When you have a cold, you must be unhappy (不快乐) because your body becomes hot, and there are pains (疼痛) all over. You don’t want to work, you stay in bed, feeling terrible.

What makes you ill? It’s germs. Germs are everywhere. They are very small and you can’t find them with your eyes but you can see them with a microscope (显微镜). They are very small and there could be hundreds of them in or on a very small thing.

Germs are always found in dirty water. When you look at dirty water under the microscope, you can see them in it.

Germs are found not only in water. They are also found in air and dust (灰尘). If you cut your finger (手指), and if some of the dust goes into the finger, it will become big and red, and you will have much pain in it. Sometimes germs will go into your body and you will have pain everywhere.

1.The word “germ” means (意思是)___________.

A．细菌             B．废气             C．煤气             D．空气

2.You can see germs____________.

A．when you are ill

B．only when you use a microscope

C．when you cut your finger

D．everywhere around you

3.Your parents won’t allow(允许) you to drink dirty water because_________.

A．dirty water will make you dirty

B．there are many germs in it and germs can make you ill

C．you can see many germs in it

D．it will make your finger red and big

4.The writer(作者) talks about__________.

A．how to keep dirty water clean

B．how to look after your fingers

C．how to find germs in the dirty water

D．what can make you ill

Hi, my name is Erik．I live in a small town in the southeast of England．In my house there are three rooms downstairs and three rooms upstairs．Now I'll show you some of the rooms．

The living room is also downstairs．It is where the television is．We eat our food and watch TV there．The three rooms upstairs are all bedrooms．

1．Where will Erik’s father go if he wants to surf the Internet?

A．To the kitchen．                                     B．To the living room．

C．To the bathroom．                                     D．To go upstairs．

2．Where does Erik put his dirty clothes?

A．In his bedroom．                                    B．In the living room．

C．In a room upstairs．                                          D．In the bathroom．

3．If Erik wants to watch TV，he may go to            ．

A．his bedroom or the living room                  B．the kitchen or the living room

C．the living room only                                   D．the bathroom or his bedroom

4．The best title for this passage is             ．

A．I love my bedroom                                  B．My family and my house

C．Inside an English house                              D．Houses in England

Why not open the window? It’s too          in the room.

A．cold             B．hot              C．dirty             D．clean

　　In winter, the streets in the city of New York are covered with snow. The air is clear and cold. But the streets won't keep this way for very long. In New York the temperature always changes within a few hours. Usually the temperature is from about 25°F to 40°F in winter, but sometimes it is below zero. It is difficult to dress properly for this kind of weather. If you dress in heavy clothes in the morning, the weather may be very hot later. If you dress in light clothes because the morning is warm, the weather may be quite cold in the afternoon. So New Yorkers often say to visitors: “If you don't like our weather, wait a minute, it will change.”

A．it is colder in the morning than it is in the afternoon

B．it is colder in the afternoon than it is in the morning

C．the temperature is the same all day

D．the temperature isn' t the same all day

(3)“New Yorkers” in the passage means ________________________.

A．covered with snow

B．covered with water

C．covered with stones

D．covered with dirty water

A．like the city as soon as you get there

B．like the weather there very much

C．never like the weather there

D．be glad to meet the people there