Mike gets up at half past seven. He has an egg and some milk for breakfast. Then he goes to school. When he is on his way to school, he is thinking, “ I tell my teacher that my mother is ill on Mon---day. I tell him my bike doesn’t work on my way to school on Tuesday. What should I say to--day? Mike thinks it over, but he doesn’t have a good idea.

“May I come in?” says Mike at the door.

“Oh, my boy,” says Mr. Brown. “Please look at the clock on the wall. What time is it now?” “It’s eight ten,” says Mike. Mr. Brown is not happy and says, “You are late for class three times this

week. If all the students are like you, the clock is no use, I think.”

“ You are wrong, Mr. Brown,” says Mike. “If I don’t have the clock how do I know I am late for school?”

1.What does Mike do?

A. A student B. A teacher C. A worker D. A cook

2.What day is it today?

A. Monday B. Tuesday C. Wednesday D. Thursday

3.What time does Mike get to his classroom today?

A. At 7:30 B. At 8:10 C. At 8:20 D. At 8:30

4.The Chinese meaning of the word “use” is “__________”.

A. 生命 B. 价格 C. 傻瓜 D.用途

5.How many times is Mike late for class this week?

A .Once B. Twice C. Three D. Four times

We live in the computer age. People use computers to do much of their work. But few people know how to look after them. Remember the following when you use your computer:

1.Keep your computer in a cool, dry room. Too much or too little heat is bad for computers. Damp(潮湿) is also bad for them.

2.Do not let people smoke near your computer. Smoke of all kinds is very bad for many parts of a computer.

3.Do not eat or drink when you are near your computer. Pieces of food and a little water in the keyboard are also bad for a computer.

4.Keep your screen clean and do not have it too bright. They are bad for your eyes. Make sure the screen is not too far from or too near your eyes. Some people use different glasses to protect their eyes when they use a computer.

1.Computers can          people to do a lot of work.

        A.use       B.help     C. make       D.take

2.Few people know how to          their computers.

        A.look at     B.try out    C.look for   D.take care of

3.A computer works well at a temperature of         .

        A.0℃      B.-5℃      C.20℃            D.35℃

4.Smoke is not good for many parts of a computer, is it?

        A.Yes,it is.  B.No,it isn't.   C.Yes,a little.  D.Not at all.

5.A dirty screen or a very bright screen is    for your eyes.

        A.bad     B.good     C.useful        D.helpful

Uncle Wang works in a book shop in the middle of the city. The shop is not far from his home. It is about one kilometer away. So Uncle Wang seldom goes to work by bus. He usually goes there by bike, sometimes on foot. It takes him twenty minutes to get there by bike and forty minutes on foot. Today his bike is broken. He wants to walk there.

Now he is having breakfast. He leaves home at ten minutes to eight and he walks to work twenty minutes earlier. His work starts at half past eight in the morning and finishes at a quarter to five in the afternoon.

1.What does Uncle Wang do?

2.Why does he seldom go to work by bus? Because________.

3.How long does it take him to walk to his book shop?

4.He usually finishes his work at ________in the afternoon.

5.What time does he usually leave home by bike?