Mr. Li was in bed and was trying to go to sleep when he heard the bell ring . He turned on the light and looked at his clock. It was half past twelve. “Who can it be at this time of night?” he wondered. He decided to go and find out .So he got out of bed, put on his dressing gown and went to the door. When he opened the door, there was nobody there. “That’s very strange.” He thought. Then he went back to his bedroom, took off his dressing gown, got back into bed, turned off the light and tried to go to sleep.
A few minutes later he heard the bell ring again. Mr. Li jumped out of bed very quickly and rushed to the door. He opened it, but again he found no one there. He shut the door and found a piece of paper with some words on it: “It is now after midnight, so it is April 1st. April fool to you!”
“Oh, it was the English boy next door!” Mr. Li exclaimed, and almost smiled, He went back to bed and fell asleep immediately. The bell did not ring again.Mr. Li was trying to go to sleep when he heard ________.
A. the telephone ring |
B. the bell ring |
C. someone knock at the door |
D. someone shout |
He turned on the light and _______.
A. got out of bed |
B. looked out of the window |
C. looked at his watch |
D. looked at his clock |
When he opened the door for the first time, there was ________ there.
A.a boy | B.a piece of paper | C.someone | D.nobody |
There were some words on the piece of paper: “It is now_____ April 1st . April fool to you!”
A. before midnight, so it is |
B. after midnight, so it is |
C. before noon, so it will be |
D. after noon, so it was |
The English boy rang the bell because he ________.
A. had something important to tell Mr. Li |
B. Wanted to give Mr. Li a piece of paper |
C. Wanted to make fun of Mr. Li |
D. Wanted to borrow Mr. Li’s bell |
![]() Lucy |
I like sports. I have ten tennis balls, seven basketballs, four volleyballs and five soccer balls. I play tennis with my friends every day. |
![]() Mary |
I have five baseballs, five volleyballs, two soccer balls. I like ping-pong. It's easy for me. I often play ping-pong with my classmates. I also have three ping-pong bats and lots of ping-pong balls. |
![]() Alice |
I don't have any balls. I love sports, but I don't play them. I only watch them on TV. |
Lucy and Mary havevolleyballs.
A.four | B.five | C.eight | D.nine |
Lucy plays every day.
A.ping-pong | B.tennis | C.baseball | D.soccer |
Mary doesn't have .
A.volleyballs | B.ping-pong balls |
C.baseballs | D.basketballs |
has two soccer balls.
A.Mary | B.Lucy and Mary | C.Alice | D.Lucy |
Alice .
A.has no balls |
B.doesn't like sports |
C.thinks ping-pong is easy |
D.plays sports with her classmates |
Long ago in a small village, there was a place. It is famous for the House of 1000 Mirrors.
A small, happy little dog learned of this place and decided to visit. When he arrived, he jumped happily up the stairs(楼梯) to the doorway(门口) of the house. He looked through the doorway with his ears lifted high(竖起) and his tail(尾巴) wagging(摆动) as fast as it could. To his great surprise, he found himself looking at 1000 other happy little dogs with their tails wagging just as fast as his. He smiled a great smile, and was answered with 1000 great smiles just as warm and friendly. As he left the house, he thought to himself, "This is a wonderful place. I will come back and visit often."
In the same village, another little dog, who was not quite as happy as the first one, decided to visit the house. He slowly climbed the stairs and hung(垂下) his head low as he looked into the door. When he saw the 1000 unfriendly-looking dogs looking back at him, he growled at them and was afraid to see 1000 little dogs growling back at him. As he left, he thought to himself, "That is a terrible place. I will never go back there again."
All the faces in the world are mirrors. What kind of reflections(反应) do you see in the faces of the people you meet?Why was the first dog surprised when he came into the house?
A.Because he didn’t know there were 1,000 mirrors. |
B.Because he found that dogs there looked sad. |
C.Because he felt sad about everything. |
D.Because he saw so many happy dogs smiling at him. |
The first dog decided to visit the house again because
A.he liked the mirror there |
B.he made many friends |
C.he felt he was welcome |
D.he learned a lot there |
How was the second dog feeling when he visited the house?
A.Excited | B.Nervous (紧张) |
C.Interested | D.Unhappy |
The underlined word “growl” in Paragraph 3 probably means “”
A, shout B. smile C. look D. runWhat does the story want to tell us?
A.Mirrors can tell whether(是否) you are happy or not. |
B.If you show life a smile, life will smile back. |
C.Everyone in the world should be nice to each other. |
D.Happy people are more popular than unhappy ones. |
The best way of learning a language is using it .The best way of learning English is talking in English as much as possible. Sometimes you’ll get your words mixed up ( 混合)and people will not understand you .Sometimes people will say things too quickly and you can’t understand them. But if you keep your sense of humor (幽默感),you can always have a good laugh at the mistakes you make(你所犯的错误). Don’t be unhappy if people seem to be laughing at your mistakes(错误). It is better for people to laugh at your mistakes than to be angry with you. because they don’t understand what you are saying .The most important thing for learning English is : “Don’t be afraid of making mistakes because everyone makes mistakes. ”The writer thinks that the best way for you to learn a language is ________.
A.writing | B.using it | C.listening | D.learning grammar |
What should you do in learning English?
A.Be careful not to make any mistakes . |
B.Write as quickly as you can . |
C.Speak English as much as you can. |
D.Laugh more often . |
When people laugh at your mistakes, you should ___________.
A.not care(不在意) | B.be happy |
C.feel worried | D.be unhappy |
When you make a mistake, you should _______.
A.keep quiet | B.get angry |
C.be kind | D.keep your sense of humor |
The story tells us :”__________”.
A.Only foolish ( 愚蠢的 )people make mistakes |
B.Few people make mistakes |
C.People never make mistakes |
D.There is no one who doesn’t make mistakes |
Channel 1(一频道) |
Channel 2 |
18:00 Around China |
17:45 Computers today |
18:30 Children’s programme (节目) |
18:10 Foreign arts |
19:00 News |
18:30 Mordern English |
19:30 Weather report |
19:00 Animal world |
19:40 Around the world |
19:25 In Asia |
20:10 TV play :Sisters |
20:20 Sports |
21:00 English for today |
21:00 Sports player: Yao Ming |
21:15 Pop music |
21:45 English news |
21:55 Talk show 2 |
2:05 On TV next week |
If you want to know something about Yao Ming, the best programme for you is _____.
A.Talk Show | B.Sports |
C.Sports player | D.TV play |
You’ll know something about _____ at 19:00 on Channel 2.
A.animals | B.news | C.foreign | D.Asia |
If you want to watch NBA, the best programme for you would be ______.
A.Sports | B.Around the world |
C.foreign arts | D.English news |
If you like music very much, the best programme is _______.
A.at 21:45 on Channel 2 |
B.at 21:55 on Channel 1 |
C.at 21:00 on Channel 2 |
D.at 21:15 on Channel 1 |
“Modern English” is a programme that ______.
A.teaches you English |
B.tells you something about English classroom |
C.let you know English news |
D.makes foreign friends |
Life in the future will be different from life today. Many changes will happen. But what will the changes be?
The population is growing fast. There will be more people in the world and most of them will live longer than people live now.
Computers will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every room. And computer studies will be one of the important subjects in schools then. People will work fewer hours than they do now and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and travel. Traveling will be much cheaper and easier. And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.
There will be changes in our food, too. More land will be used for building new towns and houses for all the people. Then there will be less room for cows and sheep, so meat will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat meat as much as people do today. Instead they will eat more fruit and vegetables. Maybe people will be healthier.
Work in the future will be different, too. Robots will do dangerous and hard work. Because of this, many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a big problem.
In the future there will be __________ .
A.much more fruit | B.more people |
C.less vegetables | D.less people |
Every family will have at least a __________ in the future.
A. robot | B. cow | C. TV set | D.computer |
In the future people don’t have to __________.
A.work long hours | B.work fast |
C.walk on foot | D.eat meat |
People may not eat __________ as much as they do today.
A. fruit | B.fish | C. meat | D.rice |
One big problem in the future is that __________.
A.many people don’t have to work |
B.many people will not be able to find work |
C.people have to work fast |
D.all the work will be done by robots |