Fire can help people in many ways But it can also be very harmful (有害的) Fire can keep your house  1  , give light and cook food But fire can burn things  2  Big fire can burn ,trees ,houses , animals or people

Nobody knows how people began to use fire But there are  3  interesting old stories about how a man or woman started a fire One is  4  a man The man  5  a very long time ago He went up the sun and  6  fire down

Today people know how to make a fire with matches(火柴) Children sometimes  7  to play with them But matches can be very dangerous One match can burn a piece of paper And  8   it could burn a house A small fire can turn a big fire very quickly So you    9  be careful with matches

Be careful with fire , and it will  10  you But if you aren’t careful with fire and it may hurt you

1A warm   B warmer    C cool     D cooler

2A also    B too     C either    Dneither

3A many   B much     C little     D no

4A over    B about     C a little    D no

5A worked  B studied    Clearned    D lived

6A bring   B take     C brought   D took

7A enjoy   B like     Cdon‘t like   D become

8A after   B late      C yet     Dthen

9A can    B man      C will     D must

10A help   B do      C tell     D hope

The big red American car was much too wide for an English country road When Jack saw it coming toward him he stopped his own car at the side if the road to make room for it to past The American car went slowly past ,so close that he could see the driver’s face quite clearly

"Where have I seen that face before ?" he thought, Wait a minute! I remember now It was in the newspaper! He took out the newspaper from his bag, turned quickly to the middle page There was a picture of the face in it Yes, it bad a large mouth and small ears, and his eyes were behind dark glasses

 " Wanted by the police," read by Jack" The City Bank will give a lot of money to anyone who helps the police to catch this man"

"Call the police at once ," he said to himself But a few minutes later, he was sad "This man was caught this morning," answered the police

 1In which country did the story happen?

 AIt happened in America

 BIt happened in Australia

 CIt happened in England

 DThe story didnt tell us

 2Why did Jack stop his car?

 AHe wanted to see who the driver was

 BHe didn’t want to pass by first

 CThe road was too narrow for the two cars to pass at the same time

 DBecause it was good for an Englishman to stop to let other go

 3Who was wanted by the police in this passage ?

 AJack

 BThe driver in the American car

 CEither Jack or the driver

 DNeither Jack nor the American driver

 4What did Jack do when he had read the newspaper again?

 AHe drove to the City Bank

 BHe drove to the police

 CHe made a telephone call

 DHe stopped the American car

 5Who caught the man with a large mouth and small ears?

 AThe police      BJack

CNobody       DThe American driver

Linda and David have traveled by air from London to Sydney, Australia Linda has promised(答应)her mother that she will ring her to let her know that they have arrived safely This is something she had done ever since she was a child David thinks it is not a good idea to ring so far, to spend too much ,and to say so little

"If there were an accident" He says, they’d know soon enough Bad news travels fast.”

But Linda has promised that she would ring "However," she says, "it doesn’t cost much when you just think that its the other side of the worldIt’s only six pence per second (每秒六便士)"

 "If youre on that telephone for less than one minute, I’ll eat my hat, David says," And one minute’s nearly four pounds(英镑)"

 "That‘s no more than you’d pay for a new hat," Linda answers

 She has asked the man at the hotel (旅馆) desk to get her the number The telephone ringsLinda picks it up

 "Hello, Mum Is that you ?" She says

 "Six pence per second ," David reminds(提醒) her

 “Hello, love.” It is Mrs Lee, Linda’s mother, speaking from London "I can hear you very clearly just like you are in the next room Its a better line than when you called me from your office Do you remember? I shouted at that time ,and still you couldn’t hear me sometimes"

 "Yes ,Mum "Linda puts in.. "I just wanted to ring to ……"

 "I remember how you rang when you went to Betty‘s house to eat , when you were a little girlAnd then when you …" Mrs Lee is a great talker

 "Nearly four pounds" says David

 Linda tries to tell her mother that it is time to say goodbye

 "Yes, all right, "says Mrs Lee ," But you will write, wont you, as you did when you were at work …"

Once again, Mrs Lee talks about the passand there is no stopping her

Four pounds fifty,says David

 At last, Linda cuts her mother short, promises to write, and rings off

"There! That wasnt long, was it ?"
  " Four pounds, ninety pence" David answers " And you didn’t even say that weve arrived"

1Linda is telephoning home to ________

Atell her mother some bad news

Bsay that she and David have arrived safely

Creport an accident to her mother

Dsay that she and David have left London

2Linda does not think it expensive to ring , because _____

Ait only costs four pounds and ninety pence

Bit is even more expensive to buy a new hat

Cshe had telephoned home since she was a child

Dshe will speak from one side of the word to the other

3David says, Nearly four pounds , because ______

Ahe wants to remind Linda of the cost of the cost of the call

Bhe wants to buy himself a new hat

CLinda has not told her mother they have arrived

Dhe wants Mrs Lee to know how much the call costs

4Mrs Lee goes on talking for so long because _______

Ashe likes to hear all about the past

Bshe likes talking

CLinda had not told her that she has arrived

Dshe is going to pay for the telephone call

5Linda tries to stop her mother by ________

Atelling her how much the call is costing

Bwriting a letter as she has promised to do

Ctelling her that they have arrived safely

Dpromising to write, and ringing off

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