词语释义(共5小题，每小题l分，满分5分)

选择与句中划线部分意义最接近的解释，并将其字母代号填入答题卷相应空格内。

1.Yang Shanzhou becomes well-known in China for planting so many trees for people.

A．great             B．famous           C．friendly           D．warm

2.Try again, maybe you will come up with a better idea.

A．turn up           B．put up            C．get up            D．think up

3.It's a chicken-and-egg question. I can't answer you now.

A．easy             B．clear             C．difficult           D．funny

4.Come and join us. We are short of hands.

A．We need help.                         B．We hurt our hands.

C．Our hands are short.                     D．We can do it by ourselves,

5. My clothes are not fashionable.

A．lost              B．new              C．out of style        D．worn out

It was the first day of school. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find a little old lady smiling at me.

She said, “Hi handsome. My name is Rose. I’m eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?”

I laughed, enthusiastically responding, “Of course!” And she gave me a giant squeeze. “Why are you in college at such an age?” I asked.

“I’m here to meet a rich husband, get married, have children, and then retire and travel.”

“No seriously.”

“I always dreamed of having a college education and now I’m getting one!”

We became instant friends. Over the course of the year, Rose made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she took great delight in the attention given to her from the other students. She was living it up. At the end of the term we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet (宴会) and I’ll never forget what she taught us.

As she began to deliver her prepared speech, she dropped her note card on the floor. A little embarrassed she simply said, “I’m sorry. This whiskey is killing me! I’ll never get my speech back in order so let me just tell you what I know.” As we laughed, she cleared her throat and began: “We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing; There are only four secrets to staying young, being happy and achieving success. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You have got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die. We have so many people walking around who are dead and don’t even know it! There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don’t do one productive thing, you will turn twenty years old. Anyone can grow older. That doesn’t take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding the opportunity in change. Have no regrets. The elderly usually don’t have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do.”

At the year’s end Rose finished the college degree. One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep. Over two thousand college students attended her funeral(葬礼) to honor the wonderful woman.

1.While meeting Rose at the college for the first time, the author was curious about

    ________.

  A. her age          B. her dream      C. her life       D. her motivation

2.The underlined sentence “She was living it up” in the text most probably means

   ________.

  A. she did as well as she was expected

B. she spent much money in her college life

  C. she did things that she enjoyed

D. she deserved(应得) praise due to her study

3.In Rose’s opinion, one can learn to grow up by __________.

  A. getting new ideas

B. regretting his mistakes

  C. gaining new knowledge every day

D. finding chances to do productive things

4.What else did Rose most probably say at the football banquet?

  A. “It seems my young days are over.”  

 B. “The only people who fear death are those with regrets.”

 C. “When we are old, we can’t do anything. So enjoy in time!”

 D. “Have a good time and don’t do much in order to stay young.”

5.The story of Rose in the text shows that __________.

 A. it is never too late to learn in your life.

 B. it is good for old people to have friendship.

 C. it is never too late to be all you can possibly be.

 D. it is very important to have a healthy body when people are old.

We often think about why money disappeared so quickly. That may be because we didn’t have a good budget. A budget is a plan to control where your money goes. A good budget can help you use money wisely. For example, it can help you save money for the things that you want but can’t pay for now. Have a look at the budget of Simon’s family this month and you will get a clear idea about what a budget is. The income(收入) of Simon’s family a month is RMB6,000.

1.Sometimes money disappeared so quickly maybe because________.

A．we lost it

B．we didn’t have a good budget

C．we put it in the bank

D．we gave it away to others

2.The underlined word “budget ”probably means _______ in Chinese.

A．预算             B．缘故             C．过程             D．结果

3.Every month Simon’s family can get _________.

A．RMB3,000         B．RMB 4,000         C．RMB 6,000        D．RMB 9,000

4.Simon’s family will pay _________for food this month.

A．RMB 600          B．RMB 800          C．RMB 1,000        D．RMB 1,200

5.Simon’s family will spend the most money on _______ this month.

A．clothing           B．medical care       C．housing           D．transportation

Just a Quick Nap（打个盹儿）

　　Do you feel a little sleepy after lunch? Well, that’s normal. Your body naturally slows down then. What should you do about it? Don’t reach for a coffee! Instead, take a nap.

　　It’s good to have a daily nap. First of all , you are more efficient（有效的） after napping. You remember things better and make fewer mistakes. Also, you can learn things more easily after taking a nap. A nap may increase your self-confidence and make you more active. It may even cheer you up. But, there are some simple rules you should follow about taking a nap. First, take a nap in the middle of day, about eight hours after you wake up. Next, a 20-minute nap is best. If you sleep longer, you may fall into a deep sleep. After waking from a deep sleep, you will feel worse. Also, you should set an alarm clock. That way, you can fully relax during your nap. You won’t have to keep looking at the clock, so you don’t oversleep.

　　Now, the next time you feel sleepy after lunch, don’t get stressed. Put your head down, close your eyes, and catch forty winks.

1. After taking a nap, you may feel more 　　　　.

A．tired                                 B．confident

C．sleepy                                D．excited

2.The proper period of time for taking a nap is 　　　.

A．the shorter the better

B．as long as you like

C．the longer the better

D．about twenty minutes

用括号内所给词的适当形式填空（每空不限一词）。

1.If you ___________(not be) careful enough in the exam, you will not get a good grade.

2.Our modern times need more and more ___________ (hero) for us to learn from.

3.Good habits are good for the ___________ (develop) of us teenagers.

4.The 30^th Olympic Games ___________ (hold) in London this summer.

5.— Look! He is shouting at his mother.

— Why is he so ___________ (polite)?

6.The group of students are discussing the question ___________ (active) to come up with the answer.

7.The Three-D film Titanic is the ___________ (wonderful) film I have ever seen.

8.The OBIS doctor is training the local doctors how___________ (deal) with the blindness.

9.Though my grandfather is in his ___________ (seventy), he has got a QQ number.

10.Lei Feng devoted himself to___________ (work) for the people all his life.