Mr. and Mrs. Jones are Japanese. They always spent their summer vacation in London in the past.
 They usually stayed in a small hotel in London. 
     (A) Last year Mr. Jones made a lot of money, so they decided to go to New York on  vacation. 
They ordered a good hotel in New York.     
     They went to New York by plane and arrived at the hotel in the evening. They thought they would 
go to bed hungry, because that small hotel in London didn't serve (提供) meals after six. So they were 
surprised when the waiter asked if they would eat dinner.  "Do you still serve dinner?" asked Mr.
 Jones.  "Yes, sir," answered the waiter, "We serve it until half past nine."    
      "What is the time for meals then?" asked Mr. Jones. "Well, sir," answered the waiter, "we serve
 breakfast from seven to half past eleven in the morning, lunch from twelve to three in the afternoon, tea
 from four to five, and dinner from six to half past nine."    
       "Oh, that's great. We (B)____ ate dinner after six in that hotel in London."

1. 將劃線部分(A)處譯成漢語。
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2. 選擇適當(dāng)?shù)脑~完成(B)處，使意思連貫。(     )        
    A. often    
    B. sometimes         
    C. never    
    D. always   
3. Where does Mr. Jones come from?     
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4. When do you think Mr. and Mrs. Jones arrived at the hotel in New York?     
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5. When is tea served in the hotel in New York? 
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     Two Americans from England were traveling in Spain. One day they came into a little restaurant for
lunch. They didn't know the native (本地的) language and the waiter didn't know them, either.
     They wanted the waiter to understand that they asked for some milk and bread. At first they read
"milk"many times, then spelled it. But the waiter could not understand them. At last (最后) one of them
took a piece of paper and began to draw a cow. When he was just finishing (完成) it, the waiter
looked at it and ran out of the restaurant. “Do you see, "said the American, " how clever I am. " After
some time, the waiter came back. He brought no milk or bread with him. He put down in front of them
two tickets for a bull-fight (斗牛) .

True or false: (正確的寫T；錯誤的寫F)
(     )1. The story happened in France.
(     )2. The two Americans came into a little restaurant.
(     )3. The waiter couldn’t understand them.
(     )4. After some time, the Americans got milk and bread.
(     )5. An American drew a cow on the paper.
(     )6. The two Americans wanted to watch a bull-fight.

     Ms Liu taught physics in a middle school. Last month she explained to one of her classes about
sound, and she decided to test them. She said to them, "Now, I have a brother in London. If I was
calling him on the phone, and at the same time you were 75 feet way, listening to me from across the
street, which of you would hear what I said first, my brother or you? Why?"
     The cleverest student answered at once, "Your brother, Ms Liu, because electricity (電) travels
faster than sound waves (波)."
     "That's very good," Ms Liu answered. But then one of the girls, Gao Hui, raised her hand and said, 
     "I don't think so." "Your brother would hear you earlier because when it's eleven o'clock here, it's
only eight o'clock in London."

1. The class studied _______. 

A. reason  
B. sound 
C. waves
D. electricity

2. Ms Liu asked the students ________.

A. who would first hear what she said  
B. who was listening to her 
C. who was in London               
D. whose answer was right

3. Who would hear Ms Liu's words first? 

A. Gao  Hui.                   
B. The students 75 feet away. 
C. They would hear the words at the same time. 
D. Her brother.

4. The first student thought her brother heard the words first because ________. 

A. her brother lived near her home   
B. her brother lived far from her home 
C. he thought the electricity travels faster than the sound waves 
D. her brother's telephone was good

5. Whose answer was right, the first student's or Gao Hui's? 

A. Gao Hui's.        
B. The first student's. 
C. Neither of theirs.    
D. Both of theirs.

    Last summer, 15-year-old Bob had a problem. Like a lot of children, Bob was interested in doing
many things. He liked dancing most and wanted 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 was not a right decision
(決定) and told the school to let Bob go back to the dancing group.

1. Bob's favorite was ______.

[     ]

A. singing
B. dancing
C. drawing
D. driving

2. It was difficult for Bob to join the school dancing group because ______.

[     ]

A. the school only had a girls' dancing group
B. the school didn't allow boys to dance
C. the group had enough dancers already
D. he was not a good dancer

3. The school worried that ______ if Bob stayed in the group.

[     ]

A. nobody would watch their dance
B. other boys would join and the girls might leave
C. other schools might laugh at them
D. the parents would be angry about it

4. The judge thought the school's decision was ______.

[     ]

A. useful
B. necessary
C. right
D. wrong

5. We can infer (推斷) that Bob felt ______ when he went back to the group.

[     ]

A. hungry
B. sad
C. happy
D. sure

     How do you feel when you stay in hospital alone? Jenny, 13, a US student, feels bored. She knows the
feeling because she has been in hospital many times herself. One day, she thought of an idea－if patients
could get some books to read, they would feel better. So, from May, she and many of her friends began to
collect books for hospital patients.
     In six months the students collected 1,250 books at school. They decided to donate the books to the
North Shore Medical Centre, a children's hospital next door to their school. "There are books for kids of all
ages, from babies up to high school level." said Jenny.
     The students put the books into "early readers", "middle readers" and "advanced readers". Then they wrote
their best wishes to patients on bookmarks (書簽) and letters, put the books in big boxes and donated them
to the hospital. "
     We wrote things like, 'Keep on reading!' and 'Hope you feel better!'," said John, 14, Jenny's brother. "And
we also wrote some funny things to make them laugh." Frank, 12, and Steven, 14, helped carry 16 large boxes
of books into a car. "I think these books will make a lot of patients feel happy." said Frank. Steven shared his
opinion. "It is really the most meaningful thing that I have ever done in my life."

1. Who first thought of the idea of helping those bored patients in hospital?

A. John.
B. Frank.
C. Steven.
D. Jenny.

2. From the article, we can learn that _____________.

A. in half a year Jenny and her friends bought 1,250 books
B. the North Shore Medical Centre is far from Jenny's school
C. Jenny and her friends were willing to help bored patients
D. Steven had a different opinion from Frank and John

3. The best title for the article might be "_____________".

A. Collecting books for bored patients
B. Writing a letter to a medical centre
C. Donating books to poor students
D. Reading books for hospital patients

4. Which of the following words can be used to describe those students?

A. Polite and hard-working.
B. Lazy and stubborn.
C. Selfish and proud.
D. Thoughtful and helpful.

     The story is told about two people named David and Rosy Jackson. Both
of them had very bad memory. For example, Rosy would forget to cook
dinner，or David would go to work on Sunday，thinking it was Monday.
     One winter they were to take a long plane trip. When they arrived at the
airport, there was ten minutes left.In that situation(情況) anyone would get
into the plane right away.But Mr. and Mrs Jackson didn’t do so. They went
to buy the travel first. After they put a two-pound note into a machine , their
insurance policy came out."Who would get the money if the plane crashed,
I wonder?" asked Rosy."My mother，of course. " her husband replied.
"We'll post the policy to her. " Now be quick give me a stamp,will you?"
He said. "The plane is going to take off in a minute. " David put the stamp
on the  envelope, dropped it into a postbox. And suddenly he let out a cry.
What do you think happened to him? He had posted their plane tickets to
his mother.

1. This passage tells us that David and Rosy          .
    A. were always short of time
    B. always did everything in a great hurry
    C. were very forgetlul
    D. usually worked on Sunday
2. According to the passage, what does the "insurance"
     mean in Chinese?         
    A. 飛機(jī)票    
    B. 保險(xiǎn)    
    C. 飲料    
    D. 紀(jì)念物
3. David wanted to post his mother           .
    A. the travel insurance policy       
    B. a two-pound note
    C. two plane tickets                       
    D. an empty envelope
4. Mr Jackson made such a foolish mistake because          .
    A. he was worried about his mother
    B. he had forgotten to bring a stamp
    C. he was worried about this flight
    D. his memory was poor and he was in a hurry