Mike is going to a big dinner-party. He wears old clothes. He comes into the big room, but no one
looks at him and no one gives him a seat at tlle table. So he goes back home, puts on his best clothes,
and goes back to the party. The host gets up at once and comes to welcome him. The host takes him to
the best seat and gives him the best food. Mike takes off his coat, puts it eat the food and says, "Eat,
coat!" The others are very surprised and ask, "Oh, dear! What are you doing?" "I'm asking my coat to
eat," answers Mike, "when I am wearing my old clothes, nobody takes a look at me and gives me
something to eat. But after I go home and put on these new clothes, you give me the best food and drink.
So I think you give me these thing for my clothes, not for me."

1.Mike is gomg to_____.

A.the party by bike    
B.sing at the party
C.have a big meal    
D.see his friends

2.Mike goes back home because_____.

A.he leaves something at home    
B.he wants to wear his best new clothes
C.someone at the party asks him to do that    
D.he wants to buy new clothes

3.When Mike comes to the party again in his new clothes ______.

A.nobody looks at him    
B.all the people in the party know him well
C.the host gives him the best food and drink    
D.the people in the party laugh at him

4.The word "host" in the passage means_____.

A.主人    
B.客人    
C.家人    
D.人們

5.Which of the following is true?

A.Mike puts his coat in the food.    
B.The people think Mike is clever.
C.Mike wears only his coat to the party.  
D.Mike isn't hungry, so he asks his coat to eat

     A taxi came round a corner and a car ran into it. A window broke and a wheel came off. Mr Brown
fell and his head hit on the taxi door. The car did not come to a stop.
     Mr Brown got out of the taxi. The policeman spoke to M r Brown and to the taxi driver. He was
very angry. He wrote the number of the car in his little black book. The taxi driver was angry, too. He
shouted and waved his hand.
    The policeman asked many questions. Then Mr Brown walked to his bank. There he sat on a chair
and had a cup of tea. He didn't work that morning.

l. Where did the accident happen?
    ___________________________________
2. What is wrong with the taxi and Mr Brown?
    ___________________________________
3. What did the policeman write in his little black book?
    ___________________________________
4. Why were the policeman and the taxi driver angry? 
    ___________________________________

     There are two deaf men in a small village.  One is Mr. Green and the other is Mr. Brown.  They live
near to each other. They are good friends .              
     They often talk together. They talk about all kinds of things.  Sometimes they are worried about their
hearing.  But one thinks the other is much deafer.            
     One day, Mr. Brown comes to Mr. Green' s house.  Mr. Green is. sitting in a chair,he is having a rest.Mr. Brown stops at the door and asks,' "Can you hear me?"There is no answer.  Mr. Brown goes near
and asks again, "Can you hear me?"Again he doesn't hear any answer.  Mr. Brown is quite pleased.  Still
he goes nearer and asks for the third time. Still there is no answer. At last Mr. Brown goes up to Mr.
Green and says,"now I know you are much deafer than me. You don't hear my questions. " "I am much
deafer?" says Mr.Green, "No, I answer you three times, but you don't hear my answer. "    

1. The two deaf men live in __________ .

A. China
B. a city
C. a village
D. a large village

2. They often __________together.

A. swim
B. listen to music
C. sing
D. talk

3. Why is Mr. Brown pleased one day? Because he ____________

A. goes to Mr. Green' s house
B. thinks Mr. Green is deafer
C. asks a question
D. is deaf

4. They often talk about ___________.

A. some interesting things
B. happy things
C. their hearing
D. all kinds of things .

5. Which is not right?

A. Both Mr. Brown and Mr. Green are deaf.
B. One of them thinks the other is deafer
C. They are womed about their money.
D. Mr. Brown is deafer.

    Last summer, 15-year-old Bob had a problem, Like a lot of children. Bob was interested in doing
many thing. He liked dancing most and wanted to join a dancing group. But Bob's high school didn't
have a boys' dancing group but a girls' group. He tried to join the girls' group. And he made it.
    Bob thought his problem was over after he had been one of the dancers in the dancing group. But a
bigger problem was just beginning. The school didn't allow Bob to stay in the girls' group. "If we let Bob
stay in the group,"  the school said," other boys will want to join. Soon,  there won't be any girls in the
group." They took Bob off the group.
    Bob was very angry about it, so he went to a judge (法官). The judge said it not a right decision and
told the school to let Bob go back to the dancing group.

(     )1. Bob's favourite was singing.
(     )2. It was difficult for Bob to join the school dancing group.
(     )3. The school worried that nobody would watch their dance if Bob stayed in the group.
(     )4. The judge thought the school's decision was necessary.
(     )5. We can infer (推斷) that Bob felt happy when he back to the group.

      A man was sitting in his doctor's office. He was teUing tlle doctor about his problem．
      "I like football,you know,doctor,"he said."And my wife has never been good to me since(自從)I
became interested in it．She often hear me shouting in my dreams. Night after night,when I close my
eyes,I'm out tllere on the field and mnning after the flying baU.When I wake up,I always feel tired.I'm
getting thinner aIld thinner.So,what am I going to do?"
      The doctor sat back and said,"First,you wm have to  try your.best not to dream about footbal1.
When you close your eyes,try to tllink bout something else.Try to think,for example,that you are at a
party or someone is going to glve you several million dollars." "Are you crazy,(瘋的; 瘋狂的),
doctor?" The man shouted. "I'll miss(錯(cuò)過)my baⅡthen!"

1. The man went to his doctor because        ____.           

A. he couldn't get to sleep at night.
B. he wanted to get some ideas about his problem
C. the doctor asked him to talk about football
D. he wanted to say sometlling bad about his wife

2. The man always felt tired when he woke up because         ____. 

A. he tIlougllt of his footbaU even in his dreams
B. he had a 10t of housework to do at night
C. he often got up during the night to play football
D. he played football at night

3. The doctor to1d me man          ____.    

A. not to dream in his sleep    
B. to close his eyes after he was1 lying in bed
C. not to think of football when he was sleeping  
D. not to think anything

4. From the passage we and that          ____.   

A. football is one of the most popular games
B. tlhe man,s wife was also a football fan
C. football made the man's 1ife trrible
D. the doctor didn't say anything at last

5.The best title for this story would be_________.  

A. A Crazy Doctor      
B. A Man Crazy About Football
C. Exciting  football Games    
D. A Man And His Wife

　　A man once had a dream about the Black Forest in Germany. In his dream
he was walking in the forest when two men ran out and tried to throw him to the
ground. He ran off as fast as he could, but they followed him. He reached a place
where he saw two roads in front of him, one to the right and the other to the left.
Which road should he take? He heard the two men behind him, getting nearer,
and at the same time he heard a voice in his ear. It told him to go to the right, and
he did so. He ran on and soon came to a small hotel. He was received there
kindly and given a room, and he was saved from the two men. That was the
dream.
　　Twenty years later he was really in the Black Forest as happened in the
dream long ago, and two men ran out and tried to throw him down. He ran off,
and came to a place with two roads, like in the dream. He remembered the dream
and took the road to the right. He soon reached a small hotel, was taken in, and
so was safe.  His dream of twenty years before had saved his life.

1. The Black Forest is _____ .

A. a place in Germany
B. not a real place
C. invented by the writer
D. a place in Britain

2. When he was walking in the forest _____ ran after him.

A. two dogs            
B. two tigers
C. two men            
D. two women

3. Finally he came to _____.

A. a forest
B. another road
C. another dream
D. a small hotel

4. It was _____ that saved the man's life 20 years later.

A. a voice            
B. the dream
C. someone else        
D. God

5. The story tells us that _____.

A. a dream may come true some time later
B. a dream is always a dream
C. people should not believe their dreams
D. people should always believe their dreams