It’s 3:00 a.m. Angela is ready to start the day at the family bakery. She has three children, and they all   1   at the bakery. Vincent and his wife, Angela, are the owners of his family’s bakery.

Vincent’s father owned the bakery, and   2   Vincent’s grandfather owed the bakery. Now, Vincent and his wife own and run the bakery.

   3   in the family works in the shop. The oldest daughter, Claire decorates many of the special cakes. Marie, is the   4   child. She works at the counter, and sometimes she makes cookies. Paul, the youngest, is 14, and he makes bread. Vincent says, “Paul has good hands for bread.” The whole family works in the bakery, but the children only work here before or after

  5   .

The bakery is open from 6:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. every day   6   Monday. The bakery sell cookies, cakes and bread. For special holidays,   7    Easter and Christmas, Vincent keeps the bakery open   8   6:00 p.m., and Angela always prepares fresh coffee for their customers.

Mr Martino is a regular customer. He visits the bakery every morning. He always buys the round loaf of bread with no butter. He says that it’s good. Mrs Salerno is   9   a regular customer. Every Friday she buys two loaves of Italian bread and a large box of cookies. Her

  10   daughter, Laura, always gets one free cookie. Mrs Salerno says that Vincent’s bakery is the best in the area.

1. A. play            B. study           C. help           D. eat

2. A. at least        B. later on        C. since then      D. before that

3. A. Everyone        B. Someone         C. No one         D. Only one

4. A. first           B. middle          C. only           D. last

5. A. school          B. breakfast       C. lunch          D. class

6. A. from            B. on              C. except         D. to

7. A. for example    B. such as          C. as well as     D. in addition  

8. A. after           B. before          C. at             D. until

9. A. just            B. still           C. also           D. even

10. A. six year old   B. six years old    C. six-old-years  D. six-year-old

It’s twenty to five. School is over. David comes back. His mother is not at home and the door is closed. His brother Mike likes sports. He’s playing football in the school. His sister Ann likes music and she is singing with her friends. He can’t go in and bring out a ping-pong and play with it near the house.

Mrs. White comes back with a basket in her hand. David sees her and runs to help her carry it. They come it. They come in and the boy finds there are three cakes in a bag. They’re his favourite food and he wants to eat them.

“The other two are for Mike and Ann,” says his mother. “You each have one.”

“But I’m hungry now, mum,” says the boy. “May I have two?”

“Yse, you can. Go and cut yours in hall!”

41. School is over at _______.

   A. 4:20           B. 4:40          C. 5:20         D. 5:40

42. Before David comes back, Mrs. White _______.

   A. waits at home             B. plays near the house

   C. goes shopping             D. listen to music

43. How many children does Mrs. White have?

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

44. David wants to eat cakes because ______.

A. his mother comes back      B. he finds them in a bag

   C. Mike isn’t at home         D. he is very hungry

45. How many cakes dose Mrs. Mike give David?

   A. Only one       B. Two cakes     C. One and a half  D. Two and a half

One of my favorite things to do is hiking in mountains．Because
nobody likes the idea of getting lost，I always prepare before every
trip．But what’s the best navigation tool，a Global Positioning Sys-
tem(GPS)or a good old map and compass?
Five of my friends and I hiked through the mountains on a trail
(路线)I marked．One team of three carried a GPS，and the other[来源:Z+xx+k.Com]
team used a map and compass．
It took the GPS team 3 hours and 1 1 minutes to get through the
whole hike，however，it took the map and compass team only 2
hours and 49 minutes．The biggest problem the GPS team met was
that they lost the satellite signal(卫星信号)in some places．With
no map or compass，they had to walk around until they were in a
place where the signal was good．The map and compass team was
able to spot different landmarks，compare them to their maps and then use the compass to point them in the right direction．
When I head out on my future hikes，I’m bringing a map，a compass and a GPS to show me the way．
(   )【小题1】The two teams____．
A．had the same navigation tool  B．went along the same trail  C．had the same problem
(    )【小题2】The GPS team spent ____ time than the map and compass team in the whole hike．
A．1ess    B．more    C．the same
(    )【小题3】In the end，the writer found out____．
A．the map and compass were too old navigation tools to use any more
B．it wasn’t necessary to bring a map and a compass together with a GPS
C．the GPS had some disadvantages in hiking in mountains

Two teachers were sitting in the teachers' room. For a moment there was silence. Then one of them, Miss Smith, said, "I'm afraid I'd have to fail him! I just can’t let him   16  . "
"Now Alice," said her friend, Mrs Jackson, "is he so terrible a student?"
"That's just the trouble!" the other woman answered, "Tom was ever my   17  student. The problem is that he is so lazy that he never gets his work done. He hasn't handed me a piece of homework for three     18   !"
Mrs Jackson had never seen Miss Smith so   19  before. "Have you had a word with him about it?" she asked.
"Why should I? Every student must hand in homework. I made    20  very clear on the first day for class.  I don't know what has happened. When the lessons started, he did so well that I   21  thought about asking the school to give him a scholarship(奖学金). But now he often sleeps in class! I've never seen such a  22  in a student."
"You should have a talk with him. Give him a chance. "
Miss Smith spoke to Tom and learned all about it. He was studying all day and working most of the night in a factory to   23   for his schooling. Of course he was   24  in class and sometimes could hardly   25  awake. Miss Smith soon asked the school to give him a scholarship and he was able to devote himself to his lessons again.