One afternoon when the lessons were over, Peter and Paul did not go home. They stayed at school to help their teacher. They worked for an hour.

    When the boys reached home, it was seven o' clock. It was dark outside but there was light inside their home and the door was open. They could see a man inside.

     "Who can it be?" said Peter, "Mother and Father have gone to do some shopping. They won't be home until eight o'clock."

     When the man saw Peter, he smiled and said, "Come in! You don't know me but I'm your father's friend. He asked me to fetch some money for him. "The man did not see Paul.

     Peter went inside and began talking to the man, but Paul did not. He quickly but quietly ran off to fetch a policeman. When Paul and the policeman came, the man tried to run off. The policeman stopped him and held his arm.

1．Peter and Paul stayed behind after school

    A．until the school was over               B．until seven o' clock

    C．until eight o' clock                    D．for an hour

2．Their home was bright because ________

    A．it was still early                       B．there was light

    C．it was dark outside                    D．a man was inside

3．Patti and Peter________

    A．were brothers                       B．were afraid of the man

    C．often helped their teacher                D．tried to catch the man

4．The man tried to run away because __________

    A．he had got the money                  B．he saw Paul

    C. he saw the policeman                          D．the policeman was holding him

5．From this story we know_________

    A．the policeman knew the man inside Paul's home

    B．Paul called the policeman

    C．Peter and Paul's teacher was in trouble

D．their parents went shopping but they didn't take enough money with them

Do you want to be successful in everything you do? If so, then        ? Here is an example.

      There was a farmer who       corn （玉米） all his life. Each year he took his corn to the market. Then each time his corn was chosen as the       and won the first prize.

      One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something         about how he grew it. The farmer      his seed（做种子的) corn to his neighbors.

       "How can you share your best seed corn with your neighbors?" the reporter asked.  "You know they are taking part in the       with you each year. "

      "Why, sir," said the farmer, "didn't you know? The       picks up pollen {花粉)from the corn and moves it quickly from field to field. If nay neighbors grow       corn, cross-pollination (异花传粉) will affect the quality of my corn. So if I want to grow good corn, f must       my neighbors to grow good corn. "

      The farmer knows much about the connection of life. His corn cannot improve       his neighbor's corn improves.

       As a great man says, "We make a living by what we       ; we make a life by what we give." We can't      without food, clothes, and many other things. However, a meaningf~I1 life is not decided by how much we can get,       by how much we can give others. Giving, instead of taking, makes us         from other animals.  So those who choose to live well must help others to live well and those who choose to be happy must help others to find       in their life.

1.A. why          B. how              C. when            D. where

2.A. grew          B. bought            C. sold             D. collected

3.A. cheapest          B. prettiest           C. best              D. shortest

4.A. popular            B. serious            C. terrible           D. surprising

5.A. lent              B. showed                  C. offered           D. recommended

6.A. game       B. fight              C. experiment        D. competition

7.A. wind        B. water             C. farmer            D. neighbor

8.A. tasty            B. bad                    C. tall               D. unusual

9.A. teach       B. remind            C. help                       D. require

10.A. unless            B. though            C. because           D. when

11.A. do              B. own              C. get                   D. grow

12.A. cheer             B. move            C. work              D. live

13.A. and        B. but                    C. or               D. so

14.A. different    B. free                 C. safe                     D. far

15.A. hope              B. success                 C. friendship          D. happiness

 

Online shopping has become something very common for young people, however, it's not easy for the old people to buy things on the internet. Therefore, offline Daigou stores, or buy-for-you stores, are becoming popular among the old.

64-year-old man Li Hui'an is searching for his favorite CD in an offline Daigou shop. He says, "It's very convenient to buy things online, however, I can't use the internet. After I happened to find this buy-for-you shop, I decided to try, as I wanted to buy an opera CD. Finally I got one I'd searched for for several years. I was so happy. I have become crazy about offline shopping. "

The store owner Liu Min says in order to meet the need of people who want to buy things online but can't use the internet, she started the business of offline buy-for-you. In only about ten days since the start of the business, she has received more than 20 orders from customers (顾客). Liu Min is not the only one who finds the large need of offline buy-for-you business in the market. In Dalian city, northeast China, more than 300 such stores opened their doors only in April.

In order to attract more customers, they have opened their shops in residential communities (居民区). And they charge a suitable service fee. For example, when buying things that cost less than 200 yuan for customers, they usually charge 5 yuan as service fee.

Though the offline buy-for-you service makes it easier for certain people to shop online, what if there is any problem with the ordered thing, let's say, like a quality problem? The shop owners say they will deal with any quality problems that may happen when using their Daigou service.

1.What is offline shopping?

A. Buying things in a common store.

B. Buying and selling things on the internet.

C. Buying things on the internet for the old.

D. Buying things on the internet for the people who can't use the internet.

2.Why do many old people like offline shopping?

A. They don't like going shopping.

B. They are good at buying things on the internet.

C. They don't like buying things online themselves.

D. Offline shopping makes it easier for them to shop online.

3.What's the meaning of the underlined word "charge"in the fourth paragraph?

A. 收费        B.管理      C.交纳       D. 缴税      

4.Which of the following is NOT true about the offline Daigou service?

A. People can find buy-for-you shops in residential communities.

B. The customers have to pay a suitable service fee.

C. There are many problems with the ordered things.

D. The store owners deal with the quality problems.

5.We can know from the passage that________.

A. Li Hui'an is crazy about shopping online

B. offline buy-for-you business is in great need

C. Liu Min is the first one who has an offline Daigou store

D. there are about 300 buy-for-you stores in Dalian city

 

A ten-year-old teacher

　　How young can a teacher be?  A teacher can be any age. Just ask Chrissie Mckenney. She was only 10 when she started teaching.

　　 Ｈow did Chrissie get the job It was not easy. Chrissie wanted to help children who can't hear. But the school had never had such a young helper. Could Chrissie do it

First, Chrissie learned to sign. Signing is a way of talking with your hands. Soon it was easy for Chrissie to talk to the children. So the school let her help. Now Chrissie visits the school almost every day. The children love their young teacher. She is their friend.

1.Chrissie wanted to help children who can't______.

A. hear 　　　　　　  B. See　　　　　        C. play

2.This story tells about a______.

A. special class 　　 B. young teacher      Ｃ. silly person

3.In the third part of the story, what does the word "sign" mean______

A.看　　  B. 手势         C. 听

4.The school let Chrissie help because she ____.

A. was too old         B. could sign 　　　 　C. could not hear

5.You can guess from the story that most teachers ______Chrissie.

A. are older than    　B. do not like 　     C. are just like

 

Look closely at your hands. Are they clean? It doesn't matter how many times you wash your hands, tiny microbes (微生物) still stay on them. But don't worry. Most microbes don't harm you.

Now scientists say the microbes on our hands could be used in a surprising way; fighting crime, According to a recent survey microbes as well as fingerprints(指纹) could be used to indentify the criminal.

Everyone has his own set of microbes on the hands. That is to say, if you and your best friend were able to see and compare all the microbes on your hands, your hands probably would look different. Some microbes only show up on your hands while others live only on your friend's hands.

When you work on a computer you leave the microbes from your hands on the keyboard. The scientists can easily tell the owner of the keyboard by looking at the microbes on it. Even if you don't leave your fingerprints behind, your microbes may give you away.

Noah Fierer, a scientist, says. "You can only clean a fingerprint, but you can't sterilize (使无菌) a surface just by wiping(擦) it off," He says that scientists have a lot more work to do before the microbe is used as a useful tool.

1.According to the passage,_______ could be used to identify the criminal.

A. fingerprints    B. scientists' hands

C. microbes        D. fingerprints and microbes on people's hands

2.Paragraph 3 tells us that________.

A. our hands look similar             B. the microbes will make the keyboard dirty.

C. we should compare hands often     D. we have our own sets of microbes.

3.When you work on computer, the microbes________.

A. just stay on our hands B. also stay on the keyboard

C. will do harm to you D. will disappear

4.From Noah Fierer we know that________.

A. fingerprints are no longer useful in fighting crime

B. microbes can be found on everyone's hands.

C. unlike microbe fingerprints can be cleaned if people wipe them

D. the microbe is used as a useful tool

5.What’s the best title of the passage?

A. Microbes May Tell Who You Are               B. Scientists Say Everyone Has Microbes

C. Noah Fiercer Does Research Into Microbes    D. Fingerprints Help Catch Criminals