Alice is an American girl .She is thirteen. She is now in Beijing with her parents. She doesn't know
 much Chinese. She can't speak Chinese well. Sometimes her friends do not understand her.
     It's Sunday morning .She's going to the zoo to see the pandas .She is waiting at the bus station. At the
 bus station she asks a boy how to go to the zoo. But the boy can't understand her. Then she takes out (拿
 出) a pen and some paper. She draws a panda on it and shows the picture to the boy. The boy smiles and
  shows the way to the zoo right now.

1. Alice is in Beijing with her _____.

    A. brother    
    B. sister     
    C. uncle    
    D. father and mother

2. Alice can speak _____ Chinese

    A. much      
    B. little    
    C. few      
    D. many

3. Alice goes to the zoo _____.

    A. on her bike    
    B. on a bus      
    C. in a car    
    D. on a train

4. Alice is going to the zoo to see _____.

    A. her friends   
    B. the tigers    
    C .the monkeys 
    D. the pandas

5. The boy _____.

    A. shows her the way      
    B. doesn't know the way  
    C. goes to the zoo with her  
    D. gives a map to her

       One day, Mr Smith is going to take a train to his hometown. When the train starts, one of his shoes
falls to the ground. The train is going faster and faster, and he can't pick it up. Then he quickly takes off
the other shoe and throw it on the ground near the fallen(掉下的) shoe. A little boy on the train asks him, "Why do you do that? You have lost(丢失) one shoe. "Mr Smith answers, " If a man picks them up, he
may get a pair of shoes. "

1. Mr Smith is going to his hometown________.        

A. by bus          
B. by train        
C. by bike          
D. on foot

2. What happens(发生) to Mr Smith when the train starts? He lost________.        

A. his bag          
B. his watch        
C. one of his shoes  
D. nothing

3. Mr Smith can't pick up the fallen shoe because ________.

A. he doesn't want to take it back
B. the little boy picks it up
C. he thinks it is too old
D. the train starts and is going faster and faster

4. What does Mr Smith do after his shoe falls to the ground?

A. He gives the other one to the little boy.
B. He throws the other one to the ground near the fallen one.
C. He gets off the train.
D. He looks at the shoe and laughs.

5. Why does Mr Smith do that?

A. Because he doesn't like his shoes.
B. Because he wants the man who picks up his shoes to get a pair of shoes.
C. Because he wants the little boy to pick up the shoes.
D. Because somebody asks him to do that.

     Mr Green is a teacher. His only son, Bill, is a student. He is twelve. The child likes to fly kites and play some
other games. One Monday afternoon, Bill flies kites with his friends after school. But Bill's kite is in the tree. and
he can not get it. Bill and his friends do not know what to do. They worry very much and Bill goes to his father
for help. His father wants to get the kite down from the tree, but he can't. So Bill asks him to make a new one for
him.The man makes a new kite. When the boy gets the new kite, he is very glad. He thanks his father for the kite
and goes out to play with his friends.

1 .How many children are there in Mr Green's family?    

A. Two            
B. One            
C. Three          
D. We don't know

2 .Bill likes to ________.  

A. play other games                
B. fly kites only
C. make kites                        
D. play games

3.One day_______.  

A. Bill finds a kite in a tree            
B. Bill's kite is broken and it is in the tree
C. Bill's friends mend his kite        
D. Bill makes a kite for his friends

4 .Bill is glad because________.     

A. he helps his friends get the kite down from the tree
B. his friends do not know what to do
C. his father helps him get him get the kite down
D. Mr Green makes a new kite for him

5.From the text we can see_____.

A .Bill can not get the kite down but his friends don't' worry very much
B. Bill's father can not get the kite down, so he makes a new kite
C. Mr Green can not get the kite down and wants to make a new one for Bill
D. Bill's friends break the kite and help Bill make a new one.

     Mr. Jones and Mr. Brown worked in the same office. One day Mr. Jones said to Mr. Brown, "We
are going to have a small party at our house next Wednesday evening . Would you and your wife like to
join us?"
     Mr. Brown said, "Thank you very much . That is very kind of you. We are free that evening. I think,
but I will telephone my wife and ask her. Maybe she wants to go somewhere else that evening." So Mr.
Brown went to the other room and telephoned. When he came back, he looked very sorry.
     "What is the matter?" said Mr. Jones. "Did you speak to your wife?"
     "No," answered Mr. Brown, "She wasn't there, my small son answered the telephone. I said to him,"
Is your mother there, David?' and he answered, 'No, she is not in the house,' 'Where is she then?' I asked. 'She is somewhere outside.' 'What is she doing?' 'She is looking for me.'"

1. A small party will be held ______.

A. at David's house
B. at Mr. Brown's house
C. in the office
D. at Mr. Jones' house

2. Mr. Jones asked ______to the party.

A. Mr. Brown
B. Mrs. Brown
C. Mr. and Mrs. Brown
D. all his friends

3. The telephone was ______.

A. in the same office
B. in a room next to the office
C. in the post office
D. near Mr. Jones' house

4. Mr. Brown spoke to ______on the phone .

A. Mrs. Brown
B. Mrs. Jones
C. David
D. David's friend

5. Why was Mrs. Brown looking for David? Because ______.

A. he went out of the house
B. he was answering Father's phone
C. she knew David had lost his way
D. she thought he was playing somewhere outside

    "What's the matter, mum?" When I came home yesterday, I found my mother  was unhappy. It  was
unusual-she usually opened the door and welcomed me with a smile. "She's dying (死)," mum said sadly.
I knew what she said. The tulip (郁金香), mother's favorite, was dying.
    A month ago, we moved into our new house and mum bought a very beautiful tulip. Mum liked it very
much. Every time she was free, she would sit near the tulip and enjoyed its beautiful color and nice smell.
She treated (对待) it like a baby and looked after it carefully. She put the tulip by window and moved it
from one place to another to give the tulip enough sunshine. Every morning the first thing she did was  to
water the tulip. Mum also fertilized (施肥) it many times. She hoped the tulip would become more  and
more beautiful and stronger. But the tulip was dying because of too much sunshine, water and  fertilizer.
    It's  true that  mother  loved  the tulip. But  this kind of  love  can be  harmful (伤害的). Love can
sometimes kill (杀害) what you love.

1. Yesterday the writer found that __________.

A. his mother was sad                    
B. his home was as usual as before      
C. his mother bought a tulip.

2. The sentence "She's dying " means __________ was dying soon.       

A. the mother        
B. the tulip          
C. a baby  

3. Which of the following is NOT true about the mother?        

A. Every afternoon she watered the tulip.    
B. She looked after the tulip carefully.
C. She moved the tulip everywhere to give it enough sunshine.

4. Why was the tulip dying in the end? Because __________.

A. she forgot to water it                  
B. she never fertilized it    
C. she gave it too much sunshine, water and fertilizer 

5. What does the writer want to tell us?    

A. Love is important to everyone.          
B. Everyone should love his mother.    
C. Not all of love is good for us.

    On July 12th, 2009,  at 5 pm, a lot of fans  met  at  People's Square in   Shanghai.  They  performed
Michael Jackson's unfinished dance. For one minute, they sang and did the moon walk ( 太空步 )  to
remember Michael Jackson.
    This kind of phenomenon (现象) is called "flash mob (快闪族)". "Flash mob" is a group of people who meet in a public place to perform an activity for a short time. Sometimes all these people are friends, but
usually they are strangers (陌生人) and they find each other (彼此) on the Internet.
    "Flash mob" is very surprised and strange. One of the popular "flash mob" activities was in Manhattn,  
 New York City: Three hundred people met in a store and each of them told the shop assistant that they
would buy the same size sports shoes, and the shop assistant didn't know what to do.

1. What did a lot of fans do at People's Square in Shanghai?
   ___________________________________________________________________________.
2. What is "flash mob"?
   ___________________________________________________________________________.
3. Are people of "flash mob" usually strangers?
   ___________________________________________________________________________.
4. Where do people find each other in a short time?
  ___________________________________________________________________________.
5. What does the writer think of "flash mob"?
  ___________________________________________________________________________.