Have you ever listened to young kids talking in the playground? They are always boasting. They say things like, “My Dad’s car is bigger than your Dad’s,” and “My Mom is smarter than yours.” They particularly like to boast about their families.

There were three little boys, Harry, Ted and Gavin, who were always boasting. Gavin was the worst. Everything about his family was always the best or the biggest or the most expensive.

    Whatever the others said, he could always go on better. One day when they were walking to school, Harry said, “My father had a bath twice a week,”

  Ted spoke next. “That’s nothing,” he said. “Having a bath twice a week is dirty. My father has a bath every day, sometimes twice a day.”

Ted looked at Gavin. Now it was his turn. But what could he say?

“This time,” Ted thought, “I’m going to win.”

Gavin didn’t know what to say. He couldn’t say that his father had a bath three times a day. That was silly.

He walked on in silence.

Ted smiled at Harry, and Harry smiled back. They were sure that for once they had beaten Gavin.

  They reached the school gate. Still Gavin said nothing.

  They went into class. Morning break, lunch-time, afternoon break all passed. Still Gavin said nothing.

“We’ve won,” Ted said to Harry, but he spoke too soon. On the way home, Gavin said, “My Dad is so clean that he doesn’t have to bathe at all.”

51.  According to the passage, the meaning of the word “boast” is __________.

A. to sing a nice song           B. to talk big

C. to go on better              D. to have a bath three times a day

52.  Who is the biggest boaster?

A. Harry         B. Ted        C. Gavin          D. Gavin’s Dad

53.  Why did Ted think that Harry’s father was dirty?

A. He had a bath every day.                 

B. He had a bath only twice a week.

C. Ted’s father often had a bath twice a day.    

D. He never had a bath.

54.  How long did Ted and Harry have to wait for Gavin’s answer?

A. almost a whole day       B. a few minutes

C. some days              D. several months

55.  Which is the best title of this passage?

A. Three boys’ fathers       B. Kid’s talk

C. How to take a bath        D. A silly boy

The weather was fine last night. My friend named Steve and I decided to sleep in the open air. I found the sleeping bags under the bed in my room. I also packed some snacks. We could hardly wait for it to get dark. We opened our sleeping bags and put them on the grass in front of my house. Steve and I played some games, talked about something interesting and had a snack. In the end it got dark. We were just falling asleep when we heard something unusual.
“Maybe it is just a small animal,” I said. Steve said nothing, but I could feel he was frightened. After I looked around, I was sure it wasn’t an animal. It was my little brother, Tommy.
“What are you doing here?” I asked. “You know, Tommy, you frightened us.”
“Sorry, Bill,” he said. “It’s hot in the room. I want to sleep outside with you.”
“Well, OK,” I said. “Just come and lie down next to us.”
“Good night, Bill and Steve,” said Tommy. “And thanks.”
【小题1】What did Steve and Bill decide to do last night?                              
【小题2】Where did Bill find the sleeping bags?                                    
【小题3】How did Steve feel when he heard something strange?                        
【小题4】What did Tommy come out of the house to do?                               
【小题5】How many persons slept in the open air at last in the story?                     

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A Trap

Mr. Smith left his car outside his apartment one night as usual, but when he came down the next morning to go to his office, he discovered that the car wasn’t there. He called the police and told them what had happened, and they said that they would try to find the car.

When Mr. Smith came home from his office that evening, the car was back again in its usual place in front of his house. He examined it carefully to see whether it had been damaged, and found two theater tickets on one of the seats and a letter which said, “We’re very sorry. We took your car because of an emergency.”

Mr. and Mrs. Smith went to the theater with the two tickets the next night and enjoyed themselves very much.

When they got home, they found that thieves had taken almost everything they had had in their apartment.

1.What did Mr. Smith find one morning?

2. What did he do then?

3. What happened when he came home from his office that evening?

4. What did Mr. Smith find on one of the seats in his car?

5. What did Mr. and Mrs. Smith do with the thing(s) they found in their car?

The weather was fine last night. My friend named Steve and I decided to sleep in the open air. I found the sleeping bags under the bed in my room. I also packed some snacks. We could hardly wait for it to get dark. We opened our sleeping bags and put them on the grass in front of my house. Steve and I played some games, talked about something interesting and had a snack. In the end it got dark. We were just falling asleep when we heard something unusual.

“Maybe it is just a small animal,” I said. Steve said nothing, but I could feel he was frightened. After I looked around, I was sure it wasn’t an animal. It was my little brother, Tommy.

“What are you doing here?” I asked. “You know, Tommy, you frightened us.”

“Sorry, Bill,” he said. “It’s hot in the room. I want to sleep outside with you.”

“Well, OK,” I said. “Just come and lie down next to us.”

“Good night, Bill and Steve,” said Tommy. “And thanks.”

1.What did Steve and Bill decide to do last night?                              

2.Where did Bill find the sleeping bags?                                    

3.How did Steve feel when he heard something strange?                        

4.What did Tommy come out of the house to do?                               

5.How many persons slept in the open air at last in the story?                     

 Millions years ago much of our earth was covered with blocks (块) of ice. These ice blocks were as tall as high buildings in modern cities. Most of the ice was in the northern (北方的)part of the world.

Then the ice blocks started to move south. Cold and rain came with the ice. Animals and people had to move.

At last, the ice began to melt (融化). After half a million years, most of it had melted. More than half of the earth became covered with water. The climate became much warmer. Things began to grow. The earth began to look the way it looks today.

1.Millions of years ago our earth was very _________________.

A. warm            B. hot              C. cool             D. cold

2.What did animals and people try to do when the ice blocks moved south?

A. they tried to stop them moving.       B. They tried to melt them.

C. They tried to stay ahead of them.      D. They tried to move behind them.

3.The melting ice maybe helped to form _____________.

A. mountains and valleys              B. the sun, the moon and the earth

C. cities and countries                D. seas, lakes and rivers

4. The underlined word “climate” means _______________.

A. the freezing ice                   B. the weather of the year

C. the moving of the ice blocks         D. a plant or an animal

5. Which of these things maybe happened because the Ice Age ended?

a. Forests grew                     b. Food became harder to find

c. Fishing became easier              d. The temperature dropped.

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