Jim, a successful businessman, told the experience of his childhood.

When he was 12, his parents died. He was alone and didn't get on well with others. People always laughed at him. No one showed kindness to him.?

His only friend was a dog named Tiger. He gave his dog enough to eat and drink, but sometimes he was not polite to it. He didn't know that an unkind word sometimes could cut one's heart like a knife.

One day as he walked down the street, a young lady was walking in front of him. Suddenly one of her bags dropped from her arms. As she stopped to pick it up, she dropped other bags. He came to help her. “Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!” she said kindly, smiling.

A special feeling came to him. These were the first kind words he had ever heard. He watched her until she went far away, and then he whistled to his dog and went directly to the river nearby.

“Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy” he repeated the woman's words. Then in a low voice he said to his dog, “You are a nice little dog!” Tiger raised its ears as if it understood.

“Unum! Even a dog likes it!” he said. “Well, Tiger, I won't say unkind words to you any more.” Tiger waved its tail happily.

The boy thought and thought. Finally he looked at himself in the river. He saw nothing but a dirty boy. He washed his face carefully. Again he looked. He saw a clean nice boy. He was amazed. From then on, he had a new life.

After telling this, the businessman stopped for a while, and then he said, “Ladies and gentlemen, this is the very place where that kind woman planted in me the first seed of kindness. All of us should learn about kindness. What a great power it has! "

1.The boy repeated the words “Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!” because ????? .

A. he was thinking about the words ????????????? ?????????????

B. he didn't understand the words

C. he wanted to talk to his dog????????????? ????????????? ?????????????

D. he liked talking to himself

2.What made the boy start his new life?

A. The people laughing at him. ????????????? ????????????? ?????????????

B. The kind words spoken to him.

C. The hard life.?????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ?????????????

D. His lovely dog.

3.He was feeling ????? when he whistled to his dog.

A. funny?????? B. sad??????? C. lonely?????? D. excited

4.Which of the following is Right according to the passage?

A. He never took good care of his friend, Tiger.

B. He usually had many friends around him.

C. He helped a young lady when her bag dropped.

D. He often washed his dirty face in lake.

5.What's the best title of this passage?

A. A Dog and a Boy????? ????????????? ????????????? B. A Poor Boy's Childhood

C. A Businessman and a Boy???? D. The Power of Kindness

My teachers suggested that I see a speech specialist (专家) in school.

I never really gave much thought to my speech. If other people understood what I was saying, then that was good enough. I didn’t mind repeating myself many times.

Before testing me, the speech specialist asked me what I thought of having good speech. I told her I thought it was not important.

“Well, when you are in an interview for a job, and they don’t know what you are saying, what are they going to say to you? Nice meeting you, bye,” she said.

Maybe good speech was important. I took part in 20-minute classes each week with the specialist.

After she tested me, she told me that I spoke too fast, and didn’t give enough eye contact (眼神交流). I learned that when I made eye contact with someone, it meant that I was talking to that person, and I could also see what he or she thought about what I was saying.

When my first speech class started, I found that I had been speaking too fast to be understood. Every time I spoke too fast, the specialist stopped me and told me to start again. At first, I got stopped after almost every other sentence. After a while, I felt my speech slow down. I wasn’t sure if people could understand me better, but my friends stopped asking me to repeat myself.

Speech is an important skill to have. If you do have good speech, that’s a good thing, but if you don’t have it, it is never too late to improve.

1.The article is probably taken from       .

A．a newspaper                           B．an advertisement

C．a detective story                        D．a science book

2.What did the writer think of having good speech before the classes?

A．It was very useful.                       B．It was nothing important.

C．It was impossible.                       D．It was good for interviewing.

3.What were the writer’s problems when he was speaking?

a. He spoke too quickly.

b. He never stopped once he started talking.

c. He seldom kept eye contact with people.

d. He didn’t give others time to ask questions.

A．a, b              B．b, c              C．a, c              D．b, d

4.From the sentence “but my friends stopped asking me to repeat myself,” we know that _____.

A．the writer’s friends couldn’t understand him

B．the writer still couldn’t make eye contact

C．the writer improved a lot

D．the writer didn’t slow down

5.Through the passage, the writer wants to tell us that _____.

A．seeing a speech specialist is necessary

B．speech is an important skill to have

C．good speech can help you make friends

D．good speech gets good affect

My teachers suggested that I see a speech specialist (专家) in school.
I never really gave much thought to my speech. If other people understood what I was saying, then that was good enough. I didn’t mind repeating myself many times.
Before testing me, the speech specialist asked me what I thought of having good speech. I told her I thought it was not important.
“Well, when you are in an interview for a job, and they don’t know what you are saying, what are they going to say to you? Nice meeting you, bye,” she said.
Maybe good speech was important. I took part in 20-minute classes each week with the specialist.
After she tested me, she told me that I spoke too fast, and didn’t give enough eye contact (眼神交流). I learned that when I made eye contact with someone, it meant that I was talking to that person, and I could also see what he or she thought about what I was saying.
When my first speech class started, I found that I had been speaking too fast to be understood. Every time I spoke too fast, the specialist stopped me and told me to start again. At first, I got stopped after almost every other sentence. After a while, I felt my speech slow down. I wasn’t sure if people could understand me better, but my friends stopped asking me to repeat myself.
Speech is an important skill to have. If you do have good speech, that’s a good thing, but if you don’t have it, it is never too late to improve

1. 1.

   The article is probably taken from       

   1. A.
      a newspaper
   2. B.
      an advertisement
   3. C.
      a detective story
   4. D.
      a science book
2. 2.

   What did the writer think of having good speech before the classes?

   1. A.
      It was very useful
   2. B.
      It was nothing important
   3. C.
      It was impossible
   4. D.
      It was good for interviewing
3. 3.

   What were the writer’s problems when he was speaking?
   a. He spoke too quickly.
   b. He never stopped once he started talking.
   c. He seldom kept eye contact with people.
   d. He didn’t give others time to ask questions

   1. A.
      a, b
   2. B.
      b, c
   3. C.
      a, c
   4. D.
      b, d
4. 4.

   From the sentence “but my friends stopped asking me to repeat myself,” we know that _____

   1. A.
      the writer’s friends couldn’t understand him
   2. B.
      the writer still couldn’t make eye contact
   3. C.
      the writer improved a lot
   4. D.
      the writer didn’t slow down
5. 5.

   Through the passage, the writer wants to tell us that _____

   1. A.
      seeing a speech specialist is necessary
   2. B.
      speech is an important skill to have
   3. C.
      good speech can help you make friends
   4. D.
      good speech gets good affect

“Ring… ring…” the telephone suddenly rang. Sam got up to   the call. It was his aunt. “Sam,    are you still at home?” she asked surprisingly. Sam 1ooked at the clock. It was already 7:30 a.m. “Oh, my goodness! There’s an important   today,” Sam shouted out. He hurried to wash his face and get   . When he was going to leave the house, he    that he didn’t put away his books. He ran quickly to the   and put them into the bag. He then went to the bus stop to go to school as  as he could. When he got into the classroom, his classmates were    writing. “Why are you so  ?” asked the teacher. “I’m sorry, sir,” Sam answered, afraid of looking   . “It was my clock. It   to wake me up this morning and ...” “Don't say anything about it,” his teacher     him. “Don’t try to come late next time!” Sam said yes and walked to his  quickly. But when he tried to do the paper, he could not   in a right way. He put his head on the desk and said, “What a     day it was for me!”

1.A. find            B. give            C. put              D. answer

2.A. why           B. how            C. when            D. where

3.A. talk            B. party           C. exam          D. meeting

4.A. tired           B. lost            C. dressed          D. rested

5.A. forgot       B. remembered     C. understood         D. thought

6.A. classroom     B. desk             C. bus              D. door

7.A. carefully        B. quietly           C. early             D. fast

8.A. worried         B. free            C. busy            D. careful

9.A. 1ate            B. ill             C. lonely           D. ready

10.A. down         B. up             C. out              D. back

11.A. happened        B. stopped        C. failed           D. pointed

12.A. helped          B. knew       C. followed         D. stopped

13.A. room         B. table          C. seat             D. teacher

14.A. think        B. sit          C. turn            D. speak

15.A. short       B. bad          C. happy          D. usual