--Dad, I've got an "A" in the math exam.
--Great. And I'm sure you will do better, because this is a good_______.

A．report

B．result

C．start

D．skill

It will be two days before the decision__________.

A．has made

B．will be made

C．was made

D．is made

Two brothers worked together on a farm.  One was married and had a large  36 . The other had no wife yet. Although they lived in different houses, they shared everything they got from their farm.
One day, the single brother said to himself, "It's not   37 that we share all the rice. I'm   38 and I need less than my brother. " So, every night he took a bag of rice from his store-room and   39 across the field   40  their houses, putting it into his brother's store-room.
At the same time, the married brother thought, "It's not fair to share all the rice. I'm married and I have my wife and children to    41  me when I am    42_. However, my brother has no one to take care of his   43  " So, each night he also took a bag of rice and put it into his brother's store-room.
Several months passed by. They found   44  strange that their rice never became less. Then, one dark night the two brothers ran into each other. Slowly they began to understand what was happening. Their bags fell onto the ground and tears   45  their eyes at once.

【小題1】

A．group. B．family C．class D．team

【小題2】

A．right B．popular C．interesting D．wrong

【小題3】

A．poor B．happy C．a(chǎn)lone D．rich

【小題4】

A．jumped B．played C．went D．rode

【小題5】

A．from B．through C．off D．between

【小題6】

A．look after B．look for C．look out D．look at

【小題7】

A．worried B．old C．healthy D．dead

【小題8】

A．hope B．children C．farm D．future

【小題9】

A．them B．this C．it D．that

【小題10】

A．a(chǎn)ppeared B．filled C．dropped D．rose

When I was about 12, a girl in my class liked to point out my problems. I was too thin; I wasn't a good student; I talked too much, I was too   46  , and so on. At last, I became very angry and ran to my father.                                                                                                                                         He listened to me   47  . Then he asked, "Are these things true or not? Do you know what you are really like? Go and make a   48  of what she said and find the   49 that are true."
I did as he told me. To my great   50 , I discovered that about half of the things were true. Some of them I couldn't change (like being very thin). But there were things I could and wanted to change. For the   51  time, I got a clear   52  of myself.
I brought the list back to Dad. He refused to take it. "That's just for you. " he said, "You know the truth about   53  better than anyone else.  When people say something that is true about you, you should find it helpful. "
Our world is full of people who think they know your business. Don't   54  your ears and feel   55 . Listen to them.

【小題1】

A．beautiful B．proud C．smart D．rich

【小題2】

A．bravely B．happily C．quickly D．quietly

【小題3】

A．joke B．programme C．list D．record

【小題4】

A．secrets B．mistakes C．lessons D．points

【小題5】

A．surprise B．interest C．opinion D．fact

【小題6】

A．first B．second C．next D．last

【小題7】

A．book B．picture C．drawing D．notice

【小題8】 A. yourselves     B. myself         C, herself        D. yourself

【小題9】

A．clean B．open C．close D．wash

【小題10】

A．hurt B．safe C．pretty D．cheap

Classified Advertisements
If you need our service, please call 5161982.

For Rent Excellent Room for girls.  Single,  $115 a month. Double,  $180 a month.  Call 5160594. Family Home, 3 bedrooms, large yard. Call 3125766. Youth Paradise, room for boys, $100 per person. Call 8830553.

For Sale Coat for man, size 42, 1 year old, $85. After 6pm, Call 2125978 Color TV, size 21, $150; Mp3 player, $45; Recorder, $25. Call 6963749

Help Wanted     If you can find a few hours during the day to look after 2 school age children，please call 3133694．    A magazine needs a reporter．He or she should be good at writing in Chinese． Experience needed．Call 5201314。

Lost A yellow bag with a mobile phone and some books was left behind the library．Wiil the finder come to Class l，Grade 3?

Found A black jacket was found on the playground yesterday afternoon(June，21st)．Will the owner please ring 3655488?

 
【小題1】If you want to make an advertisement, which number will you call?

A．5160594.	B．365588.
C．5161982.	D．313369.

【小題2】Mary wants a room for herself, which room should she choose?

A．Family Home.	B．Double.
C．Single.	D．Youth Paradise.

【小題3】The title "Classified Advertisements" probably means_________.

A．a(chǎn)dvertisements only for students to read

B．a(chǎn)dvertisements giving us useful information

C．a(chǎn)dvertisements that are very important

D．a(chǎn)dvertisements divided into different groups

【小題4】 If you want to find a part-time job, you will read_________.

A．Help Wanted	B．For Sale
C．For Rent	D．Lost

【小題5】If a person has $115, he can buy_________.

A．TV and recorder	B．coat and recorder
C．coat and mp3 player	D．TV and mp3 player

I went home one Saturday afternoon in the autumn of 1993 to get some work done in the garden. While sweeping leaves on the ground, my five-year-old son Nick came over and asked me to write something on a piece of paper to make a sign for him.
"What for?" I asked.
" I'm going to sell some of my stones, " he answered.
Nick was fascinated with stones and had collected many stones from all over.
" I'm too busy to do that for you. Go and ask your mum for help," I said.
A short time later, Nick, returned with a sign, reading, " Stones, One Dollar Each". He took the sign, a small chair and 4 of his best stones and walked to the road in front of our garden. There he put the stones in a line and sat down on the chair.
After half an hour, nobody passed by. I walked to him and asked him to go back, but he didn't.
Another half hour later, a small car came down the road. I watched as Nick stood up, holding his sign up. A woman rolled down a window and read the sign. I couldn't hear their talk, but I saw the woman turn to the driver and the man reach for his pocket.
I sat in the yard, as Nick ran to me. Waving the dollar, he shouted, "I told you I could sell one stone for a dollar -- if you believe in yourself, you can do anything. "
【小題1】Why didn't the writer help his son?

A．Because his wife is better at making a sign.

B．Because he didn't know what to write.

C．Because he was busy sweeping leaves.

D．Because he didn't want his son to sell the stones.

【小題2】The underlined words "was fascinated with" mean _________.

A．was far from	B．was afraid of
C．was famous for	D．was interested in

【小題3】Nick was a boy ___________.

A．who was kind	B．who had a strong mind
C．who was honest	D．who had many hobbies

【小題4】Which is the best title(題目) of the story?

A．My son's first sale.

B．Let's collect stones.

C．How to sell a stone.

D．A hobby that can make you rich.

【小題5】From the passage we know______________.

A．the story happened in spring

B．the car was driven by a woman

C．Nick spent half an hour selling one stone

D．the writer might be moved(感動)by his son

You may have heard of the famous saying, "East or West, home is the best. "
What does the word "home" mean to you? How do you say the word in French? In Chinese? In your language? Although people usually know what the word means, it sometimes has no exact translation. It's not surprising, because the idea of home is "different from country to country, and from person to person. A home is more than a roof and four walls. It's the cooking, eating, talking, playing and sleeping that go on inside. And at home you usually feel safe and relaxed.
Homes look different in different countries. They also have different things inside. For example, in cold northern Europe, there's a fire in the living room or kitchen and all the chairs face it. In the south, where the sun shines a lot and it's more important to keep the heat out, there are small windows and cool stone floors.
We asked some people about their homes.
How often do people move house in your country?
"In my country many people don't stay in one place for a very long time. They often move every ten years or so. "
--Chery, Boston, USA.                                                                                                         
 What a e features (特征) of homes in your country ?
"In Britain, even in town, there's always a garden. We have separate bedrooms and living rooms. But we don't often have balconies(陽臺). The weather isn't warm enough !"                                                                                      
--Pat, Exeter, England
【小題1】The word "home" sometimes has no exact translation because________.

A．people can't find this word in the dictionary

B．no one knows what it is

C．it has different meanings in different countries

D．people can't understand each other very well

【小題2】According to the passage, at home, you can do everything except______.

A．making friends	B．cooking and eating
C．playing and talking	D．sleeping and relaxing

【小題3】Why is it important to keep the heat out of the houses in southern Europe?

A．Because they want to breathe fresh air outside.

B．Because there's a fire in the living room.

C．Because they wear heavy clothes all day long.

D．Because the sun there shines a lot.

【小題4】 From the second paragraph, what kind of homes people have depends on _____.

A．whether they are rich or not

B．the climate(氣候) they have

C．how old they are

D．whether they live in the city or countryside

【小題5】Which one of the sentences below is true?                                                                                                 

A．People in Britain seldom have balconies because it's so hot outside.

B．Some Americans move house several times during their lifetime.

C．Homes look the same in different countries.

D．Houses in northern Europe have big windows and cool stone floors.

A fish that lives in America can live out. of water for months at a time, similar to how animals got used to land millions of years ago, a new study shows.
The Mangrove Rivulus, a kind of little fish, lives in small pools of water. When their living place dries up, they live. on the land, said Scott Taylor, a researcher in Florida.                        
The fish can grow as large as three inches. They group together and breathe air through their skin before they can find water again.
The new scientific discovery came during a trip.
"We were travelling for fun. and one day I kicked over a log (圓木) and the fish came out," Taylor told reporters by telephone. He said he would make his study on the fish known to the public in an American magazine early next year.
In lab tests, Taylor said he found the fish can live up to 66 days out of water without eating.
Some other fish can live out of water for a short period of time. The walking catfish found in Southeast Asia can stay on land for hours at a time, while lungfish(肺魚) found in Australia, Africa and South America can live out of water, but only in a not active(活波的)way. But no other known fish can be out of water as long as the Mangrove Rivulus and keep active, according to Patricia Wright, a biologist at a Canadian University.
More studies of the fish may tell how animals changed over time.
"These animals live in conditions similar to those millions of years ago, when animals began to move from water onto land," Wright said.
【小題1】The Mangrove Rivulus is a type of fish that_________.

A．lives on land in Africa

B．can stay alive for months out of water

C．prefers living in dry places

D．is the longest living fish on earth

【小題2】Who will write a report on Mangrove Rivulus?
A, Scott Taylor.                     B. Some reporters.
C. Patricia Wright.                   D. Scientists from Europe.
【小題3】According to the passage, lungfish can___________.

A．breathe through its skin	B．be found in Asia
C．keep alive out of water	D．keep alive and walk on land

【小題4】Which one of the sentences below is not true?

A．The Mangrove Rivulus fish can live out of water as long as other animals if it has something to eat.

B．Millions of years ago, animals began to live onto land from water.

C．Lungfish found in Australia, Africa and South America can live out of water in a not active way.

D．The walking catfish found in Southeast Asia can stay on land for hours at a time.

【小題5】What can we say about the discovery of Mangrove Rivulus?

A．ft was made by Scott Taylor, a researcher in New york.

B．It was helped by an American magazine.

C．It was helped by Patricia Wright.

D．It was made by a researcher while travelling.

【小題1】He didn't go to bed _________(直到)his father came back.
【小題2】 When talking about our plan, most of my classmates were       (反對)my idea.
【小題3】Great       (進(jìn)步)has been made in the field of medicine.
【小題4】 Wang Tao is        (攢)money to buy a new bike.
【小題5】He can always find many       (借口)when he is late for school.
【小題6】He thinks that the city is too     (擁擠的)to live in.
【小題7】 You will       (意識到)the mistake you made today in future.
【小題8】 A person      (精通)a foreign language by using it.
【小題9】        (沒有一個)of the two books on the desk is interesting.
【小題10】 He likes watching movies,     (尤其)movies made in America.

take off ,    on time ,    take place ,    turn off ,    thanks to ,    rather than
【小題1】             my teacher's help, I worked out the problem at last.
【小題2】We should think about others first,            ourselves.
【小題3】Can you            the radio？ I'm writing my homework.
【小題4】Great changes have           since I left my hometown 10 years ago.
【小題5】I hope you can come to the meeting            tomorrow.