Read the story. Look at the pictures and the two examples. Write one-word answers.

Last holiday Fred went to a beautiful island with his family. They swam and played a lot of tennis. At the end of the holiday they went to the ________ but their plane was late.

They had to wait for 12 hours and it was very borinq. The room was ________and hot. When the plane was near London the pilot said, “I'm sorry. We're going to fly to another place.

It's too________for the plane to stop here.”

The plane went to a ________a long way from their home. It was late so the family stayed in a hotel. The next day they took the train home but Fred couldn't go to school. Me was very ________!

What is the story called?

Tick one box.

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A．A fast plane

B．One more day's holiday

C．A terrible holiday

Read the story. Look at the pictures and the two examples.

Write one-word answers.

A very famous man lives opposite me. His name is Mr Banks. His house is very big It has ten bedrooms and a beautiul garden. He has four new cars and he flies to work in a helicopter He has parties every Saturday ________ He plays the piano and ________ very well.

We are not famous and we don't have a big house, but Mr Banks always says “Hello”to us. His sister and my Mum are good friends. On Tuesday morning last week. I ________ out of my window. There was a lot of snow. The garden was white, the trees were white, the tops of the houses were white. It was beautiful.

Then I ________ about school. I went ________ to find my Mum. “Mum,” I said, “I can't go to school today because there's snow on the roads.”“Oh yes you can!”she said.

“Look, Mr Banks is here. He wants to help you.”I looked at Mr Banks. He said, “Jim, would you like to go to school in a helicopter this morning?”

I ________ and shouted, “Yes, please!”

What's the best name for this story?

Tick one box.

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A．A helicopter ride

B．Mr Banks' party

C．A holiday in the snow

Read the text. Choose the right words and write them on the lines.

Christmas Cards

Example: It was two weeks before Christmas, and Mrs. Smith was busy. She bought a lot of Christmas cards in a　　bookshop to send to her friends and 1　　her husband's friends, she put them on the table in the living-room. She said to heir husband, “Here are the Christmas cards 2　　our friends, and here are some stamps and addresses 3　　you please write the cards while I am 4　　 the dinner?” Mr. Smith didn't say 5　　, but walked out of the living-room and went to his study. Mrs. Smith was angry 6　　him, but she did not say anything 7　　Then a minute 8　　he came back with a box full of Christmas cards 9　　of them had addresses and stamps on them. “I 10 written them already.

These are from last year,” he said. “I forgot to post them”.

Read the passage and choose the best answer

　　George is a seaman. He is always drunk. One day George went to a new city. He drank very much in a bar at night. When he went out of the bar, he saw a man lying on the street. The man was quite drunk. When George came nearer, the man pointed to the sky and asked, “Excuse me, is that the sun or the moon?”

　　George looked at the sky for a few minutes and answered. “I'm afraid I can't help you, I am a stranger here myself.”

(1)George is a seaman. He must work ________.

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A．in the bus　　B．on the ship　　C．in the factory

(2)George likes to drink very much. He goes to drink in this bar ________.

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A．very often　　B．every day　　C．the first time

(3)George didn't know if it was the sun or the moon because ________.

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A．he was a stranger there

B．he was quite drunk

C．he didn't want to tell him

(4)The man lying in the street was ________, too.

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A．a seaman　　B．a stranger　　C．a drunk man

Look at the pictures and read the story. Answer the questions. Do not write more than four words in each answer.

Mrs. Jones likes shopping very much. And this afternoon, she went shopping again, when her husband came home in the evening, she began to tell him about a beautiful dress she saw in a shop window. “You must want to buy it.” said her husband, “How much is it?” “It's $40.” Mrs. Jones answered. “$40 for a dress? It's too expensive!”

Example:

What does Mrs. Jones prefer doing? prefers shopping

1．What did Mrs. Jones want to buy? ________

2．Why didn't her husband agree to buy? ________

But every evening, when Mr. Jones came back home from work, his wife still talked only about the dress, and at last, after a week, he said, “Oh, buy the dress! Here is the money!” Mrs. Jones was very happy after she heard this. She decided to buy it the next day.

3．What did Mr. Jone give his wife? ________

4．When did she decide to buy the dress? ________

But the next evening, when Mr. Jones came home and asked, “Have you had the famous dress?” she said, “No”. “Why not?” he asked his wife. His wife answered, “Well, it was still in the window of the shop after a week, so I thought nobody else wants this dress, so I didn't want it either.”

5．Where was the famous dress in the shop? ________

6．How long has the dress at least been in the shop since Mrs. Jones first saw it? ________