There is somebody at the door. ______ I go and see who it is?

A. Shall           B. Must            C. Will             D. Would

- Is there a school in this village?

--______. There used to be one but it closed.

A. Yes            B. I'm not sure     C. Not now        D. Of course

Which sign will you probably see in front of a low door?

A. SOLD OUT     B. WET FLOOR    C. NO EXIT        D. MIND YOUR HEAD

I saw Lisa in the street yesterday, but she didn't see me. She ______ the other way.

A. was looking     B. is looking       C. looked          D. has looked

The bus is coming. Oh, no! It's full. I'm afraid we can't ______.

A. get up        B. get on           C. get out          D. get off

I don't like bread. I won't eat it ______ I am very hungry.

A. if              B. when          C. as             D. unless

   Mr. Chen is a farmer who   1   in western China with his wife and two sons. One year ago, he discovered that he had cancer. The doctor told him that he needed   2   at once. And he said the operation would   3   thousands of yuan. It was too much money for Mr. Chen and his wife. They had no job and    4    were at school. The situation seemed   5  .

   Two weeks later, however, Mr. Chen got some   6   news. He was told about a health care project which provides medical treatment for poor patients in   7   China. They   8   to pay only half the cost or even less. Thanks to the project and the kindness of   9   family and neighbors, he was able to receive an operation just   10   to prevent the illness from getting worse.   11   he has returned to his family.

   The   12   of this health care project is to improve the situation for poor people in western China. So far, the project has helped more than 5,000 people   13   medical aid. The Chinese government is   14   working together with other countries and international organizations to do this. They hope to develop a new health care model   15   China. As our country develops, we must remember the responsibilities(責任) of caring for the weakest members.

1. A. live                B. lives           C. are living              D. lived

2. A. a treatment        B. a rest           C. an operation            D. training

3. A. pay               B. spend           C. have                  D. cost

4. A. both their sons                                 B. both their daughters

C. all their sons                                  D. all their daughters

5. A. hopeful            B. hopeless        C. harmful               D. harmless

6. A. sad               B. bad            C. terrible                D. good

7. A. eastern            B. southern      C. western                     D. northern

8. A. want              B. need            C. prefer               D. like

9. A. my               B. your            C. his                   D. her

10. A. in time           B. on time          C. at the same time        D. for a long time

11. A. Already           B. Just          C. Ever                  D. Now

12. A. chance          B. advice          C. example                D. goal

13. A. receive          B. receiving        C. received               D. receives

14. A. too             B. also            C. either                 D. as well

15. A. to              B. at              C. for                    D. on

   Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.  Here's morning news.  Yesterday afternoon a ten-year-old school boy swallowed (吞下) a pen cap!

   The boy was daydreaming in class. Without knowing what he was doing, he put a pen cap into his mouth. A few minutes later, he was terrified to find that he had swallowed it! The teacher was shocked when the boy stood up and said, "I've just swallowed a pen cap." He was quickly sent to the nearest hospital. There a doctor examined him and said the best treatment was to give him medicine so that the pen cap could pass naturally. Three hours later the boy successfully made it.

"The boy is really lucky," said the doctor. "It's not rare that small children put things into their mouths for fun. It's very dangerous," he added.

1. Where will we probably get this news?

A. In a newspaper.                B. On the radio.    C. In a textbook.  D. In a magazine.

2. What do the underlined words "made it" mean?

A. swallowed the pen cap              B. went to see the doctor

C. made the pen cap pass naturally      D. had the medicine

3. Which sentence is RIGHT according to the news?

A. The boy was 8 years old.           B. The boy was listening carefully in class.

C. The boy went to the hospital himself. D. The boy was all right at last.

   In an American classroom, a Chinese girl was asked to answer a question. She stood up and smiled, without making any sound. The American teacher looked at himself and didn't see anything funny.  So he asked her the question again.  The girl just smiled but said nothing. The teacher was angry.  He didn't know that the girl smiled to cover her embarrassment (尷尬) because she wasn't able to answer the question.

   In a dining room in Beijing, an Englishman was careless and dropped a plate.  The Chinese who had seen this began to laugh. The Englishman felt uncomfortable and even got angry. "They are laughing at me," he thought. In fact, the Chinese laughed not at the Englishman or his bad luck--whether he is a foreigner or a Chinese. The laughter has several feelings, don't take it so seriously; laugh it off, it's nothing; such things can happen to any of us, etc.

1. The Chinese girl smiled in an American classroom because

A. she was asked to answer a question B. she was asked to stand up

C. she couldn't answer the question           D. the teacher looked funny

2. Which feeling is NOT included in the laughter when the Englishman dropped a plate?

A. Don't take it seriously.              B. Bad luck!

C. It's nothing.                      D. It can happen to any of us.

3. What does the writer want to tell us?

A. Smiles and laughter don't mean the same thing to different people.

B. Smiles and laughter always bring happiness.

C. American people are easy to get angry.

D. Chinese students are impolite.

   Reading is a good habit, but the problem is, there's too much to read these days, and too little time to read every word of it. There are hundreds of skills to help you read more in less time. Here are two skills that I think are especially good. Preview--if it's long and hard. Previewing is especially useful for getting a general idea of heavy reading like long magazine articles and business reports.

Here's how to preview.

   ●Read the first two paragraphs and the last two paragraphs carefully.

   ●Then read only the first sentence of the other paragraphs.

   Previewing doesn't give you all the details. It keeps you from spending time on things you don't really want--or need--to read.

   Skim--if it's short and simple. Skimming is a good way to get a general idea of light reading --like popular magazines or the sports and entertainment of your daily paper.

Here's how to skim.

   ●Get your eyes to move fast. Sweep them across each line.

   ●Pick up only a few key words in each line.

   Everybody skims differently. You and I may not pick up the same words when we skim the same piece, but we'll get a similar idea of what it's all about.

1. How many skills are recommended in this passage?

A. One.          B. Two.           C. Three.         D. Four.

2. What does the underlined word "preview" mean in Chinese?

A.精讀                B.默讀              C.朗讀              D.略讀

3. What should we NOT do when we read sports news in a daily paper according to the passage?

A. Read the last two paragraphs carefully.      B. Get our eyes to move fast.

C. Sweep our eyes across each line.                     D. Pick up only a few key words in each line.

4. What is the best title for this passage?

   A. How to read faster     B. What to read      C. When to read    D. Why we should read