Kate's grandpa was very rich and had some shops. The old man began to learn drawing when he was sixty, and he
loved it very much. For twelve years he drew a lot and there were many pictures in his workroom. He was satisfied with
them and kept them well.One day the old man was ill.He had to be in hospital. Before he died, he said to Kate,"I want to give my pictures to a school as presents. Then the students will remember me forever. But I don't know which school . I'm going to give to. Can you help me?""Well," said the little girl."You'd better give them to a blind school."

1.Kate’s grandpa was         .

A. an owner of shops
B. a teacher
C. a farmer
D. a driver

2.The old man tried his best to be         .

A. an artist
B. a doctor
C. a teacher
D. a shop assistant

3.The old man loved          very much.

A. reading
B. writing
C. swimming
D. drawing

4.When the old man died, he was         .

A. sixty
B. seventy
C. seventy-two
D. seventy-three

5.Kate thought her grandpa’s pictures were         .

A. good
B. bad
C. beautiful
D. nice

      A man walked into a doctor's examining room. "Put out your tongue," the doctor said. The man put
out his tongue,and the doctor looked at it quickly.
      "OK,you can put your tongue back now, " the doctor said. " It's clear what's wrong with you. You
need more exercise .
      " But , doctor, "  the man said. "I don't think. . . "
      " Don't tell me what you think , "  the doctor said. "I am the doctor, not you. I know what you need.
I see hundreds of people like you. None of them get any exercise. They sit in offices all day and in front
of the TV in the evening. What you need is to walk quickly for at least 20 minutes a day. "
     "Doctor, you don't understand," the patient said."I…
     "I don't want to hear any excuse, " the doctor said. "You must find time for exercise. If you don't,you
will get fat and have health problems when you are older. "
      " But I walk every day, "  the patient said.
      " Oh,yes, and I know that. You walk a few feet from your house to your office, or a few more feet
from your office to a restaurant , etc. That is not real walking. I'm talking about a walk in 'the park for
twenty minutes every day. "
      " Will you listen to me, doctor! " the patient shouted,getting angry with the doctor who thought he
knew everything. "l'm a postman, "  the patient went on. " And I walk for seven hours every day ! "
       For a moment the doctor was silent, then he said quietly , " Put yourtongue out again , will you ?"

1. At first the doctor asked the man_____________ .

A. to walk to work
B. to take some medicine
C. to show his tongue
D. to see other doctors

2. The doctor would not _________.     

A. tell the patient to take exercise
B. let the patient say what he thought
C. look at the man's tongue
D. let the patient watch TV

3. The doctor told the patient that he _________. 

A. should get more exercise
B. should stop making excuses
C. should watch more TV
D. was already too fat

4. The patient was very ___________when the doctor told him what he should do over and over again. 

A. angry                    
B. happy
C. interested                
D. tired

5. The doctor ________.

A. gave him some good advice
B. walked seven hours a day
C. was really a postman
D. knew that he was wrong at last

Dear Zhang Lin ,
    How's it going? I    1    ( have ) some problems at school. I find it difficult to work in the evening and I can't concentrate on anything at the moment. I spend most of my time   2   ( listen) to records or watching TV instead of doing my homework. The other students in my class __3   ( be ) much better than me. I have the following problems as well.I can't always take down the important things my teacher   4   (say) , because I write too slowly. She   5   ( tell ) me that I'm falling behind my class mates in my studies. I'm not good at  _6   ( write )and I usually hand in my homework late because I won't do it until the last minute. So I often have to find different excuses _7   ( let ) my teacher know why I haven't done the homework. I'm sure I _8   ( get) through my final exam in January.I'm now so far behind the other students that I don't know how I can   9    ( catch ) up with them.Last week, when my teacher _10   ( help ) me with my homework , she. found so many mistakes , which made me more upset.
    Could you please give me some good suggestions?
                                                                                                                                      Yours ,
                                                                                                                                           Wei Hua

      Peter was a small boy. He lived with his parents in a small house near some hills. The people there
were all poor. One night it was very dry and windy. When everybody was asleep, Peter suddenly heard
some noise. It came out from the kitchen (厨房). He got up and walked to the kitchen. He found that the wood beside the stove (火炉)  was burning. There was no water tap (水龙头) in the house,so he could
not put out (扑灭) the fire. He shouted loudly to wake up everyone in the house. Then he ran out of his
house and knocked on the doors of many houses to wake the people up. They all left their houses quickly.At last the fire was put out by the firemen. Many houses were hurt. But nobody was hurt in the fire.

1. Peter lived with his_____.      

A. sisters                  
B. brothers
C. uncles                  
D. parents

2. One night he found that_____beside the stove was burning.      

A. the table              
B. the wood
C. the door                
D. the window