A famous writer was visiting Japan. One day he was i______ to give a talk at a university to a large group of students. As n______ of them could understand French, he had to have a man to put what he said into Japanese.

　　During his talk, he told a funny story. It lasted（持续） for quite a long time. At last he stopped to let the man put it into Japanese. To his s______, all the students laughed after the man had spoken for a few seconds.

　　After the talk, the writer t______ the man for his good work and then said to him, "Now please tell me how you put that long story into such a short Japanese one." The man answered with a s______,  "I just said, "The famous writer has just told us a funny story. You will all laugh, please."

　　In today's world, almost everyone knows that air pollution and water pollution are harmful to people's health. However, not all the people know that noise is also a kind of pollution, and that it is harmful to our health, too.

　　People who work and live under noisy conditions（状况） usually have poorer hearing. Many of the workers who print（印刷） newspapers and books, and who weave cloth（织布） become deaf（耳聋）. Quite a few people living near airports also become deaf. Recently（近来） it was discovered that many young people in America could hear no better than 65-year-old people, for these young people like to listen to "pop" music and most of "pop" music is a kind of noise. Besides （除此之外）, noise produced（产生） by jet planes（喷气式飞机） or machines will make people's life difficult and unpleasant（不愉快的）, or even make people ill, or even drive them mad（发疯）.

　　In China, the people's government is trying to solve（解决） not only the problems of air and water pollution but also the problem of noise pollution.

判断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示。

1. In today's world all the people know that noise is also a kind of pollution.　　

(    )

2. People who work under noisy conditions always have poorer hearing.　　

(    )

3. In America all the people, old and young, like "pop" music very much.　　

(    )

4. People must pay great attention to noise pollution too.

(    )

5. In our country the government has begun to solve the problem of noise pollution.　　

(    )

阅读理解

　　Tom was very clever,but he hated hard work. He said,"You work hard, but you can't get much money. I want easy work and I want to be rich." So he became a thief, but he did not do the stealing himself: he got others to do it. They were not so clever as he was and they all listened to him. So he prepared everything and told them what to do.

　　One day they were looking for rich families to rob and Tom sent one of his men to a large beautiful house just outside the town.

　　It was evening, and when the man looked through one of the windows, he saw a young man and a girl playing a duet on a piano.

　　When he went back to Tom, he reported,"That family can't have much money.You see, two people were playing on the same piano there."

根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案。

1. Tom became a thief because ______.　　

[　　]

A. he was clever　　　　　　　　   

B. he hated hard work

C. he wanted to get a lot of money 

D.Both B and C

2. Tom told his men to ______.　　　　　　

[　　]

A. listen carefully   B. steal for him

C. get easy work　　  D. get others to steal

3. One day Tom sent one of his men to ______.

[　　]

A. steal from a large house　　 B. look through one of the windows

C. see who was playing the piano D.find if the family was rich

4. The word "duet" means a piece of music that ______.

[　　]

A. a young man and a girl play    B. a woman plays

C. a man plays　　　　　　　　    D. two people play

5. Tom was probably very ______ when he heard the report.

[　　]

A. happy　　B. excited　　C. angry　　D. interested

阅读理解

　　During the day we work and play; at night we sleep. Our bodies rest while we sleep. In the morning we are ready to work and play again. While we are asleep, our bodies grow most. When children feel tired and angry, they usually need some sleep.We feel better when we have had plenty of rest. Boys and girls of eight or nine years old need ten hours of sleep every night. Our bodies need plenty of air when we sleep. If we do not get enough fresh air, we wake up feeling tired.While in bed we must not cover our heads. If we do so, our lungs（肺）will not get enough fresh air. If we open our windows at night,we can have plenty of fresh air. Cool air is better than warm air. Boys and girls must get plenty of sleep if they want to grow and be strong.

判断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示。

1. Our bodies grow most while we are sleeping.

(    )

2. We must sleep more than ten hours in the morning.

(    )

3. A good sleep often makes us feel better in the morning.

(    )

4. Warm air is not so good as cool air for us while we are asleep.　　   

(    )

5. We had better sleep with the windows open.

(    )

　　　　Over thirty thousand years ago people from Northern Asia went to 　　America. Today we call these people Indians.

　　　　The Indians went to America because the weather in Northern Asia 　　began to change. Northern Asia became very cold. Everything froze. They had to move or die. How did the first Indians go to America? 　　They walked!

　　　　Later Columbus found the New World in 1642. At first, only a few 　　Europeans followed. They travelled to America in boats. For the next three hundred years, about 5,000,000 people went there. Then the 　　number grew very quickly. From 1815 to 1915, over thirty-two million Europeans left their countries and went to the United States. The 　　biggest groups were from Germany and Italy. These Europeans spoke many different languages. Most of them took almost no money. They 　　went to America so that they could find a better life.

根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案。

　　1. ______ went to America first.　　　　　　

[　　]

　　A. People from Northern Asia

　　B. People form Europe

　　C. People from Germany

　　D. Columbus

　　2. Why did the Indians go to America? Because ______.

[　　]

　　A. Northern Asia became very hot

　　B. Northern Asia became very cold

　　C. they were interested in America

　　D. they liked travelling

　　3. The first Europeans went to America ______.

[　　]

　　A. on foot　　B. by bike

　　C. by boat　　D. by train

　　4. These Europeans ______ .　　　　　　　　

[　　]

　　A. didn't speak the same language

　　B. spoke English only

　　C. spoke German only

　　D. spoke both English and German

　　5. The Europeans went to American in order to ______.

[　　]

　　A. find the New World

　　B. find a better life

　　C. build more boats

　　D. learn English

　　　　One day a peasant lost a horse and he went to town to buy another one. Among the horses on sale（出售）he saw his own horse. "This horse is mine," he said to the man standing by the horse, "Someone stole it from me three days ago." "How can that be?" the man said, "It has been mine for three years." "Three years?" said the peasant, "Are you sure?" Then he quickly covered the eyes of the horse with his hands and asked, "Which eye is he blind in?" "The left eye," said the man.

　　　　The peasant took away his left hand and people saw the horse's left eye was clear and shining.

　　　　"Oh, I made a mistake," said the man, "I meant to say the right eye."

　　　　"It's not blind in either eye," said the peasant, taking away his other hand. Then he said to the people around, "It's clear that this man is a thief."

　　　　The thief tried to run away, but they caught him. They took him to the judge, and the peasant got his horse back.

判断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示。

(    )1. The peasant went to look for his horse.

(    )2. He saw his horse was on sale.

(    )3. He covered one of the eyes of the horse with his hand.

(    )4. The thief didn't make a mistake.

(    )5. The horse was not blind at all.　　

　　Tom walked into a shop. It had a sign（招牌）outside:" Secondhand（二手货）clothes bought and sold." He was carrying an old pair of trousers and asked the owner of the shop. "How much will you give me for these?" The man looked at him and then said, "Two dollars."

　　"What!" said Tom. "I had guessed they were worth at least（至少）five."

　　"No." said the man. "They aren't worth a cent more than two dollars."

　　"Well," said Tom, taking two dollars out of his pocket, "Here's your money. These trousers were hanging outside your shop. The list price（定价）of them was six dollars and a half. But I thought that was too much money, so I wanted to find out how much they were really worth."

　　Then he walked out of the shop with the pair of trousers and disappeared before the shop owner could think of anything to say.

　　根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案。

　　1. At first the owner of the shop thought that Tom ______.

[    ]

　　 A. was trying to fool him

　　 B. was trying to steal the trousers

　　 C. wanted to sell the trousers

　　 D. wanted to buy the trousers

　　2. The owner of the shop ______ for the old trousers. 

[    ]

　　 A. would give Tom two dollars

　　 B. would pay three dollars

　　 C. would pay five dollars

　　 D. would give Tom six dollars and a half

　　3. The shop owner insisted that the trousers were worth only

　　 two dollars because ______ . 

[    ]

　　 A. he wanted to sell them cheaply（廉价地）

　　 B. he wanted to buy them cheaply

　　 C. he didn't like the trousers

　　 D. they were old and dirty

　　4. In fact, the trousers ______ .

[    ]

　　 A. were hanging inside the shop

　　 B. were stolen by Tom from the shop

　　 C. had been the shop owner's

　　 D. had been Tom's

　　5. From the story we know that ______ cheaper than the list price. 

[    ]

　　 A. the owner sold the trousers two dollars

　　 B. Tom sold the trousers one dollar and a half

　　 C. the owner bought the trousers three dollars

　　 D. Tom bought the trousers four dollars and a half