Mr. Perkin did not like to be different from other people, so he always tried to wear the same clothes, eat the same food, and do the same things after work as others.
One day Mr. Perkin stood at the bus-stop. As he watched the cars go by, he noticed that many of them were new Beta 400s and most of them were yellow.
The following week, Mr. Perkin bought a new bright yellow Beta 400s. He was very pleased with it, and drove to work in it the next day. He was even more pleased with his new car, when he saw all the other Beta 400s, in front, behind, and on both sides of him.
Mr. Perkin parked his car near his office, and walked the rest of the way. But when he came back at five o’clock, there were so many bright yellow Beta 400s that Mr. Perkin didn’t know which car was his. He tried his key in some of the cars, but people gave him a strange look which he didn’t like, so he stopped.
Poor Mr. Perkin had to wait nearly two hours until there was only one yellow Beta 400S left.Beta 400s is a _____of car.
| A．size | B．plate | C．part | D．number |
_____, so he bought a new bright yellow car.
| A．Mr. Perkin hated his car to be the same as others. |
| B．Mr. Perkin liked his car to be the same as others |
| C．Mr. Perkin wanted his car to be different from others |
| D．Mr. Perkin liked driving a car |
Mr. Perkin was even more pleased with his new car when he was ____.
| A．in front of other cars | B．Behind other cars |
| C．on both sides of other cars | D．in the middle of other cars like his |
Mr. Perkin tried his key in some of the cars _____.
| A．because he wanted to find his car in this way |
| B．because he wanted to steal a car like his |
| C．because he wanted to make jokes with others |
| D．because he had got a wrong key |
Finally Mr. Perkin _____.
| A．lost his car | B．got a wrong car |
| C．stole a car | D．found his own car |
Poor Alice was very unhappy. "What a wonderful garden!" she said to herself. "I'd like to be out there - not in this dark room. Why can't I get smaller?" It was already a very strange day. and Alice was beginning to think that anything was possible.
After a while she locked the door again, got up and went back to the glass table. She put the key down and she saw a little bottle on the table. Round the neck of the bottle was a piece of paper with the words DRINK ME in large letters.
But Alice was a careful girl. "It can be dangerous to drink out of strange bottles," she said. "What will it do to me?" She drank a little bit very slowly. The taste was very nice. like chocolate and oranges and hot sweet coffee. and very soon Alice finished the bottle.
"What a strange feeling!" said Alice. "I think I' m getting smaller and smaller every second."
And she was. A few minutes later she was only 25 centimeters high. "And now," she said happily,
"I can get through the little door into that beautiful garden."
She ran at once to the door. When she got there. she remembered that the little gold key was back on the glass table. She ran back to the table for it, but of course, she was now much too small! There was the key, high above her, on top of the table. She tried very hard to climb up the table leg, but she could not do it.
At last, tired and unhappy, Alice sat down on the floor and cried. But after a while she spoke to herself angrily.
"Come now," she said, "Stop crying at once. What's the use of crying?" She was a strange child, and often talked to herself like this.
Soon she saw a little glass box near her on the floor. She opened it and found a very small cake with the words EAT ME on it.
Nothing could surprise Alice now. "Well, I'II eat it," she said. "If I get taller, I can take the key off the table. And if I get smaller, I can get under the door.One way or another. I'll get into the garden. So it doesn't matter what happens!" She went on eating, but nothing happened. Why couldn't Alice get into the beautiful garden?
| A．She couldn't find the key to the door. |
| B．She was too small to get the key to the door. |
| C．She didn't know how to get through the door. |
| D．She was not allowed to go into the garden. |
What made Alice become smaller?
| A．Some hot sweet coffee. |
| B．A piece of chocolate. |
| C．Something in a little bottle. |
| D．Some orange juice. |
The underlined sentence "One way or another" probably means "_______ ".
| A．Whether I get smaller or taller |
| B．I can eat it in this way or another |
| C．If I get taller and taller |
| D．If I get smaller and smaller |
What's the main idea of this passage?
| A．Alice drank something that made her smaller. |
| B．Alice was excited to become small. |
| C．Alice ate a small cake and became bigger. |
| D．Alice met with some strange things. |
My Favorite Sweater
by Bonnie Highsmith Taylor
My favorite sweater grew too small.
I love that sweater best of all.
My grandma made it when I was three.
She made that sweater just for me.
I picked the yam（纱线）, a special blue.
The color of bluebells, wet with dew(露珠).
When I was three I was very small.
But now I'm five and much too tall.
I have a new jacket now that's green.
So I gave my sweater to our cat Queen.
Queen just had kittens out in the shed (小屋).
My favorite sweater is now their bed.The girl in this poem is_______ years old now.
| A．3 | B．4 | C．5 | D．6 |
What do we know from the poem?
| A．The girl doesn't like the sweater any more. |
| B．The sweater is too small for the girl now. |
| C．The girl has got a new blue jacket now. |
| D．The girl's grandma loves blue very much. |
The word "kitten" in this poem means_______.
| A．a kind of food | B．a baby cat |
| C．a kind of drink | D．a bed for a baby |
I got out of the train station with my father. A woman came to him and said that her money had been stolen(偷). She asked if he could her some money to go back home. My father gave her what she asked for and told her not to worry about paying it back. I was . How could my father be so silly? Anyone could see that she was telling a lie(谎言), staying at the station all day long for money.
"She was lying!" I said." did you give her the money?"
My father looked at me. He was a bit angry. "And what would you like me to do?" he said.
"Should I tell her that I am a college professor and I can see through her scam(骗局）？" I did not his meaning at all, and then he told me something that I have forgotten. "First, she would not do this she didn't need the money. Second, I made her day, because now she thinks that she's than me. It is more important to than the money. but I don't mind this."
A week later, we were at the same station, and the same woman came to my father with the same story. "Not this time," my father told her. "In your business, you should learn to recognize(认出) people. Try another on me next week."
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Travelling is a very good activity. When you get tired of your work or study ,and when you have free time ,you can go to a beautiful place to enjoy the beauty of nature or other cities . You can take in fresh air, meet different people and make friends with them .It’s good for your health to do so .
But at times ,travelling is not an enjoyable thing . For example , the weather can be changeable .There may be rain when you travel .You may catch a cold or be ill while travelling .The worst thing is that the thieves may steal your money .All these may happen to a tourist .
When you go on a trip , you must get everything ready .Firstly , you must have clear information about the weather .Secondly ,ask a friend to go with you so that you can help each other .Thirdly , you must be careful everywhere and not to cause accidents . If you do this , you will surely enjoy your travel
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We went into a secondhand shop to get out of the rain.
I took my 6-year-old daughter’s hand and we started to walk around. Suddenly she reached out her hand to touch a pair of shiny black shoes.
“Buy for me?” she asked.
“Oh, Sweetie, they are tap dancing (踢踏舞) shoes. You aren’t taking tap dance.”
“Buy for me?” she repeated.
“Well, let’s try them on.”
She sat on the floor and took off her bright pink rain boots . When she stood up we heard “click”. She took a step, “click, click, click.”
The sun came out and we went on our way. Our next stop was the grocery store(杂货店).
“Click, click, click…” people turned to look as we entered the store. People would never allow their daughter to wear tap dancing shoes to the grocery store .
“Excuse me, dear. Why would you allow your daughter to wear tap dancing shoes here? They make such a noise.”
“Isn’t it wonderful?”
“Wonderful? My dear, this is not the place to wear those shoes.”
“You don’t understand. When she was a baby, doctors told us that she would never walk or talk. It has taken a lot of hard work and patience, but she asked for the shoes and the ‘click, click, click’ says that she can walk,” I said.
My daughter is 18 now and will graduate from grade 12 in June. It has not always been easy, but it has all been worthwhile (值得做的). She has taught me that it doesn’t matter what others think. They don’t walk in your shoes.
Why did the mother and daughter go to the secondhand shop?
| A．They just went window shopping. |
| B．The daughter loved the place. |
| C．They just found the place to hide from the rain. |
| D．The mother wanted to buy cheap shoes for her daughter. |
People would never allow their daughter to wear tap dancing shoes to the grocery store
because _________.
| A．they make noise | B．they are expensive |
| C．they are dirty | D．it is not allowed |
According to the story, which of the following is TRUE?
| A．The mother didn’t buy the tap dancing shoes for her daughter. |
| B．The mother allowed her daughter to do anything she wanted. |
| C．The mother had once thought of giving her daughter up. |
| D．For the mother, the “click” noise sounded beautiful. |
What does the sentence “They don’t walk in your shoes” mean? __________.
| A．They don’t have the same shoes as yours. |
| B．They don’t know how you feel. |
| C．They don’t walk the same way as you. |
| D．They don’t know the size of your shoes. |
The story wants to tell us ______.
| A．the love between mother and daughter is strong |
| B．sometimes you shouldn’t care what others say |
| C．you should wear the wrong shoes for your feet |
| D．wearing your own shoes helps you walk faster |