Hundreds of years ago there lived a king in a small country. He liked swimming. When summer came,
he always went to another palace by a forest with his guards and returned to the capital in autumn.
    One afternoon the king went swimming in a river in the forest but he didn't tell others about it. He was
very happy when he swam in the water. After that he heard a great noise and saw a big bear coming at
him. He tried his best to run away. He ran and ran and at last he lost his way. He was hungry and tired
when he found an old house. There was an old farmer in it. "It's your king," he said to the old man. "I'm
hungry now. Bring me something to eat quickly!"
    The old man had nothing dear. He only had four eggs. The king ate them and felt better. "How much
must I pay you for that?"
    "Eighteen pounds."
    "How dear they are! Are eggs rare (稀有的) here?"
    "No," answered the old farmer. "We have only one king in our country!"

1. ______, he was happy.

[     ]

A. The river was beautiful
B. He was swimming in the water
C. The water was warm
D. The king could swim for a long time

2. When the king saw the bear, he ______.

[     ]

A. asked the old farmer to help him
B. cried for help
C. ran away quickly
D. ran outside the forest

3. At last the king found ______.

[     ]

A. an old house
B. his guards
C. his capital
D. the bear

4. The king felt better because ______.

[     ]

A. he could sleep in the farmer's house
B. the bear couldn't find him
C. he ate four eggs
D. the farmer knew he was a king

5. Which is the best title of the story?

[     ]

A. The King and the Old Farmer
B. The King in the Forest
C. The King and the Bear
D. The Kind hearted King

                                                                   Quick Work
     Ted Robinson has been worried all the week. Last Tuesday he received a letter from the local police.
In the letter he was asked to call at the station. Ted wanted to know why he was wanted by the police,
but he went to the station yesterday and he is not worried any more.
    At the station, he was told by a smiling policeman that his bicycle had been found. Five days ago, the
policeman told him, the bicycle was picked up in a small village four hundred miles away. It is now being
sent to his home by train.
    Ted was the most surprised when he heard the news. He was amused (感到有趣), too, because he
never expected (指望) the bicycle to be found. It was stolen twenty years ago when Ted was a boy of
fifteen.

根据短文内容回答下列问题：
1. What happened last Tuesday?
    __________________________________________
2. What was he told at the station?
    __________________________________________
3. What are the police doing with the bicycle?
    __________________________________________
4. Why was he surprised and amused?
    __________________________________________
5. How old was Ted when his bicycle was stolen?
    __________________________________________

　 Lin Tao's parents live in the country. They have a ______(1). Its name is Cabby. On a______(2) day
his parents went to work in the fields ______(3) his little sister and Cabby. While they were ______(4),
his sister walked to a river. Cabby followed her there. She was trying to pick a ______(5). Suddenly she
______(6) into the river. Cabby barked and jumped into the water at ______(7). When his parents______
(8) Cabby barking, they ran to the river. They saw Cabby carrying his sister with its ______(9) towards
the side of the river. His sister was saved at last! Both his parents were very______(10). His father touched
the dog on the head and said. "Thank you, dear Cabby."

     Little Tommy was doing very badly in math. His parents had tried everything-tutors, cards, special
learning centers-in short, everything they could think of. Finally they took Tommy to a catholic (天主教的)
school.
     After the first day, little Tommy came home with a very serious look on his face. He didn't kiss his
mother hello. Instead,he went straight to his room and started studying. Books and papers were spread
(铺开) out all over the room and little Tommy was hard at work. His mother was surprised. She called
him down to dinner and as soon as he finished eating, he went back to his room, without a word. In no
time he was back hitting the books as hard as before. This went on for some time, day after day while
the mother tried to understand what was happening. 
     Finally,little Tommy brought home his report card. He quietly put it on the table and went up to his
room and hit the books. His mom looked at it and to her surprise, little Tommy got an A in math. She
could no longer hold her curiosity (好奇心). She went to his room and asked, "Son, what was it? Was it
the nuns (修女)?"
     Little Tommy looked at her and shook his head, "No."
     "Well then," she asked again. "WHAT was it?"
     Little Tommy looked at her and said, "Well, on the first day of school, when I saw that man nailed
(钉) to the plus sign (加号), I knew they weren't joking."

1. Why did Tommy's parents send him to a catholic school?

A. Because he could eat well there.
B. Because his parents could save some money.
C. Because his parents wanted him to do better in his math.
D. Because his parents didn't want him to learn math any more.

2. Tommy's mother felt surprised that his son ______.

A. was still the same as usual
B. ate so much at dinner
C. kissed her hello after school
D. worked hard but said little

3. "Hitting the books" means "______" in Chinese.

A. 用功
B. 捶书
C. 发泄
D. 振作

4. The last sentence in the passage shows that ______.

A. Tommy felt sorry for the mail
B. Tommy was afraid of being nailed
C. Tommy didn't like the plus sign
D. Tommy liked playing jokes on others

5. From the passage,we can infer (推断) that ______.

A. teachers should be strict with their students
B. mistaking (误解) might be good things sometimes
C. a catholic school is much better than other ones
D. nuns are good at helping children with their math

     Henry Ford was the eldest son of a farmer. He grew up on a farm in Michigan Like most farmers at
that time, his father William hoped his eldest son would help him on the farm, but Henry was not interested
in farm work at all. He did everything that he could to avoid (避免) it. Once he wrote. "What a waste it is
for a man to spend hours behind a slowly moving horse."
     However, Henry was not a lazy boy. He liked to do mechanical (机械的) work very much When he was
twelve, he became quite interested in clocks and watches. He mended clocks and watches for his friends in
his bedroom. 　　
     Later he took a job as a mechanic (技工) in Detroit. He began to show great interest in steam engines
(蒸汽发动机) at this time. In 1812, he built his first car. In 1908, he built a famous "Model T". This car was
so popular at that time that it was unchanged (没有改变) for twenty years. Five years after that he started
the Ford Motor Company.

1. Where did Henry Ford grow up? 　　
    _________________________________. 　　
2. What did his father want him to be? 　　
    _________________________________. 　　
3. Ford didn'r like to do mechanical work, did he?
　_________________________________. 　　
4. When did Ford build his first car? 　　
    _________________________________.
5. Ford started the Ford Motor Company in 1913, right?
    _________________________________.

Subject: Complaints
Date: May 30, 2007
From: David@hotmail.com
To: Glasgow@silverline.com
Dear Sir or Madam,
     Last Thursday, I traveled in the 8:40 am train from Glasgow to London King's Cross and I was very
unhappy with the service provided by your company.
     The train was forty minutes later leaving Glasgow. Although the guard apologized, we were not given
any reasons for the delay. We then had further delays when the train crew changed. We had to wait another
thirty minutes. As a result, I missed my flight from London Heathrow to Frankfurt and had to wait for
several hours.
     What's more, the service in the train was also very poor. The trip took over five hours. Unluckily, there
was no dining car in the train and only a bar with soft drinks. The worst of all, the air conditioning broke
down halfway through the trip and it got hotter and hotter in the train. However, there was no apology for
this, and before we reached King's Cross, the temperature was over 40℃. In view of the poor service, I
feel I am entitled to compensation. I am looking forward to hearing from you. 
                                                                                                                                Yours faithfully,
                                                                                                                                 David Robertson

1. What time did the train start its trip to King's Cross that morning?
    _______________________________________________________________
2. What happened to David because of the delay of the train?
    _______________________________________________________________
3. Why did it get hotter and hotter in the train?
    _______________________________________________________________