Mr. Black, Ann’s father works in a hospital. He’s friendly to the patients. So he’s very busy all the time. Ann is seven and began to be at school. She often watches TV at home. Some of her friends often go traveling abroad（国外）, but her father doesn’t have time. He and his wife can only take their daughter to some cities in England.

This summer Mr. Black has got some time. He’s going to take his family to Iceland（冰岛）. Ann is very excited and tells her friends about it.

“Why are you going to travel to Iceland, Ann?” asks a girl.

The little girl does not know how to answer. She thinks for a few minutes and says, “We’re going to see it before it melts（融化）.”

阅读短文选择正确答案

1.Mr. Black ____.

A．teaches English	B．makes machines in a factory
C．looks after sick people	D．helps the people and catches the thieves

2.Mr. Black can’t take his family to travel abroad because ____.

A．he has little time

B．he doesn’t like them

C．he has not any money

D．he forgets it

3.Ann often ____.

A．goes traveling abroad without her parents	B．stays at home instead of traveling abroad
C．asks her father to take her to Iceland	D．talks about the cities in England

4.The word “excited” may mean ____.

A．tired

B．lovely

C．happy

D．busy

5.Ann thinks ____.

A．Iceland is an English city	B．Iceland can soon melt
C．they are going to see a building	D．they are going to live there

 

Eric is my brother.  He is nine years old.  He is a good student.  But he cannot get up early.  He sleeps until nine or ten in the morning,  so he often arrives late for school. 

My father doesn’t want him to be late for school,  so he buys an alarm clock for Eric.  He says to Eric,  “You must get up when you hear the clock ring. ”

“Yes,  Dad, ” Eric says.  After that Eric gets up at six when he hears the clock ring. 

One day my father forgot to wind up(上发条) the clock.  And the next day Eric didn’t get up at six.  It was time for breakfast.  My father went to his room.  Eric was in bed and his eyes were open.  “Why didn’t you get up? ” My father said angrily. 

“You told me I must get up when I heared the clock ring.  And now I am waiting for the clock. ”

根据短文内容，判断句子的正(T)误(F)。

1.Eric isn’t a good student and he often arrives late for school.

2.Eric’s mother doesn’t want him to get up late. 

3.Eric’s father bought a clock for Eric because Eric likes it. 

4.One day the clock didn’t ring but Eric got up early.  

5.Eric was waiting for the clock to ring.

 

“Can I learn to play the violin．Daddy?”Ann asks her father．
“That sounds good．But how long can you learn?”
“A month,” Ann says．“After a month，I can play for you．If I don’t play well，I won’t play it．”
“All right．” her father says．
He soon finds a violin teacher and Ann starts her lessons．The fee(费用) isn’t cheap，but her father doesn’t say anything．
A month passes．The time comes for Ann to play for her father．
She says to her father, “I want to play for you，Daddy．”
“OK，Ann，”her father says．“Start”
She starts to play．She doesn’t play well．Her father has a friend with him，and the friend can’t stand(忍受)it．
When Ann stops，her father says, “Great! Ann, you can have more lessons．”
Ann runs out of the room．Her father’s friend says to him, “I don’t think your daughter plays well．”
“Well，you’re right．”her father says．“But she’s very happy, right?”
【小题1】Ann thinks playing the violin is________, so she wants to learn it．

A．tired

B．dangerous(危险的)

C．boring(无聊的)

D．interesting

【小题2】Ann wants to learn to play the violin for _______before she plays it for her father．

A．two weeks

B．six weeks

C．a month

D．six months

【小题3】_______finds a violin teacher to teach her．

A．Ann’s father	B．Ann’s father’s friend
C．Ann’s mother	D．Ann’s uncle

【小题4】Ann’s father wants Ann to have more lessons because_________．

A．Ann plays well	B．the fee is very cheap
C．he loves Ann	D．he 1ikes the violin

【小题5】From this passage we can see that ________．

A．Ann doesn’t 1ike playing the violin

B．Ann can have more 1essons

C．Ann doesn’t want to have more 1essons

D．Ann’s father doesn’t have a friend

Last week Lily's father bought her_________MP4 as_________birthday present.

A. a; a        B. an; an           C. a; an      D. an; a

 

Harry’s father bought a magazine which gave its readers information about all kinds of products and helped them make the best choice while buying．
Harry borrowed his father’s magazine when he needed a new computer．“I’ll read it and choose the best one．” He said．
The magazine described these computers．

The DGT PC450	The BNK 975XF: AT $3，200	The CGP 8PT
This computer comes with lots of good software. However it does not have much memory and is rather slow．At $2，850 it’s not very good value for money.	This is the most expensive computer we tested．However it is also far the most reliable (可靠的)．It is very fast and has lots of memory．It is worth the extra money if you can afford it．	At only $1，900．It has lots of money and is quite fast．However it broke down twice while we were testing it and we cannot recommend (建议) it for reliability．

Harry chose the BNK 975XF．“I know it’s expensive，” he said，“but it will be with me for a long time and do everything I want it to do．”
【小题1】Harry wants to buy a computer，so he borrowed ________ from his father．

A．a computer magazine	B．a magazine about all kinds of products
C．a shopping book	D．a book about all kinds of computers

【小题2】________ doesn’t have much memory and is rather slow．

A．The DGT PC450	B．The BNK 975XF
C．The CGP 8PT	D．Harry’s computer

【小题3】The CGP 8PT is ________ among the three kinds of computers．

A．the fastest	B．the most expensive
C．the cheapest	D．the slowest

【小题4】Harry chose the BNK 975XF because ________．

A．it is the most expensive	B．it has lots of good software
C．it has much memory	D．it would work for him for a long time

【小题5】．________ helped Harry to choose the computer．

A．His father

B．His friend

C．The shopkeeper

D．The magazine