Story 1

  In America in 1940，the twin boys went to live with two different families almost as soon as they were born．The two brothers never saw each other again until1979，when they met by chance at a party．When they started talking to each other，they discovered some amazing similarities(相似处)．First，they found out that they both enjoyed making things out of wood．Later on，they discovered that they had both married women called Linda，and that they both had one son whose first and middle names were James and Alan．Besides，both brothers had called their dogs by the same name-Toy．As if that wasn’t enough，they also found out that they both took their family holiday at the same place every year．

Story 2

    In 1996，a Filipino woman called Mrs. Jimena told other people that her three children could breathe underwater like fish．Mrs. Jimena said that her children had three small holes on the sides of their necks below each ear，and that these were like the gills(鱼鳃)on fish．Mrs. Jimena said that she didn’t know how to swim and that her children were just starting to learn. Her family lives in a mountain village far from the sea． According to Mrs. Jimena，the holes in her children’s necks become larger when they are underwater, allowing them to stay underwater for up to six minutes．

Story 3

    On 11th October，1994，a 10-year-old English girl called Vicky Willmore told her mother that she had a headache．Soon afterwards，Vicky began writing in mirror image(镜像)．She wrote letters and numbers either upsidedown or back-to-front．Although she could read what she wrote，no one else could．She was examined by different doctors，but none of them could find out what was wrong with her．Vicky became very upset，and soon stopped reading and writing altogether．Instead she started watching TV all the time．On 27th ，September 1995，Vicky was watching her favourite football team，Manchester United，play on television．When the team scored a goal，she became so excited that she jumped out of her seat and fell backwards，hitting her head on a coffee table．The next day，Vicky could read and write properly again．

1．The twin brothers didn’t meet each other until _________．

  A．1940            B．1979             C．1994               D．1996

2．The twin brothers_______．

  A．grew up in two different families

  B．didn’t have any similarities at all

  C．had two sons named James and Alan

  D．didn’t like making things out of wood

3．Mrs Jimena’s children could stay underwater for up to 6 minutes because ________．

  A．their mother was the best swimmer

  B．their village was close to the sea

  C．they had holes like gills below ears

  D．they bad gills like fish in their necks

4．The 10-year-old English girl changed her proper writing habit _______．

  A．soon after she had a headache one clay

  B．while she was watching a football match

  C．when she hit her head on a coffee table

  D．as soon as she stopped reading and writing

5．From the third story we know that ___________．

  A．Vicky wrote backwards for nearly three years

  B．doctors didn’t know what was wrong with Vicky

  C．hitting one’s head can make him write backwards

  D．watching football on television can cause trouble

6．This passage consists of three __________stories．

  A．traditional    B．historical         C．frightening             D．amazing

    Boys and girls love to watch TV ．Some children spend six hours a day in school and four to six in front of the TV set．Some children even watch TV for eight or more hours on Saturday．TV programmes are like books and films．A child Can learn bad things from some of them and good things from others．Some programmes help children know the news from the other parts of the world．Some programmes show people and places from other countries or other times(时代)in history With TV a child doesn’t need to go to the zoo to see animals or to the sea to see a ship．Boys and girls can see a film，a play or a basketball match at home．Some programmes can teach children how to cook or how to use tools．It’s interesting to watch TV，but it is also interesting to read a book or to visit friends．

1．Children can learn _______ from TV programmes．

A．good things      B．bad things       C．good or bad things        D．good and bad things

2．A child can’t know ______ from TV programmes．

A．the news of other countries                    B．people and places in history

 C．people and places in the future                 D．people and places of other countries

3．How many hours do children often watch TV a day?

  A 4                        B．4-6               C．6                                D．8-10

4．Children can watch ______ from TV programmes．

  A．dogs                  B．films             C．matches                      D．A，B and C

5．Which of the following is wrong?

  A．Watching TV is the only interesting thing in life．

  B．Reading a book is also interesting

  C．Visiting friends is interesting，too

  D．A child should learn useful things from TV programmes·

1._______ doesn’t like dogs.

A．Andrew           B．Julia              C．Nancy            D．Henry

2._______ kids like dogs.

A．One             B．Two              C．Three            D．Four

3.________ like the same animal.

A．Nancy and Julia                         B．Henry and Nancy

C．Julia and Andrew                        D．Andrew and his mother

4.Some dogs are “doctor” because ___________.

A．They can work in the hospital              B．they treat (治疗)the sick people

C．they can do some medical work            D．they can make sick children happy

5.Which sentence is NOT true?

A．Henry thinks dogs are cute.                B．Julia likes giving animals showers.

C．Dogs can help people with many things.      D．Andrew thinks dogs are smart.