My name is Betty．I'm a student in Hawaii School．Yesterday morning it was very sunny when I woke up．I looked at the alarm clock．It said 3:50! It had stopped! What time was it? I climbed out of bed and went downstairs to the kitchen．The kitchen clock said 8:30 — I was late! My parents had gone to work without checking if I got up．The school bus went at 8:00．I had missed it．

     I called my teacher on his mobile phone．

     "I'm sorry I got up late, but I'll get to school as soon as I can!" I said．

     "Go to school on my rollerblades （旱冰鞋）," I thought． "It will be faster than the bus． "

     I washed and dressed quickly． I took an apple to eat on the way． That was breakfast today! Then I put on my rollerblades and went to school． It took me 35 minutes to get to the school．I took all the shortcuts （近路） I knew． I went across the park —even through some backyards! When I got to school, I was very hot and my legs hurt．I had missed math, our first lesson of the morning． But I made it to our second lesson, history．I was very happy because history is my favorite subject．

1．When did Betty get up yesterday?

2．Why did she get up late?

    Because ________________________________and ______________________________．

3．Did she take the bus to school yesterday morning?

4．How long did it take her to get to the school?

5．Which lesson did she make it to?

Mary’s Timetable

History (歷史)  Geography（地理）  Physics(物理)

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1.Which lesson does Mary have every day?

A. English         B. Chinese         C. History   D. Math

2. Mary has a rest at noon for_______.

A. 2 hours         B. 1 hour          C. 1.5 hours   D. 2.5 hours

3. How many music lessons does Mary have in a week?.

A. three           B. four           C. two     D. one

4. The third class begins at _____in the morning.

A. 9:35           B. 9:55           C. 9:50    D. 9:40

5.When does Mary have history?

A. Tuesday        B. Friday     C. Tuesday and Wednesday    D. Monday

My English teacher had a trip to the USA last summer.

   Which picture did she take there?

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

A．Martin would go to college and it was far from home.

B．Martin preferred living at home to living at college.

C．Martin didn’t want to take the public transport.

D．Martin was able to learn how to drive very quickly.

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.

A．e—a—c—b—d     B．a(chǎn)—c—b—d—e     C．e—c—a—b—d     D．a(chǎn)—c—d—b—e

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

A．Angry            B．Sad              C．Cheerful          D．Shocked