Jack is a schoolboy. He1. c______ from England. This year, he is thirteen years old. He 2.l_______ in a small town near London(伦敦). He lives with his grandmother. His parents 3.w________ in London. They come back home to visit Jack at 4.w_______. Jack5.g______to school by bike every day. At school, he likes studying all the 6.l_______. He is good 7.a_____ English. He listens to the teachers carefully(认真) in class. He works very hard at his lessons. After school, he does his8.h ______. He 9.w________ TV only on Sunday evening. Jack is a good boy and his parents 10.l_____him.

Alan is a Chinese boy. He is Mike’s   1  . He is from Shanghai. He is only thirteen years old. He goes to New York   2   his parents. Now he is   3  in a middle school in New York. His   4   work at a shopping mall. They don’t have much   5  . So Alan   6   a part-time job at a Chinese restaurant. He goes to work from 6 pm   7   9 pm every evening. His boss Mrs. Jones is a Chinese woman. She is from Beijing. She is  8   to Alan. Alan gets 60 dollars from Mrs. Jones every evening. Mrs. Jones has an  9   daughter. Her English is very good. But her Chinese is not very good. Mrs. Jones asks Alan to   10   her daughter with her Chinese on weekends. She gives Alan 50 dollars each time.  

1. A. sister                    B. daughter                       C. cousin                   D. aunt

2. A. with                     B. and                              C. but                        D. or

3. A. working         B. staying                         C. living                     D. studying

4. A. mother                 B. parents                         C. father                    D. friend

5. A. money                  B. time                             C. food                      D. room

6. A. looks for        B. gives                            C. finds                     D. joins

7. A. too                       B. to                                 C. between                 D. two

8. A. friendly         B. bad                              C. special                   D. clever

9. A. eight years old    B. eight-year-old               C. eight-year old         D. eight-years-old

10. A. help                    B. call                              C. talk                        D. meet

  Schoolwork is sometimes difficult，but I don’t think it’s  ever boring．We get lots of interesting projects to do．

  Sometimes，a project is just a long article．In English class，we write articles and speeches about things that happened in history．In science class，we once built bridges using only toothpicks(牙签)and candy! I love projects like that．

  Projects are a big part of our grades．So，it’s very important whether you are good at the project or not．I am bad at building things．So，when I was asked to build a model，my grade for that whole term Was low． However, when asked to draw a picture of myself, I Was able to save my terrible art grade.

  Projects can make people wonderful leaders，too．I was once working on a speech with another boy．I did most of the work，typed it up and printed the pictures．He didn’t do much．At first．I was very angry, but then I realized that I had never asked him for help or told him what to do!

  I've noticed that projects make people act in many different ways．Some people know clearly what to do．Others can end up having problems．The most interesting type of person I have seen．is someone who didn’t start working until a few days or hours before the project’s deadline(最终期限)．One of my friends didn’t write down his Birthday Project Speech；he made it up as he talked．It Was great! Not everyone can do that though！

1．T he writer thinks whether you can get good grades or not depends on    

  A．the skills that the projects ask for

  B．what you’ve learned from the books

  C．how much work you have put in

  D．both A and C

2．We can tell from the story that the writer is good at          ．

  A．making speeches B．building models C．drawing pictures D．making up stories

3．The main idea of the story is that      ．

  A．projects are always interesting   

B．projects are important and useful for students

  C. projects are important for one’s grades

D．projects’deadlines make people nervous

 4．The word“project” in the article means     ．

    A．成绩    B．方案    C．工程    D．专题研究

Reading comprehension.

　　Sam is very good at school, but he is not clean. His face and hands are often dirty. He washes them with water only. He does not use soap(香皂).

　　Sam has an uncle. One day the uncle comes to see him from his own (自己的) house. He looks at Sam and says “Sam, I know what you ate(吃) for breakfast this morning.”

　　“What?” Sam looks at his uncle and says.

　　“Eggs,” says his uncle. “Your face and mouth tell me that.”

　　“You are wrong, uncle!” says Sam. “Not today or yesterday, but the day before yesterday!”

1．What's Sam?

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A．He's English.

B．He's a student.

C．He's a Young Pioneer.

D．He's a teacher.

2．What's the Chinese for “dirty”?

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3．Where does his uncle live(住)?

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A．In the same house

B．In different houses

C．In a factory

D．On a farm

4．On which morning did Sam eat eggs?

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A．This morning

B．Yesterday morning

C．The morning of the day before yesterday

D．Three days ago

5．Which of these is Wrong?

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A．Sam doesn't wash his face and hands every day.

B．The uncle thinks the boy ate eggs this morning.

C．Sam likes eating eggs.

D．Sam doesn't know his uncle.