Mrs Brown is very fat. " Don't eat meat and cakes any more." her doctor says to her. " I'm going to stop her
eating them doctor ", her husband says.
      The next morning, Mrs. Brown makes a beautiful cake, and her husband eats half of it. Then he goes out,
Mrs. brown cuts a very small piece of the cake and eats it. It is very good. She cuts a bigger piece and eats it.
In a few minutes she finishes the cake. " My husband is going to be very angry, " " What am I going to do? "
She makes another cake very quickly, eats half of that, and leaves the other half on the table. Her husband comes
back later, he sees the half of the cake on the table and is very happy.
(     ) 1. Mrs. Brown is fat because she eats too much meat and cakes.
(     ) 2. Her husband doesn't want her to eat anything.
(     ) 3. Mr. Brown makes a beautiful cake the next morning.
(     ) 4. Mrs. Brown wants to eat the half of the cake very much.
(     ) 5. Mrs. Brown makes another cake and eat it.

      Tom is seven. He goes to school every day. The school is near his home. So he goes there on foot and
comes back home on time.
      But today he is late. His mother asks him, " Why are you late today? " " I was in the teacher's office."
" Why did you go to the teacher's office? " " Because my teacher asked us a question in class, and nobody
could answer it, but me." " It's good to answer the teacher's questions." " But the question was who put ink
on my chair? "
(     ) 1. Tom lives near his school.
(     ) 2. He goes to school and comes back home on foot every day.
(     ) 3. Today Tom went to school late.
(     ) 4. Tom put some ink on the teacher's chair.
(     ) 5. The boy is very naughty (调皮).

      Mr. and Mrs. Smith come from Sydney. They teach English in a middle school in China. They like their
work. They have a son and a daughter, Jim and Sue. They are all in China now. Mr. Smith can speak Chinese.
He likes swimming and reading. Mrs. Smith likes swimming in the afternoon and cooking. Jim and Sue like
playing chess. They often play games with Chinese boys and girls.
      Jim's uncle, Green, works on a farm near Sydney. He likes swimming, too. He wants to work in China. But
he can't speak Chinese. So he is still there and goes to Chinese classes every week.

1. Where are Jim and Sue from?

A. America.
B. Canada.
C. Australia.

2. What does Mr Smith like? He likes ___________

A. cooking.
B. reading.
C. playing games.

3. What does Jim's uncle like? He likes ___________

A. reading.
B. playing games.
C. swimming.

4. Where does Sue's uncle work?

A. On a farm.
B. In a school.
C. In a club.

5. Who works in different countries now?

A. Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
B. Mr. Smith and his uncle.
C. Mr. Smith and his brother.

      An old woman is going shopping with a basket. She is going by boat. The boat is going across (穿过) the
river. Her basket is e      1        now. Oh dear! Look! Her basket is in the w      2       . " Help! my basket is in
the river."
      A boy sees the basket. He says, " Don't worry! I can g       3       it! " He takes off his shirt and shoes.
" Look a       4       them for me, please! " he says, and j       5       into the river.
      A duck sees the basket. " I can go by b      6       ." It thinks. It gets into the basket. The boy is swimming in
the river. " Where's the basket? " He asks. " It's over there! " answers the woman. " It's behind you! It's under
that d     7      ." The boy gets to the basket. " Go away! " he says to the duck. The duck comes o        8        
the basket and swims away. The b        9       takes the basket back to the woman. " Oh, thank you very much."
says the woman.
      " Not at all! " says the boy. " Do you have my shirt and shoes, please? " " Yes, here you are. Oh! What's
this in the basket? " " It's the duck's e       10       ."

      Water is very important for living things. Without water there can be no life on the earth. All plants and
animals need water. Man also needs water. We need water to drink, to cook food and to clean ourselves. Water
is needed in farms, factories, offices, schools and families.
      Water is found in seas, rivers and lakes. It can be found everywhere in the world, and it can also be found
in the air. We cannot see or feel it when it is part of air. Clouds are also made of water. They are little drops of
water. When water freezes, it is ice. So ice is also water.
(     ) 1. Some living things can live without water.
(     ) 2. Man needs less water than the other living things.
(     ) 3. Water can be found on the earth and in the air.
(     ) 4. Farms, factories and schools all need water.
(     ) 5. Clouds are made of very little drops of water.

      There are four seasons in China. March, April and May make the spring. June, July and August make the
summer season. September, October and November make the autumn season. The rest (剩下) of months make
the winter season. The Australia seasons are the opposite (相反的) of ours. When it's spring in China, it is
autumn in Australia. Australia is in the south of the earth. June, July and August are the winter months. The
summer is in December, January and February. It's very hot there, too. Near the North Pole (北极) there are
two seasons. The winter nights are long. For more than two months you can't see the sun, even at noon. The
summer days are long. For more than two months, the sun never sets (落下), and there's no night.

1. ___________ make the winter season in China.

A. October, November and December
B. November, December and January
C. December, January and February
D. January, February and March

2. When it's summer in China, it is ___________ in Australia.

A. winter
B. autumn
C. spring
D. summer

3. Near the North Pole there are two seasons: ___________.

A. spring and summer
B. summer and winter
C. summer and autumn
D. spring and winter

4. Near the North Pole, there's no night in summer for more than ___________ months.

A. one
B. two
C. three
D. four

5. ___________ in winter near the North Pole.

A. The days are longer than the nights
B. The days are as long as the nights
C. The days are shorter than the nights
D. The nights are shorter than the days

      David's birthday was on a snowy day in December. He got lots of presents from his family and friends. 
      His father and mother gave him a red box with a story-book in it. His mother said, " There are a lot of funny stories in it, it's good for you." Mike, David's best friend, gave him a large box. A toy car is in it. 
      David's sister gave him a round box. It was a birthday cake, he thinks. But it was a basketball. David likes
playing basketball. 
      David's brother gave him a big yellow box. David opened it and there was another box in it. The box was
green. 
      He opened the small box and saw the third box. This one was blue. There was a short letter in it. " Go to
your study. You can see three boxes there, a black one, a grey one and a white one. Your birthday present is in
one of them." David ran to his study and found them on the desk. The black one is bigger than the grey one, and
the white one is the smallest. He opened the grey box, but found nothing in it. Then he opened the biggest one.
He was very glad to see a model plane in it.

1. David's parents put their present in ____________ for his birthday.

A. a yellow box
B. a lot of boxes
C. a black
D. a red box

2. Who is Mike?

A. A friend of David's father.
B. One of David's best friends.
C. David's brother.
D. David's sister.

3. What colour was the biggest box in David's study?

A. White.
B. Black.
C. Grey.
D. Blue.

4. How many boxes did David's brother give to him?

A. Four.
B. Five.
C. Six.
D. Seven.

5. What does the word " study " mean in Chinese?

A. 学习
B. 研究
C. 书房
D. 课题