The summer vacation is over. It’s true that time flies.
In the vacation, the weather was very hot, but I enjoyed myself.
I did my homework in the morning. I got up at 6:30a.m. and took a walk in the garden for half an hour. After breakfast I began reading English and Chinese and did some math exercises. It usually took me three hours or more. I worked quite hard and I made great progress(进步).
I spent the afternoon outside. I went swimming and it was fun. I would not go home until it was about five or six o’clock. Sometimes my friends came to see me and we spent some time listening to music.
In this way I spent my vacation happily. I not only studied hard, but also became a good swimmer. Now I’m in good health and high spirits(精神).
【小题1】 The passage mainly tells us___________.
how the writer became a good swimmer
how the writer spent his summer vacation
what the weather was like in summer
where the writer studied in the vacation
【小题2】 How long did the writer spend studying every day?

A.Half an hour.B.Two hours and a half.
C.Only a day.D.Three hours or more.
【小题3】 The writer spent most of the afternoon________.
A.listening to musicB.visiting his friends
C.walking in the gardenD.swimming
【小题4】 The writer had a very good summer vacation because he_______.
A.thought time flewB.study hard and had fun swimming
C.got up early and went home lateD.was free all the time
【小题5】Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A.The writer began studying as soon as he got up.
B.The writer took a walk for half an hour before breakfast.
C.The writer made progress in his lessons.
D.The writer spent some time swimming in the afternoon.

I heard the bees long before I saw them.

It was a very hot afternoon, and we decided to cool off in the river near my home. As we climbed down a small rocky hill toward the water, my boyfriend John suddenly started to shout then jumped into the water below. Peter and Mary quickly followed but I was too far away to jump. I was trapped.

I heard a low hum(嗡嗡声),which was growing louder. From a distance, the group of bees looked almost like a cloud of smoke. As it got closer, I realized it was actually thousands of bees flying towards me.

All I could do was cover my face with hands. Crazily, I thought that if I sat very still, the bees would think I was just another rock.

After a few minutes, I knew my plan hadn’t worked. The bees were attacking me. I could hear my friends shouting at me to get down to the pool fast.

But it wasn’t so easy. I was in great pain and the only way I could get away was to use my hands to climb down the rocks. However, I was afraid to do that at first because my face would be unprotected. The noise the bees made was so loud and frightening, but I had no choice.

I rushed down the rocks and jumped into the pool, but I don’t remember doing it. I was just so happy to be free from the pain. I was safe, and the water felt wonderful.

But we still weren’t out of danger. Every time we tried to climb out of the pool, the bees flew back over our heads. We spent the next three hours in the water, putting our heads under the water from time to time to avoid the bees until they finally lost interest.

1. How many people went swimming that day?

A.Two.

B.Three

C.Four

D.Five

2.The underlined word “it” (in Paragraph 3) refers to        .

A.a rock

B.the group of bees

C.a hill

D.the river

3. At first why didn’t the writer want to climb down the rocks?

A.She was afraid she would fall.

B.She was too far away from pool.

C.She thought the bees would follow her.

D.She didn’t want her face to be unprotected.

4. How did the writer escape the bees?

A.She covered her face with her hands.

B.She hid behind the rocks.

C.She jumped into a water pool.

D.She pretended to be a rock.

5.In what order are the following mentioned in the story?

a. The writer rushed down the rocks.

b. John jumped into the water.

c. The low hum grew louder.

d. The bees flew back over their heads.

e. The bees were attacking the writer.

A.b c e a d

B.b a e c d

C.c d e a b

D.c b d e a

 

Prana was a beautiful dog, whose name means “breath of life”. Although he died several years ago, I can still remember the days we spent together and what he has taught me about love.

I have two apple trees in the garden. Prana loved apples. When he went outside, he’d catch an apple and take it into the house to eat later. The apples had been on the ground and were often dirty so I wasn’t always happy that Prana had brought them into the house.

It was an autumn day in America, but it was very cold. A big snow fell and we had not done anything for its coming. On that special day, Prana went outside and I watched him through the window. I noticed that he was madly digging(挖) holes and bringing the apples to the ground so they could be seen above the snow. I did not know why he was doing this. He seemed to want to do something special.

When I called him back, he had his usual one apple in his mouth. About five minutes later, I looked outside. The garden was completely covered with birds. Prana had dug up all those apples for his bird friends to eat. He knew that they wouldn’t have stored enough food for the coming winter!

1. Prana was                .

    A. the writer   B. a boy    C. a bird   D. a dog

2.I wasn’t always happy because                .

    A. Prana loved apples  

    B. Prana caught an apple and ate it

    C. the apples fell on the ground and were dirty

    D. Prana brought the dirty apples into the house

3. On the snowy day, Prana                .

    A. ate up all the apples

    B. dug holes to put the apples in them

    C. brought the apples under the snow to the ground

    D. left the house and died

4. The birds flew to the garden to                .

    A. look for Prana       B. eat the apples  

    C. make new homes       D. store food for the winter

5.The topic of the story is about                .

    A. apples   B. animals  C. love D. life

 

 

We spent a day in the country and picked a lot of flowers. Our car was full of flowers inside! On the way home we had to stop at traffic lights, and there my wife saw the bookshelf.  It stood outside a furniture(家具)shop. “Buy it,” she said at once. “We’ll carry it home on the roof-rack(车顶架). I’ve always wanted one like that.” What could I do? Ten minutes later I was twenty dollars poorer, and the bookshelf was tied on to the roof rack. It was tall and narrow, quite heavy too.  As it was getting darker, I drove slowly. Other drivers seemed more polite than usual that evening. The police even stopped traffic to let us through. Carrying furniture was a good idea. After a time my wife said, “There’s a long line of cars behind. Why don’t they overtake(超车)?” Just at that time a police car did overtake. The two officers(警官)inside looked at us seriously when they went past. But then, with a kind smile they asked us to follow their car through the busy traffic. The police car stopped at our village church(教堂). One of the officers came to me. “Right, sir,” he said. “Do you need any more help now?” I didn’t quite understand. “Thanks, officer,” I said. “You’ve been very kind. I live just down the road.” He was looking at our things: first at the flowers, then at the bookshelf. “Well, well,” he said and laughed. “It’s a bookshelf you’ve got there! We thought it was--er, something else.” My wife began to laugh. Suddenly I understood why the police drove here. I smiled at the officer. “Yes, it’s a bookshelf, but thanks again.” I drove home as fast as I could.

1.From the story we know that _________.

A.the writer was poor and didn’t buy the bookshelf for his wife

B.the writer’s wife didn’t like the bookshelf at all

C.the writer was always glad to buy something for his wife

D.the writer was not very glad to buy the bookshelf for his wife

2.What made the writer think that carrying furniture was “a good idea”?

A.He could drive slowly and it was safe.

B.Other drivers would let him go first.

C.His wife could use a new bookshelf.

D.He could save a lot of money and time.

3.Why were the police and other drivers so kind to the writer?

A.Because they thought the writer liked studying very much and needed a bookshelf.

B.Because they didn’t think it was polite to overtake a car with a bookshelf on it.

C.Because they thought somebody in the writer’s family had died and he needed help.

D.Because they thought it was dangerous to carry a bookshelf on a car.

4.When did the officers begin to realize(意识到)they had made a mistake?

A.Before they arrived at the church.

B.Before they overtook the writer’s car.

C.After one of them looked at the flowers and the bookshelf carefully at the church.

D.After the writer’s family left the church.

 

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