1. The writer changed his mind after waiting 30 minutes because________.

A. he became impatient and a bit worried
B. a taxi ride would be more comfortable
C. he knew the driver would never return
D. the bus driver had given him wrong information

2. The bus driver drove the writer home later because _______.

A. her brother had told her to do so
B. she wanted to earn more money
C. she happened to go in the same direction
D. she wanted to do something good for others

3. The bus driver hoped that the writer_________.

A. would drive someone home      
B. would help someone in need
C. would keep her in memory        
D. would give the money to others

     Once there was a very little beautiful, smart girl in my class. I believed she was perfect. When it came
to the time for my birthday, I i __1___ her to my birthday, and she came. We had a very good time and
e __2___ was very happy. I thought we had become good friends. A few months l__3__    it was her
birthday. I bought a special necklace for her. I could not help thinking about how happy she must be
opening my g__4__  . It made me very excited to imagine the surprise on her face.
     I asked her w___5__ her birthday party was going to be. She replied in a cold v__6___ , "Why do
you want to know? You are not invited; you are just a dork with glasses!"
     Her words h__7___  me. I just wanted to be her friends. I felt really b__8___ when she said that and
I just stood there to look at her. Everyone s__9___ by her came to stand next to me. Then we all left.
     That day I came to understand that t__10__ someone looks perfect, he or she may not be.

     I found out that sometimes doing a favor for someone could get you into a lot of trouble. I was in the
eighth grade at the time, and we were having a final test. During the test, the girl sitting next to me said
something to me, but I didn't understand. So I got closer to her and found out that she was trying to ask
me if I had an extra pen. She showed me that hers could not write. I happened to have an extra one, so I
took it out of my pocket and put it on her desk.
     Later, after the test papers had been turned in, the teacher asked me to stay in the classroom when all
the other students were out. Then she began to talk to me about honesty and emphasized (重點(diǎn)強(qiáng)調(diào))
the fact that when people do something dishonest, they are really cheating themselves. She made me
promise that I would think seriously about all the things she had said, and then she told me I could leave.
I walked out of the room wondering why she had talked to me about all those things.
     The next day, I realized that the teacher thought I had cheated on the test. When she saw me talk to
the girl next to me, it looked as if I was copying answers from the girl's test paper. I tried to explain about
the pen, but she said it seemed very strange to her that I hadn't talked of anything about the pen when she
talked to me after the test. She continued to believe that I had cheated on the test.

1. The story took place exactly ________.
A. in the teacher's office  
B. in the classroom
C. in the playground        
D. in the library
2. Why did the boy get close to his classmate during the test?
A. Because he wanted to borrow a pen from his classmate.
B. Because he wanted to copy his classmate's answers.
C. Because his classmate wanted to borrow a pen.
D. Because his classmate wanted to copy his answers.
3. When the teacher saw all this, she asked the boy ________.
A. to go on writing his paper        
B. to stop taking the exam  
C. to leave the room immediately  
D. to stay behind the classroom
4. The underlined word "cheated" means "________" in Chinese.
A. 遲到      
B. 睡覺
C. 玩耍    
D. 作弊
5. The boy realized the teacher made a mistake ________.
A. on the day of the test  
B. when he was walking out of the room  
C. when the teacher talked to him
D. the next day

     Sally was a student. It was going to be her mother's birthday. She wanted to buy her a present that would
be nice and useful but not expensive.
     A week before her mother's birthday, she went shopping after a quick and simple lunch. When she had
been looking for half an hour, she found a shop that was selling cheap umbrellas, and decided to take a black
one since her mother had lost hers the month before.
     She thought, "You could carry that when you are wearing clothes of any color."So she decided to buy a
lovely black umbrella and took to the school with her until her classes had finished.
     On her way back home in the train that evening, she felt hungry because she had such a small lunch that
she went along to the buffet car (便餐車) for another sandwich and a cup of coffee. She had left the black
umbrella above her seat in the compartment (車廂), but when she got back, it had gone! When she had left
the compartment, there had been no other passengers in it, but now there were three.
     Sally began to cry when she saw that the umbrella was no longer there. The other passengers felt very
sorry for her and asked what the matter was.She told them that the black umbrella she had bought for her
mother was gone, and that she had to get out at the next station. After the three other passengers heard it,
they asked her for her mother's address so that they could send the umbrella to her if someone had taken it
by mistake, and brought it back after Sally had got out of the train.
     The next week, Sally heard from her mother. It said, "Thank you very much for your lovely presents,
but why did you send me three black umbrellas?"

1. Which of the following has the same meaning with the sentence "You could carry that when you are
    wearing clothes of any color"?

A. You can carry it when you are wearing any clothes.
B. Any color of your clothes will be all right.
C. The umbrella will be OK for your clothes in any colors.
D. You can take any clothes that you like to wear.

2. Where did she find the umbrella missing?

A. The compartment.
B. Her school.
C. The buffet car.
D. The shop.

3. From the passage, we can infer (推斷) that _______.

A. her mother would write to her if she didn't receive the present
B. the three umbrellas were sent by the girl
C. only four peoele had ever been to the compartment
D. nobody brought the umbrella back

4. The best name of the story is _______.

A. A Lucky Girl
B. The Missing Umbrella
C. Mother's present
D. A Happy Mother

5. What does the writer want to tell us?

A. You should take care of your things when you are traveling.
B. Show your love to others, and they will bring you love.
C. Chinldren should often come back to see their parents.
D. It's no use crying when you are in trouble.

     A farmer had some dogs to sell. He painted a sign advertising the dogs. A little boy came up to him
and said, "Sir, I want to buy a dog."
     "Well," the farmer said," but they (1) ___________ (be) very expensive." The boy (2) ___________
(take) some changes out of his pocket,"I've got thirty-nine cents. Is that enough to take a dog?"
      "Sure. I have six dogs. You (3) ___________ (choose) any of them." Then the farmer whistled, "Dolly!"
At once, Dolly ran out of the doghouse followed by four little dogs. Then the little boy's eyes (4) ___________ (dance) with happiness.
     But the boy saw another little dog (5) ___________ (move) out slowly. This one was the smallest. She was
trying her best (6) ___________ (catch) up with the others…
     "I went that one," the boy said, (7) ___________(point) to the last one. The farmer was surprised. "She
(8) ___________(not run) and play with you like other dogs. Will you still want to buy her?" he said kindly.
     Hearing that, the little boy rolled (卷起) up one leg of his trousers. A steel brace (支架) (9) ___________
(tie) on both sides of his leg. Looking up at the farmer, he said, "So you see, Sir. I can't walk very well myself,
I (10) ___________ (understand) her. So we will be good friends."

     A group of swans flew down to a beach where a crow (烏鴉) was jumping around. The crow watched
them with disdain (鄙視).
     "You have no flying skills at all!" he said to the swans. "All you can do is to move your wings. Can you
turn over in the air? No, that's beyond you. Let's have a flying competition. I'll show you what real flying is!"
     One of the swans, a strong young male, took up the challenge (挑戰(zhàn)). The crow flew up and began to
show his skills. He flew in circles, performed other flying tricks, and then came down and looked proudly
at the swan.
     Now it was the swan's turn. He flew up, and began flying over the sea. The crow flew after him, making
all kinds of comments (評(píng)價(jià)) about his flying. They flew on and on till they couldn't see the land and there
was nothing but water on all sides. The crow was making fewer and fewer comments. He was now so
exhausted that he found it hard to stay in the air, and had to struggle to keep himself from falling into the water.
     The swan pretended (假裝) not to notice, and said, "Why do you keep touching the water, brother? Is that
another trick?" "No," said the crow. He knew he had lost the competition."I'm in trouble because of my pride
(自大)! If you don't help me, I'll lose my life..."
     The swan took pity on him, and took him on his shoulders and flew back to the beach.

1. What's the correct order of the following events?
    a. The crow followed the swan and got into trouble.
    b. The swan felt pity for the crow and saved it.
    c. The crow had to ask the swan for help.
    d. The swan accepted a challenge of performing flying tricks.

A. a, d, b, c
B. a, b, d, c
C. d, a, c, b
D. d, c, a, b

2. What does the underlined word "exhausted" in Paragraph 4 mean?

A. Tired.
B. Bored.
C. Nervous.
D. Frightened.

3. What do we learn from the passage?

A. Practice makes perfect.
B. The early bird catches the worm.
C. No pains, no gains.
D. Pride goes before a fall.

       This is a story about a famous American woman. Her name is Helen Keller. When she was only nineteen
months old, she got an illness which made her blind and deaf. She couldn't see or hear anything. So she couldn't
learn to speak. When she was six, a young teacher came and taught her to read and write. Her name was Anne
Sullivan. Later, when she was ten, Miss Sullivan took her to another teacher, Sarah Fuller, who taught her to
speak. Helen put her fingers on Miss Fuller's face and into her mouth. In this way, she learned to speak. She
went to school and became famous, because she was one of the first blind and deaf person that learned to speak.
She began to write books to help the deaf to speak. She also wrote books to help the blind in many parts of the
world. Her hard work and her courage make people in all countries love her. She is one of the few women
whom everyone knows. 

1. How old was Helen Keller when she became blind and deaf?

A. She was one year and seven months old.
B. She was ten.
C. She was six.
D. She was nine months old.

2. What did Miss Fuller teach her to do?

A. To walk.
B. To draw a picture.
C. To speak.
D. To play games.

3. What did she do after she could speak?

A. She made a lot of money.
B. She wrote books and helped the blind in many countries.
C. She tried hard to be famous.
D. She returned to her hometown.

       Mr Hunt had a bookshop near a hospital. But he never went to see a doctor when he was ill. He usually just
took some medicine. One day, when Mr Hunt carried a box of books in his hands, the box fell down and hurt
one of his feet.
       "Go to see a doctor," said Mrs Hunt.
       "No," he said. "I'll wait until a doctor comes here next time. Then I'll ask him about my foot. This way I'll
pay nothing to him." A few days later, a doctor came into the shop and bought some books. When Mr Hunt got
the books ready, he asked the doctor about his foot. The doctor answered him at once. 
       "Here are your books, sir," said Mr Hunt. "You must pay two pounds for them." 
       "I'll pay nothing for them." 
       "Oh, what?" 
       "I told you about your foot. I want two pounds for that."

1. Mr Hunt is a             .

A. worker
B. driver
C. bookseller
D. farmer

2. Mr Hunt usually just took some medicine, because ______.

A. he was also a doctor
B. he didn't know any doctor
C. he lived far from the hospital
D. He wanted to pay nothing to doctors

3. Mr Hunt wanted to ______.

A. be friends with a doctor
B. wait for a doctor coming into his shop
C. give a doctor some books
D. show some books to a doctor

4. The doctor came into the shop to            .

A. buy some books
B. look at Mr Hunt's foot
C. answer Mr Hunt's question
D. pay for some books

5. At last,             .

A. the doctor paid two pounds for the books
B. the doctor paid nothing
C. Mr Hunt paid two pounds to the doctor
D. the doctor didn't help Mr Hunt