Nancy and Sheila are in the same class . They are friends . Nancy wants to invite Sheila to dinner on Sunday . But Sheila doesn’t know the way . Now Nancy is telling her .

‘It’s easy . You can take No.4 bus . After you get off at Red Road, Cross it and take the first turning on the left. Walk along the road for about five minutes, and then you will see a big tree. Go straight on and walk about 100 metres , you’ll see a big red house . This is not my home. Go past the big house about four hundred metres , and you will see a small yellow house beside a small tree. Then you can open the door with your foot.’

‘With my foot ?’asks Sheila. ‘Why ?’

‘Well , you won’t come to my house empty—handed (空手地), will you ?’ answers Nancy .

1.Nancy asks Sheila to ______.

A. have dinner with her

B. go to a big red house

C. go to the cinema together

D. go shopping together

2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage ?

A. Nancy and Sheila are classmates.

B. Sheila should take NO.5 bus first .

C.Nancy asks Sheila to come to her home on Saturday .

D. Sheila knows Nancy’s home very well.

3.How far is it from the big tree to the small yellow house ?

A. It’s five minutes walk.

B. It’s a hundred minutes’ ride .

C. It’s about two hundred metres .

D. It’s about five hundred metres

4.Where is Nancy’s house ?

A. It’s beside a big red house .

B. It’s beside a small tree .

C.It’s on the right side of Red Road.

D. It’s behind a small yellow house.

5.Why does Nancy asks Sheila to open the door with her foot ?

A. Because she thinks Sheila should carry a lot of presents in both hands.

B.Because she thinks Sheila should bring her family members to her home.

C.Because she thinks Sheila should bring other classmates to her home.

D.Because she thinks Sheila will be afraid to open the door with her hands.

Lester was walking in the street with two huge and heavy suitcases. A stranger walked up to him and asked ,“Have you got the time ?”
Lester stopped , put down the suitcases and looked at his watch .“It’ s five fifteen ,”he said .
“Hey , what a nice watch !”said the stranger .
Lester smiled a little and said ,“Yes , it’ s not bad . Look at this .”Then he showed the stranger a time display for the 86 largest cities in the world .
He hit a few buttons（按钮）and a voice told the time in Chinese . Lester continued ,“Its voice can be set（设置）for different languages .”
The stranger seemed very interested in the watch .
“That’ s not all ,”said Lester . He then pushed a few more buttons and a small map appeared on the watch .“The map can show where we are ,”explained Lester .
“I want to buy this watch !”said the stranger .
“Oh , no , I’ m not selling it . I have spent nearly two years making it ,”said Lester .
“I’ ll give you $ 1,000 for it !”
“Oh , no , I’ ve already spent more than that .”
“I’ ll give you $ 5,000 for it !”
Lester stopped to think . The stranger quickly gave him a check（支票）and said ,“$ 5,000 . Here it is .”
Lester finally agreed to sell the watch . When the stranger was going to leave with the watch , Lester pointed to the two huge suitcases and said ,“Hey , wait a minute . Don’ t forget your batteries .”
【小题1】Lester stopped in the street because _____ .

Which is more useful?(有用的)

Thomas is in Grade Two now. He goes to school from Monday to Friday. After school he must do some housework. He helps his parents on the farm(农场) on Saturdays and Sundays. So he doesn’t have any time to play soccer in the daytime. He often plays soccer with his friends in the moon (月亮).

It’s five in the afternoon. School is over. Thomas goes home and cooks for his family. After dinner he sees his friend Paul near his house and asks him to play soccer. The boy looks at the sky and sees the moon. Then he asks,” Which is more useful, the sun or the moon?”

“I think the moon is,” says Thomas. “We need light (光线) in the evening, because we see not the sun, but the moon!”

1.Thomas’ parents are ________.

2.Thomas must work on the farm       days in a week.

3.Thomas is busy in the daytime, so       .

4.Thomas sees Paul       today.

5.Thomas only likes       .

— It's already Monday. Sam lost his MP4 last Wednesday and he hasn't found it.

— Really? Do you mean_?

A. did Sam lose his MP4 five days ago

B. Sam lost his MP4 for five days

C. it's five days since Sam lost his MP4

D. has Sam lost his MP4 for five days