When Abraham Lincoln was just a boy, he had to help his father to look after their farm. It was hard work and there wasn’t anything interesting for him. Abraham wanted to go to school, but there was no school there. He was sad most of the time.
Mrs. Lincoln loved the boy very much. She tried her best to make Abraham happy. One morning she got up early and went to the town. It was a long way so it took her a long time to get there. She bought something there and went back. It was late in the evening when she got home.
The next morning Mrs. Lincoln said to Abraham,“Today is your birthday, so we’re going to have a party.”She put some food on the table, and then brought out a present.
“A book!”Abraham cried. It was an old book, but he liked it. A smile came on his face. He looked up at Mrs. Lincoln and said,“Thank you, Mom.”Abraham Lincoln’s father was a _______.
| A．farmer | B．soldier | C．worker | D．teacher |
Abraham Lincoln couldn’t go to school because _______.
| A．his family had no money | B．his mother wanted to teach him herself |
| C．he didn’t like school | D．there was no school near his home |
On the farm most of the time little Lincoln was _______.
| A．happy | B．unhappy |
| C．worried | D．angry |
It took Mrs. Lincoln _______ to make a trip to the town.
| A．a whole day | B．a quarter of a day |
| C．three hours | D．two days |
What was the present for Abraham’s birthday?
| A．A mooncake. | B．A new book. |
| C．An old book. | D．A school bag. |
Tom and Mike were good friends. Sometimes they were kind to each other, sometimes they were not. But all of their classmates said they were like brothers.
One day they went out for a walk together. At noon they were very hungry and they went into a restaurant to have lunch. The waiter came up to them and asked，"What can I do for you?"
"Please bring us two apples first.” said Tom.
When the waiter put two apples on the table， Mike took the bigger one at once. Tom got angry，
“You are impolite，Mike. Why don’t you take the smaller one?" Tom said.
“But I am right.”said Mike with a smile，“if I let you take first, which one will you choose?"
“Of course I’11 take the smaller one. "said Tom.
“Yes.”Mike said，“If you take the smaller one，the bigger one will still be mine. Don’t you think so?"
“Oh！"Tom couldn’t answer. Tom and Mike were______
| A．always kind to each other | B．sometimes kind to each other |
| C．dear brothers | D．friends of different school |
Mike thought only about______ when they were having lunch.
| A．himself | B．Tom |
| C．his parents | D．his friends |
The waiter gave them＿______
| A．two eggs | B．two apples |
| C．three oranges | D．some milk |
Tom took the_______ apple.
| A．better | B．bigger |
| C．smaller | D．worse |
Who took the apple first? ______
| A．Mike | B．Tom |
| C．Both Tom and Mike | D．The waiter |
The seahorse is a very strange fish. Do you know what its head looks like? It looks like a horse. Of course it is not as big as a horse. You can pick it up with one hand. It swims with its head up and tail down.
This strange looking fish often remains still. It will hang on to a bit of weed (海草)with its tail. Then when a small fish swims by, the seahorse will suddenly jump and eat it up.
Mother seahorse lays eggs(产卵).These eggs are kept in Father's pouch(育儿袋).When the eggs hatch, the babies pop out of the pouch into the sea.The seahorse is ______.
| A．a small horse | B．a fish |
| C．an egg | D．a sea |
The seahorse swims with ______.
its tail up high B. its head down
C. its tail down D. its nose downBaby seahorses are ______.
| A．hatched from eggs | B．born in mother's pouch |
| C．born in father's pouch | D．hatched from horses |
A seahorse eats ______.
| A．sea weed | B．small fish |
| C．water | D．nothing |
A seahorse is ______.
| A．bigger than a horse | B．the same size as a horse |
| C．as big as a horse | D．much smaller than a horse |
A young man asked Albert Einstein(爱因斯坦)，the great German(德国) scientist, what the secret of success(成功) is. The Scientist told him that the secret of success is hard work. A few days later the young man asked the same question again. Einstein was very unhappy. He didn’t say anything, but wrote a few words on a piece of paper and handed it to the young man. The young man looked at the piece of paper. On it was written: A=X+Y+Z.
“What does this mean?” asked the young man.
“A means success,” explained the old scientist, “X stands for hard work, Y---for good
methods(方法), and Z… Z means stopping talking and getting down to work.”
根据短文内容判断正（T）误（F） Einstein was an Englishman.
The young man asked Einstein the same question three times.
Einstein was unhappy because the young man asked him the same question again.
“A=X+Y+Z” means “成功=勤奋+方法+实干“.
“A=X+Y+Z” is the secret of success.
Tom likes fish very much. He often buys some fish in the shop and takes it home. But when his wife sees the fish, she says to herself, “Good! I can ask my friends to have lunch, and we can eat the fish. They like fish very much.”
So when Tom comes home in the evening, the fish is not there and his wife always says, “Oh, your cat eats it”. And she gives Tom some bread for his supper. Tom is very angry. He takes the cat and his wife to the shop near his house and weigh称重) the cat.
Then he turns to his wife and sa ys, “My fish weighs one kilo. This cat weighs one, too. My fish is here, you see, then where is my cat?”
阅读短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项
| A．cat | B．hiswife |
| C．fish | D．Hisfriends |
| A．SheeatsthefishbeforeTomcomesback. |
| B．Sheasksherfriendstocometoeatthefishwithher. |
| C．Sheputsthefishinthefridge（冰箱）andwaitsforherhusband. |
| D．ShecooksthefishforTom. |
| A．thefish | B．thecat |
| C．hiswife | D．hisfriend |
| A．onekilo | B．twokilos |
| C．threekilos | D．fourkilos |
| A．MrTom | B．MrsTom |
| C．Thecat | D．MrsTom’sfriends |
It’s Sunday morning. My family are all at home. My father is sitting near the window. He’s reading newspapers. He wants to know what h appens all over the world. My mother is watering the flowers in the small garden. My brother is a worker. He’s watching TV. He’s a basketball fanAnd he is good at p laying basketball. Now he is watching NBA on TV. Where are my twin
sisters? Oh, look! Lily is listening to music. She likes popular music very much. Lucy is surfing the Internet in her room. She often writes emails to her friends. What am I doing? I am doing my homework .
阅读短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项
| A．five | B．six |
| C．seven | D．eight |
| A．He’splayingbasketball. | B．He’slisteningtomusic. |
| C．He’ssurfingtheInternet. | D．He’sreadingnewspapers. |
| A．watchingWNBAnow | B．goodatplayingbaseball |
| C．watchingafootballmatch | D．abasketballfan |
| A．LucyissurfingtheInternetandLilyislisteningtotheradio. |
| B．LilyissurfingtheInternetandLucyislisteningtomusic. |
| C．LucyissurfingtheInternetandLilyislisteningtomusic. |
| D．LucyissurfingtheInternetandLilyisdoingmyhomework.. |
| A．Themotheriswateringtheflowersinthegarden. |
| B．Thebrotherisgoodatplayingbaseball. |
| C．Thewriterisdoinghishomework. |
| D．Lucyoftenwritesemailstoherfriends. |