A: Hello, Bill! This is Peter.
B: Hello, Peter.
A:    56              
B: Yes.   57               
A: Would you like to have a picnic in the Forest Park?
B: Yes, I’d love to.  58                     
A: We can buy some food and drink. Please meet at 2 o’clock at the school gate.
B: OK.   59                          
A: Sure. I will call them right now.  60                     
B: All right. See you then.
A: See you.

A. Can I ask Tom and Michael to go with us? B. Could you ask him to call me back this evening? C. Do you have any time this Saturday afternoon? D. Sorry, he isn’t in now. E. What should we take for it? F. Don’t forget to bring your camera? G. What’s up?

Let’s go camping
What do we do when we go camping? First, we work out a plan. We take food, clothing, a knife, and things for cooking and eating. We take things to keep us away from insects(虫子) and the sun.
Then we put everything into the car and we drive to the woods(树林、林地). We look for a place for campers(露营者) and we look for a good place for our tent(帐篷). The place should have a lot of moving air. This will keep some insects away. High land with water on both sides of it is good. Then we put up our tent. We put everything into the tent, and we are ready for fun. We can swim in the lake, walk in the woods, climb a mountain, row a boat, or go fishing.
In the evening we come back to the tent, we build a big fire because it can keep the insects away. We sit around the fire and talk. We may tell interesting stories or we may sing songs.
At night we lie down on the grass. We can look up at the stars. It is a busy day, so we try to go to sleep early.
Everything is dark. Everything is quiet. We hope we won’t hear music from the radio in the next tent. We hope it won’t rain.
【小题1】Before going camping we should first         .

A．draw up a plan

B．take some food

C．take things to keep us warm

D．take something for cooking and eating

【小题2】We go to camp         .

A．by bus

B．by car

C．by bike

D．on foot

【小题3】Campers can take part in _______ activities.

A．one or two

B．only a few

C．many

D．two or three

【小题4】In the evening we build a fire because         .

A．it is cold at night	B．it can keep us warm
C．it can keep the insects away	D．it is dark and quiet

【小题5】The campers like to _______ at night.

A．hear music from the radio	B．go to sleep early
C．have rain	D．be busy

Taking away a city’s rubbish is a big job. Every day trucks come into a city to collect it. Most rubbish is made up of things we can’t eat or use. If we kept these things we would soon have a mountain of rubbish.
In some cities the rubbish is collected and taken outside of the city to a dump(垃圾站). Often the city dump is placed where the ground is low or there is a big hole. The kitchen rubbish is broken into small pieces and sent into the sewage system. The sewage system takes away the used water from toilets, bathtubs(澡盆) and other places.
To keep mice and flies away, some earth is used to cover the newly dumped rubbish. Later, grass may be planted on the rubbish-filled land. Finally, a house or a school may be built there, and then you’d never know that this had once been an old rubbish dump.
In other cities the rubbish is burnt in special places. The fire burns everything but the metal. Sometimes the metal can be used again in factories where things are made of metal. The food parts of rubbish are put in special piles where they slowly change into something called humus(腐殖土), which looks like black earth. It is rich with kinds of things that feed plants and help make them grow.
【小题1】You can most probably read the passage in _______.

A．a history book

B．a TV guide

C．a science book

D．a telephone book

【小题2】The underlined word “sewage” in the passage means_______.

A．排污

B．染色

C．洗涤

D．吸尘

【小题3】According to the passage, the food parts of rubbish can be used again_______.

A．to feed animals

B．to feed plants

C．to build a house

D．to make machines

【小题4】How should we take care of a used metal box according to the passage?

A．By burning it off.	B．By putting it in water.
C．By throwing it away.	D．By reusing and recycling it.

The rivers will become dirtier and dirtier ______ we take action to protect them.

A. since               B. if             C. until              D. unless

 

We can make mistakes at any age. Some mistakes we make are about money. But most mistakes are about people.
Why do we go wrong about our friends? Sometimes people hide their real meanings when they say something. And if we don’t really listen, we miss the feeling behind the words. Suppose someone tells you, “You’re a lucky dog.” That’s being friendly. But “lucky dog”? There’s a bit of envy(嫉妒) in those words. Maybe he doesn’t see _it_ himself. But “lucky dog” puts you down a little. He may mean you don’t deserve your luck.
How can you tell the real meaning behind someone’s words? One way is to take a good look at the person talking. Do his words fit the way he looks? Do his words agree with the tone(语调) of voice? His posture(姿态)? The look in his eyes? Stop and think. If you spend the minute thinking about the real meaning behind one’s words, it may save another mistake.
【小题1】According to the passage, the reason why we go wrong about our friends is that ______.

A．we fail to listen carefully when they talk

B．we become angry when we realize what they really mean

C．they sometimes said one thing but meant another

D．we never believe what people say

【小题2】What does the underlined word “it” in the second paragraph refer to(指) ?

A．Being friendly

B．A bit of envy

C．A lucky dog

D．The good luck

【小题3】From the passage, how many things should we pay attention to when we take a good look at the person talking?

A．Three

B．Five

C．Six

D．Four

【小题4】According to the passage, the writer most probably is a ______.

A．teacher	B．psychologist(心理学家)
C．farmer	D．doctor

【小题5】This passage is about __________.

A．how to tell the real meaning behind our words

B．what to do when you listen to others talking

C．how to avoid(避免) mistakes when communicating with people

D．why we must know the wrong we will do