A friend of mine named Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin（顽童） was walking around the shining car. “Is this your car, Paul?” he asked.
Paul answered, “Yes, my brother gave it to me for Christmas.” The boy was surprised. “You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn’t cost you nothing ? Boy, I wish…”He hesitated.(犹豫)
Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for. He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the boy said surprised Paul greatly.
“I wish,” the boy went on, “that I could be a brother like that.” Paul looked at the boy in surprise, then he said again, “Would you like to take a ride in my car?”
“Oh yes, I’d love that.”
After a short ride, the boy turned and with his eyes shining, said, “Paul, would you mind driving in front of my house?”
Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the boy wanted. He wanted to show his neighbours that he could ride home in a big car. But Paul was wrong again. “Will you stop where those two steps are?” the boy asked.
He ran up to the steps. Then in a short while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled （残疾）brother. He sat him down on the step and
pointed to the car.
“There she is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn’t cost him a cent（美分）. And some day I’m going to give you one just like it …then you can see for yourself all the nice things in the Christmas window that I’ve been trying to tell you about.”
Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began an unforgettable holiday ride.
根据短文内容，选择正确案。（10分）
1.The street urchin was very surprised when ________.
A. Paul received an expensive car
B. Paul told him about the car
C. he saw the shining car
2. From the story we can see the urchin ______.
A. wished to give his brother a car
B. wanted Paul’s brother to give him a car
C. wished he could have a brother like Paul’s
3.The urchin asked Paul to stop his car in front of his house ____________
A. to show his neighbours the big car
B. to show he had a rich friend
C. to tell his brother about his wish
4.We can infer（推断） from the story that______.
A. Paul couldn’t understand the urchin
B. the urchin had a deep love for his brother
C. the urchin wished to have a rich brother
5.The best name of the story is ________
A. A Christmas Present
B. A Street Urchin
C. A Brother Like That
Once there were two brothers. They were very good to each other. They were half brothers because the elder brother’s mother was dead, and then his father married again. The stepmother （继母）was not kind to the elder brother, but the younger brother loved him and often helped him.
One day, the mother gave each of the brothers a box of seeds(种子) and enough food for a few days. She said to them, “Take them. Go and plant them. One of you must plant them on the east hill, and the other on the west hill. Don’t come back if the seeds don’t come out. ” The mother gave very bad seeds to the elder brother, but the two brothers didn’t know this, and set out the next morning.
When they came to a bridge, they sat down to rest. After that, they got up to say good-bye to each other, but they took the wrong boxes of seeds!
Ten days later, the elder brother’s seeds began to grow and he came back. But the younger brother did not return home because his seeds didn’t grow. At last, he died on the hill.
根据短文内容，选择正确案。（10分）
1.One day, the mother gave two boxes of seeds _________
A. only to the elder son B. only to the younger son
C. to their father D. to the two sons
2.The mother asked the two brothers to _________.
A.plant the seeds on the west hill B. come back soon after they planted the seeds
C. plant the seeds on two hills D. take the trees and plant them.
3. In fact the mother wanted __________
A. the two brothers to plant trees B. the two brothers to work hard
C. the elder brother to die D. the younger brother to die
4.Which of the following is NOT true?
A. The mother was not kind to the elder brother
B. The younger brother loved the elder brother
C. The younger brother had two mothers
D. The elder brother had two mothers
5.The story tells us that ________.
A. one mustn’t do bad things B. one mustn’t take the wrong box
C. one must help others D. one must use good seeds
Mrs. Smith often felt lonely when her husband went to work. The room was small and she always spent only half an hour tidying it. She couldn’t get up early in the morning, so Mr. Smith had to cook breakfast himself. She usually had some bread and milk for lunch and only cooked supper for herself and her h
usband. They had no TV. Mr. Smith always went to bed at nine.
It was a winter morning. The sun was shining and it was warmer outside than it was in the room. The woman sat on the step of a shop, looki
ng at the busy traffic. At that moment, a man with a map in his hand was coming towards her.
“Excuse me, madam.” said the man.”Could you tell me how to get to the nearest hospital, please?”
Mrs. Smith looked at him up and down. “He seems a farmer.” the woman said to herself. “Let me laugh at him.”
Then she turned to him and said, “Lie down in the middle of the street, and you’ll soon be sent to a hospital.”
“Please set an example to me, then.” said the man.
She had to tell him the way and then she said, “I think you must be in a city for the first time. It’s much more beautiful than the field. Is that right?”
“Yes, madam,” said the farmer with a smile. “But I think it is built on the field!”
根据短文内容，判断句子正误,对的在括号内填“T”,错的填“F”。(5分)
1.Mrs. Smith spent much time tidying the room.
2.Mr Smith always went to bed at 9 because he had to cook breakfast the next morning.
3.Mrs. Smith met a man with a map on a winter morning.
4.The woman was glad to help the man.
5.The farmer answered the woman cleverly.
“Ring… ring…” the telephone suddenly rang. Sam got up to the call. It was his aunt. “Sam, are you still at home?” she asked in surprise. Sam 1ooked at the clock. It was already 7:30 a. m. “Oh, my goodness! There’s an important today,” Sam shouted out. He hurried to wash his face
and get .When he was going to leave the house, he remembered that he had not put away his books. He ran quickly to the door and put them into the bag. He then went to the bus stop to go to school as as she could. When he got into the classroom, his classmates were writing. “Why are you so ?” asked the teacher. ‘‘I’m sorry, sir,” Sam answered, afraid of looking down. “It was my clock. It failed to wake me up this morning and....” “Don't say anything about it,” his teacher him. “Don’t try to come late next time!” Sam said yes and walked to his quickly. But when he tried to do the paper, he could not think in a right way. He put his head on the desk and said, “What a day it has been for me!”
1.A. find B. give C. put D. answer
2.A. why B. how C. when D. where
3.A. talk B. party C. exam D. meeting
4.A. tired B. lost C. dressed D. rested
5.A. carefully B. quietly 
C. early D. fast
6.A. worried B. free C. busy D. careful
7.A. 1ate B. ill C. lonely D. ready
8.A. helped B. knew C. followed D. stopped
9.A. room B. table C. seat D. teacher
10.A. short B. bad C. happy D. usual
Beijing is one of the ____ in the world.
A. bigger city B. biggest cities C. smaller city D. smallest cities
The skirt ____ she is wearing tod
ay was a birthday present from her mother.
A. this B. whose C. what D. that
