A strong earthquake attacked Japan at 1: 46 pm. Mar 11st, 2011. I was shocked when I heard
about the bad news. Why there were so many disasters (灾难)in the world? 
     And some earthquakes even came with tsunamis (海啸). It was said that 300 thousand of people
died in 2004 as a result of the earthquake and tsunami happened in Indonesia (印度尼西亚). And
about 242 thousand of people died in Tangshan Earthquake in 1976 in China. Also in 2008, another
big earthquake happened in Wen Chuan, China, and more than 70 thousand people passed away.
     How awful it is when we talk about these disasters. Everyone should cherish what we have now. I
felt scary when I watched 2012,a movie about the end of the world. But the disasters happened are
more fearful.
     We live in Dalian, Liaoning province. Dalian is not far away from Japan, my colleague (同事) told
me that she would be too panic to go to bed tonight. It is funny. I did not worry about that. No one can
expect what will happen in the next minute. Just enjoy every minute in our life. 
      It is enough.

1. When did the earthquake happen in Japan?

A. Jul.28th 1976            
B. Mar 11th, 2011        
C. May 12th, 2008

2. Which earthquake or tsunamis made the people die most?

A. Tangshan Earthquake      
B. Wen Chuan Earthquake  
C. Indonesia Tsunamis

3. What's the cherish mean?

A. 珍惜                  
B. 憎恨                
C. 抱怨

4. What's the movie 2012 about? 

A. love story                
B. Chinese Kong fu        
C. the end of the world

5. From these passage, we can infer (推断) the writer is _______.

A. pessimistic (悲观的)      
B. optimistic (乐观的)    
C. indifferent (无所谓的)

　　You find a telephone number in the phone book, dial it, and then forget it. This is your short-term
memory. It lasts less than 30 seconds. However, you don't look in the phone book for a friend's number. You know it. This is a long-term memory. Your long-term memory has everything that you remember.
　　Why do you forget something? Because you do not learn it in the beginning.This is the main reason
for forgetting. For example, you meet some new people, and you forget their names.You hear the name,
but you do not learn them. Then you forget them.

1. How long does your short-term memory last?

A. As long as you want it to.
B. Less than thirty seconds.
C. Sixty seconds.
D. For a day or two.

2. Why do you forget?

A. We use our short-term memory instead of our long-term memory.
B. We don't learn what we hear or see.
C. We do not hear or see what we learn.
D. We are ill sometimes.

3. What's the phone book used for?

A. It's used for improving your memory.
B. It has a listing of friend's names.
C. You use it when you want to find a phone number you don't know.
D. You use it to buy a phone.

4. How can you best remember people's names?

A. List them down in a phone book.
B. Learn them.
C. Just ask them their names again.
D. Spell their names again and again.

5. If we want to have a good memory,we should______.

A. forget the useless things
B. try our best to learn
C. depend on our short-term memory
D. catch our long-term memory

　　My name is Tony.I have a twin brother. Well, my twin brother is called
Daniel, and he is four minutes younger than me. We were both born on the 5th of
January, and I think that we look alike very much. Daniel is a little taller than me
and he has very dark hair, but we have the same eyes and nose and smile.We
weren't always in the same classes at school because my parents wanted us to be
a bit more different.We used to be dressed the same way, but different in color,
me in red and him in blue, and we used to have a birthday cake that was always
half was red and half was blue, but I guess we are quite different.He’s really,
really active, and just very different from me. At school I was always in the top
classes getting A's and he was always failing the exams. He did a lot of sports
but I didn’t, so people say we are very different.
1. When is their birthday?
________________________________________
2. Are there any differences between the twins?
________________________________________
3. Why weren’t they always in the same classes?
________________________________________
4. How were they dressed when young?
________________________________________
5. How is Tony different from his brother?
________________________________________

　　Lots of families in Great Britain have one or more pets. Dogs are the
favorite pets and there are about 6,000,000 0f them in Britain. The second
favorite pets are  cats (about 5 ,000,000 ) and  the third favorite pet is a
bird-the budgie(虎皮鹦鹉) . Some families do not keep cats or dogs. They keep
other animals as pets in their homes. There are more than 12,000,000 pets in
Britain.
　　The British take good care of their pets. They give them  nice  names:
Rover, Rex, Cindy, Misty (for dogs) ;Albert , Snowy , Fluffy , Tom (for cats);
Polly, Chatterbox (for parrots) ; Guy, Scamper, Shipley (for monkeys) . When
they speak of their pets , they say " He " , " She " , not "It" .
　　The British give their pets nice food to eat. They buy food for their pets in
pet shops. The British are pet lovers !

1. The meaning(意思)of " keep " in this passage is " _______"

A. 保存    
B. 留宿    
C. 喜欢    
D. 养

2. There are over _______pets in Britain.

A. 5,000,000                  
B. 6,000,000
C. 11,000,000                  
D. 12,000,000

3. In Britain, monkeys usually have names like _______and _______
A. Chatterbox; Scamper        
B. Misty; Snowy
C. Rover; Cindy                
D. Shipley; Guy

4. The British people give their pets _______and _______

A. houses; nice  names          
B. food; houses
C. nice names; nice food      
D. pet shops; pet food

5. Look at my doggy! _______is a nice boy, right?

A. He        
B. It            
C. She          
D. Dog

     Do you like children? Do you have free time in the afternoon? We need a babysitter for our son. He
is six years old.
     Hours from 3 :00 p. m. t0 8 :00 p.m. Monday to Friday. Sometimes you must work on weekends.
The pay is $10 per hour. For the job, you must :
     Watch him
     Read to him
     Play with him
     You will work in our house. We live in Shanghai, near the Xujiahui Subway Station, please call
021-33186588. Ask for Mrs Liu.

1. What's the Chinese meaning of  "babysitter" ?
    A. 门卫
    B. 保安
    C. 保姆
    D. 厨师
2. The babysitter works for _         hours from Monday to Friday.
    A. three
    B. four
    C. five
    D. six
3. How much can the babysitter get if she works for three hours?
    A. $10
    B. $20
    C. $30
    D. $40
4. The babysitter has to work in _____.
    A. Shanghai
    B. Nanjing
    C. Beijing
    D. Dalian
5. Which of the following is TRUE?
    A. The time for the job is from morning to evening.
    B. The babysitter has to watch TV with the kid.
    C. Sometimes the babysitter works on Saturday.
    D. The five-year-old boy needs a babysitter.