It was too hot one day, A big strong man went into a bar(酒吧), sat down, called the waiter
and said to him," Give me a glass of beer(啤酒)before the troubles start."  
     The waiter was busy with other people, so he did not say anything, but gave the man a glass
of beer, and the man drank it quickly. Then he put his glass down,  called the waiter again and said
to him."Give me another one before the troubles start."   
     Again the waiter was too busy to say anything, so he gave the man another glass of beer and went
away. The man drank it too, and then again he called the waiter and said to him. "One more glass
of beer quickly before the troubles start!"  
     This time the waiter was not very busy, so when he brought the man his third glass of beer, he said
to him," What troubles are you talking about?"    
     The big strong man shouted," I have got no money!"

(     )1. The strong man asked the waiter to give him something to eat.
(     )2. The strong man drank 3 glasses of beer.
(     )3. Because of being too busy, the waiter said nothing but giving beer to the strong man.
(     )4. The troubles the 8trong man said he was very angry.
(     )5. At last the waiter drove the strong man away.

     When you go to see a doctor, he will write you a note to take to the chemist for some medicine.
Chemists are usually good at reading doctors' notes. But sometimes doctors write too badly and even
the chemists cannot read them.
     One day a man wrote to a doctor to invite him to have dinner at his house. The doctor wrote a reply,
but he wrote too badly and the man could not read it.
     “What shall I do?" he asked his wife. “I don't know whether he is going to come or not. l don't want
to call him and say that I don't understand him. "
      His wife thought for a while and then she had an idea. "Take it to the chemist," she said. "He will be
able to read it for us. "
    "Thank you," said her husband. "That's a good idea. "
     He went to the chemist's shop and gave the doctor's "note" to him. The chemist looked at it for a long
time.
    "Could you wait a moment, sir?" he said. Then he went to the back of his shop. After a few minutes
he came back, carrying a large bottle. He gave the bottle to the man.
     "Take one spoonful every day," he said.

l. What did the doctor do when he was invited to have dinner? 

A. He said he would come on time.
B. He wrote the man a reply.
C. He was very glad.
D. He wrote a note to the chemist.

2. Why couldn't the man understand the '6note"?  

A. Because the doctor wrote badly.
B. Because the man didn't know much about medicine.
C. Because the doctor didn't like to go.
D. Because the man never went to school.

3. The wife wanted her husband to ______. 

A. call the doctor to have dinner with them
B. go to the chemist and get some medicine
C. take the reply to the chemist for help
D. read it again

4. In this story,  the word " chemist " means "_____" in Chinese. 

A. 護(hù)士        
B. 化驗師      
C. 藥荊師      
D. 藥房

5. The chemist didn't know what the doctor had written at last, did be?

A. Yes, he did.          
B. No, he did.
C. Yes, he didn't.        
D. No, he didn't.

     A man was sitting in the doctor's office.He was telling the doctor about his problem. "I like football,
Doctor," he said."Please help me. My life has never been a good one since I became interested in football; and it is getting worse and worse.I can't even get away from it in my sleep.As soon as I close my eyes,
I'm out there on the football field and running after a flying ball. When I wake up,I'm more tired than
I was when I went to bed. What am I going todo?"
    The doctor sat back and said,"First of all,you have to do your best not to dream about football.When
you close your eyes,try to think about something else. Try to think that you are at a party andsomeone is
going to give you several million dollars, "
     "Are you crazy(瘋狂的,古怪的), Doctor?"  the  manshouted at the doctor."I will miss my ball."

1. The man went to see the doctor because ______. 

A. there was something wrong with his heart
B. the doctor was interested in football
C. he wanted to get some advice about his trouble with football
D. his wife was ill

2. Football makes the man's life ______.  

A. happy          
B. interesting
C. good          
D. difficult

3.The man felt more tired after he got up because ______.

A. he thought of getting several million dollars even in his sleep
B. he thought of football even in his sleep
C. he watched a football match on TV too late at night
D. he ran after the flying balls before he went to bed

4. The doctor told the man ______. 

A. not to think of football when he went to sleep
B. not to close his eyes when he was lying in bed
C. to be a rich man with several million dollars
D. not to dream in his sleep

5. The best title for this story is ______. 

A. Crazy Doctor
B. Flying Football
C. Exciting Football
D. A Man Crazy About Football

     One day John went to a shop to get some newclothes and a new pair of shoes. The shoes in the
shop were quite good and were not expensive. But none of them were the right size. They were either
too big or too small.
    Then John asked the shopkeeper for a suit,but itwas too dear. So he chose a jacket. He was trying
iton. He looked at himself in the mirror and thought it was very nice. He picked up the jacket and told
theshopkeeper to put it in a bag.At that moment his oldfriend Ron came into the shop. They hadn't seen
each other for months. They were so pleased to see each other. They talked on and on.
     It was late, so they decided to go and have dinner.John picked up the bag,and walked towards the
door of the shop. The shopkeeper stopped them and asked John to pay for the jacket.John looked at
him in surprise at first,but soon he remembered that he hadn't paid for it. He said sorry and paid for the
jacket. Then he left the shop with his friend.

1. Were the shoes in the shop the right size for his feet?
    _______________________________________
2. John didn't buy any shoes, did he?
    _______________________________________
3. What did he buy at last?
   _______________________________________
4. Did John feel glad when he met his old friend Ron?
   _______________________________________
5. Why didn't John pay the money at first?
   _______________________________________

     Lily and Lucy are twins. They look the same. Their parents buy them the same clothes, the same shoes,
the same hats and the same bikes. So the twins have the same things.
     But now Lily wants to be different. Listen, the twins are talking in their bedroom.
Lily: There's a new supermarket near our home. My blouse is old. I want to buy a new one.
Lucy: I would like a new blouse, too.
Lily: But we can't have blouses of the same colour. I like green.
Lucy: I like green, too.
Lily: Then you can have a dark green blouse. And I can have a light green one, OK?
Lucy: No, I like light green, too.
Lily: Well, well, let's buy blouses of the same colour.

1. The twins are now _____.

A. at school
B. at home
C. in the supermarket
D. in the hospital

2. Lily wants to wear _____ now.

A. like talking
B. like shopping
C. different colours
D. want to be the same

3. They would like to buy new _____.

A. blouses
B. hats
C. bikes
D. shoes

4. Of the following, which is RIGHT?

A. The twins like wearing the same clothes.
B. The twins like dark green.
C. The twins like the same colour.
D. The twins have different things.

5. Of the following, which is NOT right?

A. The parents buy the same things for the twins.
B. The new supermarket is near the twins' house.
C. The twins' bikes are of the same colour.
D. The parents want their daughters to be different.

     Mr.Knott[not] was a teacher. He taught in a big school in London. He lived a long way from
the school, so he was usually quite tired when he got home. At nine o'clock one evening when he
was in bed, the telephone bell rang in the hall, so he went downstairs, picked up the telephone and
said,"Hello! Who's speaking, please?"
     "Watt[what]." a man answered.
     "What's your name, please?" said Mr.Knott.
     "Watt's my name," was the answer.
     "Yes, I asked you that what's your name?" Mr.Knott said again.
     "I told you. Watt's my name." said the other man. "Are you Jack Smith?"
     "No, I'm Knott," answered Mr.Knott.
     Both Mr.Watt and Mr.Knott put their telephones down angrily and thought, "What a rude, foolish
man!"  

1. Mr.Knott was usually tired in the evening because _____. 

A. he was a teacher
B. he worked very hard in a school
C. he lived a long way from school
D. he taught too many students

2. Mr.Watt wanted to speak to _____. 

A. his wife
B. Mr.Knott
C. Jack Smith
D. Mrs.Knott 

3. "Watt's my name" means _____.

A. What's my name?
B. My name is What.
C. Are you asking my name?
D. My name is Watt.  

4. Mr.Knott didn't understand what Mr.Watt said because _____. 

A. he was a foolish teacher
B. he had bad ears
C. Mr.Watt didn't speak loudly enough
D. the"a"in"watt"is pronounced(發(fā)音) as the"a"in"what"

     Greg Woodburn, a university student, spends a lot of time cleaning sports shoes. Some of them once
belonged to him; some belonged to his friends. But soon the shoes will have new owners, poor children
in the USA and 20 other countries, thanks to Greg's Share Our Soles (鞋底) (S.O.S) charity.
     Greg was a high school running star in a small town in California. He had to stop running for months
because his knee was injured. "I started thinking about all the things I got from running, the health, the
friendships and the confidence." he says. And I realized there are children who don't even have shoes.
     Greg collected his own sports shoes and then called his friends and the town. His aim was to have
100 pairs by Christmas 2006. When the number climbed to more than 500 pairs. Greg know that he could
collect sports shoes all year round.
     Now he has set up collection boxes in his town. So far, S.O.S has collected and donated more than
3,000 pairs of shoes. And Greg has cleaned almost all of them. "People think of it as duty work," he says,
"but I like doing it, because I feel happy when I'm doing it. It's not work I want to pass on to someone
else."
     In just three years, Greg has started three branches (分部) of S.O.S and there are more and more
sports shoes.
     For many poor children who have received the shoes mean opportunity. Two young boys in southern
California used to go to school on alternate days (隔日) because they both shared a pair of shoes. They
were too big for one boy and too small for the other. Thanks to S.O.S, each brother received his own
pair of shoes. The boys now go to school every day. When they graduate, they say they will help others,
just as Greg helped them.

1. Who will Greg donate these sports shoes to?
    _____________________________________________________________________
2. From running Greg got health, friendships and confidence, and what did he realize?
    _____________________________________________________________________
3. How many pairs of shoes has S.O.S collected and donated so far?
    _____________________________________________________________________
4. Why does Greg like to clean the donated shoes?
    _____________________________________________________________________
5. What did the two boys in southern California learn from Greg?
    _____________________________________________________________________

                                                         My Wife Is Ill
     Mr Jackson was a doctor. A lot of patients went to see him and he was very busy and had little
time to rest in the daytime. One night, when he looked over the last patient, it was five to one.  He was
too tired to say a word and lay down at once.  As soon as he fell asleep, a farmer began to knock at the
door and got him up.
     "My wife is ill," shouted the farmer. "Please go and look her over. " Mr Jackson had to go
out with the farmer. It was the coldest night of the year and the road was covered with snow and
ice. The farmer lived far away from the town and they went through a forest, crossed two rivers
and a mountain. It took them three hours to get to the short, small house. And they were both
tired, cold and hungry.
     The woman stayed in bed. She looked fine. Mr Jackson looked her over carefully and found
there was nothing serious with her. He became angry. He called the farmer out and said,"Your
wife is strong and healthy, you know. Why did you ask me to come here late at night?""l'm sorry, sir,"
said the farmer.  "My wife never does anything at home.I thought she was ill.
     We're poor.  In the day, when you're busy,I can't go for you.  If you come to look her over at night
when you're free, we'll pay you nothing."

1. It was ____  for Mr Jackson to get to the farmer's house.    

A. difficult    
B. easy    
C. light    
D. happy

2. When Mr Jackson and the farmer reached the house, it was ____.   

A. five to one    
B. two    
C. three    
D. about four

3. ____, so he fell asleep soon.     

A. It was time to go to bed for Mr Jackson
B. Mr Jackson was very tired that night
C. Mr Jackson felt unwell that night
D. Mr Jackson was afraid to be waken up soon

4. The woman did nothing at home because ____. 

A. something was wrong with her
B. her husband was strong enough to do all
C. he was lazy
D. she hoped to be looked over

5. The farmer went for Mr Jackson late at night because ____. 

A. he wanted to play a joke on him
B. he was afraid his wife was going to die
C. his wife had really been ill before he went for him
D. he wanted to save some money