Many years ago, a rich man found that someone wan taking valuable things from his house. He locked all the doors and all the windows .Still the things went. It must be one of the servants! How could he catch the servant? He thought of a good plan.

Late one evening. When it was dark, he called all the servants together, “There is a thief in the house, but I know how to catch him.”He said.”In the next room there is a square box. In that box there is a chicken which is magic. Each of you must go into the room alone. It is quite dark in the room. You must feel your way to the table and press the first finger of your right hand on the top of the box. If you are not the thief, nothing will happen. If you are the thief, the chicken will make such a loud sound that everyone in the house will hear it.”Some of the servants said that they did not want to do this. They were frightened of the magic chicken. But the man said that they must do what he said. If they had done nothing wrong. They had nothing to fear.

So the servants went into the dark room one at a time, while the rest listened carefully. Soon everyone had been in the room. but the chicken made no sound.”Good “said the man.”Now I know who the thief is! The servants looked very surprised.“Show me your right hands! The chicken did not make a sound for a very good reason. There is no chicken in the box at all! But the top of the box was covered with paint. You all have paint on your fingers, except for one person. That person is the thief, and he was afraid to put his finger on the box.”He pointed to one of the servants.”Your finger is clean! You are the thief!”

1.Were the rich man call all the servants together?

A. Yes, they were.  B. No, they weren’t.   C.I don’t know.

2.When did the rich man call all the servants together?

A. In the morning B. In the afternoon C. In the evening

3. Did the rich man catch the thief at last?

A. Yes, he did B. No, he didn’t   C. He gave up the plan

4. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. There was paint on the box.

B. All of the servants touched the box.

C. All of the servants went into the dark room

5. What do you think of the rich man?

A. Brave.   B. Clever   C. Friendly.

Good morning,  boys and girls. Today I'll talk about going online.

We know that there are too many net bars around us. The Internet can make our lives interesting and enjoyable. Many of us like going online very much because we can learn how to use the computer and can get more information from the In­ternet. We can learn English. We can read some good newspapers and magazines. It can make us clever in playing com­puter games. We can send e-mails to our friends quickly. We can chat freely online with our friends. It can help us to get in touch with people from all over the world.

But every coin has two sides. Net bars also bring us a lot of trouble. For example,  some students spend too much time in playing computer games and some stay in the net bars all day and all night. Some girls even get to have boyfriends or some boys get to have girlfriends online. They write too many letters to each other. It takes them too much time to chat online,  so they do worse and worse in their lessons and they don't study well any more. I think we mustn't get online when it is time for us to study. We can do it in summer or winter holidays or at the weekend.

At the same time,  if we have lots of free time,  we can do some out-of-class activities at school. We usually have activ­ities from 4' 50 to 5- 50 in the afternoon. We can play basketball or football on Monday or Thursday afternoon. We can join some interests groups in school,  such as drawing or reading on Tuesday afternoon,  or singing and dancing on Wednesday afternoon. We can go to the English Corner on Friday afternoon. We hope we can spend more time on our subjects or on such activities.

1.Many of us like going online because it can help us_________.

A. learn English and send e-mails            B. get more information

C. play computer games         D. all of the above

2.According to the speaker,  in our spare time we should_________.

A. go online for longer time

B. stay in the classroom doing more exercises

C. go to the English Corner every afternoon

D. do more out-of-class activities at school

3.If you are free on Tuesday afternoon,  what out-of-class activities can you have at school?

A. Playing basketball or football.      B. Singing and dancing.

C. Drawing or reading.         D. Going to the English Corner.

Thousands of years ago，human(人类)didn’t live in towns．Sometimes they would live in caves(洞穴)or build camps in the forest．

    Only about thirty people  1    in each camp．The men would go hunting while the woman and children  2  food from trees around the camp．All the food was  3  among people in the group．Every few weeks they moved to another place to find more food．It was a simple life，but people had to be  4．They had to make everything that they needed，and they had to know a lot about plants and animals．

    Nowadays most people live in towns and cities，and they work in offices and factories．Life is 5  than in the old days．There are fewer  6  ，but there is less excitement．Some people go  7  excitement  sailing round the world．climbing mountains，or exploring(探测)caves．

Most people look forward to the  8 ,a time when they can enjoy a change from the normal life．For some this means going camping．But camping today is  9  from camping in the past．Gas cookers，ready-made food and air-beds mean people can camp much more  10  than they did in the old times．

1．A．lived         B．talked       C．came        D．danced

2．A．planted       B．collected     C．watched     D．bought

3．A．found        B．used         C．shared      D．sold

4．A．polite        B．kind         C．calm        D．clever

5．A．worse        B．faster        C．easier       D．harder

6．A．dangers       B．stories       C．people      D．animals

7．A．waiting for    B．looking for    C．turning on   D．putting on

8．A．dreams       B．gifts         C．meals       D．holidays

9．A．away        B．different       C．free        D．far

10．A．slowly       B．terribly        C．comfortably  D．hopefully

Who is the superstar of the cat world? It has to be Uncle Cat. Uncle Cat is a fat white cat living in the countryside of Japan. He is already nine years old, as old as our 50-year-old uncle in cat years. That’s why he gets the nickname(绰号) Uncle Cat.

Uncle Cat is a lazy cat. He often half shuts his eyes and lies in the sun. It makes him look relaxed and peaceful. He also enjoys himself in a basket, so he has another name: Basket Cat.

Uncle Cat is clever. He knows exactly how to make himself look cool—to wear a pair of sunglasses. From hats to flowers, Uncle Cat likes everything that makes him a different cat.

Uncle Cat’s owner likes to take pictures of Uncle Cat. To his surprise, these photos are very popular on the internet. They make people from all over the world to know and love this cute cat.

Recently, a big earthquake happened in Uncle Cat’s hometown. But don’t worry. Uncle Cat is also a lucky cat. He is safe and sound. That means there will be more photos of Uncle Cat on time and he will soon bring us more fun!

1.What do you know about Uncle Cat’s looks?

A. He is a fat white cat.

b. He is already nine years old.

C. He is a lonely cat.

D. He lives in the country of Japan.

2.The main reason why Uncle Cat is called Basket Cat is that           .

A. He often half shuts his eyes.

b. He always lies in the sun.

C. He enjoys himself in a basket.

D. He looks relaxed and peaceful.

3.People from all over the world get to know and love Uncle Cat            .

A. during a big earthquake.

b. on the Internet.

C. from photo collections.

D. in the newspaper.

4. Which of the following can best explain “Uncle Cat knows exactly how to make himself look cool”?

Dou Kou, a Chinese boy, is called “the youngest writer in the world”. He has written three books till now. Dou Kou was born in Jiangsu in 1994. When he was 7 months old, his partents started working in over 30 different cities, such as Xi’an and Shenzhen. This kind of life gave him things to think and write about. When he was 9 months old, he could speak and at the age of one, he could say five to six hundred words. At three, he could look up words in the dictionary. At four, his father taught him how to learn by himself. His parents like reading very much. So does he. At the age of 5, he began writing fairy tales. At the age of 6, he wrote a novel about his life in different cities with his parents. His fairy tales are all from his life. One day, he found many mice in the house. They only ate their food but also hurt his mother’s hand. So he thought, “If we give mice the stomach of cows, they will eat grass and they will be helpful to people.” This was his first fairy tales Change Stomach for Mice. Now he studies well in a middle school. He has written his third book, the novel called Eyes of Children. He says, “I am not different from other children. I just wrote several books.

1.How many books has Dou Kou written?

2.Thanks to his ________, Dou Kou could write his books.

3.Dou Kou began to use a dictionary __________.

4. The underlined(划线的) sentences show us that Dou Kou _________.

5.Which is the best title?