Roger, a young man from China, has taught Chinese in a primary school in England for 3 years. A lot of
children like his class and he enjoys teaching them very much. All the pupils are quite interested in what Roger
teaches them. They learn quickly and do everything carefully.
     One day he said to the children,"People in a lot of Asian countries wear white clothes at funerals (葬礼),
but people in America and in Europe wear white in the weddings because white means purity and happiness.
What colour does an English woman wear when she gets married?"
     Mary said,"White, sir, because she is happy." "That is good, Mary," Roger said."You are quite right. She
wears white because she is happy."
     But then one boy in the class put up his hand."Yes, Dick?" Roger said, "Do you have a question?" "Yes,"
     Dick said."Why do men wear black in our country when they get married, sir?"

1. What does Roger do?

A. He teaches English in China
B. He is a Chinese teacher in China
C. He teaches Chinese in England
D. He teaches English in England

2. Roger enjoys teaching his pupils because _______.

A. they are his own children
B. they are clever and careful
C. they are lovely
D. they are polite and helpful

3. An English woman wears white clothes _______.

A. when she gets married
B. when she is worried
C. when she is sad
D. when she is a funeral

4. What colour do men in England wear when they get married?

A. White
B. Black
C. Red
D. Green

5. Which of the following is true?

A. Roger dislikes teaching the children.
B. Dick was a slow girl.
C. People in England wear white when they get married.
D. Dick, a clever boy, liked asking questions.

     Mr. Richards was quite good at shooting. He had taken part in several competitions in his small town.
He had never actually won a prize, but each time he had done well, and once he had come fourth. 　　
     Then he had to go to a big city on business for a month, and as he had nothing to do in the evenings there,
he joined the local rifle (步枪) club, and spent several pleasant evenings shooting there.　　
    The rifle club had a very good first-class team, which used to take part in a lot of important shooting
competitions. One of these took place while Mr. Richards was with them, and of course he went to see it.
But one of the members of the club's team suddenly fell ill just before the match, and the captain hurried to
choose someone else to take his place. Mr. Richards was introduced to him. He was therefore invited to take
part in the competition instead of the sick man. 　　
     Mr. Richards had never taken part in such an important competition. He felt greatly honored, but he also
felt very nervous. He could not keep his hands from trembling (颤抖) while shooting, with the result that he
did very badly. When he took his score (积分单) to the captain, he said,"After seeing my score, I feel like
going outside and shooting myself." 　　
    The captain looked at the score for a few seconds and then said,"Well, you'd better take two bullets (子弹)
with you if you do that!"

1. Once Mr. Richards came fourth in the competition because _____. 　

A. he liked shooting
B. he was good at shooting 　
C. he often took part in the game
D. all the shots (射手) were newcomers

2. Mr. Richards joined the rifle club because ______. 　

A. he would take part in the important competition. 　
B. he wished to make friends with the famous shots 　
C. he wished to be a member of the good first-class team 　
D. he felt lonely when he stayed in the big city.

3. The members of the club's team thought ______, so they invited him to take the sick man's place. 　

A. Mr Richards was free that evening
B. Mr Richards had joined their club 　
C. Mr. Richards was a good shot
D. Mr. Richards spent several evenings there

4. ______, so he did badly in the competition. 　

A. Mr. Richards was afraid to fail
B. Mr. Richards was from a small town
C. Something was wrong with Mr. Richards' hands 　
D. Something was wrong with Mr. Richards' rifle

5. The meaning of the captain's word was that ______. 　

A. Mr. Richards had to go on practicing shooting 　
B. Mr Richards couldn't shoot himself with one bullet 　
C. Mr. Richards had to buy a better rifle for himself 　
D. He had made a wrong decision that evening

     It was Mother's Day. A man stopped his car at a flower shop to order some flowers. He wanted the
shopkeeper to send the flowers to his mother, who lived two hundred miles away.
     As he got out of his car, he found a young girl sitting on the road crying.
     He asked her what was wrong and she replied, "I want to buy a red rose for my mother, but I only
have seventy-five cents. A rose costs two dollars."
     The man smiled and said, "Come into the shop with me, and I'll buy you a rose."
     He bought the little girl her rose and ordered his own mother's flowers. As they were leaving, he offered
to drive the girl home. She said, "Yes, please! You can take me to my mother." She brought him to a
cemetery (墓地), where she placed the rose on the grave.
     The man was moved. He returned to the flower shop, picked up the flowers he ordered, and drove two
hundred miles to his mother's house.
     Today is the day for your mother. Send a flower to your kind and beautiful mother.

1. The man went to the shop to _____.

A. have a rest
B. help the girl
C. buy some food
D. order some flowers

2. The man's mother lived _____ away from him.

A. 2 kilometers
B. 75 miles
C. 200 miles
D. 200 kilometers

3. The girl was crying on the road because _____.

A. she was hungry
B. she got hurt
C. she couldn't afford a rose
D. she couldn't find her way home

4. After the man bought the girl a rose, they went to _____ together.

A. the cemetery
B. his shop
C. the girl's home
D. his mother's house

5. We can learn from the passage that _____.

A. the girl loved flowers very much
B. the girl loved her mother very much
C. the shopkeeper sent the flowers to the man's mother
D. the man drove to his mother's house to look after her

     When George's car stopped at the traffic lights he couldn't start it again. The cars behind began to sound
their horns (喇叭), and the drivers began to shout. George got out of his car and pushed his car to the side
of the road.
     A young man and his girlfriend were standing nearby, "Excuse me," said George, "do you know anything
about cars."
     Before the girl could say anything, her boyfriend said, "Leave it me," Then he opened the bonnet at the
front of the car, "Oh, dear, it looks very bad." He shook his head and whistled (吹口哨)."
     George was a little surprised, saying, " In fact,… er. …The engine (发动机) is at the back."
     "Oh," said the young man. "it's a foreign car. Then I can't help you."
     "Can I have a look now?" asked the girl politely.
     She took the cover off the engine at the back of the car, asked George for his kit (工具箱), and worked
for five minutes, The car started at once.
     "Thank you." said George. "Can I give you a lift anywhere."
     "Yes," said the girl. "To the library, I'm going to get him a book about cars."

1. George's car broke down ______.

A. in front of the traffic lights
B. at a bus shop
C. by the side of the road
D. on his way to the library

2. It was clear that the young man-______.

A. wanted to learn how to repair cars
B. wanted to show off before his girl friend
C. thought the car couldn't be repaired
D. knew how to repair foreign cars

3. George was surprised because ______.

A. the young man instead of the girl offered to help
B. the young man said, "It looks very bad."
C. the young man opened the wrong part of the car
D. the young man shook his head and whistled

4. The girl ______.

A. was angry with the driver
B. was proud of her boy-friend
C. knew something about cars
D. hated her boy-friend

5. "Bonnet" most probably means the ______.

A. back
B. seat
C. car
D. cover

     There once lived an old man. He liked to hear lies (谎言) very much. "If any man tells the most
(1)w______ lie in the world, I will marry my daughter to him." The old man said.
     Many men came to tell him all (2)k______ of lies. But the old man would try to say the lie might
be (3)t______ in some way and he would not marry his daughter to him.
     One day a young man came to the old man. He took out an old piece of (4)p______ from his handbag
and said, "Your grandfather had borrowed one million dollars from my grandfather before he died. He
(5)w______ this for my grandfather and told us to take (6)b______ the money from you."
     The old man could see the (7)w______ on the paper, "I have borrowed one million dollars from you.
I'll ask my children or my grandchildren to pay you some day after my (8)d______."
     Now the old man didn't know (9)w______ to say. He thought, "If I say it's a lie, I will marry my
daughter to him, but if I say it isn't a lie, I must pay him the money."
     In the end he said, "It's a lie, a well-made lie." So the young man was (10)a______ to marry the old
man's daughter.

     Want to be an astronaut? Then "study hard, stay healthy and have perseverance (毅力)
      This is what Chinese astronauts Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng said in a talk with some students.
      Students were interested in the astronauts' space lives. They asked questions like "Did you see the Great
Wall from space?" Fei and Nie said they didn't see the Great Wall. But they felt excited when they passed
over China, including Taiwan. The island "looked very beautiful, like a jade (翡翠)".
     Speaking of their lives beyond (在……之外) the earth, the two astronauts said cooperation (合作) with
each other was most important."We are like the left and right hands," they said.
      Young people wanted to know how the astronauts developed their careers (事业).
     "How did you decide to be astronauts when China's space industry (工业) is still at the beginning?" asked
a young woman. The astronauts said it was because of their love of flight and also the need of the country.
      They said their love of flight could be seen from their children's names. Nie's daughter is called "Nie
Tianxiang", which means "flying up high". Fei's son is called "Fei Di", which sounds like "Feidie", meaning
UFO.
     After the success of Shenzhou VI, China plans to put a man on the moon and build a space station in
10~15 years.

1. If you want to be astronauts, what should you do from now on?

A. We should change our names.
B. We should be interested in the astronauts' space life.
C. We should love the flight and our country.
D. We should study hard, stay healthy and have perseverance.

2. What's the Chinese meaning of the word "cooperation" in the passage? 

A. 友好
B. 竞争
C. 合作
D. 手术

3. In 10~15 years, China could put a man on ______ and build a space station.

A. Shenzhou VII
B. UFO
C. the moon
D. the sun

4. Which of the following is true?

A. Nie Haisheng saw the Great Wall from space.
B. Fei Junlong met UFO in space.
C. The astronauts couldn't see Taiwan from space.
D. Fei and Nie make a contribution to China's space industry