Fire can help people in many ways. But can also be very harmful. Fire can heat water warm your houses, give light, and cook food. But fire can burn things too. It can burn trees, houses, animals, or people. Sometimes big fires can burn forests.
Nobody knows for sure how people began to use fire. But there are many interesting, old stories about the first time a man or woman started a fire. One story from Australia tells about a man very, very long time ago. He went up to the sun by a rope and brought fire down.
Today people know how to make a fire with matches. Children sometimes like to play with them. But matches can be very dangerous. One match can burn a piece of paper, and then it might burn a house. A small fire can become a big fire very fast.
Fires kill many people every year. So you must be careful with matches. You should also learn to put out fires. Fires need oxygen. Without oxygen they die. There is oxygen in the air. Cover a fire with water, sand, or in an emergency, with your coat or something else. This keeps the air away from a fire and kills it.
Be careful with fire, and it will help you. Be careless with fire, and it will burn you.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前的括号内。
1.Which is true?
A．We are not sure how people started to use fire
B．It is an Australian who started a fire.
C．We know how people began to use fire.
D．Nobody knows how to make a fire
2.Children mustn’t’play with matches because ______.
A．matches burn paper
B．it is not interesting
C．matches can be dangerous
D．they don’t know how to make a fire with matches
3.If you are going to put out a fire, you ______.
A．must be careful with matches
B．ought to know it can be harmful
C．have to cover it with water only
D．should keep air away from it
4.We must be careful with fire, or it ______.
A．can be our houses B．warms
C．might burn us D．will help us
5.What is the main idea of the passage?
A．Fire can help people in many ways.
B．Fire can be both helpful and harmful.
C．Fire can burn things and people
D．We must be careful with matches.
Little Mike’s grandmother died weeks ago. He missed her very much. One afternoon Mike went to the city park where his grandmother used to go. There he saw an old lady. She looked very kind. She was sitting there, watching pigeons（鸽子）. Little Mike went up and sat next to her. He took out his food and drinks and gave some to her. She smiled at him. Her smile was very sweet and Mike wanted to see it again. She seemed to understand him, so once again she smiled. Mike was very happy.
They sat there all the afternoon, eating and talking. As it was dark, Mike got up to leave. Before he left, he hugged the old lady and she gave him her sweetest smile.
When Mike got home, his mother was surprised by the happy look on his face. “ I met an old lady in the park. Her smile was like the smile I used to see on Grandmother’s face.”
The old lady also returned to her home happily. She told her son she had food and drinks with a little boy. “ He was as lovely as Bill.” She said. Her son was surprised, because he had never been so happy since Bill, her grandson, died weeks ago.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前的括号内。
1.Little Mike went to the park and ________.
A．played with pigeons
B．fed pigeons
C．met an old lady
D．saw a friend of his grandmother’s
2.The old lady’s smile showed ________.
A．she hated to meet the boy
B．she wanted to get some drinks
C．she missed her son
D．she liked the little boy
3.Mike felt very happy because ________.
A．he gave the old lady some food and drinks
B．the old lady’s smile was like his grandmother’s smile
C．he met his grandmother in the city park
D．he saw many lovely pigeons in the park
4.Mike and the old lady ________.
A．were good to each other(相互)
B．knew each other well
C．often met in the park
D．did nothing that afternoon
5.What do we learn from the story?
A．When one feels unhappy, he must go to a park.
B．Old people are always kind and happy
C．Children should be polite to old people .
D．When people get on well, they feel happy
完形填空（10小题每小题1分，共10分）
先通读短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入空白处的最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前的括号内。
Jim is the son of a farm owner. One New Year’s Day, when he was 15 years old, his father him to work on the farm for one year at his free time. Jim was with his father’s idea. “That isn’t my job. I have school work to do.” At hearing this, his father said, “I promise (答应) to give you the best present if you finish one year’s work.” Jim thought for a while and .
Starting one Saturday, the boy got up early and worked until evening, just like any other farmer. Time passed . Jim’s crops grew very well. On the last day of the year, the father called his son to him. “I’m happy to see that you have worked very hard the whole year,” said the father. “Now, tell me you want.”
The boy smiled and showed his father a big piece of bread made from his wheat.“I’ve already got the present. No pains, no gains. I think this is what you wanted me to .” His father was very pleased to hear that.
1.A．asked B．invited C．promised D．helped
2.A．happy B．unhappy C．excited D．familiar
3.A．a few B．so little C．too much D．too many
4.A．shall B．must C．need D．can
5.A．refused B．answered C．agreed D．began
6.A．hard B．hardly C．easily D．difficultly
7.A．fast B．quickly C．slowly D．immediately
8.A．that B．which C．how D．what
9.A．least B．worst C．best D．smallest
10.A．decide B．like C．take D．know
_________ a new building _________ in our school last year?
A．Is; built B． Does; build
C．Was; built D．Did; build
---The picture book doesn’t seem so popular. What about the dictionary?
---Oh, the dictionary _______ well.
A．sells B．sold
C．is sold D．was sold
---When can we use this lift? ---Not until it____________ next week.
A．will repair B．is repaired
C．will be repaired D．repairs
