One day an old man is selling a big elephant. A young man comes to the elephant and begins to look at it slowly. The old man goes up to him and says in his ear, “ Don’t say anything about the elephant before I sell it. Then I will give you twenty dollars.” “All right,” says the young man. After the old man sells the elephant, he gives the young man twenty dollars and says, “ Now, can you tell me how you found the elephant’s bad ears?” “ I didn’t find the bad ears,” says the young man. “ Then why are you looking at the elephant slowly?” asks the old man. The young man answers, “Because I have never seen an elephant before, and I want to know what it looks like.”

(   )1. ______ the elephant.

    A. The young man sells      B. The old man sells

    C. The two men sell         D. The old man buys

(   )2. The young man is looking at the elephant slowly. He wants to find out _______.

    A. which foot of the elephant is bad    B. how heavy it is

    C. which ear of the elephant is bad     D. what it looks like

(   )3. The young man _______.

    A. knows the elephant has bad ears   B. wants to buy the elephant

     C. looks after the elephant    D. gets some money from the old man

  (   )4. The young man _______.

    A. is not interested in elephants

    B. knows what an elephant looks like

    C. has seen some elephants before

    D. has never seen an elephant before

(  )5. Hearing what the young man said, the old man will probably(可能) be ______

A. angry      B. happy      C. dangerous     D. hungry

 

Bob was cutting a branch（树枝） off a tree in his garden. While he was sawing（锯）, another man passed in the street. He stopped and said, “ Excuse me, but if you continue (继续)to saw（锯） that branch like that, you will fall down with it.” He said this because Bob was sitting on the branch and cutting it at a place between himself and the trunk（树干） of the tree.

Bob said nothing. He thought, “ This is some foolish（愚笨的） person who has no work to do and goes about telling other people what to do and what not to do.”

The man continued on his way. Of course, after a few minutes. The branch fell and Bob fell with it.

“My God!” he cried. “That man knows the future!” and he ran after him to ask how long he was going to live. But the man had gone.

1.One day Bob was cutting a branch_______a tree in his garden.

A．on

B．in

C．at

D．off

2.While Bob was sawing, another man_______.

A．told him to stop working	B．told him he would fall down
C．would borrow something from him	D．would help him saw that branch

3.After hearing the man’s words, Bob thought that________.

A．that was a foolish person.	B．that was a wise person
C．that was a proud person	D．that fellow cheated him

4.What happened to Bob after a few minutes?

A. The branch fell.             B. Bob fell down to the ground.

C. Bob was hurt himself. 　　         D. Both A and B.

5.This story is about ________.

A．a foolish man

B．a wise man

C．cutting a tree

D．that we need to take good advice

 

 

 

 cheer, win, especially, body, poor, for, best, photo, believed, knowledge

Football is, I suppose, the most popular game in England. Rich and1., young and old, you can see them all there, shouting and2.for one side or the other.

 You may be surprised to find that even the smallest boy seems to have the great3.of the game. He can tell you the names of the players in most of the important teams. He has4.of them and knows the results of many matches. He will tell you who he expects will5.such and such a match, and his opinion is usually as valuable as that of men three or four times his age.

In England, it is6.that education means not only filling a boy’s mind with facts in a classroom but also training character. One of the7.ways of training character is by playing games,8.team games, where the boy has to learn to work with others for his team, instead of working9.himself alone.

Football is good exercise for the10., it is a team game, it needs skill and a quick brain. So the school often arranges games and matches for its pupils.

 

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 to children? After reading it, I was attracted by the magic world. I cannot 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, quite a number of children’s books are written for 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.
【小题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.

【小题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

【小题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

【小题4】“Where is our own Harry Potter?” means________.

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

B．Chinese parents should buy Harry Potter for their children

C．our children should learn from Harry Potter

D．Chinese writers should write better books for our children

【小题5】Which is the best title of the passage?

A．Ways to read books.

B．A magic boy, Harry Potter.

C．Books and advertisements.

D．Our children need better books.

A  School  Report

Name:Edward Scott	School:  Kelvin Grove State High School，London
Grade	7	Term ending	May 6th
Subjects
Maths	He is a little weak in this, but he has tried his best to catch up with others.
Science :	He can work out many difficulties. Well done!
English :	He is the best in the class. Keep it up!
French:	His reading is very good, and he can remember many words.
History:	He is not so good at this, but he has done better than before.
Geography:	He knows the names of many places in the world.
Music	He does like pop songs, and he sings very well.
Remarks(评语)	Edward has the ability to do a lot better. More work is needed next term.
Class teacher	Ivy
Principal	M.L Martin
School reopens	11, September

 

1.After reading this, we know this is ________.

A．a studying plan	B．a teaching plan
C．a school report	D．a working plan

2.Which of the following is not mentioned in the form? ____.

A．P.E.

B．Music

C．Mathematics

D．History

3.Edward’s best subject is ________.

A．Science

B．English

C．Geography

D．French

4.Edward is NOT so good at ________.

A．maths and history	B．science and geography
C．history and French	D．music and English

5.According to the form, which of the following sentences is true?

A．Edward can’t sing songs very well.

B．School will begin again on May 6th.

C．Edward can do better if he works hard next term.

D．Edward doesn’t do well in science.