Little Tom likes cartoons (动画片) very much .When the cartoons begin on TV, he does nothing until they’ re over. Sometimes he’d rather wait for a long time and go to bed late. In the morning his mother has to wake him up, or he will be late for school.
Yesterday Tom heard there would be an interesting cartoon today. This morning, as soon as he got up, he turned on the television, but didn’t receive the programme. He had to have breakfast and then went to school. After school he ran home while his mother was cooking supper in the kitchen (厨房). He hurried to the sitting room and turned on the television again, but he couldn’t find the cartoon. He rushed into the kitchen and asked his mother to help.
“It’s only five now,” said the woman. “Your programme will be after supper.”
“Well, let’s have supper right now!”Tom goes to bed late sometimes, so______ .
| A．he’s late for school | B．he goes to school by bus |
| C．he can’t wake up himself in the morning | D．he has to go to school without breakfast |
Tom spends much time _____ when he is free.
| A．playing football | B．watching football matches on TV |
| C．doing his homework | D．watching cartoons on TV |
Tom _____,so he turned on the television after getting up this morning .
| A．thought he had some time left | B．didn’t know when the cartoon would begin |
| C．wanted to know the important news | D．hoped to watch TV play |
Tom was afraid _____, so he ran home.
| A．to miss the interesting cartoon | B．to miss the last bus |
| C．he would be hungry | D．he had little time to finish his homework |
Tom thought _____.
| A．supper should be ready | B．his mother’s watch was slow |
| C．the cartoon would be as soon as he finished supper | D．his mother cooked super too late |
Santi's big brother Len had told him never to push all the remote control buttons at the same time. He said that something terrible would happen if he did. Santi didn't really believe this. While Len was out of the room, Santi jumped down on the sofa with the remote control in his hand. For a while, he changed from channel to channel, looking for something interesting to watch. Bored, Santi decided to see what Len could have meant.
With a quick glance（扫视） over his shoulder to make sure Len hadn't come back，he pushed all the buttons at once. Santi saw a bright flash，and he dropped the remote control. "I've broken it，"he thought. "Now I'm in trouble！" As he looked around for the remote control，he realized he was in more trouble than he'd thought. He was suddenly only the size of a mouse.
"Oh，no！"Santi shouted. He had to find his parents quickly. Carefully, he climbed down the side of the huge sofa and hurried across the floor. In the kitchen, Santi could see that the sliding door（滑门） had been left open. “If the door is open, then the cat might be in here,” tiny Santi said.
Just then, Santi and the cat saw each other. Santi ran for the door, the cat closing in quickly behind him. Just as the cat reached out to attack Santi, it slipped（打滑） on some water and slid across the kitchen floor. Out of breath, Santi hid behind a flowerpot in the corridor. He could see his mum far away in the garden. “How will I ever get there?” he wondered. As he looked out from behind the flowerpot, there was the huge cat looking right at him! Santi rushed for the garden and then…, he woke up. “It was only a dream!” he said with a relieved smile. “Thank goodness!”Len told Santi something terrible would happen if he _________.
| A．changed from channel to channel |
| B．tried to pretend（假装）to be a mouse |
| C．pushed the buttons at the same time |
| D．stayed alone in the living room |
Santi thought the cat might be in the kitchen because ________
| A．he heard a moving sound |
| B．the cat liked the kitchen |
| C．the sliding door was open |
| D．he saw the cat came into it |
The word “relieved” can be used to describe Santi’s feeling ______
| A．when he was playing with the remote control |
| B．when his big brother warned him something |
| C．when he was no longer worried about the cat |
| D．when he saw his mum far away from him |
The story probably tries to tell that ________
| A．what happens if you break a rule |
| B．it’s dangerous to stay alone at home |
| C．people don’t want to get smaller |
| D．sometimes pets are not friendly |
Having Fun “Growing” and “Stealing”？
Recently, an Internet game has become a new fashion among young office workers and students．People can “farm” on a piece of “land” and “grow’’, “sell” or even “steal” “vegetables”, “flowers” and “fruits” on the Net. They can earn some e-money and buy more “seeds”, “pets” and even “houses”.
Joyce interviewed some young people. Here are their opinions．
Harold：I don’t quite understand why they are so mad about the childish game; maybe they are just not confident enough to face the real world.
Allan：I enjoy putting some “bugs” in my friends’ gardens and we’ve become closer because of the game．Having fun together is the most exciting thing about it．
Laura：You know, people in the city are longing for(渴望) the life in the countryside．It reduces my work pressure(压力)；besides, it gives me the exciting experience of being a “thief”．
Ivy： Well. it’s just a waste of time．Teenagers playing the game spend so many hours on it that they can not focus on (专注于)their study.Among the people Joyce interviewed,____ likes the game while____ dislikes the game.
| A．Laura; Allan | B．Allan; Harold | C．Harold; Ivy | D．Ivy; Allan |
Which is NOT the reason why people like the game?
| A．They are longing for country life． |
| B．They can have fun with friends． |
| C．The game can relax people and give them a new experience． |
| D．They are confident enough to face the real world. |
Where can you find this passage?
| A．In a car magazine． | B．In an advertisement． |
| C．In a newspaper | D．In a science book |
Father’s Day has a very short history. It was started because there was a Mother’s Day, and just because some Americans thought that if we had a Mother’s Day, we should also have a Father’s Day. Father’s Day has become important in North America. And businesses found it was a good way to get people to buy a present for their father from their shops.
By the way, very few countries have a Father’s Day, though some have a Children’s Day, or a special day for boys and another for girls. More and more countries are having Mother’s Day, so maybe Father’s Day will also become popular before too long. Now, what do people in North America do on Father’s Day? The newspapers, radios, and TV tell children what they should do — buy, buy, buy, buy, buy a Father’s Day present for your father. They even tell a wife to buy, buy, buy, and buy a Father’s Day present — not for her father but for her husband, even if he is not yet a father. And they tell grandchildren to buy, buy, buy, and buy a Father’s Day present for their grandfathers.
The important thing to remember about Father’s Day is that American children can show their love to their fathers in a more open way. Father’s Day was started just because _______________.
| A．there was a Mother’s Day |
| B．there was a Children’s Day |
| C．businesses wanted to get a lot of money |
| D．people liked their fathers very much |
The word “special” in the second paragraph means ________________________.
| A．great | B．nice | C．useful | D．not usual |
In America, people have a Father’s Day to ________________________.
| A．buy some presents for their fathers |
| B．show their love for their fathers |
| C．let their fathers have a good rest |
| D．help their fathers do something |
On Father’s Day, businesses always want ________________________.
| A．people to buy many more presents |
| B．children to buy presents only for their fathers |
| C．women to buy presents only for their husbands |
| D．people to buy presents only for their parents |
It can be learned from the passage that ________________________.
| A．the writer is against Father’s Day |
| B．many countries have a Father’s Day |
| C．Businesses can get more money on Father’s Day |
| D．Father’s Day will become more important than Mother’s Day |
Like schools in China, American schools begin in September after a long summer vacation. The first term is from September to January and the second is from February to June. Usually American children begin to go to school when they are five years old. Most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they finish high school.
But unlike middle school students in China, high school students in America take only four or five subjects each term. They usually go to the same classes every day and have homework for every class. After class they do all kinds of interesting things.
After high school, many students go to college. They may go to a small or a large one. They usually have to pay a lot for their higher education. So lots of students work after school to make money for their studies. In America, summer vacation lasts（持续）___________________.
| A．one month | B．two months |
| C．three months | D．more than three months |
The underlined（下划线的）word “college” means _________________ in Chinese.
| A．大学 | B．公司 | C．研究院 | D．高中 |
Many American students work after class, because they ___________________.
| A．want to see interesting things |
| B．have to help the other people |
| C．want to make more friends |
| D．have to get money for their studies |
Many people don’t think that the number 13 is a lucky number. Many hotels do not have a 13th floor. The floors go from 12 to 14, and there is no number13. Some people will never sit at a table with 12 other people. They will tell someone to go or ask another person to sit with them.
No one really knows why people do not like the number 13. Perhaps one reason is that when people began to count, they used ten fingers and two hands. This made 12. They could not count more.
Some Christians (基督徒) say that 13 is not lucky because there were 13 people at a meal the day before Jesus (耶稣) was killed (被杀). In a story about the old Greek (希腊的) gods, 12 gods were asked to a meal but one more came. This made 13. It is why the god Balder, who was at the meal, was killed.Some people will never sit at a table with twelve other people, or _________________.
| A． they will never come for dinner together |
| B．they will ask one of them to leave |
| C．all of them will leave |
| D．they will wait for two other people to come |
The story is about _____________________.
| A．the death of Jesus |
| B．the person who killed Balder |
| C．why 13 is not a lucky number |
| D．the way people count with their fingers |