Ben Lambert, the famous French singer,    1  a long vacation this summer! He thought about  2 _  to Greece or Spain, but decided  3_  Canada. “I always take  4_  in Europe,” he said. “This time I want to do  5_  . I heard that Canada is beautiful, and I know there are many people there who speak French.”
Ben is going to Canada’s Great Lakes. He is leaving the first week _6_  June and staying  7 September. He plans to have  a very   8 _  vacation. “I’m taking walks, going fishing, and going bike riding. I’m 9   to spend time  in  the beautiful countryside. I love nature. I hope I can forget 10_  problems! At night, I’m renting videos and sleeping a lot… A great vacation! I can’t wait!”

As Sam slowly woke, he got a funny feeling in his stomach. He knew he would have to do something that he had been afraid to do for a long time.

The school bus came on time, and he sat with his friend, Billy. They chatted about baseball. It was a great way to get his mind off what he had to do later. As they got close to the school, he could feel his heart beating. His hands were starting to sweat. He hated this!

He entered Mrs. Owen’s class. She was smiling, and saying hello to all her students as she did every morning.

“Hi, Sam!” she said as he walked in.

“Hi,” he said and quickly sat in his seat. Then the class began to take their spelling test. He looked at the clock. The time was near. He hoped he was not first! Mrs. Owens said it was time to begin their special day.

“Sam, you’ll be first.” Mrs. Owens said to the class, “Sam has worked very hard on his report on Hawaii, and I know it is very interesting.”

Sam nervously greeted his class. Then, he thought about the fun things he had read about surfing, volcanoes, and pineapples in Hawaii, and he started to talk. He talked in front of the whole class, and it was fun. The class clapped as he finished and Mrs. Owens was smiling. It wasn’t terrible at all and he knew he would do better the next time.

1. How did Sam feel after he woke?

   A. Excited.      B. Nervous.     C. Happy.       D. Hungry.

2.What did Sam have to do that day?

A. To have a baseball match.            B. To take a reading test.

C. To go to a new class.                D. To do something special.

3.What does the underlined word “sweat” probably mean?

   A. 触摸          B. 鼓掌         C. 出汗         D. 指点

4. Which could be inferred (推断) from this passage?

   A. Sam hated chatting about baseball.

   B. Sam learned about Hawaii by travelling.

   C. Mrs. Owens is unfriendly to her students.

   D. The class enjoyed Sam’s talk very much.

5. Which is the best title for this passage?

   A. A special day     B. An interesting lesson

   C. A nice teacher        D. A professional report

Mr Green had a little boy. Every day had work he came home and played with his son.
One night ,while Mr Green was at work, he __41__ that he had extra work to do for the evening ,and that he wouldn’t be able to play with his son._____42____ he wanted to give the boy something to keep him  __43__. So , looking around his office , he saw a   44  with a large map of the world on the cover(封面). He got an ___45 ____ He removed the map , tore(撕) it up into small pieces and put all the pieces in his coat pocket.
When he got home , the little boy came running to him and was ready to play. Mr Green ___46___that he had extra work to do and couldn’t play at the moment . Then he   ___47__  all the pieces of the map and put them on the table . He said to the  boy,”_48__” was a map of the world, and  ___49___th time you put it back together, my extra work will be finished, and we can ___50___”. Surely, this would keep the child busy for   ___51___  , he thought.
About half an hour later the boy came to Mr Green and said,” Okay, it’s  ___52___ . Can we play now?”
Mr Green said ,“That’s amazing!_____54  did you do that?” The boy said, “It was    55 . On the back of the page was a picture of a man . When I put the man together the whole world fell into place.”