A boy and his father went walking in the mountains. Suddenly the boy fell, hurt himself, and cried, “AAAhhhhhhhh!!!” To his surprise, he heard the voice repeating, somewhere in the mountain, “AAAhhhhhhhh!!!” Then the boy shouted, “Who are you?” He received the answer, “Who are you?” He got angry at the answer, so she shouted, “Foolish!” He received the answer, “Foolish!”

He looked at his father and asked, “What’s going on?” The father smiled and said, “My son, listen,” And then he shouted to mountain, “I love you!” The voice answered, “I love you!” Again the man cried, “You are the best!” The voice answered, “You are the best!”

The boy was surprised, but did not understand. Then the father explained (解释), “People call this Echo, but really this is life. It gives you back everything you say or do. Our life is just a reflection(反映)of what we have done. If you want more love in the world, have more love in your heart. If you want to be successful, work hard,. This can be used in everything in life. Life will give you back everything you have given to it.”

1.At first the boy cried because _______.

A. he hurt himself and felt bad

B. he wanted to give himself a surprise

C. he felt it was so quiet in the mountain

D. he hoped his father would help him

2.When the boy heard the voice repeating, he thought________.

A. it was foolish to hear others’ voice?????

B. someone else in the mountain liked his voice

C. there were many other people in the mountain?

D. he was laughed at by someone else in the mountain

3.The father shouted to the mountain to ________.

A. find out who was repeating his voice?

B. have fun with other people in the mountain

C. show more examples to his son before giving him the answer

D. let his son know whose voice was louder

4. The word “Echo” means__________.

A. life itself???????????? B. repeating voice??

C. love in the world?????? D. everything in life

5.From the story, we know _________.

A. the boy didn’t like others’ voice at all??

B. the father had his own way to teach his son

C. it is not polite to repeat others’ voice???

D. the boy and his father were rather tired

A young man called Jack has visited many countries. He knows few foreign languages, but he can always find someone who knows enough English to understand what he says. Last summer he went to China. He enjoyed himself in China and liked Chinese food very much.
One day he went into a restaurant in a small village. He knew the Chinese word ‘rice’, so he ordered some rice. The village was famous for its mushrooms, and Jack thought they must be very fresh and delicious. He asked the waiter in English. However, the waiter couldn’t understand at all, so he could do nothing for Jack. Jack thought hard. When he saw a piece of paper on the table, he had a good idea. He took out a pencil and drew a picture of a mushroom carefully. The waiter looked at the picture for a long time, then he smiled and left. A few minutes later, he came back with a black umbrella in his hand.
【小题1】What does ‘mushrooms’ mean? 

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The snow lasted nearly a week. The ground turned white and the wind blew in through the b__【小题1】___ window. Old Jack looked outside and it seemed the sun was shining b___【小题2】___. He got up and tried to get some food in the kitchen but f___【小题3】___. He remembered he had eaten up the l___【小题4】___ piece of bread yesterday. He wanted to get a little from the store nearby, but the shopkeeper had said he would n___【小题5】___ sell him anything on credit(赊).
Now Old Jack went out. There were few walkers in the street and most shops were closed. He tried to beg some food but nobody felt s__【小题6】___ for him. He got even h___【小题7】___ and didn’t know where to go. At last, he n___【小题8】___ a woman at the bus stop, with a bag on the ground.
“It must be full of food..” he thought to himself. Then he walked towards the bag gently. But before he took it away, the woman found it and called out. “ Thief! Stop him!” He tried to run fast but couldn’t . He fell over and he stood up, he found h___【小题9】___ between two policemen.
“What were you thinking of when you stole the bag?” asked a policeman.
“ I’ll be full for a week if I’m successful and the prison will o___【小题10】___ me some food if I’m caught.

Long, long ago there was an old man. He had a very big orange tree in his garden. On the tree there were many fine oranges.

One day the old man found one of the oranges was bigger than the others. It was as big as a watermelon. So he took the big orange to the king. The king was very happy and gave the old man a lot of money for it.

When a rich man heard of this, he said to himself, "It is only an orange. Why did the king give him so much money? If I take my gold cup to the king, he will give me much more money for it."

The next day when the king got the gold cup, he said to the rich man, "What a beautiful cup! I'll give you something for it. Please take the great orange."

1.What did the old man have in his garden?

  A. An orange tree    B. Watermelons    C. The king    D. A gold cup   

2.What did the old man find one day?

A. He found there was a big watermelon in his gardon.  

B. He found one of the oranges was as big as a watermelon.   

C. He found the rich man had a gold cup.

D. He found the king liked big oranges very much..

3.Who did the old man give the big orange to?

A. A rich man.    B. The king,    C. Himself.    D. His friend.  

4.What did a rich man think when he heard of the story?

A. He was happy for the old man.

B. He wanted to know why the king gave the old man so much money.

C. He wanted to get the orange.

D. He thought the king would give him much money if he gave the king his gold cup.

5.Was the rich man very happy at last?

A. Yes, he was.   B. No, he wasn’t.    C. We don’t know.    D. Yes, he is.

Mr Scott was the owner of a shop. He lived by himself in a small room above his shop. He was always afraid that someone might break into his shop at night
One day, when he checked his money after closing up, he found he had almost 10,000 dollars. He thought keeping so much money in the shop was a dangerous thing. So he took the money with him to his bedroom, put it in the pocket of his coat and went to bed with his coat on. At midnight the doorbell rang and woke him up. He got out of bed and called out in a shaky(颤抖的) voice, “What do you want?” Under the street light stood a policeman, “Sorry to wake you up,” the policeman said, “but all the lights are on in your shop. I think you just forgot to turn them off when you closed up.”
【小题1】Where did Mr Scott live?
A. By himself.         B. In his shop.        C. Above his shop.
【小题2】How much money did he have that day?
A.＄10,000.         B.￥10,000.        C. 10,000.
【小题3】Why did Mr Scott sleep with he money that night? '
A. Because he loved money very much.
b. Because he thought it was not safe to keep it in the shop.
C. Because he knew the policeman would wake him up.
【小题4】Why did the policeman wake him up? '
A. Because he wanted to turn off the lights .
b. Because he wanted to remind Mr Scott
C. Because he wanted to ring his doorbell.
【小题5】How did Mr Scott feel when he heard the doorbell.
A. Excited.           B. Angry.          C. Stressed.