Henry Smith taught science at the City School. One day, he wen to a bookstore and bought some books. Most of them were expensive. He left them in his car in a quiet street. Then he went and bought some other things at other shops. At 6 o’clock he came back to the car. One window was open and the books were gone. Henry drove back to his home in Lake Street.

That night he wrote a letter to a newspaper. The next day he went to the police station.

On Friday people read an advertisement in the newspaper.

BOOKS WANTED

DO YOU HAVE ANY BOOKS THAT YOU NO LONGER WANTED? I BUY OLD AND MODERN BOOKS. OPEN ALL DAY ON SATURDAY. HENRY SMITH, 18 LAKE STREET.

Henry stayed at home on Saturday. His first visitor came at 8 o’clock.

Henry took him to the kitchen. At half past nine another man arrived. He had a bag under his arm.

“Mr Smith?” the man asked.

“That’s right,” Henry said, “Can I help you?”

“I have some good books. You buy books, don’t you?”

“Yes, bring them in. I’ll have a look at them.”

Soon the books were on the dining-table.

“Come in now,” Henry called out, “And bring the list.”

A policeman came into the dining-room. He read the titles(書(shū)名) on the books and those on the list in his hand. They were the same.

“Come with me, Sir,” the policeman said to the man.

1.How did the man get the books? _____________

A. He bought them from Henry.

B. He bought them at a bookstore.

C. He found them lying in a quiet street.

D. He stole them from the car.

2.Henry got his books back ___________.

A. by fooling the man into bringing the books to his house

B. by buying them from the first visitor

C. with the help of the bookstore

D. with the help of the City School

3.The man who stole the books found Henry’s address ___________

A. in the car       B. in the newspaper       C. at the book store     D. at the police station

4.What happened to the man?

A. He ran away.

B. He was very happy to sell the books.

C. He was caught by the policeman.

D. He was very clever.

5.What is the best title for this reading?

A. A Book Advertisement                   B. Mr Henry Smith 

C. How Mr Smith Lost His Books            D. A clever man

John lived with her mother when he was young. He didn’t know who his father was. The woman did some washing for the rich and could buy only some bread for her son. So the boy was short and thin.

  One cold morning there was much snow in the streets. A car knocked the woman down and the policemen took her to the hospital. She didn’t tell John that his father deserted(遺棄) her before he was born until she died. She left her son the name and address of his father.

  John found his father, Mr. Brown, in another city. He was one of the richest shopkeepers and he had to receive his son. From then on the boy lived a rich life. He ate all kinds of delicious food and wore beautiful clothes. But he didn’t go to school and could not read or write.

  Once his father took him to a party. He saw a newspaper lying on the floor and picked it up while others were talking about a film. He had a look at it and found a car’s wheels(輪子) were upward(向上).He called out,“ Oh, dear! An accident happened!”

  All the people were surprised and began to read the newspaper. But soon they all began to laugh. Do you know why?

1.John didn’t know his father because        .

A. the man was rich            B. the man deserted his mother

C. his mother left the man        D. the man didn’t like him

2.John was short and thin because       .

A.he didn’t like sports          

B. his parents were short, too

C.he was often hungry when he was young           

D. his mother never gave him food

3.The woman told John who his father was        .

A. after she was knocked down by a car

B. before her son left

C. before she was in hospital

D. before she died

4.After John found his father,       .

A.he was angry with the man

B. he started a rich life

C.he wouldn’t live with him

D. the man was bad to him

5.The people at the party laughed at him because         .

A. he held the newspaper upside down

B. he wasn’t polite

C. the newspaper was yesterday’s

D. he wasn’t clever

A hare was very popular with the other animals who all said they were her friends．But one day she heard the hounds（獵犬）getting close and hoped to escape them by the aid of her many friends． So，she went to the horse，and asked him to carry her away from the hounds on his back．But he refused，because he had important work to do for his master． He felt sure that all her other friends would come to help her．

She then came to the bull，and hoped that he would repel the hounds with his horns （角）．The bull replied，"I am very sorry，but I have an appointment with a lady；but I feel sure that our friend the goat will do what you want．" The goat，however，feared that his back might do her some harm if he took her upon it．The sheep，he felt sure，was the proper friend to ask for help．

So she went to the sheep and told him the situation．The sheep replied，"Another time，my dear friend． I do not like to have anything to do with it，as hounds have been known to eat sheep as well as hares．"

The hare then went，as a last hope，to the calf （小牛），who regretted that he was unable to help her，as he did not like to take the responsibility （責(zé)任） upon himself，as so many older persons than himself had refused the task．By this time the hounds were quite near，and the hare took to her heels and luckily escaped．

根據(jù)材料內(nèi)容選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

1.What do we know about the hare?

A．She was strong enough to face all the dangers．

B．She was friendly and all animals loved to help her．

C．She was ready to help other animals when necessary．

D．She got along well with other animals and had a lot of friends．

2.What happened to the hare one day?

A．The horse carried her away on his back．

B．Her enemy came near and she was in danger．

C．She had an argument with her friend，the bull．

D．The goat hurt her when taking her upon his back．

3.What does the underlined word "repel" mean in Chinese?

A．擊退????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B．厭惡????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C．排斥????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D．拒絕

4.What do you think of the sheep?

A．Helpless．????????????? ????????????? B．Brave． ????????????? ????????????? C．Friendly．????????????? D．Smart．

5.What does the story want to tell us?

A．Don't judge a book by its cover．

B．One's mind works fast in time of danger．

C．Sometimes enemies can become good friends．

D．Having too many friends means no friends sometimes．

閱讀答問(wèn)。 閱讀下面的材料，然后根據(jù)材料內(nèi)容回答問(wèn)題。

Annie lived alone in Chicago. One day, she fell down in her bedroom and broke her leg. So she tried to call her friend Lisa. But she dialed(撥打) a wrong number. The call reached Taylor, an 18-year-old girl. She was a college student and she lived hundreds of miles away from Chicago.

At that time Taylor was reading in bed. She thought it was somebody playing a joke. When she was going to hang up the phone, she heard a woman saying “Help! Help! ” From it Taylor thought something bad must have happened to the woman. After she got the woman’s name and address, Taylor called 911 at once. Then she tried to make Annie feel comfortable. She spoke to Annie on the phone till the doctors arrived at Annie’s house. At last Annie was taken to hospital in time.

As soon as Annie felt better, she wrote a letter to Taylor to thank her.

1.Who answered the telephone?                                            

2.How did Taylor help Annie?                                             

3.Why did Annie write the letter to Taylor?                              

Indian boy Piscine Patel is troubled by his first name. It sounds like a rude word, and his classmates laughed at him. He decides to change his name to “Pi”.

But Pi’s name problems are nothing compared to what is waiting for him.

Pi’s father owns a zoo. He decides to move to Canada. The family, together with all the zoo animals, set sail across the Pacific. One day, a huge storm hits the ship. The next morning, Pi finds his family has sunk with the ship. He is the only person still alive.

He finds himself on a lifeboat with several animals, one of which is a tiger called Richard Parker. Soon, all the animals are killed and Pi is left alone with the tiger.

As the tiger becomes hungrier, Pi starts to fish to feed him. Otherwise, he himself will become the food.

The boy and the tiger develop an amazing relationship on the sea. Although he feels hopeless, Pi never gives up. After 227 days, the lifeboat finally lands on a beach in Mexico, but Richard Parker runs away into the forest.

The ship company finds Pi and asks what happened. Pi tells them about Richard Parker but the company doesn’t believe him. Pi then tells another story in which there is no tiger, but some other shocking details(細(xì)節(jié)).

Is there really another story? If so, which one is the truth? Maybe you will have your own answer after watching The Life of Pi(《少年派的奇幻漂流》), the latest 3D movie from American Chinese director Ang Lee.

1.What’s the first trouble of the Indian boy Piscine Patel?

A．His classmates laughed at his name.

B．His family set sail across the Pacific to Canada.

C．A huge storm hits the ship with his family.

D．The tiger nearly killed him on the lifeboat.

2.Why are all the other animals on the lifeboat killed? Because     .

A．they are hunted by others

B．they are eaten by the tiger

C．they are sunk under the sea

D．they are killed and cooked by Pi

3.The passage mainly tells us     .

A．how Pi’s lifeboat sank in the sea

B．how the tiger ran away from the sea to the forest

C．what happened to Pi on the lifeboat with a tiger

D．what happened to the animals in Pi’s father’s zoo

4.Which would be true according to the passage?

A．The tiger was killed at last.

B．Pi was saved by another ship.

C．The ship company believed Pi’s tiger story

D．Pi told two stories in the movie.