A man bought a donkey at the market one day and took him home. Now the man owned several donkeys already and he knew each one’s character very well. One of the donkeys was very strong and brave. Another always wanted to make people happy by working quickly but soon got tired. One donkey was very lazy. He hated going to work in the morning and he did as little as he       possibly could all day long. When the other animals were being loaded up(装载), he always tried to be the last so that he would get the lightest load.

        The man led the new donkey into the yard. For a moment the new donkey stood sniffing(闻，嗅) at his new friends. Then, without hesitation, he came up to the lazy donkey and began eating comfortably at his side.

        Though it was late in the day, the man immediately led the new donkey out of the yard, straight back to the market.

       “You can’t have given him a fair trial yet,” said the seller, “It is only ten minutes since you bought him.”

       “I don’t need to try him any more,” replied the man, “I know just what he is like from the friend he chose for himself. Take him away and give me my money back. I can do without donkeys like him.”

1.Why did the man buy a new donkey in the market?

A. Because he liked it.

B. Because he knew the donkey very well.

C. Because he needed another donkey to help him with his work.

D. Because the new donkey wasn’t lazy at all.

2.The man led the new donkey to the yard in order to _______.

A. see if he is lazy          

B. let him choose a new friend  

C. let the new donkey eat something    

D. let him work

3.What’s the meaning of the underline phrase　“without hesitation” ?

A.没有吃饭       B.未经许可       C.毫不犹豫地  D.　很不乐意地

4.How did the man know the character of the new donkey?

A. By letting him work       

B. By watching how he chose his new friend

C. By leading him to the yard  

D. by pleasing people

5.What’s the best title of the story?

A. How To Buy Donkeys        B.　The Owner and The Donkeys

C.　The lazy Donkey            D.   The Man and The Donkey

 

用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空，并将答案写在答题卡标有题号的横线处（本大题共8小题，每小题1分，共8分）

1.He with his friends       (drink) black tea when I came in .

2.Her parents heard she           (sing) with the famous star on the stage the next day .

3.— Why did you leave Shanghai for Nanjing yesterday?

— Because I         (receive ) an invitation from my best friend.

4.If you need our programme list, I’ll be happy          (send) you one.

5.She feels very sad now ,because her team           （lose）the match .

6.If he can’t pass the exam , he         (punish) by his father .

7.The boss was very cruel , he always made his workers           (work)all day .

8.Six years has passed since Millie’s cousin           (join)the club .

 

Mike is an American.  Now he’s in No. 8 Junior High School in Tengzhou.  He’s in Class 5, Grade 7.  Every day he gets up early.  He always goes to school in his father’s car.   His classes begin at 8:00 a.m.  He has four classes in the morning.  He has lunch at school at about 12:00 a.m.  He has two classes in the afternoon.  After school, he goes home by car at 5:30 p.m.  and has dinner at 6:30 p.m.  After  dinner,  he  does  his  homework  with  his  sister  and  then  he  plays  the  guitar  for  a  while.  At about 9:00 p.m.  he goes to bed.
【小题1】Where  is  Mike  from ?
A. England   B. The U.S.A.  C. Canada D. Japan
【小题2】How  does  Mike  go  to  school ?

A．By bike

B．By car

C．On foot

D．By train

【小题3】Where  does  Mike  have  lunch ?

A．At home

B．At school

C．In a shop

D．In a restaurant(饭馆)。

【小题4】How  many  classes  does  Mike  have  every  day ?

A．Six

B．Two

C．Three

D．Four

【小题5】What  does  Mike  do  after  dinner ?

A．He does his homework and plays the guitar.

B．He plays soccer.

C．He watches TV.

D．He goes to bed.

根据短文内容和汉语提示，写出短文空白处各单词的正确形式，每空限填一词。
Thomas Edison was born on February 11, 1847. When he was a child, he always had a lot of questions and started asking questions about _____【小题1】________ (如何)things worked. So his teachers didn’t like him. They thought he was kind of ____【小题2】________(笨的) and many people didn’t understand him, either. He was only in school for three months. His mother _____【小题3】_____(教)him at home. His parents _____【小题4】_____(注意) he loved to read. They introduced him to the ____【小题5】______(图书馆). He read many books there. The books _____【小题6】______(使…感兴趣) him very much. ________【小题7】____ （在）the help of his parents, he also built his lab by _______【小题8】______(他自己). He ______【小题9】____ (发明) more than one thousand things,  ______【小题10】______(包括) the first silent film, the light bulb, the record player and so on. He died on October 18,1931 at the age of 84.

A. go down  B. catch more fish  C. heavy  D. hungry  E. happy  F. richest

G. the boat and life  H. sell the gold chains(链条)  I. fishing  J. poor

Mr Smith lived by the sea. He had a big family and he had to work hard, or  his wife and children would be __1.__. So he had to get up early every day. After breakfast he set out in a small boat. He always hoped to __2.__. 

One morning the man got to a good place for fishing.  He threw a long rope with many hooks（钩子）into the water. He found it very ___3.___ and pulled the hooks out of the sea. He saw there were some gold chains（链子. He , of course, was very __4.__. 

“I’ll __5.__ for a lot of money ,” he thought to himself.“I’ll build a new house and buy expensive things. I’ll be the __6.__ man in the world!”

Mr. Smith went on drawing his rope and didn’t notice what was happening to his boat. It began to __7.__. As he was pulling the gold chains, the boat sank into the sea. He lost not only the gold chains ,but also __8.___!