Jack put two big baskets of grapes on his donkey and went to market. At midday it was very hot, so he stopped and had a rest under a big tree. There were several men there, and all of them had grapes on their donkeys. After lunch they went to sleep. Jack waited for a while and then began to take grapes out of the other men's baskets and to put them in his own baskets. Suddenly one of the men woke up and saw Jack.“What are you doing?”he said angrily.“Oh,”said Jack,“don't worry about me. I am half mad, and I do a lot of strange things.”“Oh, really?”said the man.“Then why don't you sometimes take grapes out of your baskets and put them in others' baskets?”“You did not understand me,”said Jack,“I said that I was half mad, not completely（完全地）mad.”

A．came at him

B．saw him and got angry

C．woke his fellows up

A．he was clever

B．he was completely mad

C．he was half mad

　　Once upon a time, there lived a rich man. He had a servant. He and the servant loved wine and good food very much. Each time the rich man left his home, the servant would drink the wine and eat up（吃光）all the nice food in the house. The rich man knew what his servant did, but he had never caught his servant doing that.

　　One morning, when the rich man left home, he said to the servant,“Here are two bottles of poison（毒药）and some nice food in the house. You must take care of them.” With these words, he went out.

A．there was in fact poison in the bottles

B．he did not want the servant to drink his wine

C．he wanted to kill the cat

　　Sandwich was a British man. He lived in the 18th century. Sandwich was rich, but he liked to play cards for money. He often played for 24 hours, and didn't even stop to have his meals. He ordered（命令）his servants（仆人）to bring him some meat and bread. He put the meat between the two pieces of bread and held the food in his left hand while he played cards with his right hand. People liked Sandwich's idea, and from then on they ate bread and meat as Sandwich did. From the name of the man, Sandwich, we have the word of the food sandwich today.

A．was so interested in playing cards that he often had no time to have his meals

B．often brought some bread with him to play cards

C．never ate anything when he played cards

A．bread, together with meat was cheap

B．he always won when he played cards

C．when they ate with one of their hands they could do something with the other

A．also a name of a rich man

B．two pieces of bread with meat in between

C．not interested in playing cards

A．usually made of（用……制作）bread and chicken

B．easy for us to play

C．made of bread and meat

　　①When you are in English you must be very careful in the street because the traffic drives on the left. Before you cross a street, you must look to the right first and then the left.

　　②When you go by bus in English, you have to be careful, too.

　　Always remember the traffic moves on the left, so you must be careful.③Have a look first, or you will go the wrong way.

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(2) If you want to go to France and spend（花费）the least time, you should stay in ________ on the way.

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(4)You’d better take ________ plane if you want to spend least time going to Russia．

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(5)You may take ________ in Beijing if you want to go to America．

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　　Are you interested in Helmut Newton and John Pilger? Do you want to learn more about their paintings? Come to Barbican Gallery（画廊）!

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A．at 10∶30 on Sunday morning

B．at 8 on Tuesday morning

C．at 4 on Friday afternoon

D．at 9∶30 on Wednesday evening

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　　Two friends visit the zoo together. The zoo is very large and they can't go everywhere. They have to decide where to go and what animals to visit.

　　Life is like this. You often have to make some choices. For example, on weekends, it is sunny outside. But you arc tired. If you spend time sleeping, you can't enjoy playing soccer with friends. Don't be sad about it because sometimes you need to give up something in your life. But before you choose, you should know which one is more important.

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A．it is an interesting beginning

B．it's difficult to decide where to go and what animals to visit

C．the author wants to say the following theory（道理）

D．a lot of people like to visit the zoo

(2)What's the meaning of“Life is like this.”?

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A．In your life, you often have to make some choices.

B．In your life, you often don't know where to go.

C．In your life, you only can do one thing.

D．In your life, you can go to the zoo.

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A．feeling sad

B．thinking which one is more important

C．playing soccer

D．sleeping

(5)The best title（标题）of this passage is ________.

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A．Choose

B．Visit the zoo

C．Life is like this

D．Learn to give up in the life

　　One Sunday afternoon a man visited my friend. He talked to my friend for a long time. They talked and talked. Soon it was time for my friend to take Kim for his walk, but the man still （仍然） stayed. Kim became very worried （焦虑） 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.

A．The man knew that Kim wanted to go out for a walk.

B．Kim doesn't like walking with my friend.

C．The man thought Kim was dangerous.

D．Kim sat down in front of the man because he asked him to leave.

　　When people hold the Olympic Games, they always make an emblem（会徽）. The emblem of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games is a white circle of olive branches in the sky.

　　The Athens developed a spirit of peace（和平）. An officer said,“While in Athens, the world should be at peace. We hope the peace is not just for a short time. We would like the message from the Athens Games to help countries come together and solve their problems.”

　　Three years later, the Olympic Games will be held in China. And China has already made a seal as the emblem of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. The emblem has a single Chinese character on a red seal and is entitled“Chinese Seal--Dancing Beijing.”The character in the emblem is“Jing”, the name of the capital of China, and it is also like a runner or a dancer showing the spirit of the Olympics--faster, higher and stronger.

A．history and friendship

B．faster, higher and stronger

C．peace, friendship and development

　　Mr White was a manager（经理）of a company in Paris. He lived in the country and went to work by train. He liked walking from the station to his office unless it was raining, because it gave him some exercise.

　　One morning he was walking along the street when a stranger stopped him and said to him,“You may not remember me, Sir. But seven years ago I came to Paris without a cent in my pockets. I stopped you in the street and asked you to lend me some money, and you gave me five Euros. You said that you were willing to help people who are on the road to new life.”

　　Mr White thought for a moment and then said,“Yes, I remember you. Go on with your story.”

“Well,”answered the stranger,“are you still willing to try another time?”

A．lived in the city of Paris

B．worked in a company

C．walked to Paris every day

A．he was a good runner

B．he wanted to be healthy

C．he wanted to save money

A．every day

B．when he went to work early

C．when it wasn't raining

A．Perhaps he was a clever but lazy man.

B．He knew Mr White very well.

C．He was one of Mr White's friends.

A．Mr White was kind-hearted.

B．The stranger got another five Euros at last.

C．Mr White was not willing to help others.