Martin had just finished high school. He would go to college at the far end of the city. He didn’t want to live there, and he didn’t want to take the bus either. So his father agreed to buy him a car.
His father spent all his summer teaching him how to drive, from the ABC to the XYZ. Thinking of the great feeling of driving a new car, Martin learned very quickly, and received his driver’s license just before his eighteenth birthday.
The second day, all the family, and their dog, went to a car shop. Martin spent almost all the morning going from one car to another. Finally he saw a red Blue Bird. He had a test drive on the open ground, and called out, “This is what I want, Dad!” When everything was done, they were ready to leave.
Martin climbed into the front seat. He said excitedly, “It’s my first day driving alone. Dad, Mom, and Poo! Enjoy it!”
His dad immediately took the back seat, right behind the new driver. Martin wondered why his father chose that seat, for his father always enjoyed looking in front.
So he said, smiling, “I’m sure you’re back there to have a change after all those weeks of sitting in the front seat teaching me how to drive.”
“No,” Dad replied, “Do you remember what you did to me all those years when I took you to and from school? I am sitting here to hit and kick the back of your seat all the way!”

1. 1.

   Which of the following is NOT the reason why Martin’s father agreed to buy him a car?

   1. A.
      Martin would go to college and it was far from home
   2. B.
      Martin preferred living at home to living at college
   3. C.
      Martin didn’t want to take the public transport
   4. D.
      Martin was able to learn how to drive very quickly
2. 2.

   In which order did Martin do the following things?
   a. He finished his high school.               b. He test-drove driving the new car.
   c. He got his driver’s license.                d. He decided to buy the Blue Bird.
   e. He kicked the front seat while his father was driving

   1. A.
      e—a—c—b—d
   2. B.
      a—c—b—d—e
   3. C.
      e—c—a—b—d
   4. D.
      a—c—d—b—e
3. 3.

   How would the whole family probably feel on their way back home?

   1. A.
      Angry
   2. B.
      Sad
   3. C.
      Cheerful
   4. D.
      Shocked

Will you be excited when you finally get to relax?
What will the Junior 3 students do to celebrate after the senior high school entrance exams in June? Here, three of them tell us what they plan to do after the big exam.
Li Junzhe, 15, Huaihua, Hunan:
My friends and I will travel to Beijing and the Shanghai Expo right after the exam.We planned to go by ourselves but were turned down by our parents.They said we were too young to travel alone.Actually I'm okay with it because I've already traveled by myself.
Zhu Hangian, 15, Dexing, Jiangxi:
What am I going to do this summer? Of course I'll go to see the Shanghai Expo! But before that, I will watch movies.Because of the big exam, I haven't seen any movies for a long time.I will watch whatever is in the cinema! As for the Expo, I can't wait to see the seeds in the UK Pavilion.
Dong Xu, 14, Dalian, Liaoning:
I will, no doubt, play computer games for days after the big exam.My mother never let me during the past few years.I can't imagine how exciting it will be now.Also my friends and I will go to see the Shanghai Expo.The first must-see on my list is the Liaoning Pavilion, our home pavilion.I'm curious (好奇的) about what we are showing to the world there.
根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從A、B、C、D四個選項中選擇最恰當(dāng)?shù)拇鸢浮?/h1>

1. 1.

   The underlined word "Pavilion." means _______ in Chinese

   1. A.
      場館
   2. B.
      水族館
   3. C.
      溜冰場
   4. D.
      臺球館
2. 2.

   Who has the experience of travelling alone?

   1. A.
      Dong Xu
   2. B.
      Nobody
   3. C.
      Zhu Hangjian
   4. D.
      Li Junzhe
3. 3.

   Zhu Hangian will ________ before traveling to Shanghai

   1. A.
      watch movies at home
   2. B.
      play computer games
   3. C.
      see films in the cinema
   4. D.
      go to Beijing with his friends
4. 4.

   The three students will be excited about their summer plans because_______

   1. A.
      they will go to see the Shanghai Expo
   2. B.
      they all want to see movies
   3. C.
      they will play games for days
   4. D.
      they will travel to Beijing
5. 5.

   What is the best title for this passage?

   1. A.
      A Plan To The Shanghai Expo
   2. B.
      Summer fun ahead!
   3. C.
      A trip To Shanghai
   4. D.
      The Big Exam

Boris was a teacher. He taught science at a high school. For he needed some books for his lessons, he went to a bookshop to buy some. After he put them in his car in a quiet street, he went to buy some other things at other shops. When he came back to his car, one window was open and the books were gone. Boris drove home sadly.
That night he called a newspaper. The next day people read an advertisement in the newspaper:
Books: Have you got any old books? I buy old and modern books. Open all day on Saturdays. Boris 82 West Road.
And then he went to the police station with the Wednesday newspaper at once.
The first weekend, when Boris was staying at home, his first visitor came at 8:30 in the morning. Boris took him to the kitchen. At about ten o’clock another man arrived. He had a bag under his arm.
As soon as he saw Boris, he asked, “Are you Boris?”
“Yes, I am,” Boris said. “What can I do for you?”
“Look! I have got some good books here. You buy books, don’t you?”
“Yes. Bring them in. Let me have a look at them.”
Soon the books were taken in and showed on the dinning-table. “Sir, come out now,” Boris called. “And take the list with you.”
A policeman appeared in the dinning-room. He read the names on the books, and then read the names on the list in his hand. He found that they were the same.
“Come with me, sir,” the policeman said to the man

1. 1.

   Boris bought some books. They are        books

   1. A.
      science
   2. B.
      old
   3. C.
      cheap
2. 2.

   Boris probably bought the books on       

   1. A.
      Tuesday
   2. B.
      Friday
   3. C.
      Saturday
3. 3.

   Boris’        was open on Saturdays

   1. A.
      shop
   2. B.
      school
   3. C.
      house
4. 4.

   Boris looked at the books on the dinning-table and might think, “They’re all       .”

   1. A.
      mine
   2. B.
      his
   3. C.
      theirs
5. 5.

   The second visitor was taken away by        at last

   1. A.
      Boris
   2. B.
      the first visitor
   3. C.
      a policewoman

You don’t have much time for you diary, but you really want to remember your best or worst moments in life. Nine Square Diary(九宮格日記) is coming to help you. This new type of diary has nine squares which represent nine different areas in life, such as plans, feelings and health. Writing this diary is just like filling blanks. It is so convenient that you can finish it in only a few minutes.
Here is a page of Nine Square Diary from Sun Ning. a middle school student.

1. 1.

   Sun Ning went to ________ birthday party on Sunday

   1. A.
      his dad’s
   2. B.
      his cousin’s
   3. C.
      his friend’s
2. 2.

   Sun Ning felt_________when his parents talked with him about their jobs

   1. A.
      busy
   2. B.
      glad
   3. C.
      tired
3. 3.

   Sun Ning __________ on June 12, 2011

   1. A.
      had a conversation with the headmaster
   2. B.
      gave advice about building a space station
   3. C.
      helped his cousin to get ready for the singing competition
4. 4.

   The underlined word “select” probably means “__________”

   1. A.
      挑選
   2. B.
      清洗
   3. C.
      烹飪
5. 5.

   According to the passage, the Nine Square Diary is convenient because_________

   1. A.
      it is a new type of diary
   2. B.
      it includes nine different areas in life
   3. C.
      it can be finished only in a few minutes

The Girl From the Street
The workers who brought the girl to the orphanage（孤兒院）knew little about her. The streets where they found her had been her home for many years. Her parents were unknown. They left her long ago. At the orphanage, the girl, like all the children there, was taught to read and write. While she was studying at the orphanage, she learned something else—to be independent（獨(dú)立）. At twenty-one, she left the orphanage and began working as a secretary.（秘書）And then, in 1975, while she was still working as an ordinary secretary, something special happened. She entered the Miss Hong Kong competition and won it. This was the turning point in her life. Now her name, Mary Cheung, was known to everybody.
Mary entered the competition because she wanted to show that orphanage girls could be something. Winning the competition gave her the chance to start a new life. This led her first into television and then into business as a manager. When she was working as a manager, she had trouble with her reports. “My English just wasn’t good enough.” She says. Luckily, she had a boyfriend (who later became her husband) to help her.
Mary studied management（管理）at Hong Kong and graduated in 1980, She started her own business in 1985. But she did not stop developing herself. She then studied at the University of Hong Kong. Since 1987, she had spent a lot of time on photography. She has held several exhibitions of her work in many places---China, New Zealand and Paris. She still found time, however, to work on TV, write for newspapers and bring up her family.
The girl from the street has come a long way, but her journey is not finished yet

1. 1.

   Before Mary Cheung was brought to the orphanage, ___________

   1. A.
      She had lived with her parents whose names were not known
   2. B.
      She had lived in the street for many years
   3. C.
      The workers knew her well
   4. D.
      She had learned to write and read by herself
2. 2.

   The sentence “orphanage girl could be something” means that orphanage girls could be_________

   1. A.
      popular and successful
   2. B.
      understood by others
   3. C.
      Miss Hong Kong
   4. D.
      known to everybody
3. 3.

   This passage is probably taken from___________

   1. A.
      a newspaper
   2. B.
      a science magazine
   3. C.
      a history textbook
   4. D.
      a novel
4. 4.

   According to the passage, which of the following is true?

   1. A.
      All the children at the orphanage liked Mary
   2. B.
      Mary was not happy as a secretary
   3. C.
      Mary’s boyfriend was good at English
   4. D.
      Mary’s life in the orphanage was difficult

Uncle Wang works in a book shop in the middle of the city. The shop is not far from his home. It is about one kilometer away. So Uncle Wang seldom(很少)goes to work by bus. He usually goes bike there by bike, sometimes on foot .It takes (花費(fèi)) him twenty minutes to get there by bike and forty minutes on foot. Today his bike is broken. He wants to walk there. Now he is having breakfast. He leaves home at 7:50 and he walks to work twenty minutes earlier. His work starts at 8:30 in the morning and finishes at 4:45 in the afternoon

1. 1.

   What does Uncle Wang do?

   1. A.
      He sells books
   2. B.
      He grows flowers
   3. C.
      He makes shoes
   4. D.
      He works in a hospital
2. 2.

   Where is the book shop ?

   1. A.
      In the middle of the city
   2. B.
      In a town
   3. C.
      Far from his home
   4. D.
      We don’t know
3. 3.

   Why does he seldom (很少) go to work by bus? Because _________

   1. A.
      there is no bus
   2. B.
      his shop is not far from his home
   3. C.
      he likes riding a bike
   4. D.
      his shop isn't in the middle of the city
4. 4.

   How long does it take him to walk to his book shop?

   1. A.
      Twenty minutes
   2. B.
      Forty minutes
   3. C.
      Ten minutes
   4. D.
      Half an hour
5. 5.

   Today his bike is ________

   1. A.
      broken
   2. B.
      new
   3. C.
      good
   4. D.
      beautiful
6. 6.

   His work finished at ________

   1. A.
      4:45
   2. B.
      5:15
   3. C.
      4:55
   4. D.
      5:05

A sign is another kind of language. Here are some of them that you see on the roads.

Number one is a sign with the number thirty on it. When drivers see this sign , they must not go at more than thirty kilometers can hour. We see this sign when we are getting near a town. Number two is a sign that we're near a crossing. We must drive carefully. Number three is a sign that there is a bend in the road. Again, we must drive slowly and carefully. It is not safe to go round a bend very fast. Number four is a sign that there is another road coming in from the right. There is a junction at this place. Number five is a sign that there is a hill and number six is a sign that the road gets narrow. Drivers must go slowly and carefully. Number seven has the word “ SCHOOL” on it. This is a sign that there is a school at the side of the street or the road. Perhaps there are children going to or leaving school. So drivers must look carefully and go slowly. Number eight is a sign with the letter “ P ” on it. The letter “ P ” means “ Parking ”. At some places, there're the signs “ No parking ” or “ No waiting”. If a driver leaves his car near one of these signs, a policeman may come and write down the number of his car

1. 1.

   At the places where you see Sign 1,        

   1. A.
      you are already out of a town
   2. B.
      you still have thirty kilometers to go
   3. C.
      there must be many houses and buildings not far away
   4. D.
      there must be a town thirty k8ilometers away
2. 2.

   The underlined word bend probably means         here

   1. A.
      traffic
   2. B.
      subway
   3. C.
      turning
   4. D.
      danger
3. 3.

   You have to drive not only slowly but also carefully when you find        

   1. A.
      each of the eight signs
   2. B.
      either of Signs 2 and 3
   3. C.
      all of Signs 2, 4, 6 and 7
   4. D.
      any of Signs 3, 5, 6 and 7
4. 4.

   People put these signs on the road in order to        

   1. A.
      teach drivers lesson
   2. B.
      make drivers even safer
   3. C.
      stop cars going there
   4. D.
      learn another kind of language
5. 5.

   Which can be the best title for this message?

   1. A.
      Another language
   2. B.
      On the road
   3. C.
      What to do
   4. D.
      Traffic signs

We wanted to study how students at our school spend money. In order to study this, we made some questions to ask our classmates. First, we asked our classmates how much money they spent in one month. Then we asked how much money they spent on things like drinks, music, books, movies, computer games, and other things. Our math teacher helped us make a graph of our classmates’ answers.
Then we thought it would be interesting to compare these answers with our classmates’ expenses from last year. We used their answers to make another graph for their expenses last year.
Looking at the two graphs, it is easy to compare the expenses for the two years. Some of their expenses increased, but others decreased. This was a very interesting project for us.
注：⑴ graph 圖表  ⑵ expense消耗，消費(fèi)

1. 1.

   What did the students spend most of their money on?

   1. A.
      Books
   2. B.
      Movies
   3. C.
      Drinks and snacks
   4. D.
      Computer games
2. 2.

   Which expense of the students’ stayed the same?

   1. A.
      CDs
   2. B.
      Phone costs
   3. C.
      Others
   4. D.
      Transportation
3. 3.

   What does the word “decrease” mean?

   1. A.
      減少
   2. B.
      變化
   3. C.
      增加
   4. D.
      刪除
4. 4.

   What did the students spend the same money on last year?

   1. A.
      Books& Others
   2. B.
      CDs & Movies
   3. C.
      Movies & Books
   4. D.
      all the above
5. 5.

   Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the graph?

   1. A.
      Students spent the least money on e-mail and phone costs this year
   2. B.
      Students spent the same money on movies and transportation this year
   3. C.
      The expenses on e-mails and phones increased from 10% to 16% this year
   4. D.
      The expenses on others decreased from 9% to 4% this year

Walt Disney began to make cartoon movies when he was young. But he didn’t have much money and he didn’t always have enough to eat. One day a mouse ran near his desk when he worked in his small office.
“Would you like to be my pet? ”Disney asked the mouse. He caught the mouse and kept it as a pet. A few years later, Disney decided to make a cartoon about it. “I am making a cartoon about a mouse named Mortimer,” he told his wife. “Mortimer Mouse? I think Mickey Mouse would be a better name.” She said. “You are right!”  Disney agreed and made many Mickey Mouse cartoons.
People all over the world saw Mickey and loved it. Mickey Mouse made Disney famous. Then come Donald Duck, and Goofy Dog and others. Disney began to make full length (長) cartoons. Then he made cartoon movies for television. Millions of children watched the shows every week.
In California, real boats, castles (城堡), trains, mountains, rivers, all in one beautiful park. Millions of people came to Disneyland. He died in 1966, but the world will not forget him quickly. Mickey Mouse and all his cartoons will help us to remember him

1. 1.

   When Disney began making cartoon movies,          

   1. A.
      he was very poor
   2. B.
      the mouse helped him
   3. C.
      his wife knew nothing about it
   4. D.
      People didn’t like Cartoons at all
2. 2.

   This passage mainly tells us       

   1. A.
      how Disney make Cartoon movies
   2. B.
      how Disney built Disneyland
   3. C.
      something about Disney’s childhood
   4. D.
      something about Disney’s life
3. 3.

   Which of the flowing sentences is true?

   1. A.
      Disney’s wife asked him to make a cartoon about the mouse
   2. B.
      Mickey Mouse was the name suggested by Disney’s wife
   3. C.
      Disney caught a mouse and made a cartoon about it at once
   4. D.
      People will remember Disney because of the Disneyland

Ole Bull was a very famous violinist from Norway. He really liked to play the violin. But his father thought that playing the violin was not useful. So his father sent him to university to study. However, playing the violin was his dream. He didn’t want to give up his dream. So he left university before he finished his studies and spent all his time and energy practicing the violin. Unfortunately, his violin teacher was not very good. So when it was time for him to start his concert tour, he still couldn’t play the violin very well.
Therefore, a Milan newspaper critic¹ criticized him and said that he was an untrained violinist. The critic said, “If he is gold, he is not ready to shine² yet.”
When facing this kind of problem, some people may become very angry and some people try to learn from it. Fortunately, Ole Bull belonged to the second group. He went to the newspaper office and found the critic. Instead of being angry, he talked about his mistakes with the man and listened to the man’s advice.
After he met the critic, he gave up the rest of his concerts. Then he went back to practice the violin with the help of good teachers. In the end, he got great success when he was only 26. He also became one of the most famous violinists in the world

1. 1.

   Why didn’t Ole Bull’s father like him to play the piano?

   1. A.
      Because he thought playing the violin was useless
   2. B.
      Because his father thought playing the violin would cost lots of money
   3. C.
      Because his father thought he couldn’t play the violin well
   4. D.
      Because his father thought he couldn’t make his dream come true
2. 2.

   What does the underlined part "If he is gold, he is not ready to shine yet." mean?

   1. A.
      Gold always shines no matter where it is
   2. B.
      He is an excellent violinist
   3. C.
      He doesn’t play the violin very well
   4. D.
      If he sells gold, he will make a lot of money
3. 3.

   What was Ole Bull’s attitude towards the critic’s article?

   1. A.
      Angry
   2. B.
      Excited
   3. C.
      Modest
   4. D.
      Worried
4. 4.

   Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

   1. A.
      Without a good teacher, one can’t succeed
   2. B.
      The critic’s advice helped Ole Bull a lot
   3. C.
      Ole Bull got success after many years’ hard practice at last
   4. D.
      The critic helped Ole Bull find a famous teacher
5. 5.

   What can we learn from the passage?

   1. A.
      Becoming a violinist can make a lot of money
   2. B.
      When we meet problems, we should learn to face them
   3. C.
      Old Bull was a famous American pianist
   4. D.
      You can be famous easily if you play the violin