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One day a rich man met Tom. The rich man asked, “I hear you are very clever and       is difficult to you. Can you tell me         you are so clever?” Tom answered with a smile. “Oh, I am not clever. Instead, you are too foolish(愚蠢的).” The rich man became      . Tom said, “Sir, please         angry. If you don’t agree（同意） with what I said, now let me       you a very easy question: If you have a group of sheep, and I give you        group of sheep, now how     groups of sheep do you have?”
“Wow! That’s the easiest question in the world. One and one is two.      knows that. I have two groups of sheep, of course.”
Tom laughed and laughed, and then said, “You are quite      ，sir. Two groups of sheep put together still one group. That’s the       question in the world, isn’t it?”

Yesterday Princess Eva(夏娃公主)was happy. She went to a carnival. The weather was sunny, and the food was       . There were Clowns and a band(魔杖). She had a good,     there was a bad magician at the party.
　Princess Eva saw the magician and she laughed. The magician didn’t        . He touched her mouth with a wand. He said, “From now on, you can’t talk. You can’t laugh. ”And Princess Eva        make a sound.
　Princess Eva could feel, and hear, and see, and smell, and taste. But she couldn’t      . She couldn’t laugh. A doctor came and looked at her fingers, her      , her eyes, her nose, and her tongue. She wasn’t sick. But something was      . Even a clown couldn’t make her laugh!
　But then one day, a nice man came to town. He had a band of      . His dog, his cat, and his horse sang for the princess. They made loud noises. They sounded      ! The Princess started to      . “Look! I can laugh! I can talk!” she cried. It was a happy day.

Mr Brown is a      . He drives for a big company. He is very      , so he can’t look after his family. His wife became     after their little son Peter was born.    Mr Brown has to take little Peter to work with him. The boy likes    and never feels tired and    his father a lot of questions.
Now Peter is 15 years old. He     all of his subjects except Geography. He works hard at it and wants to be a      , so he listens to the teacher in class      and studies the map when he is free. He does well in       . sometimes he fails in Maths, History or some other subjects, but he doesn’t       it.
Now Class Two are having History. Miss Lee is telling the class       about James I(詹姆斯一世). Peter isn’t listening to her. He is thinking of        he is going to visit next Saturday and Sunday. The teacher finds it and       , “What is the first thing James I did when he came to the throne, Peter?”
The boy can’t        the question at all. He thinks for a while and says, “ He sat down, Miss Lee.”

C．hardworking

D．beautifully

Frank is my friend. His family is rich. His parents always give him lots of pocket money. But Frank thinks his parents work very hard and it’s not easy for them, so he always tries his best to save money. He has some good ways to do it.
Frank likes reading. He has lots of books. He tells me he often buys books online, because they’re cheaper. And when he has free time, he often goes to bookstores or libraries to do some reading.
Frank has a bike. He usually goes to school by bike. Sometimes when it rains or snows, he walks. These two ways help Frank keep healthy and save money.
Frank brings a bottle of water to school every day. When other students drink juice, he enjoys his water. He thinks water is the cheapest but the best drink.
Some students think Frank is mean. But I don’t think so. I think he is right. What do you think of him?
小题1:Why does Frank try his best to save money?

A．Because His family is very poor.

B．Because His parents don’t give him any pocket money.

C．Because He thinks it’s not easy for his parents to make money.

D．Because He is very mean.

小题2:How does Frank usually go to school?

小题3:Why does Frank often buy books online?

A．Because they’re more useful.

B．Because they’re more interesting.

C．Because they’re better.

D．Because they’re cheaper.

小题4:What does Frank bring to school every day?

小题5:What does the writer think of Frank?

A．He is wrong

B．He is right

D．He is clever

Life in the 22nd century will be different from life in the 20th century, because many changes will take place in the new century, but what will the changes be?
The population is       fast. There will be more and more people in the world and most of them will live    than before.      will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home. And computer studies will be one of the important subjects at     .
People will work fewer hours than they did in the 20th century, and they will have more free time for sports,      TV and traveling. Traveling will be    . And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.
More land will be used for building new towns and houses. Then there will be less room for cows and sheep, so     will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day,     , they eat more vegetables and fruit. Maybe people will be healthier.
Work in the future will be      , too. Dangerous and hard work will be done by robots(机器人). Because of this, many people will not have enough        to do. This will be a problem.

A．1ess interesting

B．much easier

C．more expensive

D．more difficult

My daughter finally lost her first tooth. She waited for this moment for more than a year.
Most of the kids in the first grade lost not only one tooth, but several. But my daughter kept waiting impatiently. Then, she finally got a loose (松的) tooth. I never saw her so happy — except on Christmas, Children’s Day or her birthday. Last Friday night, she was eating an apple, and the tooth started to become loose. Minutes later, my daughter shouted happily. The tooth was out!
I cleaned it off and put it under her pillow (枕头). When she went to bed that night, my daughter wondered, “Will the tooth fairy (牙仙) let me keep the tooth?” I told her she might and she’d have to wait and see.
The tooth fairy comes from an old story. It’s believed that when a kid loses his first tooth and puts it under his pillow, the tooth fairy will come to visit him when he is sleeping. If the tooth fairy sees the kid and loves him, she will leave some money under his pillow without taking away the tooth. If she doesn’t think the kid lovely enough, she will still leave some money but take the tooth away.
And then I put a dollar in my bag so that I’d remember to put it under my daughter’s pillow. However, I forgot. Luckily, her dear dad remembered.
小题1: How many of the following things make the writer’s daughter happy?
a. Christmas b. Children’s Day
c. her birthday d. the missing tooth

小题2: What do the two underlined words in Paragraph 3 mean?

A．my daughter; the tooth fairy	B．my daughter; my daughter
C．the tooth fairy; my daughter	D．the tooth fairy; the tooth fairy

小题3:Which of the following is TRUE?

A．The daughter is a second-grader.

B．The writer is a mother.

C．The real tooth fairy in the story is the writer.

D．Several kids in the daughter’s class lost one tooth.

小题4:What may be the best ending of the story?

A．A new tooth grew during my daughter’s sleep that night.

B．My daughter woke up at midnight and saw the beautiful tooth fairy.

C．The next morning my daughter was glad to find the money and the tooth.

D．The other kids in the first grade laughed at my daughter because she lost a tooth.

A Talking Fish
One afternoon last summer, Mr. Stow went to a fishman to buy fish for his supper, because a friend of his would come to have supper with him that evening.
It was hot, and most of the fish were not so good, but the fishman said, “Sir, all of my fish are good and fresh. Would you like some?” Mr. Stow held one fish up to his nose and smelled it. “Why do you smell that fish? Do you think it bad?” asked the fishman. “No, I didn’t smell it.” “Then what did you do with your face so close to the fish?” asked the fishman. “I didn’t smell the fish, I only talked to it,” said Mr. Stow. “What did the fish say to you?” “He said he didn’t know the latest news of the river , because he was out of the river for more than a week.”
根据短文内容判断正(T)误(F)。
小题1:The story happened last year.
小题2:Mr. Stow wanted to buy fish for his supper.
小题3:The weather was not hot that day.
小题4:Most of the fish were not so good.
小题5:Mr. Stow didn’t buy the fish that day.

Mrs. Brown had a small garden behind her house and in the spring she planted some vegetables in it. She looked after them very carefully, and when the summer came, they looked very nice. One evening Mrs. Brown looked at her vegetables and said, “Tomorrow I am going to pick them and we can eat them.” But early the next morning, her son ran into the kitchen and shouted, “Mother, mother! Come quickly! Our neighbor’s ducks are in the garden and they are eating our vegetables!” Mrs. Brown ran out, but it was too late. All the vegetables are finished! Mrs. Brown cried, and her neighbor was very sorry, but that was the end of the vegetables. Then a few days before Christmas, the neighbor brought Mrs. Brown a beautiful fat duck. And on it was a piece of paper with the words, “ENJOY YOUR VEGETABLES!”
小题1:Mrs. Brown had a _________ behind her house.

B．small garden

C．an apple orchard

D．small house

小题2:In _________ she planted some vegetables in the garden.

小题3:When _________ came, the vegetables looked very nice.

小题4:Early the next __________ her son ran into the kitchen and shouted.

小题5:One morning __________ were eating vegetables in the garden.

A Nobel Prize is considered by most people one of the highest international honours(荣誉) a person can receive. As you know, the prizes were started by a Swede called Alfred Nobel. He was born in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. Alfred Nobel was a great scientist. He made two important inventions, and so he became very rich. Although he was rich, Nobel was not a happy man. He never married or had children. Also, he was a sick man during his large part of life. When he died at the age of 63, he left a fund of $9,000,000. The money was to be used in giving prizes to those who made great achievements in physics, chemistry(化学), medicine and literature(文学), and for world peace.
The first Nobel Prizes were given on December 10, 1901, five years after Nobel’s death. Since then many famous people from all over the world have been given Nobel Prizes for their achievements.
Each prize has three parts. The first part is a gold medal. Second, a winner of a Nobel Prize is given a certificate saying that he has been given the prize. The third part of the prize is a large amount of money-about $40,000.
Often a prize is given to just one person, but not always. Sometimes a prize is shared. It may be given to two or more people who have worked together. It is also sometimes true that a prize is not given at all if there is no great achievement. In 1972, for example, no Nobel Peace Prize was given.
小题1:When was Alfred Nobel born?

小题2:What kind of person would you say Alfred Nobel was?

A．He was a rich, happy and lucky man.

B．He was a poor, unhappy and unlucky man.

C．He was a rich, but unhappy and unlucky man.

D．He was a poor, but happy and lucky man.

小题3:When he died, Nobel left a large amount of money ________.

A．to his wife

B．to his children

C．for helping the poor people in Sweden

D．for setting five prizes

When I was about 12, I had an enemy (敌人), a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings (缺点). Week by week her list grew: I was very thin; I wasn’t a good student; I talked too much; I was too proud (骄傲), and so on. I tried to hear all these as long as I could. At last, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.
He listened to me quietly. Then he asked, “Are the thing she said true or not? Janet, didn’t you ever think about what you are really like? Well, you now have that girl’s opinion. Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she said.”
I did as he told me. To my great surprise, I discovered that about half the things were true. Some of them I couldn’t change (like being very thin), but a good number I could --- and suddenly I wanted to change. For the first time I got a very clear picture of myself.
I brought the list back to Daddy. He wouldn’t like to take it. “That is just for you,” he said, “You know better than anyone else the truth about yourself. But you have to learn to listen, not just close your ears in anger and feeling hurt. When something said about you is true, you will find it will be of help to you. Our world is full of people who think they know your duty. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to them all, but hear the truth and do the right thing.”
Daddy’s advice has returned to me at many important periods. In my life, I have never had a better piece of advice.
小题1:Which do you think would be the best title (标题) for this passage?

A．Not An Enemy, But the Best Friend	B．The Best Advice I’ve Ever Had
C．My Father	D．My Childhood

小题2:Why did the writer’s father listen to her quietly? Because__________.

A．he believed that most of what his daughter’s “enemy” said was true.

B．he had been so angry with his daughter’s shortcomings that he wanted to show this by keeping quiet for some time

C．he knew that his daughter would not listen to him at that moment

D．he wasn’t quite sure which girl was telling the truth

小题3:What did the father do after he had heard his daughter’s complaint?

A．He told her not to pay any attention to what her “enemy” had said.

B．He criticized(批评) her and told her to overcome (克服) her shortcomings.

C．He told her to write down all that her “enemy” had said about her and pay attention only to the things that were true.

D．He wouldn’t like to take the list and have a look at it.

小题4:What does “I got a very clear picture of myself” mean?

A．I had my picture taken and this time it was a very clear one.

B．I asked someone to draw a very clear picture of myself.

C．The picture I got this time was clearer than those I had got before.

D．I came to know myself very clearly this time.

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