---- _______ Mr. Wang．Can you pass the dictionary to me, please?

---- Certainly．

A． I’m sorry．                B． Pardon．       C． Thank you．         D． Excuse me,

Juan Gomez wakes up at six o'clock every morning．He gets up, takes a  1 , gets dressed, and eats breakfast．After breakfast he  2  the newspaper until 7:15, then he leaves for work．He gets on the bus at the bus stop, rides it to University Avenue,  3 , and walks to his office．He works  4  five o'clock． He usually goes and plays basketball with friends after work． Then he goes home． Juan  5  a very boring life．

1． A． lesson              B． breath             C． shower           D． break

2． A． reads              B． writes             C． rolls              D． stamps

3． A． gets on             B． gets off            C． gets away         D． gets down

4． A． at                 B． before              C． from             D． until

5． A． leads               B． enjoys              C． hates             D． creates

Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present．On Christmas Eve Paul saw a dirty and poorly-dressed boy walking  1  his shining car．“Is this your car，Paul？”he asked．

Paul told him how he got the car and the boy was  2 ．“You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn’t cost you nothing？Boy，I wish…” he said, without  3  his sentence．Paul thought the boy wished he had a  4  like that． But what the boy said surprised Paul greatly． “I wish,”the boy went on，“that I could be a brother like that．”

Paul looked at the boy in surprise．He invited him to take a  5  in his car and the boy agreed happily．After a short ride，the boy turned and with his eyes  6 ，said，“Paul，would you mind driving in front of my house？”

Paul smiled a little．He thought the boy wanted to  7  his neighbors that he could ride home in a big car．But Paul was wrong  7 ．The boy ran back into his house, and after a short while came back with his disabled brother in his arms．

He  9  him down on the step and pointed to the car．“There she is, Buddy, just like what I told you upstairs． His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn’t  10  him a cent． Some day I’m going to give you one just like it．”

1． A． inside              B． around            C． through            D． across

2． A． interested           B． excited             C． satisfied            D． surprised

3． A． finishing           B． understanding       C． hearing             D． checking

4． A． car               B． brother            C． sister               D． family

5． A． seat               B． rest              C． ride              D． picture

6． A． watering            B． shining           C． wondering          D． shaking

7． A． frustrate            B． shock             C． remind              D． show

8． A． either               B． too             C． again                 D． instead

9． A． sat                 B． dropped          C． let                  D． kept

10． A． pay               B． cost              C． bring                D． return

Many people have to work on the weekend．Some people do not mind．Other people think it is terrible．

One man thinks that working on the weekend can be dangerous．He is Graham Coates. Mr. Coates worked in an office in Brighton, England．

On Saturday, May 24, 1986, he went to the office to do some work．When he got in the elevator to go home, it stopped between floors．Mr. Coates could not get out of the elevator. He was trapped（困住了）! He started to shout, but no one heard him． Then Mr. Coates remembered that it was a holiday in England．No one was going to come to work until Tuesday!

There was nothing for Mr. Coates to do．He had to wait until one his coworkers came to work and found him．With nothing to eat or drink, Mr. Coates ended up sleeping for most of the time．

Early on Tuesday morning, the vice president of the company came into work and found the elevator was not working．When the elevator was opened, Mr. Coates came out cold, weak, and tired．He had been in the elevator for sixty-two hours!

    Now Mr. Coates says, “I only uses elevators if they have telephones in them．”

1． Mr. Coates could not get out of the elevator because ______．

A． it was broken                           B． it was a weekend

C． it was a holiday                                D． it stopped on a wrong floor

2． How long did he stay in the elevator?

A． Twenty-four hours．                   B． From Saturday to Monday．

C． More than sixty hours．                 D． From Tuesday to Saturday．

3． What did he do in the elevator most of the time?

A． Shouted and screamed．                B． Slept and waited．

C． Telephoned his boss．                 D． Ate and drank．

4． How did he make his way out in the end?

A． The vice-president found him．

B． Some one opened the elevator．

C． The elevator began to work on Tuesday．

D． He found a door in the elevator．

5． What is the best title for this story?

A． An Interesting Elevator                  B． A Busy Weekend

C． Elevator Safety                        D． Trapped in an Elevator

Popular breakfast foods in the United States, as in many other countries around the world, include coffee, milk, juice, eggs and bread．Some other breakfast items served in the United States are thought by many to be traditionally American．However, they actually come from other countries．

A very popular breakfast food in America is the pancake---a thin, flat cake made out of flour and often served with maple syrup．The idea of the pancake is very old．In fact, pancakes were made long ago in ancient China．

Bagels, a round thick bread with a hole in the middle, are also popular for breakfast in America．Polish people in the late 1600s came up with the idea for the first bagels and this new kind of bread soon took off across Eastern Europe．

In the late 1800s, thousands of Jews from Eastern Europe traveled to the United States and brought the recipe for bagels with them．Today, New York bagels are said to be the best in the world．Many people have them with cream cheese for breakfast on the go．

Doughnuts （usually spelled “donut” in the United States） came from France．They were served to American soldiers in France during World War Ⅰ（第一次世界大战）．After the war, American soldiers asked cooks in the United States to make doughnuts for them．Now, served with coffee, they are a very popular breakfast food across the United States．

1． This reading is mainly about _______．

A． famous places in the United States to eat breakfast

B． popular American breakfast foods coming from China

C． the most popular types of pancakes in the United States

D． the history of popular breakfast foods in the United States

2． Which of the following is true for both bagels and donuts?

A． They both came from Europe．          B． They are both easy to make．

C． They are both sweet．                       D． People in New York make them best．

3． Who brought bagels to America?

A． Polish people．                            B． Jewish people．

C． Chinese people                              D． American soldiers．

4． Which of the following is true about doughnuts?

A． It was first made by the French．

B． The soldiers invented them in World War Ⅰ．

C． Only soldiers eat them in the Untied States．

D． It is round with a hole in the middle．

5． This passage tells us that ________．

A． the Americans like to eat sweet foods for breakfast

B． all American foods come from other countries

C． not all American foods are really American

D． very few Americans have breakfast every day

Many young people want to be pop stars．Pop stars are rich．Many people think they are leading a happy and easy life．In fact, they have very hard lives．They spend much of their time on travel．Sometimes the travel is interesting, but in most time it is boring to pop stars．The following chart is a day’s life of a pop star．

1． According to the chart, the pop star was a ________．

A． singer               B． dancer              C． player               D． pianist．

2． According to his plan, his plane should have taken off at _______．

A． 6:30                  B． 7:00                    C． 7:30                D．:8:00

3． How long did he spend on his way to the place for his performance?

A． One hour．                              B． Two hours．

C． four hours and three quarters．               D． One hour and a quarter．

4． At the radio station, the pop star ________．

A． showed fans how to become famous          B． gave a performance on the air

C． met fans and signed for them                            D． told people how he lived his life

5． From this passage we get to know that ________．

A． not all people like pop stars                        B． pop stars have their own bands

C． fans are troublesome for pop stars                     D． to be a pop star is not all fun

When I was twelve years old, my family were the first black people to move into an all white part of Grand Rapids, Michigan． Many of our new neighbors weren’t very welcoming．Some of them said angrily that we should return to where we came from．The children sometimes threw stones at me or drove me home from school．

Most of my teachers simply took no notice of me, but not Dorothy Bean, my history teacher．Miss Bean was angry at how badly I was being treated, but she didn’t say this to me．Miss Bean showed her respect for me by teaching me just like anyone else．Instead of being unnoticed, I was given a chance to show that I was clever．Miss Bean was the first teacher who ever made me think for myself．She always wanted to know what I thought about difficult questions．Was Thomas Jefferson right to buy Louisiana from France? Why? She expected me to have my own idea．Miss Bean was teaching me that thinking for oneself was the real key to education．

One day, when I was not paying attention in class, Miss Bean suddenly threw an eraser at me．The eraser hit me right on the hand and sent my pencil flying．The whole class were very surprised at first, then started laughing．This event became famous in the school and, because it happened to me, the students wanted to get to know me．So that’s the story of how Dorothy Bean made me her target（靶子）, and how I became just another kid in school．

1． The author and his family were not welcomed by the local people because ________．

A． they returned from another country            B． they had different skin colour

C． they spoke a different language                   D． they moved to a wrong place

2． From the end of the first paragraph we know that ________．

A． children are more friendly to strangers

B． American schools are not safe for kids

C． children often follow their parents’ behavior

D． fighting each other is part of children’s nature

3． At school most of his teachers ______ the author．

A． were cold to    B． didn’t notice     C． threw things at   D． got angry with

4． Miss Bean respected the author by ________．

A． giving him chances to answer questions      B． hitting him with a eraser

C． giving him extra lessons                             D． treating him as one of her students

5． To Miss Bean the most important thing for a student is to ________．

A． pay close attention to what the teacher says

B． learn to think and have one’s own idea

C． keep silent and unnoticed in class

D． get special attention from the teacher

根据下面的对话内容，从方框内的选项中选出最佳选项，选项中有一个为多余选项。

M:  Oh, hi, What is your name again? Since this is only the 2^nd day of school, I can’t remember  the students’ names yet．

W: _________1_______I have a hard time remembering names myself．

M: Uh, Karen, right?

W: ________2________My mom’s name is Karen．

M: Nancy, Okay． I think I heard you were from England．

W: Well, I was born there, but my parents are American． I grew up in France．

M:  ______3_________

W:  But then we moved here when I was nine．

M:  ________4________

W:  Well, he is a college professor, and he is in Scotland at the moment．

M:  How interesting! What does he teach?

W:  Oh, I have no idea．______5_______He teaches chemistry．