Rose is an English girl. She has a young brother. His name is Jim. They are good students. Their father and mother are teachers. The family is a happy one. They work very long hours. So they usually go to play in the park (公园) on weekends.

　　Today is Saturday. They want to go there with their little dog. They leave home at 8: 30a. m. They take the number 213 bus to the park. They have lunch in the park. They get home at 4:00 p.m. They are tired, but they are happy.

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(1) How many people are there in Rose's family?

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(2) Who often goes to the park on weekends?

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A．Rose and Jim.

B．Rose and her parents.

C．Jim and his parents.

D．Rose, Jim and their parents.

(3) Where do they want to go?

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(4) Who are teachers in Rose's family?

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(5) Are they at home at 3:30 on Sunday?

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Mr and Mrs White live in the country(  乡村  ). Christmas Day ( 圣诞节 )is coming. They want to buy some clothes for their family in the city. In the morning Mr and Mrs White get up early. After they have breakfast, they go shopping in their car at 8:30. They get to a shop at 9:40. In the shop they see a lot of clothes. Mrs White likes the clothes very much. So she buys a T-shirt for their son, a skirt for their daughter, and a sweater for Mr White. She buys a hat for herself, too. After that, they have lunch in a restaurant and go to see a movie together.

After they see the movie, Mr White is very tired. He looks at his watch. Then he says, “Oh, it’s 4 o’clock. I think we must go home now.” So they begin to go home. But they lose their way. Mr White can’t find the way. He sees an old man and asks him, “Excuse me, sir. Where am I?” The old man looks at him and the car, “You’re in your car, sir.” he says.

1 There are ______ people in Mr White’s family.

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

2 Mr White buys ______ for her daughter.

      A. a hat          B. a T-shirt      C. a skirt        D. a sweater

3Mr and Mrs White go home _______.

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

4 “Lose their way” means________.

      A. 按原路          B. 没有办法        C.  问路      D. 迷路

5 Does the old man help them?

      A. Yes, he does.              B. I think so.

      C. No, he doesn’t.            D. We don’t know.

The Black family live in a small town. Every morning, Mr. Black gets to work at 8：00 by car. Mrs. Black doesn’t go to work. She stays at home. She always takes their children—a son and a daughter to school. She cleans the rooms, washes clothes and cooks meals in the morning. She sometimes goes shopping in the afternoon. Sometimes she goes to see her friends in the same town. The children come back from school at 4:30. Mr. Black usually comes back from work at 6：00. Then they have supper. In the evening the children do their homework. Sometimes they watch TV. Mr. Black and Mrs. Black read newspapers or sometimes go to the movies. But they never watch TV.　

(　 )51. How many people are there in the Black family?
　　　 A. two　 B. Three　 C. Four　 D. Five
(　 )52. What does Mrs. Black do every day?
　　　 A. She goes shopping　 　　　　 B. She goes to see her friends

　　 C. She takes her children to school. D. She goes to the movies
(　 )53. When do they usually have supper?
　　　 A. At 4:30　 B. At 5:00 　 C. At 5:30 　D. At 6:30
(　 )54. How long does Mr. Black work?
　　　 A. For six hours B. For eight hours　 C. For nine hours D. For ten hours

(　 )55. Which of the following sentences is NOT right

　　 A. Mrs. Black has no job.　　 B. Mr. Black and Mrs. Black sometimes watch TV.

　　 C. Their children sometimes watch TV. D. Mr. Black drives his car to work.

Mrs. Smith is Jim's mother. She loves her family very much.  She goes to the store every day. She often buys food, fruit and clothes for Jim and her husband（丈夫）. Now many clothes are on sale at Renmin Clothes Store. They are very cheap. Mrs. Smith comes to the store and she wants to buy some clothes for her family. There they have sweaters in all colors for ￥15 each and sports shoes for only ￥28. Mrs Smith likes the red sweater and she buys one for herself. She buys a pair of sports shoes for her son. The great T-shirts in the store are just ￥18!  She buys a white one for Mr Smith. And that's not all. The socks, in all colors, are ￥2 each. She buys the socks in many colors for her family. She is really a Rood mother and a good wife (妻子)

1.Mrs Smith often buys ___ for her family.

      A. balls, vegetables, fruit, clothes  

B. fruit, coffee, clothes, shoes

      C. clothes, fruit, food             

D. clothes, vegetables, school things

2.The clothes at Renmin Clothes Store are             

A. very great           B. very cheap     C. very long      D. big

3.Mrs Smith likes the      

        A. red sweater         B. blue T-shirt    C. green sweater  D. red hat

4.She buys          for Mr Smith.

        A. a pair of shoes       B. a pair of shorts 

C. a T-shirt      D. a white sweater

5.—Does Mrs Smith only buy a pair of socks?

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

Many people have to work on the weekend. Some people do not mind. Others think it is terrible.

　　One man thinks that working on the weekend can be dangerous. He is Graham Coates. Mr Coates works in an office in Brighton, England.

　　On Saturday, May 24, 1986, he went to the office to do some work. When he got on the lift(电梯), it stopped between floors. Mr Coates could not get out of the lift. He started to shout, but no one heard him. Then Mr. Coats remembered that it was a holiday in England. No one was going to come to work until Tuesday.

　　There was nothing for him to do. He had to wait until one of his workmates came to work and found him. With nothing to eat or drink, Mr Coats ended up sleeping for most of the day.

　　Now Mr. Coates says, "I only use lifts if they have telephones in them."

1.Mr. Coates thinks working on the weekend is_____.

A．interesting         B．terrible           C．happy            D．unhappy

2.Mr. Coates stayed in the lift for_____.

A．about twenty hours                      B．nearly two days

C．one week                             D．more than sixty hours

3. When Mr. Coates got out of the lift he_____.

A．was cold, weak, hungry and tired

B．wouldn't work there any more

C．said "I only use lifts if they have telephones in them."

D．went home at once

4.Why could Mr. Coates not get out of the lift? Because _____.

A．it was broken                          B．it was the weekend

C．it was in an office                        D．it was a holiday

5. In the lift, there was_________.

A．water            B．beer             C．telephone         D．nothing