Mary is an English girl. She’s six years old. Her mother takes her to
school in the morning and brings her home in the afternoon. She likes her
nice school. She likes her teachers, too.
     One day, she says (说) to her mother, “ Mom, we have a new girl in our
class today, Her name is Kim. She’s six years old , too. She’s very nice,
but she isn’t English. She is German(德国人)”.
 “Does she speak (说) English ”?
 “No, but she laughs(笑) in English ”, Mary says happily(高兴地) .

1. Mary is ___________ years old.

A. seven      
B. six      
C. eight    
D. nine

2.__________ takes Mary to school every day.

A. Her father      
B Her sister    
C. Her mother  
D.Her brother

3.Mary _______ her nice school.

A. likes          
B doesn’t like    
C. can’t go to    
D. hates（讨厌）

4. Kim __________ speak English .

A. can            
B. can’t        
C. doesn’t like to  
D doesn’t hate to

5. Kim is _____________.

A. English        
B. German      
C. five          
D. four

　　Mr Smith lives in Toronto. He's a doctor. His wife teaches English in a
middle school. They have two children.  One is a son called Mike and the other
is a daughter. She's only three months old. Mike loves the baby very much. He
often shows her to their guests(客人). Mike is young and doesn't go to school.  
He stays at home to help his mother look af ter the baby.
　　One day Mike's aunt comes to see the baby. She works in another city and
sees the baby for the first time. Mike shows the baby to his aunt.
　　"Look at the baby, aunt," says Mike. "She is beautiful.  I think she looks like
me ! "
　　"Does she like playing with you?" asks his aunt.
　　"I don't know:" answers the boy, "She can't speak yet. "

1. Mike is _____.

A. an American        
B. an Australian
C. an Englishman      
D. a Canadian

2. There're _____ people in Mr Smith's family.

A. two  
B. four    
C: five    
D. six

3. Mrs Smith is a _____.

A. doctor          
B. worker
C. teacher          
D. bookseller

4. The baby is Mike's _____.

A. elder sister          
B. younger sister
C. elder brother          
D. younger brother

5. Little Mike thinks _____.

A. he's beautiful, too
B. the baby is nice
C. his aunt is friendly to him
D. he loves the baby best

      Mrs. Brown was very fat. Her husband thought she should have a balanced diet, and he made her
not eat meat or cakes.
      One morning, Mrs. Brown made a nice cake for her husband, and he ate half of it. After he went
out, Mrs. Brown cut a very small piece of cake and ate it. It was very delicious. Then she cut another
piece and ate it, too. In a few minutes she ate up the cake. "My husband is going to be very angry."
She thought, "What should I do?" She made another cake very quickly, ate half of it, and put the other
half on the table. Mr. Brown came back later and when he saw the half of the cake on the table, he was
very happy.

1. How many cakes did Mr. Brown eat that morning?

A. One cake.
B. One and a half cakes.
C. Half of the cake.
D. Two cakes.

2. Which of the following is true?

A. Mrs. Brown ate half of the first cake and left the other half for her husband.
B. Mrs. Brown ate half of the first cake and half of the second one that morning.
C. Mr. Brown ate two cakes that morning.
D. Mrs. Brown didn't eat any cakes that morning.

3. Mrs. Brown made another cake because ____.

A. her husband liked eating cakes
B. her husband didn't like the first cake
C. she wanted to eat more cakes
D. she didn't want her husband to be angry

4.  Why was Mr. Brown's husband very happy in the end?

A. Because he was very hungry.  
B. Because Mrs. Brown made it for him. 
C. Because he thought Mrs. Brown ate no cakes. 
D. Because the cake was more delicious than the first one. 

5. Why couldn't Mrs. Brown eat meat or cakes?

A. Because meat and cakes are not delicious.
B. Because Mr. Brown liked eating them.
C. Because meat and cakes could make her fatter.
D. Because meat and cakes will make her sick.

    On 26th January, the biggest earthquake (地震) in India took the lives of 25, 000 people. In the morning,
when everybody was enjoying holiday, earthquake began. It was about 7.5 on the Ritcher scale. "There is
nothing left between the sky and the earth any more. Everything has been pulled down," said one of the villagers
alive. "There is no water, no food and no one has come to help."
    Nobody died in Pakistan, a country next to India. The City of Lahore was lucky. In Lahore American School,
where I was studying, all of the students were safe. They were on the field, so most children didn't feel
anything. The earthquake was felt by the teachers that were on the second floor. However, though Mrs Young
was also on the second floor, she didn't feel anything. She didn't know what happened until a teacher told her
about it. Those teachers who were on the other floors had different feelings. Mr Emond, the maths teacher from
Australia, said that when the earthquake started he thought there was something wrong with him, but then
another teacher said that it was an earthquake. After those words Mr Emond felt better. Mrs Davis and Mr Frost
didn't feel anything either.
    My mother didn't feel anything. She didn't even know that it was an earthquake till she saw a shaking (moving
from side to side) light. My dad saw the computer shaking and then he looked out of the window and saw many
people going out.

1. People use "Ritcher scale" to tell            .

A. where the earthquake takes place
B. when the earthquake takes place
C. how serious the earthquake is

2. We learn that              from the sentence "There is nothing left between the sky and the earth any more."

A. India is a large country
B. the Indian people had nothing after the earthquake
C. the earthquake in India was serious

3. The City of Lahore is             .

A. in India
B. in America
C. in Pakistan

4. Who didn't feel anything?

A. My mother.
B. My father.
C. Many people.

5. Which is true?

A. I was with my parents when the earthquake happened.
B. The earthquake in the city of Lahore wasn't serious.
C. People in the City of Lahore were frightened when they knew it was an earthquake.