Today is fine. The sky is blue. Now it's nine o'clock in the morning. There's a sports meeting in the
forest (森林) on the big mountain.
     Look, a horse a panda and a cat are running. Over there a dog and two tigers are jumping. Two
monkeys are climbing the tree. Four birds are flying around and singing.
     There're some animals there, too. The elephants are standing. A monkey is sitting on an old elephant.
The monkey has a flag (旗) in his hand. Polly is sitting in the tree. A fox, a baby panda and some little
animals are sitting under the trees. They are all watching.

1. What color is the sky today? It's _____.
A. white
B. blue
C. black
D. yellow
2. How many animals are running and jumping? _____.
A. Fourteen
B. six
C. Eleven
D. Five
3. Which animals are climbing the tree? _____.
A. The monkeys
B. The pandas and the foxes
C. The elephants and the cats
D. The horses and the pandas
4. There's _____ at the sports meeting.
A. not any birds
B. a lot of animals
C. many people
D. many monkeys
5. Who're all watching the meeting? _____.
A. A tiger , a baby horse and some cats
B. A fox, a baby panda and some little birds
C. Polly, an elephant and some fish
D. A monkey, a baby cat and some birds

     A man was travelling abroad in a small red car．One day he left the car and went shopping.When he
came back, its roof was badly damaged(损害)．Some boys told him that  an  elephan t had damaged it．
The man did not believe them, but they took him to a circus(马戏团)which was near  there．The owner
of the elephant said, "I am very sorry! My elephant has a big, round, red chair．He thought that your car was his chair, and he sat on it!"
     Then he gave the man a letter,  in which he said that  he was sorry and  that he  would  pay  for all the
damage．
     When the man got back to  his  own country,  the customs officers(海关人员) would not believe his
story．They said, "You sold your new car while you were abroad and bought this old one!"
     It was only when the man showed them the letter from the circus man that believed him．

1．A man was travelling abroad ________．

A．in a big bus   
B．in a green jeep
C．in a red car    
D．in a red taxi

2．The car was damaged because _________．

A．there was a traffic accident        
B．the circus man broke it
C．it rushed into a shop             
D．the elephant sat on it

3．The circus man said that ______．

A．he would pay for part of the damage
B．he would pay for all of the damage
C．he wouldn't pay for the damage
D．he would buy him a new car

4．When the man got back to his country, the customs officers _______．

A．would check his new car          
B．only checked his car
C．searched him      
D．wouldn't believe what he had said

5．It was only ___________ that made the officers believe him．

A．the letter from the circus man    
B．a newspaper from the country
C．the certificate of his              
D．the letter from the government

      There was once a man called Mr. Flowers, and flowers were his only
joy in life. He spent all his free time in one of his four glass-houses and
grew flowers of every color, with long and difficult names, for
competitions (比赛). He tried to grow a rose of a new color to win the
silver cup (银杯) for the Rose of the Year.
Mr. Flowers' glass-houses were very near to a middle school. Boys of
around thirteen of age were often tempted (引诱) to throw a stone or two
at one of Mr. Flowers' glass-houses. So Mr. Flowers did his best to be in
or near his glass-houses at the beginning and end of the school day.
     But it was not always possible to be on watch at those times. Mr.
Flowers had tried in many ways to protect his glass, but nothing that he
had done had been useful. He had been to school to report to the
headmaster; but this had not done any good. He had tried to drive away
the boys that threw stones into his garden; but the boys could run faster
than he could, and they laughed at him from far away. Hehad even picked
up all the stones that he could find around his garden, so that the boys
would have nothing to throw; but they soon found others.
     At last Mr. Flowers had a good idea. He put up a large notice (布告)
made of good, strong wood, some meters away from the glass-houses. On
it he had written the words: DO NOT THROW STONES AT THIS
NOTICE. After this, Mr. Flowers had no further trouble; the boys were
much more tempted to throw stones at the notice than at the glass-houses.

1.It was Mr. Flowers' hope to ________.

A.build glass-houses in his free time
B.grow the Rose of the Year in a silver cup
C.win a silver cup for growing a rose of a new color
D.grow a rose with the longest name

2.Boys were often tempted to ________.

A.throw stones at Mr. Flowers' glass-house
B.throw stones at Mr. Flowers from their school
C.be in or near by Mr. Flowers' glass-houses
D.play with Mr. Flowers near his glass-houses

3.Mr. Flowers stayed in or near by his glass-houses _______.

A.at times when school-boys were walking near them
B.all the school day when there were no boys about
C.where he could not be seen by the boys passing
D.in his free time at the beginning and end of the school day

4.Mr. Flowers had tried to ______ to protect his glass.

A. be on watch in his free time
B. ask the headmaster for help
C. pick up all the stones around his garden
D. do all the above

5.Mr. Flowers' good idea was to ______.

A.write some words on the glass
B.put up a large notice to cover his glass-houses
C.give the boys something else to throw stones at
D.send for policemen

     When Mr David retired,  he bought a small house in a village near the sea. He liked it and hoped to live a quiet life in it.  But to his surprise,  many visitors came to see his house in summer holidays, for it was the most interesting building in the village.  From morning to night,  there were visitors outside the house. They
kept looking into the rooms through the windows and many of them even went into the house. He decided to drive the visitors away.  So he put a notice on the window.  The notice said," lf you want to satisfy your
curiosity(好奇心),come m and look around.   Price:  twenty dollars. "  Mr David was sure that the visitors
would stop coming,  but he was wrong.  More and more visitors came and Mr David had to spend every
day showing them around his house. "I came here to retire, not to work as a guide," he said angrily. In the end, he sold the house and moved away.

1. Mr David's house was _________ that many visitors came to see it.

A. so small
B. so quiet
C. so interesting
D. such interesting

2. Mr David put a notice on the window in order

A. to drive the visitors away_________.
B. to satisfy the visitors' curiosity
C. to let visitors come in and look around
D. to get some money out of the visitors

3. The notice made the visitors__________.

A. more interested in his house
B. lose interest in his house
C. angry at the unfair price
D. feel happy about the price

4. After Mr David put up the notice___________.

A. the visitors didn't come any more
B. fewer and fewer visitors came to see his house
C. more and more visitors came for a visit
D. no visitor would pay for a visit

5. At last he had to sell his house and move away because___________.

A. he did not like it at all
B. he could not work as a guide
C. he made enough money and wanted to buy an expensive house
D. he could not live a quiet life in it

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

    This story happened four years ago. Tom was seven years old then. He was a good boy. He was one of the best pupils in his class. But he could not get up early. He often slept until eight or nine o'clock in the
morning. So he was often late for school.
     Tom's mother didn't want him to be late for school. So she bought him a clock. She said to Tom, You
must get up when you hear the clock ring. " " Yes, Mum," said Tom. After that Tom got up at six thirty
when he heard the clock ring.
     One day his mother forgot. to make the clock ring at the usual time. And the next morning Tom didn't
get up at six thirty. It was time for breakfast. Mother went to see him. Tom was still in bed and his eyes
  were open.
      " Why didn't you get up?" Mother was angry.
      " You told me to get up when I heard the clock ring. So I am waiting for the bell. Mum, is the clock
 still sleeping? " Tom asked.

1. How old was Tom when the story happened? 

A. Ten.          
B. Nine.
C. Seven.        
D. Six.

2. Tom's mother bought him a clock, because__________.

A. she liked it
B. Tom liked it
C. she didn't want Tom to be late tor school
D. both she and Tom liked it

3. What time did Tom usually get up after he had the clock?

A. 7:00.  
B. 6:30.  
C. 6:00.  
D. 7:30.

4. What happened to Tom one day when the clock didn't ring? 

A. He got up late.
B. He got up early.
C. He didn't get up all the morning.
D. He didn't get up late.

5. Tom still stayed in bed to wait for___________ . 

A. the bell          
B. the breakfast
C. his mother        
D. his father

  One morning in London, the weather was very cold, and many people cought a cold. They had to
see a doctor, so there were many people in the doctor's waiting-room. At the head of' the line was
an old woman. The woman did not live in London. She lived in the country. She came here to visit
her daughter. She wanted to see the doctor because she got a bad cold and coughed day and night.  
"If I get there early, I can see the doctor quickly," she thought. So she was the first in the line. She
sat nearest to the doctor's door. An American came into the waiting-room, and walked quickly to
the doctor's door. The old woman thought he was a queue jumper. She stood up and took his arm
slowly, she said, "We were all here before you. You must wait for your turn. Do you understand?"
The American answered." No, Madam. You don't understand! You are all after me! I'm the doctor!"

1.________ were there in the doctor's waiting-room.

A. A few people  
B. A lot of people
C. Few people    
D. Nobody        

2. The woman came __________ .  

A. from the country              
B. from another country          
C. from a factory                
D. from the city                

3. The old woman was the first in the line so that she could_________.

A. spend less time                                                    
B. spend less money                                                    
C. see the doctor quickly                                              
D. have a talk with the doctor                                        

4. The doctor came from ___________.                      

A. England                          
B. Scotland                        
C. America                          
D. London  

5. Which sentence is RICHT?          

A. The American saw the doctor first.
B. The woman came very late.          
C. The American was a queue jumper.  
D. The old woman came earliest of all.

     Two men were sick in hospital.  They  were in the same room.  One man could sit up on his bed for an
hour each afternoon.  His bed  was next to the room's only window.  The other man had to spend all of his
time lying in bed. Every afternoon when the man by the window sat up, he would describe to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window. "There is a lovely lake in the park.
      Ducks and swans are playing on the  water while  children are sailing  their model boats. Young lovers
are walking arm in arm around flowers of every color. " As the man described all these, the other man lying on the bed would close his eyes and imagine the beautiful scene.
      Days and weeks passed, One morning, the man by the window died. Then the other man  moved to
the bed by the window. He took his first look at the real world outside. He tried his best to find the
beautiful scene, but it was just a blank wall! The man asked the nurse   why his roommate had  described
such wonderful things outside this window. The nurse told the man his roommate was blind and could not
even see the wall.

1. How many windows were there in the room?

A. Only one.          
B. Two.
C. None.              
D. We don't know.

2. What did the man by the window do when he sat up?  

A. He enjoyed the beautiful things outside the window.
B.  He kept quiet because of illness.
C. He described to his roommate the beautiful things.
D. He played games with his roommate.

3. In the real world, there was/were outside the window.

 A. just a blank wall
 B. a park with a lovely lake
 C. many children
 D. many young lovers       

4. The underlined word "blind" in the last paragraph means "___________" in Chinese.

A.黑的
B.瞎的
C.盲目的
D.借口

5. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. The man by the window couldn't see anything.
B. The other man wasn't a blind man.
C. The man by the window died in the room.
D. There was a park outside the window.