How often one hears children wishing they were grown-ups, and old people wishing they were young again. Each age has its pleasures and its pains, and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets.
Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities to make life difficult. If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved, whatever he may do. It is impossible that he will ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in return. What’s more, life is always giving new things to the child--- things that have lost their interest for older people because they are too well-known. But a child has his pains: he is not so free to do what he wishes to do; he is repeatedly being told not do something or being punished for what he has wrongly done.
When a young man starts to earn his own living, he can no longer expect others to pay for his food, his clothes, and his room, but has to work if he wants to live comfortably. If he spends most of his time playing about in the way he used to as a child, he will go hungry. And if he breaks the laws of society as he used to break the laws of his parents, he may go to prison. If, however, he worked hard, keeps out of trouble and has good health, he can have the greatest happiness of building up for himself his own position in society

  1. 1.

    What is the happiest person according to the passage?

    1. A.
      A child who can do whatever he likes
    2. B.
      An old person who lives in a comfortable life
    3. C.
      A grown-up who no longer expects other to pay for him
    4. D.
      A person who never wastes his time in his whole life
  2. 2.

    What pains does a child have?

    1. A.
      He has few responsibilities to make life difficult
    2. B.
      He doesn’t have to do anything in return
    3. C.
      He is not so free to do what he wishes to do
    4. D.
      He has to work if he wants to live comfortably
  3. 3.

    Which of the following is true, according to the second paragraph?

    1. A.
      Life for a child is fairly easy
    2. B.
      A child is always loved whatever he does
    3. C.
      If much is given to a child, he must do something in return
    4. D.
      Only children are interested in life
  4. 4.

    What is the main idea of the passage?

    1. A.
      Life is not enjoyable since each age had some pains
    2. B.
      Young men can have the greatest happiness if they work hard
    3. C.
      Childhood is the most enjoyable time in one’s life
    4. D.
      One is the happiest if he can make good use of each age in his life
  5. 5.

    What will the fourth paragraph most probably discuss following this passage?

    1. A.
      Examples of successful young men
    2. B.
      How to build up one’s position in society
    3. C.
      Joys and pains of old people
    4. D.
      What to do when one has problems in life

Mr. Evans lives in a city. He was a math teacher three years ago. He taught well and his students liked him. So he decided to work in the middle school all his life. But a terrible accident changed his fortune(命运).
One spring he took his class to visit a place of interest. The children saw a lot of interesting things and had a good time there. But on their way to school, their bus was hit by a truck because the young driver was drunk(醉的). Five students died and more than half of the children were injured in the accident. He didn’t know how it had happened and was very sad about it and after he came out of hospital, he left the school and became a policeman. He tried his best to stop the drivers from breaking the traffic regulations(违反交通规则). He worked hard and was strict with the drivers. So they were afraid of him.
One afternoon it was very hot. Mr. Evans was on duty. He was standing at the crossing and watching the traffic. Suddenly he saw a car rushing towards the crossing. It ran so fast that it almost hit a man on a bike. He stopped it at once and saw a girl in it.
"Show your license to me, madam," said Mr. Evans.
The girl handed her bag to him and said: "Please look for it in it. I can‘t see anything without glasses."

  1. 1.

    What was Mr. Evans’ job three years ago?

    1. A.
      policeman
    2. B.
      a math teacher
    3. C.
      a guide
    4. D.
      a drive
  2. 2.

    Their bus was hit by a truck because_________

    1. A.
      the drunk driver broke the traffic rules
    2. B.
      the bus driver broke the traffic rules
    3. C.
      Mr. Evans broke the traffic rules
    4. D.
      the children broke the traffic rules
  3. 3.

    In the accident ___________

    1. A.
      more than half of the children died
    2. B.
      five children were injured
    3. C.
      more than half of those children were injured
    4. D.
      Mr. Evans was injured
  4. 4.

    The phrase “on duty” means “_____” in Chinese

    1. A.
      在家里
    2. B.
      在家
    3. C.
      在值勤
    4. D.
      在值日
  5. 5.

    From the story, we can infer that___________

    1. A.
      Mr. Evans would let girl drive away
    2. B.
      Mr. Evans would not let the girl drive away
    3. C.
      Mr. Evans would look for the girl’s license in her bag
    4. D.
      the girl would cry


My mother was telling me about how she and her family got their first television when she was a teenager. Of course it was black and white. She said she only watch it at night. She doesn’t remember over watching it in the morning or afternoon. When I was young we had only about 3 or 4 different channels(频道). My bothers, my sisters and I would sometimes fight(打架) about which channel to watch. But we usually enjoyed the same shows. Now we can get hundreds of channels on TV. I can’t believe it! There are channels with old films, cooking, fishing and so on. It’s surprising! There is a channel for everything. I wonder how much my bothers, my sisters and I would fight if we had hundreds of channels when I was a child. Of course we had only one television set. These days I find families with 2 or 3 or more television sets in their homes. I guess it stops people from arguing(吵架) about which channel to choose from

  1. 1.

    In those days, how many television sets did people have?

    1. A.
      more than one
    2. B.
      one
    3. C.
      3 or 4
    4. D.
      more than 4
  2. 2.

    What kind of TV channels do we have now?

    1. A.
      Channels with cooking
    2. B.
      Channels with old films
    3. C.
      Channels with fish
    4. D.
      A, B&C
  3. 3.

    Now how many channels can we get on TV?

    1. A.
      3 or 4 different channels
    2. B.
      Only one channel
    3. C.
      Hundreds of channels
    4. D.
      Less than 10 channels
  4. 4.

    When my mum was a teenager, her brothers, sisters and she usually enjoyed______

    1. A.
      different channels
    2. B.
      the same shows
    3. C.
      different shows
    4. D.
      all the shows
  5. 5.

    Which of the following in NOT true?

    1. A.
      My mum’s brothers and sisters would fight about which channel to watch when she was a child
    2. B.
      These days, there is only one channel with old movies, cooking and fishing
    3. C.
      People have many channels to choose from now
    4. D.
      Family members will not fight for the television set

For more than four hundred years, people all over the world have been reading ,watching and listening to the plays and poetry of the British writer William Shakespeare.
Most people think of Shakespeare as a writer. But he was also a theater producer, a part owner of an acting company and an actor. For most of his career, he was a producer and main writer for an acting company called the King’s Men. Shakespeare is best known for the thirty—nine plays that he wrote, although only thirty—eight exist today. His plays are usually divided into three groups: comedies, histories and tragedies. Some of his most famous plays are Hamlet ,Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth and so on.
Shakespeare was born in 1564 in England. At school he liked watching plays. He decided to be an actor when he finished school at the age of 14.He married Anne Hathaway at the age of 18.The couple had three children, two daughters and a son who died very young. In 1585,Shakespeare left his hometown. No one knows why he left or moved to London and joined a theater company which opened the Globe Theater in 1599.He made much money from it.He became an actor, and he also wrote plays. He usually acted in his own plays. He died in 1616. He left his money to his family. He left his genius to the world. Now you can still see his plays in English and in many other languages. He is one of the most famous writers in the world

  1. 1.

    What was Shakespeare?

    1. A.
      A writer
    2. B.
      An actor
    3. C.
      A theater producer
    4. D.
      A,B and C
  2. 2.

    Shakespeare made much money from_______

    1. A.
      writing
    2. B.
      acting
    3. C.
      opening the Globe Theater
    4. D.
      selling his books
  3. 3.

    What’s the meaning of the underlined word “genius” in the passage?

    1. A.
      房子
    2. B.
      遗憾
    3. C.
      悔恨
    4. D.
      天赋
  4. 4.

    Which sentence is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

    1. A.
      Shakespeare died when he was 52 years old
    2. B.
      Shakespeare married in 1582,and he had two daughters and a son
    3. C.
      Shakespeare’s plays are usually divided into three groups: comedies, histories and science fictions
    4. D.
      No one knows why Shakespeare left his hometown at he age of 21

If you often feel tired and the doctor can’t find anything wrong with you, you may be in a state of subhealth(亚健康). Subhealth is a state between health and illness. Most of the subhealthy people are middle-aged ones who are usually stressed out because of work and family. And some of them are students who are having exams.
If you are subhealthy, it is not difficult for you to become well soon. You should have good living habits. For example, you should get up early and go to bed early. And you should exercise regularly(有规律地). Exercising can keep you healthy. As for meals, it is better to eat less salt and sugar. Vegetables, fruit and fish are important to your body. You should eat more of them. It is not good to eat too much at one meal, because it may cause unhealthy changes in the digestive tract(消化道). And at last, a balanced diet is very helpful in staying away from(远离)subhealth

  1. 1.

    How may you feel if you’re subhealthy?

    1. A.
      Happy
    2. B.
      Comfortable
    3. C.
      Tired
    4. D.
      Sad
  2. 2.

    According to the passage, who will probably(可能地) be subhealthy?

    1. A.
      Teachers and students
    2. B.
      Parents and children
    3. C.
      Middle-aged people and students
    4. D.
      The young and the old
  3. 3.

    What should you do if you are subhealthy?

    1. A.
      Relax and have good living habits
    2. B.
      Go to see the doctor and ask for some medicine
    3. C.
      Go to hospital in foreign countries
    4. D.
      Stay at home and not talk to others
  4. 4.

    If you want to have good living habits,      

    1. A.
      you need to get up early and go to bed early
    2. B.
      you should exercise very often
    3. C.
      you should eat less salt and sugar and eat more vegetables, fruit and fish
    4. D.
      All above(上边的)
  5. 5.

    What is the main(主要的) idea of the passage(短文)?

    1. A.
      What is subhealth
    2. B.
      How to keep away from subhealth
    3. C.
      How to keep subhealthy
    4. D.
      Why are you subhealthy?

With more and more farmers working in big cities, their children go into the cities, too.However, problems appear. One of these problems is that is difficult for these children to receive education in cities.
Luckily, there are some free schools for them, but they are not enough. Ten-year-old Li Xin is one of the lucky girls who get a chance to study in one of these schools. She is very happy. She studies in a school specially for migrant workers’(外来务工人员的)children. For children like Li Xin who don’t have enough money, these free schools are their best choice, because they have free classes, textbooks, uniforms and meals in the schools.
But there is a long way to go. The free schools for children from migrant workers’ families are not enough because to run such a school is not easy and needs lots of money. A school officer said they needed at least one million yuan to run the school. “Luckily, some people and companies donate(捐赠)money, used books and a lot of other things to help us. There are also some volunteers teachers,” he added.
Anyhow, we must try to give these children an equal(平等)chance to get better education so that we can make our society harmonious(和谐的)

  1. 1.

    From the passage, we know that Li Xin’s parents used to be __________

    1. A.
      workers
    2. B.
      teachers
    3. C.
      officers
    4. D.
      farmers
  2. 2.

    The school provides Li Xin with the following things free except_____

    1. A.
      textbooks
    2. B.
      uniforms
    3. C.
      computers
    4. D.
      meals
  3. 3.

    What does the underlined word “run” mean in Chinese in the passage?

    1. A.
      奔跑
    2. B.
      经营
    3. C.
      考虑
    4. D.
      收购
  4. 4.

    The passage mainly talks about__________

    1. A.
      what jobs migrant workers can do in big cities
    2. B.
      the development of big cities
    3. C.
      helping migrant workers’ children go to school
    4. D.
      what difficulties those free schools face now

I really love my job because I enjoy working with small children and like the challenges and awards from the job. I also think my work is important. I wasn’t an excellent student because I didn’t do much schoolwork. In my final term I started thinking what I might do and found I didn’t have much to offer.
I then found myself a job, looking after two little girls. It wasn’t too bad at first. But the problems began when I agreed to live in. I would be there if my boss had to go out for business in the evening. We agreed that if I had to work extra hours one week, she’d give me time off the next. But unluckily, it didn’t often work out. I was getting very tired. Because I had too many late nights and early mornings with the children.
One Sunday, I was in the park with the children, and met Megan who used to go to school with me. I told her about my situation. She suggested that I should do a course and get a qualification(资格证书)if I wanted to work with children. I didn’t think I would be accepted because I didn’t take many exams in school. She asked me to phone the local college and they were really helpful. My experience counted for a lot and I got on a part-time course. I had to leave my job with the family, and got work helping out at a kindergarten.
Now I’ve got a full-time job there. I shall always be thankful to Megan. I wish I had known earlier that I could have a success, even if I am not top of the class at school

  1. 1.

    What do you think of the writer when she was a student?

    1. A.
      An excellent student
    2. B.
      A hardworking student
    3. C.
      A bad student
    4. D.
      A lazy student
  2. 2.

    What is the writer’s first job?

    1. A.
      A cleaner
    2. B.
      A babysitter
    3. C.
      An assistant
    4. D.
      A teacher
  3. 3.

    When staying with the two girls’ family,the writer ________

    1. A.
      was paid for extra work
    2. B.
      often worked long hours
    3. C.
      got much help from her boss
    4. D.
      took a day off every other week
  4. 4.

    Why did the writer leave her first job?

    1. A.
      She found a full-time job
    2. B.
      She was fed up with children
    3. C.
      She decided to attend a part-time course
    4. D.
      She needed a rest after working extra hours
  5. 5.

    What has the writer learned from her own experiences?

    1. A.
      Less successful students can still have a success
    2. B.
      Qualifications are necessary for a job
    3. C.
      Hard work makes an excellent student
    4. D.
      One must choose the job she like
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