John is an artist(艺术家) who does not have much money, but he is a very kind man. One day on his way home, he gave his last coins to a beggar(乞丐). When he saw another one, he forgot that he did not have any money. He asked the man to have lunch with him, and the beggar accepted(接受，同意), so they went into a small restaurant and had a good meal.
　　After dinner, John found he had no money at all. The beggar had to pay the bill. The artist was so sorry about this, so he said to the beggar, “Come home with me in a taxi , my friend , and I will give you the money for lunch.”
　　“Oh, no!” the beggar answered quickly. “I had to pay for your lunch, but I’m not going to pay for you again!”
【小题1】The artist in this story was ______________
A. a cheat（骗子）  B. a rich man  C. a kind man
【小题2】On his way home, John forgot ____________.
A. to bring money with him
B. to buy the ticket
C. to have lunch
【小题3】After the meal, __________________ paid the bill .
A. the artist                   B. the beggar          C. no one
【小题4】Why did the artist ask the beggar to take the taxi home with him ?
A. Because he wanted the beggar to pay for the taxi.
B. Because he could give money back to the beggar..
C. Because he could make friends with the beggar
【小题5】At the end of the story, the beggar __________.
A. would make friends with the artist
B. was thankful to the artist
C. regretted(后悔) having lunch with the artist.

My friend has a big police dog named Kim. Police dogs are often very smart. Every Sunday afternoon my friend takes Kim for a long walk in the park. Kim likes walking very much.
One Sunday afternoon a man visited my friend.
He talked to my friend a long time. They talked and talked. Soon it was time for my friend to take Kim for his walk, but the man still stayed. Kim became very worried about his walk in the park. He walked around the living-room sometimes and at last sat down in front of the man and looked at him. But the man went on talking.
After thirty minutes, Kim couldn’t stand(忍受) it. He went out of the room and came back a few minutes later. He sat down in front of the man again but this time he held the man’s hat in his mouth.
【小题1】The story is about __________.

Jack and Mike were born on the same day and they look the same. The two children study in the same class. Jack works very hard on his study, but his brother Mike doesn’t like studying. He is not good at any of his lessons. He just likes playing computer games.
One day, their teacher asks them to write a composition(作文) about “Mother” at the weekend. On Sunday night, Jack writes his and after that, he helps his mother do some housework. But Mike goes out to play tennis for a long time. After he sees his bag, he thinks of his homework. But he doesn’t know how to write it. He thinks hard and then he has a good idea.
He goes into his brother’s bedroom and then finds Jack’s bag. He begins to copy the composition and then goes to bed happily. Two days later, his teacher asks Mike, “Can you tell me why your composition is the same as Jack’s?”
“Of course, we have the same mother.”
根据短文内容，选择正确答案（10分）
【小题1】Why do Jack and Mike look the same?
A、Because they live near each other.
B、Because they are twins.
C、Because they are in the same class.
【小题2】Who is good at school work?
A、Jack.                      B、Mike.            C、Jack and Mike.
【小题3】What does Mike do when Jack writes his composition?
A、Helps his mother do some housework.
B、Writes his composition.
C、Plays tennis.
【小题4】What does the underlined word “copy” mean in Chinese?
A、复制                   B、抄袭            C、复印
【小题5】Why does the teacher come to talk with Mike?
A、Because Mike’s composition is the same as Jack’s.
B、Because Mike writes a good composition.
C、Because Mike doesn’t write his composition.

根据短文内容，填入适当的单词，每空一词。
An elephant wants to have some friends. He sees a monkey in a tree. “Can you be my friend?” asks the elephant.
“You are too big. You can’t swing (摇荡) in the trees like me.”
Then the elephant meets a rabbit. “Please be my friend,” he says.
“How can I? Sorry, sir. You are too strong.”
The elephant is very sad. Then he goes home.
The next day, he sees all the animals running(跑). He doesn’t know why. The monkey says a tiger is near(在……附近)here. He will come to eat the animals.
The elephant goes to the tiger. “Please, Mr Tiger. Don’t eat the animals.”
“Go away（走开）!” says the tiger.
The elephant is not happy and kicks (踢) the tiger. Then the tiger goes away. At last, all the animals want the elephant to be their friend.
【小题1】 The monkey is in the          when the elephant sees him.
【小题2】The elephant is too         , so the monkey and the rabbit don’t want the elephant to be their friend.
【小题3】 The elephant isn’t afraid (害怕) of the tiger because (因为) he is big and         .
【小题4】All the animals are          when they see the tiger go away.
【小题5】 There are          kinds of（种类）animals in the story (故事).

Old John went to see a doctor. The doctor examined and said, “ Medicine can’t help you. You must have a good rest. Go to a quiet place for a month, go to bed early, drink some milk, walk a lot and smoke one cigar (雪茄) a day.”
“Thank you very much,” said old John, “ I will do everything you say.”
A month later old John came to the doctor again. “ Well, I’m glad to see you. You look much younger.” Said the doctor.
“Oh , doctor,” said old John, “I feel quite well now. I had a good rest. I went to bed early, I drank a lot of milk, and I walks a lot. Your advice certainly helped me. But you asked me to smoke one cigar a day, and the one cigar a day nearly killed (杀) me at first. It’s no joke to start smoking at my age.
【小题1】The doctor _________________________________.

It’s not easy to be an astronaut’s son．Everybody expects you to be special or perfect. I often wonder how my father ever had a son like me. I mean he’s so special and so good at everything he does. Even in middle school he was monitor and captain of the football team.
Well, to be honest, I often dream about being some kind of hero or doing something special—like saving a child from a burning building One morning my teacher said there would be a Father’s Day writing competition for the whole school．“I hope we have a winner right here in my class.”
When I got home，I started to think about what to write．My father is an astronaut. No, I wouldn’t start like that. That was the way others saw him．How did I see my father?
Hmm…I saw him sitting with me in the dark when I had a terrible dream．I remembered how he hugged me for hours when my dog Spotty was killed by a car. Yes, these were the things I was going to write. To me，he wasn’t just a famous astronaut. He was my dad．
My parents and l went to school Thursday night. There were so many people in the big hall! My dad looked at me, and I shrugged(耸肩).
The third prize was announced and it was not me．1 was relieved(释然)and disappointed(失望) at the same time. The second prize was announced. it was me. I went up to the stage and read what I had written，“My father’s son”．When I finished，Dad put his hand on my shoulder．“Son，this is the proudest moment of my life.’’
It was the proudest moment of my life, too. Maybe I’ll never be a great hero or win a Nobel Prize, but it was enough just to be my father’s son.
【小题1】The writer felt it        to be the son of a famous person．

A pretty, well-dressed young lady stopped a taxi in a big square, and said to the driver, “Can you see that young man at the other side of the square?”
“Yes,” said the taxi-driver. The young man was standing outside a restaurant and looking impatiently at his watch every few seconds.
“Take me over there.” said the young lady.
There were a lot of cars and buses and trucks in the square, so the taxi- driver asked, “Are you afraid to cross the street.”
‘Oh, no !” said the young lady. “But I said that I would meet that young man for dinner at one o’c1ock, and it is now a quarter to two. If I arrive in a taxi, it will at least seem as if I have tried not to be too late.”
【小题1】How did the young woman get to the square?

A man came home from work late, tired, to find his 5-year-old son waiting for him at the door.
“Daddy, how much money do you make each hour?”
“If you must know, I make $20 each hour.”
“Oh,” the little boy answered, 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 the money to buy a toy or some other rubbish, then go straight to your room and think about why are you so selfish (自私)！”
The little boy went to his room with no words and shut the door. After a short while, the father calmed down, and started to think, “Maybe he really needs to buy something and he didn’t really ask for money very often.” So he went to the little boy’s room.
“Sorry！Maybe I was too strict with you just now.” said the man, “Here’s $10.”
“Oh, thank you Daddy!” he said happily. Then the boy took out some coins. When the father found that the boy already had 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 one hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.”
【小题1】How much does the boy’s father make one hour?

People usually hate mice, but people almost all over the world like one mouse-- the famous Mickey Mouse.
About eighty years ago, most films had no sounds. A man called Walt Disney made a cartoon mouse. The cartoon mouse could talk in these films. He made his mouse become a good friend of both young people and old people. Children liked to see their lovely friend, because he brought happiness to them.
Mickey is a clean mouse right from the beginning. Maybe this is why people love Mickey Mouse very much. In his early life, Mickey did some wrong things. People were very angry. They wrote to Disney and said they didn't want Mickey to do the wrong things. Because there were some things that Mickey could not do. Disney made a new animal called Donald Duck. He also made a dog, Pluto. This dog does some foolish (愚蠢) and wrong things wherever he goes. Now, our Mickey Mouse is more interesting as well. He is known as a star of beauty and wisdom (智慧). He has friends in almost every country.
【小题1】Mickey Mouse first come out ________.

Su Su is a 16-year-old Beijinger. She studies at the High School Affiliated to Renmin University. She has just published(发表) her first book, The Enigma of the Universe (《宇宙之谜》).
The Enigma of the Universe tells a story of a girl called April. One day she meets an alien(外星人) boy named Kaka. Kaka takes April on a journey into the universe. Later April finds out a big secret about Kaka...
What's special about this book? It's a book written in both Chinese and English.
Su wrote the book when she was 14 years old. She was influenced（影响） by the book Sophie's World (《苏菲的世界》) and the movie The Truman Show (《楚门的世界》). Sophie is a girl who is interested in philosophy（哲学）. Truman's life is run by television.
These stories gave Su an idea for her own book. She decided to write it in English.
"My English teacher asked us to write something," says Su. "I thought I'd write about my idea."
Su spent a whole summer vacation writing the story.
"Sometimes I had to stop because I couldn't find the right words," says Su. "I used the dictionary all the time."
After finishing the English novel, Su had another idea. She decided to translate it into Chinese. The job took her just a few days. "It was easy because Chinese is my native language (母语)," she says.
Su says her story is "a mixture of philosophy (哲学) and detective (侦探) story and science fiction".
"My classmates and I have turned it into a DV play," says Su. "I wrote the play and I played April. We will show it in our school soon!"
【小题1】What did Su Su write？