Jimmy, Tommy and John are classmates and friends. They study at the No.9 Middle School. They study Chinese, English, math, history, geography, PE, art and music. Jimmy likes Chinese, English and history. They are his favorite subjects. Tommy is good at math and music. John’s favorite subjects are English, history and art.The three boys all like sports. They often play ball games after school. They think it’s really fun and exciting. In the evening they do their homework, and sometimes they watch TV.

  Are the statements true or false? Write “T” for True, and “F” for False. 

(   )1. They are in the same class.

(   )2. Tommy’s favorite subjects are Chinese, English and math.  

(   )3 John’s favorite subjects are math and music.  

(   )4. The three boys all like PE.  

(   )5. Playing ball games is fun and exciting for them.  

John is six years old. He can read and write well. But he can’t tell the time. His mother, Mrs Brown teaches him many times,  but he still can’t tell. He would say “breakfast time”, “l(fā)unchtime” and “teatime” instead of  (代替) saying eight o’clock, twelve o’clock and four o’clock in the afternoon. His mother doesn’t know how to help him.

One day, John’s aunt, Mary comes to see his mother. His mother tells her about that. His aunt says. “Let me help you. I think I can help him.”

When John comes home after school, Mary begins to teach him.

“Can you count （數(shù)數(shù)）,John?” she asks him.

“Yes. One, two, three, four…” John says.

“That’s fine. Now I put the long hand （鐘表的長指針）on twelve and the short hand on one.” That’s one o’clock. If I put the short hand on two, what is the time?”

“Two o’clock.”

“Good. And on three?”

“Three o’clock.”

Then it is four o’clock in the afternoon, and John’s aunt asks him, “What time is it now, John?”

“Teatime, Aunt, and I am very hungry (饑餓).” John looks at the clock and answers.

(    )1. John’s mother teaches him to ________________.

      A. read     B. write     C. tell the time     D. help her

(    )2. The long hand is on twelve, and the short hand is on five. What’s the time?

      A. Twelve    B. Five    C. Lunchtime   D. One o’clock

A Trip to the Forest
One day Bob took two of his friends into the mountains. They put up their tents and then rode off to a forest to see how the trees were growing.
In the afternoon when they were about ten kilometres from their camp（營地）, it started to snow. More and more snow fell. Soon Bob could hardly see his hands before his face. He could not find the road. Bob knew there were two roads. One road went to the camp, and the other went to his house. But all was white snow. Everything was the same. How could he take his friends back to the camp?
Bob had an idea. The horses! Let the horses take them back! But what would happen if the horses took the road to his house? That would be a trip of thirty-five kilometres in such cold weather!
It was getting late. They rode on and on. At last the horses stopped. Where were they? 
None of them could tell. John looked around. What was that under the tree? It was one of their tents!
【小題1】John and his two friends went to the forest to ________.

John is my best friend. We live in the same building. We study in the same school but not in the same class. We often play football together after school. We have been good friends for two years.
John is tall and strong with black hair. He has a round face, a small nose and big, brown eyes. I like his eyes because they are always bright and smiling.
John is always friendly and helpful. When I feel bored or unhappy, he tells me funny jokes and makes me laugh. He’ll give me help when I need.
John is very smart. He reads a lot of books. He is good at singing and acts very well. He would like to make people happy with his songs and performance when he grows up. I believe that he can become as popular as Jackie Chan and travel around the world in the future.
【小題1】The writer and John are _____.