There was once a farmer. He lived near a road. It was not a busy road, but from time to time, cars passed the farm.
Near the farm gate, there was a large hole in the road. This road was always full of water, and the drivers of the cars could not see how deep the hole was. They thought it was not deep.
Then when they drove into the hole, they could not drive out because it was too deep.
The farmer did not spend much time working on his farm. He spent most of it watching the hole.
When a car drove into it, he pulled the car out with his tractor(拖拉机) and the driver gave him a lot of money for doing this.
One day, the driver of a car said to him, “You must make a lot of money by pulling cars out of this hole night and day.”
“Oh, no,” the farmer said. “I don’t pull cars out of the hole at night. At night I fill(填) the hole with water.”Many cars went into the hole because the drivers ________.
| A．were going too fast to stop | B．did not see the hole |
| C．did not know the hole was very deep | D．liked driving through water |
The farmer ________ at night.
| A．pulled cars out of the hole in the road | B．filled the hole with water |
| C．laughed at the drivers of the cars | D．worked on his farm |
The farmer made money from ________.
| A．giving things | B．selling water |
| C．pulling cars out of the hole | D．filling the hole with water |
Which is the best title(标题) of the passage?
| A．How to make money | B．A helpful farmer |
| C．To drive more carefully | D．The hole in the road |
Brain is a school boy. He’s twelve. He lives in Shanghai now. He is from England. He studies in a middle school. He gets up at half past five every day. He has breakfast at seven after that, he goes to school with his friends. They have four classes in the morning and two in the afternoon. In the evening he does his homework at home, but he often watches TV on Saturday evening. Brain likes drawing. He joins an art club. He likes reading story books. Now he is reading an English book in his roomBrain is a ____________.
A. student B. girl C. teacherBrain does his homework ____________.
A. every evening
B. at school
C. at homeBrain has ____________ classes at school every day.
A. four B. six C. five
Mike is seven years old and he begins to school this week. It’s Sunday today. His mother, Mrs Smith doesn’t go to work. Mike wants to go to the zoo. He gets up at six thirty and asks his mother to take him there. After breakfast they go to the bus stop. They want to take No.3 bus to the zoo.
“Look, mummy!” the boy is calling out. “A No.3 bus is coming!”
“No, dear,” Mrs. Smith is saying, “It isn’t No.3. It’s No.21.”
“You’re wrong, mummy,” Mike says, “My teacher says two and one is three!”Mike is a student of Grade（年级）_________ .
| A．One | B．Two | C．Three | D．Four |
Mike is going to the zoo with _______.
| A．his father | B．his mother |
| C．his sister | D．his brother |
Mrs. Smith and her son want to go to the zoo by ________.
| A．bus | B．bike | C．boat | D．car |
Mike thinks _______, so he is calling out.
| A．two and one is three |
| B．a No. Twenty-one bus is coming |
| C．a No. Three bus is coming |
| D．a No. Two bus is coming |
Who is wrong? ___________.
| A．Mrs. Smith is | B．Mr. Smith is |
| C．The teacher is | D．Mike is |
Dear Tom,
Thanks for your last letter. Do you want to know about my evening? Well, I usually get home from work at 6:00 pm. I cook dinner for my family—my parents, my sister and my brother. After dinner I usually watch TV, play computer games or play chess. I like playing chess because my father works in a chess club. I take a shower at around nine o’clock and then go to bed at around nine- thirty. Sometimes I read some books because I can learn something about my work.
How about your evening? Write to me soon, please.
Best wishes,
VictorWhen does Victor get home from work?
| A．At 6:00 am | B．At 6:00 pm |
| C．At 9:00 am | D．At 9:30 pm |
Victor’s family has _____people.
| A．2 | B．3 | C．4 | D．5 |
What doesn’t Victor do in the evening?
| A．watch TV | B．play computer games |
| C．play the piano | D．play chess |
Where does Victor’s father work?
| A．In a chess club | B．In a swimming club |
| C．At a school | D．At a bookstore |
The letter is mainly(主要地)about______.
| A．Victor’s work | B．Victor’s evening |
| C．Victor’s family | D．Victor’s dinner |
| Family Rules |
1. Get up at 6:00 am and go to bed by 10:00 pm. 2. Don’t talk loudly（大声地） in the room. 3. Clean your bedroom every day. 4. Wash your skirts and T-shirts 5. Don’t meet friends before you finish your homework. |
| ______ Rules |
1. Come into the room with clean shoes. 2. Don’t eat or drink in the room. 3. Don’t talk loudly in the room. 4. Open the computers right and close them after class. |
When does the girl go to bed?
| A．At 6:00 am | B．By 10:00 pm |
| C．At 10:30 pm | D．At 11:00 pm |
The word(s) in the blank(空格) can be ______
| A．Computer room | B．Library |
| C．Classroom | D．Supermarket |
You can’t _____ in the two kinds of rules.
| A．clean the room | B．eat or drink |
| C．talk loudly | D．open the computers |
The word “close” means ______in Chinese.
| A．打开 | B．搬走 | C．冲洗 | D．关闭 |
From these rules, we know______.
| A．the girl in the Family Rules is a student. |
| B．the girl’s mother helps her wash skirts. |
| C．you can’t listen to music in computer class. |
| D．you may come into the room with skirts and T-skirts. |
Monarch butterflies from eastern Canada make the most amazing journey in the insect world. Each year, this butterfly travels about 3000miles to its winter home in central Mexico(墨西哥). How can it fly so far? And why does it make this long and dangerous trip? Scientists still don’t have an answer.
For many years, people in Mexico wondered where the orange-and-black butterflies came from every winter. Then, in 1937, a scientist started to follow and study the butterflies. For the next 20 years, he discovered that one butterfly started its journey in Canada. Four months later, it arrived in Mexico.
The length of the butterflies find their way back to the same place? Another amazing thing is that the butterflies always return to the same area in central Mexico.
How do the butterflies find their way back to the same place? This is an interesting question because only every fourth generation(代)makes the trip south. In other words, the butterfly that travels to Mexico this year is the great-great-grandchild of the butterfly that traveled there last year.
Each year, four generations of a Monarch butterfly family are born. Each generation of the family has a very different life. The first generation is born in the south in late April. It slowly moves north, reproduces(繁衍), and then dies. On the trip north,two more generations are born, reproduce, and die. Each of these generations of butterflies is born. This generation has a much longer life. It lives for about eight months. This generation of butterflies makes the amazing journey back to the winter home of its great-great-grandparents. The butterflies spend the winter there, and in the spring they reproduce and then die. Their offspring will be the first generation of the next circle of life.
Today, people are still studying the Monarch butterfly. But they are not clear about everything.The best title of the passage can be ________.
| A．Family of Monarch butterflies |
| B．Mystery of Monarch butterflies |
| C．Monarch butterflies’ birthplace |
| D．Monarch butterflies’ winter home |
It took the scientist ______ to find out that monarch butterflies came from Canada.
| A．20 years | B．four months |
| C．five weeks | D．eight months |
We know that the _____ generation of Monarch butterflies travel back to central Mexico.
| A．first | B．second |
| C．third | D．fourth |
The underlined word “offspring” in the passage is closest in meaning to______.
| A．seasons | B．butterflies |
| C．children | D．parents |
Which statement is true according to the text?
| A．Monarch butterflies spend winter in eastern Canada. |
| B．The four generations have the same length of life. |
| C．Some generations die on the way north to Canada. |
| D．Scientists are clear about everything of the butterflies |