It's Sunday morning. Their are many people in the park, some boys are playing basketball. There are some
girls under a big tree. They're singing and dancing. What are those women doing? They are drinking tea. Look
at the woman in a blue coat. Who's she? She's my mother. She is talking to Edward. Edward is her student. He
is a goad student. He studies hard. He's good at all the subjects. And he's friendly to all his teachers and his
friends. ( )

1. The boys are ________.

A. singing
B. playing basketball
C. dancing
D. drinking

2. My mother is ______.

A. a teacher
B. an office
C. a doctor
D. a woman

3. Edward is in ________.

A. my home
B. the classroom
C. the zoo
D. the park

4. 一 who's under a big tree?
    一____________.

A. Some people
B. Some women
C. Some girls.
D. Some boys.

5. 一  What color is my mother' coat?
    — It's ___________,

A. blue
B. white
C. red
D. yellow

    The trouble with Christmas is that it comes just before the end of the year. Early in January, lots of bills
arrive. There I am, surrounded by presents, having spent all last year's salary and most of this year's, too,
when little brown envelopes start dropping through the letter box. The gas, the electricity, the telephone-lots
of pieces of paper, all asking for money.
    I suppose the people who send these bills didn't want to spoil my Christmas, so they didn't send the bills
to me before 25th December. It's really very kind of them, but I wish they'd send a letter to my bank manager
explaining what is going to happen immediately after the holiday. Then he would be ready for me when I go
to see him, and it would save me a difficult fifteen minutes while I explain why I need to borrow ￡ 200 and
he tells me why I can't have it.
    Next year it's all going to be different. In my house, we are going to have Christmas in July, during our
summer holiday. So next December I'll have enough money in the bank to pay all the bills. It's a wonderful
idea but the only problem is that my wife and children don't seem to like it very much..

1. The people the writer should pay ______.

A. are kind to him
B. want to spoil his Christmas
C. want to say 'Merry Christmas' to him
D. cost him more money than he can pay by sending him a lot of bills

2. At the end of the year, the writer is usually ______.

A. worried because of so many bills
B. having a sunny day
C. worried about how to spend his holiday
D. visiting his friends abroad

3. The passage tells that ______.

A. trouble sometimes comes with happiness
B. money is everything
C. no money means no happy
D. money can buy happiness

                       Where does gum (口香糖) come from?
     People like gum. But where does gum come from?
     At first, all gum came from trees. These trees have something inside. It looks like white water, which
can be made into gum.
    Now most gum is made from other things. But some gum still comes from trees.

1. People ______ gum.

A. like
B. drink
C. hate
D. write with

2. This story tells us where gum ______.

A. grows
B. comes from
C. is made
D. is

3. At first, all gum came from ______.

A. animals
B. trees
C. other things
D. water

4. The trees have something inside that looks like ______.

A. something
B. other things
C. gray gum
D. white water

5. Now, all gum comes from trees, doesn't it?

A. Yes,it is.
B. Yes, it does.
C. No, it isn't.
D. No, it doesn't.

     Today Newtown is a very clean place. Many years ago, however, there were millions of rats (老鼠)
in Newtown. They attacked the cats and dogs. Sometimes a great number of them knocked down a man
or woman walking home at night. The rats were very large and they harmed many people.
      The Government (政府) ordered everybody to kill rats. Most people were very lazy, so they did not
kill them. Then the Government promised to pay some money for each dead rat. That made people very
happy. A Government officer put all the dead rats in a big pile. Sometimes a man brought hundreds in a
day.
     After two weeks there were not many rats in the city, but people still brought rats to the Government
officer. The Government officer thought that people were stealing dead rats from the pile. He ordered his
men to dig a deep hole and put the rats in it. Soon there were no more rats, and the Government did not
pay any more money.

1.The underlined phrase “A great number of” means _____.

A. a great deal        
B. a good many of        
C. a great amount of    

2. According to (根据) the passage, which of the following is true?                 

A. In Newtown, anyone who was riding home at night could be knocked down by rats.
B. In Newtown, anyone who was at home at night could be knocked down by rats.
C. In Newtown, anyone who was going home on foot at night could be knocked down by rats.   

3. Why were the people stealing the rats from the pile?                   

A. Because they thought the dead rats should be put in a deep hole.
B. Because they thought it was a good way to get more money from the Government.
C. Because they thought they were not lazy.

4. Which of the following is the correct one?              

A. The officer ordered his men to dig a deep hole and put the dead rats in it just only to save money for
     the Government.
B. Soon the Government did not pay any more money, and there were no more rats.
C. The officer and his men put the dead rats in a deep hole in order to prevent the dead rats from being
     stolen and get rid of all the rats in the city.

5.The best title (标题) for this passage should be _____.             

A. How Newtown became a very clean place
B. How the people in Newt
C. How to kill rats in a city    

     Recently I 1_____ (have) a discussion with my classmates about whether students can play
computers. Some of them think students should 2_____ (play) computers. Because they think
computer 3_____ (become) more and more important in our daily life. However, some students
don't agree. They think if they play computers, they 4_____ (not have) enough time to study.
Students will  spend less time 5_____ (talk) with their parents.