It was a Sunday morning. Peter, a seven-year-old boy, watched TV in the room while his brother Bill did his homework. Their father watered the flowers in the garden and their mother went out to do some shopping. At ten the woman came back with a heavy basket. Peter ran up to her. He wanted to know what his mother bought. He found a bag of oranges in it. He liked them very much and wanted to eat. His mother stopped him. She gave five to each son and went to cook food. Peter ate his oranges soon but his brother was busy doing his homework and didn't eat his. Suddenly the telephone rang and Bill ran to answer it. Bill's friend asked him to play football with them. And when Bill talked with his friend, Peter took two of his oranges away and ate them. Bill found it and called him out and beat(打) him behind the house. Peter didn't tell his parents about it.

The next morning Peter’s teacher, Mrs Ball, taught the students subtraction(减法). Peter didn't listen to her carefully and couldn't understand it. So he couldn't answer her questions. The teacher began to give him an example, “If your brother has five oranges and you take two from him, what will the result(结果)be?”

“He'll beat me, madam,” answered the boy. All his classmates began to laugh.

1.When did Peter’s mother come back?

A. At five.B. At six.C. At seven.D. At ten.

2.How many oranges did Peter eat?

A. Five.B. Six.C. Seven.D. Ten.

3.Miss Ball was Peter's __________teacher.

A. ChineseB. mathsC. EnglishD. history

4.Why didn't Peter tell his parents that his brother beat him？

A. Because he knew he was wrong.

B. Because he was afraid of his brother.

C. Because his father didn't like him.

D. Because his mother let Bill do so.

5.Peter couldn't answer the teacher's question because___________.

A. he was not clever

B. he didn't listen to the teacher carefully

C. he was not good at maths

D. he was thinking about eating oranges

In a small town in France, there was a farmer who lived alone. Every day he 31 a pound of butter to his neighbour, who was a baker, One day the baker decided to 32 the butter to see if he was getting a pound. After he weighed it, he found that he wasn't. The baker then took 33 　 farmer to the judge (法官).

The judge asked the farmer if he had any way to weigh the butler. The farmer replied. "I am so 34 that I do not have enough money to buy anything to weigh it, 35 I do have a kind of scale(天平). " The judge asked, "Then how do you weigh the buttery" The farmer replied, "Before the baker started buying butler from 36 , I had bought bread from him. So now every time when I bring home the bread from the baker, I put it On the scale and give him the butter of the same weight,"

We 37 what we give to Others in life. Whenever you take action, ask yourself this 38 , "Am I honest?"

Honesty or dishonesty can become a 39 . Some dishonest people can lie(说谎) without a red face. Others lie so much that they do not even 40 what the truth is any more. But who is it bad for? As a matter of fact, those who lie will hurt themselves by their own dishonest behaviour.

31. A. gave　 B. fed　　 C. threw　　 D. sold　　

32. A. weigh　 B. watch　 C. cut　　　 D. use　　

33. A. /　　　 B. a　　　 C. an　　　 D. the　　

34. A. rich　 B. poor　 C. honest　　 D. quiet　　

35. A. and　 B. so　　 C. but　　　 D. or　　　

36. A. I　　 B. my　　 C. me　　　 D. mine　　

37. A. get back B. look back　 C. give back　 D. turn back

38. A. answer B. question　 C. help　　　 D. idea　

39. A. difference B. habit　 C. mistake　　 D. difficulty

40. A. Study　　 B. mean　 C. imagine　　 D. know　

On a Friday night，a poor young violinist was playing his violin at the entrance of the subway station. The music was so great that people slowed down to listen and put some money into his hat.

The next day，the violinist came to the entrance again. He put down his hat as usual. Beside the hat was a piece of paper with some words on it. It said，“A George Sang has put an important thing into my hat by mistake. Welcome to claim(认领)it.”Soon the people were all attracted by the words and wondered what it could be. After a while a man rushed through the crowd，took the violinist’s shoulders and said，“I knew you would certainly come here.”The violinist asked，“Did you lose something?”“Lottery(彩票).”The violinist took out a lottery ticket with Sang’s name on it. Sang took it and danced happily.

Sang was an office worker. He bought the lottery and won a prize of$500，000.But when he gave$50 to the violinist for his wonderful music，the lottery ticket was thrown in, too. The violinist was a college student. That morning，he was going to fly to Vienna for high education. However，when he found the ticket，he cancelled the flight and returned to the entrance.

Later someone asked the violinist why he didn’t take the lottery ticket to pay the tuition fee(学费).He said“Although I don’t have much money，I live happily. If I lose honesty(诚实)，I won’t be happy forever.”

1.The young man played the violin for ________ at the entrance of the subway station.

A. pleasure    B. money    C.Love   D. friends

2.George Sang put__________ into the violinist’s hat on a Friday night by mistake.

A. money    B.1ottery    C. money and lottery D. nothing

3.George Sang was very__________ to see the young violinist the next day.

A. worried    B. sorry    C. exciting D. happy

4.The underlined word“cancelled”means __________ .

A. 取消    B. 延误    C. 预定    D. 结束

5.What’s the best title(标题)for this passage?

A. The meaning of honesty   

B. An office worker and a lottery ticket

C. The importance of being honest

D.A violinist and an office worker

句型转换
【小题1】The old man is so angry. He can’t say a word.（连成一句）
The old man is ______ ______ ______say a word.
【小题2】I bought the bike ten years ago. (同义句)
I ______ ______the bike ______ ten years ago.
【小题3】The key is used for locking the front door.（就划线部分提问）
______ the key _______ for?
【小题4】You should hang the curtains across the stage.（改为被动语态）
The curtains _______ ______ ______across the stage.
【小题5】Our school has changed greatly in the past several years.（同义句）
There ______ ______ great changes in the past several years.