Liam works in Sydney. Last week he had   41  holiday, but he didn’t know   42  to go. He said to his friend Robert, “I   43    the hot weather here, but I can’t find a cool place in Australia. How will I spend my holiday?”
“That. ’s   44   ,” said Robert. “You’d better go to Moscow. It’s   45   there because it is covered with snow and ice now.”
Liam    46  with his friend. He bought an air ticket and soon   47  Moscow. He made a   48  journey there. But one day he got into trouble. After lunch he went outside the city. He saw a dog   49 him while he  50  by a house. It was   51   and wanted to get some food to eat. Bad luck! He had no pieces of bread or cake with him. He tried to send it away. But it began to shout at him. He wanted to 52   something to make the dog go away, but he couldn’t find anything  53   snow and ice. Suddenly he saw a stone(石头) on the ground. He tried to   54  but he failed.
“ How strange the Russians are!” Liam said to himself. “They do not tie(拴)their dogs, but firmly(紧紧地)tie the   55    ”.

小题1:	A．two-week B．two weeks C．two weeks’ D．a two-week

小题2:	A．how B．what C．where D．if

小题3:	A．like B．unlike C．hate D．not like

小题4:	A．right B．easy C．exciting D．interesting

小题5:	A．hot B．cold C．warm D．humid

小题6:	A．agreed B．disagreed C．liked D．hated

小题7:	A．arrived in B．got C．left D．returned

小题8:	A．sad B．happy C．tired D．boring

小题9:	A．to follow B．is following C．following D．followed

小题10:

A．was walking B．walked C．was crossing D．crossed

小题11:

A．full B．thirsty C．happy D．hungry

小题12:

A．have B．discover C．look for D．look out

小题13:

A．besides B．except C．beside D．without

小题14:

A．look for it B．put it up C．throw it away D．pick it up

小题15:

A．dogs B．stones C．food D．sticks

One summer day when I was in high school, my father sent me to buy some tools for our farm. I loved ___31____ better than driving our family truck to do something. But this time I was not so happy___32___ my father had told me I would have to ask for credit ( 赊账) at the store.
___33_____ is a proud age. The young men at that age want respect (尊重) but not charity. I had seen many times that my friends were ___34____ when they asked for credit. We lived in a poor village,___35_____ was needed seriously I knew clearly how difficult it might be to make the store owner believe me and get the credit.
At Dali’s Brothers store. Buck Davi was talking to a farmer. After I finished   ___36_____ the things I wanted, I walked to him. “I need to put these on credit,”I said to him ____37____.
The farmer gave me a ___38_____look. But Buck’s face didn’t change in the slightest. “No problem,” he said in a relaxing voice, “ I believe your daddy will____39____them in time. " Then he turned to the farmer, This boy is Jame William’s son.”
The farmer nodded to me in a friendly way. At that time. I___40_____pride. Jame  William’s Son, these three___41____ opened a door to an adult’s respect and trust.
That day I___42____ that a good name was of great importance. My father’s good name had won our neighbors’ respect for our family. A good name, and the responsibility (责任) that came with ____43_____ encouraged us a lot. They made us be___44______ than we might be. We also wanted to be regarded as good people. __45__ acting like good people for a long time, we became good out of good habits.
小题1:A. something            B. anything               C. nothing
小题2:A. because              B. while                 C. unless
小题3:A. Six                  B. Sixteen               C. Sixty
小题4: A. influenced            B. cheered               C. refused
小题5:A. health                B. money                 C. freedom
小题6:A. choose                B. choosing               C. to cheese
小题7:A. carefully             B. angrily                C. easily
小题8:A. pleasant              B. kind                  C. strange
小题9: A. care for              B. pay for                C. look for
小题10: A. was full of             B. was surprised at       C. was famous for
小题11: A. letters              B. words                C. sentences
小题12:A. discover             B. discovered             C. have discovered
小题13:A. it                    B. him                   C. them
小题14: A. better               B. stronger                 C. cleverer
小题15:A. With                 B. For                      C. By

It was very late at night. An old man came to a small town. He found an inn (小旅馆) and Wanted to slay there for the night. After he went to his room, the owner said to his 41   ."Look at hisbag. There must be much money in it. Let’s take it away when he’s 42 , shall we? ’
"Oh, no," said the woman. "He must 43 his bag when he wakes up tomorrow morning. If he can’t find it, he’ll telephone the police."
They thought for a few minutes. Then the woman had an 44 . "We have forgetful grass. Why not put some forgetful grass into his food? If he 45 the food, he will forget lo take his bag away."
The old man ate the food 46 the forgetful grass and went to bed. The next morning when the owner got up, he found the door 47 and the old man had gone away with his bag. He woke his wife up and said to her angrily, "How foolish you are! Your forgetful grass isn’t 48 at all."
"No, I don’t think so. He must forget_49__," his wife said.
"Oh! I remember now! He forgot to 50 for the night," cried out the man suddenly. Then they looked at each other without saying a word.

小题1:	A．sister B．friend C．aunt D．wife

小题2:	A．asleep B．awake C．alive D．alone

小题3:	A．set off B．give up C．look for D．take off

小题4:	A．idea B．advice C．instruction D．excuse

小题5:	A．eats B．receives C．likes D．refuses

小题6:	A．onto B．for C．with D．into

小题7:	A．open B．opens C．opening D．lo open

小题8:	A．interesting B．important C．delicious D．useful

小题9:	A．anything B．nothing C．something D．everything

小题10:

A．spend B．cost C．take D．pay

Here are two stories from different parts of the world. They seem strange but, believe it or not, they re all true!
John Lee was an Englishman who refused to be hanged! In 1884 the police said Lee had killed an old woman who he used to work with. There was nothing to show that Lee had killed the woman. Lee told the police he hadn’t done it, but no one believed him and he was going to be hanged. On the day of the hanging, however, the door in the floor, through which Lee’s body would fall, did not open. They tried three times but each time the door stayed closed, even though it had worked well the day before. In the end they sent Lee back to prison, where he lived for the next twenty-two years. At all times, John Lee said he hadn’t killed the woman, and he believed it was the "hand of God" that had saved him from death by hanging.
The police in Venezuela (委内瑞拉)in South America followed a man home one night. He was the thief they wanted to catch. However, half of his house was standing in Venezuela and the other half was standing in Colombia (哥伦比亚). Venezuela’s neighbor. When the police entered the house, the man ran upstairs to his bedroom, which was in Colombia, and called his lawyer (律师). The Venezuelan police were not allowed to enter Colombia so they could not enter the bedroom. They asked the police in Colombia to help. The Colombian police refused to help because the man’s crime (罪行)was not a crime in Colombia. In the end, the Venezuelan police gave up and went back to the police station.
小题1:The underlined（下划线) word "hanged" in this passage probably means _.

A．shut in a room »

B．questioned by the police

C．killed by putting a rope around the neck

D．kept in a place

小题2: What do we¹ know about the door in the floor?

A．It had opened the day before the hanging.

B．It had been broken a long time.

C．After three times, it opened.

D．John Lee’s dead body fell through it.

小题3:From the story we know that the thief’s bedroom was____.
A. in Venezuela B. in Colombia
C. in neither Venezuela nor Colombia I), in both Venezuela and Colombia
小题4:Why didn’t the Venezuelan police go into the man’s bedroom?

A．They didn’t know where it was.

B．The Venezuelan police were not allowed to enter Colombia.

C．The police in Colombia told them that (hey would help.

D．The police in Colombia told them not to go inside.

小题5: The police in Colombia didn’t help the police in Venezuela to catch the thief because

A．they didn’t know where he was

B．the police in Venezuela didn’t ask for help

C．the man’s lawyer told them not to help

D．the man’s crime was not a crime in Colombia

My name is Lily. My father is a teacher. His students love him a lot because he is funny. I love him, too, but I think he can be “foolish”  41 .
Once we moved into a new house and had to go shopping to buy new chairs and lights. In the supermarket, I’m interested   42  some of the beautiful lights with good qualities and made my father buy them.
When we got home, my father began to work out how much money we had   43  that day. Suddenly, he stopped. “Something’s wrong.” he said. “I’ve got 30 yuan   44  than I should!”“That’s great,” I said. “You can buy me that   45  book I want.”
Father said nothing. Instead, he counted（数） how much money he had again and again.
“The salesgirl must have made a mistake. We   46  go back to the shop,” he said.
“Do you have to go back?” I asked. “Nobody will know we   47  too much change(找零). It would be foolish to go back.”
“It wouldn’t be ‘foolish’.” my father said angrily. “It’s called being   48  .” At that moment, I looked into his eyes and knew he was right.
The salesgirl was surprised to see us in the shop again. But   49  we gave her the money, she thanked us a lot.
On my way home, my father stopped me   50  smiled. “Do you still want that cartoon book?” he asked. I looked at my “foolish” father and answered loudly, “Father, you are the greatest!”

小题1:	A．sometimes B．often C．always D．never

小题2:	A．with B．on C．in D．to

小题3:	A．took B．lost C．cost D．spent

小题4:	A．much B．more C．less D．some

小题5:	A．story B．cartoon C．music D．magic

小题6:	A．may B．can C．should D．need

小题7:	A．gave B．have given C．is given D．were given

小题8:	A．clever B．honest C．selfish D．cool

小题9:	A．how B．why C．when D．where

小题10:

A．and B．but C．or D．so

Learn a second language
There was once a young mouse that lived in a hole in a wall. One day, the young mouse woke up from his sleep and looked out of the hole. As he looked out, a fantastic smell came to his nose. “Cheese!” the mouse said happily to himself. “I’ll go and get it now and have it for breakfast.”
But then he remembered his parents’ words. His parents were very clever mice and often said to their son, “Always wait before you go for a piece of cheese.”
So the young mouse waited quietly. Then he heard a quiet “Miaow” and he knew the cat was there. He stayed in the hole and said to himself, “I’m glad I listened to my parents and learned to wait.”
The next day, he looked out again. He put his nose out of the hole, and the beautiful smell of cheese came to his nose again. He could see the cheese. It was only a few centimetres away. But he sat still and waited quietly. This time he did not hear any cat noises. Instead he heard a very quiet “Woof, woof.”
“It’s a dog!” he thought. “If the dog is there, the cat won’t be there. I expect the dog has chased the cat away, so I’m safe.” The mouse ran out of the hole and started eating the cheese. He did not see the cat, which caught him and ate him.
When the cat finished her meal, she said to herself, “I’m glad I listened to my parents and learned a second language.”
小题1:Who told the mouse to wait before going for a piece of cheese?

A．The cat.	B．The dog.
C．The cat’s parents.	D．The mouse’s parents.

小题2:How did the young mouse know the cat was there?

A．He heard the cat.	B．He saw the cat.
C．He smelt the cat.	D．He knew the cat.

小题3:What was the cat’s meal?

A．The mouse’s parents.	B．The cheese.
C．The young mouse.	D．The fish.

小题4: Which language did the cat learn as a second language?

A．English.

B．Chinese.

C．Dog language.

D．Mouse language.

小题5:Which of the following sentences is Not True according to the passage?

A．The young mouse lived in a hole in a wall.

B．The next day the mouse didn’t hear any cat noises.

C．The cat pretended to be a dog by making the noise “woof”.

D．The mouse’s parents told their daughter to wait before going for a piece of cheese.

Jack is a twenty-year-old young man．Two years ago，when he finished middle school，he found work in a shop．Usually he works until ten o’clock in the evening．He is very tired when he gets home．After a quick supper he goes to bed and soon falls asleep．His grandma who lives downstairs is satisfied with him．
One day，on his way home，he met Mary．They were both happy．He asked the girl to his house，she agreed happily．He bought some fruit and drinks for her．And they talked about their school，teachers， and their future．They talked for a long time．
“Have a look at your watch，please，”said the girl．“What time is now?”
“Sorry，something is wrong with my watch，”said Jack．“Where’s yours?”
“I left it at home．”
Jack thought for a moment and found a way．He began to stamp his foot on the floor，“bang！bang！bang！”
The sound woke his grandma up．The old woman shouted downstairs，“It’s twelve o’clock in the night，Jack．Why are you still jumping upstairs?”
小题1:Jack was      when he finished middle school．
A．sixteen         B．eighteen        C．twenty    
小题2:The old woman is satisfied with Jack because     ．
A．he’s her grandson             B．he can keep quiet
C．he gets up early
小题3:From the story，we can know that Mary is Jack’s     ．
A．classmate      B．colleague        C．aunt
小题4:The underlined word“stamp”in the story means      in Chinese．
A．盖印          B．跺             C．贴邮票
小题5:Jack stamped his foot on the floor in order(为了)     ．
A．to make his grandma angry
B．that his grandma was going to tell him the time
C．that his grandma was going to buy him a watch

Two brothers worked together on a farm.  One was married and had a large  36 . The other had no wife yet. Although they lived in different houses, they shared everything they got from their farm.
One day, the single brother said to himself, "It’s not   37 that we share all the rice. I’m   38 and I need less than my brother. " So, every night he took a bag of rice from his store-room and   39 across the field   40  their houses, putting it into his brother’s store-room.
At the same time, the married brother thought, "It’s not fair to share all the rice. I’m married and I have my wife and children to    41  me when I am    42_. However, my brother has no one to take care of his   43  " So, each night he also took a bag of rice and put it into his brother’s store-room.
Several months passed by. They found   44 strange that their rice never became less. Then, one dark night the two brothers ran into each other. Slowly they began to understand what was happening. Their bags fell onto the ground and tears   45  their eyes at once.

小题1:	A．group. B．family C．class D．team

小题2:	A．right B．popular C．interesting D．wrong

小题3:	A．poor B．happy C．alone D．rich

小题4:	A．jumped B．played C．went D．rode

小题5:	A．from B．through C．off D．between

小题6:	A．look after B．look for C．look out D．look at

小题7:	A．worried B．old C．healthy D．dead

小题8:	A．hope B．children C．farm D．future

小题9:	A．them B．this C．it D．that

小题10:

A．appeared B．filled C．dropped D．rose

I went home one Saturday afternoon in the autumn of 1993 to get some work done in the garden. While sweeping leaves on the ground, my five-year-old son Nick came over and asked me to write something on a piece of paper to make a sign for him.
"What for?" I asked.
" I’m going to sell some of my stones, " he answered.
Nick was fascinated with stones and had collected many stones from all over.
" I’m too busy to do that for you. Go and ask your mum for help," I said.
A short time later, Nick, returned with a sign, reading, " Stones, One Dollar Each". He took the sign, a small chair and 4 of his best stones and walked to the road in front of our garden. There he put the stones in a line and sat down on the chair.
After half an hour, nobody passed by. I walked to him and asked him to go back, but he didn’t.
Another half hour later, a small car came down the road. I watched as Nick stood up, holding his sign up. A woman rolled down a window and read the sign. I couldn’t hear their talk, but I saw the woman turn to the driver and the man reach for his pocket.
I sat in the yard, as Nick ran to me. Waving the dollar, he shouted, "I told you I could sell one stone for a dollar -- if you believe in yourself, you can do anything. "
小题1:Why didn’t the writer help his son?

A．Because his wife is better at making a sign.

B．Because he didn’t know what to write.

C．Because he was busy sweeping leaves.

D．Because he didn’t want his son to sell the stones.

小题2:The underlined words "was fascinated with" mean _________.

A．was far from	B．was afraid of
C．was famous for	D．was interested in

小题3:Nick was a boy ___________.

A．who was kind	B．who had a strong mind
C．who was honest	D．who had many hobbies

小题4:Which is the best title(题目) of the story?

A．My son’s first sale.

B．Let’s collect stones.

C．How to sell a stone.

D．A hobby that can make you rich.

小题5:From the passage we know______________.

A．the story happened in spring

B．the car was driven by a woman

C．Nick spent half an hour selling one stone

D．the writer might be moved(感动)by his son

Mr. Whitcomb Judson was a really clever man. He invented a special train that was pushed along by air and in 1893 he invented something like a zip(拉链) that could be used to open and close clothes. It could be used on men’s trousers and on ladies’ dresses. He did not call his invention a ‘zip’ but everybody says that he was the ‘Father of the Zip’. Mr. Judson tried to sell his invention but no one wanted it because it did not work very well. A Canadian changed Mr. Judson’s invention and made it better. He made a zip that worked very well in 1913.This is the same zip we use today.
小题1:Mr. Whitcomb Judson was a _____ man.

A．kind

B．lazy

C．clever

D．foolish

小题2:Mr. Whitcomb Judson invented ______ in 1893.

A．a special train

B．something like a zip

C．a washing machine

D．a special car

小题3:A zip can be used to _______.

A．open clothes

B．close clothes

C．open and close clothes

D．make clothes

小题4: A _______ man changed Mr. Judson’s invention and made it better.

A．Chinese

B．Canadian

C．German

D．Japanese

小题5:_______ was called “Father of Zip”.

A．Mr. Whitcomb Judson	B．The Canadian
C．Whitcomb’s father	D．Whitcomb’s son