Dinah is one of the most good-natured children that ever lived, but she is very, very lazy. There is nothing she likes, or used to like, so much as to curl up in some warm corner in the sun and do nothing.
Dinah’s mother wished very much that her child should learn to read, but the lady who tried to teach her soon give it up. “It is no   16  ,” she said, “Dinah   17  not learn. She is not stupid, but too lazy.”
It happened soon that a young man from Massachusetts came to the house where Dinah lived. He brought with him something no one else in the neighborhood had ever seen before－a pair of roller-skates.
When Dinah saw the young man going rapidly up and down the piazza (廣場(chǎng)) on his skates she was so   18 . She ran after him like a cat, her black eyes shining.
One day the young man allowed her to   19  the skates. The child was too happy for words. Of course she fell down, but did not   20  at all.
“Look here, Dinah,” said the young man, “I understand that my aunt has been trying to teach you to read. Why didn’t you learn? Now, if you can read, I will send you a pair of good roller-skates.”
For a moment she said  21 , then exclaimed decidedly, “I’ll have those skates, sure.”
And she did. When she   22  her mind on her work, she could always do it well,  23  it was.
The lady who had before this found her   24   difficult a child to teach, now had no trouble. If Dinah showed the least   25  of her former laziness, the word SKATES was enough to draw her attention back to her lesson instantly.
On New Year’s morning she received a box marked in large printed letters:
MISS DINAH MORRIS,
Care of Mrs. Lawrence Delaney,
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
If she can read what is on the outside of this box she can have what is inside.
And as Dinah read every word clearly and quickly, of course she had the fine roller-skates the box held. And now sitting curled up in the sun, doing nothing, is not the thing she likes to do best.

小題1:	A．need B． way C． use D． importance

小題2:	A．shall B． will C． must D． can

小題3:	A．a(chǎn)stonished B． terrified C． frightened D． shocked

小題4:	A．put up B． try out C． try on D． have on

小題5:	A．move B． hurt C． cry D． mind

小題6:	A．something B． nothing C． anything D． everything

小題7:	A．paid B． drew C． bent D． made

小題8:	A．whenever B． however C． whatever D． wherever

小題9:	A．such B． so C． still D． very

小題10:

A． sign B． impression C． mark D． expression

People often said Thomas Edison was the greatest genius of his age. There are only a few men in all of history, who have changed the lives of other men as much as the inventor of the first useful electric light. But Edison could never be pleased only because someone said he was a genius. "There is no such thing as genius," Edison said. He thought what people called genius was mostly hard work.
But Edison was a dreamer as well as a worker. From his earliest days as a child he wondered about the secrets of nature. He tried to understand them, and then he tried to learn what he could usefully do with them.
Edison enjoyed thinking. He knew that most people would do almost anything instead of the difficult work of thinking, especially if they do not think very often. But he knew, too, that thinking could give men enjoyment and pleasure.
Edison could not understand how anyone could not be interested in life. As he loved to think, he also loved to work. On the day he became 75 years old, someone asked him what idea he had about life. “Work,” he answered, “Discovering the secrets of nature and using them to make men happier.” He said he had enough inventions in his mind to give him another 100 years of work.
小題1:According to Thomas Edison, what's genius?

A．Hard thinking.	B．Useful inventions
C．Useful dreams.	D．Hard work.

小題2:After exploring the secrets of nature, Edison always tried to______．

A．make them useful in life

B．carry out a new experiment

C．write down what he had learnt

D．share them with others

小題3:Edison could not understand______.

A．how anybody enjoyed life

B．how anybody loved working

C．why anybody loved thinking

D．why anybody was tired of life

小題4:The underlined sentence in the last paragraph means that______．

A．Edison was able to live another 100 years

B．life was too short for Edison to work for human beings

C．Edison was born to be a great inventor

D．Edison was ready to make his l00th invention

I'm glad you showed great interest in what is happening in China. You are right. I am very 21 of the great achievement that the Long March-2F carrier rocket successfully sent China's manned Shenzhou-9 spacecraft into space on June 16, 2012. Now, China is the third country in the world to use its own 22 to send a female into space.
I agree with you that if we work together and 23, the future will be ours, the two old civilizations will rejuvenate(煥發(fā)青春). The last thirty years has 24 great changes that have taken place in both India and China. We are lucky we are living in this great period.
You wanted to know more about Xi’an. Let me tell you: Xi’an is the biggest city in the 25 of China, with a population of over 9 million. Xi'an 26 the capital of China for over 13 dynasties. It was perhaps the most 27 and culturally advanced city in the entire world. 28 this place silk roads went westwards through Asia to Europe and Africa. Along one of the silk roads, over 1300 years ago, a great thinker called XuanZang 29 all the way from Xi'an to India with the 30 of getting true spirit of Buddha(佛). He succeeded after many 31 difficulties. After that, some new ideas from India spread over China, Japan and Korea. A 65-meter-high 32 called Dayan Pagoda was built for him for what he had done for the nation after he died, which 33 stands in the south of Xi'an, the most famous 34 of the city.
Xi'an is a city with splendid 35. A lot of historical interests attract millions of visitors from both China and all over the world, 36 which the Terra Cotta Warriors and the Old City Walls are the most well-known, whose details you can 37 find through the Internet.
Today's Xi'an is modern and even more beautiful, 38 to film-makers, IT experts, and business people of every description. Here in this city, famous for calligraphy(書(shū)法), a new chapter in China's history is being 39
I think you may have some idea of where I'm living. If you want to know more, come to China, I'll be your 40.
Tell me more about your city. Maybe my next long journey is India.
Hope to get your reply.
Liu Shaowen

小題1:	A．proud B．happy C．sorry D．excited

小題2:	A．money B．machines C．technologies D．information

小題3:	A．cooperate B．trade C．devote D．believe

小題4:	A．found B．spotted C．saw D．discovered

小題5:	A．southeast B．northeast C．northwest D．southwest

小題6:	A．being B．has been C．was D．is

小題7:	A．rich B．quiet C．fast D．open

小題8:	A．a(chǎn)t B．beyond C．to D．from

小題9:	A．walked B．climbed C．drove D．ran

小題10:

A．demand B．need C．want D．hope

小題11:

A．hard B．fierce C．violent D．unbearable

小題12:

A．museum B．temple C．tower D．pyramid

小題13:

A．still B．yet C．therefore D．then

小題14:

A．brand B．trade-mark C．landmark D．footmark

小題15:

A．scenery B．landscape C．history D．location

小題16:

A．for B．from C．a(chǎn)mong D．beyond

小題17:

A．barely B．hardly C．rarely D．easily

小題18:

A．habitat B．home C．birthplace D．residence

小題19:

A．written B．recorded C．composed D．painted

小題20:

A．leader B．teacher C．a(chǎn)dviser D．guide

Frankenstein is one of the world’s most famous horror stories. It’s about a doctor who creates a new man from the body parts of dead people and brings it to life. But the experiment goes wrong and the monster(怪獸) kills the doctor and many others. The story has been read by millions since it was first published and in the last hundred years it has been made into dozens of movies. Many people are surprised to learn its writer was a 19-year-old woman, called Mary Shelley.
Mary was born into a rich London family in August 1797. She was educated by her parents and when she was 13 she decided to become a writer. In 1812, she met the famous writer Percy Shelley and they soon got married. Sadly for Mary, their first child died soon after birth in Italy. In her diary, Mary wrote about a dream：“I dreamt that my little baby came to life again---that it had only been cold and that we rubbed it before the fire and it lived.”
In 1816, Percy Shelley and 19-year-old Mary visited the poet Lord Byron at his home in Switzerland. Because of the bad weather they stayed indoors reading horror stories. On night, Byron asked everyone to write their own story. Mary thought of her dream and wrote the story of Frankenstein
Frankenstein was published when Mary was 21, and became a huge success. Many people didn’t think a 19-year-old woman could write so well and believed her husband was the real writer.
Although famous, Shelley’s life was full of sadness. Only one of her four children lived and in 1822 her husband died in a swimming accident. Mary was broken-hearted and decided not to marry again. She devoted herself to her child and continued to write until her death in 1851.
小題1:Where was Mary Shelley when she wrote the story Frankenstein ?

A．In England

B．In Italy

C．In Switzerland

D．In France

小題2:In which order do the following take place?
a. Bad weather made everyone stay indoors reading horror stories.
b. The story Frankenstein was first published.
c. Mary wrote about a dream in her diary.
d. Mary met the famous writer Percy Shelley.
e. Movies based on the story of Frankenstein were made.

A．a(chǎn),c,b,e,d

B．d,c,a,b,e

C．c,a,b,d,e

D．b,a,d,c,e

小題3:How old was Mary Shelley when she died?

A．43

B．48

C．51

D．54

A mouse looked through a crack(縫隙) in the wall to see the farmer and his wife opening a package; what food might it contain? He was astonished to discover that it was a mouse trap!
Running to the farmyard, the mouse shouted, warning everyone, “There is a mouse trap in the house, there is a mouse trap in the house.”
The chicken, with her head high, glared at the mouse and said, “Shut up. Little Ugly. This is a great concern to you, but it has nothing to do with me; I can’t be troubled by it.
The mouse turned to the pig and told him, “There is a mouse trap in the house.” “I am so sorry, Mr. Mouse,” said the pig sympathetically, “but there is nothing I can do about it but pray; you are always in my prayers.”
The mouse turned to the cow, who relied, “ A mouse trap, am I in great danger, huh?”
Now the mouse had to face the farmer’s mouse trap alone.
The very night a sound was heard through the house, like that of a mouse trap catching its prey. The farmer’s wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness, she did not see it was a big poisonous snake whose tail the trap had caught. The snake bit the farmer’s wife. The farmer rushed her to the hospital. She returned home with a fever. It is said that drinking fresh chicken soup will help treat fever, so the farmer took his sharp knife to the farmyard for the soup’s main ingredient. His wife’s sickness continued, so friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer killed the pig. The farmer’s wife did not get well, in fact, she died, and so many people came for her funeral. The farmer had the cow killed to provide for all of them to eat.
So next time when someone is facing a problem, don’t say that it has nothing to do with you. Remember: when the least of us is threatened, we all might be at risk.
小題1:We could see from the passage that the mouse was _____.

A．good at cheating others	B．honest
C．kind and warm-hearted	D．foolish

小題2:Which of the following is False according to the passage?

A．The others help the farmer kill the cow.

B．The mouse trap was very practical

C．The pig is more friendly than the other animals.

D．The farmer’s family was very poor and they had no friends

小題3:What can we learn from the story?

A．Better safe than sorry

B．Traps can always cause chain reactions

C．To keep the balance of nature is the duty of us all

D．What you think impossible to happen to you might come at you unexpectedly

Around twenty years ago I was living in York.  36  I had a lot of experience and a Master’s degree, I could not find  37  work.
I was  38  a school bus to make ends meet and  39  with a friend of mine, for I had lost my flat. I had  40 five interviews (面試) with a company and one day between bus runs they called to say I did not  41  the job. “Why has my life become so  42  ?” I thought painfully.
As I pulled the bus over to  43  a little girl, she handed me an earring  44  I should keep it  45  somebody claimed (認(rèn)領(lǐng)) it. The earring was painted black and said “BE HAPPY”.
At first I got angry. Then it  46  me – I had been giving all of my  47  to what was going wrong with my  48  rather than what was right! I decided then and there to make a  49  of fifty things I was happy with. Later, I decided to 50  more things to the list. That night there was a phone call for  51  from a lady who was a director at a larger  52 . She asked me if I would  53  a one-day lecture on stress (壓力) management to 200 medical workers. I said yes.
My  54  there went very well, and before long I got a well-paid job. To this day I know that it was because I changed my way of  55  that I completely changed my life.

小題1:	A．As B．Though C．If D．When

小題2:	A．successful B．extra C．satisfying D．convenient

小題3:	A．driving B．repairing C．taking D．designing

小題4:	A．working B．travelling C．discussing D．living

小題5:	A．prepared for B．a(chǎn)ttended C．a(chǎn)sked for D．held

小題6:	A．lose B．like C．find D．get

小題7:	A．hard B．busy C．serious D．short

小題8:	A．wave at B．drop off C．call on D．look for

小題9:	A．ordering B．promising C．saying D．showing

小題10:

A．in case B．or else C．a(chǎn)s if D．now that

小題11:

A．hurt B．hit C．caught D．moved

小題12:

A．feelings B．a(chǎn)ttention C．strength D．interests

小題13:

A．opinions B．education C．experiences D．life

小題14:

A．list B．book C．check D．copy

小題15:

A．connect B．turn C．keep D．a(chǎn)dd

小題16:

A．her B．a(chǎn) passenger C．me D．my friend

小題17:

A．hospital B．factory C．restaurant D．hotel

小題18:

A．listen to B．review C．give D．talk about

小題19:

A．plan B．choice C．day D．tour

小題20:

A．operation B．speaking C．employment D．thinking

Barditch High School decided to hold an All-School Reunion. Over 450 people came to the event. There were tours of the old school building and a picnic at Confederate Park. Several former teachers were on hands to tell stories about the old days. Ms. Mabel Yates, the English teacher for fifty years, was wheeled to the Park.
Some eyes rolled and there were a few low groans(嘟囔聲)when Ms.Yates was about to speak. Many started looking at their watches and coming up with excuses to be anywhere instead of preparing to listen to a lecture from an old woman who had few kind words for her students and made them work harder than all the other teachers combined.
Then Ms. Yates started to speak:
“I can’t tell you how pleased I am to be here. I haven’t seen many of you since your graduation, but I have followed your careers and enjoyed your victories as well as crying for your tragedies. I have a large collection of newspaper photographs of my students. Although I haven’t appeared in person, I have attended your college graduations, weddings and even the birth your children, in my imagination.”
Ms. Yates paused and started crying a bit. Then she continued:
“It was my belief that if I pushed you as hard as I could, some of you would succeed to please me and others would succeed to annoy me. Regardless of our motives, I can see that you have all been successful in you chosen path.”
“There is no greater comfort for an educator than to see the end result of his or her years of work. You have all been a great source of pleasure and pride for me and I want you to know I love you all from the bottom of my heart.”
There was a silence over the crowd for a few seconds and then someone started clapping. The clapping turned into cheering, then into a deafening roar(呼喊). Lawyers, truck drivers, bankers and models were rubbing their eyes or crying openly with no shame all because of the words from a long forgotten English teacher from their hometown.
小題1:What activity was organized for the school reunion?

A．Sightseeing in the park.

B．A picnic on the school playground.

C．Telling stories about past events.

D．Graduates’ reports in the old building.

小題2:What can be inferred from Paragraph 2? 

A．Some graduates were too busy to listen to Ms. Yates’ speech.

B．Many graduates disliked Ms. Yates’ ways of teaching.

C．Some people got tired from the reunion activities.

D．Most people had little interest in the reunion.

小題3:We can learn from Ms. Yates’ speech that she _____________.

A．kept track of her students’ progress

B．gave her students advice on their careers

C．a(chǎn)ttended her students’ college graduations

D．went to her students’ wedding ceremonies

小題4:What was Ms.Yates’ belief in teaching teenagers?

A．Teachers’ knowledge is the key to students’ achievements.

B．Pressure on students from teachers should be reduced.

C．Hard-pushed students are more likely to succeed.

D．Students’ respect is the best reward for teachers.

“Mama, when I grow up, I’m going to be one of those!” I said this after seeing the Capital Dancing Company perform when I was three. It was the first time that my dream took on a vivid form and acted as something important to start my training. As I grew older and was exposed to more, my interests in the world of dance certainly varied but that little girl’s dream of someday becoming a dancer in the company never left me. In the summer of 2005 when I was 18, I received the phone call which made that dream a reality: I became a member of the company dating back to 1925.
As I look back on that day now, it surely lacks any sense of reality. I believe I stayed in a state of pleasant disbelief until I was halfway through rehearsals (排練) on my first day. I never actually expect to get the job. After being offered the position, I was completely astonished. I remember shaking with excitement.
Though I was absolutely thrilled with the chance, it did not come without its fair share of challenge. Through the strict rehearsal period of dancing six days a week, I found it vital to pick up the material fast with every last bit of concentration. It is that extreme attention to detail (細(xì)節(jié)) and stress on practice that set us apart. To then follow those high-energy rehearsals with a busy show schedule of up to five performances a day, I discovered a new meaning of the words “hard work.” What I thought were my physical boundaries were pushed much further than I thought possible. I learned to make each performance better than the last.
Today, when I look at the unbelievable company that I have the great honor of being a part of, not only as a member, but as a dance captain, I see a tradition that has inspired not only generations of little girls but a splendid company that continues to develop and grow-and inspires people every day to follow their dreams.
小題1: How many years has the Capital Dancing Company existed when the author received the phone call from it?

A．180

B．1925

C．2005

D．80

小題2:How did the author feel when she look back on that day now?

A．strange

B．unrealistic

C．indifferent

D．lucky

小題3: Which of the following statement can best interpret the underlined sentence in paragraph 3?

A．Though I was excited, I should share the chance with others.

B．Though I was excited, it’s fair to share the chance when there is challenge.

C．Though I was excited, it’s a challenge for me to share the chance with others.

D．Though I was excited, I know clearly where there is chance there is challenge.

小題4:What conclusion could be drawn from the passage?

A．The company values practice most.

B．The company extremely focus on intelligence.

C．The company has an inherited tradition of inspiring its members break their limits.

D．The company sets the members apart in order to extremely stress detail and practice.

Spring is coming, and it is time for those about to graduate to look for jobs. Competition is tough, so job seekers must carefully consider their personal choices. Whatever we are wearing, our family and friends may accept us, but the workplace may not.
A high school newspaper editor said it is unfair for companies to discourage visible tattoos nose rings, or certain dress styles. It is true you can’t judge a book by its cover, yet people do “cover” themselves in order to convey certain messages. What we wear, including tattoos and nose rings, is an expression of who we are. Just as people convey messages about themselves with their appearances, so do companies. Dress standards exist in the business world for a number of reasons, but the main concern is often about what customers accept.
Others may say how to dress is a matter of personal freedom, but for businesses it is more about whether to make or lose money. Most employers do care about the personal appearances of their employees, because those people represent the companies to their customers.
As a hiring manager I am paid to choose the people who would make the best impression on our customers. There are plenty of well-qualified candidates, so it is not wrong to reject someone who might disappoint my customers. Even though I am open-minded, I can’t expect all our customers are.
There is nobody to blame but yourself if your set of choices does not match that of your preferred employer. No company should have to change to satisfy a candidate simply because he or she is unwilling to respect its standards, as long as its standards are legal.
小題1:What can be inferred from the text?

A．Hiring managers make the best impression on their candidate.

B．Candidates have to wear what companies prefer for an interview.

C．What to wear is a matter of customers’ acceptance to a great extent.

D．Companies sometimes have to change to respect their candidates.

小題2:Which of the following is the newspaper editor’s opinion according to Paragraph2?

A．Customers’ choices influence dress standards in companies.

B．Candidates with tattoos or nose rings should be fairly treated.

C．Strange dress styles should not be encouraged in the workplace.

D．People’s appearances carry messages about themselves.

小題3:Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A．Appearances Do Matter

B．Hiring Managers Matter

C．Personal Choices Matter

D．Employees Matter

The Golden Compass is the first movie based on the Philip Pullman’s bestselling novel, His Dark Materials. It is a work of imagination that tells us about a young girl who travels to the far north to save her best friend. Along the way she meets strange creatures, like witches and so on. Finally , she saves not only her world, but also ours as well.
Lyra is a young girl among scholars in Oxford’s Jordan College. She spends most of her time with her friend Roger, a kitchen boy. Together, they share a life with no worries. However, when Lyra hears a conversation about a very tiny particle(顆粒), she is thrown into a dangerous adventure. This particle is said to unite different worlds, and is feared by many people who want to destroy it. At the same time , children began to disappear without a trace, including Lyra’s good friend, Roger. As Lyra starts this horrible struggle, and begins to search for Roger, she meets strange creatures both big and small, and bad people who are not what they seem to be. Gobblers(饕餮者) that kidnap(綁架)children appear in the most unexpected places. And a magical compass made of gold will answer any question if one is skilled enough to read it. In unbelievable danger, Lyra doesn’t know that she is doomed to win, or to lose, this battle…
With the movie The Lord of the Rings making New Line cinema over a billion dollars, it’s easy to see why they got the rights to Pullman’s His Dark Materials quickly. The books, sold more than nine million copies in the world, have a different idea from the Harry Potter series. Pullman’s imagination may look suitable for children, but it works far better for adults.
小題1:In the film The Golden Compass, Lyra______.

A．is a student in Oxford’s Jordan College

B．is a kitchen boy

C．hears a conversation of Roger’s

D．meets many strange creatures

小題2:The film is named The Golden Compass probably because______.

A．the compass is useful enough to help Lyra

B．only skilled people can read the compass

C．the compass which is made of gold can answer any question

D．the compass throughout the whole story is a clue

小題3:From the passage we can conclude that______.

A．New Line Cinema won Pullman’s trust through its achievement

B．The Lord of the Rings is also based on one of Pullman’s novels

C．His Dark Materials is similar to the Harry Potter series

D．New Line Cinema made over a billion dollars through the Harry Potter series

小題4:Which group of people will like the film The Golden Compass the best according to the passage?

A．Children

B．Junior students

C．Adults

D．Only old people