Many people have to work on the weekend．Some people do not mind．Other people think it is terrible．One man thinks that working on the weekend can be dangerous．He is John Brown．Mr. Brown works in an office in New York．

On Saturday, May 24, 1986, he went to the office to do some work．When he got in the elevator to go home, it stopped between floors．Mr. Brown could not get out of the elevator．He was trapped(困住)! He started to shout, but nobody heard him．Then Mr. Brown remembered that it was holiday in America．Nobody was going to come to work until Tuesday! There was nothing for Mr. Brown to do．He had to wait until one of his coworkers（同事）came to work and found him．With nothing to eat or drink, Mr. Brown ended up sleeping for most of the time．

Early on Tuesday morning, the president of the company come into work and found the elevator was not working．When the elevator was opened Mr. Brown came out cold, weak, and tired．He had been in the elevator for sixty-two hours!

Now Mr. Brown says, “I only use elevators if they have telephones in them．”

1．What does Mr. Brown think of working on the weekend?

A．It is happy．                                              B．He doesn’t mind．  

C．It can be dangerous．                                 D．He refuses to do it．

2．How long was he in the elevator?

A．From Saturday to Monday．                      B．From Tuesday to Saturday．

C．More than three days．                               D．More than two days．

3．Why did Mr. Brown spend so long in the elevator? Which of the following is NOT a reason?

      A．It was a three day holiday．

B．He had no food or drink．

C．The elevator stopped between two floors．

D．There was no telephone in the elevator．

4．How was Mr. Brown able to get out of the elevator?

A．The president discovered the elevator wasn’t working．

B．The elevator started to work soon again．

C．His coworker who worked on the weekend helped him out．

D．His coworkers found him when they came back to work on Monday．

5．What is the best title(题目) for this story?

A．A Busy Weekend                                      B．An Interesting Elevator

C．Trapped in an Elevator                             D．Elevator Safety

阅读下面短文，根据上下文，从文后方框内选出适当的选项填入文中空白处，使短文内容完整正确，然后完成第5小题。

We live with them, and grow up with them．They work hard, take us on exciting holidays, give us food, clothes and take good care of us．However, we often shout at them, make their living area noisy and dirty and expect that they always understand and love us!      1     They are,  of course, our parent．

     2      There are so many changes(变化) and so many problems, and there is so little experience to help us teenagers．Our bodies and minds are changing fast, and all the changes and problems can be scary．In fact, many of the answers to these difficult problems can be found from our parents．     3       Also, the more we get to know our parents as people, the more, we understand that it is only because they care for us, even when they are angry with us．

Take the time to share(分享) in your parents’ lives: Go fishing with Dad, help Mom cook the evening meal and really talk to them often you will be surprised by what they will tell you．  4   So start with something simple and see what wonderful things can follow……

1．             2．             3．             4．        

5．Which one is NOT TRUE according to this article?

A．Teenagers expect that their parents always understand and love them．

B．This article can help teenagers get on well with their parents．

C．It is necessary for teenagers to take the time to share in their parents’ lives．

D．It's pleasant for teenagers to meet so many changes and problems．

Thomas Adams, an American inventor, is the father of modern bubble(泡泡) gum．During the 1870s, Adams discovered a new way to make chewing gum by accident, while he was trying to find a use for chicle(糖胶树脚)．Mr. Adams wanted to make rubber(橡胶) from chicle．

Mr. Adams worked for a long time trying to make rubber from chicle．His oldest son also helped him sometimes. But they never discovered a way to make it work. One day, Thomas Adams was in a store when he heard a young girl ask for some chewing gum．Adams and his son had been chewing chicle while they were working on the rubber, so he decided to give up trying to make rubber from the chicle and make gum instead．At that time, chewing gum was made form spruces sap(云杉树液) ．This chewing gum didn’t taste very good．Admas thought chewing gum from chicle tasted better．He and his son wrapped small pieces of chicle in colorful paper and sold it．People everywhere began chewing his gum at once．

       Mr. Adam’s gum could make bubbles, but the bubbles were very sticky(胶粘的)．Until 1928 Walter Diemer found a way to improve chewing gum by making bubbles that were not sticky．

1．Where as Thomas Adams from?

A．The United States．                                    B．The United Kingdom．

C．Australia．                                                 D．Spain．

2．The word “wrapped” here in Chinese means “        ”．

A．掩饰                    B．遮蔽                       C．包裹                      D．覆盖

3．What did Thomas Adams give up trying to make?

A．A new kind of paper．                             B．A new kind of rubber．

C．A new kind of chicle．                                D．A new kind of drink．

4．Which of the sentence is NOT TRUE?

A．Mr. Adams thought spruce gum didn’t taste as good as chicle gum．

B．Mr. Adams never found a way to make rubber from chilce．

C．Mr. Adams is the father of modern bubble gum．

D．Mr. Adams was the first person to sell gum．

5．What was the difference between Mr. Diemer’s gum and Mr. Adams’s gum?

A．Mr. Diemet’s gum could make bubbles．

B．Mr. Diemer’s gum was less sticky．

C．Mr. Diemer’s gum was made from tree sap．

D．Mr. Diemer’s gum was sold in colorful paper．

There ate over 800 boarding(寄宿) schools in the United Kingdom with students from home and foreign countries．Boarding schools started hundreds of years ago in the country．But the earliest boarding schools were set up for white, rich boys only．Now, both boys and girls can go to boarding schools from the age of 7 to 18．

What to do

In the United Kingdom boarding schools have three terms in a school year and there are about 13 weeks each term．Students study and live with one another．They need permission to go outside．In some schools each student has his or her own schedule．Besides the usual classrooms and laboratories, the boarding schools have lots of other equipment for their students including music rooms, boats, swimming pools, cinemas and theaters．Most boarding schools have a “lights out” time．So when it's time to go to bed, all the lights in the dormitories are turned off．Some senior teaching staff work as housemasters(舍监)．Each of them takes care of 50 students all the time, and especially after school hours．

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Nearly all students at boarding schools in the United Kingdom wear a school uniform．Boys usually wear a shirt and a tie, and girls wear a white blouse(罩衫), sometimes also a tie and a skirt．As students get older the rules become less strict．

What to eat

In the United Kingdom, boarding schools provides students with delicious food．They can choose to have a full English breakfast or simply bread with marmalade(柑橘酱)．They can also choose between a vegetarian meal and another meal at lunch and dinner．And there is always a salad buffet(自助餐), other side-dishes and a dessert．Many boarding dormitories also have a kitchen so students can make themselves something to eat at any time, or drink tea or have a snack between meals．

1．Jimmy is five years old now．Can he go to a hoarding school in the United Kingdom?

2．Tony is a student at a boarding school in the United Kingdom．How long does be need to stay at school every year?

3．“They can’t go out without permission．”请在第二段中找出此句的同义句。

4．What is the best title(题目) for the third paragraph(段落)．

5．请将文中划线句子译成汉语。

从方框内选出单词，用其适当形式填空。每空格限填一词，每词限用一次。

1．Friday is the         day of a week．

2．Xiaomeng is a popular            at CCTV Station．

3．--How do you know that autumn has arrived?

--One way is that the tree             become yellow or red．

4．Mary becomes            than before because she exercises every day．

5．My friends and I may not have time to chat at school．But we can do it on QQ．It’s very        to our friendships．

6．People often say that money can’t buy happiness(幸福)．But some scientists think     ．They say it can make us happy, but only if we spend it on someone else．

在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，词首字母已给。

Millions of people in this world can’t afford to buy a hamburger, so they are h  1   every day．January is America’s National Soup Month, a month for us to think about doing s  2   for the poor．

In the soup kitchen, people who don’t have any money can come to eat a hot meal for free(免费)．During the 1930s, lots of people didn’t have a  3    to go and anything to eat, b  4   they had lost their jobs．In o   5   to feed everyone, soup kitchens served three free meals a day．Soup is easy to cook and you can feed more people Just by adding water．And it's also easy to serve and easy to clean up! They have also used bread to feed poor families during the worst of times(时期)．

These days, church and other groups run the soup kitchens．Volunteers pick up food, make meals and serve it to people waiting in line．But soup kitchens aren’t just about soup and meals．They also o   6    food for the spirit(心灵)—there people can talk and enjoy the company of other people．

用短文中括号内的动词的适当形式填空

When LiuXiang dreams, he dreams of gold．When Guo Jingjing dreams, she dreams of gold, too．But neither of them is dreaming of money．They    1   (dream) of the Gold Medals they want to win at the Olympics in Beijing in 2008．Both of these wonderful athletes have been dreaming of gold for a long time．Their dreams began when they were children．They loved sport and they had a child’s dream of    2   (become）Olympic athletes．As they got older and had training harder, the dream came within their reach(能及的范围)．In 2004 both Liu Xiang and Guo Jingjing     3   (win) Olympic gold medals and their dream came true．Now Beijing gold in their dreams．

Every success     4   (begin) with a dream．Every successful person is a dreamer．They dream of what they want      5    (achieve) and then begin working towards achieving that dream．On the way troubles      6    (meet) by them．Sometimes, their dream doesn’t come true．But working towards that dream has taught them about themselves and about life and, as a result they      7    （succeed）in becoming strong, independent(独立的) people．People often say, “If you dream it and believe it, it   8  (come) true．”

There is a park near here．（改为一般疑问句）

               a park near here?

Gina usually goes to school by bicycle every day．（对划线部分提问）

                 Gina usually go to school every day?

You shouldn’t eat in class（改为祈使句）

                 in class