A big umbrella

Nancy: I saw seven girls in one umbrella and none of them got wet.

Taney: Oh, that must be a very big umbrella.

Nancy: No, it wasn’t raining. [

A good boy

Little Robert asked his mother for two cents（美分）.

“What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday?”

“I gave it to a poor old woman,” he answered.

“You’re a good boy,” said the mother proudly. “Here are two more cents. But why are you so interested in the old woman?”

“She is the one who sells candies. ”

Break a mirror

“What are you so happy about, Jason?” Lisa asked the 98-year-old man.

“I broke a mirror,” he replied.

“But that means seven years of bad luck. ”

“I know,” he said happily. “Isn’t it wonderful? I can live for another seven years. ”

1.The three passages above are all ________.

A. jokes B. notices C. news D. letters

2.The seven girls didn’t get wet because _________.

A. the umbrella was big enough B. the seven girls wore raincoats

C. it wasn’t raining at all D. it wasn’t a heavy rain

3.Little Robert spent the money ________.

A. helping the poor old lady B. buying candies for himself

C. helping his mom D. buying gifts for his mom

4._________ broke the mirror.

A. Nancy B. Lisa C. Robert D. Jason

2014 is the year of horse in China. Do you know anything about the horse?

The horse is strong and runs very fast. He’s a useful and hard-working animal. The horse learns to know his master（主人） soon. He loves his master, even after his master has died. Here’s a story about such a horse. In a war, the master was killed, and fell from his horse. When his body was found some days later, the horse was still standing beside it. During that long time, the horse didn’t leave the body of his master, without food or water, in the coldest weather, driving away the birds that might eat it. Wasn’t be a great animal?

1.The horse is a _________ animal to man.

A. strangeB. lazyC. useful D. small

2.When the body of the master was found, the horse was _________.

A. going away B. eating grass beside it

C. drinking waterD. still standing beside it

3.The story probably took place in _________.

A. spring B. summerC. autumn D. winter

根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个能填入相应空格内的最佳答案，并把答题卡上对应的答案标号涂黑。

“Who would you like to change your life with if possible?” Last week, we asked many middle school students this question. The following are some of their.    

Zhang Yike, 12

I want to change my life with my friend, Wang Xiaohui. She is studying in England now. She has    to many countries, such as the US and France. They are the places I wish to visit. What’s more, she      much better English than me. If I change my life with her, I can visit many beautiful countries, eat delicious    and meet different kinds of people there.

Qiu Haoran, 14

I’d like to change my life with my Chinese teacher Miss Zhao. Miss Zhao is a very kind lady. She           a lot, so she always has so many               stories to tell us. We all like her classes. I also want to be such an excellent teacher           and be           with my students.

Tan Bo, 13

I will change my life with my elder brother. My brother is a college student now. He does have to go to class all the time. He can study      he is interested in. And he even has a part-time job to make money. To      , all of these sound very interesting. I really want a life    this.

1.A. answers         B. problems                C. questions        D. changes

2.A. gone            B. come                   C. been           D. moved

3.A. says             B. speaks                 C. talks            D. tells

4.A. drink            B. air                    C. food          D. water

5.A. teaches           B. knows                 C. thinks           D. asks

6.A. long              B. short                  C. terrible          D. interesting

7.A. busy              B. angry                 C. popular           D. serious

8.A. that               B. which                C. who              D. what

9.A. me               B. him                   C. you              D. them

10.A. at                B. on                    C. for               D. like

——Do you know________?

——This afternoon.

A. when will the policenman give us a talk   

B. where will the policeman give us a talk

C. when the policenman give us a talk       

D. where the policeman will give us a talk

——I have looked for my lovely dog everywhere but I still can’t find it.

——________.

A. Great         B. Good idea       

C. I don’t think so        D. I’m sorry to hear that

We should think of others if we want to ________them.

A. get on well with    B. hear of           C. get ready for         D. hear from

lin Fang comes home ________ than before this term. She doesn’t have so many classes in the afternoon.

A. early            B. earlier            C. late                D. later

–That clothes store is ________ on weekends.

--I see. I’ll go there next Monday then.

A. open            B. close              C. opened           D. closed

Sam and Henry play football very well. We hope _______ of them  can join our team.

A. all                B. both               C. every          D. same

There ______ lots of sheep and pigs on my uncle’s farm now.

A. was             B. were                   C. is                D. are