A very old lady won a million dollars in a lottery(彩票). Her son and her husband heard the news on the radio.
“How are we going to tell your mother?” the man asked. “The news might kill her!”
“That’s true,” the son said. “Perhaps we’d better speak to her doctor about it. He’ll know how to bring her the news gently.”
They told the old lady’s doctor about this.
“I’m glad you told me, ” he said “A shock(震惊), even a happy one, could give her a heart attack, leave it to me. I’ll find a way of bringing the news to her.”
The doctor thought about the problem for several days, then decided what he would say.
He called on the old lady and sat by her. He took her hand in his.
“Let’s play a game, my dear,” he said. “‘Let’s pretend(假装)’ game.”
“Oh, yes, ” the old lady said. “I love ‘Let’s pretend’ game.”
“Good, I’ll ask you a question first, ” the doctor said, “Then you can ask me one.”
He pretended to think for a few minutes. Then he said, “Tell me, what would you do if you won a million dollars in the lottery?”
“Oh, that’s an easy one,” the old lady said, “I’d give most of it to you, doctor, because you have been so good to me all these years, doctor!” But the doctor was now lying on the floor. He had died of shock.
【小题1】Who won a million dollars in a lottery?

A．The man.

B．The son.

C．The old lady.

D．The doctor.

【小题2】What does “heart attack” mean in Chinese?

A．攻击心脏.

B．惊喜.

C．心情.

D．心脏病.

【小题3】Why did the doctor play ‘Let’s pretend’ game with the lady?

A．Because he wanted to get the money.

B．Because he wanted to bring her the news gently.

C．Because he didn’t want to tell her the news.

D．Because he wasn’t honest.

【小题4】Who had died of shock?

A．The man.

B．The son.

C．The old lady.

D．The doctor.

【小题5】What’s the best title for the passage?

A．A Sad Shock

B．A wonderful Shock

C．An Interesting Shock

D．A Lucky Shock

Cough Medicine

Do you always understand the instructions on a bottle of medicine? Here’s one for John. John is twelve years old. He had a bad cold and coughed day and night. He went to see a doctor. The doctor gave him some cough medicine. Please read the following instructions and see if you can understand them.

1. John should take ______ a day.

   A. 1 teaspoonful                     B. 2 teaspoonfuls                C 3 teaspoonfuls

2.The medicine should be kept in ______.

A. any place                            B. hot water                            C. a fridge

3.John should ______ before he takes it.

A. drink a cup of tea    B. eat nothing          C. shake the medicine well

4.When people are ______ years old, they cannot take medicine.

A. two                                      B. twelve                                  C. thirty

5.John will ______ the medicine when it is left after December 1st, 2010.

A. take once                          B. throw away                           C. take six times more

 

　　

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【小题1】Where is the Children’s Museum?　　
A. 106 Green Street   B. 　　16 Yangtze Road　　   C. 　　89 North Street　　　　
【小题2】 It’s Wednesday, you can go to             .　　
A. play basketball   B. play soccer    C. see a movie　　
【小题3】 If children want to order fast food, they should call          .　　
A. 66387901   B. 79210583    C. 68787451　　
【小题4】If you dial 79210583, you can             .　　
A. do some shopping  B. have a good story time  C. call a taxi　　
【小题5】 There is no information about             in the two notices.　　
A. looking for a hotel   B. doing eye exercises    C. seeing a doctor　

Tom lived in a town near New York. His father had a shop there and his mother was a doctor. He was seven years old this year and began to go to school this September. It was a little far(远的) from their shop and his father drove a car to take him to school five days a week. So he was never(从不) late for class and his teachers likes him very much.
It was Monday that day. Miss Green was teaching them to count(数数) from one to ten in the morning. Tom was studying hard. Soon he could count them. Green was happy and asked, “How many people are there in your family, Tom?”
Tom stood up and said, “Two, Miss.”
“Who are they?”
“My father and my mother.”
“Oh,” Miss Green was surprised. She then said, “There’re three people in your family.”
“But now I’m not at home. I’m at school, you know!”
【小题1】Where did Tom’s father work?  ______________

A．In a factory.

B．In a school.

C．In a shop.

D．In a hospital.

【小题2】Tom was now a student of_______.

A．Grade One

B．Grade Two

C．Grade Three

D．Grade Four

【小题3】Tom was never late for school because________.

A．all his teachers liked him

B．he went to school in a car

C．his house was next to the school

D．he just began to school a month ago

【小题4】Miss Green taught her children to count from one to ten_______.

A．every day	B．one Monday morning
C．in Tom’s house	D．five days a week

【小题5】Which is the best title(题目) for this story? ____________

A．Two or Three?	B．From One to Ten
C．Tom and his family	D．Miss Green and Her Students

从下面方框中选出8个单词，用它们的适当形式填入短文空格内，使短文意思正确、通顺。(每词限用一次) 

take, bad, medicine, careful, nothing, come, month ,something, and, wrong

Mr. Shute lives in a village. He has got a big family and a strong dog. His farm is small   76  he is often free in winter. So he goes to a city and finds work there.
Once he stayed in a city for two   77  . When New Year was coming, he went back home to see his wife and his children. On his way home, something was   78  with his eyes. When he knocked on the door, his dog   79  out and was not friendly to him. His wife hurried to drive it away. The next morning he went to see a doctor. The doctor looked over his eyes   80 and gave him some   81 . Before he left, he told the doctor about his dog. When he heard this, the doctor began to laugh and said, “Maybe something is wrong with your dog’s eyes, too.”
When Mr. Shute got home, he told his wife about it. The woman said, “I’m afraid it’s true. If a thief comes into our house, it won’t see him and he’ll steal   82  here.”
Mr. Shute thought his wife was right. He then made his dog   83 his medicine instead.
【小题1】____   ___ 【小题2】 __________ 【小题3】 ________  【小题4】 ___________   
【小题5】__________ 【小题6】 __________ 【小题7】___________ 【小题8】___________