Look at the picture, and read the story. Answer the questions. Do not write more than three words.

　　My name is Lily. I've got only a sister－Mary. Last night, I played with my doll after supper. Mary watched TV in the sofa. My mum was tired so she was sitting in the armchair. My father was washing bowls and cleaning. the kitchen. Mum said to us, “Girls, it's time to go to bed. Let your father take you upstairs.” We weren't tired and didn't want to sleep so early. Mary and I went up the stairs to our bedroom very slowly.

Questions:

(1)Where was Mary? ________

(2)Why was Lily's mother in the armchair? ________

(3)Which room was their father in? ________

(4)What did Mum want the girl to do? ________

　　Upstairs in, our room, we asked Dad to tell us a story. Mary showed Dad a comic book about sea animals. But I didn't want that. I wanted a story about land animals. So Dad chose a story about a bird looking for its mum.

(5)Where were the children? ________

(6)Did Mary and Lily like the same or different story? ________

(7)What did Mary show to Dad? ________

(8)What kind of story did Dad choose at last? ________

　　Dad started the story. The story was very interesting. We listened and laughed. We felt tired and our eyes closed slowly. Dad put a blanket on us and kissed us and then went quietly downstairs.

(9)How was the story? ________

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

　　Last weekend Jane, Susan, Paul and Fred went to the countryside. They played in the woods and suddenly Susan shouted, “Look! There's an old house behind those trees.” Paul said. “Yes. No one lives in and we can go to play in it.”

Example:

Where did the children go to play? the countryside

Questions:

(1)When did the children go to the countryside? ________

(2)What did Paul want to do in the house? ________

　　The children quickly ran to the house. They went to the door and tried to open it but they couldn't. Fred said, “Look, that window is broken. We can climb into it through the window.” He helped Paul, Jane and Susan to climb in and then he went in. It was dark inside. Susan and Jane felt afraid. They said they wanted to go outside again. But Fred and Paul said, “Well, you two wait here. We are going upstairs!” they ran upstairs and went into the bedroom.

(3)What did the children try to open? ________

(4)How did they get in at last? ________

(5)Which child went in the house last? ________

　　Paul said, “Look, Fred! There is a cupboard here. Let's open it.” Fred carefully opened the cupboard door. He saw two green eyes looking at him. “Help!” he shouted and the girls heard him shouting. They were all afraid and quickly ran out of the house. Fred climbed up a tree and the others stood behind it. Then they all looked at the open door. Just then a black cat walked out slowly.

(6)Where was Fred outside? ________

Look at the pictures and read the story. Answer the questions.

Do not write more than three words.

Mary s uncle and aunt came to her house last week. They gave her a beautiful parrot. It was blue and yellow Mary was very happy with her new pet. She gave him the name “Pasta” and put him in the kitchen. Mary's aunt said, “Parrots eat fruit.” Mary's uncle said, “Parrots can talk. You must teach Pasta some words.” frst the parrot learned his name, Pasta, and then he learned the words “Mary”, “yes”, “no” and “lunch”.

Example:

What did Mary's aunt and uncle give her?　　　　 a parrot

Questions:

1．What colour was Mary's pet? ________

2．What was his name? ________

3．What must Mary teach her pet? ________

4．How many words did the pet learn? ________

Now Pasta knows a lot of words. On Saturday Mary's mother came into the living room and asked the children. “What do you want to eat for lunch?” Mary's brother, fred, shouted, “Pasta please!” The parrot was in the living room. tie listened carefully and thought, “Oh no. fred wants to eat me!”Then he quickly flew outside.

5．Where were the children? ________

6．Who wanted to eat pasta? ________

7．Where did the parrot go? ________

Mary and fred ran outside but Pasta wasn't there. They were very sad. Then their mother shouted, “Come quickly!” They ran into the kitchen and there was Pasta. He had some fruit in his mouth. Me gave the fruit to Mary's mother She laughed and said to the parrot, “I know you want to tell us something-eat fruit but don't eat Pasta!”The parrot looked at her carefully and said, “Yes please.”

8．Who ran outside? ________

9．Where was Pasta? ________

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? ________