It was Sunday .The train was crowded. A gentleman was trying to look for a place. In one of the cars he saw a vacant seat. But a small suitcase was lying on it and a young man was sitting next to it .
"Is this seat taken ?" asked the gentleman .
"Yes ,it’s my friend’s ." answered the young man ."He’s just coming ---this is his suitcase."
"Well." said the gentleman , " I’ll sit here till he comes. " Five minutes later the train started ,but nobody came .
"Your friend is late . "said the gentleman ."He has missed his train, but he need not lose his suitcase." And with these words he took the suitcase and threw it out of the window .
The young man got up and tried to catch the suitcase ,but it was too late .It was a good lesson to him .---"It’s impolite to take a second seat just for being more comfortable for oneself ."
【小题1】The gentleman was looking for a ______
A. seat  B. suitcase  C. friend
【小题2】"A vacant seat" is a seat that ______
A. somebody sits on  B. there’s something on  C. nobody sits on
【小题3】In fact ,the suitcase belonged to be______.
A. young man  B. gentleman  C. young man’s friend
【小题4】We know from the story that the young man ______
A. was friendly and helpful  B. was not honest  C. told the truth
【小题5】We can guess that the young man must feel very______ in the end .
A. happy  B. excited  C. upset .

When Bill is very young, he loves picture. His mother often draws some for him on old pieces of paper. She is very bad at drawing, but bill likes her pictures and always wants more. Then, when he is a little older, Bill’s mother gives him some pencils and a drawing book, and he begins drawing pictures, too. But they are never good .When Bill is five years old, his mother gives him a small blackboard and some pieces of a baby on the blackboard, he draws lines(线条) and rubs(擦) them out too for ten minutes , but when he looks at his picture , he is not happy. “Well”, he says at last(最后) to his mother, “I’ll put a tail(尾巴) on it and make it a monkey.”　　
【小题1】Bill ___ when he is very young.

Dear Laura,
Thanks for your message. Yes, I’m having  a great time on my exchange program in France. It’s even  better  than I thought it would be. I was a bit nervous before I   arrived  here, but there was no reason to be. My host family is really nice. They go out of their way to  make  me feel at home. And you  wouldn’t  believe how quickly my French has improved! I’m very comfortable  speaking  French now. Although I still make lots of mistakes, it doesn’t bother me like it used to. My  biggest  challenge is learning how to behave at the dinner table. As you can imagine, things are really different from the way they are at home.  For example, you’re not supposed to  put  your bread on your plate. You’re supposed to put it on the table! I thought that was pretty strange at first, but now I’m used to it. You’re not supposed to eat  anything  with your hands except bread, not even fruit! (You have to cut it up and eat it with a fork). Another thing is that it is very rude to  say  you’re full. If you don’t want any  more  food, you should just say, “It was delicious.” Also, it’s rude to put your hands  in  your lap. You should always keep your hands ,but not your elbows, on the table. I have to say, I find it difficult to  remember  everything, but I’m gradually  getting  used to things and don’t find them so strange any more. I’ll write soon and  tell you more about life in France. Hope you’re having a good school year.
Wang Kun
【小题1】How was Wang Kun before  she arrived in France?
_____________________________________________.
【小题2】Why did she have no reason to be nervous?
______________________________________________.
【小题3】How has her French improved?
________________________________________________.
【小题4】What  is  one particular challenge she is facing?
________________________________________________.
【小题5】What does she find surprising?
_________________________________________________.

Scott works very long hours. He usually gets up at 17:00. He has a shower and makes his breakfast. What a funny time to make breakfast! After breakfast he plays his guitar, then he puts on his jacket and goes to work. To get to work, he takes the number 17 bus to the Santon Hotel. The bus usually leaves at 19:15. He works all night. People love to listen to him. He goes home at 7:00, and he watches the early morning news on TV. He goes to bed at 8:30, a tired but happy man. Can you think what his job is?
【小题1】Scott usually gets up at 5 p.m.
【小题2】Scott plays his guitar before breakfast.
【小题3】Scott’s bed time is 8:30 p.m.
【小题4】Scott works in the day.
【小题5】Scott is a tired man. He is a happy man, too.

Mr. Smith is from England. He teaches French in our school. His English classes are very interesting. He likes us and we like him.
Mr. Smith has two children--Tom and Mary. Tom is seven and his sister Mary is four. Tom goes to school but Mary doesn’t. Mr. Smith likes to wear a T-shirt and jeans. Football is his favorite sport. After school we often have a basketball game. Sometimes Mr. Smith watches and plays basketball with us. He plays basketball just for fun .
【小题1】根据He teaches French in our school.可知他是以为法语老师,故选B.
【小题2】根据Mr. Smith has two children--Tom and Mary.他有两个孩子,汤姆一般是男孩的名字,玛丽是女孩名字,故他有一个儿子.选A.
【小题3】根据Mary is four.可知玛丽不够上学 年龄.选A.
【小题4】根据Mr. Smith likes to wear a T-shirt and jeans. Football is his favorite sport.可知选C.
【小题5】这篇短文主要介绍史密斯先生的职业,子女,爱好等,只简略提到他的子女,没有提到妻子.故选A.
【小题6】Mr. Smith is ____________.
A. a Chinese teacher    B. a French teacher     C. a basketball player
【小题7】How many sons does Mr. Smith have ?
A. One B. Two  C. Three
【小题8】Mary doesn’t go to school because she __________.
A. is only four B. is only seven    C. doesn’t like school
【小题9】_____________ is Mr. Smith favorite sport.
A. basketball   B. table tennis     C. football
【小题10】The text is about ______________.
A. Mr. Smith    B. Mr. Smith’s children    C. Mr. Smith’s family

 was born in Brussels, on June 25th, 1928. His real name was Pierre Culliford. At first, he almost became a dentist’s assistant. Luckily, he got a job in a cartoon studio. There he met and worked with some of Europe’s most famous comic book artists such as Franquin and Morris. Unfortunately the studio closed down and Peyo decided to become a full-time comic artist. He found himself a pen name from his childhood nickname ‘Pe- yot’.
Peyo became successful as a comic (连环画) artist. He decided to draw what he really loved,
stories based in the Middle Ages. He created the character Johan and drew some Johan strips (漫画) for the Belgian daily newspaper ‘Le Soir’ and then for ‘Spirou’ magazine. Johan soon became a huge success and one of the magazine’s main characters.

For Johan’s ninth book of adventures, Peyo needed a group of imps (小精灵) to build a magic flute. At a meal with his friend Andre Franquin. he asked Franquin to pass him the salt. But he couldn’t remember the word so he said, “Pass me the … um… the smurf!”. Franquin handed it over and answered, “Here’s the smurf. Onee you’ve smurfed with it you can smurf it back to me!” And so the name and language of the little imps were invented. The readers soon fell in love with these little smurfs, who love having fun, live in mushroom-shaped houses and speak a strange and wonderful language.
The Smurfs films were first seen on Belgian television and then in France and the Netherlands. In 1981. The Smurfs was on the American NBC TV Channel for the first time, but the success didn’t stop there. The success of the Smurfs became planetary in the 80’s because of the cartoons. There are few regions left where people don’t know smurfs, but their name changes in every county; the Smurfs, die Schlümpfe, Los Pitufos, I Puffi. de Smurfen, les Schtroumpfs… and 蓝精灵 in Chinese.
In August 2011, the Smurfs make their return to the big screen again, this time in 3D! Peyo left us on December 24, 1992, but the Smurfs have continued their many adventures and are today looking forward to a bright and even more exciting future.
【小题1】Peyo’s real name was       .

Mike is an American.  Now he’s in No. 8 Junior High School in Tengzhou.  He’s in Class 5, Grade 7.  Every day he gets up early.  He always goes to school in his father’s car.   His classes begin at 8:00 a.m.  He has four classes in the morning.  He has lunch at school at about 12:00 a.m.  He has two classes in the afternoon.  After school, he goes home by car at 5:30 p.m.  and has dinner at 6:30 p.m.  After  dinner,  he  does  his  homework  with  his  sister  and  then  he  plays  the  guitar  for  a  while.  At about 9:00 p.m.  he goes to bed.
【小题1】Where  is  Mike  from ?
A. England   B. The U.S.A.  C. Canada D. Japan
【小题2】How  does  Mike  go  to  school ?

根据短文内容。判断句子正误，正确的写“T”，错误的写“F”。
Hi!  I’m  Hu  Bin ,  a  student  of  Class  1 ,Grade  7.  At  school ,  my  teacher  and  classmates  are  very  friendly   to  me .  My school life is very interesting.  I like it very much.
Classes begin at 8:00 a.m.  I  have  four  classes  in  the  morning  and  two  classes  in  the  afternoon .  I  study  Chinese,  English , politics,  art,  history,  geography,  biology  and  some  other  subjects.  English  is  my  favorite  subject,  and  I  often  speak   English  with   my  classmates.  I also like P.E.  and music.  But  I  don’t  like  math  very  much .  I think it’s a little   difficult and boring.  What do you think?
After  school ,  I  often  play  basketball  with  my  classmates .  It’s my favorite outdoor activity.  Sometimes I swim   in the swimming pool.  Sometimes  I  draw  pictures  with  my  friends  in  the  park .  Every  Tuesday  and  Thursday ,  I  go  to  the  school  library .
Do  you  think  my  school  life  is  very  interesting ?  What about yours?   Can you tell me something about it?
【小题1】Hu  Bin  likes  his  school  life  a  lot .
【小题2】Math  is  Hu  Bin’s  favorite  subject .
【小题3】Hu  Bin  has  six  classes  every  weekday .
【小题4】He  goes  swimming  every  Tuesday  and  Thursday .
【小题5】Sometimes  he  draws  pictures  with  his  friends  in  the  park .

Jack is an eleven-year-old boy. He has a father, a mother, a grandfather and two brothers in his family. Jack is the youngest (年龄最小的). One of his brothers, Tim, is fourteen years old. The other brother, Mike, is fifteen years old. What’s eleven and fourteen and fifteen? That is Jack’s father John’s age. Jack’s mother is very young. She gives birth to (生下) Jack when she is twenty-five years old. Jack doesn’t know his grandfather’s age. He is very old but very healthy. 
【小题1】There are seven people in Jack’s family.
【小题2】Jack doesn’t have a sister.
【小题3】John is thirty years old.
【小题4】Jack’s mother is twenty-five years old.
【小题5】Jack’s grandfather isn’t old and he is healthy.

Have you ever heard of the group Westlife? Maybe you have, but I’m sure many of you don’t know very much about it.
Westlife is an Irish boy band group, which was made up of 6 boys in the beginning and called IOU. The group quickly became popular with young people thanks to their song Swear It Again, which was at the top of the UK charts (排行榜) in April 1999.
Chinese fans got their first chance to see Westlife on March 6th, 2006 in Beijing. Although the four-member group has been singing pop for seven years, the young boys have all since grown up and their songs are still very popular. When they performed in Beijing, Westlife released (发行) their new album Face to Face in China. Face to Face has been at the top of the British charts for a long time. The album’s most popular song You Raise Me Up mixes traditional Irish music with pop music.
Although hip-hop is quite popular among the young, Westlife has no plans to change. They said, “Hip-hop is for the young, but pop can be enjoyed by moms who are busy cooking meals and raising the kids.
【小题1】Westlife is from _________.