Mum, what does it mean when someone tells you that they have a skeleton(骨骼) in the closet (衣櫥)?” Jessica asked. “A skeleton in the closet?” her mother thought for a while. “Well, it’s something that you would rather not have anyone else know about. For example, if in the past, someone in Dad’s family had been arrested for stealing a horse, it would be ‘a(chǎn) skeleton in his family’s closet’. He really wouldn’t want any neighbor to know about it.”
“Why pick on my family?” Jessica’s father said with anger. “Your family history isn’t so good, you know. Wasn’t your great-great-grandfather a prisoner who was brought to Australia for his crimes?” “Yes, but people these days say that you are not a real Australian unless your ancestors arrived as prisoners.” “Gosh, sorry I asked. I think I understand now,” Jessica cut in before things grew worse.
After dinner, the house was very quiet. Jessica’s parents were still quite angry with each other. Her mother was ironing clothes and from time to time she looked angrily at her husband, who hid behind his newspaper pretending to read. When she finished, she gathered the freshly pressed clothes in her arms and walked to Jessica’s closet. Just as she opened the door and reached in to hang a skirt, a bony arm stuck out from the dark depths and a bundle of white bones fell to the floor. Jessica’s mother sank in a faint(暈倒), waking only when Jessica put a cold, wet cloth on her forehead. She looked up to see the worried faces of her husband and daughter.
“What happened? Where am I?” she asked. “You just destroyed the school’s skeleton, Mum,” explained Jessica. “I brought it home to help me with my health project. I wanted to tell you, but it seemed that as soon as I said something about skeletons and closets, it caused a problem between you and Dad.” Jessica looked in amazement as her parents began to laugh madly. “They’re both crazy,” she thought.
小題1:According to Jessica’s mother, “a skeleton in the closet” means ________.

A．a(chǎn) family honor	B．a(chǎn) family secret
C．a(chǎn) family story	D．a(chǎn) family treasure

小題2:Why did Jessica bring a skeleton home?

A．She was curious about it.	B．She planned to keep it for fun.
C．She needed it for her school task.	D．She wanted to scare her parents.

小題3:Jessica’s parents laughed madly at the end of the story probably because ________.

A．they realized their misunderstanding

B．they were crazy

C．they were over excited

D．they both thought they had won the quarrel

Name	Personal Information
Fei Junlong	Born in 1965 in Jiangsu, China An astronaut (宇航員) Traveled in Shenzhou VI in outer space with Nie Haisheng from October 12th to October 17th, 2005
Yao Ming	Born in Shanghai in 1980 The son of two great basketball players Joined the Houston Rockets in November, 2002
Jay Chou	Born in 1979 in Taiwan, China A popular singer Favorite music: Hip-Hop
Alfred Nobel (1833-1896)	Born in Sweden A scientist Known for the Nobel Prize
Helen Keller (1880-1968)	Not able to see or hear Worked hard and became one of the famous writers in America Wrote a lot, such as The Story of My Life

小題1:Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng traveled in outer space for ____ days.

A．two

B．six

C．seven

D．nine

小題2:Yao Ming was a basketball player in ____ years ago.

A．Germany

B．Canada

C．America

D．England

小題3:The ____ was born in 1833.

A．player

B．singer

C．a(chǎn)stronaut

D．scientist

小題4:The Story of My life is the name of a ____.

A．sport

B．song

C．prize

D．book

小題5:Which of the following is true?

A．Yao Ming’s parents were players.

B．Jay Chou is from Shanghai, China.

C．Alfred Nobel was a French.

D．Helen Keller couldn’t see, but could hear.

I go to Australia for a meeting with my workmate, Chris. We decide(決定) to drive across the country after the meeting. The drive will take four days and most of it was across the desert（沙漠）.
The first day is a lot of fun because we are happy to hear each other's jokes（玩笑）. But on the third day, we begin to get bored. We are quite quiet for some hours when(這時) Chris sees some kangaroos（袋鼠）.We are both excited and decide to take a closer（近一點(diǎn)的） look. Chris drives very quickly to catch up with（趕上）them. We got closer and closer. Suddenly(突然), we hear a loud BANG!
Chris stops the car and we get out. Beside the car is a large kangaroo(袋鼠) lying on the ground. Chris goes over to it and puts his cap on its head. He takes off his sunglasses and puts them on the kangaroo and does the same with his jacket. Then he puts his arm around the kangaroo and tells me to take a photo of them together. I take out my camera. When I am focusing（調(diào)整焦距）the camera, I sees the kangaroo move(移動). It suddenly wakes up, and runs away before we can do anything.
I start laughing(大笑) but Chris looks worried. He says his wallet is in the jacket. I start laughing even louder(更大). I stop laughing when he says that our car keys are also in the jacket.
小題1:Why does the writer go to Australia?

A．For a meeting.

B．For a trip.

C．For a holiday.

D．To see his friend.

小題2:How long will the drive take according to their plan?

A．One day.

B．Four days.

C．Half a month.

D．Two months.

小題3:What does the underlined word "bored" mean in Chinese?

A．無聊的

B．口渴的

C．饑餓的

D．困倦的

小題4:Why do they hear a loud BANG?

A．Because there is something wrong with their car.

B．Because someone else is hunting(捕獵) kangaroos.

C．Because something falls off (從---掉下) their car.

D．Because their car knocks down(撞倒) a kangaroo.

小題5:What can we know from the passage?

A．The writer takes a photo of Chris and the kangaroo.

B．The kangaroo runs away together with Chris’s wallet and their car keys in his jacket.

C．They decide to walk across the desert.

D．The writer is still（仍然）very happy at the end of the story.

These amazing animals prove that love lives on four legs.
A little girl's lifeline
Three-year-old Alida Knobloch and her 27kg golden dog, Mr. Gibbs, are almost together all the time There is a special love between them. Alida, who suffered from serious lung disease (肺病) when she was 10 months old, is unable to breathe on her own for about 45 minutes. So Mr. Gibbs has been with her everywhere, carrying 4.5kg of oxygen tanks (氧氣罐) for her .
A pig that calms kids
When Lois Brady, a famous doctor in America, visits special-needs students in San Francisco schools, she often brings along Buttercup, a black pig from Vietnam. The pig is very calm and friendly and has been trained to offer comfort (安慰) to patients as well.
A Lion's big heart
With paws (爪子) the size of dinner plates, bright black eyes and a golden mane (鬃), Jupiter, a 13-year-old 250kg lion, was brought to the rescue (援救) center by Anna. In the past two years, Anna has developed a very close relationship with Jupiter.
小題1:The best title to explain the main idea of the text is “_________”
A. Hero pets                           B Small pets          
C. Kids' friends                       D Special visits
小題2:Which of the following do you think is the right match?

A．Alida →a lion	B．Buttercup →a pig
C．Lois →a sick girl	D．Jupiter → a doctor

小題3:How long has Mr,Gibbs been with Alida?

A．For about 45 minutes	B．For about 10 months
C．For over 3 years	D．For over 2 years

小題4:In which of the following pictures can you find Anna?

小題5:Which of the sentences is Not true according to the passage?

A．Alida has suffered from serious lung disease since she was 10 months old

B．The black pig can calm the kids and offer comfort to them.

C．Mr. Gibbs is a loyal(忠誠的) dog which loves its owner.

D．Anna brought Jupiter to the rescue center for fun.

In 1608 an Englishman named Thomas Coryate traveled in Italy. He liked the country and     down everything interesting. But he found one thing    interesting than the others. In his diary Thomas wrote: “    the Italians eat meat, they use small forks. They do not eat with their hands because, as they say, people do not always have      hands.”
Before he went back to England, Thomas Coryate bought a few   . At home Thomas had a dinner party to show the forks to his friends. When the steak (牛排) was brought out, he took out a fork and wanted to       the steak as the Italians did in Italy. His friends were     when they saw this, He told them what the fork was. They all said that Italians were very strange people because the fork was not easy to use at all. Thomas Coryate tried to prove(證明) that his friends were      , so he began to show that it was easy to use the fork. But the first    of meat he took with the fork fell to the floor. His friends began to        at him and he had to take the fork away.
People in England began to use forks only fifty years later.

小題1:	A．broke B．wrote C．went D．calmed

小題2:	A．less B．much C．even D．more

小題3:	A．Why B．When C．Which D．Where

小題4:	A．clean B．big C．dirty D．safe

小題5:	A．knives B．dishes C．forks D．plates

小題6:	A．use B．eat C．make D．cut

小題7:	A．worried B．bored C．tired D．surprised

小題8:	A．honest B．correct C．wrong D．clever

小題9:	A．piece B．kilo C．pound D．packet

小題10:

A．scream B．look C．shout D．laugh

A businessman lost his wallet. There was plenty of money in it. So he makes a promise(諾言), “If someone finds my wallet and returns it to me, I'll give half the money to him.” A dustman(清潔工) found the wallet in a dustbin(垃圾箱). He sent it back to the loser. But the businessman changed his mind.
“There was still a diamond ring(鉆戒) in my wallet,” said the loser. “I won't give half the money in my wallet to you before you return it to me!”
“I've never seen a diamond ring in the wallet,” said the dustman.
They began to quarrel. The businessman didn’t do what he had said. The dustman became angry and took him before a judge (法官).
After the judge heard what had happened to them, he said to the businessman, “I'm sure you are an honest man. It's true that you have lost a wallet in which there was a diamond ring. But it's also clear that there is only a lot of money in this wallet. I don't think it's yours. Wait for some time. Perhaps someone will be able to return your wallet to you!”
Then the judge turned to the dustman and said, “Take the wallet home. If the loser doesn't go to get it back in three days, it will belong to you!”
小題1:The wallet the businessman lost __________.

A．was found in a shop	B．was sent to the judge
C．was found in a dustbin	D．was never to be found

小題2: The businessman was eager (渴望) to get back the wallet because __________.

A．there was the address of an important judge in it

B．there was a lot of money in it

C．he put in it a diamond ring he had just bought

D．it was a very expensive one

小題3: Which of the following is true according to the story?

A．The businessman broke his promise.

B．The dustman asked the businessman to give him more money.

C．They began to quarrel because the wallet got dirty.

D．The dustman kept the diamond ring for himself.

小題4: Having heard what had happened, the judge ________.

A．took the side of the businessman

B．made a wise(明智的) decision

C．took pity on the loser

D．didn't know what to do

小題5: Where do you think the diamond ring was?

A．The businessman hid it.

B．The dustman kept it.

C．The judge stole it.

D．The story of the ring was nothing but a lie.

Hi! My name is Huang Yongmei. I’m from China. My English name is Ann. I’m twelve years old. I’m in Class 6,Grade7. Alice is an English girl(女孩).She is eleven years old. We are in the same grade. She is in Class 2,Grade 7. We are not in the same class ,but we are good friends.
根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，判斷正（T）誤（F）。5分）
小題1:Ann is from America.（
小題2:Huang Yongmeyears i is in Class .
小題3:Alice is 12 old.Six
小題4:Alice is from England.
小題5:Ann and Alice are not in the same class.

閱讀下面的短文，并根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容判斷文后句子的正誤。正確的用（T），錯誤的用（F）。（共5小題，計(jì)10分）
He was a single father of a 5-year-old boy.He was often worried about his son growing up without a mother.
One day he went away on business and left the child alone.He was worried about the child all the way.He went home quickly after finishing his work.
When he got home,the child was asleep.He was very tired.Before going to bed,he was surprised to find an overturned(翻倒的）bowl of noodles under the quilt(床罩).
He beat his sleeping son angrily, “Why are you so naughty（淘氣的）,making the quilt dirty?Who will wash it?”It was the first time that he had hit his son after his wife’s death.
“I haven’t,”the child explained with tears in his eyes.  “This is your supper,Daddy.”In order to let his father eat dinner as soon as he got home,the child cooked two bowls of noodles:one for himself,the other for his father.He put his father’s noodles under the quilt to keep them hot.
Hearing this,the father hugged(擁抱）his boy tightly without saying a word.
小題1:The father worried about his son when he was on business.
小題2:The child was sleeping when his father got home.
小題3:The father often hit his son after his wife’s death.
小題4:The child cooked noodles for himself and his father.
小題5:The child put the noodles on the table.