Throughout history there have always been people who can make other people
laugh. Early clowns often both annoyed and delighted listeners with their comments
and songs. They Were not the silent performers seen in today"s circus rings. Clowns
lost their voices when the big three-ring circuses made it impossible for the audience
to hear them. |  | | 阅读理解。 | Monday, April 17
Dear Gramps,
I was so upset last week when somebody stole my Super Racer from the park by your house. I
called up the toy company but they said they have only red, blue and green racers. Dad called Cobb"s
Toy Store today and found out they might have purple ones. Can we go there when I come to visit
you next week?
You and I were only gone for a few minutes to the shop down the street to get ice-cream and
cookies. Maybe the thief was watching us. Mum was surprised when I told her the racer was stolen.
She said she used to leave things at the park all the time when she was young. Once she even left her
bicycle for two days near the swimming pool.
Tell Grandma that I like the food she made last time. Ask Grandma if we can have pancakes with
sugar for breakfast when I come this time. I have packed in my towel, comb and soap. Tell her this
time I won"t forget to pack in my toothbrush.
Love
Toby | | 阅读理解。 | Believe it or not, the ability to choose is the power to change. If you can choose to live your life differently,
will you be the same person?
Well, choosing to do the following few "simple" things will help to change your life.
Review your life. Take time to go through your life and ask yourself, "If I do the same thing I do every
day, will there be a change? If I want to change, where will my first step be?"
Make careful choices. Choose exactly what you wish to get to live your life; describe and think what you
really want.
Keep up with chances. Find out about the possibilities and ways that can make you move toward your
goals, write them down and see which one suits you most.
Get down to business. Start working on your goals. People may bring you down; you may have difficulties;
you will fail and want to give up. But the most important thing is never to give up.
If you try these "simple" things, you will find that success is something for everyone, and you will finally
become what you want to be. Remember, success is more than what you hold in your hands; it is something
from the heart. | | 1. How many pieces Of advice does the writer give on changing one"s life? | A. Three.
B. Four.
C. Five.
D. Six. | | 2. Once you get down to business, the most important thing is to _____. | A. see possibilities
B. set goals
C. ask for help
D. keep on trying | | 3. The underlined word "it" in the last paragraph refers to _____. | A. choice
B. change
C. success
D. life | | 4. This passage mainly discusses the relationship between _____. | A. choice and change
B. power and life
C. choice and difficulty
D. power and success | | 阅读下列材料，从所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出符合1-4小题要求的最佳选项。 | Tom, Eric, Tess and Ann are talking about in what way they would like their schools improved.
Read the following descriptions (A, B, C and D) and match them with the four opinions marked 1-4.
( )1. Tom: I"d like somewhere to sit and read and enjoy myself.
( )2. Eric: I hope our school can be more comfortable and convenient.
( )3. Tess: I really prefer to have a place to do some exercise after class.
( )4. Ann: I think our school should buy more equipment like computers. | A
Our school is big with nice modern
buildings and everything, but there is one
thing I would really love-a gym. We"re
right in the middle of a big city and the
traffic is very busy, so I find it very difficult
to get out to the gym at lunchtime, A gym
would be good for the school. If more
people went to the gym and did some
exercise, they"d probably work better! | B
What I"d most like to have is a little
cafe, where we students can rest and do some
reading. At the moment people have to stand
in the passage, or even outside and there"s
nowhere to buy a drink or something, or read
the paper, so people don"t stay in school for
long after the lessons finish. I think it would
be completely different if they had somewhere to
enjoy themselves. | C
Our school has a nice building, and is
in a nice part of the city. Unfortunately we
haven"t got much equipment, so I"d really
like to have a computer room with the
Internet available. I think students can
learn a lot this way. And I"d like to have
VCDs in every classroom instead of tapes.
VCDs are so much more interesting for
learning a language, I think. | D
Our school is just uncomfortable in every
way. For example, the chairs are really
uncomfortable, so the next thing I"d like to
do is get some comfortable chairs of good
quality. Oh, and the worst thing is that
we"re on the fifth and sixth floors of our
building, so I"d love to have some lifts put
in. Just one little lift would make our lives so
much easier! | | 完形填空。 | Today Mr. Johnson, a member of the International Olympic Committee, visited a high school in Beijing.
He made a speech there. In his 1 , he talked about the history, and significance of 2 . He described the
3 Olympic Games. He said that athletes at the ancient games could only be men who spoke Greek, 4
today, both men and 5 from around the world can compete. The modern games, first held in 1896, were
designed to make it possible for countries and people to live 6 together.
Mr. Johnson also talked about some famous 7 . One example is Michael Jordan who 8 his second
Olympic gold medal after a long break. He 9 mentioned Deng Yaping who won many gold medals.
Mr. Johnson 10 his speech by wishing the Olympic movement a successful future. The audience really
enjoyed his speech. | ( )1. A. speech
( )2. A. Asian Games
( )3. A. late
( )4. A. but
( )5. A. boys
( )6. A. angrily
( )7. A. dancers
( )8. A. lost
( )9. A. only
( )10. A. started | B. book
B. the Olympic Games
B. new
B. and
B. teenagers
B. quietly
B. actors
B. won
B. just
B. ended | C. newspaper
C. European Games
C. ancient
C. or
C. adults
C. peacefully
C. singers
C. brought
C. never
C. wrote | D. magazine
D. African Games
D. modern
D. so
D. women
D. sadly
D. athletes
D. missed
D. also
D. found |
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