Joe Brown had a shop. He sold(卖) meat in his shop. One Thursday a woman came into his shop at five to one. “I’m sorry I’m late,” she said. “I need some more meat for my dinner tonight.” Joe had only one piece of meat in his shop. He took it out of the fridge and said, “This is＄6.50.” “That piece is too small.” the woman said, “haven’t you for anything bigger?” Joe went into the room behind his shop, put the piece of meat into the fridge, took it out of again and closed the door with lots of noise. Then he brought the piece of meat to the woman and said, “This piece of meat is bigger and more expensive. It’s ＄8.75.” “Good,” the woman said with a smile, “give me both of them.”

1. 1.

   When did the woman come to Joe’s shop?

   1. A.
      Early in the morning
   2. B.
      Early in the afternoon
   3. C.
      Late in the morning
   4. D.
      At about one o’clock at night
2. 2.

   Why didn’t the woman want that piece of meat?

   1. A.
      Because she had no money
   2. B.
      Because it was bad
   3. C.
      Because it wasn’t big enough
   4. D.
      Because it was too big
3. 3.

   How many pieces of meat were kept in the fridge?

   1. A.
      Only one piece of meat
   2. B.
      Two pieces of meat
   3. C.
      Several pieces of meat
   4. D.
      Many pieces of meat

For Children Museum:   Children’s Museum, Sundays, 89 North Main Street, 67641235 Story time:  Children’s Library, 106 Green Street, Wednesdays during 9:30 a.m.—5:00 p.m., 66599624 Sports:     Soccer Club, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 16 Yangtze Road, 96725643 Basketball Club, Wednesdays and Fridays, 79071632 Cinema:     New films for children, 99 Brick Road, 69001354

Useful Phone Numbers Fast food restaurant: 66387901             Hospital: 68787451 Visitor Information Center: 800-120-9847 Taxi: 79210583                      Visitor Hotel Information: 800-739-7302

1. 1.

   It’s Friday afternoon, you can go to _____________________

   1. A.
      visit the museum
   2. B.
      play soccer
   3. C.
      play basketball
   4. D.
      read children’s stories
2. 2.

   If children want to watch new films, they should go to __________________

   1. A.
      16 Yangtze Road
   2. B.
      89 North Street
   3. C.
      106 Green Street
   4. D.
      99 Brick Road
3. 3.

   If you dial)拨打) 66387901, you can _____________________

   1. A.
      ask for some hotel information
   2. B.
      do some shopping
   3. C.
      have a good story time
   4. D.
      order fast food in a restaurant
4. 4.

   Lily’s father is ill, she should dial________________________

   1. A.
      800-120-9847
   2. B.
      79210583
   3. C.
      68787451
   4. D.
      96725643
5. 5.

   You can not get any information about ______________ from the two notices

   1. A.
      looking for a hotel
   2. B.
      doing eye exercises
   3. C.
      eating fast food
   4. D.
      taking a taxi

1. 1.

   Which of the following pictures could be Bob?
           

   1. A.
   2. B.
   3. C.
   4. D.
2. 2.

   Alice is worrying about ________

   1. A.
      her friends
   2. B.
      her marks
   3. C.
      her height     D her weight
3. 3.

   Bob should ________ according to George’s letter

   1. A.
      plan his meals
   2. B.
      talk to his friends
   3. C.
      join a basketball team
   4. D.
      learn some French
4. 4.

   George advises Alice to talk to _____ for help

   1. A.
      her mother
   2. B.
      her pen pal
   3. C.
      her doctor
   4. D.
      her teacher and friends
5. 5.

   Maybe George is probably _________

   1. A.
      a reporter
   2. B.
      an actor
   3. C.
      a doctor
   4. D.
      an engineer

Lucy Brown teaches English in a junior high school. She loves her students very much, and she works hard. She often tells them some interesting stories in class and her students like her, too.
Yesterday, Lucy found some boys always made faces（做鬼脸）in class. She didn’t want them to do that again, so she got all her students together and said, “Boys and girls, when I was young, I liked making faces in class, too. But one day, my grandmother told me not to do that again. She said, ‘If you make faces again, you will be ugly when you grow up.’ So you shouldn’t do that again.”
Some students thought she was right, but some students didn’t. One of the boys put up his hand. “Oh, Tom! What do you want to say?” asked Lucy.
The boy stood up and said, “Miss Brown, you must regret（后悔）listening to your grandmother now.”

1. 1.

   Lucy is _____

   1. A.
      a Chinese teacher
   2. B.
      a math teacher
   3. C.
      an English teacher
   4. D.
      a history teacher
2. 2.

   In her class, Lucy often _____her students

   1. A.
      sings English songs to
   2. B.
      performs magic tricks for
   3. C.
      tells interesting stories to
   4. D.
      plays the piano for
3. 3.

   What did Lucy find yesterday?

   1. A.
      Some boys always didn’t listen to her
   2. B.
      Some boys always ate snacks in class
   3. C.
      Some boys always had fights in class
   4. D.
      Some boys always made faces in class
4. 4.

   How did Lucy make them not to do that again?

   1. A.
      She called their parents and told them about it
   2. B.
      She told her grandmother about it
   3. C.
      She made the boys stand in front of the other students
   4. D.
      She told them a story about herself
5. 5.

   From the passage, we know____

   1. A.
      Tom didn’t think Lucy was beautiful
   2. B.
      Lucy will be happy after hearing Tom’s words
   3. C.
      Lucy’s grandmother didn’t like Lucy
   4. D.
      Lucy thought the boys in her class were very ugly

When you are feeling unhappy or forget how great you are，these are six ways to make you feel good about yourself．
1) Look in the mirror (镜子) and say to yourself，“I am a special person and there's no one  in the world like me．I can do anything!” It may not sound so good，but it really works !
2) Do something nice for someone．Helping others always makes you feel good．
3) Smile! Be friendly to people you meet．Look for the good things in your friends and family．
4) Learn something new! Do you always want to decorate（装饰）your own room or learn how to swim? Go for it! New challenges (挑战) are fun and give you a sense of accomplishment when you have finished．
5) Read and start a diary（日记）．Turn off the TV and let your imagination (想象) fly! Write down your thoughts，dreams or anything you want! Writing always helps to express（表达）your feelings．
6) Stay with your family．We all need our family time．Talk with your Mum or Dad or maybe even your cousin．

1. 1.

   What do the underlined word“a sense of accomplishment”mean in Chinese?

   1. A.
      成就感
   2. B.
      忧伤感
   3. C.
      挫折感
   4. D.
      信任感
2. 2.

   Which of the following should you say “NO” when you are unhappy?

   1. A.
      You should always look for the good things of others．
   2. B.
      Stay alone at home as much as possible
   3. C.
      Learn something new and go for it!
   4. D.
      Keep a diary to express your feelings
3. 3.

   What is the best title for the passage?

   1. A.
      Do Your Best
   2. B.
      It’s Never Too Late to Learn
   3. C.
      Always Smile to Your Life
   4. D.
      Six Ways to Feel Good about Yourself

I am my mother’s third girl. When I was born, the doctor gently explained to my mother that my left arm was missing, below the elbow(肘). Then he gave her some advice, “Don’t treat her any differently from the other girls.” And she did!
There were five girls in our family and we all had to help out. Once when I was about seven, I came out of the kitchen, “Mum, I can’t peel(削……皮)potatoes. I only have one hand.” “You get back to peel those potatoes, and don’t ever use that as an excuse for anything again!”
Of course I could peel potatoes—with my good hand and my other arm. “Jenny, if you try hard enough,” she said, “you can do anything.”
Once in the second grade, our teacher had each of us race across the monkey bar(攀爬架).When it was my turn, I said no, Some kids laughed. I went home crying.
The next afternoon Mum took me back to the school playground. “Now, pull up with your right arm,” she advised. She praised me when I made progress. I’ll never forget when I was crossing the bar, the kids were standing there with their mouths open.
It was the way with everything. Mum had the courage to face anything. And she taught me I could, too

1. 1.

   How many younger sisters do I have?

   1. A.
      Two
   2. B.
      Three
   3. C.
      Four
   4. D.
      Five
2. 2.

   What does the doctor’s advice mean?

   1. A.
      My are could be all right soon
   2. B.
      The other girls had the same arms as me
   3. C.
      My mum should look after me differently
   4. D.
      My mum should treat me the same as others
3. 3.

   Who peeled the potatoes at last?

   1. A.
      Jenny
   2. B.
      Jenny’s mum
   3. C.
      Jenny’s sister
   4. D.
      Nobody
4. 4.

   Why did Mum take me back to the school playground the next day?

   1. A.
      she wanted to tell me I could do anything
   2. B.
      she wanted the teacher to let me try again
   3. C.
      she would punish the kids who laughed at me
   4. D.
      she would like to praise me before the other kids
5. 5.

   What’s the best title of the passage?

   1. A.
      My bad-tempered mother
   2. B.
      Different mother love
   3. C.
      A doctor’s advice
   4. D.
      My childhood(童年)

When you are learning English, you find it not clever to put an English sentence, word for word, into your own language. Take the sentence “How do you do?” as an example. If you looked up each word in the dictionary, once at a time, what is your translation （翻译）? It must be a wrong sentence in your own language.
Languages do not just have different sounds; they are different in many ways. Its important to master（掌握）the rules for word order in the study of English, too. If the speaker puts words in a wrong order, the listener can’t understand his sentence easily. Sometimes when the order of words in an English sentence is changed, the meaning of the sentence changes. But sometimes the order is changed, but the meaning of the sentence doesn’t change. Let’s see the different between the two parts of sentences.
“She only likes apples.” “Only she likes apples.”
“I have seen the film already.” “I have already seen the film.”
When you are learning English, you must do your best to get the spirit（精神实质） of the language and use it as the English speaker does

1. 1.

   From the passage we know that __________when we are learning English

   1. A.
      we shouldn’t put every word into our own language
   2. B.
      we should look up every word in the dictionary
   3. C.
      we need to put every word into our own language
   4. D.
      we must read word by word
2. 2.

   The writer thinks it is ________ in learning English

   1. A.
      difficult to understand different sounds
   2. B.
      possible to remember the word order
   3. C.
      important to master the rules in different ways
   4. D.
      easy to master the rules for word order
3. 3.

   We can learn from the passage that _________

   1. A.
      the meaning of an English sentence always changes with the order of words
   2. B.
      the order of words can never change the meaning of an English sentence
   3. C.
      sometimes a different order of words has a different meaning
   4. D.
      if the order of words is different, the meaning of the sentence must be different
4. 4.

   “She only likes apples.”____________

   1. A.
      is the same as “Only she likes apples.”
   2. B.
      is different from “Only she likes apples.”
   3. C.
      means “She likes fruit except apples.”
   4. D.
      means “She doesn’t like apples.”
5. 5.

   Which is the best title（题目）for this passage?

   1. A.
      Different orders, different meanings
   2. B.
      How to speak English
   3. C.
      How to put English into our own language
   4. D.
      How to learn English

If you have a bottle of water recycled(再利用) from urine(尿), would you drink it? Astronauts at the ISS may soon do so.
NASA(美国航空航天局) said it would use a high-tech machine to recycle wastewater at the ISS. The machine will recycle water for washing hands, shower water, water for brushing teeth and even urine to make drinking water. It will save millions of dollars each year.
At present, each ISS astronaut uses about 4.4 liters(升) of water every day. It costs about 24 million dollars a year to send water up to the ISS. A liter of water costs about $ 11,000.
The machine will be sent to the ISS later. NASA hopes it will recycle about 93% of all the water used on the station.
Will the water be clean? Different chemicals will be put in the wastewater. The water will be heated to 130℃ to kill bacteria(细菌). Scientists say that the recycled water is thousands of times better than the water from a city tap

1. 1.

   NASA will use a high-tech machine to recycle wastewater at the ISS to ______

   1. A.
      protect the ISS
   2. B.
      make the astronauts work harder
   3. C.
      provide better water and food for the astronauts
   4. D.
      save the cost of sending water up to the ISS
2. 2.

   At present it costs NASA about ______ dollars to transport water up to an astronaut at the ISS a day

   1. A.
      4.4 thousand
   2. B.
      11 thousand
   3. C.
      48.4 thousand
   4. D.
      24 million
3. 3.

   Scientists plan to get rid of bacteria in the wastewater by ______

   1. A.
      freezing
   2. B.
      heating
   3. C.
      shaking
   4. D.
      precipitating(沉淀)
4. 4.

   The passage mainly tells us something about ______

   1. A.
      water recycling at the ISS
   2. B.
      the International Space Station
   3. C.
      a high-tech machine
   4. D.
      the cost of NASA
5. 5.

   Which of the following sentences is TURE?

   1. A.
      The recycled water is much better than that from a city tap
   2. B.
      The high-tech machine will recycle all the water used on the station
   3. C.
      The ISS astronauts use more water than us
   4. D.
      The high-tech machine can only recycle urine to make water

1. 1.

   Trees can get light from       in the daytime

   1. A.
      CO₂
   2. B.
      O₂
   3. C.
      the sun
   4. D.
      the moon
2. 2.

   Chlorophyll is in         .

   1. A.
      sunlight
   2. B.
      soil
   3. C.
      air
   4. D.
      leaves
3. 3.

   We can get more O?₂ by         .

   1. A.
      planting more trees
   2. B.
      cutting trees down
   3. C.
      making the water in soil(土壤) polluted
   4. D.
      making more CO₂
4. 4.

   CO₂ from air and      can produce food  for trees with the help of chlorophyll and sunlight

   1. A.
      water in the sea
   2. B.
      water from soil
   3. C.
      water in the river
   4. D.
      O₂ into air
5. 5.

   The picture tells us         .

   1. A.
      how trees let O₂ go into air in the sunlight
   2. B.
      how trees let CO₂ go into air in the sunlight
   3. C.
      the sunlight isn't important to trees at all
   4. D.
      trees can take in O₂ and let out CO₂

Do you have any friends from other countries? Do you know what they are like?
The Germans (德国人) are very quiet and they don’t get excited easily. They don’t want to say more words. They look serious (严肃的), but they like all kinds of amusements (娱乐). They work hard and like tidiness. Most German women like to keep their houses clean.             
In some ways, the English look the same as the Germans. They are also quiet and never talk too much with others. They are really polite, so we often hear “Thank you.” or “Sorry.” from them.
The French have long holidays. They like travelling and usually spend their long time in other countries. The French are more outgoing (外向的) than the Germans. It is very easy to make friends with them.
Compared  to (与……比较) the French, the Americans are more outgoing. And they are even opener. They don’t like to depend on (依靠) others. So it is very popular that students do part-time jobs. In Americans’ eyes, working and success are important

1. 1.

   From the passage, we can learn that　　　 are very quiet

   1. A.
      only the Germans
   2. B.
      only the Englishmen
   3. C.
      only the French
   4. D.
      both the Germans and the English
2. 2.

   What does the underlined word “tidiness” mean in Chinese?

   1. A.
      整洁
   2. B.
      安静
   3. C.
      时尚
   4. D.
      随意
3. 3.

   　　　 are the most outgoing

   1. A.
      The Germans
   2. B.
      The French
   3. C.
      The Englishmen
   4. D.
      The Americans
4. 4.

   What can we learn about the French from the passage?

   1. A.
      They are more outgoing than the Americans
   2. B.
      It is very easy to make friends with them
   3. C.
      They like travelling in their own country
   4. D.
      They don’t like to be too excited and are always hard-working
5. 5.

   Which is the best title of the article?

   1. A.
      Different people’s hobbies
   2. B.
      Who are more outgoing?
   3. C.
      Characteristics (特征) of the people in different countries
   4. D.
      Working hard is an important part in people’s life