Millions years ago much of our earth was covered with blocks (块) of ice. These ice blocks were as tall as high buildings in modern cities. Most of the ice was in the northern (北方的)part of the world.
Then the ice blocks started to move south. Cold and rain came with the ice. Animals and people had to move.
At last, the ice began to melt (融化). After half a million years, most of it had melted. More than half of the earth became covered with water. The climate became much warmer. Things began to grow. The earth began to look the way it looks today.
1.Millions of years ago our earth was very ____
_____________.
A. warm B. hot C. cool D. cold
2.What did animals and people try to do when the ice blocks moved south?
A. they tried to stop them moving. B. They tried to melt them.
C. They tried to stay ahead of them. D. They tried to move behind them.
3.The melting ice maybe helped to form _____________.
A. mountains and valleys B. the sun, the moon and the earth
C. cities and countries D. seas, lakes and rivers
4. The underlined word “climate” means _______________.
A. the freezing ice B. the weather of the year
C. the moving of the ice blocks D. a plant or an animal
5. Which of these things maybe happened because the Ice Age ended?
a. Forests grew b. Food became harder to find
c. Fishing became easier d. The temperature dropped.
A. a; b B. b; d C. c; d D. a; c
Mrs White was going to have her first baby very soon. Yesterday her husband took her to a hospital.So Mr White helped her get into car and drove her there. A nurse (护士)took Mrs White to her room and told Mr White that he could go home and she could call him when the baby arrived(出生). But Mr White said he liked to wait at the hospital. The nurse said .“You may wait outside.” Mr White was walking up and down at about midnight（午夜）when the nurse came out of the room and said with a smile.“Which would you like better, a boy or a girl?”“A girl,” said Mr White.“I have an elder sister,and she loves me.”“Well,”said the nurse,”“it’s a boy this time.”“That’s all right，”said Mr White happily,“That’s my second choice.”
1. Why did Mr White take Mrs White to a hospital?
Because they wanted to see an old friend.
Because they wanted to give their child something.
Because Mrs White was going to have her first baby very soon.
Because they needed some help.
2. Mr White was______ all the time.
A. Waiting
outside
B. st
aying
with Mrs White
C. waiting at home D. helping the nurse
3. Why did Mr White like to have a girl?
A. because the girl looked like him.
B. Because his elder sister loved him.
C. Because the girl looked like Mrs White.
D. Because he didn’t have much time to look after a boy.
4. Mr White _______.
A. had a boy
B. had a girl
C. had a boy and a girl
D. told the nurse that Mr White wanted 
a
boy
5. Which of the following is NOT wrong?
A. Mr White didn’t like to have wrong.
B. Mrs White told Mr White that they had a baby.
C. Mr White was very happy that he had a baby.
D. Mr White went to the hospital by bus.
There lived a young man in a village. He was born in a family. His parents had a lot of farms and got much money . He was in school for only four years, but he thought he knew all. the villagers called him Mr. Know-All. And he told his servants not to tell him the results（结果） directly (直接地). The servants . were afraid of him and had to listen to him.
One day Mr. Know-All went to his friend who lived in a town. He stayed there for nearly a week. Suddenly one of his servants came and called out, “ , sir!”
“What happened?”
“Your cat has died!”
“What’s there to be surprised at （吃惊）?” said the young man. “Throw it to the river. By the way, of what illness did it die?”
“It much meat of the horse and died.”
“What? Has my horse died, too? And what illness did it die of, then?”
“It pulled(拉) the carried (马车) to the hospital,” said the servant. “ We made it as fast as possible. When we reached the hospital, it was so tired that it couldn’t up any longer and died.”
“Wait a minute,” said Mr Know-All. “What did you go to the hospital for?”
“To your mother there.”
“What’s the matter with 
my
mother?”
“She down stairs and hurt her head. We sent her to the hospital, but it was too late. The doctors operated on（动手术）her at once, they tried their best to save her, but she died!”
Mr Know-All became angry and shouted, “Why didn’t you tell me about it ?”
“You never let us tell you the results directly, sir.”
1.A. worker’s B. teacher’s C. farmer’s D. soldier’s
2.A. But B. Then C. Or D. So
3.A. look after B. hurt C. look for D. visit
4.A. Good news B. Bad news C. Good morning D. Good afternoon
5.A. ate B. saw C. touched D. cut
6.A. run B. walk C. jump D. fly
7.A. sit B. lie C. sleep D. stand
8.A. post B. bring C. take D. put
9.A. went B. lived C. stayed D. fell
10.A. early B. earlier C. earliest D. the earliest
--- _________are you late for school? ---Never.
A. How far B. How long C. How often D. How many
—______ English can you speak? —Only a little.
A. How many B. How much C. Which D. What
March is _____ month of the year.
A. three B. third C. the third D. a third
