Not everyone has the chance to be a detective. But I even got one when I was 13 years old. It
happened in 1988.
      One afternoon, I was walking down the street when I saw my father's new car. I expected to
see my father, but to my surprise, I saw a young woman driving instead. "She stole my father's car,
" I thought. So I quickly stopped a taxi and got in. I said to the driver, "Follow that new car in front."
And I told him why. 
      The taxi driver had a car phone, and I asked him to call the police. Soon we heard the sound of
a police car and its loudspeaker. The police told the woman to stop her car. Our car came to a stop,
too. I got out right now and said to the woman, " It's not your car. It's my father's."
       The woman smiled and said, "Oh. You're Mr. Johnson's younger son, right? I've ever seen your
photo at your father's office."
       Before I could say another word, the woman explained that she was my father's new assistant.
My father had asked her to take his computer to the shop to have it repaired. He lent his car. After
hearing her words, we called my father and he told us what she said was true. The police and the taxi
driver laughed I felt very sorry. It was both the first and last time for me to work as a detective. Don't
you think my story funny?

1. The underlined words mean              .

A. I was a detective at my age of 13.
B. I met a detective at my age of 13.
C. I tried being a detective at my age of 13.
D. I had a chance to be a detective

2. The author was surprised for              .

3. From this passage, which of the following is true?

A. The woman had met the writer before.
B. The writer would never act as a detective at all.
C. The writer guessed his story was not funny.
D. Mr. Johnson only had a son.

4. Who phoned Mr. Johnson to ask him if the young woman was his assistant?

A. The taxi driver
B. The police
C. we don't know
D. The writer

A .Because I felt sorry.
B. Because they wanted to make me happy
C. Because what the woman said was true
D.Because they wanted to make me uncomfortable

                                                       Which is more useful 
     Thomas is in Grade Two now. He goes to school from Monday to Friday. After school he must do
some housework.He helps his parents on the farm (农场) on Saturdays and Sundays. So he doesn't have
any time to play football in the daytime. He often plays with his friends in the moon. 
     It's five in the afternoon. School is over. Thomas goes home and cooks for his family.After dinner he
sees his friend Paul near his house and asks him to play football.The boy looks at the sky and sees the
moon. Then he asks, "Which is more useful, the sun or the moon?"
     "I think the moon is," says Thomas. " We need light (光线) in the evening, while we don't see the sun,
but the moon!"

1. Thomas's parents are ______.

A. workers
B. teachers
C. policeman
D. farmers

2. Thomas must work on the farm ______ days in a week.

A. two
B. three
C. four
D. five

3. Thomas is busy in the daytime, so ______.

A. he does some homework in the evening.
B. he does some washing and cleaning in the evening.
C. he plays football with his friends in the moon.
D. he watches TV at home in the evening.

4. Thomas sees Paul ______ today.

A. in the morning
B. in the afternoon
C. in the evening
D. at school

5. Thomas only likes ______.

A. the sun
B. the moon
C. Saturday
D. Sundays

     There was a pilot (飞行员) and four people in a small plane. Suddenly there was something wrong
with the machine while it was flying in the air. The plane began to fall down. The pilot told the people
there were only four parachutes (降落伞). They all became worried and started to make excuses (借口).
     "I must go," said the pilot, taking one of the parachutes and jumped out.
     The first person stood up, "I'm a doctor," he said. "I help people live longer and I save lives." He took
a parachute and jumped out.
     The next person said, "I must have a parachute. I am a very clever person. I have to attend (参加)
an important match. I know I'll win the game because I'll be the cleverest person there." He picked up
a pack and jumped out.
     Two men were left-an old businessman and a young mountain climber. At this time the plane was
going down fast. The businessman said, "Young man, I am old but you're still young. You take the last
parachute." The young mountain climber smiled. "Don't worry," he said. "We can both jump out because
there are still two parachutes. Just now the clever man jumped out with my backpack."

1. All the people became worried because ______.

A. they couldn't find the parachutes
B. they saw the pilot jump out first
C. they were afraid the plane would be broken and knew there were not enough parachutes for each person
D. There was too much smoke and they couldn't jump out from the plane

2. The clever man jumped out with ______.

A. a parachute
B. nothing
C. the backpack of the climber's
D. two parachutes

3. All the people thought of themselves except ______.

A. the pilot
B. the clever man
C. the doctor
D. the businessman

4. From the story we know ______ would be dead.

A. the clever man
B. the businessman
C. the pilot D. the doctor

5. From the passage we know ______ was a kind-hearted man.

A. the pilot
B. the mountain climber
C. the businessman
D. the doctor

     A little girl thought she was not as beautiful as other girls, and nobody liked her. So she was always
unhappy and didn't like to talk to others. However, one day, her mother gave her a beautiful hair clip
(发夹). When she wore it, she looked much more beautiful than before. She decided to wear it to school. 
     On her way to school, she found that everyone smiled at her. Most of her schoolmates said "hello" to
her, but this never happened before. She thought that the beautiful hair clip had brought her them all. She
was so happy about all of the wonderful things. Although she didn't tell her classmates about her beautiful
hair clip, they all wanted to know what had happened to her.
     When she went back home after school, her mother asked her, "Did you know you dropped your hair
clip? I found it by the door this morning." She knew that she hadn't worn the hair clip to school at all.
     It is not important what we wear or how we look. The most important is how we think about
ourselves.

根据短文内容判断正(T)误(F)。
(     )1. The little girl was not beautiful because she had no money to buy a hair clip.
(     )2. Her mother didn't like the little girl, either.
(     )3. Most of the schoolmates liked her beautiful hair clip very much on that day.
(     )4. Her mother found the hair clip by the door after the girl went to school.
(     )5. It is not important what we wear or how we look.

     Sally was fourteen. She studied in a middle school. She liked dancing and singing and spent a lot of
time on them. But she hated math and even decided to give it up.Her father was anxious (焦虑) about it.
     It was Sunday. ①Sally's father called to his sister who taught math in another school. He hoped she
would come and tell his daughter how to learn math.The woman came and said, "You are a clever girl,
Sally. I'm sure you will soon learn math well if you do your best."
     "I'm afraid I can't, Aunt," said Sally. ②"Girls can't be good at math."
     "I don't think so," said the woman. "I was good at it when I was a girl. You must do more exercises
and try different ways to practice ③ ______ (do) math problems until you work them out or at least
understand them better. Here is a math problem. ④Please think it over and see if you can work it out."
     "OK." said the girl. "Let me try."
     About an hour later Sally took the exercise book to her aunt and said, "I've tried several times and
worked out the problem at last!"
     "Well done!" her aunt looked at her answer and said happily, "Now you see, math is not as difficult
as you thought."

1. 将划线②部分改为同义句
    Girl can't                                     math.
2. How old was Sally?
                                                                      
3. 将划线①部分译为汉语
                                                                       
4. 用所给词的适当形式填在③处的横线上 
                                                                      
5. 将划线④部分译成汉语
                                                                      

     Mrs. Black was waiting for a telephone, but she had no food in the house. So she left the baby at home
and said to her five-year-old son. "I'm going to buy some food, Tom. Please look after your brother Mike,
and I'll be back in a few minutes."
     When she was out, the telephone rang (响) and Tom answered.
     "Hello, may I speak to Mrs. Black?" said a man.
     "Sorry, my mother isn't in." answered Tom.
     "Well, when she comes back, please tell her that Mr.White telephoned." " What?"
     "You can write it down."
     "I'm sorry, I can't write."
     "Little boy, is there anyone with you? Any brothers or sisters?"
     "Yes, my brother Mike is here."
     "Good, let me talk to him."
     "All right." Tom took the phone to the baby's bed and gave it to Mike. Just then their mother came back.
She asked, "Did anyone telephone?"
     "Yes," Tom answered. "A man. But he only wanted to speak to Mike."

1、            is Tom's brother.

A、Mike
B、Mr. White
C、Mr. Black
D、Jack

2、Mr. White             a telephone call, but            .

A、made, Mike wasn't in
B、made, Tom wasn't in
C、made, Mrs. Black wasn't in
D、made, Mr. Black was in

3、Mr. White wanted to speak to Mike because            .

A、Mr. Black wasn't at home
B、Tom couldn't write
C、he thought Mike was older than Tom and could write
D、he liked Mike better than Tom

4、Who wrote down the name of Mr. White?

A、Tom
B、Mike
C、Mrs. Black
D、No one

5、Which is right?

A、Mike told his mother that a man telephoned.
B、Tom told his mother that a man telephoned.
C、Mike told his mother that Mr. White telephoned.
D、Mr. Black told Mrs. Black that a man telephon.

      Mr. Green had a farm in England. He and his wife grew a lot of things on the farm. They worked
very hard. One day Mr. Green said to his wife, "Dear, let's go to London next Sunday. We can have a
good lunch there, and then we can go to the cinema." His wife was very happy when she heard this,
because she and her husband always ate a lot, and she didn't like cooking three times every day. 
     They went to London by train and walked for an hour. When it was twelve o'clock, they wanted to
have a meal. They looked at a few restaurants. In one of them there was a blackboard outside. On the
blackboard was "Lunch 12:30 to14:30 ￡1.50".
      "Well, that's good," Mr. Green said, "We eat for two hours for ￡1.50 here! This is the place for
us."

1. Mr. Green took his wife to a very _____ restaurant.

A. expensive
B. cheap
C. new
D. old

2. Mrs Green was happy because _____.

A. She didn't have to cook
B. Mr. Green ate too much
C. she couldn't eat much
D. they worked hard

3. Mr. and Mrs Green wanted to see a film (电影)           .

A. before lunch
B. in the morning
C. in the afternoon
D. in the restaurant

4. The words on the blackboard told people that ______.

A. they must eat a very slow lunch
B. they must eat for two hours
C. they could have lunch any time between 12:30 and 2:30
D. They must be in the restaurant at 12:30 and leave at 2:30

5. Mrs Green wanted to go into the restaurant because ______.

A. they could eat for a long time
B. they could eat quickly
C. she was in London
D. she was not hungry