A well-known old man was being interviewed (采访) and asked if it was correct that he had just celebrated his ninety-nine birthday.

  “That’s right.” said the old man. “Ninety-nine years old, and I haven’t an enemy in the world. They’re all dead.”

  “Well, sir.” said the interviewer, “I hope very much to have the honour of interviewing you on your hundredth birthday.”

  The old man looked at the young man closely, and said, “I can’t see why you shouldn’t. you look fit and healthy to me!”

1. The old man said he had not an enemy in the world, which shows that he was a very      .

A. friendly man—he never made any enemies

B. healthy man—he lived longer than all his enemies

How Americans Began to Eat Tomatoes

People have strange ideas about food. For example, the tomato is a kind of very

delicious vegetable. It is one of useful plants that can be prepared in many ways. It has rich nutrition and vitamin in it. But in the 18th century, Americans never ate tomatoes. They grow them in their gardens because tomato plants are so pretty. But they thought the vegetable was poisonous (有毒的). They called tomatoes “poison apples”.

President Thomas Jefferson, however, knew that tomatoes were good to eat. He was a learned man. He had been to Paris, where he learned to love the taste of tomatoes. He grew many kinds of tomatoes in his garden. The President taught his cook a way for a cream of tomato soup. This beautiful pink soup was served at the President’s party. The guests thought the soup tasted really good. They never thought their president would serve his honored guests poison apples. Jefferson never spoke to his honored (尊贵的) guests about the fact.

1.After you read the passage, which of the following do you think is true?

A．Americans never ate tomatoes after they began to plant them.

B．American didn’t eat tomatoes before the 19th century.

C．Even now Americans don’t eat tomatoes

D．In the 18^th century Americans ate a lot of tomatoes.

2.The passage tells us that Jefferson was a President who learned to love the taste of tomatoes.

A．while he was in Paris .

B．when he was a little boy.

C．the President ’s cook.

D．the President’s wife.

3.According to the text, ________cooked the beautiful pink soup at the President ’s party?

A．the President himself.

B．A French cook

C．the President ’s cook

D．the President’s wife

4.The underlined word “cook”in paragraph2 means_______

A．厨房             B．厨师             C．厨具             D．做饭

5.From the passage we know all the honored guests invited by Jefferson were______.

A．people from other countries               B．from France

C．People of his own country                 D．men only

The first time I saw Carlos I would never have believed he was going to change my life. I had my arms full of books and I was tearing into the classroom when I ran into something solid. It was Carlos.

“My, you’re tall,” he said.

Of course, the class began to laugh. Angry, I walked to my seat without a word.

I glanced back to see if Reed Harrington was laughing with the rest. That would be the last straw. But Reed was studying chemistry and did not seem to be aware of anything else. I didn’t know why I considered Reed my friend. Maybe just because he was a good two inches taller than I. Anyway, every time I blew out my birthday candles and made a wish, it was for a date with Reed Harrington. “Take that seat,” Mr. McCarthy told the proud newcomer Carlos, pointing to the only empty one, in the back of the room.

Carlos smiled broadly. “But I need a couple of dictionaries.” Again the class laughed, but now they were laughing with Carlos, not at him. He had been here only 10 minutes and already he had them on his side.

It was the school elections that made me think of Carlos again. Reed Harrington was voted president and Carlos vice president. “How come?” I kept asking myself. “How come this shrimp(虾) who’s only been in town for a little over a month gets to be so popular.”

So on that morning, I stopped Carlos and said, “It doesn’t seem to bother you—being short.” He looked up at me. “Of course I mind being short. But there isn’t anything I can do about it. When I realized I was going to have to spend my life in this undersized skin, I just decided to make the best of it and concentrate on being myself.” “You seem to get along great,” I admitted. “But what about me? Nobody wants to date a girl taller than he is.” “The trouble with you is you’re afraid to be yourself. You’re smart. And you could be pretty. In fact, you might be more than pretty.” I felt myself turning red...

1.

 Which of the following is true according to the passage?

   A. The writer cared much about Reed’s attitude.

   B. Carlos isn’t popular with the classmates.

   C. The writer is always confident with herself.

   D. Carlos always makes fun of the writer.

2.

 From the passage, we can conclude _______________.

   A. Carlos is as tall as the writer

   B. Carlos fell love with the writer later

   C. the writer is very tall

   D. Reed, Carlos and the writer became good friends later

3.

What can we use to describe Carlos’ character?

   A. Handsome and proud                                B. Humorous and confident

C. Diligent and helpful                                D. Hardworking and popular

4.

 What’s the best title of the passage?

   A. A girl and a boy.                                                    B. My shortcomings.

   C. My helpful classmates.                                      D. A change in my life.

Bernstein had been appointed Assistant Conductor for the New York philharmonic only a few months before that night. Just 25 years old, he was relatively inexperienced. At the last minute, Bernstein was told he was to take Walter’s place, so he didn’t have any time to rehearse（排演）. The music he was going to conduct was very difficult. Plus, the concert was going to be broadcast nationally on the radio. Despite all these pressures, Bernstein rose to the occasion and received a standing ovation（长久的鼓掌）at the end of the concert. The event made national headlines, and Bernstein became famous overnight.

Some people feel they do their best under the most stressful circumstances. What was it about Leonard Bernstein that made him do so well in such a difficult situation?

Perhaps Leonard Bernstein did so well because music was his devotion. The son of a man who supplied hairdressing products, Bernstein became interested in music at the age of 10. By the time he was a teenager, he was performing in public. He became a soloist of the Boston Public School Orchestra, and for 13 weeks in 1934, he played classics on the radio.

1.The underlined word “break” in the first paragraph means “__________”.

2.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the second paragraph?

3.Leonard Bernstein was successful at the concert because of __________.

4. From the last paragraph, we can learn that __________.

5.What might be the best title for the text?

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入的空白处的最佳选项，并从答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman  in his 80s came to the hospital.  I heard him saying to the nurse that he was in a hurry for appointment （约会）at 9:30.

The nurse had him take a 1in the waiting area, 2him it would be  at least 3minutes  4someone would  be able to  see him .I saw him 5his watch  and decided, since I was 40 buy-my patient  didn’t 6at the appointed  hour ,I would examine his wound, While taking care  of his wound ,I asked him if he had another doctor’s appointment.

The gentleman said no and told me that he 7to go to the nursing home on eat breakfast with his 8.He told me that she had been 9for a while and  that she had a special disease, I asked if she would be 10if he was a bit late. He replied that she 11knew who he  was ,that she had not been able to 12him for five years now. I was 13and asked him,” And you 14go every morning, even though she  doesn’t know who you are?”

He smiled and said .”She doesn’t know me, but I  know who she is” I had to hold back 15as he left.

Now I 16that in marriages, true love is 17of all that, The happiest people don’t 18have the best of everything; they just 19the best of everything they have .20isn’t about how to live through the storm, but how to dance in the rain.

1.A.breath        B. test        C. seat           D. break

2.A.persuading    B. promising   C. understanding   D. telling

3.A. if           B. before      C. since          D. after

4.A. taking off    B. fixing      C. looking at      D. winding

5.A. very        B. also        C. seldom        D. not

6.A. turn  up    B. show off     C. come on      D. go away

7.A. needed      B. forgot      C . agreed        D. happened

8.A. daughter     B. wife       C. mother        D. sister

9.A late         B. well        C. around        D. there

10.A. lonely      B. worried      C. doubtful      D. hungry

11.A. so far       B. neither      C. no longer     D. already

12.A. recognize    B. answer      C. believe       D. expect

13.A. moved         B. disappointed     C. surprised      D .satisfied

14.A. only           B. then            C. thus          D. still

15.A. curiosity       B. tears           C. words         D. judgment

16.A. realize         B. suggest        C. hope          D. prove

17.A. agreement      B. expression      C. acceptance     D. exhibition

18.A. necessarily      B. completely     C. naturally       D. frequently

19.A. learn           B. make         C. favor          D. try

20.A. Adventure       B. Beauty        C. Trust          D .Life