(   ) 1. We can always read such passages in a newspaper. What do you think they are?

   A. Tickets. B. Letters.

   C. Theatre Advertisements. D. TV Guide.

(   ) 2. Maria likes sciencefiction,so when can she see such films?

   A. On February 2nd.

   B. On February 5th.

   C. On February 6th.

   D. On February 12th.

(   ) 3. Jim is free on Saturday,5th February. Which film can he see?

   A. Fever Pitch.

   B. The Madness of the Old King.

   C. Crazy Clothes.

   D. Planet of Apes.

(   ) 4. When can you see a film about fashion in the 1960s?

   A. February 5th. B. February 2nd.

   C. February 12th. D. February 6th.

(   ) 5. Which of the following is NOT true according to the information?

   A. People can see the films on TV in February.

   B. Fever Pitch is a sad story about illness.

   C. In Planet of Apes,the astronauts live poorly.

   D. Models were asked to walk along a very narrow catwalk in Crazy Clothes.

Anne and Joseph are talking about an interesting question. Why do some people change their n 1       ? There can be many reasons. Hanna changed her name to Anne because she thought it would be e 2       for people to remember. On the other hand,Joseph is thinking about changing his name to an u 3       one because he wants to be different.

People have a lot of reasons for c 4       their names. Film stars,singers,sportsmen and some other f 5       people often change their names because they want the names that are not ordinary,or that have special sound. They choose the "new name" for t 6       instead of the name their parents gave them when they were born.

Some people have a 7       reason for changing their names. They have m 8       to a new country and want to use a name that is usual there. For example,Li Kaiming changed his name to Ken Lee when he came to the United States. He uses the name Ken at his job and at school. But with his f 9       and Chinese friends,he uses Li Kaiming. To these people,using d 10       names makes life easier in the new country.

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My grandfather used to have a beautiful gold pocket watch. He wore it every day. When I was small he promised (答應(yīng)) to leave it to me, "When I'm gone," he said. "This is going to be yours."

Unluckily that will never happen now. About three months ago,my grandfather came to London to stay with us. The first Sunday morning after he arrived,my youngest son said he wanted to go to the park.

"We'll do better than that," said my grandfather. "We'll go and feed the pigeons (鶴子) in Trafalgar Square."So they set off. They got home about supper time and my grandfather looked very unhappy.

"My watch," he said, "it's gone. Someone must have stolen it while we were feeding the pigeons."

"Did you tell the police?"I asked.

"No”，he said, "I didn't think that would do any good." "You should report it," I said. "Perhaps you just lost it."

"No," he replied,shaking his head. " Someone must have taken it. But I know what I am going to do."

My grandfather put an advertisement in The Evening Paper. Later on,in the afternoon,a small,nervous man,wearing a cloth cap,came up to my grandfather. " Excuse me,sir , ”he said, "are you the man who wanted your pocket watch back?"

My grandfather nodded. "Well,you must understand,sir,that I didn't do it,but the man who did it asked me to give it back."From his dirty coat,he took out the watch. My grandfather was pleased. He paid the man 100 pounds as promised and then shook hands with the man.

On the bus he wanted to have another look at his watch. With a smile on his face,he put his hand in his coat. The smile froze. The watch was no longer there.

(   ) 11. The best title for the reading is ,

   A. Catching the Thief

   B. Finding the Watch

   C. The Pocket Watch

   D. Looking for the Lost Watch

(   ) 12. The underlined word "it" in the tenth paragraph refers to         一.

   A. the watch   B. stealing the watch

   C. the thief   D. returning the watch

(   ) 13. Grandfather promised to leave the watch to me .

   A. if it wouldn't been stolen

   B. when he was old enough

   C. when he came to stay with us

   D. after he died

(   ) 14. Grandfather gave the man 100 pounds         

   A. because the watch was worth it

   B. before the man promised to return the watch

   C. because he thought the man was very poor

   D. because he had promised it in his advertisement

(   ) 15. We can learn from the reading         .

   A. the small man was kindhearted

   B. it may be the small man who has stolen his watch

   C. it was wise for him to have found the thief in his own way

   D. the watch was not his but the small man's

At the age of 16,Einstein failed in several courses because he was with a group of naughty kids. One weekend morning,Einstein was about to fish with those kids,his father stopped him and said to him calmly, " Einstein,you're so fond of playing all day that you failed in the examination. I'm so worried about your future,so is your mother."

"What are you worrying about? Jack and Robert also failed,but don't they still go fishing as usual?"

"My boy,you can't think so," Looking at Einstein,his father said patiently, "There goes a story in our hometown. I hope you can listen to it carefully."

"There were two cats playing on the roof. Accidentally,one of them fell into the chimney pulling the other down as well. When the two cats climbed out of the chimney,one cat's face was polluted with the soo"煙灰) while the other's face was clean. Seeing the sootfaced cat,the clean one thought its face was dirty and ugly too,so it quickly ran to the riverside and washed it. At the same time,the sootfaced cat saw the cleanfaced one,thinking its face was also clean,so it wandered in the street without washing its face."

"Einstein,no one can be your mirror except yourself. Taking other people to be your mirror will give you a wrong idea of yourself and behave like a fool."

Hearing this,Einstein was ashamed and lay down his fishing rod and returned to his small room. Since then,Einstein often reflected on himself and kept reminding himself：I was special,so I needn't be as ordinary as others. This was why Einstein succeeded.

Different lifestyles and wishes will produce different attitudes towards life. You can consult other people's attitudes to decide your own,but you can never follow others to live in the world.

You must see yourself clearly and know what your aim is. Your future doesn't depend on how others do,but on how you are going to do yourself.

(   ) 6. What was the cause of Einstein's failure in his several courses?

   A. He spent too much time fishing with his friends.

   B. He found his courses too hard for him to deal with.

   C. He spent too much time playing with some naughty kids.

   D. His parents gave him too much pressure.

(   ) 7. From the story,we can know that

   A. the clean cat regarded itself as its mirror

   B. the sootfaced cat washed its face by the riverside

   C. both of the two cats made the right decision

   D. the two cats didn't know whether their own faces were clean or not

(   ) 8. Why did Einstein's father refer to the story?

   A. To tell his son to be his own mirror.

   B. To warn his son to keep away from those naughty kids.

   C. To remind his son to study hard.

   D. To ask his son not to listen to others' advice.

(   ) 9. The underlined word "consult" is the closet in meaning to         .

   A. 復(fù)制   B. 咨詢   C. 商量   D. 參考

(   ) 10. The writer wants to make us realize that         .

   A. we should not make friends with bad kids

   B. we should have our own attitudes towards life

   C. we should be different from others

   D. we should study hard to have a bright future

We talked to 300 people. One hundred were aged 11 to 18. One hundred were between 19 and 26 years of age. One hundred were 27 to 35 years old. We asked them what they liked to do in their free time. The results are in the chart (圖表) .

(   ) 1. People aged 19〜26 most enjoyed         .

   A. taking a walk

   B. playing computer games

   C. watching TV

(   ) 2. People aged 11〜18 least enjoyed         .

   A. taking a walk

   B. watching TV

   C. going to the movies

(   ) 3. In the 19 -26 group,how many people enjoyed playing computer games?

   A. 75.   B. 60.   C. 25.

(   ) 4. Which things did most people enjoy doing?

   A. Watching TV and playing computer games.

   B. Playing computer games and taking a walk.

   C. Going to the movies and watching TV.

(   ) 5. Which of these sentences is true?

   A. People aged 27 ~35 play computer games best.

   B. People aged 11 ~ 18 enjoy going to the movies best.

   C. People aged 19〜26 enjoy playing computer games more than watching TV.

The Young Donkey Once upon a time there was a king and a queen who were rich and had all they wanted except that they had no c 1 The queen was s 2 about this day and night,saying, "I want a baby."At last God h 3 her,but when the baby was born,it didn't look like a human child：it was a little donkey. When its mother saw this,she began to c 4 ，"I would rather have no child at all than a donkey. " She told the servants to throw it in the river. But the king said ,"No,since God has g 5 it to us,it shall be my son,and he will become the king after my d 6   .”

So the baby donkey grew up,and his ears were nice and straight. He liked jumping about and playing,and to e 7 surprise,he loved music very much. So he went to a famous m 8 and said, "Teach me your skill and make me play the lute (琉特琴) as well as you." "Oh,my dear little sir," answered the musician, "I think you would find that difficult. Your fingers are not the right shape. They are much too big,and I'm afraid they'd break the strings (弦) ."But the donkey wouldn't take "no" for an answer. He was c 9 and worked hard,and played in the end as well as his teacher.

One day the young donkey was t 10 a walk and came to a spring (泉) .Looking into the clear bright water,he saw he was a donkey. This made him sad so much that he left the palace,taking only one faithful (忠誠的) servant with him.

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6. d       7. e        8. m          9. c       10. t       

On the first day of the eighth grade,I waited at the stop for the school bus. When it arrived,I got on and said hello to the bus driver,Mr Rolland. Then I noticed one little girl called Amy. She was different from everyone else on the bus. "Don't talk to Amy," warned Lauren,who sat beside me. "Or everybody will make fun of you."

Amy had many physical differences―her eyes weren't straight,her glasses were an inch thick,and she had really uneven teeth. Every day as we rode to and from school,kids would shout insults at Amy.

"God,what a strange face!Stop looking at me!" "Mr Rolland!Amy took off her glasses,and now her eyes are scaring me. Make her put them back on!" they would say. For a while I shouted my share of insults,just to fit in. After all,I didn't want the other kids to treat me the same way they did to Amy. But while I was insulting her,my heart ached for the girl.

I began to pity her. Then I wanted to stand up for her. I just didn't know how to stop my schoolmates until the night of our class rollerskating party. Our whole class was there,including Amy. Amy didn't know how to skate,but I could see how much she wanted to have fun like the rest of us. So I skated over to her and took her by the hand. I slowly pulled her away from the wall,and together we began around the skating ring. I never said a word to her,and she never spoke to me. She just smiled and every once in a while she would laugh in excitement.

On the school bus the next morning there was much news about Amy and me skating together. But nobody insulted her any more. When the school year ended,my family moved away. And I never heard from Amy again. But I've always hoped that I changed her life for the better.

In fact,she changed my life. After becoming her friend,I no longer tried to impress people by trying to act like them or dress like them. I became myself.

(   ) 11. The writer made fun of Amy to show         

   A. he was on the kids side   B. he was talented

   C. Amy was ugly   D. he was good at tricks

(   ) 12. Amy was different from everyone else on the bus because she .

   A. was very stupid   B. had some physical shortcomings

   C. was not a bit friendly   D. wore thick glasses

(   ) 13. The underlined sentence "I was insulting her" in the third paragraph means

   A. I shouted to her with humorous words

   B. I shouted to her with terrible voice

   C. I shouted to her with rude and offensive words

   D. Ishouted to her with some whistle

(   ) 14. After the writer helped Amy to skate,          .

   A. he was appreciated

   B. Amy looked no longer strange

   C. kids changed their attitude

   D. people who insulted her became fewer

(   ) 15. We can infer from the passage that        many years later.

   A. Amy became the writer's wife

   B. the writer had independent personality

   C. the writer still missed Amy

   D. the writer would come back to Amy

A successful businessman named John told the experience of his childhood.

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

His only friend was a dog named Jack,which he gave 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 (吹口哨) 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!Jack raised its ears as if it understood.

"Um!Even a dog likes it!" he said, "Well,Jack,I won't say unkind words to you any more."Jack waved its tail happily.

The boy thought and thought. Finally he looked at himself in the river. 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 the first seed (種子) of kindness in my heart. All of us should learn about kindness. What a great power it has!"

(   ) 6. It's clear that 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

(   ) 7. What was it that 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.

(   ) 8. He was feeling        when he whistled to his dog. .

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

(   ) 9. From the reading we know that John.

   A. never took good care of his friend,Jack

   B. usually had many friends around him

   C. helped a young lady when her bag dropped

   D. often washed his dirty face in the lake

(   ) 10. 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

(   ) 1. There will be        in Grand Movie Theater this week.

   A. one Chinese film   B. two Chinese films

   C. three American films   D. a lot of foreign films

(   ) 2. If a man with his child goes to Grand Movie Theater on Sunday,they will pay

       for the film.

   A. $12   B. $9   C. $6   D. $5

(   ) 3. If you are free on Friday morning,you can see the film        in Grand Movie Theater.

   A. Kungfu Hustle   B. A World Without Thieves   C. Troy   D. Harry Potter M

(   ) 4. You can see three films either on        or on         

   A. Wednesday;Friday   B. Tuesday;Wednesday

   C. Thursday;Friday   D. Saturday;Sunday

(   ) 5. From the poster,we know        is a director and actor in the film.

   A. Alfonso Cuaron   B. Feng Xiaogang

   C. Wolfgang Peterson   D. Zhou Xingchi

David has had such a terrible time this year that he should be in The Guinnes Book of Records. The trouble s 1       one morning last January when David found that his car had gone from outside his house. He hasn't seen it s 2       then.

In February David won $ 200,000 on the football polls (中獎) .But his j 3       didn't last long―he had forgotten to p 4       the ticket to the company. In March he bought a new car,but he hadn't had it more than a week when someone crashed (碰撞) into the b 5       of it. Two days ago David sat on a seat that someone had finished p 6       only minutes before. He had on the new t 7       that he had bought only the week before.

August has been the w 8       month so far this year. David spent three days of his holiday at the airport because of the strikes (罷工，攻擊) .When he arrived home,he d 9       that someone had broken into his house. His videorecorder and television had disappeared.

David doesn't know what he has done to have all this bad 1 10      He just hopes things will change.

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