READING:
Passage 1: Read the passage below and choose the best option A, B, C or D.
The relationship between a teacher and a student can be good or bad, helpful or harmful. Either way, the relationship can affect the students for the rest of his life.
In order to have a good teacher-student relationship, it is important that the teacher and the student respect each other. If the teacher is too strict, he frightens the student. The student will not learn well. On the other hand, if the teacher is too friendly and permissive, the student may become lazy and stop working hard. The teacher’s attitude and approach should be between these two extremes. He should encourage the students without forcing or punishing him to learn. He needs patience and understanding. It is part of the teacher’s job to help develop a good positive attitude in his students. As for the student, in order to have a good relationship with his teacher, he must always show his proper respect. He should be eager to learn and willing to work hard. If he learns from the teacher modestly, he will be able to profit fully from his teacher’s knowledge and assistance.
1. The relationship between a teacher and a student is considered very important because it ___.
A. can be either good or bad B. it’s very harmful to the student
C. makes the student unsafe D. has great influence on the student’s life
2. One of the most important factors for a good teacher-student relationship is the mutual ___.
A. responsibility B. respect C. support D. understanding
3. In order to have a good teacher-student relationship, the teacher ___.
A. should force the student to learn B. needs patience and understanding
C. should be too friendly and permissive D. ought to strict
4. In order to have a good teacher-student relationship, the student ___.
A. must be a hard-working person B. must always support the teacher
C. must always be a gifted person D. must always be an excellent person
5. According to the passage it’s true that ___.
A. the student always profit fully from his teacher
B. the student must thank for his teacher’s knowledge and assistance
C. the student must always show his proper respect to his teacher
D. the teacher himself needs to develop a good positive attitude
Passage 2: Read the passage below and choose the best option A, B, C or D.
The first school for blind, deaf and mute children in the Tibet Autonomous Region celebrated its first anniversary on Friday. The school is built in the eastern suburb of Lhasa, capital of Tibet, and is designed to hold 200 students covers 20,000 square meters.
The school curriculum includes Braille and sign language- training, Tibetan, mathematics, writing, ethics training, physical education. arts, handicrafts, speech and walking courses. At the celebration, the audience was touched by, a silent song expressed by the students with sign language. Baiba Toinzhub, a 10-year-old blind child, can speak fluent Chinese and is good at singing and dancing. He told the visitors that life in the boarding school is comfortable.
1.What type of students attends the school?
A.Children who live in the Tibet Autonomous Region
B.Children with a variety of disabilities.
C.Children who cannot see, hear, or speak.
D.Children who are visually impaired.
2.The school is located in...................................
A. the capital of Tibet B. the suburb of the capital of Tibet
C. the eastern of Tibet D. 20,000 square meters
3.The school is......................................
A. able to hold 200 students B. the first boarding school
C. 20.000 square meters in area D. A and C are correct
4.Which subject is taught in the school?
A. Physics B. Foreign languages C. Computers D. Braille
5.Which of the following is not true?
A.Tibet's first deaf-mute school celebrated its first birthday.
B.The visitors were welcomed with a beautiful song.
C.Life in the boarding school is comfortable.
D.Baiba Toinzhub can sing and dance very well.
Passage 3: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B , C , or D on the correct answer to each of the questions.
Alaska, which became the forty-ninth state of the United States in 1959, was bought from Russia in 1867. The price paid to the Russian government for this huge piece of land was $ 7,200,000. Secretary of State Seward arranged the treaty and the purchase. Because people in the United States at that time knew little About Alaska, many of them did not approve of purchasing it. Some jokingly called Alaska “Seward’s Folly.”. However, Alaska proved to be a wonderful buy. Over $450,000,000 in gold has been taken from Alaska since it was bought. Alaska streams and rivers are rich in fish, and so many salmon are caught each year in Alaska that it has developed the largest salmon canning industry in the world. Alaska hills have thousands of acres valuable timber. In addition, the area has many fur-bearing animals, such as seals, sea otters, minks, foxes, and beavers. If Mr. Seward were alive today, he would be proud of his purchase.
1. While not stated in the article, you can tell that
A. People know little about Alaska.
B. Alaska was always a state.
C. Alaska still has unused wealth.
D. Mr. Seward was very proud of his purchase.
2. This article as a whole is about
A. $7,200,000 B. The U.S and Russia C. Alaska D. a secretary of State.
3. Which of the following is Not True?
A. Alaska has valuable timber. B. Alaska was a good buy.
C. Seward worked in government. D. Alaska became a state in 1867.
4. Some people jokingly called Alaska “Seward’s Folly” because
A. they did not approve of purchasing it. B. they wanted someone else to arrange the treaty and the purchase.
C. they thought the price was too high. D. they thought Alaska was too cold.
5. Alaska proved to be a wonderful buy because
A. the U.S resold it for $450,000,000. B. it has the largest salmon canning industry in the world.
C. it is rich in natural resources. D. its timber is of very good quality.
Passage 4: Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D
There (1) ___ three adults and two children in the Bartons. The children are Ben, aged twelve and little Stella, who is four. Their parents are Andrew and Marion. The other adult is Leslie, who is Andrew’s brother. He is twenty – four. They (2) ___ in Newcastle, a large city in the north – east of England.
On weekday mornings, everyone gets up early. Andrew Barton (3) for a company which manufactures computers. He (4) ___ at seven o’clock. He likes to avoid the rush hour, he says. Marion (5) ___ that really he wants to avoid having breakfast with the children, who are very noisy.