The Olympic Rings _________ the five parts of the world.

A. stand on     B. stand for    C. stand     D. standing

Tom enjoys _________ computer games.

A. play     B. playing    C. to play    D. plays

I’m trying to sleep. Would you mind ________ the music?

A. turn down    B. turning down  C. to turn down  D. to turning down

_________ we know, food gives us energy.

A. As     B. Like     C. For     D. Of

A small boy and his father were walking home __1__ when it suddenly(突然) began __2__ hard. They did not have their umbrella with them and __3__ was no place __4__ from the rain. So they were soon wet.

   __5__ when they were walking home through the rain, the boy kept thinking. Then __6__ he turned to his father and said to him, “Why does it rain, father? It isn’t nice, is it?”

 “No, It isn’t very nice, but it is useful, my dear son,” answered his father. “It rains __7__ the vegetables grow __8__ and to make the grass __9__ for cows and sheep.”

 The son thought about it __10__ seconds, and then he asked, “then why does it rain on the road too, father?”

1.A. in the country         B. in country 

C. on the countryside      D. to the country

2. A. rain      B. to rain   C. rains     D. rained

3.A. there     B. it       C. that       D. this

4. A. hides     B. hide    C. to hide    D. hid

5. A. For long time       B. For a long time 

6. A. at last           B. at the moment  

 C. at times         D. at the minute

7.A. to make     B. make    C. makes     D. making

8.A. to me       B. for us    C. on us      D. to ours

9.A. grows      B. to grow   C. grow      D. growing

10. A. for a few   B. for few   C. for a little   D. for little

   Baseball is one of the favorite sports in the USA. Children play baseball in sports fields or in parks. At summer picnics, there is often informal (非正式的) baseball game. Boys and girls, young and old take turns to bat. Each team has 9 players.

   American football is perhaps the most popular sport in the USA. The football season begins when the baseball season ends. More people are interested in football than baseball. When there is an important game, thousands of people sit beside the radio or in front of the television to hear the result.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，判斷下列句子的正(T)與誤(F)。

1. Baseball is the most popular sport in the USA.

2.There are eighteen players in a baseball game.

3.The football season begins in summer.

4. Some baseball players become famous during the match time.

5.In the USA most people like baseball better than football.

    Plants are very important. This is because plants can make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals and man cannot make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals can get their food by eating plants and other animals. Man gets his food by eating plants and animals, too. So animals and man need plants to live. This is why there are so many plants around us.

 There are two kinds of plants: flowering plants and non-flowering(無花) plants. Almost all the trees around us are flowers and fruit. Non-flowering plants don’t grow flowers. You can’t see many non-flowering plants around you.

 If you look carefully at the plants around you, you’ll find that there are many kinds of plants. Some plants are very big and some very small. Most of them are green. We can live on the earth because of the plants around us.

1.Which of the following is the most important according to the passage?

A. Man.    B. Plants.   C. Animals.   D. Air, water, and sunlight.

2. We need many plants around us because _______ .

A. plants can grow easily        B. plants are green 

C. we can get what we need from plants   D. we like all kinds of plants

3.There are ______ non-flowering plants than flowering plants around us.

A. much fewer   B. much more   C. much larger     D. much better

4.Which of the following doesn’t come from a plant?

A. Basket.    B. Bread.    C. Cabbage.      D. Stone Forest

5.The best title（標(biāo)題）for this passage may be _________ .

A. Food from Plants       B. Plants Make Food 

C. Man and Animals      D. Plants around us

Name Introductions

Daniel Radcliff Born in London, England in 1989

An actor

Played the part of Harry Potter

Celina Dixon Born in Montreal, Canada in 1968

A singing star

In 1997, sang My Heart Will Go On for the film Titanic

Thomas Edison Born in 1847, Kentucky, the USA

Made over 1,000 inventions

Died in 1931

Bill Gates Born in 1955 in the USA

Wrote Business@ the Speed of Thought

Owns Microsoft Company

Mark Twain Born in 1835 in the USA

A writer

Wrote Tom Sawyer

Died in 1910

1. Who is the youngest of the people?

A. Daniel Radcliff.       B. Celina Dixon. 

C. Bill Gates.        D. Mark Twain

2. ________ people of the five people come from the USA.

A. Five     B. Two     C. Three     D. Four

3.My Heart Will Go On is the name of a ________.

A. film     B. book     C. story     D. song

4. Thomas Edison died at the age of ________.

A. 81     B. 82     C. 84     D. 85

5. Who wrote Tom Sawyer?

A. Thomas Edison.       B. Bill Gates.  

C. Celina Dixon.        D. Mark Twain.

   Frank bought a new doorbell, but nobody seemed to notice it. When his friends came, they knocked heavily at the door. Frank was not happy about it.

   One day a friend came to see Frank. He knocked at the door loudly. Frank came to the door, but didn’t open it. He shouted at the visitor from inside. “ I can’t hear you! Please ring the doorbell!”

1.What did Frank buy?

_____________________________________________________________

2.Why wasn’t Frank happy?

_____________________________________________________________

3.Who came to see Frank one day?

_____________________________________________________________

4.Why didn’t Frank open the door?

_____________________________________________________________

5.Did Frank hear the knock?

_____________________________________________________________

1. The rainforests can give us many _________(use) things.

2. Don’t keep your friends _________ (wait) so long.

3.Han Mei spends two hours _________ (practice) English every day.

4. When you’re out, You’d better take care of ________ (oneself).

5.If you want to be thinner, you must eat _______ (little) food and take more exercise.

6.Running can help you keep _______ (health).

7.Ann is going to go _______ (skate) with her classmates tomorrow.

8.Can you tell me your reason for_______ (leave) home in a hurry?

9.He is going away for at _______ (little) a week.

10.Take care of your_______(tooth) or you’ll have a toothache.