Martin is an American boy. He is eight years old. His parents   41  _ five years ago and he is now living with his grandmother in New York.
　　One morning,  Jimmy ,  one of his classmates, came to his home with an exercises book in his hand. Jimmy lives in a house not far from Martin's. They often go to school together.
　　"Would you help me with this maths problem?" Jimmy said as soon as he came into the room. "It's too hard for me and I can't work it out."
　　"Let me try, " Martin said. "I   42  it isn't too hard for me. "
　　Martin tried his best but he couldn't work it out,   43   .
　　"If we had a small computer,  all the problems would be  44   for us to do. " Jimmy said.
　　"A small computer . . . , " Martin thought for a minute,  then he said, "I've got an idea. We can   45  one in a shop. "
　　"A computer is very   46   ,  and we don’t have enough money. "
　　"That's OK, " said Martin. "We can ask the new president (总统)   47  some money. He said he would help anyone in trouble. I' m sure he will help us. He is very rich, you know."
　　So they decided to write a letter to the new president. Soon the letter was finished and they hurried to the post office.
　　In front of the post office stood a small box. They   48   the letter into the box carefully and went home happily.
The next morning, they    49   the post office on their way to school. They found   50  ,  the box was not a post box but trash-box (果皮箱).

小题1:	A．have died B．had died C．died D．have been death

小题2:	A．sure B．think C．hope D．wish

小题3:	A．neither B．either C．too D．also

小题4:	A．easy enough B．enough easy C．difficult enough D．enough difficult

小题5:	A．borrow B．lend C．bring D．buy

小题6:	A．expensive B．cheap C．important D．useful

小题7:	A．to B．for C．about D．on

小题8:	A．place B．took C．dropped D．bring

小题9:	A．passed B．past C．pasted D．passing

小题10:

A．with their surprise B．in their surprise 　　 C．to their surprise D．of their surprise

An old lady went out shopping last Sunday. She came to a bank（银行）and saw a car near the door . A man got out of it（下车） and went into the bank . She looked into the car. The keys were in the lock.
The old lady took the keys and followed the man into the bank. The man took a gun（枪）out of his pockets and said to the clerk（职员）, “ Give me all the money .”
But the old lady didn’t see this. She went to the man and put the keys in his hand and said, “ Young man , you’re foolish . Never leave your keys in your car. Someone’s going to steal（偷）it . ” The man looked at the old woman for a few seconds. Then he looked at the clerk and then he took the keys and ran off the bank, got into his car and drove away quickly without any money .
小题1:The man got out of the car, and then he went into           .

A．the police station	B．the post office
C．the bank	D．the shop

小题2:The old lady saw       in the car.

A．a gun

B．the keys

C．a wallet

D．a handbag

小题3:The old lady took the keys and          .

A．went away

B．gave them to the policeman

C．took them home

D．returned to the young man

小题4:The young man         .

A．had nothing to do

B．deposited（存）his money

C．ordered a clerk to give him the money

D．walked about to look for something

小题5:When she gave the young man the keys, he         .

A．took them and ran out of the bank without any money

B．thanked her very much

C．was very surprised

D．said nothing and went to the police station

I live with my grandmother in a Beijing yard house. One day last year, I was surprised to see a big foreigner coming out of the house next door to ours. He was very tall with short brown hair and a pair of glasses.
The first time I saw him, I was too shy to speak to him. “My English is too poor!” I thought. My grandmother told me that he had just moved into our yard. “I don’t like it!” she said. “Foreigners aren’t like us. Maybe he’ll play loud music and parties every night! I’m sure he’s going to cause trouble.”
Several days later, I met the foreigner as I was walking home after work. “Hello!” he said (in Chinese！). “My name’s Tony. I’ve just moved into the house next door to yours.” While I was wondering what to say, he continued, “There’s a nice bar down the road. Why don’t you and your family come and have dinner with me?” “Bars are bad places,” said my grandmother when I told her, but we decided to go.
The bar was not at all what I had expected. It was in a beautiful little yard house, with several large bookshelves and pictures of Tibet on the walls. Several Chinese people and foreigners were sitting drinking or reading books. I noticed that some of the foreigners were speaking Chinese in a low voice to each other! “Oh, what a civilized place!” my grandmother exclaimed.
The bar served special “hutong pizzas”. As we ate, Tony told us about himself-he is an English expert in environment. He always likes to be quiet. My grandmother said to me, “He really seems like a very nice young man.”
小题1:When the writer first saw the foreigners, she______.

A．was frightened to him

B．wanted to practice English with him

C．felt too shy to speak to him

D．hoped to invite the foreigner to the bar

小题2:From the sentence “Bar are bad places”, we can know that the grandmother______.

A．was very excited	B．didn’t go to the bar
C．didn’t like bars	D．was angry with Tony

小题3:What’s the meaning of the word “civilized” in the passage?

A．文明的

B．喧闹的

C．野蛮的

D．讨厌的

小题4:Which of the following sentence is Not true?

A．Tony made a lot of noise every night.

B．Tony was an English expert in environment.

C．There were some foreigners speaking Chinese in the bar.

D．The grandmother thought Tony might cause some trouble.

小题5:The best title for this story is______.

A．A Bar in Tibet

B．A Foreigner in Beijing

C．Bars are Bad Places

D．Foreigners Like Bars

As a girl, I've spent a great deal of my time on earth concerned about my weight. So I do know something about exercise. Let me tell you about the calorie-burning activities I've tried or will try.
Salsa (萨尔萨舞)
I try to maintain my weight through dancing. Dancing improves my coordination and sense of rhythm in addition to burning calories. I'm personally interested in salsa, which I find sexy and expressive(有表现力的). But I have not yet to start classes, because classes are very expensive, and I cannot find a dance partner.
Ping-Pong
Ping-pong is the national sport of China, so how could I know nothing about it?
My father is a ping-pong fan, and a really good player. He's won several informal (非正式的) matches. My relationship with ping-pong has always been on-and-off. I'll get into it for a while, and then lose interest. The reason is because I can’t find a good partner. Some stronger can depress you, while someone weaker (or just as weak) can make the game boring.
Tae Kwon Do （跆拳道）
I've recently decided to try tae kwon do as my regular exercise activity. There’s a story behind this choice: A few weeks ago, I was sitting on a bus, concentrating on a book. Suddenly, the bus became very quiet except for the sound of a woman’s crying. I looked up to see what had happened and overheard whispers that she had just quarreled with a man, and the man slapped(拍打) her face. No one on the bus dared say anything because the man looked really strong. Even now I feel ashamed I was among the silent.
That’s why I've made up my mind to learn something that will help me protect others and myself.
小题1:We can guess that the girl is _____ according to the passage.

A．too thin

B．a little fat

C．careful

D．brave

小题2:Why doesn’t the girl want to go to learn salsa?

A．The dance is too difficult to learn.

B．Nobody wants to dance with her.

C．She has no time to join the classes.

D．She finds it sexy and expressive.

小题3:She is interested in ping-pong because ________.

A．she can play it well

B．it is the national sport

C．her father plays it well

D．she finds a good partner

小题4:She has made up her mind to learn Tae Kwon Do mainly because______.

A．she wants to lose weight

B．she wants to protect others and herself

C．she wants to win some matches

D．she wants to beat a strong man

小题5:We can learn from the passage that________.

A．the girl has learnt salsa for a long time

B．the girl has played ping-pong many times

C．the girl was brave enough to beat the man

D．she has learnt tae kwon do well

A woman repeated a bit of gossip（流言） about a neighbor. Within a few days, the whole village knew the story. The person she talked about was deeply hurt and angry.
Later, the woman spreading the rumor（谣言） learned that it was completely untrue. She was very sorry and went to a wise man to find out what she could do to repair the harm.
"Go to the marketplace," he said, "buy a chicken, and have it killed. Then on your way home, pick its feathers and drop them one by one along the road." Although surprised by this advice, the woman did what she was told.
The next day the wise man said, "Now, go and collect all those feathers you dropped yesterday and bring them back to me."
The woman followed the same road, but she was so discouraged when she found the wind had blown the feathers all away. After searching for hours, she returned with only three in her hand.
"You see," said the wise man, "it's easy to drop them, but it is impossible to get them all back. So it is the same with gossip. It doesn't take much to spread a rumor, but once you do, you can never completely undo（ 弥补） the wrong."
小题1:Why did the the woman feel sorry ?

A．She didn’t know the story.

B．She hurt her neighbor deeply.

C．She was hurt deeply.

D．She was told an untrue story.

小题2:What did the wise man tell the women to do?

A．Kill a chicken.

B．Drop the feathers of a chicken.

C．Collect the feathers of a chicken.

D．All above.

小题3:The underlined word “discouraged” might mean       .

A．surprised

B．excited

C．upset

D．pleased

小题4:Which of the following statements is true?

A．The gossip didn’t hurt anyone at all.

B．The wise man was not kind enough.

C．All the feathers had been blown away.

D．The woman was given a lesson.

小题5:What the wise man said has nearly the same meaning as the Chinese phrase______.

A．覆水难收

B．欲速不达

C．无中生有

D．得道多助

Sally was a student. It was going to be her mother’s birthday. She wanted to buy her a present that would be nice and useful but not expensive.
A week before her mother’s birthday, she went shopping after a quick and simple lunch. When she had been looking for half an hour, she found a shop that was selling cheep umbrellas（伞）, and decided to take a black one, since her mother had lost hers the month before.
She thought, “You could carry that when you are wearing clothes of any color.” So she decided to buy a lovely black umbrella and took it back to school with her until her classes had finished.
On her way back home in the train that evening, she felt hungry because she had such a small lunch that she went along to the buffet car（餐车） for another sandwich and cup of coffee. She had left the black umbrella above her seat in the compartment（车厢）, but when she got back, it had gone! When she had left the compartment, there had been no other passengers（乘客） in it, but now there were three.
Sally began to cry when she saw that the umbrella was no longer there. The other passengers felt very sorry for her and asked what the matter was. She told them that the black umbrella she had bought for her mother was gone, and that she had to get out at the next station. After the three other passengers heard it, they asked her for her mother’s address so that they could sent the umbrella to her if someone had taken it by mistake and brought it back after Sally had got out of the train.
The next week, Sally heard from her mother. It said, “Thank you very much for your lovely presents, but why did you send me three black umbrellas?”
小题1:Which of the following is the best for the sentence “You could carry that when you are wearing clothes of any color?”

A．You can carry it when you are wearing any clothes.

B．Any color of your clothes will be all right.

C．The umbrella will be OK for your clothes in any colors.

D．You can take any clothes that you like to wear.

小题2:What does the story infer（推断）?

A．Her mother would write to her if she didn’t receive the presents.

B．The three umbrella were sent by the girl.

C．Only four people had ever been to the compartment.

D．Nobody brought the umbrella back.

小题3:How many umbrellas did Sally’s mother get at last?

A．No.

B．Only one.

C．Three.

D．Four.

小题4:The best name of the story is ________.

A．A Lucky Girl	B．The Missing Umbrella
C．A Happy Mother	D．Mother’s Present

小题5:What does the writer want to tell us?

A．You should take care of your things when you are traveling.

B．Show your love to others, and they will bring you love.

C．Children should often come back to see their parents.

D．It’s no use crying when you are in trouble.

There are many kinds of cars in this world. My grandfather thinks this is because cars are like their drivers. He says, “Rich people have expensive cars, big people have large cars, and old people drive old cars.” But I don’t agree with him.
My neighbor, Mrs. Hill, is 82 years old. She drives only on Tuesday, and then she drives only to the bank. She never drives more than 30 kilometers an hour. Do you think Mrs. Hill has a very old and small car? No! Her car is new. It’s very large, and it can go 200 kilometers an hour!
My friend Mike is an artist. He paints beautiful pictures with lots of colors. But his car is black. Mrs. Bates has a very, very old car. It often has some trouble. Does she drive that kind of car because she is poor? No, she has four restaurants and two million dollars in the bank. My uncle Joe has a very small car. Every Sunday, he drives to the country with his wife, his three children, his mother and his dog.
Now, you have read about my friends and their cars. Do you agree with my grandfather? Maybe you have a car. Does it say something about you?
小题1:The writer’s grandfather thinks ___.

A．a person has the same kind of car as himself (herself)

B．different people have cars of the same kind

C．poor people have large cars

D．artists have black cars

小题2:Mrs. Bates has an old car ___.

A．because she is poor

B．because she is rich

C．because she likes old cars

D．and the passage doesn’t tell us why

小题3:Though Uncle Joe has a very small car, ___.

A．he has a dog

B．he has a large family

C．he has no children

D．he has few members in his family

小题4:The writer’s friend Mike paints ___.

A．pictures in black

B．colorful pictures

C．colorless pictures

D．pictures with only a few colors

小题5:The writer thinks ___.

A．his grandfather’s idea about cars is right

B．cars are often the same as their drivers in many ways

C．artists shouldn’t drive black cars

D．a car doesn’t say anything about its owner

From Monday to Friday most people are busy working or studying, but in the evenings and weekends they are free and  31 themselves. Some watch television or go to the cinema, others take part in sports. This is decided by their own   32  .
There are many different ways to spend our free time.
Almost everyone has some kind of   33  : it may be something from collecting stamps to ____34___ model planes. Some hobbies are very   35 , but others don’t cost anything at all. Some collections are worth(值得…的)  36 of money, others are valuable(有价值的) only to their owners.
I know a man who has a coin collection worth several   37  dollars. A short time ago he bought a rare(罕见的)fifty-cent piece which   38  him $250! He was very happy about this collection and thought the price was all right. On the other hand, my youngest brother collects match boxes. He has almost 600 of them, but I wonder(怀疑) if they are worth any money. However,  39  my brother they are quite valuable.
 40  makes him happier than to find a new match box for his collection.

小题1:	A．love B．work C．enjoy D．Play

小题2:	A．lives B．interests C．jobs D．things

小题3:	A．hobby B．thing C．job D．way

小题4:	A．make B．making C．makes D．made

小题5:	A．interesting B．exciting C．cheap D．expensive

小题6:	A．a little B．a few C．a lot D．a number

小题7:	A．thousand B．thousands C．thousands of D．thousand of

小题8:	A．paid B．cost C．took D．spend

小题9:	A．to B．on C．with D．in

小题10:

A．Everything B．Anything C．Nothing D．Something

I will never forget the year when I was 12.My mother told us that we would not get Christmas gifts because there was not enough money .I felt sad and thought, ”What shall I say when the other kids ask me about my gifts?” I started to hope the Christmas wouldn’t come that year. Just then three women came to our house with gifts for all of us. For me，they brought a doll .I felt so happy.
Years later, my life changed a lot. So one Christmas, I wanted to do something special. I asked forty friends to help me. We visited 125 orphans(孤儿)to come to our Christmas party. For every child, we prepared a beautiful gift.
Finally the moment came. I called out,” One, two, three. Open your gifts!” As the children opened their boxes, the whole room was full of their bright smiles. The feeling I got from that Christmas so long ago came again.
小题1:___gave the writer a Christmas gift when she was 12.

A．Nobody

B．Her mother

C．Three women

D．An old man

小题2:From the sentence “Years later, my life changed a lot.” we can guess that _____.

A．the writer didn’t get Christmas gifts any more.

B．the writer became rich.

C．the writer didn’t like Christmas gifts at all.

D．the writer hoped to help more orphans.

小题3:The writer was so _____when she got a Christmas gift.

A．sad

B．bored

C．tired

D．happy

小题4:Which of the following is WRONG according to the passage?

A．The writer’s family was very poor when she was a child.

B．The writer wanted to do something special for the old people at Christmas.

C．The three women taught the writer how to help others.

D．The writer and her friends invited 125 orphans to come to the Christmas party.

小题5:What’s the best title for the passage?

A．A special Christmas

B．How to choose Christmas gifts.

C．Three kind women.

D．My first Christmas.

The sun is shining and it’s very hot.  31  many people don’t want to go out after  32 . Mrs. West has to(不得不)   33  her father at the airport. Her father doesn’t feel well, he wants to see a   34  in the city hospital.
Now she’s   35  in the street. There   36  no trees and she feels very   37 . But she’s too   38  and can’t walk fast(快). Suddenly she finds(发现) a   39  walking behind her. She gets angry and her face turns red. “Why are you walking   40  me, boy?” She asks strictly. “It’s cooler”. The boy answers.

小题1:	A．But B．Because C．So D．Then

小题2:	A．breakfast B．dinner C．supper D．lunch

小题3:	A．watch B．meet C．help D．ask

小题4:	A．nurse B．waiter C．policeman D．doctor

小题5:	A．walking B．walks C．walk D．to walk

小题6:	A．be B．is C．are D．am

小题7:	A．cold B．cool C．relaxed D．hot

小题8:	A．happy B．fat C．short D．tall

小题9:	A．boy B．man C．woman D．dog

小题10:

A．on B．in front of C．behind D．across from