They said they______ the meeting in the hall．

A． will have       B． shall have          C． would have         D． are going to have

He asked his father______

A．where it happens                         B．where did it happen

C．how it happened                          D．how did it happen

The girl was born ______ the morning of June 18th, 1991．

A． at         B． on         C． in         D． during

I am full now．But thank you______

A． at the same         B． the all time        C． same to you         D． all the same

He will be back ______  he is free．

A．while         B．because            C．after         D．if

Do you still remember______?

A．that he said                                             B．what he said

C．did he say that                                          D．what did he say

The meat is______ dear and eating ______ meat is bad for your health．

A．very much, many                    B．too many, many too

C．much too, too much                 D．a lot much, too

One cold night, after attending a birthday party, Ann walked home along the quiet road．Suddenly from the shade of a dark building, a tall man with a knife in his right hand ran out at her and then said in a cool voice, "Give me your earring or you will die．"

Hearing this, Ann seemed less worried, and after a minute, she became calm．She tried to cover her necklace with the collar （領(lǐng)子） of her overcoat．She wanted to make the robber think she cared for the necklace than for the earrings．Then she used the other hand to take off both of her expensive earrings, which she quickly threw on the ground．

"Take them and let me go," she said．The robber looked at her．He saw the girl didn't care for earrings at all, only trying to protect the necklace．He thought the necklace would cost much more．So he said, "Give me your necklace," "Oh, sir, it's not worth much． Please let me keep it," she begged．"Stop talking, quickly," said the robber．

With shaky hands, Ann took off her necklace．

As soon as the robber ran away, with a smile on her face, she picked up her earrings and ran as quickly as she could to one of her friends．

1．From the story, we can see the robbery happened on a______ night．

A．warm                      B．hot                  C．cool             D．cold

2．Faced with the robber, Ann was______

A．calm                B．angry                C．surprised            D．frightened

3．Why did she try to cover her necklace with the collar of her overcoat? Because she______

A．wanted to protect her neck

B．liked it more than the earrings

C．wanted to make the robber think she cared for the necklace than for the earrings

D．didn't want to have herself robbed of her necklace

4．We can know from the passage that____________

A．the necklace was worth（值錢） more than the earrings

B．neither the necklace nor the earrings were worth much

C．the necklace was worth less than the earrings

D．both the necklace and the earrings were valuable（值錢）

5．The writer mainly （主要） wanted to tell us______

A．robbery （搶劫）often happened at night

B．how frightened the girl was

C．an interesting story

D．the value of the necklace and the earrings

Many young people can use the computer, but few of them know how to look after them．

Remember the following when you use the computer．

Keep your computer in a cool, dry room．Too much or too little heat is bad for computers．Damp is also bad for them．Most computers work best at a temperature of 5-30 degrees centigrade．Computer, just like some people, may prefer（更喜歡）autumn to （比起） summer and winter．Do not let people smoke cigarettes near your computer．Smoke of all kinds is very bad for many parts of a computer and can cause many problems．

Do not eat or drink when you are near your computer． Pieces of food and a little water in the keyboard can also cause many problems．

Make sure that the keyboard and the screen （鍵盤與屏幕） are the correct height for you．If they are not correct, you'll get backache．

Make sure the screen is the correct distance from your eyes．If you wear glasses, make sure these glasses are correct for using with the computer．Some people use a different pair of glasses when they use a computer．

Keep your screen clean and do not have it too bright．A dirty screen can hurt your eyes．A very bright screen can also be bad for your eyes．If you can afford one, buy a computer screen．It will be better for you than using the screen of a TV set．

1．According to this passage （根據(jù)文章）, ____________

A．more and more people can use computers and take care of them．

B．fewer and fewer people know how to the protection of the computers nowadays．

C．many young people can use computers but few of them know how to look after them．

D．Most computer lovers are fond of eating their food while playing computer games．

2．Computer, just like some people, may prefer__________

A．autumn to summer and winter                   B．neither winter nor summer or autumn

C．summer to winter and autumn                   D．both summer and winter

3．Putting the keyboard and screen too high means you ____________

A．will get backache．

B．will have a headache．

C．don't have to look at your manuscript （稿件） while typing

D．are hard-working

4．Some people use a different pair of glasses when they use a computer because they want to______

A．protect the computer

B．prevent （ 防止） their eyes being hurt（被傷害）

C．make them look cool

D．show off（炫耀） his glasses

5．Which is NOT true according to the passage?

A．If the height of the screen isn't correct, you'll get backache．

B．Smoking is bad for a computer and is one of the cause of many problems．

C．You can eat or drink when you are near your computer．

D．Make sure the screen is the correct distance from your eyes．

People use money to buy food, books and hundreds of other things they need．When they work, they usually get paid in money．

Most of the money used today is made of metal or paper．But in the time long ago, people used to use all kinds of things as money．One of the first kinds of money was shells．

In China, cloth and knives were used as money．Elephant tusks（牙）, monkey tail and salt were used in some parts of the world．Rice was also a kind of money used by the people in some islands．

The first copper coins were made in China．They were round and had a square hole in the center．Different countries have used different metals for their money．Later, some countries began to make coins of gold and silver 銀）．But gold and silver were heavy to carry when people needed a lot of coins to buy something expensive．The Chinese were the first to use paper money．The first paper money cooked more like a note from one person to another than the paper money used today．Money has had an interesting story from the days of shell money till today．

1．People usually use money． ______

A．to buy gold                                B．to get something they want

C．to buy shells                               D．to buy something expensive

2．Long, long ago people all over the world used______  as money．

A．the same metal                                      B．the same paper

C．the different metals                                  D．all kinds of things

3．In the past, the ancient Chinese used to have cloth and knives____________

A．as a tool        B．as money                C．as a gift        D．as a kind of goods

4． ______ was also a kind of money used by the people on some islands．

A．Gold           B．Animals               C．Rice              D．Knives

5．The first paper money____________

A．looked like the same as the paper money used today

B．looked interesting

C．looked like a note

D．had a square hole in the center