At Harton College-an English boarding school(寄宿制学校)for boys-there are many rules.Fifteen-year-old Bob Sanders often breaks them.
The boys can go into the town in the afternoon after class. But they must return to the school at six o’clock. One afternoon Bob walked to the town. He looked at the shops and then went to the cinema. After the film, he looked at his watch. It was after eight o’clock. He was a little worried . He walked back to Harton College as fast as possible.
When he arrived, he ran quickly to the main entrance(主要入口).It was locked. He went round the school buiding to another door. That one was locked too. He looked up at the window of his dormitory(宿舍).It was on the third floor. The window was open. But it was quite dark and he could not climb up the wall easily. Then he saw another open window on the ground floor. It was the window of the headmaster’s study(书房).
He looked into the room-no one was there. Bob quickly climbed on to the window and jumped into the room. Just then he heard a noise. Then someone turned on a light in the corridor(走郎).Bob looked around and then hid under the sofa. One minute later, Mr Mannering the headmaster, came in. He turned on the light on his desk, and sat down on the sofa(沙发).Then he opened a book and began to read.
Bob lay under the sofa as quietly as possible. He couldn’t move. The floor was cold and uncomfortable. He looked at the headmaster’s shoes and socks for an hour.
“Why doesn’t he get up and go to bed?”Bob thought.
Mr. Mannering read his book for another hour.Finally, the headmaster closed his book and stood up. He put the book on a shelf and walked towards the door.
“Thank God he didn’t find me under the sofa,”thought Bob.
Then Mr. Mannering stopped and spoke towards the sofa.
“Would you turn off the light when you leave?”
He said, and left the study.
57.Bob returned to the school more than two hours late because_______.
A.he enjoyed himself too much  B.he did not catch the bus
C.he hated the rules     D.he ran into an old friend
58.The main entrance was_______.
A.too high   B.open  C.shut   D.slightly open
59.Bob didn’t go to his dormitory because_______.
A.the gate was locked  B.the window was shut
C.it was quite dark      D.the wall was too high for him to climb up
60.Bob actually went into the headmaster’s_______.
A.dormitory        B.private(私人的)office
C.kitchen            D.bedroom

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 playing 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. Beside each question we had to write “True” or “False”. While I was studying 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. Thenhe 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 just toss(掷)the coin to decide the answers. 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 to the teacher, “Have you got the result of the test?” The teacher 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, Fred,” he said, “You failed!”
【小题1】This story mainly wants to tell us          .

A.chemistry is really hard to learn
B.there are many questions for students to prepare.
C.good exam results really need studying hard
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 an exam
B.didn’t work hard enough for their studies
C.had more important work to do than study
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.one excellent student would help him
D.he had his special way to finish the exam
【小题4】Which of the following about the chemistry exam is TRUE?
A.The chemisty exam was not very difficult at all.
B.It in fact took an hour to finish the chemisty exam
C.The chemisty exam had more than one hundred questions.
D.The chemisty exam needed to be done by tossing a coin.
【小题5】The professor tossed a coin to tell Baines that          .
A.he was satisfied with Baines’ way for the exam
B.he wanted to make friends with Baines
C.Baines’ way for the exam would never work
D.the exam result depended on the coin

  It had been a difficult move. I’d left my family and friends in Indiana, the beloved state where I’d lived most of my life. My new home in Florida was thousands of miles away from anything I knew. It was hot—all the time. Jobs were hard to come by, but I was up for almost any challenge.

At last, I taught in a special school where students have severe learning and behavioral difficulties.

Another teacher and I had spent weeks teaching the children appropriate behavior for public outings. Unexpectedly, only a few students, including Kyle, had not earned the privilege of going. He was determined to make his disappointment known.

In the corridor(走廊) between classrooms, he began screaming, cursing, spitting, and swinging at anything within striking distance. Once his outburst died down, he did what he’d done when he was angry at all his other schools, at home, even once at a juvenile detention(拘留)center. He ran.

People watched in disbelief as Kyle dashed straight into the heavy morning traffic in front of the school.

I heard someone shout, “Call the police!”

But I ran after him.

Kyle was at least a foot taller than me. And he was fast. His older brothers were track stars at the nearby high school. But I could run long distances without tiring. I would at least be able to keep him in my sight and know he was alive.

After several blocks of running directly into oncoming traffic, Kyle slowed his pace.

He took a sharp left. Standing next to a trash bin, Kyle bent over with his hands on his knees. I must have looked ridiculous. But his was not a look of fear. I saw his body relax. He did not attempt to run again. Kyle stood still and watched me approach. I had no idea what I was going to say or do, but I kept walking closer.

He opened his mouth to speak when a police car pulled up, abruptly filling the space between Kyle and me. The school principal and an officer got out. They spoke calmly to Kyle, who willingly climbed into the back of the vehicle. I couldn’t hear what was said, but I didn’t take my eyes off Kyle’s face, even as they drove away.

I couldn’t help but feel that I had failed him, that I should have done or said more, that I should have fixed the situation.

I shared my feelings with a speech therapist who was familiar with Kyle’s history. “No one ever ran after him before, Rachel,” she said. “No one. They just let him go.”

Things changed the day he ran and I ran after him, even though I didn’t have the right words, even though I wasn’t able to save him from the mess he was in. It was the day I didn’t throw my hands in the air and decide he was too fast, a waste of time and effort , a lost cause. It was the day my mere presence was enough to make a profound difference.

1.From the passage we know that _____.

A. the author left her family to Florida because jobs were hard to come by in Indiana.

B. students were allowed to go out after they passed some specific tests.

C. the author worked in a school where students were excellent.

D. no teacher had ever run after Kyle before except the author .

2.Which of the following description about Kyle is not true?

A. He had some behavioral difficulties and once moved from one detention to another.

B. He used to run out to let out his anger when he was in school,home or juvenile detention.

C. Different from his brothers, he learned in a special school while not a normal high school.

D. He was moved by his teacher who treated him with more patience and understanding.

3.Which is the correct order of the trace?

①He burst out when he knew he couldn’t go out.    

②I decided to run after him.

③Kyle stoppped beside a trash bin.

④A police car came and Kyle left with it.

⑤He rushed into the heavy morning traffic.     

⑥Kyle slowed his pace.

⑦I walked toward Kyle.

A. ①⑤②⑥③⑦④                 B. ①⑤②④⑥⑦③       

C. ⑤④②⑥③⑦①            D. ①②⑥⑦③④⑤

4.What is the best title of the passage?

A. Kyle, a Boy with Learning and Behavior Difficulties.

B. The Teacher Who Ran.

C. A School with Special Students.    

D. A Terrible Conflict.

 

The life of an actor appears attractive and many young people dream about becoming one. But the truth is, it is very hard work. If you’re successful, there are deadlines to be met, appointments to keep and the press to deal with. If you’re not successful, then life is extremely tough.

I remember when I started out, I had to search the advertisement board at my drama school every day to look for acting jobs. Drama school was expensive and I needed extra cash to help pay the fees. I welcomed every small job. I played extras in many crowd scenes and became a confident participant in a lot of TV commercials for hair shampoo, soap and washing powder.

I had been working for about two years before I got my lucky break. One day, as I was passing the drama school, I decided to go in to check the notice board. There was nothing on it and I was just leaving when the secretary came along the corridor with a piece of paper. She asked me how I was and I told her life was hard and work was difficult to find. The next moment, she put the paper in my hand and walked away. My hands were shaking as I unfolded the paper, full of expectation. To my surprise, it was an audition (试演) for a clown(小丑)for the Canadian circus. I couldn’t stop myself from laughing. I had expected an audition with a famous director for a new film!

When I was at drama school, there had been a course in acrobatics and clown tricks. I had gained top marks in this course for originality and daring. Later I went to the audition feeling very strange. This was not what I’d had in mind when I enrolled in drama school. To my surprise, the job as a clown turned out to be exactly what I wanted. I loved every moment of getting dressed up and putting on the make-up. I had the opportunity to travel the world and I was more than an actor, I was an entertainer as well. I had visited over 32 different countries and entertained millions of people.

1.The first paragraph is about how _______ it is to be an actor, whether you’re successful or not.

A.easy             B.attractive          C.enjoyable         D.difficult

2.According to paragraph 3, the writer went into the drama school __________.

A.to look for a job

B.to see the secretary

C.to collect a piece of paper

D.to put a notice on the notice board

3.Which of the following can best describe the author’s feeling when he unfolded the paper?

A.Extremely frightened.                    B.Feeling anxious and excited.

C.Very worried.                          D.Trembling with fear.

4.From the whole passage, we can tell that the writer is ___________.

A.sad that he was not a famous actor

B.happy to travel the world

C.feeling very strange to be a clown

D.very content with his life

5.Which of the following would be the best title?

A.The Life of a TV Actor                    B.Acrobatics and Clown Tricks

C.More than an Actor                      D.Going to Drama School

 

This hotel in the trees is famous in the world. Peop1e who know very little about Kenya, know of Treetops. When King George VI died, Princess Elizabeth was staying on the Treetops, and when she came down from there, “She succeeded him as the queen of the country”. This hotel in the middle of the forest shows the pleasure of Africa. When you visit it, you will be sent into the heart of the forest by hotel buses, and then a guide, with a gun to protect you against big game, will go with you to the Treetops. Before and after dinner, for the whole night if you wish, you can sit on the corridor(走廊), watching animals come to the water pool. The earliest hotel Treetops was built round a large tree on the opposite side of the water, but that was destroyed by fire and the new hotel Treetops, which is built round several trees, is much bigger.

    The dining room at Treetops is small, and the waiters cannot walk round to serve guests, a clever “railway service” has been invented. Guests take their food as it passes slowly in front of them, along a line in the center of the table.

    There are many animals around the Treetops. When you visit them, you can see:

    ---Animals and their babies are waiting to greet the guests.

    ---Animals, enjoying the Treetops pool in the daylight.

    ---A long bodied, long ring tailed very active cat-like animal is a special one coming out at night. He hunts and eats anything he can overpower and is very destructive. He lives in the trees at Treetops .He comes for his food every evening. Do not get too near to him, as his teeth and claws(爪)can do you harm. These animals can be trained and become lovely pets.

    ---Some other animals who have a thick coating of fur to keep them warm in the cold forest nights.

---Many buffaloes(水牛)coming to the Treetops for water and salt during the day or night.

1.“She succeeded him as the queen of the country” In this sentence, “succeeded” means_______.

    A.did what she was trying to do            B.gained her purpose

        C.got a position on the death of the King     D.completed an easy task

2.According to the passage, “railway service” actually refers to __________.

    A.the service provided at the railway station   

        B.the supply of food on the train

    C.the service provided along the railway      

        D.the supply of food along a moving line

3.Which of the following statements about “the cat-like animal”, described in the passage, is NOT true?

    A.It comes for food only at night.            

B.It lives in the trees at Treetops.

        C.Its teeth and claws can do people harm.   

    D.It can catch any other animal in the forest.

4.According to the passage. Treetops is famous in the world because ________.

    A.it shows the pleasure of America                                                                            

    B.Princess Elizabeth got to the crown when coming down from there                                                                              

    C.it is built round several trees

        D.there are many animals that can be trained and become lovely pets

5.We can learn from the passage, that the guests____.

       A.should not play games on the Treetops    

B.could not sit on the corridor at night

C.could enjoy their dinner in the dining room  

       D.should keep off the cat-like animals

 

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