23、Two men were sitting together in a plane. They were on a long journey. One of the men was a businessman. The other was a farmer. They sat without talking for a while then the farmer said, “Let's do something to pass the time.” “What do you want to do?” “We can ask each other riddles (谜语),” the farmer said, “You start” “Let's make the rules first,” the businessman said, “And Let's make the game more interesting. Let's play it for money. If we don't know the answer to a riddle, we have to pay a dollar.”

The farmer thought about this for a while, then he said, “That's not fair (公平). You know more things than I do. I am just a farmer.” “That's true.” The businessman said, “What do you think we should do?”“ If you don't know the answer to a riddle, you pay me $100. If I don't know the answer to a riddle, I'll pay you $50,”the farmer said. “The businessman thought about this, then he said,” “OK, that's fair. Who will go first?” “I will” the farmer said, “Here is my riddle. What has three legs when it walks, but only two legs when it flies?” The businessman repeated (重复) the riddle, “What has three legs when it walks, but only two legs when it flies? Mm, that's a good one. I'm afraid I don't know the answer.”

He gave the farmer $100, and then said, “Tell me the answer, what has three legs when it walks, but only two legs when it flies?” “I don't know” the farmer said, and gave him $50.

1．The story happened ________________.

       A．in a shop                                             B．on a farm           

       C．between two passengers                       D．before a long plane journey

2．What does the word “riddle” mean in this story?

       A．Something to help make rules                B．Something to win money

       C．A kind of game on doing business        D．A difficult question to find the answer to

3．Why did the businessman agree to give more money if he lost?

       A．Because he thought he knew more than the farmer

       B．Because he made much more money than the farmer

       C．Because he was interested in making riddles

       D．Because he was better at playing riddle games

4．The farmer ____________.

       A．spend all his money on the plane ticket  

       B．won fifty dollars by playing the riddle games  

       C．didn't want to pay even one dollar 

       D．enjoyed himself on his long journey 

5．Which of the following is not true? 

       A．The businessman knew the answer to his riddle

       B．The two men made their riddle game more interesting by playing it for money.

       C．The farmer was cleverer than the businessman.

       D．The two men made rules for their riddle game.

22、Never try to work when you are very hungry. If you want to do your homework right after school, you may want to eat something before getting to work. Always do your homework before you get too tire. Don’t wait until very late in the evening, or the assignment will seem much harder than it really is.

Organize(安排) your time into a few parts if you have more than an hour’s work, give yourself a break after an hour. On the other hand, don’t break it up so much that you can’t get anything done. You should be able to work at least half an hour at a time without stopping.

Don’t put it off until the last minute. If you put off doing your homework, you will have it on your mind, and you won’t enjoy your free time so much. If you put it off until the end of the week or until right before a test, you will have too much catching up to do. A little bit each night, enough to keep up with what is happening each day in school, will take the fear at tests and keep you on top of it all.

Do your homework at the same time every day. This will help you make it a habit—part of your daily work. It will make it easier to do, and it will make your free time more enjoyable as well.

1．When someone is hungry, he’d better ________.

       A．not work at all                          B．work harder     

       C．not work too hard                       D．work as usual

2．The underlined word “assignment” means _________.

       A．work                                               B．hunger

       C．housework                                      D．homework

3．If you do your homework very late in the evening, it will seem _______ it really is.

       A．as easy as         B．easier than     C．as hard as      D．more difficult than

4．If you put off doing your homework, __________.

       A．it will stay on your mind                  B．it will be much easier to do

       C．it will make you happy                         D．it doesn’t matter much

5．To do your homework at the same time every day__________.

       A．will make it easy to do                        B．will make your free time less pleasant

       C．will help you form a good habit             D．will make it much harder

21、Can you remember the day when you spoke your first word? If you can, you are unusual. Try to imagine what first few months of your life were like. I am sure you just spent most of your time eating, sleeping and crying. As you grew older, you were awake more of the time. It took your parents more time to play with you and talk to you. You watched and listened  curiously（好奇）. You began to know that people made certain sounds to go with certain things.

Then you began to try making the sounds which you heard. And step by step you were able to make the right sound for one thing.

On that day you came to understand the secret of language. The secret is that a certain sound means a certain thing. One sound might be as good as another. But it is no good as a word unless everybody agrees on its meaning. Only when a group of people use the same set of sounds of things, can they understand each other. Then, and only then do these people have a LANGUAGE.

After you found the secret of language, you learned words. Some of the words meant things, such as BOOKS, CHAIRS and SHOES. Some words meant doing things, such as GO and SWIM, and other words describe things, such as GOOD and DIRTY. Soon you learned to put words together to express your idea, such as “I want to go out and play with my friends.” This is language. By means of language people can communicate. So we say languages are means of communication.

1． _____ can remember the day when_______ .

       A．One, he spoke his first word            

       B．No one, he spoke his first word

       C．Most people, they spoke their first words 

       D．None, they spoke their first words

2．When you were a little baby, you_____________.

       A．made sounds to let people know that you wanted to eat

       B．spent most of your time playing with your parents

       C．could not hear any sound around you

       D．spent most of your time eating, playing and crying

3．The secret of language is that.

A．one sound might be as good as another  

B．people can understand each other

C．a certain sound is for a certain thing    

D．there is a special sound for each person

4．You could learn words_________.

       A．before you knew what the language was    

       B．after you knew what the language was

       C．before you knew the secret of the language  

       D．when you were a baby

5．The aim in using language is.

       A．to get everything one wants from others    

       B．to say what one wants to know

       C．to share ideas, opinions, news, etc with one another

       D．to make oneself understood by others

20、Stephen Hawking was born in Oxford, England on 8th January, 1942. He went to school in St Albans--a small city near London. Although he did well, he was never top of his class. After leaving school, Hawking went first to Oxford University where he studied physics, and then he went to Cambridge University where he studied cosmology. As he himself admits(承认), he didn't work hard. He was a very lazy student, and did very little work. However, he still got good marks.

It was at the age of 20 that Hawking first noticed something was wrong with him. He started to bump (撞上 )into things. When he visited his family at Christmas time, his mother was so worried that she made him see a doctor. Hawking was sent to hospital for tests. Finally, the result came back. Hawking had motor neuron disease, an incurable illness which would make him unable to speak, breathe or move without the help of a machine. Doctors said they had no way to help him. He would die before he was 23.

At first, Hawking became very sad. After a while, though, he began to see his life in a different way. As he later write, "Before my illness was diagnosed(诊断), I had been very bored with life. There bad not seemed to be anything worth doing. But shortly after I came out of hospital, I suddenly realized that there were a lot of worthwhile things I could do." Hawking married, found a job at Cambridge University, and had three children. He also went on to do some of the most important scientific research.

Today, Hawking still works at Cambridge University as a professor. He strongly believes that his story shows that nobody, however bad their situation(处境) is, should lose hope. "Life is not fair, "he once said. "You just have to do the best you can in your own situation."

1．As a university student, Stephen Hawking _______.

       A．worked very hard                      B．studied math and physics

       C．was the best student in his class          D．was lazy and did very little work

2．Hawking first noticed something was wrong with him when ______.

       A．he was sent to hospital for tests          B．his mother made him, see a doctor

       C．he was twenty years old               D．he visited his family at Christmas time one year

3．In this passage the word "incurable" means ______.

       A．无法治愈的       B．难以确诊的      C．常见的            D．可以治愈的

4．When Hawking was first diagnosed with motor neuron disease, he __.

       A．made up his mind to get married            B．began to ,see his life in a different way

       C．thought that nothing in life was worth doing  D．became very unhappily

5．What would be the best title for this passage?

       A．Motor Neuron Disease                               B．Life is Fair

       C．Professor Stephen Hawking                       D．A Lazy Boy

19、When my family moved to America from a small village in Guangdong, China, we brought not only our luggage, but also our village rules, customs and culture. One of the rules is that young people should always respect （尊敬）elders. Unluckily, this rule led to my very first embarrassment in the United States.

I had a part-time job as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant. One time, when I was serving food to a middle-aged couple, the wife asked me how the food could be served so quickly. I told her that I had made sure they got their food quickly because I always respect the elderly. As soon as I said that, her face showed great displeasure. My manager, who happened to hear what I said, took me aside and gave me a long lecture about how sensitive（敏感）Americans are and how they dislike the description “old”. I then walked back to the table and apologized to the wife. After the couple heard my reason, they understood that the problem was caused by cultural differences, so they laughed and were no longer angry.

In my village in China, people are proud of being old. 3Not so many people live to be seventy or eighty, and people who reach such an age have the most knowledge and experience. Young people always respect older people because they know they can learn from their rich experience.

However, in the United States, people think “growing old” is a problem since “old” shows that a person is going to retire or that the body is not working well. 4Here many people try to keep themselves away from growing old by doing exercises or jogging, and women put on makeup, hoping to look young. When I told the couple in the restaurant that I respect the elderly, they got angry because this caused them to feel they had failed to stay young. I had told them something they didn’t want to hear.

After that, I changed the way I had been with older people. It is not that I don’t respect them any more; I still respect them, but now I don’t show my feelings through words.

（一）  根据短文简要回答

1．Why did Jack bring the couple their food very fast?

2．What would Jack do after this experience?

（二）将划线的句子译成汉语

3．________________________________________________________________

4．________________________________________________________________

（三） 请给短文拟一个适当的标题

5．________________________________________                       

17、Erik(E), a singer from the Swedish rock band, wants to meet his friend in the Green Leaf Clothing Factory in Linyi. He needs help. A girl(G) passes by.

E: Excuse me, Miss. Do you speak English?

G: Yes.     1     .

E: You see, I am going to the Green Leaf Clothing Factory. But I have lost the address.

G:      2     . You're nearly getting to it. Walk along this road and take the first turning on the left. Then you can see a big gate with a sign of a green leaf on it.

E: Thank you very much, bye.

G: Err…     3    .

E: What's up?

G: Are you Erik of the Swedish rock band?

E: Oh?      4     .

G: Yes, I enjoyed the music very much.

Can I have your signature (签名), please?

E:      5     .

G: Here, on the sweater, please, thank you.

E: Thank you!

1. ________  2.________ 3. _________  4. ________ 5.______

16、After school I found Mother was in bed sick. _______ Mother was ill, I should do something for her.

A．So        B．Though             C．Since        D．If

15、—Mary, it’s a _______that you didn’t travel with us. How are you feeling now?

—I’m much better. Thank you.

A．pleasure             B．pity           C．joy            D．wonder

14、—Have you seen my toy car, Bill?

—It’s _______my way, so I put it _______.

A．in; away             B．on; out        C．in; out              D．by; away