Annette Kellerman was born in Australia in 1887.She had polio and could not walk easily.She had to wear metal supports on her legs to stand up on her own.To make her legs stronger,her mother took her for swimming lessons every week.Swimming made her legs so strong that when she was 15 she was able to throw away her supports.
Her family was poor so she got work acting as a mermaid.She wore a long tail and fish swam around her.People paid to come and see her.
In 1900 Annette swam in the Paris Olympics and won two gold medals. The next year she tried to swim across the Channel.She was the first woman to try to do it though she had to stop after swimming for six hours.
In 1915 Annette went to Hollywood and was the star of two films.
小题1:Annette Kellerman was born ________ in 1887.

A．in England	B．In France
C．In America	D．in Australia

小题2:She had to wear metal supports on her legs to stand up on her own because ______.

A．She had polio and couldn’t walk easily

B．Her family was poor

C．Her leg was hurt in an accident

D．She couldn’t swim

小题3:Her mother took her for swimming lessons every week ______.

A．to make her a famous swimmer

B．to make her legs stronger

C．to make her swim faster

D．to make her win gold medals

小题4:In 1990, Annette swam in the Paris Olympics and won two ________.

A．supports

B．fish

C．gold medals

D．films

小题5:Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．she was successful in swimming across the Channel

B．In 1901 she tried to swim across the Channel but later she had to stop.

C．She wasn’t able to throw away her supports at the age of fifteen.

D．She swam across the Channel for only six days

A young man was getting ready to finish school. For a long time he had looked forward to getting a beautiful sports car. He knew his father could well afford it, so he told him that was all he wanted.
Then on the morning of his graduation (毕业), his father called him into his private study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful gift box. Surprised, the young man opened the box and found a lovely Bible (圣经), with his name on it. Angrily, he raised his voice to his father and said, "With all your money you give me a Bible?" He then rushed out of the house, leaving the Bible.
Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and a wonderful family, but realizing his father was very old, he thought perhaps he should go to see him. He had not seen him since that graduation day. Before he could make arrangements (安排), he received a phone telling him his father had passed away. He had to come home immediately and take care of the things that his father left him.
When he began to search through his father's important papers, he saw the still new Bible, just as he had left it years ago. He opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. As he was reading, a car key with a tag (标牌) dropped from the back of the Bible. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the words ... "PAID IN FULL". Sadness and regret filled his heart.
小题1:The underlined word "that" in Paragraph 1 means         

A．a car

B．a box

C．a Bible

D．a phone

小题2:The young man was angry on the morning of his graduation because         

A．his father couldn't afford a car

B．he had to stay in his study

C．he thought he only got a Bible

D．his father spent all the money

小题3:Which of the following isn't mentioned in the third paragraph?

A．The young man succeeded in his business.

B．The young man lived with his father all the time.

C．The young man decided to see his father.

D．The young man set up his own family.

小题4:It can be seen from the passage that the young man         

A．came to know the truth at last

B．had to pay for the car himself

C．became interested in the Bible

D．got angry with his father again

It is fine Sunday. Jenny and her mother are on the  1 . They want to go to  2 . There are many children on it. Their parents are telling stories to  3 . An old man gets  4  the bus. He has no seat(座位) to sit in. Jenny asks him to sit in her seat. The old man  5  Jenny. There are two foreigners(外国人) on the bus. They want to go to the Great Wall, too. But they  6  speak Chinese. Jenny talks to them in English. She tells them Beijing is a big city  7  a long history. And the Palace Museum is very famous, too. She tells stories  8  the Palace Museum. At the same time they learn about a lot of Chinese culture(文化) from Jenny. They think the stories are  9  and they want to visit other places of interest in China soon. Can their dream  10  ? Of course.

小题1:	A．train B．bus C．plane D．car

小题2:	A．hutong B．Tian’ anmen Spuare C．the Great Wall D．wangfujin

小题3:	A．them B．they C．me D．him

小题4:	A．up B．on C．dressed D．in

小题5:	A．says B．talks C．shows D．thanks

小题6:	A．can B．can’t C．must D．need to

小题7:	A．at B．in C．with D．has

小题8:	A．to B．about C．or D．with

小题9:	A．boring B．relaxed C．afraid D．interesting

小题10:

A．think of B．come on C．come true D．get to

A woman is having some trouble(患病)with her eyes, so she goes to see the doctor. He is a new doctor and doesn't know her, so he asks some questions and one of them is, "How old are you?"The woman says, "I don't know, doctor, but let me think about it." She thinks for a minute and then says, "Yes, I know now, Doctor!When I marry(结婚), I am eighteen years old, and my husband is thirty. Now my husband is sixty. And that is twice(两倍)thirty. So I am twice eighteen. That's thirty-six, isn’t it?”
小题1:Something is wrong with the woman's ____    .

A．head

B．eyes

C．ears

D．mouth

小题2:The woman can't remember          age.

A．thedoctor's

B．her husband's

C．her

D．her son’s

小题3:The woman is          years old now.

A．eighteen

B．thirty

C．thirty-six

D．forty-eight

小题4:The  woman is          younger thanher husband.

A．twelve

B．eighteen

C．twenty

D．twenty-four

Mr. White looks out of his window. There is a boy at the other side of the street. The boy takes some bread out of a bag and begins eating it.There is a very thin dog in the street, too. The boy says to it, “I’ll give you some bread.”
The dog is hungry and goes to the boy, but he does not give it any bread. He kicks(踢) the dog. It runs away, and the boy laughs.
Then Mr. White comes out of his house and says to the boy. “I’ll give you a shilling(先令).”The boy is happy and says “Yes.”“Come here,” Mr. White says. The boy goes to him, but Mr. White does not give him a shilling. He hits him with a stick(用棍子打他).The boy cries and says, “Why do you hit me? I do not ask you for any money.” “No,” Mr. White says, “and the dog does not ask you for any bread, but you kick it.”
小题1:Where is Mr. White at first?

A．In the room.

B．In the street.

C．In front of the house.

D．Close to the boy.

小题2:Why does the dog go to the boy? Because _____.

A．it wants to eat

B．the boy asks it to do so

C．the boy is the dog’s owner

D．the boy is friendly to it

小题3:Mr. White tells the boy to come up to him, because he wants to _______.

A．give him a shilling

B．give him a good lesson (教训)

C．give him some more bread

D．help the boy

小题4:What kind of man do you think Mr. White is? He is a _____.

A．cruel(粗鲁的)	B．sympathetic (有同情心的)
C．friendly	D．Polite

Mike always loves ships. When he was older, he said, "I' m going to be a soldier. " But his eyes were not very   1  , and he did not get in.
Then he said, "I' m going to  2   a small boat and I' m going around the world. " But boats were very expensive, and Mike did not have enough  3  
Last summer Mike found a swimming 4  near his house.  The lessons did not cost very   5 , and Mike began going to the  school at every end of the week and having   6 . Now he is a good swimmer.
Last week a little boy said to him, " You' re a very good swimmer. How do   7 learn to swim so well?"
"I'm not good at all," Mike said and he smiled."   8  in the water, I say to myself, there are   9  fishes behind me! Then I' m very afraid, and I   10  quickly. "

小题1:	A．big B．beautiful C．good D．strong

小题2:	A．buy B．make C．borrow D．draw

小题3:	A．food B．work C．time D．money

小题4:	A．park B．school C．farm D．factory

小题5:	A．much B．little C．many D．any

小题6:	A．meals B．lessons C．talks D．games

小题7:	A．I B．they C．we D．you

小题8:	A．If B．When C．Though D．Where

小题9:	A．interesting B．nice C．dangerous D．different

小题10:

A．run B．jump C．swim D．fly

A young man worked very hard on his lessons. He was too busy to have a rest. One day he found that he couldn't fall asleep at night. As he became ill, he couldn't go to sleep. When he went to bed, he closed his eyes and tried to sleep. But he always failed.
After a few days he decided to see a doctor.
"I just can't go to sleep at night. What should I do?" he asked.
"I have a suggestion," said the doctor. "You can try to count numbers. When you count to one thousand, you will be asleep. I am sure of it. "
The next day the man returned to the doctor's office.
"Well," said the doctor. "How are you today? Did you try my suggestion?"
The man still looked tired. "Yes," he said. "I tried to count one, two, three.. , up to one thousand. But when I counted to five hundred and sixty--nine, I began to feel sleepy. I had to get up and drink some tea so that I could go on counting up to one thousand. But then I still couldn't fall asleep. "
小题1:Why couldn't the young man go to sleep at night?

A．Because he didn't finish his lessons.

B．Because he worked too hard.

C．Because he was worried about his homework.

D．Because there was a lot of noise.

小题2: What did the doctor ask the young man to do?

A．To drink much water before going to bed.

B．To count numbers while he was lying in bed.

C．To count numbers before he went to bed.

D．To take some medicine and go to bed earlier.

小题3: The young man returned to the doctor's office the next day because_____

A．he wanted to thank the doctor

B．he felt better and wanted some more medicine

C．he wanted to ask the doctor how to count the numbers

D．he still couldn't go to sleep at night

小题4:The young man counted_______

A．from 1 to 569 and got up to drink some tea

B．from 1 to 569 and fell asleep

C．from 1 to 1,000 and fell asleep

D．from 568 to 1,000

小题5: In fact the young man ______

A．didn't understand the doctor's suggestion

B．was not able to count numbers

C．was very afraid to stay at home by himself

D．wasn't sleepy at all

When I was in the middle school, my  1  did an exchange(交流) with a French school.Some of my classmates and I went to  2  in France.The school was in a small and beautiful town.One of my  3 , Robin, was staying with a family.The family had a yard of  4 .One evening, Robin’s host mother asked him which his  5  chicken was.Robin looked at the chickens, and  6  a lovely one.So he pointed(指) at it.
 7  that evening, dinner was ready, and it was a roast chicken（烤鸡）.The host mother was very proud(骄傲的) and asked.“ 8  do you like your chicken?” At that time, Robin 9  what “favorite” meant.Oh, my poor chicken! After that, Robin felt  10  for days because he thought he made the chicken die(死).He also thought it was very delicious, though.

小题1:	A．teacher B．school C．parents D．house

小题2:	A．study B．work C．live D．play

小题3:	A．sisters B．classmates C．students D．cousins

小题4:	A．dogs B．cats C．chickens D．ducks

小题5:	A．favorite B．famous C．own D．best

小题6:	A．took B．saw C．made D．had

小题7:	A．Later B．After C．Before D．Ago

小题8:	A．What B．Which C．How D．Why

小题9:	A．said B．knew C．heard D．spoke

小题10:

A．happy B．excited C．surprised D．sorry

Last winter vacation, our class went to Xiangshan for a trip.Though the weather was a little cold, it was sunny.
At six in the morning we met at the school gate.We took a bus there.On the bus, our monitor told us an interesting story.The story was about an interesting man.Then three girls in our class sang songs.We were very happy.
At about seven thirty we got there.It was a beautiful mountain.There were many visitors.Then we started to climb the mountain.The boys had a climbing race(比赛).Li Ming won the first prize.He got a blue hat.At about nine o’clock we met a famous singer.Qi Hui and Ma Yan even got his autographs.They were very excited.
We had lunch in the mountain.We brought food from home and ate together.
After lunch we went to the zoo, because the was a new member(成员) in the zoo.It was a cheetah(猎豹).It came from Africa.
Finally, we took the bus back to school.Although we were tired, we really had fun.
小题1:How was the weather on that day?

A．It was warm and sunny.

B．It was hot and sunny.

C．It was cold, but sunny.

D．It was cold and cloudy.

小题2:They went to the mountain       .

A．by bike

B．by bus

C．on foot

D．by car

小题3:It took them about       to get to he mountain.

A．one and a half hours

B．an hour

C．forty minutes

D．half an hour

小题4:They had lunch       .

A．at home

B．at school

C．in a restaurant

D．in the mountain

小题5:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．They were quiet on the bus.

B．Two students got the singer’s autographs.

C．They bought food in the mountain.

D．The cheetah came from America.

One afternoon, Kate and her brother Bob went out to play.Kate was eight, and Bob was ten.“Let’s go to the bridge and we can see fish in the river.” said Kate.
“I don’t know…” Bob said.“Mum told us, ‘don’t go on the bridge.’ She said it’s dangerous.”
Kate said, “I am not afraid.Are you?”
They walked onto the bridge and began looking for fish in the river.The bridge was a train bridge.Trains went over the bridge three times a day.
The children were standing in the middle of the bridge when they heard a loud noise.“A train is coming!” Bob shouted.“Run!” He ran to the end of the bridge.He was safe.
Kate ran, too, but she fell.The train was coming fast.Kate ran towards Bob.She fell again right on the train tracks(铁轨).There was no time to leave.She had to lie down between the tracks.A few seconds later, the train went over the girl, but she was not hurt at all.She stood up and said to Bob, “Don’t tell Mum! Don’t tell Mum!”
At last their mother found out about the story.She was angry because they went on the bridge.But she was happy that Kate was all right.
小题1: Bob and Kate were       .

A．twins	B．brothers
C．sisters	D．brother and sister

小题2:One afternoon they went to the bridge to see       .

A．their mother	B．fish
C．the train	D．the river

小题3:When the train came, the children were       .

A．in the middle of the bridge

B．at the end of the bridge

C．on their way to the bridge

D．away from the bridge

小题4:Where was Kate when the train was going over her?

A．She fell again right on the train tracks(铁轨).

B．Kate ran towards Bob.

C．She had to lie down between the tracks.

D．She stood up and cried.

小题5:When their mother knew about the story, she was       .

A．happy	B．angry
C．sorry	D．both angry and happy