On June 30, 2009, a Yemenia airplane from Paris to Comoros, Africa, crashed into the Indian Ocean.
There were 153 people on the plane, including some French officials. Though people have been searching
since the plane went down, the result looked unpleasant, for most of the passengers might be in bad luck.
     But a 13-year-old girl called Bahia Bakari was discovered in the water, where she had been staying afloat
(漂浮的) by holding a piece of wreckage (残骸) from the plane tightly fo over 13 hours. When they found
her, the girl was too weak to catch he lifebuoy (救生圈) thrown to her, instead, a Comoran police officer,
said Abdilai, jumped into the water to pull the child onto the boat.
     Bahia Bakari was injured, especially her collarbone (锁骨) her father was pleased to see his daughter
although his wife had gone away in this tragedy. He said that his daughter could hardly swim. It was really
a miracle for her to escape in this way. In her daddy's warm arms, the girl could soon remember what she
had experienced."I was thrown out of the plane and then I saw the plane fall into the water. Next I found
myself in the water. I couldn't swim very well and I caught something but I didn't know what is was," said
the girl.
     "She is really a lucky young girl," said Alain Joyandet, France's minister for International Cooperation.

1. The Yemenia airplane took off in _________.

A. Africa
B. Paris
C. Comoros
D. the Indian Ocean

2. What does the underlined word "tragedy" mean in the passage?

A. 救援
B. 车祸
C. 闹剧
D. 灾难

3. Bahia Bakari had been staying in the water for more than _________.

A. a day
B. half a day
C. a week
D. half a week

4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Bahia Bakari was saved by the lifebuoy
B. Bahia Bakari's father saved his daughter
C. Bahia Bakari's mother died in the accident
D. Bahia Bakari could swim well, so se escaped

5. What's the best title for the passage?

A. A lucky girl
B. A sad family
C. A broken plane
D. A brave police officer

     It was Mother's Day. A man stopped his car at a flower shop to order some flowers. He wanted the
shopkeeper to send the flowers to his mother, who lived two hundred miles away.
     As he got out of his car, he found a young girl sitting on the road crying.
     He asked her what was wrong and she replied, "I want to buy a red rose for my mother, but I only
have seventy-five cents. A rose costs two dollars."
     The man smiled and said, "Come into the shop with me, and I'll buy you a rose."
     He bought the little girl her rose and ordered his own mother's flowers. As they were leaving, he offered
to drive the girl home. She said, "Yes, please! You can take me to my mother." She brought him to a
cemetery (墓地), where she placed the rose on the grave.
     The man was moved. He returned to the flower shop, picked up the flowers he ordered, and drove two
hundred miles to his mother's house.
     Today is the day for your mother. Send a flower to your kind and beautiful mother.

1. After the man bought the girl a rose, they went to _____ together.

A. the cemetery
B. his shop
C. the girl's home
D. his mother's house

2. We can learn from the passage that _____.

A. the girl loved flowers very much
B. the girl loved her mother very much
C. the shopkeeper sent the flowers to the man's mother
D. the man drove to his mother's house to look after her

     We can't live without love and we know what love is, but we don't say only humans know what love is.
Yes, it's impossible for animals to do some things because of their physical body. However, sometimes some
of them might be able to show us the love that we have forgotten on our "busy road", just like the following
story.
     A dog, was knocked down by a car and died in the middle of the road. Later, another dog ran beside the
body of the dead dog and he tried to wake his friend up using his legs. When his effort to wake up his friend
failed, he tried to push his friend to the roadside. But his friend was too heavy for him to push.
     Though traffic was busy and dangerous, he wouldn't want to go away from his friend, just standing
beside his friend shouting and crying.
     A lot of people saw this story and were very touched (感动的). Even a dog can show his loyalty (忠诚)
and love to his friend, what can our humans do?

1. The dog died because _______.

A. it was badly ill
B. it was knocked down by a car
C. it was too old
D. it fought against other dogs

2. The other dog saw it lying in the middle of the road and it wanted to _______ first.

A. wake his friend up
B. push his friend to the roadside
C. catch up with the car
D. stop the traffic

3. We learn _______ from the passage.

A. the car driver is too cruel
B. animals can also show love
C. the two dogs are brothers
D. friends are the best in the world

     Liao Xiaoyi is a pioneer environmental protection (环保事业倡导者) in china. She is regarded as a
daughter of the earth. Why?
     Liao Xiaoyi is the founder of the Global Village of Beijing. This organization has been working to help
Chinese people know more about environmental issues (议题) since 1996.
    20 years ago, Liao Xiaoyi got interested in and began working on environmental issues."In China, there
is lots of water and air pollution. Many animals and plants are disappearing. But lots of people didn't ①care
about these problems," she said.
     After that, she began making TV programs, writing articles to let people ②__________ environmental
issues. The society appreciated (认可) Liao's hard work. In 2006, she was chosen as one of the year's eight
Green Chinese Figures (绿色中国年度人物). Last year she became an environmental adviser (顾问) for the
2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
     "I'm a daughter of the earth. ③I am just doing what I should do," Liao said.
     What should we learn from her?

1. 根据文章意思，完成下列句子：
     The Global Village of Beijing is an organization that can ______________.
2. 文中①画线的词组的意思是：______________.
3. 从文章中找出一个恰当的词组填在文章的②空白处，使句子完整。
    After that, she began making TV programs, writing articles to let people ______________
    environmental issues.
4. 将文中③画线的句子译成汉语。 ______________
5. Why is Liao Xiaoyi regarded as a daughter of the earth?
    _______________________________________________________________

     The doctor handed me my medicine and said sorry to me because his register (收银机) had already
closed. He asked if I would mind using the register at the front of the store. I told him not to worry and
walked up front. One person was in line ahead of me, a little girl no more than seven with a bottle of medicine
on the counter (柜台). She held a little green and white coin purse closely to her chest (胸口).
     The purse reminded me of the days when, as a child, I liked dressing myself up in my grandma's clothes.
One day, wearing her large clothes and hat, I went out to buy something. I gave a fake (假的) dollar to the
shop owner, but he handed back some real coins for my purse."Keep the change!" he told me with a smile.
     Now, with both hands shaking, the little girl pulled out a dollar bill and some coins for her medicine. As
she tried to count her money, I could see right away that she was about a dollar short. Quickly, I put a dollar
bill onto the counter. The child collected her change into her coin purse and ran out.
     As I walked to my car, I felt a tug (用力拉) on my shirt. There was the girl, looking up at me with her
big brown eyes. She gave me a smile, and put out her little hand. It was full of coins. "Thank you," she said.
     "That's OK," I answered, smiling. "Just keep the change!"

1. The doctor said sorry to the writer because ________.

A. his register had broken down
B. his register had closed
C. he was busy
D. he had used up his medicine

2. Which of the following statements about the little girl is Not true according to the passage?

A. She was careful.
B. She didn't have enough money for the medicine.
C. She was kind.
D. She returned the dollar to the writer.

3. The writer helped the girl because ________.

A. the girl had no money
B. the girl wanted to use some fake money
C. the girl made the writer think of her own childhood
D. the writer was very rich

4. What does the underlined word "short" mean?

A. 矮的
B. 短的
C. 不足的
D. 短缺的

5. The writer told the girl to keep the change because ________.

A. the writer didn't need it
B. the writer wanted to pass on love
C. the writer was in a hurry
D. the writer didn't like coins

        A young man could not sleep well every night. He was very worried. One day, he went to see the doctor.
The doctor looked him over carefully. But there was nothing wrong with him. The doctor told him to count
from one to ten again and again. "Keep doing it until you fall asleep," the doctor said. 
        After a few days, the young man came to the doctor again. But to his surprise, the doctor r found the
young man was even worse than before. 
       "Didn't you count as I told you?" the doctor asked. 
       "Yes, I did," the young man said, "But every time when I reached eight, I could not help jumping (情不自禁
地跳起来) from bed."
        "But why?" the doctor wanted to know. The young man answered, "I am a boxer (拳击运动员)."
1.Why did the young man have to go to see the doctor?
   ____________________________________________
2.Was there anything wrong with the young man? 
   _______________________________________
3.What did the doctor tell the young man to do?
   _____________________________________
4.Why did the young man come to see the doctor again?
   ____________________________________________
5.Why could the young man not help jumping from bed when he reached eight?
    _______________________________________________________________

     I like fishing. Every Sunday I get up early and ride a bike to a river.
     This morning my wife wants to go with me. We go by car first and then walk to the river. After we
get there, we sit down and I start to fish. In two hours (两个小时后), I catch nothing.
     "All right, Let me have a try." she says. She catches six big fish in half an hour. "I'll go home and I'm
going to cook them for lunch. You can take the bus home," she says.
     I stay by the river but catch only an old shoe. I feel a little angry with myself. Who is the fisherman in
the family? My wife or I?

1. Every Sunday the man goes fishing _______.

A. by car
B. by bike
C. by boat 
D. by bus

2. His wife watches him fish by the river _______.

A. for two hours
B. for two and a half hours
C. for half an hour
D. all day

3. Why does the wife want to go fishing with her husband?

A. Because she wants to eat fish.
B. Because she likes fishing very much.
C. Because she is good at fishing.
D. We don't know.

4. The man goes back home with _______.

A. six big fish
B. an old bike
C. only a small fish
D. nothing

5. What do you think of the man?

A. happy
B. angry
C. excited
D. relaxed