in a factory. I had imagined everyone to be friendly working together and having fun. I even imagined there would be music and singing. I guess I had watched too many movies as a teenager.

When we arrived at the factory gates, my father spoke to the guard and one minute later we went inside. My father said, “Take your time. Look around.” I walked around the factory, looking at the buildings, the workers, and listening to the noise. It was terrible. I ran back to my father and said, “I want to go home.”

He asked me, “What do you think of the factory?”

“It’s terrible,” I replied.

“And you have another choice, but I think getting married is even worse!” he said.

I went back to school the next day. From then on, I studied as hard as I could. Finally I got into a good college. I enjoyed studying English so I decided to major in languages at college. Thanks to my father and our trip to the factory, I now work at the United Nations and my father is very proud of me. I married a very good man and my life is much better than it would have been working in the factory!

1.The writer lived in ________ when she was a teenager.

A．Russia B．Japan C．China D．England

2.At first she thought life in the factory would be ________ than in school.

A．more terrible B．more colorful C．busier D．more boring

3.After they visited the factory, the writer ________.

A．decided to work there B．changed her romantic idea

C．wanted to get married D．argued with her father

4.Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A．The writer studied languages after she went into the college.

B．The writer now works at the United Nations.

C．The writer’s father used a special way to let his daughter go back to school.

D．The writer’s father is proud because his daughter married a good man.

One day, a boy found the cocoon(茧) of a butterfly and brought it home. A few days later, the boy saw a small 41 in the cocoon. He sat and watched for several hours as a butterfly struggled to make 42 body through that little hole. Suddenly it stopped.

So the boy 43 to help the butterfly, thinking the butterfly might be 44 .He took a pair of scissors(剪刀) and cut the hole 45 .The butterfly came out of the cocoon but it 46

a little different. It had a weak body and small, thin 47 .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 48 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 49 out of the cocoon makes the fluid(液体) from the butterfly’s body into its wings. It helps the butterfly be 50 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.

51 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 52 we could have been and we would never fly.

In our lives, pain and suffering is the key to all windows, and sometimes even 53 growth, without it , there’s no way of life. We can’t avoid 54 or problems. So, next time you are 55 a problem or difficulty, remember the butterfly. Struggle a little—then fly!

1.

A．hole

B．worm

C．tall

D．snake

2.

A．it

B．it’s

C．itself

D．its

3.

A．decided

B．asked

C．showed

D．ordered

4.

A．afraid

B．interested

C．surprised

D．grateful

5.

A．slimmer

B．bigger

C．shorter

D．smaller

6.

A．touched

B．sounded

C．looked

D．smelt

7.

A．wings

B．feet

C．eyes

D．head

8.

A．success

B．excitement

C．kindness

D．humour

9.

A．get

B．getting

C．to get

D．got

10.

A．ready

B．quiet

C．glad

D．used

11.

A．Somewhere

B．Something

C．Some time

D．Sometimes

12.

A．as helpful as

B．as weak as

C．as strong as

D．as creative as

13.

A．repeats

B．recommends

C．requires

D．represents

14.

A．happiness

B．difficulties

C．pleasure

D．hope

15.

A．served with

B．growing into

C．bringing in

D．faced with

The days ________ shorter in autumn.

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