It was a cold night. The taxi driver didn’t take even one passenger（乘客） all day. When he went by the railway station，he saw a young man coming out with two bags in his hands. So he drove to him and asked，“Where are you going，sir?”
“To the Red Hotel，” the young man answered. When the taxi driver heard this， he didn’t feel happy any more. The young man would give him only three dollars because the hotel was near the railway station. But suddenly， he had an idea. He took the young man through many streets of the big city.
After a long time， they arrived at the hotel. “Here we are! You should pay me fifteen dollars， please，” the taxi driver said to the young man. “What? Fifteen dollars! Do you think I’m a fool? Only last week，I took a taxi from the railway station to this hotel and I only gave the driver thirteen dollars. I know how much I have to pay for the trip.”
【小题1】The story probably happened _______ .
A. on a winter morning        B. on a winter night
C. on a rainy day             C. on a rainy night
【小题2】When the driver saw the young man coming out of the railway station, he was
_____ .

A．happy

B．not happy

C．angry

D．disappointed

【小题3】The driver was not happy any more because ________ .

A．the young man didn’t want to take the taxi

B．the young man wouldn’t give him money

C．the young man was carrying two big bags

D．the hotel was near the railway station and the young man would give him only three dollars

【小题4】Maybe the taxi driver got _______ dollars at last.

A．3

B．2

C．13

D．15

【小题5】Which of the following is TRUE?

A．The two taxi drivers were both honest.

B．The two taxi drivers cheated the young man.

C．It is very far from the railway station to the Red Hotel.

D．The young man knew how far it was from the railway station to the hotel.

   When you are about to do something brave, a cheerful wish of "Good luck!" from a friend can be helpful. But if you think you need lots of luck, what else might you do?

In the UK and US there are some strange traditions for bringing yourself a little more good luck. Some are hundreds of years old and some are much newer.

Have you heard the saying “when you wish upon a star”? If you are looking up at the sky on a clear night and you see a sudden flash of light, it is probably a shooting star! Seeing one doesn't happen very often. The saying goes that if you see one you have been very lucky, and so if you make a wish, it will come true.

Maybe you have heard of the lucky rabbit's foot. Some people believe that rabbits are lucky animals, so they carry a part of the rabbit, its foot, for good luck. There are all kinds of strange, unclear rules about which of the rabbit's feet is the luckiest. It is said that this good luck tradition is the oldest one of all. However, as the funny saying goes, "Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit!"

People in Britain love trees. If it is autumn and leaves are falling from the trees, some people try to catch the leaves as they fall because they think each leaf they catch will bring them a lucky month in the following year ,theywill need to catch 12 falling leaves to have a whole year of good luck!

1.­­_______is mentioned in the oldest good luck tradition.

A．A rabbit's foot	B．A falling leaf
C．A cheerful wish from friends	D．A shooting star

2.From Paragraph3, we know that ­­­­­­­­­­­_______ .    .

A．shooting stars can often be seen

B．people can see a shooting star on a rainy night

C．your wish may come true if you see a shooting star

D．people believe that it's unlucky to see a shooting star

3. British people try to catch 12 falling leaves because     .

A．the leaves fall in autumn

B．there are so many leaves to catch

C．the leaves can bring them a lucky month

D．they want to have a whole year of good luck

4. In paragraph5, the underlined word "they" refers to"(指)      ".

A．trees

B．people

C．leaves

D．years

5. The passage is mainly about     .

A．how to wish upon a star

B．things that bring good luck

C．British people love leaves

D．which of the rabbit's feet is the luckiest

 

I like my bike. It brings me a lot of fun. When I was an  1  boy, my father bought it for me. It is my “horse”. I often go to school   2   my bike. I like riding a bike  3  it is very convenient. If I go out by bike, it is  4  to find a place for parking it. Bikes are very cheap, so most people can buy one. There are three people in my family.  5  of us has a bike. My parents are teachers in my school. In the morning, Mum, Dad and I each  6  to school. However on a rainy day we walk to school, because the road is bad for riding. I think riding bikes can make us  7  . It not only helps us exercise more but also  8  the air clean. The bike is very important in Chinese people’s life. So riding bikes can help you to  9  more about China and the Chinese people. Now people in the world say China is the country of bikes because there are  10  bikes in China. I hope people all round the world like them.
1. A. eight years old         B. eight year old 
C. eight-year-old           D. eight-years-old
2. A. by        B. on        C. from        D. in
3. A. so         B. but       C. while        D. because
4. A. hard               B. late        C. happy         D. easy
5. A. Each              B. Both              C. None                 D. Some
6. A. walk              B. run         C. drive                  D. ride
7. A. strange    B. busy              C. strong         D. poor
8. A. feels               B. keeps             C. sees                   D. likes
9. A. tell          B. know             C. visit                   D. ask
10. A. so many     B. so much    C. too much   D. many too

It was a cold night. The taxi driver didn’t take even one passenger（乘客） all day. When he went by the railway station，he saw a young man coming out with two bags in his hands. So he drove to him and asked，“Where are you going，sir?”

“To the Red Hotel，” the young man answered. When the taxi driver heard this， he didn’t feel happy any more. The young man would give him only three dollars because the hotel was near the railway station. But suddenly， he had an idea. He took the young man through many streets of the big city.

After a long time， they arrived at the hotel. “Here we are! You should pay me fifteen dollars， please，” the taxi driver said to the young man. “What? Fifteen dollars! Do you think I’m a fool? Only last week，I took a taxi from the railway station to this hotel and I only gave the driver thirteen dollars. I know how much I have to pay for the trip.”

1.The story probably happened _______ .

A. on a winter morning        B. on a winter night

C. on a rainy day             C. on a rainy night

2.When the driver saw the young man coming out of the railway station, he was

_____ .

A．happy            B．not happy         C．angry             D．disappointed

3.The driver was not happy any more because ________ .

A．the young man didn’t want to take the taxi

B．the young man wouldn’t give him money

C．the young man was carrying two big bags

D．the hotel was near the railway station and the young man would give him only three dollars

4.Maybe the taxi driver got _______ dollars at last.

A．3                B．2                C．13               D．15

5.Which of the following is TRUE?

A．The two taxi drivers were both honest.

B．The two taxi drivers cheated the young man.

C．It is very far from the railway station to the Red Hotel.

D．The young man knew how far it was from the railway station to the hotel.

 

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It’s time to go home now. I am on a bus on a rainy day, and a woman with a dog gets on the bus. It is a big dog and its feet are not clean.

I don’t want the dog to sit near me. But the woman says to the conductor（售票员）. “Oh, I pay for my dog. Can he sit here like the other people?”

The conductor looks at the dog and says, “Yes, madam, but he must not put his feet on the chair.”

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1.I am going home ___ now.

A. by bike  B. by bus   C. by car  D. by trolley

2. What do I see? ____.

A. A bus  B. A girl  C. A dog  D. A woman with a big dog.

3. I don’t want the dog to sit near me because ____.

A. the dog is big  B. the dog is not clean   C. the dog has no ticket   D. the dog isn’t mine

4.. Why do the woman and the dog get on the bus?

A. It is a rainy day.  B. No one is on the bus. 

C. The dog can sit  D. The woman is a conductor.

5.The meaning of the conductor’s word is ____.

A. the dog’s feet are like the other people

B. the dog must be like a man  

C. the dog must not sit on the chair    D. the dog can sit here