Mr. and Mrs. White had two sons and three daughters. One Sunday, Mrs. White said to her husband,
"The children don't have any lessons today,and you are free too. There's a new funfair (游乐场) in the
park. Let's all go there to play."
    Her husband said, "I want to finish some work today." "Oh, forget it. Go there and make our children
happy. That's the most important work." Mrs. White said. 
   So Mr. and Mrs. White took their children to the funfair. Mr. White was forty-five years old, but he
enjoyed the funfair more than his children. He hurried from one thing to another, and ate lots of sweets.
One of the children said to her mother, "Dad is just like a small child, isn't he, Mom?" Mrs. White didn't
want to follow her husband around any more at that time and answered, "He is even worse than a small
child, Mary, because he might spend more money than a small child."

1. There were ______ children in the White family.

A. two
B. three
C. four
D. five

2. One Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. White wanted to go to ______ with their children.

A. school
B. work
C. a funfair
D. a shop

3. Mrs. White thought the most important work that day was to _______. 　

A. make their children happy 　　　
B. let Mr. White finish his work 　　
C. spend more money playing　　　　
D. make Mr. White follow her

4. From the story we know Mrs. White ______ when Mary asked her the question.

A. was still excited to play
B. was a little angry with Mr. White
C. looked for Mr. White everywhere
D.ate a lot of sweets

5. Of all the family members, ______ enjoyed playing there most that Sunday.

A. Mr. White
B. Mrs. White
C. Mary
D. the boys

     Five Canadian climbers were saved yesterday, after they spent five days high up on K2. K2 is the second
tallest mountain in the world.
     Mount Zhu Mu Lang Ma is the first tallest mountain in Xi Ma La Ya mountains. K2 is in the Xi Ma La Ya
Mountains, too. Mount Zhu Mu Lang Ma is taller, but many climbers feel that K2 is the most dangerous
mountain to climb. The top of K2 mountain is very steep (陡峭的), and the weather change very quickly.
     The Canadian climbers were trapped on the mountain last Tuesday. That morning, the weather was sunny,
but in the afternoon it suddenly started to snow. The snow went on falling for the next three days. The
climbers could only sit in their camps, and hoped that someone could come to save them.
     "It was so cold that evening." said Den, the leader of the team."We had to stay close together to keep
warm. It was teamwork that kept us alive."
      However, Den and his team want to start climbing K2 again soon."We hope to climb K2 again next
summer. We'll keep on trying until we make it."

1. How many climbers were there in the Mountain K2?

A. There were 2.
B. There were 5.
C. There were 3.
D. There were 7.

2. Which mountain is the tallest in the world?

A. It is Mount Zhu Mu Lang Ma.
B. It is Mount K2.
C. It is the Xi Ma La Ya Mountains.
D. It is Mount Canadia.

3. Why is the K2 more dangerous to climb?

A. Because it is taller than Mount Zhu Mu Lang Ma.
B. Because it is snowy all year round.
C. Because the weather change quickly on the top of it.
D. Because there was no way to climb and no food to eat while climbing.

4. What was the weather like on that day when they started to climb?

A. It was snowy.
B. It was fine.
C. It was snowing first but later sunny.
D. It was windy and snowy all the day.

5. How could the climbers stay alive?

A. They ate a lot of food to keep alive.
B. They continued to climb the mountain and never stopped.
C. They helped each other to stay alive.
D. They climbed down the mountain and some saved them.

     Most of us may play ping-pong, but perhaps you don't know who invented it. The story is that it started
when two students at Cambridge University began knocking a cork (软木塞) to each other across a table,
using old boxes. In about the year l,800 an American businessman of sports goods produced a game that he
called Indoor Tennis. The Americans didn't find interest in it. He shipped (海运) it to London and it soon
became popular in Britain. The game was then played across dinning room tables, or on the floor with the
net string (网) between chairs. The players used a ball made of cork or rubber. A few years later a hollow
(空的) ball like the one we use today was invented. People all over the world loved it at once. A man called
Mr Wood in London, had the idea of covering the bats (拍子) with rubber. Later a London businessman
called this game "ping-pong". "Ping" meant the sound of the bat hitting the ball, and "pong" was the sound
of the ball hitting the table.
     The game is played everywhere, but not everybody likes it. Some even think it's a silly game.

1. _______　at Cambridge University first played table tennis, using a cork and _______.
2. A game called Indoor Tennis _______ in about the year 1,800.
3. Although the American didn't like the game, _______ showed great interest in it and it became popular.
4. After hollow balls were invented, the bats _______ were invented by Mr Wood.
5. 将文中画线部分译成汉语。
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     A man and his wife had a small restaurant near a train station. The restaurant often stayed open until after
midnight, because people came to drink and have meals while they were waiting for trains.
      At two o'clock one morning, a farmer was still sitting at a table there. He was asleep. The wife of the
owner of the restaurant was very sleepy and wanted to go to bed. She looked at the farmer several times and
waited for him to wake and go, but each time she looked, the farmer was still there sleeping. Then at last she
went to her husband and said to him,"You have woken him six times now, but why haven't you sent him
away? It's very late."
     "Oh, no, I don't want to send him away," answered her husband with a smile."You see, whenever I wake
him up, he asks for his bill, and when I give him the bill, he pays it and then goes to sleep again."

1. The persons who come to the restaurant are those who _____.

A. want to stay for night
B. want to meet friends
C. wait for the train
D. want to look for trains

2. The wife did not go to bed because she was waiting for the farmer to _____.

A. get on the train
B. talk
C. pay his bill
D. wake up and go

3. The underlined phrase"send…away" may mean _____.

A. fire
B. make somebody leave
C. put away
D. get on a bus

4. Why didn't the man send the farmer away? Because he wanted the farmer _____.

A. to sleep a little longer
B. to feel sleepy
C. to give more money
D. to have more food

5. From the passage we know the husband is _____.

A. honest
B. gentle
C. greedy (贪婪的)
D. warm-hearted

     A young man was in love with a beautiful girl. One day she said to him,"It is my birthday tomorrow."
"Oh," said the young man,"I'll send you roses (玫瑰花), and one rose for each year of your life."
     That evening he went to the flower shop. He knew the girl was twenty-two years old, he bought
twenty-two roses and asked the shop assistant to send them to the girl the next day.
     The assistant knew the young man because he often bought flowers in his shop before. When the young
man left the shop, the assistant thought, "The young man is very kind to me. He often comes to buy my
flowers. In return (作为回报) I'll send another ten roses."
     The next morning the roses were sent to the girl. When the young man came to see her, she didn't want
to speak to him. And he never knew why she was so angry with him.

1. How many roses did the young man want to send to his girlfriend for her birthday?

A. 10
B. 22
C. 32
D. 42

2. The shop assistant sent _______ roses to the girl.

A. 10
B. 22
C. 32
D. 42

3. The young girl got the roses _______.

A. the evening after her birthday
B. the day before her birthday
C. a week later
D. on her birthday

4. The assistant wanted to _______.

A. buy some roses
B. sell more roses
C. make the young man happy
D. get more money

5. From the story we learn that _______.

A. roses should be sent for one's birthday
B. A person may do something wrong even out of kindness (出于好意).
C. young people are often angry with each other
D. some girls don't like roses

       Mary is an English girl, but she lives in Paris. She is six years old. Her mother says to her,"You are six now,
Mary, and you are going to the school here. I'm sure you'll like it very much. It's a nice school."
      "Is it an English school?" Mary asks.
      "Yes, it is." her mother says.
       It is September and the new school year begins. Mary goes to school every day. She likes her lessons
very much and works hard at them. Her mother always takes her to school in the morning and brings her
home in the afternoon.
      Now, it is afternoon and school is over. Mary's mother goes to the school and Mary runs over to her.
     "We have a new classmate in our class today, Mum." Mary says."She is also six and she's very nice, but
she isn't English. She is German.""Does she speak English?" Mary mother asks." No, she laughs in English."
Mary says to her mother.

1. There are ________ people in the story.

A. one
B. two
C. three

2. Mary and the German girl are in ________.

A. an English school
B. a German school
C. a Chinese school

3. The German girl can speak ________.

A. English
B. German
C. English and German

4. ________ always takes Mary to school.

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

5. Which is wrong?

A. The German girl lives in Paris.
B. The German girl is older than Mary.
C. Mary can speak English.

     Jim is ten years old. One day his friend Tom says to him,"I'm going to have a birthday party on Saturday.
Jim, can you come to my party? I'll be glad to." answers Jim.
     Before Jim goes to the party on Saturday afternoon, his mother says to him,"Now, Jim, do not forget to
be polite. Don't ask for food until someone gives it to you."
     "All right, Mum." Jim answers and he goes to Tom's house on his new bike.
      There are a lot of children at the party. They play together for an hour. Then Tom's mother gives them
some food. But she forgets to give any to Jim. He waits politely for ten minutes and then he holds his plate
up in the air and says loudly."Does anyone want a nice and clean plate?"

1. How old is Jim? He is ________.

A. eight
B. ten
C. twenty

2. Tom is going to ________ on Saturday.

A. have a birthday party
B. have a talk
C. have a football game

3. Jim goes to Tom's house ________.

A. by bus
B. on foot
C. by bike

4. Which of these sentences is right?

A. There are few children at the party.
B. Jim throws his plate out of the window.
C. Tom's mother forgets to give Jim any food.

5. We can see that Jim is ________.

A. clever
B. old
C. tall

     Jack Brown, an office worker, lives in Washington. He inherited (继承) a million dollars when he was
23, but he wasn't happy at all. When his college friends were looking for their jobs, he didn't have to. Jack
decided to keep living a simple life like everyone else. He gave $ 10,000 of his money to a charity to help
poor children live a better life. Today he is 36. He still wears cheap shoes and clothes and drives a small car
only, but he is very happy.
    Up to now Jack has helped some children from poor countries all over the world, by sending them each
$ 200 a month. The money was used for the children's study, food, medicine and clothing. Jack receives a
report each year on the children's progress. They can write to each other, but usually the children do not
speak English.
    When Jack first heard about these children, he wanted to help them. "It was nothing special." he said,
"Until I went to these countries and met the children I was helping, I didn't know anything about their life."
Once Jack went to meet a little girl in Africa. He said that the meeting was very exciting. "When I met her,
I felt very, very happy." he said. "And I saw that the money was used for a good cause. It brought me
happiness. I want to do everything I can to go on helping those children."

1．Jack didn't need to look for a job _______.

A. before he went to college
B. after he went to Africa
C. because he got one million dollars
D. before he received a report

2．Jack has sent them each $ 200 a month to help some poor children _______.

3．Jack learned about the children's progress by _______.

A. visiting them each year
B. getting a report every year
C. staying with them
D. talking to them in English

4．The underlined (画线的) words "for a good cause" means "_______" in Chinese.

A. 施舍
B. 行善
C. 优惠
D. 赏赐

A. Help others, and you will feel happy.
B. It's necessary to write letters to poor children.
C. Live a simple life, and you can give others help
D. It's the most important to help the children in Africa.