It is the middle of the day． Mother and Tom are sitting at the table．They are having their lunch．There is some rice, bread and meat on the table．"I don't like any rice．I don't want to ea it．" Says Tom．Mother says, "All right, don't eat it．"

After lunch mother and Tom work in the fields．In the evening mother gives a bowl of rice to Tom．

"Oh, it is great!" says Tom．

"It's the same rice．" Says mother．

"Is that so?" asks Tom．

1．It is                 that Tom doesn't eat rice．

A．in the morning                                       B．at noon

C．in the afternoon                                      D．in the evening

2．Tom and his mother are sitting               the table．

A．in                     B．on                       C．at                   D．under

3．There is some                 on the table．

A．bread               B．meat                C．rice                    D． all of above

4．After lunch, Tom and his mother work               

A．in the factory       B．at school            C．in the fields            D．on the form

5．Does Tom like any rice at last?

A．Yes, he does．       B．No, he doesn't．          C．Yes, he is．           D．No, he isn't．

We can not live a modern life without traveling．The fastest way of traveling is by air．With a plane people can travel in one day to places which it took a month or more to get to a hundred years ago．
Traveling by train is slower than by plane, but people can see the country when they are traveling through．Modern trains have comfortable seats and dinning-cars．They make even the longest journey（旅途） enjoyable．
Some people prefer to travel by sea when possible．There are large luxury liners（客轮） or river boats．They are not as fast as trains or planes, but traveling by sea is a very pleasant way to spend a holiday．
Many people like to travel by car．They can make their own timetable．They can travel hundreds of miles or only fifty miles a day, just as their wish．They can stop wherever they want to see something interesting or to enjoy a good meal at a good restaurant, or to spend the night at a hotel．That is why people choose traveling by car for pleasant trips, while they usually take trains or planes for business．
【小题1】According to（根据） the passage, the fastest way of traveling is ______________

A．by car

B．by train

C．by plane

D．by sea

【小题2】People can make even the longest journey enjoyable if they take the _________

A．train

B．plane

C．sea

D．bus

【小题3】______ is a very pleasant way to spend a holiday．

A．Traveling by bike．	B．Traveling by train．
C．Traveling by sea．	D．Traveling by car．[来源:Z+xx+k.Com]

【小题4】If we travel by car, we can _________

A．enjoy the longest journey

B．travel only fifty miles a day[来源:Z|xx|k.Com]

C．make our own timetable

D．travel to a very far place in a few minutes

【小题5】When people travel on business, they usually take

A．a boat or a train	B．a car or a boat
C．a plane or a car	D．a train or a plane

Is the world too crowded? Well, that’s a hard question to answer. It’s all a matter of perspective(视角).In Montana, you might drive for a mile in any direction and not see another human being. In Macao, 60,000 people live in every square mile!
What is true is that the world’s population doesn’t stay the same. It has been increasing at a very fast rate(比例).That’s in part because in each generation(代) these are more people who then have children than in the last generation.
Five hundred years ago, the population of the world was about 460 million. In 1900,the world’s population was under 2 billion(十亿).Right now it is doubling every 40 years. That means, if this rate of growth continues, when you are a parent, there will be twice as many people on earth as there are now. Wow! Now that’s a whole lot of people! Soon the world’s population will probably reach 7 billion. Some people worry about that! But there is a lot of disagreement about just how many people on earth equals(相当于) too many people. But everyone agrees that the more people there are, the more resources(资源) the world needs to feed, house and take care of all of them, and the more need there is to think carefully about how we live and use the earth’s resources.
【小题1】From the first paragraph we can know that ­________.

A．Montana is too crowded

B．Macao is too crowded

C．the world is too crowded

D．the world is not too crowded

【小题2】The population is increasing fast partly because ________.

A．people live longer than before

B．there are less wars than before

C．medicine is developing faster than before

D．more couples now would like to have children than before

【小题3】What was the world’s population 100 years ago?

A．450 million.	B．about 2 billion.
C．40 billion.	D．7 billion.

【小题4】The writer thinks that with the population increasing, we should ________.

A．find more resources

B．use more resources

C．think about our ways of living

D．move to other places

【小题5】From the passage we can learn that the writer ________.

A．thinks the world already has too many people

B．thinks the world can feed no more than 7 billion people

C．is not sure when the world’s population will reach 7 billion

D．is not sure what the largest population that the world can feed is

On my eighth birthday, Dad bought me an accordion(手风琴） and said excitedly, "Once you learn to play, it’ll stay with you for life." But I didn’t want to play it. Ijust wanted to play games, But Dad asked me to take accordion lessons.
One day, I found a box in a corner. When I opened it, I saw a beautiful violin. "You’re your father’s," Mum said. "His parents bought it for him. I guess he got too busy on the farm to learn to play it."
I had to practice half an hour every day, and every day I tried to get out of it. But Dad didn’t allow. I asked why. He answered, "Because you can bring people joy. You can touch their hearts." He added softly, "Someday you’ll have the chance I never had: you’ll play beautiful music for your family. And you’ll understand why you’ve worked so hard." I was speechless.
The lessons stopped after I finished high school. When I grew up, I got married and moved into a new house. I put the accordion in the attic（阁楼）.
One afternoon, my two children found the accordion by accident (偶然). They got very excited. "Play it. Play it," they laughed and said. I started to play some simple songs. I was surprised I could still remember them. Soon the kids were dancing. Even my wife was laughing and clapping to the beat.
At that moment, my father’s words came back to me, "Someday you’ll have the chance I never had. And you’ll understand." I finally knew why Dad had asked me to practice hard. Dad never learnt to play his violin. But I told my family, "This is my father’s music."
【小题1】My father didn’t learn to play his violin when he was young because _______.

A．he didn’t like to play the violin	B．he had to support his family
C．he wanted to play games	D．he didn’t keep on practicing

【小题2】How might the writer feel when he had to practice playing the accordion?

A．Delighted.

B．Excited.

C．Bored.

D．Relaxed.

【小题3】"Dad didn’t allow" means "_______".

A．Dad didn’t let me do it.	B．Dad didn’t stop me doing it.
C．Dad didn’t help me do it.	D．Dad didn’t see me do it.

【小题4】Dad asked me to learn to play the accordion so that _______.

A．I could go to a better school	B．I could give myself much joy
C．I could be a useful man	D．I could make people happy