Many young men enjoy _________ the pop music.

A. listen to                  B. listening to       C. to listen to               D. listening

I know who he is, ________ I’ve never spoken to him before.

A. and                      B. or               C. so              D. but

I’m a sports fan. I’m interested in everything _______ is about the Olympics in Beijing.

A. that                B. who             C. where           D. when

The new bridge over the Jingsha River _______ last year, which makes it very easy to go to the city center.

A. built                        B. was built        C. has built        D. has been built

Of all the sports shoes, John bought _______ pair. Then he had some money for socks.

A. a cheaper   B. the most wonderful   C. the least expensive    D. an expensive

    It’s a good habit to say “Thank you” when others help you or say something kind to you.

    You should say “Thank you” when someone __1_____ you the salt on the table, when someone says you do your work well, or you buy a nice thing, or your city is very  ___2_____. “Thank you” is used not only between friends, but also between parents and children, brothers and  ____3____, husbands and wives.

    “Excuse me” is another short sentence that is often used. It’s not  _____4___ to break others when they are talking. If you want to  ___5_____ to one of them, say “Excuse me” first, and then begin to talk. You should also do so when you want to cough or make any other noise before others. Let’s all learn to say “Thank you” and “Excuse me”.

1. A. takes               B. passes          C. sells           D. makes

2. A. beautiful            B. bad            C. small         D. hot

3. A. classmates                 B. teachers         C. sisters        D. cousins

4. A. proud              B. positive          C. pretty          D. polite

5. A. tell                 B. say             C. call            D. speak

Have you ever seen a rainbow(彩虹) in the sky? Do you know what it is?

A story says that when you see a rainbow you should   1     at once to the place where it touches（触摸）the ground, and   2    you would find a bag of gold. Of course, it is not   3  . You could not find the bag of gold, nor could you ever find its end. No matter how   4    you run, it always seems far away.

A rainbow is not a thing which we can feel with our   5    as we can feel a flower. It is only the effect (效果) of light shining on raindrops（雨滴）. The raindrops catch the sunlight and break it up into all the wonderful colors which we see.

   It is   6    a rainbow perhaps because it is made up of raindrops and looks like a bow (弓).

That is   7    we can never see a rainbow in a clear   8   . We see rainbows   9    when there is rain in the air and the sun is shining brightly through the clouds. Every rainbow has many colors in the same order. The first of the top color is always red, next    10    orange, then green, and last of all blue. A rainbow is indeed one of the wonders of nature.

1. A. run             B. walk         C. jump            D. stand

2. A. where           B. there          C. here            D. near

3. A. good            B. wrong         C. beautiful         D. true

4. A. long            B. short          C. far              D. difficult

5. A. hands           B. legs           C. heads           D. eyes

6. A. called           B. spoken        C. meant           D. asked

7. A. because         B. why           C. so              D. that

8. A. space           B. sky            C. fields           D. water

9. A. hardly          B. really          C. only             D. usually

10. A. goes           B. sees           C. covers           D. comes

Mr. and Mrs. Brown have two children, Mike and Liz. The whole family are all busy, so they often leave notes（便条）for each other. Read these four notes of today and answer the following questions.

1. When will Liz be back home?

A. At 3:30 pm.      B. At 4:00 pm.      C. At 5:00 pm.     D. At 9:00 pm.

2. Who should walk the dog today?

   A. Mike.            B. Mrs. Brown.    C. Liz.          D. Mr. Brown.

3. What is Mike doing at 6:50 pm?

A. Practicing football.                B. Going to Donna’s house.

C. Playing tennis.                    D. Doing his homework.

4. Where can Mike find his tennis shoes?

A. In his bedroom.                B. Outside the back door.  

C. In the living room.              D. At Donna’s house.

5. According to the notes, Teddy is __________.            

   A. Mike’s mother                    B. Mike’s brother

   C. Mike’s football couch                       D. the dog in the family

A man came back home from work late, tired, to find his six-year-old son waiting for him at the door.

“Daddy, how much money do you make an hour?”

“If you want to know, I make $20 an hour.”

“Oh,” the little boy replied, with his head down. He thought for a moment, looked up and said, “Daddy, could you lend me $10?”

The father was furious, “If you asked for money to buy a toy or some other rubbish, then go straight to your room and think why you are being so selfish (自私的)!”

The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. After about an hour or so, the father calmed down, and started to think, “Maybe he really needs to buy something and he didn’t ask for money very often.” So he went to the little boy’s room.

“Sorry! Maybe I was too hard on you just now,” said the man. “Here’s $10.”

“Oh, thank you, Daddy!” the boy said gladly. Then, the boy took out some coins. When the father found that the boy already had some money, he got angry again.

“Why do you want more money since you already have some?” the father shouted angrily.

“Because I didn’t have enough, but now I do,” the little boy replied, “Daddy, I have $20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.”

1. How much does the man make if he works 10 hours?

   A. $10.           B. $20.          C. $100.         D. $200.

2. In this passage, the underlined (下划线) word “furious” means _________.

   A. very angry      B. quite happy     C. too excited     D. a little nervous

3. At first, the father refused to give the boy any money because _________.

   A. he thought the boy wanted to keep the money for himself

   B. he did not have enough money at that moment

   C. he thought the boy would buy something of no use

   D. the boy always borrowed money from him

4. The boy wanted to buy ________ with twenty dollars.

   A. a new book for himself         B. a nice present for his father

   C. a toy for his own birthday       D. an hour of his father’s time

5. From this passage, we can infer (推断) that the boy’s father ________.

   A. often played with his son        B. spent little time with his son

   C. didn’t love his son at all         D. often came back home early

Many children love to play with snow in winter. But Long Chuan has come to hate it.

This year his hometown suffered from snowstorms (遭受暴风雪) for nearly a month. The heavy snow stopped cars and trains, broke the electricity (电) tower and turned tap water to ice.

Every day Long Chuan had to walk several kilometers to carry drinking water. “I couldn’t ride a bike and it took me 3 hours to walk to school. I can’t remember how many times I slipped (滑倒) on the hard ice, ” said Long Chuan.

Long is not alone. This year millions of people in central and southern China had a freezing winter without enough water and electricity. The biggest snowstorms in 50 years killed more than 100 people. They also cost the country 111.1 billion yuan.

Experts (专家) say a special type of climate condition (气候条件), La Nina, caused the storms. During a La Nina, the water in the Pacific Ocean (太平洋) near the equator (赤道) becomes colder than usual. It changes the weather around the world.

Besides China, Canada, the US and Middle Eastern countries also met with heavy snowstorms this winter. The special climate caused the recent flooding (洪水) in Australia, too.

However, experts say that people have destroyed the environment (环境). Global warming (全球变暖) may be causing these terrible weather events to happen more and more often.

1. What took place in Long Chuan’s hometown last winter?

   A. Earthquake.       B. Flooding.         C. Traffic Accident.     D. Heavy snowstorms.

2. During the snowstorms this year, Long Chuan  __________.

   A. had to walk to carry drinking water   B. had to ride a bike to school

   C. couldn’t go to school on foot        D. couldn’t play with snow

3. The heavy snow ____________ this year.

A. killed millions of Chinese           B. cost China 111.1 billion yuan

C. used too much electricity           D. lasted more than three hours

4. We can tell from the story that __________ .

   A. China is the only country which suffered from the heavy snow

   B. La Nina is said to have caused the snowstorms

   C. La Nina also caused hot summer in Australia

   D. the snowstorms have nothing to do with global warming

5. The passage tells people around the world ___________.

   A. to wear more clothes in winter     B. to stop riding bikes on the hard ice

   C. to protect (保护) the environment    D. to save water and electricity