I was in my third year of teaching writing at Ralph High School in New York, when one of my students, 15-year-old Mikey, gave me a note from his mother. It explained his absence from class the day before:

    "Dear Mr. McCort, Mikey's grandmother, who is eighty years of age, fell down the stairs from too much coffee and I kept Mikey at home to take care of her and his baby sister so I could go to my job. Please excuse Mikey and he'll do his best in the future. P.S. His grandmother is OK."

    I had seen Mikey writing the note at his desk. l said nothing. Most parental-excuse notes I received were penned by my students. The writers of those notes didn't realize that honest excuse notes were usually boring: "Peter was late because the alarm clock didn't go off."

    The students always said it was hard putting 200 words together on any subject, but when they produced excuse notes, they were excellent. So I decided to give the first class to study the art of the excuse note.

    “Today I'd like you to write 'An Excuse Note from Adam to God' or 'An Excuse Note from Eve to God'. "Heads went down. Pens raced across paper. They had to be asked to go to lunch by their friends.[来源:学|科|网Z

    The next day everyone had excuse notes. Heated discussions followed. But suddenly I saw the headmaster at the door. He entered the classroom and walked up and down, looking at papers, and then said. "I'd like you to see me in my office." My heart sank,

    When I stepped into his office, he came to shake my hand and said, "I just want to tell you that lesson, that task, was great. Those kids were writing on the college level. Thank you."

1.What did the writer do when he found the students dishonest?

A. He reported them to the headmaster.

B. He lectured them hard on honesty.

C. He had them take notes-n class.

D. He helped improve their writing skills.

2.We can learn that when Mikey was absent from the class, he was____.

A. somewhere enjoying himself

B. taking care of his baby sister

C. looking after his grandmother

D. studying the art of the excuse note

3.How did the writer usually find out his students' parental excuse notes were dishonest?

A. They were written in boring words.

B. He called their parents and found out the truth.

C. They were more like stories than facts.

D. The handwriting clearly looked like children's.

4.Which of the following is true?

A. The writer has many years of teaching experience.

B. The students are good at writing excuse notes.

C. The headmaster was angry with the writer.

D. Most of the excuse notes were written by the parents.

5.Which of the following best describes the writer as a teacher?

A. Honest.               B. Strict.                   C. Hardworking.    D. Wise.

Everybody has a home .People have homes. Animals have homes. People live in many different kinds of houses. Animals have different kinds of homes, too.

Some animals live in holes（洞）under the ground . The woodchuck(土拨鼠) lives under the ground .His home has two doors. If any animal comes into one door, the woodchuck goes out through the other . Some animals live in holes in trees. Some squirrels（松鼠）build nests (窝) high in trees. Most of the birds live in nests in trees. But hawks（鹰）build their nests high in the mountains(山).

(    ) 1. The story is about____________.

A. some trees      B. some people     

C. some animals    D. the homes of some animals

(    ) 2. ___________ live under the ground.

A. All the animals   B. All the woodchucks

C. All the squirrels   D. All the birds

(    ) 3. How many doors are there in the woodchuck’s house?

A. One     B. Two     C. Three.      D. None.

(    ) 4. Animals’ homes are____________.

A. not the same   B. the same    C. in holes    D. in trees

(    ) 5. People live in ____________.

A. holes    B. trees     C. different kinds of houses    D. mountains

B

Joan is an American girl. She lives in China now. She is in my class. Her parents work in China, too, but her brother works in the U.S.A. He often writes letters to them. Joan likes Chinese class very much, and likes speaking Chinese with us after class. Her father teaches us English well. We all like his class. On Sundays, Joan goes to the People's Park with her father and mother. Sometimes she goes shopping with her mother. They like the Chinese food very much. It's a happy family.

(    )6. Joan is from ________.    

A. China B. Japan  C. the U.S.A. D. Canada

(    )7. Joan likes speaking ________with us after class.

A. Chinese B. English  C. French D. Japanese

(    )8. Joan's ________ is an English teacher.

A. father B. mother  C. brother D. father and mother

(    )9. How often does Joan go to the shop?

A. Often. B. Never.  C. Every Sunday. D. Sometimes.

(    )10. Which is not wrong?

A. Joan's mother is a good doctor.        B. There are three people in her family.

C. They like to eat the Chinese food a lot.  D. The family are all in China.

C

(     )11. If you go to ______, maybe some people can understand you.

A. Russia        B. Singapore       C. Egypt       D. India

(     )12. Egyptians speak _________.

A. Chinese       B. Russian         C. Arabic      D. French

(    )13. If you go to ______, you must learn Russian well.

A. Russia        B. Canada         C. Singapore    D. India

(    )14. The capital of Singapore is _______.

A. Moscow       B. Cairo     C. New Delhi D. Singapore city

(    )15. From the form(表格), we can see that ______ is the most important language.

A. English     B. Russian        C. French     D. Tamil

                        D

Mrs Wilson likes to ask his husband to go shopping with her on Sundays. Her husband pays for the things that she buys. Now they are in a shop.

"Look, Andy. Is it a fancy hair clip?" Mrs Wilson asks his husband.

"All right. And how much is it?"  he answers and gives money to the shop assistant.  When Mrs Wilson asks him about something good or bad,      he often says "All right. And how much is it?"   to her.

At about 8 o'clock p.m., Andy is tired and thirsty, and he wants to have a drink. Suddenly (突然地) his wife looks up at moon and says, "Look, Andy. Is the moon so beautiful?"

"All right. And how much is it?" his husband answers quickly.

判断正(T)误(F)

(    )16. Mrs Wilson likes to go shopping on Sundays.

(    )17. Andy is Mrs Wilson's husband.

(    )18 Mrs Wilson pays for all the thing she buys.

(    )19 Andy is hungry and wants to buy some food.

(    )20 Mrs Wilson wants Andy to buy the moon.