One day a pig went to the stable（马棚）to __1__ a good friend, an old horse, and was going to ___2__ there for the night . Night came and it was time___3___ sleep. The pig went into the straw heap(稻草堆) and lay comfortably（舒服地）. A long time __4__, but the horse was still___5___ there and did not move. So the pig asked the horse ___6____ he did not go to sleep. “Standing like this is the beginning of sleeping.” answered the ____7____.The pig found it __8___ to believe(相信) and said, “How can you stand there sleeping? It is not comfortable at all.” The horse answered, “Comfort is your habit(习性).___9____ horses, we have the habit of running quickly. So we are always ready to run quickly even if(即使) we are __10___.

小题1:	A．look B．see C．watch D．look at

小题2:	A．left B．sit C．lay D．stay

小题3:	A．by B．on C．to D．with

小题4:	A．passed B．pass C．past D．was passed

小题5:	A．standing B．stands C．sitting D．lying

小题6:	A．what B．why C．when D．which

小题7:	A．animals B．pig C．horse D．heap

小题8:	A．hardly B．easily C．difficult D．easy

小题9:	A．While B．For C．As D．Like

小题10:

A．sleep B．asleep C．slept D．to sleep

Zhang Ling’s father is a  ___1___. He works__2__ Monday to Friday. On weekdays he gets up at six and ___3__ breakfast at six twenty. He usually has ___4___ milk, some bread and an egg for breakfast. Sometimes he likes ____5__ newspapers at breakfast. He __6____home at about six forty—five. He goes to work by car. He has lunch at ___7___  office. He always has fast food. But __8_ he goes to a restaurant __9__ his friends. He comes home at half past six. In the evening he usually likes reading some books on computer. He __10___ watches TV.
(    )1. A.farmer        B.worker        C.nurse       D. driver
(     )2. A.at           B.on           C.from       D. in
(     )3. A.has          B.have         C.eat         D.drinks
(     )4. A.a glass       B.two glasses    C.a           D.a glass of
(     )5A..read         B.reading       C.reads        D.to reading
(     )6. A.leaves       B.goes          C.starts        D.leave
(     )7.A.him         B.his           C.our         D.us
(     )8.A.never       B.sometimes      C.usually      D. every day
(     )9. A.and         B.of            C.with         D.to
(     )10.A. usually      B.often          C.always       D.seldom

Hi! My name is Hunt. Here is a picture of my class. Joan is short and is wearing a yellow dress. She is good at maths. David is tall and has black hair. He is good at playing basketball. He is on the school team. Mike is big. He has small eyes. He is funny. He can play football. Lily has long hair, she can speak Japanese.
Helen is a black girl. She has short hair. She likes swimming. She is on the swimming team. I like music. Can you find me? I’m the boy with glasses. Becky is new here. She comes from Hong Kong. She has black hair and black eyes. She speaks English well. And she is very good at computer.
(   )1.The colour of Joan’s dress is ________.
A. blue               B. black            C. red               D. yellow
(   )2. ________ has long hair.
A. Joan               B. Lily             C. Helen            D. Becky
(   )3.Which is right?
A .David is short.                         B. Mike has long hair.
C. Helen is a white girl.                  D. Becky is good at computer.
(   )4.Hunt likes  ________.
A. basketball        B .football        C .music            D. computer
(   )5.Helen is on the  ________team
A. music            B. football        C. bashetball        D. swimming

One day, in an English class, the students are having their lessons. Their teacher, a young woman is very happy. She sings some nice songs with them and then she goes to the blackboard and writes “SMILES” on it. “This is the longest（最长）word in English,” she says to the class.
A girl stands up and says, “It has only six letters. How can it be the longest word in English?”
The teacher smiles and says, “Oh, look! There is a mile（英里）between the first letter and the last one.”
(     )6. One day, the students are having _________.
A. a good time   B. a big meal   C. a long meeting  D. an English lesson
(     )7. The young woman sings some nice songs with __________.
A. her children   B. her students  C. the teacher     D. a girl
(     )8. What does the teacher write on the blackboard?
A. A letter.      B. A word.      C. A song.       D. Her name.
(     )9. A girl _________ what the teacher says.
A. asks        B. believes(相信)  C. doesn’t       D. doesn’t believe
(     )10. Is the word “SMILES” the longest in English?
A. Yes.         B. No.          C. Certainly.     D. Sure.

Dick was driving a large American car. As soon as the race started, he pulled out in front. As the race went on, he kept the first place. And he was far ahead of Wilson, the man in the second place.
When the race was almost over, some people stood up and left. “Why did stay?” they thought. They were sure they knew who would win.
But things did not go as they thought. A strange noise came from Dick’s car. It slowed down. Something was wrong. Dick knew his car would not go far. His only hope was that he would make it to the finish. But on his last lap(赛圈), the car stopped. Wilson’s car roared (呼啸) by. Dick saw it go by. He knew he could not win now. “But I can finish the race,” he thought. And he got out of his car. So did his assistant. They began to push the car to the finish.
Wilson went by them again and again. He was on his last lap. He was going to win. Dick and his friend did not care. They went on pushing.
At first, all eyes were on Wilson. He crossed the line. And the race was over. He won! Dick and his friend pushed on. At last, the car crossed the line. By then all the people shouted for them. They shouted more than they did for Wilson. This was a different kind of winner!
小题1:Dick was driving a large car that made in _____.

A．China

B．Japan

C．The United States

D．Canada

小题2:Why Dick’s car stopped on his last lap? Because_______ .

A．he wanted to have a rest

B．he wanted to have a drink

C．there is something wrong with him

D．there is something wrong with his car.

小题3:Which of the following is True according to the passage?

A．Dick wanted Wilson to win the race.

B．Both Dick and Wilson are winners.

C．Dick drove his car to the end.

D．Dick drove slower than others at first.

小题4:What can we learn from the passage?

A．American cars always break down in the race.

B．Good cars always help people win the race.

C．People should always shout for the loser.

D．People should always keep trying.

One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said, “Look! There’s a horseshoe. Pick it up and put it in your bag.” Thomas said, “It isn’t worth the trouble.” His father said nothing but picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the few pennies he bought some cherries.
The father and the son continued their way. The sun was well up in the sky, and there wasn’t a house or even a tree where they could have a rest. Thomas felt too thirsty to walk on. At this time, his father dropped a cherry on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it. After a while, his father dropped another cherry and once again, his son lost some time in picking it up and putting it in his mouth.
And so they went on. The old farmer dropped the cherries and the son picked them up. When Thomas had eaten up all the cherries, his father said to him, "My dear son, if you had bent down earlier to pick up that horseshoe. it would not have been necessary for you to bend so many times for the cherries. Always remember the lesson that anyone who does not worry about the little things will find that he cannot do the great things.
小题1:Who picked up the horseshoe at last?

A．Thomas.	B．The old father.
C．Both the father and the son.	D．Neither the father nor the son.

小题2:The farmer bought _______ with the money after he sold the horseshoe.

A．some food

B．some water

C．some cherries

D．some pennies

小题3:When the son refused to pick up the horseshoe, the father _______.

A．felt very happy

B．didn’t say anything

C．beat the son

D．became a little angry

小题4: The father dropped the cherries one by one, because _______.

A．he wanted his son to eat them all	B．he wanted his son to do more exercise
C．he wanted to teach his son a lesson	D．he wanted his son to pick them up

小题5:From the story, we can learn that _______.

A．cherries are so delicious that most of us like to eat them

B．a horseshoe is so expensive that it can bring us a lot of money

C．if the boy wants to eat cherries, he must pick up the horseshoe

D．if we want to do some great things, we should start with some small ones

Some people do not like anything to be out of place, they are never late for work, they can remember people’s birthdays; and they are always  31  to their friends and family members. Mr. Brown is such a person.
Mr. Brown works in a  32 , and he lives in the town alone . He only has a sister. She lives in   33  town with her husband and her son, Mike. Mr. Brown doesn’t have time to see his sister or her family, from one year to the  34 , but he never forgets  35  them different kinds of greeting cards. These days, he is busy  36  a birthday card and presents for the 20th birthday of his nephew, Mike.
Last Sunday, Mr. Brown had quite a surprise. He drove home from the hotel at the usual time, and he drove his car very  37  , not too slowly or too fast. When he got home, he parked his car as usual in the right place, and then he went into the house to make supper. Suddenly, there was a  38  the door. Mr. Brown opened the door and found a policeman standing outside the door.
“What’s wrong?” he asked  39 . ‘Did I drive on the wrong side of the street? Or did I make a mistake at work?’
“Hello, Uncle,” said the policeman with a big  40  on his face, “My name is Mike”.

小题1:	A．rude B．ungrateful C．kind D．unkind

小题2:	A．hotel B．school C．police station D．bank

小题3:	A．the same B．a busy C．an old D．another

小题4:	A．second B．next C．another D．last

小题5:	A．to get B．to keep C．to send D．to borrow

小题6:	A．collecting B．getting C．choosing D．writing

小题7:	A．slowly B．fast C．carefully D．carelessly

小题8:	A．knock off B．knock over C．knock into D．knock at

小题9:	A．someone B．himself C．no one D．none

小题10:

A．anger B．cry C．sadness D．smile

An English traveler found himself in Norway with only enough money to buy the ticket for his journey back home, As he knew that it would take him only two days to get to England, he decided that he could easily spend the time without food. So he bought a ticket and got on the ship. The man closed his ears to the sound of the lunch bell(铃子). When dinner time came, he didn’t go to dinner room, saying that he was not feeling very well.
The next morning he still didn’t have breakfast and at lunchtime he again stayed in his room. But at dinner time he was so hungry that he went to the dinner room and ate everything the waiter put in front of him. He got ready for the quarrel(吵架).
“Bring me the bill (账单),” he said. “The bill, sir?” said the waiter in surprise, “There isn’t any bill, On our ship meals are included (包括) in the money for the ticket,” said the waiter.
小题1:The story happened_________.

A．in England	B．on a ship from Norway to England
C．in Norway	D．on a ship from England to Norway

小题2:Why didn’t the traveler go to the dinner room first?

A．Because he had no money	B．Because he didn’t feel very well.
C．Because he didn’t want to eat anything.	D．Because he didn’t hear the sound of the bell.

小题3:The traveler went to the dinner room to eat something because__________

A．his friend had given him some money	B．The waiter had asked him to change his mind
C．he learned that there was no bill on the ship	D．he was too hungry

小题4:How many meals did the traveler have on the ship?

A．Only one.

B．Two.

C．Three.

D．None.

小题5:After the traveler finished eating,___________.

A．he had a quarrel with the waiter over the bill

B．he drank a lot

C．he asked the waiter to bring him the change (零钱)

D．he came to know that travelers on the ship had free (免费的)meals

Jim is an American boy. He likes __1__football matches, __2 __he hasn’t enough (足够的) money to buy tickets. He has to watch the matches __3__TV at home when he has __4__homework. He must go to school from Monday to Friday, so he missed (错过) a lot of important football matches.
A big football match would be held (举行) in the afternoon the next day. __ 5 __wanted to watch it very much. But he couldn’t. He would have a physics (物理) test in __6___afternoon.
"Can we have a video, mom?" Jim asked his mother __7___he went to school. "Then from our TV set you can record (录像) the match for me."
"I’m __8___we can’t afford (买得起) one," said his mother. The next morning Jim went home with a smile, __9___a new video. "But where did you get the money, Jim?" His mother asked in surprise.
"That’s __10 __, mom. I sold our TV set."

1.	A. watching	B. seeing	C. looking at	D. hearing
2.	A. and	B. so	C. but	D. or
3.	A. in	B. on	C. at	D. with
4.	A. few	B. a few	C. many	D. quite a little
5.	A. Mother	B. Father	C. Teacher	D. Jim
6.	A. the same	B. the different	C. a	D. as
7.	A. after	B. before	C. because	D. as
8.	A. glad	B. afraid	C. pleased	D. frighten (恐惧)
9.	A. carrying	B. carries	C. carry	D. to carry
10.	A. difficult	B. easy	C. difficulty	D. easily

 

Long, long ago there was a very foolish thief. Do you know what he did one day? When he wanted to steal (偷) the bell on his neighbor’s door, he walked up to the door, took hold of (抓住) the bell and pulled hard. The bell made a very loud noise. The thief was afraid and went home.
Then he sat down to think, “I must do something about the noise,” he said. He thought and thought. At last he had an idea. “Ah, I’ll put some cotton in my ears. Then I won’t be able to hear the noise.” The next day he went to the door of his neighbor, and took hold of the bell. This time he pulled even harder. The bell rang loudly, but the thief did not hear anything. With another hard pull he got the bell out. Just then the neighbor came running out. “Steal my bell? I’ll teach you a lesson (教训),”the angry man shouted. And he hit the thief on the nose.
The foolish thief did not know how the neighbor found out he was stealing the bell. “Why did he come out just then?” he wondered (感到疑惑).
小题1:The thief was trying to get         .

A．his neighbor	B．his neighbor’s doorbell
C．some cotton	D．a door with a bell on it

小题2:The thief put some cotton in his ears. He thought it would be       for him to steal the doorbell.

A．safe

B．difficult

C．dangerous

D．easy

小题3: The neighbor ran out probably (很可能) because_________.

A．he knew his doorbell was being stolen

B．he thought someone was eager (渴望的) to visit him

C．He realized (意识到) something strange happened

D．Both B and C

小题4: The neighbor hit the thief to ________.

A．give him lessons	B．punish (惩罚) him for stealing
C．help him with the bell	D．be his teacher

小题5: Which of the following is TRUE?

A．The thief understood why he was hit on the nose.

B．The thief knew why the neighbor came out.

C．The thief thought the neighbor could not hear the bell.

D．The thief didn’t want to know why the neighbor ran out just at the time he stole the doorbell.