Americans think much about time. Form childhood they learn to value (珍视)

time. They are taught to be on time to go to school, to work and to do everything. When they are having a good time,  they say that time goes easily. When a person is dying,   they say he is living on a borrowed time.

Time is money.  Time is knowledge. Time is everything in America. A working American has to work hard for eight hours a day or forty hours a week.  This is the working time. In his free time, he also works hard for more money.  Even on Saturday and Sunday he also works hard as usual.   In the street you can hardly see a man walking slowly.  They walk very fast. In fact, they are running.

They love time because time can bring them money and lots of things. But sometimes they also hate time,  because they feel they have become servants (仆人)of the clock.

 1. What do the Americans mean by "Time is money"?

    A. It is not easy to make money.

    B. It takes quite a lot of time to make money.

C. Working hard can bring people health.

  D. ff someone has time and works hard, he can make much money.

2. Americans think it wrong _____________.

   A. to work late                 B. to get up early

   C. to be late for school

   D. to be on time to do everything

3. This passage says that a dying person___________.

A. is having a good time

B. is living on a borrowed time

C. thinks time goes easily

D. is saving time

4. From this passage we can be sure that

   A. Americans live a hard life

   B. Americans always walk fast

   C. Americans live in a quick rhythm (节奏)

   D. Americans are good at saving time

5. Which of the following is the best title for this passage?

  A. Americans' ideas about time

  B. Never waste time

  C. Time is money

  D. Learn to be on time

As Sam slowly woke, he got a funny feeling in his stomach. He knew he would have to do something that he had been afraid to do for a long time.

The school bus came on time, and he sat with his friend, Billy. They chatted about baseball. It was a great way to get his mind off what he had to do later. As they got close to the school, he could feel his heart beating. His hands were starting to sweat. He hated this!

He entered Mrs. Owen’s class. She was smiling, and saying hello to all her students as she did every morning.

“Hi, Sam!” she said as he walked in.

“Hi,” he said and quickly sat in his seat. Then the class began to take their spelling test. He looked at the clock. The time was near. He hoped he was not first! Mrs. Owens said it was time to begin their special day.

“Sam, you’ll be first.” Mrs. Owens said to the class, “Sam has worked very hard on his report on Hawaii, and I know it is very interesting.”

Sam nervously greeted his class. Then, he thought about the fun things he had read about surfing, volcanoes, and pineapples in Hawaii, and he started to talk. He talked in front of the whole class, and it was fun. The class clapped as he finished and Mrs. Owens was smiling. It wasn’t terrible at all and he knew he would do better the next time.

1. How did Sam feel after he woke?

   A. Excited.      B. Nervous.     C. Happy.       D. Hungry.

2.What did Sam have to do that day?

A. To have a baseball match.            B. To take a reading test.

C. To go to a new class.                D. To do something special.

3.What does the underlined word “sweat” probably mean?

   A. 触摸          B. 鼓掌         C. 出汗         D. 指点

4. Which could be inferred (推断) from this passage?

   A. Sam hated chatting about baseball.

   B. Sam learned about Hawaii by travelling.

   C. Mrs. Owens is unfriendly to her students.

   D. The class enjoyed Sam’s talk very much.

5. Which is the best title for this passage?

   A. A special day     B. An interesting lesson

   C. A nice teacher        D. A professional report

Steven Jobs, the designer of Apple Computer, was not clever when he was in school. At that time, he was not a good student and he always made troubles with his schoolmates. When he went into college, he didn’t change a lot. Then he dropped out（退学）. But he was full of new ideas.
　　After he left college, Steven Jobs worked as a video game designer. He worked there for only several months and then he went to India. He hoped that the trip would give him some new ideas and give him a change in his life.
　　Steven Jobs lived on a farm in California for a year after he returned from India.
　　In 1975, he began to make a new type of computer. He designed the Apple Computer with his friend in his garage. He chose the name “Apple” just because it could help him to remember a happy summer he once spent in an apple tree garden.
His Apple Computer was so successful that Steven Jobs soon became famous all over the world.
He often said, “I live in order to change the world, there aren’t any other reasons. The only way to have a great achievement is to love your own career. If you can’t find your  favorite career ,go on looking for it and never give up.”
This is Steven Jobs, though he is dead, his spirit and achievements still influence our lives.
【小题1】Steven Jobs was not a good student in school because he ________.

As Sam slowly woke, he got a funny feeling in his stomach. He knew he would have to do something that he had been afraid to do for a long time.

The school bus came on time, and he sat with his friend, Billy. They chatted about baseball. It was a great way to get his mind off what he had to do later. As they got close to the school, he could feel his heart beating. His hands were starting to sweat. He hated this!

He entered Mrs. Owens’ class. She was smiling, and saying hello to all her students as she did every morning.

“Hi, Sam!” she said as he walked in.

“Hi,” he said and quickly sat in his seat. Then the class began to take their spelling test. He looked at the clock. The time was near. He hoped he was not first! Mrs. Owens said it was time to begin their special day.

“Sam, you’ll be first.” Mrs. Owens said to the class, “Sam has worked very hard on his report on Hawaii, and I know it is very interesting.”

Sam nervously greeted his class. Then, he thought about the fun things he had read about surfing, volcanoes, and pineapples in Hawaii, and he started to talk. He talked in front of the whole class, and it was fun. The class clapped as he finished and Mrs. Owens was smiling. It wasn’t terrible at all and he knew he would do better the next time.

1.How did Sam feel after he woke?

A. Excited.     B. Nervous.     C. Happy. 

2.What did Sam have to do that day?

A. To have a baseball match.

B. To take a reading test.

C.  To do something special.

3.What does the underlined word “ sweat ” probably mean?

A. 触摸    B. 鼓掌    C. 出汗

4.Which could be inferred(推断) from this passage?

A. Sam hated chatting about baseball.

B. Sam learned about Hawaii by travelling.

C.  The class enjoyed Sam’s talk very much.

5.Which is the best title for this passage?

A. A special day    B. An interesting lesson    C. A nice teacher

Harry had a very small farm. He only had one cow but dreamed about having a large farm. He once asked his father Bill, “I’d like to have that land over there. How can I get it?” His father encouraged him to go and talk to the landowner(地主) to see how they could get the land. Harry said. “But we don’t have enough money.” His father said, “Don’t worry. Go and talk to him.”

Several years passed. Harry had not only the land, but also several hundred cows. He had a happy life with his wife.

Later, Harry’s wife, Sarah, had a dream. “I want to build the biggest farm in the world.” She said. They called their friend Manuel about this task. Three days later Manuel had a plan for the whole project. Then they asked, “How much will it cost?” Manuel said they needed a lot of money.

“Nobody will lend us so much money to build a farm,” they thought. But the manager of the bank trusted them and their dream.

A few months later, La manuel, the biggest farm in the world, was opened.

1.The passage tells us that _________.

2.The reason why Harry got the land and many cows was _______.

3.In order to(为了) make Sarah’s dream come true(实现),

Manuel _________.

4.The underlined word “trust” means ________.

5. From this passage, we can learn that ________.