One afternoon I toured an art museum while waiting for my husband to finish a business meeting.I was looking forward to a quiet view of the art works.
A young couple viewing the paintings ahead of me chatted nonstop between themselves.I watched them a moment and decided the wife was doing all the talk.I admired the husband’s patience for putting up with her continuous talk.Distracted by their noise,I moved on.
I met with them several times as I moved through the different rooms of art.Each time I heard her constant burst of words,I moved away quickly.
I was standing at the counter of the museum gift shop making a purchase when the couple came near to the exit.Before they left,the man reached into his pocket and pulled out a white object.He extended it into a long stick and then tapped his way into the coatroom to get his wife’s jacket.
“He’s a brave man.”The clerk at the counter said,”Most of us would give up if wewere blinded at such a young age.During his recovery he made a promise that his life wouldn’t change.So ,as before,he and his wife come in whenever there’s a new art show.”
“But what dose he get out of the art?”I asked,“He can’t see.”
“Can’t see?You’re wrong.He sees a lot.More than you or I do.”The clerk said,“His wife describes each painting so he can see it in his head.”
I learned something about patience,courage and love that day.I saw the patience of a young wife describing paintings to a person without sight and the courage of a husband who would not allow blindness to change his life.And I saw the love shared by two people as I watched this couple walk away hand in hand.
【小题1】The young couple were at an art museum ________.

One afternoon I toured an art museum while waiting for my husband to finish a business meeting.I was looking forward to a quiet view of the art works.
A young couple viewing the paintings ahead of me chatted nonstop between themselves.I watched them a moment and decided the wife was doing all the talk.I admired the husband’s patience for putting up with her continuous talk.Distracted by their noise,I moved on.
I met with them several times as I moved through the different rooms of art.Each time I heard her constant burst of words,I moved away quickly.
I was standing at the counter of the museum gift shop making a purchase when the couple came near to the exit.Before they left,the man reached into his pocket and pulled out a white object.He extended it into a long stick and then tapped his way into the coatroom to get his wife’s jacket.
“He’s a brave man.”The clerk at the counter said,”Most of us would give up if wewere blinded at such a young age.During his recovery he made a promise that his life wouldn’t change.So ,as before,he and his wife come in whenever there’s a new art show.”
“But what dose he get out of the art?”I asked,“He can’t see.”
“Can’t see?You’re wrong.He sees a lot.More than you or I do.”The clerk said,“His wife describes each painting so he can see it in his head.”
I learned something about patience,courage and love that day.I saw the patience of a young wife describing paintings to a person without sight and the courage of a husband who would not allow blindness to change his life.And I saw the love shared by two people as I watched this couple walk away hand in hand.

1. 1.

   The young couple were at an art museum ________.

   1. A.
      to show their love
   2. B.
      to appreciate art
   3. C.
      to discuss paintings
   4. D.
      to describe paintings
2. 2.

   “…I moved away quickly.”in Paragraph 3 shows that the writer ________.

   1. A.
      was in the hope of visiting more rooms
   2. B.
      was in a hurry to buy some gifts
   3. C.
      was tired of the nonstop talking
   4. D.
      was not interested in the art show
3. 3.

   We can infer from the passage that the husband _________.

   1. A.
      was not born blind
   2. B.
      couldn’t stand his wife
   3. C.
      knew nothing about art
   4. D.
      completely depended on his wife
4. 4.

   After hearing what the clerk had said about the couple,the writer was ________.

   1. A.
      encouraged
   2. B.
      excited
   3. C.
      touched
   4. D.
      annoyed
5. 5.

   The passage is mainly about ___________.

   1. A.
      the importance of art
   2. B.
      good manners in public
   3. C.
      patience of a husband
   4. D.
      love between a couple

 Hi! Do you know the three children? They are in a happy family. Xiao Xue is a helpful girl. She is beautiful. She likes studying. She studies very hard. She gets up early and finishes her breakfast quickly .Then she rides her bike to school. Liu Xing is a little lazy(懒的). He gets up late and then washes his face, brushes his teeth. Then he goes to the bus stop without(没有) breakfast. He usually plays basketball after school. After dinner, he seldom does homework. He goes to bed late. Xiao Yu is a lovely boy. He gets up very slowly and then he usually takes a shower(淋浴) before breakfast. He goes to school in his father’s car. He likes watching TV at home.

How often one hears children wishing they were grown-ups, and old people wishing they were young again. Each age has its pleasures and its pains(痛苦), and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets(后悔).

Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities(责任) to make life difficult. If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved, whatever he may do. It is impossible that he will ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in return. What’s more, life is always giving new things to the child--- things that have lost their interest for older people because they are too well-known. But a child has his pains: he is not so free to do what he wishes to do; he is repeatedly being told not do something or being punished for what he has wrongly done.

When a young man starts to earn his own living, he can no longer expect others to pay for his food, his clothes, and his room, but has to work if he wants to live comfortably. If he spends most of his time playing about in the way he used to as a child, he will go hungry. And if he breaks the laws of society(社会) as he used to break the laws of his parents, he may go to prison. If, however, he worked hard, keeps out of trouble and has good health, he can have the greatest happiness of building up for himself his own position(地位) in society.

1.What is the happiest person according to the passage?

A. A child who can do whatever he likes.

B. An old person who lives in a comfortable life.

C. A grown-up who no longer expects other to pay for him.

D. A person who never wastes his time in his whole life.

2.Which of the following is true, according to the second paragraph?

A. Life for a child is fairly easy.

B. A child is always loved whatever he does.

C. If much is given to a child, he must do something in return.

D. Only children are interested in life.

3. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Life is not enjoyable since each age had some pains.

B. Young men can have the greatest happiness if they work hard.

C. Childhood is the most enjoyable time in one’s life.

D. One is the happiest if he can make good use of each age in his life.

4. What will the fourth paragraph most probably discuss following this passage?

A. Examples of successful young men.

B. How to build up one’s position in society.

C. Joys and pains of old people.

D. What to do when one has problems in life.

Mr Brown saw a sweater in a shop window. It was very cheap, so he bought it. When he got home, he put it on. It was all right and he was pleased with it.

In the afternoon, he went to work in his garden. It soon began to rain and Mr Brown had to run into the house. He ran quickly, but he still got wet. Then his sweater started to shrink(收缩)! It got smaller and smaller. Mr Brown tried to take it off, but he couldn’t.

In the end, with the help of his wife, he got out of the sweater. Mrs Brown laughed, “You see, you bought a cheap thing, but…”

1.Mr Brown saw a nice _________ in a shop window. And he bought it.

A. jacket           B. coat         C. sweater          D. shirt

2. When he _________, he put it on.

A. got to the office   B. got home         C. went to work   D. went to the shop

3. It soon began to_________ while he was working in the garden.

A. rain                 B. snow         C. cloud            D. shine

4.Mr Brown got wet and he tried to _________ the sweater.

A. take away        B. take off     C. put up           D. put on

5. From the story, we know Mr Brown bought _________.

A. a good sweater                       B. an expensive sweater 

C. a comfortable sweater                D. a cheap but not good sweater

Nowadays(如今) everyone has a practical goal for life. Do you have one? What’s it? Do you want to become a writer, singer or just become a rich person?
A recent survey shows that in modern society, most people pick up practical goals, such as “earning money to buy a house and a car” , “to improve one’s life quality, “finding a good job”.
Wang You worked in a small firm (商行) in Nanjing. The job was good and he didn’t have to work for extra hours. However he felt the work was not exciting at all and the life was boring. ① So he          ______  _______his job and went to Beijing in February, 2007. When he arrived in Beijing, he set his new goal as finding a good job.
Nowadays more and more people want to live a better life. This fact shows that the society is making progress and people’s life goals have become more practical. One researcher says, “Everybody has his/her own life goal, which will be surely different from people to people. If one is poor, one’s life goal will be to earn more money; if one doesn’t have a diploma(文凭), studying hard to get a diploma will become his life goal; and if one doesn’t have love, his life goal will be to look for it. ②But if one has no life goal, he will idle away(虚度) his lifetime.”
【小题1】回答下列问题：Why did Wang You go to Beijing though he had a good job in Nanjing?
____________________________________________________     
【小题2】在①的空白处填入适当的单词使句意完整、上下文通顺：__________          
【小题3】将②处翻译成汉语_________________________________________________________
【小题4】找出文中与下列句子意思相近的句子：
He needn’t work in his spare time because of his good job.
________________________________________________________________________.
【小题5】找出或写出文中最能表达短文主题的句子
___________________________________________________________________________

Years ago，if a teenager had some problems in his life，he might write them in his diary. Now he might get on the Internet and write them in his blog(博客). In many ways，a diary and a blog are almost the same. Then，what makes a blog different from a diary?

The biggest difference is that a blog is much more public than a diary. Anyone can read what you write in your blog. Usually，a teenager likes hiding his diary book and treats it as secret. If you are not satisfied with a friend and write something bad about him in your diary，he will never know it. However，if you do this on the Internet，that friend may read your blog and get angry. So we have to be careful of what we write.

A blog has good points，of course. People choose to write in blogs，they know that their friends will read what they write. If you feel sad one day and write in your diary，no one will know about it. If you write the same words in your blog，your friends may quickly write back to comfort you and offer their help. Blogs help people know what their friends are doing.

Though it's a good way to write blogs about everyday life，I still prefer my old diary.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

1.Now when a teenager has some problems in his life，he might ________.

A. talk to his friends  B. keep them in his diary  C. write them in his blog

2.________ is NOT mentioned in the passage.

A. Chatting on QQ  B. Getting on the Internet  C. Writing blogs

3.The underlined word “comfort” means ________ in Chinese.

A. 责怪    B. 安慰     C. 嘲笑

4.From the passage we know that ________.

A. the writer thinks a blog is more helpful than a diary

B. the writer thinks a blog and a diary are the same

C. the writer likes a diary better than a blog

5.The passage mainly talks about ________.

A. the teenagers' problems in their lives

B. the difference between a diary and a blog

C. the good points of writing blogs

根据句意和汉语注释，在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出单词的正确形式。
【小题1】The first step towards forming ____________ (习惯) is that you can plan everything well.
【小题2】My parents always _________(比较) me with my sisters before. That made me feel unhappy.
【小题3】Wine and other goods ____________ (进口) from France are popular in China.
【小题4】Look! There are two coats hanging over there. The blue one is the ________(干的) of the two.
(B)根据句意，在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。
【小题5】Look at _________ (you) in the mirror. How dirty your faces are!
【小题6】Grandpa told me that he joined the Party in his early ___________(twenty).
【小题7】Here comes the most exciting moment! One of the ______（spaceman）is out of the spacecraft.
【小题8】If you want a strong body, you must eat and drink ____________（health）.

How often one hears children wishing they were grown-ups, and old people wishing they were young again. Each age has its pleasures and its pains, and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets.
Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities to make life difficult. If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved, whatever he may do. It is impossible that he will ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in return. What’s more, life is always giving new things to the child--- things that have lost their interest for older people because they are too well-known. But a child has his pains: he is not so free to do what he wishes to do; he is repeatedly being told not do something or being punished for what he has wrongly done.
When a young man starts to earn his own living, he can no longer expect others to pay for his food, his clothes, and his room, but has to work if he wants to live comfortably. If he spends most of his time playing about in the way he used to as a child, he will go hungry. And if he breaks the laws of society as he used to break the laws of his parents, he may go to prison. If, however, he worked hard, keeps out of trouble and has good health, he can have the greatest happiness of building up for himself his own position in society.
【小题1】What is the happiest person according to the passage?

A very old lady won a million dollars in a lottery(彩票). Her son and her husband heard the news on the radio.

“How are we going to tell your mother?” the man asked. “The news might kill her!”

“That’s true,” the son said. “Perhaps we’d better speak to her doctor about it. He’ll know how to bring her the news gently.”

They told the old lady’s doctor about this.

“I’m glad you told me, ” he said “A shock(震惊), even a happy one, could give her a heart attack, leave it to me. I’ll find a way of bringing the news to her.”

The doctor thought about the problem for several days, then decided what he would say.

He called on the old lady and sat by her. He took her hand in his.

“Let’s play a game, my dear,” he said. “‘Let’s pretend(假装)’ game.”

“Oh, yes, ” the old lady said. “I love ‘Let’s pretend’ game.”

“Good, I’ll ask you a question first, ” the doctor said, “Then you can ask me one.”

He pretended to think for a few minutes. Then he said, “Tell me, what would you do if you won a million dollars in the lottery?”

“Oh, that’s an easy one,” the old lady said, “I’d give most of it to you, doctor, because you have been so good to me all these years, doctor!” But the doctor was now lying on the floor. He had died of shock.

1.Who won a million dollars in a lottery?

A. The man.        B. The son.       C. The old lady.   D. The doctor.

2.What does “heart attack” mean in Chinese?

A. 攻击心脏.       B. 惊喜.          C. 心情.           D. 心脏病.

3.Why did the doctor play ‘Let’s pretend’ game with the lady?

A. Because he wanted to get the money.                

B. Because he wanted to bring her the news gently.

C. Because he didn’t want to tell her the news.      

D. Because he wasn’t honest.

4.Who had died of shock?

A. The man.        B. The son.       C. The old lady.       D. The doctor.

5.What’s the best title for the passage?

A. A Sad Shock                      B. A wonderful Shock

C. An Interesting Shock             D. A Lucky Shock