John is a good boy. He studies hard and is never late for school. He has a lot of friends. And he often helps them and they like him. But he always thinks himself the cleverest （最聰明）in his class and looks down upon(看不起)others.

This term a new student, Fred, comes to his class. He’s thin and short and never talks with the boys. So no children know him well. And John laugh at him.But he doesn’t mind(介意) it at all.

One day John goes to Mike’s birthday party. He sings, dance and show all his talents(才能) to the children. After that he says to Fred, “What are you going to show us, my friend?”

“I’m not clever,” says Fred.“Can you guess some of my riddles(謎語(yǔ))？”

“Certainly, I can,”says John.

Fred tells some riddles, but John can’t guess any.At last the boy says,“Now I’ll tell the easiest riddle. Listen to me carefully. You’ll guess it this time. An animal(動(dòng)物)has two heads, six legs, a long nose and a short nose. Can you tell me what it is?”

John thinks hard and hard, but can’t guess it. His face turn red and says,“What’s it?”

“It’s a man riding an elephant!”

John doesn’t say anything any longer at the party.

1.The children like John because _______.

A. he often helps them

B. he looks down upon them

C. he thinks himself the cleverest

D. he knows more than any other child

2.No children know Fred well because _______.

A. he doesn’t answer any questions in class

B. he comes from a village

C. he’s often late for class

D. he never talks with others

3.John often laugh at Fred because _______.

A. the boy is thin

B. the boy is short

C. he doesn’t think the boy is clever

D. the boy isn’t friendly to him

4.______, so he is sure he can guess the riddles.

A. John is good at doing it

B. John thinks he is cleverer than Fred

C. John is good at his lessons

D.John often guess riddles

5.John’s face turn red because _________.

A. he feels sorry（遺憾的）

B. he feels shy(害臊的)

C. his friends laugh at him

D. they don’t think him clever

選詞填空。

1.Mary likes ice-cream. She thinks it good!

2.You can ask your sister to ______ you ______ your English.

3.Chen Mei is a Chinese girl, but she can ______ well.

4.I’m not happy because there are rules（規(guī)矩） at home.

5.If you can play the violin, you can ________.

閱讀短文填詞。

Many boys and girls love to watch TV. They spend many h1. a day in front of the TV sets. But many parents let their children watch TV o2. in special(特定的) time.

TV shows are l3. books or movies. There are many kinds of TV shows, such as sitcoms(情景喜劇)， soap operas(肥皂劇) a4. fashion shows .A child c5. learn good things and bad things from them. Some shows help children to k6. the news all over the world.(全世界). Children don’t have to go to the zoo to see animals. Boys and girls can s7. sitcoms, and game shows at h8. . Some shows teach children how to cook or how to use tools(工具).

Many boys and girls think it is f 9. to watch TV, but it is a10. interesting to read books, to play games or to visit friends.

書(shū)面表達(dá)。

假設(shè)你是李小玲的老師，介紹她的個(gè)人情況、興趣愛(ài)好及能力信息如下：

1.李小玲是我的一名學(xué)生。她今年15歲。請(qǐng)你以時(shí)間順序簡(jiǎn)要介紹她一天的生活

（包括起床、吃早餐、上學(xué)、回家、作業(yè)及睡覺(jué)）。

2.她還擅長(zhǎng)唱歌，跳舞。

3.她會(huì)說(shuō)很好的英語(yǔ)。她可以幫助同學(xué)們英語(yǔ)。

be good at ， help with

Li Xiaoling is one of my students.

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—Have you cooked supper_______, Mom?—No, I haven’t finished it_______.

A. already; yet B. yet; ever

C. yet; yet D. already; just

Linda’s_____ her homework already and she’s____ newspapers for news now.

A. finishes; reads B. finished; read

C. finished; reading D. finishing; read

I think a computer’s memory is the same as human’s________ . but it’s also very different.

A. in fact B. anyway

C. on the way D. in some ways

—Haven’t you seen that film? That’s the funniest one I .—Really? When you it?

A. saw; have seen B. saw; did see

C. have seen; did see D. have seen; have seen

It _______ ten years _______ I worked in this new office.

A. is; since B. has been, after

C. was; since D. was; after

- _______ have you been friends? . -We have been friends since we were young.

A. How far B. How long C. How soon D. How much