Hurry up, __________ we’ll have to wait another two hours for the next train.

A. and B. but C. or D. so

— How do you come to school every day, by bus or by bike?

— By bus. It’s much __________ than by bike.

A. fast B. faster C. fastest D. the fastest

My grandma __________ dinner when I got home yesterday.

A. cooks B. is cooking C. was cooking D. will cook

Tom always __________ up early on weekdays so he is never late for school.

A. gets B. was getting C. got D. will get

— What did Jim do yesterday?

— He __________ shopping with his mother.

A. is going B. goes C. will go D. went

My son lived in New York. Last winter my husband and I visited him there. One day, while we were walking down the street, my son went to a store to see if there was a _____ he wanted.

It was very cold. I went over to a supermarket to buy some chocolate, but my husband waited outside alone. When I came out, my husband was talking to a homeless man. I saw my husband take off his gloves and hat and ____ them to Frank, the homeless man.

Frank said he had been living in New York before a heavy rainstorm hit the city in the autumn of the year. He lost his ______ in the rainstorm, so he had no place to sleep. He was begging（乞討）and trying to get $25 to find a cheap hotel where he could sleep for some hours. All he had to keep ______ was a jacket. My husband’s gloves and hat were surprising gifts for him.

After a while, my son came out of the store, and a new coat was in his hand. I asked him what he was going to do with the old one. He said he would ______ keep it. I told him the story and suggested leaving it to Frank. To our great surprise, my son walked up to Frank and gave the new coat to him. Frank asked, “Did you buy this for me?” My son said no, but he wanted Frank to have it. Frank stood there ______ the coat, with tears（淚水）in his eyes. He ______ us with his whole heart. He said he would try to find a job as soon as possible to support himself.

My son couldn’t get the picture of Frank out of his mind. He went home, took out all his clothes that didn’t ____ him, and posted them to a shelter（避難所）. He has done this a few times since then.

1.A. coat B. hat C. bag D. shirt

2.A. show B. pass C. throw D. sell

3.A. school B. hotel C. home D. work

4.A. still B. safe C. clean D. warm

5.A. certainly B. suddenly C. completely D. politely

6.A. making B. washing C. choosing D. holding

7.A. taught B. introduced C. thanked D. pushed

8.A. hurt B. fit C. change D. improve

My Favorite Sport

1.Matt’s favorite sport is _________.

A. basketball B. running C. fishing D. swimming

2.Who joined the swimming club last term?

A. Matt. B. Neil. C. Anna. D. Kat.

3.At weekends, Kat sometimes _________.

A. goes running B. plays basketball

C. goes fishing D. sits in a boat

Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a lovely boy was walking around the shining car. “Is this your car, sir?” he asked.

Paul answered. “Yes, my brother gave it to me for Christmas.” The boy was surprised. “You mean your brother gave it to you and it did cost you nothing? Sir, I wish…”

Of course Paul knew what the boy wanted, but what the boy said surprised him greatly. “I wish that I could be a brother like that.” Paul looked at the boy in surprise, and then he said, “Would you like to take a ride in my car?”

“Oh. yes. I’d love to.” The boy answered.

After a short ride, the boy said, “sir, would you mind stopping in front of my house?”

Paul smiled a little. He thought the boy wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big car. But Paul was wrong again, “Will you stop where those two stairs are?” the boy asked.

He went up to the stairs. Then in a short while he was carrying his little crippled（殘疾的）brother.

“There he is. Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn’t cost him a dollar. And some day I’m going to give you one just like it. Then you can see for yourself all the nice things in the Christmas window that I’ve been trying to tell you about.”

Paul got out and lifted Buddy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed elder brother climbed in behind him and the three began an unforgettable holiday ride.

1.Who was walking around the shining car on Christmas Eve?

A. Paul. B. Buddy’s brother. C. Buddy. D. Paul’s brother.

2.Why did the boy ask Paul to stop his car in front of his house?

A. Because he wanted to show he had a rich friend.

B. Because he wanted to let his brother ride in the car.

C. Because he wanted to show his neighbors the big car.

D. Because he wanted to tell his brother about his wish.

3.What did the lovely boy wish?

A. He could take a ride in Paul’s car.

B. Paul could give his car to Buddy.

C. He could be a brother like Paul’s.

D. Paul could see all the nice things.

In the 13th century（世紀(jì)）, the famous Italian traveler, Marco Polo, traveled a long way to China. During his stay in China, he saw many wonderful things. One of the things was paper money. People in the West didn’t use the paper money until the 15th century. However, the Chinese began to use it in the 7th century.

Paper was invented（發(fā)明）by a Chinese man called Cai Lun almost 2, 000 years ago. But it was not made in the West until the year 1100. Four hundred years later, a German found that he could make the best paper from trees. After that countries with plenty of forest, such as Canada, Sweden, America and Finland, became the most important ones in paper making.

Paper can be used in many ways. It can be used in newspapers, magazines and books. But do you know that paper can be used for keeping warm? In Finland, the farmers wear paper boots to keep their feet warm in the snow. And even houses can be insulated（使絕緣）from heat or cold with paper.

However, we have to understand that paper still comes from trees now. If we keep on wasting so much paper, there will not be any trees left on the earth some day in the near future. Every day people throw away about 2,800 tons of paper in our city. It takes 17 trees to make one ton of paper. This means that we are cutting down nearly 48,000 trees every day. The fact is that it takes more than 10 years for a tree to grow.

So we must start saving paper right now. We can use both sides of every piece of paper. We can make useful things out of used paper. We can use china cups instead of paper ones. When shopping, we can use fewer paper bags and reuse them if we have some.

In short, we should keep a balance（平衡）between using paper and protecting trees, and do it now before it is too late.

1.When did the Chinese begin to use paper money?

A. In the 5th century. B. In the 6th century.

C. In the 7th century D. In the 15th century.

2.Why did Canada become an important country in paper making?

A. Because it was a large country. B. Because it had lots of forests.

C. Because it was a very rich country. D. Because the inventor was from Canada.

3.What is the writer’s main purpose in writing this passage?

A. To explain how to make paper. B. To introduce where paper is from.

C. To show Marco Polo’s great travel. D. To encourage people to save paper.

Language students often think they have a memory problem. They worry because they can’t remember vocabulary. They think something is wrong with their brain. In fact, the problem is not their brain or their memory. The problem is the way they study.

If you want to improve your memory, it’s important to understand how it works. There are two kinds of memory: short-term and long-term. All information goes into your short-term memory first. But it can stay there for just a few minutes. In order to remember something for more than a few minutes, it must move into your long-term memory.

Only some things move into your long-term memory. Which things? This is an important question for a student. In fact, your long-term memory keeps things that are interesting or important to you. That’s why you remember big events in your life or your favorite sports events. Your long-term memory keeps other things, too. It holds onto things that you have thought about and worked with. So if you want to remember words, you have to work with them in some ways.

Many students study vocabulary by repeating（背誦）the words. This may be enough to remember them for a while. But after a day or a week, you may have lost them. The reason for this is very simple. Long-term memory is like a very big library with many, many books. And like a library, it is organized. When you put away a book - or a memory - you can’t just leave it everywhere. If you want to find it again, you have to put it in a certain place.

Repeating a new word doesn’t help you remember it for long, because it doesn’t give you any way to find it again. You need to make a place for the word in your long-term memory. There are many ways you can do this. You can write sentences with the word. Or you can make a very short story about it. You can also make a picture in your mind with the word. For example, if the word is height（高度）, you can think of the tallest person you know and try to guess his height.

All of these activities are ways to work with words. They make the meaning of words stronger in your long-term memory. And they give you a way to find a word when you read it.

1.What can we learn about memory according to the passage?

A. Things that are important only stay in short-term memory.

B. Things we see usually goes into long-term memory first.

C. We’ll forget a word soon if it goes into short-term memory.

D. We’ll never forget a word if it goes into long-term memory.

2.What does the word “organized” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A. put in order B. worked together

C. found difficult D. left somewhere.

3.This passage is mainly about ________.

A. why we often forget words B. what is wrong with our brain

C. what our long-term memory does D. how we can improve our memory