A teacher began his class by holding up a glass with some water in it.  He held it up for all to see, and asked the students, " How much do you think this glass weighs?"

"50 g!" "100 g!" "125 g!" the students answered.

        "I really don't know unless I weigh it," said the teacher, "but my question is what would happen if I held it up like this for a few minutes?"

" Nothing! " the students said.

"OK. What would happen if I held it up like this for an hour?" the teacher asked.

"Your arm would begin to ache," said one of the students.

"You're right.  Now, what would happen if I held it for a day?"

"Your arm could go numb. Have to go to hospital for sure!" said another student. All the students laughed.

"Very good. But during all this, did the weight of the glass change?" asked the teacher.

"No." the students said.

"Then what caused the arm ache and the muscle (肌肉) stress?"

The students fell silent for a moment.

"Put the glass down!" said one of the students.

"Exactly!" said the teacher. "The problems of life are something like this. Hold them for a few minutes in your head, and it seems OK. Think of them for a long time and they begin to make you ache. Hold them even longer and you will not be able to do anything. It's important to think of the  challenges(挑战)  in your life, but it' s even more important to put them down at the end of every day before you go to sleep. That way, you are not stressed. You wake up fresh and strong and can deal with any challenge that comes your way!"

Remember to put the glass down today.

1. How much do you think this glass which was held by the teacher weighs?

A.50g     B.125g       C.I don’t know.    D.100g

2.What would happen if the teacher held the glass up like this for an hour?

A. One of the students thought his arm could go numb.

B. One of the students thought his arm would begin to ache.

C. One of the students thought his arm would be changed.

D. One of the students thought his arm would be lost.

3. Why did the teacher hold up a glass in his class?

A. Because he wanted to know how much the glass weighs.

B. Because he wanted to ask some student to weigh the glass.

C. Because he wanted to make his class more interesting.

D. Because he wanted to explain it was important to put the challenges in life down at the end of every day.

4. In this passage, the underlined words "go numb" means_______.

A．疼痛不止                  B．消瘦萎缩                   C．松弛下垂         D．失去感觉

5. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A. The teacher told his students to face the challenges bravely.

B. The teacher taught his students how to deal with the problems.

C. The teacher used to begin his class with a glass of water.

D. The teacher usually begins his class by holding a glass of water.

阅读短文，根据所给的首字母完成单词。

Chocolate lovers know that eating chocolate makes them happy. Now they may a__1.____ become smarter by eating chocolate. Scientists let a group of people e__2.___ 85 grams of milk chocolate and asked a__3._____ group to eat no chocolate at all. After 15 minutes, the g__4.___ that ate chocolate were able to remember m__5.___ words and p___6.___ than the group that did not eat chocolate. They believe that s___7.___ in chocolate can make people smarter. Of course, e__8.___ chocolate doesn’t guarantee(保证) you’ll p__9.__ every test. You’ll s__10.___ need to study hard.

短文填空，根据短文内容及所给首字母提示写出所缺单词, 并将完整单词填在下面对应题号后的横线上。

There was an old man who loved money very much . He n    1. gave anything to anybody . After some years he became r    2. .

One day he was walking near the river with hia friends when he fell into the river . His friends ran to help him . One of them held out his hand and cried , “ Give me your hand , and I’ll p      3.   you out !” The rich

m 4. head went down the water a    5.  then came up again , but he did not g    6.his hand to his friend . Again another of his friends tried , but again the s    7.thing happened .

Then a  8.friend , Nasreddin , said , “ Take my hand and “I’ll pull you out !” The rich man took his hand and Nasreddin pulled him out of the water .

“You don’t know your friend very w  9.. ” Nasreddin said to the others . “ When you say ‘ Give !’ to him , he d  10.nothing , but when you say ‘Take !’ , eh always takes.”

根据对话内容，用方框内所给的句子补全对话, 其中有两项是多余的。（5分）

A: Good morning, Li Fei. I want to write a story.

B: 1._______________

A: A Chinese girl. Thanks to Project Hope, she finished her art dream.

B: Please tell me your main writing idea.

A: OK. 2. _______________Her parents died in a car accident. And she had to drop out of school.

B: What’s next?

A: Next? The girl’s art teacher found her talent on art, so she wanted to help the girl.

B: 3. ________________

A: She reported the girl’s story to Project Hope. She also raised some money for the girl.

B: Then, How was the end of the story?

A: With the help of Project Hope, the girl finished her education. 4. ________________

B: That sounds wonderful! When are you going to start the story?

A: This weekend. 5. ________________

B: Wow! You’re great! After all, you aren’t Chinese.

A: Thank you! My Chinese is very good!

A. What did the kind teacher do?

B. What is the story about?

C. And I will write it in Chinese.

D. She was a fan of pop.

E. First, I will describe the poor girl.

F. She returned to her hometown and taught the children art.

G. No one knows what will happen in the end.