When Bill is very young, he loves picture. His mother often draws some for him on old pieces of paper. She is very bad at drawing, but bill likes her pictures and always wants more. Then, when he is a little older, Bill’s mother gives him some pencils and a drawing book, and he begins drawing pictures, too. But they are never good .When Bill is five years old, his mother gives him a small blackboard and some pieces of a baby on the blackboard, he draws lines(線條) and rubs(擦) them out too for ten minutes , but when he looks at his picture , he is not happy. “Well”, he says at last(最后) to his mother, “I’ll put a tail(尾巴) on it and make it a monkey.”

1.Bill ___ when he is very young.

A．loves watching TV very much

B．often wants his mother to draw pictures for him

C．likes old pieces of paper very much

D．a(chǎn)lways wants his mother to buy pictures for him

2.He is a little older, so his mother gives him ____ and lets him begin drawing pictures .

A．some paper and ink

B．a(chǎn) book and some pens

C．some pencils and a drawing book

D．a(chǎn) blackboard and some old paper

3.How old is he when he is trying to draw a baby on the blackboard?

A．He’s five years old

B．He’s fifteen years old

C．He’s fifty years old

D．He’s five like a cat

4.Bill wants to put a tail in the picture , so _________ .

A．it looks like a duck

B．it looks like a dog

C．it looks like a monkey

D．it looks like a cat

5.Which of the following sentences is right?

A．Bill’s mother does will in drawing.

B．bill isn’t bad at drawing.

C．There are three people in the story.

D．Bill isn’t happy when he looks at his picture of a baby

 

任務(wù)型閱讀（共10分，每題2分）

Pets are a part of people’s lives. Some pets are like family. In these days, many people have pets at home and spend a lot of money improving their lives. In fact, in some parts of the world, pets get real VIP treatment(待遇). VIP usually means Very Important People, but here VIP means Very Important Pets!

  When you want to give Fido or Kitty a holiday, or when you are going away on business, you can put them at a dog and cat hotel, and cats have a large place with something to climb on and play with. The guests get the best food during their stays at these hotels.

  There are other special services(服務(wù)) at  hotels. Imagine you are traveling and you want to see your pet: the hotel can put a video camera in the pet’s room. So you can see your Fido or Kitty on TV.

  The hotels usually have good groomers(美容師): They often bath and take the best hair care for the pets. But you need to make an appointment because people are usually very busy taking care of pets.

1.What’s the new meaning of “VIP” in this passage?

                                

2.According to this passage, where can you put your pet when you are away on business?

                                                                     

3.What does “Fido” stand for(代表) here?

                                        

4.How can you see your pet during your traveling?

                                                                      

5.Why need you make an appointment when you want a good groomer for your pet?

                                                          

 

Do you want to be the most popular person in the class? You don ' t need to change your character (性格) ; you just need to improve your personality (人格), the most popular people are trusted (信任) and loved because they stay normal but still have something that makes them different from the rest of us. Here are some pieces of advice on how to become the most popular person in the class.
If you want others to like and respect (尊重) you, you have to start by liking yourself. Do not change yourself in order to please (討好，取悅) others.
Be helpful to everyone and do it happily. Being nice to people is almost like helping them, too, because by being nice you make others happy.
Be active and have a positive attitude towards life. Develop confidence in yourself.
Stay clean and wear fresh clothes. Do not try to follow fashion to please others.
Respect cannot be bought with big words or money. You have to get it by being honest. It also helps your personal growth. You must be a person that can be trusted to get respect.
【小題1】How can we become popular in our class?
A. To change our character.
B.To trust and love others.
C. To improve our personality.
【小題2】How can you get respect from your classmates according to the passage? '
A. By being honest.
B.By trusting others.
C. By using money.
【小題3】What does the underlined(下劃線的) sentence (句子) show?
A. You should be nice to others.
b. You should be polite when you help others.
C. We can help others just by being nice.
【小題4】What kind of people will be liked by the whole class?
a. positive   b.   confident   c.  good-looking   d.  fashionable   e. helpful
A. a, b, e.     b. b, c, d.      C. a,b, c.
【小題5】What's the best title (標(biāo)題) for the passage?
A. How to please others.
B. How to be the favorite.
C. How to be trusted by others.

One midnight, a little girl woke up to pass water. She by herself got up and down her bed, walked to the bedroom door and opened it. She looked outside and walked back, for it was so dark in the hall that she feared.

Her mother said, “Don’t be afraid, honey. Take courage!”“What’s courage?” she asked, running to her mother’s bed. “Courage is the brave breath,” her mother answered. “Mum, do you have courage?”“Certainly.” The girl held out her little hands, saying, “Mum, blow some of your breath of courage to me.”

After her mother blew out two mouthfuls of breath into her little cold hands, the little girl clenched her fists(握拳) nervously, afraid that the “breath of courage” would run away. Then with her fists clenched, she walked out of the bedroom towards the bathroom with nothing to fear.

Her mother said to herself, “It will be nice if someone can blow some kind of ‘breath’ to me. Then I can hold it in my hands too when I feel terrified or lost.”

In fact, mostly, what we are terrified of is nothing but the fear in our mind. Who we should defeat(戰(zhàn)勝) is nobody but ourselves.

1.The girl walked back because _______.

A．the bathroom was too far away.	B．her mother wouldn’t go with her
C．she was too afraid of the dark	D．the bedroom door was locked

2.We learn from the reading that _______.

A．the girl went to the bathroom by herself

B．the girl pretended to be terrified of nothing

C．the girl’s mother was able to blow brave breath

D．the girl’s mother was very proud of herself

3.To stop “mother’s breath” from running away, the girl ________.

A．held out her little hands	B．clenched her fists
C．talk to her mother	D．held her own breath

4.The writer mainly wants to tell us that ________.

A．a(chǎn)dults are always brave enough

B．children learn to be brave quickly

C．the fear in one’s mind is the real problem

D．the mother can deal with anything with breath

5.Which is the best title of the passage?

A．The Fearless Mother	B．One Lonely Girl
C．One midnight	D．The Breath of Courage

 

When I crossed a small road on my first day in Kolkata, I was surprised because I heard a bell-not a horn (喇叭),  It was a tiny man pulling a rickshaw, He stopped and picked up two children from the front door of their house and pulled them to school. For many people, the rickshaw in Kolkata has many advantages. When the traffic is bad, rickshaws find a way through the traffic. If your miss your bus and there aren't any taxis, you can always find a rickshaw in Kolkata. Rickshaws are from your house to the market and waits for you. Then he loads (裝載)all your things, drops you off outside your home and helps you unload, No other type of public transport offers this kind of service.
From June to September, Kolkata gets heavy rain. Sometimes it rains for 48 hours without a break. In some parts of the city, the roads flood (水淹), and anything with an engine(發(fā)動機(jī)) is useless, But the rickshaw drivers never stop working, even with water all around them.
But not everyone thinks rickshaws are a good thing. The local government want to ban rickshaws. They believe it is wrong for one man to pull another person when there is modern transport in the city. However, there is a problem with this plan. Many of the rickshaw drivers come from the countryside. The only job they can find in Kolkata is pulling a rickshaw, If the city bans rickshaws, these men won't have a job. So for the moment, the people of Kolkata still go by rickshaw.
【小題1】What is the main idea of Paragraph 1?

A．The rickshaw drivers carry things for local people in Kolkata.

B．Parents need rickshaws for taking children to school in Kolkata.

C．Rickshaws can find a way through the bad traffic in Kolkata.

D．Rickshaws are very useful for the people's daily life in Kolkata.

【小題2】Which type of transport may you take when the roads flood in Kolkata?

A．A bus.

B．A taxi.

C．A car.

D．A rickshaw.

【小題3】What does the underlined word "ban" mean?

A．make

B．increase

C．forbid

D．collect

【小題4】What can we learn from the passage?

A．The rickshaws in Kolkata have loud horns.

B．The rickshaw is still a part of public transport in Kolkata.

C．The local government offer many other jobs to the rickshaw driven.

D．The people in Kolkata are supposed to take rickshaws instead of cars.