Once upon a time，there were two good friends．One was called Jack and the other was called James．One day，the two friends were walking through the desert．During the journey they had a quarrel，and Jack couldn’t control himself and hit James in the face．James felt hurt，but he didn’t say anything．Instead，he wrote in the sand，“Today my best friend Jack hit me in the face．”

    They kept on walking until they found an oasis(绿洲)．They decided to get some water there．Suddenly James had trouble in the water，he fell into the mire(泥潭)and was in danger．Jack saved him at once．When he felt all right，he wrote on a stone，“Today my best friend Jack saved my life．”Jack was very surprised and asked James，“After I hurt you，you wrote in the sand and now you write on the stone．Why?”James replied，“When someone hurts us，we should write it down in the sand so that the wind of forgiveness can blow it away．But when someone does anything good for us，we must write it on the stone，so no wind can blow it away．”

    Since then，the two good friends have never quarreled with each other again and they got on better with each other．

    Hatred(仇恨)can bring you nothing but unhappiness．If you don’t forgive others，you are making trouble for yourself Keep a peaceful heart all the time and remember to be always thankful to others!

1.What happened when Jack hit his friend James in the face?

    A．After he was beaten in the face James was hurt and ran away．

    B．James hated his friend，in return very much from then on．

    C．James hit his friend in return at once．   

    D．James wrote“Today my best friend Jack hit me in the face”in the sand．

2.What’s the matter with James in the oasis?

    A．He was very careless and fell into the mire．

    B．He wanted to get some water and fell into the mire．

    C．He wanted to know if his friends would help him when he had trouble．

    D．He wanted to make his friend have trouble，too．

3.What did James do after he was saved by his friend?

    A．He wrote some words on a stone．

    B．He thanked his friends at once．

    C．He wrote some words in the sand．   

    D．He drank some water and had a rest．

4.Which of the statements is NOT true according to the passage?

    A．Jack was very angry when he had a quarrel with James．

 B．They decided to get some water after they found an oasis．

    C．The two good friends went on walking after the quarrel and found an oasis a few days later．

    D．Hatred can only bring you unhappiness．

5.Why did James write words in different places?

    A．The wind of forgiveness can blow hatred away．

    B．No wind can blow thanks away．

    C．James only wanted to write words in different places．

    D．A and B．

Hello, I’m Vladislav. For my summer holidays, I usually stay in a country house near Moscow.

Last summer, my dad’s brother gave me a present — a blue bike. At that time I couldn’t ride it very well.

One day I got into an accident. But don’t worry, everything was OK, just some “little” injuries.

That day, I tried to ride my bike and suddenly it began to move very fast. I couldn’t stop the bike. So I fell into a ditch (沟) full of dirty water. When I thought I had had enough bad luck, a girl walked by. She saw the bike and me. I quickly stood up.

“Are you fishing here?” she asked.

“Yes,” I answered. Then I said, “I’m making fish soup for dinner. Would you like to come?” To my surprise, she agreed.

After that we became friends. Now, we often send each other e-mails. She knows that I’m studying in China and she asks me questions about Chinese culture. I tell her my stories of China, and she says she wants to visit China, too. She even plans to study Chinese.

This is how, with the help of my bike, China got one more Russian friend.

根据短文内容，回答下列问题。

1.Who sent Vladislav a bike last summer?

2.What happened when Vladislav tried to ride his bike?

3. What did the girl think Vladislav was doing when she saw him by the ditch?

4.What made Vladislav surprised?

5. What does the girl say she wants to do in her e-mail to Vladislav?

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●Relax yourself.
Before you start to listen to something, You need to relax.
1                                           This will help you with your listening.
●Listen carefully to the first sentence.
2                                          For example, if eyou hear“Many shops in many parts of China have decided to take away all kinds of Japanese goods off their shelves, but some people say it’s not a good idea. Our reporter says…”,you know you will hear a piece of news, not a children’s story or a science report.
●Think when you’re listening.
3                                           For example, you can think of the following questions: What happened? When , where and how? What was the result and what does the speaker want to tell us? In this way, you may undersrand the passage better.
●Listen for important facts.
4                                             For example, if the passage is a science report, you should try to remember its findings , and how the scientists got their results. 
●Don’t think about one or two words for too long.
You may hear some words that you don’t know. But don’t spend too much time on them.
5                                          But you can remember some words or sentences that you think are important, and you can use them when you’re answering the questions.

Chris Jones recently completed a very unusual journey. Our reporter Mary Owen met him at his home in the south of London and be told her all about the trip.
Reporter: What gave you the idea to make a trip around India on an elephant, Chris?
Chris: Well, it all started the idea two years ago when I was planning a trip to India. I visited a photo exhibition of elephants and I realized that the only enjoyable way to make a trip around India was on an elephant.
Reporter: What did you do next?
Chris: I flew to New Delhi and started looking for an elephant, I needed an elephant trained to carry people. I didn’t know anything about elephants, so I asked an expert(专家) for help. He taught me how to ride an elephant. He also helped me find an elephant.
Reporter: How long did it take to find a suitable elephant?
Chris: Not too long. I bought a female elephant called Tara for about 6, 000 dollars.
Reporter: Can you tell me about the journey?
Chris: Tara and I set off from New Delhi a week later. We were going to Sonepur in northern India. There is a big elephant market there and I could sell Tara easily. And what a ride! Elephants can travel at about 6 miles an hour and Sonepur is more than 1, 200 km away. It took us 64 days to complete the journey.
Reporter: Did you have any problems on your journey?
Chris: Yes, a few. But nothing serious. On the third day, Tara hurt her foot. Btu that got better quickly. Also, there was a lot of heavy rain during the first week and we got very wet!
Reporter: What happened when you reached Sonepur?
Chris: My plan was to sell Tara. But I was very fond of her. I couldn’t take her back to Britain and I didn’t want to sell her at the market. I happened to meet some people who wanted an elephant for their national park in southern India. I knew that Tara would be safe with them, so I gave her to them. I was very sad to say goodbye.
【小题1】Chris got the idea to make a trip around India on an elephant from __________.

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Mr. Smith left his car outside his apartment one night as usual, but when he came down the next morning to go to his office, he discovered that the car wasn’t there. He called the police and told them what had happened, and they said that they would try to find the car.

When Mr. Smith came home from his office that evening, the car was back again in its usual place in front of his house. He examined it carefully to see whether it had been damaged, and found two theater tickets on one of the seats and a letter which said, “We’re very sorry. We took your car because of an emergency.”

Mr. and Mrs. Smith went to the theater with the two tickets the next night and enjoyed themselves very much.

When they got home, they found that thieves had taken almost everything they had had in their apartment.

1.What did Mr. Smith find one morning?

2. What did he do then?

3. What happened when he came home from his office that evening?

4. What did Mr. Smith find on one of the seats in his car?

5. What did Mr. and Mrs. Smith do with the thing(s) they found in their car?