(1) Jim and his father take a walk after supper. Suddenly it begins to rain. It rains harder and harder. They
don't have the umbrellas (雨伞) with them and there is no place to hide from (躲避) the rain, so they get wet
(湿的) soon. Jim is unhappy.
     (2) It takes them half an hour to walk back home in the rain. Jim says to his father,"Why does it rain, Dad?
It isn't very nice, is it?" "No, it isn't very nice. But  the rain makes fruit and vegetables grow for us, and makes
the grass grow for the cows and sheep." "Then why does it rain on the road?" asks Jim.

请根据材料内容，判断下列句子正（T）误（F）。
(     )1. When it begins to rain, Jim and his father are eating outside.
(     )2. It takes them thirty minutes to go back home.

3. 请将（1）划线句子翻译成汉语。
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4. 请对（2）划线句子的half an hour提问。 
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5. From the passage, we can know ________.
A. Jim is very happy to see the rain
B. Jim doesn't know why it rains
C. on their way home, the rain stops
D. they take a bus home

     In some foreign countries, some people don't like the number 13.They don't think 13 is a lucky number.
For example, they don't like to live on the thirteenth floor.
     My friend Jack has got the same idea. He doesn't like the number 13, either.
     One day, my friend Jack asked some friends to dinner. Mr and Mrs came here, too. When all of his friends
arrived, he asked them to sit around the dinner table. He began to count the people in his mind while they were
having the delicious food. Suddenly, he cried out, "Oh, there are thirteen people here!" Everyone's face turned
white except Mr Brown. He said slowly with a smile on his face, "Don't worry, my dear friends. We have
fourteen people here. My wife Mrs Brown will have a baby in a few months. She's in the family way now."
     All of them became happy again.
     "Congratulations!" they said to Mr and Mrs Brown. They enjoyed the nice food and had a good time that
evening.

1. Some foreigners think the number 13 is ______.

A. lucky
B. luckily
C. unlucky
D. unluckily

2. Mr and Mrs Brown were Jack's _____.

A. parents
B. friends
C. classmates
D. relatives

3. Everybody's face turned white when they _____.

A. saw Jack
B. saw the food
C. heard the number 13
D. were drinking

4. The sentence"She is in the family way now" means ______.

A. she is going to have a baby
B. she is at home
C. she is on her way home
D. she is coming from home now

5. All of them became happy again because _____.

A. Mr Brown told not to worry
B. they enjoyed the delicious food
C. Mr Brown would have a baby
D. the number of people was 14 not 13

       He was well known for his works and humor.Everybody knows Mark Twain was a famous American
writer. But before he was famous, even his neighbours didn't know him well.
       One day Mark Twain went to borrow a certain book from a neighbor in Tarry town.
      "May I borrow a book from you?" he asked politely."Yes." the neighbor told him," but I must ask you to
read it here. You know I never let anybody take my book out of my study (书房)."
      Some days later the neighbor wished to borrow Mark Twain's machine for cutting grass in the garden.
      "May I borrow your machine to cut the grass in my garden?" the neighbor asked with a smile on his face.
"Certainly." Mark Twain told him,"but I must ask you to use it here. You know that I never let anybody take
my machine out of my garden."

1. Mark Twain comes from _______.

A. England
B. America
C. Japan
D. France

2. Why didn't Mark Twain's neighbor lend the book to him? Because _______.

A. his neighbor made it a rule not 1o let any book go out of his study
B. his neighbor didn't like him
C. he never met Mark Twain
D. Mark Twain didn't pay money for the book

3. Who wanted to borrow the book?

A. The book.
B. The machine.
C. Mark Twain.
D. Neighbor.

4. What did Mark Twain's neighbour borrow his machine for?

A. To play games.
B. To cut the grass.
C. To cut trees.
D. To cut his hair.

5. Why didn't Mark Twain lend his machine to his neighbour? Because _______.

A. he didn't love him
B. his neighbor wasn't friendly to him
C. his neighbor didn't give him money
D. his neighbor was a thief

     A man with a green bag walked into a doctor's room. "Please sit down. Open your mouth and put out
your tongue," the doctor said. "Ok. You can close your mouth now. It is clear something is wrong with
you. You have to do more exercise." "But, doctor", the man said. "I don't think…" "Don't tell me what you
think," the doctor said." I am the doctor, not you. I know what you need. I see hundreds of people like you.
None of them get any exercise. They sit in offices all day and in front of the TV in the evening. What you
need is to walk quickly for at least 30 minutes a day." "Doctor, you don't understand," the man said. "I…."
"I don't want to hear any excuses," the doctor said. "You must find it time for exercise. If you don't, you
will get fat and have health problems when you are older." "But I walk every day" the man said. "oh, yes,
and I know what kind of walking that is. You walk a few meters to the train station from your house, a few
more meters from the station to your office, and a few more meters from your office to a restaurant for
lunch and back." "Please listen to me," the man shouted, getting angry." I am a mailman," the man continued.
"I walk for seven hours every day and I come to send letters." For a moment, the doctor said nothing, and
then he said slowly, "Put out your tongue again, will you?"

1. What's the color of the man's bag?

A. Black
B. Green
C. Blue
D. Yellow

2. What did the doctor ask the man first to do when he came in?

A. To put down his bag
B. To sit down
C. To open his mouth
D. To close his mouth

3. The doctor thought           .

A. the man was too fat and too old
B. the man was lazy and ate too much
C. there was nothing wrong with the man
D. most of his patients needed enough exercise

4. The mailman sends letters            every day.

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

5. Which of the following is true?

A. The doctor do exercise every day
B. The man walked a long way to the station
C. The man got angry with the doctor
D. The doctor gave the mailman some medicine

     A history teacher was talking to his class about the ancient Romans (古罗马人). "They were very strong,
brave people, and they were good soldiers, too," he said."They always wanted to have strong bodies, so they
played a lot of games."
     "Did they like swimming?" one of the girls asked. "That makes people strong." She was very good at
swimming. "Oh, yes, some of them swam a lot," the teacher answered. Then he told them a story about a
famous Roman. "There was a big, wide river in the middle of Rome," he said, "and one man swam across it
three times every day before breakfast!"
     The girl laughed when she heard this. "Why are you laughing?" the teacher asked her angrily. "Did I say
something interesting?" "Well, sir," the girl answered, "Why didn't he swim across the river four times to get
back his clothes back?"

1. The ancient Romans played many games because ______.

A. they were not old enough
B. they were free
C. they wanted to be strong
D. they were not brave

2. The teacher taught ______.

A. swimming
B. English
C. history
D. P.E.

3. The girl asked the teacher if (是否) the Romans like swimming because ______.

A. she was a good swimmer
B. the teacher was good at swimming
C. she was going to learn swimming
D. she didn't like swimming 

4. The underlined (划线的) word "them" means here ______.

A. the teachers
B. the girls in the class
C. the Romans
D. Strong, brave people

5. Why did the girl laugh?

A. Because the teacher was interesting.
B. Because the man swam without (没有) breaast.
C. Because the man couldn't swim at all.
D. Because she didn't understand the teacher.

                                                    
     Clay is 13 years old, and he lives in Miami, the United States. On the morning of Feb.23, when Clay
is waiting for school bus, a man kidnaps (绑架) him.
     The man takes him to a tree. He puts a stock in Clay's mouth. Then he asks for money from Clay's
family.
     Clay is very scared (害怕). But he remembers there is a safety pin (安全别针) in his pocket. He takes
out the pin and cuts through the rope (绳子). Finally he gets free. Clay calls his mother with a farmer's
cell phone. Soon the police comes and Clay is safe.
     The police thinks highly of (高度评价) Clay. "This man kidnaps the wrong boy," Charly Wells, a
policeman says. "This boy notices things. And he's very brave(勇敢)."

1. The man kidnaps Clay _____.

A. on Clay's way home
B. on Clay's way to school
C. when Clay is shopping
D. in a park

2. After taking Clay to a tree, the man _____.

A. kills (杀死) the boy
B. hurts the boy
C. asks for money from his family
D. calls the police

3. Clay uses _____ to help him run away.

A. a rope
B. a safety pin
C. a gun
D. a knife

4. We can tell from the story that Clay is _____.

A. brave
B. smart
C. both A and B
D. hard-working

5. Why does the police say "This man kidnaps the wrong boy" Because Clay is _____.

A. a foreign boy
B. brave
C. too young
D. a policeman's son

     One day, a young woman said something that hurt her best friend and the friend n   1   met her after that.
She regretted it, and wanted to take the w   2   back. She asked an older woman for a   3   . The woman said,
"You need to do two things. Tonight, take your best feather pillows (羽毛枕头)and before the sun rises, you
must put a single feather on the doorstep of each house in town. After you finish, come back to me and I'll tell
you the s 
  4   one."
      At night, the younger woman went from doorstep to doorstep and didn't m   5   a single doorstep. After
she finished, she went back and said,"I've put a feather on the doorstep of each home."
      Now the older woman said,"Go back and find the feathers and put them back into your pillows. Then
everything will be as it was b   6   ."
     The younger woman cried,"You know that's i   7   ! The wind blew away each feather as soon as I put
them on the doorsteps!
     " That's true," said the older woman."Each of your words is like a feather in the wind. You can never return
them to your mouth, so remember: c   8   your words well, and use warm words when you say something."

     A man has a parrot. It is blue and green. It can speak like a man. Every morning the man goes to talk with
it. But the parrot does not say anything to him. Then one morning the man is angry with(生气) it. He does not give
it any food and water. The next morning the man goes to see the parrot again. He says something to it. But the
parrot does not speak. At last the man says "Fool! You are a fool." Soon he hears (听到) the same words from
the parrot. He laughs (大笑). He loves it very much. It is a clever parrot.

根据短文内容选择正确答案

1. The parrot _____ say anything to the man.

A. do not want to
B. can not
C. doesn't want to
D. can

2. Parrots _____ speak like a man.

A. can
B. must
C. can not
D. will not

3. The man wants to _____ something with the parrot.

A. talk
B. say
C. speak
D. says

4. Which is right?

A. The man does not want to see the parrot again.
B. The parrot does not say anything.
C. The man likes the parrot.
D. The parrot cannot speak.

5. Why does the man laugh? Because _____.

A. he likes the parrot very much.
B. the parrot can speak to him.
C. he thinks the parrot is very clever.
D. he is very angry with.