Mrs. Clark moved to the small village when she was twenty-four. And she has lived there for thirty-nine years. She has a poor farm. She works hard on it, but she is often hungry. Her son Henry joined the army(参军) eight years ago and then found a job at a post office in London after he left the army.
One day, he wrote to his poor mother and asked her to go to the capital. The old woman was very happy when she received the letter. The next morning she started. Because it was the first time, her daughter took her to a small station and bought a ticket for her. A train came and she hurried to get on. Before long, a conductor came up to her and said, ‘Ticket, please.’ The old woman showed her ticket to the conductor. The man looked at it and said, ‘You must take a train to London. But it is a train to Manchester. I am afraid you’ve taken a wrong train.’ ‘Is it possible?’ Mrs. Clark said angrily, ‘I am sure it’s your driver’s fault (过错).

  1. 1.

    Mrs. Clark is __________ years old now.

    1. A.
      twenty-four
    2. B.
      thirty-nine
    3. C.
      sixty-three
    4. D.
      eighty
  2. 2.

    The old woman took a wrong train because _______________

    1. A.
      she had never taken a train before.
    2. B.
      her daughter took her to a wrong train.
    3. C.
      she never visited Manchester and she wanted to go there.
    4. D.
      the driver is silly (愚蠢) and it was his fault.
  3. 3.

    A ‘conductor’ means _________

    1. A.
      司机
    2. B.
      售票员
    3. C.
      检票员
    4. D.
      乘警
  4. 4.

    Which of the following is NOT true?

    1. A.
      Mrs. Clark took a wrong train.
    2. B.
      The driver drove to a wrong place.
    3. C.
      Mrs. Clark’s daughter bought a right ticket for her mother.
    4. D.
      The conductor wanted to see Mrs. Clark’s ticket.

How do you get across a river? A bridge is the best way. In some places, there are no bridges. People use the ferry（渡船）. A ferry is a boat that takes people and cars across the river.
Both ends of a ferry look the same. The ferry never has to turn around. It docks（靠岸）at one side of the river. People and cars get on. At the other side, the ferry docks again. The people and cars get off. Other cars and people get on. And then the ferry goes back across the river.
In many places, bridges are now taking the place of ferries. In 1964, the longest bridge in the world was built in New York over Now York Bay（湾）. It is called the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. This bridge has two roads, one over the other. Each road is wide enough for six lanes（行道）of traffic.

  1. 1.

    ______ is the best way for people to go across the river.

    1. A.
      The bridge
    2. B.
      The car
    3. C.
      The ferry
    4. D.
      The bus
  2. 2.

    We can infer that ______ according to the passage.

    1. A.
      the shortest bridge in the world was built in New York
    2. B.
      it may be faster to cross rivers on bridges than on ferries
    3. C.
      there is a bridge over every river in the United States
    4. D.
      we don’t need ferries any more
  3. 3.

    The main idea of the passage is that _____.

    1. A.
      the bridge is taking the place of the ferry
    2. B.
      the ferry is better than the long bridge
    3. C.
      the bridge in New York has a very long name
    4. D.
      there is no ferry in the world
  4. 4.

    _______ can cross rivers by ferry.

    1. A.
      Only people
    2. B.
      Both cars and people
    3. C.
      Only cars
    4. D.
      Neither people nor cars

After a quick breakfast, I went into the lecture(讲座) hall in a hurry. A famous teacher was speaking to the students. He was holding up a $100 bill. Then he said to over 300 students, “ Who would like this $100 bill?” The students put up their hands at once. Then he said, “I am going to give this $100 bill to one of you, but first, let me do this.” He made the bill into a ball. Then he said, “Who wants it now?” The hands went back into the air. “Well,” he said, “What if I do this?” and he dropped it on the floor and stepped on it. He picked up the dirty bill and said, “Who still wants it?” Hands went back again into the air.
“My friends,” he said, “you have learned a valuable lesson today. No matter what I did to the $100 bill, you still want this bill. Many times in our life, we are dropped and stepped on. We feel as if we are worth nothing. But remember, no matter what has happened to you, you will never lose your value. You are always valuable to those people who love you. Your value doesn’t come form what you do or whom you know, but who you are.”

  1. 1.

    The lecture was given _____________.

    1. A.
      in the morning
    2. B.
      at noon
    3. C.
      in the afternoon
    4. D.
      in the evening
  2. 2.

    How many students went to listen to the lecture?

    1. A.
      Sorry, I don’t know
    2. B.
      Over 100.
    3. C.
      Over 200.
    4. D.
      Over 300.
  3. 3.

    What did the teacher do before he said, “Who still wants it?”

    1. A.
      He did nothing.
    2. B.
      He made the bill dirty.
    3. C.
      He put the bill into a box.
    4. D.
      He put up his hand.
  4. 4.

    The lesson tells us a truth, that is____________.

    1. A.
      we should know what we do
    2. B.
      we should know whom we know
    3. C.
      we must know who we are
    4. D.
      how to use money

Mike found a job in a bookstore after he finished middle school. He wouldn’t do anything but wanted to get rich.
It was a cold morning. It snowed and there was thin ice on the streets. Few people went to buy books and the young man had nothing to do. He hated to read, so he watched the traffic. Suddenly he saw a bag fall off a truck and it landed by the other side of the street.
“It is full of expensive things.” Mike said to himself. “I have to get it right now, or others will take it away.”
He went out of the bookstore and ran across the street. A driver saw him and began to whistle (鸣笛), but he didn’t hear it and went on running. The man drove to the side, hit a big tree and hurt himself in the accident. Two weeks later, Mike was taken to the court (法庭). A judge asked if he heard the whistle when he was running across the street. He said that something was wrong with his ears and he could hear nothing.
“But you heard me this time,” said the judge.
“Oh, I’m sorry. Now I can hear with one ear.”
“Cover (盖住) the ear with your hand and listen to me with your deaf (聋的) one. Well, can you hear me?”
“No, I can’t , sir.”
“You told a lie. There is nothing wrong with either of your ears,” the judge said.

  1. 1.

    Mike found a job as a _____________ when he left school.

    1. A.
      driver
    2. B.
      judge
    3. C.
      policeman
    4. D.
      bookseller
  2. 2.

    One day he saw __________ in the street.

    1. A.
      an accident
    2. B.
      a thief
    3. C.
      a lost bag
    4. D.
      a lot of money
  3. 3.

    The traffic accident happened because _____________.

    1. A.
      Mike was running to the street
    2. B.
      the driver was deaf and couldn’t hear anything
    3. C.
      the car hit the bag in the middle of the street
    4. D.
      the driver wanted to pick up the bag
  4. 4.

    Which of the following statements is NOT true?

    1. A.
      Mike didn’t do well in his work.
    2. B.
      The judge believed Mike’s words.
    3. C.
      Mike told a lie.
    4. D.
      The car hit a tree beside the street.

There ________ any sheep on the grass.


  1. A.
    isn't
  2. B.
    is
  3. C.
    aren't
  4. D.
    are

Does he have a bike like________?


  1. A.
    you
  2. B.
    your
  3. C.
    yours'
  4. D.
    yours

This bedroom is________.


  1. A.
    he sister's
  2. B.
    her sister's
  3. C.
    his sister
  4. D.
    hers sisters

His brother ________ a new sweater, but I________.


  1. A.
    has, don't
  2. B.
    have, doesn't
  3. C.
    doesn't has, do
  4. D.
    don't have, does

Could you please tell me ________?


  1. A.
    what are you going to do
  2. B.
    what's wrong with your computer
  3. C.
    what's the matter with your back
  4. D.
    what he does like

Later on, I realized that it ________ if you don't understand every word when you listen to the English teacher.


  1. A.
    doesn't matter
  2. B.
    matters
  3. C.
    is important
  4. D.
    isn't useful
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