Peter is thirteen years old . He is in Grade Eight this year.  He likes to play football and  watches football matches . And he often reads newspapers . He does his best to know where  and when a football match will be.  Now Peter is having lunch . He is listening to the  radio , too . He is very happy because there is going to be a nice football match on TV at  four this afternoon.. He wants to watch it very much . But he’s going to have English and  Chinese lessons. He thinks hard and finds  a way .

     “Hello, Mrs. Black,”Peter says to his teacher on the telephone,“ Peter is ill in bed. He wants to ask for half a day’s leave.”

      “Oh, I’m sorry to hear that,” says Mrs. Black. “But who’s that?”

      “It’s my father, Mrs. Black.”

(  )6.Peter likes to      .

A.make a call  B. play basketball  C. study English  D. watch football

(  )7.Why dose Peter often read newspapers?      

A.Because he wants to know more news.

B.Because he wants to know where and when a football match will be.

C.Because he wants to read some interesting stories.     

D.His parents ask him to do so.

(  )8.How dose Peter know there will be a nice football match at four o’clock this afternoon?

A. He knows it from the radio.        B. He knows it from the newspaper.           

C. He knows it from watching TV.     D. He knows it from somebody.    

(  )9.Peter asks for leave(请假) because____________ .

A. he doesn’t like to study English and Chinese              

B.he is ill 

C. he has to help his father with some important work.  

D.he wants to watch a football match.

(  )10.Mrs. Black doesn’t know Peter tells a lie(撒谎),dose she?

A.Yes,she doesn’t  B.No,she dose C.No,she dosen’t  D.Yes,she dose.

完形填空

What time is it? There are many ways you can (1) the time. You may have a watch on your wrist(手腕) .You can look at a clock on the wall. You can listen to the radio or (2) a number on the telephone to get the time.

I has not always been (3) to know the time. A long time ago people looked at the (4) to tell the time. They could tell the time by looking at it in the sky: morning, noon or afternoon.

Around the year 1400, people began to use the hourglass(沙漏) . It was made (5) glass with sand in it. It was wide at both ends, (6) narrow ( 窄的) in the middle. The sand ran from one end to (7) in one hour. At the end of every hour people turned the glass over ant it began (8) .

Hundreds of years later a machine called (9) was invented. After that people made (10) clocks so that they could (11) them in their pockets. These pocket clocks were called watches. Then, during the first world war (战争) men started (12) their watches on their wrists. It was easier and faster to tell the time

1.make sure       B. look at         C. write down        D. find out

2. A. call            B. read             C. count          D. write

3. A. different       B. difficult        C. easy             D. important

4. A. earth            B. sun               C. moon           D. satellite

5. A. by              B. into             C. from             D. of

6. A. so              B. and             C. but               D. or

7. A. another        B. other          C. others               D. the other

8. A. once            B. more            C. again               D. too

9. A. watch           B. clock            C. radio            D. telephone

10. A. good           B. cheap            C. beautiful            D. small

11. A. take          B. bring             C. carry                 D. get

12. A. wearing        B. inventing       C. making               D. buying