2.26-meter-tall Yao Ming made his NBA debut (初次登臺(tái)) on October 23, 2002 and got 6 points for the Houston Rockets in the game. The next day, he got 13 points (得分)in another game.
Most people think that Yao Ming is a born basketball player. But Yao said, “When you watch it on TV, it looks very easy. But when you are playing in the NBA, it is really not so easy.” He said that joining the Houston Rockets was a new start and a new challenge. “I hope that through very hard work I can make everyone happy and help the Rockets win more games,” he said.
Yao Ming speaks some English. Both he and his teammates can understand each other. They don't think there is a language problem. While Yao Ming faces this new challenge（挑戰(zhàn)）, the people of Houston have shown great interest in him and they hope Yao Ming will bring new energy (活力) to the Rockets. The team has started having lessons to learn more about China, and many people who work for the Rockets have learned to speak some Chinese.
小題1:Yao Ming got 13 points on October _____, 2002.

A．22

B．23

C．24

D．26

小題2:Yao Ming said that _____.

A．playing in the NBA was difficult

B．it was hard to watch NBA games on TV

C．he was an NBA star

D．it was boring to play basketball

小題3:From the passage we can know that Yao Ming ________.

A．will work hard for his team

B．made the highest score in his first NBA game

C．can't understand his teammates

D．teaches the Rockets workers Chinese himself

小題4:The passage is probably ______.

A．a(chǎn)n advertisement

B．a(chǎn) notice

C．a(chǎn) news report

D．a(chǎn)n instruction

Dear Mom and Dad ,
I'm afraid I have some very bad news for you . I have been very naughty（淘氣的） and the school master is very angry with me . She is going to write to you . You must come and take me away from here . She does not want me in the school any longer . The trouble started last night when I was smoking a cigarette（香煙）in bed . As I was smoking , I heard footsteps（腳步）coming towards the room .I did not want a teacher to catch me smoking , so I threw the cigarette away . Unfortunately（不幸地） , the cigarette fell into the waste--paper basket . It caught fire .
There was a curtain near the waste --paper basket . It caught fire too . Soon the whole room was burning . The master phoned the fire brigade（消防隊(duì)）. The school is a long way from the town and before the fire brigade arrived , the whole school was on fire . The master said that the fire was all my fault（過(guò)錯(cuò)） and I must pay for the damage（損壞）. She will send you a bill for about a million dollars .
I'm very sorry for this .
Much love
Sarah 
小題1:Why did Sarah write to his parents ?

A．He missed them very much for they hadn’t seen each other for a long time.

B．He told his parents what he had done in school.

C．He was tired of studying, and wanted to leave school.

D．He thought he was old enough to help them do something.

小題2:Where did Sarah smoke?

A．in the classroom.	B．in the Dinning hall .
C．in the street.	D．in the dormitory（宿舍）.

小題3:Why was the school master angry with him?

A．because he was too naughty.	B．because he was too lazy.
C．because he caused a big fire.	D．because he stole something from the school.

小題4:According to the passage, what should the students not do?

A．they should not smoke, because smoking is dangerous to them.

B．they should not dance, because dancing would waste a lot of money.

C．they should not make friends, because making friends would make them absent.

D．they should not wear expensive clothes because they would waste a lot of money.

Adults（成年人）usually do not remember most of the things that are taught by their teachers at school. But this story is one such lesson that I will never forget. Every time I drift off course, I think of this story.
It was a normal Monday morning, and my teacher was teaching us on important things in life and about devoting ourselves to what is important to us. This is how the story went:
An old man lived in a certain part of London, and he would wake up every morning and go to the subway. He would get onto the train right to Central London, and then sit at the street corner and beg（乞討）. He would do this every single day of his life. He sat at the same street corner and begged for almost 20 years.
His house was dirty, and a stench (惡臭) came out of the house and it smelled terrible. The neighbors could not stand the smell any more, so they called for the police officers to clear the place. The officers knocked down the door and cleaned the house. There were small bags of money all over the house that he had collected over the years.
The police counted the money, and they soon realized that the old man was a millionaire (百萬(wàn)富翁). They waited outside his house expecting to share the good news with him. When the old man arrived home that evening, one of the officers told him that there was no need for him to beg any more as he was a rich man now, a millionaire.
But the old man said nothing at all; he went into his house and locked the door. The next morning he woke up as usual, went to the subway, sat at the street corner and continued to beg.
Clearly, this old man had no great plans, dreams or anything significant (有意義的) for his life. We learn nothing from this story other than（除了）staying focused on（專心于）the things we enjoy doing.
小題1:The underlined part in the first paragraph may mean ______.

A．I get tired of learning my subjects

B．I fail to listen to lessons attentively

C．I go in the wrong direction of life

D．I wouldn’t like to go to school

小題2:The neighbor called the police because ______.

A．the old man kept begging money from them every day

B．there was something dangerous in the old man’s house

C．the old man wouldn’t buy tickets for the train

D．they couldn’t bear the smell from the old man’s house

小題3:When the old man knew he was a millionaire, he ______.

A．remained calm	B．became excited
C．felt worried	D．became nervous

小題4:What lesson do we learn from the story?

A．Make great plans for your life.

B．Keep on doing what you like.

C．Do something that is good to society.

D．Depend on yourself rather than others.

Long time ago, there was a seed. Because he was only a seed,  36  cared to notice him. Thus, feeling useless, the seed thought he was not important at all.
Then one day, a  37  picked him up and threw him on an open field under the sun. He was  38 , thinking, "Why would a wind do such a thing?" But  39  any pleasant answers, he was  40  with sunlight as well as  41  , sometimes light and sometimes heavy.
Time flew by and years later, he saw a  42  sitting by his side. "Thank God for this. I really need some  43 ",he heard the traveler say.
"What are you  44  ?"The seed asked. He thought the man was  45  him. Surely he had seen many people sitting by his side,  46  no one ever spoke to him like that.
"Who is this?" The man was  47
"This is me, the seed. "
"The seed?" The man looked at the big  48   "Are you kidding me? You are not a seed. You are a tree. A big tree ！
"  49  ?"
"Yes! Why else do you think people  50  here?"
"What do they come here for?"
"To  51 your shade! Don't tell me you didn't know you had  52 over time. "
A moment passed, and the traveler's words made him think a lot.
The seed, now a big tree, thought and  53  for the first time in his life. The years of suffering from the sun and the rain were useful to him at last.
"Oh! That means I'm not a(n)  54  seed anymore! Wow! I'm a big tree now. That's the  55  that I really want !"

小題1:	A．everybody B．nobody C．someone D．a(chǎn)nything

小題2:	A．wind B．bird C．boy D．man

小題3:	A．confused B．glad C．excited D．hurt

小題4:	A．except for B．because of C．instead of D．in case of

小題5:	A．made B．covered C．heated D．provided

小題6:	A．food B．rain C．friends D．flowers

小題7:	A．traveler B．woman C．dog D．god

小題8:	A．water B．1ove C．rest D．money

小題9:	A．thinking of B．preparing for C．looking for D．talking about

小題10:

A．looking at B．making fun of C．seeing off D．getting away from

小題11:

A．so B．because C．but D．since

小題12:

A．a(chǎn)ngered B．delighted C．moved D．surprised

小題13:

A．stone B．mountain C．tree D．river

小題14:

A．When B．Really C．Where D．Who

小題15:

A．hate B．leave C．live D．come

小題16:

A．hunt B．like C．enjoy D．steal

小題17:

A．a(chǎn)ppeared B．survived C．grown D．risen

小題18:

A．cried B．smiled C．sang D．danced

小題19:

A．small B．beautiful C．ugly D．lovely

小題20:

A．experience B．a(chǎn)dventure C．reason D．life

On Saturday nights, A.J.Coston doesn’t get a lot of sleep. Usually three or four times a night, a loud bell rings, a red light flashes, and he has to jump out of his bed. That’s because he’s a weekend volunteer firefighter（消防員）with Loudoun County Fire and Rescue Station 13 in Northern Virginia. During the week, he lives at home with his mom, dad and sister and does his main job which is going to high school.
“I have always wanted to get into firefighting since I was a little kid watching fire trucks go by,” he says. “One day on the Internet I noticed that Loudoun County offered a junior firefighter program.” He was only 16, but he got it.
Fighting fires is dangerous work. Firefighters never stop practicing the skills they need to stay safe. Once Coston learned those skills, he was allowed to work inside burning buildings.
“Teamwork is most important,” he says. “It’s the whole team that puts the fire out.”
Firefighters feel great about helping people. “My most unbelievable call was probably the time four kids were struck by lightning,” says Coston. He will be off to college next fall, building on his dream job. “I’ll get my degree in emergency（緊急情況） medical care. and then work in a fire and rescue company for a while. I want to be a flight doctor on a helicopter in the end, but I will never forget the days as a firefighter. These are my unforgettable experiences,” he says.
小題1: Coston can’t sleep well on Saturday nights because _____.

A．he has to work part-time at weekends

B．he has some sleeping problems

C．he has to do his job as a volunteer firefighter

D．he always worries that there may be a fire

小題2:What do we learn about Coston from the passage?

A．He doesn’t like studying at school.	B．He will go to college next year.
C．He dreams to be a great hero one day.	D．He is only sixteen years old.

小題3:In Coston’s opinion, what is the key thing in putting out a fire?

A．Skills.

B．Teamwork.

C．Courage.

D．Equipment.

小題4:All of the following are true EXPECT that _____.

A．Coston wanted to be a firefighter when he was a kid

B．Coston tried several times before he became a volunteer firefighter

C．firefighters feel proud that they can help people

D．firefighters have to practice skills all the time to stay safe

After twenty years of shaving（剃須）himself every morning, a man in a small Southern town thought he had enough. He told his wife that he intended to let the local barber shave him each day. He put on his hat and coat and went to the barber shop.
The barber's wife, Grace, was working that day, so she performed the task. Grace shaved him, and said, "That will be $20." The man thought the price was a bit high, but he paid the bill and went to work.
The next morning the man looked in the mirror, and his face was as smooth as it had been when he left the barber shop the day before. “Not bad, he thought. At least I don't need to get a shave every day.”
The next morning, the man's face was still smooth. Two weeks later, the man was still unable to find any trace of whiskers on his face. It was more than he could take and he was frightened, so he returned to the barber shop.
"I thought $20 was high for a shave", he told the barber's wife, "but you must have done a great job. It's been two weeks and my whiskers still haven't started growing back." The expression on her face didn't even change, expecting his comment. She responded, "You were shaved by Grace and once shaved, always shaved!"
小題1:It’s implied in the first sentence of the passage that          .

A．the man lived a very poor life	B．the man liked shaving himself
C．the man finally got bored of shaving himself	D．the man decided not to shave again

小題2:We learn that at first the man thought ＄20 for a shave was         .

A．too little

B．too much

C．proper

D．impossible

小題3:What can we learn from the passage?

A．Everybody in the town knows Grace.

B．Nobody wants to be shaved by Grace in the town.

C．The man was scared by the result two weeks later.

D．The man’s whiskers grew back at last.

Aniston was born in Sherman Oaks, California, and grew up in New York City. She lived in Greece for one year as a child with her family, and they later relocated to New York City. She went to the New York Rudolf Steiner School and graduated from Manhattan's Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts. In 1989, she moved back to Los Angeles, California.
Aniston moved to Hollywood and played her first television role in the short—lived series Molloy in 1990, She also co-starred in Ferris Bueller, a television show adapted from the 1986 hit movie FerrisBueller's Day Off. The series, however, didn’t succeed. Aniston then appeared in two more failed television comedy shows, The Edge and Muddling Through, and guest-starred on Quantum Leap, Herman's Head, and Burke's Law. Aniston wanted to give up acting because of the failed shows.
But the sitcom Friends changed her mind. She played in it from 1994 until the show ended in 2004. The program was hugely successful and Aniston became famous for her roal Rachel in it. Her hairstyle in the program, which became known as the "Rachel", was widely copied at he time .
Besides being a TV actress, Aniston has enjoyed a great film career. Her biggest box office success to date was 2003’s Bruce Almighty. The film made ＄243M at the Unite State box office and almost twice that worldwide .Aniston’s 2004 film ,A long Came Polly also did well at the box office.
小題1:What does the underlined word “relocated” in the first paragraph mean?

A．Lived

B．Moved

C．Planned

D．Traveled

小題2:All of the following are TV shows EXCEPT            

A． Burke's Law

B．The Edge

C． Herman's Head

D． FerrisBueller's Day Off.

小題3:From the second paragraph ,we learn that            

A．Aniston guest—starred in the unsuccessful TV series Molloy

B．no one wanted Aniston to play in their TV shows

C．Aniston was not successful in her first several TV shows

D．Aniston was sure that she would become famous one day

小題4:From the passage, we learn that “Rachel” is           

A．Aniston’s hairstyle in her real life	B．a(chǎn) good friend of Aniston
C．a(chǎn) role in Friends	D．a(chǎn) TV show of Aniston

小題5:What can we learn from the passage?

A． Friends is only famous in America

B． A long Came Polly was Aniston’s best film

C．Aniston’s film career is also very successful

D．Aniston hasn’t appeared in TV shows since 2004

It is not unusual at all for teens to answer their parents with one work answers. “Where are you going?” “Places.” “When will you be back?” “Sometime.” “Who will you be with?” “People.”
That means that the days of your children bounding in the front door with the details of their day are over. They are breaking away from you so that they’ll be able to stand on their own as a young adult.
Some parents feel sad about this loss of their children’s closeness. Of course you miss those conversations and friendly talks. Once your children move out after high school and establish themselves confidently as a young adult, they’ll come back for easy conversations and even ask for advice. But in order to determine who they are right now they need to separate from you.
Your job, however, is to keep them safe——and that requires knowing there they are and who they are with. Let them know clearly that it’s not because you want to dominate their life and control them; it’s because it’s a safety issue for family members to keep track of one another.
When they’re home and sit down to eat a meal, sit down with them. You need to open up to them about your life. Tell them of an interesting incident at the office, let them in on a bit of family gossip(閑談), discuss a piece of news with them. They are glad that you see them as old enough to be in on a few experiences of your life. By letting a teen in on your life, they just may let you in of theirs
小題1:The underlined word “That” in Paragraph 2 probably refers to “      ”.

A．teens no longer tell parents their detailed information

B．teens don’t tell parents where they had been any more

C．parents are impatient to listen to their children

D．parents are occupied by doing their business

小題2:It can be inferred from the passage that       .

A．the generation gap is becoming wider and wider

B．teens quarrel a lot with their parents

C．teens don’t want to live with other family members

D．some parents feel distant from their teenage children

小題3:The author believes that teens’ one-word answers show      .

A．their awareness of independence

B．their physical and mental changes

C．a(chǎn)n unpleasant parent-child relationship

D．their wishes for keeping silent

小題4:What’s the main idea of the last paragraph?

A．Parents should understand their children.

B．parents should keep their children safe.

C．Parents should open their hearts to their children.

D．Parents should give their children enough freedom.

小題5:What’s the author’s purpose in writing the passage?

A．To give advice

B．To direct teenagers

C．To present findings

D．To comfort parents

“Hey, Jenna, do you think we’ ll still be friends when we’re eighty-two?” I asked my friend.
Losing Jenna would be like losing a very close sister.
“Of course, we’ll still be friends when we’re eighty-two,” Jenna announced loudly
The next year, in Grade Four, we met Jamie. The three of us soon became close friends. We played together almost every day. I thought even time couldn’t pull us apart, but I was sadly mistaken.
The three of us started fighting a lot. Before Christmas, We had a really big fight, and Jamie and Jenna were against me, both saying I was bossy (專橫的). I felt helpless and lonely. I thought Christmas would be horrible!
I was surprised when Jenna came to my house and gave me a terrible Christmas card she had made for me. I was so sure that she was still disappointed with me.
“Wow,” I said, breaking the silence as we stood on either side of my front door. “Thanks.”
“Okay…well… I have to go,” she said softly.
“Okay. See you later then…” and I closed the door.
“Who was that at the door?” my mom asked.
“It was Jenna, my classmate.” I said.
The card started off with “Merry Christmas”, but then it said, “I am so glad we’re friends. I am sorry about what I said when we were fighting. A fight won’t stop us from being friends. Besides, we said we were going to be friends even when we’re eighty-two.”
I stopped reading and started laughing. I couldn’t believe I had forgotten what she said that day in the backyard. I couldn’t believe I had been so selfish in trying to make my friends feel sorry for me.
小題1:The best title for this passage would be______________.

A．Jenna and I

B．Friends Forever

C．Friendship is very important.

D．Friendship is very necessary.

小題2:How would the author and Jenna get along with each other after Christmas?

A．They would be close friends again.

B．They would not speak to each other.

C．They would lose touch with each other.

D．They would go on fighting with each other.

小題3: What can we learn from the underlined sentences?

A．The author was sure Jenna felt sorry for her.

B．The author didn’t think Jenna was still angry with her.

C．The author hadn’t thought Jenna would send her a Christmas card.

D．The author knew Jenna would come to see her and said sorry to her.

小題4:Which of the following is the right time order according to the passage?
a. Jamie became the author’s friend.
b. The author felt lonely and unhappy.
c. Jenna, Jamie and the author fought.
d. Jenna brought the author a Christmas card.
e. The author was sorry for what she did.
f. Jenna and the author promised to be lifelong friends.

A．f-a-b-c-e-d	B．a(chǎn)-c-f-b-d-e
C．a(chǎn)-b-c-f-e-d	D．f-a-c-b-d-e

On a Friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of the New York railway station, playing his violin. The music was so great that many people stopped to put some money into the hat of the young man.
The next day, the young artist came to the same place, and put his hat on the ground gracefully. Different from the day before, he took out a large piece of paper and laid it under his hat. Then he began to play the violin. It sounded more pleasant than ever.
Soon he was surrounded with people who were attracted by the words on that paper. It said, “Last night, a gentleman named George Sang put an important thing into my hat by mistake. Please come to claim (認(rèn)領(lǐng)) it soon.”
After about half an hour, a middle-aged man rushed through the crowd to the violinist and said, “Yes, it’s you. I knew that you were an honest man and would certainly come here.” The young violinist asked calmly, “Are you Mr George Sang?” The man nodded. The violinist asked, “Did you lose something?” “It’s a lottery ticket,” said the man. The violinist took out a lottery ticket on which George Sang’s name was seen. “Is it?” he asked. George nodded and took the lottery ticket and kissed it, then danced with the violinist.
The violinist was a student at an arts college and had planned to attend advanced studies in Vienna. Later his classmate asked the violinist, “At that time you needed money to pay the tuition （學(xué)費(fèi)）and you had to play the violin in the railway station every day to make money. Why didn’t you keep the lottery ticket for yourself?”
The violinist said, “Although I don’t have much money, I live happily. But if I lose honesty I won’t be happy forever.” Through our lives, we can gain a lot and lose so much. But being honest should always be with us.
小題1:What did the young artist do at the railway station on Friday?

A．He played the violin to make some money.

B．He waited for the train to Vienna.

C．He came to buy a train ticket to Vienna.

D．He walked around the New York railway station.

小題2:According to the words on the paper, which sentence below is TRUE?

A．It asked a gentleman named George Sang to claim his hat.

B．It asked a gentleman named George Sang to claim his important thing.

C．It was a lottery ticket and he needed to find the owner.

D．It was a lottery ticket and the owner is unknown.

小題3: From this article, we can learn that ____.

A．we should share with others if we find something valuable

B．we should know the importance of honesty and lead a happy life

C．keep the lottery if you find one

D．playing the violin could make you feel happy