完形填空。    My birthday was a few days ago. Now I"m 24 years old and I"m   1   with

完形填空。    My birthday was a few days ago. Now I"m 24 years old and I"m   1   with teaching. I didn"t remember
my birthday until the morning of the 1st. It was just like an ordinary day, no presents, no party, no cake.
When I was   2  , I always felt sad that almost nobody remembered my birthday, not even my family. But
now I don"t   3   any more, especially this year, from my birthday to next day, not much   4  . This month
I have several foreign students   5   Chinese with me. I give lessons privately, so I need to do quite a lot
of work before each lesson. So far I"m getting more   6   in teaching foreigners Chinese, and I think it"s a
very cool job. When I was at   7  , I wanted to follow these native English speakers. They can   8   to
foreign countries and get teaching jobs easily almost anywhere even though they"re not real teachers. I
complained Chinese people didn"t have as many chances as people from the West. But now things are   9  .
As China is becoming stronger, Chinese is becoming more and more  10  and maybe in the future I can get
teaching jobs in foreign countries. I"ll study more and get ready. 

(     )1. A. worth    (     )2. A. a teacher (     )3. A. receive   (     )4. A. secret    (     )5. A. collecting  (     )6. A. bored     (     )7. A. school    (     )8. A. ring     (     )9. A. increasing  (     )10. A. popular	B. busy      B. child      B. agree     B. difference  B. choosing    B. interested      B. library   B. search      B. rewarding   B. confident	C. weak       C. young       C. care       C. experience   C. celebrating   C. frightened   C. meeting      C. travel     C. disappearing  C. central	D. silent      D.  old        D. blow        D. address     D. learning                        D. covered     D. channel     D. greet       D. changing    D. proud
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阅读短文，根据首字母提示，完成单词。
English is difficult to learn because it is so different from our mother tongue (母语). Also, we don"t have much chance to speak English with foreigners or hear English (1)s_______.     So the first important thing for us to do, I think, is to (2)p_______ speaking English more both in and out of class. In class I listen to the teacher carefully and (3)t_______ my best to answer the teacher"s questions in English. After class, I listen to the tapes and wonderful English songs. I often retell the texts in my own words. I always work hard at English and (4)n_______ give up.     Of course this is not enough. When I find something interesting, I wrote it down in English. At first, I couldn"t write well, but with the help of my teacher, I have made great (5)p_______.
阅读短文，选择正确答案。
An old lady in a plane had a blanket (毯子) over her head and she did not want to take it off. The air hostess spoke to her, but the old lady said, "I have never been in a plane before, and I am frightened. I am going to keep this blanket over my head until we are back on the ground again!"       Then the captain came. He said, "Madam, I am the captain of this plane. The weather is fine, there are no clouds in the sky, and everything is going very well." But she continued to hide.      So the captain turned and started to go back. Then the old lady looked out from under the blanket with one eye and said, "I am sorry, young man, but I don"t like planes and I am never going to fly again. But I"ll say one thing," She continued kindly, "You and your wife keep your plane very clean!"
1. An old lady had ________.
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A. glasses B. a blanket over her head C. a coat D. a basket
2. She didn"t want to ________.
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A. take it off B. turn it off C. get on D. talk about it
3. ________ spoke to her.
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A. The air hostess B. The man next to her C. her husband D. one of her friends
4. The old lady had never been _______ before.
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A. abroad B. home C. in a plane D. in hospital
5. The woman didn"t like planes and she was never going ________.
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A. to fly again B. to travel C. to go abroad D. to go home
阅读短文，判断正(T)误(F)。
Bob and Jim once worked in the same factory. One day, Bob lent Jim ten dollars, but then Jim left his work and went to work in another town without paying back the money.       Bob didn"t see Jim for a year, and then he knew from another friend that Jim was in another town and staying at a hotel. So he went there to see him late in the evening.      When he got to Jim"s room, he saw his shoes near the door. "Well, he must be in," he thought, and knocked again, and said, "I know you are in, Jim. Your shoes are out here."       "I"ve gone out in my boots," answered Jim. (     ) 1. Bob and Jim once worked in different factories. (     ) 2. One day Jim borrowed ten dollars from Bob. (     ) 3. Jim paid back the money to Bob and went to work in another town later. (     ) 4. Bob hadn"t seen Jim for a year when he learned that Jim was in another town.
阅读短文，判断正(T)误(F)。
I think the most terrible thing in life for my little brother is getting up in the morning. He is almost sick when my mother calls, "Herbert! It"s seven o"clock! Get up!"       Herbert answers, "I"m coming!" and goes right back to sleep. I"m not at all like my brother. I don"t like to go to bed at night but I don"t mind getting up in the morning. I usually wake up before my mother calls me. I jump out of bed and go into the bathroom to take a shower. I get dressed, brush my teeth, comb my hair, and get ready to go downstairs for breakfast as soon as my mother calls.       But not Herbert. He just sleeps. A military band (军乐队) in our bedroom could not wake him up. I call him and say, "Get up! Mum will be up here to pull you out of bed if you don"t get up immediately!"       But he just sleeps. After calling a few more times my mother has to come upstairs and pull Herbert out of bed. It"s that way every day with my little brother. Perhaps some day he"ll learn to get up on time, but I really don"t think so. (     ) 1. The most terrible thing in life for my little brother is going to school.　 (     ) 2. I"m not like my brother because I like to go to bed early at night and get up early in the morning. (     ) 3. I usually jump out of bed and go into the bathroom for a shower before my mother calls. (     ) 4. When mother calls, Herbert doesn"t answer and remains in bed. (     ) 5. My mother often has to go upstairs and pull Herbert out of bed as he refuses to get up. (     ) 6. Sometimes we have to send for a military band to wake Herbert up. (     ) 7. The writer thinks some day Herbert will learn to get up on time.
阅读理解。
There once lived in Greece a learned man. He was so well known for his wide knowledge of almost everything that lots of people from all over the country came to learn things from him. The great man taught his students whole-heartedly and answered their questions with great patience. (耐心)     One day a student asked him, "My dear teacher, didn"t you say you yourself have many, many more questions about things than we do? On the contrary (恰恰相反), we students have far more than you."     With a smile, the teacher drew two circles-one as large as a big wheel (轮子), the other smaller.     "Of course, I"ve learned much more. But a teacher does not necessarily have fewer questions than his students. Now look at these two cricles. Within the big one is my knowledge of things, and within the smaller one yours. Out of the cricles is what is still unknown to us. Since mine is larger, the line that marks out (划……的界限) the circle is longer. That means I have more chances to face what is still unknown. And that"s why I myself have more questions than you do. The more you learn, the more questions you have. You will never learn enough, you know."
1. One of his students didn"t agree that ______.
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A.the teacher should have so many questions B.the teacher had more questions than the students C.the students had more questions than the teacher D.the teacher had as many questions as the students
2. Which of the following pictures tells rightly what the teacher drew?
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A. B. C. D.
3. The teacher drew two circles in order to show ______.
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A.he knew a lot and was good at drawing B.how one could get more knowledge C.why he had more questiones than the students D.what the students learned had something to do with the circles
4. The passage mainly tells us that ______.
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A.we should learn from a learned man B.we"ll never learn enough C.a teacher should be patient D.it is never too old to learn
5. The teacher was very famous for______.
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A.his patience B.the drawing of two circles C.his help to tire students D.his knowledge