It was a Sunday morning．Peter，a seven-year-old boy，watched TV in the room while his brother Bill did his homework．Their father watered the flowers in the garden and their mother went out to do some shopping．At ten the woman came back with a heavy basket．Peter ran up to her．He wanted to know what his mother bought．He found a bag of oranges in it．He liked them very much and wanted to eat．His mother stopped him．She gave five to each son and went to the kitchen(厨房)．Peter ate his oranges soon but his brother was busy(忙) finishing his homework and didn't touch his．Suddenly(突然)the telephone rang and Bill ran to answer it．Bill's friend asked him to play football with them．And when Bill talked with his friend，Peter took two of his oranges away and ate them．Bill found it and called him out and beat(打)him behind the house．He didn't tell his parents about it．
The next morning Miss Ball taught her class subtraction(减法)．Peter didn't hear what she said and couldn't understand it．So he couldn't answer her questions．She began to give him an example，“If your brother has five nuts and you take two from him，what will the result(结果)be？”
“He'll beat me，madam，”answered the boy．
All his classmates began to laugh．How many people are there in Peter's family？
| A．Two | B．Three | C．Four | D．Five |
How many oranges did Peter eat？
| A．Five | B．Six | C．Seven | D．Ten |
Miss Ball was Peter's ______________teacher．
| A．Chinese | B．Maths | C．English | D．Physics |
Why didn't Peter tell his parents that his brother beat him？
| A．Because he knew he was wrong． |
| B．Because he was afraid of his brother． |
| C．Because his father didn't like him． |
| D．Because his mother let Bill to do so． |
Peter couldn't answer the teacher's question because__________．
| A．he was stupid(蠢笨) |
| B．he didn't listen to the teacher carefully |
| C．he was weak(差)in maths |
| D．he pretended(假装)to be a fool(傻瓜) |
Teachers Wanted
Do you like kids? We need a teacher for our son. He’s six years old. We want you to work from March to November, 3 pm. to 6 pm., but you don’t need to work in July and August. You can get ￥ 30 an hour (小时). Sometimes we want you to work on weekends, and you can get ￥45 an hour.
You need to:
·Help our son with Chinese.
·Read to him.
·Play with him.
·Go to movies with him.
You need to work at my home. We live in (居住在) Taipei Road, next to the Zhongshan Bus Station(公汽站).
Please call (02)2956-4938. Ask Miss Liu.The teacher can work for __________ months at this family.
| A．six | B．seven | C．eight | D．nine |
The teacher must (必须) __________.
| A．work every weekend |
| B．work at the kid’s home |
| C．help the kid learn English |
| D．work eight months a year |
On Monday the teacher __________.
| A．can’t work |
| B．works three hours |
| C．can have ￥ 135 |
| D．comes in the morning |
Which is Not True(不对)?
| A．The teacher can get ￥30 an hour on weekends. |
| B．The student is a boy of six. |
| C．The teacher can call Miss. Liu. |
| D．The teacher can take a bus to work |
New Movies in Aokang Movie Theatre Next Week
Mr. Black and Mrs. Black go to see the New Year’s Eve with their 10-year-old son on Monday. How much do they need to afford?
| A．110 Yuan. | B．130 Yuan. | C．165 Yuan. | D．100 Yuan. |
What movies can you see on Tuesday?
| A．Mural and Ice Age |
| B．Ice Age and New Year’s Eve |
| C．New Year’s Eve and Mural |
| D．Mural, Ice Age and New Year’s Eve |
Who is the director of Ice Age?
| A．Chen Jiashang. | B．Toby Emmerch |
| C．Karen Disher. | D．Ciar Bravo. |
Tom and Edward are brothers. They are very different(不同的) in many aspects(方面). Tom likes basketball very much. It’s very interesting for him. He likes tennis, too. But he doesn’t like soccer. He thinks it’s difficult and boring.
Edward, his brother, likes soccer best. He thinks it’s so exciting and interesting. He plays it every day, and he has a collection of four tennis balls. But he doesn’t like tennis.
They also like different food. Tom likes eggs and fruits. Apples are his favorite. But Edward likes meat(肉) and vegetables, and broccoli is his favorite.
But they also have the same hobbies. They like rock music very much. They like Beatles very much. They can also play the drums and the guitar well. They make(组建) a band with their best friend, Cindy. The band’s name is Sea. The people around like their band very much.Who likes broccoli best?
| A．Edward | B．Tom. | C．Cindy. | D．We don’t know. |
Why does Tom like basketball?
| A．Because it’s exciting. |
| B．Because it’s interesting. |
| C．Because it’s relaxing. |
| D．Because it’s exciting and interesting. |
What instruments can Tom and Edward play?
| A．The guitar. |
| B．The drums. |
| C．The guitar and the drums. |
| D．The violin. |
阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填写表格 (每空限填一词)。
How do you feel when you have to make a speech in front of class? What about when you go to a birthday party? Do you get really shy?
Shyness means feeling nervous or frightened when you’re around other people. Experts (专家) have found that more than 80 percent of middle school students feel afraid to be the centre of attention. Some kids are born shy. Some become shy later because of their life experiences.
It’s OK if it takes you a while to feel yourself again when you go to a new place or meet new people. In fact, everybody gets a little shy sometimes. It’s just a case of how much.
Most people have red faces and talk in broken sentences when they get shy. But some become so shy that they won’t go to a restaurant because they are too nervous to order and pay the bill (账单). Some are afraid of meeting new people, so they seldom go outside. This kind of shyness can be bad for a person.
If shyness doesn’t stop you from doing something you want to do, being shy isn’t a very big problem. Some experts say shy people are quieter and cleverer because they think more and talk less. Shy people are also good at working with others because they think more for other people. Some great people in history were shy, too.
You see, being shy isn’t all bad. But remember not to let good chances pass by just because of it! If you have to sing a song at a birthday party or practice your spoken English in front of others, just do it! There’s nothing to be afraid of.
Shyness
| Meaning |
To feel |
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| Causes |
To be the To be born shy To have |
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| Effects |
To have red To talk in To be |
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| Good effects |
To be quieter and To be good at |
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| Advice |
To take hold of (抓住) good |
When you are reading something in English, you may often meet with a new word. What’s the best way to know it?
You may look it up in the English-Chinese dictionary. It will tell you a lot about the word: the pronunciation, the Chinese meaning and how to use the word. But how can you know where the word is thousands of English words? How to find it in the dictionary both quickly and correctly?
First, all the English words are arranged(安排) in the letter order. In the dictionary you can first see the words beginning with letter A, then B, C, D…. That means, if there are two words “desert” and “pull”, “desert” will be certainly before “pull”. Then if there are two words both beginning with the same letter, you may look at the second letter. Then the third, the fourth… For example, “pardon” is before “plough”, “judge” before “just”, etc.
Do you understand how to look up in the dictionary?
The dictionary will be your good friend. I hope you’ll use it as often as possible in your English study.This passage is about______.
| A．new words in writing |
| B．different dictionaries |
| C．the best way of reading |
| D．using an English-Chinese dictionary |
In the dictionary you may not find_______.
| A．how to pronounce the word |
| B．the spelling of the word |
| C．who used the word first |
| D．how to use the word |
In an English-Chinese dictionary, the last word______.
| A．begins with Z | B．begins with A |
| C．is a short one | D．is not often used |
Which group of words is in the right order in an English-Chinese dictionary?
| A．perhaps, produce, plenty |
| B．straight, subject, surprise |
| C．century, center, business |
| D．foreign, entrance, headache |
In the passage the writer tries to tell us that_______.
| A．we have to use a dictionary when we read something in English |
| B．an English-Chinese dictionary can tell us everything about a word |
| C．an English-Chinese dictionary can help us a lot in our English study |
| D．all English-Chinese dictionary are the same |