The sun went down when an old man came to a small mountain village with a heavy bag. He found an inn(小旅馆) and wanted to stay there for the night.

After he had gone to his room, the owner of the inn said to his wife, “Look at his heavy bag, dear! I’m sure there’re a lot of valuable(贵重的) things. I want to steal it when he’s asleep tonight.” “No, no,” said his wife. “He must look for his bag tomorrow morning. Then he’ll take you to the police station.”

They thought hard and at last the woman had an idea. “We have forgetful grass,” said the woman. “Why not put some into his food? If he has the food, he’ll forget to take his bag away tomorrow morning.” “How clever you are!” said the owner, “don’t forget it when you cook supper for him.”

The old man had the food with forgetful grass and went to bed. The next morning, when the owner got up, he found the door was open and the old man had left. He looked for the bag for a long time, but he didn’t find it. He hurried to wake his wife up and said angrily, “What a fool! Your forgetful grass isn’t useful at all!”

“No, no,” said the woman. “I don’t think so. He must forget something.”

“Oh, I’ve remembered!” the owner called out suddenly, “He forgot to pay us the bill!”

1. The old man carried __________ when he got into the inn.

    A. a large camera                   B. a heavy bag

    C. an umbrella                    D. a heavy basket

2. What did the owner want to do?  _________________

    A. He wanted to call the police.         

 B. He wanted to kill the old man.

    C. He wanted to steal the old man’s bag.

  D. He wanted to invite the old man to dinner.

3. The old woman put _____________ into the old man’s food.

    A. some sleeping pills           B. some pepper

    C. some beef                 D. forgetful grass

4. The next morning the owner found ____________.

    A. the old man left his bag in the inn   B. the bag was still there

    C. the old man had died         D. the old man had gone with his bag

5. The old man forgot to __________________.

    A. pay the owner the bill                B. take his bag

    C. look at the time                   D. say goodbye to the owner

 

下面是四位学生给某杂志社去信的内容，反映他们生活中遇到的问题。A、B、C、D四个选项是杂志社编辑给他们复信的内容。请从A、B、C、D四个选项中分别找出各题的相应答案。

1. One of my friends calls me a nickname （绰号）. I really don‘ t like that , I told her I didn‘t like the nickname. But she won‘t stop calling me the nickname.

2. I have a big problem with small animals. I know I am much bigger than they are , but I am afraid of them.

3. I‘m always worried that something bad is going to happen. What should I do?

4. I‘ m on a basketball team and every time I don‘ t do very well , the other boys boo （讥笑） me , and say that I can‘t do anything right. What should I do?

A. My parents always told me that if I was afraid of something , I should face （面对） it. When I was little I was afraid of my backroom. I started going there by myself , and I was not afraid. So next time you see small animals ,don‘t run away. Just face them.

B. Each time she calls you that , politely tell her that you don' t like it. After a while she will not call you the nickname.

C. Tell everyone on the team how you feel when they boo. Ask them how they would feel. Make friends with them. Don't boo at others on the‘team.

D. You might write down those things. When you write about your worries （担忧） you will see that some of your worries are not there at all.

1. _____________ 2._____________ 3._____________ 4._____________

At midnight Mr. King coughed again. He got up and took some medicine. Before he lay down again, he smoked. And he couldn’t go to sleep any longer. He found the medicine book and began to read it. He was afraid he had lung cancer. He seemed to see death was waiting for him. Tears(眼泪) ran down his face. He didn’t see his wife was standing by him.

“What’s wrong with you, dear?” asked the woman.

“Nothing,” the old man answered and covered his face with his hands.

The old woman opened the book and understood at once. She said, “You must stop smoking right now.”

“I began to smoke when I was nine, you know. How can’t I do that?”

“But I think health is more important.”

Mr. King coughed again and his wife said, “Go to see a doctor tomorrow. He will be able to help you, I think.”

The doctor told Mr. King to have an Xray examination of his lungs. And then he looked at the Xray carefully for a long time.

“Tell me the truth, doctor.”said Mr.King, “Do you see any shadows(阴影)in my lungs?”

“No, I don’t see anything.”

“Yes?” the old man said happily. “Really?”

“Yes. Your lungs are turning black. How can I see any shadows?”

1.Mr.King got up to      .

A. smoke again

B. talk with his wife

C. read the medicine book

D. take some medicine

2.Mr. King coughed because      .

A. he couldn’t go to sleep

B. he was afraid to die

C. he smoked too much

D. he was too old

3.     , so tears ran down his face.

A. Mr. King thought he had lung cancer

B. Mr. King couldn’t understand the book

C. Mr. King was too sad to go to sleep

D. The doctors refused to help Mr. King

4.The doctor told Mr. King to have an Xray examination because      .

A. he was sure the man would die soon

B. he wanted the man to stop smoking right now

C. he wanted to know if there was something wrong with his lungs

D. he was sure the man would soon be all right

5.Which of the following is true?

A. There was nothing serious with Mr. King.

B. Smoking too much caused Mr. King’s lungs to turn black.

C. The doctor found some shadows in Mr. King’s lungs.

D. Mr. King decided to stop smoking at once.

 

 

Name:Sara Age:14 Class:Junior 3 Student’s progress report:My exam results are good in all subjects and I am very pleased about this because I did a lot of revision.My best results were in my favourite subjects,physics and chemistry,I know I am good at them and I enjoy dong scientific experiments. Teacher’s report:Sara is an intelligent,hardworking student with an excellent attitude(态度) to her schoolwork.She is quite shy and should be encouraged to join school clubs and afterschool activities.

 

Name:Steve Age:15 Class:Junior 3 Student’s progress report:I am happy because my exam results are a lot better than they were last term.I love computers and computer games and my best grades were in Information Technology.I would love to be a computer programmer but I don’t know if I’m clever enough.But I wouli like to do work with computers.The other thing I’m really interested in is languages.I enjoy learning English and find translation quite easy. Teacher’s report:Steve is a lively and popular student who has made much progress this term.However,he needs to be mor serious and organised if he wants to become a computer programmer.He should get good results in math.Steve’s Enhlish has improved a lot.Perhaps he should consider becoming an English teacher.

1.Who did a lot of work for the exams?

A.Sara.             B.Steve.             C.Both.

2.Sara enjoys _________.

A.playing computer games.

B.doing scientific experiments

C.learning English

3.The teacher thinks Steve needs to ____________.

A.improve his math     B.learn English better     C.play more cmputer games

4.In the teacher’s opinion,Steve should be __________.

A.a scientist           B.an English teacher       C.a comptuer programmer

5.Which of the following activities is the most suitable to improve Sara?

A.Playing computer games.  B.Watching TV.     C.Playing basketball.

 

Mary didn’t understand such sentences as“She is blue today”，“You are yellow”，“He has a green thumb”，“He has told a white lie”and so on．And she went to the teacher Mrs James for help．

Mary：Mrs James，there is a colour in each of the sentences．What do they mean?

Mrs James：In everyday English，Mary，blue sometimes means sad，yellow afraid．A person with a green thumb grows plants well and a white lie is not a bad one．

Mary：I'm afraid I don’t understand them a11．Would you give me an example for“a white lie”?

Mrs James：Certainly．Now I just give you some cakes．In fact you don’t like it，but you don’t want to let me know it．Instead you say，“No，thanks．I’m not hungry．”That’s a white lie．

Mary：It sounds very interesting．Thanks very much．

Mrs James：You are welcome．Colours are meaningful．I think you will meet more sentences like these in the future．Please come to me if you have any questions．

1.Blue sometimes means sad in________English．

      A．good         B．spoken       C．usual         D．poor

2.I don’t have a green thumb，so all my plants________．

     A．die off       B．grow well    C．look nice      D．are good

3.David is yellow and he is________to climb the tall tree!

     A．happy        B．clever       C．brave         D．afraid

4.He didn’t like me to know________of the accident．He told me a white lie at last．

     A．the reason     B．the true story    C．the meaning    D．the answer

5.He is ________today．He is told that his father is seriously ill．

     A．blue         B．yellow         C．green          D．white