When I was young，I liked to play jokes on people I knew， especially on my parents and friends. One day my mother was cooking and I was playing with my younger brother Tony. Suddenly I ran to my mother and said： “Tony fell from the open window!” She was very worried and ran out of the kitchen. Then I said： “Don’t worry， I’m just joking.” My mother shouted at me， “If you do it again， I’ll hit you.”
Another day I went swimming with my friends in the sea. I wanted to play a joke on them. In the beginning I swam fast and I called out “Help!”. All my friends came to help me. However， they found that I was joking. But half an hour later I wasn’t joking. I was so fast， soon I got tired and couldn’t swim on in water. I tried my best to call my friends for help， but this time nobody came to help me.
In the end they found I was telling the truth. They came and saved my life. They took me to the hospital. This is the best lesson in my life. From then on I haven’t joked on anyone.What happened when the writer was playing with his younger brother?
| A．He got tired. |
| B．He played a joke on his mother. |
| C．Tony fell from the open window. |
| D．His mother hit him. |
When the writer called his friends for help for the second time， they________.
| A．took him to the hospital at once |
| B．came and saved him immediately |
| C．thought at first he was joking again |
| D．did nothing because the writer had lied to them |
The story tells us that _____________.
| A．swimming is dangerous |
| B．the writer is a naughty boy |
| C．one can play jokes only on people he knows |
| D．if someone always tells lies， others won’t trust him |
What is the sky(天空)? Where is it? How high is it? What lies above it? These questions are hard to answer, aren’t they?
Is the sky blue? The sky has no color. We know that there is air around the world. When planes fly, they need air to lift their wings(翼) . Planes cannot fly very high because when they go high, the air gets thinner. If we go up about 1,200 kilometers from the earth, we find there is no air.
Perhaps(也许) we can answer some of our questions now. The sky is space(空间). In this space there is only the sun, the moon and all the stars.
6.What is the sky?
A. It’s the clouds B. It’s space. C It’s air D It’s nothing
7. The sky _____
A. is blue B. is white C. is black D. has no color
8. Planes cannot fly very high because _________.
A. the air becomes thinner B. the flying machine is not good
C. people will be afraid if the planes fly too high D. it is not necessary for planes to fly so high
9 If we go up about
1,200 kilometers from the earth, we find ___________.
A. there is more air B. there is less air C .there is nothing but air D there is no air
10. In space there is _________.
A. nothing B. air everywhere C. everything D. only the sun , the moon and all the stars
One day an old man is selling a big elephant. A young man 
comes to the elephant and begins to look at it slowly. The old man goes up to him and says in his ear, “ Don’t say anything about the elephant befor
e I sell it. Then I will give you twenty dollars.”“All right,” says the young man. After the old man sells the elephant, he gives the young man twenty dollars and says, “ Now, can you tell me how you found the elephant’s bad ears?”“ I didn’t find the bad ears,” says the young man. “ Then why are you looking at the elephant slowly?” asks the old man. The young man answers, “Because I have
never seen an elephant before, and I want to know what it looks like.”
( )1. ______ the elephant.
A. The young man sells B. The old man sells
C. The two men sell D. The old man buys
( )2. The young man is looking at the elephant slowly. He wants to find out _______.
A. which foot of the elephant is bad B. how heavy it is
C. which ear of the elephant is bad D. what it looks like
( )3. The young man _______.
A. knows the elephant has bad ears B. wants to buy the elephant
C. looks after the elephantD. gets some money from the old man
( )4. The young man _______.
A. is not interested in elephants B. knows what an elephant looks like
C. has seen some elephants before
D. has never seen an elephant before
( )5. Hearing what the young man said, the old man will probably(可能) be ______
A. angry B. happy C. dangerous D. 
hungry
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What a cold winter! How wonderful it would be if there were a fire! Fire keeps us warm. But fire is very dangerous, and can kill us. November 9 is National Fire Safety Day. It's a time for us to learn a lot more about fire, especially what to do if we are caught in a fire.
Call 119
Never try to put out a fire by yourself, even if it is a very small one. Get help from your parents or call 119. Tell 119 where you are and what is on fire. Listen to 119's instructions.
Keep down close to the floor
If there is a lot of smoke in your room, keep down close to the floor. There is less smoke down there, so it's easier to breathe(呼吸) and see where you are going. If you don't, the smoke may kill you before the fire does.
Don't use the elevator
Never use the elevator(电梯) during a fire. Always use the stairs. An elevator may stop at the floor where the fire is burning. It may also go wrong and keep you inside.
Don't go back
Never go back into a burning building. Even if you have left your pet or favorite toy inside, do not go back for it. Don't worry about your pets. Animals have a very good sense of smell(嗅觉). They often get out of the building before people.
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( ) 11. National Fire Safety Day is on November 9.
( ) 12. If you smell smoke or see a fire, you should call 120 first.
( ) 13. If there is a lot of smoke or a fire, the fire may kill you before the smoke.
( ) 14.You mustn't use stairs during a fire because it may catch fire as well.
( ) 15.Animals have a good sense of smell.
Swimming and English Learning
Can you swim? Do you like swimming? Yes? Well, how can you learn to swim? I think the best way is to go into the water and learn. I’m afraid you’ll never learn to swim just by reading books about swimming or looking at others swimming. It’s the same with the English study. We must practice, practice and practice.
Listening and speaking are very important for beginners. The children in English-speaking countries first listen to others. Then they try to imitate and speak. We can listen to English programs on radio. You may just understand a few words. It doesn’t matter. Just be relaxed, try to catch every word.
Somebody may be a good listener. But he dare not speak. He’s afraid of making mistakes. You know we sometimes make mistakes when we speak Chinese. Don’t be afraid. We must be brave（勇敢）. If you really want to learn English well, you must try to speak with everyone so long as he knows English. Whether you know him or not is not important when there’s nobody to talk with, you can talk to yourself in English. It’s interesting and also a good way to practice your spoken English. Remember, the more you speak, the fewer mistakes you’ll make.
Reading and writing are more important for senior school students. First we must choose the books we’re interested in. A lot of reading will improve your language sense. This is the most important.
Keep writing English diaries. We can also write English articles. You may even post them to English magazines. Don’t be afraid of failure. Failure is the mother of success.
Easier said than done. Well, let’s do more pract
ice from now on. I’m sure you’ll learn English well in this way.
( ) 6. You can learn to swim by_______.
A. reading books about it B. looking at others swimming
C. havi
ng lessons on it D. going into the river and learning
( ) 7. We should learn English by _______.
A. listening and speaking B. reading and writing
C. A and B D. swimming
( ) 8. What will you do with mistakes when you speak?
A. Don’t make mistakes. B. Study hard
C. Try not to speak English D. Don’t be afraid.
( )9. What’s more important for senior school students?
A. listening B. speaking C. reading and writing D. learning
( ) 10. We can listen to English ______, according to the passage.
A. by train B. on the radio C. every minute D. now and then
Mrs. Black lives in a small village. Her husband is dead. Her son, Jack, lived with her. He worked in a shop in the village, but then he found a job in town named Green Sea. He went to live there. Mrs. Black was very angry. She got on a train and went to see her son. Then she said to him, "Jack, why do you never telephone me?"
Jack laughed, "But, mother, you haven’t got a telephone. "No." She answered, "I haven’t, but you have got one. "
（）1. The old Black ______.
A. is deadB. lives with his wife
C. went to a small villageD. worked in a shop
（）2. Jack lived with his mother ______he worked in the village.
A. beforeB. when C. after D. so
（）3. Green Sea is _________.
A. a big city B. a small village C. a town D. a man’s name
（ ）4. Jack didn’t phone his mother because ______.
A. he had no phone B. he was very busy
C. his mother had no phone D. he went home every day
（ ）5. Jack’s mother was very angry because ______.
A. Jack didn’t want to ring her up
B. Jack had a telephone but she hadn’t
C. she didn’t know how to make a telephone
D. she didn’t know she couldn’t be called