Pit-a-pat. Pit-a-pat. It’s raining. “I want to go outside and play, Mum,” Robbie says, “When can the rain stop?” His mum doesn’t know what to say. She hopes the rain can stop, too. “You can watch TV with me,” she says. “No, I just want to go outside.” “①Put on your raincoat.” “Does it stop raining?” “No, but you can go outside and play in the rain. Do you like that?” “Yes, mum.” He runs to his bedroom and puts on his red raincoat. “Here you go. Go outside and play.” Mum opens the door and says. Robbie runs into the rain. Water goes ②here and there. Robbie’s mum watches her son. He is having so much fun. “Mum, come and play with me!” Robbie calls. The door opens and his mum walks out. She is in her yellow raincoat. Mother and son are out in the rain for a long time. They play all kinds of games in the rain. What does Robbie want to do on the rainy day?
| A．Help his mother. | B．Watch TV. | C．Wear his raincoat | D．Go out. |
What does the underlined phrase(短语) mean in Chinese?
| A．①放上②到处 | B．①穿上②这里和那里 |
| C．①穿上②到处 | D．①放上②这里和那里 |
Robbie has a day that day.
| A．happy | B．scary | C．dangerous | D．boring |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．The raincoat can stop the rain. |
| B．The color of Robbie’s raincoat is red. |
| C．Robbie first watches with his Mum |
| D．Robbie’s mum doesn’t wear a raincoat in the rain. |
Which is the best title(标题)for the passage?
| A．It’s raining | B．Fun in the rain |
| C．Robbie and His mother | D．Robbie’s raincoat |
Two strangers were sitting together in a plane . They were on a long journey . One of the men was a teacher . The other was a farmer .
They sat without talking for a while , then the farmer said , “ Let’s do something to pass the time .”
“ What do you want to do ?” the teacher asked .
“ We can ask each other riddles (谜语 ),” the farmer said, “ You start.”
“ Let’s make the rules first ,” the teacher said . “ And to make the game more interesting , let’s play it for money . If we don’t know the answer to the riddle , we have to pay a dollar .”
The farmer thought about this for a while , then he said , “ That’s not fair（公平 . You are a teacher , an educated ( 受过教育的) man . You know more things than I do . I am just a farmer .”
“ That’s true ,” the teacher said , “ What do you think we should do ?”
The farmer said , “ If you don’t know the answer to a riddle ,you pay me 100 dollars .If I don’t know the answer to the riddle , I’ll pay you 50 dollars.”
The teacher thought for a while , then he said , “ OK. That’s fair . Who’ll go first ?”
“I will ,” the farmer said . “ Here’s my riddle . What has three legs when it walks , but only two legs when it flies ?”
The teacher thought and thought , “ What has three legs when it walks, but only two when it flies ?” Then he said , “ That’s a good one . I don’t know the answer .” He gave the farmer 100 dollars and said , “ Tell me the answer . What is it ?”
“ I don’t know , either .” The farmer said , and gave him 50 dollars .At first the two men sat there without talking because ________ .
| A．the farmer didn’t like the teacher | B．the teacher didn’t like the farmer |
| C．the farmer liked to tell jokes | D．they didn’t know each other |
The farmer wanted to __________ .
| A．make the journey interesting . | B．see if the teacher was lucky |
| C．know if the teacher was clever . | D．make friends with the teacher . |
The teacher thought at first that the farmer __________ .
| A．would fail the game | B．knew more then he. |
| C．could answer any riddles . | D．would win the game . |
From the short story we know that __________ .
| A．the teacher was cleverer than the farmer . |
| B．an educated man is not always clever. |
| C．both of the two men could know the answer |
| D．Neither of the two men was clever. |
The best title of this story is __________ .
| A．How to Answer Riddles . | B．A Rich Teacher. |
| C．A Way of Getting Money. | D．A Clever Farmer. |
One day, my wife and I went shopping. We took the car as we had a lot of things to buy because my brother and his family were going to spend the weekend with us. We stopped the car in front of the shop. An hour later we came back to the car with a lot of things. Then the trouble started. We could not open the car door. “Oh, dear,” said my wife. “What are we going to do?” “Let’s ask that policeman,” I said. The policeman was very kind and glad to help us. Soon he got the door open. Just at that moment an angry man came up and shouted. “What are you doing with my car?” We looked at the number of the car, and our faces turned very red.The husband and the wife went shopping _________.
| A．by bus | B．in their car | C．by bike | D．on foot |
They spent _________ in the shop doing their shopping.
| A．half an hour | B．four hours | C．one hour | D．eight hours |
The _________ opened the car door in the end.
| A．husband | B．wife | C．policeman | D．owner of the car |
The owner of the car was very angry to see _________.
| A．someone had opened his car door | B．the policeman standing by the car |
| C．his car was not there | D．that there was a trouble |
They didn’t know it was the wrong car until they looked at the _____ of the car.
| A．color | B．owner | C．door | D．number |
| For Children Museum: Children’s Museum, Sundays, 89 North Main Street, 67641235 Story time: Children’s Library, 106 Green Street, Wednesdays during 9:30 a.m.—5:00 p.m., 66599624 Sports: Soccer Club, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 16 Yangtze Road, 96725643 Basketball Club, Wednesdays and Fridays, 79071632 Cinema: New films for children, 99 Brick Road, 69001354 |
| Useful Phone Numbers Fast food restaurant: 66387901 Hospital: 68787451 Visitor Information Center: 800-120-9847 Taxi: 79210583 Visitor Hotel Information: 800-739-7302 |
It’s Friday afternoon, you can go to _____________________.
| A．visit the museum | B．play soccer |
| C．play basketball | D．read children’s stories |
If children want to watch new films, they should go to __________________.
| A．16 Yangtze Road | B．89 North Street | C．106 Green Street | D．99 Brick Road |
If you dial)拨打) 66387901, you can _____________________.
| A．ask for some hotel information | B．do some shopping |
| C．have a good story time | D．order fast food in a restaurant |
Lily’s father is ill, she should dial________________________.
| A．800-120-9847 | B．79210583 | C．68787451 | D．96725643 |
You can not get any information about ______________ from the two notices.
| A．looking for a hotel | B．doing eye exercises |
| C．eating fast food | D．taking a taxi |
Someone says，“Time is money”，but I think time is 1 important than money．Why? Because when money is spent，we can get it back．However，when time is 2 ，it’ll never3 ．That is 4 we mustn’t waste time．It goes without saying that the 5 is usually limited（有限的）．Even a second(秒) is very important．We should make full use of (充分利用)our time to do 6 useful．But it is a pity that there are a lot of people who do not know the importance of the time．They spent their limited time smoking，drinking and 7 ．They do not know that wasting time means wasting part of their own 8 ．
In a word，we should save time．We shouldn’t 9 today’s work for tomorrow．Remember we have no time to 10 ．
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A taxi hit a truck. A policeman spoke to the taxi driver and to the truck driver. He also spoke to Tom. He was a witness . This is what they said.
TRUCK DRIVER: I was driving from the airport to Newton. A car crossed the road, so I slowed down. I did not stop. A taxi hit the back of my truck. Nobody was badly hurt but both cars were damaged.
TAXI DRIVER: I was driving behind a truck a few kilometers from Newton. The truck stopped suddenly. The driver did not give me a warning. I was driving very slowly. I could not pass the truck because there were two cars coming near from Newton. My taxi hit the truck, and some glass cut my left hand.
TOM: I was watching the traffic about a kilometer from the airport. A truck was going to Newton. It was not going very quickly. There was a taxi about two hundred meters behind the truck. It was going fast. When the truck slowed down, the taxi hit it. The taxi driver was not looking at the truck. He was looking out of the window at something. My friend saw the accident, too.
Tom's friend spoke to the policeman and agreed with Tom.How many people are mentioned in the story?
| A．Three. | B．Four. | C．Five. | D．Six. |
The truck was going______.
| A．to Newton | B．to the police station |
| C．to the airport | D．home |
From the story, we know______didn’t tell the truth.
| A．the truck driver | B．Tom |
| C．the taxi driver | D．Tom's friend |
In fact, Tom's friend was also a ______ .
| A．witness | B．driver | C．policeman | D．cleaner |
What's the best title for this passage?
| A．A Taxi Driver | B．A Traffic Accident |
| C．A Story of Tom | D．A Truck Driver |