I love to tell the story about how I met my best friend---- Tiger. We met at the school fair. Each year, all the fourth-grade classes hold a school fair. Everyone in the fourth-grade works at the fair. Some sell ice cream, drinks and snacks. Others take care of the little children who ride the rides.
I got the second job and I’ve never regretted it, because that’s where I met Tiger.
My job was to help little children get on the back of a little horse. I kept telling the children to wait their turn and holding ice cream for them while they rode about. One thing was clear to me. I was growing older and should be more responsible.
Suddenly, a boy came to the horse. He took the little horse’s reins! The horse stopped, and the girl on its back started to fall. I was trying to reach the girl when I saw Tiger go by my legs. It held the horse’s reins and pulled the horse away from my legs. I caught the girl just before we both hit the ground. The girl sat on top of me. She was laughing at the ice cream on my face. The horse’s reins were in Tiger’s mouth!
Thanks to Tiger’s fast action, I saved the little girl. We were both heroes. And Tiger, the fastest dog I’ve even known became my new best friend.

1. 1.

   According to the passage, ______ work at the fair.    

   1. A.
      ice cream sellers
   2. B.
      all the school children
   3. C.
      little boys and girls
   4. D.
      the fourth-grade students
2. 2.

   The writer’s job was to _______.

   1. A.
      take the little horse’s reins
   2. B.
      look after the children
   3. C.
      get on the back of the horse
   4. D.
      ride with little children
3. 3.

   As soon as the little horse stopped, the girl _______.

   1. A.
      started to fall
   2. B.
      laughed at the writer
   3. C.
      hit the ground
   4. D.
      sat on top of the writer
4. 4.

   Tiger helped to save the little girl on the horse by _______.

   1. A.
      going fast by the writer’s legs
   2. B.
      trying to catch the little girl
   3. C.
      holding the reins with its mouth
   4. D.
      riding the little horse around
5. 5.

   From the passage, we know that ______.

   1. A.
      Tiger was a actually a brave dog
   2. B.
      Tiger wanted to become a hero
   3. C.
      the writer didn’t want to grow up
   4. D.
      the writer regretted working at the fair

1. 1.

   If you want to be a       , you can call AL Hotel.

   1. A.
      waiter
   2. B.
      reporter
   3. C.
      cleaner
   4. D.
      driver
2. 2.

   If you work as a cleaner every weekday, and once a day, how much will you be paid every week?

   1. A.
      $100.
   2. B.
      $150.
   3. C.
      $200.
   4. D.
      $240.
3. 3.

   What is NOT mentioned in the ads?

   1. A.
      Jobs you can choose from.
   2. B.
      E—mail addresses.
   3. C.
      Telephone numbers.
   4. D.
      Time when you are supposed to work.

A Want Ads
1. WANTED
Are you hard-working? Do you like to meet people? If your answer is "yes", then we have a job for you as a waiter, Call AL Hotel at 556779!
2. SUMMER JOB
Do you like to talk with people? Do you like to write stories? If you want to work for our magazine as a reporter, please call Jack at 558366.
3. HELP WANTED                                                         
Do you like babies? Can you look after one baby for two days? If you are sure to take care of him, call us at 766588, $80 or more 
4. CLEANER WANTED                                                   
Can you make a large house clean and tidy? If you hope to get the job paid at $20 once, call us this evening, 18:00-20:00. Tel: 633800.                                  

1. 1.

   The above (上面的 ) job ads are probably (可能) from       .

   1. A.
      a newspaper
   2. B.
      a storybook
   3. C.
      a science book
   4. D.
      a guidebook
2. 2.

   If you like children and have two days free, you can call at       for a job.

   1. A.
      556779
   2. B.
      558366
   3. C.
      766588
   4. D.
      633800
3. 3.

           is needed in AL Hotel.

   1. A.
      Cleaner
   2. B.
      Baby-sitter
   3. C.
      Reporter
   4. D.
      Waiter

It's Sunday morning. My parents, my uncle, my sisters and I are all at home.        
What is my father doing? He is reading a newspaper. My mother is watering the flowers in the small garden. There are some beautiful flowers in it. Some are red, and the others are yellow. My uncle is my mother's brother. He's a waiter. He is watching TV now. He is a basketball fan (迷). And he is good at playing basketball. Now he is watching NBA on TV. Where are my sisters? Cindy is over there. She is listening to the radio (收音机). She likes popular music very much. Nancy is in her room. She has a computer. Now she is surfing the Internet (上网). She's writing an e-mail to her friend. What am I doing? I'm doing my homework.                 "

1. 1.

   There are       people in the family.
   

   1. A.
      five        
   2. B.
      six
      
   3. C.
      seven
   4. D.
      eight
2. 2.

   What are the sisters doing?

   1. A.
      They are listening to the radio.
   2. B.
      They are surfing the Interact.
   3. C.
      Cindy is listening to the radio and Nancy is surfing the Internet.
   4. D.
      Sorry, we don't know.
3. 3.

   Which is not true (真实的)?

   1. A.
      Nancy likes popular music very much.
   2. B.
      There are some red and yellow flowers in the garden.
   3. C.
      Uncle is good at playing basketball.
   4. D.
      My mother is a good English teacher.

A woman is at the cinema, and she is enjoying the film very much, but there is a man in the next seat, and he begins looking at the floor under her. The woman is angry and asks，“What are you doing there？What are you looking for?” “A piece of chocolate.” The man says to her, “I drop（掉落）it on the floor.” “A piece of chocolate?” the woman says angrily, “It is dirty now. Take this and be quiet, please. I am listening to the film.” She gives the man a big piece of chocolate. But the man says, “One of my teeth is in the chocolate!”

1. 1.

   Where are the man and the woman?

   1. A.
      They are in a school                 
   2. B.
      They are at the station 
   3. C.
      They are at a shop                   
   4. D.
      They are at the cinema
      
2. 2.

   The man sits ________ the woman.

   1. A.
      next to        
   2. B.
      in front of        
   3. C.
      behind         
   4. D.
      on the left of
      
3. 3.

   The underlined word “angry” means ________.

   1. A.
      not sad        
   2. B.
      not light         
   3. C.
      not happy      
   4. D.
      not heavy
      
4. 4.

   The man wants to find the piece of chocolate because ________.

   1. A.
      the piece of chocolate is very expensive.  
   2. B.
      one of his teeth is in the chocolate.
   3. C.
      he likes chocolate very much           
   4. D.
      he wants to keep the cinema clean
      
5. 5.

   The woman gives the man a piece of chocolate because ________.

   1. A.
      she is friendly to him               
   2. B.
      she wants to enjoy the film better
   3. C.
      the piece of chocolate is the man’s     
   4. D.
      she likes the man

A Brown University sleep researcher has some advice for people who run high schools: Don’t start classes so early in the morning. It may not be that the students who nod off at their desks are lazy. And it may not be that their parents have failed to enforce(确保) bedtime. Instead, it may be that biologically(生物学上)these sleepyhead(贪睡者)students aren’t used to the early hour.
　　“Maybe these kids are being asked to rise at the wrong time for their bodies,” says Mary Carskadon, a professor looking at problem of adolescent (青春期的)sleep at Brown’s School of Medicine.
　　Carskadon is trying to understand more about the effects of early school time in adolescents. And, at a more basic level, she and her team are trying to learn more about how the biological changes of adolescence affect sleep needs and patterns(方式).
　　Carskadon says her work suggests that adolescents may need more sleep than they did at childhood, no less, as commonly thought.
　　Sleep patterns change during adolescence, as any parent of an adolescent can prove. Most adolescents prefer to stay up later at night and sleep later in the morning. But it’s not just a matter of choice---their bodies are going through a change of sleep patterns.
　　All of this makes the transfer(迁移)from middle school to high school---which may start one hour earlier in the morning----all the more difficult, Carskadon says. With their increased need for sleep and their biological clocks set on the “sleep late, rise late” pattern, adolescents are up against difficulties when they try to be up by 5 or 6 a.m. for a 7:30 a.m. first bell. A short sleep on a desktop may be their body’s way of saying. “I need a timeout.”

1. 1.

   Carskadon suggests that high schools should not start classes so early in the morning because _______

   1. A.
      it is really tough for parents to enforce bedtime
   2. B.
      it is biologically difficult for students to rise early
   3. C.
      students work so late at night that they can’t get up early
   4. D.
      students are so lazy that they don’t like to go to school early
2. 2.

   The underlined phrase nod off most probably means _______

   1. A.
      turn around
   2. B.
      agree with others
   3. C.
      fall asleep
   4. D.
      refuse to work
3. 3.

   What might be a reason for the hard transfer from middle school to high school?

   1. A.
      Adolescents depend more on their parents
   2. B.
      Adolescents have to choose their sleep patterns
   3. C.
      Adolescents sleep better than they did at childhood
   4. D.
      Adolescents need more sleep than they used to
4. 4.

   What is the test mainly about?

   1. A.
      Adolescent health care
   2. B.
      Problems in adolescent learning
   3. C.
      Adolescent sleep difficulties
   4. D.
      Changes in adolescent sleep needs and patterns

In May, 1976, Gaynor was a nine-year-old girl and lived in North Wales. One day, on her way home from school, she saw a silver(银色的)object(物体)in a field not far from her home. The object looked like a saucer.
Gaynor was very scared. She stayed behind the tall grass and watched the door of the strange object open. She saw two aliens wearing silver suits get out. Then they used something to examine(检测)the ground. They were short and had pink eyes. After about thirty minutes, the two aliens went back into the object. Then it took off.
When Gaynor got home, she told her mother about this unusual experience, but her family decided to keep quiet about it. They didn’t want others to laugh at their daughter.
However, 18 months later, Gaynor told her story to UFO scientists. They found out that Gaynor told the truth.

1. 1.

   Where did Gaynor see the UFO?

   ______.
   

2. 2.

   What did Gaynor see when the door of the UFO opened? 

   ______.
   

3. 3.

   What did the two aliens do?

   ______.
   

4. 4.

   What did the two aliens look like?

   ______.
   

5. 5.

   Why did Gaynor's parents keep quiet about her unusual experience?

   ______.
   

Dear Peter,
My name is Frank. I am from America. Here is a picture of my friends. We are in the same grade. Look at the picture, in the middle, you can see my friend Jimmy. He likes all the sports. He likes to eat apples and French fries. You can see Helen in the picture, too. Helen likes math. Her favorite food is meat. But Sandra doesn’t like math. Look, Sandra is here in the picture. She can speak French. She likes ping-pong. Behind her, there is a girl. She is Sally. She is a black girl. She likes to swim. And she likes to eat ice cream. Maria and Rick are behind Jimmy. Maria likes computer very much. She plays computer games very well. Rick is fun. He can play soccer ball. He likes strawberries best. I like math, too. I like to eat bananas. All of us think Beijing Opera is fun. So we go to see it. But we can’t understand the words. So we don’t want to see it again. But my father likes it very much. He often watches it. He can understand it. One interesting thing:two of my English friends can understand it, too. They are Maya and Kelsey. They are not in the picture. They often go to see Beijing Opera like my father.
Can you send me a picture of your friends. 
Yours,
Frank

1. 1.

    Frank has______ friends in the picture.

   1. A.
      seven
   2. B.
      six
   3. C.
      five
   4. D.
      eight
2. 2.

   This e-mail(电子邮件) is for______.

   1. A.
      Sally
   2. B.
      Sandra
   3. C.
      Frank
   4. D.
      Peter
3. 3.

   ______like sports.

   1. A.
      Jimmy, Sandra and Sally
   2. B.
      Maria, Rick and Jimmy
   3. C.
      Sally, Rick, Jimmy and Sandra
   4. D.
      Helen, Frank and Rick
4. 4.

    “understand” means(意思是)_______ in Chinese.

   1. A.
      喜欢
   2. B.
      理解
   3. C.
      听说
   4. D.
      观看
5. 5.

   Why don’t Frank and his friends in the picture want to see Beijing Opera again?

   1. A.
      Because Beijing Opera is boring
   2. B.
      Because Beijing Opera is bad
   3. C.
      Because Beijing Opera is fun
   4. D.
      Because they can’t understand it.

1. 1.

   If you work as a driver in the restaurant, you may ______.

   1. A.
      never pay for meals
   2. B.
      pay a little for meals
   3. C.
      work on weekends
   4. D.
      work in the afternoon
2. 2.

   If you buy the house, you ______.

   1. A.
      may pay more than ¥150, 000 for it
   2. B.
      must have breakfast in the kitchen
   3. C.
      have to take a bath in the public bathroom
   4. D.
      may live on the south side of the city
3. 3.

   Any customer with a Tianjin Daily of June 1, 2005 will get a small present from ______.

   1. A.
      every supermarket
   2. B.
      Huanghe Road
   3. C.
      Tianjin Daily
   4. D.
      Yingbin Supermarket
4. 4.

   When will the concert be?

   1. A.
      July 1, 2005.
   2. B.
      June 8, 2005.
   3. C.
      July 3, 2005.
   4. D.
      June 25, 2005.
5. 5.

   If two adults and two students want to go to the concert, the tickets will cost RMB ______.

   1. A.
      220 yuan
   2. B.
      440 yuan
   3. C.
      270 yuan
   4. D.
      370 yuan

The following four advertisements are from Star Evening News, Mar 8th, 2012

1. 1.

   If you spend 100 yuan, you can       .

   1. A.
      get a piano lesson
   2. B.
      get 6 hours of free parking
   3. C.
      get free drinks
   4. D.
      get a lost cat
2. 2.

   How can you contact(联系) the owner of the house for more information?

   1. A.
      By visiting Mrs. Smith.
   2. B.
      By sending a letter.
   3. C.
      By making a phone call.
   4. D.
      By calling Linda.
3. 3.

   Who can teach children to play the piano?

   1. A.
      Miss Smith
   2. B.
      Jim
   3. C.
      Linda
   4. D.
      Happy Store
4. 4.

   When you find a small cat with black and white hair, you may call      .

   1. A.
      86083957
   2. B.
      31388888
   3. C.
      86153788
   4. D.
      315161222
5. 5.

   Where are these advertisements from?

   1. A.
      China Daily.
   2. B.
      New York Times.
   3. C.
      Changjiang Evening News.
   4. D.
      Star Evening News.