Many People have to work on the weekend. Some people do not mind. Other people think it is
terrible.One man thinks that working on the weekend can be dangerous. He is Graham Coates. Mr
Coates worked in an office in Brighton , England.
    On Saturday, May 24 , 1986 , he went to the office to do some work. When he got in the elevator to
go home, it stopped between floors. Mr Coates could not get out of the elevator. He was trapped
(困住了)! He started to shout,but no one heard him. Then Mr Coates remembered  that it was a holiday
in England. No one was going to come to work until Tuesday !
    There was nothing for Mr Coates to do. He had to wait until one of his coworkers came to work
and found him. With nothing to eat or drink, Mr Coates ended up sleeping for most of the time.
    Early on Tuesday morning, the vice-president of the company came into work and found the
elevator was not working. When the elevator was opened,  Mr Coates came out cold,weak,and tired.
He had been in the elevator for sixty-two hours !
    Now Mr Coates says, "I only use elevators if they have telephones in them. "

1. Mr Coates could not get out of the elevator because         .

A. it was broken
B. it was a weekend
C. it was a holiday
D. it stopped on a wrong floor

2. How long did he stay in the elevator?

A. Twenty-four hours.
B. From Saturday to Monday.
C. More than sixty hours.
D. From Tuesday to Saturday.

3.What did he do in the elevator most of the time?

A. Shouted and screamed.
B. Slept and waited.
C. Telephoned his boss.
D. Ate and drank

4.How did he make his way out in the end?

A. The vice-president found him .
B. Someone opened the elevator.
C. The elevator began to work on Tuesday.
D. He found a door in the elevator.

5. What is the best title for this story?

A. An Interesting Elevator
B. A Busy Weekend
C. Elevator Safety
D. Trapped in an Elevator

     Mike was starting the fourth grade in the autumn.  He felt that he was old enough to ride a bike
 to school like other kids.  But there were two problems! The first was that he didn't know if his parents 
would let him ride a bike to school.  The second and the bigger of the two problems was that he didn't
 have a bike, because he and his parents had just moved to the town this summer.        
     Mike started to get over his problems.  First,  he asked his parents if  they would let him ride a bike 
to school in the autumn.  To his surprise, they said,  "Sure, Mike, you are old enough, but you don't have 
a bike!" Mike began to think about how to solve the problem. Finally, he thought of an idea.  He asked
 the neighbors if he could mow (割)  their lawns (草坪)  to earn money to buy a bike.  For all of them
 needed to mow their lawns,  they told Mike that would be fine,  if his parents agreed.  Mike's parents 
were pleased that he found a way to buy a bike himself. They agreed and taught Mike how to mow the 
lawn properly. Finally, he had enough money to buy his bike.  He bought a beautiful black and red 
mountain bike.

1. Mike wanted to ______.                

A.  begin to study in autumn               
B.  ride a bike to school                
C.  mow the lawn for his family

2. What was the bigger problem for Mike?              

A.  He didn't have a bike.                
B.  He was not old enough to ride a bike.                
C.  His parents didn't want him to ride a bike.

3. What is the right order of the following events according to  the article? 
① Mike had two problems.                
② like bought a bike.                
③ Mike thought he was never too young to ride a bike.               
④ Mike mowed the lawns for his neighbors.                

A. ①②③④
B. ②①④③
C. ③①④②

4. Which one is WRONG according to the passage?              

A.  Mike's family was new on his block (街区).               
B.  Mike was a gardening worker.              
C.  Mike bought a black and red bike.

5. Which is the best title?             

A. Mike's Kind Neighbors              
B. Mike's New Bike             
C.  How to Earn Money

根据下面短文内容，选择正确答案。

     Miss White was going to give a lecture on Friday afternoon, but on
Thursday night she was told that she had to go to an important meeting the
next day at the same time. " No one can be in two places at the same time.
What shall I do?" She thought. But soon , she had an idea.    
     At five to three on Friday afternoon Miss White went to the lecture
room. There were twenty students waiting there for her. "I’m sorry. '' She
told them, "I won’t be able to give my lecture today. " The students looked
surprised. Miss White explained that she had an important  meeting."
However, "she went on. "though I can't be with you myself, my voice can. "
Then she put a small tape recorder on the desk, "you see，I've recorded my
lecture and you can listen to it without me."
     Miss White turned on the recorder and left.    The meeting ended a little
earlier. Miss White decided to go back to her students. She stood for a
moment outside the lecture room, listening to her own voice. Then quickly,
she opened the door. To her surprise, the room was empty.  As she looked
around，she saw a number of small recorders-all " listen " to her lecture!    
     " Well," she thought, " if I can be in two places at the same time, why
can't they?"

1. Miss White had to ____ on Friday afternoon.          
      A. give a lecture          
      B. attend a meeting          
      C. both A and B          
      D. think of an idea
2. The students ____ to know Miss White
     wouldn't give the lecture.          
      A. were so excited          
      B. were surprised           
      C. left the lecture room quickly          
      D. were disappointed
3. Miss White recorded her lecture so that ____ 
    while she was away.           
      A. the students could do the same          
      B. the students could teach themselves          
      C. her voice could be with her          
      D. the students could listen to it
4. When she returned from the meeting, Miss White
      found ____ her lecture.          
      A. no one in the lecture room listening to          
      B. every student recording          
      C. only few students listening to          
      D. all her students listening to
5. Miss White thought it was _____ .          
      A. all right for her students to do the same as she did          
      B. wrong for her students to be absent(缺席) from the lecture.          
      C. clever of her students to record her lecture          
      D. kind of her students to leave so many recorders

     One day,  after school Bill walked past the shop on the street comer as usual.  He stopped to look
 at the front row of shoes,  and he felt sorry for himself.  He really wanted to have a new pair for his 
birthday.     
      He sadly walked away and thought of what to tell his mother.  He knew she would give him anything
 if she could.  But he also knew she had little money.  He decided not to go home at once, because he
looked worried and he didn't want his mother to worry about him.  So he went to the park and he sat 
on the grass.  Then he saw a girl in a wheel chair. He found that the girl moved the wheels with her
 hands.  Bill looked at her carefully and was surprised to see that the girl had no feet. He looked down 
at his own feet.  "It was much better to be without shoes than without feet," he thought.  It was not right
 for him to feel so sorry and sad.  He went away and smiled,  thinking he was luckier in life.

1. Bill was sorry that _______.              

A.  he forgot to bring any money                  
B.  he couldn't get a new pair of shoes              
C.  the shoes in the shop were too large               
D.  he had to work every day

2. Which of the following is true?                

A.  Bill had a poor family.                
B.  Bill's mother didn't love him.                
C.  Bill's mother had much money.                
D.  Bill's mother often bought presents for him.

3. Why didn't Bill go home at once?             

A.  Because he left his key at home.             
B.  Because he was tired and wanted to have a rest.             
C.  Because he didn't want to give his mother any trouble.            
D.  Because his mother was at work.

4. In the park,  Bill found a girl _______.            

A. without hands       
B. without feet             
C. walking sadly        
D. sitting on the grass

5. At last Bill _______.            

A.  decided to buy a new pair of shoes            
B.  left the park sadly                     
C. didn't know what to do with his old shoes            
D.  thought he was luckier than the girl

   Helen and Jenny are good friends. They had two tickets for a pop concert in Sydney.They were very excited about the concert. They decided which trains to c  1 , where to eat and where to go shopping in Sydney. Then they got some really e 2 news. A friend of Jenny's said he could help them go backstage(后台), and he would ask the pop singers if the girls could come to say"Hel1o" .He was sure he could get them the singers’autographs. Helen and Jenny could hardly  w3 !    
   Then two days before the concert, Helen had a cold. She stayed in bed and took medicine, but it got worse and worse. On the evening before the concert, she had a fever. Helen’s mother called Jenny. " Helen is too s 4 to go to the concert, " she said. " You can find someone else to go with. "   
    The next day, Helen was feeling unhappy at home. Then she heard someone knocking at the door. A v 5 came. It was her friend Jenny! She came with a big bag of fruit and lots of their favorite CDs.    
   "I gave the tickets to Nancy and Tina in the end, and they went to the concert  i   6   of us，"she  said. "We' ll go to a 7 concert when you’re well. It wouldn't be much fun without you. ”

     On my first day of high school, I saw a boy from my class walking back home after school.
His name was David. He was carrying his books. As I was walking, I saw a group of kids running
towards him, knocking all his books out of his arms. And then they ran away. David fell down
and his glasses went flying. He looked up and I saw sadness in his eyes. I helped him to look for
his glasses and said, "The kids with bad manners should be punished. " There was a big smile that
showed real gratitude (感激) on his face.
     From then on we became friends. The more I got to know David,the more I liked him. Over
the next four years, we always studied,  played together and had a happy time.
     On the graduation (毕业) day, I could see that he was nervous about his speech. So I said,
"Hey, you will be the best!" Then he began, "Graduation is a time to thank those who helped you
succeed through those difficult years. Our parents, our teachers, but mostly our friends. Being a
friend to someone is the best gift you can give them. I'll tell you a story ..." I just looked at the
handsome popular boy in amazement as he told the story of the first day we met.
     Everyone was surprised to hear all about his hardest moment. I saw his mom and dad looking
at me and smiling that same thankful smile. Not until that moment did I realize its deep meaning.
Never underestimate (低估) the power of your actions. With one small action, you can change
a person's life. As you can see, "Friends are angels (天使) to make us rise when our wings (翅膀)
have problems flying. "

(      )1. The writer and David were classmates.
(      )2. The kids with bad manners were punished by the writer when they knocked David down.
(      )3. Everyone was surprised to hear all about David's hardest moment.
(      )4. The writer realized that one small action could change a person's life before hearing David's
            speech.
(      )5. The underlined sentence at the end of the passage means "A friend in need is a friend indeed
            (真正地)."