According to a new education survey, student safety has become a big problem. Nearly 50 percent of the students say they are worried about robbery on the way to and from school. Now in many big cities in China，some schools have taught an unusual lesson. self-protection；Students like this lesson as there are no exams or boring classes. And they can learn how to save lives and know how to stop danger before it really happens.

Chen Haoyu，a teacher at Beijing No. 25 Middle School and a self-protection expert，gives young students advice on how to deal with danger．

If you are robbed, keep calm. If you cannot cry for help or run away, give the robber your money, try to remember what the robber looks like and tell the police.

If you are in a traffic accident and if you are hurt by a car, take down the car number；if it is a bicycle, try to contact your parents before you let the rider go. This is because you don’t know how seriously you are hurt.

Don’t stay in high places and keep away from trees if it is raining hard and there is lightning.

Get away as fast as you can when there is a fire．Put wet things on your body and try to find an exit. Do not take the lift!    

If someone is drowning and you can’t swim, don’t get into the water. Cry out for help.

Remember that danger is never as far away as you think. Take care of yourself at all times!

1.Why do students like the self-protection lesson?

A．Because there is advice on exams

B．Because they can learn how to protect themselves.

C．Because they like self-protection experts.

D．Because they have lots of exams during the lesson.

2.The underlined word “contact” means_________.

A．end up           B．wait for           C．search for         D．get in touch with

3.If your house is on fire, you must __________.

A．put dry things on your body

B．run quickly and take the lift

C．take everything you have and then run away

D．run away and find an exit as quickly as you can

4.If you see a child fall into the river and you are not able to swim, you _______.

A．should telephone the doctor               B．can jump into the river and save him

C．can do nothing                         D．should shout for help

5.What’s the best title for this passage?

A．Protection                            B．Advice on how to deal with danger

C．The popular lesson                      D．An interesting lesson

 

Recently, CCTV reporters asked many people a simple question, “Are you happy?”

1._________ Even Mo Yan, who recently won a Nobel Prize, responded by saying, “I don’t know.”

While the question has become a popular phrase and the Internet plays host to heated discussions, we ask, 2.__________________

Last year, China’s Premier Wen Jiabao told the nation, “We do everything to let people live more happily.” At last year’s Nation’s People’s Congress(人代會(huì)), officials agreed that increasing happiness would be a top goal for the 12^th five-year- plan.

Many think that happiness is difficult to describe and that it is from many ways. 3.___________  For some, happiness can be as simple as having enough money to buy a new bicycle; for others, it’s about having wealth, keeping healthy or finding the perfect marriage.

Chen Shanguyan is a college student. 4._____________ “At present it relates to how well I study in a day, “ he said. “It might be linked to a good job after I graduate.”

5.______________  Does it depend on how many friends we have, or whether we own the latest smartphone? Is it even quantifiable(量化)?

Economists(經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家) are trying to measure happiness in people’s lives. Since 1972, Bhutan’s GDP measurement has been taken the place of g Gross National Happiness index國(guó)民幸福指數(shù)), according to the people’s sense of being well-governed(管理), their relationship with the environment, their satisfaction with economic(經(jīng)濟(jì)的) development, and their sense of national belonging. But is well-being more easily measured?

A．What exactly is happiness and how do you measure it?

B．The question is really too difficult for us to answer.

C．Then there is the question of measuring happiness.

D．He said his idea of happiness always developed.

E.It also means different things to different people.

 

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(榮譽(yù)).He wants to encourage more people to make contributions(貢獻(xiàn))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(guó)五一勞動(dòng)獎(jiǎng)?wù)?.He is considered as one of China’s top philanthropists.
【小題1】The article is probably taken from _______.

A．a(chǎn) newspaper

B．a(chǎn) novel

C．a(chǎn) detective story

D．a(chǎn) science book

【小題2】Which of the following is NOT mentioned (談到) 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.

【小題3】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

Once there was a piano player in a bar(酒吧). People came just to hear him play. But one night, a lady asked him to sing a song.
‘I don't sing,’ said the man.
But the lady told the waiter, ‘I'm tired of listening to the piano. I want the player to sing!’
The waiter shouted across the room, ‘Hey, friend! If you want to get your money, sing a song!’
So he did. He had never sung in public before. Now he was singing for the very first time! Nobody had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung so beautifully!
He had talent(天賦) he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar. But once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working hard and became one of the best-known singers in the US. His name was Nat King Cole.
You, too, have skills and abilities. You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be better than you think. With hard work, most skills can be improved. Besides, you may have no success at all if you just sit on your talent.
【小題1】The lady asked the player to sing a song because ______________.

A．she had paid him for this	B．she knew him very well
C．she wanted to have a change	D．she enjoyed his singing

【小題2】 Nat King Cole succeeded because ______________.

A．the lady helped him a lot	B．he caught the chance
C．he continued to play in the bar	D．he stopped playing the piano

【小題3】From the story we know if you have some talent, you should ______________.

A．hide it and wait	B．a(chǎn)sk others for help
C．pay no attention to it	D．work hard to improve yourself

 

As a teenager, I am often asked what I am going to be in the future. A lawyer? A doctor? Or a scientist? No, my ideal career is to be a teacher. One of the   for that is I want to be a teacher like Mr. Chen.

“Look! Do you know what it is? A-ha, it’s the     ! And it will always move around the sun.” Mr. Chen said and pointed to his head. He then touched the nose and     , “Can you tell me the name of this mountain? It is the highest mountain on Earth! What’s the    of it? Yes, it’s 8844.43 metres…” I’ll never forget my first geography lesson. He was    humorous that we all fell in love with his lessons    . It’s Mr. Chen who opened the door of geography for us.

Generally speaking, most of the teachers are strict     students and sometimes a little bit demanding（苛求的）, not so with Mr. Chen. He is a lighthouse, showing us the way to the treasure of knowledge. He is a friend and easy to get     with, always encouraging us to speak out loud without   our shyness and other disadvantages. He is an example, volunteering his time to students and other teachers.

One day I happened to meet him in the hospital. Seeing the cut on his arm, I realized he was donating his   . I was moved and was     another lesson, a lesson of love and devotion.

Every time I see my globe（地球儀）, it would   me of Mr. Chen. He is the most unforgettable teacher I have    met and he will always be. Someday I hope I am       to be a teacher like him.

Thank you, Mr Chen, thank you for making learning not a job but a joy.

Thank you for helping me to discover what I do best and to do it even   Thank you for understanding all of us and giving us the time and care each of us needs.

1.A. replies               B. reasons                C. rewards                      D. results

2.A. moon      B. earth                   C. star                D. sun

3.A. advised      B. announced       C. added                     D. answered

4.A. distance  B. weight                     C. size                      D. height

5.A. very                B. too                        C. really                            D. so

6.A. at present       B. at once                    C. at times                        D. at first

7.A. with               B. to                         C. in                               D. for

8.A. away              B. together            C. angry                 D. along

9.A. thinking    B. caring               C. considering                  D. supposing

10.A. money     B. blood                 C. clothes                        D. time

11.A. taught    B. given                      C. taken                            D. had

12.A. remembers  B. represents      C. warns                           D. reminds

13.A. just                  B. never                     C. ever                           D. yet

14.A. able      B. about                      C. allowed              D. available

15.A. well       B. good                       C. better                         D. best