What do you usually do in your free time? Play sports? Watch TV? How about reading books? You must know the Chinese saying: "Read thousands of books; travel thousands of miles" .Books are important in our life. Reading books is good for us. It can help us know and understand the world better. It can help us get a lot of knowledge(知识). It brings us a new and different world that we have never been before. Almost all the great men like reading. like Chairman Mao and Madame Curie.
In a word. books are treasure(财宝) and we must love them. But before you read，remember to choose a good one. Ask your parents or teachers about what books to read. Be sure you are interested in them. There are many different kinds of books. I like biography(传记) because I can learn something from the characters.
What about you? Young friends. please love books and read them.They are very helpful to you.
1.Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Madame Curie doesn't like reading at all.
B. We shouldn't ask teachers about what books to read.
C. Reading books can give us little knowledge.
D. We have to choose a good book before we start to read.
2.What does the underlined part "Read thousands of books; travel thousands of miles." mean in Chinese?
A.读书百遍，其义自见B. 读万卷书，行万里路
C.滚石不生苔D.读数千本书就能行数千里路
3.Reading books can help people_________.
A. to get more sleepB. to know little about themselves
C. to get money from othersD. to understand the world better
4.What kind of books does the writer like?
A. Story-books.B. Comic books.C. Biography.D. Novels
5.Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Only reading books can make people succeed.
B. Chairman Mao likes reading very much.
C. Books are helpful to human.
D. Young people should read more books.
My name is Panrit. I live in Samutprakarn. It is about thirty kilometers south of Bangkok，the capital of Thailand. My house is near a museum and opposite a school.
My house has two floors,two bedrooms and two toilets. We don't have a dining room,so we eat our meals in the living room. There are four people in my family, my mum,my dad,my brother and I. My house doesn’t have a garden but we have some plants in pots(盆景). We also have some small fish. My mum likes the plants very much. She usually waters and looks after them when she's at home.
I don't usually stay at home. I usually stay at my grandma's home because it is more comfortable. In her home. there is no homework. and all I have to do is to play.
1.Panrit lives_______ the capital of Thailand.
A. about thirty kilometers fromB. to the east of
C. far from a museumD. in the north of
2.Panrit's family have meals in the___________
A. dinning roomB. living roomC. bedroomD. garden
3.Panrit's ________ looks after the plants at home.
A. fatherB. brotherC. sisterD. mother
4.Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Panrit often helps his grandma with the housework.
B. Panrit likes watering the plants at home.
C. Panrit often stays at his grandma's home.
D. Panrit is the only child in his family.
5.The best title for the passage should be_______.
A. My Home B. My Student LifeC. My ParentsD. My Grandma
When Millie got up this morning. she found it was a beautiful spring day. She saw some in the sky，but she didn’t think about them．She woke up her dog，Eddie，and put him in the ．Then she drove out into the country a picnic with her dog．
When they got to a big tree. Millie stopped her car and told Eddie to get off the car. They began to play games under the . How happy they were! An hour later，the wind began to blow and it turned ．Millie and Eddie were warm from running，so they didn’t feel cold．When Eddie was playing with the ball，Millie snowflakes (雪花)in the sky．She called Eddie，picked up the picnic things and got in the car．As she was driving home，the became heavier and heavier．Soon all Millie could see was white all around ．The road became slippery(滑的)and she had to drive very ．Then the car hit into a piece of ice and it went around in circles. She got her mobile phone and asked for quickly．They waited for about an hour because it was for the police to drive in the snow. At ，the police came to them. Millie was very thankful. she said she would listen to the weather before going on a picnic next time．
1.A. birdsB. cloudsC. snowsD. kites
2.A. roomB. deskC. carD. bag
3.A. onB. forC. withD. in
4.A. car B. treeC. bridgeD. desk
5.A. warmB. hotC. coldD. cool
6.A. lookedB. sawC. cleanedD. put
7.A. upB. backC. offD. around
8.A. rainB. snowC. carD. dog
9.A. himB. usC. herD. himself
10.A. slowlyB. easilyC. carelesslyD. happily
11.A. appleB. fireC. helpD. water
12.A. easyB. niceC. difficultD. lucky
13.A. firstB. endC. lastD. least
14.A. saveB. teachC. lookD. visit
15.A. speakB. talkC. reportD. paper
It’s terrible. The cat miaowed a lot at night. It ________ a baby crying.
A. soundB. soundsC. sounds likeD. sounding like
The woman _________ a blue coat _________ our teacher.
A. in; likeB. on; likesC. in; looks like D. with; has
What ________ do you want to buy?
A. otherB. elseC. else thingsD. others
