In England nobody under eighteen years old is allowed (允许) to drink in a bar (酒吧)．

Mr. Thompson often went to a bar near his house．But he never took his son, Tom, because he was too young．Then when Tom had his eighteenth birthday, Mr. Thompson took him to his usual bar for the first time．They drank for an hour．Tom drank a bit．Then Mr. Thompson said to his son, “Now, Tom, I want to teach you a useful（有用的） lesson．How do you know when you’ve had enough（足够的）? Well, I’ll tell you．Do you see those two lights（灯） at the end of the bar? When they seem（好象） to become four, you’ve had enough and should（应该） go home．”

“But, Dad,” said Tom, “I can only see one light at the end of the bar．”

1.Young people ______ allowed to drink in a bar until eighteen．

A．is not             B．are not           C．many             D．must

2.When Tom was a child, his father often went to a nearby bar_____ taking him．

A．by               B．for               C．with              D．without

3.On Tom’s eighteenth birthday, he drank together with his father in that

bar for______.

A．the first time       B．once             C．many times        D．eighteen times

4.Father wanted to tell his son ______．

A．the time to drink                        B．something about the light

C．when to stop drinking                    D．something about the bar

5.In fact (事实上), there ______ at the end of the bar．

A．was one light                           B．were two lights

C．were three lights                        D．were four lights

 

______useful dictionary for beginners of English! Where did you get it?

    A. How          B. How an           C. What a           D. What an

 

You may think there is only sand in the desert of the world, but it is not true. In the desert, as we know, there is a little  1  and it is not  2  for most plants. Still we can see some plants live in the desert.

There is  3  in some places in the deserts. We   4  these places oases(绿洲). In the oases, there are villages and towns. People grow   5  kinds of vegetables and rice in the fields there. People   6  live outside the oases. They have camels, sheep and other animals. These animals live   7  the desert plants for their food and do not need any water. The   8  are useful to the desert people in many ways. They eat the  9  and drink the milk of the animals. They  10  the camels for carrying water, food, and  11 .

The people of the desert have to keep  12  from place to place. They must always look 13  grass or desert plants for their animals. When there  14  no more food for their animals, they move to another place. The desert people are  15 . Every one in the desert likes to help the people in trouble and give them food and water.

1.                A．rain           B．rains           C．wind D．winds

 

2.                A．good           B．good enough     C．enough good  D．enough

 

3.                A．earth          B．plants          C．wood D．water

 

4.                A．say            B．call            C．tell  D．find

 

5.                A．every          B．all             C．a    D．one

 

6.                A．also           B．too            C．either    D．still

 

7.                A．on            B．with           C．of   D．by

 

8.                A．water          B．plants          C．animals   D．food

 

9.                A．meal           B．meat           C．body D．food

 

10.               A．let            B．make          C．drive D．use

 

11.               A．other something  B．something other  C．else something  D．something else

 

12.               A．walking         B．carrying        C．moving    D．going

 

13.               A．up            B．for            C．after  D．at

 

14.               A．is             B．are            C．have  D．has

 

15.               A．carefully        B．careful         C．friendly   D．friend

 

 

In learning English, one should first pay attention to listening and speaking.It is the groundwork(基础)of reading and writing.You’d better try your best to speak while you do much listening.Don’t be afraid of making mistakes.But be careful not to let them stop you from improving your English.While you are doing this, a good way is to write---keep a diary, write notes or letters, and then if you can, ask someone else to go through(检查)what you have written and tell you what is wrong.Many mistakes in your speaking will be easily found when you write.Through correcting the mistakes, you can do better in learning English.

If you are slow in speaking, don’t worry.One of the helpful ways is reading, either aloud or to yourself.The important thing is to choose something interesting to read.It mustn’t be too difficult for you.When you are reading in this way, don’t stop to look up the words if you can guess their meanings, or they have nothing important to do with the sentence.You can look them up later.

1.For the beginners, listening and speaking is ______.

A．more important than reading and writing     B．not so important as reading and writing

C．as important as reading and writing          D．not so useful in learning English

2.When you are speaking, _______.

A．you shouldn’t make any mistakes          B．you must speak slowly

C．it doesn’t matter if you make any mistakes   D．you had better take a dictionary with you

3.One of the good ways to find your mistakes in your speaking is to______.

A．speak as much as possible                 B．write notes or letters

C．ask some Americans to speak with you       D．read more English books

4.If you want to be fast in speaking, you should choose something_____.

A．difficult to read aloud                    B．easy to read to yourself

C．interesting to read to yourself              D．important to read aloud

5.In reading, if you meet a new word which has something important to do with the sentence, you’d better_______.

A．stop to look it up                        B．not look it up and just go on reading

C．stop reading at once                     D．not stop to look it up

 

--What's your favorite______ ? 

           -- Physics. It's interesting and useful

           A. job           B. vegetable         C. fruit             D. subject