My name is Steve. I move into this house __1_____ weeks ago, and I really enjoy__2_____here.There’s only one bedroom, and at the moment my sister is staying with me because she is __3____ a job.
I work in a big company(公司).It’s hard__4____, and the hours are really long , but I like it. And it pays well. I don’t really __5____worried about my work.
The only thing I don’t like about this house is one of the neighbors, Mrs.Snell, I think her name is. She’s really strange.She never speaks to___6____, I always says hello to her, and “ Are you all right?’ and what a lovely day today!”,but she never says a word.____ 7___she doesn’t like young people.
My sister and I had a party a few days ago. It really wasn’t very noisy(吵闹). About ten of us were here____8___11.00pm and then we went out to dance. When I saw Mrs. Snell the next day, I said I hoped there wasn’t __9_____niose(噪音)for her, but as she didn’t saying anything. Funny lady.
This evening my sister and I are going to visit a friend of ours who is in hospital, and then we ___10____out for a Chinese meal.

Mary is from the U.S.A. She has two brothers. Now her family are in China. Her father, Mr. Peterson teaches English in Xihu Middle School. And her mother works in the same school. She teaches English, too. Mary likes red clothes very much. Her mother likes red clothes a lot, too.

Mary is a nice girl student. She is in Xihu Middle School .She can speak Chinese. She has many Chinese friends. She teaches them English, and they teach her Chinese. Her two brothers are twins. One is Bob, the other is Bill. They look the same. They are only three. So their grandparents look after(照顾) them at home. Mrs. Peterson has many toys(玩具) for the twins. Bob likes toy cars, but Bill likes toy bears. They are happy every day.

1.Who is in Xihu Middle school ?.

A．Mr. Peterson

B．Mrs. Peterson

C．Mrs. Peterson and Mr. Peterson

D．Mrs. Peterson, Mr. Peterson and Mary.

2.Mr. Peterson is a ________.

A．teacher           B．farmer            C．officer            D．doctor

3.How many people are there in Mary’s family?

A．four             B．five              C．six               D．seven

4.Mary ________.

A．can’t speak Chinese at all

B．isn’t very nice

C．can speak Chinese well

D．likes red clothes

5.Which one is NOT right?

A．Mary’s family is from America.

B．Mary’s parents are both teachers.

C．Mary has two twin sisters.

D．Mary’s grandparents are in China.

I’m Paul. I’m thirteen. My parents, my brother and I are in Beijing now. My brother and I are in Beijing No.1 Middle School. I like soccer very much. I am on the school soccer team (队). My brother David is fifteen. He likes basketball a lot. After school, he often plays it with his friends.

I’m Linda. I’m twelve. I am a student of Beijing No.5 Middle School. My mother is an English teacher. She works in Beijing No.1 Middle School. I like soccer, but I can’t play it well. I think soccer is difficult. After school, I often play volleyball with my classmates. I want to join (加入) the school volleyball team next term.

My name is Jim. I’m a 13-year-old boy. I look strong. I like ping-pong. When I’m free, I often play ping-pong with my friends. I like tennis, too. But I don’t do well in it. My father is a math teacher in a primary school(小学). He can play tennis very well.

1. David often plays _____ after school.

A. basketball B. soccer C. volleyball

2.Who is in Beijing No.1 Middle School?

A. Paul, David and Linda

B. Linda’s mother and Jim’s father

C. Paul, David and Linda’s mother

3. What does Linda want to do next term?

A. She wants to play tennis well.

B. She wants to play basketball well.

C. She wants to join the school volleyball team.

4. ______ is a teacher in a middle school.

A. Paul’s mother B. Linda’s mother C. David’s father

5. 下列的陈述哪一项是正确的？

A. Jim thinks soccer is difficult.

B. David and Paul are brothers.

C. Paul, David, Linda and Jim are all 13 years old.

阅读理解

One day a poor farmer was taking a bag of rice to town. Suddenly the bag fell from his horse on the road. He didn’t know what to do about it because it was too heavy for him to lift (举起) by himself. He only hoped that somebody would soon pass (经过) by and help him.

Just at this moment a man riding a horse came up to him. But the farmer was very disappointed（失望的）when he saw who he was. It was the great man living nearby. The farmer had hoped to ask another farmer or a poor man like him for help.

But to his surprise, the great man got off his horse as soon as he came nearer. He said to the farmer, “I see you need help, friend. How good it is that I’m here just at the right time,” Then he took one end of the bag, the farmer took the other. They together lifted and put it on the horse.

“Sir,” asked the farmer, “how can I pay you?”

“It’s quite easy,” the great man answered with a smile, “Wherever (无论在哪里) you see anyone in trouble, do the same for him.”

1.What happened when the farmer went to town?

2.The farmer didn’t lift the bag onto the horse by himself because      .

3. Why was the farmer very disappointed when he saw the great man? Because he thought the great man        .

A. couldn’t see him           B. could take away his bag

C. could take away his horse    C. couldn’t help him

4.Who helped the farmer?

5.What does the story mainly (主要地) tell us?

Here are two pictures. You can see a man and a boy in one picture. Who are they? The man is Mr. Brown, and the boy’s name is Jack. They are father and son. They are in Jack’s room.
Now let’s look at the other picture. You can see a woman and a little girl in it. The woman is Jack’s mother and the girl is her daughter, Ann. They’re in Ann’s room. You can see a photo of the family on the white wall. A clock is on the table. It’s eleven. What’s that on the floor? Oh, it’s Ann’s hat, but it looks *like a white cat.
【小题1】 Is Mr. Brown Ann’s father?