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每日一读

　　Sandy and Billy are in their classroom now. Billy has a white mouse (老鼠). Its name is Tommy. It's in a box under the desk. Billy and Sandy are playing with (和……一起玩) Tommy. Their teacher, Miss Williams doesn't see them doing that. Sandy has a sandwich in her bag.

Billy: What's that? Does Tommy like sandwiches?

Sandy: Oh, yes. Let him eat a piece (一块).

Billy: Oh! Be careful (小心), Sandy.

Tommy jumps out (跳出) of the box and runs away.

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(1) Sandy and Billy are ________ now.

[　　]

A．in Sandy's bedroom

B．at home

C．in the classroom

D．in Billy's bedroom

(2) The mouse's name is ________.

[　　]

(3) Sandy has a ________.

[　　]

(4) At last (最后), Tommy ________.

[　　]

　　When you are reading something in English, you may often meet with a new word. What's the best way to know it?

　　You may look it up in the English-Chinese dictionary. It will tell you a lot about the word: the pronunciation, the Chinese meaning and how to use the word. But how can you know where the word is in thousands of English words? How to find it in the dictionary both fast and correctly?

　　First, all the English words are arranged（排列）in the letter order. In the dictionary you can see the words beginning with letter A, then B, C, D... That means, if there are two words, for example, “desert” and “pull”, “desert” will be certainly before “pull”. Then if there are two words both beginning with the same letter, you may look at the second letter. Then the third, the fourth... For example, “pardon” is before “plough”, “judge” is before “just”, etc.

　　Do you understand how to look up a word in a dictionary?

　　The dictionary will be very helpful to you. I hope you'll use it as often as possible in your English study.

(1) This text is about ________.

[　　]

A．new words in reading

B．the best way of reading

C．using an English-Chinese dictionary

(2) You may not find ________ in a dictionary.

[　　]

A．how to read the word

B．the spelling of the word

C．who used the word first

(3) In an English-Chinese dictionary, the last word ________.

[　　]

A．begins with Z

B．begins with A

C．is a short one

(4) Which group of words is in the right order in an English-Chinese dictionary?

[　　]

A．perhaps, produce, plenty

B．straight, subject, surprise

C．century, centre, business

(5) The writer thinks that ________.

[　　]

A．you have to use a dictionary when you read something in English

B．an English-Chinese dictionary can tell you everything about a word

C．an English-Chinese dictionary can help you a lot in your English study

　　One day the students are having their painting lesson. Everyone is busy drawing pictures. Jim is doing nothing. When the bell rings for the break, Jim gives his picture to the teacher.

　　The teacher looks at it and gets angry. “Why do you give me a piece of paper with nothing on it, Jim?” asks the teacher.

　　“I'm sorry, sir,” says Jim. “I draw a cow and some grass on the paper.”

　　“Where's the cow and where's the grass?” asks the teacher again.

　　“I draw some grass first. When I finish drawing the cow, she eats up the grass. When I give it to you, she runs away,” says Jim.

(1) Jim is a ________.

[　　]

A．teacher

B．student

C．worker

(2) The students are busy ________.

[　　]

A．doing exercises

B．writing the words

C．drawing pictures

(3) The teacher is very ________ with Jim.

[　　]

A．angry

B．happy

C．sorry

(4) Jim's picture is ________.

[　　]

A．good

B．nice

C．nothing

(5) The teacher will let Jim ________.

[　　]

A．do it again

B．sing a song

C．wash his hands

　　Hello! My name is Mike. I'm 16. Today I'd like to introduce my school day. I'm a student in No. 19 Middle School. Every day I must get up at 6∶30. I have my breakfast at 7∶00. I always have an egg and a glass of milk. I leave for school at 7∶20. I have an English class at 9∶00. My favourite subject is chemistry. But my best friend Jack likes history and science. I'm at school from 7∶50 a.m. to 4∶30 p.m. At 4∶15 in the afternoon I must clean the classroom. I go home at 4∶30. I have supper at 6∶00 in the evening. I watch the CCTV news at 7∶00. I go to bed at 9∶00. It's a busy day. Here is Betty -- my sister's introduction about her school day.

　　Hi! I am Betty. I get up at six ten in the morning every day. I wash my face and I brush my teeth. I go to school at six thirty. I go to school on my bike. I begin to have classes at seven thirty. We have seven lessons every day, four in the morning and three in the afternoon. I like English, Chinese and maths. But I don't like PE lessons very much. Classes are over at four twenty-five. After school, my friends and I go home. I get home at about a quarter to five. I have dinner with my family at six thirty. After dinner, I do my homework, and then I watch TV in our living room. I go to bed at nine. I am very happy every day!

(1) When does Mike have breakfast?

[　　]

A．At 6∶30.

B．At 7∶00.

C．At 7∶20.

(2) What subject does Jack like?

[　　]

A．English.

B．Chemistry.

C．Science.

(3) How many hours does Mike stay at school?

[　　]

A．8 hours.

B．8 hours and 20 minutes.

C．8 hours and 40 minutes.

(4) How does Betty go to school?

[　　]

A．By bike.

B．By bus.

C．On bike.

(5) Which does Betty like?

[　　]

A．Chinese.

B．Maths.

C．Both A and B.

(6) When does Betty get to her home?

[　　]

A．At 5∶15.

B．At 4∶50.

C．At 4∶45.

　　The programs Sun Xiaomei hosts (主持) might be one of the shortest on CCTV. is only once (一次) a week for 15 minutes. He and I comes on for five minutes each time, once a week, too. "Though these programs are short, I have many ideas to make them more exciting for the audience (观众)," she said.

　　Sun Xiaomei is interested in music. She plays the violin very well. Her father wants her to enter a music school, but she doesn't. She loves to be a hostess very much. She pays much attention to learning from the others, especially Zhao Zhongxiang.

　　"I'm sure that when hundreds of millions of audience see me on the weekend, I can make friends with them through my warm and easy talk," she said.

(1) The programs Sun Xiaomei hosts are ________.

[　　]

A．On Screen Next Week

B．TV You, He and I

C．Both A and B

(2) It takes Sun Xiaomei ________ minutes to host the programs each week.

[　　]

A．20

B．40

C．45

(3) "I have many ideas to make them more exciting for the audience." The word "them" in the sentence means ________.

[　　]

A．the TV screens

B．the TV programs

C．many ideas

(4) Which of the following is not true?

[　　]

A．She likes music.

B．She plays the violin well.

C．She goes to a music school.

(5) Why is she sure that she can make friends with her audience? Because ________.

[　　]

A．she's always ready to learn from others

B．she has a warm and easy talk to them

C．all the above

每日一读

Dear Maria,

　　How are you doing? I am in Beijing, China right now. Everything is very interesting here. The food is different but a lot of things are the same as in America. The young people in Beijing like to see movies on weekends.

　　Young Americans like to do the same things. The older Chinese like to watch things like Beijing Opera. It is like a story-song. Americans do not have Beijing Opera. I like it very much.

　　I have a DVD player in my room. So when I am tired, I like to watch some comedies. I also like to watch Chinese action movies. Jackie Chan is a Chinese actor. I think he is funny and really good at kung fu. I like to watch his movies.

　　Please write back soon.

Sincerely,

Sally

(1) Sally likes Beijing ________.

[　　]

A．dancing

B．sports

C．Opera

(2) Jackie Chan is a (an) ________ actor.

[　　]

A．American

B．Chinese

C．British

(3) Sally is writing the letter in ________, China.

[　　]

A．Beijing

B．Shanghai

C．Hong Kong

(4) The young people in Beijing love to see movies ________.

[　　]

A．in the morning

B．in the afternoon

C．on weekends

(5) I like to watch ________.

[　　]

A．comedies and action movies

B．Beijing Opera

C．A & B

　　Jack is an English boy. He is from England. He studies in a middle school. Jack gets up at about seven thirty on weekdays. He has a cup of tea, an egg and some bread for his breakfast. He goes to school at eight thirty and gets there before nine o'clock.

　　Now it's eight twenty-five in the morning. What's Jack doing? He's drinking milk and eating bread.

　　“Have a cake, Jack. It's very nice,” his mother says. “No, thank you. Mum, I must go now. It's late.”

(1) Jack is from ________.

[　　]

A．China	B．America
C．England	D．Canada

(2) Jack gets up ________ on weekdays.

[　　]

A．at about 7∶30	B．at about 7∶20
C．at 8∶00	D．at 7∶00

(3) He has ________ for his breakfast.

[　　]

A．a cup of tea, an egg and some cakes

B．an egg, a glass of milk and some bread

C．a cup of tea, an orange and some eggs

D．an egg, some bread and a cup of tea

(4) He gets to school ________.

[　　]

A．at 8∶30	B．before 9∶00
C．before 9∶30	D．at 9∶00

(5) Does Jack want to have a cake now?

[　　]

A．No. he doesn't.	B．Yes, he does.
C．He wants it very much.	D．Yes, a little（有点）.

Happy Children's Palace
MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY
19∶00-20∶30	17∶30-19∶00	18∶00-19∶00
English Learning	Photography	Office 2000
Prof.G. White	Mr Green	Prof. Wang Lan
Would you like to	Learn to take good	Learn how to use the new
improve your English?	pictures. Bring your	software.
This is for middle school	own camera with you.	(10 weeks)
students.	(4 weeks)
(1 week)

FRIDAY	SATURDAY	SUNDAY
19∶00-20∶30	15∶00-16∶30	10∶00-11∶00
Painting	Cambridge Young	Swimming club
Miss Yang Jing	Learner's English	Coach: Liu Xin
Would you like to learn	Prof. J. Brown	Want to keep fit?
painting? It is for	This course is for the	Want to swim as fast as a fish?
beginners only.	children at primary	Come to the club.
(16 weeks)	school.	(9 weeks)
	(20 weeks)

(1) What is on at seven o'clock on Friday evening?

[　　]

A．Painting.

B．English learning.

C．Photography.

(2) Which course is for the children at primary school?

[　　]

A．English Learning.

B．Office 2000.

C．Cambridge Young Learner's English.

(3) When can you learn swimming?

[　　]

A．On Sunday evening.

B．On Friday evening.

C．On Sunday morning.

(4) What does Prof.Wang Lan teach?

[　　]

A．Office 2000.

B．Painting.

C．English Learning.

(5) If I want to learn how to take good pictures, which course should I take?

[　　]

A．Painting.

B．Office 2000.

C．Photography.

　　Mr Jones and Mr Brown work in the same office. One day, Mr Jones says to Mr Brown, “I will have a small party at our house on Monday evening. Would you and your wife like to come?” Mr Brown says, “Thank you very much. I'd love to, but let me ask my wife first.”

　　So Mr Brown goes to the other room and telephones his wife. Then he comes back and looks very worried.

　　“What's the matter?” asks Mr Jones. “Is your wife there at home?”

　　“No,” answers Mr Brown. “She isn't there. My small son answers the telephone. I say to him, 'Is your mother there, David?' and he answers, 'No, she isn't in the house.' 'Where is she?' I ask. 'She is somewhere outside.' 'What's she doing?'

　　'She is looking for me.'”

(1) Who is going to have a party?

[　　]

A．Mr Jones.

B．Mr Brown.

C．Mrs Brown.

(2) Would Mr Brown like to go to the party?

[　　]

A．Yes, he'd love to.

B．No, he wouldn't.

C．We don't know.

(3) What does Mr Brown want to do before he gives an answer to Mr Jones?

[　　]

A．Go back home.

B．Telephone his son.

C．Ask Mrs Brown.

(4) What is Mrs Brown doing?

[　　]

A．She is playing cards with her son at home.

B．She is out somewhere looking for her son.

C．She's buying things in the supermarket.

(5) Can Mr Brown give Mr Jones an answer right now?

[　　]

A．No, he can't.

B．Yes, he can.

C．We don't know.

Noodle House

　　The Noodle House has really good noodles. They are cheap, and they're excellent!

　　You can get small, medium, or large bowls of noodles.

　　The Noodle House has some great specials. Special A has beef and tomatoes. It is only RMB 5. Special B has mutton and cabbage. It is RMB 6. And Special C comes with chicken and carrot. It's RMB 7. Special C is my favorite.

　　You can get some other great food at the Noodle House. For example, you can get 16 dumplings for RMB 10. You can get great desserts! You can get strawberry, banana, and chocolate ice cream.

　　They're delicious! Go to the Noodle House soon. I know you'll like it!