One day, Allan and his friend Henry went swimming in a river. It was very hot. How happy they were in the river! After they got out of the water, they played games in the sun for a while.

　On their way back, Henry saw some flowers. He liked flowers very much and ran into the green field to look at them. Now Allan was walking by himself.

　Then he heard Henry calling out, "A snake（蛇）! Help!..."

　"What's wrong with you?" asked Allan.

　"A snake bit（咬）me in the leg. Come here!"

　Allan ran over and saw a small red wound（伤口）on Henry' s leg.

　"The snake was in the grass. I didn't see it."

　"Sit down quickly"! Allan told Henry.

　Allan put his mouth at the little red wound and began to suck（吸）at it. In this way he saved （挽救）Henry's life. "Oh, Allan, it's very kind of you to help me."

　　"That's all right. We are friends and we must always help each other."

1.It was________ when-Allan and Henry went out.

　　  

A．hot

B．cold

C．raining

D．wet

2.After swimming, they played in the sun________.

　　  

A．the whole morning

B．for 2 hours

C．long

D．for a while

3.On their way home,________ got something wrong with his____

　　    

A．Allan; leg

B．Allan; head

C．Henry; leg

D．Henry; head

4.Henry and Allan are________.

　　    

A．workers

B．good friends

C．brothers

D．farmers

5.Which of the following（下面的）is true?

A．Henry went to look at the flowers with Allan.

B．Allan saved Henry' s life.

C．Allan saw the snake.

D．They ran to the hospital at once.

 

Sophia Wu, 25, is a young Chinese woman who does business with her family in Santiago, Chile (智利). On February 27, she experienced a night that she will never forget.

　　"I was asleep and was woken up by powerful shaking at around 3:30 in the morning. My whole room was moving and I couldn't stand still. I wanted to run downstairs and go outside, but suddenly the wall got broken and the lights in the room went out. The room became so shaky that I couldn't move at all."

　　That night an 8.8-magnitude (震级) earthquake hit Chile. Buildings and bridges fell down. Electricity (电) and water services shut down. The Chilean Red Cross reported that about 500,000 homes were destroyed and more than 800 people died.

　　The earthquake has been the fifth strongest since 1900. More than 90 aftershocks (余震) followed the earthquake. A tsunami (海啸) was set off in the Pacific Ocean by the earthquake.

　　Scientists say that there are about 500,000 earthquakes in the world each year. Of these, only 20% are felt, and 100 of them cause damage.

　　So far, scientists haven't found a way to predict earthquakes. But you can learn to protect yourself during an earthquake. The most important thing to remember is to drop, cover and hold on. So remember to drop to the floor, get under something for cover and hold onto something strong during the shaking.

根据短文内容，选择最佳选项。（10分）

1. What happened to Sophia Wu on February 27?

A．Her house was burned in a fire.

B．She dreamed a terrible dream.

C．Her family died in a terrible accident.

D．A serious earthquake hit the city she was in.

2. Which is the correct order (顺序)?

a. Wu got up and found her whole room was moving.

b. Wu wanted to run downstairs and go out.

c. The wall got broken and the lights went out.

d. Wu was woken up by shaking.

A．a-b-c-d	B．d-a-b-c
C．d-b-a-c	D．c-a-b-d

3. Which is TRUE about the Chile Earthquake？

A．It had no aftershocks.

B．It destroyed five million homes.

C．It caused a tsunami in the Pacific Ocean.

D．It has been the fourth strongest earthquake since 1900.

4. From the passage, we know that about 　　　 of the earthquakes cause damage every year.

A．20%

B．10%

C．1%

D．0.02%

5. How should we protect ourselves during an earthquake?

A．We should run outside as quickly as possible.

B．We should drop, cover and hold on.

C．We should shout loudly for help.

D．We should call 120 quickly.

 

The big red American car was much too wide for an English country road． When Jack saw it coming toward him ．he stopped his own car at the side if the road to make room for it to past ．The American car went slowly past ,so close that he could see the driver’s face quite clearly．

"Where have I seen that face before ?" he thought．, “Wait a minute! I remember now ． It was in the newspaper!” He took out the newspaper from his bag, turned quickly to the middle page ． There was a picture of the face in it ． Yes, it bad a large mouth and small ears, and his eyes were behind dark glasses。

　" Wanted by the police," read by Jack。" The City Bank will give a lot of money to anyone who helps the police to catch this man．"

"Call the police at once ," he said to himself ． But a few minutes later, he was sad． "This man was caught this morning," answered the police．

　1．In which country did the story happen?

　A．It happened in America．

　B．It happened in Australia．

　C．It happened in England．

　D．The story didn′t tell us．

　2．Why did Jack stop his car?

　A．He wanted to see who the driver was．

　B．He didn’t want to pass by first．

　C．The road was too narrow for the two cars to pass at the same time．

　D．Because it was good for an Englishman to stop to let other go．

　3．Who was wanted by the police in this passage ?

　A．Jack．

　B．The driver in the American car．

　C．Either Jack or the driver．

　D．Neither Jack nor the American driver．

　4．What did Jack do when he had read the newspaper again?

　A．He drove to the City Bank

　B．He drove to the police．

　C．He made a telephone call．

　D．He stopped the American car．

　5．Who caught the man with a large mouth and small ears?

　A．The police． 　　　　　B．Jack

C．Nobody． 　　　　　　D．The American driver

We drink tea every day. But more than three hundred years ago most of the people in Europe (欧洲) did not know anything about tea. Some people heard about it, but very few of them know what to do with it.

　There is a story about an English sailor (水手) who went to countries in the east, the west and the south. He went to India and China. One day he came home and brought some tea as a present for his mother. She told her friends about the present and asked them to a "tea party". When her friends came to the "tea party", the old woman gave them brown tea-leaves. The old woman's friends began to eat them. Of course, nobody liked the tea-leaves.

　At that time the sailor came in. He looked at the table and said, "Mother，what did you do with the tea?"

　"I boiled it，as you said."

　"And what did you do with the water?"

　"I threw it away(扔掉)，of course." answered the old woman.

　"Now you may throw away the leaves，too，" said her son.

1.Most of the people in Europe ___300 years ago.

A．drank tea every day	B．knew everything about tea
C．knew nothing about tea	D．liked to eat the tea-leaves

2.One day the English sailor brought his mother some tea from ___.

A．countries in the west	B．countries in the south
C．India or China	D．a tea shop in England

3.The sailor's mother asked her friends to her house, because ___.

A. the sailor told her to.       

B she liked to show off (炫耀)

C. she wanted to ask her friends what to do with the tea

D. she wanted to taste the tea together with her friends

4.At the "tea party",___.

A．all the woman's friends spoke highly of (高度评价)the tea.

B．nobody knew what to do with the tea

C．the woman didn’t eat the tea-leaves

D．the woman gave her friends each a glass of tea water

5.What mistake（错误） did the old woman make? She ___.

A．boiled the tea	B．did as the sailor said
C．threw away the water	D．didn't throw away the tea-leaves

 

Mr. Brown was going away for a week. Before he left, he said to his son, “If anyone asks for me, you can tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week, then be sure to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea.”

　 “OK, Dad,” said his son. But he was afraid his son couldn't remember this, he wrote these words down on a piece of paper and gave it to him. His son put it into his small pocket, took it out and looked at it every now and then.

　  Four days passed, but no one came to see his father. The boy thought that there was no man to come and that the piece of paper was of no more use for him, so he burnt it that evening.

　　The next afternoon, someone knocked at the door. The boy opened it. A man was standing at the door and said, “Where is your father?” The boy put his hand into his pocket at once and looked for the piece of paper. He could not find it. He suddenly remembered he had burnt it, so he shouted, “No more.”

　　The man was very surprised. He asked, “No more? I met your father last week. When did it happen?”

　　"Burnt yesterday evening."

1.Mr. Brown told his son that _____.

A．he would be away from home for four days

B．he would be back in seven days

C．he would be back in a month

D．he liked a cup of tea

2.Mr. Brown wrote the words down on ________.

A．the wall	B．the door
C．a piece of paper	D．his son's pocket

3.A man came to visit the boy's father on ________.

A．the second day

B．the third day

C．the fourth day

D．the fifth day

4.The man was very surprised because _________.

A．he thought the child's father was dead	B．the child didn't ask him to sit down
C．the child gave him a cup of tea	D．he couldn't find that piece of paper

5.What was burnt? ___________.

A．The piece of paper

B．Mr. Smith

C．The visitor

D．The boy