Coffee
Our dad's just bought a coffee machine，
The most unusual thing you've ever seen．
It grinds（碾碎） the beans and it heats the milk．
The coffee comes out as smooth as silk．
He makes cappuccino with chocolate on top．
The coffee he makes is as good as the shop．
He can make short black as well as long．
Dad likes his coffee hot and strong．
Mum says that coffee's not good for me，
If I want something hot to have Milo or tea．
But in summertime when the weather is hot．
Dad makes iced coffee﹣I like that a lot!
（1）Whenever Dad makes a cup of coffee，he ．
A．goes to the coffee shops
B．plays with the machine
C．grinds beans with the machine
D．buys a new coffee machine
（2）Which word best describes how Dad feels when he makes a cup of coffee？
A．Satisfied
B．Tired
C．Excited
D．Touched．
We surveyed (调查) 300 young people on what they like to do at weekends. One hundred people are from the ages of 11-18, one hundred 19-26 and one hundred 27-35. The following shows their answers:
How many people enjoy playing computer games in the 11-18 group?
| A．20. | B．50. | C．60. | D．75. |
The people of 19-26 enjoy ______ most.
| A．watching TV |
| B．going to the movies |
| C．playing computer games |
| D．taking a walk |
According to (根据) the survey, which two activities do most people enjoy doing?
| A．Playing computer games and watching TV. |
| B．Playing computer games and taking a walk. |
| C．Watching TV and going to the movies. |
| D．Going to the movies and taking a walk. |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the chart (图表)?
| A．Fewest people like taking a walk. |
| B．The people of 11-18 like taking a walk most. |
| C．90 people like going to the movies in the 19-26 group. |
| D．The people of 27-35 like playing computer games most. |
It was one of the hottest days of the dry season. There was no rain for almost a month. The crops were dying. Cows stopped giving milk. On this day, I witnessed (目睹) a wonder.
I was making lunch when I saw my 6-year-old son, Billy, walking very slowly towards the woods. Minutes later he came running out again, towards the house. Soon after, I saw him walking towards the woods again. This went on for an hour. Finally I walked out of the house quietly and followed him.
Billy cupped (笼成杯形) both hands in front of him as he walked, careful not to drop the water he carried. Then I saw an amazing sight. Several large deer stood in front of him. Billy walked right up to them. I saw a baby deer lying on the ground. It was dying of thirst, and it tried to lift its head to drink the water in my boy’s hands.
When the water was gone, Billy ran back to the house. I followed him to the kitchen. Billy opened the tap and a small trickle (涓涓细流) came out. He let the drips (水滴) slowly fill up his “cup”.
Now I understood what was going on. The week before, he tried giving water to our horses but I told him not to waste water. Now when he stood up and turned, I was there in front of him. His eyes filled with tears (眼泪). “I’m not wasting,” he said. I joined him with a small cup of water from the kitchen. I let him walk to the baby deer alone while I stood by the woods. Tears rolled down my face. Suddenly there were some drops falling, as if the sky itself was crying.The boy carried the water to the baby deer ________ .
| A．with a small pot |
| B．by cupping his both hands |
| C．with the help of the large deer |
| D．by using an empty bottle |
Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
| A．Cows stopped giving milk because they were old. |
| B．The family was short of water at that time. |
| C．The baby deer was dying because of not having enough water. |
| D．The writer and the son gave water to the baby deer together. |
The last sentence in the last paragraph means ______.
| A．the writer was sorry for her son and began to cry |
| B．the son cried because his mother told him not to waste water |
| C．the son felt sad and tired |
| D．the dry season ended and it started to rain |
What’s the best title for the passage?
| A．The wonder of water |
| B．The wasted water |
| C．The crying mother and son |
| D．The dying deer |
You may know the English letters A, B and C. But do you know there are people called ABCs? Do you know there is such a thing as “a banana person”? How strange! An ABC is a Chinese, but was born in the United States. Sometimes, people call an ABC a “banana person”. A banana is yellow outside and white inside. So, when a person is a banana, he or she is white inside-thinking like a Westerner and yellow outside-looking like a Chinese．
Usually, ABCs know little about China or the Chinese language. Some of them don’t speak Chinese. But if ABCs cannot speak Chinese, can we still call them Chinese people? Yes, of course. They are overseas（海外的）Chinese. These people may be citizens（公民）of another country like the US, Canada or Singapore. But they have Chinese blood. Their parents, grandparents or even great-grandparents were from China. They all have black eyes and black hair.
But they are not Chinese citizens. They are people of the People’s Republic of China. For example, we all know the famous scientist C. N. Yang（杨振宁）. He got the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1957. Chinese people love him. But he is an American citizen.“ABCs” in this passage means .
| A．three English letters |
| B．a kind of banana |
| C．Chinese born in America |
| D．Americans born in China |
The underlined word “blood” may probably mean .
| A．洪水 | B．祖先 | C．身份 | D．血统 |
This passage mainly talks about ________．
A. different kind of bananas
B. the life story of C．N．Yang
C. the Noble Prize
D. overseas Chinese
House For Sale(出售)
Red Rose Garden，Pudong
3-storey（层） home，509 sqm（平方米） total land area，428.8 sqm built-in, 312.9 sqm garden.
Asking RMB13 million (USDl.57 million).
MP: 13761973547 Tel: 021—58609228 Fax: 021—58609728
Job Wanted
Cherry, 24, a shining girl, good at oral English and putonghua. Now I am working at an international trade (国际贸易) company in Guangzhou. I am kind-hearted, hard-working and healthy, and would like part-time weekend work offering putonghua lessons to foreign friends. If you are interested, please e-mail me at cherryif@hotmail.com.
Beijing Snow World Ski Park
Price: 18 yuan (ticket), 50 yuan／hour on weekdays and 70 yuan／hour at weekends, 120 yuan／four hours on weekdays and 190 yuan／four hours at weekends.
Tel: 010—69191617If an Australian student wants to learn Chinese，he or she can __________.
| A．call 021—58609228 | B．fax 021—58609728 |
| C．e-mail cherryif@hotmail.com | D．telephone 010-69191617 |
How many square meters is the garden of the house for sale?
| A．509 sqm | B．428.8 sqm | C．312.9 sqm | D．741.7 sqm |
If you want to ski for four hours on weekdays，how much money will you pay at least?
| A．208 yuan | B．138 yuan | C．200 yuan | D．280 yuan |
If you go to England, you may want to visit Big Ben. Big Ben is not the name of a man but a name of the clock in London. It has a long history of about 150 years. It is at the north end of the Palace of Westminster. The big clock has four faces (面). So you can read the face of the clock everywhere. The hands of it are about four meters (米) long each. When the new year comes, it chimes (报时) to welcome the start of the new year. There are also many fireworks (焰火) over the clock tower.
The big clock makes a very loud sound “Ding dong. Ding dong”--the clock gives the sound every 15 minutes of an hour.What is Big Ben?
| A．A man. |
| B．A house. |
| C．A clock. |
| D．A river. |
How long is a hand of Big Ben?
| A．2 meters. | B．4 meters. |
| C．15 meters. | D．16 meters. |
Which of the following is TRUE about Big Ben?
| A．It’s in the UK. |
| B．It gives the sound every 30 minutes. |
| C．It has three faces. |
| D．It is about 200 years old. |
When the new year comes, what can you see over the clock tower?
| A．Many birds. | B．Many clock hands. |
| C．Many clocks. | D．Many fireworks. |
What’s the best title (标题) of the passage?
| A．The clock tower | B．Clock hands |
| C．The Palace of Westminster | D．Big Ben |