A man loved his son very much. Every day after work the man would come home and play with the little boy.

One night, while the man was at work, he realized that he had extra（额外的） work to do for the evening, and that he wouldn’t be able to play with his son. But, he wanted to be able to give the boy something to keep him busy. Looking around his office, he saw a magazine with a large map of the world on the cover. He got an idea. He removed the map, and then patiently（耐心地） tore （撕） it up into small pieces. Then he put all the pieces in his coat pocket.

When he got home, his son wanted to play with him, but he spreat （铺） all the pieces of the map on the table. He explained that it was a map of the world, and that by the time his son could put it back together, his extra work would be finished, and they could both play. Surely this would keep the child busy for hours, he thought.

About half an hour later the boy came to the man and said, “OK, it’s finished. Can we play now?” The man was surprised, saying, “That’s impossible. Let’s go and see.” And sure enough, there was the picture of the world, all put together, every piece in its place. The man said, “That’s amazing! How did you do that?” The boy said, “It was simple. On the back of the page was a picture of a man. When I put the man together, the whole world fell into place.”

1. According to the passage, the father told the boy to play by himself because ______.

  A. he didn’t want to play with him any more   B. he didn’t love his child

  C. he had some extra work                               D. the boy didn’t need his father’s help

2. What does the underlined word “removed” mean?

  A. 移动          B. 撕下          C. 搬掉           D. 撕碎

3. Why could the boy finish the “puzzle” so quickly? Because __________.

  A. he was very interested in the map of the world

  B. his father often played the game with him

  C. he wanted to play with his father as soon as possible

  D. the picture of the man on the back of the page helped him

4. The passage mainly tells __________.

  A. how father can make children busy for hours

  B. how to keep children away from parents

  C. people should think about things in some other ways

  D. parents should think of some good ways to train children’s ability

5. Which is the best title?

  A. A world in puzzle.                B. Father and son.

  C. An easy puzzle.                  D. Father’s creative（创造性的） idea.

We each have a memory(记忆力). That’s why we can still remember things after a long time. Some people have very good memories and they can easily learn many things by heart, but some people can only remember things when they say or do them again and again. Many of the great men of the world have got surprising memories.

A good memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody learns his mother language when he is a small child. He hears the sounds, remembers them and then he learns to speak. Some children are living with their parents in foreign countries. They can learn two languages as easily as one because they hear, remember and speak two languages every day. In school it is not so easy to learn a foreign language because the pupils have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects, too.

But your memory will become better and better when you do more and more exercises.

1.Some people can easily learn many things by heart because _____.

A．they always sleep very well                B．they often eat good food

C．they read a lot of books                   D．they have very good memories

2.Everybody learns his mother language ______.

A．at the age of six                         B．when he is a small child

C．after he goes to school                   D．when he can read and write

3.Before a child can speak, he must ______.

A．read books                            B．write words

C．hear and remember the sounds            D．think hard

4.In school the pupils can’t learn a foreign language well because ______.

A．they have no good memories              B．they have no recorders(录音机)

C．they have too much time for it             D．they are busy with other subjects

5.Your memory will become better and better ______.

A．when you have enough good food          B．when you do more and more exercises

C．when you do morning exercises every day    D．when you get up early

 

Do you have a pet? Have you seen a hamster? Do you like to keep a pet hamster?

　　I have a very cute hamster named Barter. Barter has a dark cream-colored body （米色的身体）, and a short tail. He has four tiny feet with sharp claws （尖尖的指甲）and tiny long teeth. He also has a “pocket”on each side of his mouth, for storing food.

　　Barter loves food. His favorite is corn （玉米）. If I give him a bowl of corn, he will eat every bit in a few hours.

　　Barter is quite lovely. He's just over six months old and loves to play. He plays in the hamster wheel every night. When he plays around, he runs here and there, his body looking like a ball of fur（绒毛）rolling about （滚动）. He gets very upset if someone bothers （打搅）him.

　　I like my little pet Barter very much. He's brought me so many laughs and joys.

A. 词语释义

（　）1. upset　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 A. more than

（　）2. name　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. some, but not many

（　）3. store　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  C. annoyed

（　）4. a few　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. call

（　）5. over　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   E. keep

B. 用所给的词的正确形式填空

over  name  store  a few  upset

1. That old man is walking so slowly. He must be ________ seventy years old.

2. Many, many years ago, people didn't have fridges in their homes. They could not ________ food.

3. When I asked Linda, my friend, not to copy my homework, she got very ________.

4. The students were having an English class when a boy ________ Thomas, ran into the room.

5. ________ seconds later, he looked up and said slowly,“Good morning, sir !”

C. 按每小题要求做

1. 从文中找出作者描写小仓鼠活泼可爱的两个词

________ ________

2. 从下面的方框中选出你认为能描述仓鼠的词汇和短语

not big enough, easy to take care of, too boring, good company, very funny, too hairy, not friendly enough, short hair, noisy, dirty

________ ________ ________

D. 从下面的方框中选出一种你愿意养的宠物并从四个方面说明你喜欢的原因（4分）

snake, pig, spider, turtle, elephant, chick, giraffe, dog, monkey, horse, goldfish, bird, hamster, rabbit

例如：

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E. 从原文中找出最能体现作者对仓鼠喜爱的一句话，抄在横线上

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Mr. White lives in a village. He has a big farm and he is the richest there. He has pigs, chicks, cows and sheep .He works in the fields with some workers and his wife has to do all the housework at home. So she is very busy and often asks her husband to employ a girl to help her, but he doesn’t agree.

“There’re so many chicks, dear,” said the women one day,” I can’t look after them at all.” That’s easy,’ said Mr. White，”Mr. Black’s farm is nest to ours. We’d better make a few holes in the walls and our chicks will go to his farm though them and eat his vegetables.’’

“That’s a good idea!” The women said happily.

Soon Mr. Black found it. He told the Whites about it, they promised they would stop their chicks doing it, but they didn’t keep their promises at all. The man thought for a while and found a way. He put nearly twenty eggs near the holes one afternoon. And that evening when he was counting his chicks, he called out in his farm,”Oh, I’m lucky today! I have found twenty eggs in my farm.’’

Of course, the woman saw it herself, and the next morning Mr. Black found all the holes had been stopped up.

(  ) 31.Mr White’s farm and Mr. Black’s farm were_________.

     A. in different villages            B. in different towns 

C. far from each other            D. next to each other

(  ) 32.Mrs White is busy because___________.

     A. she has a few farms.          B. she has to do much housework.

     C. she has to help her husband.   D. she isn’t strong enough to do all.

(  ) 33. Mr. White doesn’t agree with his wife because_______.

A.  he has little money to emply a helper for his wife.

B.   he thinks his wife is very lazy.

C.  he tries his best to save money.

D.  He has enough time to help his wife.

(  ) 34. Mr. White made some holes in the walls to_________.

A.  let his chicks go to Mr. Black’s farm.

B.   let his chicks to lay some eggs in Mr. Black’s farm.

C.  make Mr. Black angry.

D.  Watch his chicks.

(  )35. The Whites thought_________，so they stopped up the holes in the walls.

A.Mr Black will kill their chicks  

B. their chicks laid the eggs outside

C. Mr. Black’s chicks would go to their farm 

 D. Mr. Black would tell the police about it