I love to tell the story about how I met my best friend---- Tiger. We met at the school fair. Each year, all the fourth-grade classes hold a school fair. Everyone in the fourth-grade works at the fair. Some sell ice cream, drinks and snacks. Others take care of the little children who ride the rides.
I got the second job and I’ve never regretted it, because that’s where I met Tiger.
My job was to help little children get on the back of a little horse. I kept telling the children to wait their turn and holding ice cream for them while they rode about. One thing was clear to me. I was growing older and should be more responsible.
Suddenly, a boy came to the horse. He took the little horse’s reins! The horse stopped, and the girl on its back started to fall. I was trying to reach the girl when I saw Tiger go by my legs. It held the horse’s reins and pulled the horse away from my legs. I caught the girl just before we both hit the ground. The girl sat on top of me. She was laughing at the ice cream on my face. The horse’s reins were in Tiger’s mouth!
Thanks to Tiger’s fast action, I saved the little girl. We were both heroes. And Tiger, the fastest dog I’ve even known became my new best friend.
【小題1】According to the passage, __________ work at the fair.    

Yao Ming, the center of the Chinese National Men’s Basketball Team, served the Huston Rockets in NBA．The 2．26 m, 120 kg center（中鋒） becomes the first one to come from a foreign team．
Yao Ming was born in Shanghai in September, 1980．His mother was a center and captain of the Chinese National Women’s Team．His father played basketball, too．
Yao Ming is widely known in China．He came to be a very important basketball player in China Basketball Association （聯(lián)賽）．It’s short for CBA．During the 2000～2001 season, he did very well．He got 27．1 scores for the Shanghai Oriental （東方） Sharks in every match．
Yao Ming joined the Houston Rockets in November, 2002．He said this was a new start in his basketball life．He would do his best to learn from the NBA and improve himself．
Sport analyst （分析家） Bill Walton said, “Yao Ming has the potential （潛力）, the capability（能力） of changing the future of basketball．”
【小題1】The Houston Rockets is the name of a ______ team．

Two farmers were on their way home one evening after a hard day's work．Both were tired．They happened to look up at the sky and saw a black cloud overhead．
"Ah!" said one farmer, "tomorrow we shall have rain and the rice will grow well．" The second answered, "Nonsense （胡說(shuō)）, the rain will only kill the crops （莊稼）．"
So they began to fight．Just then a third farmer came along and asked them why they were quarreling（爭(zhēng)吵）．Both farmers explained about the black cloud．
"What cloud?" asked the third farmer．They all looked at the sky．The cloud was no longer there．
【小題1】The two farmers were _____．

Mr. Wang is our English teacher．He is fifty years old．He has a big nose（鼻子） and small eyes．He has glasses（眼鏡）．He often wears（穿著）a  blue jacket and black pants．He is strict （嚴(yán)格的） at his work, but he is good．He teaches English well．We think English is very interesting．We like him very much, too．
【小題1】How old is Mr. Wang?
A．50 B．45            C．15
【小題2】Mr. Wang has __________ eyes．
A．old                  B．big              C．small
【小題3】What does he often wear?
A．a(chǎn) watch              B．black pants      C．a(chǎn) hat
【小題4】What color is his jacket?
A．black                B．green            C．blue
【小題5】The students ___________ Mr. Wang．
A．like                 B．doesn’t like    C．teaches English

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My name is Peter．I am 12．I have one brother and one sister．My brother is 15 and my sister is 9．I have a friend．He is an English boy．His name is Tanaka．He is in my class．I have a dog, too．Its name is Billy．Billy is 2．I like sports．I play basketball, soccer and volleyball after class（放學(xué)后）．I have one pencil case, two English books and three Chinese books．
【小題1】Peter has __________．

A frog (青蛙) is born in a small river．When he is young，the river is his home．He doesn’t know his parents，but he has hundreds of brothers and sisters．He swims about and plays with them all the time．At that time，he doesn’t look like his parents．He has no legs and he has a big tail (尾巴)．So he looks like a fish．
Later，his tail gets shorter and shorter．And he has four legs and a very short tail．He looks like his parents now. Then, he’s going to eat a lot of bad insects (害蟲(chóng))．
【小題1】Where is a frog born?

It is 1965，a 1ittle boy is on the beach (海灘) with his parents. He is four years old. The boy plays near the water. He walks into the water. His parents aren’t watching him．
The water is over the boy’s head! A woman sees the boy. She picks up the boy and carries him to his parents. The woman’s name is Mrs Blaise．
It is 1975,ten years 1ater.The boy is on the same beach. He is 14 years old now. He is big and strong. He is a good swimmer. A man is in the water. The man can’t swim. ‘Help! Help!’ the man cries．
The boy runs into the water. He swims to the man and pulls the man to the beach. ‘Thank you. Thank you.’ says the man. Who is the man? His name is Mr Blaise. He is Mrs Blaise’s husband．
【小題1】The boy was born in             . 

It's Jim's birthday today. He is five years old. He gets many nice birthday presents from his family and one of them is a big drum (鼓).
" Who gives him the drum?" his father asks.
" His grandfather does." answers Jim's mother.
Jim likes his drum very much. He makes a noise(噪音) with it, but his mother doesn't say anything about it. His father is not at home. He is working in a school. So he doesn't hear(聽(tīng)見(jiàn)) the noise.
But one of the neighbours doesn't like the noise at all. So one morning she takes a knife and goes into Jim's room. Jim is making a noise with the drum. She says to him, "Hello,  Jim, Do you know there is something nice in your drum? Here is a knife. Open the drum and let's find it."
【小題1】 Jim's       gives Jim the drum.

Sarah is from France. She lives in Paris. She can speak French and English, but she can’t speak Chinese. She has a pen pal in the United States. Her name is Jane and she lives in New York. Sarah’s favorite sport is basketball and she can play the guitar, too. Jane’s favorite sport is tennis. She can’t play the guitar, but she can play the piano and sing.
【小題1】Sarah comes from _______.
A. France      B. Australia       C. the United States 
【小題2】Jane is _______.
A. Chinese     B. an American     C. a Japanese
【小題3】What language does Sarah speak?
A. French      B .English             C. A and B.
【小題4】What is Sarah’s favorite sport?
A. Tennis      B. Soccer          C. Basketball
【小題5】Which sentence is NOT right?
A. Sarah has a pen pal in the USA.
B. Sarah can play the piano and Jane can play the guitar.
C. Sarah and Jane like different sports

An elephant wants to make some friends. He see a monkey in a tree and asks, “Can you be my friend?”
“You are too big. You can’t swing(搖蕩) in the tree like me.”
Then the elephant meets a panda. “Please be my friend.” he says.
“How can I ? Sorry, sir. You are too big.”
The elephant is very sad(傷心).Then he goes home.
The next day, he sees all the animals running. He doesn’t know why. A rabbit tells him that there’s a tiger near here. He is coming to eat the animals.
The elephant goes to the tiger. “Mr. Tiger, don’t eat the animals, please”
“Go away(走開(kāi))！” says the tiger.
The elephant is not happy and kicks(踢)the tiger. Then the tiger goes away.
At last, all the animals want to make friends with the elephant.
【小題1】What does the elephant want to do?
A. To look for some food.
B. To make some friends.
C. To see the tiger.
【小題2】The panda doesn’t want the elephant to be his friend because        ?
A. The elephant is too big.
B. The elephant’s nose is long.
C. The elephant eats too much.
【小題3】Why are the animals running?
A. Because they are playing games.
B. Because they don’t want to see the elephant.
C. Because a tiger is coming to eat them.
【小題4】There are           kinds of animals in this story.
A. four.           B. five.           C. six.   
【小題5】Which of following is right?
A. When you are big, you can’t find friends.
B. The elephant doesn’t have friends at last(最后).
C. After the elephant helps others, he has many friends.