Last weeken, when Jack was walking in the park, he saw a woman, who lived a few miles away, sitting
on a bench with a dog beside her. The dog was looking up at the woman.
      Jack walked up to the woman and said, "Hello, Sue, how are you? May I sit and talk with you for a while?"

     "Of course, Please sit down", Sue said.
     Jack sat down next to Sue on the bench, and they talked quietly together.The dog continued to look up at
Sue, as if waiting to be fed. "That's a nice dog, isn't it he?" Jack said, pointing at the animal.
      "Yes, he is. He's handsome. He's a bit of a mixture, but that's not a bad thing. He's strong and healthy."
      "And hungry," Jack said, "He hasn't taken his eyes off you. He thinks you've got some food for him."
      "That's true," Sue said, "But I haven't." 
      They both laughed and then Jack said, "Does your dog bite?"
      "No," Sue said, "He's never bitten anyone. He's always gentle and friendly."
      Hearing this, Jack decided to hold out his hand and touched the animal's head. Suddenly it jumped up and
bit him.
      "Hey!" Jack shouted. "You said your dog didn't bite."
     Sue replied in surprise. "Yeah, I did. But this is not my dog. My dog's at home."

1. Jack and Sue were ______.

A. friends
B. next-door neighbours
C. strangers

2. The dog looked at the woman because ______.

A. the woman wanted to feed him
B. the woman was friendly
C. it was hungry

3. Jack touched to dog because he believed ______.

A. the dog was handsome
B. Sue's dog was unfriendly
C. the dog belonged to Sue

4. Do Sue's dog bite?

A. Yes, it does.
B. No, it doesn't.
C. We don't know.

5. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

A. A Wrong Question
B. Sue's Dog
C. A Pleasant Meeting

     One day two young men went to the forest. On the way, one said (1)t_____ the other, "We're (2)g_____
friends. We must help each (3)o_____." "All right!" the other one answered. After a short (4)t_____, there
was a great noise. It was a big bear. The two men ran (5)a_____ quickly. One of them got up into a tree.
The other was fat and couldn't (6)c_____ up. He threw himself at the foot of the tree. The bear came near.
It looked at the fat man, put (7)i_____ nose down and smelt him. It thought the young man was dead, so it
walked away. The man in the tree came down. He asked his friend, "The bear put its mouth so near to your
ear. (8)W_____ did it say to you?" The fat young man answered, "the bear said, 'A friend in need is a friend
indeed.'"

     Ron loved basketball. One afternoon on his way to a basketball game, he was walking and dreaming about
playing college basketball the following year. As Ron was walking to the game, a car hit him so hard that he
was thrown three feet into the air.
     Ron woke up in a hospital room. When he learned that both his legs were broken, he realized his college
basketball dreams were over. Ron did what the doctors told him, but his progress was slow. When he left the
hospital, Ron was sent to a health center for physical treatment.
     A week after he arrived there, he met Sunny. Sunny was a coach．His legs were hurt paralysed (瘫痪的)
from a skiing accident. Even though he couldn't move his legs, Sunny coached of a basketball team called the
Suns. Everybody on the team played from a wheelchair. Sunny invited Ron to join the game. Ron played
badly, but for the first time since the accident, he stopped feeling sorry for himself.
     After becoming a part of the Suns, Ron improved quickly. Basketball was like medicine for him. And
whenever Ron became depressed or angry, Sunny was there to encourage and help him. The day before Ron
left the center, he had dinner with Sunny. He asked Sunny how he managed to be generous and cheerful, even
with his paralysis.
     Sunny smiled and said, "It's really quite easy. When you keep your face to the sun, the shadows (阴影) fall
behind."

1. What happened to Ron on his way to a basketball game?

A. A car hit him.
B. He met his coach.
C. His doctor called him.
D. He fell down and cut his foot.

2. The underlined word "depressed" means _____ in Chinese.

A. 懒惰的
B. 好奇的
C. 沮丧的
D. 激动的

3. What is the most important thing we can learn from the story?

A. Basketball can teach people about life.
B. Keep smiling when you face difficulties.
C. Life is more difficult for the paralysed.
D. Skiing is more dangerous than basketball.

     There was a little dog in the street. He liked watching the children play. One day, he followed two children
home from school. Suddenly, he saw the children's house was on fire. He knew he needed to help them right
away. So he ran down the street to the fire station, barking all the way.
     When he arrived at the fire station,he saw the firemen leaving. He tried to run after them, but he could not
keep up. By the time he got back to the house, the street was filled with people. He looked for the children but
could not see them. He was very worried.
     The firemen worked very hard till the fire was out. A fireman named Jack noticed the little dog under a tree,
looking across the street at the burned house.
     Jack thought, "The dog could cheer up the kids." So he brought the little dog over to the children. The little
dog could not believe his eyes! The children were safe! He rushed to them. The children held the little dog and
felt a little better.

Fill in the blanks according to the passage.
     Only one word for each blank. A little dog and two children are good (1) _______. One day, he found the
children's house (2) _______ after the two children arrived home. At once he ran down to the fire station,
barking (3) _______ the street. When he (4) _______ back, he didn't find the children. He was so worried.
Just then a fireman, Jack, helped the (5) _______ dog find the children.

     A survey by baidu.com showed there were 16 million bloggers (写网络日志的人). Xu Jinglei was one
of the first famous people that the website sina.com. invited to open blogs.
     The web log written by Xu Jinglei is now the world's most popular. Xu, an actress-turned -director,
became famous overseas when she won a Best Director Award for the film. A Letter From an Unknown
Woman in 2004.
     Her blog has broken the domestic (国内的) record with more than 10 million visits.
     Xu updates (更新) her blog every other day. But if she feels very good she sometimes posts two or
three articles in a day.
     Visitors leave thousands of messages about each of her articles, praising (赞扬) her open, free writing
style, commenting (评论) on films.

1. Now Xu Jinglei's web log is _________.

A. broken by hacker
B. written by an unknown woman
C. the world's most popular
D. closed by government

2. How many visitors does Xu's blog have?

A. About 16 million.
B. About 36.82 million
C. 2004
D. over 10 million

3. _________ invited Xu Jinglei who was one of the first famous people to open blogs.

A. The website baidu.com
B. The website sina.com
C. The website Yahoo.com
D. The website blog.com

4. From the passage we know that _________.

A. a survey by baidu.com showed there were 16 million bloggers writing in English
B. Xu Jinglei was the only one that the website sina.com invited to open blogs
C. Xu Jinglei always posts one article in a day
D. Visitors leave lots of messages about her articles in her blogs

     My name is woof. You think that we have a great life, right? Wrong! I am going to tell you why.
     First of all, we are bored. Bored. bored. And bored. Do you ever think about what a dog does all day?
Nothing. Nothing at all. Our owners are busy, you know, working, going to school, away from home all day.
So what are we supposed to do? Watch the house or apartment? Sure. That is like watching paint dry or
grass grow. Boring. That's why we get so excited when our owners come home. We bark and run around
and act as if we are very happy. But we only do this because we are bored all day. If we are lucky, our owner
take us for a walk.
     Then there is the food. We eat the same food, meal after meal, day after day, week after week, month
after month. Help! Would you like to eat the same thing all the time? No, you would not. So what makes you
think we dogs like it? We don't. We hate it.
     Another thing-television.  Dogs hate television. Our owners watch these stupid programs, hour after hour,
night after night. Are there any programs for dogs on television? No. Not a single one.
      So what can we do? What else can we do but sleep? And so we sleep. We dogs are not lazy, we are
bored.

1. Woof may be a ______.

A. boy
B. girl
C. dog
D. cat

2. From the passage, we know that Woof ______.

A. lives a great life
B. is busy every day
C. likes the food very much
D. hates watching television

3. How many points does Woof complain about?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

     Once, there was a man whose name was Tom. He loved his wife very much. A special day was
coming. It was his wife's birthday. Tom decided to buy something for her.
     The next day he went home and said to his wife, "I bought something for you." "Thank you!" said his
wife happily. "What have you bought for me?" "I've bought a gold ring. Here it is." He took it out for his
wife to see. Carelessly, he dropped it onto the ground. He began to look for it on the ground, but it was
dark in the house and he could not see anything. Then he went out and began to look for it in the street.
     He looked and looked. After a while, a friend came along. "What's the matter with you?" asked his friend.
"I am looking for my ring. It was for my wife. But I lost it just now." said the poor man."Where did you
lose it?""I lost it in my house.""You lost your ring in your house, but you are looking for it in the street. How
foolish you are!" "Ah," said the man,"But it is dark in my house. I will never find it there. Anyhow, here in
the street, it is much brighter, I can see everything more clearly."
     My dear friend, do you think Tom could find his gold ring in the street?

1. Whom did Tom buy a ring for?

A. His son.
B. His mother.
C. His wife.

2. Where did Tom lose his ring?

A. In the street.
B. In his house.
C. At his friend's house.

3. The man looked for the ring in the street because _______.

A. he lost it in the street
B. it was much brighter
C. his friend came up

4. The friend thought the man was _______.

A. foolish
B. clever
C. good