One day a mother rat and her babies were out in an open field. They were enjoying______ games when suddenly a hungry cat came up to them! She hid________ a big tree and then crawled(爬) torward through the tall grass until she could almost hear them talk. After the mother rat and her babies knew________ , the cat jumped from her hiding-place and started to run after them.

The mother rat and her babies began to run away, they hurried towards their_______ , which was under a pole of large stones. But the baby rats were so_______ that they could not run very_______ . The cat came_____ . In no time the cat would be upon them. What was to be done?

The mother rat stopped running, turned round and faced the cat, shouting "Bow! Wow! Bowwow!" just like an angry dog. The cat was______ surprised and scared that she ran away. The mother rat turned to her babies, "Now you see how important it is to learn ______ a second language!"

Just then she heard a shout "Miao! Miao!" just like the cat ran away just now.

"Oh, the cat's come back. We must escape（逃脱） right now." The mother rat called out to her children. "Haha! It's only a ______ "said one of her children. "I have learned a second language."

1.A. to play?? ???? B. playing??? ????? C. played?? ??????? D. to playing

2.A. on??? ??????? B. in front of? ????? C. behind??? ??????? D. under

3.A. what happened? B. what did happen?? C. that happened what? D. that what had happened

4.A. home????? ??? B. tree??? ???????? C. mother? ????????? D. host

5.A. happy???? ??? B. tired???? ?????? C. frightened? ?????? D. hungry

6.A. quickly?? ????? B. slowly??? ????? C. far?? ???????????? D. long

7.A. close and close?? B. closer and close? C. closer and closer? ?? D. close and closer

8.A. so???? ??????? B. such???? ????? C. too??? ?????????? D. enough

9.A. the?????? ???? B./????? ????????? C. a??? ???????????? D. an

10.A. joke???? ???? B. rat?????? ?????? C. cat??? ??????????? D. dog

The new book Harry Potter and the Half-Blood is warmly welcomed by the children in China. It sells well across China. You can see and hear the advertisements about the book here and there.

Why is the book so attractive (吸引人的) to children? After reading it, I was attracted by the magic world. I can not help asking: where is our own Harry Potter?

    China has a long history and colorful culture. With a large market of teenagers, China published (出版) many popular books among children. However, why are the present books not as good as those foreign ones?

Firstly, quiet a number of children’s are of strong sense of teaching, and they have little interest. Reading them, children often have a feeling of being “educated”. Certainly, they don’t like them. Secondly, fewer children like the same stories, but most Chinese books are usually much the same. One knows the ending as early as in the beginning. Finally, the writers seldom think about children’s needs.

First-class Reading for children should be interesting, and written in their language.

1.About the present Chinese children’s books, which is NOT right?

    A. They have little interest.           B. Our writers seldom know children’s needs.

    C. Most of them are the same.           D. They are better than foreign ones.

2.Harry Potter is so popular, because __________.

    A. it’s the same as Chinese books           B. it can lead children into a wonderful world

    C. it’s not written in children’s language   D. it’s advertised more often on TV or posters

3.The Chinese meaning of the underlined phrase “First-class Reading” is _______.

    A. 第一批读物   B. 一节课的阅读     C. 一流的读物       D. 基础的阅读

4.“Where is our own Harry Potter?” means __________.

    A. the writer can’t find any books for children

    B. Chinese presents should buy Harry Potter for their children

    C. our children should learn from Harry Potter

    D. Chinese writers should write better books for children

5. Which is the best title (标题) of the passage?

    A. Ways to read books.                  B. A magic boy, Harry Potter.

    C. Books and advertisements.            D. Our children need better books.

To learn a foreign language well, you need to spend a lot of time on it. The ___46___ time you spend on the language, the faster you will learn. This does not ___47___ sitting in class looking out of the window, nor listening to other students who do not speak well. This means spending time enjoyably on the ___48___ you are learning.

Listen to the language you are learning on your MP3 player. Read ___49___ you are listening to. Listen to and read things that you like, things that you can mostly ___50___, or even partly understand. One hour of listening or reading is more effective（有效率）than many hours of class time. If you ___51___ listening and reading, you will improve yourself.

Build up your vocabulary lists, which you’ll need lots of. Start to notice words and how they come ___52___ as phrases. Learn these words and phrases ___53___ listening and reading. Read online, using online dictionaries, and make your own vocabulary lists. Do not ___54___ for someone else to show you the language, nor to tell you what to do, and you should discover the language by yourself, like a child growing up. Talk when you feel like it. ___55___ when you feel like. You are learning and improving. The language will become clearer in your mind. Just make sure you spend enough time on the language.

Learn a second language

There was once a young mouse that lived in a hole in a wall. One day, the young mouse woke up from his sleep and looked out of the hole. As he looked out, a fantastic smell came to his nose. “Cheese!” the mouse said happily to himself. “I’ll go and get it now and have it for breakfast.”

But then he remembered his parents’ words. His parents were very clever mice and often said to their son, “Always wait before you go for a piece of cheese.”

So the young mouse waited quietly. Then he heard a quiet “Miaow” and he knew the cat was there. He stayed in the hole and said to himself, “I’m glad I listened to my parents and learned to wait.”

The next day, he looked out again. He put his nose out of the hole, and the beautiful smell of cheese came to his nose again. He could see the cheese. It was only a few centimetres away. But he sat still and waited quietly. This time he did not hear any cat noises. Instead he heard a very quiet “Woof, woof.”

“It’s a dog!” he thought. “If the dog is there, the cat won’t be there. I expect the dog has chased the cat away, so I’m safe.” The mouse ran out of the hole and started eating the cheese. He did not see the cat, which caught him and ate him.

When the cat finished her meal, she said to herself, “I’m glad I listened to my parents and learned a second language.”

1.Who told the mouse to wait before going for a piece of cheese?

A. The cat.                                 B. The dog.    

C. The cat’s parents.                       D. The mouse’s parents.

2.How did the young mouse know the cat was there?

A. He heard the cat.                        B. He saw the cat.

C. He smelt the cat.                        D. He knew the cat.

3.What was the cat’s meal?

A. The mouse’s parents.                     B. The cheese.

C. The young mouse.                         D. The fish.

4. Which language did the cat learn as a second language?

A. English.               B. Chinese.      C. Dog language.    D. Mouse language.

5.Which of the following sentences is Not True according to the passage?

A. The young mouse lived in a hole in a wall.

B. The next day the mouse didn’t hear any cat noises.

C. The cat pretended to be a dog by making the noise “woof”.

D. The mouse’s parents told their daughter to wait before going for a piece of cheese. 

阅读短文，根据意思，判断所给句子的正误。正确的写T，错误的写F。

“How are you?” is a nice question. It’s a friendly way that people in the U.S.A greet（问候） each other. But “How are you?” is also a very unusual（不寻常的） question. It’s a question that often doesn’t need an answer. The person who asks“ How are you?” hopes to hear the answer “Fine”, even if the person’s friend isn’t fine. The reason is that “How are you?” isn’t really a question and “Fine” isn’t really an answer. They are simply （只）other ways of saying “Hello” or “Hi”.

　　Sometimes, people also don’t say exactly（确切） what they mean. For example, when someone asks “Do you agree?”, the other person might think, “No, I disagree. I think you’re wrong...”But it isn’t very polite to disagree so strongly（强烈地）, so the other person might say “I’m not sure.” It’s a nicer way to say that you don’t agree with someone.

　　People also don’t say exactly what they are thinking when they finish talking with other people.For example, many talks on the phone finish when one person say “I’ve to go now.” Often, the person who wants to hang up（挂）says: “Someone’s at the door.” “Something is burning (烧)on the stove（炉）.” The excuses（借口） might be real（真的）, or not. Perhaps the person who wants to hang up simply doesn’t want to talk any more, but it isn’t polite to say that. The excuse is more polite, and it doesn’t hurt （伤）the other person.

　　Whether they are greeting each other, talking about an idea, of finishing a talk, people don’t say exactly that they are thinking. It’s an important way that people try to be nice to each other, and it’s part of the game of language.

1.“How are you?” is another way of saying "Hello." or" Hi."

2.It is polite to say" No. I disagree. I think you are wrong, "if you don’t agree with others.

3.When someone says "I have to go now "On the phone，it means he wants to go on talking.

4."Someone is at the door." may be an excuse for finishing a talk.

5.Sometimes people don't say exactly what they are thinking about just because they try to be nice to each other.