The story happened during the Second Word War. A 70-year-old man lived in a small town of Germany.
His three sons all worked in the same factory where he (1)________ (work). After the war had begun, all
his sons (2)________ (make) to join the army and they all died the fights.
    The old man was very sad. In the days that (3) ________ (follow), he didn't have enough food and was
often hungry. And nobody helped him and he didn't know how to go on (4)________ (live). It was becoming
colder. (5)________ (find) a way out, he had to beg from door to door. He had been to a lot of places and
knew a lot. Once he came to a village, but the villagers were all poor and couldn't give him anything. He was
too hungry (6)________ (go) to another village. Suddenly he saw a policeman (7) ________ (stand) in the
street and an idea came to his mind. He then shouted out, "Hitler is a pig!"
    As he hoped, the old man was now enjoying some bread and a cup of hot tea (8) ________ (give) by the
policeman. "Don't say so in our village, sir!" the policeman said after a while, "I'm sorry, sir," said the old
man, "I (9) ________ (not say) that again, I didn't know it (10) ________ (be) Hitler's hometown." "No, no,
sir," the policeman said in a hurry, "It's a pig's hometown."

    "What are you busy with yourself, Mom?" the girl of six years old asked her mother.
    "Making dinner for the neighbor aunt." 
    "Why?" "Because the other day the aunt (1) l________ her dear daughter in the earthquake and is sad
now. We must take (2) g________ car of her these days."
    "Why (3) n________ our care?" 
    "Because from then on the aunt can't do what she liked to along with her daughter."
     Making dinner and doing housework are also becoming so (4) d________. I don't know what to do.
"My dear, can you come up with an (5) I________ to make the aunt feel better?"
    All of a sudden, the girl went to the neighbor's house and (6) k________ at the door.
    "What can I do for you?" asked the neighbor.
    "I (7) h________ my mother say you are very sad without your daughter……" 
    The girl handed the band-aid (創(chuàng)可貼) tightly (8) h________ in her hand to the neighbor. 
    Tears ran down from the neighbor's eyes.She took the girl in her (9) a________ and said, "Thank you.
Your band-aid will (10) h ________."

      A small man went to a cinema, bought a ticket and went in. But after two or three minutes he came out,
bought a second ticket and went in again.
      After a few minutes, he came out again and bought a third ticket. Two or three minutes after that, he came
out a third time and asked for another ticket.
      But the girl said to him, "Why are you buying all these tickets? Are you waiting for friends in the cinema all
the time?" 
      "No, I am not doing that," answered the small man. "But a big woman always stops me at the door and tears
(撕) my ticket up." 
      The girl smiled and sold him another ticket.

1. One day a small man went to _____.

A. a shop
B. a hospital
C. a post office
D. a cinema

2. The small man bought _____ tickets in all.

A. five
B. three
C. four
D. six

3. The big woman _____.

A. didn't let the small man in
B. was the ticket collector (收票員)
C. didn't like a small man at all
D. was the doorkeeper (看門(mén)人)

4. The small man _____.

A. enjoyed the film very much
B. didn't like the film at all
C. didn't see the film at all
D. was very clever

5. The girl ______.

A. was the ticket seller
B. was the doorkeeper
C. was the ticket collector
D. was the small man's friend

                                                              The Birthday Cake
      Matt was making a birthday cake for a special friend. Dad helped him takethe cake out of the oven (烤箱).
They put it on the table to cool.
      A. "Now that (既然) the cake is done, I need your help raking (耙平) leaves," Dad said.
      B. At last he saw Dusty. Dusty's nose had crumbs on it, too.
      C. Matt and Dad went outside. There were lots of leaves to rake! They raked the leaves into piles (一大堆).
Then they put the piles into big brown bags. They worked for a long time. 
      D. Matt laughed. "Happy birthday, silly pup!" he said. "You ate up all your cake, but you are still my special
friend."
      E. When Matt came back inside, the cake was gone. He could see the pan. It had crumbs (碎屑) in it.
Where was the cake? He looked all around.
      The right order is: 1._______   2._______   3._______   4._______   5._______

    Mr. Brown lived in a small town, but he got a job in a big city, so he moved there with his wife and his
two children last Tuesday.
    The next day Mr. Brown took his new car out of the garage and was washing it when a neighbour came.
The neighbour stopped and looked at the new car for a minute. Then Mr. Brown turned and saw him.
    The neighbour said, "That's a new car. Is it yours?"
    "Sometimes," Mr. Brown answered.
    The neighbour was surprised. "Sometimes?" he said. "What do you mean?"
    "Well," answered Mr. Brown slowly, "when there's a party in town, it belongs to my daughter, Jean.
When there's a football game, it belongs to my son, Joe. When I have washed it and it looks really nice and
clean, it belongs to my wife, Mary. And when it needs gas, it's mine."
New words:
1. garage n. 車(chē)庫(kù)
2. neighbour n. 鄰居
3. surprise v. 使驚奇
4. belong to 屬于
5. gas n. 汽油

1. There are ______ people in the story.

A. three
B. four
C. six
D. five

2. Mr. Brown worked in ______.

A. a small town
B. a big city
C. the garage
D. the gas station

3. When Mr. Brown was washing the new car, his neighbour came to ask him ______.

A. if the car was new
B. what car it was
C. if the car was Mr. Brown's
D. whose car it was

4. When there was a football match, the car belonged to ______.

A. Mr. Brown
B. the neighbour
C. Jean's brother
D. Jean

5. "Sometimes" in the story means that ______.

A. when there was a party in town, the car belonged to his daughter
B. when there was a football game, it was his son's
C. when the car looked nice and clean, it was his wife's
D. when the car wanted gas, it belonged to him
E. all above.

     One day, Bruce played in front of a house. A woman came up and asked Bruce "Little boy, is your mother
at home?" 　　
     "Yes, she is," answered the boy. 　　
     Then the woman went over to ring the bell. The bell rang and rang, but no one came to open the door. The
woman got angry and called out to him, "You told me your mother was at home, didn't you?" 　　
     "Yes," the boy answered. "My mother is at home, but this isn't my home."

1. One day, Bruce played ______.

A) in a park
B) in the street
C) in front of a house

2. The woman wanted to see ______.

A) Bruce's mother
B) Bruce's father
C) Bruce himself

3. The woman went over to ______ after she talked with Bruce.

A) knock at the door of the house
B) ring the bell of the house 　
C) give a call to his mother

4. The woman got ______ because no. one came to open the door.

A) pleased
B) surprised
C) angry

5. In the story the woman didn't find Bruce's mother because ______.

A) she went to the wrong house
B) she didn't know Bruce's mother 　
C) Bruce was not at home

    My problems started after I went to a boarding school (寄宿學(xué)校). I was only 14, and at first I missed
my family a lot. I often called them and cried on the phone. But after two weeks, I found I enjoyed being
with my classmates at school.
    I had many friends who were boys. I thought of them as my best friends - but only friends. I never
guessed my friendships with boys would become a problem. 
    Then, three months later, my friends told me that some teachers and girls said I was hanging out with
boys all day long in order to get attention from them. Seven months after that, the head teacher Mr. Wang
asked the class to choose some students to join the Student Union. I thought I could win for I was doing
well in school. I'd already won prizes for the best math and English exams. A week later, the list came out
and it didn't include me. I was sad.
    Mr. Wang came to me and said, "Don't be sad. I know you're excellent! Maybe you're a little distant
from the girls in our class. They don't know much about you, so some of them didn't choose you. It doesn't
matter. Do your best to get along well with everyone and I think you'll make it next time."

1. What was the writer's problem when she first entered the boarding school?

A) She didn't like her new school.
B) She didn't get along well with her classmates.
C) She missed her family very much.

2. Many of the writer's friends in her new school were ______.

A) teachers
B) boys
C) girls

3. Why did the writer fail to join the Student Union?

A) Her teachers didn't like her.
B) She was a poor student.
C) Some girls didn't choose her.

4. The underlined word "distant" means "______" in Chinese?

A) 疏遠(yuǎn)的
B) 挑釁的
C) 偏心的

5. Which of the following is NOT true, according to the passage?

A) The writer won prizes for the best science and English exams.
B) The writer didn't realize that her friendships with boys would cause problems.
C) The writer was sad because she failed to join the Student Union.