One morning it was shining brightly when I woke up. I looked at the alarm clock. It said 3:45! It had stopped! What time was it? I climbed out of bed and went downstairs to the kitchen. The kitchen clock said 8:30—I was late! My parents were away. My aunt had gone to work without checking if I was up. The school bus went at 8:00. I had missed it. I rang my friend Tony on his mobile phone.

“Tell the teacher I’ll be in as soon as I can!” I said.

“Come on your rollerblades,” Tony said. “It will be faster than the bus.”

I washed and dressed in a hurry. I grabbed an apple to eat on the way. That was my breakfast! Then I put on my rollerblades and set off for school. It took half an hour to get to the school. I took all the shortcuts I knew. I went across the park — even through some backyards! When I got to school, I was very hot and my legs ached. I had missed math, our first lesson of the morning. But I made it just in time for history, our second lesson. I was very happy because history is my favorite subject.

1.The boy woke up at __________ that morning.

   A. 3:45             B. 7:30            C. 8:00             D. 8:30

2.The boy got up late mainly because __________.

   A. his alarm clock had stopped

B. his parents were away

   C. his aunt had gone to work

D. he had missed the school bus

3.The boy got to school __________ that morning.

   A. by bus               B. by skating       C. by running           D. by bike  

4.The boy took all the shortcuts in order to __________.

   A. have breakfast on the way

B. meet his friend 

C. get to school as soon as he could

D. have his favorite lesson

5. Which of the following is NOT true?

   A. The boy’s bedroom is upstairs and the kitchen is downstairs.

   B. Tony told the boy to go to school on his rollerblades.

   C. The boy had nothing for breakfast that morning.

   D. The boy didn’t miss his favorite lesson.

Next week, Mr. Chen will take his class to the Space Museum. There are many things about  51  there. First, the children  52  a movie about space travel. They will see how a space shuttle(飞机)  53  and later lands on the earth again!

After the  54 , Mr Chen will take them to see some models of rockets and space shuttles. Though the models landed on the moon. They put an American national flag there. Then they came  55  to the earth safely.

The children will also  56  a video about some astronauts’ living and working on a space station. They will stay there for a year or two.

The Space Museum will be a(n)  57  place for the children to know  58  about space. They will have a great time there.

1.A. animals  B. people  C. space  D. buildings

2.A. see  B. saw  C. sees  D. will see

3.A. take off  B. take away  C. takes away  D. takes off

4.A. travel  B. movie  C. song  D. lesson

5.A. look  B. sound  C. hear  D. smell

6.A. read  B. seem  C. watch  D. look

7.A. boring  B. good  C. bad  D. easy

8.A. fewer  B. less  C. lot  D. more

Hi Jerry,

　 Thank you 1 your invitation to 2 your school next week. I am sorry I 3  come. I’m not going to be 4 next week. On Monday, I have a piano lesson 5 8:00  5 10:00 in the morning, and I have to study for the English test in the afternoon. On Tuesday, I am  6 a friend from my hometown at the airport. On Wednesday, I am  7 tennis with my friends. I have to look after my  8 grandpa on Thursday. On Friday, I’m helping one of my classmates 9  his English. I am busy  10 week.

A woman repeated a bit of gossip（流言） about a neighbor. Within a few days, the whole village knew the story. The person she talked about was deeply hurt and angry.

Later, the woman spreading the rumor（谣言） learned that it was completely untrue. She was very sorry and went to a wise man to find out what she could do to repair the harm.

"Go to the marketplace," he said, "buy a chicken, and have it killed. Then on your way home, pick its feathers and drop them one by one along the road." Although surprised by this advice, the woman did what she was told.

The next day the wise man said, "Now, go and collect all those feathers you dropped yesterday and bring them back to me."

The woman followed the same road, but she was so discouraged when she found the wind had blown the feathers all away. After searching for hours, she returned with only three in her hand.

"You see," said the wise man, "it's easy to drop them, but it is impossible to get them all back. So it is the same with gossip. It doesn't take much to spread a rumor, but once you do, you can never completely undo（ 弥补） the wrong."

1.Why did the the woman feel sorry ?

2.What did the wise man tell the women to do?

3.The underlined word “discouraged” might mean       .

4.Which of the following statements is true?

5.What the wise man said has nearly the same meaning as the Chinese phrase______.