—I am trying touse the machine, but it won’t start.

—Let me show youhow to start it. See all you have to do is ________ this button.

1. A.
   to press
2. B.
   press
3. C.
   to turn
4. D.
   turn

I arrived at my mother’s home for our Monday family dinner. The smells of food flew over from the kitchen. Mother was pulling out quilt(被子)after quilt from the boxes, proudly showing me their beauties. She was preparing for a quilt show at the Elmhurst Church. When we began to fold and put them back into the boxes, I noticed something at the bottom of one box. I pulled it out. “What is this?” I asked.

“Oh?” Mom said, “That’s Mama’s quilt.”

I spread the quilt. It looked at if a group of school children had pieced it together; irregular designs, childish pictures, a crooked line on the right.

“Grandmother made this?” I said, surprised. My grandmother was a master at making quilts. This certainly didn’t look like any of the quilts she had made.

“Yes, right before she died. I brought it home with me last year and made some changes,” she said. “I’m still working on it. See, this is what I’ve done so far.”

I looked at it more closely. She had made straight a crooked line. At the center of the quilt, she had stitched(缝) a piece of cloth with these words:  “My mother made many quilts. She didn’t get all lines straight. But I think this is beautiful. I want to see it finished. Her last quilt.”

“Ooh, this is so nice, Mom,” I said. It occurred to me that by completing my grandmother’s quilt, my mother was honoring her own mother. I realized, too, that I held in my hands a family treasure. It started with the loving hands of one woman, and continued with the loving hands of another.

Why did the author go to mother’s home?

  A. To see her mother’s quilts.            B. To help prepare for a show.

  C. To get together for the family dinner.    D. To discuss her grandmother’s life.

The author was surprised because      .

  A. the quilt looked very strange.     B. her grandmother liked the quilt.

  C. the quilt was the best she had seen.   D. her mother had made some changes

The underlined wood “crooked” in the passage most probably means       .

  A. unfinished     B. broken      C. bent       D. unusual

Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

 A. A Quilt Show    B. Mother’s Home  C. A Monday Dinner  D. Grandmother’s Quilt

I arrived at my mother’s home for our Monday family dinner. The smells of food flew over from the kitchen. Mother was pulling out quilt(被子)after quilt from the boxes, proudly showing me their beauties. She was preparing for a quilt show at the Elmhurst Church. When we began to fold and put them back into the boxes, I noticed something at the bottom of one box. I pulled it out. “What is this?” I asked.

“Oh?” Mom said, “That’s Mama’s quilt.”

I spread the quilt. It looked at if a group of school children had pieced it together; irregular designs, childish pictures, a crooked line on the right.

“Grandmother made this?” I said, surprised. My grandmother was a master at making quilts. This certainly didn’t look like any of the quilts she had made.

“Yes, right before she died. I brought it home with me last year and made some changes,” she said. “I’m still working on it. See, this is what I’ve done so far.”

I looked at it more closely. She had made straight a crooked line. At the center of the quilt, she had stitched(缝) a piece of cloth with these words:  “My mother made many quilts. She didn’t get all lines straight. But I think this is beautiful. I want to see it finished. Her last quilt.”

“Ooh, this is so nice, Mom,” I said. It occurred to me that by completing my grandmother’s quilt, my mother was honoring her own mother. I realized, too, that I held in my hands a family treasure. It started with the loving hands of one woman, and continued with the loving hands of another.

56. Why did the author go to mother’s home?

  A. To see her mother’s quilts.

  B. To help prepare for a show.

  C. To get together for the family dinner.

  D. To discuss her grandmother’s life.

57. The author was surprised because      .

  A. the quilt looked very strange.

  B. her grandmother liked the quilt.

  C. the quilt was the best she had seen.

  D. her mother had made some changes

58. The underlined wood “crooked” in the passage most probably means       .

  A. unfinished

  B. broken

  C. bent

  D. unusual

59. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

  A. A Quilt Show

  B. Mother’s Home

  C. A Monday Dinner

  D. Grandmother’s Quilt

When I was six years old, my mom told me that I could find anyone's number in the phone book. I used to look through the phone book for hours trying to find Michael Jordan's phone number. When I couldn't find it, I just dialed seven numbers. When someone answered, I'd ask, "Is that Michael Jordan?" Obviously, I always had the wrong number.

A year later I started playing basketball at my local recreation center. It was very big. I never thought in my wildest dreams that a basketball court could be inside a building. The recreation center had a special smell in it, sort of like hot rubber. I guessed it was from the shoes hitting the floor so fast and hard. The atmosphere on the court was carefree. Our biggest excitement of the day was when we actually made a shot. We celebrated wins over ice cream at a fast food restaurant.

I got good at it, and my confidence grew. I played it all the time until the sixth grade. As soon as junior high school came, I stopped playing basketball and focused on school. When senior high school started, I tried out for the school team and made it. We worked hard. Every week we did 300 push-ups and 300 sit-ups on our own. Our coach encouraged the sit-ups to keep stomach power, because it gave us so much control when we were playing basketball. If we didn't want to do the sit-ups and push-ups, we could practice dribbling (????) and shooting more. It's just us, the ball, the court and the net. But don't take my word for it. See for yourself. After all, I'm just one kid playing the game.

1.From Paragraph 1 we know that ____.

A. the author's mother gave him some wrong phone numbers

B. the phone book contained everyone's phone number except Michael Jordan's

C. the author wanted to contact Michael Jordan very much

D. the author didn't know how to use a phone at that time

2.What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?

A. The days of the author playing basketball at a recreation center.

B. The author's excitement of making shots when playing basketball.

C. The days before the author went to senior high school.

D. The author's happy childhood with his teammates.

3.What surprised the author most at the recreation center?

A. That it was very near to his home.

B. That there was a basketball court inside the building.

C. That there was a special smell in it.

D. That there was a fast food restaurant in it.

4.The author's coach encouraged them to do sit-ups because ____.

A. it is the basic preparation to play basketball

B. it is more useful than dribbling and shooting

C. it is the only way to make people stronger

D. it helps keep stomach power

5.What's the author's purpose in writing this passage?

A. To introduce some skills in playing basketball.

B. To tell us about his dream of becoming a basketball star.

C. To introduce his own experience of playing basketball.

D. To tell us how to balance playing basketball and studying.

1.Only after Jane’s mother came to help her for the first few months _________________________(她被允许)begin her project. (allow)

2._____________(具备有) new scientific farming methods, the farmers have been able to use less farmland than in the past. (equip)

3.The crowd cheered wildly at the sight of Liu Xiang, who was reported ______________________ (打破了)the world record in the 110-meter hurdle race. (break)

4.__________________(看到他们的儿子玩) computer games all day, the parents feel sad and helpless and they don’t know how to deal with it.(see)

5.The museum which appeals to many tourists sits on the exact spot _________________(金子被发现的)a few years ago.(discover)

6.____________________(给我留下最深刻的印象) was his attitude toward the cultural differences when learning a foreign language. (impress)

7.His parents ________________________(不可能提醒他) the time, for he was late for the meeting again. (remind)

8._____________________(毫无疑问) John’s quick thinking and the first aid skills he learned at school have saved Ms. Slade’s life. (doubt)

9.The chairman suggested that another meeting ____________(举行) to discuss the housing problem. (hold)

10.Work hard while you are young _______________________(你就不会后悔) when you are old. (regret)