阅读理解。     Have you ever complained why life is so tiring? Does the sky sometimes seem dark to you? Are 
your studies sometimes not successful? Well, friends, cheer up and smile all the time. If you see the 
world with your warm heart,  you"ll find that the whole world smiles to you.        
     While in school,  sometimes you are tired of your lessons,  but have you ever noticed the happy 
smile on your teacher"s face when you did a good job?       
     One day it is fine. Just before you want to go out,  it suddenly starts to rain.  Maybe you would 
feel very sad and start complaining about the weather.  But dear friends,  why don"t you sit down and 
listen to the free concert that the nature offers you? And,  with the timely  (及时的) rain,  crops in the 
fields will grow better and better and farmers will have a good harvest.      
     Although everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do, sometimes failure  (失败)  can"t be 
avoided  (避免).  I think failure is not terrible, and the terrible thing is that we are afraid of it and give
 up hope.  When we face failure,  we must be confident in ourselves,  draw a useful lesson from it and 
try our best to finish what we have decided to do.  As a popular saying goes,  "Failure is the mother of 
success. "    
     Attitude (态度) decides everything. With an optimistic (乐观的) attitude life is easy and pleasant.  
Let"s smile to whatever we meet and the whole world will smile to us. 1. People sometimes complain _______.              A.  the sky is always dark               
B.  their studies are successful               
C.  they see the world with their heart              
D.  life is tiring 2. According to the passage, in school,  _______.                A.  the students don"t like their lessons                 
B.  the teachers will be happy if the students do good jobs                 
C.  the teachers don"t like their teaching                 
D.  the teachers are tired of their work 3. If there is a timely rain, _______.                A.  you want to go out                
B.  you can listen to a concert                
C.  crops in the fields will grow better                
D.  farmers can"t have a good harvest 4. When we face failure, we _______.                 A.  must be confident in ourselves                  
B.  shouldn"t be afraid of it                 
C.  shouldn"t give up hope                 
D.  all of the above 5. The best title of this passage is _______.                A. Smile and the World Smiles to You                
B.  Complaining About Life                
C.  Failure Is the Mother of Success                
D.  It Is Very Hard to Succeed

从下面方框中选择适当的选项填入短文中，使短文通顺、完整。其中有两个选项是多余的。

A. or  B. for  C. very  D. good  E. looked  F. themselves G. do  H. but  I. many  J. when  K. clothes  L. surprise
阅读短文，根据短文内容，从所给的选项中选出正确的句子完成短文，使其文理通顺， 然后完成第5题。
We often hear that children wish they were grown-ups, and that old people wish they were young.     1_____ The happiest people enjoy what each age gives them without wasting their time in useless  regrets.           Childhood (童年) is a time when there are few duties. A child is fed, looked after and loved by all  grown-ups like parents or  grandparents. 2 _____  However,  for older people they often lose their  interest in those things.             On the other hand (另一方面) , a child may also have some pains with him.  3_____  He is often  told not to do something.  He will certainly be shouted at for doing something wrong.           When a child grows up, he can no longer expect others to pay for his food, clothes, room and many  other things.  4_____ If he still spends most of his time playing as he used to in childhood, he will go hungry. If, however, he works hard and has no trouble, he can build up his own position in society with great happiness. A.  What"s more, life is always giving new things to him. B.  And he has to work if he wants to live comfortably. C.  He is not so free to do what he wishes to do. D.  Each age has its own pleasures and its own pains.
5. What is the best title of the passage?
A.  Childhood Is a Happy Time      B.  No Pains at Any Age     C.  Happy Position in Society      D.  Enjoy Your Whole Life
阅读理解。
To me, music is food and water.I can"t live without it.I know this is not true for everybody.Many people don"t listen to music and they can get along quite well.But music is everywhere in our life.For example, when you watch films or TV plays,do you find them interesting if there is no music?You would find them boring.And when you are waiting for the train or the plane,you would like music because it makes the time seem shorter.      It is true that music is everywhere in our life.Some people like to sit by the sea and listen to the sound of the sea.Some enjoy listening to the singing of birds.Those sounds are some kinds of music.   So music has meaning for everyone in some way or other.Of course, it has special meaning for people like me.We spend our lives playing or writing music.      Someone said,"Though music a child goes into a world of beauty, learns to take care of others and makes his mind and body strong."Music is an important part of our lives.
1.The passage tells us that the writer _______.
A. likes to sit by the sea             B. is not interested in music C. likes to travel by plane           D. likes music very much
2.The word "boring" in the first paragraph means ______.
A. interesting             B. not interesting C. tiring                 D. foolish
3.Music is important to _______.
A. some people         B. everyone       C. nobody   D. writers only
4.Listening to music can ______ when you are waiting for the train.
A. make time fly quickly   B. help you save time C. make time short       D. make you feel time passes more quickly
5. Which of the following is true?
A. The writer likes to write music every day. B. The writer becomes strong through music. C. Most people like to listen to the sound of the sea.  D. Music has some kind of meaning to everyone.
完形填空。
For each of us, life is not easy. So, when something unlucky happens, remember to believe in yourself.      When I was young, I was  1  weak in French to pass the exam. I often got "E" or "F" on my papers. My classmates often  2  me in class. I was always sad but could do nothing. But later a French speech. contest   3  my life. And it also changed my views on everything.     It was a Wednesday afternoon ; my father asked me to  4  a French contest. It was a terrible idea! My French grades were  5  bad.     "Don"t worry, dear. Believe in yourself and you" re sure to  6  the contest. " After that my father and I chose a right topic. Then I began to  7  my best to practice it again and again over100 times. Finally I was very  8  in the contest. When my French teacher told me I got the first prize, I could  9  believe my ears. And my father was too  10  to say a word.      Then everything has changed for me. When I do anything, I always believe in myself and try my best to do it well.
(     )1. A. too       (     )2. A. made faces (     )3. A. helped     (     )4. A. join       (     )5. A. sometimes (     )6. A. win       (     )7. A. take       (     )8. A. bad       (     )9. A. often     (     )10. A. excited	B. very     B. talked to B. changed   B. be in     B. never     B. pass     B. try       B. surprised B. ever     B. sad	C. so           C. laughed to   C. took         C. take care of C. always       C. beat         C. use         C. sorry       C. hardly       C. relaxed	D. quite         D. turned to     D. brought       D. take part in D. hardly       D. get           D. get           D. successful   D. always       D. serious