Tom  is very modest. He never ___________ before his friends.

A．shows off          B．shows up          C．turns off          D．turns on

My parents will go there by taxi because it is raining____________.

A．badly             B．hardly            C．probably          D．heavily

—What ______ when the earthquake happened on May 12^th ?

—Er, I was having a geography class in the classroom.

A. are you doing        B. did you do   C. were you doing  D will you do

—_______will you come back home from vacation?

—In two weeks.

A．How often         B．How soon         C．How much         D．How long

— I went to have the driving test this morning, but I didn’t pass it.

— ___________

A．Luck decides everything.                 B．Better luck next time.

C．But you can drive well.                   D．You are always unlucky.

Mr Clarke works in a middle school. He likes reading and often  1 some books from the library. He keeps  2 to the radio every morning and reading  3 after supper. So he knows much and teaches well. His  4 worship（崇拜）him very much. Mike, Mr Clarke’s little son，is only nine. He  5 likes reading books. And he often asks his father some questions. Mr Clarke always thinks he’s too  6 to understand him and chooses_ 7 ones to answer. Of course the boy is not satisfied with（对…满意）it．

One day Mike read  8 about the electric lights（电灯）and was  9 　 it．When his father told him to do some housework，he went on thinking of it．He asked him  10 questions，and his father answered all．Then his father said proudly，“Fathers always know  11 than sons!”The boy thought for a while and said，“  12 !”

　　“Oh? Why?”

　　Mike didn’t answer and asked，  13 ，“Who invented the electric lights?”

　　“  14 .”answered Mr Clarke．

　　“Why didn’t his father invent them，then?”

Looking at his son，Mr Clarke didn’t know  15  to answer !

1.                A．finds           B．sells           C．buys     D．borrows

2.                A．watching        B．listening        C．going D．touching

3.                A．newspapers     B．letters          C．stories   D．messages

4.                A．teachers        B．parents         C．students D．classmates

5.                A．also           B．never          C．even     D．only

6.                A．old            B．young          C．clever    D．able

7.                A．more ifficult     B．the most difficult  C．easy D．the easiest

8.                A．everything      B．nothing         C．something D．anything

9.                A．worried about   B．interested in     C．afraid of  D．angry with

10.               A．few           B．little           C．a few D．a little

11.               A．more          B．most           C．less   D．least

12.               A．So do I         B．Neither am I     C．I agree    D．I don’t think so

13.               A．instead         B．carefully        C．quickly    D．brightly

14.               A．Thomas Brown   B．Allan Smith      C．Thomas Edison  D．Ron Jenkins

15.               A．when          B．what           C．where D．which

1.Who is writing the postcard?

A．Fiona.            B．Janet.             C．Terry.             D．Jacqui.

2.Where are they staying now?

A．North of the Great Wall.                  B．In the south of England.

C．In a big city.                            D．In a village.

3.Which one is NOT right?

A．John is reading a newspaper.

B．The children are swimming in the river.

C．Terry is lying in the sun.

D．Janet is in the house.

4.How do they like the holiday？

A．enjoyable         B．terrible           C．boring            D．bad

Victor’s hobby was collecting stamps. He had stamps from many countries, like England, Canada and China. On his birthday, can you guess what people gave him? That’s right---stamps.

Victor’s favourite stamps came from France. He had almost every stamp from 1954 to 2004. He only needed one. That was a 1974 special edition*. It was very hard to find.

He looked for it everywhere. He asked his friends and relatives to help him. But nobody could find the stamp. It made Victor very sad.

“Don’t worry. Never give up,” his father said to him. “If you have enough patience, you’ll find it one day.”

“I hope so,” Victor said.

Victor also liked writing. He had a penfriend in France. They wrote to each other every month. Victor’s penfriend, Phillip, usually used new stamps to send letters. Sometimes, his mother gave him stamps to use. Once Phillip’s mother gave him a big, green stamp. It looked old. When Victor received the letter, he was very surprised. On the envelope, he looked carefully at the stamp. It was the 1974 special edition stamp. Victor was so happy. He told his sister, his mother and his father.                                                   

“ You see,” his father said. “ You did find your stamp. So, it’s good to have two things in life.”

“What are they?” Victor asked.

“ Friends and patience.” He answered.

1.It was very difficult for Victor to find a special French stamp of _________.

A．1954             B．1974             C．1994             D．2004

2.What does the underlined word “patience” mean?

A．勇气             B．知识             C．耐心             D．目标

3.Who owned the special edition stamp at the very beginning?

A．Phillip.            B．Phillip’s mother.   C．Victor.            D．Victor’s father.

4.The passage mainly tells us that ________ is(are) important to people.

A．a happy family                          B．a good hobby

C．relatives and friendship                   D．friends and patience

A businessman lost his wallet. There was plenty of money in it. So he made a promise, "If someone finds my wallet and returns it to me, I'll give half the money to him."

A dustman found the wallet in a dustbin. He sent it back to the loser. But the businessman changed his mind.

"There was still a diamond ring in my wallet," said the loser, "I won't give half the money in my wallet to you until you return it to me!"

"I've never seen a diamond ring in the wallet," said the dustman.

They began to quarrel. The businessman refused to do what he had said. The dustman became angry and took him before a judge.

After the judge heard what had happened to them, he said to the businessman, "I'm sure you are an honest man. It's true that you have lost a wallet in which there was a diamond ring. But it's also clear that there is only a lot of money in this wallet. I don't think it's yours. Wait for some time. Perhaps someone will be able to return your wallet to you!"

Then the judge turned to the dustman and said, "Take the wallet home. If the loser doesn't go to get it back in three days, it will belong to you!"

1.The wallet the businessman lost ________.

A．was found in a shop

B．was sent to the judge

C．was found in a dustbin

D．was never to be found

2.The businessman was eager to get back the wallet because _________.

A．there was the address of an important judge in it

B．there was a lot of money in it

C．he put in it a diamond ring he had just bought

D．it was a very expensive one

3.Having heard what had happened, the judge _________ .

A．took the side of the businessman

B．made a wise decision

C．took pity on the loser

D．did not know what to do

4.Where do you think was the diamond ring?

A．The businessman hid it.

B．The dustman kept it

C．The judge stole it.

D．The story of the ring was nothing but a lie.

Have you felt annoyed when a cellphone rings during the class? Something must be done to stop this．Now in New York City, USA，a rule is carried out in schools．Students can’t even bring cellphones to schoo1．Is it a good thing or not?

Anxious parents say that cellphones are an important tool in holding New York city’s families together．

“I worry about it，” said Elizabeth Lorris Ritter, a mother of a middle school kid． It’s necessary in our everyday life．We have a washing machine. We have running water, and We have cellphones．”

Many American parents think cellphones connect them to their children on buses，getting out from subways, walking through unknown places．

“I have her call me when she gets out of school，”said Lindsay Walt, a schoolgirl’s mother． “No one in New York is going to let their child go to school without a cellphone”

What about the cellphone owners, the students? Most of the students said cellphones were essential and the cellphone was like all extra(额外的)hand or foot for them．

“I feel so empty，”said May Chom，1 4．There is also no way to listen to music on the way to school without my phone．It will be a really, really boring trip．”

1.You can use a cellphone___________．

A．to enjoy listening to music

B．to work as running water

C．to work as a washing machine

D．to send children to school

2.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A． Many American parents don’t think cellphones are necessary for the students．

B．Cellphones only bring troubles to the school life．

C． Cellphones connect children with their families when they are outside．

D． All the school children agreed not to use cellphones at school.

3.What does the underlined word “essential” mean in Chinese?

A．时髦的．         B．必要的．          C．昂贵的．          D．浪费的

4.The article is about the____ in carrying out the rule not to use a cellphone in schoo1．

A．happiness         B．interest           C．problem          D．satisfaction