A Frenchman wants to eat eggs in a restaurant. But he doesn't know how to say eggs in English. He
thinks and thinks. Then he sees a book with a picture of a hen on the table. He asks the waiter in the
restaurant. "What's the English for a hen'S child?" The waiter says,"It's a chicken." Then the Frenchman
asks "What's a chicken before it's born?" "It's an egg," says the waiter. "That's right. I'd like four eggs,
please."

1. The Frenchman _______ English.

A．can speak
B．can't speak
C．doesn't know
D．can speak a little

2. The Frenchman wants to have _______.

3.              helps the Frenchman get the eggs to eat.

A．Waitress
B．A Waiter
C．A hen
D．Nobody

4. A hen's child is _______.

A．an egg
B．a little hen
C．a hen
D．a boy

A．The Frenchman likes books.
B．The Frenchman's English is good.
C．I think the Frenchman is clever.
D．I think the Frenchman is foolish (愚蠢的).

      On a Friday night, a poor young violinist (小提琴家) was playing his violin at the entrance of the subway
station. The music was so great that people slowed down to listen and put some money into his hat.
     The next day, the violinist came to the entrance again. He put down his hat as usual. Beside the hat was a
piece of paper with some words on it. It said, "A George Sang has put an important thing into my hat by mistake. Welcome to claim (认领) it." Soon the people were all attracted by the words and wondered what it could be.
After a while a man rushed through the crowd, took the violinist's shoulders and said, "I knew you would
certainly come here." The violinist asked, "Did you lose something?" "Lottery (彩票)." The violinist took out a
lottery ticket with Sang's name on it and danced happily.
     Sang was an office worker. He bought the lottery and won a prize of ＄500,000.But when he gave ＄50
to the violinist for his wonderful music, the lottery ticket was thrown in, too. The violinist was a college
student. That morning, he was going to fly to Vienna for high-education. However, when he found the ticket,
he cancelled the flight and retuned to the entrance.
      Later someone asked the violinist why he didn't take the lottery ticket to pay the tuition fee (学费). He said
"Although I don't have much money, I live happily. If I lose honesty, I won't be happy forever."

1. The young man played the violin for ______ at the entrance.

A. pleasure
B. money
C. love
D. friends

2. George Sang put ______ into the violinist's hat on a Friday night.

A. money
B. lottery
C. money and lottery
D. nothing

3. George Sang was very ______ to see the young violinist the next day.

A. worried
B. sorry
C. sad
D. happy

4. The underlined word "cancelled" means ______.

A. 取消
B. 延误
C. 预定
D. 结束

5. What's the best title (标题) for this passage?

A. The meaning of honesty
B. An office worker and a lottery ticket
C. The importance of being honest
D. A violinist and an office worker

     Morison and Philip were classmates. They lived in the same town. After they left school, Morison became
the manager (经理) of a flower shop and Philip became a doctor in a hospital.
     Philip made a girlfriend. He bought a red rose for her each day to show his love, The flowers made her
very happy. Sometimes he took the rose to her himself. But when he was busy in the hospital, he asked
Morison to give the rose to her instead of him.
     One afternoon, Philip came into the flower shop and said to Morison."I'll go to another town to work today.
I have no time to give the letter and the flowers to my girlfriend. Please give her the letter and twenty-four
roses."
     In the evening, when Morison was closing the door of the shop, Philip came."Morison, how many roses
did you give my girlfriend this morning?" asked Philip angrily.
     "I gave her thirty," answered Morison.
     "Why did you do that?" asked Philip.
     "I thought you often bought roses for her in my shop. I want to give her six roses as the gifts (赠品). Six is
a good number, you know," said Morison.
     "How foolish you are!" He threw his letter on the table." Read it!"
     Morison picked it up and began to read: 
      Dear Mimi,
     I love you very much. Today is your birthday. Please accept my present-some roses, One rose is a year.
And the roses are your age.
                                                                                                                                    Yours,
                                                                                                                                      Philip
     "She returned them to me,"eried Philip,"you must go and explain it to her."

根据短文内容判断正、误. (注意:市区考生将答题卡相应位置涂黑,正确的涂"A",错误的涂"B",
县(市)考生将答案填写在题前括号内,正确的填"A",错误的填"B")
(     )1 .Philip and Morison had different jobs after school.
(     )2. Mimi never accepted Philip's flowers.
(     )3. Philip couldn't send flowers to Mimi himself on her birthday because he was ill.
(     )4. Mimi was happy to get six more roses from Philip.
(     )5. From the passage we know that Mimi was 24 years old at that time.

     When Kyle walked into Ernie's Pet World, he looked very anxious. The shop owner, Ernie, jumped out
of his seat to greet Kyle. He was the shop's first customer of the day.
     "Good morning, sir!" Ernie said, "What can I help you with?"
      "Well, I……" Kyle started to say.
     "Wait, don't tell me," Ernie stopped him. "You're looking for a…a little dog… for your daughter's birthday,
Right?"
     "Not really, I just…"
      Ernie didn't let him finish."Ah, I've got it, You just moved to a new office, and you want some fish for it,
I have some very nice fish bowls over here."
      "In fact, I…"Kyle was starting to look very nervous and strange.
      "No fish? Ah, a cat! You look like a cat person. At Ernie's Pet World, we have the best cats. Take a look
at this lovely one with long, white hair, She's looking at you. She's thinking, 'Take me home. Take me home.
'Would you like some cat food and toys, too?" .
     By this time, he was walking up and down. He had a terrible look on his face. "Really, I'm not interested in
cats or fish or little dogs."
     "What do you want, then?" Ernie asked.
     Kyle looked like he was going to cry. "I just want to know if can use your toilet!" he said at last.

1. Which is TRUE about Ernie's Pet World?

A. It has many workers.
B. Kyle goes there often.
C. It sells school things.
D. Ernie is the owner of the shop.

2. What kind of person is Ernie?

A. Very lazy.
B. Rather shy.
C. Over warm-hearted.
D. Not friendly.

3. Kyle went into the Ernie's Pet World to ______.

A. buy a little dog
B. take fish home
C. meet the shop owner
D. look for a washroom

4. What does the underlined word "anxious" mean in Chinese?

A. 焦急的
B. 兴奋的
C. 生气的
D. 失望的

5. What is the best title of the story?

A. Kyle and Ernie
B. Pet or Toilet
C. A Pet Lover
D. A Busy Pet Shop

     HongZhanhui is a 23-year-old college student. He has raised an abandoned (被遗弃的) child for 11years.
This story moved millions of Chinese people. Hong was born in a small village in Henan Province. When he
was 12, his father suddenly went crazy (疯狂的,古怪的) and killed his lovely sister.
     Hong was very sad. He missed his sister very much. Then the family adopted (收养) a baby girl called
Chenchen.
     The illness of Hong's father became worse and worse, He often hit his wife. Later, Hong's mother ran away
from home. Hong had to support the family and bring up Chenchen by himself.
      In 1998, Hong entered Xihua No.Senior High School, about 20 kilometres from his home. Hong took
Chenchen along with him. He never talked to others about his hard life. He put his part-time into many things:
working to get money, looking after his adopted sister, and sending medicine home for his father. He sold,
pens, books, tapeds and phone cards after school."Many people looked down on me for that,"Hong said,"But I
didn't care."
      In 2003 Hong entered Hunan huaihua College. Hong sent Chenchen, now 12, to a primary school in Hunan with the money he got. When Hong's story became public, many people wanted to gave him money. But Hong
refused.
     "Poverty(贫穷、贫困)and suffering (苦难) should not be an excuse for begging sympathy (同情) and help
from society,"said Hong."I think it is most important for a man to support himself and be strong."
     What a self-supporting man he is! We should learn from him all.

1. Why did the family adopt the baby girl called Chenchen?

A. Because Hong's mother killed her daughter.
B. Because Hong's father went crazy.
C. Because Hong's father killed his little daughter and Hong was very sad.
D. Because Hong was a college student. And he had much money.

2. Why did Hong have to support the family and bring up Chenchen by himself?

A. Because his mother was dead and his father went crazy.
B. Because his mother ran away and his father went crazy.
C. Because his family was very poor.
D. Because his father went out to work.

3. What did Hong do when he was a Senior High School student?

A. He worked to get money, looked after his sister and bought his father some medcine.
B. He looked down on others, looked after his adopted sister.
C. He talked to others about his life, sold tapes and phone cards.
D. He watched TV, played games and sold books.

4. Hong refused other people's help because _____.

A. He had much money
B. Hong wanted to deal with his own problems by himself
C. Hong wanted to be known by others
D. Hong lived a poor and helpless life

5. The arricle tells us _____.

A. we should know how to earn (赚得、挣得) money
B. how a young man supported a poor family and entered college
C. poverty and suffering could sometimes be useful
D. college students could adopt children

     To welcome the Olympics in 2008 in Beijing, many old people begin to learn English now.
     Grandma Han Ye is 75 years old. She 1._____ (read) English sentences aloud every day. Now she 2._____
(learn) about 30 phrases.
     Han is too old to go to school. Her teachers are some Junior 2 students from Zhongshan Middle School in
Shanghai. They began helping the old people study English, one-to-one, in May. The old people 3._____ (hope)
to use English during the Olympics in 2008.
     Han has never learned English before, so she has to begin with ABC. And she often 4._____ (forget) what
she had learnt. So her little teacher, Lingling, has to say a word five or six times and also tells her how
 5. _____ (use) it. Grandma works hard and now she 6._____ (talk) with her grandson at primary school in
English.
      Many old people take the English notes with them while they 7._____ (do) the housework. They read the
notes again the again in order to make the sentences correctly. Next month, Han and some old people 8._____
(fly)to Beijing to spend their holidays and to practise their spoken English.
     Grandma's spirit(精神) makes us work harder and harder for our country.

     I've loved my mother's desk since I was just tall enough to sit above the top of is mother sat wriging
letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens, and white paper, I decided that the act of writing
must be a most be a most wonderful thing in the world.
     Years later, during her final illness, mother kept different things for my sister and brother."But the desk,"
she said again "is for Elizabeth."
      I never saw her angry, never saw her cry. I knew she loved me; she showed it action. But as a young
girl. I wanted to have heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter.
     They never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was "too emotional (易动感的)". But she lived "on
the surface (表面)".
     As years passed and I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I
wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive me.
     My hope turned to disappointment, then little interest and, finally, peace-it seemed that nothing happened.
I couldn't be sure that the letter had even got to mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I could stop
trying to make her into someone she was not.
     But the present of her desk told me, as she'd never been able to, that she was pleased that writing was
my chosen work. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside-a photo of my father and a
one-page letter, folded and refolded many times. It was my letter.
     "In any way you choose, mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words."

1. The writer began to love her mother's desk ______.

A. after Mother died
B. before she became a writer
C. when she was a child
D. when mother gave it to her

2. The passage shows that ______ mother was cold on the surface but kind in her heart to her daughter

A. Mother was too serious about her daughter in words
B. Mother wrote to her daughter in careful words
C. Mother wrote to her daughter in careful words

3. The word "gulf" in the passage means ______ deep understanding between the old the young

A. different ideas between mother and daughter
B. free talks between mother and daughter
C. part of the sea going far in land

4. What did Mother do with her daughter's letter asking for forgiveness?

A. She had never received the letter.
B. For years, she often talked about the letter.
C. She didn't forgive her daughter at all in all her life.
D. She read the letter again and again till she died.

5. What's best title of the passage?

A. My Letter to Mother
B. Mother and Children
C. My Mother's Desk
D. Talks between Mother and me