(A)

A crow（乌鸦）is sitting in a big tree. She has a big piece of meat in her mouth.“My babies will have a nice breakfast,”she thinks. An old fox（狐狸）is looking for his breakfast. He sees the crow and the meat.“How can I get that piece of meat?”he thinks.

“Good morning, Mrs. Crow.”says the fox,“How are you?”But the crow doesn’t say a word. “You have very nice babies, Mrs. Crow.”says the fox,“How are they? May I see them ?”Still the crow doesn’t say a word.

“You are very beautiful, Mrs. Crow, and you have a beautiful voice（嗓子）,too.”says the fox,“Would you please sing a song for me? ”Mrs. Crow thinks“How nice Mr. Fox is! I must sing him a song.”So she opens her mouth and begins to sing. At that time, the meat drops down（掉下）from her mouth.

(    ) 1. There’s       in the crow’s mouth.

A. a piece of bread

B. a cup of tea

C. a big piece of meat

(    ) 2. The old fox       very much.

A. wants to eat the piece of meat

B. wants to eat the crow

C. wants the crow to sing for him

(    ) 3. The crow doesn’t say a word to the fox because       .

A. she doesn’t like the fox at all

B. her babies are not well

C. she has a piece of meat in her mouth

(    ) 4. When she opens her mouth, the fox       .

A. gets the piece of meat

B. eats the baby crows

C. climbs up the tree

(    ) 5. Who has a nice breakfast?

A. The crow.

B. The old fox.

C. The baby crows.

(B)

Mr. Day was a teacher at a school in a big city in the north of England. He usually went to France or Cuba for a few weeks during his summer holidays and he spoke French quite well.

But last year Mr. Day said to one of his friends,“I’m going to have a holiday in Japan, but I can’t speak Japanese. So I am going to go to evening classes and have Japanese lessons for a month before I go.”

He studied very hard for a month, and then his holidays began and he went to Japan.

When he came back a few weeks later, his friend asked him,“Did you have any trouble with your Japanese when you were in Japan, Dick?”

“No, I didn’t have any trouble with it,”answered Mr. Day,“But the Japanese did!”

Read the passage and choose the best answers.（阅读短文，选择最佳答案。）

(    ) 6 Mr. Day was a teacher at a school in       .

A. England         B. France             C. Cuba                    D. Japan

(    ) 7 Every year he was in        for a few weeks during his summer holidays.

A. France          B. Cuba            C. France and Cuba   D. France or Cuba

(    ) 8 But last year he went to       .

A. China            B. Japan              C. Cuba                    D. France

(    )9 Mr. Day stayed in Japan for       .

A. a few days     B. a few weeks    C. ten months           D. more than a year

(    ) 10 Which of the following sentences is right?

A. Mr. Day studied very hard, and he could speak Japanese quite well.

B. Two months later, he went to Japan.

C. Mr. Day can speak English and French well.

D. Mr. Day didn’t have much trouble with his Japanse.

(C)

Skin-diving (潜水) is a new sport today. This sport takes you into a wonderful new world. It is like a visit to the moon. When you are under water，it is easy for you to climb big rocks (岩石)，because you are no longer (不再) heavy.

Here, under water, everything is blue and green. In the day, there is much light. When fish swims nearby (附近), you can catch them with your hands.

When you have tanks (罐) of air on your back, you can stay in deep (深的) water for a long time. But you must be careful when you dive in deep water.

To catch fish is one of the most (最) interesting parts of this sport. Besides (除……之外)，there are more uses for skin-diving. You can clean ship without taking them out of water. You can get many things from the deep sea.

Now you see that skin-diving is both useful and interesting.

根据短文内容，选择正确答案。

(    ) 11 Skin-diving is a new sport. It can take you to       .

A. the moon                                        B. a new world of land

C. the mountains (山脉)                        D. deep water

(    ) 12In deep water       .

A. there is much light                            B. there is no light at all

C. you can find a lot of blue fish            D. everything looks blue and green

(    ) 13 With tanks of air on your back, you can       .

A. catch fish very easily                        B. stay under water for a long time

C. climb big rocks                                D. have more fun

(    )14 From this passage, we can know        under water.

A. we become fat                                 B. we become thin

C. we become lighter (更轻)                 D. we become heavier (更重)

(    )15 Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Skin-diving is a new sport.

B. Skin-diving is like a new sport.

C. The only use of skin-diving is to have more fun.

D. Skin-diving is interesting and useful.

BEIJING---Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has visited the“left-behind” children whose parents are working in cities before Children’s Day.
During a visit to northwest China’s Shanxi Province, Wen visited the home of Yang Saike, a primary school boy in a village of Xingping City, Yang, whose parents were working in Fujian, thousands of kilometers away, was cared for by his grandparents. His parents fail to go home even once a year.
The premier held Yang in his arms and looked through his exercise books and praised him for his hard work. (83) Wen talked with many children and asked them many questions about their schooling and life.“ You are so pretty,” Wen said to Liu Mengqi, a seven-year-old girl living with her grandmother. Liu’s parents were also working in the city.
“Have you been to school yet?” Wen asked two other girls.
“ We are going to the pre-school class,” said one.
“ Mon and dad at home?” Wen asked. The children shook their heads.
“ Children cannot see their parents very often, which is a new problem in the countryside. We should give them more care and love,” said the premier.
(84) “ With fast economic（经济）development, more people in the country chose to work in cities and left their children with grandparents or relatives back home”，said Wen. The premier asked local governments to do something to protect and care for such children at home and free their parents in cities from worries about their children.
A. 根据短文内容简要回答问题。
【小题1】What questions did Wen Jiaobao ask the children in the countryside?
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【小题2】What did the premier ask local governments do?
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B. 将短文中划线的句子译成汉语。
【小题3】_______________________________________________________________                    
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C. 请给短文拟一个适当的标题。
【小题5】____________________________________________________________                                

BEIJING---Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has visited the“left-behind” children whose parents are working in cities before Children’s Day.

During a visit to northwest China’s Shanxi Province, Wen visited the home of Yang Saike, a primary school boy in a village of Xingping City, Yang, whose parents were working in Fujian, thousands of kilometers away, was cared for by his grandparents. His parents fail to go home even once a year.

The premier held Yang in his arms and looked through his exercise books and praised him for his hard work. (83) Wen talked with many children and asked them many questions about their schooling and life.“ You are so pretty,” Wen said to Liu Mengqi, a seven-year-old girl living with her grandmother. Liu’s parents were also working in the city.

“Have you been to school yet?” Wen asked two other girls.

“ We are going to the pre-school class,” said one.

“ Mon and dad at home?” Wen asked. The children shook their heads.

“ Children cannot see their parents very often, which is a new problem in the countryside. We should give them more care and love,” said the premier.

(84) “ With fast economic（经济）development, more people in the country chose to work in cities and left their children with grandparents or relatives back home”，said Wen. The premier asked local governments to do something to protect and care for such children at home and free their parents in cities from worries about their children.

A. 根据短文内容简要回答问题。

1.What questions did Wen Jiaobao ask the children in the countryside?

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2.What did the premier ask local governments do?

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B. 将短文中划线的句子译成汉语。

3._______________________________________________________________                    

4._______________________________________________________________                                                                           

C. 请给短文拟一个适当的标题。

5.____________________________________________________________