John is a manager and he is very busy. He spends a lot of time traveling abroad. So he reads short stories. He likes reading stories about ordinary people and the things that happen to them in today’s world.

 

Sara is a student. She likes reading true stories. In those stories, people write about themselves. She’s especially interested in people who have had unusual or different lives. She also wants to write a story about herself one day.

 

Monica is a history teacher in London. She enjoys reading more than anything else. She likes reading about the history of people in other parts of the world. She wants to know how historical events changed people’s lives.

 

Tony loves reading so much! In fact he opened a little bookstore several years ago so he could share his interest of reading with others. His favorite books are novels. Some stories are so wonderful that he often tries to finish them fast in order to know what happens in the end.

小题1:John is a ______.

A．manager

B．student

C．teacher

D．writer

小题2:Who has a bookstore?

A．John.

B．Sara.

C．Tony.

D．Monica.

小题3:All of them like ______.

A．teaching

B．traveling

C．writing

D．reading

Pieter Bruegel was a famous artist who lived in Europe five hundred years ago. He is well known for a painting called Children’s Games. People like this painting because it is full of fun. It shows how children in Pieter’s time enjoyed themselves in different ways. In all, there are about eighty games being played in the painting.
Children’s Games shows a busy street scene in a town long ago. The street is a wide and open space. There are no cars, so there is plenty of room to play. There are about two hundred children in the painting. Some play in groups and others play alone. They seem to be enjoying their freedom in the fresh air and their games. Some of the games are still played today.
The games in the painting do not require children to spend money on extra materials(材料). Instead, they use simple everyday objects like hats and sticks. A game might need a rope, some chalk, a hoop, a spinning top, or even a barrel. Some games are played without any toys at all. For example, one scene in the painting shows children turning somersaults(翻筋斗) inside the fence.
Even though Pieter Bruegel lived a long time ago, children today can learn an important lesson from what he painted. The painting shows us how little we need in order to enjoy ourselves. All children really need is one another. It’s not the toys or games that are found in the stores that create fun. Using our imagination can do this for us. 
小题1:The painting shows about ______ games.

A．500

B．200

C．80

D．60

小题2:The children in the painting are playing ______.

A．in the street

B．in the house

C．on the grass

D．at the school

小题3:From the painting we learn that ______.

A．children today need to take more lessons

B．children can create fun by using imagination

C．children need more toys to enjoy themselves

D．children spend much money on everyday objects

Mrs. Chang, a new teacher at Park School, wants to know her students in Class 5, Grade 3. Here are the introductions of some of the students.

Names	Introductions
Kelly	Kelly has to go to cram school from 6:20 p.m. to 8:20 p.m.
Susan	Because Susan lives too far away, she usually comes to school late.
Nicole	Nicole is a good student who does well on tests and helps others solve math questions.
Jane	Jane likes to do housework at home and helps clean the classroom.
Tom	Tom never goes to school on time and seldom finishes homework.
Jordan	He likes sports a lot and usually plays basketball in the park right after school.
May	May is friendly and likes to help people.
Mark	Mark does well on tests, but he is shy and doesn’t like to help his classmates.
Carol	She is Mrs. Chang’s best assistant that will do everything for her!

小题1:Who likes sports a lot?

A．Jordan.

B．Susan.

C．Carol.

D．Jane.

小题2:What does Jane like to do?

A．To go to school late.

B．To help clean the classroom.

C．To play basketball in the park.

D．To help others solve math questions.

小题3:Who does well on tests?

A．Kelly and Tom.	B．Nicole and Jordan.
C．May and Mark.	D．Nicole and Mark.

Name	Personal Information
Norman  Bethune	Born in 1890 in Canada. A doctor Came to China in 1938 Died in 1939 in China
Celine Dion	Born in Montreal, Canada A singing star In 1997, sang My Heart Will Go On for the film Titanic
Thomas Edison	Born in 1847, Kentucky, USA Made over 1,000 inventions Died in 1931
Bill Gates	Born in 1955 in the USA Wrote Business @ the Speed of Thought Owns Microsoft Company
Mark   Twain	Born in 1835 in the USA A writer Wrote The Adventures of Tome Sawyer Died in 1910

小题1:________  is  from  Canada.

A．Bill Gates

B．Mark Twain

C．Thomas Edison

D．Celine Dion

小题2:The _______ was born in 1835.

A．inventor

B．singer

C．doctor

D．writer

小题3:My Heart Will Go On is the name of a ______.

A．book

B．film

C．song

D．story

小题4:Dr. Bethune worked in China for about _______ years. 

A．4

B．8

C．2

D．6

小题5:Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Mark Twain wrote Business @ the Speed of Thought.

B．Bill Gates started working for Microsoft Company in 1955.

C．Thomas Edison made over 1,000 inventions.

D．Celine Dion stopped singing in 1997

Today we tell about Louisa May Alcott. She wrote one of America’s best loved children’s books.
In 1868, an American publisher asked Louisa May Alcott to write a book for girls. At first, she was not sure if she wanted to do it. She said she didn’t like girls.
However, she decided to write the book finally. She told about her experiences growing up in the northeast of the United States. The book was quite interesting. Little Women became one of the most popular children’s books in American literature. It was published (出版）in more than 50 languages.
Alcott was born in Pennsylvania in 1832. The Alcotts did not have much money. She tried teaching, sewing(缝纫) and taking care of children. She did not like any of these jobs.
At the age of 16, she wrote her first book, Flower Fables. Her stories were exciting, but unreal. She sold them to newspapers and magazines for money.
The first volume (卷) of Little Women came out in 1868. It made Alcott famous and get a lot of money. She continued writing other popular books for young people. These books included An Old-Fashioned Girl, Little Men and Eight Cousins.
Alcott wrote many exciting stories about love. But she was single (独身的) all her life. She continued to help her family during the last years of her life.
小题1:Alcott grew up in the ______ of the US.

A．southeast

B．northwest

C．northeast

D．southwest

小题2:“One of America’s best loved children’s books” refers to (指的是) the book____.

A．Little Women	B．Flower Fables
C．An Old-Fashioned Girl	D．Eight Cousins

小题3:The first paragraph tells us that the article is about ______.

A．a famous children’s book	B．a famous writer
C．how a book came out	D．why a book is so loved

小题4:Alcott wrote her first book in ______. 

A．1832

B．1848

C．1850

D．1868

小题5:From the article, we can learn ______.

A．Alcott was born into a rich family

B．Alcott had a happy childhood

C．Alcott didn’t live with her family

D．Alcott never married all her life

There once lived in China a very foolish king and queen. One day the queen had a baby daughter. When they saw their baby, they both cried out, “My goodness! How small it is! It’s hairless and toothless! It’s a monster!” They sent for all the doctors in the country and ordered them to prepare some medicine for her.
“When she drinks your medicine, she must grow to the right size and have hair and teeth,” the king said, “If you don’t do this, you’ll have a beating.”
The doctors thought it impossible, but they dared not say anything against the king’s order. Just then and old doctor stepped forward. “Oh, we shall certainly obey your order,” he said, “but it takes time. We have to dig a mineral from the KunLun Mountains when the snow melts for the second time. The snow melts on those mountains only once in six years. So we need twelve years.”
At last the king agreed and the doctors took away the little princess. On her twelfth birthday, they brought her back to her parents with long black hair and beautiful teeth. The king and queen were very happy and gave the doctors expensive presents.
小题1:Which of the following words makes the sentence untrue? The baby was ______.

A．Toothless

B．hairless

C．unusual

D．small

小题2:The doctors would be beaten if ______.

A．the baby daughter didn’t drink their medicine

B．they refused to obey the king’s order

C．the baby daughter grew to the right size

D．the baby daughter became a monster

小题3:The old doctor wanted to keep the king’s daughter for twelve years because ______.

A．they needed a lot of different plants

B．they need a lot of different minerals

C．this would give the baby time to grow up

D．they had to dig a mineral the snow melted for the second time

小题4:The doctors thought it impossible ______.

A．for them to change the king’s order

B．for them the prepare the medicine in twelve years

C．for the small baby to drink the medicine

D．for them to make the baby have teeth and hair or grow teeth at once

小题5:______ the king wouldn’t have given them expensive presents.

A．Had the doctors not brought back a beautiful girl

B．If the doctors hadn’t found the minerals

C．Had the doctors not been able to prepare the magic medicine

D．If the daughter were still a monster twelve years later

Long ago ,there lived in Greece a learned man. He was so well known for his good knowledge of almost everything that lots of people from all over the country came to learn from him. The great man taught his students whole-heartedly and answered their questions with great patience.
One day a student asked him, “ My dear teacher, didn’t you say you yourself have many ,many more questions about things than we do? But I think we students have far more than you.”
With a smile on his face, the teacher drew two circles ,one as large as a big cake, the other smaller. Then he said , “Of course, I have learned much more. But it’s wrong to think that a teacher has fewer questions than his students. Now, look at these two circles. The inside of the bigger one is my knowledge of things, and the inside of the smaller one is yours. Out of the circles is what is still unknown to us. Since mine is larger, I have to use the longer line to draw the bigger circle. That means I have more opportunities to face what is still unknown. And that’s why I myself have more questions than you do. The more you learn , the more questions you have. You will never learn enough ,you know.”
小题1:The learned man drew two circles to show _____.

A．he was good at drawing circles

B．his knowledge had something to do with the circles

C．why he had more questions than the students

D．how he could get more knowledge

小题2:The student didn’t agree that ______.

A．the teacher had so many questions as a learned man

B．the teacher had so many questions

C．the students had fewer questions than the teacher

D．the students had more questions than 0the teacher

小题3:The teacher was famous for his ______.

A．kindness

B．knowledge

C．patience

D．questions

小题4:From the passage we can learn that_____.

A．the more questions we have, the more knowledge we may get

B．it’s never too old to learn

C．every one of us should try to be a learned man

D．a teacher should have many questions

小题5:Which of the following shows us what the teacher drew?

Three travelers, Allan, Carl and Paul were sitting on the chairs in a train station. They were waiting for a train that was very late.
To pass the time, they began talking to each other.
At first, they talked about the weather and their work. Then Paul said, "Tell me—what would you most like to do if your doctor tell you that you have only three months to live?"
The other two men thought about this for a while, then Carl spoke.
“Well,” he said, “if I have only three months to live, I’ll take all my money out of the bank and go to foreign countries for holidays with my best friend, Erik. I'd like to travel to the places in the world as many as possible. And I'll stay at the best hotels and then eat the best food. I think I'll have a wonderful time.”
“That's very interesting.” Paul said.
With these words, he turned to the other man, saying, “And what about you?”
“I'll tell you a secret,” Allan said. “I always want to be a racing driver. So if I have only three months to live, the first thing I'd like to do is to sell my house. With the money I’ll buy the fastest car in the world. Maybe I can enter all the big motor races.”
Then he laughed, "I might even end up (以……而告终) world champion.”
“Now it's your turn,” Allan went on, “If your doctor tell you the bad news, what would you most like to do?”
“Oh,” said Paul with a smile. “I’ll go and see another doctor.”
小题1:The three men were talking _____________.

A．in the post office	B．in the waiting room
C．on the train	D．on the chairs

小题2:The man called ________ answered the question first.

A．Carl

B．Allan

C．Erik

D．Paul

小题3:The men began to talk about the weather and the work because they __________.

A．didn't know anything new

B．wanted to pass the time quickly

C．had nothing to do

D．were very interested in each other's work

小题4:"I might even end up world champion." Here the word "champion" means ___in Chinese.

A．名人

B．赛车手

C．大款

D．冠军

小题5:Which sentence is right according to the passage?

A．The train didn't arrive on time.

B．Paul wanted to buy a racing car very much.

C．Allan was the second man to answer the question.

D．Carl didn't like traveling at all.

One day, I happened to meet an Englishman in the street and soon we began to talk. As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner seemed to be very surprised, gently shaking his head and saying “You don’t say!”
I was confused, and I thought, “Perhaps this is not a right thing to talk about.” Then I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? Have you ever visited it?”
“Certainly! Everyone back home will laugh at me if I leave here without seeing it. The Great Wall is wonderful! ” “Yes, it is one of the wonders in the world. And people of many countries have come to visit it.” As I went on telling him more about it, he stopped me again, “You don’t say!”
I couldn’t help asking, “Why couldn’t I talk about it?”
“Well, I didn’t stop you talking about it,” he answered, greatly surprised.
“Didn’t you say ‘You don’t say!’?” I asked again.
Hearing this, the foreigner laughed loudly. He began to explain, “’You don’t say!’ means ‘Really’. Perhaps you know little about English idioms(习惯用语).”
Wow! How foolish I was! Since then I have been careful with English idioms.
小题1:What made the foreigner laugh loudly?

A．English idioms.

B．The writer’s question.

C．Their talking about the Great Wall

D．The writer’s way of learning English

小题2:Where does the story most probably happen?

A．In China.	B．In America.
C．In England.	D．In Japan.

小题3:The English idiom “You don’t say!” means _______.

A．Thank you

B．Excuse me

C．OK

D．Really

小题4:What does the writer learn from his own experience? He should _______.

A．improve his spoken English

B．speak with foreigners in a polite way

C．pay attention to English idioms

D．be brave enough talking with foreigners

小题5:The story tells us _______ between languages in different countries.

A．the difference	B．the popularity
C．the grammar rule	D．the change

根据短文内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳答案。
Little Tommy was doing very badly in math. His parents had tried everything—tutors (家庭教师), cards, special learning centers—in short, everything they could think of. Finally they took Tommy to a catholic (天主教的) school.
After the first day, little Tommy came home with a very serious look on his face. He didn’t kiss his mother hello. Instead, he went straight to his room and started studying. Books and papers were spread out all over the room and little Tommy was hard at work. His mother was surprised. She called him down to dinner .And as soon as he finished eating，he went back to his room without a word. In no time he was back hitting the books again. This went on for some time, day after day while the mother tried to understand what was happening.
Finally, little Tommy brought home his report card. He quietly put it on the table and went up to his room and hit the books. His mom looked at it and to her surprise, little Tommy got an “A” in math. She could no longer hold her curiosity (好奇心). She went to his room and asked, “What made you make such great progress ? Was it the nuns (修女)?”
Little Tommy looked at her and shook his head, “No. ”
“Well then,” she asked again. “What was it?”
Little Tommy looked at her and said, “Well, on the first day of school, when I saw that man nailed (钉) to the plus sign (十字架), I knew they weren’t joking. ”
小题1:Why did Tommy’s parents send him to a catholic school?

A．Because he could eat well there.

B．Because he could earn more about nuns.

C．Because his parents wanted him to do better in his math.

D．Because his parents didn’t want him to learn math any more.

小题2:Tommy’s mother felt surprised that his son _______.

A．was still the same as usual	B．ate so much at dinner
C．kissed her hello after school	D．worked hard but said little

小题3:“Hitting the books” means “_______” in Chinese.

A．用功

B．捶书

C．发泄

D．振作

小题4:The last sentence in the passage shows that _______.

A．Tommy felt sorry for the nail

B．Tommy was afraid of being nailed

C．Tommy didn’t like the plus sign

D．Tommy liked playing jokes on others

小题5:From the passage, we can infer (推断) that _______.

A．we should be strict with ourselves

B．mistaking (误解) might do good sometimes

C．a catholic school is better than other ones

D．nuns are good at helping children with their math