Mr Clarke works in a middle school. He likes reading and often __小题1:__ some books from the library. He __小题2:__ to the radio every morning and reading __小题3:__ after supper. So he knows much and teaches well.His __小题4:__ worship(崇拜) him very much. Mike, Mr Clarke’s little son, is only nine. He __小题5:___ likes reading books. And he often asks his father some questions. Mr Clarke always thinks he's too __小题6:__ to understand him and chooses __小题7:__ ones to answer. Of course the boy is not satisfied with(对…满意) it. One day Mike read __小题8:__ about the electric lights (电灯) and was __小题9:__it. When his father told him to do some housework, he went on thinking of it. He asked him __小题10:__ questions, and his father answered all. Then his father said proudly, "Fathers always know __小题11:__than sons!" The boy thought for a while and said, __小题12:__" "Oh? Why?" Mike didn’t answer and asked, __小题13:__, "Who invented the electric lights?" __小题14:__ "answered Mr Clarke. "Why didn't his father invent them, then?" Looking at his son, Mr Clarke didn't know __小题15:___ to answer! 

小题16:

A．finds B．sells C．buys D．borrows

小题17:

A．hears B．listens C．says D．reads

小题18:

A．newspapers B．letters C．stories D．messages

小题19:

A．teachers B．parents C．students D．classmates

小题20:

A．also B．never C．even D．only

小题21:

A．old B．young C．clever D．able

小题22:

A．more difficult B．the most difficult C．easy D．the easiest

小题23:

A．everything B．nothing C．something D．anything

小题24:

A．worried about B．interested in C．afraid of D．angry with

小题25:

A．few B．little C．a few D．a little

小题26:

A．more B．most C．less D．least

小题27:

A．I think so B．I don’t know C．I agree D．I don’t think so

小题28:

A．instead B．carefully C．quickly D．brightly

小题29:

A．Thomas Brown B．Allan Smith C．Thomas Edison D．Ron Jenkins

小题30:

A．when B．what C．where D．which

The Young Pop King

He is quiet and shy. He likes to hide his eyes behind his hair. He doesn't smile very often. However, if you talk to him about music, he'll have a lot to say.
This is Jay Chou, the 33-year-old Taiwanese pop king(天王). His fans are so excited because he will sing songs on November 30, 2012 in Wuhu, Anhui Province. Many pop stars will come, too.
Chou grew up just with his mother. He did not talk much and did badly in many school subjects.His mother noticed the boy's special interest in music and sent him to learn piano when he was only three years old. He loved it and kept on practicing.
Chou is not very handsome. He does not speak clearly when he sings or talks. But the singer has a lot of fans. "He is really good at music. It makes him attractive(有魅力的) to me, " said Liu Jiajun, a Junior 2 student in No. 101 Middle School in Beijing."He is true to himself. He never follows others, "said Zhang Yujie, a Junior 1 girl at No.23 Middle School in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province.
小题1:From this passage, we know that Jay Chou_________.

A．is very handsome	B．has a bright smile
C．often makes too much noise	D．is a pop music star

小题2:His fans are so excited because_________.

A．he is quiet and shy.

B．he will sing new songs in Wuhu.

C．he can play the piano very well

D．Many famous stars will come to Wuhu.

小题3:When he was a little child, he_________.

A．talked a lot every day

B．did well in his study at school

C．started to like music

D．had a lot of fans

小题4:According to one of his fans,  Jay_________.

A．is a good student

B．has long and beautiful hair

C．is a well-known pianist

D．is very attractive to them

小题5:The sentence "He never follows others" in the last paragraph means_________.

A．he always has his own style.

B．he likes to walk alone

C．he doesn't like other people's songs at all

D．no one can catch up with him

In England nobody under eighteen years old is allowed (允许) to drink in a bar (酒吧)．
Mr. Thompson often went to a bar near his house．But he never took his son, Tom, because he was too young．Then when Tom had his eighteenth birthday, Mr. Thompson took him to his usual bar for the first time．They drank for an hour．Tom drank a bit．Then Mr. Thompson said to his son, “Now, Tom, I want to teach you a useful（有用的） lesson．How do you know when you’ve had enough（足够的）? Well, I’ll tell you．Do you see those two lights（灯） at the end of the bar? When they seem（好象） to become four, you’ve had enough and should（应该） go home．”
“But, Dad,” said Tom, “I can only see one light at the end of the bar．”
小题1:Young people ______ allowed to drink in a bar until eighteen．

A．is not

B．are not

C．many

D．must

小题2:When Tom was a child, his father often went to a nearby bar_____ taking him．

A．by

B．for

C．with

D．without

小题3:On Tom’s eighteenth birthday, he drank together with his father in that
bar for______.

A．the first time

B．once

C．many times

D．eighteen times

小题4:Father wanted to tell his son ______．

A．the time to drink	B．something about the light
C．when to stop drinking	D．something about the bar

小题5:In fact (事实上), there ______ at the end of the bar．

A．was one light	B．were two lights
C．were three lights	D．were four lights

Jim is an American boy. He is  1  New York. He likes   2  football matches,     3  he doesn’t have enough money   4  tickets. He has to watch the matches  5 TV at home when he has   6  homework. He   7  go to school from Monday to Friday, so he missed a lot of important football matches.
A big football match would be held(举行) in the afternoon the next day.   8  wanted to watch it very much. But he couldn’t. He would have a physics(物理) test in the   9  afternoon.
“Can we have a video, mom?” Jim asked his mother   10  he went to school. “Then from our TV set you can record the match for me.”
“I’m   11  we can’t afford(买得起) one,” said his mother.
The next morning Jim went home with a smile,   12  a new video.
“But where did you get the   13  , Jim?” His mother asked in   14 .
“That’s   15  , mom. I sold our TV set.”

小题1:	A．on B．at C．from D．to

小题2:	A．watching B．seeing C．playing D．looking

小题3:	A．and B．so C．but D．or

小题4:	A．to buy B．buying C．buy D．bought

小题5:	A．in B．on C．at D．with

小题6:	A．few B．a few C．many D．quite a little

小题7:	A．may B．can C．must D．should

小题8:	A．Mother B．Father C．Teacher D．Jim

小题9:	A．other B．different C．same D．another

小题10:

A．after B．before C．because D．as

小题11:

A．glad B．afraid C．pleased D．happy

小题12:

A．carrying B．listening C．watching D．playing

小题13:

A．car B．money C．match D．TV

小题14:

A．surprise B．person C．a low voice D．great pain

小题15:

A．easy B．easily C．difficult D．hardly

Barack Obama, a black man, is the president of the United States now. He was born on August 4th, 1961, in Hawaii and has lived in many places. His mother was from Kansas and his father was from Kenya. Obama went to Columbia University in New York and got a law degree at Harvard University in Massachusetts. His wife is Michelle Obama. She also worked as a lawyer (律师) and later worked for the University of Chicago. They have two young daughters.
Obama wrote a book Dreams from My Father. “I always live in the dream of my father and American people, ” Obama once said. He was born in a poor family. And he was taken good care of by his grandparents when he was young. He also lived and worked in Africa. Then he got good education in Harvard University. On November 4th, 2008, he became the president of America for the first time.
小题1:Where was Barack Obama born?

A．In Massachusetts.	B．In Kansas.
C．In Hawaii.	D．In New York.

小题2:________ universities are mentioned in the passage.

A．Two

B．Five

C．Four

D．Three

小题3:Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Obama’s father was from Kenya.	B．Obama has a son and a daughter.
C．Obama once worked in Africa.	D．Obama studied in Columbia University.

小题4:Barack Obama became the president at the age of _________ for the first time.

A．37

B．47

C．38

D．48

小题5:Which is the best title of this passage?

A．Education of the President	B．Dreams from My Father
C．Life of Barack Obama	D．The book by Barack Obama

Do you have to be very smart to live a happy life? The character of McDull (麦兜) tells you that this is not true. He is famous for having a birthmark on his right eye. He is not very clever, but he has a heart of gold. He is also happy, with lots of dreams. McDull wanted to visit the Maldives (马尔代夫). But his mother didn’t have enough money for a trip there. So she lied to him and took him to a place called Hong Kong. The place has a sign that says, “Go to the Maldives”. It made McDull very happy. He thought he was really excited in the Maldives!
The cartoon pig character was created (创造) in Hong Kong by Alice Mark and Brian Tse. McDull is just a common pig. He has many dreams, but they never come true. That doesn’t stop him trying. McDull lives his life in a simple and happy way. His idea towards life is “Never give up”.
小题1:McDull is famous for ________.

A．his wonderful character	B．visiting the Maldives
C．having a birthmark on his left eye	D．having a birthmark on his right eye

小题2:When McDull came to Hong Kong with his Mum, he felt _______.

A．sad

B．unhappy

C．angry

D．excited

小题3:Where was McDull created?

A．Hong Kong

B．Japan

C．America

D．Not mention

Have you ever had an embarrassing (尴尬的) experience? Last week we asked readers to tell us about embarrassing experiences. We received thousands of letters! Here is a selection.
Tony: My most embarrassing experience happened when I had just left university. I had just started teaching in a Liverpool secondary school. One morning my alarm clock didn’t ring. I woke up at half past eight and school began at nine. I quickly washed, dressed, jumped into my car and rushed to school. When I arrived, the students had already gone into class. I didn’t go to the office, but went straight into class. After two or three minutes the students began laughing, and I couldn’t understand why! Suddenly I looked down and understood. I had put on one black shoe and one brown shoe!
Henry: The most embarrassing experience I’ve ever had happened two years ago. After seeing a film, my wife and I had lunch in our favorite restaurant in town. Then we decided to take a walk along the street. The street was very busy and we started holding hands. Suddenly my wife saw a dress in a shop window and stopped. I started looking at some watches in the next window. After a minute or two I reached for my wife’s hand. There was a loud scream, and a woman slapped (拍击) my face. I hadn’t taken my wife’s hand！I'd taken the hand of a stranger!
小题1:The students began laughing when they saw Tony _________.

A．wearing a wrong shoe	B．carrying an alarm clock
C．looking down suddenly	D．rushing into the classroom

小题2:Henry and his wife held hands _________.

A．at the cinema

B．in the shop

C．at the restaurant

D．along the street

小题3:Henry was embarrassed because he __________.

A．heard his wife screaming	B．knocked over some watches
C．took the hand of a stranger	D．slapped the woman in the face

Mr and Mrs White had two sons and three daughters. One Sunday Mrs White said to her husband, “The children don’t have any lessons today, and you’re free too. There’s a new funfair(游乐场) in the park. Let’s all go there to play.”
Her husband said, “I want to finish some work today.” “Oh, forget it. Go there and make our children happy. That’s the most important work.” Mrs White said.
So Mr and Mrs White took their children to the funfair. Mr White was 45 years old, but he enjoyed the funfair more than his children. He hurried from one thing to another, and ate lots of sweets. One of his children said to his mother, “Dad is just like a small child, isn’t he, mom?” Mrs White didn’t want to follow his husband around any more at that time and answered, “He is even worse than a small child, Mary, because he might spend more money than a small child.”
小题1: There were_____ children in the family.

A．two

B．three

C．four

D．five

小题2: One Sunday, Mrs and Mr White wanted to go to_____ with their children.

A．school

B．work

C．a funfair

D．a shop

小题3: Mr White liked the place so much that he_____.

A．sold lots of sweets

B．followed his wife all the time

C．hurried from one thing to another

D．asked a lot of questions

小题4: From the story we know Mrs White_____ when Mary asked her the question.

A．was still excited to play

B．was a little angry with Mr White

C．looked for Mr White everywhere

D．ate a lot of sweets

小题5: Of all the family members, _____enjoyed playing there most that Sunday.

A．Mr White

B．Mrs White

C．Mary

D．the boys

The day is like any other day in his life. Tom walks past the shop at the street corner. He stops to look at the front row of shoes, and he feels happy to see that pair of shoes he wants very much is still there. But he feels sorry for himself. He really wants to have them for his birthday.
He sadly walks away and thinks how to tell his mother about it. He knows she will give him anything he likes if she can. He also knows very well that she has little money. He decides not to go home so quickly, because he looks worried and his mother will see it. So he goes to the park and sits on the grass. Then he sees a boy in a wheel chair. He notices that the boy moves the wheel chair with his hands. Tom looks at him carefully and is surprised to see the boy has no feet. He looks at his own feet. "It's much better to be without shoes than without feet," he thinks. There is no reason for him to feel so sorry and sad. He smiles and he is happier.
小题1:Tom passes the shop______.

A．by bus

B．on foot

C．by bike

D．in a car

小题2:Why does Tom stop in front of the shop?

A．Because he has the same shoes like the ones in the shop window.

B．Because he wants to look at the Shoes he likes.

C．.Because he wants to buy the shoes.

D．Because the shoes are very beautiful.

小题3:The pair of shoes he likes is______.

A．too expensive	B．quite cheap
C．not there	D．still there

小题4:Tom goes into the park because he ______.

A．is thinking how to tell his mother about it

B．wants to see the boy in a wheel chair.

C．doesn't want to make his mother worried

D．he feels sad because he wants the shoes

小题5:From the story we can know that Tom _____.

A．loves his mother very much

B．doesn't want to stay at home

C．doesn't want to go to school

D．likes new shoes very much

Boris was a teacher. He taught science at a high school. For he needed some books for his lessons, he went to a bookshop to buy some. After he put them in his car in a quiet street, he went to buy some other things at other shops. When he came back to his car, one window was open and the books were gone. Boris drove home sadly.
That night he called a newspaper. The next day people read an advertisement in the newspaper:
Books: Have you got any old books? I buy old and modern books. Open all day on Saturdays. Boris 82 West Road.
And then he went to the police station with the Wednesday newspaper at once.
The first weekend, when Boris was staying at home, his first visitor came at 8:30 in the morning. Boris took him to the kitchen. At about ten o’clock another man arrived. He had a bag under his arm.
As soon as he saw Boris, he asked, “Are you Boris?”
“Yes, I am,” Boris said. “What can I do for you?”
“Look! I have got some good books here. You buy books, don’t you?”
“Yes. Bring them in. Let me have a look at them.”
Soon the books were taken in and showed on the dinning-table. “Sir, come out now,” Boris called. “And take the list with you.”
A policeman appeared in the dinning-room. He read the names on the books, and then read the names on the list in his hand. He found that they were the same.
“Come with me, sir,” the policeman said to the man.
小题1:Boris bought some books. They are        books.
A．science              B．old                  C．cheap
小题2:Boris probably bought the books on       .
A．Tuesday              B．Friday               C．Saturday
小题3:Boris’        was open on Saturdays.
A．shop             B．school               C．house
小题4:Boris looked at the books on the dinning-table and might think, “They’re all       .”
A．mine             B．his                  C．theirs
小题5:The second visitor was taken away by        at last.
A．Boris                B．the first visitor            C．a policewoman