（一）

Cheating （欺騙） can happen in a lot of different ways. When people cheat， it’s not fair to other people， like the kids who studied for the test or who the true winners of a game were.

Many people like the action of cheating. It makes difficult things seem easy， like getting all the right answers on the test. But it doesn’t solve the problem of not knowing the material and it won’t help on the next test—unless the person cheats again.

People lose respect for cheaters and think less of them. The cheaters themselves may feel bad because they know they are not really earning that good grade. And， if they get caught cheating， they will be in trouble at school， and may be at home， too.

Some kids cheat because they’re busy or lazy and they want to get good grades without spending time studying. Other kids might feel like they can’t pass the test without cheating， even when there seems to be a good reason for cheating， cheating isn’t a good idea.

If you were sick or upset about something the night before the day and couldn’t study， it would be better to talk with the teacher about this. And if you don’t have enough time to study for a test because of swim practice， you need to talk with your parents about how to balance swimming and school.

A kid who thinks cheating is the only way to pass a test needs to talk with the teacher and his or her parents so they can find some solutions together. Talking about these problems and working them out will feel better than cheating.

1. The author thinks that when kids cheat in class， .

A. it is unfair to other people B. it does harm to their health

C. teachers should punish them D. teachers shouldn’t stop them at once

2. Some students like cheating mainly because .

A. the material in the test is very difficult

B. they want to do better than the others

C. cheating can make hard things seem very easy

D. they have little time to study their lessons

3. The fourth paragraph mainly tells us .

A. some kids can’t pass the test without cheating

B. why kids cheat in the test

C. cheating isn’t a good idea

D. some kids don’t spend the time studying

（二）

Tiny plants and animals live all around us. We cannot see them because they are so small， but they are everywhere.

They live in the soil， the air， and in rivers and oceans. They grow on mountains and in caves. Some live in the ice at the north and south poles， some live where it is very hot. They are found throughout cities and in the country. They grow on other plants and animals. Some are even living on you， on your skin， hair， and inside your body， in your mouth， nose， and all through your intestines （腸）.

These tiny plants and animals are called microbes. The word microbe is made from two other words： micro， meaning small， and bios， meaning life. So， microbe means small life.

Microbes have been on earth for a very long time. They may have been the first forms of life to be alive. Today there are more microbes in the world than all other living things.

People did not know microbes had existed （存在） long. They were too small for them to see. But people did see many changes in their world—important changes. And they did not know what caused them. They saw food that they kept too long change color and begin to smell bad. They saw cuts and wounds grow red and painful and become infected. They saw old plants and leaves and trees crumble apart on the forest floor and disappear into the soil. Such changes were a natural part of the world， but people did not understand them. They did not know these changes were evidence （證據(jù)） of tiny plants and animals growing all around them.

1. Where do microbes live？

A. Only in the forest. B. Almost everywhere.

C. Most in very hot areas. D. Most in rivers and oceans.

2. The underlined phrase “crumble apart” in the last paragraph means “ ”.

A. 開花結(jié)果 B. 化為春泥 C. 破裂腐爛 D. 芳香四溢

3. The best title of the passage could be .

A. The smallest life around us B. The origin （起源） of microbes

C. The place of microbes growing D. The evidence of microbes growing

Keys： （一）ACB （二）BCA