—____ you ___ the book Harry Potter for two weeks?

—No, I haven’t. I ____ it from the library the day before yesterday.

A. Did; borrow; borrowed B. Have; borrowed ;kept

C. Have; kept; borrowed D. Did ; keep; kept

—May I watch TV now?

— No, you ________. You ________ do your homework first.

A. may not; can B. can’t; may

C. may not; must D. can’t; must

—__________ lovely the weather is!

—Yes. __________ good time we are having!

A. How; What B. What a; How C. How; What a D. What; What a

--- It’s raining outside. Where’s my umbrella? ---Oh, Tom ____________.

A. takes it away B. took it away C. has taken it away D. has taken away it

--- Have you heard of Yao Foundation Charity Tour?

--- Yes. It’s very kind _________ Yao Ming ________ so much for charity.

A. of; to do B. of; do C. for; to do D. for; do

—Who was the first one ________ this morning?

—Amy. She always comes to school earlier than other students.

A. to reach B. arrive in

C. get to D. to arrive

—Jane got an “A” in the English test.

—_______. She works the hardest in our class.

A. Many hands make light work

B. It never rains but it pours

C. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket

D. No pain, no gain

When I was nine years old, I used to go to the post office with my mother, sending greeting cards to my aunt in Singapore. To me, these trips were really ______ memories. And receiving mail through a mailbox outside our gate was just as exciting. My small hands could ______ get the mail without using a key! Every time I always couldn’t wait to see how much I could ______. Oh, a letter! From Singapore! I would run back home and show it to my ______. When there was a letter for me, I wouldn’t run—I would open it right there.

After my family moved back to Singapore, I ______ going to the post office. Years later, my company sent me to Shanghai, and the post office found me again. Two years ago I celebrated my ______ with five friends on top of the mountain in Longsheng, China. At sunrise we ______ up to see a beautiful view from the mountain top. Later in the afternoon, as we were going ______ the mountain and returning from the sunrise viewing place, we saw a _____ shop nearby. It only sold noodles, coffee and had a China _____ sign.

We asked the owner if she could really send mail. She happily said yes. It seemed hard to believe, ______ we were on the highest top of the mountain. I picked one postcard out and asked my friends to write to ______ a birthday note. We bought a stamp, wrote some notes and gave the shop owner the postcard.

Three weeks later, I arrived home and _____ my mailbox: Hello, postcard! I had a big smile.

That birthday postcard attracted me again to the post office. I had ____ the post office all these years. Today I ______ send postcards to friends. And every time I am at the post office buying stamps, I always wonder how one postcard will make its way across the world and brighten up someone’s day.

1.A. bad B. poor C. good D. short

2.A. easily B. simply C. hardly D. specially

3.A. weigh B. get C. select D. accept

4.A. friend B. aunt C. mother D. owner

5.A. enjoyed B. stopped C. hated D. considered

6.A. wedding B. return C. success D. birthday

7.A. broke B. woke C. grew D. stood

8.A. around B. over C. up D. down

9.A. cold B. dirty C. small D. modern

10.A. Traffic B. Life C. Police D. Post

11.A. because B. though C. while D. when

12.A. him B. me C. her D. them

13.A. bought B. repaired C. painted D. opened

14.A. missed B. influenced C. studied D. attracted

15.A. just B. seldom C. still D. never

Famous Museums

1.As one of the largest museums in the world, British museum is in _______ .

A. Beijing B. New York C. London D. The USA

2.According to the form, if you want to see ancient Chinese collections, you can visit ____ at most.

A. one museum B. two museums C. three museums D. fore museums

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the information above?

A. Each ticket for the Palace Museum costs the same in the whole year.

B. You don’t have to pay for tickets if you visit New York Museum on Monday.

C. British Museum lies in Chestnut street, London.

D. New York Museum is the largest in the world.

How could we tell time if there were no watches or clocks anywhere in the world? The sun was probably the world’s first “clock”, except in the far north, where the Eskimos(爱斯基摩人) live. There, it’s dark most of the winter, and light most of the summer. But in most of the world, people have used the sun for a clock. Even today, if you don’t have a clock, you still know that when the sun shines, it’s day, and when it’s dark, it’s night. The sun can also tell you if it’s morning, noon, or afternoon.

People who live near the sea can tell time from the tides. In the daytime, for about six hours, the water rises higher and higher on the beach. And then it goes down and down for about six hours. The same thing happens again at night. There are two high tides and two low tides every 24 hours.

Seamen on a ship learn how to tell time by looking at the moon and the stars. The whole sky is their clock.

In some places in the world the wind comes up at about the same time every day or changes direction or stops blowing. In these places the wind can be the clock.

A sand clock is an even better clock. If you had fine dry sand in a glass

shaped like the one in the picture, you would have what is called an hourglass.

The sand in the hourglass goes from the top part to the bottom part in exactly

one hour. When the hourglass is turned over, the sand will take another hour

to go back again.

1.According to(根据) the passage, there are ____________ ways to tell time besides（除了）the clock and watch.

A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 7

2.The Eskimos in the far north can’t use the sun for a clock because _______________.

A. they know very little about the sun

B. the sun there never goes down in winter

C. it’s too cold for them to go out to watch the sun

D. it has long dark winters and long light summers

3.The underlined(下划线) word “tides” in the passage means _______________.

A. 洋流 B. 潮汐 C. 海啸 D. 波浪

4.In which page of a newspaper can you most probably read this passage?

A. News B. Science C. Business D. Advertisement

5.What’s the best title for the passage?

A. Different Ways to Tell Time B. Useful Machines to Tell Time

C. The History of the Clock D. The Development of the Clock