Are You Still Looking for Your Son?
      Mrs. White has a son. His name is Sam White. The young man begins to work in a post office in
a city this Autumn. He asks his mother to visit the city. The old woman is happy and catches a train.
She soon arrives in the city, but she doesn't know where the post office is. She begins to look for it,
but she can't find it. At a bus stop she asks an old man, "Excuse me, sir. How can I get to the post
office?" 
      "There are about forty post offices in our city," says the old man."Which one do you want to find?"
      The old woman gives Sam's letter to him and the old man says, "Walk along this street and take the
fourth turning on the left. His post office is just there."
       Mrs. White thanks the old man and soon finds her son. They are very happy. A week later the
woman goes to the zoo. She sees all kinds of animals. But she can't remember the way back to the post
office. At the same bus stop she meets the same old man and she asks the same question again.
      "Oh dear!" the old man says. "Are you still looking for your son?"

1. Where does Sam White work?
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2. How does Mrs. White go to the city?
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3. Does the old woman know how to get to her son's post office?
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4. How many post offices are there in this city?
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5. Does the old man think Mrs White found her son's post office?
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       The Wilsons decided to go overseas for vacation. They had a family meeting to plan the vacation.
       "First," Mr Wilson said, "we should decide where we are going."
       "I don't agree," Mrs Wilson said,"I think we should decide when we are going first. We don't want to
go to places when they are cold."
        Mr Wilson agreed, so the family's first decision was when to go on vacation. They decided to go in
July.      
         "Now we can decide where to go," said Mr Wilson.
         "But, Dad," Ben said, "don't you think that where we go depends on (依賴,取決于) how we go? If
we plan to fly, we can go a long way. If we plan to drive, we can't go far.
         "Again, Mr Wilson agreed, and they discussed this. At last they agreed to travel by plane.
         And so the planning meeting went on. The next day, one of Mr Wilson's friends at work asked, "Where
are you going for vacation?"
         "Well," Mr Wilson told him,"we are going in summer by plane, but I don't know where we are going!"

1. Why did the Wilsons have a family meeting? 
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2. What did they decide first? 
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3. When did they decide to go?
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4. How did the Wilsons decide to travel? 
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5. What they didn't decide? 
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        "You are welcome to have dinner with me on Sunday," said John. "But I don't know where
your house is." said Herry.
        "It's easy. You get off the bus. Then you cross the road. You take the first on the left. You
walk for five minutes. Then you come to a big tree. You take the second on the right after the tree.
About hundred meters down this road there is a big red house. You go past the big house, and after
about hundred meters, you'll see a small yellow house beside a little tree. Open the door with your
foot."
       "With my foot?" said Henry.
       "Why yes," said John, "well, you won't come to my house with empty hands, will you?"

1. From the story we know that John asked Henry _______.

A.to go to the cinema
B. to have supper with him
C. to go to the bus stop

2. "You take the first on the left" means _______.

A. go ahead on the left
B. take the first bus on the left
C. take the first road on the left.

3. How far is it from the big tree to the big red house?

A. about one hundred meters away.
B. five minutes' walk.
C. about five hundres feet

4. Where was John's house? It was _______.

A. on the right after the big house
B. a small yellow house
C. beside a little tree.

5. Why did John asked Henry to open the door with his foot? Because henry _______.

A. had no hands
B. was afriad to open with his hands
C. would carry a lot of things in his hands.

        Mr Evans works in Sydney. Last week he had a two-week holiday, but he didn't know where
to go. He said to his friend Robert, "I hate the hot weather here, but I can't think of a cool place in
Australia. Where shall I take my holiday?"
         "That's easy," said Robert, "You can go to Moscow. Snow and ice are covering the ground there
now."
         Mr Evans agreed with his friend. He bought a plane ticket and soon arrived in Moscow. He was
having a good time there, but one day he got into trouble (麻煩). After lunch, he went to a park outside
the city. He noticed a dog following him when he was walking past a house. It was hungry and wanted
some food to eat. But Mr Evans had no food in his pockets. He tried to shoo (以噓聲嚇走) it away, but
it began to bark at him. Just at that moment, he saw a stone on the ground. He tried to pick it up, but he
couldn't.
        "How strange these Russians are!" Mr Evans said to himself, "They do not tie up (栓住) their dogs,
but firmly (牢牢地) tie down the stones!"

1. Mr Evans is ________.

A. American
B. Russian
C. Australian
D. Chinese

2. Mr Evans didn't like the ________ in Australia.

A. hot weather
B. cool weather
C. rainy weather
D. cold weather

3. Mr Evans went to Moscow ________.

A. by train
B. by bus
C. by air
D. on foot

4. The word "bark" means "________".

A. 跳
B. 叫
C. 追
D. 咬

5. Mr Evans couldn't pick up the stone because ________.

A. it was too cold
B. it was too heavy
C. the Russians tied their stones to the ground
D. it was not a stone

       Once upon a time, there lived a rich man. He had a servant (仆人). He and the servant (仆人)
loved wine and good food very much. Each time the rich man left his home, the servant would drink
the wine and eat up all the nice food in the house. The rich man knew what his servant did, but he
had never caught his servant doing that. 　　
        One morning, when he left home, he said to the servant,"Here are two bottles of poison (毒藥)
and some nice food in the house. You must take care of them." With these words, he went out. 　　
        But the servant knew that the rich man had said was untrue. After the rich man was away from
his home, he enjoyed a nice meal. Because he drank too much, he was drunk and fell to the ground.
When the rich man came back, he couldn't find his food and his wine. He became very angry. He
woke the servant up. But the servant told his story very well. He said a cat had eaten up everything.
He was afraid to be punished, so he drank the poison to kill himself.

1. In the story, ______ liked wine and good food very much.

A. the rich man 　　
B. the servant
C. both A and B 　　
D. the cat

2. The rich man knew that it was ______ that drank the wine and ate up all the nice food. 　

A. the cat
B. himself
C. nobody
D. the servant

3. The rich man told the servant that there was poison in the two bottles, because ______. 　

A. there was in fact poison in the bottles
B. he did not want the servant to drink his wine
C. he wanted to kill the cat
D. he wanted to kill the servant

4. In fact, ______ ate all the nice food and drank the wine.

A. the servant 　
B. cat
C. the rich man 　　
D. nobody

5. From the story, we know that the servant is very _______. 　

A. lazy 　
B. bad 　
C. clever
D. kind

　    DICKY lives a poor life with his father. One day his father finds him a strange toy from a junkyard.
Dicky names it Changjiang 7 (CJ7長江七號). CJ7 turns out to be an alien dog with superpowers. Dicky
takes CJ7 to school to help him against bad students. 　　
      This is the story of CJ7, a popular movie of 2008. Xu Jiao, an 11-year-old girl, plays Dicky. On April
21, Xu won Best New Performer (最佳新人獎) at the Hong Kong Film Awards for her role in CJ7. 　　
      Xu once said it was difficult to play a boy. "To get a sense of what a boy is like," she said, "I studied
with and watched other boys and played with them a lot." 　　
About Xu: 　　
Name: Xu Jiao 　　
Birthday: August 5, 1997 　　
Birth place: Ningbo, Zhejiang 　　
Star sign: Leo (獅子座)

1. DICKY lives a ______ life with his father. 　　

A. happy 　　　　
B. rich 　　　　
C. poor 　　　　
D. simple

2. Where does Dicky's father find a strange toy that he names Changjiang 7? 　　

A. in his house　
B. at school　　
C. in the park　
D. in a junkyard

3. Dicky takes CJ7 to school to ______. 　　

A. help him against bad students.
B. help him fight with other students 　　
C. help him get good grades
D. help him save his father

4. To get a sense of what a boy is like, Xu Jiao ______. 　　

A. studied with boys 　　
B. watched other boys　
C. played with boys 　　
D. All the above.

5. Where was Xu Jiao born? 　　

A. Hong Kong 　　
B. Ningbo, Zhejiang　
C. Shanghai 　　
D. Lianyungang, Jiangsu

       Tea is popular in the world, but more than three hundred years ago most of the people in Europe
did not know anything about tea.
       Once an English doctor came back from China for Christmas holiday. He gave his mother some
tea as a present. She told her friends about the present and asked them to come to a "tea party". When
her friends came, the old woman took out some tea-leaves and asked them to eat. Of course, nobody
liked the tea-leaves.
       Just at that time the doctor came in. He looked at the table and asked, "Mother, what did you do
with the tea?"
       "I boiled it as you said."
       "And what did you do with the water?"
       "I poured it away, of course." answered the old woman.
       "Now you may throw away the leaves, too." said the doctor.

(     )1. The doctor was an Englishman.
(     )2. The doctor gave his mother some tea as New Year's present.
(     )3. The old woman did not know how to drink tea.
(     )4. In the story, everyone liked drinking tea.
(     )5. More than three hundred years ago nobody in Europe knew anything about tea.

        This sad story happened on a cold winter evening. It was so cold and snow was falling so heavily that
the roads were covered with ice and a strong wind was blowing. Being outside in such weather was very
unwise. However, Peter Lee had to walk home from work. Peter walked with difficulty along a country road,
the cold wind beating against his chest. He thought, "If I wear my coat backwards, maybe, it will be a little bit
warmer for me." He stopped walking, took off his coat, and put it on backwards. "That's much better,"  he
said to himself happily. Walking on through the thickly falling snow, he was thinking about drinking a cup of
warm coffee by the burning fireplace.
       A few minutes later, a car knocked down Peter. The driver hadn't seen him soon enough. When he tried
his best to put on the brakes (剎車), the car skidded (打滑) on the icy road. The frightened driver got out of
the car and ran to see how the poor man was.
       After a while, a police car arrived. A policeman went up to see Mr Lee who was lying on the ground. He
told the driver, "I'm afraid he's dead."
      The driver was so surprised. "This can't be the case, because I hardly touched him. Check my car carefully. There's not a mark on it."
      The policeman said, "I'm sure he's dead."
      "It's impossible," the driver said anxiously." As soon as I hit him, I ran to help him. He was lying on the
road, but he was breathing and there was no blood."
      "Did you touch him?" the policeman asked.
      "Yes, but only to turn his head around the right way," the driver answered.

1. Why did the writer say this story was a sad one?

A. It was rather cold that day.
B. Snow was falling heavily that day.
C. The man in the story was made dead by mistake.
D. An accident happened on the road.

2. According to the writer, Peter Lee _______.

A. was wise
B. didn't need to walk home in such bad weather
C. was in bad need of going home
D. had difficulty in finding the road leading to his home

3. Peter Lee wore his coat backwards _______.

A. to keep himself a little bit warmer
B. to help walk forward more easily
C. not to let others know him
D. not to let the cold wind blow

4. The driver failed to see Peter Lee soon enough, ______.

A. so the car skidded on the icy road
B. so he tried his best to put on the brakes
C. and he had to get out of the car
D. so his car knocked him down

5. What did the driver do to make Peter Lee die? 

A. He touched him carefully.
B. He turned his head around the right way.
C. He helped him to sit up.
D. He turned him over gently.