My school makes students take one religion(宗教)class every year．But religion is really hard, especially with Mr Frank Smith for a teacher．
Mr Smith is 55 years old, with grey hair and a moustache(胡子)．He always wears a blue school T-shirt, shorts and tennis shoes with long white socks．My friends say he looks like a cat．
In his class, we did yoga(瑜珈)and meditation(冥想)(actually most of the children in my class lay on the ground sleeping), tasted some strange tea, had classes outside in the garden, and watched videos and movies about Tibetan Buddhism(藏传佛教), God, and so on．
It was fun sometimes．However, the course(课程)was quite hard when it came to tests．The girls often worked until one or two o'clock in the morning on nights before the tests, but they still got bad scores．
When our test scores were bad, he would give us some makeup assignments(补考作业)．Once I got a B, which I thought was bad, so I asked Mr Smith for an assignment to bring up my grades．
As a matter of fact, his assignments were often worse than the tests．The tests were just a lot of multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blanks, or short essays(文章)．But his assignments usually included a speech in class．
I was not afraid of public speaking, yet it took me three days to collect the information, two days to write the speech, one day to make a PowerPoint and several hours to prepare．I knew my presentation(课堂展示)was good, because I saw Mr Smith's big smile when he listened to me．He gave me an A at last．
After finishing the course, I may not remember how hard it was or the meaning of some vocabulary．But through Mr Smith, I learned a lesson that will be with me my whole life．That is：no matter what we do, we need to put our hearts into it, and then our work will pay off．
(1)
The religion class is hard because Mr Smith ________．
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A．
uses strange ways to teach in his class．
B．
never gives good scores, however hard you try．
C．
gives difficult tests and make-up assignments．
D．
likes students to make good presentations．
(2)
How could students get good scores in Mr.Smith's class?
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A．
Work hard by studying late into the night．
B．
Remember all of the vocabulary．
C．
Pay attention and take notes in class．
D．
Do well on the make-up assignment．
(3)
From the course, the writer learned that ________．
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A．
people should always be given a second chance
B．
people should always put their hearts into their work
One night when my wife was preparing dinner, our little son took a piece of paper to her which read：
For washing the car ＄5.00
For making my own bed this week ＄1.00
Going to the provision shop ＄0.50
Playing with little sister ＄0.25
Taking out the rubbish ＄1.00
Getting a good report card ＄5.00
And for sweeping the common corridor ＄2.00
Total ＄14.75
His mother looked at him standing there expecting payment．I could see a thousand memories flashed through her mind．So she picked up the pen and turning the paper over, this is what she wrote：
For nine months I carried you, growing inside me No Charge
For the nights I sat up with you, doctored and prayed for you No Charge
For the toys, food and clothes and wiping your nose No Charge
When you add it all up, the full cost of my love No Charge
Well, when he finished reading, he had big tears in his eyes．He looked at his mother and said,“Mummy, I love you．”Then he took the pen and in great big letters wrote on the“bill”“All paid．”
(1)
What's the best title for this passage?
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A．
Part-time Job
B．
Mother's Love, No Charge
C．
Payment for House Work
D．
Greedy Mother
(2)
The write wrote the passage in order to ________．
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A．
show that children should be paid for their housework
B．
show that children should not be paid for their housework
C．
show a clever way of teaching children
D．
tell children how to spend their spare time
(3)
How do you think of the mother in the passage?
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A．
Clever
B．
Greedy
C．
Cold－hearted
D．
Selfish
(4)
From the last passage we know that ________
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A．
the boy got all the money he wanted
B．
the mother was unwilling to give the money to the boy
C．
the boy realized that it was not right to ask for money for the housework
D．
the mother was angry with what the boy said
阅读理解
Once upon a time the colors of the world started to quarrel．Green said,“Clearly I am the most important．I am the sign of life and hope．I was chosen for grass, trees and leaves．Without me, all animals would 1 ．”
Blue interrupted,“You only think about the 2 , but consider the sky and the sea． 3 the water that is the basis of life and drawn up by the clouds from the deep sea．Without my peace, you would all be 4 ．”
Yellow chuckled(笑道),“You are all so serious．I bring laughter, fun, and 5 into the world．”
Orange started next to blow her trumpet,“I am the color of health and strength．I may be 6 , but I am precious for I serve the needs of human life．When I fill the sky 7 , my beauty is so striking that no one gives another 8 to any of you．”
Red could stand it 9 and he shouted out,“I am the ruler of all of you．I am the color of danger and of bravery．I am willing to 10 truth．I am also the color of passion and of love．”
Then came Purple and Indigo(深蓝)…．
The colors went on boasting, each convinced of his or her own 11 ．Their quarreling became louder and louder．Suddenly there was a startling flash of bright lightening thunder．Rain started to pour down 12 ．The colors crouched(蜷缩)down 13 , drawing close to one another for comfort．
In the midst of the clamor(叫嚷), rain began to speak,“You foolish colors, fighting 14 yourselves, each trying to dominate 15 ．Don't you know that you were each made for a special purpose, 16 ?Join hands with 17 and come to me．”
Doing as they were told, the colors 18 and joined hands．They formed a colorful rainbow．From then on, whenever a good rain 19 the world, a rainbow appears in the sky．They remember to 20 one another．
