The school day begins at 8:45. Class teachers meet the class and check who is present and absent at the beginning of the day. We meet as a whole school once a week on Fridays. The head teacher makes a speech to the whole school. Morning lessons begin at 9 :05. There are three one-hour lessons with a fifteen-minute break. The lunch break is from 1 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. Afternoon lessons begin at 1:50 and the school day finishes at 4 p.m.
All students study and take exams in Maths, Science and English. In addition, they choose one subject from History，Geography，Art，Design and Technology, French and Spanish. All students take PHSE (Personal Health and Safety Education) lessons but no exams are offered.
After school sports practice and matches are arranged on Wednesday afternoon and Saturday morning. Chess, music, language and theatre clubs also arrange meetings after school. Students may join as many clubs as they like, but should join at least one.
The school has a good record in sports. Last year we were champions(冠军）in football and tennis，and students won prizes for swimming and gymnastics.
1.. The first lesson begins at _______in the morning.
A. 7:30 B. 8:00 C.8:45 D. 9:05
2.The school students _____ once a week on Fridays.
A. meet class teachers B. review their lessons
C. listen to a speech D. take some exercise
3. All students take an exam in ________.
A. Science B. History C. French D. PHSE
4. What can we learn from the passage?
A. School lunch break lasts over one hour.
B. School football team wins matches every year.
C. Students can join more than one club.
D. Students do sports on Wednesday morning.
Long, long ago there was a very foolish(傻的) thief. Do you know what he did one day? When he wanted to steal(偷) the bell on his neighbour’s door, he walked up to the door, took hold of(抓住) the bell and pulled hard（用力）. The bell made a very loud noise. The thief was afraid and went home.
Then he sat down to think, “I must do something about the noise,” he said. He thought and thought. At last he had an idea. “Ah, I’ll put some cotton in my ears. Then I won’t be able to hear the noise.” The next day he went to the door of his neighbour, and took hold of the bell. This time he pulled even harder. The bell rang loudly, but the thief did not hear anything. With another hard pull he got the bell out. Just then the neighbour came running out. “Steal my bell? I’ll teach you a lesson(教训),”the angry man shouted. And he hit the thief on the nose.
The foolish thief did not know how the neighbour found out he was stealing the bell. “Why did he come out just then?” he wondered(感到疑惑).
1. The thief was trying to get .
A. his neighbour B. his neighbour’s doorbell
C. some cotton D. a door with a bell on it
2. The thief put some cotton in his ears. He thought it would be for him to steal theDoorbell.
A. safe B. difficult
C.dangerous D. easy
3. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The thief understood why he was hit on the nose.
B. The thief knew why the neighbour came out.
C .The thief thought the neighbour could not hear the bell.
D. The thief didn’t want to know why the neighbour ran out just at the time he stole the doorbell.
A
1. You may telephone ____________ for help if your younger brother or sister is ill.
A. Yang Jun B. Liu Hong
C. Li Nan D. Zhang Hui
2. We can call ___________ when we want to take a taxi to the Hangzhou Railway Station.
A. 13973098479 B. 0745-2709348
C. 1992301636 D. 13704348529
3. Of the four, we can’t send a fax to the _____________.
A. driver B. teacher
C. doctor D. farmer
Charlie is twenty-three now. He a university(大学) and found work in a factory last year. It’s and there are no more than fifty workers in it. And only he in a university. So he looks down upon （瞧不起） his . He always thinks he’s right and never agrees with . He likes to say, “I’ve never made a mistake!”
But once the young man couldn’t a foreign instructions （说明书）. An old worker studied it for two days and Mr. White, the boss of the factory, it meant. The boss asked Charlie why. He made a few excuses to say for . And he didn’t agree with the old man. The boss became angry and asked, “ Is it that you’ve never made a mistake?”
The young man wouldn’t make Mr. White and had to say, “No, it isn’t, sir.”
Having this, the workers were happy. One of them asked, “ It means that you also make some mistakes!”
Charlie his mind at once and said, “ I made only one mistake in my !”
“When?” the boss asked in surprise.
“ Just now, sir.” Answered the young man. “When Mr. White me acknowledge （承认）I was wrong!”
1.A. visited B. left C. built D. reached
2.A. small B. big C. new D. old
3.A. lived B. traveled C. arrived D. studied
4.A. parents B. teacher C. workmates D. classmates
5.A. another B. other C. the other D. others
6.A. see B. write C. understand D. read
7.A. told B. asked C. taught D. laughed at
8.A. when B. what C. how D. where
9.A. him B. himself C. them D. themselves
10.A. clever B. sure C. true D. able
11.A. sad B. sadder C. angry D. angrier
12.A. heard B. listened C. guessed D. reported
13.A. lost B. hated C. changed D. thought
14.A. life B. office C. family D. bedroom
15.A. helped B. made C. watched D. Had
----What’s your best friend like?
----____________________.
A. He likes watching TV.
B. He is a worker in a factory
C. He is very helpful and friendly
D. He works on a farm.
The Chinese students have_____weeks _____in the summer than American students.
A. less ,on B. fewer on
C. less off D. fewer,off
