There is a shy girl in our class. She is thirteen years old. She is not tall and she is not short. She is a little fat. Her face is round, like an apple. She has two big black eyes and a small nose. Her mouth is big, but
her ears are small. Her hair is short and black. She likes the color red. But today she is wearing a yellow
sweater, blue jeans and brown shoes. She dislikes getting up early, so she is usually late for school. She
doesn't like to talk to others. She likes little animals. She has a little black dog. She and the dog are good
friends.

1. -How old is the girl?
    -She isn' t ________ years old.
2. -How tall is the girl?
    -She is m ________ height.
3. -What color is the girl's hair?
    -It is b ________.
4. -What is the girl's favorite color?
    -It is r________.
5. -What does the girl like?
    -She likes little a ________.

       In a small village (村莊), there is a teacher, a nurse (護(hù)士), a driver (司機(jī)) and a worker. They are
good friends. What are their names? One is Mike, one is Jack, one is Tom and the other is John. Mike's,
Jack's and Tom's children are classmates. John doesn't have any children. He teaches his friends' children
at school. Mike has many hens. He gives the driver and the nurse eggs. Jack's child goes to the nurse's
house. The nurse's house is beside Jack's.

1. Are the four people good friends?

A. Yes.          
B. No.            
C. Not.          
D. They are brothers.

2. Are they all men?

A. Yes.
B. No.
C. Two are men. Two are women.
D. They are women.

3. What's John?

A. A nurse.            
B. A driver.            
C. A teacher.          
D. A worker.

4. Who has hens?

A. Jack.                
B. Tom.                
C. Mike.                
D. John.

5. Where is the nurse's house?    

A. Behind Mike's.                
B. Beside Jack's.
C. Beside Mike's.                
D. Under Jack's.

Dear Jimmy,    
     Something terrible happened to me several days ago. When I wake up in the morning, I often take
a shower and then have a sandwich and a cup of coffee for breakfast before I go to class. But that
morning was different.     
     It was on June 24. The alarm clock didn't work, so I got up late. It was about time for me to go
to class. I had to do everything quickly. I didn't have enough time to do the things as usual.    
     I went straight to my school, but later I remembered that I forgot to turn off the gas (煤氣) in the
kitchen. I asked my teacher for permission to go back to my house by taxi.     
     When I got home. I saw much smoke all around. I ran quickly to turn off the gas. If I came back a
bit late, nothing would be left.    
     I was really frightened. From then on, I woke up early to get everything ready before I went out
of my home. You should also check (檢查) everything before you leave your house. Take care!
                                                                                                                                Yours, Bruce

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1. Bruce ____ first after he usually wakes up.

A. does exercise    
B. drinks coffee    
C. takes a shower    
D. has a sandwich

2. Bruce was late for school because ______.

A. he went to bed late    
B. he forgot the classes    
C. he didn't prepare things    
D. his clock was broken

3. Bruce went back home by ___________.

A. bus    
B. taxi    
C. bike    
D. subway

4. The underlined word "permission" means "___________"in Chinese.  

A. 允許        
B. 同情      
C. 教訓(xùn)    
D. 勸告 

5. The letter is about ______________.

A. a boring class      
B. a bad day    
C. a traffic accident    
D. the importance of gas

       It was Mary's birthday. She received a letter from her uncle. "Dear Mary," he wrote in the letter,
"Happy birthday. I'm sending you some chickens. They will arrive tomorrow. I hope you'll like them.
Uncle Toby."
       Mary was very pleased. She liked eating eggs and chicken. "I can keep the chickens for their eggs
or eat them." She thought.
       When the chicken arrived the next day, they were put in a box. Mary was very happy. She took the
box of the truck and began to carry it into her garden, but the box of chickens was so heavy that she
dropped it.
       The box fell on the ground and broke. The chickens all ran out. They ran here and there. Mary spent
hours in trying to find them.
       A few days later her uncle came. He asked, "Did the chickens arrive safely?" "Yes .but I dropped the box. It broke open and the chickens ran everywhere. It took me the whole morning to look for them.
" Mary said.
       "Did you find them all?" asked her uncle. "I hope so," Mary answered, "but I only caught eleven of
them." "That's very interesting. I only sent you six." Her uncle said with a smile.

1. Mary received a letter from her __________.

A. aunt                  
B. uncle                
C. grandfather              
D. friend

2. When she received her present, Mary was _________.

A. happy          
B. sad            
C. worried            
D. unhappy

3. Why did Mary drop the box? Because _________.

A. she didn't like the present            
B. the box was too heavy
C. she wanted to break the box        
D. she couldn't wait to look at her present

4. It took her ________ to find the chickens.

A. an hour        
B. two hours    
C. three hours          
D. the whole morning

5. Did Mary know how many chickens her uncle sent her?

A. Yes, she did    
B. Yes, she didn't  
C. No, she did.          
D. No. she didn't

       A man and his wife had a dog. When they went out, they always left the dog inside the house.
       One evening they wanted to go to the cinema, so they left the dog in the house and locked the door
and locked their garden gate. They went off in their car.
       When the film was finished, they came home again. They opened the gate and put the car away. But
when they came to the front door, they found that part of the glass in the door was broken. The door was not locked and it was open. A robber! They went in and quickly looked in all the rooms to see if the
robber had taken their things. But everything was in the right place and nothing at all was missing.
        The dog was sleeping in the sitting-room. The wife was angry with the dog. " why didn't you guard
the house?" she said. The dog was pleased to see its owners. It began to wag its tail and then it went to a
corner of the room and picked up something in its mouth. It went to the wife and dropped the thing at her
feet.
       When she went to pick it up, she was very surprised. Can you guess what the dog's present was?
It was… a …man's finger!
       The end of the story is this. This dog's owner telephoned the police and told them everything. Three
days later the police caught the robber. They found him easily.

1. That evening the man and his wife _______.

A. went to see a film with their dog
B. left the dog alone at home
C. went home before the film was finished
D. locked the door and could not open it

2. The robber stole _______.

A. everything from the house
B. some expensive clothes from the house
C. nothing from the house
D. a car from the house

3. Why was the woman angry with the dog?

A. Because she thought it had made the room dirty.
B. Because she thought it had broken the glass.
C. Because she saw it wagging its tail.
D. Because she thought it hadn't guarded the house

4. The robber was caught easily because_______.

A. the police knew him
B. the police happened to meet him
C. the dog's owner knew where he lived
D. he lost one of his fingers

5. The man and his wife would________.

A. like their dog more than before
B. drive their dog away from their home
C. let the dog bring home more presents
D. ask the police to take away the dog

     Mr. Smith, an expert of medicine, was very strict with the students. Every time he took the chair
on the exam committee ( 擔(dān)任考試委員會(huì)主席),the students would be worried, for he was seldom
pleased with their answers. A student would be lucky enough if he or she could receive a good mark
(分?jǐn)?shù)) from him. Now a student came into the exam room and sat before the committee. This student
was a little nervous as he knew it would not be so easy for him to pass the exam.    
     The student was asked to describe an illness. His answer was OK. Then Mr. Smith asked about
the cure ( 療法 ) for the illness, and the student, too, gave a quick answer. "Good," sad Mr. Smith,"
and how much will you give the patient ( 病人) ?""A full spoon," answered the student.   
      " Now you may go out and wait for what you can get," said Mr. Smith. At the same time the
committee discussed the answers the student had given. Suddenly the student realized that there was
something wrong with his last answer. " A full spoon is too much," he thought to himself. Very worriedly
he opened the door of the room and cried, " Mr. Smith, I've made a mistake. A full spoon is too much
for the patient. He can take only five drops." " I am sorry, boy," said Mr Smith coldly. " But it's too late.
Your patient has died."

1. Why were all the students afraid of Mr. Smith?

A. Because he was always strict with them.
B. Because he often laughed at them when they were in trouble.
C. Because he never listened to them carefully when they answered his questions.
D. Because he often misunderstood them and gave them bad marks.

2. What does the underlined word "seldom" in the passage mean?

A. not greatly              
B. not also                  
C. not often                
D. not really 

3. Before he left the room, the student was almost sure that _______.

A. he hadn't done well in the exam
B. he had made a mistake in the exam
C. his answer to the last question was wrong
D. he had passed the exam and the only thing was to wait for the result   

4. From the passage we can learn that the patient would __________.

A. be safe in taking only five drops at a time
B. be in trouble if he took five drops at a time
C. be all right soon if he took one full spoon at t time
D. be not well again without the student's help 

5. We can guess that the student ______.

A. received a good mark at last
B. failed the exam at last
C. passed the exam at last
D. would be no longer afraid of Mr. Smith from them on