Alan is a schoolboy. He is good at all his subjects .He thinks computers can help him with his homework. So Alan wanted a computer last week. He asked his parents     _ the money and they said he must get it himself. But how did he get it? He    _ about this when he walked home. Not many people wanted to ask children to work for them. Maybe he could take away snow for the neighbors. But this was not     _ . He had to wait a long time for that. He couldn’t cut grass for their gardens      _he had no tools to do the work with.

     Then he saw one of his classmates, Dick, delivering (送)  newspaper. I could do that, he thought. Maybe I could even get the computer      __ away. I could pay for it a little each week. He ran to      __ up with Dick. Alan asked him a lot of questions. He learned that it was     _ to get twenty-five dollars each week. He learned that the job took about three hours each night. Dick     him the phone number of the newspaper manager Alan almost flew home. After he had told his mother      _he thought, she smiled “I think it is a  great idea,” she said, “I’ll call the newspaper….”

         “Wait, Mum,” Alan said, “I’ll call. After that, I’m going to be a businessman now.”

        Alan’s mother smiled     _ . We should learn from him.

1.A. in            B. at              C. with         D. for 

2.A. said           B. told          C. thought      D. spoke

3.A. spring       B. summer      C. autumn      D. winter

4.A. when         B. because      C. while        D. after

5.A. now           B. right           C. just          D. only

6.A. take           B. catch          C. carry        D. put

7.A. friendly     B. kind            C. wrong      D. possible   

8.A. taught        B. gave           C. made         D. asked

9.A. that            B. when          C. what        D. where

10.A. sadly        B. happily      C. politely     D. happy

A

1. The cruise(海上航游) will begin__________.

A. at seven in the morning B. at seven in he evening

C. at ten in the morning D. at ten at night

2. The cruise will take__________.

A. 30 minutes B. 3 minutes C. 3 hours D. 3 o’clock

3. Mr. King will see______ during the cruise.

A. trees B. buildings C. bridges D. fantastic city lights

4. People can buy tickets________.

A. on the ferry B. at Kowloon Public Pier

C. at Star Ferry Pier D. at 123 Canton Road

5. Helen wants to have dinner on the ferry with her son, 14 and her daughter, 10, they should pay______.

A. HK $ 810 B. HK$204 C. HK$324 D. HK$510

B

When you are reading something in English, you may often meet with a new word. What’s the best way to know it?

You may look it up in the English-Chinese dictionary. It will tell you a lot about the word: the pronunciation, the Chinese meaning and how to use the word. But how can you know where the word is thousands of English words? How to find it in the dictionary both quickly and correctly?

First, all the English words are arranged(安排) in the letter order. In the dictionary you can first see the words beginning with letter A, then B, C, D…. That means, if there are two words “desert” and “pull”, “desert” will be certainly before “pull”. Then if there are two words both beginning with the same letter, you may look at the second letter. Then the third, the fourth… For example, “pardon” is before “plough”, “judge” before “just”, etc.

Do you understand how to look up in the dictionary?

The dictionary will be your good friend. I hope you’ll use it as often as possible in your English study.

6  This passage is about______.

A. new words in writing B. different dictionaries

C. the best way of reading D. using an English-Chinese dictionary

7  In the dictionary you may not find_______.

A. how to pronounce the word B. the spelling of the word

C. who used the word first D. how to use the word

8  In an English-Chinese dictionary, the last word______.

A. begins with Z B. begins with A C. is a short one D. is not often used

9  Which group of words is in the right order in an English-Chinese dictionary?

A. perhaps, produce, plenty B. straight, subject, surprise

C. century, center, business D. foreign, entrance, headache

10  In the passage the writer tries to tell us that_______.

A. we have to use a dictionary when we read something in English

B. an English-Chinese dictionary can tell us everything about a word

C. an English-Chinese dictionary can help us a lot in our English study

D. all English-Chinese dictionary are the same