This was the first real task I received in my new school. It seemed simple: go on the Internet and find information about a man named George Washington. As I searched the name, I found that there were two famous people having the same name who looked completely different! One invented hundreds of uses for peanuts(花生), while the other led some sort of army across America. I stared at the screen, wondering which one my teacher meant. I called my grandfather for a golden piece of advice: let the coin decide. I flipped(掷) a coin and Ah! Tails (背面)! My report would be about the great man who invented peanut butter, George Washington Carver.

Weeks later, I stood in front of the classroom and proudly read my homework. But things started to get strange. I looked around the room, only to find my classmates with big smiles on their faces and tears in their eyes and my stone-faced teacher. I was completely lost. “What could be causing everyone to act this way?”

Oh well, I dropped the paper and sat down at my desk, burning to find out what I had done wrong. As a classmate began his report, it all became clear, “My report is on George Washington, the man who started the American War of Independence.” The whole world became quiet! How could I know that my teacher meant that George Washington?

Of course, my subject result was awful. Sad but fearless, I decided to turn this around. I talked to the headmaster Miss Lancelot, but she said firmly(坚决地): No re-dos; no new score. I felt that it was not fair, and I believed I should have a second chance. So I threw myself heartily into my work for the rest of the school year. Ten months later, I sat in the headmaster’s office again, but this time a completely different conversation. I smiled and flashed back to the terrible moment at the beginning of the year when the headmaster told me I was good enough to skip(跳过) the 6th grade and started the 7th grade next term.

1.________ helped me decide what my report would be about.

A. My classmates B. A coin

C. My grandpa D. The Internet

2.I read my homework proudly because ________.

A. I believed my homework was excellent

B. I was good at my lessons

C. my classmates wore big smiles on their faces

D. my grandfather was always right

3.I ________ after I failed the subject.

A. worked harder to prove my ability

B. did my homework a second time

C. was so frightened at the awful result

D. decided to give it up

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

A. the headmaster wasn’t a good person at all

B. the writer’s classmates were cleverer than him

C. the writer knew little about American history

D. the writer’s grandpa was a very wise man

5.Which of the following can best describe the writer?

A. Silly and lazy. B. Clever but unlucky.

C. Proud and confident. D. Brave and hard-working.

阅读填空 先通读下面的短文,然后根据短文内容,在空格内填入一个最适当的词,所填单词必须在答卷标有题号的横线。每空只能填一字

What is a hurricane?(飓风)

You may already know that hurricanes are storms that can cause devastating(毁灭性的) waves, wind, and rain. They happen during “Hurricane Season,’’ from June 1st until November 30th in the Atlantic Ocean and from May 15th until November 30th in the Pacific Ocean.

Categories(类别)of Hurricanes

There are five categories of hurricanes, which are based on wind speeds. The categories help people know how much damage(危害) a hurricane may cause because the greater the wind speed, the more dangerous the storm. For example, a Category 5 hurricane has winds over 155 miles per hour, which are strong enough to break the buildings along the seaside completely.

Hurricane Dangers

When a hurricane happens together with heavy rainfall(降雨), there can be a devastating flood. The centre of a hurricane is called the eye. While most of a hurricane has dangerously strong winds, the eye in fact is a calm area in the storm. When the eye of a hurricane passes over land, people might think that it’s over, but before long the wind and rain increase(增长) again as the second part of the hurricane moves through.

Hurricane Safety Tips

There is no way to stop a hurricane or make it change direction, so if you ever find yourself in the path of a hurricane, be sure to stay inside during the storm. You could be seriously injured(受伤) if you go outside.

Hurricanes

Characteristics

Devastating waves, wind, and rain are usually the 1. of hurricanes.

Categories

Hurricanes are 2. into five categories by scientists, based on wind speeds.

3.

The eye is the 4. of a hurricane. Soon after it passes, the wind and rain increase again.

Safety Tips

It’s 5. to stop a hurricane or change its direction..

Stay inside during the storm, or you could be seriously injured.

完形填空 先通读下面的短文,掌握其大意, 然后从下面四个答案中选择可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。

There are many different ways of seeing a town for the first time. One of them is to walk around it, guide-book in hand. Of course, with our guide-books we may ________ the history and special developments of a town and get to know them. But then, if we take our time and stay in a town for a while, we may get to know it better. When we look at it as a whole, we begin to have some ________ which even the best guide-books do not answer. Why is the town just ________ this, this shape, this plan, this size? Why do its streets run in this particular (特别的)way, and not in any other way?

Here even the best guide-book ________ to tell us. One can’t find in it the information about how a town has developed to the ________ appearance. It may not describe the original (最初的)design of a town. However, one may get some idea of what it ________ to look like by walking around the town. One can also imagine ________ the town was first planned and built. Then one can learn more about in what direction the town ________ to develop.

What’s the point of studying towns in the way? For me, I’m sure one can get greater ________by visiting and seeing a town with one’s own eyes. A personal visit to a town may help one better understand why it is attractive ________ just reading about it in a guide-book.

1.A. write B. study C. tell D. remember

2.A. ideas B. opinions C. feelings D. questions

3.A. of B. for C. like D. as

4.A. fails B. helps C. wants D. prefers

5.A. old B. normal C. first D. present

6.A. used B. seemed C. had D. happened

7.A. what B. how C. when D. where

8.A. stops B. appears C. starts D. continues

9.A. success B. pleasure C. hope D. suffering

10.A. from B. through C. than D. with

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