Nathan's color challenge (P2)

Choose the best answer:

1. What trouble did Nathan run into at school?

A. He refused to answer the teacher' s questions.

B. He got to school late.

C. He cheated in exams.

D. He painted using the wrong color.

2. "The condition" in passage 5 refers to ____.

A. Being unable to speak.

B. Having trouble with reading.

C. Having a disease the doctors can't cure

D. Having problems seeing different colors.

3. We can tell from the story that ____.

A. most girls are colorblind

B. most people are born blind

C. colorblindness can not be cured

D. colorblindness is not seriou

I won't forget her advice (P5)

Choose the best answer:

4. In the author's eyes, the high school teacher was ______.

A. special B. weak C. happy D. strict

5. The word "insight" in the first paragraph means ______ .

A. promise B. thought C. love D. thing

6. The author's teacher did NOT suggest ______.

A. making the most out of every single day

B. finding something beautiful to notice

C. cherishing even very little thing

D. taking every thing for granted

7. The best title for the passage may be ______.

A. My high school days B. Making a promise

C. My teacher's insights D. Little things in life

Remembering how our nation began (P8)

Cloze test:

The Yellow Emperor (Huangdi) and the Yan Emperor (Yandi) are considered the common ancestors of the Chinese people. That is 8 we Chinese often call ourselves as "the descendants of Yandi and Huangdi".

There are many stories about the two 9 . In one legend, many tribes settled near the Yellow River about 4,000 years ago. The Yellow Emperor, Yan Emperor and Chi You 10 the chiefs of three large tribes. However, Chi You, who was a troublemaker, started a 11 with the Yan Emperor and the Yellow Emperor.

The two worked with 12 and invented special kinds of weapons to fight Chi You. In the end, Chi You 13 and died. After the war, all the tribes came under the leadership of the Yellow Emperor and the country found peace.

8. A. what B. which C. why D. how

9. A. ancestors B. god

C. nations D. descendant

10. A. was B. were C. had D. been

11. A. factory B. trouble C. war D. country

12. A. the others B. the other

C. each other D. another

13. A. lost B. won C. beat D. got

Key: 1—3 DDC

4—7ABDC

8—13 CABCCA