Mr Grey was the manager of a small office in London. He lived in the country, and came up to work by train. He liked walking from the station to his office unless it was raining, because it gave him some
exercise.
        One morning he was walking along the street when a stranger stopped him and said to him, "You may not remember me, sir, but seven years ago I came to London without a penny in my pockets. I stopped
you in this street and asked you to lend me some money. and you lent me ￡5, because you said you were willing to take a chance so as to give a man a start on the way to success. "
        Mr Grey thought for a few minutes and then said, "Yes, I remember you. Go on with your story!"
"Well," answered the stranger, "are you still willing to take a chance?"

1. How did Mr Grey get to his office              

A. He went to work by train.
B. He walked to his office.
C. He went to his office on foot unless it rained.
D. He usually took a train to the station and then walked to his office if the weather was fine.

2. Mr Grey liked walking to his office because                              

A. he couldn't afford the buses
B. he wanted to save money
C. he wanted to keep in good health
D. he could do some exercise on the way

3. Mr Grey had been willing to lend money to a stranger in order to                

A. give him a start in life
B. help him on the way to success
C. make him rich
D. gain more money

4. One morning the stranger recognized Mr Grey, and ________ .

A. wanted to return Mr Grey the money
B. again asked Mr Grey for money
C. would like to make friends with him
D. told Mr Grey that he had been successful since then

5.In the second paragraph, "...take a chance" means ________ .

A. Mr Gray happened to meet a stranger
B. Mr Grey had a chance to do exercise
C. Mr Grey helped a stranger by chance
D.Mr Grey took the risk that the stranger would not give back the money which he lent him

     One day a rich man and a businessman met in a restaurant. For their lunch they both ordered soup. When it was
brought, the rich man tasted it, but the soup was so hot that he burned his mouth and tears came into his eyes. The
businessman asked him why he was crying. The rich man didn't want to tell the truth and he told a lie, "Sir, I had a
brother who was killed last year. I was thinking of his death, and that made me cry." The businessman believed his
story and began to eat his soup. He also burned his mouth so much that he had tears in his eyes. The rich man
noticed it and asked the businessman, "Sir, why do you cry?" The businessman, who now saw that the rich man
had cheated him, answered, "Oh, I'm crying because you were not killed together with your brother."

A. 根據短文內容判斷正(T)誤( F) .
(     )1. Though the rich man burned his mouth, he shouldn't have told a lie.
(     )2. The rich man had a brother who was burned.
(     )3. The businessman believed the rich man's story at first.
(     )4. The businessman's answer showed that he  was very happy.

B. 排序
a. They ordered the soup and the soup was so hot that the rich man burned his mouth first.
b. The businessman also burned his mouth and he was not happy.
c. A rich man and a businessman had lunch in the same restaurant.
d. The rich man told a lie about his brother's death.
e. The businessman realized(意識到) that the rich man cheated him.
    __________

       My friend Jenny thinks it is very silly to eat too much. She always says she likes a small breakfast. 
  But when I ask her what she eats for breakfast, she says, "Well, I usually start with a glass of orange
  juice. Then I have one or two pieces of bread with butter and a cup of hot chocolate. After that I have
  one or two eggs and some meat. I always have a cup of tea with milk and sugar. Sometimes I have a
  bowl of porridge (麥片粥). I usually finish my breakfast with a cup of coffee. If I'm still a little hungry, I
  often have sandwiches with vegetables. You see, I have a good breakfast every morning. "
       "But how can you call such breakfast small?"
       "I know it is not small. However, that's all I eat. I never eat lunch, and I never have dinner.  If I have
  dinner, I can't sleep. She says with a smile,  "You know, it's stupid to overeat."

根據短文內容判斷正(T) 誤(F)。

(     ) 1. The word "silly" in the first sentence means "clever".
(     ) 2. Jenny never eats lunch.
(     ) 3. Jenny usually has a little breakfast.
(     ) 4. Jcnny likes drinking orange juice.
(     ) 5. She has a bad eating habit.

     It's a Sunday morning. Lin Tao has no classes today. Ha has breakfast and goes out. He is going to
his grandfather's home. Now he is on his way there. He walks and walks. Then he came to a river. The
river is not wide. There is a board over the river. Lin Tao walks onto the board. Suddenly he falls into
the river. "Help! Help!" Lin Tao is crying. But no one comes. There is no one near the river. He waits in
the water for some time. But nothing happens. He begins to get up. Aha, the water is not very deep. It
only comes to half his legs.

1. Lin Tao goes to his grandfather's home on a ____.   

A. Sunday afternoon      
B. Saturday afternoon.   
C. Sunday morning.

2. The river is ____.

A. very wide but not deep    
B. very deep but not wide    
C. not wide or deep

3. Lin Tao falls into the river when he ____.

A. is walking on the board    
B. comes to the river    
C. walks along the road

4. ____ comes to help him.    

A. A man near the river      
B. No one   
C. His grandfather

5. Lin Tao ____ the river at last.      

A. walks out of    
B. waits in    
C. walks along

    One afternoon some boys made a lot of noise in class. The teacher got angry. He kept them in the
classroom after school. He told them to add all the numbers from 1 to 100 together.
    The boys took out their exercise-books. All of them began to write the numbers down except one
boy. He was new in the school. He looked out of the window for a few minutes. Then he wrote a
number in his exercise-book and put up his hand.
    "May I go home, sir?" he asked. "I know the answer now."
    The teacher and the other boys were very surprised.
    "Bring it here." said the teacher.
    The next morning, the teacher asked the boy. "How did you find the answer so quickly?"
    "Well,sir." He said, "I did not want to stay here so long. So I did my best to find the answer quickly.
Soon I found it. You see, if you add 100 to 1, you get 101, and 99 and 2 is 101, 98 and 3 is 101 too,
and when you reach 51 and 50, you have 101 fifty times, that is 5050".
    After this, when the teacher gave the class exercises to do, he gave this boy different exercise. The
boy's name was Karl F.Gauss. When he grew up, he became a great scientist.

(     )1. Little Gauss was a new student in that school.
(     )2. Little Gauss and his classmates always listened to their teachers very carefully in class.
(     )3. All the boys wrote the numbers from 1 to 100 down and added them up.
(     )4. Little Gauss left the classroom much earlier than the other boys.
(     )5. Little Gauss told the teacher how he found the answers so quickly the next day.

    Jane Scott is fourteen and the year before last she began to study in a middle schoo1. She likes dancing and
singing and spending a lot of time on them. But she hates (不喜歡) maths and does not work hard at it. 
    She thinks it difficult to learn. She falls behind her Classmates and once failed the maths exam. She decided to
drop (放棄) it. Her father is angry with her when he knows about it. 
    It was Sunday. Mr Scott gave a call to his sister who teaches maths in another schoo1. He hoped she would
come and tell his daughter how to learn maths. The woman came quickly and said, "You're a clever girl, Jane.
I'm sure you'll soon do well in maths if you work hard at it." 
    "I'm afraid I can't, Aunt," said Jane. "Girls can't be good at maths."
    "I don't think so." said the woman. "I was good at it when I was a girl. You must do more exercises and
practice a maths problem again until you master (掌握) it. Remember:Practice makes perfect (熟能生巧). 
    Well, it's a maths problem. Think about it and practice it again and again and you'll work it out."
    "OK." said the girl, "Let me try." 
    About an hour later Jane took the exercise book to her aunt and said, "I've done the problem ten times."
    "Well done!" Her aunt said happily. "What result did you get?"
    "Ten answers."

1．Jane is not good at ________.

A．dancing
B．singing
C．maths
D．Chinese

2．Jane falls behind her classmates in maths because ________.

A．she doesn't work hard at it
B．she doesn't like it
C．she spends much time on other lessons
D．she isn't clever

3．Mr Scott hoped his sister would help his daughter because ________.

A．she is a maths teacher
B．Jane likes it
C．Jane is afraid of her
D．she is Jane's aunt

4．The woman told the girl ________.

A．it was easy to learn maths
B．to work hard at maths
C．maths was important
D．maths was interesting

5．Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Jane decided to drop maths.
B．Jane didn't like maths.
C．Jane began to study in middle school when she was twelve.
D．Jane didn't work out the maths problem at all.

         Mr Turner lived in a town and worked in a post office. He wanted to travel in the capital but he couldn't.
His mother was often ill in bed and he had to spend a lot of money on her medicine. Luckily he won in a lottery
(彩票) and got a lot of money one day. He bought a car and decided to take his holiday in London with his wife. 
          It was Saturday and there were many cars on the roads. At a crossing a traffic accident happened and
several cars and buses were hit. They had to wait for a long time. When they got to the hospital, they were both
thirsty and hungry. They went to a restaurant and wanted to have something. But there were a lot of people in it.
They had to sit down to queue up. After a while a waiter came out and shouted, "Who's Mr Jenkins?"
          But nobody answered and the waiter had to leave. Mr Turner said to his wife,"I'm sure Mr Jenkins
ordered dinner here but he hasn't come. I'd better take his place by assuming (冒用) his name and will be able
to have dinner earlier."
        "That's a good idea!" said his wife.
         After a while the waiter came out and shouted again, "Who's Mr Jenkins, please?"
         Mr Jenkins came up to him and said, "It's Mr Jenkins here, sir. What's the matter?"
        "Wonderful!" the waiter called out happily. "Your family are waiting for you inside!"
1. Mr Turner u_____ to spend much money on his mother's medicine and couldn't a ____ to travel in capital.
2. Luckily he won in a lottery one day and became r_____. He bought a car and decided to make a t_____ to
    London with his wife.
3. Mr and Mrs. Turner felt thirsty and hungry b____ a traffic accident made them w____ long.
4. When they drove to a restaurant they found it f_____ of people and had to wait in l_____.
5. Mr Turner wanted to have dinner e_____ with his wife by assuming Mr Jenkins' name, but he f_____ to
    make it.