Long, long ago there was no zero. To write the number sixty-three people wrote 63.To write six hundred and three, people wrote 63.The space between six and three was there to mean." not any "tens. Sometimes people did not remember the space. It was hard to see and read.

Later people used a dot to hold the space. Six hundred and three looked like this 6.3.But the dot was hard to see. So people put a circle around it like this 6⊙3.Then people could see the dot. They remembered the space. at last ,only the circle around the dot was used. It was like a zero. This is one story of how the zero came to be used.

Now zero has many important uses .Zero tells how many. Can you tell some other ways of using zero?

1.Long,long ago people didn`t know how to ____.

A. write     B write zero     C. write numbers       D. sixty-three

2.Long,longago if they wrote two hundred-eight ,people wrote_____.

A.28        B.2 8          C.228                D.208

3.Later ______ was used to mean space.

A. "not any"  B.letter"0"     C. zero                D. a dot

4.People used circles _____________.

A. to remember ways          B. to remember numbers

C. not to forget the space       D. to mean nothing

5.The story tells us _____.

A. how zero came to be used                                         

B. how to write zero

C. what`s the use of zero

D. that zero means a dot, a circle or space

Mr. Brown’s talk Place：the school hall Date：January 20 Time：3．00 p．m．-4．00 p．m． Topic：How to be a good English speaker

Film News：This is it Time：9．00 a．m．to 10．a(chǎn)m．November 1-10 Price：Adults￥15 Children￥10 Place：Sunshine Cinema

Lost I left（丟）my Maths book on the school playground on Wednesday afternoon．I need this book very much for the exams．Would the finder please return it to Class 2，Grade 7? Many thanks! Victor

School activity Place：On TV in the classroom Time：4．0-4．30 p．m．Friday afternoon Topic：how to use phone number “110” correctly． Many children have no knowledge（知識） of “110”．Some even use it for fun．

1．How long will Mr. Brown's talk be?

A．Half an hour．      B．An hour．            C．Two hours．        D．Three hours．

2．Tom is ten years old．He goes to see the film This is it with his parents．How much do they pay?

A．￥10               B．￥15                 C．￥25                D．￥40

3．What book cannot Victor find?

A．A Maths book．                             B．A comic book．

C．An English book，                          D．A story book．

4．When will there be a school activity on how to use "110" correctly?

A．On January 20．                            B．On Wednesday afternoon．

C．On November 6．                           D．On Friday afternoon．

5．Which sentence is RIGHT?

A，Victor is a student in Class 2，Grade 7．

B．Mr. Brown's talk will be in the classroom．

C．Mr. Brown can show the students how to use "110" correctly．

D．You can see the film This is it after 11．00 p．m．a(chǎn)t Sunshine Cinema．

Teddy Smith’s Fast Food

Open: 10:00 a.m.---10:30 p.m.          Lunch served till 2:00 p.m.

Dinner served till 9:30 p.m.             Eat in or take away

Mains(主食)

  Beef Steak

     $ 4.25

  Hamburger

     $ 3.15 (small)

     $ 3.95 (large)

  Noodles

$ 2.05(small)

$ 2.50 (large)

Desserts

  Ice Cream

   $ 1.25

  Flavours(味道)：

  Banana, Chocolate,

  Apple

  Apple Pie

$ 0.75

  Chocolate Cake

    $ 0.95

Drinks

  Soft Drinks

     $ 0.75 (small)

     $ 0.95 (large)

Flavours(味道)：

  Cola, Apple, orange

  Coffee or Tea

     $ 1.25

(    )26. When do they stop serving dinner?

        A. 10:00 a.m.      B. 10:30 p.m.       C. 2:00 p.m.           D. 9:30 p.m.

(    )27. How much do a small hamburger, two chocolate cakes and a large soft drink cost?

        A. $ 4.1.             B. $ 5.85           C. $ 6.00.              D. $ 6.60

(    )28. How many kinds of things have chocolate in them?

        A. One.        B. Two.            C. Three.         D. Four.