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It was at least tow months before Christmas, when nine-year-old Almie Rose told her father and me that she wanted a new bike. Her Barbi bike was just too old, and it needed repairing as well.

As Christmas came nearer, her dream for a bike seemed to disappear, so we thought, for she didn’t mention it again. We were busy buying some beautiful storybooks, a doll house, a holiday dress and toys. Then much to our surprise, on December 24, she said she really wanted a bike more than anything else.

Now we didn’t know what to do. It was just toot late. We were busy with Christmas dinner and packing children’s presents, parents’ presents, a brother’s present and friends’ presents till midnight.So there was no time to take to buy the “right bike” for our little girl. Thinking that we were parents who would make their children unhappy, we felt guilty and sad.

Suddenly my husband came up with an idea. “What if I make a little bike out of clay(泥土) and write a note(便条) that she could trade in(交换) the model bike for a real one?” So he spent the next five hours carefully working with the clay to make a small bike.

On Christmas morning, we were so excited for Almie Rose to open the little box with the beautiful red and white clay bike and the note. She opened and read the note loudly.

She looked at me and Ron and said, ”So does this mean I can trade in this bike for a real one?” Smiling, I said, “Yes.”

Almie Rose had tears in her eyes when she replied, “I would never trade in this beautiful bike that Daddy made me. I prefer to keep it rather than get a real bike.” At that moment, we would have moved the God to buy her every bike on the Earth.

1.Rose’s wish was to____ on Christmas Day.

A．get a new bike                         B．make a clay bike

C．receive a doll house                     D．repair her old Barbi bike

2.Rose’s parents didn’t buy her a bike because she____.

A．didn’t want a bike any more

B．changed her idea to some story books

C．didn’t mention it in the last tow months

D．asked for it only on December 24

3.The word “guilty” in the third paragraph(段落) means____.

A．unhappy          B．worried           C．happy            D．sorry

4.Rose’s father got a good idea to____.

A．spend five hours finishing making a small bike with clay

B．make a small bike red and white

C．make her old bike red and white

D．put the present in the box

5.From Rose’s words in the last passage , we know that she____

A．still wanted to get a real bike

B．didn’t know the meaning of the note

C．preferred a real bike to a model bike

D．was greatly moved by what her father had done

Studying too much?

Most people work or study from Monday to Friday. The weekend is usually a time of rest. But today’s Chinese teenagers can hardly rest during the weekends.

According to a survey, 24% of the Grade 8 students in Beijing have classes at the weekend．Over 40% of the middle school students have less than eight hours’ sleep each night because of study.

And this doesn’t happen only in Beijing. Ji Chunying is a Grade 9 student in Guangzhou. The 14-year-old girl has to get up at 6:45am on Saturday. Then she has classes all the day. On Sunday, she goes to extra（额外）classes for math and physics. But Ji doesn’t complain. She says her classmates all work very hard．

Finding time to have fun

Zhao Ming, 13, is from Zhanjiang, Guangdong. Zhao’s weekend is less busy. But he still spends Saturday in school. On Sunday, after finishing homework, he plays basketball. “I feel happy because I still have time to do the things I like,” he said．Some students are much luckier. Ding Yi, a Grade 8 student from Laiwu, Shandong, is one of them. During the weekend, Ding usually gets up at 8:00am. Then she spends some time doing homework. After that she is free to go shopping or watch TV. “My teacher said I don't need to push myself too much. Learning well at school is enough,” Ding said．“I feel pretty lucky.”

1．Over 40% of the middle school students have less than eight hours’ sleep each night because of ___________.

  A．playing computer games              B．playing with friends

C．watching TV                       D．busy study

2．How many students are mentioned（提及） in this passage?

  A．2.               B．3.              C．4.              D．5.

3．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

   A．Some middle school students can enjoy their weekend．

   B．All the students in China are busy studying at the weekend．

   C．Every student in China has to go to extra classes at the weekend．

   D．No student complains about his busy weekend．

4．The passage mainly tells us that _____________.

   A．Students should do more homework at the weekend

   B．All the students in China must have classes at the weekend

   C．Students should have more time to take a rest at the weekend

   D．No student can play with his friends out of classes

5．The above passage may be a _______.

A．story of science   B．school notice     C．short play        D．news report

Bob was happy． He was at a new school, and the other students were friendly． "Hi, Bob ! "they said． But some students said, "Hi, Peter!" Bob didn't understand． He asked another student, "Why do some students call me Peter?"

"Oh, that's easy to answer," the student said．"Peter was a student here last year． Now he goes to a different school．You look like Peter．Some students think that you're Peter． "

     Bob wanted to meet Peter． He got Peter's address from a student and went to Peter's． Peter opened the door． Bob couldn't believe his eyes．He looked really like Peter! Bob and Peter had the same colour eyes and the same smile． They had the same black hair． They also had the same birthday． And they both were adopted（领养） by two different families．

     Bob and Peter found out that they were twin brothers． Soon after the boys were born, one family adopted Bob, and another family adopted Peter． Bob's family never knew about Peter, and Peter's family never knew about Bob．

Bob and Peter's story was in the newspaper．There was a photo of Bob and Peter next to the story．A young man named John saw the photo in the newspaper．John couldn't believe his eyes．He looked really like Bob and Peter! He had the same colour eyes and the same smile．He had the same black hair． He had the same birthday． And he, too, was adopted by another family．

     Later John met Bob and Peter．When Bob and Peter saw John, they couldn't believe their eyes．John looked really like them! Why did John look really like Bob and Peter? You can guess．Bob and Peter are not twins．Bob, Peter and John are triplets．

1．How did Bob feel at a new school?

A． Happy．             B． Excited．            C． Lonely．             D． Afraid．

2．Some students mistook Bob for Peter because

A． he looked like Peter very much              B． he was as tall as Peter

    C． they missed Peter very much                      D． Peter was a kind student

3．Where did Bob see Peter?

 A． In Bob's school．                          B． In Peter's school．

     C． In Peter's house．                      D． On the way home．

4．Which of the following is true?

     A． Someone told John the story about Bob and Peter．

     B． John knew the story from the newspaper．

     C． Bob's and Peter's families knew each other．

     D． Bob and Peter were really twins．

5．What does the word "triplets" mean in Chinese?

A．同父异母                                               B．同母异父

C．双胞胎                                                   D．三胞胎

Eyes Can Speak

Much meaning can be carried clearly, with our eyes, so it is often  1  that eyes can speak.

Do you have such kind of  2  ? In a bus you may look at a stranger, but not too long. And if he  3  that he is being looked at, he may feel uncomfortable. The same in daily life. If you are looked at for more than necessary, you will look at yourself up and down, to see if there is  4  wrong with you. If nothing goes wrong, you will feel  5  toward the person who is looking at you that way. Eyes do speak, right?

Looking too long at someone may seem to be impolite. But sometimes things are different. If a man looks at a woman for more than 10 seconds ,it may mean that he wishes to attract（吸引）her attention, to make her understand that he  6   her. When two people are in a conversation, the speaker will only look at the listener from time to time,  7  make sure that the listener does pay attention   8  what he or she is speaking. Lovers will enjoy looking at each other or being looked at for a long time, to show something that  9  cannot express.

Clearly, eye contact should be done according to the relationship between two people and the place  10  you stay.

1. A. spoken                  B. said                 C. told                D. talked

2. A. experience                B. eyes                           C. mind                  D. news

3. A. found                   B. knew              C. finds                  D. saw

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

5. A. happy                  B. angry                C. sad               D. thankful

6. A. loves                    B. hates                C. thanks            D. looks at

7. A. in order that             B. so that              C. in order to         D. for

8. A. for                           B. of                  C. with              D. to

9. A. eyes                    B. words                   C. minds            D. body

10. A. which                B. that                C. where            D. there