Tom is the son of a farm owner. On New Year’s Day when he was 15, his father   1  him to work on the farm for one year when he was free . Tom was  2  with his father’s idea . “That isn’t my job. I have   3  school work to do . ” Hearing this , his father said , “ I promise (许诺) to give you the best present if you  4  finish one year’s work .” Tom thought for a while and   5  .

Starting one Saturday, the boy got up early and worked   6  until evening , just like any other farmer . Time passed quickly. Tom’s crops (庄稼) grew well .   7  the last day of the year , the father called his son to him , “I’m happy to see that you have worked very hard the whole year , ” said the father . “Now, tell me   8  you want . ”

The boy smiled and showed his father a big piece of bread made from his wheat (小麦) . “I’ve already got the   9   present. No pains, no gains. I think this is what you wanted  10  to know .” His father was quite pleased to hear that .

1Aasked                Blet                  Cmade              Dstopped

2Ahappy               Bunhappy          Cexcited           Dworried

3Amuch too          Bso little            Ctoo much         Da lot

4Ashall                Bmust               Cneed              Dcan

5Asaid               Banswered               Cagreed            Dbegan

6Ahard               Bhardly            Cslowly            Ddifficultly

7AAt                 BOn               CIn                 DBy

8Awhere             Bwhich            Chow             Dwhat

9Aleast              Bworst           Cbest             Dfewest

10Amine             BI               Cmy             Dme

To become thinner. Mr. Smith decided to stop driving his car to work, and he rode a bike instead. Sometimes when all the cars stopped at a red light, he went past them to the front, because his bike was small. He was pleased with this.

Sometimes when the roads were too narrow for cars to move on, he could still go easily. He liked to get away from the noise of the busy streets.

Yesterday, as he stopped at a red light, a man came up behind him on another bike. He looked at Mr. Smith, “Did the police take your driving licence away, too?” he asked.

1Mr. Smith began riding a bike to work instead of driving a car because _____.

Ahis car was broken                        Bthe police took away his drving licence

Che wanted to become thinner          Dhis son wanted to drive his car

2What does the underlined word “narrow ” mean in the passage ?

A、宽广的              B、狭窄的            C、嘈杂的           D、平坦的

3According to this passage , if you don’t have a _____ , you mustn’t drive a car .

Acar                   Bbike              Clicence                 Ddriver

4Which of the following is NOT wrong according to this passage ?

AMr. Smith’s car was broken

BThe police took away Mr. Smith’s driving licence

CThe man who came up behind him on another bike was one of his friends.

DRiding a bike can help a person to become thinner .

5What happened to the man who came up to Mr. Smith?

ASomeone stole his driving licence

BHe met Mrs. Smith

CHe became thinner by riding a bike

DThe police took away his driving licence

This year, Sichuan schools decide to start morning classes an hour later. This will help students feel less tired. And most junior high schools will begin the first class at about 8:30 am.

The students are happy about the change.

Liu Ming told us that his class were excited by the news on the first day of school. “Great! From now on we students at Chengdu No. 4 Middle School don’t have to get up so early!” Liu said that he used to get up at 6:40 am. Now he can get up at 7:45 am because class doesn’t start until 8:40 am.

Wu Hongli feels the same. She said the new timetable (时间表) was good for her health . “I used to get up at 6:30 am. I had to drink coffee every night, or I would feel too sleepy to finish my homework,” said Wu. “Now I can finish it without coffee. Because I can sleep a little longer.”

Many teachers say the change will help students learn better. “Students used to doze (瞌睡) for the first two classes in the morning , ” said Huang Shan , an English teacher at Chengdu No . 12 Middle School. “But now they are active in class and learn much better than before.”

But some parents are worried that more sleep will mean less learning. There used to be five classes in the morning. Now there are only four.

In fact, every coin has two sides. So does the change in the school timetable.

1This year , most Sichuan junior high schools will start the first class ______.

Aat about 8:30 a.m.                           Bat about 7:40 a.m.

Cat about 7:30 a.m.                           Dat about 6:40 a.m.

2Hearing the news , the students at Chengdu No . 4 Middle School felt ______ .

Aworried            Bsad                Cexcited            Dangry

3How many classes are there in the morning in Chengdu schools now ?

AFive          BFour              CThree                  DTwo

4_____ used to drink coffee at night in order to finish homework .

ASome parents BLiu Ming         CWu Hongli       DHuang Shan

5Which is right according to the text ?

AThe students in Chengdu No . 12 Middle School used to doze for the first two classes in the morning.

BAll the parents say the change will help students learn better .

CThe students will have to get up one hour earlier than before .

DMany teachers are worried that more sleep will mean less learning .

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