Six people were travelling in a compartment (车厢) on a train. Five of them were quiet and polite but
the sixth was a rude (粗鲁) young man. He was always making a lot of trouble.
     At last this young man got out at a station with two heavy bags. None of the other travelers helped him
but one of them waited the rude young man was very far away. And then opened the window and shouded to
him "You left something behind in the compartment." then he closed the window again.
     The young man turned around and hurried back with his two bags. He was very tired when he arried but
he shouted through the window "What did I leave behind?" 
     As the train began to move again, the traveler opened the window and said, "A very bad impression
(印象)."

1. The young man was _______ in the compartment to get off the train.

A. the first
B. the second
C. the third
D. the last

2. One of the travelers _______ before he was very far away.

3. The other travelers in the compartment _______ the young man.

A. were friendly
B. were not friendly to
C. were pleased with
D. were surprised at

4. The young man had _______ with him.

A. more than two bags
B. just two bags
C. two bags and something else
D. two more bags.

A. just before the train moved again
B. as soon as the train moved
C. just after the train moved again
D. when the train began to move

     Billy had a nice shop in the main street of a small town. He sold jewellery, watches, clocks and so on.
All went well some years, and then a thief stole a lot of jewellery from his shop twice in one month at night.
Three weeks passed, yet the police still didn't catch the thief. So Billy decided to try to do something about
it himself. He bought a good camera and fixed it up in his shop and put some cheap jewellery in front of it
for the thief, so that it could take a photo of anyone who stole the jewellery.
    A few nights later the thief came, but he did not touch any of the cheap jewellery that Billy had put out
for him. He took the camera, which was worth 1500 dollars.

1. At first all was getting on            with Billy.

A. successfully
B. badly
C. quickly
D. unhappy

2. Within one month ______.

3. Billy bought a camera in order to            .

A. take pictures for those who came to his shop
B. find out the thief with its help
C. become even richer
D. make his shop large

4. In the end of this story,            .

A. Billy caught the thief
B. the thief stole the expensive camera
C. the thief took the camera and jewellery
D. the thief took the jewellery

A. stupid
B. sad
C. bright
D. old

      When Jack was very young, he played football a lot, and he was vey good at it. But then he went and
worked in a town and there was no team for him there, so he stopped playing. 　　
      Then he began to get rather fat, so he thought, "I have stopped playing football, and now I'm getting fat.
What am I going to do?" He thought about it for a few days, and then he said to himself, " I know, I'll play
tennis." 　　
       He had a few lessons, and then played for a few months. 　　
       He met a nice girl at the tennis club (俱乐部) one day, and they played a game of tennis against another
young man and woman. 　　
       Jack played very badly and was very angry with himself. "I've never played as badly as this before," he
said to the girl. 　　
       "Oh," she said, "you have played before, haven't you?"

1. Jack was good at ______ when he was young.

A. football 　　　
B. tennis 　　　
C. table tennis 　　　
D. his lessons

2. Jack ______ before he went to the town. 　　

3. Jack was getting fat because ______. 　　

A. he went and worked in town 　　　
B. there was no team in town 　　
C. he didn't play tennis　　　　　　
D. he had stopped playing football

4. Jack played tennis ______ than the girl. 　　

A. more 　　　　　
B. better　　　　
C. less 　　　　
D. worse

A. The girl was angry with Jack.　　
B. Jack was angry with the girl. 　　
C. Jack was angry with himself. 　　
D. The girl was angry with herself.

      Mr Lee was in bed and was trying to go to sleep when he heard the bell ring. He turned on the light
and looked at his clock. It was twelve o'clock. "Who can it be at this time of night?" He thought. He
decided to go and find out. So he got out of bed, put on his dressing gown (浴袍) and went to the door.
When he opened the door, there was nobody there. "That's very strange." he thought. Then he went back
to his bedroom, took off his dressing gown, got back into bed, turned off the light and tried to go to sleep. 　　
      A few minutes later he heard the bell ring again. Mr Lee jumped out of bed very quickly and rushed to
the door. He opened it, but again he found no one there. He closed the door and tried not to feel too angry.
Then he saw a piece of paper on the floor. He picked it up. There were some words on it: " It is now after
midnight (午夜), so it is April Fool's Day (愚人节). April fool to you!" 　　
      "Oh, it was the English boy next door!" Mr Lee exclaimed (惊叫) and almost smiled. He went back to
bed and fell asleep at once. The bell did not ring again.

1. When did Mr Lee go to bed? He went to bed ______. 　　

A. before twelve o'clock　　　　
B. after twelve o'clock 　　
C. when the bell rang 　　　　　
D. when he saw the boy

2. Why did he rush to the door when he heard the bell ring the second time? 　　

3. What did Mr Lee think about the English boy? He thought he ______. 　　

A. was a good boy 　　
B. was friendly with him 　　
C. shouldn't ring the bell at midnight 　　
D. did a dangerous thing just now

4. From this passage, we learn that we can            on April Fool's Day. 　

A. say "Hello" to each other　
B. dance and sing at night 　　
C. play jokes on each other　　
D. send presents to children

      Waston won his most important game and became Southern Chess Master (南部象棋大师) in 1977.
He was given the silver (银) cup.
      "It isn't rightly mine," he said, when he was holding the cup. "It was won two years ago when I was
on holiday in…
      "A family was staying at my hotel (旅馆) at that time. Mrs Prag, the mother, was told that I played
chess; and she begged me to give her young son a game. "He's only ten." she said, "I've been told that he
plays quite well." 
     "Well, as you can guess, I wasn't too happy. A player likes the opponent (对手) to play as well as he
does. But it was holiday time and I agreed to play. We placed the board (棋盘) in the garden. The game
began. I hoped it would be quick and so it was.
     "I soon knew that David Prag was no learner. After ten minutes his sister came outside and began to
play tennis against a wall.The boy seemed to lose interest in our game. He moved a piece (棋子) without
care. I gave my attention to the board." 
     "Call me when you are ready, Mr Watson," he said. 
     "When I was ready? I looked up. He had gone off to play with his sister.I studied the board and
found I was driven into corner. So it went on with David: a quick move, then tennis, back to the board,
then back to his sister. My difficult condition became impossible to change. I was beaten, oh so easily, by
a ten-year-old chess player. He was the winner-in twenty-eight minutes.
     "David Prag: a name to remember. I had a chance to use his game today, and it won this cup for me.
To him, of course, it is only one of a hundred, or perhaps a thousand, winning games."

1. When Mr Watson said, "It isn't rightly mine. It was won …", he meant ______ two years before.

A. he had played chess with a little boy for twenty-eight minutes
B. he had had a chance to take part in an important game
C. he had learned how to play chess from a child
D. he had learned a good game from a child

2. Befor the game, Mr Watson was quite sure that ______.

3. Why did David play tennis while he was playing chess with Watson? Because he ______.

A. had no interest in playing chess with adults (成年人)
B. was not good at playing chess
C. liked playing tennis much better than playing chess
D. played chess much better than Watson

4. From the story, we know that ______.

A. David Prag was the real winner
B. Mr Watson was the real winner
C. neither of them was the real winner
D. both of them were the real winners

A. Sometimes young children can beat adults in playing chess.
B. Watson thought he could win the game quickly, and so he did.
C. Watson learned something from David and won the silver cup.
D. Watson would never forget the name of the boy.

       Mr and Mrs Black live in London. Mr. Black drives a car in a factory and Mrs. Black teaches in a school.
They have a daughter and two sons. The daughter is five and the sons are only one year old. They were born
on the same day and they look the same. Mrs. Black always dress them in the same shirts and trousers, so it's
hard to tell who they are. Mr. Black can hardly differentiate (区分) them. Mr. and Mrs. Black have no time to
look after their children. They have to hire a servant (雇佣一个佣人), Alice. The girl is kind and they all like
her.   
       Today Mrs. Black has to go to the hospital. She says to Alice,"Bath Tom and Tim and dress them the clean
clothes."
       "OK, Mrs. King," says Alice."But I can't differentiate them."
       "Don't worry," says Mrs. Black."Ann can tell you about it."
       Soon Alice finishes bathing the two children. She puts them on the bed and wants to dress them. She asks,
"Which is Tom, Ann?
       "I'm sorry," answers Ann."I can't differentiate them. I only know Mummy always puts Tom on the left and
Tim on the right."      
1. Mr Black is a __________ and his wife is a __________.
2. There are _________ people in Mr. Black's family.
3. Mr. Black's two sons are ________ and Mrs. Black always dresses them the same ________.
4. The Blacks are _______ busy _______ they can't look _______ their children. So the hire Alice.
5. From the story we know that only _______ ________ can differentiate the two babies.      

     One day little Mike's mother went to the river to do some washing. Before she left, she said to him,
"Mike, while I am away, stay near the door and watch it all the time!" She said this because she was afraid
of the thieves.
     Mike sat down beside the door. After an hour, one of his uncles came. He asked Mike, "Where is your
mother?" "She has gone to the river to do some washing," Mike answered. "Well," said his uncle, "now it is
a quarter to two. Three hours later we are going to visit your family.Go and tell her about it, for I'm too
busy. I have to hurry…"
     After his uncle had gone away, Mike began to think: Mother had asked me to watch the door all the time
and my uncle told me to go and tell my mother.
     "What shall I do?" he thought and thought. Finally he pulled down the door, put it on his back and went
to the river with it.

1. What did Mike's mother ask him to do while she was away?

A. To wait for her.
B. To watch the house.
C. To look after the door.
D. To wait for his uncle.

2. How many uncles did Mike have?

A. One.
B. Two.
C. Three.
D. We don't know.