My name is Katrina．When I was nine years old, I often played on my elder brother's waterbed
(水床)．He had a lot of coins and I often put them in my mouth and played with them．
     One day, I had one coin in my mouth and the waterbed started moving．As a result, the movement
made me choke(噎住)on the coin．I ran into the living room coughing with my hand around my throat．My mom ran towards me．Before she could get to me, I gave one strong cough and swallowed(吞)the
coin!
     I let my mom know that I had choked on a coin and swallowed it．So, she called up my elder
brother and then I was taken to the hospital．It turned out that the coin was right in my esophagus
(食道); it didn't move at all．I had to get doctors to take the coin out．They put me to sleep, put
something with a camera down my throat and pulled the coin out．
     Ever since I got out of the hospital, my family and friends have enjoyed calling me "The Human Piggy
Bank"．What an embarrassing experience! Now I still have the coin in a pot! Interesting souvenirs!

1．The accident happened when I played on ______．

A．my bed
B．my elder brother's waterbed
C．my parents' bed    
D．my little brother's waterbed

2．I was choke on the coin because ______．

A．the waterbed started moving
B．the waterbed stopped moving
C．the door started moving
D．I was very excited

3．______ came to help me first．

A．My mother
B．My brother
C．My father
D．The doctor

4．According to the passage, which of the following is right?

A．The story happened when the girl was ten years old．
B．The strong cough made the girl swallow the coin in the end!
C．They called the hospital and the doctors took her to hospital．
D．Her family and friends have enjoyed calling her "Piggy Bank" after that．

5．What's the best title of the passage?

A．A little girl．
B．A coin．
C．Waterbed．
D．Embarrassing experience．

     Dick was having dinner with his mother and sisters one evening．
Suddenly his younger sister asked．“Why does it look like that outside?”
    Everyone looked out of the window on the north side of the kitchen．
    They saw the sun in a blue sky．Then．they looked out of the window on the south side of the kitchen．They saw a dark sky with big，grey clouds.
Next．they heard the tornado siren（龙卷风报警器），That meant a
tornado was coming．They all know that during a tornado，the safest 
place  to be is the basement（地下室）．
     Luckily．they had one．They all ran quickly into the basement．
Suddenly．Dick remembered the pet cat Pete. “Mom, we forgot Pete!”
Dick yelled, “I will go upstairs and find him!” But his mother said, “No, Dick! It’s too dangerous．The tornado is coming. You have to stay here.” All at once they heard the very loud noise of a very strong wind. It was so
loud that they could not even hear their own screams. Everyone was very
scared.
     Just a few seconds later, it stopped. The tornado went away and everyone was safe. Dick ran upstairs and found that the house was badly damaged and Pete was gone. He began to cry and went outside. He saw that all the trees
were blown down except one. And at the top of tree, there was Pete, looking at  Dick and waiting for him. 

1．Why did Dick and his family go to the basement?

A．Because it was going to rain．
B．Because they heard the noise of a very strong wind．
C．Because everyone was very scared．
D．Because the safest place is the basement when a tornado
happens．            

2．Why didn’t Dick’s mother let him go upstairs to find Pete?

A．Because she could not hear him．
B．Because Dick was too young．
C．Because the house Was badly damaged．
D．Because it was too dangerous．

3．Why was the loud noise Dick and his family heard when they were in the basement?

A．Screaming．    
B．The wind．    
C．The siren．
D．The trees．

4．Why did Dick begin to cry?

A．Because the tornado went away．    
B．Because Pete was badly hurt．
C．Because Pete was gone．  
D．Because Pete was at the top of the tree．

5．How many trees were blown down?

A．All except one．    
B．All of them．
C．None of them．    
D．Some of them．

     An American went to a small town in South America for his holidays. Few people went there because it
was far away from cities. One day he fell ill and wanted very much to see a doctor.
     The American went to find out how he could find a fine doctor there. A man told him."That's very easy. If
there's a patient that a doctor can't cure (治愈), the doctor has to put a balloon (气球) over his clinic (诊
所)."
     The American thought, "If there are fewer balloons,the doctor will be better." He began to look for the best
doctor along the street. First he found a clinic wim 20 balloons. after a few minutes he found another one with
30 balloons. He thought they weren't the best.
     At last he found the third clinic. Only 5 balloons were there. He was very happy and went in. "Wait a
minute,"said the doctor." I'm too busy,you know. This clinic opened yesterday." The American was very
surprised and said to himself,"Where can I find the best doctor?".

1. Few people went to the small town for their holidays because____

A. it was too small
B. it was dangerous there
C. the service there was bad

2. The American wanted to find a clinic______.

A. because he didn't feel well
B. to see if there were balloons over it
C. to find out how a doctor worked there

3. There were_____ balloons over the second clinic than the first one.

A. less
B. more
C. better

4. The doctor in the third clinic was_____.

A. just the one the American wanted
B. the best
C. better than the first one

5. How long was the third clinic open?

A. For a week
B. For two days.
C. For a year

     Yesterday morning when I opened my eyes, it was eight already. I got up quickly and ran to the bus
stop without having breakfast. As soon as I got on the bus, it started raining. "I'm sure I can get to school
on time," I thought. Suddenly, the bus stopped. There was something wrong with the bus. The driver asked
us to wait for another one. "I can't wait. The school isn't far. I can run to school," I thought. Then I began
to run, but it began to rain hard.
     I reached the classroom, but my clothes were all wet. The Maths teacher, Mr. Li, was in the classroom.
We were afraid of him and I didn't like his Maths lessons. I said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Li. I'm late."
     "It's you again, Wang Bin. I told you not to be late, but you..." He suddenly stopped and looked at my
wet clothes. Then he took off his jacket and gave it to me. "Now, take off your wet coat and put this one
on," he said kindly.
     I went to my seat, wearing Mr. Li's jacket. It was too big but I felt very warm in it. For the first time I
found Maths was very interesting. I learned a lot that day.

     It was raining heavily as Nancy was walking up the hill towards the station at six o'clock on a Saturday
morning. At this early hour there wasn't much traffic or people. Just as she was crossing the road near the
top of the hill, a car came round the comer. It was traveling very fast. Suddenly it hit a lamp post (路灯杆)
and turned over.
     She ran to the Car to help the driver at once. He was badly hurt and there was a lot of blood on his face.
Many people came to see what had happened, and there was nothing we could do. A young woman hurried
to the station to ask for an ambulance. A policeman arrived a few minutes later carefully investigated (调查)
the accident. After a while the ambulance arrived and took the driver to the hospital.

1. The accident happened _____. 

A. near the school
B. near the hospital
C. near the top of the hill

2. The driver was driving fast when the ear _____.

A. suddenly stopped
B. hit a lamp post and turned over
C. came around the comer

3. A young woman hurried to the station and _____.

A. phoned for an ambulance
B. phoned for the police
C. phoned for people to come for help

4. Many people came _____.

A. but they could do nothing
B. and they helped the driver out of the car
C. and the sent the driver to the hospital at once

5. A policeman came and _____.

A. took the driver away
B. asked the people around to help the driver
C. asked the people around lots of questions about the accident

     Almost everyone likes dogs, and almost everyone likes to read stories about dogs.
     I have a friend. He has a large police dog named Jack. Police dogs are very clever. Every Sunday
afternoon my friend takes Jack for a long walk in the park. Jack likes these long walks very much.
     One Sunday afternoon a young man came to visit my friend. He stayed a long time. He talked and
talked. Soon it was time for my friend to take Jack for his walk. But the visitor still stayed. Jack became
very worried. He walked around the room several times and then sat down in front of the visitor and
looked at him. But the visitor paid no attention to Jack. He went on talking. At last Jack got angry. He
went out of the room and came back a few minutes later. He sat down again in front of the visitor, but
this time he took the visitor's hat in his mouth. The visitor saw it and was surprised. He laughed and left.

1. — The young visitor stayed a long time, didn't he? 
    —          .

A. Yes, he didn't
B. Yes, he did
C. No, he didn't
D. No, he did

2. Jack became worried because          .

A. he wanted to go out for a walk
B. he wanted to play with him
C. he didn't know the young man
D. he wanted to eat something

3. Jack sat down in front of the visitor because          .

A. he wanted the visitor to talk to him
B. he wanted to talk with the young man
C. he wanted to show the visitor how clever he is
D. he wanted the visitor to leave

4. The visitor went on talking and          .

A. he paid no attention to his hat
B. he didn't like Jack
C. he didn't know that his hat was taken away by Jack
D. he paid no attention to Jack

5. Jack went out of the room, but came back with           in his mouth.

A. food
B. nothing
C. the visitor's hat
D. something

    Through some efforts, rescuers (救援人员) cleaned up the ruins carefully which covered the mum.
Under her body lay her baby. The baby was in a small red quilt (被子) with yellow flowers. He was about
3 or 4 months' old. Since the baby was well protected by his mother's body, he was totally safe. He was
sleeping well when the rescuer carried him out, and his lovely and peaceful face warmed everyone around
him. The rescuer found there was a mobile phone in the quilt. When he looked at the screen, a message was
already there. "My dear baby, if you could live, don't forget how much I love you." Everyone who saw this
message burst into tears.

1. In this passage, the underlined word "ruins" most probably means ______.

A. 废墟
B. 遗迹
C. 雨水

2. The mum's death and her great ______ for her baby made everyone burst into tears.

A. hope
B. care
C. love

3. From the passage, we know the mum saved her baby ______.

A. with her body
B. in a small quilt
C. by a mobile phone

      This story is about a young man. He worked very hard at his lessons. He was too busy to have
a rest. At last, he became ill, so he couldn't go to sleep. Every night, when he went to bed, he closed
his eyes and tried to sleep. But the more he tried, the more he stayed awake.
     After a while he decided to visit the doctor. " I just can't go to sleep at night. What should I do?"
     " I have a suggestion," said the doctor. " Try counting numbers. By the time you reach one thousand,
you'll be asleep, I'm sure of it."
      The next day the man returned to the doctor's office. " Well," said the doctor " How are you today?
Did you try my suggestion?"
     The man still looked tired. " Yes," he said, " I tried counting one, two, three…up to one thousand.
But when I reached five hundred and sixty-nine, I began to feel sleepy. I had to get up and drink
some tea so that I could go on counting up to one thousand. But then I still couldn't fall asleep."

1. The young man couldn't go to sleep because ________.

A. he hadn't finished doing his lessons
B. he had worked too hard and became ill
C. he was worried about his homework
D. there was a lot of noise there and he couldn't have a good rest

2. The doctor asked the young man ________.

A. to count numbers before he went to bed
B. to put all numbers from 1 to 1000 together
C. to count numbers while he was lying in bed
D. to take some medicine and go to bed earlier

3. The young man returned to the doctor's office the next day because _________.

A. he wanted to thank the doctor
B. he was better and wanted some more medicine
C. he wanted to ask the doctor how to count the numbers
D. he still couldn't go to sleep at night

4. The young man ________.

A. counted from 569 to 1000
B. counted from 1 to 569 and fell asleep
C. counted from 1 to 569 and got up to drink some tea
D. counted from 1 to 1000 and fell asleep

5. The young man _______ in fact.

A. didn't understand the doctor's suggestion
B. was not able to count numbers
C. didn't try the doctor's suggestion
D. wasn't ill at all

     One day, Mr. Jackson took Paul to his favorite restaurant. It was a French restaurant. The waiter was
from France, but he didn't speak to them in French. "Would you like to see menu?", he asked in a kind
way. "Yes, please,"  Mr. Jackson said.
     The waiter gave them a menu each. They studied them. "You can spend only twenty-five dollars,"
Mr. Jackson told his son. The waiter asked  Paul," What would you like, young man?"
     "How much is the tomato soup?" Paul asked.
     "Six dollars," the waiter said." It's very good."
     "How much is  the duck with orange?" Paul asked next.
     "Fifteen dollars," the waiter said.
     "How much is the chocolate ice cream?"
     "Six dollars," the waiter said.
     Paul added it up quickly. Six plus fifteen plus six is twenty-seven. He thought he could have the duck
and the soup, or the duck and ice cream. "I'll have the duck and the chocolate ice cream, please," he said
to the waiter.
     Paul said to his father, "My meal will cost only twenty-one dollars. Can I keep the other four dollars?
His father laughed."No, Paul," he said ,"leave it for the waiter."

1. How did the waiter speak to Paul and Mr. Jackson?
A. In a rough way.
B. In a friendly way.
C. In French.
D. Slowly.
2. What did Paul have for dinner?
A. The soup and the duck.
B. The duck and the ice cream.
C. The duck ,the soup and the ice cream.
D. The soup and the ice cream.
3. How much did Paul's meal cost?
A. $ 21.
B. $ 24.
C. $ 25.
D. $ 27.
4. What did Mr .Jackson tell Paul to do with the other $ 4?
A . Keep it.
B. Give it back to him.
C. Spend it on soothing else.
D. Give it to the waiter.
5. What does this passage tell us?
A. Paul and his father hate eating in restaurant.
B. Mr. Jackson 's favorite food is English food.
C. Paul was careful not to spend more than $ 25 in the restaurant.
D. Paul didn't know what to choose from the menu.