I have two pets. They are Fly, a dog, and Huahua, a cat.

Fly is brown and grey. He is naughty(淘气的). He sometimes steals(偷) food in the kitchen.  Once, when there was nobody at home, Fly pulled (拉) a piece of meat off the table. But he was not careful enough. The plate also fell to the floor. When I got home, I saw the broken plate all over the floor, so I became very angry. Fly was so afraid that he went back to his bed at once.

Huahua is a white and yellow cat. She is not beautiful but she is very lovely. Every night at weekends, Huahua sleeps on my bed. When she sleeps, she always snores. It is very funny.

Huahua is also naughty. Whenever she does something bad and my grandma tries to catch her, she runs away quickly and hides quietly under the bed. 

 Fly and Huahua love to play games with me and I like them very much.

(     ) 1. What colour is Huahua?

A.White and brown.   B.Brown and grey.   C.White and grey.   D.White and yellow.

(     ) 2. What did Fly do when he pulled a piece of meat?

A. He pulled a plate to the floor.            B. He ate a fish.

C. He pulled a piece of steak to my bed.      D. He ate a big piece of meat.

(     ) 3. How many pets does the writer have?

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

(     ) 4. What’s the Chinese meaning of the underlined word “snore”?

A. 呼吸            B. 跳跃            C. 打鼾           D. 摇头

(     ) 5. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Huahua is a cat.

B. Fly sleeps on the writer’s bed every night.

C. Fly and Huahua love to play games with the writer.

D. Huahua is very naughty.


How do you pay for things? Do you usually use cash(金钱), or do you like to pay by credit card(信用卡)? If you are like a lot of people, you probably have at least one credit card. Also, you might use it more often than you probably should.

  Credit cards first became popular in the 1920s. At that time, businesses, such as hotels and companies, gave credit cards to their best customers(顾客). Unlike today’s credit cards, customers could only use these cards at the shops or business that gave out the cards. Customers had to pay for things in full. They couldn’t pay for something a little at a time.

  In 1950, a businessman named McNamara started a credit card company — Diners Club. Unlike earlier credit cards, this card could be used by customers at many restaurants. Customers liked the card because they didn’t have to carry a lot of cash with them. Restaurant owners liked the card, too. Why? They found out that customers usually spent more money when they could pay by credit card.

  In its first year of business, Diners Club issued 200 card s. The customers who got the cards from Diners Club could use them at 27 different restaurants. Today, Diners Club has about 8 million customers, and they can use their cards in over 7.6 million businesses in more than 200 countries.

  ( ) 1. What can we know about the earlier credit cards from the passage?

  A. They could be used everywhere.

  B. Customers had to pay for things in full.

  C. They were very popular before the 1920s.

  D. Everyone could get this kind of credit cards.

  ( )2. The underline word “issued” in the passage probably means “______”.

  A. showed B. took C. borrowed D. provided

  ( ) 3. This passage is mainly about ________.

  A. part of the development of credit cards.

  B. how to use cash

  C. the number of people who use credit cards in the world

  D. how credit cards help businessmen

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