Some time ago I discovered that one of my chairs had a broken leg. I didn't think there would be any difficulty in getting it repaired, as there are a lot of antique (古董) shops near my home. So I left home one morning carrying the chair with me. I went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception（接待）． I was quite wrong. The man wouldn't even look at my chair.
The second shop, though slightly more polite, was just the same, and the third and the fourth -- so I decided that my approach must be wrong.
I entered the fifth shop with a plan in my mind. I placed the chair on the floor and said to the shopkeeper, "Would you like to buy a chair?"
He looked it over carefully and said,- "Yes, not a bad chair. How much do you want for it, sir?"
“Twenty pounds," I said.
“OK," he said, "I'll give you twenty pounds."
“It's got a slightly broken leg," I said.
‘'Yes, I saw that, it's nothing."
Everything was going according to my plan and l was getting excited. "What will you do with it?" I asked.
“Oh, it will be easy to sell once the repair is done."
“I'll buy it," I said.
“What do you mean? You've just sold it to me," he said.
"Yes, I know but I've changed my mind. I am sorry. I'll give you twenty-seven pounds for it."
“You must be crazy," he said. Then, suddenly the penny dropped. “I know what you want. You want me to repair your chair."
“You're right," I said. "And what would you have done if I had walked in and said, 'Would you repair this chair for me?"'
“I wouldn't have agreed to do it," he said. "We don't do repairs, not enough money in it and too much trouble. But I'II repair this for you. Shall we say for five pounds?" He was a very nice man and was greatly amused by the whole thing.We can learn from the text that in the first shop the writer_______.
| A．was rather impolite | B．was warmly received |
| C．asked the shopkeeper to buy his chair | D．asked the shopkeeper to repair his chair |
The underlined word "approach" in the second paragraph means_______.
| A．plan for dealing with things | B．way of doing things |
| C．idea of repairing things | D．decision to sell things |
The expression "the penny dropped" in the last paragraph means the shopkeeper_______.
| A．changed his mind | B．accepted the offer |
| C．saw the writer's purpose | D．decided to help the writer |
How much did the writer pay?
| A．￡5. | B．￡7. | C．￡20. | D．￡27. |
From the text, we can learn that the writer was_______.
| A．honest | B．careful | C．smart | D．funny |
| Family member |
What does he/she look like? |
| My father |
My father is very tall. He has curly hair. He’s handsome. |
| My mother |
My mother is not beautiful. She is short. She is only 1.5 meters. She has black hair. And she is fat. |
| My sister |
My sister is a lovely girl. She has long curly hair. She’s of medium build. |
| My brother |
My brother looks like my mother. He is short, too. He is very heavy. |
What does the writer’s father look like?
| A．He is very short. | B．He is short and has black hair. |
| C．He’s of medium build. | D．He is tall and has curly hair. |
Who is short and heavy?
| A．The writer’s mother and brother. | B．The writer’s mother and father. |
| C．The writer’s father and sister. | D．The writer’s father and brother. |
What does the writer look like?
| A．He is handsome. | B．He is heavy and tall . |
| C．He has long curly hair. | D．We don’t know. |
According to the passage, which is right?
| A．There are four people in the writer’s family. |
| B．The writer’s mother is a beautiful woman. |
| C．The writer’s father and sister have curly hair. |
| D．The writer’s brother looks like his sister. |
Today is Sunday, and it is a fine day. Mary and her classmates want to fly a kite(放风筝) in the People’s Park. Mary gets up at 7:30 in the morning, and she meets her classmates at the school gate at eight o’clock. Because it’s not very far from their school to the park,they walk there. From their school, they walk down the Sixth Avenue , and turn right at People’s Bank. Then they pass a library, a bookshop and a hotel. When they see a big market(市场)，they turn left into Xingfu Road. Then they see the park on their right.根据Today is Sunday, and it is a fine day.描述，可知今天天气不错。故选D，晴朗的。
根据they walk there.描述，可知他们步行去那儿。故选C，步行。
根据and turn right at People’s Bank.描述，可知选B。
We can know from the article(文章) that Sunday is _____.
| A．snowy | B．Rainy | C．windy | D．sunny |
How do they go there?
| A．By bike | B．By bus | C．On foot | D．By taxi |
Where do they turn right?
| A．At China Bank | B．At People’s Bank |
| C．At a big market | D．At a hotel |
Happiness is for everyone. You don’t need to care about those people who have beautiful houses with large gardens and swimming pools or those who have nice cars and a lot of money and so on. Why? Because those people who have big houses may often feel lonely and those who has cars may want to walk on the country road at their free time.
In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into __it__. When you are in trouble at school, your friends will help you. When you take lessons, your parents are always taking care of your life and health. When you get success, your friends will say congratulations to you. When you do something wrong, people around you will help you to correct it. And when you do something good to others you will feel happy, too. All these are your happiness. If you notice a bit of them , you can see that happiness is always around you.
Happiness is not the same as money. It’s a feeling of your heart. When you are poor, you can also say you are happy, because you have something else that can’t be bought with money. When you meet with difficulties, you can say loudly you are happy, because you have more chances to challenge yourself. So you cannot always say you are poor and you have bad luck. As the saying goes, “ Life is like a revolving door, when it closes, it also opens.” If you take every chance you get, you can be a happy and lucky person.According to the passage, which of the following is happiness?
| A．You have lots of money, but you have no friends. |
| B．When you’re in trouble, your classmates often help you. |
| C．You have a big house, but you always feel lonely. |
| D．When you meet difficulties, you give up at once. |
What does the underlined word “ it ”refer to?
| A．Happiness. | B．Trouble | C．Health | D．Difficulty |
The third paragraph(段) tells us that ________.
| A．Poor people are always happy. | B．Difficulties means happiness. |
| C．Happiness is a feeling of heart. | D．Life is the revolving door. |
What would be the best title for this passage?
| A．Money and cars. | B．Happiness is everywhere. |
| C．Happiness is money. | D．Luck in life. |
Li Lu is a fifth-grade student who lived in a small village in Shanxi Province. She lived with her grandparents, because her parents are migrant workers in big cities. During the days when there were no school buses, Li Lu had to ride a bike five kilometers and climb a small mountain to school every day. Her 70-year-old grandfather says he and Li Lu’s grandmother always worried about her safety.
“There are so many cars on the roads, and we were really _concerned_ about her all the time. When it was time for her to come home, we would stare at the alley’s (小巷的) entrance until she showed up.”
But with the start of the new school year, the school’s new bus now picks up the students. Eleven-year-old Li Lu pointed at her seat on the bus and said ,“Now I don’t ride my bike any more. My grandparents no longer need to worry about me. The bus is spacious and comfortable. Look! This is my seat, with my name tag on the seatback.”How far is Li Lu’s home from her school?
| A．Five minutes by bike. | B．Over five kilometers. |
| C．Fifty minutes by bus. | D．Four kilometers. |
The underlined word “concerned” can be best translated into ________.
| A．关注 | B．有关的 | C．担心的 | D．涉及 |
Why does Li Lu live with her grandparents?
| A．Because she lives far from school. |
| B．Because her parents have died. |
| C．Because she had to ride a bike five kilometers to school. |
| D．Because her parents work in big cities. |
What’s the main idea of this passage?
| A．Going to school by bike. | B．Far away from school. |
| C．Li Lu has taken the new school bus. | D．Li Lu and her family. |
| John |
My hobby is surfing. I started it when I was 5. I ’m twelve years old. I like surfing because when I surf I feel like I can beat the ocean. I surf every Monday and Wednesday. |
| Lucy |
I started collecting stamps last year. I like it because it’s fun to see the good stamps that I can get. I collected a lot of them before, but this school year I stopped collecting because of the study. |
| Molly |
My hobby is dancing. My mom says I have a natural talent. I dance nearly every day . The only bad part is that I get bad results because I spent much time dancing. So I must study hard. |
John has been surfing for __________years.
| A．5 | B．11 | C．6 | D．7 |
What does Molly’s mother mean?
| A．Molly likes dancing very much. | B．Molly could dance since she was born. |
| C．Molly does well in dancing. | D．Molly will be a dancer. |
The reason why Lucy give up her hobby is that ________.
| A．It’s fun to see the stamps. | B．She has collected stamps for a year. |
| C．She has to study hard. | D．She has collected many. |