----It seems that  Alice never wants to do anything except drawing pictures. 

---- Right. That’s  what she likes to do ____ _ .

A. more     B. less        C .most       D. least

What’s your idea about success? Some people say that beginners have all the luck, while others believe that success    1 only with practice. In fact, I feel both of these statements (陈述) are not true all the time. Each is true in some ways    2   not in others.

For example, I went to a drawing competition many years ago and   3   surprisingly. As a prize, I got a film ticket to see “Titanic”. I was really   4  because it was the first time I had taken part in any competition, Thinking that I might be lucky again, I  5  joining in other art competitions, But the result was that I   6  won again. I accepted the fact that the other people had a  7  artistic ability than I did. Art was not something I was especially interested in and I had never practiced the different art skills. So, the  8 I produced were not of a very high standard(水平).

These experiences taught me a lot. Though I might have been lucky  9 , I also need to put in hard work. As we know,  10 makes perfect. So I believe success builds on less luck and chance.

1.                A．moves         B．comes          C．returns   D．leaves

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

3.                A．won           B．began          C．failed D．ended

4.                A．sorry          B．active          C．lucky D．nervous

5.                A．tried           B．forgot          C．stopped  D．remembered

6.                A．often          B．ever           C．seldom   D．never

7.                A．greater         B．more natural     C．lower    D．more common

8.                A．results         B．films           C．prizes    D．drawings

9.                A．at last          B．at most         C．at first    D．at least

10.               A．chance         B．practice        C．difference D．experience

Long ago ,there lived in Greece a learned man. He was so well known for his good knowledge of almost everything that lots of people from all over the country came to learn from him. The great man taught his students whole-heartedly and answered their questions with great patience.

One day a student asked him, “ My dear teacher, didn’t you say you yourself have many ,many more questions about things than we do? But I think we students have far more than you.”

With a smile on his face, the teacher drew two circles ,one as large as a big cake, the other smaller. Then he said , “Of course, I have learned much more. But it’s wrong to think that a teacher has fewer questions than his students. Now, look at these two circles. The inside of the bigger one is my knowledge of things, and the inside of the smaller one is yours. Out of the circles is what is still unknown to us. Since mine is larger, I have to use the longer line to draw the bigger circle. That means I have more opportunities to face what is still unknown. And that’s why I myself have more questions than you do. The more you learn , the more questions you have. You will never learn enough ,you know.”

1.The learned man drew two circles to show _____.

A. he was good at drawing circles

B. his knowledge had something to do with the circles

C. why he had more questions than the students

D. how he could get more knowledge

2.The student didn’t agree that ______.

A. the teacher had so many questions as a learned man

B. the teacher had so many questions     

C. the students had fewer questions than the teacher

D. the students had more questions than 0the teacher

3.The teacher was famous for his ______.

A. kindness     B. knowledge   C. patience     D. questions

4.From the passage we can learn that_____.

A. the more questions we have, the more knowledge we may get

B. it’s never too old to learn

C. every one of us should try to be a learned man

D. a teacher should have many questions

5.Which of the following shows us what the teacher drew?

1.How much are the musical tickets for two children?

A. 16 pounds,      B, 35 pounds.      C. 30 pounds.      D. 40 pounds.

2.When will the Teenage Drawing Competition be held?

A. On June 7th.                        B. On August 6th.

C. On September 20th.             D. On April 25th.

3.Where can you watch Adele's performance this Sunday afternoon?

A. At St. James' s Park.                 B. At Westfield Theater.

C. At Westfield Shopping Center.        D. At Cambridge Theater.