A little girl thought she was not beautiful as other girls, and nobody liked her. So she was always
unhappy and didn't like to talk to others. However, one day, her mother gave her a beautiful hair clip
(發(fā)夾). When she wore it, she looked much more beautiful than before. She decided to wear it to
school.
   On her way to school she found that everyone who saw her smiled at her. Most of her schoolmates
said "hello" to her, but this never happened before. She thought that the beautiful hair clip had brought
her them all. She was so happy about all of the wonderful things. Although she didn't tell her classmates
about her beautiful hair clip, they all wanted to know what had happened to her.
    When she went back home after school, her mother asked her, "Did you know you dropped your
hair clip? I found it by the door this morning."
    She understood that she hadn't worn the hair clip to school at all.
    It is not impotant what we wear or how we look. The most important is how we think about ourselves.

(     )1. The little girl was not beautiful because she had no money to buy a hair clip.
(     )2. Her mother didn't like the little girl, either.
(     )3. Most of the schoolmates liked her beautiful hair clip very much on that day.
(     )4. Her mother found the clip by the door after the girl went to school.
(     )5. It is not importhat what we wear or how we look.

1. In the passage the word "cart" is                .
A. something like a car
B. something like a light
C. something pulled by a horse
D. something with a light
2. The old man drove home                 .
A. on the back of his horse
B. late one night
C. very late every night
D. with a policeman
3. Where did the policeman stop the old man?
A. Near the old man's home.
B. At the traffic lights. .
C. Under a road light.
D. Far from the old man's home,
4. The cart was stopped by the policeman because________.
A. the old man didn't have a light
B. the policeman didn't believe the old man's words
C. the old man didn't want to tell his name
D. the light on the old man's cart was not on
5. What made the policeman believe the old man's words?
A. He made the policeman touch the light.
B. He jumped and shouted angrily.
C. He made the policeman angry.
D. The light burnt the policeman's feet.

     It's Jim's birthday today.   He is five years old.   He gets many nice birthday presents from his family and one of
them is a big drum (鼓).
     " Who gives him the drum?" his father asks.
     " His grandfather does." answers Jim's mother.
     Jim likes his drum very much.   He makes a noise(噪音) with it,   but his mother doesn't say anything about it. His
father is not at home. He is working in a school. So he doesn't hear(聽見) the noise.
     But one of the neighbours doesn't like the noise at all.  So one morning she takes a knife and goes into Jim's room.
Jim is making a noise with the drum. She says to him, "Hello,  Jim, Do you know there is something nice in your drum?
Here is a knife. Open the drum and let's find it."

1. Jim's       gives Jim the drum.       

A. grandfather
B.  father      
C. mother    
D. neighbour

2. Jim's father is         

A. a worker      
B. a  teacher  
C. a cleaner  
D. a shopkeeper

3. The neighbour hates                .   

A. Jim's presents  
B. the drumC. the knife  
D. the noise

4. The neighbour tells Jim                .      

A. to put the drum away (收拾)      
B. to look after the drum 
C. to open the drum with the knife    
D. to make a noise with the drum

5. Which of the following is right?             

A. Jim's grandfather makes the drum.
B. Something is wrong with Jim's father's ears.
C. There is a nice present in the drum.
D. Jim's mother doesn't stop (阻止) the noise.

    The Beets were a new couple (夫婦). The things in their rooms, such as the television, the computer,
the fridge, furniture and so on, were all left by their parents. They only paid some money for their food
and clothes. But they tried their best to save money. If they had something important to tell their friends,
they always visited them instead of calling them.
    One day, it was a quarter past nine. Mr Beet didn't come back. His wife was a little worried. The supper
was cold and she had waited for two hours and a half. She was sitting by the table in the dark room.
     Suddenly the woman heard someone coming upstairs. It was her husband's step. She hurried to open
the door. In the dark she could hear his deep breathing. As soon as he sat down, she turned on the light and
found he looked very tired.
    "Why do you come back so late, dear?" asked the woman. "Haven't you caught a bus?"
     "Yes, but I didn't take it."
     "Why not?"
     "I ran after it so that I saved two dollars this evening."
     "That's great!" the woman said happily. "Run after a taxi next time and you'll save both more time and
money."

1. The supper was ready at           .

A. 6:15
B. 6:30
C. 6:45
D. 7:15

2. Mrs Beet sat in the dark because           .

A. she wanted to save money
B. she didn't like the bright light
C. she was afraid to be seen
D. she wanted to have a good rest

3. Mr Beet went back           .

A. by taxi
B. by bus
C. on foot
D. by bike

4. When Mr Beet got home that evening,            .

A. his wife was angry with him
B. he was very tired
C. he was too hungry to say a word
D. his wife felt sorry

5. Mrs Beet hoped           .

A. her husband went home by bus the next time
B. her husband could keep on doing exercise
C. her husband could be stronger and stronger
D. her husband could save more money and time

     Once there was a boy. He loved sweets very much.  He always asked his father for sweets.
     The boy's father thought hard about how to stop the child from asking for so many sweets. A great
man lived nearby. The boy's father decided to take the boy to him.  He might be able to make the child
give up sweets.
     So they went to the great man. The father asked the great man to help him. But the great man liked
sweets himself. He told the father to bring his son back after a month.  
     During the month, the great man tried to give up eating sweets. At last he did it. When the boy and his
father returned after a month, the great man had a talk with the boy. From then on, the boy didn't ask for
sweets anymore.
     The boy's father felt surprised, "Why didn't you ask my son to give up sweets when we came to you
a month ago?" The man answered, "How could I ask a boy to give up sweets when I loved sweets
myself? In the last month I gave up eating sweets. "
     A person's example is always stronger than words. We should not ask others to do what we can't do
ourselves.
根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，下列問題。
1. What did the boy love very much?
                                                          
2. Who did the boy's father decide to ask for help?
                                                          
3. How long did it take the great man himself to give up eating sweets ?
                                                          
4. Did the great man help the boy give up the sweets at last? ' 
                                                          
5. What can we learn from the story?
                                                          

      John was ten years old and he was very lazy. He had to go to school, of
course, but he was bored there and tried to do as little work as possible. His father and mother were
both doctors and they hoped that he would become one, too, when he grew up. But one day John
said to his mother, "When I finish school, I want to become a garbage collector."
     "A garbage collector?" his mother asked .She was very surprised. "That's not
a pleasant job. Why do you want to become a garbage collector?"
     "Because then I'd only have to work one day a week," John answered.
     "Only one day a week?" his mother said, "What do you mean?"
     "Well," John answered, "I know that the ones who come to our house only
work on Wednesday, because I only saw them on that day."

1. John_____at school.

A. didn't do any work
B. did much work
C. did very little work  
D. tried to finish his work   

2. John's parents wanted him to become______.    

A. a garbage collector  
B. a doctor
C. a teacher          
D. a worker  

3. John hoped to be a garbage collector because______.    

A. he knew it was an important and necessary job
B. he thought he would work only one day a week
C. he often saw some garbage collectors come to his house
D. the garbage collectors really work only one day a week 

4. John thought that the garbage collectors only work one day a week because ______.

A. it was a rule              
B. some garbage collectors told him so
C. his parents told him so      
D. he saw them work only on Wednesday

     Mike liked traveling very much. He traveled in the country in his car last Sunday evening. It was
seven thirty in the evening. He drove along the street and looked for a small hotel. Then he saw an old
man standing by the street. He stopped and asked the old man, “Excuse me. Where is the nearest
hotel? ”          
     “Oh, yes,” said the old man,“I can show you the way.” He got into Mike’s car and they drove off(走開). They drove about twelve miles. When they came to a small house, the old man said,“Stop here.”
Mike stopped and looked at the small house.“But where is the hotel?” he said to the old man.          
     The old man got off the car and said.“This is my house. Now, go back nine miles, and you can find a
hotel on your left.”

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，判斷正（T）誤（F）。
(     )1. Mike looked for a hotel in his car last Sunday evening.
(     )2. The old man didn’t know the way to the hotel.
(     )3. Mike is the old man’s friend.
(     )4. The old man didn’t stop Mike when they passed the hotel.
(     )5. The hotel is very far from the old man’s stand.