Robert was a young man who majored（主修）in creative advertising in college. He walked to his c1. for daily lessons because he lived nearby. One morning, he went to his college on foot as he u2. did. He saw a blind man sitting on the steps of a building with a sign by his feet that r3.: ＂I am blind, please help.＂ Robert was walking by the blind man and stopped to d4. that the man only had a few coins in his hat. He put a few of his own coins in the hat, and w5. stopping to ask for permission(允许), took the sign, turned it around, and wrote a new message. He then placed the sign by the feet of the blind man, and went on his w6..

Later that afternoon Robert returned by the blind man and n7. that his hat was almost completely f8. of bills and coins. The blind man recognized his footsteps and asked if it was him who had changed his sign. He also wanted to know what was w9. on it.

The young man replied: ＂I just changed your m10., so people could relate(联系) to it.＂ He wished the man well, said goodbye and left.

The blind man didn’t know it, but his new sign now said：＂Today Is Spring and I Cannot See It.＂

In Britain, children go to school from Monday to Friday. School usually starts nine o’clock in the morning and finishes at about three o’clock in the afternoon. Most schools ask their students to wear a school uniform.

School always starts with registration. What is registration? Every child going to school each morning and afternoon is recorded(记录) in a special book. The teacher reads out each child’s name in turn. On hearing his/her name, the child makes a reply(回复) and the teacher writes in the book. From the book, you can see whether(是否) the child is in school or not.

At 9:10, children go to the meeting place. There they sing songs, listen to a story and pray(祈祷).

The first lesson begins at 9:20. They have break time from 10:20 to 10:35. During break time, the children have a snack and play games outdoors. After that, they go back in for another lesson until lunch at 12:00. Afternoon lessons begin at 1:10 and end at 3:15, and children go home. They don’t have a break in the afternoon.

1.How much time does a British student usually spend at school in a week?

A. Around 20 hours. B. Over 40 hours. C. About 30 hours. D. Only 6 hours.

2.The following things take place in British schools each morning. Which do you think is the right order(顺序)?

① Teachers call over the children’s names. ② Teachers write something in the book.

③ Children answer “Here”.

A. ①②③ B. ①③② C. ②①③ D. ③①②

3.When do the children have a snack?

A. Before they go to school. B. After they have afternoon lessons.

C. When they finish their outdoor games. D. At about half past ten in the morning.

4.Which of the following is true?

A. In Britain, most students live at school at night.

B. Students in Britain mustn’t call their teacher’s names.

C. Students in Britain go to school before nine every morning.

D. Students in Britain have a long break between the afternoon lessons.

We each have a memory(记忆力). That’s why we can still remember things after a long time. Some people have very good memories and they can easily learn many things by heart(心), but some people can only remember things when they say or do them again and again. Many of the great men of the world have got surprising memories.

A good memory is a great help in learning a language（语言）. Everybody learns his mother language when he is a small child. He hears the sounds, remembers them and then he learns to speak. Some children are living with their parents in foreign（外国的）countries. They can learn two languages as easily as one because they hear, remember and speak two languages every day. In school it is not so easy to learn a foreign language because the pupils（学生）have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects, too.

But your memory will become better and better when you do more and more exercises.

1.Some people can easily learn many things by heart because ____________.

A. they always sleep very well B. they often eat good food

C. they read a lot of books D. they have very good memories

2.Everybody learns his mother language ____________.

A. at the age of six B. when he is a small child

C. after he goes to school D. when he can read and write

3.Before a child can speak, he must ____________.

A. read books B. write words

C. hear and remember the sounds D. think hard

4.In school the pupils can’t learn a foreign language well because ____________.

A. they have no good memories B. they have no recorders(录音机)

C. they have too much time for it D. they are busy with other subjects

Hi, dear boys and girls! Do you know how to be a healthy kid? Here are some rules you should follow.

First, eat different foods, especially(尤其) fruit and vegetables. You may have a favourite food, but you'd better eat something different, if you eat different foods, you will probably get more nutrients(营养物质) your body needs.

Second, drink water and milk as often as possible. When you're really thirsty, cold water is the No.l choice(选择). Milk is a great drink that can give you more calcium(钙) your body needs to grow strong bones(骨头).

Third, listen to your body. How do you feel when you are full? When you are eating, notice how your body feels and when your stomach(胃) feels comfortably full. Eating too much will not make you feel comfortable and make you fat.

Fourth, limit(限制) screen time. Screen time is the time you watch TV, DVDs and videos, or using computers. It is good to take more exercise such as basketball, bike riding and swimming. You can't watch TV for more than two hours a day.

Fifth, be active. One thing you'd like to do as a kid is to find out which activity you like best. Find ways to be active every day.

Follow these rules and you can be a healthy kid.

1.You have to eat different kinds of foods especially _______

A. meat

B. hamburgers

C. sweets

D. fruit and vegetables

2.Which kind of drinks can give you more calcium?

A. Juice

B. Milk

C. Cold water

D. Tea

3.According to(根据) the passage, you should follow _______ rules if you want to be healthy.

A. five

B. nine

C. fifteen

D. thirteen

4.Which is the best title(标题) of the passage?

A. How to make yourself important

B. How to be a healthy kid

C. How to be a popular kid

D. How to make your parents healthy

Once a man was shipwrecked（遭遇海难）on a small, lonely island. There was no one living on this island, so he hoped that someone could come to save him. Every day he watched the sea, but no ships ever appeared.

He thought he should do something to save himself. He built a little house out of wood. But one day, he arrived home to find his little house on fire. The smoke rose to the sky. He cried,“God, how could you do this to me?”

Early the next day, however, a ship was coming to the island. It came to save him.

“How did you know I was here?”The man asked these people.“We saw your smoke signal（信号）,”they answered.

It is easy to get discouraged when things are going badly. But we shouldn’t lose heart, because hope is at work in our lives. Remember, next time your little house is burning to the ground, it just may bring you better luck.

1.Why did the man stay on this island?

A. He tried to test his skills to live there.

B. His ship had an accident at sea.

C. He liked the beauty of this island.

D. His friends left him on this island.

2.What did the man do on this island?

A. He did nothing but worry every day.

B. He tried every means possible to call for help.

C. He built a house to save himself first.

D. He did something to enjoy himself there.

3.Those people found the man because .

A. he made a fire as a signal to call help

B. they found some food on this island

C. they saw his little house on the island

D. a fire happened on the island

4.The underlined word “discouraged”probably means“”in Chinese.

A.兴奋的 B.外向的 C.骄傲的 D.气馁的

5.What does the story tell us ?

A.A bad thing can turn into a good one.

B. Accidents always mean good luck.

C. Everything can go well in the end.

D. Saving yourself is better than asking for help.

There are about 56 million people in the United Kingdom. This is a big population for such a small country. But large parts of the country have few people. Most of the population is crowded into the big cities and industrial areas. About 90% of the people live in cities and towns. Only about 10% live in the countryside. Today very few people—less than 2% of the population—are farmers and farm workers.

England has the most people. About 46 million live in England, Of these, about 14 million live in London and the south-east. London is now a city of about 7 million people. Most of Scotland’s population of 5 million live in the middle part. Here are the cities and towns of the industrial area. The mountains in the north and the south have a very small population. Fewer than 3 million people live in Wales. Like Scotland, most of the population live in the industrial area in the south. There are only about one and a half million people in Northern Ireland, and one-third live in and around the big industrial city of Belfast.

1.The United Kingdom _______.

A. is a large country B. has many people

C. has a small population D. is a small country without many people

2.Most of the people live _______.

A. in cities and towns B. in the countryside

C. in every part of the country D. near rivers

3.London is a _______city.

A. quiet B. small C. crowded D. new

4.Scotland is the _______ largest in population in the United Kingdom.

A. first B. second C. third D. fourth

5.Northern Ireland is _______.

A. the name of a country

B. a small city of the United Kingdom

C. a country with a smaller population

D. one part of the United Kingdom

My friend, Victor, is a zoo keeper in the National Zoo. His work is very interesting but it is hard. Sometimes it is dangerous, too. Every morning the zoo keepers have to get up at five to get food ready for the animals.

Each kind of animal eats special food. For example, the lions must eat meat; the giraffes will eat grass and leaves; and the parrots must have fruit and nuts. Sometimes some animals won’t let the others eat their food. If this happens, each of them must be fed separately(分离的). Every morning the zoo keepers must clean each cage. This can be dangerous, especially(尤其) with lions and tigers. To make the work easier, the keepers always lock the animals in the sleeping compartments(隔间) while they are washing the cages. When the animals are sick, the zoo keepers must look after them. Each sick animal is kept in a separate cage and given medicine. Sometimes the zoo workers have to inject(注射) the sick animals, even the lions.

All the keepers live near the zoo. Each of them has a small house. There he lives with his family. They do not have holidays on Sundays and public(公众的) holidays. Each of them has a day off during the week. Each keeper has a holiday on a different day from that of the other keepers.

The most important job of the keepers is to look after the safety of the visitors. They must stop those people from doing dangerous things.

1.What kind of food may be for the animals like lions, tigers and bears?

A. Nuts.   B. Fruit.    C. Meat.  D. Grass and leaves.

2.Some animals must eat food separately because .

A. they eat special food     

B. they often quarrel with each other while eating

C. they always make trouble    

D. they won’t let the others eat their food

3.All the zoo keepers must work .

A. seven days a week     B. on Saturdays

C. on special festivals     D. on weekdays

4.Which of the following is WRONG?

A. The zoo keepers have to get up at five to get the food ready for all the animals.

B. The zoo keepers must clean all the cages every morning.

C. The zoo keepers must look after the animals when they are sick.

D. The zoo keepers live in a small house together near the zoo.

5.What is the best title(标题) for the passage?

A. The Zoo  B. The Zoo Keepers C. An Interesting Job D. A Dangerous Job

Welcome to London and welcome to our Great London Tours.

Great London Tours is the best in London. Our tours take you to all the places you want to see in London. We invite you to see all the beautiful places of interest here on an open top bus. Why are we the best?

* Our friendly guides (导游) know a lot about London. They are always ready to answer all your questions.

* We have information in English, Chinese, Japanese and so on.

* Our buses stop at all the popular tourist attractions. Get on and off our buses where you want!

* Your ticket is good value (物有所值).

* Our buses run 7 days a week from 6 in the morning to 12 at night.

* Our buses come every 10 minutes.

* We give you a FREE trip on the River Thames.

1.People can___to see the places of interest in London according to the passage.

A. take a bus B. take the underground

C. walk around D. take a taxi

2.If you just miss a bus, how long will it take you to wait for the next bus?

A. Ten minutes. B. A quarter of an hour.

C. Half an hour. D. An hour.

3.What cannot Great London Tours do?

A. Invite you to take an open top bus.

B. Take you to places in London at any time.

C. Answer all your questions.

D. Take you to all places you want to see in London.

4.According to the passage, Great London Tours may be a ___________.

A. school B. company C. park D. museum

Christopher Columbus is famous because he found something he wasn't looking for.

In 1492, Columbus sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in order to reach India. What he found was something far different. He found the New World. How did this come about? It all started in Italy.

Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa in 1451. His family didn't have a lot of money, and Christopher wasn't an only child. He didn't have much of an education until he was much older. Instead, he went to sea. He sailed around the Mediterranean(地中海) and as far north as England and Ireland.

During his travels, Columbus heard the reports of land to the west of the Madeira and Azores Islands. They were in the Atlantic Ocean west of Portugal. He wanted to know more and got maps and books on geography.

Marco Polo said that Japan was only 1,500 miles east of China. As a result, Columbus thought that Japan was only 3,000 miles west of Portugal. And 3,000 miles was a distance that ships could travel in those days.

So, Columbus decided that he wanted to get to the East by going west. He thought that if he sailed far enough west, he would sail around the world enough to reach the East. Based on his calculations(计算), Japan was only 3,000 miles away, after all.

1.Where did Columbus want to go when he sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492?

A. America. B. India. C. Japan. D. China.

2.Which of the following is true according to the third paragraph?

A. There were many people in Columbus' family.

B. Columbus was an only boy of his parents.

C. Columbus did well in school when he was young.

D. Columbus once traveled to Ireland.

3.During his travels, Columbus was interested in .

A. geography B. physics C. chemistry D. history

4.We can infer from the passage that .

A. Columbus had a dream to visit America

B. Marco Polo was a great traveler from Portugal

C. Columbus had the idea that earth was round

D. nobody believed Columbus could reach China

5.The passage is mainly about .

A. Columbus's childhood B. the reports of Azores Islands

C. how Columbus began his sail D. what Marco Polo said in his book

On a small farm in Mexico, there are no schools. The bus is a school. The driver of the bus is the teacher. It’s a school bus, but it doesn’t take the children to school. It just goes round from place to place, and sometimes it comes to this farm. The bus will stay here for three months. The farmers call it a school on wheels (车轮). Every time when the bus comes, the farmers will come, running to it, shouting and laughing. They warmly welcome the school bus.

When the bus is on the farm, in the morning, the teacher teaches the small children. In the afternoon, the bigger children come to have their lessons because they must work in the morning. At night, the fathers and mothers come to school. They want to learn, too. How the farmers hope that some day they can have a real school on their farm!

1.The driver of the bus is ________.

A. the teacher B. the student

C. the farmer D. the school

2.The bus school will ______________.

A. take the children to school

B. stay here for a long time

C. take the fathers and mothers to school

D. go round from place to place

3.When the bus school comes, the farmers will ___________.

A. stop working B. warmly welcome it

C. be happy D. both B and C

4.The bigger children have their lessons in the afternoon because _____ in the morning.

A. they can’t get up early

B. the teacher wants to teach the small children first

C. they have a lot of work to do

D. they have to do their homework

5.Which of the following is true?

A. A school bus is a real school for farmers’ children.

B. The bus school has no teacher at all.

C. The bus school has no students.

D. The children and their parents on the farm all come to the bus school to learn.