阅读下面的短文，并做后面的选择题：
　　It is a fine day．An old man is taking a train to his hometown(家乡)．As(当…时候) he gets on the train, one of his shoes falls onto the ground, but the train starts, he can't pick it up．Then he takes off the other and throws it near the falling shoe．A boy nearby(旁边) asks him, “Why do you do that?” He answers with a smile (微笑)“If(如果) a man picks them up, he can get a pair of (一双) shoes．”

51. The old man is going to his hometown _____.

A.     by bus 　　B. by train     C. on foot　 D. train

52.   Why can't the old man pick up the falling shoes?      Because _____.

A.      he doesn't want to take it back.     B. the train starts.

C. the boy tells him not to do that.     D. he doesn't like the old shoes.

53.   _____throws the other shoes on the ground.

A. The old man　　　B. The boy     C. Someone nearby　　　　D. Nobody

54.   The boy  _____.

A. wants to take the shoes back for the old man.    B. feels  sorry for the old man.
C. can't understand(理解) the old man.            D. is going to pick up the shoes.

55. The old man is _____ .

A. foolish(愚蠢) B. rich(富有)   C. poor(贫穷)  D. optimistic(开朗)

　缺词填空。（每空一词）（10分）
　1.　Can you give me some __________(建议) about learning math?
　2.　Kate often feels________(紧张不安的) when she talks to me．
3.　I like history，but I don’t like__________(地理)．
4.　There are many_______(语言)in the world. Most of them aren’t used widely．
　5.　Do you know the________(长)of the Yellow River?
　6.　Do you like your trip? Is it                  (令人愉快的).
　7.　The girl with long hair is the__________(苗条的)of the three．
　8.　Liu Xiang and Yao Ming are both my　h_________．Do you agree with me?
　9.　We don’t know this song very well because it’s　u________.
10.　He is________ (1ike to give money or things to others)to his friends．

根据所给的阅读材料完成表格，每空一词。

　　Jane is from America. She’s thirty-two. Now she is a high school teacher in Beijing. Mary comes from Australia. She is twenty-two years old. She is a doctor in Beijing. Huang Bin is from Tianjin. He is twenty-five. He works in a factory(工厂) in Beijing. They come from different countries, but they all work hard for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.