Peter is thirteen years old. He is in Grade Two this year. He likes to play football and watch football matches. And he often reads newspapers. He does his best to know where and when there is going to be a football match. Now Peter is having lunch. He is listening to the radio, too. He is very happy because there is going to be a nice football match on TV at four this afternoon. He wants to watch it very much. But he is going to have English and Chinese lessons. He thinks hard and finds a way.

“ Hello, Mrs. Black,” Peter says to his teacher on the telephone, “ Peter is ill in bed. He wants to ask for half a day’s leave ( 請(qǐng)半天假 ).”

“ Oh, I’m sorry to hear that.” says Mrs. Black, “ But who’s that?”

“ It’s my father, Mrs. Black.”

1.Peter is a ______.

A．middle school student

B．Young Pioneer

C．worker

D．teacher

2. Peter will be in ______ next year.

A．Grade Two

B．Grade Three

C． Grade One

D．school

3. Peter often reads news newspaper because _______.

A．he likes to read news

B．he likes to read stories

C．he want to know when and where a football match will be

D．his father wants him to read them

4. Peter wants to ask for half a day’s leave because _______.

A． his father is ill in bed

B． he wants to watch the football match

C． he doesn’t like to have English or Chinese lessons

D． he is ill in bed

5. Which sentence ( 句子 ) is right?

A． Mrs. Black is going to take Peter to see a doctor

B． Peter likes to watch TV at four in the afternoon.

C． Peter is a stupid ( 笨的 ) boy.

D． Peter isn’t an honest ( 誠(chéng)實(shí)的 ) boy.

 

Mr. Hunt came from a poor family. He had three brothers and two sisters. His father worked hard but wasn’t paid much. And his mother did all the housework at home. They were both able but they couldn’t get enough money for their family.
Mr. Hunt was in school for only three years and he had to stop to help his parents though he was good at his lessons. When he was sixteen, he came to the city and began to work in a small factory. He learned from an old worker and became a skilled worker. The old worker liked him and married his daughter to him. The young man did not have his own house and had to live with his parents-in-law. His mother-in-law always thought he was poor and often chattered. So the young man tried to save everything and hoped to have his own house.
It was one fine Sunday. The old woman wanted to have a picnic on the top of the hill. She told Mr. Hunt to drive her car. But sometimes she told him to turn left and sometimes to turn right. The young man had to listen to her. At a crossing the lights were red but she made him turn left. The policeman stopped them and told the young man to give his license to him.
“If I did wrong, sir,” said Mr. Hunt, “It was my mother-in-law’s fault(過錯(cuò)). She was driving the car though she sat behind me!”
【小題1】The Hunts were poor because ____.

A．they were lazy	B．they were too weak to work
C．they couldn’t make enough money	D．they weren’t able enough

【小題2】Mr. Hunt left the school because ____.

A．he didn’t like studying	B．his family was poor
C．he wasn’t clever	D．he hoped to stay at home

【小題3】____, so the old man married his daughter to him.

A．Mr. Hunt became a skilled worker

B．Mr. Hunt was friendly to him

C．Mr. Hunt was paid much in the factory

D．Mr. Hunt worked for six years there

【小題4】The old woman was ____ to Mr. Hunt.

A．good

B．bad

C．friendly

D．useless

【小題5】Which of the following is wrong?

A．The old woman herself drove the car that day.

B．It was the old woman’s fault.

C．Mr. Hunt hated his mother-in-law.

D．The old woman told Mr. Hunt to run the red lights.

　　Tom is a little boy, and he is only seven years old. One day he went to the cinema. It is the first time for him to do that. He bought a ticket and then went in. But after two or three minutes he came out, bought a second ticket and went in again. After a few minutes he came out again and bought a third ticket. Two or three minutes later he came out and asked for another ticket. Then the girl in the ticket office asked him,“Why do you buy so many tickets? How many friends do you meet?”Tom answered,“No, I have no friend here. But a big boy always stops me at the door and tears（撕）my ticket to pieces.”

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(1) Tom wanted to buy ________ when the girl asked him.

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A．the second ticket

B．the third ticket

C．the fourth ticket

(2) The big boy stopped Tom at the door because ________.

[　　]

A．it was the big boy's job

B．the big boy didn't like Tom

C．the big boy didn't know Tom

(3) The big boy was ________ at the cinema.

[　　]

A．a worker

B．a policeman

C．a shopkeeper

(4) From the story we know ________.

[　　]

A．the little boy had a lot of money

B．the little boy knew nothing about the cinema

C．the big boy wasn't friendly to Tom

(5) Which of the following is Not True in the passage?

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A．Tarn bought the tickets for himself.

B．Tom didn't go to the cinema before.

C．Tom was too young to make friends.

閱讀理解

Tom is a little boy, and he is only seven years old. One day he goes to the cinema. It is the first time for him to do that. He buys a ticket and then goes in. But after two or three minutes he comes out, buys a second ticket and goes in again. After a few minutes he comes out again and buys a third one. Two or three minutes later he comes out and asks for another ticket. Then the girl in the ticket office asks him, “why do you buy so many tickets? How many friends do you meet?” Tom answers, “No, I have no friend here. But a big boy always stops me at the door and tears(撕) my ticket to pieces.”

1．Tom wants to buy ________ when the girl asks him.

[　　]

2．The big boy stops Tom at the door because ________.

[　　]

A．it is the big boy's job

B．the big boy doesn't like Tom

C．the big boy doesn't know Tom

D．Tom doesn't buy tickets at all

3．The big boy is ________ at the cinema.

[　　]

4．From the story we know ________.

[　　]

A．the little boy has a lot of money

B．the little boy knows nothing about the cinema

C．The big boy isn't friendly to Tom

D．the girl wants to get more money

5．Which of the following is not true?

[　　]

A．Tom buys the tickets for himself.

B．Tom doesn't go to the cinema before.

C．Tom is too young to make friends.

D．Tom has no friend at the cinema.

　　Mr Juta likes singing foreign songs very much, but he is not good at it.

　　Last week, he went to a friend’s house for dinner, and there were some other guests there, too.

　　They had a good dinner and were pleased. Then the hostess（女主人）went to Mr Juta and said, “It’s said that you can sing Chinese songs, Juta? Please sing us a Chinese song! ”

　　Mr Juta was very happy, he began to sing an old song about the Yangtse River of China. The guests listened to it for a few minutes and then one of the guests began to cry. She was a young woman and had dark hair and very dark eyes.

　　One of the other guest went to her, put his hand on her back and said, “Please don’t cry. Are you Chinese?”Another young man asked, “Do you love China?”

　　“No, ”the young woman answered, “I’m not Chinese, and I’ve never been to China, but I’m a singer, and I love music! ”

　　1．Mr Juta likes___________very much．

　　A. dancing　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　  B. dinner

　　C. singing　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　 　　   　　   D．singing foreign songs

　　2．When did he begin to sing?

　　A. Before the dinner.

　　B. After the dinner.

　　C. In the middle of the dinner.

　　D. As soon as he got to the friend’s house.

　　3．Why did the young woman cry?

　　A. Because she was a foreign person.

　　B. Because she was a Chinese.

　　C. Because she was a singer.

　　D. Because Mr Juta’s singing was too bad.

　　4．What did you think of Juta’s singing?

　　A. Wonderful.     　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　 B. Too bad.

　　C. Not bad. 　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　  D. Very good.