阅读短文，并按要求完成1—5题。

Failure is what often happens. It is everywhere in our life. Students may fail in exams, scientists may fail in their research work, and players may fail in competitions. Although failure happens to everyone, different people’s attitudes(态度) towards failure are different.

Some people don’t think that their failure is an important thing at all. So they pay no attention to it. As a result, they will have the (A)      failure later. Some people think they themselves are fools and lose their hearts in everything after they get a failure. Then they(B)      their time and energy on useless things. At last, they may really be fools as they have thought.

（C）Other people are quite different from these two kinds of people mentioned above. Instead of being hopeless and lost, they draw a lesson from every failure and become more experienced. They will be successful after hard work in the end. So we should draw a lesson from every failure and become more experienced.

1题为判断正误，2补全句子，3翻译成汉语，4为回答问题；5找主题句。

1.Failure happens to everyone. (    )

2.在( A )、(B)处的横线上分别填上一个单词（A）        （B）           

3.将(C)处句子译成汉语：

    _______      _____________      ______________________________.

4.Why do some people pay no attention to their failure?

                                    ________________________      .

5.请找出第三段的主题句，写在横线上__________________________________________.

从下面方框中选择一个适当的词或短语，并用其适当形式填空，并将其正确形式写在答题卡对应位置。

1.As students, we should stay away from_______ (health) food such as potato chips.

2.Our school held a _______? sports meet last week.

3.The weather in the south is _______ (wet) than that in the north.

4.Many students can’t look after _______ (they) without the help of their parents.

5.We should eat more vegetables and _______? meat.

6.Maria is interested in ___________.

7.The traffic here is very busy and it’s _______ for children to walk alone.

8.My friend ____________her parents when I knocked at the door.

9.My book is_______, I can’t find it.

10.The good news brings me _______.

Now satellites are helping to forecast the weather. They are in space, and they can reach any part of the world. The satellites take pictures of the atmosphere（大气）, because this is where the weather forms. They send these pictures to the weather stations. So meteorologists（气象学家）can see the weather of any part of the world. From the pictures, the scientists can often say how the weather will change.

　　Today, nearly five hundred weather stations in sixty countries receive satellite pictures. When they receive new pictures, the meteorologists compare them with earlier ones. Perhaps they may find that the clouds have changed during the last few hours. This may mean that the weather on the ground may soon change, too. In their next weather forecast, the meteorologists can say this.

So the weather satellites are a great help to the meteorologists. Before satellites were invented, the scientists could forecast the weather for about 24 or 48 hours. Now they can make good forecasts for three or five days. Soon, perhaps, they may be able to forecast the weather for a week or more ahead（提前）.

1.Satellites travel ___________.

2. Why do we use the weather satellites to take pictures of the atmosphere?

Because ________.

3.Meteorologists forecast the weather ________.

4.Maybe we’ll soon be able to forecast the weather for ________.

5.The main idea of this passage is that satellites are now used in ______.

One day when some government officials(官员) were building a barn(谷仓), they found a mouse hole in a corner and used smoke to make the mice inside the hole come out. A while later they indeed saw mice running out, one after another. Then, everyone thought that all the mice had escaped. But just as they began to clean up, they saw two mice squeezing(挤)out at the mouth of the hole. With some efforts, the mice finally got out. However, it was strange that after they came out of the hole, they didn’t run away immediately. Instead, one chased after the other near the mouth of the hole. It seemed that one was trying to bite the tail of the other.

Everyone was puzzled(困惑), so they stepped near to take a look. They realized that one of the mice was blind and couldn’t see anything, and the other was trying to allow the blind mouse to bite on his tail so that he could pull the blind one with him to escape.

After seeing what happened, everyone was speechless and lost in thought. During the meal time, the group of people sat down in a circle and started to chat about what happened to the two mice.

One serious American official said, “I think the relationship between those mice was that of king and guard(卫兵).” The other thought for a while and said, “That is why!”

A smart Frenchman said, “I think the relationship between those two mice was that of husband and wife.” Again the others thought for a while, and all felt it made sense.

A Japanese said, “I think the relationship between those two mice was that of mother and son.” Once again the others thought for a while, and felt this was more reasonable. So they expressed(表达) agreement another time.

At that moment, one Chinese asked, “Why did those two mice have to have a certain relationship?”

Suddenly, the group looked back at the Chinese and stayed speechless. The American official, the French and the Japanese who had spoken earlier all lowered their heads in shame(羞愧), and did not dare to answer.

In fact, the true love is not built on friendship, loyalty(忠诚) or blood relationship.

Instead, it is based on no relationship.

1.Neither of the two mice ran away immediately because ________.

A.one was biting the other

B.the mouth of the hole was too small

C.they were not afraid of smoke

D.one was trying to help the blind one

2. Why did the officials lower their heads in shame according to the passage?

A.They didn’t dare to answer.

B.They didn’t realize the importance of protecting animals.

C.They felt sorry they had driven a poor blind mouse away.

D.They didn’t express themselves much better.

3.It is clear that ________.

A.all the mice came out of the hole easily

B.each of the people understood the relationship differently

C.the people wanted to kill the mice with smoke

D.the people knew one of the mice was blind at first

4.The words “it made sense” probably mean ________

A. it was correct                   B. it was strange

C. it was funny                 D. it was sweet

5.The best title for the passage is ________.

   A. Two Lovely Mice               B. Help Produces Love

   C. Love Is All                   D. Friends in Need

150 Years of Cool

    Look in the bedrooms of young people around the world. You will probably find a pair of blue jeans in each room. Jeans are very popular all over the world.

    Jeans give you the feeling of comfort, youth and energy. They have long been liked by every person.

   Levi Strauss is an American company. It first made blue jeans. The company was founded in 1853 by 24-year-old Levi Strauss. Twenty years later, he made the first blue jeans in the world. The jeans were used as working trousers for the cowboys of the American West. During the Second World War, American soldiers brought blue jeans to Europe and Asia. People there began to wear jeans. Little by little, they become cool.

    People from different countries like different styles of jeans. Americans like to wear simple and single-colored jeans, but many Chinese like to wear jeans with lots of different colors.

Jeans now can be seen everywhere. However, in many places, it’s not always good to wear jeans. No matter how good they may look, or what color they are, it’s often not right to wear jeans in formal places. But, when you are out, relaxing and having fun, jeans are the best choice.

1. The story is talking about ______.

A. Levi Strauss                         B. jeans                      C. cool

2.Levi Strauss made the first blue jeans ______.

A. when he was 44                 B. when he was 24                 C. in 1853

3.______ wore jeans after they were first made.

A. American soldiers               B. American cowboys    C. Levi Strauss

4.Jeans can be cool for nearly 150 years because ______.

A. they have different styles

B. they have different colors

C. they make us feel youth, comfort and energy

5.When you ______, you’d better not wear a pair of jeans.

A. go to an important meeting B. go on a trip                C. have a party