Mr. Gao lives in a town. When he    1    (be) twenty-five, his son was born (出生). He called him
Gao Ling. The little boy is very clever and his parents     2    (love) him very much. It's September 1
today. A new school year     3   (begin). Gao Ling is happy and wears his most beautiful clothes. He's
going to school with his new bag. "Let me    4   (take) you to school today, dear, " says Mrs. Gao.
"Thank you, Mum." says the boy. "The school is not far from here. I can    5   (walk) there myself."
At school a teacher meets the little boy and    6   (ask), "What's your name, my little friend?" "Gao Ling,
sir." answers the boy. "How old are you?" "Six, sir." "What's your father's name?" "Gao Dalin, sir."
"How old is he?" "He's six too, sir." "Oh," he says in surprise. "Is he as old as (一样大) you? "Yes, sir, "
says the boy." He became (成为) a father at the time when I    7    (be) born."
1._____  2._____  3._____  4._____  5._____  6._____  7._____

     Mr. Grey was a biology professor, and he had a collection of very unusual bones. He was very proud
of them. Then one year he got a new and better job at another university, so his wife called a truck to carry
all their possessions (东西) to their new home while her husband was away at work.
     The next day three men started taking the things out of Mrs Grey's house and putting them into the truck,
when one of them brought out a large wooden box. He was about to throw it into the truck with all the other
things when Mrs Grey ran out of her house and said , "Please treat that box very carefully! That one has all
my husband's bones in it."
     The man was so surprised that he nearly dropped the box on his feet.

1.Mr. Grey was very proud of his collection of bones because _____.

A. they were very expensive
B. they were of all kinds of animals
C. they were not ordinary and very difficult to get
D. they were useful in his work

2.Which of the following is not right?

A. Mr. Grey wasn't pleased with his old job.
B. Mrs. Grey was his husband's good helper.
C. Mr. Grey cared more for the bones than for anything else.
D. The truck wasn't the Greys'.

3.In this passage, "my husband's bones" means "_____".

A. bones collected by my husband
B. bones left by my husband after eating
C. bones of my husband's body
D. bones of my husband's parents'

4.The man who brought the box nearly dropped it on his feet _____.

A. when he thought there were bones of a dead body in it
B. because he thought the bones were very expensive
C. because he thought he would break the box
D. when he knew Mr. Grey was dead

5.Which of the following is the best title for this passage?

A. Mr. Grey and His Bones
B. "My Husband's Bones"
C. The Collection of Bones
D. Treat the Box Carefully

     This story about an old man and a clever monkey is a very old one. Aesop, a Greek writer, first told
the story many years ago. This monkey belonged to an old man. The old man was very fond of the garden,
so when birds came to the garden, he chased them away. He also helped the old man in many other ways.
The old man often fell asleep during the day in his chair. Then the monkey sat at the old man's side and
chased the flies away from the old men's face.
     One hot afternoon in the summer, the old man was asleep in his chair. A fly came and sat on the end
of the old man's nose. The monkey chased it away. Soon the fly came back and sat on the old man's
nose again. The monkey chased it away. This continued for five or six times. The monkey at last became
very angry. He jumped up, ran to the garden, and picked up a large stone. The next time when the fly sat
on the old man's nose, the monkey hit it hard with the stone. He killed the fly, but unfortunately he broke
the old man's nose.

1. This story was first told by a Greek _____.

A. famous poet
B. great philosopher
C. fable writer
D. well-known physicist

2. When birds came to the garden, the monkey chased them away. The verb "chase" means _____.

A. drive out
B. get hold of
C. catch up with
D. keep up with

3. The monkey picked up a large stone, because he wanted _____.

A. to fight to death
B. to put the fly to death
C. to hit the fly on the head
D. to strike the old man on the nose

4. The monkey at last became angry, because _____.

A. the old man didn't give him anything to eat
B. the old man made the monkey do nothing
C. the old man often fell asleep during the day in his armchair
D. He couldn't drive the fly away

5. Which of the following statements is true according to this passage?

A. From this story we can learn; sometimes things done out of harmful will may be good.
B. From this story we can learn; sometimes things done out of good will may be good.
C. From this story we can learn; sometimes things done out of harmful will may be harmful.
D. From this story we can learn; sometimes things done out of good will may be harmful.