A young man once went to buy a pair of pants. When he got home, he went upstairs(上樓)to his bedroom and put them on. He found that they were two inches(英寸) long.

    Then he came out of his room to see his mother and his two sisters. They were washing something in the kitchen.“These new pants are too long, they need to be shortened(縮短) about two inches. Would one of you like to do this for me, please?” His mother and sisters were busy and none of them said anything. The mother went upstairs after she had finished washing and shortened the pants two inches. But she didn’t tell her daughters about it.

    Later on, after supper, the elder sister remembered her brother’s pants. So she went upstairs without saying to anyone, and shortened the pants two inches.

    The younger sister went to the cinema, but when she came back, she also remembered what her brother had said. So she ran upstairs, and took two inches off the legs of the new pants.

1.The new pants were _______.     

  A. too long for the young man      B. two inches long

  C. six inches long                D. too short for the young man     

2.The young man asked ______to shorten his pants.

A. his mother and his two sisters      B. his mother and one of his sister

C. his mother                D. his mother or one of his two sisters

3._______,his elder sister shorten his pants.

A. After supper             B. After the mother finished washing

C. After the young man went upstairs

D. After the younger sister went to the cinema

4.How many inches were the legs of the new pants shortened by at last?

A. Two.   B. Four.  C. Six.  D.  Eight.

5.When the young man put on the pants, he would _______.

A.      feel happy  B. be very sad  C. thank his family  D. be very excited

閱讀理解。

One day Mr. Robinson saw a woman in the street with ten children. He was very surprised because all the children were wearing the same clothes—white hats, blue coats and white pants.

  “Are all those children yours? ”he asked the woman.

  “Yes, they are,” she answered.

  “Do you always dress them in the same clothes?”asked Mr. Robinson.

  “Yes ,” answered the mother,“When we had only four children, we dressed them in the same clothes because we didn’t want to lose any of them. It was easy to see our children when they were among (在……中間)others because they were all wearing the same clothes. And now, when we have ten, we dress them like this because we do not want to take other children home by mistake(錯誤) .When there are other children among ours, it is easy to see them because their clothes are different.”

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容,選擇正確答案。

1. One day ______.

A. Mr. Robinson met a woman teacher with 10 school children

B. Mr. Robinson met 10 children with their mother

C. the mother met Mr. Robinson with 10 school children

D. the mother met Mr. Robinson with his 10 children

2. －Why was Mr. Robinson surprised when he saw the ten children?

－Because he saw that______.

A. they all had the same look   B. they were all the mother’s children

C. the woman had so many children

D. they were all dressed in the same way

3. When did the mother begin to dress her children in the same clothes?

A. Just after she had the fourth child.

B. Just before the mother had ten children.

C. When she met Mr. Robinson in the street.

D. When she didn’t want to take other children home by mistake.

4. According to (根據(jù)) the story, we know that_____.

A. all the ten children are boys who are wearing the same clothes

B. all the woman’s children are girls who are in the same clothes

C. the children’s clothes had the same colour

D. the ten children are both the woman’s and Mr. Robinson’s children

5. When the woman has ten children, she dresses them in the same clothes because______.

A. the mother wants to show it to Mr. Robinson

B. she doesn’t want to take other children by mistake

C. she wants to take them to walk in the street

D. it’s very easy to find them in the street

完形填空。

不懂得欣賞藝術(shù)有時候會弄得啼笑皆非的。

Mr. Brown lives in a city. He 1 a small shop in the middle of city, and he sells(出售) pictures in it. They’re not expensive, 2 some of 3 are very nice.

One day, a woman came 4 the shop and looked at one picture for a few 5 . It’s a picture 6 horses in a field. Then she asked, “ 7 is this picture?”

“ Twenty dollars.” Mr. Brown answered.

“It’s 8 expensive. Can I 9 you two dollars for it?” said the woman.

“ Two dollars? But you 10 buy the canvas(油畫布) with two dollars.”

“Oh, but it isn’t clean now,” the woman said.

1. A. has B. have C. had D. is

2. A. so B. because C. and D. but

3. A. they B. them C. their D. it

4. A. on B. in C. into D. on

5. A. hours B. minutes C. weeks D. years

6. A. on B. with C. of D. to

7. A. How much B. How many C. How old D. How

8. A. no B. not C. too D. isn’t

9. A. give B. let C. have D. make

10. A. can B. can’t C. are D. aren’t

句型轉(zhuǎn)換。

1. My mother got them yesterday from the post office.(改為一般疑問句)

  _____ your mother _____ them yesterday from the post office?

2. I think they would come tonight. (改為否定句)

I _____ think they _____come tonight.

3. They are making birthday cards for Brian.(對畫線部分提問)

What _____they _____for Brain?

4. My group’s favorite subject is physical education. (對畫線部分提問)

______  favorite subject ______physical education?

5. We have lived in this neighborhood for two years. (對畫線部分提問)

______ ______have you lived in this neighborhood?

He often asks his mom _____his favorite drinks when she shops.

A. buy   B. to buy  C. buying  D. bought

 Jenny bought a new pen for _____sister on ____way home.

A. her ; her  B. hers ; her  C. her ; hers  D. she ; she

The boat went ＿＿ the lake.

    A. across    B. cross    C. past    D. passed

 Can you _____me the way to the bakery?

   A. say   B. speak  C. talk  D. tell

That’s not my book. I can’t _____it for a long time.

A.      show  B. keep  C. buy  D. borrow

When you _____the street, you must look carefully.

A. past   B. across   C. pass   D. cross