Mr Brown is one of my friends. He can run very fast and likes to show people how fast he can run. One day, a thief（小偷）got into his house, took some of his things and ran out of the house fast.

Mr Brown found it and ran after him, and shouted, “Hey! Don’t you know you can’t get away from me.But the thief ran much faster, Mr Brown got angry and ran faster, too. He was soon a few kilometers away from his house, he was running hard when he met me. “Why are you running so fast?” I asked. “I want to catch a thief,” said Mr Brown. “But where is the thief?” I asked. “Kilometers and kilometers behind,” said Mr Brown proudly, “He thought he could run faster than me, but you see he is wrong.”

56. Did the thief steal（偷）anything from Brown’s house?

  A. Yes, he has.    B. No, he wasn’t.   C. Yes, he did.        D. No, he didn’t.

57. Who ran faster, Mr Brown or the thief?

  A. No one.         B. The writer.        C. Mr Brown.        D. The thief.

58. Did Mr Brown catch the thief?

  A. Yes, he did.                         B. No, he didn’t.          

  C. Yes, but he let him go away.                D. No, but his friend did.

59. What did Mr Brown do when he found the thief?

  A. He ran after him.                        B. He was angry with him.

  C. He caught him.                           D. He stayed far behind him.

60. What does the word “proudly” mean? It means __________.

  A. 自豪地         B. 难过地             C. 兴奋地             D. 不慌不忙地

    One day, two good friends，Peter and Bill，were walking through the desert（沙漠） .They

both felt bored and tired because of the long journey．So they stopped to have a good rest．Later,

they began to quarrel and Peter slapped（打耳光）Bill in the face．But Bill didn’t say anything to

hurt Peter．He just wrote ten words in the sand，“TODAY,MY BEST FRIEND PETER SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE．”

  Soon they went on walking until they found an oasis（绿洲）in the desert. They decided to take a bath in the lake．Bill jumped into the lake fast．Maybe he was too tired to go up．He was dropping under the lake．Just then，Peter quickly jumped into the lake and pulled him out of water．Peter saved Bill’s life! Again Bill wrote ten words on a stone instead：“TODAY MY BEST FRIEND PETER SAVED MY LIFE IN HERE．”

    Peter was surprised to see that and asked，“Why did you write in the sand after I hurt you and wrote on a stone now?”

    Bill smiles，“The words in the sand are easy to miss，but the words on the stone may be there always．”

    Peter finally understood that．Bill just wanted to forget his hurt quickly and remember his

Love for ever．

1．Why did Bill and Peter feel bored and tired?

A．Because of the terrible desert．                 B．Because of their bad hobbies．

C．Because of the long journey．                  D．Because of the bad weather．

2．What did Bill do after Peter slapped him in the face?

A．He wrote ten words in the sand．             B．He got very angry with Peter．

C．He said something to hurt Peter．                D．He wrote ten words 0n the stone．

3．What did Bill do after Peter saved his life?

A．He said many thanks to Peter．                 B．He wrote ten words on the stone．

C．He decided to smile at Peter．                      D．He gave up hating Peter．

4．Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Peter slapped Bill in the face。                  B．Peter saved Bill’s life．

C．Peter finally understood Bill．                  D．Bill didn’t thank Peter at a11．

5．From the passage we can learn___________．

A．Bill always talked too much                     B．Peter Was too tired to go up．

C．Peter understood what Bill did                   D．Peter always hurt Bill on the way．

My friend’s grandfather came to America from Eastern Europe．After being processed(移民入境检查)Ellis Island, he went into a cafeteria(自助餐厅)in Lower Manhattan to get something to eat．He sat down at a table and waited for someone to take his order(点菜)．But nobody came to him．Later a woman with a plate full of food sat down opposite him and told him how a cafeteria worked．

“Start out at the end, ”she said．“Just go along the line and pick out what you want．At the other end they’ll tell you how much you have to pay．”

“I’ll soon learn how everything works in America．”the grandfather told my friend．“Life is like a cafeteria here．You can get anything you want only if you are willing to pay the money．You can even get success, but you’ll never get it if you wait for someone to bring it to you．You have to get up and get it by yourself．”

1. Which is the best title of the text?

A. From Eastern Europe to America

B. Life is Like a Cafeteria in America

C. How to Eat in a Cafeteria

D. Eating in an American Cafeteria

2. Maybe the old man came from         ．

A. Poland    B. Australia    C. Canada   D. Egypt

3. From the text, we know if you want to get SUCCESS in America, you should        ．

A. get help from your friends    B. know how a cafeteria works

C. get up again if you fail      D. try to get it by yourself

4. Which of the following is true?

     A. The old man sat down opposite the woman so that she could take his order．

B. The woman sat down opposite the old man so that she could serve him．

C. Although the woman didn’t know the old man, she decided to pay the bill for him．

D. Although the woman didn’t know the old man, she told him how to get food in the cafeteria．

5. What does the underlined word“it”in the third paragraph refer to?

A. The food served in the cafeteria．

B. The success one wants to achieve(实现)．

C. The bill one has to pay in the cafeteria．

D. The plate used in the cafeteria．

Once upon a time there lived two friends in a small village. Jay and Victor had been friends since they were little children. Now they were studying in a school which was far away from their village. They had to cross a river, climb hills and go through sandy areas on their way to school.

One rainy day, the two friends went to school as usual. They were chatting while walking. Perhaps they were discussing something important, but the two had different opinions, which led to a big argument. Things got so bad that Jay suddenly hit Victor. Then Victor looked at his friend and wrote in the sand, “ Today, my best friend hit me.” They both continued walking without saying anything . Later, they reached a river. Victor was not a good swimmer. By accident, he fell into the river and was going to be carried away by the water. Jay saw this and jumped into the river at once. With difficulty he pulled victor out of the river when Victor became safe, he wrote on a stone, “Today, my friend saved my life.”

Jay, who was watching all this, asked,“So way did you write it in the sand when I hit you, and why did you write on a stone when I saved your life?” Victor replied, “ we should soon forget the wrong done by our friends as words in sand get erased easily, but if they do something good for us, we should always remember their kindness, just as words in stones are kept forever.” Then the two friends walked on as if nothing had happened.

1. According to the passage, which of the following is right?

A. Jay pushed Victor into the river.

B. Victor would remember the good things his friend did for him forever

C. Jay hit Victor because Victor didn’t say anything on the way.

D. Jay and Victor broke off their friendship in the end.

2.From the first paragraph, we can infer that .

A. Jay and Victor were good students at school.

B. Jay and Victor had to walk a long time before they got to school.

C. Jay and Victor were good friends.

D. Jay and Victor didn’t do well in their schoolwork.

3. According to the passage, the underlined word “ erased” means in Chinese.

A. 消失 B. 删掉 C. 刮走 D. 抹掉

4. This passage mainly want to tell us .

A. we shouldn’t go to school if the school is far from our home

B. we should remember the good things others have done for us, and forgive others easily

C. good friends shouldn’t argue with each other.

D. we should turn to our friends for help when we are in danger.