Ben
When I left school five years ago, I said to myself, “That’s that! No more learning for me．Now I can enjoy myself in the evening．” But about a year ago the boss said, “We’re going to get a computer in the near future．” What does he mean? I simply don’t know．Anyway, I decided to go to evening classes．I’m quite an expert(专家) on computers now and you know, I actually enjoy studying．
Eve
I haven’t much interest in studying．To be honest, I don’t like reading very much, except for magazines and that sort of thing．Just reading, that is, to kill the time．But I do enjoy watching TV．Not that I watch everything．In fact, I choose my programmes very carefully．I’m particularly interested in current affairs(时事)．In some ways I think I learn more in this way than I did at school．
Ted
I’m a very different sort of person－I simply love doing things．That’s why I enjoy sports so much．I mean, actually playing．I hardly ever watch it on TV, but I do read quite a bit about it．I’m even interested in the history of sports．I don’t have much time for anything else, except that I quite like dancing．Some people say I’m not very good at it, though．
Joan
I should say I have great interest in studying．I’d rather do this than anything else．Since I left school．I’ve taken courses in all sorts of things．I go to the city library once a week, but I much prefer evening classes because it’s more fun that way．My latest “craze（狂热）”－if you can call it that －is foreign languages．I’m learning two, not one!According to what they say, which of the following is NOT TRUE?
| A．Ben was pleased to leave school． |
| B．Eve does not spend much time in reading． |
| C．Ted spends a lot of time watching his favorite sport on TV． |
| D．Joan is learning languages in the evening school． |
Among the four people, _____ are considered to have made good use of time in studying．
| A．Ben and Eve | B．Eve and Ted |
| C．Ted and Joan | D．Ben and Joan |
In the future, we can infer(推断) that ________．
| A．Joan may speak one of foreign languages well． |
| B．Eve will study computers |
| C．Ben is interested in current affairs． |
| D．Joan prefers going to the city libraries． |
The sentence “That’s that!” means ________．
| A．Ben thinks he never need to learn |
| B．Ben wants to learn that |
| C．Ben would like to go on studying |
| D．Ben will learn from others |
Mary and Her Friends
Mary has some friends. They are Betty, Peter, Alice and Mike. Mary is the oldest of the five. Betty is thirteen years old. She is younger than Mary and older than Peter. Alice is nine and Mike is seven.
Betty and Peter are good runners( 长跑运动员 )。 But Peter runs faster. Mary and Betty like to play basketball. Mary plays better than Betty. Alice sings best of them.
Mary and Betty study in a middle school. Peter, Alice and Mike study in a primary ( 小学 ) school. They all work hard at school. But Betty works hardest. Her handwriting ( 书法 ) is good, too.Mary has _______ friends.
| A．four | B．five | C．six | D．three |
Mike is ______ than Alice.
| A．youngest | B．oldest | C．younger | D．older |
Peter runs _______ than Betty.
| A．faster | B．slow | C．fast | D．the fastest |
Betty’s handwriting is _______.
| A．worst | B．good | C．better | D．best |
They all ______ .
| A．study in the same school | B．like to play basketball |
| C．good runners | D．work hard |
Jack Brown, an office worker, lives in Washington. He inherited (继承) a million dollars when he was 23, but he wasn’t happy at all. When his college friends were looking for their jobs, he didn’t have to. Jack decided to keep living a simple life like everyone else. He gave ﹩10，000 of his money to a charity to help poor children live a happy life. Today he is 36. He still wears cheap shoes and clothes and drives a small car only, but he is very happy.
Up to now Jack has helped some children from poor countries all over the world, by sending them each ﹩200 a month. The money was used for the children’s study, food, medicine and clothing. Jack receives a report each year on the children’s progress. They can write to each other, but usually the children do not speak English.
When Jack first heard about these children, he wanted to help them. “It was nothing special,” he said. “Until I went to these countries and met the children I was helping, I didn’t know anything about their life.” Once Jack went to meet a little girl in Africa. He said that the meeting was very exciting. “When I met her, I felt very, very happy, ”he said. “And I saw that the money was used for a good cause. It brought me happiness. I want to do everything I can to go on helping those children.”Jack has sent them each ﹩200 a month to help some poor children ________.
| A．only in Washington | B．only in England |
| C．only in Africa | D．around the world |
Jack learned about the children’s progress by ________.
| A．visiting them each other | B．getting a report each year |
| C．staying with them | D．talking to them in English |
The underlined words “for a good cause” means ________ in Chinese.
| A．施舍 | B．行善 | C．优惠 | D．赏赐 |
The money Jack gave the children wasn’t used for the children’s ________.
| A．clothing | B．medicine | C．study | D．playing |
What’s the main idea of the story?
| A．Help others, and you’ll feel happy |
| B．It’s necessary to write letters to poor children |
| C．Live a simple life., and you can give others help |
| D．It’s the most important to help the children in Africa |
Computers are useful machines. They can help people a lot in their daily life. For example, They can help people to save much time to do much work, and they can help people to work out many problems they can’t do easily. Our country asked everyone except the old people, to learn to use computers before the twenty-first century.
Today more and more families own computers. Parents buy computers for their children. They hope computers can help them improve their studies in school. Yet, many of the children use computers to play games, to watch videos or to sing karaoke, instead of studying. So many teachers and parents complain that computers can’t help children to study but make them fall behind. So computers are locked in boxes by parents.
In some other countries, even some scientists also hate computers. They say computers make millions of people lose their jobs or bring them a lot of trouble.
Will computers really bring trouble to people or can they bring people happiness? It will be decided by today’s students themselves!Our country asked everyone to learn to use computers except the ________ .
| A．young people | B．old people | C．students | D．adults |
Why do we say the computer is a useful machine? Because _____
| A．Our country asks us to learn it. | B．it can help us to do a lot of things. |
| C．We can use it to play games only. | D．it can help us to find jobs only. |
What do many teachers and parents complain about? They complain about _____ .
| A．their students and children use computers to learn well. |
| B．computers let them lose their jobs |
| C．computers make their students and children fall behind |
| D．computers bring people a lot of trouble |
In this passage we know computers _____
| A．also bring us trouble | B．bring us happiness only |
| C．are hated by people | D．are good for people’s health |
How do you understand the last sentence of this passage? It means ____
| A．computers are used by people |
| B．people can live well without computers |
| C．one must decide how to use computers |
| D．computers are strange machine |
John was travelling around the country in the town. One evening he was driving along a road and looking for a small hotel. When he saw an old man at the side of the road, he stopped his car and said to the old man, “I want to go to the Sun Hotel, Do you know it?”
“Yes,” the old man answered, “I’ll show you the way.”
He got into the car, and they drove for about twelve miles. When they came to a small house, the old man said, “stop here. ”
John stopped and looked at the house and said, “but this isn’t a hotel”
“No,” the old man answered, “this is my house. And now I’ll show you the way to the Sun Hotel, Turn around and go back nine miles, then you’ll see the Sun Hotel on the left.” What is John looking for?
| A．the Sun Hotel | B．The Moon Hotel |
| C．his home | D．the old man’s house |
Who did John meet?
| A．a policeman | B．an old man |
| C．an old woman | D．a boy |
Where did the old man take John to?
| A．the Sun Hotel | B．a supermarket |
| C．the old man’s house | D．a restaurant |
How far did John drive after the old man got on his car?
| A．five miles | B．twelve miles |
| C．three miles | D．nine miles |
How far was the hotel from the place the old man got on the car?
| A．twelve miles | B．nine miles |
| C．three miles | D．five miles |
One day Mr. and Mrs. Black were driving to a party . Mr. Black drove the car very fast. “Please don’t drive so fast.” Mrs Black asked his husband to drive more slowly .”If you drive so fast , maybe we’ll have some trouble.”“Oh , no , Don’t be worried , my dear . ”said Mr. Black with a smile .“You know I’m good at driving . You won’t be in danger . And there is little time . If I don’t drive fast , we’ll be late for the party.”
A few minutes later , his wife , Mrs. Black , said to him，“If you don’t slow down ,We’ll be in hospital.”
Just at this moment a car came out of a side road and crossed in front of their car . Mr. Black stopped their car quickly . It nearly hit that car: “Oh , dear , I’m sorry for that . You are right , my dear，”said Mr Black . “I’ll never drive fast later . Now let me drive slowly . ”Then car drove very slowly to the party . Of course they were very late for the party.Mr. and Mrs. Black were driving to ________ one day.
| A．a meeting | B．their home | C．a party | D．work |
What did Mrs. Black ask her husband to do?
| A．To stop the car | B．To drive more slowly |
| C．To drive to a hospital | D．To drive fast |
Mr. Black drove so fast , because___________ .
| A．he was good at driving | B．he was very happy |
| C．he was in danger | D．he didn’t want to be late for the party. |
What happened to them a few minute later ?
| A．Their car hit another car | B．their car nearly hit another car |
| C．Their car was broken | D．Something was wrong with their car |
At last Mr. Black drove their car ________ to the party
| A．faster | B．slow | C．very slowly | D．happily |