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Jerry was a manager in a restaurant. He was always in a good mood(脾氣）and always had something positive to say. This really made me curious, so one day I asked him, "It's hard to be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?'' Jerry replied ,"Each morning I wake up and say to myself, "Jerry, you can choose to be in a good mood or a bad mood," and I choose to be in a good mood. Life is all about what you choose. And what you choose leads your life."

Several years later, I heard that Jerry left the back door open one morning and was robbed(搶劫）.While trying to stop the thief ,he was shot. I went to see him in the hospital. When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I'd be twins." "Weren't you scared when you were in danger?" I asked. "Yes. The doctors kept telling me that I was going to be fine, but in their eyes, I read. "He's dead." I knew I needed to take action." "What did you do?" "Well. there was a big nurse asking me if I was allergic(過(guò)敏的）to anything. "Yes,' I replied ."Bullets(子彈）!Everyone laughed and I told them: I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive." Jerry lived thanks to the great doctors ,and also because of his amazing attitude(態(tài)度）.Attitude ,after all ,is everything.

1.What kind of person was Jerry?

A. He was serious.

B. He was helpful.

C. He was allergic.

D. He was happy and smart.

2.When Jerry met difficulties in life, how did he deal with them?

A. He faced them positively.

B. He talked to the writer about them.

C. He asked others to help him.

D. He tried to stop thinking about them.

3.What does the underlined word "curious" mean in Chinese?

A. 敏感的      B. 好奇的     C. 開(kāi)心的     D. 有趣的

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

A. Jerry was the writer's manager.

B. Jerry was not afraid of dead at all.

C. Jerry was nearly dead after he was shot.

D. Jerry didn't believe doctors.

5.What is the best title(題目）for this passage?

A. Action Matters

B. Brave Jerry Beat the Thief

C. Attitude Is Everything

D. Jerry ,a Great Man

 

There ______ a football match next week.

    A .will have         B. is going to have  

C. is going to be     D. was going to be

 

I was shopping in the supermarket when I heard a young voice.“Mom，come here！There's this lady here my size！”

     The mother rushed to her son；then she turned to me to say sorry to me.

     I smiled and told her，“It's OK.”Then I talked to the boy，“Hi，I'm Dory Kramer. How are you？”

     He studied me from head to toe，and asked，“Are you a little mommy？”

“Yes，I have a son,” I answered.

    “Why are you so little?”he asked.

    “It's the way I was born,” I said.“Some people are little. Some are tall. I'm just not going to grow any bigger.”After I answered his other questions，I shook the boy's hand and left.

     My life as a little person is filled with stories like that. I enjoy talking to children and explaining why I look different from their parents.

     It takes only one glance( 一瞥) to see I’m different. I stand three feet nine inches tall(=1.14 metres).I was born a dwarf．In spite of this，I did all the things other kids did when I was growing up.

     I didn't realize how short I was until I started school. Some kids called me names (辱罵).Then I knew. I began to hate the first day of school each year.

     But I learned to smile and face the fact that I was going to be noticed my whole life. What I lacked in height，I made up for in personality. When people are rude，I remind myself，“Look what else I have－a great family，nice friends.”

1.Why did the mother say sorry to Dory Kramer?

A．Because the boy ran into the author.

B．Because the boy hit the author.

C．Because the boy said the author was fatter than him.

D．Because the mother thought the boy's words had hurt the author.

2.What does a dwarf look like?

A．Of medium height.            B．Very tall.

C．Very short.                      D．Very thin.

3.When did the author realize that she was too short?

A．When she grew up.

B．When she was 47 years old.

C．When she began to go to school.

D．When she met the boy in the supermarket.

4.What does the sentence “What I lacked in height，I made up for in personality”mean?

A. Although I am not tall, I often dress up to make myself different.

B. Although I am not tall, I can make myself tall by dressing up.

C. Although I am not tall, I try to keep it as my personal secrets.

D. Although I am not tall, I can make myself good with good personal qualities.

 

完形填空 閱讀短文 ，從每小題所給的A、B、C 、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中先出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)（共15空；每空1分，滿分15分）

Tom is four years old now. His father works in a middle school and  1  P. E. there. His mother works in a shop and his grandma looks after him  2 . The boy is clever and always  3   that he knows more than his little friends do.

　　 One morning Tom ' s father  4  earlier. His school was going to hold a sports meeting that day. Of course, he was going to be   5  than any other teacher in his school. About two hours later, Tom's grandma 6  sick. Her head hurt but she couldn't go to see a  7   by  herself. She called her son, but 8  answered. So she asked the little boy to go to tell his father about it

As soon as Tom went out, he 9    his friend Henry. And he asked him to go there with him. The boys wanted to watch the sports meeting; and they  10  went there happily. Then they got to school, there were a lot of people on the  11 and the boy ' s 400 metre relay race(接力賽)　12  . They stopped to watch it. And Tom  13  what his grandma told him to do. They were interested in the race. Henry asked, "Why is the front boy running so fast?"

Tom didn ' t know about it. He  14  for a minute and said, "What a fool( 傻瓜) ! Don't you see the other boys with  15  in their hands are running after him?"

1.                A．studies         B．teaches         C．talks about D．watches

 

2.                A．a(chǎn)t school        B．in the zoo       C．in the shop    D．a(chǎn)t home

 

3.                A．tells           B．wants          C．shows    D．likes

 

4.                A．left            B．stayed          C．came D．a(chǎn)te

 

5.                A．faster          B．later           C．more free D．busier

 

6.                A．wanted         B．felt            C．guessed  D．hoped

 

7.                A．teacher        B．policeman       C．doctor   D．worker

 

8.                A．nobody         B．somebody       C．everybody D．a(chǎn)nybody

 

9.                A．met           B．hit             C．heard    D．listened to

 

10.               A．a(chǎn)ll             B．some          C．many D．both

 

11.               A．classroom       B．playground      C．garden    D．park

 

12.               A．finished        B．ended         C．began     D．happened

 

13.               A．remembered    B．forgot          C．knew D．said

 

14.               A．saw           B．played         C．thought   D．jumped

 

15.               A．sticks          B．balls           C．tickets    D．knives

 

 

Last July, my 12-year-old car died on California's Santa Freeway. It was an hour before sunset, and I was 25 miles from home. I couldn't reach anyone to pick me up, so I decided to take a bus. Not knowing the routes, I thought I'd just go east.
A bus stopped. I got on and asked the driver how far she was going, "Ten more miles," she said. There was another bus I could take from there. This clearly was going to be a long night.
I got off at the end of the route and she told me which bus to look for. After waiting 30 minutes, I began to think about a very expensive taxi ride home. Then a bus came up. There was no lighted number above its windshield. It was out of service, but the door opened. It was the same driver.
“I just can't leave you here,” she said. “This isn't the nicest place. I will give you a ride home.”
“You will drive me home on the bus?" I asked, astonished.
“No, I will take you in my car,” she said.
“It's a long way," I insisted.
“Come on, ” she said. “I have nothing else to do.”
As we drove from the station in the car, she began telling me a story, A few days earlier, her brother had run out of gas. A good man picked him up, took him to a service station and then back to his car. “I'm just passing the favor(善意的行為) along,” she said.
When I offered her money as a thank-you, she wouldn't accept. “Just do something nice for somebody. Pass it along," she said.
【小題1】There was something wrong with the writer's car ______.

A．late at night	B．early in the morning
C．a(chǎn)n hour before sunset	D．thirty minutes after sunset

【小題2】The writer changed his mind after waiting 30 minutes because ______.

A．he became impatient and a bit worried

B．a(chǎn) taxi ride would be more comfortable

C．he knew the driver would never return

D．the bus driver had given him wrong information

【小題3】The bus driver drove the writer home later because ______.

A．her brother had told her to do so

B．she wanted to earn more money

C．she happened to go in the same direction

D．she wanted to do something good for others

【小題4】The underlined word "astonished" in the passage probably means      .

A．surprised

B．grateful

C．happy

D．a(chǎn)ngry

【小題5】The bus driver hoped that the writer       .

A．would drive someone home

B．would help someone in need

C．would keep her in memory

D．would give the money to others