It was a Sunday morning．Peter，a seven-year-old boy，watched TV in the room while his brother Bill did his homework．Their father watered the flowers in the garden and their mother went out to do some shopping．At ten the woman came back with a heavy basket．Peter ran up to her．He wanted to know what his mother bought．He found a bag of oranges in it．He liked them very much and wanted to eat．His mother stopped him．She gave five to each son and went to the kitchen(厨房)．Peter ate his oranges soon but his brother was busy(忙) finishing his homework and didn't touch his．Suddenly(突然)the telephone rang and Bill ran to answer it．Bill's friend asked him to play football with them．And when Bill talked with his friend，Peter took two of his oranges away and ate them．Bill found it and called him out and beat(打)him behind the house．He didn't tell his parents about it．
The next morning Miss Ball taught her class subtraction(减法)．Peter didn't hear what she said and couldn't understand it．So he couldn't answer her questions．She began to give him an example，“If your brother has five nuts and you take two from him，what will the result(结果)be？”
“He'll beat me，madam，”answered the boy．
All his classmates began to laugh．
1.How many people are there in Peter's family？
A．Two B．Three C．Four D．Five
2.How many oranges did Peter eat？
A．Five B．Six C．Seven D．Ten
3.Miss Ball was Peter's ______________teacher．
A．Chinese B．Maths C．English D．Physics
4.Why didn't Peter tell his parents that his brother beat him？
A．Because he knew he was wrong．
B．Because he was afraid of his brother．
C．Because his father didn't like him．
D．Because his mother let Bill to do so．
5.Peter couldn't answer the teacher's question because__________．
A．he was stupid(蠢笨)
B．he didn't listen to the teacher carefully
C．he was weak(差)in maths
D．he pretended(假装)to be a fool(傻瓜)
Last summer, Mark became a middle school student. He took an English test in the first month. Mark was a good student and he worked hard. He finished the questions easily until he read the last one: “Everyone sees our school’s cleaner every day. What’s her first name?”
Of course, this question is a little special. Mark saw the woman some times. She was tall and her hair was dark. But Mark didn’t talk with her and didn’t know her first name. The test was over. Then one student asked the teacher, “Is the last question very important in this test?”
“Yes,” said the teacher. “In our life, we meet many hard-working people.
They are important. You should care about them. You should smile at them or say ‘hello’ to them.”
Mark never forgot that question. He also learned that woman’s first name. It was Kathy.
1.What test did Mark have in his first month in the middle school?
A. Math. B. Physics. C. English. D. Biology.
2.What did Mark know about his school’s cleaner?
A. She was a little special.
B. She was tall with dark hair.
C. She often talked with the students
D. Mark knew her first name.
3.What did Mark’s teacher think of the last question?
A. It was fun. B. It was interesting.
C. It was boring. D. It was important.
4.What does the sentence “You should smile at them or say ‘hello’ to them.” mean?
A. We should respect (尊重) the hard-working people.
B. We should believe in the hard-working people.
C. We should help the hard-working people.
D. We should learn from the hard-working people.
5.What’s the right order about Mark?
a. He saw the cleaner some times.
b. He got to know the cleaner’s first name.
c. He became a middle school student.
d. He had a test.
A.a,b,c,d B.c,d,a,b C.a,d,b,c D.c,b,a,d
Pearl and June were good friends and spent most of their time together.
They were both very old and they worried about their health. Most of the time they talked about nothing else.
They worried about their food. Was it clean? Would it give them pains in the stomach?
They worried about the weather. Was it too cold and wet? Would it give them pains in their bones?
They worried about pollution in the air. would it give them pains in their chests and throats?
They worried about being hurt in a car accident, killed in a plane crash, getting sick, and so on.
All they could think about was being ill or hurt.
One day they went on a train journey together.
“We’ll need some food,” Pearl said.
“We’ll buy some bananas,” June said. “They are good to eat and always clean.”
And so they bought two bananas to eat on the train.
It was not long before they were hungry.
Pearl took out the bananas and gave one to June. Then she peeled (剥)the skin of her banana and took a large bite of it.
At that moment the train went into a tunnel. Everything went black.
“Don’t eat your banana,” Pearl shouted at June. “Mine has made me go blind!”
1.The two old ladies talked about __________most of the time.
A. themselves B. other people
C. healthy food D. dangerous drivers
2.The old ladies didn’t want to ___________.
A. eat any bananas B. travel by train
C. be young again D. get sick
3.Pearl ate her banana __________.
A. after they came out of the tunnel B. at the station
C. before June ate hers D. before she was hungry
4.Pearl thought that the banana __________.
A. stopped her from seeing B. would make her hungry
C. would make her ill D. would be good for June
5.The best title of the story should be ____________.
A. What Good Friends B. What a Bad Train Journey
C. Bananas Are Good for You D. Bananas Are Bad for You
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A new year is coming. In 2014 I have many new ________ as my New Year’s resolutions. First, I’m going to study hard in school to be a(n) ________ student. Also I am going to eat more healthy food and take more exercise to keep ________. Then I’m going to ________ my parents do some housework at home. I’m going to do the dishes ________ dinner. In my free time I’m going to ________ more books to gain (获得) more knowledge. ________ I’m going to find a part-time job. I have to ________ some money to pay for my education. I can also get some experience (经验) from the ________. I hope I can stick to (坚持) my resolutions ________ have a great year.
1.A. plans B. habits C. sports D. lessons
2.A. famous B. serious C. top D. active
3.A. quiet B. fit C. kind D. unusual
4.A. ask B. tell C. help D. visit
5.A. after B. before C. under D. for
6.A. write B. learn C. read D. know
7.A. Often B. Shortly C. Lately D. Finally
8.A. send B. borrow C. save D. work
9. A. book B. job C. school D. class
10.A. but B. so C. or D. and
The storybook Bob bought yesterday is very interesting.
A. what B. when C. who D. which
The boy read the website and looked for some good suggestions for vacation spots.
A. careful enough B. enough carefully
C. enough careful D. carefully enough
