Whenever the sun dropped and the blue sky came up, my father and I used to climb the mountain near my house. Walking together, my father and I used to have a lot of conversations through which I learned lessons from his experiences. He always told me, “You should have goals like climbing the mountain.” Without the mountain-climbing that we both enjoyed, we couldn’t have enough time to spend together because my father was very busy. I really got a lot from mountain-climbing. It gave me time to talk with my father and to be in deep thought as well as develop my patience （耐力）.

Once we climbed a very high mountain. It was so challenging for me because I was only ten years old. During the first few hours of climbing, I enjoyed the flowers and trees, and the birds’ singing, but as time passed, I got a pain in both of my legs. I wanted to quit climbing. In fact, I hated it at that moment, but my father said to me, “You can always see a beautiful sky at the top of the mountain, but you can’t see it before you reach the top. Only there at the top, can you see all of the nice things, just like in life.”

At that time, I was too young to understand his words. But later after that, I got new hope and confidence （信心）. I found myself standing at the top of the sky, which was as clear as crystal （水晶）.

1．The passage tells us that mountain-climbing was ________ for Father and Son.

A．hard             B．enjoyable          C．painful                 D．comfortable

2．The word “quit” in the passage means “________”.

A．carry on          B．put off         C．give up                   D．pick up

3．Which of the following is similar in meaning to the father’s words in the second paragraph?

A．You will get all you need at the top of the mountain.

B．The sky is always as clear as crystal.

C．You can find life is full of nice things.

D．Never give up half-way.

4．We can infer（推断）from the last paragraph that ________.

A．the writer was very successful in his life

B．the writer didn’t reach the top of the mountain

C．though the writer was young, he could understand his father      

D．the writer used to stop half-way when he climbed the mountain

5．The best title for the passage is“________”.

A．Reaching the Top of the Mountain                B．Enjoy the Beautiful Views

C．Conversations between Father and Son         D．Father and I

If you live in the United States, the law says you can’t have a full-time job until you are 16 years old. At 14 or 15, you can work part-time after school or on weekends, and during summer you can work 40 hours each week. Does all that mean that if you are younger than 14, you can’t earn （赚） your own money? Of course not! Kids who are between the ages of 10 and 13 can earn money by doing lots of things.

Valerie, 11, told us that she made money by cleaning up other people’s yards. Lena, 13, makes money by knitting （织）dog sweaters and selling them to her neighbors, and Reisa said she had started taking art classes and showing her work to people. People have asked her to draw pictures for them and they pay her for them. Jasmine, 13, writes articles for different magazines!

Earning is learning. By working to earn your own money, you are learning the skills you will need to succeed in life. These skills can include things like getting along with others, using technology （技术）and using your time. Some people think that asking for money is a lot easier than earning it; however, when you make your own money, you don’t have to depend on someone else. The five dollars that you earn will probably make you feel a lot better in your hand than the twenty dollars you ask for.

1．Kids can have full-time jobs at the age of          in the USA．

A．17                     B．14              C．13                 D．10

2．If you are 15 years old, you can’t work ________.

   A．after school           B．on weekends     C．during summer    D．on weekdays

3．Reisa makes money by          .

A．cleaning up other people’s yards

B．drawing pictures for others

C．writing articles for different magazines

D．knitting dog sweaters and selling them to her neighbors

4．According to the passage, which of the following is Not True?

A．You are learning how to succeed by working in your teens.

B．Kids are encouraged to live independently in the USA．

C．Earning one’s money is better than asking for money from others.

D．Kids don’t need to get along with others when making money.

5．From the passage we know that ________.

A．parents won’t let their children earn their own money    

B．it’s hard for kids under 14 years old to earn money in the USA

C．kids can learn skills if they try to earn money on their own

D．if kids try to earn money, they won’t have enough time to study

There is not enough oil in the world now. As time goes by, it becomes less and less, so what are we going to do when it runs out? Perhaps we will go back to using horses, carriages and bicycles.

In the Second World War, some people didn’t use gas made from petroleum （石油）in their cars. They made gas from wood and plants instead. The car didn’t go fast, but they ran, so this was better than nothing. However, in the future, we can’t cut down all our trees to make gas; we need our trees for other things, too.

Besides different types of gas, we can also use electricity （电）to run our cars, but first we must make the electricity! Some countries have coal and they make electricity with that, but we might not always have coal, either. Other countries have big, strong rivers, and they can use the power of water to turn turbines （涡轮机） and make electricity more easily and cheaply.

We are also able to get power from the ocean tides. We put turbines into the mouth of the river. Then the tide comes in, the water turns the turbines and then it goes out, it turns them again.

Which of these ways will be used to run our cars in the future?

1．When might people have to go back to using horses and carriages?

A．When they are poor.                       B．When they run out of oil.

C．When they need more exercise.        D．When there aren’t any big trees in the world.

2．What did some people use to make gas in the Second World War?

A．Water                B．Coal                C．Wood and plants             D．Tides

3．How many ways are suggested to make electricity in the passage?

A．2                      B．5                    C．4                               D．3

4．According to the passage, which of the following statements is True?

A．There is more petroleum than we can use now.

B．Trees are needed for some other things besides making gas.

C．We got electricity from ocean tides in the old days.

D．Gas wasn’t used to run cars in the Second World War.

5．The passage is mainly about ________ . 

   A．how to run our cars                        B．what to do when oil runs out  

   C．different types of gas                      D．the ways to make electricity

根据句意和首字母或汉语提示，将单词的正确形式写在题中相应的横线上。

1．We can enjoy f         air in the countryside.

2．Rush hour is the time of day when t         is very heavy.

3．Listening to music is a way of           （放松）yourself.

4．It’s hard to          （想象）how they can improve English so quickly.

5．The astronauts           （描述）what they had seen in space.

根据短文意思，用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空，使文章通顺、完整（其中有两个多余选项）。

Life is not easy, so I’d like to say “When anything （1）       , believe in yourself!” When I was a young boy, I was too shy to speak to anyone. My classmates often laughed（2）    me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later, something happened, and it（3）         my life. It was an English speech contest（比赛）. My mother asked me to take （4）         in it. What a terrible idea! It meant I had to speak（5）          all the teachers and students of my school!

“Come on, boy. Believe in yourself! You are sure to （6）        .” Then mother and I talked about many different topics. At last I （7）         the topic “Believe in yourself”. I tried my best to remember all the speech and （8）        it over 100 times. With my mother’s great love, I did well in the contest. I could （9）______ believe my ears when the news came that I had won the first place. I heard the cheers from the teachers and students. Those classmates who once looked（10）         on me, now all said congratulations to me.

—Would you like to come to my birthday party next Friday?

—________．

A．I’d love        B．I’d love to        C．I’d like        D．Yes, please

—Would you like _______  cake?

—No, thanks．I’m full(饱的)．

A．other       B．the other        C．others        D．another

Li Wei with his friends _______ work on the farm next week．

A．goes to        B．go to         C．are going to         D．is going to

We  1  a survey about different  2   transportation last week．We asked students   3   their favorite kinds of transportation． 4  are some of the results．Most students come to school   5  bike and they like  6   bikes．Of course, bikes are  7   than cars and buses．Some students like cars   8  they are safer than bikes．Cars are also faster than bikes and buses．Among some students, buses are not popular, because they often have  9  passengers（旅客）．Buses are also dirtier and more crowded (拥挤)．However（然而）, not many people  10  afford (买得起) a car．

1． A．did                                B．make                             C．have

2． A．kind of                          B．kinds of                        C．a kind of

3． A．from                          B．with                              C．about

4． A．Here                           B．There                                   C．They

5． A．on                                 B．by                                 C．ride

6． A．by                                 B．  on                                C．riding

7． A．cheaper                         B．more expensive               C．cheap

8． A．though                           B．because                         C．but

9． A．too much                       B．a lot                               C．too many

10． A．can                           B．could                             C．may

1．If you want to watch a football game, the best program for you would be ________．

A．TV play         B．Sports                C．Around the world    D．Talk show

2．The program of ______ will let you know much about western countries．

A．Sisters            B．Around China     C．Around the world     D．On TV next week

3．If you want to know something about tigers, elephants and monkeys, the best program is ___．

A．Around China   B．Animal World     C．TV play                  D．Foreign arts

4．English classroom is a program that ______．

A．lets you know something about classroom        B．tells you something about students

C．lets you know something about school life        D．teaches you English

5．The program at the end of Channel 2 means _______ on TV next week．

A．news          B．programs          C．people               D．places