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In schools all over the world , boys and girls are learning foreign languages. A foreign language is usually difficult to learn, but we have to learn foreign languages in order to read foreign books, newspapers and magazines.

1．Which of the following is a “foreign language”?

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2．Why do we have to learn foreign languages?

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A．in order to write

B．in order to read

C．in order to speak

3．A foreign language ________.

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A．is easy to learn

B．is only for boys to learn

C．is hard to learn

4．Who do you think the “boys and girls” in the text are?

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5．Why do you think a foreign language is difficult to learn?

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A．There isn't enough money for schools.

B．There are too many students for teachers.

C．There are too many new words for us to learn.

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Mid-Autumn Day usually comes in September or October. On that day all the families stay in their homes and eat mooncakes at night. There are many kinds of mooncakes. Some have eggs in them, and some have nuts or meat. Beijing mooncakes are cheaper than Guangdong mooncakes, and Shanghai mooncakes are cheaper than Beijing mooncakes. All the mooncakes are delicious and everyone in China likes to eat them.

1．here are many different things in the ________.

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2．On Mid-Autumn Day everyone eats mooncakes ________.

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3．All the ________ stay in their houses and eat cakes.

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4．Mid-Autumn Day usually comes ________.

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5．________ mooncakes are the cheapest.

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Reading comprehension (閱讀理解).

　　Dreams may be more important than sleep. Some people don't need much sleep. But we all need to dream, scientists say.

　　Dreams take up about one quarter of our sleeping time. People have several dreams each night. Dreams are like short films. They are usually in colour. Some dreams are like old films. They come to us over and over again. That may be because the dreamer is worrying about something.

　　Dreaming may be a way of trying to find an answer.

　　Some people get new ideas about their work from dreams. They may be thinking about their work all day. These thoughts can carry over into dreams.

　　Sometimes we wake up with a good feeling from a dream. But often we can't remember the dream. Dreams can disappear (消失) quickly from memory.

　　Too much dreaming can be harmful (有害的). The more we sleep, the longer we dream. The mind (頭腦) is at work when we dream. That is why we may have a long sleep and still wake up tired.

1．________ have dreams each night.

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2．Scientists think sleep may be ________ than dreams.

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3．Dreams are usually ________ , just like films.

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4．People often dream about their work because they ________ .

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A．may be thinking about work all day

B．a(chǎn)re tired in the daytime

C．hate their work very much

D．have too much work

5．Which of the following sentences is not true?

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A．Some people can get new ideas from dreams.

B．What you always think may be seen in your dream.

C．The more you dream, the better you feel.

D．People can't remember all the dreams.

Reading comprehension (閱讀理解).

　　The students were having their chemistry (化學(xué)) class. Miss Li was telling the children what water was like. After that, she asked her students, “What's water?” No one spoke for a few minutes. Miss Li asked again, “Why don't you answer my question? Didn't I tell you what water is like?”

　　Just then a boy put up his hand and said, “Miss Li , you told us that water has no colour and no smell. But where can we find such kind of water? The water in the river behind my house is always black and it has a bad smell. ” Most of the children agreed with him.

　　“I'm sorry, children,” said the teacher. “Our water is getting dirtier and dirtier. That's a problem. ”

1．The students were having their ________ class.

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2．Miss Li was telling the children what ________ was like.

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3．A boy said , “The water in the river behind my house is always ________ ”.

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4．Most of the children ________ the boy.

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5．The water in the river has colour and smell because it is getting ________

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Reading comprehension (閱讀理解).

　　The Browns were very rich people. On Mrs Brown's birthday, her husband wanted to give her something special as a birthday present. So he bought a parrot and said to the shop assistant : “Please bring it to my house at 3 o'clock this afternoon. ”

　　The same day, Mrs Brown wanted a chicken for dinner. She telephoned the grocer b “Please bring a chicken at 4 o'clock this afternoon. ” Then she told the cook: “There's a bird coming this afternoon for tonight's dinner. Will you cook it please?”

　　The parrot arrived first.

　　At 6:30 in the evening the Browns had dinner.

　　“What's this?” Mr Brown asked the cook when the bird was on the table.

　　The cook told him.

　　“This is terrible,” said Mr Brown, “that bird was very expensive. It was able to speak five languages. ”

　　“Then why didn't it say something?” asked the cook.

1．The cook made the parrot for dinner because ________ .

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A．it was able to speak five languages

B．it arrived (到達(dá)) first

C．Mrs Brown told him to cook it

D．he liked to do so

2．Mr Brown bought a parrot for his wife because ________ .

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A．his wife liked parrots for dinner

B．he couldn't buy a chicken

C．he wanted a special birthday present for his wife

D．he wanted to learn five languages

3．Which of the following is right?

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A．Mrs Brown went to the supermarket and bought a bird.

B．Mrs Brown ordered the bird by telephone.

C．Mrs Brown asked the cook to buy the bird.

D．The cook didn't know the bird was a present for Mrs Brown.

4．It was able to speak five languages. In this sentence “was able to” means ________ .

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5．The best title of the story is ________ .

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閱讀理解

　　Dick is seven years old, and his sister Catherine is five. The children are playing in their aunt's house with their aunt's son, because today is Dick's birthday (生日).

　　“It's half past four. ”says their aunt and takes Dick into the kitchen. She gives Dick a nice cake and a knife and says to him, “Now here's knife, Dick, cut the cake into three and give one of the pieces to your sister, but remember(記住) to do it like a gentleman (紳士). ”

　　“Like a gentleman?”Dick asks, “How do gentleman do it?”

　　“They always give the biggest piece to the other persons. ”answers his mother at once.

　　“Oh,” says Dick, then he takes the cake to his sister and says to her, “Cut this cake into three, Catherine, but remember to do it like a gentleman. ”

1．How many people are there in the story?

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2．Why does the children's mother leave them at their aunt's house?

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A．Because she wants to go to her office.

B．Because she wants to have a break.

C．Because today is Dick's birthday.

D．Because her sister is ill.

3．Who wants Dick to cut the cake?

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4．What do gentlemen do when there are three pieces of cake?

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A．They eat them up right now.

B．They give the biggest piece to the other persons.

C．They ask someone else to cut the cake.

D．They keep the biggest piece for themselves.

5．Why does Dick take the cake to Catherine?

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A．Because he isn't hungry.

B．Because he wants to be a gentleman.

C．Because he wants the biggest piece.

D．Because he thinks Catherine is a“gentleman”.

閱讀理解

A young man is sitting by the road eating something. A policeman is coming over. At once （立刻）, the man gets up quickly and runs down the road. The policeman runs after him. The man runs very fast (快). But the policeman runs faster(更快). After a few minutes, the policeman catches him.“Where are you going?”says the policeman.“You must be criminal(罪犯) if you run like that when you see a policeman.”“No, no.”says the man.“I'm not criminal. I'm just too fat, you see. The doctor says to me I must always run fast after eating. ”“I see.”says the policeman.“You are running to help to lose some weight.（減肥）”

1．A young man is sitting by the road and ________ something.

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2．________ is coming.

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3．What does the young man do when he sees him?

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4．Why does the policeman runs after the young man?

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A．Because he knows him.

B．Because he thinks he is a bad man.

C．Because he's catching a bus.

D．Becaues the young man drops （掉下）his pen.

5．Why does the young man run?

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A．Because the doctor tells him to run after eating.

B．He wants to catch a bus.

C．He sees a friend.

D．He remembers something.

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　　It's half past five. David's at home. He's talking to his mother Katy Green.

　　M: You're home late today, David. How was school?

　　D: Not bad. There's a new English teacher.

　　M : Oh? What's she like?

　　D :She's beautiful !

　　M : Is she old or young?

　　D: She's quite young and her hair's blond(金黃色).

　　M: Is she strict(嚴(yán)格的)?

　　D: Not really. Her eyes are blue.

　　M: Can she speak Chinese?

　　D: Not much. She's very tall.

　　M: David! Stop talking! It's time to do your homework.

　　D: Oh, all right. I think English is my favourite subject(學(xué)科).

1．David is a ________.

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2．Why is David home late?

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A．Because he plays with his friend.

B．Because he does his homework at school.

C．Because of the new Chinese teacher.

D．Because of the new English teacher.

3．David thinks the new teacher is ________.

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4．David's favourite subject is ________.

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5．The family name of Katy Green's son is ________.

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閱讀理解

　　Peter works in a food factory . He helps the shopkeeper (店主) . He puts food on the shelves (架子) every day . Then people come into the shop and buy the food. Today there aren't any bags of rice on the shelf .

　　“Peter. ” says the shopkeeper. “We need some bags of rice. Bring some rice to the shelf. Hurry up.”

　　Peter runs to get some bags of rice. They' re in another room and they are on the top (頂端) of the shelf. The shelf is high up. Peter is tall , but he can' t reach the bags . He brings two boxes and puts one box on top of the other. Then he stands on them. Now he reaches the bags on the shelf .

　　The shopkeeper is coming. He is calling Peter.

　　“Peter! Hurry up ! What are you doing? Where are the bags of rice?” he says. He opens the door. He can' t see Peter on the boxes .

　　“Don' t open the door ! ”Peter says .

　　Then Peter falls down (跌倒) !

　　Now Peter is on the floor. There is some rice on his head .

1．Peter helps the shopkeeper ________ .

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A．sell food sometimes

B．carry bags of oranges

C．in a food shop

D．put on the shelves today

2．People come to the shop for ________ .

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3．Peter runs to another room to get some bags of rice because ________ .

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A．his father asks him to carry some

B．the shopkeeper wants to cook the meal

C．the shelves are full of rice

D．the shelves for rice are empty

4．The bags are ________ .

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A．easy to reach for Peter

B．too high for him to reach

C．on top of the boxes

D．very, very heavy

5．Peter falls down because ________ .

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A．he is on the boxes behind the door and the shopkeeper opens the door

B．the bags fall down

C．the shopkeeper is calling him

D．there' s some rice on his head

閱讀理解

　　“Next Thursday is going to be a holiday, ” says the teacher. “I want you to tell me what you are going to do, Jane. ”

　　“I'm going to the cinema to see a film, ” say Jane. “It's an English film about the life of the workers in America. My classmates say it's a good film and it's interesting.”

　　“Besides seeing the film, what are you going to do?”The teacher wants to know.

　　“Of course I'm going to do my lessons. In the morning I'm going to study English and physics. ”

　　“Do you like them?”the teacher asks.

　　“They look easy, but they are not easy for me. I like them very much. I'm going to do my best to work hard at them. Then I'm going to have geography and other subjects. I thinks this term I can do better than last term. And I'm going to help some of my classmates. They need my help. ”

　　“What are you going to in the afternoon?”asks the teacher.

　　“After lunch, I'm going to play volleyball with some of my classmates. This September, we are going to have a match with Class Two. ”

　　“Yes,”says the teacher. “I hear you are good at it. ”

1．Who asks Jane to tell him what she is going to do in the holiday?

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2．What's the film about?

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A．It is about the life of the workers in America.

B．The Chinese film is about the life of the workers in America.

C．The English film is about the study of the workers in America.

D．The English film is about the life of the students in America.

3．In the morning, what's Jane is going to do?

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A．She is going to have P. E.

B．She is going to study physics and English.

C．She is going to have a match with Class One.

D．She is going to help his classmates.

4．What are they going to do in September?

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A．They're going to have a volleyball match with Class One.

B．They're going to have a football match with Class Two.

C．They're going to have an exam.

D．They're going to have a volleyball match with Class Two.

5．Jane isn't good at playing volleyball, is she?

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