A girl complained to her father about her hard life. She didn’t know what she had to do and wanted to 36 . She felt tired for fighting and fighting. One problem had been finished but another came.
Her father,  a cook,  took her 37 the kitchen. He poured water into three pans(锅)and boiled(煮)it. When the water was boiling,  in the first pan he put some carrots,  in the 38 he put some eggs and in the last he put some coffee. He    39      them for a few minutes without any words.
The girl closed her mouth and waited impatiently,  not knowing  40   her father was doing that. After about 20 minutes,  her father turned    41   the stove,  took out the carrots and put them in a bowl. He took out the eggs and put 42    in another bowl. After that the  43   was poured into a cup. Turning back to his daughter,  he asked,  "What do you   44   ?" "Carrots,  eggs,  and coffee, " she answered.
Her father told her to 45 her eyes and let her touch the carrots. She did and felt that the carrots were soft. After that he asked her to take the eggs and 46 them. Then,  she got the eggs,  cooked and hard. At last,  the father asked her to smell the coffee. "What’s the meaning,  Father?" He 47 that each had suffered the same unlucky experience— the boiling water,  but 48 had a different reaction(反应). The strong and hard carrots had become soft and weak after being in the boiling water. The eggs became hard 49 being cooked. The coffee was very special and it changed the wa­ter. "Who are you?" asked her father,  "When calamity(厄运) 50 your door,  what’s your reaction? Are you carrots,  eggs,  or coffee?"

小题1:	A．grow up B．give up C．set up D．pick up

小题2:	A．into B．within C．out of D．away from

小题3:	A．first B．second C．third D．fourth

小题4:	A．looked for B．searched for C．waited for D．called for

小题5:	A．that B．what C．where D．why

小题6:	A．on B．over C．off D．in

小题7:	A．it B．its C．them D．themselves

小题8:	A．eggs B．carrots C．coffee D．water

小题9:	A．hear B．taste C．smell D．see

小题10:

A．close B．open C．wash D．drop

小题11:

A．keep B．protect C．break D．drink

小题12:

A．complained B．explained C．told D．expected

小题13:

A．every B．all C．each D．either

小题14:

A．before B．after C．behind D．under

小题15:

A．lies in B．comes across C．meets with D．knocks at

Hi,my name is Erik. I live in a small town in the southeast of England. In my house there are three rooms downstairs ad three rooms upstairs. Now I’ll show you some of the rooms.

Kitchen		The    fridge—This   is   the   place where mum keeps things cool. Dad’s computer—Not everyone in England   has   a   computer   in   his kitchen but my dad has. Washing Machine—Mum     washes our clothes here and  hangs them out in our garden to dry.
Bathroom	A toilet. A bath—We fill the bath up with water  and  then  climb  into  it  to wash ourselves. A sink with two taps (one for hot water and one for cold). I clean my teeth at the sink and also wash my hands and face. Laundry basket—This is where I put my dirty clothes for washing.
Bedroom	My own computer and my own television. Wardrobe—to hang my clothes in.Bookcase—for my books. My bed—My bed is high up as I have my  desk  and  my  computer under it.

- The living room is also downstairs. It is where the television is. We eat our food and watch TV there. The three rooms upstairs are all bedrooms.
小题1:Where will Erik’s father go if he wants to surf the Internet?

A．To the kitchen.

B．To the living room.

C．To the bathroom.

D．To go upstairs.

小题2: Where does Erik put his dirty clothes?

A．In his bedroom.

B．In the living room.

C．In rooms upstairs.

D．In the bathroom.

小题3:  If   Erik   wants   to   watch   TV, he   may   go to_________.

A．his bedroom

B．the kitchen or the living room

C．the living room only

D．the bathroom or his bedroom

小题4:The best title for this passage is_________.

A．I love my bedroom

B．My family and my house

C．Inside an English house

D．Houses in England

JLetter 1 Whatever I do, I always think about if other people will like it. How can I stop worrying about what they think?                                                         —Eva, 14, Illinois

JLetter 2 My dream is to be on the Olympic team for gymnastics. My dad thinks I started too late and I’ll never be able to make it. He puts me down, but I want his support. What should I do?                                                    —Erica, 9, Texas

JLetter 3 What should I do if I failed a test? I’m afraid to tell my mom because she might get mad at me and I can’t play soccer. And soccer is like the world to me. —Ashley, 12, Wisconsin

JLetter 4 I just moved and I’m kind of shy, so how do I make new friends? —Jessica, 11, Canada

Dr. Molly’s Answer ① You should tell him about your dream and that if you work really hard, it might happen even though you started late. The sooner you tell your dad how you feel, the sooner you’ll be able to work on making your dream come true.

Dr. Molly’s Answer ② Nobody knows you at your new school. You have nothing to lose, so gather up all your courage and go over to someone who looks friendly and introduce yourself. You can ask that person about your teacher or the other kids in your class to break the ice. Good luck!

Dr. Molly’s Answer ③ It’s better to tell your mom the truth than for her to find out another way. When you tell her, explain why you failed the test. Ask her if she can help you study in the future, so you’ll do better on your tests and also have time for the soccer you love.

Dr. Molly’s Answer ④ Just be yourself and try not to care about what others think. The more you think about it, the worse you will feel. Always act strong and confident. Even if you are a little unsure of something, don’t doubt (怀疑) your abilities to do things right. Just relax.

小题1:Jessica ____________.

A．wonders how to make new friends

B．wishes to be on the Olympic team

C．is afraid to tell her mom about her failing a test

D．keeps worried about what other people think about her

小题2:____________loves playing soccer best.

A．Erica

B．Eva

C．Ashley

D．Jessica

小题3:Erica’s dad doesn’t support her because he thinks she___________.

A．is a little shy and can’t do it well	B．didn’t start at a very early age
C．is too young to be on the team	D．doesn’t work hard

小题4: According to Dr. Molly, Eva should ____________.

A．hold on to her dream	B．always tell the truth
C．be brave to say hello to others	D．be confident of herself

小题5:Which is the correct order of Dr. Molly’s answers to the four letters?

A．①④③②

B．③④②①

C．②③①④

D．④①③②

When I was in the third grade, I was chosen to be the princess in the school play. For “weeks my mother had helped me practise my lines. But once on the stage, every word    11  from my head. Then my teacher asked me to change my role to be a narrator (解说者) for the play.    12  I didn’t tell my mother what had happened that day, she noticed my    13  and asked if I wanted to take a walk in the garden.
It was a lovely spring day. We could see dandelions (蒲公英) popping (炸开)   14   the grass in bunches (束). I watched my mother bend down by one of the bunches. “I think I’ll dig up (挖光) all these weeds (野草),” she said. “From now on, we’ll   15  have roses in this garden.”
“But I like dandelions,” I protested(抗议). “All flowers are   16 —even dandelions !”
My mother looked at me seriously. “Yes, every flower gives pleasure in its own way, doesn’t it?” she asked thoughtfully. I nodded. “And that is   17  of people, too,” she added.
When I   18  that she had guessed my pain, I started to cry and told her the truth. “But you will be a wonderful narrator,” she said,    19  me of how much I loved to read stories’ aloud.
Thanks to my mother’s encouragement, I got to know everybody had his or her own    20  in the world. I felt proud of the role in the play.

小题1:	A．developed B．left C．failed D．disappeared

小题2:	A．If B．Because C．Though D．Since

小题3:	A．difficulty B．mistake C．danger D．unhappiness

小题4:	A．through B．past C．beyond D．behind

小题5:	A．hardly B．only C．still D．also

小题6:	A．harmless B．healthy C．beautiful D．fresh

小题7:	A．true B．kind C．same D．clever

小题8:	A．remembered B．realized C．explained D．promised

小题9:	A．representing B．complaining C．recommending D．reminding

小题10:

A．honor B．progress C．value D．interest

A group of swans flew down to a beach where a crow (乌鸦) was jumping around. The crow watched them with disdain (笔试).
“You have no flying skills at all!” he said to the swans. “All you can do is to move your wings. Can you turn over in the air? No, that’s beyond you. Let’s have a flying competition. I’ll show you what real flying is!”
One of the swans, a strong young male, took up the challenge (挑战). The crow flew up and began to show his skills. He flew in circles, performed other flying tricks, and then came down and looked proudly at the swan.
Now it was the swan’s turn. He flew up, and began flying over the sea. The crow flew after him, making all kinds of comments (评价) about his flying. They flew on and on till they couldn’t see the land and there was nothing but water on all sides. The crow was making fewer and fewer comments. He was now so exhausted that he found it hard to stay in the air, and had to struggle to keep himself from falling into the water.
The swan pretended (假装) not to notice, and said, “Why do you keep touching the water, brother? Is that another trick? “
“No,” said the crow. He knew he had lost the competition. “I’m in trouble because of my pride (自大) ! If you don’t help me, I’ll lose my life...”
The swan took pity on him, and took him on his shoulders and flew back to the beach.
小题1:What’s the correct order of the following events?
a. The crow followed the swan and got into trouble.
b. The swan felt pity for the crow and saved it.
c. The crow had to ask the swan for help.
d. The swan accepted a challenge of performing flying tricks.

A．a, d, b, c

B．a, b, d, c

C．d, a, c, b

D．d, c, a, b

小题2:What does the underlined word “exhausted” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A．Tired.

B．Bored.

C．Nervous.

D．Frightened.

小题3:What do we learn from the passage?

A．Practice makes perfect.	B．The early bird catches the worm.
C．No pains, no gains.	D．Pride goes before a fall.

My friend, David Smith, kept birds. One day he phoned and   26   me he would be away for a week. He asked me to feed the bird   27   him and said he would leave his key in my mailbox.
Unfortunately, I did not remember to feed the birds  28  the night before David was going to return. I rushed out of my house and it was already dark when I arrived at   29  house. I soon found the key he gave me could unlock neither the front door   30  the back door! I kept   31  of what David would say when came back.
Then I noticed   32  one bedroom window was open. I found a big tone and pushed it under the window   33  the stone was very heavy. I  of niose. But in the end, I managed to climb up.
I had one leg inside the bedroom when I suddenly realized that someone  34   a torch(电筒)up at me. I looked down and saw  35  policeman and an old lady, one of David’s neighbours. “What are you doing up there?” Said the policeman. Feeling like a fool, I replied, “I was just going to feed Mr. Smith’s birds.”

小题1:	A．tell B．tells C．told D．had told

小题2:	A．with B．to C．for D．at

小题3:	A．until B．before C．as D．since

小题4:	A．her B．his C．their D．our

小题5:	A．and B．but C．or D．nor

小题6:	A．to think B．think C．thinking D．thought

小题7:	A．how B．that C．what D．why

小题8:	A．If B．Because C．When D．Whether

小题9:	A．is shinning B．was shone C．shines D．was shining

小题10:

A．a B．the C．an D．/

The Japanese Macaca monkey has been studied in the wild for over 50 years. In 1952, on one small Japanese island, scientists dropped some   36   dirt for the monkeys. The monkeys liked their taste, but they found the dirt   37 .
One clever 18-month-old monkey    38  the problem by washing the sweet potatoes in a nearby river, She taught this to her mother. Her   39  also learned this new way and they taught their mothers too.
All the younger monkeys   40  learned to wash the dirty sweet potatoes to make them   40  to eat. But many found it very hard to learn this and still ate the   42  sweet optatoes.
Then something very    43  . In the autumn of 1958, scientists found that the monkeys on other nearby   44  began washing their sweet potatoes too. Scientists still don’t fully understand how this knowledge was   45  from one island to another.

小题1:	A．sweet potatoes B．green plants C．hard stones D．fresh nuts

小题2:	A．beautiful B．terrible C．difficult D．interesting

小题3:	A．find B．reach C．solve D．understand

小题4:	A．children B．brothers C．sisters D．friends

小题5:	A．quietly B．esily C．angrily D．awfully

小题6:	A．nicer B．smaller C．lighter D．drier

小题7:	A．small B．large C．new D．dirty

小题8:	A．took on B．took off C．took place D．took away

小题9:	A．trees B．islands C．beaches D．rivers

小题10:

A．lost B．dropped C．passed D．left

I heard the bees long before I saw them.
It was a very hot afternoon, and we decided to cool off in the river near my home. As we climbed down a small rocky hill toward the water, my boyfriend John suddenly started to shout then jumped into the water below. Peter and Mary quickly followed but I was too far away to jump. I was trapped.
I heard a low hum(嗡嗡声)，which was growing louder. From a distance, the group of bees looked almost like a cloud of smoke. As it got closer, I realized it was actually thousands of bees flying towards me.
All I could do was cover my face with hands. Crazily, I thought that if I sat very still, the bees would think I was just another rock.
After a few minutes, I knew my plan hadn’t worked. The bees were attacking me. I could hear my friends shouting at me to get down to the pool fast.
But it wasn’t so easy. I was in great pain and the only way I could get away was to use my hands to climb down the rocks. However, I was afraid to do that at first because my face would be unprotected. The noise the bees made was so loud and frightening, but I had no choice.
I rushed down the rocks and jumped into the pool, but I don’t remember doing it. I was just so happy to be free from the pain. I was safe, and the water felt wonderful.
But we still weren’t out of danger. Every time we tried to climb out of the pool, the bees flew back over our heads. We spent the next three hours in the water, putting our heads under the water from time to time to avoid the bees until they finally lost interest.
小题1: How many people went swimming that day?

A．Two.

B．Three

C．Four

D．Five

小题2:The underlined word “it” (in Paragraph 3) refers to        .

A．a rock

B．the group of bees

C．a hill

D．the river

小题3: At first why didn’t the writer want to climb down the rocks?

A．She was afraid she would fall.

B．She was too far away from pool.

C．She thought the bees would follow her.

D．She didn’t want her face to be unprotected.

小题4: How did the writer escape the bees?

A．She covered her face with her hands.

B．She hid behind the rocks.

C．She jumped into a water pool.

D．She pretended to be a rock.

小题5:In what order are the following mentioned in the story?
a. The writer rushed down the rocks.
b. John jumped into the water.
c. The low hum grew louder.
d. The bees flew back over their heads.
e. The bees were attacking the writer.

A．b c e a d

B．b a e c d

C．c d e a b

D．c b d e a

1990 was a significant year in world enents. In Febbruary, Nelson Mandela was set free after 27 years in prison. In October, East and West Germany became one country again. Then at the end of 1990, the World Wide Web was born. For this final event we have one man to thank, Tim Berners-Lee, the father of the Web.
Berners-Lee was born on June 8, 1955 in London, England. His parents, both computer designers, encouraged him to think and work creativelhy as he grew up. He was an excellent student and naturally took an interest in computers and science.
After graduating from Oxford University, Tim went to work at a science research centre in Sfwitzerland. There be developed some of the different systems that would later become the Web. The first was HTML, the computer language used to make web pages. The second was an address system that let  computers anhywhere find each other and send and receive information. In 1990, while still at the science centre in Switzerland, he put them together to make the first Internet browser. It could run on any computer and allowed people to create  share their information with the rest of the world.
Tim knew that the more people used the Web, the more useful it would be. He wasn’t interested in money but knowledge, so he gave out his invention for free to anyone who was interested. Many were interested and the growth of the Internet began.
Today Tim works as a professor at the MIT in America, researching new and interesting ways to use the Web. He has received many awards from governments and organizations for his efforts. He is still not very interested in money. That is why he is so admired by his students and workmates. It may also be one of the reasons that few people outside the world of technology know his name.
小题1: The underlined word “significant” (in Paragraph 1) most probably means “       ” .

A．strange

B．terrible

C．important

D．difficult

小题2:Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A．The address system was used to make make web pages.

B．The World Wide Web was created in Swizerland.

C．The fist web browser was very expensive to buy

D．Many people could use the Internet before 1990

小题3: What can we learn about Berners-Lee from the passage?

A．He was encouraged to be creative.

B．He didn’t do well at school.

C．He is a very poor businessman.

D．He is well-known all over the world.

小题4: Where does Berners-Lee live today?

A．England.

B．Switzerland.

C．America.

D．Canada.

小题5:What is the passage mainly about?

A．The events that took place in 1990.

B．The history of the Internet.

C．The invention of the Internet browser.

D．The man who created the World Wide Web.

Spiderman is one of the most famous comic book heroes of all time．He was created by Stan Lee in 1963 and was first introduced to the world in the pages of Marvel comic books．
Spiderman’s story is the story of Peter Parker，a child who lost his parents and lives with his aunt and uncle．Peter is a shy，quiet boy wearing glasses and has few friends．One day，on a high school class trip to a science lab，he gets bitten by a special spider．Soon Peter realizes he has amazing powers：he is as strong and quick as a spider and also has a type of sixth sense．He no longer needs his glasses and he can use his super power to fly through the city streets! Remembering something his Uncle Ben has told him，that“with great power，there must also come great responsibility(责任)，”Peter decides to use his powers to fight enemies who do cruel things to people．And so，Spiderman is born．
Life is not easy for Peter even though he is a superhero．He is in love with Mary Jane but cannot tell her about his amazing powers．Besides，his best friend Harry hates Spiderman! Peter is also short of money and time．He has to sell photos of Spiderman(himself!)to a newspaper and he keeps losing his other jobs because he’s so busy saving people! Yet he has to fight different kinds of cruel enemies．
小题1:Who created Spiderman?

A．Stan Lee．

B．Marvel．

C．Peter Parker．

D．Superman．

小题2:What happened to Peter Parker after he was bitten by the spider?

A．He could not see with his eyes．

B．He became a spider．

C．He developed spider-like powers．

D．He was sick．

小题3:What does“with great power，there must also come great responsibility”mean?

A．Powerful people can do whatever they like．

B．People with power are always good．

C．Powerful people should have a responsibility to do good．

D．Powerful people are to blame for all the bad things that happen．

小题4:In what areas does Peter have problems that are similar to normal people?

A．Money，time，studying，reading．

B．Money，work，time，relationships．

C．Relationships，sport，money，work．

D．Money，work，time，sleep．