Marry is eight years old now. This autumn she begins to go to school. She likes her teachers and has some friends. She studies hard and is good at her classes. So we think she's a good girl.

It's Sunday today. It's fine and after breakfast the girl and her parents are going to the zoo. She likes to watch the animals very much. Now they're standing at the bus stop and waiting for the bus. She sees her friend Jim and his grandpa there.

"Good morning, grandpa!" says the girl. "Are you going to the zoo, too?"

"Yes, we are," says the old man. Then he says to Mary's father, "You have a polite daughter. How old is she?"

"Eight, grandpa." answers the girl.

"Eight?" the old man says with a smile. "But you're shorter than my stick!"

"How old is your stick, then?" says the girl.

1.Mary is a ________.

2. Mary is in Grade _______ now.

3.We think Mary is a good girl because _________.

4.Mary and her parents are going to the zoo by _________.

5. Mary's parents and the girl are going the zoo because _________.

John is 6 years old. He can read and write very well, but he can't tell time. He doesn't say "eight o'clock", "twelve o'clock" or "four o'clock in the afternoon". He says "breakfast time", "lunchtime" or "teatime"

    His aunt thinks she can teach him to read a clock.

    "Can you count （数数）, John?"

    "Yes. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve…"

    "That's fine. Now, if I put the long hand of the clock on 'twelve' and the short one on 'one'-that is one o'clock. If I put the short hand on 'two', what's that?"

    "Two o'clock. "

"Good. And on three?"

    "Three o'clock. "

    It is four o'clock in the afternoon, and John's aunt looks at him and asks: "What time is it, now?"

    "Teatime, Aunt, and I'm hungry. "

1.John is ________ years old.

A. three          B. four            C. five               D. six

2.His aunt teaches him ________.

A. to read books                               B. to count numbers

C. to write stories                                   D. to tell time

3.His aunt will probably feel ________ in the end.

A. bored         B. excited         C. silly              D. sorry

"For your coming vacation, why _________ corning to Guiyang?" "Good idea!"

A. not consider     B. don't consider   C. to consider

Richard found a job in a big office after he finished college. He liked to use his (1)_______ and was good at his job. So he was often paid more than (得到的报酬多于) his workmates and he worked (2) __________. But something was wrong with the young man a month ago. He couldn't fall (3) _________ at night. So he was always (4) _________ in the daytime and often made mistakes. He had to go to a hospital. The doctor (5) _________ and told him to buy some sleeping pills. He took them (6) _________ he went to bed. Soon after that he went to sleep. Richard  (7) _________ in the morning. He had a look at the clock on the wall. It was a quarter to seven. He got up and went to work after (8) _________ . As soon as he went into the office, he said to the head of the office, "Good morning, Mr Clarke! I've (9) _________ had a good sleep like last night's and I'm feeling much better now!" "Skunk (混蛋)!" the head (10) _________ loudly. "We've looked for you for two days! I wanted you to do something important, but it's too late now!"

1.                A．hand           B．head           C．eyes D．feet

2.                A．hard           B．fast            C．harder   D．faster

3.                A．asleep         B．alone          C．afraid    D．awake

4.                A．well           B．hungry         C．thirsty    D．tired

5.                A．looked for him   B．looked at him    C．looked after him    D．looked him over

6.                A．after           B．because        C．before   D．if

7.                A．stood up        B．woke up        C．sat down  D．lay down

8.                A．lunch          B．dinner          C．supper   D．breakfast

9.                A．always         B．usually         C．never    D．often

10.               A．laughed        B．shouted        C．smiled D．asked

"For your coming vacation, why _________ corning to Guiyang?" "Good idea!"

A. not consider     B. don't consider   C. to consider