He is too poor to go to school, so he can _________ read _________ write.

A. neither; nor       B. either; or          C. both; and         D. not only; but also

When I went into the living room, I found Jack _________ TV with his little brother.

A. watched          B. is watching        C. watching         D. to watch

——Our English teacher _________ to America, hasn't she?

——Yes. At least twice.

A. has gone          B. will go            C. went            D. has been

We believe that scientists will soon _________ a way to cure the terrible disease.

A. get on with        B. go on with         C. catch up with     D. come up with

In most middle schools, students _________ to wear long hair.

A. don't allow        B. won't allow        C. aren't allowed     D. aren't allowing

You must remember _________.

A. what your teacher said                   B. what did your teacher say

C. what has your teacher said                D. your teacher said what

"Ring…Ring…" the telephone suddenly rang. Sam got up to 1 the call. It was his aunt.

    "Sam,   2 are you still at home? " she asked in surprise. Sam looked at the clock. It was already 7:30 a.m.

    "Oh, my goodness! There's an important   3   today;" Sam shouted out.

    He hurried to wash his face and get dressed. When he was going to leave the house, he  4   that he had not put away his books. He ran quickly to the desk and put them into the bag.

    He then went to the bus stop to go to school as   5   as he could. When he got into the classroom, his classmates were busy writing.

   "Why are you so   6   ?" asked the teacher.

   "I'm sorry, sir," Sam answered, afraid of looking up. "It was my clock… It   7  to wake me up this morning and…"

   "Don't say anything   8   it!" his teacher stopped him. "Try not to come late next time!"

   Sam said yes and walked to his   9   quickly. But when he tried to do the paper, he could not think in a right way. He put his head on the desk and said, "What a   10   day it has been for me!"

1. A. find              B. give                C. put                 D. answer

2. A. why              B. how                     C. when              D. where

3. A talk                 B. party             C. exam              D. meeting

4. A forgot             B. remembered       C. understood         D. thought

5. A carefully            B. quietly            C. early             D. quickly

6. A late                 B. lonely               C. worried           D. ill

7. A happened            B. stopped             C. failed              D. began

8. A to                 B. about               C. in                D. with

9. A. room              B. book             C. seat              D. teacher

10. A. short            B. bad                C. happy            D. usual

Martin Baker is a bus driver. He lives in a small town with his wife and four children. His wife's father, Mr. Butcher, lives with them, too. He is too old to do any work. He sits in his chair near the bed all day; but in summer, when it is warm enough to sit outside, he sometimes takes his chair into the garden.

    Mr. Baker has been very ill for over a month. He has been too ill to do his job. He is not well enough to go back to work. He is still too weak to drive his bus.

    Martin's oldest son is twenty-five. He teaches in a village school. He lives in the village because it takes too long to travel there every day from his father's house. The other children are not yet old enough to go out to work. They are still at school -- except for the youngest daughter. She is still too young to go to school.

1. From the passage we can know Mr. Baker's           

     A. age                B. job                C. work place          D. parents

2. Who is the oldest in the family?

     A. Mr. Baker.         B. Mrs Baker.         C. Mr. Butcher.         D. Mrs Butcher.

3. What does Mr. Baker's oldest child do?

     A. He's a teacher.                                B. He's a student.

     C. He's a bus driver.                            D. We don't know.

4. Of the Bakers' children, how many of them go to school?

     A. Three.            B. Two.               C. One.                D. None.

5. Mr. Baker's oldest child may be about              years older than his youngest one.

     A. fifteen            B. ten                 C. thirty                D. twenty

It was a Saturday afternoon. Mr. Green was reading a newspaper when he heard his wife crying in the next room. He hurried to the room and asked, "What happened to you, my dear?"

    "Oh, dear!" the woman called out. "My head hurts! Send for a doctor! Hurry up!"

    Their two children were both out at the moment and something was wrong with the telephone. Mr. Green had to go to a hospital himself. Bad luck! That day all the hospitals in the town were closed. Mr. Green didn't know where to go. Just then a friend of his saw him and asked, "What's the matter?"

    Mr. Green told his friend his trouble. The man said, "Why not go to Mr. Black? Maybe he can help you."

     Mr. Green remembered his friend, Mr. Black, was a good doctor and he decided to go to him for help. When he got there, Mr. and Mrs Black were having their evening meal. The doctor asked Mr. Green to drink with him. He was happy and sat at table. After that they began to chat. It was getting dark. Mrs Black turned on the lights and asked, "How is Mrs Green?"

    "She's fine, thank…" Mr. Green stopped at once -- he remembered his wife was waiting for a doctor at home.

1. There were at least          rooms in the Greens' house.

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

2. Mrs Green asked her husband to         .

     A. send her to a hospital                       B. get a doctor in

     C. buy some medicine for her                   D. find a friend

3. Mr. Green couldn't find a doctor from a hospital because        .

     A. their children were not at home               B. he didn't go to the hospitals

     C. something was wrong with their telephone      D. no hospitals were open then

4.         helped him think of Dr Black.

     A. Mr. Green himself                         B. Mrs Green

     C. Mrs  Black                              D. A friend of Mr. Green's

5. Which of the following is true?

     A. Mr. Green was forgetful.                      B. Mr. Green didn't care for his wife.

     C. Mr. Green was lazy.                          D. Mr. Green was a busy man.

It was a stormy winter day when Mrs. Spodek made her way to the bus stop with her son who sat in a wheelchair. Finally they arrived.

Ten minutes later a bus came by. Looking down at her son's face, Mrs. Spodek realized that her son could not wait any longer.

The bus stopped and Mrs. Spodek began to lift up the wheelchair. "Hey, lady," called out the driver, "this bus does not have a lift for that wheelchair. You are going to have to wait for the next bus."     

    "Excuse me, "said Mrs Spodek, "but if I wait any longer my son is going to freeze."

    Two passengers jumped down to help the mother and son, making it onto the bus. They tried their best to keep the little boy comfortable, while the bus driver continued complaining about the lady pushing her way onto the bus.

    When they sat into their seats, a voice could be heard from the back of the bus, "Hey, lady, you should not worry at all. Your son is not the one with the handicap(残疾). It is the bus driver who has the handicap, lady. His mind is handicapped."

    Tears rolled down Mrs. Spodek's frozen cheek.

    Thirty minutes later when Mrs. Spodek stepped off the bus, the driver joined in helping the mother and son get off.

    Just before the driver turned to go back to the bus he said, "Sony, lady. I was wrong."

    Mrs. Spodek said, "Thank you for saying so."

    Then looking at the boy in the wheelchair, the bus driver said, "You are lucky to have such a nice mom.

    The little boy looked back into the driver's eyes and said, "We were lucky to have such a nice driver."

    The driver turned to go back to the bus but Mrs. Spodek heard him start to cry, "What a kid! What a kid!"

1. This story happened on a          day.

     A. hot            B. cold          C. warm          D. sunny

2. What was wrong with Mrs Spedek's son?

     A. He was blind                                    B. He couldn't hear anything

     C. He couldn't walk                                      D. He had a bad cold

3. The bus driver didn't want to pick up the mother and son because         .

     A. his bus didn't have a lift for the wheelchair

     B. the next bus was coming soon

     C. there was no room for them on the bus

     D. some passengers on the bus didn't like them

4. Two warm-hearted passengers helped the mother and son

     A. get on the bus                               B. make a comfortable wheelchair

     C. find seats on the bus                         D. get to the back of the bus

5. Which of the following is true?

     A. Mrs. Spodek felt very angry when she heard the voice from the back of the bus.

     B. Nobody but the driver helped the mother and son get off the bus.

     C. Mrs. Spodek and her son hated the driver and refused his help.

     D. The bus driver felt sorry for what he had done.