It’s every student’s bad dream: exam time. During the last three days of the term, we had six exams.

    My easiest exam was math. All of its questions were from earlier exams.

    The biology exam was hard. At first, I thought I would fail it. It asked about lots of things we never studied in class, though we could use our textbooks. And there wasn’t enough time to check every question. I guessed at many of them. But my teacher said that I did well in it.

    In the career planning and computer applications（职业规划与电脑应用）exam, we had a lot to do: a PowerPoint presentation, a book report and a class evaluation（评价）. I felt like I needed more time, but some of my classmates didn’t think so. They just quickly wrote down some answers and then played games.

    I don’t think I did very well in the English exam. We had to write an essay（passage）about books we have read in class. But I didn’t study hard enough.

    At our school, we can“test out”of some classes. That means students can study by themselves and then take exam. If they pass, they don’t have to take that class. I tested out in both computer and health classes.

    Studying for those exams was terrible. Those classes would go on for six months, but I had to teach myself everything in three weeks. Also, I had to do three big projects at the same time. I watched no TV for almost three weeks! I am so glad it is over, and now it’s the summer holiday.

    For my classmates, it will be two and a half months for fun without school or homework. But I am a Chinese, and you know what Chinese parent do with their kid’s free time: more homework.

1. How did the writer pass the biology exam?

    A. He checked the biology exam paper carefully.

    B. Because a lot of things had something to do with textbooks.

    C. Although the writer didn’t have enough time to examine every question, he guessed on many of them correctly.

    D. His teacher taught well.

2. The underlined phrase“test out”means ___________.

    A. 免修                                     B. 必修

    C. 选修                                     D. 重修

3. Why did the writer test out the computer class? Because _____________.

    A. he spent more time on it and studied hard by himself

    B. the teacher said he did it well

    C. some classmates didn’t pay attention to it at all.

    D. it was quite easy for him to study and play it.

4. The underlined phrase“go on for”is that ______________.

    A. last                                        B. spend

    C. take                                       D. cost

5. The main idea of the passage is that __________________.

    A. it tells us what the “test out”exam is

    B. if you study hard, you won’t fail exams

    C. there are some differences among different kinds of exams

    D. it’s not easy for students to take exams

　When I was at university，I studied very hard．But a lot of my friends did very little work．Some did just enough to pass exams．Others didn’t do quite enough．Fred Baines was one of them．He spent more time drinking in the Students’ Union than working in the library．

　　Once at the end of the term，we had to take an important test in chemistry．The test had a hundred questions. In my room the night before the test，Fred was watching TV．Fred usually worried a lot the night before a test．But on that night he looked perfectly calm．Then he told me of his plan．“It’s very simple．There are a hundred questions and I have to get fifty correct to pass the test．I’ll take a coin into the examination room．I haven’t studied a chemistry book for months，so I’ll just toss the coin．That way，I’m sure I’ll get half the questions right．”

　　The next day，Fred came happily into the exam room．As he sat tossing a coin for half an hour he marked down his answers．Then he left，half an hour before the rest of us．

　　The next day，he saw the chemistry professor in the corridor．“Oh，good，”he said，“Have you got the result of the test?”The professor looked at him and smiled，“Ah，it’s you，Baines．Just a minute．”Then he reached into his pocket and took out a coin．He threw it into the air，caught it in his hand and looked at it．

　　“I’m terribly sorry，Baines，”he said，“You failed!”

1.This story mainly wants to tell us ________．

A．chemistry is really hard to learn

B．there were too many questions for students to prepare for

C．good exam results needs hard study

D．tossing a coin can not always decide the result

2.Fred Baines was one of those who ________．

A．did just enough to pass the exam

B．didn’t work hard enough for their studies

C．had too much other work for the Students’ Union

D．were quite good at passing exams

3.Fred came happily into the exam room because ________．

A．he had got ready for the exam

B．he knew the answers already

C．the other students would be behind him

D．he had his way to finish the exam

4.The chemistry exam in fact ________．

A．was not very hard

B．took the other students an hour to finish

C．had more than one hundred questions

D．needed to be done by tossing a coin

5.The professor tossed the coin to tell Baines that ________．

A．he was satisfied with his way for the exam

B．he wanted to make friends with him

C．his way for the exam would never work

D．the exam result depended on the coin

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Bill Gates is a very important person in the computer industry. He has been chief officer of Microsoft Company for several years. He is also the richest person in the United States. How did he do it?

He learned a lot from his parents. While Bill was going to school, his father went to college, got a degree, and became a successful lawyer.     1      . His mother was a very busy teacher, but she also loved going to parties. From this, he learned something else: if you want to work hard and play hard, you have to make a schedule.

     2      . While most of his friends were playing, Bill read all of the World Book Encyclopedia and finished it when he was 8 years old.     3      . He used to play a lot of sports — swimming， water-skiing, tennis. When Bill got older, he spent more and more time working and playing on a computer.

Before he was twenty, Bill developed the world’s first computer language for the personal computer.     4      . He thought that every home was going to have a computer, and every computer would need software — his software. He said, “ I’m going to make my first million dollars on software by the time I’m 25.” And he did! 

　When I was at university，I studied very hard．But a lot of my friends did very little work．Some did just enough to pass exams．Others didn’t do quite enough．Fred Baines was one of them．He spent more time drinking in the Students’ Union than working in the library．
　　Once at the end of the term，we had to take an important test in chemistry．The test had a hundred questions. In my room the night before the test，Fred was watching TV．Fred usually worried a lot the night before a test．But on that night he looked perfectly calm．Then he told me of his plan．“It’s very simple．There are a hundred questions and I have to get fifty correct to pass the test．I’ll take a coin into the examination room．I haven’t studied a chemistry book for months，so I’ll just toss the coin．That way，I’m sure I’ll get half the questions right．”
　　The next day，Fred came happily into the exam room．As he sat tossing a coin for half an hour he marked down his answers．Then he left，half an hour before the rest of us．
　　The next day，he saw the chemistry professor in the corridor．“Oh，good，”he said，“Have you got the result of the test?”The professor looked at him and smiled，“Ah，it’s you，Baines．Just a minute．”Then he reached into his pocket and took out a coin．He threw it into the air，caught it in his hand and looked at it．
　　“I’m terribly sorry，Baines，”he said，“You failed!”
【小题1】This story mainly wants to tell us ________．