I have many good friends. One is John. He runs very fast. He always says to us  "I can run very, very
fast. "One day a man goes to his house, takes some good things, and runs away. John runs after him and cries
out, "Stop, do you know I can run faster than you?" But the man runs faster. John is angry. He runs very
fast to me. I ask him, "Why you run so fast?" He says, "I want to catch the man." "But where is he?" "He is
behind me, he thinks he is faster than me, but you see I'm faster."

1. John is ______.

A. a boy
B. a runner
C. one of my friends

2. John likes to tell people ______.

A. he can walk fast
B. he can run fast
C. he can catch the ma

3. John is happy because he ______.

A. catches the man
B. run faster than the man
C. walks very fast

4. When his friend sees him, John runs ______.

A. behind the man
B. before the man
C. alone

5. Which is right?

A. The man is right
B. John is wrong
C. John's friend is wrong

     The Spring Festival is the Chinese New Year's (1) D_____. It usually comes in (2) F_____. Everyone in
China (3) l _____ the Spring Festival. When the Spring Festival comes, Li Lei usually (4) h_____ his parents
clean their (5) h_____ and do some shopping and other housework. On that day everyone in China (6) e_____
jiaozi, New Year's cakes and some other delicious food. Li Lei likes New Year's cakes, but Lanlan says jiaozi
is nicer than New Year's cakes. The (7) C_____ people eat the New Year's cakes and jiaozi in their houses.
How (8) h_____ they are!

     Jim is ten years old. One day, his friend Tom says to him, "I am going to have a birthday party on
Saturday. Jim, can you come to my party?" "I'll be glad to," answers Jim. 　　
     Before Jim goes to the party on Saturday afternoon, his mother says to him, "Now, Jim, don't forget
to be polite. Don't ask for food until someone gives it to you." 　　
     "All right, Mum," Jim answers, and he goes to Tom's house on his new bike. Then Tom's mother
gives them some food. But she forgets to give Jim any. He waits politely for ten minutes and then he
holds his plate up in the air and says loudly, "Does anyone want a nice and clean plate?"

1. Who has a birthday party on Saturday?
    _________________________________
2.  What does Jim's mother tell him?
    _________________________________
3.  How does Jim go to Tom's home?
    _________________________________
4.  Why does Jim hold up his plate?
    _________________________________

     Tom is a tall boy. He is 178cm tall. He lives in America. On Sunday morning he likes to go to see his
friend. His name is Eric. He is a boy. He has a good garden (花園). There are (有) many trees and roses in
the garden. They are apple trees, orange trees and other (其他的) fruit trees. There are many fruits on the
trees. There are many birds in the garden, too. They are happy. The birds sing in the trees. Tom and Eric
listen to the birds and sing songs with (和┄┄ 一起) them. They draw pictures of birds.
      It's time for lunch. They are hungry. They go to a restaurant. Tom wants some dumplings. Eric would
like a bowl of noodles. After lunch, they go to see movies. They see an action movie. Its name is "Sharp
Shill".

1. Tom _____.

A. has a boy friend
B. is a short boy
C. lives in China

2. Here are many _____ in the garden.

A. flowers
B. cats and dogs
C. fruit trees and flowers

3. _____ sing in the tree.

A. Tom and Eric
B. Birds
C. Fruit

4. Tom and Eric _____.

A. don't like singing
B. don't like birds
C. like birds

5. They _____ after lunch.

A. go to swim
B. play soccer
C. go to movies
D. go home

1. How many days are there in this month?
     _________________________________.
2. The first day of the month falls on a _____.
3. What date is the third Tuesday in the month? 
   _________________________________.
4. If today is the third Monday in the month, and your birthday is in ten days' time,
    on what date is your birthday? 
    _________________________________. 
5. If this month is not January, May, July, August, 0ctober or December, which is it? 
    _________________________________.
6. What day is the first day of the next month? 
    _________________________________.

     Hello, everyone! It's that time of year again! Hualin's fantastic sale! You name it, and we have it at a very
good price. Do you like sweaters? Do you like them at low prices? We have sweaters in all colors at 50 yuan
each! Do you need a bag for sports or school? We have great bags for just 6 yuan! For young boys and girls,
we have T-shirts in red, green, yellow, orange, blue and black for only 15 yuan! And socks in all colors for
just 1 yuan! And that's not a11. Can't believe it? Come down to Hualin and see by yourself!

1. This passage (段落) is _____.

A. a story (故事)
B. an ad (廣告)
C. about family
D. about buying and selling

2. what is the meaning (意思) of the word "fantastic" in this passage?

A. 便宜的
B. 稀奇古怪的
C. 極好的
D. 昂貴的

3. You want to buy a sweater and a T-shirt. How much will you have to pay?

A. 5l yuan.
B. 21 yuan.
C. 56 yuan.
D. 65 yuan.

4. You want some black socks. Can yon buy them here?

A. No, I can't.
B. Yes, I can.
C. No, I can.
D. Yes, I can't.

5. Which sentence is right according to (根據(jù)) the passage?

A. There are no green sweaters.
B. Young boys and girls like T-shirts very much.
C. The T-shirts in Hualin are for young boys and girls.
D. Only the things in the ad are cheap.

     On weekends, Lei Hao often goes to movies with his friend, Xie Kai. Lei Hao's favorite movie star is
Jackie Chan. He's a great actor. He has a new movie, Speed. It's a very successful action movie. He thinks
it's exciting. Xie Kai likes Chow Yun-Fa best. (4) He likes Chou's famous movie, Crouching Tiger, Hidden
Dragon. It's also an action movie.?
     They both like sports very much. Every Friday afternoon, they go to the playground to play football.
(5)They think sports games are good for health. They want to be famous actors or football players when
they grow up.

1. Who is Lei Hao's favorite movie star?
     ____________________________________________.
2. What kind of movie is Speed?
    ____________________________________________.
3. What do they often do every Friday afternoon?
     ____________________________________________.
將文中畫線的句子翻譯成漢語。
4.  ____________________________________________.
5.  ____________________________________________.

     Jim was a country boy. He was on his (1) w_____ to New York to see his grandma. As his parents were
very (2) b_____, he had to go there by himself. This was his first trip by plane. He found (3) e_____ new and
interesting. Soon it was the middle of the night. But Jim couldn't (4) s_____. He wanted a drink very much.
He saw some people went to the back of the (5) p_____ and got drinks from a girl there. But he didn't have
much (6) m_____ with him. He tried to sleep, but he just couldn't. At last he went to the girl with a (7) d_____
in his hand. "Miss," he said, "Could I have a drink?" "Sure," said the girl with a (8) s_____. She gave him a
drink, but she didn't take his money." You have paid for the (9) t_____. It means you have paid for the (10)
f_____ and drinks on the plane."