Once upon a time, there lived a rich man. He had a servant (仆人). He and the servant loved wine and good food very much. Each time the rich man left his home; the servant would drink the wine and eat up all the nice food in the house. The rich man knew what his servant did, but he had never caught his servant doing that.

　　One morning, when he left home, he said to the servant, “Here are two bottles of poison (毒药) and some nice food in the house. You must take care of them.” With these words, he went out.

　　But the servant knew that what the rich man had said was untrue. After the rich man was away from his home, he enjoyed a nice meal. Because he drank too much, he was drunk and fell to the ground. When the rich man came back, he couldn’t find his food and his wine. He became very angry. He woke the servant up. But the servant told his story very well. He said a cat had eaten up everything. He was afraid to be punished(惩罚), so he drank the poison to kill himself.

1.In the story, _______ liked wine and good food very much.

    A. the rich man 　　B. the servant 　　C. both A and B 　　D. neither A and B

2.The rich man knew that it was _______ that drank the wine and ate up all the nice food.

A. the cat 　　 　　B. himself 　　　    C. nobody 　　　　D. the servant

3.The rich told the servant that there was poison in the two bottles, because_______.

A. there was in face poison in the bottles

B. he did not want the servant to drink his wine

C. he wanted to kill the cat

D. he wanted to kill the servant

4.In fact, _______ate all the nice food and drank the wine.

A. the servant   B. cat   C. the rich man   D. nobody

5.From the story, we know that the servant is very _______.

A. lazy   B. bad   C. clever   D. kind

 

Oil is so important that it is sometimes called “black gold”. Almost half of our energy comes from oil. We use it to run our cars and factories and to heat our homes, offices and schools. Many everyday things are made from oil. Your shirt may have oil in the material. The soap you wash your hands with might also be made from oil. Your favorite plastic toy is made from oil.     

Oil is hard to find, because it is trapped deep under the earth. Once the only way people knew there was oil someplace if it leaked（渗漏）out of the ground. Today, however, we have many ways of finding oil. One tool measures（测量）the pull of gravity. Places where gravity is weaker are more likely to have oil. Another tool is sound waves（声波）. Sound waves travel through different kinds of rocks at different speeds. We can use them to find the rocks that have oil in them.     

We need a lot of oil, and we are using up the oil wells we know about. Soon we must find new ways of looking for this “black gold”.

1.Which of the following isn’t the way to help find oil?

A. Sound waves travel through different kinds of rocks at different speeds.

B. People measure the pull of gravity to know if there is oil.

C. Sound waves tell us where the oil has leaked out of the ground.

D. People know there is oil if it leaks out of the ground.

2.Which of the following does the passage lead you to believe?

A. Oil was firstly found by measuring gravity.

B. Many things are made from oil.

C. We will never run out of oil.

D. Our lives would not be different if we didn’t have oil.

3.The main idea of the whole story is that ________________.

A. many things are made from oil               

B. we must find new ways of looking for oil

C. people spend a lot of time looking for oil

D. oil is important for us but hard to find

 

As we know, zoos provide homes _____many endangered animals.

A.  in    B. of      C. for     D. with

 

Some children wish to be writers some day. They want to write stories or books for people to read. That's good! It's good to write something for people to read! But they should know that they need to be good readers first before they are really good writers. They should read a lot of books, instead代替 of watching TV and spending a lot of time playing games when they are free.

 There is more fun in reading, you want to look for more books to read. Before you decide to be a good writer, you'd better say to yourself, "I must read more and more!"

1.This article mainly主要 tells us that     .

A. some children wish to be writers some day

B. it is good to write something for people to read

C. reading books is fun

D. reading can be helpful for us to become a good writer

2.Reading more books may     .

A. help you to be a good writer

B. help you play well

C. make you work better

D. make you watch more TV at home

3.It's good for children     .

A. to do a lot of reading       B. to watch TV in the evening

C. to be good writers right now  D. to have wishes only

4.Some children want to be writers    .

A. because they want to be good readers

B. to get more money and buy a lot of good things.

C. to write stories or books for people to read

D. to find good work some day

5.From the passage， we know that     .

A. all children like to be writers

B. people like to read for children

C. children need to read more and more books

D. all writers are children

 

New York City is a very large city with 8 million people. How do so many people move on their way to work and school?

In New York you can travel by subways, bus, taxi and private (私人的) car. The subway runs on the railroad lines under the city. It crosses the city at different points and goes to all parts of the city. Travelling by subway is the fastest way to get around the city.

The second way to travel is by bus. It is a slower way to travel.

You can also travel by taxi. This is very expensive, but the taxi will take you to every place you want to go to. If traffic is heavy, the taxi will be slow. During the mornings and afternoons, there is the “rush hour”. This is the time when the traffic is very heavy with people going to and from work..

The last way is to use your private car. It’s not good to drive during the “rush hour”. If there is an accident on the road, you will have to wait for a long time.

The best time to travel is from 9 a.m to 4.pm . Traffic will be less crowded during this time because most people are already at school or at work at that time.

1.How many ways of travelling are mentioned (提到) in the passage?

A. Two       B. Three          C. Four       D. Five

2.The word “rush hour” in Chinese means _____________.

A.高峰时间.   B. 匆忙时间     C. 冲刺时间   D. 繁忙时间

3.From the last paragraph we know that in New York City ____________.

A. there is no “rush hour” from 9.am to 4 p.m.

B. traffic is heavy at noon.

C. most Americans have lunch at home.

D. people go to work and school at 9:00.

4.Why do so many people go to work or school by subway, taxi, bus and private car?

A. Because New York City is a modern city.

B. Because New York City is a very large city.

C. Because New York City is new.

D. Because the people in New York City are very busy.