Pit-a-pat. Pit-a-pat. It's raining. "I want to go outside and play, Mum." Robbie says."When can the rain
  stop?" His mum doesn't know what to say. She hopes the rain can stop, too. "You can watch TV with
 me," she says.  "No, I just want to go outside. " "①Put on your raincoat. " "Does it stop raining?" "No, but
  you can go outside and play in the rain. Do you like that?" "Yes, Mum. " He runs to his bedroom and puts
  on his red raincoat.  "Here you go. Go outside and play," Mum opens the door and says, Robbie runs
  into the rain. Water goes ②here and there. Robbie's mum watches her son.  He is having so much fun.
  "Mum, come and play with me!" Robbie calls. The door opens and his mum walks out. She is in her
 yellow raincoat.  Mother and son are out in the rain for a long time. They play all kinds of' games in the
 rain.

1. What does Robbie want to do on the rainy day?

    A. Help his mother.                  
    B. Watch TV.
    C. Wear his raincoat.                  
    D. Go out.

2. What do the underlined phrases (短语) mean in Chinese?

    A. ①放上; ②到处              
    B. ①穿上;②这里和那里
    C. ①穿上; ②到处              
    D. ①放上; ②这里和那里

3. Robbie has a        _ day.

    A. happy                  
     B. scary
    C. dangerous                
    D. boring

4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

    A. The raincoat can stop the rain.
    B. Robbie's mum doesn't wear a raincoat in the rain.
    C. Robbie watches TV with his mum.
    D. The color of' Robbie's raincoat is red.

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

    A. It's Raining                      
    B. Fun in the Rain
    C. Robbie and His Mother              
    D. Robbie's Raincoat

     There was a big earthquake under the India Ocean Area o  1  December 26th 2004 and it c  2   a
large tsunami. Tsunamis are great sea waves produced especially by an earthquake.
     That morning my classmates and I went to the seaside and had breakfast when we h  3  a loud noise
like bombs. People in the sea ran w   4   to the bank and s   5   , 'Water is coming!' Someone told us to
run to a higher place. We ran as q  6   as we could.
     Since we did not know what happened,  we  were very f   7    . We looked back  and  saw  a t   8    
picture. The water waves were so strong that cars  were made to fall upside down and the flood w  9  
away everything on the seaside .
     We were safe but the n   10   of victims was over 140,000. People call the day 'Black Sunday'.

     Mother's Day is an important day. It's a day children can show their mothers how much they love them. On Mother's Day, many children give flowers to their mothers. This makes them very happy.
     Mrs. Green lived in a small street. She had a flower shop. People who lived near her store were poor. The children didn't have money to buy flowers. Mrs. Green helped them. The children worked one hour
for Mrs. Green. They cleaned the windows in the store. Then Mrs. Green gave them some flowers to take home for their mothers. The mothers had a nice Mother's Day. Both the mothers and children were happy.

1. On Mother's Day, children give ______to their mothers.

A. flowers
B. cards
C. foods
D. clothes

2. Mrs. Green lived in a ______street. 

A. big
B. small
C. clean
D. dark

3. The children worked one ______for Mrs. Green. 

A. hour
B. week
C. month
D. year

4. The children _____ in the store. 

A. made tea
B. washed the car
C. watered flowers
D. cleaned the windows

     Mr Baker worked in a big factory. He was busy all the time and had little time to rest. One summer,
he decided to go to the sea to spend his holidays.
     One afternoon, it was very hot. Mr Baker came into a restaurant, sat at a table and wanted to drink.
Just then, an old man came up to him and said, "How do you do, sir?" "How do you do?" Mr Baker
asked the old man to sit next to him. "Have you been here before?" "No, I haven't." "You look lonely,
don't you?" said the old man. "Let's have a bet(打赌), shall we?"
     It interested Mr Baker, "But what shall we bet on?" "I can bite my left eyeball," said the old man, "I
can bet you five dollars."
     Mr Baker didn't believe and passed $5 on the table.
     The old man took out his glass eyeball, put it into his mouth and bite it. Mr Baker had to give his
 money.
     "It doesn't matter young man," the old man said. "I'll give you a chance to win the money back. I can
also bite my right eye. I'll bet you $10."
     "I'm sure he's able to see. And I must win his money," he thought. So he took out ten dollars from
his wallet.
     But he was very surprised, the old man took out his false(假的) teeth and bit his right eye with it.
Then he put the money into his pocket and went away quickly.

1. Mr Baker went to the sea ________.

A. to swim  
B. to have a rest  
C. to drink something
D. to make a bet

2. The old man said hello to Mr Baker because ________.

A. they were good friends
B. he wanted to ask for some food
C. he wanted to drink with him
D. he wanted to win money

3. The old man was blind(瞎的) in ________.

A. both eyes  
B. neither eye  
C. the right eye  
D. the left eye

     One day a farmer went out for a walk  with  his  daughter. The farmer put on a pair of wrong shoes
one with a thick sole (鞋底)  and the other  with  a  thin  one. So  as  he  began  to  walk, he  felt very
uncomfortable. When he was just out of the house, he  turned  to  his  daughter and said, "Why should
one of my legs be longer than the other today?"
     The daughter looked at his father's legs carefully as he  was  walking, and  then  laughed, "Oh,  no,
Daddy, your legs are all right. You have put on the wrong shoes."
     The farmer was very happy to hear that and said to himself, "What  a  clever  daughter  I  have got!"
Then he asked his daughter to go back and get the other pair of shoes for him.
     The farmer had only two pairs of shoes.
     When the daughter ran back to the house, she found  that  the  other pair was also  a  pair of wrong
shoes.
     She had to return to his father with nothing in her hands and said out of breath, "It's no use changing
them, Daddy! The shoes at home were not a pair, either!"

1. When the farmer went out for a walk with his daughter, he put on a pair of ____ shoes.                     

A. wrong  
B. comfortable    
C. old      
D. new

2. A pair of wrong shoes means ________.

A. the shoes are not the farmer's
B. the shoes are too small
C. one of the shoes has a thick sole, the other has a thin one, they are not a pair
D. the shoes are too big          

3. When the farmer began to walk, he felt very uncomfortable because ________.

A. one of his legs was longer than the other one
B. he was ill that day
C. he wore a pair of wrong shoes
D. the shoes were too small

4. The farmer thought his daughter was a clever girl because ________.

A. she could make shoes
B. she could find out that her father wore a pair of wrong shoes
C. she could find out a pair of right shoes
D. she found that her father's legs were sick

5. The father asked his daughter to go and get the other pair of shoes for him and the daughter ____. 

A. brought back a pair of wrong shoes
B. brought back a pair of right shoes
C. didn't bring any shoes; she knew the other pair at home was not a pair, either
D. couldn't find anything at home

     It was a beautiful spring morning. There were no clouds in the sky, and the sun was warm but not
hot. Mr Black saw an old man at the bus stop with a big, strong, black umbrella (伞) in his hand. Mr
Black said to him, "Do you think we are going to have rain today?" "No," said the old man, "I don't think
so." "Then are you carrying the umbrella because the sun is too hot?" "No, the sun is not very hot in
spring."
     Mr Black looked at the big umbrella again, and the man said, "I am an old man, and my legs are not
very strong. I must have a walking-stick (手杖). But people will say, 'Look! That man is so old.', and I
don't like that. When I carry an umbrella in fine weather, people only say, 'Look at that stupid (愚蠢的)
man.'"

1. This story happened _________. 

A. on a spring morning              
B. on a cold day
C. on a summer evening              
D. in the afternoon

2. Which of the following statements(叙述) is right?

A. The old man carried an umbrella instead of a walking-stick.
B. The old man borrowed an umbrella from Mr Black.
C. Mr Black and the old man were good friends.
D. The old man thought it was going to rain.

     Mr Baker worked in a big factory. He was busy all the time and had little time to rest. One summer,
he decided to go to the sea to spend his holidays.
    One afternoon, it was very hot. Mr Baker came into a restaurant, sat at a table and wanted to drink.
Just then, an old man came up to him and said, "How do you do, sir?" "How do  you  do?" Mr Baker
asked the old man to sit next to him. "Have you been here before?" "No, I haven't." "You look lonely,
don't you?" said the old man. "Let's have a bet(打赌), shall we?"
     It interested Mr Baker, "But what shall we bet on?" "I can bite my  left  eyeball," said the old man,
"I can bet you five dollars."
     Mr Baker didn't believe and passed $5 on the table.
     The old man took out his glass eyeball, put it into his mouth and  bite it.  Mr Baker had to give his
money.
     "It doesn't matter young man," the old man said. "I'll give you a chance  to  win the money back. I
can also bite my right eye. I'll bet you $10."
     "I'm sure he's able to see. And I must win his money," he thought. So he took out ten dollars from
his wallet.
     But he was very surprised, the old man took out his false(假的) teeth and bit his right eye with it.
Then he put the money into his pocket and went away quickly.

1. Mr Baker went to the sea ________.

A. to swim  
B. to have a rest  
C. to drink something
D. to make a bet

2. The old man said hello to Mr Baker because ________. 

A. they were good friends
B. he wanted to ask for some food
C. he wanted to drink with him
D. he wanted to win money

3. The old man was blind(瞎的) in ________.  

A. both eyes  
B. neither eye  
C. the right eye  
D. the left eye