^{Dear Amy，}

    ^{Paul is my pen pal．He is from Landon，England．He speaks good English．He is now in Shanghai with his parents，because they work in Shanghai．Paul can speak a little Chinese!}

    ^{There are five people in his family，his parents，his two sisters and he．His sisters aren't in China．They are in England now．}

    ^{He likes singing and dancing very much．His favorite subject is music．He likes going to the movies on weekends：He thinks it is fun．I think he is a nice boy．}

    ^Yours，

    ^Sam

^{1．Paul is Sam's                                       ．}

^{A．brother                               B．cousin                                   C．pen pal                                   D．teacher}

^{2．Where does Paul live now?}

^{A．In Beijing．                                                                              B．In Shanghai．}

^{C．In London．                                                                                                D．In New York．}

^{3．How many brothers and sisters does Paul have?}

^{A．He has two brothers and one sister．}

    ^{B．He has two sisters and one brother．}

^{C．He has two brothers and no sister．}

^{D．He has two sisters and no brother．}

^{4．What’s Paul’s favorite subject in school?}

^{A．Math                                   B．Chinese                              C．English．                               D．Music．}

^{5．Which of the following is TRUE（正确的）in this letter?}

^{A．Paul is from China．}

    ^{B．Paul is in Shanghai with his whole family．}

    ^{C．Paul Likes going to the movies on weekends．}

    ^{D．Paul speaks good Chinese．}

Reading comprehension.

Mary：Mum, what's in the box?

Mother：There are two pens.

Mary：What color are they?

Mother：One is blue, the other is green.

Mary：Whose are they?

Mother：They're for your brothers. Today is their birthday.

Mary：Oh, yes. Happy birthday to you.

Jim and Tom：Thank you.

Mother：Jim, how old are you?

Jim：I'm seven. Oh, no. I'm not seven. I'm eight. Today is my eighth birthday.

Tom：Today is our eighth birthday. I'm eight, too.

Mother：Here are two pens. One for Tom and one for Jim.

Jim：Which is my pen?

Mother：The blue one is for you.

Tom：And the green one is for me. Thanks, Mum.

Jim：Thanks very much. We're eight. We are big boys now.

1．How many people are there in the dialogue(对话)?

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2．Jim and Tom are ________.

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3．Where are the two pens?

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A．They're in a box.

B．They're in a pencil-case.

C．They're on the table.

D．They're on the chair under the table.

4．Which pen is for Tom?

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5．Whose birthday is it today?

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You may have never heard of Ladislao Biro, but you have certainly heard of the pen he invented—the ballpoint pen, or biro. Before Biro invented his pen, people wrote with fountain pens. The ink sometimes went out. In the 1930s Biro was a magazine editor in Budapest in Hungary. He noticed that the inks which the magazine’s printers used dried very quickly.Biro wondered if quick-drying ink could be used in pens. He came up with the idea of a tube(管) of ink with a free-moving ball on the end. As a person wrote, the ball collected ink from the rube and rolled(滚动) it on to the paper. The pen would be cheap and could be thrown away when the ink ran out.

　 Biro began to work on his invention, but the Second World War broke out before he could patent(取得…的专利) it. Biro left war-torn Europe and went to Buenos Aires in Argentina. There, he and his brother George, who was a chemist, began to improve the pen. In the early 1940s Biro began to produce his new pen, the biro. In 1944, he sold his invention to another company, who began to mass-produce the pen for the British and American armed forces(武装部队).

　 Biro was pleased that his pen was popular, but he did not gain much from his invention. The biro was later sold to the French firm, Bic, who now sell twelve million pens a day. Biro sank into obscurity in South America. His name, however, has become a household word．

（ ）61.Biro is the name of _______.

A. a magazine　 B. a fountain pen C. a company　 D. a ballpoint pen

(　 )62. According to the passage, Biro’s new pen was first produced in ______.

A.　　 Hungary　 B.France　　　　 C. Argentina　 D.America

(　 )63. Which of the following can be filled in No.3 in the box to show how Biro invented his new pen?

　　　 A. improved his pen　　　　　　 B. sold his invention

　　　 C. worked as an editor　　　　　 D. left for South America

（　 ）64. The underlined part “sank into obscurity” is the closest in meaning to”__”.

A. was very popular　　　　　　 B. Lost a lot of money

C. lost interest in business　　　 D. was unknown to many people

(　 )65. What does the passage mainly tell us about Biro?

A.He was a popular writer.　　　 B.He was a famous magazine editor

C. He was an important inventor　 D. He was a successful businessman