1.The American Museum of Natural History is in 　　　.

A．Philadelphie                           B．Washington

C．Boston                               D．New York

2.There is a parking place outside the museum, but 　　　.

A．people cannot park their cars there

B．it is not big enough to park all the cars

C．it will cost you $7.75 per week

D．nobody wants to park his car there

3.If four grown-ups and four children want to pay a visit to the museum at 3:00 pm on Saturday, they will pay 　　　.

A．$16              B．$19.2             C．$25.6            D．no money

4.You can visit the museum 　　　.

A．a(chǎn)t 7:00 am on Monday

B．a(chǎn)t 8:00 pm on Tuesday

C．a(chǎn)t 11:00 am on Sunday

D．a(chǎn)t 10:00 pm on Friday

5.From the passage, we can learn that 　　　.

A．the museum lies in the east of New York

B．the small parking place charges more than $8 a day for a car

C．one can get to the museum by car, by under-ground or by bus

D．the museum is the most popular one in America

1.The camp is for the children who________.

A.are good at soccer     B.are 15~17 years old

C.come form King's School   D.want to relax in camp

2.The camp will start on _________.

A.July 15     B.July 19     C.Sunday     D.Friday

3.If you want to join the camp, you should pay______for it.

A.$ 5    B.$6   C.$7     D.$ 10

4.Students in the camp can learn all the skills EXCPT_________.

A.carrying the football     B.kicking a goal

C.passing the football    D.making game rules

5.Which of the following seems to be the most attractive(????)to children?

A. The camp lasts for 5 days.

B.The camp doesn't cost much.

C.The camp is organized by King's School.

D.The coaches will be national soccer players.

Now we have comfortable buses in New York．I would like to describe to you how comfortable they are．The number of the seats on a bus has been reduced from 44 to 19．

In the beginning，they just changed the normal seats to airplane seats and took off 10 seats on the bus．However，every passenger（乘客）wanted to have a more comfortable seat on the bus when he took long distance trips by bus．Also，the bus manager wanted to get more profits（利潤），so they changed the airplane seats to sofas，and the number of the seats becomes 19．

The new buses are coming out，but the prices are going up too．The owners have many ideal which you have probably never thought about before．Now they have bus attendants（服務(wù)員） who serve water，snacks，newspapers and towels．

Also，you can change the direction of the sofas so that you can feel more comfortable，and they have a service bell on each sofa．Moreover（而且），some companies play some videos on the bus．In addition，when you take a long distance trip，they provide luxurious buses that have an LCD（液晶彩色顯示器）on each seat．That is not the only surprising thing on the bus--they also have three different video channels，and seventy TV games for killing time when you are on the bus．

In a word，we want to be more comfortable when we are on a trip．That is the reason why we have sofas on the buses．Maybe we will have beds on the buses in the future．

1．How many seats did they take off in the beginning?

A．44                       B．19                       C．10                         D．34

2．What does the word “luxurious” mean in the passage?

A．豪華的                B．堅固的                C．明亮的                D．寬敞的

3．They provide TV programs and games on the bus to _________．

A．cut the price of the bus                               B．make the trip not boring

C．get people interested in driving                   D．let the passengers know the latest news

4．What would be the best title for this passage?

A．Fewer seats，more bus fares

B．A comfortable long distance trip

C．Buses，a usable（可用的）form of traveling

D．Comfortable bus seats make travel life good

Life is not easy, so I' d like to say "When anything happens, believe in yourself. "

     When I was a young boy, I was so shy to talk to anyone that my classmates   17  laughed at(嘲笑) me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later,  18  happened, and it changed my life. It was an English speech contest (比賽). My   19   asked me to take part in it. What a  20 idea! It meant I had to speak before all the teachers and students of my school.

     "  21  , boy. Believe in yourself. You are sure to win the contest. " Then Mother and I talked about many different topics.  22  I chose the topic "Believe in yourself", I tried my best to remember all the speech and practiced it  23   100 times. With the help of my mother, I did well in the contest. I could hardly believe myself when the  24  came that I had won the first place; I heard the cheers from the teachers and the students. Those classmates who once looked down on me, now all  25   "Congratulations!" to me. My mother hugged (擁抱) me and cried excitedly.

     Since then, everything has changed for me.   26   I do anything, I try to tell myself to be sure and I will find myself. This is not only for a person but also for a country.

1.A. never              B. often              C. also              D. still

2.A. something          B. anything            C. everything         D. nothing

3. A. father              B. teacher             C. friend             D. mother

4.A. funny              B. good               C. terrible            D. special

5.A. Hurry up           B. Come on           C. Look out          D. Hold on

6. A. At last            B. In fact            C. At once          D. At first

7. A. at                 B. in                 C. with              D. over

8.A. letter               B. topic               C. news              D. report

9.A. said                B. passed              C. sent               D. gave

10. A. Although            B. If                  C. Because           D. When

An old farmer lived with his grandson. Each morning, the   16  got up early and read his Bhagavad Gita(薄迦梵歌).
One day the grandson asked, “Grandpa! I try to read the book like you   17  I can’t understand it, and I forget it easily. What’s the   18  of reading it?”
The grandfather said, “Take this coal(煤炭) basket down to the   19  and bring me back a basket of water.”
The boy did as his grandfather   20  ,but all the water ran   21  he got home. The grandfather laughed, “You’ll have to move faster next time.”
This time the boy   22  faster, but again the basket was empty. He told his grandfather that is was   23  to carry water in a basket. He wanted to use a bottle instead, but the old man said, “I just want a basket of water. You’re not   24  hard enough.”
The boy wanted to show his grandfather that the water would surely run. He again put the   25  into the river and ran hard. But there wasn’t anything in it again. He said   26  ,“Look, grandpa, it’s useless!”
“Watch the basket.” said the grandfather.
For the first time the boy   27  the basket was different. It had changed from a dirty old coal basket into a   28  one, inside and out.
“Boy, you might not understand or remember   29  when you read the book, but when you read it, you will be   30  ,inside and out. That’s what you got from it.”