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小题1: Which of the two hotels can we swim at?

A．Beijing Hotel.

B．Green Hotel.

C．Both.

D．Neither.

小题2:If we want to set off around National Day, which departure date should we choose?

A．June 8, 2014.

B．July 29, 2014.

C．August 30, 2014.

D．September 30, 2014.

小题3:We can’t book by telephone at __________.

A．9:00 a.m., Monday	B．9:00 p.m., Thursday
C．9:00 a.m., Saturday	D．9:00 p.m., Sunday

小题4:When can we save money to visit Beijing?

A．In June.

B．In July.

C．In August.

D．In September.

小题5:According to the ad, which of the following is true?

A．This ad is given by a Beijing travel company.

B．Green Hotel is in the center of Beijing.

C．We can save ￥500 leaving in late August instead of late September.

D．We can stay in Beijing for four days and five nights.

House for Sale Comfortable family home with a large garden on north side of town. Three bedrooms, a kitchen, a living-room, a dining-room and a bathroom. Offers over ＄35,000.

Assistant Wanted for Busy Restaurant Some evening and weekend work. All meals free. Tel:3320178 You have to work on Saturdays and Sundays, but you get other days off. It’s not very well paid. But who cares about money?

Join Our Football Team Boys and girls wanted to play in local football team. Aged 9-13 Meets in Green Park on Friday at 3 pm.

Room to Rent (出租) Small room to rent in city centre flat (公寓) above restaurant. Newly painted with modern furniture. Near main railway station. Buses pass the front door. Tel:3322108

Mr Brown wants to live near his workplace. Mrs Brown wants a house with four bedrooms. The Browns’ children don’t care what the house is like as long as the garden is big enough. Ann, their daughter has always wanted to work in a restaurant. She thinks it is an exciting place. It’s hard work but she isn’t lazy.
Tom is a middle school student. He is twelve years old. He stops school at half past three, so he has plenty of time to finish his homework.
Jack, Mr Brown’s brother, is looking for a room to rent. He doesn’t care what color the walls are or how old the furniture is. He is getting ready for his drawing. So the house must be quiet.
小题1:Why don’t the Browns buy the house in Advertisement One?

A．It is on the north side of town.

B．There isn’t enough bedroom.

C．There is no dinner room.

D．The garden is too big.

小题2:Why does Ann want to get the job in the restaurant?

A．It’s an easy job.

B．The place is good and the food is free.

C．She thinks it will be interesting.

D．She can get long holidays.

小题3:Why can’t Tom play for the new football team?

A．He is not old enough.	B．It’s in a different village.
C．School stops too late.	D．He has to do his homework.

小题4:What’s wrong with the room for Jack in Advertisement Four?

A．It’s too small.	B．The walls are the wrong color.
C．The man likes old furniture better.	D．It’s too noisy.

小题5:What does the sentence “All meals free” mean?

A．Assistants can have the meals at any time.

B．Customers can have the meals freely.

C．Assistant need to pay for their meals.

D．Assistants can have the meals in the restaurant without paying money.

Many teenagers have hobbies. But sometimes these hobbies can get in the way of schoolwork, and parents might worry about their child’s success at school. Teenagers often think they should be allowed to practice their hobbies as much as they want. Do you agree?
Liu Yu, a fifteen-year-old boy from Shandong, is a running star. He is on his school running team and has always wanted to be a professional athlete. 小题1:________________ “Of course we want to see Liu Yu achieve his dreams,” says Mr Liu, “and we know how much he loves running. That’s great, and my wife and I have watched him in every one of his races. 小题2:. ________________ But we do think that our son needs to be realistic. Now that he is getting older, he needs to think about what will happen小题3:. ________________.” Liu Yu doesn’t really agree. “Well, I think I should be allowed to make decisions for myself,” he says. “My parents have always taught me the importance of working hard and not just to do what I enjoy. I understand this. 小题4:. ________________ Being a professional runners is the only thing I have ever wanted to do.”
Mr and Mrs Liu believe that Liu Yu should study hard in the evenings, and so they don’t allow him to practice running on school nights. “I know this seems strict,” says Mrs Liu, “but we think we’re doing the right thing. He has to understand that very few people can become professional athletes. It’s very difficult dream to achieve. We don’t allow him to practice every day 小题5:________________”

A. if he doesn’t become a professional runner in the end. B. However, his parents won’t allow him to train as much as he would like to. C. But I’m serious about running. D. because we think he needs to spend time on his homework. E. We have nothing against running.

I like winter best.          it is very cold ,it is good for skating. I often go skating on Sundays         my friends. When it snows , everything turns white. Trees and house are           with thick snow. How beautiful the world          !My friends and I like to make snowmen. Sometimes we make snowballs and           them to each other. That’s a very interesting game. In winter we have a holiday, and the Spring Festival is in winter,too.

小题1:	A．But B．Because C．Though D．As

小题2:	A．with B．and C．for D．of

小题3:	A．opened B．put C．growing D．covered

小题4:	A．are B．looks C．look D．be

小题5:	A．throw B．throws C．shot D．fire

One day a mother camel and her son walked through a desert. They were looking for water and grass.
The son asked, “What do water and grass look like, Mum?”His mother answered, “Water looks like the sky, blue and clear.While grass is green, fresh and nice.”
After they walked for a day and a night, the son suddenly cried, “Look!Mum,there is water and grass over there!”
“What a foolish talk,my boy!”
The water and grass were on the left,while the desert was on the right.But because the mother camel was blind( 瞎的  )in her left eye,she could only see a sea of yellow sand with her right eye.So she didn’t believe what the young camel said.
The next day they went on walking ,the young camel found a second oasis ,but his mother still did not believe him. She said angrily, “No,that’s not an oasis,but a desert. I have more knowledge and experience than you. You are wrong again. You should listen to me.”
This time the young camel was angry with his mother,too. So when he saw an oasis for the third time, he left his mother without telling her.He ran to the grass and ate his fill. But his poor mother was still walking on and she was still hungry and thirsty.
小题1:At first the young camel didn’t know     .

A．how to go through the desert

B．what they wanted to do

C．where they wanted to go

D．what water and grass looked like

小题2:How many times did the young camel find the oasis in total( 总共 )?

A．Once

B．Twice

C．Three times

D．Four times

小题3:What’s the Chinese meaning of the word “oasis”?
A. 大海B   绿洲 C ．陆地 D 草地
小题4:Who couldn’t eat grass all the time?

A．The mother camel

B．The young camel

C．The writer

D．Nobody

小题5:What can you learn from the passage?

A．We should believe the mother camel.

B． We should always believe the one with more experience

C．We should believe others when they are right

D．We don’t need to be polite to our mothers.

My name is Panrit. I live in Samutprakarn. It is about thirty kilometers south of Bangkok，the capital of Thailand. My house is near a museum and opposite a school.
My house has two floors,two bedrooms and two toilets. We don't have a dining room,so we eat our meals in the living room. There are four people in my family, my mum,my dad,my brother and I. My house doesn’t have a garden but we have some plants in pots(盆景). We also have some small fish. My mum likes the plants very much. She usually waters and looks after them when she's at home.
I don't usually stay at home. I usually stay at my grandma's home because it is more comfortable. In her home. there is no homework. and all I have to do is to play.  
小题1:Panrit lives_______ the capital of Thailand.

A．about thirty kilometers from	B．to the east of
C．far from a museum	D．in the north of

小题2:Panrit's family have meals in the___________

A．dinning room

B．living room

C．bedroom

D．garden

小题3:Panrit's ________ looks after the plants at home.

A．father

B．brother

C．sister

D．mother

小题4:Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Panrit often helps his grandma with the housework.

B．Panrit likes watering the plants at home.

C．Panrit often stays at his grandma's home.

D．Panrit is the only child in his family.

小题5:The best title for the passage should be_______.

A．My Home

B．My Student Life

C．My Parents

D．My Grandma

Nancy and Sheila are in the same class. They are friends. Nancy wants to invite Sheila to dinner on Sunday. But Sheila doesn't know the way. Now Nancy is telling her.
"It's easy. You can take No. 4 bus. After you get off at Red Road. cross it and take the first turning on the left. Walk along the road for about five minutes. and then you'll see a big tree. Go straight on for about a hundred meters. and you will see a big red house. This is not my home. Go past the big house about four hundred meters. and you'll see a small yellow house beside a little tree. Then you can open the door with your foot."
"With my foot?" asks Sheila. "Why?"
"Well. you won't come to my house empty-handed(空手地)， will you?"  answers Nancy.
小题1:Nancy asks Sheila to________.

A．have dinner with her	B．go to a big red house
C．go to the cinema together	D．go shopping together

小题2:Which of the following is true?

A．Nancy and Sheila are classmates.

B．Sheila should take No. 5 bus first.

C．Nancy asks Sheila to come to her home on Saturday.

D．Sheila knows Nancy's home very well.

小题3:How far is it from the big tree to the small yellow house?

A．It's five minutes' walk.	B．It's a hundred minutes' ride.
C．It's about two hundred meters.	D．It's about five hundred meters.

小题4:Where is Nancy's house?   

A．It's beside a big red house.	B．It's beside a little tree.
C．It's on the right side of Red Road.	D．It's behind a small yellow house.

小题5:Why does Nancy ask Sheila to open the door with her foot?

A．Because she thinks Sheila should carry a lot of presents in both hands.

B．Because she thinks Sheila should bring her family members to her home.

C．Because she thinks Sheila should bring other classmates to her home.

D．Because she thinks Sheila will be afraid to open the door with her hands.

Raising pets is a popular online game among teenagers. "More than 20 of my classmates have adopted(领养）pets online, while last year the number was just 10,” said Wang Hui, a middle school student from Beijing, who also raises pets online.
If you go to some websites, you can adopt virtual(虚拟的）pets like penguins, chickens, dogs and elephants. You can feed, wash, talk to and play with your pet.
Dai Yingshuang of Shanghai raises pets on Kaixin001. com. The 15-year-old said it is great fun. She thinks that she has "also learned how to take care of others".
If one doesn't feed and care for the pet, it becomes unhappy and unhealthy. So raising an online pet means spending a lot of time online.
This makes many parents worried. They fear there will be bad influence in the children's studies.
Dai said that she usually asks her uncle to take care of her pet, while she is at school.
Wang Zhaotong, from Anhui, has been raising a penguin on QQ. com since last year. The 14-year-old takes good care of the penguin.
She said her parents knew about the penguin and think it’s Okay. If the students can keep the balance between studying and playing, it's not bad for them to “raise” pets online.
小题1:According to the passage, over ______of the students in Wang Hui’s class have adopted pets online this year.
A. 10                   B. 20                   C. half
小题2:What does Dai Yingshuang think of raising pets online?
A. It's not interesting at all.         B. It wastes time.      C. It is great fun.
小题3:Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A. Raising an online pet doesn't mean spending a lot of time online.
B. If one doesn't feed the pet, it becomes unhappy and unhealthy.
C. Raising pets online makes many parents worried.
小题4:How many examples are mentioned in the passage?
A. Two.                 B. Four.                    C. Three.
小题5:What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. Raising pets online is popular among teenagers.
B. It's bad to raise pets online.
C. How to raise pets online.

Tom and his best friend Rob were out of school for the summer. They had been swimming, gone to the movies, played video games, and even built a castle out of some old cardboard boxes. But today they were so bored. “At least we would have something to do.” Tom thought for a while and suggested, “Let’s make some popcorn and lemonade and sell it outside.”
The boys went to the kitchen and asked Tom’s mom if she would help them make some lemonade while they popped the popcorn. Tom’s mom got the lemons from the refrigerator and also a small amount of sugar. She mixed up the lemonade while the boys started popping the popcorn.
Tom and Rob got a small table from the garage and set it up near the sidewalk. They made a red sign telling everyone that popcorn and lemonade was for sale. The boys sat for about ten minutes before they got their first sale. Mrs. Jenkins, one of their neighbors, was walking her dog. “It’s so hot today.” “I sure can use a drink,” she said. Soon the boys were busy handing out popcorn to Mr. Baker. He was walking down the street sending the mail. “I need a break,” he said. “Walking all over the neighborhood gave me an appetite.”
The boys had only three popcorn bags left and enough lemonade for three more cups. “Wow, I didn’t think the popcorn and lemonade would sell that fast. We made six dollars,” said Tom. “If we get bored again before school starts, we can try selling more lemonade with cookies(饼干) next time,” laughed Rob.
小题1:What did Tom suggest?

A．Swimming with their friends.

B．Buying some sugar and cookies.

C．Making some popcorn and lemonade.

D．Going to the movies and playing games.

小题2:Where did Tom and Rob set up the table?

A．Near the sidewalk.	B．In the kitchen.
C．At the supermarket.	D．Outside the school.

小题3:What did Tom and Rob learn from this experience?

A．People might prefer to buy things on sale.

B．They could do something new to have fun.

C．Mr. Baker liked sending mails very much.

D．Mrs. Jenkins needed help to walk the dog.

Nearly all kids have had the same experience. They are eating in a restaurant with their parents. They finished the spaghetti minutes ago. Now, they are bored. Their little brother is kicking them under the table. He is also complaining about the desserts(餐后甜点). Yet their parents are still eating and talking…and talking…and talking.
“Be patient.” One parent says. “We’ll have dessert soon.”
All kids know what happens next. After dessert, their parents drink coffee. Then they talk some more. Again, the children must wait. They have been in school all day and would rather be running and playing. Instead, they must sit in a chair and stare at a wall.
Going to a restaurant doesn’t have to be this way. Many restaurants say they are “family-friendly”. Family restaurants, such as fast-food restaurants should play areas for children. At these restaurants, almost every play area is a big room full of climbing equipment. The room is usually, packed with happy kids. Parents can eat while the children play. Everyone is happy.
The real problem begins when families want to eat a fancier meal(大餐). The parents don’t want to hurry through the meal but talk to each other. They do not have bored children pestering(烦扰) them about leaving. That’s no fun for kids either. For them, going to a nicer restaurant means just one thing: sit still and be quiet.
On family blogs across the Web, dozens of parents post the same question all the time; are there any nicer restaurants with play areas for kids? Research shows that some nicer restaurants do have play areas. In warmer cities, it is easier for restaurants to build play areas outside. For example, at one restaurant kids can sail tiny little motor boats in a small, shallow pond. Parents can sit on a beautiful yard and watch the kids play. Some nicer restaurants even have indoor play areas. Research also shows that these restaurants serve more than just burgers, chickens and fries.
So, it’s possible for a restaurant to provide both food and a place where kids can play. These restaurants seem to be popular, too. For some, families must have reservation days in advance. For others, families might be forced to wait in long lines. Clearly, quality food and safe play areas are both good for business.
小题1:Why do children get unhappy at the restaurant?

A．Because they can’t join in their parents’ talk.

B．Because the dessert isn’t served in time.

C．Because they can do nothing but wait.

D．Because the food there isn’t delicious.

小题2:What is the real problem mentioned in the passage?

A．Children don’t like eating fancier food.

B．Not many nicer restaurants provide play areas.

C．Parents don’t trouble to comfort their bored kids.

D．People have to wait for seats in nicer restaurants.

小题3:What conclusion can we draw from the research?

A．It’s common for nicer restaurants to provide good food and play areas.

B．Building play areas is more difficult for restaurants in colder cities.

C．Serving more kinds of foods may help restaurants to make more money.

D．It’s possible for restaurants to find a balance to make both happy.

小题4:What does the writer mainly want to tell us?

A．Cities need to help develop restaurant business.

B．Children are supposed to be much more patient.

C．Restaurants are supposed to give kids some space.

D．Parents need to care more about their kids when eating.