When Mr. David retired (退休) , he bought a small house in a village near the sea . He liked it and hoped to live a quier lift in it .

   But to his great surprise , many tourists came to see his house in summer holidays , for it was the most interesting building in the village . From morning to night there were tourists outside the house . They kept looking into the rooms through the windows and many of them even went into Mr. David’s garden . This was too much for Mr. David . He decided to drive the visitors away . So he put a notice on the window . The notice said “If you want to satify your curiosity (好奇心) , came in and look round . Price : twenty dollars .” Mr. David was sure that the visitors would stop coming , but he was wrong . More and more visitors came and Mr. David had to spend every day showing them around his house . “I came here to recite , not to work as a guide , ” he said angrily . In the end , he sold the house and moved away .

1.Mr. David’s house was so ________ that many tourists came to see it .

    A. small   B. quiet    C. interesting    D. surprising

2.Mr. David put a notice on the window in order to _________ .

A. drive the visitors away     B. satisfy the visitor’s curiosity

C.let visitors come in and look round D. get some money out of the visitors

3.The notice made the visitors___________.

A. more interested in his house  

B. lose interest in his house

C. angry at the unfair price

D. feel happy about the price  

4.After Mr. David put up the notice ___________ .

    A. the visitors didn’t come any longer    

B. more and more tourists came for a visit    

C. no tourists would pay the money for a visit  

D. fewer and fewer visitors came to see his house

5.At last he had to sell his house and moved away because _________.

    A. he did not like it at all     

B. he could not work as a guide

C. he wanted to buy a new expensive house

D. he could not live a quiet life in it

 Norman Bethune is one of China’s most famous heroes, but he wasn’t Chinese—he was Canadian. He gave his life to helping Chinese people.

Norman Bethune         born in 1890. He became a         in 1916, and he went to the front to look after injured soldiers in the First World War. He saw many soldiers die in the war. Later he invented new treatments to         soldiers, and medical tools to use outside hospitals.

In 1938 he came to China to treat the Chinese soldiers in the mountains north of Yan’an. There were         doctors, so he had to work very hard. He opened hospitals to give treatment to local people and soldiers, and to train doctors and nurses. He also wrote books so that doctors can learn about new treatments.

Dr Bethune worked very hard without stopping to         . Once, he performed operations        69 hours without stopping, and saved 112 people. He         working in spite of cutting his hand during an operation. In the end, he died because he did not take care of his         .

Dr Bethune’s work with the Chinese soldiers made         a hero in China. There are books and films about him, and he is         remembered in both Canada and China.

1.A. is             B. was            C. has been            D. be

2. A. doctor      B. nurse             C. teacher              D. worker

3. A. understand       B. believed          C. help            D. count

4.A. little            B. few           C. much              D. many

5.A. rest          B. act               C. with              D. for

6. A. from             B. since          C. with                D. for

7. A. allowed           B. continued     C. forgot            D. stopped

8.A. face              B. leg           C. foot              D. hand

9. A. his               B. he            C. him              D. one

10. A. still              B. never          C. hardly            D. regularly

A Christina from Spain

  On the last day of the year, the 31^st of December, people wait till 12 pm. Everybody must have 12 grapes(葡萄) to eat at midnight. At each sound of the clock, we must eat a group. But we can’t ever finish eating the grapes on time! Usually when people still have some grapes in their mouths, they look at each other and start to laugh. This tradition started in Spain long ago. One year, when there were a lot of grapes, the king of Spain decided to give grapes to everybody to eat on New Year’s Eve.

B Cordon from Britain

On New Year’s Day in Britain, people have parties. At 12 o’clock, the music stops, and we listen to the radio. On the radio we hear Big Ben, the famous clock in London. Then everybody sings a song about friendship and kisses their friends. We say “Happy New Year” to each other. It’s lucky if a tall man with dark hair is the first person to come to the house in the new year. So I go and visit as many friends as I can. They all give me a drink.

C Angela from Brazil

In all cities in Brazil, we have a big party on New Year’s Eve, especially in Rio de Janeiro. People in this city go to the beaches to watch fireworks(焰火)。We put flowers in the sea and think about things we want for ourselves or others. We usually wear white clothes for good luck during the New Year.

1.Picture___________ is about paragraph 1.

2.Who have parties on New Year’s Day?

A. People in Spain.   B. People in Britain.

C. People in Brazil.  D. Both B and C.

3.From the 2nd paragraph, we can infer (推断)that___________.

A. People listen to the radio at home.

B. Cordon can’t drink much. 

C. Cordon is a tall man with dark hair.

D. there are no people near Big Ben.

4. On New Year’s Day, Brazilians usually wear white clothes because_________.

      A. that reminds them of their happy life

B. they hope that can bring them good luck

C. they think that they look beautiful in white

D. that’s what they have to do during the New Year

5.This article mainly tells us ________________.

     A. what people in Britain do on New Year’s Day

     B. when and where people have New Year parties

     C. why people in different countries like the New Year

     D. what people around the world do on New Year’s Day

The food in White Rose Restaurant was cheap and good, but nobody seemed to want to eat there. There were very few people going to eat there. The owner was very worried about it.

     Then he thought of a good idea. A few weeks later, his restaurant was always full of men and their girlfriends.  Whenever a gentleman came with a lady, a kind waiter would give each of them a beautiful menu. The menus looked exactly the same on the outside, but there was an important difference inside. The menu that the waiter handed to the man gave the correct price for each dish and each bottle of wine, while the menu that he handed to the lady gave a much higher price! So when the man calmly ordered dish after dish and wine after wine, the lady thought he was much more generous than he really was! The man could make a good impression on the lady.

1.How was the food in White Rose Restaurant?

      A. Cheap and good.                    B. Cheap but bad.

      C. Expensive and bad.                  D. Expensive but good.

2.When a gentleman and his girlfriend went into the restaurant, the waiter would give

                a beautiful menu.

      A. the gentleman  B. the lady        C. each of them    D. neither of them

3. According to the passage, when a gentleman and his girlfriend had a meal at the restaurant, the meal would be paid by     

    A. the lady only                       B. the gentleman only

    C. both of the gentleman and the lady      D. the gentleman or the lady

4.What might the lady think of her boyfriend after having a meal together at this restaurant？

     A. She thought he wanted to impress her.

     B. She thought he pretended to be rich.

     C. She thought he was very generous.

     D. She thought he was the owner of the restaurant.

5.What does the story mainly suggest?

     A. People like to go to expensive restaurants.

     B. A restaurant owner should design different menus for different guests.

     C. The men should pretend to be generous before their girlfriends.

     D. It’s helpful for businessmen to learn customers’ thoughts

The teacher stood before his class and was going to hand out the final exam papers. “I know how ___________ (41) you have all worked to prepare for this test,” he said. “And because I know you can do it well, I am willing to offer a B to anyone who would ___________ (42) not to take the test.

Many students jumped up to ___________ (43) the teacher and left the classroom. The teacher looked at the ___________ (44) students and said, “Does anyone else want to get a B? This is your last ___________ (45).” Two more students decided to go.

Seven students remained. The teacher then handed out the ___________ (46). There were only three sentences typed on the paper: Congratulations! You have just ___________ (47) an A in this class. Keep believing in yourself.

I never had a teacher like that, but I think it is a test ___________ (48) any teacher could and should give. Students who are not ___________(49) in what they have learned are B students at best(充其量).

The same is ___________ (50) in real life. The A students are those who believe in what they are doing because they have ___________ (51) both successes and failures. They have learned life’s lessons, either from normal education ___________ (52) from events in their lives, and have become ___________ (53) people.

Scientists say that by the age of eight, 80% of what we believe about ourselves has already been formed. You are a big kid now, and you ___________(54) that you have some limits (限制). However, there is ___________ (55) you can’t do or learn or be. Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest said, “It’s not the mountain we conquer(克服) but ourselves.

1. A. luckily       B. terribly     C. quietly          D. hard

2. A. dislike       B. help         C. prefer           D. start

3. A. thank     B. praise           C. fight            D. criticize

4. A. following B. relaxing     C. worrying     D. remaining

5. A. chance        B. trouble          C. test         D. idea

6. A. results       B. presents     C. papers           D. essays

7. A. given     B. sent         C. discovered       D. received

8. A. where     B. that         C. what         D. when

9. A. confident B. necessary        C. mysterious       D. convenient

10. A. unusual      B. impossible       C. true         D. special

11. A. broken off   B. dreamed of       C. learned from D. cared about

12.A. and       B. or           C. but          D. so

13.A. ruder     B. cuter            C. worse            D. better

14.A. decide        B. forget           C. realize          D. imagine

15. A. something    B.anything      C. everything       D. nothing