-- Peter didn’t use to be heavy, did he?
-- ________. But look, how thin he is!

Long, long ago there was an old man. He had a very big orange tree in his garden. On the tree there were many fine oranges.

One day the old man found one of the oranges was bigger than the others. It was as big as a watermelon. So he took the big orange to the king. The king was very happy and gave the old man a lot of money for it.

When a rich man heard of this, he said to himself, "It is only an orange. Why did the king give him so much money? If I take my gold cup to the king, he will give me much more money for it."

The next day when the king got the gold cup, he said to the rich man, "What a beautiful cup! I'll give you something for it. Please take the great orange."

1.What did the old man have in his garden?

  A. An orange tree    B. Watermelons    C. The king    D. A gold cup   

2.What did the old man find one day?

A. He found there was a big watermelon in his gardon.  

B. He found one of the oranges was as big as a watermelon.   

C. He found the rich man had a gold cup.

D. He found the king liked big oranges very much..

3.Who did the old man give the big orange to?

A. A rich man.    B. The king,    C. Himself.    D. His friend.  

4.What did a rich man think when he heard of the story?

A. He was happy for the old man.

B. He wanted to know why the king gave the old man so much money.

C. He wanted to get the orange.

D. He thought the king would give him much money if he gave the king his gold cup.

5.Was the rich man very happy at last?

A. Yes, he was.   B. No, he wasn’t.    C. We don’t know.    D. Yes, he is.

When I was about 12, I had an enemy (敌人), a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings (缺点). Week by week her list grew: I was very thin; I wasn’t a good student; I talked too much;  I was too proud (骄傲), and so on. I tried to hear all these as long as I could. At last, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.

     He listened to me quietly. Then he asked, “Are the thing she said true or not? Janet, didn’t you ever think about what you are really like? Well, you now have that girl’s opinion. Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she said.”

     I did as he told me. To my great surprise, I discovered that about half the things were true. Some of them I couldn’t change (like being very thin), but a good number I could --- and suddenly I wanted to change. For the first time I got a very clear picture of myself.

     I brought the list back to Daddy. He wouldn’t like to take it. “That is just for you,” he said, “You know better than anyone else the truth about yourself. But you have to learn to listen, not just close your ears in anger and feeling hurt. When something said about you is true, you will find it will be of help to you. Our world is full of people who think they know your duty. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to them all, but hear the truth and do the right thing.”

      Daddy’s advice has returned to me at many important periods. In my life, I have never had a better piece of advice.

1.Which do you think would be the best title (标题) for this passage?

A. Not An Enemy, But the Best Friend             B. The Best Advice I’ve Ever Had

C. My Father                                  D. My Childhood

2.Why did the writer’s father listen to her quietly? Because__________.

A. he believed that most of what his daughter’s “enemy” said was true.

B. he had been so angry with his daughter’s shortcomings that he wanted to show this by keeping quiet for some time

C. he knew that his daughter would not listen to him at that moment

D. he wasn’t quite sure which girl was telling the truth

3.What did the father do after he had heard his daughter’s complaint?

A. He told her not to pay any attention to what her “enemy” had said.

B. He criticized(批评) her and told her to overcome (克服) her shortcomings.

C. He told her to write down all that her “enemy” had said about her and pay attention only to the things that were true.

D. He wouldn’t like to take the list and have a look at it.

4.What does “I got a very clear picture of myself” mean?

A. I had my picture taken and this time it was a very clear one.

B. I asked someone to draw a very clear picture of myself.

C. The picture I got this time was clearer than those I had got before.

D. I came to know myself very clearly this time.

Beethoven (贝多芬) was born in a small city near the Rhine in Germany. His father always drank and his mother was a maid (女仆). They lived a poor life.

Beethoven was a talented (有天赋的) child in music. People at that time thought he was as clever as Mozart. His father wanted to make money from his talent, so he told him to practice and play all the time. If he didn’t do that, his father would be angry with him and beat him.

Beethoven was very short and ugly. He couldn’t hear well from the age of 22 and later he heard nothing, but all these unhappy things didn’t make him dislike music. He began to write sonatas (奏鸣曲) at 12, and later he became a great musician.

His life was so short that he didn’t leave many works. But people think he was one of the best musicians in the world.

根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择正确答案，并将其字母代号填入答题卷相应空格内。（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）

1.Beethoven was from a        in a small city near the Rhine in Germany.

A．educational family                       B．teacher’s family

C．rich family                             D．poor family

2.Beethoven’s father told him to practice and play all the time because his father wanted to make   .

A．him be a great musician

B．him not drink too much like him

C．himself rich

D．him beat Mozart in music

3.What did people think of Beethoven at that time ?

A．He wasn’t a rich boy.

B．He did as well as Mozart in music.

C．He didn’t love his parents.

D．He would be a great singer.

4.He was ugly and deaf ,       .

A．that often made him dislike music

B．but all these things didn’t make him dislike music

C．that made him stressed out

D．but he didn’t regard all these things as challenges

5.Which of the following is NOT true ?

A．His father would be angry with him and beat him unless he practiced and played all the time.

B．His father never stopped drinking wine.

C．He left so many works that people think he was one of the best musicians in the world.

D．After writing sonatas at 12, he became a great musician.

根据括号中的汉语提示或用括号内英语单词的适当形式填空。(每空一词)
【小题1】Do you know the name of the first ___________（总统）of the USA ?
【小题2】What’s your _________ (理想的) school like?
【小题3】Without your ____________ (支持),I can’t finish the work on time .
【小题4】_________ (幸运), he wasn’t hurt badly.
【小题5】The building is about 30 meters in ____________.(高度)
【小题6】Millie is clever, she can always answer the questions__________ (correct).
【小题7】What a __________ (music) girl Lucy is! She can sing many beautiful songs.
【小题8】The ___________(long)of winter holiday is nearly one month.
【小题9】The students enjoyed the ______(beautiful) of the West Lake.
【小题10】They really enjoyed              (them) at the party.