Air is all around us. It is around us as we talk and play. From the moment we were born, We are surrounded(围绕)by air. When we sit down, it is around us. When we go to bed, air is also around us. Wherever we are on the earth, We are surrounded by air. We live in air.
All living things need air, living things can’t live without air. We can go without food or water for a few days, but we can’t live for more than a few minutes without air. We breathe(呼吸)in air. When we are working or running, We need more air. So we breathe faster than usual. When we are asleep, We need less air

1. 1.

   From the text, we know that on the earth _____

   1. A.
      there is air everywhere
   2. B.
      some animals don’t need air
   3. C.
      plants need more air
   4. D.
      for a long time people don’t need air
2. 2.

   The writer tells us that _____

   1. A.
      there is less air on the earth than on the moon
   2. B.
      the earth is covered with air
   3. C.
      the earth is covered with water
   4. D.
      there is no air on the earth
3. 3.

   Which is the first important thing for people’s lives?

   1. A.
      Water
   2. B.
      Air
   3. C.
      Food
   4. D.
      Sunlight
4. 4.

   Which of the following things needs air?

   1. A.
      Land
   2. B.
      A mirror
   3. C.
      A cat
   4. D.
      A river
5. 5.

   A man needs more air when he _____

   1. A.
      dies
   2. B.
      runs fast
   3. C.
      takes a rest
   4. D.
      sleeps

Once a great boxer(拳击手),Tom Black, went to a restaurant for supper. He took off his coat and left it at the door, but he was afraid that somebody would take it away. So he took out a piece of paper and wrote on it,“The great boxer, Tom Black, has left his coat here.He’ll be back in a few minutes.”He put the paper on his coat and went to have his dinner. When he returned, however, his coat was not there. He just found a piece of paper in its place. It said,“A great runner has taken away you coat, and he will never come back again.”

1. 1.

   Who was Tom Black?

   1. A.
      A great runner.
   2. B.
      A great boxer.
   3. C.
      A P.E. teacher.
2. 2.

   This story happened ______.

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

   He wrote his name on the paper and put it on the coat because he _____.

   1. A.
      wanted all the people to know his name
   2. B.
      wanted to be famous
   3. C.
      was afraid other people would take his coat away
   4. D.
      wanted to show he was a great boxer
4. 4.

   What happened at last?

   1. A.
      His coat was still there.
   2. B.
      Nobody saw the paper.
   3. C.
      He found his coat.
   4. D.
      Someone took his coat.
5. 5.

   Who wrote the second piece of paper?

   1. A.
      The thief(小偷).
   2. B.
      Tom Black.
   3. C.
      A waiter.
   4. D.
      Tom’s a friend.

Editor (编辑)Ｗanted Editor needed to dirct the work of new music magazine . At least two years  editorial ecperience needed Hours :8: 00AM to 5:00 PM !Some overtime required .Send your personal information to :P.O.Box 213,Fairview ,IN.46243 Bank Manager Town bank is looking for a bank manager to head its downtown branch (分行).A person with at least five years experience .Working Hour :8:30AM to 5:30 PM. Mail to <newbank@gol.com > for more information

Teachers Needed Language Center needs experience teachers for its new English teaching program . PT/FT(兼职)posion available .No more than 25 teaching hours a week .AM/PM changes .Teachers with bankground in computer skills preferred(优先) .Tel:567-4243

Nurse in Need Child Care Center serves children from 3 to   6 years ago. It provides care for days a week and is open about ten hours a   day. It is in great need of nurses with the experience of guiding different   activities such as indoor and outdoor games .Call 432-3745 or visit our website   :www.vps musedu/cfcr .

1. 1.

   A person with _____ of experience is needed to had the bank. 

   1. A.
      at least two years
   2. B.
      twenty-five years
   3. C.
      three to six years
   4. D.
      at least five years
2. 2.

   You should work for ______ if you become an editor of the magazinc.

   1. A.
      just nine hours a day
   2. B.
      no less than nine hours a day
   3. C.
      about ten hour a day
   4. D.
      less than 25 hours a week
3. 3.

   If you want to be a teacher, you can _______ for more information.

   1. A.
      call 567-1243
   2. B.
      mail to <newbank@gol.com>
   3. C.
      phone 432 - 3745
   4. D.
      write to P.O.Box 213, Fairview, IN. 46243
4. 4.

   You need to have the experience of guiding different activities to_______.

   1. A.
      be an editor of the music magazine
   2. B.
      head a bank branch of Town Bank
   3. C.
      teach English in Language Center
   4. D.
      work as a nurse in Child Care Center
5. 5.

   Which of the following is true ?

   1. A.
      Child Care Center doesn't provide care for children of all ages.
   2. B.
      Teachers are wanted to teach Chinese in the Language Center.
   3. C.
      One with computer skills will be preferred to head the bank.
   4. D.
      Editors needn't have the experience .

1. 1.

   You can have dinner in Karma at ______.

   1. A.
      10:30
   2. B.
      13:00
   3. C.
      16:00
   4. D.
      20:30
2. 2.

   ______ will tell you more information about the basketball match.

   1. A.
      John Smith
   2. B.
      Tommy Brown
   3. C.
      Paul Burton
   4. D.
      Tonny Wang
3. 3.

   ______ can’t be allowed to go dancing in Layla’s Disco.

   1. A.
      A 30-year-old worker
   2. B.
      A 40-year-old doctor
   3. C.
      A 22-year-old manager
   4. D.
      A 15-year-old student
4. 4.

   If you want to go to the Layla’s Disco, you can’t go there on ______.

   1. A.
      Sunday
   2. B.
      Saturday
   3. C.
      Monday
   4. D.
      Friday
5. 5.

   Which of the following food can you have at Karma?

   1. A.
      Chicken.
   2. B.
      Tomato.
   3. C.
      Fish.
   4. D.
      Beef.

Do you have a pen pal? If not, do you want to have one? Now let me tell you how to get a pen pal. There are usually three steps(步骤)The first is greeting. In this step, you and your new friend will say “hello” to each other and tell names. The second step is to talk. When talking with your new friend, it is always about your age, your family, your favorites or any other things like that. The third step is leave-taking. In this step, you tell your new friend that you are happy to meet him/her. You can also say “Do you want to be my pen pal?” or “ I hope we can be pen pals.”

1. 1.

   This passage is about ______.

   1. A.
      how to get a pen pal
   2. B.
      how to get to a hotel
   3. C.
      how to learn a new language
2. 2.

   There are______steps mentioned(被提及)in the passage.

   1. A.
      two   
   2. B.
      three          
   3. C.
        four          
3. 3.

   Which of the following is NOT a greeting?

   1. A.
      Hi!         
   2. B.
      Where are you going?   
   3. C.
      Hello, my name is Jane.        
4. 4.

   You may talk about your father’s favorite animals in the ______step.

   1. A.
      first
   2. B.
      second
   3. C.
      third
      
5. 5.

   What does “leave-taking” mean ?

   1. A.
      Meeting your pen pal.         
   2. B.
      Visiting your pen pal’s house.
   3. C.
      Saying goodbye to your pen pal.   

You may know the English letters A, B and C. But do you know there are people called ABC? You may like eating bananas. But do you know there is such a thing a “banana person”? How strange! Are these people from “another earth”? No, they are just Chinese people like you and me.
ABC means American-born Chinese. An ABC is a Chinese, but was born in the United States. Sometimes, people call an ABC a “banana person”. A banana is yellow outside and white inside. So, when a person is a banana, he or she is white inside-thinking like a Westerner and yellow outside-looking like a Chinese.
Do you know why? Usually, ABCs know little about China or the Chinese language. Some of them don’t speak Chinese. Also, they are not interested in Chinese politics.
But if ABCs can not speak Chinese, can we still call them Chinese people? Yes, of course. They are Chinese. They are overseas Chinese. These people may be citizens (公民) of another country like the US, Canada or Singapore. But they have Chinese blood. Their parents, grandparents or even great-grandparents were from China. They all have black eyes and black hair. But they are not Chinese citizens. They are not people of the People’s Republic of China. For example, we all know the famous scientist, C.N.Yang(杨振宁). He got the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1957. Chinese people love him. But he is an American citizen.

1. 1.

   “ABC” in this passage means “______”.

   1. A.
      three English letters
   2. B.
      a kind of banana
   3. C.
      Chinese born in America
   4. D.
      Americans born in China
2. 2.

   Chinese in Western countries are called “banana persons” because______.

   1. A.
      their bodies are white inside but yellow outside
   2. B.
      they think like Westerners but look like Chinese
   3. C.
      they were born in China but got to study in America
   4. D.
      they like to eat bananas
3. 3.

   The underlined word “blood” may probably mean ______.

   1. A.
      国籍
   2. B.
      血统
   3. C.
      爱心
   4. D.
      皮肤
4. 4.

   This passage mainly talks about ______.
   

   1. A.
      different kind of bananas               
   2. B.
      the life story of C.N.Yang
   3. C.
      the Noble Prize                      
   4. D.
      overseas Chinese

“An old village woman in her seventies from Zhenjiang Province rented a small house in Shanghai and let visitors to the World Expo live there for free while she slept on a little couch. Her kindness moved(感动) countless people.” Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said so at the Expo 2010 Shanghai China on October 31 when it ended.
It is a true story. The heroine of it is Ying Miaofang, an old woman from a village of Zhuji City in Shaoxing of Zhejiang Province. “I rented a house in Shanghai and received more than 330 Expo visitors during three months’ time. My house was never empty during that period.” Ying told reporters. She also said it was worth helping so many people to visit the Shanghai World Expo and she was praised by Premier Wen.
In the late of last May. Ying Miaofang paid 1,800yuan per month to rent a small house near Changning Road in Shanghai, and spent more money on a new air conditioner, a refrigerator, a TV set and other things. She published her phone number in the newspaper and opened the house for Expo visitors for free on June 23.
Besides providing a free living place., Ying got up very early every morning to buy food, cook breakfast, clean rooms and wash clothes for those guests. Many of her guests wanted to pay some money to her when they left, but she refused. In order to support the Shanghai Would Expo, Ying spent about 20 thousand yuan in all, which could not be regarded as a little money for a woman from a village

1. 1.

   The underlined work “countless” has the same meaning as______.

   1. A.
      enough
   2. B.
      many
   3. C.
      few
   4. D.
      countable
2. 2.

   The house cost Ying Miaofang ______ yuan during three months

   1. A.
      330
   2. B.
      1,800
   3. C.
      5,400
   4. D.
      20,000
3. 3.

   Ying Miaofang is a(n)______.

   1. A.
      villager
   2. B.
      worker
   3. C.
      officer
   4. D.
      volunteer
4. 4.

   The visitors living in the house which Ying Miaofang rented in Shanghai______.

   1. A.
      washed clothes for her
   2. B.
      helped clean the rooms
   3. C.
      cooked themselves
   4. D.
      didn’t need to pay for it
5. 5.

   Ying Miaofang was very happy to ______.

   1. A.
      have a good time with her friends
   2. B.
      help the visitors during the World Expo
   3. C.
      make money for her family
   4. D.
      have a good harvest in autum

A poor farmer had a friend who was famous for the wonderful apple tree he grew.
One day, his friend gave the farmer a young apple tree and told him to plant it. The farmer was pleased with the gift, but he did not know where to plant it.
He was afraid that if he planted the tree near the road, strangers would steal the fruit. If he planted the tree in one of his fields, his neighbors would come at night and steal some of the apples. If he planted the tree near his house, his children would take the fruit. Finally he planted the tree in his wood. But without sunlight and good soil(土壤),the tree soon died,
Later the friend asked the farmer why he had planted the tree in such a poor place. "What's the difference? " the farmer said angrily and then told what he had thought.
"Yes," said the friend, "but at least someone could have enjoyed the fruit. Now you not only have robbed everyone of the fruit, but also you have destroyed  a good apple tree !"

1. 1.

   Was the farmer famous for planting the apple tree?
   ______.
   

2. 2.

   What gift did the farmer get from his friend one day?
   ______.
   

3. 3.

   Did the farmer plant the apple tree near his house or in his wood at last?
   ______.
   

4. 4.

   Why did the apple tree soon die?
   ______.
   

5. 5.

   Who destroyed the apple tree?
   ______.
   

Welcome to the Amazing kids Website! Here you can read about clever children all over the world.
Gina, who is thirteen years old, got first prize in the “Young Look of the Year” competition and is now writing her own recipe (烹饪) book for kids. "I want it to be fun to read and easy enough for children to use," she says. Gina learned by observing （观察）her father, who's also good at cooking, in the kitchen. She wants to encourage other children to cook because "everyone needs to eat, so it's a skill that will always be useful!
Fourteen-year-old Bren used to love running until he had a serious car accident three years ago. He lost part of one leg and didn't even expect to walk again. Now he's an athlete who has recently completed a marathon. "After my accident I wanted to give up," he says. "But now I'm happy to be alive and able to continue running."
Helga has always been good at science, but she thought it was too difficult to become an inventor. Then she heard about an accident that had happened when a car hit a train in her town. "That gave me an idea," says the clever sixteen-year-old girl. It took her over a year to invent a special machine that tells car drivers when a train is coming. One company is already interested in selling it, so it may be in the shops soon!

1. 1.

   How is Gina trying to encourage other children to cook?

   1. A.
      By observing her father.
   2. B.
      By writing a recipe book for kids.
   3. C.
      By giving them delicious food to eat.
   4. D.
      By getting first prize in the competition.
2. 2.

   Why is it surprising that Bren is an athlete?

   1. A.
      Because he can' t walk.
   2. B.
      Because he lost part of one leg.
   3. C.
      Because he gave up running.
   4. D.
      Because he used to love running.
3. 3.

   Which of the following is true about Helga?

   1. A.
      She saw a car hit a train in her town.
   2. B.
      She sold special machines to car drivers.
   3. C.
      She invented a special machine for car drivers.
   4. D.
      It is impossible for her to become an inventor.
4. 4.

   Which would be the best title for the passage?

   1. A.
      Amazing Kids, Special Abilities     
   2. B.
      How to Be a Good Student
      
   3. C.
      Different People, Different Ideas
   4. D.
      How to Get Living Skills

Dreams are expressions of thoughts, feelings and events that pass through our mind while we are sleeping. Everybody dreams. But only some people remember their dreams. Our dreams often include all the senses—smells, sounds, sights, tastes and things we touch. We dream in colour. Sometimes we dream the same dream over and over again. These repeated dreams are often unpleasant. They may even be nightmares—bad dreams that frighten us.
Early in the twentieth century, two famous scientists developed their personal ideas about dreams. Austrian psychiatrist Sigmund Freud published a book called “The Interpretation(诠释) of Dreams” in 1900. Freud believed people often dream about things they want but can’t have. These dreams often have something to do with sex and aggression(侵犯). Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung worked closely with Freud for several years, but he believed dreams could help people grow and understand themselves. He believed dreams provide solutions(解答) to problems we face when we are awake. He didn’t believe dreams hide our feelings about sex or aggression. Today we know more about the science of dreaming because researchers can take pictures of people’s brains while they are sleeping.
Other researchers are studying how dreaming helps our bodies work with problems and very sad emotions(感情). Robert Stickgold is a professor of psychiatry at Harvard University in Massachusetts. Doctor Stickgold says that when we dream, the brain is trying to make sense of the world. He does not agree with Sigmund Freud that dreaming is the way we express our hidden feelings and desires(愿望).
Scientists believe it is important to keep researching dreams. Doctor Stickgold says it has been more than one hundred years since Sigmund Freud published his important book about dreaming. Yet there is still no agreement on exactly how the brain works when we are dreaming or why we dream.

1. 1.

   Dreams ______.

   1. A.
      are remembered by everyone
   2. B.
      express all that we think in our mind
   3. C.
      include few senses and things we touch
   4. D.
      are sometimes nightmares that repeat and frighten us
2. 2.

   A book on dreaming was published by ______.

   1. A.
      Sigmund Freud
   2. B.
      Robert Stickgold
   3. C.
      Carl Jung
   4. D.
      the writer
3. 3.

   In the passage, all the psychiatrists ______.

   1. A.
      believe dreams can help people understand all the problems that they face
   2. B.
      think dreams always hide someone’s feelings about sex or aggression
   3. C.
      study dream and dreaming and have their own ideas
   4. D.
      have the same idea that people often dream about the things they want
4. 4.

   From the passage, we know that ______.

   1. A.
      Jung thought that dreams provide solutions to problems we face when we are sleeping
   2. B.
      Freud developed the idea that dreams are expressions of people’s hidden feelings
   3. C.
      scientists have known quite well why we dream because they can take pictures of our brains
   4. D.
      other researchers have discovered how dreaming helps our bodies work with problems and very sad emotions
5. 5.

   Which would be the best title(标题) for the passage?

   1. A.
      The Explanations of Dreams
   2. B.
      The Ways of Dreams
   3. C.
      The Solutions to Dreams
   4. D.
      The Mystery(奥秘) of Dreams and Dreaming