Peter is thirteen years old . He is in Grade Eight this year.  He likes to play football and  watches football matches . And he often reads newspapers . He does his best to know where  and when a football match will be.  Now Peter is having lunch . He is listening to the  radio , too . He is very happy because there is going to be a nice football match on TV at  four this afternoon.. He wants to watch it very much . But he’s going to have English and  Chinese lessons. He thinks hard and finds  a way .

     “Hello, Mrs. Black,”Peter says to his teacher on the telephone,“ Peter is ill in bed. He wants to ask for half a day’s leave.”

      “Oh, I’m sorry to hear that,” says Mrs. Black. “But who’s that?”

      “It’s my father, Mrs. Black.”

(  )6.Peter likes to      .

A.make a call  B. play basketball  C. study English  D. watch football

(  )7.Why dose Peter often read newspapers?      

A.Because he wants to know more news.

B.Because he wants to know where and when a football match will be.

C.Because he wants to read some interesting stories.     

D.His parents ask him to do so.

(  )8.How dose Peter know there will be a nice football match at four o’clock this afternoon?

A. He knows it from the radio.        B. He knows it from the newspaper.           

C. He knows it from watching TV.     D. He knows it from somebody.    

(  )9.Peter asks for leave(请假) because____________ .

A. he doesn’t like to study English and Chinese              

B.he is ill 

C. he has to help his father with some important work.  

D.he wants to watch a football match.

(  )10.Mrs. Black doesn’t know Peter tells a lie(撒谎),dose she?

A.Yes,she doesn’t  B.No,she dose C.No,she dosen’t  D.Yes,she dose.

Mr. Smith is an Englishman. He teaches English well. His English classes are very interesting. He likes us and we like him, too.

Mr. Smith has two children---Tom and Lucy. Tom is seven and his sister Lucy is four. Tom goes to school but Lucy doesn’t. Mr. Smith likes to wear a T-shirt and Jeans. Football is his favorite sport. After school, we often have a basketball game. Sometimes Mr. Smith watches and joins us. He plays basketball just for fun.

1.Mr. Smith is ________.

A．a Chinese teacher                       B．an English driver

C．a Japanese teacher                      D．an English teacher

2.How many sons does Mr. Smith have?

A．Only one          B．Two              C．Three            D．Not any

3.Lucy doesn’t go to school because_______.

A．she looks beautiful                      B．she is seven

C．she is only four                         D．she doesn’t like school

4._______is Mr. Smith’s favorite sport.

A．Basketball         B．Football           C．Running           D．Volleyball

5.The story is about______.

A．Mr. Smith’s son    B．Mr. Smith          C．Tom and Lucy      D．A basketball game

Jennifer was sitting on the bench. After all she went through, it was just what she needed. ‘It’s getting   1 ,’ she thought. ‘I should go home.’

She wanted to know her   2  would react(反应) when she   3  home after the three days she was missing.

It was really dark when she finally reached her front door. It seemed different to her.   4    took care of the outside garden for   5  days. She was surprised as her father usually worked hard to keep everything   6  and tidy. She couldn’t understand what was going on.

She entered the   7 . First, she went into the kitchen   8  she saw a note written by her father.  9  said, ‘Dear Ellen, here is some coffee. I am searching out.’ Ellen was her mother, but where is she?

She went to her parents’ room. She found her there. Her   10  was lying on the bed, fast asleep. Her face looked so   11 , as if she wasn’t asleep for days. Jennifer wanted to wake her up   12  she looked too tired. So Jennifer just fell asleep beside her.

When Jennifer   13 , something was different: She wasn’t in her mother’s room and she wasn’t   14  the old clothes she ran away in. She was on her own bed.

It felt so good being back home. Suddenly she heard a voice ask, ‘Are you feeling better now, dear? You know you   15  us all very, very afraid.

1.                A．early           B．late            C．warm D．angry

2.                A．father          B．mother         C．parents   D．teachers

3.                A．got            B．left            C．wanted   D．missed

4.                A．Everybody      B．Somebody       C．Anybody  D．Nobody

5.                A．many          B．lots of          C．a few D．much

6.                A．clean          B．dirty           C．quiet D．busy

7.                A．school         B．room           C．house    D．library

8.                A．what           B．when          C．who D．and

9.                A．They           B．It              C．He  D．She

10.               A．mother         B．father          C．friend D．sister

11.               A．happy          B．tired           C．afraid D．relaxed(放松的)

12.               A．and           B．so             C．but   D．though

13.               A．got up         B．woke up        C．put up D．cleaned up

14.               A．putting on      B．dressing        C．wearing   D．taking

15.               A．had           B．let            C．made D．gave