"My teacher was angry and sent me to the headmaster after our lessons," Peter answered.

  "To the headmaster?" his mother said, "Why did she send you to him?"

  "Because she asked a question in the class”，Peter said , " and none of the children gave her the answer except me."  

  His mother was angry. "But why did the teacher send you to the headmaster's office then? Why didn't she send all the other stupid children?"

  "Because her question was ' Who put glue (膠7]c) on my chair?' " Peter said.

(   ) 1. Peter         .

   A. was too young to go to school

   B. never came home on time

   C. was a middle school student

   D. often went to school on foot

(   ) 2. Peter came back home late because .

   A. he answered the teacher's question

   B. he had to go to the headmaster's office

   C. he put glue on the headmaster's chair

   D. he played basketball

(   ) 3. The question         .

   A. was quite difficult so nobody could answer it except Peter

   B. was easy but all the other children were too stupid to answer it

   C. was asked because Peter put glue on the teacher's chair

   D. was not really a question

(   ) 4. All the other children didn't answer the question because         .

   A. they were too stupid

   B. They didn't put glue on the chair

   C. they wouldn't answer it

   D. Peter had answered the question

(   ) 5. Peter's mother         .

   A. was very happy because her son was very clever

   B. was quite angry because her son put glue on the teacher's chair

   C. was angry because the teacher sent her son to the headmaster

   D. was not angry at all

  Today is Sunday. It's a beautiful,s 1       day!Mary and her classmates are going to the West Hill for a p 2      They're r 3       bikes. Right now,they're coming to a place at the f 4       of the hill. There are beautiful flowers and green t 5       there. Mary and her f 6       are preparing the picnic. Some are getting water. O 7       are cooking. Now,their lunch is r 8       ,They are singing,talking,e 9      ,and drinking. Everyone is h 10       a good time.

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6. f        7. Q       8. r         9. e      10. h         

  Tommy is playing near the river. Suddenly his knife falls into the water. He is very sad because the knife is his birthday gift. His grandfather gave it to him on his last birthday,but it is lost now. Then at once a kind old man comes up and asks, "Hey,boy!What's wrong with you?"

  "I lost my knife," he says. "It fell into the water. It's a birthday gift from my grandfather. What shall I do?"

  A few minutes later,the old man gives him a gold knife and asks, "Is this one yours?" "No ," says the boy. Then the old man gives him a silver knife and asks him again, "And is this one yours?" "No," says the boy.

  Then the old man gives him an iron knife. "Yes,that's mine," the boy says happily. The old man says, "Now I will give you the gold knife and the silver knife because you're an honest boy."

(   ) 11. What happens to Tommy when he is playing near the river?

   A. His grandfather gives him a knife.

   B. He falls into the river.

   C. An old man asks him the way.

   D. His knife falls into the river.

(   ) 12. How does Tommy feel after he loses his knife?… A. Angry. B. Glad. C. Surprised. D. Unhappy.

(   ) 13. Which knife does Tommy want?

   A. The gold one. B. The silver one.

   C. The iron one. D. All the three knives.

(   ) 14. Why does Tommy feel glad at last?

   A. Because he gets a new knife.

   B. Because the old man helps him get his knife back.

   C. Because he sees three kinds of knives.

   D. Because his grandfather buys him a new birthday gift.

(   ) 15. The word "honest" in the reading means "         ”in Chinese.

   A. 誠實的   B. 善良的   C. 狡猾的   D. 無聊的

  In Galileo's (咖利略) time people believed that the earth never moved. But Copernicus (哥白尼) had new ideas. He wrote in his book that the earth was moving round the sun and that it was not the center of everything. When Galileo read Copernicus' book many years later,he believed it. But many people of his time didn't believe the earth was moving. They were angry with Galileo. So Galileo had to say he was wrong although he knew he was right.

(   ) 6. One of Copernicus' ideas was         .

   A. the earth never moved

   B. the earth was moving round the sun

   C. the earth was round

   D. the earth was the centre of everything

(   ) 7. Galileo believed         .

   A. what Copernicus said in his book was right

   B. people would believe him at that time

   C. no one was against his new idea

   D. people would agree with him

(   ) 8. Many people were angry with Galileo,because         .

   A. he didn't believe the earth was moving round the sun

   B. he believed the sun was moving round the earth

   C. he believed the earth was moving round the sun

   D. he believed the sun didn't move at all

(   ) 9. People of Galileo's time         .

   A. believed the new ideas after they made a few experiments

   B. didn't believed Copernicus' new ideas for a long time

   C. believed the new ideas at once

   D. many scientists had the same idea about the sun and the earth as Galileo

(   ) 10. At that time         .

   A. Galileo was not sure about Copernicus new idea

   B. Galileo thought Copernicus' new idea might be wrong

   C. Galileo was'forced to say that he was wrong

   D. Galileo had no idea of the sun and the moving earth

 Mrs. Hunt lives in a village. Her son Sam lives with her. Sam is twentyone years old. He works in a shop in the village. Then he finds new work in a town and lives there. It's quite a long way from his mother's village. She isn't happy about this. Sam says, "There isn't any good work for me in the village,mother,and I can get a lot of money in the town and give you some every week."

  One day Mrs. Hunt goes to see her son. She goes there by train. Sam meets her at the railway station. She asks her son, "Why don't you phone me?" "But mother," he says, "you haven't a phone." "No," she answers, "I haven't,but you have one!"

(   ) 1. Mrs Hunt lives in a         .

   A. street   B. village   C. town   D. city

(   ) 2.        finds the new work in a town.

   A. Mrs. Hunt   B. Sam

   C. Sam's father   D. Mr. Hunt

(   ) 3. Sam can get more money         .

   A. from his mother   B. from his friend

   C. in a town   D. in a village

(   ) 4. Mrs. Hunt goes to see her son         .

   A. in her car   B. by bus

   C. on foot   D. by train

(   ) 5. Does Sam phone his mother?

   A. Yes,he does. B. No,he doesn't.

   C. I think so. D. Certainly.

  Once an old man was walking in a street with his horse. It was raining hard. The old man was c 1       because he was walking in the rain. He wanted to stay in a restaurant. It was a q 2       past three in the afternoon. The old man got to a small restaurant. There were a lot of p 3       in it. The old man couldn't come near the fire. He thought and thought. At last he said to the w 4       ，"Take some f 5       to my horse. " The waiter and the people were very s 6       . The waiter said, "A horse doesn't eat fish. " The old man told the waiter, "This horse is very interesting. It can sing,dance and does all k 7       of things. It can eat fish,too,”So the waiter b 8       the horse some fish. All the people in the restaurant ran out to see the horse eat fish e 9       the old man. Now the old man sat beside the fire. After a w       1 the waiter came back and said. "Your horse didn't eat any fish. " The old man said, "All right,take the fish back and put it on the table. I'll eat it."

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6. s       7. k      8. b          9. e         10. w      

  Australia has a lot of lovely animals. You cannot find them anywhere else in the world. The most famous ones are kangaroos and koalas.

The kangaroo is the symbol of Australia. They have large eyes and ears. They don't walk,they jump. They use their strong back legs. They can jump at 74 kilometers per hour. They can go over nine meters in one jump. Kangaroo mothers have pouches to carry their babies. The babies stay inside to get milk and keep warm.

  Kangaroos are everywhere in Australia. They are on TV,in books and in the shops. But do you know that millions of kangaroos are killed every year? There are too many of them. There are about 20 to 25 million kangaroos in Australia. That's more than the number of people in the country. Some kangaroos go hungry because there is not enough food to eat. They break into farms for food. Farmers are very angry with them.

The koala is another famous Australian animal. They look like bears,and have small eyes and big noses. They eat leaves from gum trees. They use them to mark their home

  "This is my place,you can't come in!" like kangaroos,a koala baby lives in its mother's pouch,too.

(   ) 11. If we want to see kangaroos and koalas in natural forests,we can go to

   A. China   B. France   C. Australia   D. Austria

(   ) 12. What does a kangaroo look like?

   A. It looks like a bear. B. It has big eyes and ears.

   C. It has small eyes and big noses. D. It has small eyes and big ears.

(   ) 13. The word "pouch" means         .

   A. 育兒袋   B. 肌肉   C. 尾   D. 大腿

(   ) 14. Which is NOT true?

   A. The kangaroos can go over nine meters in one jump.

   B. Koalas like eating leaves from gum trees.

   C. Koalas use their voices to mark their homes.

   D. A koalas' baby lives in its mother's pouch.

(   ) 15. What's the best title of this passage?

   A. Kangaroos and koalas.

   B. Beautiful Australia.

   C. How to protect kangaroos and koalas.

   D. Kangaroos and Koalas' babies.

  A lady once wrote a long story. She sent it to a famous editor (編輯) .After a few weeks he gave it back to her. The lady was angry. She wrote to the editor： "Dear sir,Yesterday you sent back a story of mine. How do you know it is not good? You did not read it. Before I sent you the story,I pasted together pages 18 ,19 and 20.When the story came back yesterday,I found you didn't open them. Do you read all the stories like this?" The editor wrote back; "Dear madam,at breakfast when I open an egg,I don't have to eat all the egg to find that it is bad."

(   ) 6. Why did the lady get angry at first?

   A. The editor lost her story.

   B. The editor didn't read the story at all.

   C. The editor didn't write to her.

   D. The editor said her story was not good.

(   ) 7. What does the word "pasted" mean      ?  

   A. 撕掉   B. 粘連   C. 毀壞   D. 保留

(   ) 8. How did the lady know whether the editor read her story?

   A. She pasted together three pages.

   B. She asked the editor some questions about her story.

   C. Someone told her that the editor didn't read it.

   D. The editor said he didn't finish reading it.

(   ) 9. From the passage we know that the lady .

   A. was a good writer   B. wasn't a good writer

   C. didn't like writing   D. liked the editor

(   ) 10. According to the passage,which of the following is TRUE?

   A. The lady got angry because the editor didn't write back to her.

   B. The editor didn't read the story at all.

   C. The lady's story was not good like a bad egg.

   D. The editor often eats bed eggs.

  One day, I wanted to go to a post office. I asked an old man about the way. ^u Excuse me. Is there a post office near here?" 1 asked. The old man turned back,looked at me and said something quickly. When he found I couldn't understand him,he took out a piece of paper and wrote down "Sorry,I dorft know. I'm new here.""Thank you all the same," I said to him and walked on. Another man was on the street. He was walking busily. A big broom (掃景) was in his hand. I went to him and asked, "Excuse me. Where is the nearest post office,please?" He didn't answer me carefully and clearly "I am foreigner (外國人) ，"1 said. This time,he showed me the way more slowly. But I couldn't understand him,either. My teacher never spoke English like that.

  I wonder,in English,each man speaks a different language. The English understand each other,but I don't understand them. Do they speak English?

(   ) 1. Where did the writer come from?

   A. Canada. B. Australia. C. China. D. We don't know.

(   ) 2. The writer asked        about the way to .

   A. two women.. . a bookshop   B. two men.. . a post office

   C. two women. . . a hospital   D. two men. . . a factory

(   ) 3. The second man might be         .

   A. a cleaner   B. a teacher   C. a doctor   D. a policeman

(   ) 4. When you ask the way,you must say "         ”first.

   A. Thank you   B. Excuse me   C. Hello   D. How are you

(   ) 5. The writer didn't understand the two Englishmen because         .

   A. he was a foreigner

   B. they didn't speak English

   C. he didn't learn English well

   D. they were new here.

  Jack was 11 years old. He liked fishing very much. He often went fishing with his father when it was p 1       . On the day before the bass        ( a kid of fish) season opened,he and his father were fishing in the lake e 2       in the evening. Everything was very q 3       for a long time. Suddenly,he felt s 4       large was on the other end,he began to work on the fish. Finally he lugged the fish out of the water. It was the largest one he had ever seen,but it was a bass.

  The boy and his father looked at the handsome fish. The father lit match and looked at his w 5      . It was 10 p.m. two hours before the season o 6      . He looked at the fish,then at the boy "You'll have to put it back,son," he said. "Dad!" cried the boy.

  "There will be o 7       fish," said his father.

  "Not as big as this one," cried the boy. He looked a 8       the lake. No other fishers or b 9       were anywhere around in the moonlight. He looked again at his father. Even though no one had seen them,nor could anyone ever know what time he c 10       the fish,the son knew he must put it back.

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6. o       7. o       8. a     9. b      10. c