Five and four is ______．

　　A．seven　　 B．eight　　 C．nine　　 D．ten

Mary and Her Friends

Mary has some friends. They are Betty, Peter, Alice and Mike. Mary is the oldest of the five. Betty is thirteen years old. She is younger than Mary and older than Peter. Alice is nine and Mike is seven.

Betty and Peter are good runners（长跑运动员）. But Peter runs faster. Mary and Betty like to play basketball. Mary plays better than Betty. Alice sings best of them.

Mary and Betty study in a middle school. Peter, Alice and Mike study in a primary（小学）school. They all work hard at school. But Betty works hardest. Her handwriting（书法）is good, too.

1. Mary has _______ friends.

2. Mike is ______ than Alice.

3. Peter runs _______ than Betty.

4. Betty’s handwriting is _______.

5.They all ______ .

Jenny and Lucy are good friends, Jenny likes doing sports. She plays football five times a week and she swims and runs every Saturday. She drinks milk, eats fruit and vegetables every day. She also likes singing pop songs. She doesn^，t like going shopping .

Lucy doesn^，t like doing sports , but she sometimes plays basketball with her friends. She really likes to watch TV for four of five hours every night. She doesn^，t like drinking milk, but she likes eating meat very much. She eats meat every day. She often plays computer games, too. She sleeps eight hours every night.

1. Who is Lucy?

A. Jenny’s sister            B. Jenny’s friend.          C. Jenny’s classmate.    D. Jenny’s aunt.

2. What does Jenny like doing?

A. Doing sports.            B. Watching TV.            C.  Writing stories.       D. Dancing.

3. What does Jenny like drinking?

A. Juice                        B. Soup                        C. Milk                         D. Water

4. What does Lucy like doing?

A. Swimming                B. Drinking milk            C. Playing volleyball       D. Watching TV

5. How long does Lucy sleep every night?

A. Nine hours.                     B. Five hours.               C. Four hours.                     D. Eight hours.

Mike is nine this year. He is in Grade Three. His father drives a car in a factory(工厂) and his mother works in a hospital.

   It's a Saturday afternoon. Mike is sitting in the room and reading a book. Kate comes up to him and says, “Brother! Mummy wants you to help her.”

   “What does she want me to do?” asks the boy, “To wash the apples or to cut the cakes?”

“Neither,” answers Kate, “She’s watering flowers in the garden. She wants you to carry some water for her.”

“Why don’t you do that?”

“Mummy says I’m too young.”

“Don’t you see I’m busy now?”

“What are you doing here, then?”

“I’m reading a book. I can’t go there.”

“Is this an interesting book?”

“Yes, it is.”

“Well, let me help you read the book and you go to help her,” says Kate.

6. There’re ____ people in Mike’s family.

A. two         B. three       C. four          D. five

7. Kate is Mike’s _____.

A elder sister   B younger sister  C  elder brother   D younger brother

8. Tom doesn’t go to school because_____.

A it’s Saturday                B he’s ill  

C he wants to read the book      D he wants to help his mother

9. Tom doesn’t want to help his mother because____

A he’s very busy               B he has some homework to do

C he’s very hungry             D he’s very lazy(懒惰)

10. Kate comes to Mike and wants_____.

A to read the book             B to carry water 

C to water flowers             D him to help their mother