2.26-meter-tall Yao Ming made his NBA debut (初次登台) on October 23, 2002 and got 6

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2.26-meter-tall Yao Ming made his NBA debut (初次登台) 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（挑战）, 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.
小题1:Yao Ming got 13 points on October _____, 2002.

A．22

B．23

C．24

D．26

小题2:Yao Ming said that _____.

A．playing in the NBA was difficult

B．it was hard to watch NBA games on

C．he was an NBA star　　　　

D．it was boring to play basketball

小题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 hi

s teammates

D．teaches the Rockets workers Chinese himself

小题4:The passage is probably ______.

A．an advertisement　

B．a notice

C．a news report　

D．an instruction

答案

小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:A
小题4:C

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Dear Mom and Dad ,
I"m afraid I have some very bad news for you . I have been very naughty（淘气的） 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 smokin

g a cigarette（香烟）in bed . As I was smoking , I heard footsteps（脚步）coming towards the room .I did not want a teacher to catch me smoking , so I th

rew 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（消防队）. 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（过错） and I must pay for the damage

（损坏）. She will send you a bill for about a million dollars .
I"m very sorry for this .
Much love
Sarah
小题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.

小题2:Where did S

arah smoke?

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

小题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.

小题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.

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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（乞讨）. 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 (恶臭) 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 (百万富翁). 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 (有意义的) for his life. We learn nothing from this story other than（除了）staying focused on（专心于）the things we enjoy doing.
小题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

小题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

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

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

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

A．Make great pla

ns 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.

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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 !"

小题1:

A．everybody

B．nobody

C．someone

D．anything

小题2:

A．wind

B．bird

C．boy

D．man

小题3:

A．confused

B．glad

C．excited

D．hurt

小题4:

A．except for

B．because of

C．instead of

D．in case of

小题5:

A．made

B．covered

C．heated

D．provided

小题6:

A．food

B．rain

C．friends

D．flowers

小题7:

A．traveler

B．woman

C．dog

D．god

小题8:

A．water

B．1ove

C．rest

D．money

小题9:

A．thinking of

B．preparing for

C．looking for

D．talking about

小题10:

A．looking at

B．making fun of

C．seeing off

D．getting away from

小题11:

A．so

B．because

C．but

D．since

小题12:

A．angered

B．delighted

C．moved

D．surprised

小题13:

A．stone

B．mountain

C．tree

D．river

小题14:

A．When

B．Really

C．Where

D．Who

小题15:

A．hate

B．leave

C．live

D．come

小题16:

A．hunt

B．like

C．enjoy

D．steal

小题17:

A．appeared

B．survived

C．grown

D．risen

小题18:

A．cried

B．smiled

C．sang

D．danced

小题19:

A．small

B．beautiful

C．ugly

D．lovely

小题20:

A．experience

B．adventure

C．reason

D．life

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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（消防员）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（紧急情况） 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.
小题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 alway

s worries that there may be a fire

小题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.

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

A．Skills.

B．Teamwork.

C．Courage.

D．Equipment.

小题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．firefig

hters have to practice skills all the time to stay safe

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After twenty years of shaving（剃须）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. Tw

o 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!"
小题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

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

A．too little

B．too much

C．proper

D．impossible

小题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.

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