One day Marilla said, “Anne, your new teacher, Miss Stacy, spoke to me yesterday. She says you must study for the examinations for Queen’s College in two years’ time. Then if you do well, you can study at Queen’s in Charlottetown for a year, and after that you’ll be a teacher!”

“That doesn’t matter, Anne. When Matthew and I adopted you three years ago, we decided to look after you as well as we could. Of course we’ll pay for you to study.”So in the afternoons Anne and some of her friends stayed late at school, and Miss Stacy helped them with the special examination work. Diana didn’t want to go to Queen’s, so she went home early, but Gilbert stayed. He and Anne still never spoke and everybody knew that they were enemies, because they both wanted to be first in the examination. Secretly, Anne was sorry that she and Gilbert weren’t friends, but it was too late now.

For two years, Anne studied hard at school. She enjoyed learning, and Miss Stacy was pleased with her. But she didn’t study all the time. In the evenings and at weekends she visited her friends, or walked through the fields with Diana, or sat talking to Matthew.

“Your Anne is a big girl now. She’s taller than you,” Rachel Lynde told Marilla one day.

“You’re right, Rachel!” said Marilla in surprise.

“And she’s a very good girl now, isn’t she? She doesn’t get into trouble these days. I’m sure she helps you a lot with the housework, Marilla.”

“Yes, I don’t know what I’d do without her,” said Marilla, smiling.

“And look at her! Those beautiful grey eyes, and that red-brown hair! You know, Marilla, I thought you and Matthew made a mistake when you adopted her. But now I see I was wrong. You’ve looked after her very well.”

“Well, thank you, Rachel,” replied Marilla, pleased.

That evening, when Matthew came into the kitchen, he saw that his sister was crying.

“What’s the matter?” he asked, surprised. “You haven’t cried since… well, I can’t remember when.”

“It’s just… well, I was thinking about Anne,” said Marilla. “I’ll…I’ll miss her when she goes away.”

“When she goes to Queen’s, you mean? Yes, but she can come home at weekends, on the train.”

“I’ll still miss her,” said Marilla sadly.”

In June the Avonlea boys and girls had to go to Charlottetown to take their examinations.

“Oh, I do hope that I’ve done well,” Anne told Diana when she arrived back at Green Gables. “The examinations were very difficult. And I’ve got to wait for three weeks before I know! Three weeks! I’ll die!”

Anne wanted to do better than Gilbert. But she also wanted to do well for Matthew and Marilla. That was very important to her.

Diana was the first to hear the news, she ran into the kitchen at Green Gables and shouted, “Look, Anne! It’s in Father’s newspaper! You’re first… with Gilbert… out of all the students on the island! Oh, how wonderful!” Anne took the paper with shaking hands, and saw her name, at the top of the list of two hundred. She could not speak.

“Well, now, I knew it,” said Matthew with a warm smile.

“You’ve done well, I must say, Anne,” said Marilla, who was secretly very pleased.

For the next three weeks Anne and Marilla were very busy. Anne needs new dresses to take to Charlottetown.

1.Which of the following statements is true?

A．To be a teacher was one of Annes’ dreams.

B．Both Anne and Diana studied hard for the special examination.

C．Matthew and Marilla were Anne’s parents.

D．Anne was adopted by Matthew and Marilla.

2.Why are Anne and Gilbert enemies? Because _____________.

A．they were competitors in school            B．they didn’t like each other

C．it wasn’t mentioned in the passage         D．their parents were enemies

3.The paragraph “Oh Marilla! I’d love to be a teacher! But won’t it be very expensive?” should be put between___________.

A．paragraph ③ and ④                    B．paragraph ⑦ and ⑧

C．paragraph ① and ②                    D．paragraph ⑨ and ⑩

4.What will be written in the following paragraph?

A．Anne’s summer holiday.

B．What will Anne talk about her college life with Diana

C．How will Miss Stacy help Anne study.

D．What will Anne do before attending college.

5.From the passage, we can learn that _____________.

A．Miss Stay liked Anne very much

B．when Anne became a teacher, she would have lived in the family for six years

C．Marilla cried because Anne would leave for ever

D．Rachel was a teacher of Anne’s

阅读理解。

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案。

　　Dear Daniel,

　　It's New Year's Eve, and as I look back over my life tonight, there are things I've learned in this time that I want to pass along to you. Hopefully, you won't find yourself making some of the same mistakes in your life that I have made in mine.

　　Always be honest with others, but most importantly, with yourself．Now, this is not to say you must always tell the absolute truth to everyone, all the time. Don't use the truth as a weapon to hurt someone. Somebody who asks, “Do you like my jacket?” doesn't want to hear that maybe you think it's terrible. They are proud of it and happy and just trying to show off a little. It's okay to say you like it if it makes them happy. But for the really important things in life you should always try to be as honest as you can be.

　　Hold on to your friends. Some friends you will have for a lifetime, others will just seem to enter your life and pass on through. But every one of them is a treasure beyond measure. There will be times in your life when you will need them, and good friends will do that for you. When a friend needs you, be there for them, help them and get them back on their feet again.

　　Never make a promise unless you are sure you can keep it, and then try your best to keep it. A man is often judged by how he keeps his word. People will pardon you for breaking a promise sometimes when it was given honestly but had to be broken for reasons beyond your control, just don't make a habit of it.

　　Life is funny! Never be afraid to laugh about it. You are going to make mistakes and look silly at times, so always be willing to laugh at yourself．If you ever find yourself unable to laugh at your own mistakes, you are taking your way too seriously and need to lighten up.

　　No matter how bad today is, or how terrible yesterday was, tomorrow is a new chance. Put a smile on your face and do what need to be done.

　　If it's silly but it works, it isn't silly. Don't be afraid to try something new or unusual.

　　There is a lot more to life than these things Daniel, and hopefully I'll be in your life for a long time to come to help you learn them.

With love, always,

Dad

1．From the letter we can know that Daniel is the writer's ________.

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2．The letter shows that ________.

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A．Daniel made a lot of mistakes

B．the writer went through a hard time

C．the writer loves his son deeply

D．Daniel is a silly boy

3．The sentence in the letter “… get them back on their feet again” Means

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A．teach them how to keep word

B．laugh at them

C．help them to pick themselves up

D．try to hold on

4．Which of the following is true according to the writer?

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A．Always tell the whole truth to everyone.

B．Never make a promise if no one helps you.

C．Take your way seriously and make less mistakes.

D．Be brave to try something unusual in your life.

A young woman was diagnosed with a terminal illness（不治之症）and given three months to live. So as she was getting her things “in order”, she asked her pastor（牧师）to come to her house to discuss her final wishes. With everything in order, the pastor was ready to leave when the young woman suddenly remembered something very important to her.

“What’s that?” asked the pastor.

“I want to be buried with a fork in my right hand.”

The pastor stood looking at the young woman, not knowing what to say.

“That surprises you, doesn’t it?” the young woman asked.

“Well, to be honest, I’m puzzled by the request,” said the pastor.

The young woman explained, “In all my years of going to church meetings and dinners, I remember that when the dishes of the main course were being cleared, someone would always lean over and say, ‘Keep your fork.’ It was my favorite part because I knew that something better was coming, like chocolate cake or apple pie，some dessert like that. Something wonderful! I just want people to see me there in that casket（棺材）with a fork so that when they ask you why I have a fork, you can tell them: ‘Keep your fork—the best is yet to come.’”

The pastor hugged the young woman good-bye. He knew that the young woman had a better grasp of heaven than he did. She had a better grasp of what heaven would be like than many people twice her age, with twice as much experience and knowledge.

At the funeral people were walking by the young woman’s casket and they saw the pretty dress she was wearing and the fork placed in her right hand. Over and over, the pastor heard the question “Why does she have a fork?” And over and over again he smiled.

So the next time you reach down for your fork, let it reminded you of this young woman gently. Send the message to everyone you consider a friend even if it means sending it back to the person who sent it to you.

And, keep your fork!!

1.In the author’s opinion, the woman in this passage is _______.

2.When enjoying a Western dinner, in the later part you have to “Keep your fork.” This usually mean “____________”

3.Which of the following is WRONG about the young woman?

4.According to the passage, “Keep your fork”, the message may mean “__________”

Reading Comprehension

Read the following passages, and choose the best answer that can answer the question.

Like every language, American English is full of special expressions, phrases that come from the day－to－day life of the people and develop in their own way. Our expression today is “to face the music”.

　　When someone says, “Well, I guess I'll have to face the music,” it does not mean he's planning to go to the concert. It is something far less pleasant, like being called in by your boss to explain why you did this and did that, and why you didn't do this or that. Sour music indeed, but it has to be faced. At sometime or another, every one of us has had to face the music, especially as children. We can all remember father's angry voice, “I want to talk to you,” and only because we did not obey him. What an unpleasant business it was!

　　The phrase “to face the music” is familiar to every American, young or old. It is at least 100 years old. And where did this expression come from? The first explanation comes from the American novelist, James Fenimore Cooper. He said, in 1851, that the expression was first used by actors while waiting in the wings to go on the stage. When they got their cue to go on, they often said, “Well, it's time to face the music.” And that is exactly what they did－facing the orchestra which was just below them. And an actor might be frightened or nervous as he moved on to the stage in front of an audience that might be friendly or perhaps hostile, especially if he forgot his lines. But he had to go out. If he did not, there would be no play. So the expression “to face the music” came to mean “having to go through something, no matter how unpleasant the experience might be, because you knew you had no choice”

　　Other explanations about the expression go back to the army. When the men faced inspection by their leader, the soldiers would be worried about how well they looked. Was their equipment clean, shinny enough to pass inspection? Still the men had to go on and face the music of the band as well as the inspection. What else could they do?

　　Another army explanation is more closely related to the idea of facing the results and accepting the responsibility for something that should not have been done. As, for example, when a man is forced out of the army because he did something terrible, he is dishonored. The band does not play. Only the drums tap a sad, slow beat. The soldier is forced to leave, facing such music as it is and facing the back of his horse.

1．According to the passage how many ways does the phrase “to face the music” come from?

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2．What's the meaning of “to face the music?”

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A．To face something far less pleasant.

B．To face the stage.

C．To face the back of one's horse.

D．To face one's leader.

3．In which condition would we face the music?

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A．When we are playing basketball.

B．When we are making a speech in public.

C．When we are having a party.

D．When we are talking with somebody.

4．The underlined word in the third paragraph means ________.

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5．Which of the following sentences is not true according to the passage ________.

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A．The explanation to the phrase “to face the music” is closely related with the army life.

B．When a man is forced out of the army, the band doesn't play.

C．The first explanation to the phrase “to face the music” comes from an American novelist.