John is an artist(艺术家) who does not have much money, but he is a very kind man. One day on his way home, he gave his last coins to a beggar(乞丐). When he saw another one, he forgot that he did not have any money. He asked the man to have lunch with him, and the beggar accepted(接受，同意), so they went into a small restaurant and had a good meal.
　　After dinner, John found he had no money at all. The beggar had to pay the bill. The artist was so sorry about this, so he said to the beggar, “Come home with me in a taxi , my friend , and I will give you the money for lunch.”
　　“Oh, no!” the beggar answered quickly. “I had to pay for your lunch, but I’m not going to pay for you again!”
【小题1】The artist in this story was ______________
A. a cheat（骗子）  B. a rich man  C. a kind man
【小题2】On his way home, John forgot ____________.
A. to bring money with him
B. to buy the ticket
C. to have lunch
【小题3】After the meal, __________________ paid the bill .
A. the artist                   B. the beggar          C. no one
【小题4】Why did the artist ask the beggar to take the taxi home with him ?
A. Because he wanted the beggar to pay for the taxi.
B. Because he could give money back to the beggar..
C. Because he could make friends with the beggar
【小题5】At the end of the story, the beggar __________.
A. would make friends with the artist
B. was thankful to the artist
C. regretted(后悔) having lunch with the artist.

Do you always understand the instructions on a bottle of medicine? Here’s one for John. John is twelve years old. He had a bad cold and coughed(咳嗽) day and night. He went to see a doctor and was given some cough medicine. Please read the following instructions and see if you can understand them.

1.John should take ____________ a day.

A．2 teaspoonfuls                         B．3 teaspoonfuls

C．4 teaspoonfuls                         D．1 teaspoonful

2.John should ___________ before he takes it.

A．shake the medicine well

B．eat nothing

C．do some exercises

D．drink a cup of tea

3.When people are ____________ years old, they cannot take this medicine.

A．eighty            B．thirty             C．two              D．twelve

John is a famous writer now. Bob said he was not a good student ___41_____ he was young. He was often late for____42___ and didn’t like doing his homework. Sometimes, he ______43____ in class while the teacher was teaching. He didn’t understand much, ____44____but he always thought he understood everything. One day the teacher _____45___ the students a question, “When Jack was ten years old, _____46____ brother Ben was twenty. Jack is fifteen now and _____47___ is his brother Ben? John said, “That’s easy. Ben is twice as old as Jack, so he is thirty now.”

Another time, the ____48_____ in a science class asked, “When it thunders(打雷), _______49___ do we always see the light before we hear the sound?”

“But, Miss,” said John quickly, “don’t you ___50_____ our eyes are in front of our ears?”

完形填空（本题有10小题，每小题1分，共10分）

阅读下面短文，从每小题所给A、B、C、D四个选出最佳选项。

Hello! My name is Tina. My last name is   1  . I’m 13 years old. Look   2  this photo. It’s a photo of my   3  . These two old people（人）  4  my grandparents. They like   5  TV. Look! This is Mr. Green.    6  my father. Ha-ha, he is my English teacher, too. We all like him. Can you see the two boys? They’re my   7  —David and John. David is ten. He likes art very much. John is only five. He can’t *sing or *dance,   8  he can play ball games. Do you know the girl in the picture? It’s   9  ! I like playing games with my brother. I love my family. It’s   10  happy family.

1.                A．White          B．Green          C．Black D．Brown

2.                A．in             B．at             C．on   D．for

3.                A．family          B．school          C．class D．club

4.                A．am            B．is              C．are  D．/

5.                A．looking         B．look           C．watching  D．watch

6.                A．It’s           B．She’s         C．They’re D．He’s

7.                A．friends         B．parents         C．sisters    D．brothers

8.                A．because        B．but            C．and  D．oh

9.                A．me            B．my            C．she  D．her

10.               A．a             B．an             C．the   D．/

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Jack is an eleven-year-old boy. He has a father, a mother, a grandfather and two brothers in his family. Jack is the youngest (年龄最小的). One of his brothers, Tim, is fourteen years old. The other brother, Mike, is fifteen years old. What’s eleven and fourteen and fifteen? That is Jack’s father John’s age. Jack’s mother is very young. She gives birth to (生下) Jack when she is twenty-five years old. Jack doesn’t know his grandfather’s age. He is very old but very healthy. 

1.There are seven people in Jack’s family.

2.Jack doesn’t have a sister.

3.John is thirty years old.

4.Jack’s mother is twenty-five years old.

5.Jack’s grandfather isn’t old and he is healthy.