It’s Charlie’s birthday today, but he isn’t feeling happy. No one wishes him a happy birthday. Mother says nothing about his birthday. She just tells Charlie to play outside. At lunchtime, his mother calls, “Come in for lunch, Charlie!” Charlie slowly walks into his house. But the living room looks different. Charlie sees a big “Happy Birthday” banner(横幅). Then, he sees a birthday cake, balloons, presents, and all of his friends. “Happy birthday!” everyone shouts. Charlie’s face lights up. He is happy and surprised(吃惊). No one forgets his birthday after all!

1.What is this story about?

A. Eating cake.

B. Celebrating a special day.

C. Forgetting a birthday.

D. Having fun at a friend’s party.

2.Why is Charlie not happy?

A. He doesn’t like his party.

B. He doesn’t like his presents.

C. He wants to eat a cake.

D. He thinks people forget his birthday.

3.Why does the living room look different?

A. There are many decorations(装饰).

B. The lights are on.

C. There is a birthday cake.

D. There are many presents.

4.What does the underlined（划线的） word “light up” properly mean here?

A. 点燃 B. 容光焕发 C. 抬起来 D. 照亮

5.Which is not right?

A. There are many lovely things in the living room.

B. Charlie’s mother plays a trick on Charlie.

C. Charlie is happy all day.

D. No one forgets Charlie’s birthday.

Mr. White lives on the 20th floor in a tall building in Beijing. His office is about ten kilometers from home. His wife and his children are now in America for holidays.

Today Mr. White leaves his home at eight in the moming. He takes the lift down to the first floor, gets out of the lift and walks to his car. Oh, dear! His car is broken. He waits for a taxi but there's not any empty one. So he has to go by bus.

Mr. White gets to his office at nine twenty. He is very late. Today he has a lot of work to do. He does it quickly and he has only one hamburger and a cup oforange juice for his lunch. Mr. White leaves his office at half past six. When he gets to his building, he quickly gets into the lift. Oh, dear! The lift doesn't work! He has to walk up to the 20th floor. But when he gets there, he finds he forgets to take the key with him.

What can he do now? Poor Mr. White!

1.Mr. White goes to work by bus because _

A. he doesn't have a car

B. he doesn't like to take a taxi

C. there's something wrong with his car

D. his key is in the office

2.Today Mr. White _ .

A. must be very tired B. doesn't work hard in the office

C. isn't late for work D. eats lunch outside the office

3.The word " poor" in the last paragraph means _" in Chinese.

A.穷苦的 B.可怜的 C.愤怒的 D.忙碌

4. From the passage we can see Mr. White _.

A. is not healthy B. is now in China

C. can't drive a car D. likes Chinese food

5. Which is wrong?

A. Mr. White's home is far from his work place.

B. Mr. White works very hard.

C. Mr. White works in China.

D. The lift is broken early in the morning.

Li Ming is staying with the Wang’s family for the weekend.

Today it is warm and fine. The family are having dinner in the garden. They often have dinner in the garden on a warm and fine spring day. Now Mr. and Mrs. Wang are sitting at the table with Li Ming under a tree.

“It’s great to have dinner out here on such a lovely day,” Mrs. Wang says. “What’s the weather like in your hometown, Li Ming?” Mr. Wang asks. “It’s not very warm in spring. But I like the spring there best.” “Help yourself to some cakes, Li Ming,” Mrs. Wang says. “Thanks,” says Li Ming. “The cakes are very nice. I enjoy the dinner very much.”

1.Li Ming is staying with the Wang’s family________.

A. for a week   B. for a day   C. for the weekend  

2.The family are having their dinner __________.  

A. in the house   B. in the garden   C. in the park 

3.What’s the weather like today?

A. Warm.          B. Cold.        C. Warm and fine.       

4.What’s the weather like in Li Ming’s hometown?

A. It isn’t very cold in spring         

B. It’s very nice.

C. It’ s not very warm in spring       

5.How does Li Ming like the dinner?

A. He doesn’t enjoy the cake.            

B. He only enjoys the cake.

C. He enjoys the dinner very much.

A four-year-old girl is lying in the arms of a doctor. She has just become motherless. The bombing(爆炸) destroyed her home and killed her mother.

Every day we see pictures like this on TVs or in newspapers. We see young Iraqi children asking for food and water from American and soldiers as they move through towns and cities towards the capital, Baghdad(巴格达). We see these children following grown-ups, carrying bags of things almost at the same size as their small bodies as they leave their homes in Baghdad.

“Dad, why are the Americans fighting us? Are we going to be killed?” asks the son of Abu Sinar, an Iraqi engineer. Abu finds it hard to explain this war to his eight-year-old son.

He tries to comfort him by saying ,“The bombs（炸弹） are far away from us. The Americans are fighting the soldiers. We are going to be all right.” Even though Abu knows this isn’t always the truth, what else can he do? In Baghdad, parents give their children sleeping pills to make them sleep so that they won’t hear the sound of bombing. And all the schools are closed.

“All we do is to listen to and hear the war,” said Abu, “We, all the people and the children, have to live in fear(恐惧). We feel hopeless and helpless. We don’t know where the next bombs are going. We can do nothing but wait to be killed.”

1.During the war, children are ______________.  

      A.studying at school       B.safer than their parents    C.in great danger

2.The children have to flee(逃离) their homes because_________.

A.it’s dangerous to stay at home because of the bombing.

B.their parents are not at home

C.they want to get food and water.

3.Abu finds it hard to explain this war to his son, because___________.

A.he doesn’t want to tell him the real reason

B.he doesn’t want to tell a lie.

C.he doesn’t know how to explain it clearly.

4.“sleeping pills” are __________.

     A. a kind of thing to help them to be away from the war.

     B.a kind of medicine to help them to fall asleep

     C.a kind of food to make them strong

5.According to the passage we know that__________.

    A. all the children in Iraqi are looking for something to eat.

    B. all the children in Iraqi are thinking about something to solve the war problem

    C. the children in Iraqi are feeling fearful, helpless and hopeless during the war.

Mr. King goes to a dinner party. He is wearing old clothes. He comes into the room. But people in the room don't look at him. They don't ask him to sit at the table. Mr. King goes home and puts on his good clothes. He goes back to the party. Everyone in the room stands up and smiles(微笑) at him. They give him very good food to eat. Mr. King takes off his clothes, and puts them in the food and says, “Eat, clothes!” The other people ask, “What are you doing?” He answers, “I'm asking my coat to eat food. I am wearing my old clothes. You don't look at me. You don't ask me to sit down. Now I'm in these clothes. And you give me very good food. Now I see, you give the food to my clothes, not to me!”

1.Mr. King goes to the dinner party, but people in the room don’t look at him. Because __.  

A. he doesn't come by car            B. he is young 

C. he is wearing his old clothes        D. he is old 

2.Mr. King goes back to the party. People in the room stand up and smile at him because_____ . 

A. he is wearing his old clothes

B. he comes by a very good car

C. he is wearing his good clothes

D. he is putting on his good clothes

3.Mr. King says the good food is _______. 

A. for he  B. for his good clothes   C. for me    D. for him