On Wednesday evening we went to the Town Hall. It was the last day of the year and a lot of people had gathered（聚集）under the Town Hall Clock. It would strike（打钟）twelve in twenty minutes' time. Fifteen minutes passed and then at five to twelve the clock stopped. The big minute hand did not move. We waited and waited, but nothing happened. Suddenly someone shouted, “It is two minutes past twelve! The clock has stopped !”I looked at my watch, k was true. The big clock refused（拒绝）to welcome the New Year. At that moment, everybody began to laugh and sing.

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A．we wanted to see if（是否）the clock stopped

B．we wanted to welcome the New Year together

C．it was Wednesday evening

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A．eleven fifty-five

B．five to twenty

C．two minutes past twelve

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　　Mr. Jones has a nice, brown coat. He likes it very much, but his wife doesn't like it, because it is old. She often says, “Give it to a poor man.”But Mr. Jones always says,“No, I like this coat.”

　　Soon afterwards, a cigarette（烟）falls on it and makes a hole in it. So Mrs. Jones says, “Please don't wear it again.” Mr. Jones takes it to a tailor （裁缝）.“Please make another coat like this one.” The tailor makes the coat very carefully. Then he lights（点燃）a cigarette and makes a hole in it in the same place.

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　　“Why didn't you go with your classmates, Joan?” she said,“Do you want to ask me a question?” “Yes, Mrs. White,”said Joan.“What is it?”asked Mrs. White.“What did you do in school today?”asked Joan.

　　Mrs.White laughed, “What did you do in school today?” she said.“Why did you ask me that, Joan?”“Because I'm going to go home now,” answered Joan, “and my mother is going to ask me.”

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A．Joan learned a lot

B．her teacher and her classmates were nice to her

C．she had a good time

D．both B and C

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A．go home with Mrs. White

B．clean the classroom

C．ask her teacher a question

D．do her homework in the classroom

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A．she waited for Joan

B．she wanted to take Joan home

C．she wanted to do some work

D．she lived in the school

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A．Joan didn't know how to answer her mother

B．Joan did nothing that day

C．Joan forgot what she did in school that day

D．Joan trusted（信任）the teacher

　　It is time for the frog's（青蛙）supper. How does it catch food?

　　The frog stays very still. It looks straight ahead（盯着前方）. Soon a bug（虫子）flies by. The frog shoots out its tongue（舌头）. Its tongue is very long and sticky（黏的）. The frog catches the bug on its tongue. The bug can't get away.

　　Then the frog waits for more bugs. It is a hungry hunter.

(1) The frog's tongue is ________.

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(5) The part underlined “get away”means（意思是）________.

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　　Tom and Fred are students, and they are in the same class. They are good friends. But this morning they have a fight（打架）in class, and their teacher tells them to go to the office and write their names one hundred times after the last lesson.

　　Fred begins to cry. The teacher looks at him and asks,“Why are you crying, Fred?”“Because his name is Torn. My name is very long. My name is Frederick Hollingsworth.”Fred says.

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A．Tom is older than Fred.

B．Tom and Fred are in the same class.

C．Tom is younger than Fred.

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A．All the students

B．Torn and Fred

C．Tom, Fred and their teacher

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　　Mr.Brown is the Smiths' neighbour. His name is John. But his neighbours all call him “Mr. going to do” because he always says he is going to do something, but he never does it.

　　Every Saturday he goes to the Smiths' back door and talks to Mr. Smith. “I'm going to clean my house today.” He says, or “I'm going to wash my car tomorrow.” Mr. Smith usually says, “Are you?” He knows John is not going to do anything. Then he says, “Well, I' m going to do some work in my house.” And he does.

　　Mr. and Mrs. Smith often say to their only son, Dick, “Are you going to do something? Then do it! Don't be another Mr. Going-to-do!”

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　　Mr.Brown teaches English in a middle school. He has two children. They are twin brothers. Mr.Brown calls them Mike and Dick.

　　Jim and Alex are Mr.Brown's students. They often go to see the twins and play with them. Sometimes they bring something to Dick and Mike .On Saturday they go to Mr.Brown's. When the twins see Jim and Alex, they are very happy. Jim asks Mike, “How old are you, Mike?”“Three.”Mike answers.

　　Alex says, “Dick and Mike, look! Pears. Don't you want to eat them? Well, I have a question.If one of you can answer it, I will give him a pear.”The twins listen to Alex carefully.“I have two pears, and now I eat one. How many pears do I have, then?”“One.”Dick says. “Two.” Mike answers. “Two?”Jim says“Why?”“Oh, one is inside and the other is outside.”

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A．Mike is a little older than Dick.

B．Mike is a little younger than Dick

C．Dick is as（一样）old as Mike.

D．Dick is much older than Mike.

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　　One day, she writes “S-M-I-L-E-S” on the blackboard.”This is the longest word in English,”she says to her class.

　　“It has only six letters,”says a girl, “Why is it the longest word in English?”

　　Miss Day smiles and says, “Because there is a mile between the first letter and the last letter.”

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(5) The meaning of the word “mile” here is _______ in Chinese.

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　　Mr. Black is a teacher. His only son, Simon, is a student. He's thirteen. The boy likes flying kites and playing some other games.

　　One Monday afternoon, Simon flies a kite with his friends after school. But Simon's kite is in the tree and he can't get it. Simon and his friends do not know what to do. They worry very much and Simon goes to his father for help. His father wants to get the kite down from the tree, but he can't, either. So Simon asks Mr. Black to make a new one for him. His father makes him a new kite. When Simon gets the new kite, he is very glad. He thanks his father for the goes out to play with his friends.

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A．Simon finds a kite in a tree

B．Simon's kite is in the tree

C．Simon's friends get the kite for him

D．Simon makes another new kite himself

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A．his friends get the kite for him

B．his father hlps him get the kite

C．his father makes him a new kite

D．he has two kites now

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A．Simon can not get the kite and his friends are glad

B．his father cannot get the kite, so he makes a new one

C．his father doesn't get the kite for him and buys a new one

D．his father can't make a kite