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Bill was fourteen years old and in the ninth grade. He had a part-time job, which got him up at five o'clock. He was a newspaper boy.
Each morning, Bill left the houses at five fifteen to go to the corner. The newspapers had been sent to the corner by truck at midnight. He always rode a bike to carry them.
In winter it was still dark when he got up, but during the rest of the year it was bright. Bill had to send the newspapers to the houses of people in all kinds of weather, he tried to put each paper in the box where it would be kept safe from wind and rain or snow. His customers thought he did a good job. Sometimes they gave him tips.
Bill made about $ 70 each month, and he was saving some of the money to go to college. He spent the rest on tapes and clothes. Once a month he had to get the money from his customers together. Since many of them worked during the day, Bill had to get the money at night. Sometimes when Bill was ill, his elder brother had to send the newspapers. Once Bill's father had to help him.
Bill had 70 customers now, but he hoped to get more soon. Some day, if he got many more customers, perhaps Bill could win a prize for being a very good newspaper boy, he wanted to win a visit to Europe, but he would be happy if he won a new bike.
1．Bill couldn't do his part time job, when ________.
[ ]
A．he was very busy with his study
B．he was badly ill
C．he was very tired
D．it was raining heavily and blowing strongly
2．From the story we know that Bill's part time job could ________.
[ ]
A．make him become a college student
B．make him stronger
C．help him make many good friends
D．help him get what he needed most at that time
3．Sometimes Bill's customers gave him some tips because ________.
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A．they thought newspaper boys got too little for their work
B．Bill asked them to do so
C．Bill worked so well
D．They wanted Bill to work for them longer
4．From the story we know the customers liked ________ people to work for them.
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5．As a newspaper boy, if one worked very well, he could possibly win ________.
[ ]
A．more customers
B．more money
C．more newspapers
D．a visit to some place or a new bike
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of time. People think I'm selfish or not kind-hearted. But I don't feel sorry for that, and I think more parents
will be coming around to my way of thinking. Britain's universities are failing to serve either the country or
our children. It's about time we voted (投票) with our feet.
I can't remember when I began to change my mind on education. Like a lot of middle-class parents,
we had believed that going to university was what your children did. It's one of the reasons (理由) we offered
more than $ 100,000 in fees (学费) for Jim to go to a private (私立) school rather than a free public one.
Education is more important than nice cars, new kitchens or skiing holidays.
Jim is a young boy of whom any parent would be proud. He's clever and helpful; he's good at things like
hanging pictures and mending doors; he can get on well with other kids. But he's shown little interest in study.
It's not Jim's intellect (智力) that's the problem-after he entered the school he was asked to sit an exam
but an in-built reluctance (勉强) to do any more work than necessary to get by. We've tried everything to make
him work harder. None of it has worked. For his final exams, Jim got a D and two Es. Even allowing for our
low expectations (期望), this came as a surprise to his mother and me.
"Surely," I said to one of Jim's teachers, "the only subject Jim would get on with such poor grades would
be the kind of subject that wouldn't be worth doing anyway."
"Not at all," the teacher answered, as if speaking to a dinosaur. He read out the names of a lot of univer-
sities I'd never heard of, saying they'd all be fit for Jim.
It was at this point I realized how far away I was from today's education. I knew that, since I was at
school in the early 1980s-when a student with such poor grades as Jim's would not have been allowed to go to
any university-the population in the UK going on to higher education has gone up from 14% to a surprising 44%.
B. there are few universities in the UK
C. Jim won't be allowed to go to university
D. it's a waste of time and money to do so
B. He is interested in anything except study.
C. He doesn't want to use his head at school.
D. He never likes working hard and being busy.
B. He is sure most universities will certainly refuse to take Jim.
C. He is sure Jim's father is too old to understand today's education.
D. He thinks education in the UK has changed a lot in the past years.
B. many young people don't go to university in the UK
C. parents are usually strongly against higher education
D. education in the UK is becoming worse and worse
Chinese see Confucius as the greatest thinker and also the greatest teacher. His most important ideas are kindness and good manners. He said young people should take care of the old. People should stop thinking of themselves and work for others. His ideas are around in people’s everyday life. Today people can still hear them, and they go far into east and south Asia.
小题1: Confucius was born ______.
| A．in Sichuan Province |
| B．on August 28 |
| C．in the Kingdom of Lu |
| D．about 1500 years ago |
| A．music | B．Chinese |
| C．math | D．other subjects |
| A．only the rich |
| B．only the poor |
| C．not only the rich but also the poor |
| D．neither the rich nor the poor |
| A．Being kind. |
| B．Looking after the old. |
| C．Working for others. |
| D．Thinking of ourselves. |
| A．good manners |
| B．Confucius’ ideas |
| C．Confucius and his students |
| D．Confucius’ students |
Mo Yan, a well-known Chinese writer, won the Nobel Prize for literature(文学) in 2012. He was also the first Chinese writer who got this prize in history. When he was interviewed, he said he was only a normal person who could tell stories. He especially thanked his mother. He thought his mother had a strong influence on him.
Mo Yan was born in a poor family in China’s rural area. When he was young, he was a little bit shy because he thought he wasn’t good-looking. His classmates often played jokes on his look. That made him very upset. His mother encouraged him to face the fact bravely. She told him not to look down on himself. She said it didn’t matter if a person didn’t have a good look and it was important to work hard and never give up. She hoped that his son would be a useful person in society.
Mo Yan didn’t let her mother down. He worked hard at
writing. He wrote many famous novels, such as Hong Gao Liang(《红高粱》)and Wa(《娃》). His
success tells us a truth,“Nobody can beat you unless you beat yourself.”Hold on
to your dream and y
our
dream will come true in the end.
1.When did Mo Yan win the Nobel Prize?
A. In 2010. B. Last year. C. In 2013. D. Last month.
2.Mo Yan was the first Chinese _________ in history.
A. to be interviewed about the Nobel Prize for Literature
B. to be a normal person who could tell stores
C. to win the Nobel Prize for literature
D. to be influenced strongly by his mother
3.Why
did Mo Yan feel upset when he was a
little boy?
A. Because he was poor.
B. Because he couldn’t 
tell
stories.
C. Because his classmates often laughed at his look.
D. Because he didn’t work hard.
4.What is the most important for a person according to the article?
A. Working hard. B. Money. C. A good job. D. A good look.
5.What can we learn from the story?
A. Mo Yan’s classmates were friendly to him.
B. Mo Yan was born in a rich family.
C. Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize for peace.
D. Mo Yan’s mother helped him a lot.
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