On Nov.18,1995，Itzhak Perlman，the violinist，came on stage to give a concert.If you have ever been to a Perlman concert，you know that getting on stage is no small achievement for him.He was stricken with polio(小儿麻痹症) as a child，and so he walks with the aid of two crutches.
The audience sat quietly while he makes his way across the stage to his chair and begins his play.But this time，something went wrong.Just as he finished the first few bars，one of the strings on his violin broke.We thought that he would have to stop the concert.But he didn’t.Instead，he waited a moment，closed his eyes and then signaled the conductor to begin again.
Of course，anyone knows that it is impossible to play a pleasant work with just three strings.I know that，and you know that，but that night Itzhak Perlman refused to know that.
When he finished，there was a breathtaking silence in the room.And then people rose and cheered.There was an extraordinary outburst of applause from every corner of the auditorium.
He smiled，wiped the sweat from this brow and then he said-not proudly，but in a quiet，holy attitude-“You know，sometimes it is the artist’s task to find out how much music you can still make with what you have left.”
This powerful line has stayed in my mind ever since I heard it.And who knows？Perhaps that is the meaning of life-not just for artists but for all of us.
So，perhaps our task in this fast­changing，puzzling world in which we live is to make music，at first with all that we have，and then，when that is no longer possible，to make music with what we have left.

  1. 1.

    What made Itzhak Perlman’s performance at the concert special on Nov.18,1995?

    1. A.
      There were too many audience.
    2. B.
      He was late for the stage.
    3. C.
      He had a quarrel with the audience.
    4. D.
      One string of the violin got broken.
  2. 2.

    Why did Itzhak Perlman continue his playing after one string was broken?

    1. A.
      Because he was a person of self pride.
    2. B.
      Because he thought the audience didn’t see that.
    3. C.
      Because he decided to succeed with the broken violin.
    4. D.
      Because he didn’t know that the string was broken.
  3. 3.

    Why did the audience give heated claps to Itzhak Perlman?

    1. A.
      Because they were moved by his disease.
    2. B.
      Because they were moved by his spirit.
    3. C.
      Because they were laughing at his action.
    4. D.
      Because they were encouraging him to cheer up.
  4. 4.

    What is the best title for the passage?

    1. A.
      When you lose the most important thing.
    2. B.
      How can you give it up easily.
    3. C.
      Playing a violin with three strings.
    4. D.
      Playing a violin by yourself.

A driver stopped his car on a street side to have a rest. As he lay down in the seat and closed his eyes, a person came up and knocked at the window to ask the time. The driver opened his eyes and looked at his watch. “It’s 8:05,” he said. Then he went to sleep again. But soon he was waken up again because a second person was knocking at the window. “Sir, do you know the time?” he asked. The driver looked at his watch, and told him it was half past eight.
In this way, the driver thought he could not have a good rest, so he wrote a short note and stuck it on the window for all to see. It said, “ I don’t know the time.”
Again, he lay down in the seat for his sleep. A few minutes later, a third person came and began to knock at the window, “Hey, sir,” he said. “It’s 8:45.”

  1. 1.

    Where did the driver sleep?

    1. A.
      At the window.
    2. B.
      In the street road.
    3. C.
      In his car.
    4. D.
      In his room.
  2. 2.

    How long had the driver been there when the third person called him?

    1. A.
      40 minutes.
    2. B.
      25 minutes.
    3. C.
      50 minutes.
    4. D.
      70 minutes.
  3. 3.

    Why did the driver write a note and stick it on the window?

    1. A.
      Because he didn’t know the time.
    2. B.
      Because he didn’t want anybody to trouble him.
    3. C.
      Because he needed somebody to wake him up.
    4. D.
      Because he wanted somebody to tell him the time.
  4. 4.

    The third person knocked at the window to _____.

    1. A.
      ask him the time
    2. B.
      ask him not to sleep
    3. C.
      see if the driver was sleeping
    4. D.
      tell him what time it was
  5. 5.

    What do you think of the third person?

    1. A.
      Cold-hearted.
    2. B.
      Helpful.
    3. C.
      Thankful.
    4. D.
      Hopeful.

Due to the increasing number of violence acts produced in schools all over the world，more and more parents prefer to have their children educated at home rather than at school. This way they can assure their safety and well-being，although teachers and school representatives are trying to improve the situation in schools by increasing the number of the persons in charge with the safety of the students.
The main reason for violence acts are the films and cartoons that fill the children’s time.They want to do everything.they watch on TV and never think at the consequences，and they may hurt a classmate or a teacher.
On the other hand, parents are not fully satisfied with the children’s results obtained in classes and they consider private classes would have better results.
When a teacher has to watch 30 students in class he can’t probably see what each of them is doing，how he is writing，or if he understands the explanations.At home the teacher can explain in details everything the child doesn’t understand as many times as he considers proper.
And many times.the child grows fond of the teacher at home，who becomes his best friend，and who helps him whenever he needs someone to talk to.    
However, the best solution would be a mixture between the education received at school and that at home，because school makes children communicate and socialize.Keeping a child at home for fear there might happen something bad to him.only makes the child’s character weak and prevents him from knowing what real life is.Staying in a crystal ball only does harm to the child.
All in all.schools have been created to help children，not to harm them，so it’s best to keep children in these special places，where they learn，laugh，have fun and make new friends.

  1. 1.

    The writer’s purpose in writing the text is to          .

    1. A.
      teach parents the ways to keep theft children safe
    2. B.
      show solutions to developing children’s character
    3. C.
      explain the main reason for violence acts in schools
    4. D.
      analyze an education problem and give opinions
  2. 2.

    Parents prefer to have their children educated at home because the following EXCEPT that______.

    1. A.
      More and more violence acts occur in schools
    2. B.
      Parents want to improve their Children's grades
    3. C.
      Parents are concerned about their children’s safety
    4. D.
      The education system is far from satisfactory
  3. 3.

    What does“a crystal ball”in the passage refer to?

    1. A.
      A toy that can be used for entertainment.
    2. B.
      A safe and comfortable environment.
    3. C.
      An object that is made of crystal.
    4. D.
      A setback that is hard to overcome.
  4. 4.

    We call infer from the passage that          .

    1. A.
      violence TV programs have bad effects on children’s behavior
    2. B.
      The teacher at home is more patient than the teacher at school
    3. C.
      Children today are weak from lack of sense of right and wrong
    4. D.
      There are too many students in class for a teacher to teach
  5. 5.

    Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?

    1. A.
      Advantages and Disadvantages of Private Classes
    2. B.
      Who is to Blame, Parents or Schools?
    3. C.
      Which is Better, School Study or Home Study
    4. D.
      The Relationship between Teachers and Children

I don't think there is anything wrong with your blood. The key to your problem is that long nap（打盹,小睡）after dinner. If you didn't sleep for hours during the early part of the evening, you would be more ready to sleep at bedtime. If you didn't nap after dinner, you would not want to stay up so late, and you would not feel the need to take a sleeping pill. The pill is still working in your system when you get up in the morning. This helps account for the fact that you feel tired all day. You should get out of the habit of sleeping during the evening. Right after your evening meal, engage in some sort of physical activity - a sport such as bowling, perhaps. Or get together with friends for an evening of cards and conversation. Then go to bed at your usual time or a little earlier, and you should be able to get a good nights rest without taking a pill.
If you can get into the habit of spending your evenings this way, I am sure you will feel less tired during the day. At first it may be hard for you to go to sleep without taking a pill. If so, get up and watch television or do some jobs around your house until you feel sleepy. If you fall asleep and then wake up a few hours later, get up but do not take a sleeping pill. Read a while or listen to the radio, and make yourself a few hours'sleep that night, you will feel better in the morning than you usually feel after taking a pill. The next night you will be ready to sleep at an earlier hour.
The most important thing is to avoid taking that nap right after dinner and avoid taking pills.

  1. 1.

    According to the writer, it is difficult for you to go to sleep because .

    1. A.
      you get the habit of staying up late     
    2. B.
      you haven't taken sleeping pills
    3. C.
      you sleep for hours after dinner        
    4. D.
      you fail to do some exercises
  2. 2.

    Which of the following is NOT true if you want to get out of the habit of sleeping during the evening?

    1. A.
      Go to bed earlier than usual.
    2. B.
      Talk with friends after dinner.
    3. C.
      Stay with friends after dinner.
    4. D.
      Do some physical labor. 
  3. 3.

    You feel tired all day probably because .

    1. A.
      you stay up too late
    2. B.
      you get up too early in the morning
    3. C.
      you take sleeping pills
    4. D.
      you wake up too frequently at night
  4. 4.

    Which of the following is true according to the passage

    1. A.
      You mustn't take sleeping pills in order to get a good night's sleep.
    2. B.
      You should stay up if you want to sleep effectively.
    3. C.
      Food is necessary at night if you fail to go to sleep.
    4. D.
      It is very important to get out of the habit of taking a nap after dinner.
  5. 5.

    We may infer that the author is most probably a .

    1. A.
      doctor
    2. B.
      scientist
    3. C.
        reporter
    4. D.
      professor

On a visit to my home state, I had a chance to drive through Cazenovia, a village on the shores of Lake Cazenovia. It seemed to me as if in a dream. I saw again the lakeshore meadow(草地)that has always remained an unforgettable part of my childhood memory. It was the place of family picnics（野炊）.
It was Grandma who had made it a rule to have the annual（每年的) outing. She had made known her wish that the family should meet each summer when travel was easier and eat together in the open air. It was her pleasure to have all her children, and their children, gather in the meadow, and spend the day eating, singing, playing, chatting, making jokes.
After so many years, I can still see her in my mind, a large figure, dressed in black although it was summer, seated under the shade of a large tree. The others spread around her, sitting on blankets on the grass. Despite(尽管) the joy, the family picnic was also a time of puzzlement(迷惑) for me. Who was this stranger in black with whom I could not speak?
What I knew of my grandmother, I heard from my mother: she believed in good food on the table. She knew you are what you eat and she loved America for all kinds of foods it provided to people like her, who, back in her home country, had been used to a simple life, with so little food.
We were about fifty kin (家族成员)gathered in that meadow, living proof of the family progress. Grandma’s sons and daughters all offered her services, goods and children. And yet, despite the good times and good food and the happy chatting people, I still felt a sense of strangeness. When I asked my mother why Grandma looked so strange and never spoke to us, I was told that Grandma’s home country was in Europe and she didn’t speak our language. In my eyes, she might as well have been from Mars(火星). I never remember hearing our own mother speak to her mother, although she must have. I only remember my shock at mother’s sadness when Grandma died. Was she crying for the silence that had existed like a wall between them?......

  1. 1.

    Whom does the underlined words “their children”  refer to?

    1. A.
      The writer’s children           
    2. B.
      Grandma’s children
    3. C.
      Grandma’s grandchildren       
    4. D.
      All the children in the family
  2. 2.

    Which of the following was a cause that made Grandma a “stranger” to the writer?

    1. A.
      Grandma loved all kinds of good foods in America.
    2. B.
      Grandma started the tradition of the annual gathering.
    3. C.
      Grandma spoke a language different from the writer’s.
    4. D.
      Grandma enjoyed the family gathering every summer.
  3. 3.

    What does the writer mean by “living proof of the family progress?

    1. A.
      The writer’s family were having a good time.
    2. B.
      The writer’s family were having a modern life.
    3. C.
      Life had improved a lot for the writer’s family.
    4. D.
      The size of the writer’s family had grown greatly.
  4. 4.

    Why might Grandma have been from mars in the writer’s eyes?

    1. A.
      Because Grandma acted very strangely.
    2. B.
      Because the writer never heard Grandma speak to Mother.
    3. C.
      Because Grandma was deaf.
    4. D.
      Because Grandma liked to keep silent.
  5. 5.

    What would be the best title for the text?

    1. A.
      My Memories of Grandma.     
    2. B.
      The life of a Strange Woman.
    3. C.
      A Visit to My Native Village.    
    4. D.
      An Unforgettable Family Picnic.

I first visited hutong as part of a tourist group several years ago. We rode on a trishaw（脚踏三轮车） with a guide explaining the history, architecture and lifestyle of the local inhabitants.
Having visited the "must-sees" of Beijing, like the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven, the Drum Tower and the Summer Palace, going into the hutong home of some famous ancient families gave the “Beijing experience” a human element.
My curiosity has sharpened over the years from reading about them at every opportunity. During the preparation for the Olympics I was eager to learn that some siheyuan courtyards in hutong were turned into accommodations（食宿） for visitors. I wished to stay in one someday.
Preparing for a recent trip to the capital, I eagerly sought one out. On my limited teacher’s salary, I settled on an affordable option, though I looked longingly at the more upscale courtyard accommodations.
As usual, I ended up having something closer to a true experience. A real family still lives in the courtyard, which is closer to the original. The rooms all opened into the central courtyard. Flowers were blooming, beans and peas were climbing up the bamboo fence, and the cat was napping in the sun. Every day after exploring the city, I'd hurry back to the hutong, take a quick shower and join the cat – snoozing（小睡） in a bamboo-made chair with a book ready nearby.
As the other guests came back we’d greet one another. There was a mother and young daughter from France, a guy from Canada, a mother and teenage daughter from the Netherlands, a teacher from England and several guests from various parts of China.
Coming and going through the narrow alleys（小巷） of the hutong, the residents would smile and give cheery “ni hao” （hello）. Laughing children were playing under the watchful eyes of the neighbors. I felt right at home in this friendly neighborhood.

  1. 1.

    The main idea of the passage is about ______________.

    1. A.
      hutong days realize my desires to live local life
    2. B.
      Trishaw is the only way to visit the hutong
    3. C.
      living in the hutong with other visitors
    4. D.
      exploring the deeper of Beijing
  2. 2.

    When did the author have the idea to visit Beijing hutong?

    1. A.
      As early as he was a little child
    2. B.
      when he was reading the text books at school
    3. C.
      during the preparation for the Olympics
    4. D.
      the author doesn’t mention it specifically
  3. 3.

    The underlined word “upscale” in the fourth paragraph means _________.

    1. A.
      inexpensive
    2. B.
      high-class
    3. C.
      appropriate
    4. D.
      secondary
  4. 4.

    What is the impression of the author about the people in hutong?

    1. A.
      They came from all over the world.
    2. B.
      They all wanted to enjoy the old life of Beijing.
    3. C.
      They are living together in harmony.
    4. D.
      They are living in a heavenly peace life.

I wrote him a letter to show my ________ for his kindness．


  1. A.
    achievement
  2. B.
    agreement
  3. C.
    attention
  4. D.
    appreciation

This is a difficult task. However, if you try to learn by heart only part of each lesson, you’ll find it not half so hard as you might have thought. Learning this way, you will make rapid progress. Of course, writing is also necessary. It helps you a lot on our way to success in English.
Equally important is to feel the language. You should be able to laugh at jokes and be shocked at bad news. When using English, try to forget your mother tongue. Instead of helping you, your own language gets in your way. So, never try to see English through translation.

  1. 1.

    In the writer’s opinion, the most effective way in learning English is _______.

    1. A.
      to practise speaking, writing and feeling it
    2. B.
      to memorize the English words and grammatical rules
    3. C.
      to translate everything into his own language
    4. D.
      to forget your own native language
  2. 2.

    “Instead of helping you, your own language gets in your way.”This sentence means that memorizing your own language can ________.

    1. A.
      stop you mastering English
    2. B.
      help you study English well
    3. C.
      make English easy to learn
    4. D.
      help you notice mistakes
  3. 3.

    The underlined words“to feel the language” here means________.

    1. A.
      to get a knowledge of English by touching
    2. B.
      to be able to read and write English
    3. C.
      to be able to experience the rich feeling of the language
    4. D.
      to translate English into your own by imagining

A woman came out of her house and saw three old men sitting in her front yard. She said, "I don’t think I know you, but you must be hungry. Please come in and have something to eat." 
"Is the man of the house home?” they asked. "No", she replied, "He’s out." "Then we cannot come in", they replied.
In the evening when her husband came home, she told him what had happened. "Go to tell them I am home and invite them in!" The woman went out and invited the men in. "We do not go into a house together," they replied. "Why is that?" she asked. 
One of the old men explained that their names were Wealth(财富), Success and Love. Then he added, "Now go in and discuss with your husband which one of us you want in your home." 
The woman went in and told her husband what was said. Her husband was overjoyed and he suggested inviting Wealth to fill their home with wealth. And his wife wanted to invite Success; but their daughter-in-law suggested they should invite Love so that their home would be filled with love. At last the husband said to his wife. "Go out and invite Love to be our guest."
The woman went out and asked the three old men, "Which one of you is Love? Please come in and be our guest." 
Love got up and started walking toward the house. 
The other two also got up and followed him. Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success: "I only invited Love, Why are you coming in?" 
The old men replied together: "If you had invited Wealth or Success, the other two of us would have stayed out, but since you invited Love, wherever He goes, we go with him. Wherever there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success!" 

  1. 1.

    The best title for this passage would be __________.

    1. A.
      A Woman and Three Men
    2. B.
      Wealth, Success and Love
    3. C.
      A Strange Thing Happened to a Woman
    4. D.
      A Husband and his Wife
  2. 2.

    The woman asked the three men to come in and have something to eat because _________.

    1. A.
      she was a warm-hearted woman
    2. B.
      they were her neighbors
    3. C.
      they asked her to do
    4. D.
      they were her friends
  3. 3.

    Who does the underlined word “the man” in the second paragraph refer to?

    1. A.
      The woman’s son.
    2. B.
      The woman’s father.
    3. C.
      The woman’s son-in-law（女婿）
    4. D.
      The woman’s husband.
  4. 4.

    It can be inferred（推断）from the passage that __________.

    1. A.
      The three old men are brothers and they can’t be separated.
    2. B.
      The husband will refuse them in.
    3. C.
      The wife will be scolded by the husband.
    4. D.
      If a person has love, he will own everything.

London, Reuters---What could annoy teenagers enough to make them stop hanging out with friends and go home？
No, it’s not a visit from their mothers, and not a threat to take away their cellphones or pocket money.
It’s high-frequency noise. The UK police recently agreed to use a device (装置) called the Sonic Teenager Deterrent. It sends out a sound that makes teenagers become so impatient and angry that they have to cover their ears tightly and walk away.
The sound is at extreme high-pitch that can be heard by those under 20. The body’s natural ability to detect some wave bands (波段) decreases almost entirely after 20, so few adults can hear the sounds. The black-box device, nicknamed the Mosquito because of its sound, can be fixed to the outside walls of shops, offices and homes. It sounds to youngsters like a crazy insect or a badly played violin. But it causes no physical damage.
A number of police forces and councils have given permission to use the system and want to install it at trouble spots.
Staffordshire Police Inspector Amanda Davies, who has given the device to shopkeepers in the Moorlands area, said," It is controlled by the shopkeepers--if they can see through their window that there is a problem, they turn the device on for a while until the group has run away."

  1. 1.

    The device can be used to ____________.

    1. A.
      threaten teenagers in public
    2. B.
      drive away trouble-makers under 20
    3. C.
      help mothers control their teenage children
    4. D.
      help the police control shopkeepers
  2. 2.

    From the passage we can know that ___________.

    1. A.
      young people often suffer from pains in ears
    2. B.
      shopkeepers are troubled by noisy insects
    3. C.
      high-frequency noise is beyond the listening ability of people over 20
    4. D.
      the police invented a new device to deal with teenagers
  3. 3.

    The purpose of the writer to write the passage is ________.

    1. A.
      to advertise a new hi-tech device
    2. B.
      to tell the reader a piece of news
    3. C.
      to sell the device to shopkeepers
    4. D.
      to inform the public as the spokesman of the police
  4. 4.

    Who will welcome the device most?

    1. A.
      Shopkeepers.
    2. B.
      The police.
    3. C.
      Young people.
    4. D.
      The producer.
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