George Stephenson was born in 1781 in a poor family. He had to start work when he was only eight．When George was fourteen, he became his father's helper．He spent a lot of time learning about engines（发动机）．And on holidays he often make one engine to pieces and studied each piece carefully．Soon he became a very good worker though he could not read or write．He began to learn English letters when he was seventeen years old．Every day after he did twelve hours of hard work, he walked a long way to have lessons from a young school teacher. On his eighteenth birthday，he wrote his own name for the first time in his life．George invented（发明） many things in his life．The train was the greatest one among them．Today when we take trains from one place to another，we'll think of this great man---George Stephenson．

(     ) 11. In which year did George Stephenson start to help his father？________．

A． In 1781    B． In 1789      C． In 1795    D． In 1798

(     ) 12. He learned about the engine ________．

A．through reading and writing B．by making it to pieces and studying each piece carefully

C．at lessons from a young teacher  D．by asking a lot of questions

(     13. He spent a lot of time learning about engines and soon he became ________．

A．a great man   B．a good maker  C．a good worker   D．a good student

(     ) 14. George Stephenson invented the ________.

A. the train       B. the telephone      C. the car       D. the computer

(     ) 15. From the passage we know George Stephenson was one of the greatest ____ in the world．

A. workers       B. writers       C．learners         D．inventors

Mr. Clark was a very busy man. He always worked hard. He often forgot his family’s birthdays.

Yesterday afternoon, he remembered it was Mrs. Clark, his wife’s birthday. He loved his wife. He w anted to give her a present（礼物）.On his way home his hospital he bought some nice flowers in shop.

When Mr. Clark got home, he gave his wife the flowers and said“happy birthday to you, dear! It’s September 28th today. I remembered your birthday this year.” Mrs Clark laughed and said, “My birthday was the day before yesterday. But thank you all the same. Better late than never!”

6.Why did Mr Clark often forget his family’s birthdays ? Because　　　　　 .

A. he didn’t like them　　　　 B. he was very busy

C. they didn’t tell him　 　　　 D. he didn’t want to remember them

7. He bought　　　　　 for his wife’s birthday this time.

A. some books　 　 B. a nice dress　 C. some nice flowers　 D. a lot of fruit

8. Mrs Clark　　　　 when she got the present.

A. was happy　　　 B. wasn’t happy　　　 C. was busy cooking　　 D. was at cook

9 Mr Clark was　　　 .

A. a teacher　　　 B. a farmer　　　　 C. an officer worker　　　 D. a doctor

10. Mrs Clark’s birthday was on　　　　　　 。

A. September 26th　 B. September 28th　 C. September 29th　　 D. September　 20th

    It was Tom’s birthday and he was five years old. He got quite a lot of gifts his family. His grandpa gave him a beautiful big drum.

   Of all the gifts, Tom liked his drum best. He made terrible noise with it, but his mother did not mind. His father was working in the daytime, and Tom was in bed when he got home in the evening. So he didn’t heat the noise.

   But one of the neighbors didn’t like the noise. So one morning she took a knife and went to Tom’s house when he was hitting his drum. She said to him, “Hello, Tom, do you know there is something very nice inside your drum? Here is a knife. Open the drum and let’s find it.”

1. Tom got the drum______.

A. on his birthday    B. when he was going to be five   C. in the evening    D. on Sunday

2. Tom’s ______bought the drum for him.

A. father       B. mother       C. grandpa      D. grandma

3. Tom’s father didn’t hear the noise because______.

A. Tom father drum very gently        B. his father wasn’t at home when he played

C. his father was ill              D. he never played in the day time

4. The neighbor wanted Tom to cut the drum open because ______.

A. there was something nice inside the drum    B. there was something wrong with the drum

C. she wanted to stop the terrible noise.      D. she wanted to enjoy the noise of the drum

5. Was there anything very nice in the drum really? ______.

A. No, there was      . Yes, there wasn’t      C. No, there wasn’t      D. Yes, there was

按提示完成对话（每空2分，共10分）

A is a new student.  Mr. Wang is asking him some questions.

W: You are new here, am I right? 

A: Yes, you are right,  Mr. Wang.

W: 1.Can ____________________________________  ? 

A: Yes,  please.  What are they?

W: 2. When __________________________________  ? 

A: On July 14, 1983.

W: Where were you born? 

A:I was born in Sydney in Australia.

W:  3. How long _____________________________________ ?  

A: For about eight years.

W: And  4._Where ___________________________  ?   

A:  My parents were born in Sydney, too.

W: 5. Why ________________________________________?­­­­­­ 

A: Mnnnnnn…  Mum is working in China, but Dad works in Sydney . He is coming to China soon..

W: That’s all, thank you.

A: You’re welcome.

从方框中选择正确选项填入空格。（每小题1分，共5分）

John: Hi, Mike. Where is your family from?

Mike: Well.    1    How about you? Where’s your family from?

John: My parents are from Australia, but I was born in Toronto.

Mike: Really?  2     

John: Yes. There are six people in my family. I have a brother and two sister in high school.   3   

Mike: Yes. I only have a brother. He has two kids.

John: Oh.    4  

Mike: He is a nusician.

John: Cool! Oh, I have to go! I will have a class in five minutes.

Mike: OK, John.    5  

John: See you.

1.______ 2. ______ 3. ______ 4. ______ 5. ______

 The little boy is _______ young ______ do the work. I think Linda could help him.

A. not; but       B. very; to        C. so; to        D. too; to

 He ________ morning exercises yesterday.

A. wasn't do      B. didn't         C. didn't do      D. doesn't do

―________ is Li Yundi?

―A famous Chinese pianist.

A. How　　　 B. What　　　　 C. Which　　　　 D. Who

She spends two hours ________ the violin every day.

A. play        B. plays         C. played         D. playing

He is always ________ late.

A. works       B. working      C. work          D. worked