Michael Jackson is one of the world’s best singers. Michael Jackson was born in the middle west of Gary, Indiana, in 1958. He began singing with his four brothers. They called the group “Jackson Five”. The group became very popular after appearing on a television progam. They started singing in 1965, became popular soon. In 1970 the group made their first record the name of “I Want You Back”. It was very popular. One of their hit records was “Never Say Goodbye”.
Michael was good at dancing as well as singing, for example, his dance moves and moon walking. He was asked to act in a film in 1978 for the first time, in the same year he made a record on his own, which sold eight million copies all over the world.
Michael nearly didn’t go out because he was too famous. Once his fans went off in a faint（暈倒） when they saw him at the concert. No one can do it by now. He lived in a large house and kept lots of animals. He never ate meat. He often raises money for charity. This made him win the Guinness World Records（吉尼斯世界紀(jì)錄）in 2006. He died on June 25th, 2009, but he would live in our heart forever.
【小題1】What’s the name of their first record?

Once there was an old farmer. He had a horse and the horse was almost as old as himself. One morning he set out with his young son to sell the horse before it died. The father and the son walked because the farmer did not want the horse to be too tired.
They met two men on the road. They said, “Why are you walking, farmer? You have a horse. It’s a long way to get to the market. ” The farmer knew that this was true, so he rode on the horse while his son walked.
Then they met two old ladies. “What are you doing up there, farmer? Can’t you see how tired your son is? ”So the farmer got down, and let his son ride on it.
Twenty minutes later, three old men stopped them. One said, “Why are you walking, farmer? Get up. It’s too hot for an old man like you to walk today. ” So the farmer got up behind his son and they went on riding.
Some time later, a young woman passed them. “Why aren’t you walking? ” she asked, “It isn’t far to the market. Give your poor old horse a rest. ”So the farmer and his son got down once again. It is a fact that you cannot please all the people all the time.
【小題1】The farmer was______.

John and Bobby joined the same company together just after they completed their university studies the same year. Both of them worked very hard. Several years later, however, the boss promoted(提拔) Bobby to manager but John was still a worker. John could not take it, and gave his resignation（辭職書） to the boss. He complained that the boss did not think much of those who were hard -working, but promoted only those who flattered him.
The boss knew that John had worked very hard for the years. He thought a moment and said, “Thank you for what you said, but I hope you will do one more thing for our company before you leave”
John agreed. The boss asked him to go and find anyone selling watermelons in the market. John went and returned soon. He said he had found a man selling watermelons. The boss asked how much they cost every kilogram. John shook his head and went back to the seller to ask and returned to tell the boss $1.2 every kilogram.
The boss told John to wait a second, and he called Bobby to come to his office.  He asked Bobby to go and find anyone selling watermelons in the market. Bobby went and returned, saying, “Boss, only one person is selling watermelons. $1.2 every kilogram, and $10 for 10 kilograms. The seller has 340 melons. On the table there are 58 melons, and each weighs about 2 kilograms. They were brought from the South two days ago. They are of good quality.”
Hearing what Bobby said, John realized the difference between himself and Bobby. He decided to stay and learn from Bobby.
【小題1】How did John feel when Bobby was promoted to manager?

David Moore taught science at the City School. He needed some expensive books, and so he bought them. He put the books in his car in a quiet street. Then he went to other shops to buy something else. At six he came back to the car. One door was open – and the books were not there! David drove home to Fry Road.
On Friday people read this in the newspaper:
Books: Have you any old books? I buy old and modern books.
Open all day on Saturdays. David Moore, 26 Fry Road.
David stayed at home on Saturday. The first man came at eight. David took him to the kitchen. At half past nine another man arrived. He had a bag under his arm.
“Mr Moore?” the man asked.
“That’s right,” David said. “Can I help you?”
“I’ve got some good books. You buy books, don’t you?”
“Yes. Bring them in. Let me have a look.”
Soon the books were on the dining-table. “Come in now,” David called, “and bring the list.”
A policeman came into the dining-room. He read the names on the books and the names on the list in his hand. They were the same.
“Come with me, sir,” the policeman said to the man.
【小題1】Mr Moore was a _________.

One day an old man is selling(出售) a horse. A young man comes to the horse and begins to look at it slowly.
Then the old man goes up to him and says in his ears, “Don’t say anything about the horse before I sell it, then I will give you some meat.”
“All right,” says the young man. After the old man sells the horse, he gives the young man some meat and says, “Now, can you tell me how you see the bad ears of the horse?”
“I didn’t find the bad ears,” says the young man. “Then why do you look at the horse?” asks the old man.
The young man answers, “Because I never saw a horse before, and I want to know what it looks like.”
【小題1】What is the old man doing?

Carly Williams decided to become a TV reporter when she was in Grade 6. “ One day, we went out into forest and did some reporting about forest fires,” Carly said. “ Ever since then, I have loved the job and I have been trying to do it as much as I can.”
Now 15, Carly reports for the news program at her school. And she has interviewed many famous people including some famous basketball players and TV stars.
“Carly is a great student and I am sure she will achieve her dream in the future,” said one of Carly’s teachers.
Last month the happiest thing for Carly was that she got a call from Teen Kids News in New York. She sent them some films she made by herself for the school news program. Teen Kids News is on over 200 TV stations around the USA. The producer of the show said he liked Carly’s films and asked if Carly would make a film for them.
“ All I could say was, yes, yes, yes!” Carly said. “ I didn’t even think for a second.”
Carly spent five days learning something about Teen Kids News in New York. She also visited a person who was a reporter for Teen Kids News and got some advice.
Her first task was to interview an artist in New York. Carly said she worried about working with a new team because she wanted to impress the producer. Although under great pressure, she did a wonderful job.
“Carly has gotten to do some pretty amazing things,” said Carly’s mother. “For her to get that taste of it was pretty cool.”
【小題1】Which thing helped Carly decide to be a TV reporter?

An Englishman was once traveling in Italy. One day he went into a small restaurant to order dinner. He understood very little Italian and couldn’t read the menu(菜單). He knew the word for eggs, and so he ordered eggs. Italy is famous, however, for its mushrooms(蘑菇) with eggs. But he did not know the word for mushrooms. The waiter did not speak a word of English and could not help him. At last, the man took out his pocket a pencil and a piece of paper and very carefully drew a picture of a mushroom on the piece of paper. The waiter looked at the picture of the mushroom for a long while. He did not understand very well, but at last he left. He was gone a long time. After about a half hour he returned. But instead of an order of mushroom, he brought the man a large black umbrella.
【小題1】What is Italy famous for?

Hi, Mary. Now let me tell you about my family. I have a big family. There are seven people in my family---- my parents, my aunt, my brother, my sister, my cousin and I.
My parents are teachers in a middle school. My father, Jack, is a math(數(shù)學(xué)) teacher and my mother, Laura, is an English teacher. My anut Sarah doesn’t work (工作) now and she cooks (做飯) for us every day. Her son Jim, is my classmate (同班同學(xué)). And my brother, Tony, is in Grade （年級(jí)）Nine now. His math is very good. And my sister, Sharon, works very hard (努力地). Her teachers like her very much. I have a happy family.
【小題1】How many people are there in Mary’s family?
A Eight       B Seven       C Nine          D Ten
【小題2】Mary’s father is a/an ______ teacher and her mother is a/an _______ teacher.
A math, math    B math   English    C English  math    D English   English
【小題3】According to (根據(jù)) the passage (文章), who works very hard?
A Mary’s aunt    B Mary’s brother      C Mary’s sister      D Mary
【小題4】According to the passage, who are students?
A Mary                   B Mary and Jim
C Mary, Jim and Tony.     D Mary Jim Tony and Sharon
【小題5】Which (哪一個(gè)) is right (對(duì)的)?
A Mary has (有) a small family.
B Mary’s parents are English teachers.
C Mary’s aunt, Sarah, works hard now.
D Mary’s family is happy.

I have a friend. His name is Eric. He is English. But now he is in China. He is a student. Look! This is his classroom. Thirteen small desks and thirty chairs are in the classroom. They are for his classmates(同班同學(xué)) and him. A big desk is in the classroom, too. It’s for their teacher. A big clock is on the left(左邊) wall of the classroom. Next to the clock is a map. It’s a map of China.
His classroom is very nice and clean. He likes it very much.
【小題1】What’s on the left wall of the classroom?
A A clock         B A map         C a picture         D A map and a clock
【小題2】How many small desks are there in the classroom?
A Fifteen         B Thirteen        C Thirty           D Fourteen
【小題3】Who is Eric?
A A school girl     B a school boy   C An American student  D American
【小題4】What does the underlined word (劃線部分) it mean in the passage (文章)？
A The classroom   B The map of China   C The big desk    D The school
【小題5】What is the passage about?
A The family      B The school     C The classroom      D The library