The teacher is giving his students a written examination. He wants them to write a composition (作文).
The title is My Dog, no less than 150 words. Little Tom thinks for a moment, then he begins to write, "I
have a dog. I call him Bobby. I like my dog. He is all black, only the nose is white..." Tom stops writing
for a moment and continues, "Every day I take Bobby out for a walk. He likes having a walk, and I like
giving him...We both like it." He counts (數) the words: 67. Tom scratches (抓) his head, looks out of
the window, looks at the blackboard and continues, "Bobby likes sugar, so I often give him some sugar.
But sometimes we do not have any sugar in the house, and then I do not give him any..." He stops for a
long time.
     Suddenly a thought strikes (敲,打) him. He smiles happily and writes quickly, "When I want Bobby to
come, I call 'Bobby'. If he doesn't come, I call again, 'Bobby!' 'Bobby!' If he still doesn't come, I just call
'Bobby! Bobby! Bobby!'" Tom counts the words: 149. He adds one more"Bobby" and writes his name at
the bottom of the paper and hands it in to the teacher.

1. The teacher w______ the students to w______ a composition.
2. Now Tom is at s ______.
3. Tom doesn't t ______ hard w ______ he writes the composition.
4. There is a d ______ in T ______ home.
5. At l ______, Tom a ______ a word "Bobby" in his composition.

     One day Mrs Wilson took Trudy and Ben to go shopping. They went to the supermarket in the new
shopping mall (購物中心).
     "Why do you buy things here, Mum?" Trudy asked.
     "Because they are cheaper than those at the corner store," Mrs Wilson said. "Help me check (檢查)
the prices."
     The Wilsons were not wealthy (富有的) and Mrs Wilson was always careful with her money. She
looked carefully at the prices of things. She bought some groceries (雜貨) in the supermarket.
      When they got home, the children said, "We don't think you saved money by going to the supermarket
there."   
     "Of course I did," said Mrs Wilson, "everything was cheap there." 
     "We know," said the children, "but we came home by taxi because we had too much to carry. The cost
(花費) of the taxi was more than the money you saved!"
      Mrs Wilson added everything up and found her children were right.
      "Well done," she said, "next time we will do shopping near our home."

1. Mrs Wilson took Trudy and Ben ______.

[     ]

A. to the supermarket
B. to the zoo
C. to the park
D. to the museum

2. Mrs Wilson bought things in the supermarket in the new shopping mall because ______.

[     ]

3. Which of the following is correct?

[     ]

A. The Wilsons were rich and they bought a lot of things in the supermarket.
B. The Wilsons were not rich and they bought things in a cheaper supermarket.
C. The Wilsons enjoyed shopping in the shopping mall because it was large.
D. The Wilsons were poor and they seldom went shopping.

4. Mrs Wilson went home ______.

[     ]

A. by bus
B. by minibus
C. by taxi
D. on foot

[     ]

A. in the shopping mall far away
B. in the cheapest shop
C. in the most expensive shop
D. near her home

     I have tried many ways to be ill. I don't wear a sweater when I should, and two days ago I walked in
the rain without my shoes. But so far nothing has happened. Debbie once told me about a boy in her class
who liked being away from school. He would rub (擦) the end of the thermometer (溫度計) until it went
up to 39℃. Then he'd put it in his mouth and his mother would think he was really ill.
    This morning I tried doing that but it never went above 35℃ and I rubbed it for ten minutes. So I held
the thermometer next to the light on my desk and it went up to 40℃. I thought I'd put it in my mouth and
walk downstairs like that. Then my mother would take it out and she would be worried when she saw that
I was rather ill.
    The only trouble was I didn't know the thermometer would be so hot. As soon as I put it into my mouth
I burnt my tongue! I spit the thermometer out. It fell on the floor but it didn't break.
    I will have to think up a better way to get my mother and father back together.

1. Why did the writer walk in the rain without her shoes two days ago?

A. Because she had no money to buy a pair of shoes.
B. Because she thought it interesting to walk
C. Because she forgot to put on her shoes when she left home.
D. Because she hoped she could be ill in this way.

2. According to (根據) the passage, which of the following is true?

3. After the writer rubbed the thermometer, it went to ____.

A. 35℃
B. 37℃
C. 39℃
D. 40℃

4. Why did the writer spit the thermometer out?

A. Because it smelled terrible.
B. Because it was too hot.
C. Because it was too long.
D. Because it was broken.

A. she wants to stay at home
B. she wants her father and mother to come back together
C. she wants to ask her father for some money
D. she wants to see a beautiful nurse

     What is a library for? Most libraries have books and other things to (1)r           . Many of them have
things to listen to. Some libraries even have (2)c           . Very (3)f            people would think of a library as
a place to live in.
     One library in New York City (4)t            into a home for 250 people for a few days. There were people (5)e            in the library. They slept on the floor. (6)W            did the people move into the library?
     The people moved into the library (7)b            the city wanted to close it to (8)s            money. These 250
New Yorkers loved their library. They didn't want to (9)l            it. So they moved in. They knew that the
library couldn't be closed if they were living inside it. At last, the city (10)a            to keep the library open,
and the people all went home.

     Johnny Kelley is 86 years old. He has just run the last eleven kilometers of the Boston Marathon. It took
him one hour and fifteen minutes to run the eleven kilometrers. After his run, he went to the hospital center.
The nurse was surprised and pleased to see his blood pressure (血壓) was 139 over 84. She told him that
his blood pressure was very good. Then she said, " I wish mine were that good."
     Johnny Kelley is known (出名) as the great grandfather of the Boston Marathon. He ran all the 42
kilometres of the marathon 61 times. This year was the second time that he has cut back and run only part
of it.Kelley holds the record (保持記錄) for running more Boston Marathon than anyone else. 
     Thousands of people cry "come on" (加油) to him as he runs. Today an 11-year-old boy called out to
Kelley. "Hey, Mr. Kelley-you are great, Great man." Kelley smiles and thanks people as he runs. It's
wonderful." he said. "people come out to shake my hand (握手). I am welcomed by thousands of people.
I think a lot of them thought I ran the whole race.And maybe they congratulated (祝賀) me because they
know me after all these years and they don't know the other runners.

1. Kelley is known as the great grandfather of Boston Marathon because ______.

A. he is eight-six years old
B. he ran all the 42 kilometers of the Boston Marathon that day
C. he was old and ran all the 42 kilometres of Boston Marathon 61 times
D. his grandson is the best runner of the Boston Marathon

2. When Kelley said it was wonderful, he meant that ______.

3. Kelley holds the record ______.

A. for living to a great age
B. for taking one hour and fifteen minutes to run the eleven kilometers
C. for running fastest
D. for running more Boston Marathon than anyone else

4. Kelley went to the hospital center after the race ______.

A. to tell the nurse the good news
B. to thank people who cried "come on" to him
C. to have a good rest
D. to see if his blood pressure was good

A. Johnny Kelley's blood pressure was very high.
B. Johnny Kelley was very old but quite healthy.
C. Johnny Kelley ran the whole Boston Marathon when he was 86.
D. This was the first time that Johnny Kelley didn't run the whole race.

     The ladies club always had a meeting every Friday afternoon and someone came to talk to them about
important things. After that, they had tea and asked questions.
     One Friday, a man came and talked to the club about the food problem. "There is not enough food in
the world for everybody," he said." More than half of the people in the world are hungry and when they get
more food, they have more babies, so they never stop being hungry. Somewhere in the world, a woman is
having a baby every minute, day and night. What are we going to do about it?" He waited for a few seconds.
Then one of the ladies said, "Well, why don't we find that woman and stop her?"

1. What did people often do in the ladies' club?
    They often ______ a meeting, talked, had tea and ______ questions.
2. What did the man come to talk about one Friday?
    He came to talk about the _______ _______.
3. What did the man think about the food problem?
    Some people never stop _______ _______.
4. Is the food problem very important to us?
     _______, it _______.
5. What do you think about the food problem?
    We must get _______ food and have ______ families.

     It was a beautiful sunny day. Miguel decided to go to the beach. He called his friends, but Mario was
at work, and Rosa was at her grandmother's home. So he had to go to the beach alone. He took his bathing
suit, towel, beach umbrella and his new boombox.
     When he arrived at the beach, there weren't many people. There was a family with two little children.
There were some American tourists at the shop. Miguel put up his beach umbrella and lay down. He
turned on his radio and began to enjoy the beautiful music.
     Soon Miguel went to sleep. While he was asleep, a man came and sat near him. He had a small radio
and it played same music as Miguel's. After a few minutes, the man picked up Miguel's boombox and
walked away. When Miguel woke up, his radio was gone, and the thief's little old radio was in its place.

1. What is a boombox according to the passage?

A. A TV set.
B. A radio.
C. An umbrella.
D. A bed.

2. Who went to the beach with Miguel?

3. Put the following in the right order (次序) that happened.
   ① Miguel fell asleep.              ② Miguel lay down on the beach.
   ③ Miguel called his friends.    ④ Miguel got to the beach

A. ①②③④
B. ③④②①
C. ②③①④
D. ②③④①

4. Miguel was a ______ boy.

5. What can we learn from the passage?

A. We should look after our things well when we are out.
B. We should not take our radios out.
C. We should not sleep on the beach.
D. We should not sleep alone.