Two teachers were sitting in the teachers' room. For a moment there was silence. Then one of them, Miss Smith, said, "I'm afraid I'd have to fail him! I just can’t let him   16   . "

"Now Alice," said her friend, Mrs Jackson, "is he so terrible a student?"

"That's just the trouble!" the other woman answered, "Tom was ever my   17   student. The problem is that he is so lazy that he never gets his work done. He hasn't handed me a piece of homework for three     18    !"

Mrs Jackson had never seen Miss Smith so   19   before. "Have you had a word with him about it?" she asked.

"Why should I? Every student must hand in homework. I made    20   very clear on the first day for class.  I don't know what has happened. When the lessons started, he did so well that I   21   thought about asking the school to give him a scholarship(獎學(xué)金). But now he often sleeps in class! I've never seen such a   22   in a student."

"You should have a talk with him. Give him a chance. "

Miss Smith spoke to Tom and learned all about it. He was studying all day and working most of the night in a factory to   23    for his schooling. Of course he was   24   in class and sometimes could hardly   25   awake. Miss Smith soon asked the school to give him a scholarship and he was able to devote himself to his lessons again.

1.A. leave          B. pass         C. work         D. sleep

2.A. laziest            B. busiest        C. worst         D. best 

3.A. minutes        B. hours       C. weeks        D. years 

4.A. worried            B. pleased          C. useless          D. kind

5.A. them           B. him              C. that             D. one

6.A. even          B. only         C. mostly           D. still 

7.A. trouble            B. hope         C. change           D. danger 

8.A. pay           B. call             C. save             D. share 

9.A. forgetful          B. careless         C. asleep      D. tired

10.A. seem         B. keep             C. look             D. get 

Paul isn’t as ______ as Sandy. He often makes mistakes in his homework.

  A. careless           B. more careful C. more careless    D. careful

Chen Guangbiao was born in Jiangsu in July,1968. He is the chairperson of a company in Jiangsu. Now he is one of China’s richest men and he has donated a great amount of money to charity projects. He says he will donate everything he has to charity after he dies.

  When people are in need of help, he will appear at once. He helped people during the Wenchuan earthquake, the Yunnan earthquake and the Taiwan earthquake. He also gave a helping hand in Japan’s earthquake. He has built many Hope Primary Schools to support the education in poor areas.

  He doesn’t do charity for honour. He wants to encourage more people to make contributions to charity. After announcing he would donate everything to charity after his death, many businesses, overseas(海外)Chinese people and common people encouraged by him have also promised to do something for charity.

  As a philanthropist(慈善家),he is asked for help every day. Sometimes he gets very tired, but he has never stopped caring.

  So far, he has received a lot of awards, including Pioneer of the Year, and National May Day Labour Medal(全國五一勞動獎?wù)?.He is considered as one of china’s top philanthropists.

1.The article is probably taken from _______.

  A. a newspaper         B. a novel           C. a detective story      D. a science book

2.He says he will donate _____ to charity after he dies.

  A. nothing                               B. some schools

  C. everything he has                     D. his whole company

3. What does he do charity for?

A. He wants to do charity for money.

B. He wants to do charity for pleasure.

C. He wants to ask people to help him.

D. He wants to encourage more people to contribute to charity.

4.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

  A. He is from Jiangsu.

  B. He has visited many countries.

  C. He has helped people in need.

  D. He has got a lot of awards.

5.Which do you think is the best title for the passage?

  A. Earthquakes.                           B. Hope Primary Schools.

  C. Pioneer of the Year.                   D. Philanthropist Chen Guangbiao

Time is very important in our life. It      our everyday moments. However, time never had any importance in my life until I       a watch from my father, which organized my life and made me more responsible. It's around my wrist with two silver bands.

    I received this gift on a gray-sky day. I went to the airport a.m. to       up my uncle Ali and take him to my house. However, I was late because I was       with my friends. Later, around 11:00 a.m. I      my uncle , but he had left the airport and taken a taxi to my house. I got to my house at 2:00 p.m. and felt       of myself at that moment. After I said hello to my angry father and tired uncle, my father asked me to sit next to him and handed me this watch as a gift from him. Then he said, "Peter, did you have       with your friends today? I answered, "Yes, Father, and I apologized for not meeting my uncle Ali." He said, "What you       was not very nice and you should feel sorry for your action." I was ashamed and said, "Father, I'll never do it again. I promise." He said, "I hope today you learned something important, and this watch will be a       for you." He told me to take this watch and use it as an organizer of my life.

    I learned a very important lesson from my father: to respect time and never to be late to get someone. This watch is       to me, not because of its price, but because of the lesson that I learned from it.

1.A. makes    B. organizes            C. orders                 D. deals

2.A. received     B. accepted      C. won                     D. achieved

3.A. call                   B. put                       C. pick                      D. bring

4.A. going      B. leaving       C. standing    D. shopping

5.A. forgot    B. remembered       C. saw                      D. visited

6.A. ashamed           B. frightened          C. disappointed        D. shy

7.A. lunch              B. quarrel                C. chance                D. fun

8.A. said       B. did              C. thought      D. forgot

9.A. wonder            B. hope                    C. requirement    D. reminder

10.A. useful            B. necessary           C. important           D. helpful

Unluckily,  Mr Brown drove so_________that his car crashed into a tree yesterday evening.

A. careless         B. careful           C. carefully        D. carelessly