Mr Smith is a teacher. He is near-sighted(近视的). But he doesn’t wear glasses. One day, he is walking in a street. He is thinking something. Suddenly a strong wind blows his cap off his head. My Smith runs after it. He wants to catch it but he can’t. At this time, an old woman from a door of the house says to him.
“ Hi! What are you doing, sir?”
“Running after my cap.”
“Your cap? Aha……that’s my black cat. ”She says.
“Your cat? Sorry, but where is my cap?”

1. 1.

   What’s the meaning in Chinese for “a strong wind”?

   1. A.
      一阵狂风
   2. B.
      一场大雨
   3. C.
      一声雷响
   4. D.
      一声尖叫
2. 2.

   Why does Mr Smith run after the cat?

   1. A.
      He likes his cap
   2. B.
      He wants to get his cap back
   3. C.
      He sees the cat and can’t catch it
   4. D.
      He doesn’t find his cat
3. 3.

   What colour is Mr Smith’s cap?

   1. A.
      White
   2. B.
      Yellow
   3. C.
      Black
   4. D.
      Blue
4. 4.

   Who has the cat?

   1. A.
      The old woman
   2. B.
      Mr Smith
   3. C.
      We don’t know
   4. D.
      Nobody
5. 5.

   Which’s not true?

   1. A.
      He runs after the old woman’s cat
   2. B.
      He thinks that black cat is his black cap
   3. C.
      He is wearing a pair of glasses
   4. D.
      He is a teacher

Mr. Hand moved into a new house．One day．when he was doing some cleaning，a man knocked（敲）at the door．Mr. Hand opened the door．“Sir，do you need someone to clean your window of the balcony（阳台）?”

“Yes．do it please”Mr. Hand let the marl in and then went on cleaning his house．

Soon there was another man knocking at the door．“What’s the matter?”asked M Hand．“I come to clean your windows of the balcony．”answered the man．

“No，”Mr. Hand said，“one of your partners（同伴）is cleaning them now．”

“I am the man．I fell off the balcony just now．”the man said sadly．

（   ）1．The man came to________．

A．buy things                                               B．clean the windows for money

C．help Mr. Hand                                           D．visit Mr. Hand

（   ）2．How many people came to clean Mr. Hand’s windows for money?

A．Nobody．            B．Only one．          C．Two．                D．Three

（   ）3．The phrase“fell off”means“________”in Chinese．

A．跌落                    B．擦净                    C．建造                   D．爬上

（   ）4．What can be the best tire（标题）of the story?

A．A New House                                          B．Cleaning the Windows

C．Bad Balcony                                              D．Unfriendly Mr. Hand

（   ）5．Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A．Mr. Hand is very poor．

B．The man was not careful．

C．Mr. Hand’s balcony is dangerous（危险的）．

D．The man liked to jump down from Mr. Hand’s balcony．

Mr. King is a tall and strong man. He teaches P.E. in a middle school. He wears a long beard（胡子）and takes good care of it. It was Sunday yesterday. There was a big football match of the year on the playground in the centre of the city. Mr. King likes the game very much and of course he was going to watch it. With his friends' help he got a ticket a few days ago.

　 After breakfast he hurried to the bus stop, but a lot of people were waiting there. A bus came and he hardly got on .There were plenty of people in it and it was difficult for them to put their feet. He had to grip（抓住）a back of the chair. At the next stop a boy got on the bus. He was short and couldn't grip anything. Suddenly the bus stopped and the boy hardly fell to the floor. He looked around and saw Mr. King's beard and grip it. The man found it at once and called out, "Let go off（松开）my beard, boy!" "Are you going to get off, sir?" asked the boy.

44. Mr. King is a ___.

A. player 　　　　　B. runner 　　　　C. teacher 　　　 D. driver

45.Mr. King was going to watch the match because ___.

A .he teaches P.E. in a middle school 　 B. he likes football very much

C. he had already got a ticket 　　　　 D. he didn't go to work yesterday

46. The boy gripped Mr. King's beard because ___.

A. he was afraid to fall again

B. he wanted to make the man angry

C. he wanted the man to find a seat for him

D. he wanted the man to get off soon

Dick was a college student．He was studying history．But at the end of the first school year he did not pass the exam．A month later he sat for the make-up exam，but he was down again．Dick was very afraid because he knew he might have to leave the college．

When Dick's father knew this，he went to see the professor（教授）．“Dick is a good boy，” said the father．“If you let him pass it this time，I'm sure he will study harder next year and pass all the exams with very good marks．”

“No，that's quite impossible，” answered the professor．“He almost knows nothing about history．Last month I asked him when Napoleon（拿破仑）died，and he said he didn't know．”

“Please，sir，give him another chance，” said the father．“Sometimes we were too busy to read the evening papers carefully，so we even don’t know Mr. Napoleon was ill．”

1．Dick had been in college for _________．

A．four years                                               B．about one year

C．more than three years                               D．more than two years

2．Napoleon was _________．

A．a famous professor                                  B．the name of a student

C．the name of a teacher                                 D．the name of a famous Frenchman

3．“Sat for the make-up exam” in the passage means “_________”．

A．参加补考            B．下决心                   C．期末考试            D．不及格

4．The father went to the college because _________．

A．he wanted to give the teacher some presents

B．he missed his son very much

C．the professor asked him to do so

D．he hoped the professor would let his son Pass the exam

5．From the passage，we get to know that _________．

A．the professor hated Dick very much

B．the father didn’t know Napoleon at all

C．Dick worked very hard in the college

D．the father often read the evening papers carefully

　　Mr Gao lives in a town. When he was twentyfive, his son was born. He calls him Gao Ming. The little boy is very clever and his parents love him very much.

　　It's September 1st today. A new school year begins. Gao Ming is very happy and wears his most beautiful clothes. He will go to school with his new bag. “Let me take you to school today, dear,” says Mr Gao. “Thank you, Daddy,” says the boy, “The school isn't far from here. I can walk there myself.

　　At school a teacher meets him and asks, “What's your name, my little boy?”

　　“Gao Ming, sir,” answers the boy.

　　“How old are you?”

　　“six, sir.”

　　“What's your father's name?”

　　“Gao Dalin, sir.”

　　“How old is he?”

　　“He is six, too, sir.”

　　“Oh,” the teacher says in surprise, “Is he as old as you?”

　　“Yes, sir,” says the boy, “He became a father at the time when I was born.”

(1) Gao Dalin is ________ years old this year.

[　　]

(2) Mr and Mrs Gao love their son because ________.

[　　]

A．he is very clever

B．he likes to go to school

C．he can go to school himself

D．he can answer their questions

(3) Gao Ming went to school ________ that day.

[　　]

(4) Gao.Ming went to school ________ that day.

[　　]

A．with his mummy

B．with his teacher

C．with his new clothes and classmates

D．by himself

(5) Gao Ming thought ________.

[　　]

A．his father and he were born on the same day

B．his father was younger than him

C．his father forget to tell him about his age

D．Gao Dalin became a father six years ago