A man was sitting in the park watching the ducks on the pond， when a woman came near him．She had a white dog with her．
She sat down on a chair， took out of a magazine and began to read．
The dog was sitting between her and the man．
After it had been sitting quietly for about ten minutes， the dog turned and looked up at the man．
" Excuse me，" the dog whispered（低语），" but you look like a kind man． Please buy me from this awful woman．"
The man could hardly believe his ears． A dog was whispering to him， in English．
" She is so meanto me，" the dog continued． "She never pets me or plays with me． She doesn't feed me properly and she often beats me when she is unhappy， which is most of the time．"
The man was amazed to hear the dog say all this．He was even more surprised when the dog added， "And I am really a very good dog． I'm quite famous， too． I won a medal in the last war and was twice wounded in action． I've saved three children﹣two from drowning and one from a fire．"
The man decided that he would try to buy the dog from the woman． He would pay a lot of money if necessary． The dog would soon earn tens of thousands of dollars on television． It would be the world's first talking dog．
" Excuse me，" he said to the woman，" but I love your little dog． Will you sell him to me？"
"I'll be pleased to sell him， " the woman said． " You can have him for ten dollars．
" Ten dollars!" the man said． " Only ten dollars？ Why so little？ "
" Because，" the woman said， " he' s a trouble﹣ making liar（说谎者）．"
（1）At the beginning of the story， the dog ．
| A． |
was leading the woman |
| B． |
was watching the ducks |
| C． |
was reading a magazine |
| D． |
was sitting close to the man and the woman |
（2）From what the dog said， the woman ．
| A． |
didn't feed her dog |
| B． |
treated her dog badly |
| C． |
was always unhappy |
| D． |
played with her dog sometimes |
（3）The underlined word "mean" probably means ．
| A． |
宽容的 |
| B． |
有意的 |
| C． |
刻薄的 |
| D． |
宠爱的 |
（4）Why did the man decide to buy the dog？ Because the dog ．
| A． |
was famous |
| B． |
was poor |
| C． |
could behave bravely |
| D． |
would earn much money soon |
（5）How did the woman feel when the man wanted to buy her dog？
| A． |
Glad |
| B． |
Proud |
| C． |
Sorry |
| D． |
Worried |
Tom and I are good friends. Tom is an English boy, but I am a Chinese girl. My name is Li Hua. He is 12 and I am 13. He is in Class One. I’m in Class One, too.
Tom has a nice football. He can play it. I have a computer. I can play computer games, but I can’t play football. It’s difficult. Tom teaches (教) me to play football, and I teach him to play computer games. Now I can play football and Tom can play computer games.Li Hua is _______, but Tom is ____________.
| A．Chinese, Chinese | B．Chinese, English |
| C．English, Chinese | D．English, English |
Tom and Li Hua are _________.
| A．girls | B．boys | C．13 | D．in Class One |
--- How old is Li Hua? ---She is ____________.
| A．11 | B．12 | C．13 | D．14 |
Tom can play ________ now with my help.
| A．football | B．basketball |
| C．computer games | D．volleyball |
Which of the following (下面的句子) is true (真实的，正确的)?
| A．Tom has a football and Li Hua has a computer. |
| B．Li Hua can’t play football now. |
| C．Tom can’t play football. It’s difficult (难的). |
| D．Tom and Li Hua are teachers. |
On Thanksgiving Day, a teacher asked her class of first-graders to draw a picture of something they were thankful for. She thought that these children from poor families actually had little to be thankful for. And she found most of them drawing pictures of flowers or tables with food. The teacher was very surprised to see the picture Douglas handed in. It’s a hand, a simple hand.
But whose hand? The class were very interested in the strange picture. “I think it must be the hand of God that bring us food,” said one child, “A farmer,” said another, “Because he grows beautiful flowers.” Finally when the others were at work, the teacher went over Douglas’ desk and asked whose hand it was. “It’s your hand, Teacher,” she said quietly and shyly.
She remembered that she had often taken Douglas, a dirty lonely child, by the hand while having a class break. She often did that with the children. But it meant so much to Douglas. Perhaps this is everyone’s thanksgiving, not for the material things we get, but for the chance, in whatever small way, to give to others.When did the story happen?
| A．On Christmas Day. | B．On Teachers’ Day. |
| C．On Mother’s Day. | D．On Thanksgiving Day. |
Why did Douglas draw the picture?
| A．He was good at drawing it. |
| B．His teacher asked him to draw it. |
| C．He wanted to show his thanks to the teacher. |
| D．He hoped to get a prize in drawing. |
What do you learn about Douglas from the passage?
| A．He was a lonely child. | B．He was very active in class. |
| C．He always kept his hand clean. | D．He often answered questions loudly. |
According to the passage, which of the following is an opinion (意见；主张；看法), but not a fact?
| A．The teacher went over Dauglas’ desk and talked to him. |
| B．Different people show their thanksgiving in different ways. |
| C．The teacher often took Douglas by the hand after class. |
| D．Most of the students were drawing the pictures of flowers or tables with food. |
Look! There are thousands of people waiting to buy tickets home in the railway station. Each time when Spring Festival comes, buying tickets of train trip would be very hard. And things seem to be getting worse and worse, although we have greatly increased the mileage of railway network and speeded up trains. Why? It’s because too many people want to go back home to spend Spring Festival with their family. Many people become angry with the Ministry (部)of Railways.
They wonder why it is hopeless for them to get the tickets from the railway station(火车站)Instead, they sometimes can only buy them from ticket scalpers (票贩) at much higher price.
The Ministry of Railways estimated(估计)that about 188 million passengers would travel by train during the 40-day peak (高峰) period surrounding the 2009 Spring Festival holiday. The number of travelers will be 8％ higher than that of 2008. This problem even drew the President Hu Jintao’s attention. He wrote a note to Liu Zhijun，Minister of the Ministry of Railways, asking him to take action to improve passenger convenience. Afterward, officials from the Ministry of Railways said they would try their best not to let any ticket-buyers spend Spring Festival at the railway station. Many people can’t buy the tickets from the railway station, and they sometimes can only buy them from the scalpers_________.
| A．expensively | B．happily | C．dangerously | D．hardly |
How many people took the train trip during the peak period surrounding the 2008 Spring Festival holiday?
| A．About 203 million． | B．About 188 million． |
| C．About 180 million． | D．About 174 million． |
What does the passage mainly tell us?
| A．People go home much more easily during the Spring Festival． |
| B．It is very hard to buy tickets in the railway station during the Spring Festival． |
| C．President Hu Jintao cares about the railway building problem． |
| D．The Ministry of Railways felt sorry about the problem． |
We can’t live without love and we know what love is, but we don’t say only humans know what love is. Yes, it’s impossible for animals to do some things because of their physical body. However, sometimes some of them might be able to show us the love that we have forgotten on our “busy road”, just like the following story.
A dog, was knocked down by a car and died in the middle of the road. Later, another dog ran beside the body of the dead dog and he tried to wake his friend up using his legs. When his effort to wake up his friend failed, he tried to push his friend to the roadside. But his friend was too heavy for him to push.
Though traffic was busy and dangerous, he wouldn’t want to go away from his friend, just standing beside his friend shouting and crying.
A lot of people saw this story and were very touched (感动的). Even a dog can show his loyalty (忠诚) and love to his friend, what can our humans do?The dog died because _______________.
| A．it was badly ill | B．it was knocked down by a car |
| C．it was too old | D．it fought against other dogs |
The other dog saw it lying in the middle of the road and it wanted to ________first.
| A．wake his friend up | B．push his friend to the roadside |
| C．catch up with the car | D．stop the traffic |
We learn __________ from the passage.
| A．the car driver is too cruel | B．animals can also show love |
| C．the two dogs are brothers | D．friends are the best in the world |
One night a man came to our house and told me, “There is a family with eight children. They have nothing to eat for days.”
I took some food and went. When I finally came to the family, I saw the ugly face of those little children by hunger. There was no sorrow (悲伤) or sadness in their faces, just the deep pain of hunger.
I gave the rice to the mother. She divided(分) it into two, and went out, carry half the rice with her. When she came back, I asked her, “Where did you go?” She gave me this simple answer, “To my neighbours----they are also hungry.”
I was not surprised that she gave----because poor people are unselfish(无私的). But I was surprised that she knew they were hungry. As a rule, when we are in trouble, we think more about ourselves, and have no time for others. The writer thought poor people were _________.
| A．lucky | B．generous | C．ugly | D．sad |
The mother went out to _________.
| A．give some rice to her neighbours | B．look for her children |
| C．cook the rice | D．buy some rice |
Which is not true about the story?
| A．The story happened at night. |
| B．The family was kind and generous. |
| C．The family had nothing to eat because they were lazy. |
| D．As a rule, we have no time for others when we are in trouble. |