The summer vacation is over. Time always flies fast．During the vacation．the weather was hot and I could not do much work．but I lived happily．

    Because it was hotter in tile afternoon．I did my homework in the morning．I got up at 6：30 am and took a walk in the garden for half an hour．After breakfast，I read English and Chinese and did some math exercises．It took me three hours or more to finish my homework．I worked quite hard and made good progress(进步)．

    I spent the afternoon outside．I went to swim and it was fun．I came home at about five or six o’clock．Sometimes a friend of mine would come to see me，and we would spend half an hour listening to music．

In this way I spent my vacation happily．I not only studied well but also became a good swimmer．Now I am in good health and in high spirits(精神)．

1．The passage mainly(主要的)tells us        ．

    A．how the writer spent his summer vacation

    B．what the weather was like in the summer

    C．when the writer went to bed in the evening

    D．where the writer finished his homework

2．It took the writer        to finish his homework every morning．

    A．half and hour               B．only one hour

    C．two hours and a half             D．three hours or more

3．The writer spent most of the afternoon       ．

    A．listening to music                B．going swimming

    C．walking in the garden            D．visiting his friends

4．The writer had a very good summer vacation because he        ．

    A．worked very hard and made good progress

    B．swam better and studied well

    C．got up early and went home late

    D．liked swimming better than studying

5．Which of the following is NOT true?

    A．The writer made progress in the lessons．

    B．The writer took a walk for half an hour before breakfast．

    C．The writer began to study after he got up．

    D．The writer spent more time swimming than listening to music．

I’m 14, a year younger than most of my classmates.

A week ago one of my classmates, Nitin, asked me for help with math homework. We ended up talking about computers and file-sharing（共享文件）. As we talked I found that he was more experienced and could teach me about file-sharing and networking. We went to his room and watched a movie about robots that he’d downloaded. The math homework was forgotten.

The next day he came again for homework help “What do you do on weekends?” he asked. The truth is, when I have work to do, I do it. I have no special time to kill with friends. I was embarrassed about this. I expected him to think I was boring and said, “Get a life!” He said, “OK. You’re having trouble getting along with people I can show you. I’m old than you.”

Later, he checked my computer. He even connected me to an Internet chess server（服务器）.He was becoming like a big brother.

But when I thought about it, I didn’t really want Nitin’s help” His big-brother idea began to bore me.

“I’ll get you some cool computer programs（程序）”.

“I’ll teach you how to talk to girls.”

He meant what he was saying, but I don’t know why it didn’t make me feel good. Since then he’s hardly talked to me; we seem to have forgotten each other. I don’t think he can “teach” me much, and I don’t think much of him. But I could be wrong·

1.What did Mitin help me do?

2.What does the underlined word “kill” in Paragraph 3 mean?

3.Which is NOT the reason why the writer doesn’t want Nitin’s help?

4.Can you use a word to describe the writer?

5.Choose a title for this passage.

“Never give up!” It is my law(法则) of my life. It has brought me   16  . I learned the law from my father’s   17  story.

My father was  18  in a poor village in the north of Jiangsu, in China. When he was a young boy, he went to school in the morning, then   19  in the fields till sunset. And then he did his homework   20  midnight. Life was hard, because they had no   21  !

At the age of 14, my father heard of the United States of America. It was the land of gold, the land where   22  people can become rich.

“   23   don’t I go to America?” he thought to himself, full of hope.

So , my father came to America. “ I had thought it was easy to   24  money in America,” he told me. “But when I arrived there, I realized it was not true. They did not like to hire（雇佣） me because I spoke   25  English. Later, I worked in a small restaurant, cleaning up tables,  26  dishes and sweeping the floor. Life was   27  for the first few years. I worked from 10a.m to 11p.m. I wanted to go to school to learn English, but it was impossible. I couldn’t  28   the schooling(学费).

My father   29  working hard, and reached his goal.

“Alan,” he often says to me, “If you want something, you have to work for it and never give up. Things do not come   30  in life.” That is what I learned from my father.

1.                A．disaster        B．loss            C．success   D．pity

2.                A．life            B．fashion         C．danger   D．history

3.                A．famous         B．lucky           C．rich  D．born

4.                A．taught          B．worked         C．studied   D．slept

5.                A．until           B．towards         C．for D．during

6.                A．experience      B．energy         C．time D．money

7.                A．kind           B．poor           C．strong    D．lazy

8.                A．What          B．How           C．Why D．When

9.                A．discover        B．make           C．collect   D．spend

10.               A．little           B．good           C．much D．excellent

11.               A．giving          B．running        C．washing   D．receiving

12.               A．comfortable     B．cheerful        C．nice  D．hard

13.               A．borrow         B．need          C．afford D．pay

14.               A．kept           B．finished        C．minded   D．stopped

15.               A．really          B．easily          C．quietly    D．slowly