Aunt Li is twenty-one. She lives on the eighteenth floor in this building. She lives with her father, her mother and her brother.

　Every morning she gets into the lift and leaves her home at eight and gets back home about half past five.

　She works very hard in a bookshop. The bookshop is about a hundred metres from the building. So she goes there on foot.

　She stands at the counter(柜台) and there are many, many books behind her. She knows many interesting stories and she has many books in her room, too. Sometimes she gives us one or two books on our birthdays. So children in this tall building all like her.

1．Aunt Li is 　　　　　　.　　　

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A．An old woman　　　B．a young woman　　　C．a girl　　　D．a girl of five

2．She lives in 　　　　　　.　

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A．a house　　　B．a tall building　　　C．a lift　　　D．a small raom

3．There are 　　　　　　 people in her family.　　　

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A．three　　　B．four　　　C．five　　　D．two

4．Aunt Li goes up and down the building 　　　　　　.　　　

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A．on foot　　　B．uses a lift　　　C．by bike　　　D．using a lift

5．The bookshop is 　　　　　　 the tall building.

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A．very far from　　　B．next to　　　C．near　　　D．far from

6．Aunt Li goes to work 　　　　　　.

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A．on foot　　　B．by bus　　　C．by bike　　　D．by car

7．Aunt Li is a 　　　　　　.　　　

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A．bookseller　　　B．teacher　　　C．doctor　　　D．singer

8．There are 　　　　　　 in the bookshop.

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A．no books　　　B．some books　　　C．many books　　　D．some picture books

9．Aunt Li 　　　　　　 books.　　　

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A．doesn't like　　　B．like　　　C．has many　　　D．borrow

10．Children in the building 　　　　　　.

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A．like she　　　B．like her　　　C．don't like her　　　D．dislike her

    A lady has a problem with her daughter.

    My daughter Maria is a girl of nine years old, She is in Year Four. Every evening we get into homework battles（争执）． Three afternoons a week, she has activities (net-ball, singing) after school and by the time we get home, homework is the last thing she feels like doing. The other two days, she gets home early and we argue（争论）about whether she should do her homework right after school, or if she should have some time to rest and play first. When Maria at last sits down to do her homework, she seems to want me there helping all the time. I do want to help her, but I'm sure that she is going to need to be able to do it on her own. And in fact, most of the time, I have other things I need to be doing. It seems that children these days have much more homework than we did, and some of it is really beyond（超越） their abilities（能力）． As you can see, I'm really worried about homework and I really don't know what I should do. Any ideas?

39. The woman's daughter is_______.

    A. four years old        B. six years old     C. eight years old   D. nine years old

40. Maria doesn't have any activities after school for _______ afternoons.

      A. two                      B. three              C. five                D. seven

41. Maria wants to_______ first when she gets home early.

    A. do her homework                               B. play netball and sing

    C. have supper                                              D. have a rest and play.

42. The woman thinks that her daughter should do her homework_______.

    A. by herself                                          B. with the mother

    C. with the father                                   D. with the classmates

43. Can you guess where this passage is from?

    A. A diary.                    B. A newspaper.     C. A novel（小说）．    D. A story.

Rita stepped into the cool, moving water. She pushed a black inner tube(内胎) in front of her. She had a worried look on her face because she had never floated down a river before.
“Let me hold your tube while you climb on,” said her father. He smiled at her. “There’s not a cloud in the sky. It’s a great day to be in the river, isn’t it?”
Rita looked out across the water. People were floating by on tubes. Some talked and laughed as they floated easily down the river. Others leaned(倚靠) back with hats pulled over their faces. None of them looked terrified.
“We’ll stay together,” said Rita’s father. “I’ll hold on to your rope(绳子).”
“Will we go very fast?” Rita asked.
“No,” said Dad. “We’ll move slowly for a while, and then it will get a little faster near the river’s bend(拐弯). Don’t worry, Rita. You’ll be fine.”
Rita looked at her tube. It gently(轻轻地) moved up and down in the water. She saw a girl of her own age float by. The girl seemed to be having fun. Suddenly Rita’s worries disappeared（消失）.
“I’m ready to climb on and ride, Dad,” she said.
【小题1】The underlined word “floated” in the reading means “________”.