Mr Jackson is having a meeting. He looks at the clock on the wall. It is 7.45. 'The last bus left fifteen
minutes ago,'he thinks.'I'll have to stay in a hotel tonight.'
     Mr Jackson always drives home after work.He lives outside the city.There is something wrong with
his car, so today he has to take a bus to his office.
     The meeting is over. When goes out of the warm office, it begins to snow.He wants to have some
warm food and soup first. Most restaurants are full of people and he has to go into a small one. The
waiter shows him the menu.    
     'Some hot soup,please,'says Mr Jackson.
    Later, the waiter brings the soup to him.When Mr Jackson is drinking.he finds something in 'Come
here, boy,'he says.'Look,there is hair in my soup!'
    The waiter says, 'It's usually a fly in the soup, I remember.'

1. Mr Jackson usually goes home _________.

A. by bus          
B. by car          
C. by bike      
D. on foot

2. Mr Jackson wants to have some hot soup first because __________.

A. the restaurant is very warm              
B. he is hungry
C. there are few people in the restaurant    
D. he feels cold after he 1eaves his office

3. Tlhe waiter's words mean that _________.  

A. the soup in the restaurant is nice          
B. the hair is Mr Jackson's
C. there are usually flies in the soup          
D. he has to say sorry to Mr Jackson

     In about 5 years, most Chinese will have the chance to meet the real Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck
and other Disney cartoon characters. Shanghai Disneyland began building on April 8, 2011. Chinese
people will have another wonderful place to have fun in the future. Now , besides two Disney-land parks
in the United States, there are three theme parks around the world-in Paris,Tokyo and Hong Kong. In
recent years, because of the bad economy of the world,most of the parks have failed to make money.
But in Shanghai Disneyland, a "Journey to the West" theme park is expected to be built. And there will
be some new  attractions especially for Chinese people. For example, ]you will see Mickey Mouse with
traditional Chinese clothes welcome you at the gate of the park. And, Donald  Duck will greet you in
Chinese. Isn't that amazing? We ' re sure Shanghai Disneyland will attract lots of people from China and
outside China.
     "If Disneyland could be introduced to other countries, why can't a Chinese theme park find its way
to the world?" said Zhao Lihong of the Writers' Association (作家協(xié)會(huì)) of Shanghai City confidently.

1. How many Disneyland parks will China have in about 5 years according to the passage?     

A. One. 
B. Two.
C. Three. 
D.  Four.

2. How many Disneyland parks are there in the world now?

A. Two.
B. Three. 
C. Four. 
D. Five

3. Why have most of the parks failed to make money?     

A. Because of the bad economy of the world.     
B. Because of the bad weather.     
C. Because they're too far away to go.
D. Because they have no new attractions any longer.

4. What's the meaning of Zhao's words?

A. Shanghai Disneyland can ' t find its way to the world.     
B. He didn ' t know whether Shanghai Disneyland could succeed or not.     
C. Shanghai Disneyland may be as popular as other Disneylands in the future. 
D. Shanghai Disneyland will surpass other Disneylands.

5. What's the best title of the passage?     

A. Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck     
B. Shang hai Disneyland     
C. A "Journey to the West"  Theme Park
D. Disneyland Parks    

    I'm Mary. I have a piece of good news to tell you. My parents bought a new flat in
the centre of the city. The rooms are not big, but they are all comfortable. There are
more rooms than our old flat. I am excited (激動(dòng)) because I have my own bedroom.
In the old flat, I share the bedroom with my sister.
    My favourite room in the new flat is my bedroom. I can be alone (單獨(dú)) in it. It is
my own small world. I can listen to music, read comics and chat with my friends on
the phone. I can also look for things on the Internet and send e-mails to my e-friends.
    Kitchen is my favourite room, too. I like helping my mother with the cooking. She is
not only a good teacher but also a good cook. She often teaches me how to make some
different dishes. She lived in Sichuan when she was a child. So she likes hot food and
she can cook very delicious hot food.

1. What's Mary's new flat like?

[     ]

A. Big and comfortable
B. Small and not comfortable
C. Big but not comfortable
D. Small but comfortable

2. Mary can do the following things in the bedroom except (除了) _____.

[     ]

A. play the piano
B. chat with her friends
C. send e-mails
D. listen to music

3. Which room does Mary like best?

[     ]

A. The kitchen
B. Her bedroom
C. The sitting room
D. Both A and B

4. What does Mary's mother do?

[     ]

A. A teacher.
B. A nurse.
C. A housewife.
D. A worker.

5. Where did Mary's mother live when she was a child?

[     ]

A. The old flat
B. The centre of the city
C. Sichuan
D. The new flat

     "You are welcome to have dinner with me on Sunday," said John. "But I don't know where your
house is." said Henry.
     "It's easy. You get off the bus. Then you cross the road. You take the first road on the left. You
walk for five minutes. Then you come to a big tree. You take the second on the right after the tree.
About one hundred meters down this road there is a big red house. You go past the big house, and
after about hundred meters, you'll see a small yellow house beside a little tree. Open the door with
your foot."
     "With my foot?" said Henry.
     "Why yes," said John, "well, you won't come to my house with empty hands, will you?"

1. From the story we know that John asked Henry _____.

A. to go to the cinema
B. to have supper with Jim
C. to go to the bus stop

2. "You take the first on the left" means _____.

A. go ahead on the left
B. take the first bus on the left
C. take the first road on the left.

3. How far is it from the big tree to the big red house?

A. about one hundred meters away.
B. five minutes' walk.
C. about five hundreds feet

4. Where was John's house? It was _____.

A. on the right after the big house
B. a small yellow house
C. beside a little tree.

5. Why did John asked Henry to open the door with his foot? Because Henry _____.

A. had no hands
B. was afraid to open with his hands
C. would carry a lot of things in his hands.

     People in different countries do things differently. For example, Australians put
their shirt “tails" on the clothes--line after washing, because they usually put the shirt "tails" into their trousers. When the clothes pegs leave marks on the clothes. other
people will not see them.
     That's why Australians also put the bottom of their socks on the clothes-line. If
they put the top of their socks on the clothes-line, the marks left by the pegs may be seen by others.
     Do you do some washing or others help you to do so? I believe you can do it by
yourself and you will get much fun from it. Please have a try after this exam.

1. In which country do such things happen?           

A. In China.                    
B. In France.
C. In Australia.                  
D. In Japan.                                    

2. In which place do the people usually put their clothes to make them dry in the
passage?

A. On the wall.
B. On the clothes-line.
C. On the door.
D. On the chair.  

3. Australians don't want others to see the marks left by the pegs on the shirts, so          .

A. they don't buy shirts
B. they don't like wearing shirts
C. they put their shirts on the clothes-line by the pockets
D. they put their shirts on the clothes-line by the shirt "tails"

4. In which way do Australians dry their clothes according to the passage?

5. What does 66tails" mean in Chinese in the passage? It means”        ”in Chinese.

A．尾巴    
B．下端
C．袖子    
D．領(lǐng)子

　　How much sleep do we need? We are all different. Some people need only
three hours of sleep a night. Others need ten hours of sleep a night. Most
Americans sleep an average of seven to eight hours a night. After age fifty, the
average sleep time goes down t0 6. 5 hours a night.
　　Most people have a bad night when they cannot fall asleep. The name of this
problem is called insomnia.
　　This is not a new problem. Many famous people in history had insomnia.
Some of these people had special ideas to make them sleep.  Benjamin Franklin,
the famous statesman (政治家) and inventor, had four beds.  He moved from one
to another to fall asleep. King Louis XI V of France had four hundred and thirteen
beds and hoped to fall asleep in one of them. Mark Twain, the famous American
writer, had a different way. He laid on his side across the end of his bed.

1. What does the sentence in the passage "We are all different." means?

A. We don't look the same.
B. No one looks like each other.
C. We go to bed at different time.
D. Our sleeping time is not the same.

2. In Chinese the word "insomnia" means _____.

3. As people grow old, they need _____at night.

A. more sleeping time
B. no sleeping time
C. less sleeping time
D. a fixed time to sleep

4. People with the problem of insomnia _____.

A. are too busy to sleep
B. find it difficult to fall asleep
C. find it hard to wake up in the morning
D. have more beds

5. The best title for this passage may be _____.

A. How to Solve the Sleeping Problem
B. People and Sleep
C. How Famous People Tried to Sleep
D. People and Insomnia