Hello. I'm John. I'm short and little. My mum is tall and big. We are in the street now. We walk and walk.
Then I see ice cream. "Ice cream. Mum, I'm thirsty. May I have it, please?" "Sure, John."
     I eat some ice cream and I'm happy.
     "John, look at the toy (玩具) lion. It's very nice. It has a big mouth, a small brown nose and two little eyes. Do you like it?" "Yes, I like it a lot."
     Mum buys the toy lion for me. Then I go home with her. We are very happy today.

1. — Where are John and Mum now?
    — They are _____. 

A. in the street
B. in the classroom
C. in a restaurant
D. in a school

2. John eats _____ in the street.

A. some bananas
B. some ice cream
C. some oranges
D. some apples

3. The toy lion has _____.

A. a big nose
B. little eyes
C. a brown mouth
D. green ears

4. John goes home with _____.

A. some ice cream
B. a toy lion
C. a toy dog
D. a toy cat

5. Which of the following is NOT right (正確)?

A. John feels thirsty and eats some ice cream.
B. Mum is happy today.
C. John doesn't like the toy lion.
D. John is very happy today.

     In elementary school (小學(xué)), Guadalupe Quintanilla was often referred to (認(rèn)為)as a "slow learner" by her
teachers. But she really wasn't slow at all. She just didn't understand the language used in the classroom. Her
problem was that she didn't speak English. So she left school after the fourth grade.
     When Guadalupe grew up, married (結(jié)婚), and had children of her own, she knew that her children were
clever. But some of their teachers didn't think so. The children were having trouble in school because they
didn't speak English. Mrs Quintanilla was angry. She didn't want people to think that her children were slow
learners. So she decided to learn English herself as a way of helping them. She practised English. She looked
up words in the dictionary. She asked the school headmaster to let her sit in on classes. It wasn't easy, but
she passed all her exams. She said that many of the other students helped her.
     Mrs Quintanilla has helped her children with their lessons. Her two sons have won success (成功). One is
a teacher, and the other is a doctor. Her youngest child, a daughter, is studying in a university (大學(xué)).

1. Guadalupe was called as low learner _____.

A. to make her study harder
B. because she wasn't clever
C. because she stayed at home
D. because she didn't speak English

2. According to (根據(jù)) the story, children who don't speak English _____.

A. may have more trouble in school
B. have trouble playing football
C. often write a diary
D. grow up to be teachers

3. Which happened first?

A. Guadalupe passed all her exams.
B. Guadalupe left school after the fourth grade.
C. Guadalupe had three children.
D. Her two sons won success.

4. The story is mainly (主要的) about _____.

A. learning to sing and dance
B. the problem of slow learning
C. going to a university
D. Mrs. Quintanilla's success

     Newspapers and televisions often present the bad side of life to us. Life is, however, not so bad. The
world is, on the whole, full of kind people and friendly strangers. Recently, a tourist in France was given
a bunch of roses by a gardener as a token (標(biāo)記) of friendship. In California, when a tourist's car was
badly damaged, a man who came by offered to tow (拖) the car to a repair shop. The repairman was so
nice that he not only charged (收費(fèi)) the tourist very little, but lent him a car to drive while he was repairing
the tourist's car. We can say that if you are friendly and expect to meet friendly people, you will most
certainly meet them.

1. In California, ______ let the ______ use his own car when his car was damaged.
2. We get a wrong impression and the bad side of life from ______.
3. ______ is taken from the garden as a token of ______.
4. We can be sure that being ______ brings you friendship.
5. This passage mainly tells us that the world ______.

     One day Bob took two of his friends into the mountains. They put up their tents (帳篷) and then rode to
a forest to see how the trees were growing.
     In the afternoon when they were about ten kilometers from their camp (營地), it started to snow. More
and more snow fell. Soon Bob could hardly (幾乎不) see his hand before his face. He could not find the road!
Bob knew there were two roads. One road went to the camp, and the other went to his house. But all was
white now. Everything was the same. How could he take his friends back to the camp?
     Bob had an idea. The horses! Let the horses take them back! But what would happen if the horses took
the road to his house? That would be a trip (行程) of thirty-five kilometers in such cold weather!
     It was getting late. They rode on and on. At last the horses stopped. Where were they? None of them
could tell. John looked around. What was that under the tree? It was one of their tents!

1. John and his two friends went to the forest ___________.

A. to find their way home
B. to build their camp
C. to see the trees
D. to see the mountains in the snow

2. They could hardly find their way back because ___________.

A. there was not any road in the mountains
B. everything was covered by snow
C. they couldn't decide which of the two roads went to their tents
D. there was only one road to their camp

3. It is clear that they wanted the horses to take them to ___________.

A. the forests
B. the mountains
C. the camp
D. John's house

4. The horses stopped because ___________.

A. they were tired after running for a long time
B. it was getting late
C. they saw the trees
D. they knew that they had got to the camp

5. The story happened ___________.

A. at night when nothing could be seen
B. in a cold camp
C. on a dark evening
D. on a cold winter day

     Yesterday afternoon, when I was on my way home, it began to rain. I (1)f______ (感覺) worried,
because I didn't bring my (2)______ (雨傘). My hair and my clothes were all wet. When I went past a
(3)______ (銀行), I saw a boy riding a bike fast. 　(4)______ ( 突然) he (5)______ (跌落) down. I ran to
him at once. (6)______ (幸運(yùn)地), he was not badly hurt. I wanted to take him to the hospital. At that time,
my parents brought some warm clothes and a raincoat to me. They were (7)______ (自豪的；驕傲的) of me,
because I was so kind. Then we took the boy to the hospital (8)______ (一起). Soon, the boy's parents came
and they thanked us again and again. When we got home, it was (9)______ (已經(jīng)) late. We were still happy
because it's a (10)______ (令人愉快的) thing to help others.

     As I was leaving to meet Lynne, my roommate told me that I'd better take some money. But I didn't listen
to him. I thought that Lynne would pay because she had invited me. I arrived at the restaurant exactly on time.
I'd been told that Americans expect you to be on time. Lynne and I sat at a table in the corner of restaurant
and a waitress came and took our order.
     The dinner was a great success. I talked a lot about Saudi Arabia and Lynne told me all about herself. After
two hours, the waitress finally came and asked if we wanted one check or two. Lynne said two. We went to
the cashier and Lynne paid her check. I was embarrassed (尷尬) when the cashier gave me my bill. I had no
money to pay for my meal. Then I had an idea. I pretended to look for something in my pockets and said, "Oh!
I forgot my wallet! Can I call my roommate, please?" The cashier showed me where the phone was and I
quickly called my roommate. In a few minutes, he arrived with some money, but he couldn't hide how he felt.
He laughed all the way home. Now, I think it's funny too, but at that time I was terribly embarrassed. I thought
that an invitation to have dinner in the United States meant the same thing as that in China. I guess you have to
understand that your customs are only your customs. When you visit a foreign country, you have to learn about
their customs, too.

1. The writer's roommate advised the writer to take some money with him ______.

 A. to pay for the meal
B. to share the cost of the meal
C. to invite Lynne to dinner

2. The roommate laughed all the way home because ______. 

A. the writer was embarrassed when he couldn't pay his check
B. the writer hadn't told Lynne the truth
C. he writer wouldn't listen to him when he left the house.

3. The writer and Lynne ______.

A. enjoyed their meal very much
B. successfully finished their meal
C. traveled to Saudi Arabia together

4. What is the passage mainly about?

A. People should always take some money with them.
B. Customs can be entirely different in different countries.
C. A good roommate can really help you a lot.

5. Why didn't Lynne pay the check for the writer?

A. Because she didn't have enough money with her.
B. Because she didn't want to do so.
C. Because she thought it was natural for people to pay their own check.

     Msr Green went to the shop yesterday afternoon. She passed a bank and saw a car near the door. A young
man got out of it and went into the bank. She looked at the car. The keys were in the lock.
     Mrs Green took the keys and followed the man into the bank. The man took a gun out of the pocket and
said to the bank clerks (銀行職員), "Give me all the money." But Mrs Green didn't see this. She went to the
man and put the keys in his hand and said, "Young man, you are so careless. Never leave your keys in your car.
Someone's going to steal it." The man looked at Mrs Green in surprise for a few seconds. Then he looked at
the clerks for a while. After that, he took the keys, ran out of the bank, got into his car and drove away quickly
without any money.

1. Yesterday afternoon Mrs Green ______.

A. went to buy something
B. had nothing to do
C. went out for a walk
D. went to the bank to get some money

2. The young man got off his car and went into ______.

A. a shop
B. a post office
C. a bank
D. a hospital

3. Mrs Green saw ______ in the car.

A. a gun
B. the keys
C. a lot of money
D. a bag

4. From the passage, we can know Mrs Green ______.

A. wanted to catch the thief
B. thought the man was a thief
C. knew the young man
D. didn't know the man

5. When Mrs Green gave the young man his keys, the young man ______.

A. was very surprised
B. was very happy
C. said sorry to the clerks
D. thanked her very much

      Most people like watching TV. So does Mary. She doesn't mind soap operas or talk show. But she can't
stand sitcoms, for they are too boring. Sports shows are her favorite. She likes sports very much. and she
likes watching football matches on TV.
     Mary likes women's volleyball, too. She often watches matches on TV, sometimes on the Internet. Her
favorite team is China Team. She thinks all the members are fantastic. When they won Russia Team by 3:2 in
the 28th Olympic Games, she cried with them, the Gold Winners.
     Mary enjoys volleyball, but she isn't good at it. She is good at table tennis. She often plays it with her best
friend after school. They are both on the school table tennis team. Sometimes they play with teams from other
schools. They have a lot of fun with it.

1. Mary thinks sitcoms are ________.

A. interesting
B. boring
C. exciting
D. surprising

2. ________ are Mary's favorite TV program.

A. Talk shows
B. Soap operas
C. Beijing Opera
D. Sports shows

3. What's the meaning of the word "fantastic"?

A. 漂亮的
B. 瀟灑的
C. 棒極了
D. 狂妄的

4. How many kinds of TV programs are mentioned (提及) in the passage?

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

5. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Mary often plays table tennis after school.
B. Mary is good at playing volleyball.
C. Mary only watches volleyball matches on TV.
D. Mary's favorite team is Russian Team.