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Once there lived a rich man called King. He loved chatting (聊天) very much. Every day he had his men do all the housework, so he had enough time to chat with others.

One summer afternoon, his friend Bruce invited him to his birthday party. King kept on chatting at table. Later, all the other friends had left, but he didn't notice it. Bruce was worried, because he had just received a call from his sister and he would go to the station to meet her. But King didn't say goodbye to him, and he went on chatting.

At that time. King's wife came in and asked her husband, "Would you like a roast(烤制的bird, dear?"

"Of course, " King answered, "but where is it?"

"I heard a bird singing in the big tree outside just now," said the woman. "I want it to be the last dish. I'll cut the tree down. . . "

"But I'm afraid it will fly away when you begin to cut the tree," said King.

"Don't worry about it, dear," the woman said with a smile. "It is a foolish (愚蠢的) bird. It doesn't know when to leave. "

1. What did King like doing?

A. Doing housework.

B. Visiting his friends.

C. Chatting with others.

D. Eating and drinking.

2. Why did Bruce invite King to his house? A. Because it was his birthday. B. Because it was King's birthday.

C. Because he also loved chatting.

D. Because he had cooked a bird for dinner.

3. Bruce wanted to stop chatting with King because______.

A. he wanted to go to bed

B. his sister arrived at his house

C. he had no more food for the dinner

D. he would go to the station to meet his sister

4. The underlined word ”it" in the passage means u_____".

A. the dish

B. the phone call

C. the other friends had left

D. the bird was singing outside

5. From the passage, we can know that______. A. the Kings lived a poor life B. King's wife was a clever woman,

C. there was a foolish bird in the tree outside

D. all the friends stayed for the roast bird

Life is like the four seasons. Now I am very old, but when I was young, it was the spring of my life. I was born, I played

a lot, and then I started school. I learned many new things. Like a flower, I grew bigger every day. There were happy days and

sorrowful days：some days the sun shone, and some days it didn't.

In my twenties, I had a good job. I was strong and happy. Then I married and had a child. In those days, I didn't have much

time to think. Every day I was busy and worked very hard. And so, I started to get some white hairs. The summer of my life

passed quickly.

Then the days got shorter. Leaves fell from the trees. My child was a university student, and then an engineer. My home was much quieter. I started walking more slowly. One day I stopped working. I had more time. I understood this was my autumn, a beautiful time when the trees change colour and give us delicious fruits.

But the days kept getting shorter and colder. Winter has come. I am older and weaker. I know I do not have many days left, but I will enjoy them to the end.

1. The writer was very busy in the________ of his life. A. spring B. summer C. autumn D. winter

2. According to the passage, which of the following ages is during the autumn of his life?

A. 15.

B. 33.

C. 62.

D. 87.

3. What does the word "sorrowful" mean in this passage? A. Sad. B. Exciting. C. Wonderful. D. Pleasant.

4. Which of the followings is true?

A. The writer was an engineer.

B. The writer had a garden with flowers.

C. The writer was always happy as a child.

D. The writer now is old and weak, but still he enjoys his life.

5. The best title of the passage can be______.

A. Four Seasons

B. My Life

C. Four Seasons in a Year

D. Four Seasons in My Life

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C. People who answer "No" to all of the questions have great stress.

D. People who answer "Yes" to more than two of the questions have no stress.

3. What's the easier way to relax your body? A. Talking with friends. B. Listening to light music.

C. Doing relaxing exercises.

D. Laughing, smiling and crying.

4. "X" in the passage should be the “word”. A. cry B. laugh C. smile D. smoke

5. The main idea of the passage is________.

A. about stress and how to relieve your stress

B. that there are many reasons for having stress

C. that laughing and smiling more can help relieve your stress

D. that doing the Stress Test is a good way to help you to live a better life

The customs in different countries are rather different . If I have dinner with a Chinese host ,

he always puts more foo d onto my plate as soon as I have emptied it . That often discomforts me greatly . I have to eat the food even if I don?t want to , because it is considered bad manners in the West to leave one?s food on the plate . I have already noticed that whe n a Chinese sits at an American?s dinner party , he very often refuses the offer of food or drink . In the United States , it is impolite to keep as king someone again and again or insist on his accepting something . Americans have a direct way of speaking . If they want something , they will ask for it . If not , they will say , “No ; thanks .” When an American doesn?t want beer , for example , he might say , “No , thanks . I?ll take some Di et Pepsi-Cola if you have it . ”

That is what an American will do .

1. An American guest usually leaves nothing on the plate , because .

A. the host is very warm

B. he is really hungry

C. he is really full

D. it is thought good manners

2. A Chinese guest usually refuses the offer of food because_______ .

A. the host is not very warm

B. he was taught to do so

C. he is really full

D. he was not in the West at all

3. An American host is likely to .

A. keep asking his guest to eat more

B. fill his guest?s plate with more food

C. say “No , thanks .

D. stop giving the guest anything after the guest refuses something

4. This passage wants to tell us .

A. Chinese people should learn from American people

B. Chinese guests often discomfort their hosts

C. American customs are better than Chinese ones

D. when you go to the United States , you?d better follow their customs

5. The best title for this passage is .

A. Chinese Customs on Table

B. Learn from Good Manners

C. When in Rome , Do as the Romans Do

D. Good Manners of Chinese People and American People

We know that many animals do not stay in one place. Birds, fish and other animals move from one place to another at a certain time. They move for different reasons: most of them move to find food more easily, but others move to get away from places that are too crowded.

When cold weather comes, many birds move to warmer places to find food. Some fishes give birth in warm water and move to cold water to feed. The most famous migration (迁移) is probably the migration of fish, which is called “salmon”. This fish is born in fresh water but it travels many miles to salt water. There it spends its life. When it is old, it returns to its birthplace in fresh water. Then it gives birth and dies. In northern Europe, there is a kind of mouse. They leave their mountain homes when they become too crowded. They move down to the low land. Sometimes they move all the way to the seaside, and many of them are killed when they fall into the sea.

Recently (近来), scientists have studied the migration of a kind of lobster (龙虾). Every year, when the season of the bad weather arrives, the lobsters get into a long line and start to walk across the floor of the ocean. Nobody knows why they do this, and nobody knows where they go. So, sometimes we know why humans and animals move from one place to another, but at other times we don?t. Maybe living things jus t like to travel.

1. Most animals move from one place to another at a certain time to _______.

A. give birth

B. enjoy warmer weather

C. find food more easily

D. find beautiful places

2. The fish called “salmon” spends a long time in ______.

A. salt water

B. river

C. fresh water

D. its birthplace

3. The mice in northern Europe move when _______.

A. they give birth

B. the place gets too crowded

C. the weather is bad

D. they haven?t enough food

4. The lobsters move ________. A. to the fresh water B. at a certain time C. to the undersea D. to find more food

5. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Animals move to find food more easily.

B. The migration of the fish called “salmon” is the most famous migration.

C. Living things move from one place to another because they like to travel.

D. Sometimes we know why and how living things move from one place to another, but sometimes we don?t.

Bill Clinton was born in 1946。He took office (就职)on January 20,1993 and became the 42nd U.S. President (总统). He is the first U.S. president who was born after World War II. He is also one of the youngest of all U.S. presidents.

Clinton was born in a poor family. Three months before he was born, his father, William Blats, died. When he was small, his mother remarried (再婚) Norger Clinton, so the boy…s family name was changed.

In the summer of 1963, Clinton was asked to visit the city of Washington. During his visit, he met President Kennedy in the White House. At that time, he wanted to become a president, and now he is!

1. Clinton became the 42nd U.S. president when he was______.

A. thirty

B. about forty

C. forty-seven

D.37years old

2. Clinton?s father died______.

A. after 1946

B. before Clinton was born

C. before World War II

D. when Clinton was young

3. Why was the boy…s name changed? A. Because he became a president B. Because his family was very poor

C. Because his father was dead

D. Because his mother remarried Norger Clinton

4. In 1963 Clinton came to the city of Washington___.

A. to take part in an exam

B. for his holidays

C. for a visit

D. to have a meeting with Kennedy

5. Which one of the following is Not right?

A. Everybody can visit the president in the White House

B. All the U.S. presidents work in the White Horse

C. Clinton wanted to become a president after he saw President Kennedy

D. The White House is in the city of Washington

Look at the instructions on the bottle of the medicine and then choose the right answers.

John is twelve years old. He had a bad cold and coughed day and night.

He went to see a doctor. The doctor gave him some cough medicine.

Cough Medicine

Shake(摇动)it well before use.

Take it three times each day before meals.

Dose (药量):

Age：over 14：2 teaspoonfuls(勺)

8—13 ：1 teaspoonful

4—7 ：1／2 teaspoonful

Not right for children below the age of three. Put it in a cold place.

Use it before December 1st 2002.

1. John should take ____ a day. A. 2 teaspoonfuls B. 3 teaspoonfuls C. 4 teaspoonfuls D. 1 teaspoonful

2. The medicine should be kept in _______. A. a fridge B. hot water C. any place D. the sun

3. John should ____ before he takes it.

A. shake the medicine well

B. eat nothing

C. do some exercise

D. drink a cup of tea

4. When people are ____ years old, they cannot take this medicine. A. eighty B. thirty C. two D. twelve

5. John will ____ the medicine when it is left after Dec.1st, 2002.

A. throw away

B. stop to take

C. take once

D. take six times more

1. You are 26 years old and want to be a teacher. You should apply to ______.

A. Cape Taxi

B. Recruitment

C. The Director of Studies

D. any of the three

2. What prevents Jack, an experienced taxi driver, working for Capes Taxi?

A. Fond of football

B. Punished *for speeding and wrong parking

C. Unable to speak a foreign language

D. Not having a college education

3. Ben, aged22, fond of swimming and driving, has just graduated from a college. Which job might be given to him?

A. Driving for Cape Taxi.

B. Working for Southern Airlines

C. Teaching at Instant Languages Ltd.

D. None of the three

4. What prevents May, aged 25, becoming an air hostess?

A. She once broke a traffic law and was fined.

B. She can?t speak Japanese very well.

C. She has never worked as an air hostess before.

D. She doesn?t feel like working long hours flying abroad.

5. Which of the following is not mentioned *in the three advertisements?

A. Marriage

B. Male or female

C. Education

D. Working experience

Food is very important . Everyone needs to eat well if he or she wants to have a strong body. Our minds also need a kind of food. This kind of food is knowledge(知识).

When we are very young, we start getting knowledge. Young children like watching and listening . Color pictures especially interest them. When children are older, they enjoy reading. When something interests them, they love asking questions.

Our minds, like our bodies always need the best food. Studying on our own brings the most knowledge.

If someone is always telling us answers, we never learn well. When we study correctly and get knowledge on our town, we learn more and understand better.

1.Why does everyone need to eat well ? It can help people ______?

A. to be healthy

B. to study well

C. to enjoy learning

D. to like color pictures

2. What kind of food do our bodies need?____________ A. Pictures B. Books C. Rice D. Knowledge

3. When do we start getting knowledge?_____________

A. When we are old

B. When we are young

C. When we are students

D. When we are teachers.

4. Why do children like watching and listening ?_________

A. They want to eat nice food

B. They are too young

C. They have many color pictures

D. They need knowledge

5. You won?t learn well, if you ____________.

A. study on your own

B. study correctly

C. ask questions

D. are always told the answers

News 1:

Two conjoined*twin sisters were separated*at a hospital in Hebei Saturday. The two 40-day-old Chinese girls had been joined at the chest and abdomen *. Doctors still worry about the younger one, who also has heart disease. They say she will have another operation after she fully gets well.

News 2:

FIRE broke out on the second floor of the busy four-story Zhongbai Shopping Centre in Jilin city, Jilin, Sunday. As of Wednesday, more than 50 people were killed and over 70 injured *. Officials said the fire started in one of the shopping centre?s storehouses.

News 3:

THE Chinese Embassy * in Iraq?s capital Baghdad * reopened Monday. The embassy had been closed since the US-Iraq war began in March 2003. The last Chinese officer left Baghdad just three days before the war broke out.

News 4:

HOW old can an insect be? 400 million years! Last Wednesday, scientists found the world?s oldest insect fossil in Britain. T he fossil shows that the body of the insect was as big as a grain * of rice and had wings. In the past, people thought the earliest insect was 380 million years old.

1. What does News3 talk about?

A. China?s back in Iraq

B. Shopping center fire

C. That?s an old bug

D. It was a success

2. The operation done on the two Chinese girls was ___________. A. unsuccessful B. cruel C. successful D. strange

3. The fire in the shopping center started __________________.

A. on the fourth floor

B. in a storehouse

C. on the third floor

D. outside the centre

4. The Chinese Embassy in Baghdad reopened ____________.

A. when the US-Iraq war began

B. before the US-Iraq war ended

C. three days before the war broke out

D. on a Monday

5. The new find of the insect fossil showed that the earliest insect was ______ years older than believed.

A. 10 million

B. 20 million

C. 400 million

D. 380 million

The customs in different countries are rather different . If I have dinner with a Chinese host , he always puts more food onto my plate as soon as I have emptied it . That often discomforts me greatly . I have to eat the food even if I don?t want to , because it is consid ered bad manners in the West to leave one?s food on the plate . I have already noticed that when a Chinese sits at an American?s dinner party , he very often refuses the offer of food or drink . In the United States , it is impolite to keep asking someone again and again or insist on his accepting something . Americans have a direct way of speaking . If they want something , they wi ll ask for it . If not , they will say , “No ; thanks .” When an American doesn?t want beer , for example , he might say , “No , thanks . I?ll take some Diet Pepsi-Cola if you have it . ” That is what an American will do .

1. An American guest usually leaves nothing on the plate , because .

A. the host is very warm

B. he is really hungry

C. he is really full

D. it is thought good manners

2. A Chinese guest usually refuses the offer of food because_______ .

A. the host is not very warm

B. he was taught to do so

C. he is really full

D. he was not in the West at all

3. An American host is likely to .

A. keep asking his guest to eat more

B. fill his guest?s plate with more food

C. say “No, thanks .”

D. stop giving the guest anything after the guest refuses something

4. This passage wants to tell us .

A. Chinese people should learn from American people

B. Chinese guests often discomfort their hosts

C. American customs are better than Chinese ones

D. whe n you go to the United States , you?d better follow their customs

5. The best title for this passage is .

A. Chinese Customs on Table

B. Learn from Good Manners

C. When in Rome , Do as the Romans Do

D. Good Manners of Chinese People and American People

Do you know what couch-potato means? Well, in America, the word is now often used. The American couch-potato becomes maybe even a part of the American tradition! You see, in America, many people often spend their free time sitting on a couch(沙发) watching TV. As there are many channels to choose, the TV can be quite interesting and very addictive(上瘾的). One may sit and watch TV for hour and hour without stop!

Well, these people who do nothing all day except watching TV are called couch-potatoes.

In America, when one watches TV, he is most often sitting on a couch. While watching TV, most of these people look so frozen that they almost look dead! Everyone is sitting still(静止的) with eyes looking right into the same black box. Also because these people are addictive to TV,

they don?t take exercise and usually get very fat. So in many ways, these people look like real potatoes!

Well, because they look so still and fat, and watch TV on a couch, they are all called couch-potatoes.

Now you know what couch-potato means. The next time if you see someone watching TV too long,

just say, "What a couch-potato!"

1. The word “couch-potato” is often used in _______. A. China B. America C. Japan D. France

2. If a person is called a couch-potato, he or she _______.

A. likes sitting on a couch watching TV

B. does nothing all day

C. must be very fat

D. only watches TV and eats potatoes

3. Why does a couch-potato look like a real potato? Because he or she _______.

A. almost never moves while watching TV and gets very fat

B. is fat and dying and can not take exercise

C. likes eating potatoes on a couch while watching TV

D. is frozen in front of the black box

4. The passage mainly tells us _______. A. how to watch TV B. why couch-potatoes are very fat.

C. what couch-potato means

D. where the new word is used

5. Which of the following should be the writer?s suggestion(建议)?

A. Take exer cise.

B. Never watch TV.

C. Don?t sit on a couch.

D. Don?t watch TV too much.

A School Report

1. After reading this, we know this is ___ .

A. a studying plan of Edward Scott

B. a teaching plan of Ivy

C. a school report of Edward Scott

D. a working plan of M. L. Martin

2. Which is the following is NOT mentioned in the form?

A. P. E

B. Music

C. Mathematics

D. history

3. Edwa rd Scott?s best subject is ____. A. science B. English C. Geography D. French

4. Edward is not so good at ____. A. science and geography B. mathematics and history

C. history and French

D. music and English

5. According to the form, which of the following sentences is TRUE?

A. Edward can?t sing songs very well.

B. Edward doesn?t do well in science.

C. Edward can do better if he works harder next term.

D. Edward learns two foreign languages in school.

Ma Lili?s parents are going to give a birthday party for her. She?s going to be fourteen years old . Ma Lili has a lot of friend s. They are going to come to the party. They are girls from Ma Lili?s school. There are twenty-five of them.

Ma Lili?s mother is making birthday cakes for the party. They are very nice cakes. Ma Lili says to her mother, “Mum, you?re very nice. Thank you for your nice cakes .” Her father is going shopping. H e buys a lot of apples, bananas, oranges and pears .

It?s four o?clock in the afternoon. Now everything is ready. The party begins in thirty minutes .

1. Who is going to give Ma Lili a birthday party ? A. Ma Lili B. Her friends . C. Her teacher. D .Her parents .

2. How many people are coming to Ma Lili?s party ? A. Two. B. Twenty. C. Twenty-one. D. Twenty-five .

3. Her mother _____ for her party. A. is making cakes B. is shopping C. is buying apples D. makes a cake

4. How old is Ma Lili going to be ? A. 12 B. 13 C. 14 D. 20

5. What time does the party begin?

A. At four. B .At half past four. C. After five o?clock D. At about six o?clock

In England , people don?t usually talk much. You can go on a bus, or in a train, and everyone sits looking out of the window. Often they read. They read books and papers, but they don?t talk much .

When you meet English people, they often talk about one thing, the weather. So When you meet somebody in England , you can sa y, “Nice weather for the time of year ! ”

“But it was a little cold yesterday,” somebody may answer. “But it got a bit warmer later, ” you can say.

Talk like this, and the English will think, “How friendly you are ! ”

1. English people often _____ on a bus. A. talk much B .talk about C. eat something D .read papers

2. When you meet English people, talk like this:

A. How do you do! B .How are you ! C. Nice weather! D. Nice to meet you !

3. If you talk with the English people about the weather, they will think _____.

A. you are friendly

B. you are right

C. you are English

D. you talk too much

4. English people always hope the weather will get ______.

A. better

B. worse

C. colder D .hotter

5. Which is right ? A. English people like to talk on a bus. B. English people didn?t enjoy the bes t weather.

C. English people are the most friendly.

D. English people don?t talk much .

1. We can learn English from . A. Yang Jun B. Zhang Hui C. Liu Hong D. Li Nan

2. You may telephone for help if your younger brother or sister is ill.

A. the police

B. Liu Hong

C. Li Nan

D. Zhang Hui

3. We can call when we want to take a taxi to Hangzhou Railway Station．

A. 139********

B. 0745－2709348

C. 1992301636

D. 137********

4. Of the four, w e can?t send fax to the . A. driver B. teacher C. doctor D. farmer

5. If you have some questions about your younger brother?s or sister?s health, please send an E-mail to .

A. Linan ＠https://www.wendangku.net/doc/8111557831.html,

B. cclh ＠https://www.wendangku.net/doc/8111557831.html,

C. hzyj ＠https://www.wendangku.net/doc/8111557831.html,

D. hhMx ＠https://www.wendangku.net/doc/8111557831.html,

Ranch. It was near Los Angeles in California. A few years later Hollywood was one of the famous places in the world. From the At the beginning of the 20th century there was a big farm called Hollywood 1910?s to the 1950?s, Hollywood was the film center of th e world.

Every family knew the names of its film stars—Charlie Chaplin, Greta Garbo, Bergman and hundreds more.

The reason why people went to Hollywood to make films was the sun. At first, people made films in New York on the east coast of the United States.

But then they heard about Los Angeles, where there are 350 days of the sun every year. As they made all the films by sunlight, west coast was a much better place to work. Also near Hollywood you can find mountains and sea and desert. They did not have to travel far to make any kind of film.

When TV became popular, Hollywood started making films for television. Then in the 1970?s they discovered, people still went to cinema to see big expensive films. After twenty years they are still making films in Hollywood and people see them all over the world.

1. Hollywood used to be a . A. cinema B. big farm C. park D. market

2. In the 1910?s Hollywood became a.

A. famous theatre

B. good place to have holidays

C. film center

D. home for stars

3. Who was not mentioned(提到) as a film star in the passage﹖.

A. Charlie Chaplin

B. Marily Monroe

C. Bergman

D. Greta Garbo

4. People went to Hollywood to make films because .

A. it was a beautiful place

B. you can find many film stars

C. there was a lot of sunlight there

D. it was a famous place

5. Which statement(说法) is true﹖.

A. The West Coast was a better place to make films

B. There are no mountains near Hollywood

C. People no longer went to cinema after television became popular

D. Hollywood began to make films for television after the First World War