A Trip to the Forest
     One day Bob took two of his friends into the mountains. They put up their tents (帐篷) and then rode off to
a forest to see how the trees were growing.
     In the afternoon when they were about ten kilometres from their camp (营地), it started to snow. More and
more snow fell. Soon, Bob could hardly see his hands before his face. He could not find the road, Bob knew
there were two roads. One road went to the camp, and the other went to his house. But all was white snow.
Everything was the same. How could he take his friends back to the camp?
     Bob had an idea. The horses! Let the horses take them back! But what would happen if the horses took the
road to his house? That would be a trip of thirty-five kilometres in such cold weather! It was getting late. They
rode on and on. At last the horses stopped. Where were they? None of them could tell. John looked around.
What was that under the tree? It was one of their tents!

1. John and his two friends went to the forest to _______.

A. build their camp
B. find their way home
C. enjoy the mountains in the snow
D. watch the trees in the forest

2. They could not find their way back because _______.

A. there was only one road to their camp
B. they couldn't decide which of the two roads led to their tents
C. there were no roads in the mountains at all
D. everything was covered by the white snow

3. It is clear that they wanted the horses to take them to _______.

A. John's house
B. the camp
C. the forest
D. the mountains

4. The horses stopped because _______.

A. it was getting late
B. they were tired after running for a long way
C. they knew that they had got to the camp
D. they had seen John's house

5. The story happened _______.

A. on a cold winter day
B. on a dark snowy evening
C. in a cold camp far from villages
D. at night when nothing could be seen

     Jimmy lived in the country, and he loved playing in a very shallow (浅的) river near his house; but then
his father got a job in a big city, and he moved there with his family. 
     Their new house had a garden, but the garden was very small. Jimmy wasn't very happy. 
     "Is there a river near here?" he asked his mother on the first morning.
      His mother answered, "No, there isn't, but there's a beautiful park near here, Jimmy, and there's a pool
in it. We'll go there this afternoon." Then Jimmy was happy.
      After lunch, Jimmy and his mother went to the park, Jimmy wanted to walk near the pool, but there
was a sign in front of it. His mother read it to him:"WARNING: This pool is dangerous. (危险的) 367 people
have fallen into it." Jimmy looked into the pool carefully. Then he said,"I can't see them."

根据短文内容判断正(T)误(F)。
(     )1.Jimmy's father worked in a big city.
(     )2.After breakfast, Jimmy and his mother went to the park.
(     )3.The garden was very small.
(     )4.There's a pool in the country.
(     )5.367 people have fallen into the pool.

     Jerry and Carla were asked to choose a person for class president. As they looked through the list of
(1)k______ in the room, they stopped at Tina's name. Tina had lots of ideas, and she never said unkind
things about other people.
     "I really like Tina, and most of the classmates will accept her, I (2)i______," said Carla, "but she looks
(3)______! She puts on too much makeup (化妆品), and she wears strange and (4)u______ clothes.
Sometimes she wears things that don't even (5)f______ her." "Do you think we could get her to use
(6)l______ makeup and never wear decent (讲究的) clothes?" Carla asked.
     "We couldn't. It would make us and her not feel (7)c______." replied Jerry."She goes around with high
school girls, and she must know by now how she looks. My mother says it is wrong for eighth graders to
look like those (8)m______ stars!"
     "Yes," Carla (9)a______, "and what will the teachers think if we (10)s______ Tina?"

      Jim was born in a small village (村庄) in England. His father, Mr. Brown, is a farmer. He has a big farm
and works hard on it. Now Jim is six years old, but there's no school near the village. He is very worried.
      "My sister works in London," says Mrs. Brown, "We can take Jim to school there. What do you think
of it?" 
      "It's a good idea!" Mr. Brown said happily. The next day they all went to London by train. Jim's aunt was
happy to see them. A week later, Jim came to school.
      "What's your name, little boy?" asked a teacher. "Jim Brown," answered the boy.
      "You must be polite (有礼貌的)," said the teacher, "Please say 'sir' when you are speaking to the old man.
Now answer my question again. What's your name?"
      "Sir Jim Brown."

1. The Browns live in a small village in _____.

A. China
B. America
C. England
D. Canada

2. Mr. Brown is _____.

3. Mr. and Mrs. Brown took their son to London because _____.

A. there's many nice schools in the city
B. they want Jim to learn a lot
C. Mr. Brown's sister was in London
D. there's no school near their village

4. The teacher wanted Jim _____.

A. to be polite to himself
B. to know how to say sir
C. to know how to speak English
D. to know he was old

A. his name was Sir Jim Brown
B. he wasn't a polite boy
C. he didn't know how to use the word "Sir"
D. he was an old man

     John is an artist who does not have much money, but a very kind man. One day on his way home, he
 gave his last coins to a beggar (乞丐). When he saw another one, he forgot that he did not have any
 money. He asked the man to have lunch with him, and the beggar accepted, so they went into a small
  restaurant and had a good meal.
     After the dinner, John found he had no money at all. The beggar had to pay the bill. The artist was so
 sorry about this, so he said to the beggar, "Come home with me in a taxi, my friend , and I will give you
  the money for lunch."
     "Oh, no!" said the beggar answered quickly. "I had to pay for your lunch, but I'm not going to pay for
 you again!"

1. The artist in this story was _____.

    A. a beggar                        
    B. a rich man
    C. a kind man                      
    D. a cheat

2. After the meal, _____ paid the bill .

    A. the artist        
    B. the beggar    
    C. a lady    
    D. no one

3. At the end of the story, what the beggar said showed that he _____.

    A. did trust (信任) the artist                  
    B. was thankful to the artist 
    C. regretted (后悔) having lunch with the artist.  
    D. would make friends with the artist

     One day, Mr Black went into a restaurant. He put his coat on a chair near the door. There was
nothing in the pockets of his coat. After he had his meal, he went to take his coat back. He found there
was much money in one of his pockets. "Whose is this?" he thought. He saw a waiter near the door, so
Mr Black said to him, "Somebody put a lot of money in my coat. I have no time to wait for him. I have
to go Take it, please. When he comes back, give it to him."The waiter took it and went away. At the
moment, another man came with a coat just like Mr Black's. "I'm sorry," said the man. "I took your
coat and you got mine. Please give me my coat and the money. "Mr Black answered, "I gave the money
to the waiter. He'll give it to you. "
     Mr Black called the manager,  but the manager (经理) said, "We have no waiters here. We only
have waitresses (女服务员). He must be a thief (贼)! "
1. Mr Black went out _______.
A. to eat something                           
B. to put his coat on a chair
C. to buy a coat                                
D. to see his friend
2. After his meal, Mr Black _______.
A. couldn't find any money in his coat          
B. didn't know where he put his coat
C.  found some money in the pocket of his coat  
D.  didn't take back his coat
3. Mr Black gave the money to _______.
A. the manager        
B. the waiter        
C. the waitress      
D. the owner (主人)
4. The two coats looked _______.
A. quite different      
B. the same          
C. very dear          
D. too cheap
5. Who is the thief?
A. Mr Black.          
B. The manager.      
C. The waitress.        
D. The waiter.

     "Track!" said my master.
     Like any good tracker-dog who has received the command(命令)he most loves, I gave a bark
of excitement, put my nose down to the ground and sniffed. The ground was rich with smells. Even
in the high-class housing area where we were working, the stones held traces of many soft and
confusing scents (smells). As I searched for the scent that would give me a clue to the tail of the
guilty man, my tail wagged slowly, thoughtfully, delightedly. Work was like play to me; I enjoyed it.
     A small group of people gathered behind us. Among these onlookers was the old caretaker of
the building next door to ours. He spoke in a scornful voice, "You actually think your dog might catch
a thief three days after the event?" My master said nothing, but I'm sure he must have smiled. I did
not turn to look. I knew he would not speak unless it was to give me a new command.
     I needed to concentrate. My task was difficult. I had to pick out one scent among the many that
lay about and then tracked it to its source.
     "You're wasting your time," said the caretaker. I looked at him without raising my head. He was
running his hand over his fat stomach. His rough palm and smooth shirt combined to make a slight
noise. It was part of my training to be aware-often it is only a little whisper of a noise that alerts(提醒)
you to be drawing of a weapon. But of course the aging caretaker was going to do no such thing.
There was no smell of fear or nervousness about him. He was merely being clever and talkative.
     "I've seen many tracker-dogs in my time," said the caretaker to the onlookers. "I served with
the police years ago. We would never have thought of using a tracker-dog to find a car thief.
Impossible. Everyone knows that dogs are useless in such matters."
     In a sense he was right. I'm sure there's no need to tell you that, just as a dog's hearing is much
better than a human being's, so his sense of smell tells one thing from another far better than a great
detective. If Sherlock Holmes could work out that a man had had an egg for breakfast by seeing the
yellow stain on his mouth, a trained dog could tell you whether the hen that laid the egg was healthy
or not.
     I know it sounds funny and I mean it to be. But I'm not exaggerating. A dog can tell you-if you
understand a dog's way of communicating-all this and more without even setting eyes on the man he
is investigating.

1. Who do you think the dog was tracking?

A. The thief.
B. The caretaker.
C. The master.
D. The onlookers.