4. What was Merlin’s problem after he rolled into the room?

　 A. He couldn’t stop his roller-skating.　　　

B. He couldn’t attract a lot of attention.

C. Everyone was surprised at him.　　　　　

D. He couldn’t play the violin while rolling.

3. 　　　　made Merlin think of skating on wheels.

　 A. Merlin’s work　　　　　 　　 B. Merlin’s violin

C. A huge mirror 　　　 　　　　　　D. An important party

2. People called Merlin a reamer because　　　　　 .

A. he slept and dreamed a lot 　　　　　　　　 　　　B. he was full of different ideas

C. he invented the first roller skates　　　　 　　　 D. because it was dangerous

1. The story tells us that people began to enjoy roller-skating　　　　　 .

　A. before the year 1750　　　　　 　　B. before the invitation

C. because of Joseph Merlin　　　 　　　 D. because it was dangerous

5. The best title for this story is　　　　　　 .

　A. A Bar in Tibet　　　　　 B. A Foreigner in Beijing

　C. Bars Are Bad places　　　 D. Foreigners like bars

K

Today, roller skating is easy and fun. But many years ago, it wasn’t easy at all. Before 1750, people never tried skating on wheels. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. Merlin’s work was making instruments. In his free time he liked to play the violin. Merlin was a man with many ideas and many dreams. People called him a dreamer.

One day Merlin received an invitation to go to an important party. He was very pleased and a little excited. As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think. He wanted to find a way to make a wonderful entrance at the party. Merlin had an idea, He thought that he would attract a lot of attention if he could skate into the room.

Merlin tried difficult ways to make himself roll. Finally, he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. These were the first roller skate shoes. Merlin was very proud of them. He dreamed of arriving at the party and skating into the room while playing the violin. He was sure that everyone would be very surprised.

On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room, playing his violin. Everyone was really surprised to see him. There was just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skating. He rolled on, playing the violin. Then, with all eyes on him, Merlin hit into a huge mirror on the wall. The mirror broke into many pieces with a very loud noise.

Nobody forgot Merlin’s wonderful entrance after that.

4.Which of the following sentences is Not true?

A. Tony made a lot of noise every night.　

B. Tony was an English expert in environment,

C. There were some foreigners speaking Chinese in the bar.

D. The5 grandmother thought Tony might cause some trouble.

3. What’s the meaning of the word “civilized” in this passage?

　A.文明的　　　　　　　　　 B.喧闹的　　　　　　　　　　 C.野蛮的　　　　　　　　　　 D.讨厌的

2. From the sentence “Bars are bad places”, we can know that the grandmother　　　 .

　 A. was very excited 　　　　　　B. didn’t go to the bar

　 C. didn’t like bars 　　　　　　　D. was angry with Tony

1. When the writer first saw the foreigner, she　　　　　 .

A. was frightened to him　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. wanted to practice English with him

C. felt too shy to speak to him　　　　　 　 　D. hoped to invite the foreigner to the bar

5. Which of the following is a game?

　A. Rock Paper Scissors.　　　　　　 　　 　B. May Golden Week.

　C. Shopping assistant robot.　　　 　　 　D. A visit to the school

J

　I live with my grandmother in a Beijing yard house. One day last year, I was surprised to see a big foreigner coming out of the house next door to ours. He was very tall with short brown hair and a pair of glasses.

The first time I saw him, I was too shy to speak to him. “My English is too bad!” I thought. My grandmother told me that he had just moved into our yard. “I don’t like it!” she said, “Foreigners aren’t like us. Maybe he’ll play loud music and have parties every night! I’m sure he’s going to cause trouble.”

　　　 Several days later, I met the foreigner as I was walking home after work.“Hello!”he said(in Chinese!).“My name’s Tony. I’ve just moved into the house next door to yours.”While I was wondering what to say, he continued, “There’s a nice bar down the road. Why don’t you and your family come and have dinner with me?” “Bars are bad places,” said my grandmother when I told her, but we decided to go.

The bar was not at all what I had expected. It was in a beautiful little yard house, with several large bookshelves and pictures of Tibet on the walls, Several Chinese people and foreigners were sitting drinking or reading books. I noticed that some of the foreigners were speaking Chinese in a low voice-to each other! “Oh, what a civilized place!” my grandmother exclaimed.

The bar served special “hutong pizzas”. As we ate, Tony told us about himself-he is an English expert in environment. He always likes to be quiet, My grandmother said to me, “He really seems like a very nice young man.”