Once there was a king who told some of his people to dig a pond (池子).The king then told his people that one person   1   each family had to bring a glass of milk during the night and put it into the pond. So, by the morning, the pond should be   2  of milk.

After   3   the order, everyone went home. As one man prepared his milk, he thought that since everyone was bringing milk, he would just   4   a glass of water and put that into the pond instead.   5   it was dark at night, no one would notice it, so he quickly went and put the water into the pond and   6   home.

In the morning, the king went to visit the pond. To his   7  , the pond was only filled with water! What happened? Yes! Everyone had the same idea    that man. They all thought, “I don’t have to waste my milk. Someone else will do it.”

Dear friends, when you plan to help poor people or people in trouble, do not think that   9   will take care of it. Instead, it starts with you. If you don’t do it, no one else will, so change yourself and make a   10   .

1Aat                   Bfrom                       Con                       Dwith

2Afilled                 Bempty                     Ccrowded                 Dfull

3Agiving             Brefusing                  Creceiving                 Doffering

4Ahide                  Bsteal                     Cwaste                            Ddrink

5AIf                   BSince                    CWhile                     DAfter

6Aleft                Bcame                    Creturned                       Darrived

7Asurprise             Bsatisfaction              Cjoy                         Dtaste

8Awith                  Bto                     Cas                       Dof

9Aothers         Bthe others                Cnone                    Dneither

10Aface             Bmistake                   Cliving         Ddifference

Whenever the sun dropped and the blue sky came up, my father and I used to climb the mountain near my house. Walking together, my father and I used to have a lot of conversations through which I learned lessons from his experiences. He always told me, “You should have goals like climbing the mountain.” Without the mountain-climbing that we both enjoyed, we couldn’t have enough time to spend together because my father was very busy. I really got a lot from mountain-climbing. It gave me time to talk with my father and to be in deep thought as well as develop my patience (耐力).

Once we climbed a very high mountain. It was so challenging for me because I was only ten years old. During the first few hours of climbing, I enjoyed the flowers and trees, and the birds’ singing, but as time passed, I got a pain in both of my legs. I wanted to quit climbing. In fact, I hated it at that moment, but my father said to me, “You can always see a beautiful sky at the top of the mountain, but you can’t see it before you reach the top. Only there at the top, can you see all of the nice things, just like in life.”

At that time, I was too young to understand his words. But later after that, I got new hope and confidence (信心). I found myself standing at the top of the sky, which was as clear as crystal (水晶).

1The passage tells us that mountain-climbing was ________ for Father and Son.

Ahard             Benjoyable          Cpainful                 Dcomfortable

2The word “quit” in the passage means “________”.

Acarry on          Bput off         Cgive up                   Dpick up

3Which of the following is similar in meaning to the father’s words in the second paragraph?

AYou will get all you need at the top of the mountain.

BThe sky is always as clear as crystal.

CYou can find life is full of nice things.

DNever give up half-way.

4We can infer(推断)from the last paragraph that ________.

Athe writer was very successful in his life

Bthe writer didn’t reach the top of the mountain

Cthough the writer was young, he could understand his father      

Dthe writer used to stop half-way when he climbed the mountain

5The best title for the passage is________”.

AReaching the Top of the Mountain                BEnjoy the Beautiful Views

CConversations between Father and Son         DFather and I

If you live in the United States, the law says you can’t have a full-time job until you are 16 years old. At 14 or 15, you can work part-time after school or on weekends, and during summer you can work 40 hours each week. Does all that mean that if you are younger than 14, you can’t earn (赚) your own money? Of course not! Kids who are between the ages of 10 and 13 can earn money by doing lots of things.

Valerie, 11, told us that she made money by cleaning up other people’s yards. Lena, 13, makes money by knitting (织)dog sweaters and selling them to her neighbors, and Reisa said she had started taking art classes and showing her work to people. People have asked her to draw pictures for them and they pay her for them. Jasmine, 13, writes articles for different magazines!

Earning is learning. By working to earn your own money, you are learning the skills you will need to succeed in life. These skills can include things like getting along with others, using technology (技术)and using your time. Some people think that asking for money is a lot easier than earning it; however, when you make your own money, you don’t have to depend on someone else. The five dollars that you earn will probably make you feel a lot better in your hand than the twenty dollars you ask for.

1Kids can have full-time jobs at the age of          in the USA

A17                     B14              C13                 D10

2If you are 15 years old, you can’t work ________.

   Aafter school           Bon weekends     Cduring summer    Don weekdays

3Reisa makes money by          .

Acleaning up other people’s yards

Bdrawing pictures for others

Cwriting articles for different magazines

Dknitting dog sweaters and selling them to her neighbors

4According to the passage, which of the following is Not True?

AYou are learning how to succeed by working in your teens.

BKids are encouraged to live independently in the USA

CEarning one’s money is better than asking for money from others.

DKids don’t need to get along with others when making money.

5From the passage we know that ________.

Aparents won’t let their children earn their own money    

Bit’s hard for kids under 14 years old to earn money in the USA

Ckids can learn skills if they try to earn money on their own

Dif kids try to earn money, they won’t have enough time to study

There is not enough oil in the world now. As time goes by, it becomes less and less, so what are we going to do when it runs out? Perhaps we will go back to using horses, carriages and bicycles.

In the Second World War, some people didn’t use gas made from petroleum (石油)in their cars. They made gas from wood and plants instead. The car didn’t go fast, but they ran, so this was better than nothing. However, in the future, we can’t cut down all our trees to make gas; we need our trees for other things, too.

Besides different types of gas, we can also use electricity (电)to run our cars, but first we must make the electricity! Some countries have coal and they make electricity with that, but we might not always have coal, either. Other countries have big, strong rivers, and they can use the power of water to turn turbines (涡轮机) and make electricity more easily and cheaply.

We are also able to get power from the ocean tides. We put turbines into the mouth of the river. Then the tide comes in, the water turns the turbines and then it goes out, it turns them again.

Which of these ways will be used to run our cars in the future?

1When might people have to go back to using horses and carriages?

AWhen they are poor.                       BWhen they run out of oil.

CWhen they need more exercise.        DWhen there aren’t any big trees in the world.

2What did some people use to make gas in the Second World War?

AWater                BCoal                CWood and plants             DTides

3How many ways are suggested to make electricity in the passage?

A2                      B5                    C4                               D3

4According to the passage, which of the following statements is True?

AThere is more petroleum than we can use now.

BTrees are needed for some other things besides making gas.

CWe got electricity from ocean tides in the old days.

DGas wasn’t used to run cars in the Second World War.

5The passage is mainly about ________ . 

   Ahow to run our cars                        Bwhat to do when oil runs out  

   Cdifferent types of gas                      Dthe ways to make electricity

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