Scientists (科学家) think that many animals cannot see colours. The world is black and white to them. Scientists want to find out if (是否) dogs can see colours. When the scientists give the dogs food, they show them a certain colour every time. The dogs get ready to eat when they see this colour. The scientists then show the dogs another colour. Again the dogs get ready to eat. The colours are all the same to them.
Colours are not all the same to monkeys. For example, if we put food in a red box, and do this every day, a monkey will always go to the red box to get food. If we put food in a blue box, the monkey won’t go to it.

  1. 1.

    Scientists show the dogs colours ____________.

    1. A.
      to tell them to eat
    2. B.
      to find out if they can see black and white things
    3. C.
      for fun
    4. D.
      to find out if they can see colours
  2. 2.

    The dogs get ready to eat when they ____________.

    1. A.
      hear different pieces of music
    2. B.
      see the monkeys
    3. C.
      see black things
    4. D.
      see all the colours
  3. 3.

    Colours are _____________.

    1. A.
      all the same to monkeys
    2. B.
      not all the same to dogs
    3. C.
      different to dogs
    4. D.
      not all the same to monkeys
  4. 4.

    If we put food in a blue box and do this every day, a monkey will always go to ____________.

    1. A.
      the red box to get food
    2. B.
      the blue box and put food in it
    3. C.
      the blue box to get food
    4. D.
      the red box and put food in it
  5. 5.

    Which of the following is TRUE?

    1. A.
      Scientists find that dogs don’t like colours.
    2. B.
      Dogs like to hear different pieces of music.
    3. C.
      Monkeys like the food in the box.
    4. D.
      Monkeys will not go to the blue box if we don’t show them before.

One day a poor farmer was taking a bag of rice to town. Suddenly the bag fell from his horse on the road. He didn’t know what to do about it because it was too heavy for him to lift (举起) by himself. He only hoped that somebody would soon pass (经过) by and help him.
Just at this moment a man riding a horse came up to him. But the farmer was very disappointed（失望的）when he saw who he was. It was the great man living nearby. The farmer had hoped to ask another farmer or a poor man like him for help.
But to his surprise, the great man got off his horse as soon as he came nearer. He said to the farmer, “I see you need help, friend. How good it is that I’m here just at the right time,” Then he took one end of the bag, the farmer took the other. They together lifted and put it on the horse.
“Sir,” asked the farmer, “how can I pay you?”
“It’s quite easy,” the great man answered with a smile, “Wherever (无论在哪里) you see anyone in trouble, do the same for him.”

  1. 1.

    What happened when the farmer went to town?

    1. A.
      His horse’s leg was hurt.
    2. B.
      The bag fell from his horse.
    3. C.
      The farmer lost his bag.
    4. D.
      His bag was stolen.
  2. 2.

    The farmer didn’t lift the bag onto the horse by himself because      .

    1. A.
      the bag was broken
    2. B.
      the horse went away
    3. C.
      the bag was too heavy
    4. D.
      the farmer was ill
  3. 3.

    Why was the farmer very disappointed when he saw the great man? Because he thought the great man        .

    1. A.
      couldn’t see him          
    2. B.
      could take away his bag
    3. C.
      could take away his horse    C. couldn’t help him
  4. 4.

    Who helped the farmer?

    1. A.
      A great man.
    2. B.
      Another farmer.
    3. C.
      A poor man.
    4. D.
      A friend.
  5. 5.

    What does the story mainly (主要地) tell us?

    1. A.
      Everybody should become a great man.
    2. B.
      We should help the man who is in trouble.
    3. C.
      Everybody couldn’t do as the farmer did.
    4. D.
      We should pay for other’s help.

I am an adult. I’m not a kid. I’m a grown-up. I need some money. I have no food. I am hungry. I am not thirsty, because water is everywhere. But water has no taste. I want to drink a soda. I want to drink milk. I want to drink coffee. I want to work. Nobody will hire（雇佣 ）me. Nobody is hiring anybody. Companies are firing（解雇） people. Everyone is looking for a job. I cannot pay my rent（付房租）. I will have to live in my car. I don’t want to live in my car. My car has no bed. Everyone should live in a house or a flat. Many people don’t have a car. They live on the street. A street has no bed. Nobody should live on the street. I don’t know what to do. I don’t know where to go. Maybe I will go to church（教堂）. Maybe I will find help there.

  1. 1.

    I need some money because I  _______.

    1. A.
      need water to drink
    2. B.
      need food to eat
    3. C.
      don’t need water to drink
    4. D.
      don’t need food to eat
  2. 2.

    I don’t want to buy  _______to drink.

    1. A.
      soda
    2. B.
      milk
    3. C.
      water
    4. D.
      coffee
  3. 3.

    I want to live __________.

    1. A.
      in a house
    2. B.
      in my car
    3. C.
      on the street
    4. D.
      in the church
  4. 4.

    I am looking for ________

    1. A.
      water
    2. B.
      a job
    3. C.
      a house
    4. D.
      the church
  5. 5.

    Which is wrong?

    1. A.
      Companies are firing people.
    2. B.
      I can pay my rent .
    3. C.
      I will go to church for help.
    4. D.
      Nobody should live on the street.

Mary has a lot of hobbies. She usually gets up early so she can run before work. She doesn't often have time to skate, but she sometimes goes on Saturdays during the winter. Mary often rides a horse near here home. She sometimes goes after work, but she usually goes horseback riding on Sundays. She loves music. She always goes to choir practice(合唱团训练) on Wednesday evenings and sings in church(教堂) on Sundays. She doesn't have much money, so she seldom(很少) goes to concerts（音乐会） in the city. She seldom watches TV because she likes doing things outside. She usually goes to the gym（体育馆） if it's raining outside. She isn't often alone（独自的） because she has a lot of friends. She sometimes does something alone, but she usually does her hobbies with one of her friends. She's a happy woman!

  1. 1.

    Mary often gets up early because she wants to _______.

    1. A.
      have breakfast
    2. B.
      clean her room
    3. C.
      run
    4. D.
      skate
  2. 2.

    Mary usually goes horseback riding on _______.

    1. A.
      Wednesday
    2. B.
      Sunday
    3. C.
      Saturday
    4. D.
      workday
  3. 3.

    Mary seldom ________ because she likes doing things outside.

    1. A.
      goes to concerts
    2. B.
      goes to the gym
    3. C.
      goes to church
    4. D.
      watches TV
  4. 4.

    Mary seldom goes to concerts because she ______

    1. A.
      isn’t rich(富有的)
    2. B.
      is busy
    3. C.
      doesn’t like music
    4. D.
      has many friends
  5. 5.

    Which of the following is not true?

    1. A.
      Mary is often alone.
    2. B.
      Mary likes running.
    3. C.
      Mary has lots of friends.
    4. D.
      Mary is a happy woman.

To most of us, school means classes, teachers, schedules, grades, and tests. But for the children at Sudbury Valley School in Massachusetts, school is very different.
Firstly, there are no lessons. All the children, aged between 4 and 19, do whatever they want. There are no teachers, only “staff members (职员)”. The idea behind this is that you do not need to make children learn, because children want to learn anyway. “You do not need to say to a three-year-old. ‘Go explore your environment.’ You can’t stop them!” says Daniel Greenberg, a founder of the school. “But if you make children do what you want all day, they will lose all taste for learning.”
At Sudbury Valley School, you will allow children to talk, read, paint, cook, work on computers, study French, play the piano, climb trees, or just run around. Two boys spent three years just fishing!
The other way that Sudbury Valley School is different is that the children can decide the rules. Every week, there is a school meeting where both children and staff have one vote each — even the four-year-olds. They decide the school rules, how to spend the school budget（预算）, and even which staff they want and do not want any more.
When the school first opened in 1968, people said it would never work. But today, the school has 200 students, and 80% of its students go on to college. Even the two boys who went fishing all time have successful careers today. One of them is a musician and the other is a computer scientist.

  1. 1.

    What does the school believe?

    1. A.
      Teachers cannot teach children well.
    2. B.
      Children learn best when they do what they want to do.
    3. C.
      Learning is for adults — children should only play.
    4. D.
      Children should only learn about one thing at a time.
  2. 2.

    What does Daniel Greenberg say about three-year-olds?

    1. A.
      They love learning.
    2. B.
      They are very naughty.
    3. C.
      They want to be outside all the time.
    4. D.
      They are too young to learn anything.
  3. 3.

    What happens to the children after they leave this school?

    1. A.
      They do the same things as children from other schools.
    2. B.
      They have problems getting into college or getting a job.
    3. C.
      They usually do very unusual jobs.
    4. D.
      They are not successful in their business.
  4. 4.

    What is the main topic of the article?

    1. A.
      Children’s hobbies
    2. B.
      Education in the US
    3. C.
      A school without rules
    4. D.
      An unusual school

John is a paper boy. He delivers（投递）newspapers to different houses in his street every day. He has about 80 customers（客户）. Half of his customers only take the newspapers on weekdays, and about half take the newspapers on weekdays and on Sundays. Two of John’s customers only take the newspapers on Sundays.
John has to get up at 4：30 every morning to deliver his newspapers. It takes longer to deliver the newspapers on Sundays. The Sunday newspapers are twice as heavy as those on weekdays.
John is saving his money to buy a new bicycle. He is also saving money for college （大学）. He has already saved 500 dollars.

  1. 1.

    John ________________ every day.

    1. A.
      reads books
    2. B.
      sells newspapers
    3. C.
      borrows books
    4. D.
      delivers newspapers
  2. 2.

    How many customers does he have?

    1. A.
      About 40.
    2. B.
      About 120.
    3. C.
      About 80.
    4. D.
      About 20.
  3. 3.

    ______________ of his customers only take the newspapers on Sundays.

    1. A.
      Two
    2. B.
      Eighty
    3. C.
      Forty
    4. D.
      Twenty
  4. 4.

    What time does he have to get up every morning?

    1. A.
      3：30
    2. B.
      4：30
    3. C.
      5：30
    4. D.
      6：30
  5. 5.

    John is saving his money to buy __________________.

    1. A.
      a newspaper
    2. B.
      a new bag
    3. C.
      a house
    4. D.
      a new bicycle

During the day we work and play，and at night we sleep. Our body rests when we sleep. In the morning we are ready to work and play again. Our body grows most when we are asleep. Children who are tired usually need sleep. We can get better at our lessons after having plenty of rest. Boys and girls who are eight or nine years old need ten hours of sleep every night. Our body needs plenty of air when we are asleep. If we do not get enough fresh air, we will feel tired when we wake up. While in bed we must not cover(覆盖) our head，our lungs need to get enough fresh air. If we open our windows at night，we can have plenty of fresh air. Cool air is better than warm air

  1. 1.

    Our body grows most while we are _______

    1. A.
      eating
    2. B.
      playing
    3. C.
      sleeping
  2. 2.

    Too little sleep makes us _______

    1. A.
      tired
    2. B.
      hungry
    3. C.
      happy
  3. 3.

    —What may cause us to feel tired in the morning?
    —_______ during the sleep

    1. A.
      Too much air
    2. B.
      Not enough fresh air
    3. C.
      Too much cold air
  4. 4.

    How many hours of sleep should 9-year-old children have every night?

    1. A.
      8 hours
    2. B.
      9 hours
    3. C.
      10 hours
  5. 5.

    What do the lungs need most?

    1. A.
      Fresh air
    2. B.
      Exercise
    3. C.
      Warm air

A student newspaper reports that most students go to sleep at 1:30 am. Even if that’s an overstatement (夸张), it’s close to the truth. Scientists say teens should sleep nine hours each night. But that’s hard. Some are even “pulling all-nighters” (开夜车). These students must hand in their homework the next day but they haven’t done it. In the morning they don’t look healthy and you can tell who’s been doing it. One of my classmates did a survey on the topic. She found that most kids pull all-nighters to finish homework, but some do it for other reasons, such as playing computer games!
Maybe our lack(缺乏) of sleep is because of laziness — I think I’m a rather lazy student — or maybe it’s because we have too much to do in American high schools. I usually go to bed around midnight. If I stayed up past 1:30 am, I wouldn’t get any work done. I’d be falling asleep at my computer. My classes begin at 7:30 am. I’m partly awake in my first class. By the second, I’m a little sleepy. By my third class, I’m sleepy. By midday I’m finally fully awake. But by 3:00 pm, I’m slowing down again. Yet I get more sleep than usual students.
Most American high schools seem to have a similar(相似的) problem with sleepy students. High school classes start at 7:30 am, so students have to get up one and a half hours before that to get ready and catch the bus. It’s believed that lack of sleep can be bad for both grades and health. Some schools are paying attention. Classes in those schools start at 8:30 am.

  1. 1.

    What does the underlined sentence “it’s close to the truth” mean?

    1. A.
      It doesn’t tell the truth.
    2. B.
      It is quite true.
    3. C.
      It is impossible.
    4. D.
      I don’t think it’s right.
  2. 2.

    Why do most of the teens have to stay up late?

    1. A.
      They play computer games.
    2. B.
      They watch videos late.
    3. C.
      They have to do a lot of housework.
    4. D.
      They have to do a lot of homework.
  3. 3.

    When do students in most American high schools have to get up?

    1. A.
      At 7:30 am.
    2. B.
      At 6:00 am.
    3. C.
      At 9:00 am.
    4. D.
      At about 7:00 am.
  4. 4.

    Which of the following is TRUE according to the reading?

    1. A.
      The writer usually stays up past 1:30 am.
    2. B.
      The writer usually goes to bed around midnight.
    3. C.
      The writer usually does a survey.
    4. D.
      Many American students don’t get enough sleep, so they can have high grades.
  5. 5.

    What’s the main idea of the passage?

    1. A.
      Something has to be done to solve the problem of students’ lack of sleep.
    2. B.
      Many American high school students are sleepy in class.
    3. C.
      Many kids have too much homework to do.
    4. D.
      Students can’t play computer games.

Rita stepped into the cool, moving water. She pushed a black inner tube(内胎) in front of her. She had a worried look on her face because she had never floated down a river before.
“Let me hold your tube while you climb on,” said her father. He smiled at her. “There’s not a cloud in the sky. It’s a great day to be in the river, isn’t it?”
Rita looked out across the water. People were floating by on tubes. Some talked and laughed as they floated easily down the river. Others leaned(倚靠) back with hats pulled over their faces. None of them looked terrified.
“We’ll stay together,” said Rita’s father. “I’ll hold on to your rope(绳子).”
“Will we go very fast?” Rita asked.
“No,” said Dad. “We’ll move slowly for a while, and then it will get a little faster near the river’s bend(拐弯). Don’t worry, Rita. You’ll be fine.”
Rita looked at her tube. It gently(轻轻地) moved up and down in the water. She saw a girl of her own age float by. The girl seemed to be having fun. Suddenly Rita’s worries disappeared（消失）.
“I’m ready to climb on and ride, Dad,” she said.

  1. 1.

    The underlined word “floated” in the reading means “________”.

    1. A.
      划船
    2. B.
      乘坐
    3. C.
      漂浮
    4. D.
      移动
  2. 2.

    What is Rita’s problem in this story?   

    1. A.
      She doesn’t like to be in cool water.
    2. B.
      She is worried that she will get sunburned (晒伤的).
    3. C.
      She is afraid to try something new.
    4. D.
      She is afraid of boating.
  3. 3.

    What’s the weather like in the story? 

    1. A.
      Cloudy.
    2. B.
      Rainy.
    3. C.
      Windy.
    4. D.
      Sunny.
  4. 4.

    Which of these happened last in the story?  

    1. A.
      Rita pushed her black tube.
    2. B.
      Rita saw a girl of her own age.
    3. C.
      Rita stepped into the water.
    4. D.
      Rita looked worried.
  5. 5.

    What’s the best title for this passage?

    1. A.
      Rita’s Ride.
    2. B.
      Rita’s Trip.
    3. C.
      Rita’s Visit.
    4. D.
      Rita’s Tube.

Grades（分数，得分） at school are often a top worry for children. If you worry most about grades, ask yourself these questions:
●  Why are grades important? What do grades mean to me?
●  How do I get ready for class? Do I go over my notes even when there isn't a test?
●  Do I have a good place to do my homework?
●  Have I tried different ways of studying?
If your worry is about a fight you had with your friend, you might write down all the things you could do----write a note to him or her, invite him or her to watch a basketball game, say sorry to him or her and so on. Once you have a list of things you could do, you can choose one thing that could get your friend back.
You can ask for help when you're worried. You can find someone to talk to, such as your parents, friends, and teachers.

  1. 1.

    What do children often worry most about?

    1. A.
      Their hobbies.
    2. B.
      Their homework.
    3. C.
      Their grades at school.
    4. D.
      A fight with their friends.
  2. 2.

    According to the passage, when you're worried, you'd better _______.

    1. A.
      work hard
    2. B.
      ask for help and talk to someone
    3. C.
      get ready for class
    4. D.
      do your homework
  3. 3.

    If you're worried about grades, DON'T ask yourself "_______".

    1. A.
      Why are grades important?
    2. B.
      What do grades mean to me?
    3. C.
      How do I get ready for class?
    4. D.
      Why not give up（放弃） my studies?
  4. 4.

    If you had a fight with a friend, you could _______.

    1. A.
      invite him or her to watch a game
    2. B.
      put the blame（责备）on him or her
    3. C.
      try to make new friends
    4. D.
      leave him or her alone
  5. 5.

    What does the passage mainly tell us?

    1. A.
      Who is often worried.
    2. B.
      When people are worried.
    3. C.
      How to deal with worries.
    4. D.
      What kinds of worries people have.
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