"Tammy! Come here, please! Mother needs your help in the kitchen." Her father called out to her.
Tammy was in her room, getting ready to do her homework. "Yes, Daddy!" she replied. "I'll be right there."
She hurried out of her bedroom and down the hallway. She was only nine years old. Her elder sister, Ella, had just moved away to go to a performing arts high school in another city. Her brother, Harry, was in middle school and always got home late. With Ella leaving home, Tammy was expected to do a lot more than she had ever done before, especially now, because her mother was ill.
Her father was in the kitchen. "Tammy, I know you usually do your homework right now, but with things being different, we all have to change a little bit. I'll help you and Harry with your homework later on, OK?"
Her father had an apron（围裙） on over his clothes, and he looked kind of funny. He was doing the dishes and he always splashed（溅出） water all over when he did that. After helping her father with the dishes, Tammy helped set the table.
After supper, her father helped her and Harry with their homework, and then they played a board game so that their mother could lie down for a while.
The next morning, Tammy got up early on her own because she wanted to help her mother with breakfast. She made orange juice and even put bread in the toaster and got out the butter so that her mother could sleep for a few more minutes.
When her mother got up half an hour later, she was very surprised and moved to see the breakfast on the dining table. She gave Tammy a big hug.
"Thank you, Tammy. You really are mother's little helper now, aren't you?"Why did Tammy's sister move out of their home?
| A．Because she hated doing housework |
| B．Because she was busy with her work. |
| C．Because her school was far away from home. |
| D．Because she disliked her family. |
From Paragraphs 3 & 4, we can learn that Tammy_______.
| A．was a middle school student |
| B．did well in all subjects |
| C．always did a lot of housework at home |
| D．was the youngest child in the family |
What can we learn about Tammy's father from the passage?
| A．He was a very serious person. |
| B．He wasn't very good at doing housework. |
| C．He liked playing board games very much. |
| D．He always helped Tammy do her homework. |
Which is the best title for this passage?
| A．Mother's Little Helper | B．The Life of Tammy's Family |
| C．A Happy Family | D．Tammy's School Life |
Many people like to travel by plane , but I don't like it because an airport(飞机场) is usually far from the city. You have to get early and wait for hours for the plane to take off and it is often late. You can’t open the windows. You can’t choose the food. Planes are fast, but they still take hours to go out the airport and into the city.
I like traveling by train. I think trains are safe. Train stations are usually in cities. When you are late for a train, you can catch another one. You can walk around in the train and open the windows. You can see many interesting things on your way. I know it takes a little more time.
I also like cars. You can start your journey when you want to, and you don’t need to get to train station or bus stop. Also you can carry many things with you in a car. But sometimes there are too many cars on the road.Why do many people like to travel by plane?
| A．Because it’s fast. |
| B．Because it’s safe |
| C．Because you can walk around in the plane. |
| D．Because it’s cheap. |
Which is NOT the good thing about the train?
| A．It is safe. |
| B．It takes a little more time. |
| C．You can open the windows. |
| D．You can walk around in the train. |
If you want to take a lot of things with you, what do you take to go out?
| A．A bus. | B．A car. | C．A train. | D．A bike |
What is the bad thing about the car?
| A．You needn’t go to a station. |
| B．You can start your journey when you want to. |
| C．There are too many cars on the road. |
| D．You needn’t go to a bus stop. |
What does the writer think of the transportations?
He thinks it takes a lot of time to go to and get out of the airport to take the plane.
He likes to take a train because it takes a little more time.
He likes to take a car because he has a car.
He likes to take a plane because it’s fast.
The following chart(表) shows some information about the student’s after-school activities in a middle school. 100% means all the students, 51%—99% means most students, 1%—50% means some students and 0% means no students.
| Frequency(频率) of Activity |
Every day |
Once or twice a week |
Three or four times a week |
| Do housework |
5% |
75% |
20% |
| Exercise |
25% |
10% |
65% |
| Surf the Internet |
15% |
75% |
10% |
This chart is about the ______ of the students in a middle school.
| A．numbers | B．lessons |
| C．hobbies | D．after-school activities |
_________ of the students can take enough（足够的） exercise during the week.
| A．Most | B．Some | C．A few | D．All |
If there’re fifty students doing housework every day, there will be ________students surf the Internet every day.
| A．100 | B．50 | C．150 | D．250 |
Salesman： $73.07，please.
Peter： What? Show me the receipt.
Salesman： Here it is.
Peter：Look. The price on this shirt is $17. But the receipt says $27.
Salesman： You are right. The receipt is wrong.
Peter： And what is the $5.57 for?
Salesman： That’s for tax（税）.The $5.57 is for the ___________.
| A．tax | B．bags | C．jacket | D．shirt |
When did Peter do some shopping?
| A．On June 17. | B．At noon. |
| C．On June 25. | D．In the morning |
Long, long ago there were only a few thousand people in the world. These people move form place to place over the land, hunting animals for food.
No one knows how or when these people learned about growing food. But when they did, their lives changed. They did not have to look for food any more. They could stay in one place and grow it.
People began to live near one another. And so the first village grew. Many people came to work in the villages. These villages grew very big. When machines appeared(出现), life in the villages changed again. Factories were built. More and more people lived near the factories. The cities grew very big.
Today some people are moving back to small towns. Can you tell why?The best title(题目)of the text should be ___.
| A．Cities or Villages | B．Back to Towns |
| C．How Cities Grew | D．People and Animals |
The underlined word "they" in the second paragraph refers to(指的是) ___.
| A．villages | B．animals | C．cities | D．people |
When factories were built, ___.
| A．more people live near the factories |
| B．people began to live in the factories |
| C．many people began to work in villages |
| D．many machines appeared in big factories |
We can learn from the text that ___.
| A．people like to work only in big cities |
| B．some people don't like to live in big cities |
| C．there will be no small towns in the future(将来) |
| D．it is better to live in cities than in villages |
In what order did people do the following things?
A. Worked in villages B. Lived near the factories.
C. Learned to grow food. D. Built factories.
E. Began to live near each other.
A. d, b, a, e, cB. e, a, c, d, b
C. c, e, a, d, bD. a. c. d. e. b