Entering a university is an important part of a person’s life. Today, many people go to study and train for a future job in subjects like law (法律), medicine or education. But the university is not a modern invention. It has a history that is over a thousand years.

The world’s oldest university, AL-Azhar, is in Cario, Egypt. It was first built as a mosque for religion (宗教寺院) in A.D.972. A few years later, learners and teachers began meeting in the mosque. They read and talked about the subject of law. Around 988, leaders in the city of Cario decided to open up a school for higher learning and the University of AL-Azhar was founded.

At AL-Azhar, there were many university ‘firsts’. Different subjects were set up. The earliest ones taught at AL-Azhar were in law and religion. In a course, students read and studied with the teacher, but there was also free discussion. Often, students and teachers talked about a topic (题目), and there was no ‘right’ answer. Finally, famous teachers from around the world came to AL-Azhar to teach and do deep studies on the subjects they were interested in. At the university, people studied the past, but it was also a place for exchanging new ideas.

Over a thousand years later, AL-Azhar is still an important university in the world. Its library keeps more than 250,000 of the world’s oldest and most valuable (有价值的) books. Today, many of the world’s most important universities such as Oxford and Harvard still follow the traditions started at AL-Azhar.

1.From the first paragraph（段落） we know that _________.

A．universities are important to the city life

B．the university is a quite new invention

C．university education may help a person find law。

D．the university has a history of more than a thousand years

2.AL-Azhar was first built for _______.

A．education         B．religion           C．a meeting         D．law

3.Which of the following are the earliest subjects taught in the University of AL-Azhar?

A．Education and medicine.                  B．Religion and law.

C．Free discussion.                        D．History and tradition.

4.Which of the following is not true about the University of AL-Azhar?

A．AL-Azhar was built in the city of Cario in Egypt.

B．AL-Azhar didn’t become a university until the years around 988.

C．The University of AL-Azhar was a place to read books.

D．Now AL-Azhar is still one of the famous universities in the world.

A small ,white envelope stuck among the branches of our Christmas tree and it has been there for the past ten years or so.
It all began because my husband Justin hated Christmas—oh, not the true meaning of Christmas.Overspending was one thing, but compared to the difficult experience of choosing gifts—running around at the last minute to get a tie for Uncle Harry and a pair of gloves for Grandma…,spending money is nothing. I felt too tired to think of any special gifts.
Knowing Justin felt the same way, I decided one year not to buy the usual shirts, sweaters, ties and so on. I reached for something special just for Justin. The inspiration came in an unusual way.
Our son Kevin, who was 12 that year, was wrestling （摔跤）at the junior level at the school he attended; and shortly before Christmas, there was a match against a team sponsored (赞助) by an inner-city church.These youngsters, dressed in such worn-out shoes that shoe strings seemed to be the only thing holding them together, while our boys were in their blue and gold uniforms and new wrestling shoes.
As the match began, I was shocked to see that the other team were wrestling without wearing helmets (头盔) to protect their ears. Well, our boys ended up defeating them. We took every weight class.
Justin, seated beside me, shook his head sadly, “I wish just one of them could have won,” he said. “They have a lot potential (潜力) , but losing like this could take the heart out of them.” Justin loved kids—all kids, and he knew them, having coached little league football and baseball. That’s when the idea for his present came. That afternoon, I went to a local sporting goods store and bought different kinds of wrestling helmets and shoes. I sent them to inner-city church without leaving my name.
On Christmas Eve, I placed the envelope on the tree, the note inside telling Justin what I had done and that was his gift from me. His smile was the brightest thing about Christmas that year and since then the envelope has become the highlight of our Christmas.
【小题1】Justin hated Christmas because _____.

Spending a long time in front of the computer may cause headaches, eyestrain（眼睛疲劳）or other physical problems. Make sure that your child spends only one or two hours a day in front of a computer screen. Write a list of rules for using the computer and the Internet. Put the rules next to the computer. Here are some of the rules:

      ★Keep your computer in an open place where you can watch what your child is doing, and can control how long your child is on the computer.

      ★Discuss with your child which websites you are happy they are looking at, and have a look at your child’s favorite websites yourself.

      ★Make sure that your child doesn’t give personal information over the web (name, age, address, telephone number).

      ★Make sure that your child asks your permission before download（下载）anything.

      ★Make sure that your child doesn’t post any photos of his or hers on the web．

      ★If your child wants to use a chatroom（聊天室）, make sure that you have a look at it first. Be around when your child is chatting.

★Teach your child not to meet anyone that they have met on the  web. If he or she does meet someone, an adult should be with him or her and the meeting should be in a public place.

（一） 根据短文内容，将问题与方框中的建议搭配。

Problems

1．If your child spends a long time in front of the computer,

2．If you want to know what your child is doing on the computer,

3．If your child wants to download something,

4．If your child uses a chatroom,

5．If your child wants to meet someone that he or she has met on the web,

（二）根据短文内容，判断正(T)误(F)。

6．Spending much time in front of a computer may cause lots of physical problems.

7．We can put a list of rules for using the computer and the Internet into the computer.

8．Only parents can decide which the children’s favorite websites are.

9．Children aren’t supposed to give their names, ages, addresses or telephone numbers to others on the Internet.

10．Parents should have a look at both their children’s favorite websites and the chatroom they use.

One night , a poor young artist stood at the gate of the subway station, _____ his violin . Some passers-by（行人） slowed down their paces and put some money into the hat of the young man.

The next day the young artist came to the same place. Different from the day before, he took out a large piece of paper and _____ it on the ground and put some stones on it . Then he began playing. Before long , many people were attracted by the words on that paper which said, “ Last night a gentleman ______George Sang put an important thing into my hat by mistake. Please come to claim（认领）it soon.”

A middle-aged man ran there _____ and rushed through the crowd to the violinist and grabbed （抓住）his shoulders and said, “ Yes, it is you. You did come here. I knew that you are an( a ) _____ man and would certainly come here.”

The story turned out to be this: George Sang bought a lottery ticket a few days ago. The award opened yesterday and he won a prize of 5000,000 dollars. _______ his way home, he took _____ 50 dollars and put it in the violinist’s hat. However, the lottery ticket was also thrown in . The violinist was a student at an Arts College . He had booked the ticket to flight and came back to ____ he was given the lottery ticket.

Later someone asked the violinist _____ he didn’t take the lottery ticket for himself. The violinist said, “ Although I don’t have much money, I live happily. _____ if I  lose honesty, I won’t feel happy forever.”

1.                A．to play         B．played          C．plays D．playing

2.                A．lied            B．lay             C．laid  D．dropped

3.                A．call            B．named         C．names    D．naming

4.                A．in a hurry       B．in surprise       C．in the end D．in silence

5.                A．dishonest       B．honest         C．generous D．brave

6.                A．In             B．By             C．On  D．At

7.                A．off            B．away           C．in   D．out

8.                A．where         B．when          C．which    D．wherever

9.                A．How           B．why            C．Where   D．When

10.A although    B. and         C. or        D. but

A．对画线部分提问

1．We went camping twice a term last year．

2．Max likes Cindy's painting very much．

B．同义句改写

3．How useful the dictionary is!

4．What’s the price of this red scarf?

C．根据情景提示和要求，用英语写出相应的句子。

5．If you are late for the English class，what should you say to Mr. Li?

6．Linda wants to invite her friend Laura to the cinema，what should she say?

7．Eric wants to know the way to Cang Wu Park，what should he say to the policeman?

D．根据所给汉语提示和句子意思，用英语补全句子。

8．--Excuse me．Could I                              （试穿这条裤子吗）?

--Sure, here you are．

9．Ben               （习惯于读英语）for half an hour after he gets up in the morning．

10．Katie likes green because it                                    （象征着新的生命）．