Mr. Li was in bed and was trying to go to sleep when he heard the bell ring . He turned on the light and looked at his clock. It was half past twelve. “Who can it be at this time of night?” he wondered. He decided to go and find out .So he got out of bed, put on his dressing gown and went to the door. When he opened the door, there was nobody there. “That’s very strange.” He thought. Then he went back to his bedroom, took off his dressing gown, got back into bed, turned off the light and tried to go to sleep.
A few minutes later he heard the bell ring again. Mr. Li jumped out of bed very quickly and rushed to the door. He opened it, but again he found no one there. He shut the door and found a piece of paper with some words on it: “It is now after midnight, so it is April 1st. April fool to you!”
“Oh, it was the English boy next door!” Mr. Li exclaimed, and almost smiled, He went back to bed and fell asleep immediately. The bell did not ring again.
小题1:Mr. Li was trying to go to sleep when he heard ________.

A． the telephone ring

B． the bell ring

C． someone knock at the door

D． someone shout

小题2:He turned on the light and _______.

A． got out of bed

B． looked out of the window

C． looked at his watch

D． looked at his clock

小题3:When he opened the door for the first time, there was ________ there.

A．a boy

B．a piece of paper

C．someone

D．nobody

小题4:There were some words on the piece of paper: “It is now_____ April 1st . April fool to you!”

A． before midnight, so it is

B． after midnight, so it is

C． before noon, so it will be

D． after noon, so it was

小题5:The English boy rang the bell because he ________.

A． had something important to tell Mr. Li

B． Wanted to give Mr. Li a piece of paper

C． Wanted to make fun of Mr. Li

D． Wanted to borrow Mr. Li’s bell

An old man died and left his son a lot of money. But the son was a foolish young man, and he quickly spent all the money, so that soon he had nothing left. Of course , when that happened, all his friends left him. When he was quite poor and alone, he went to see Nasreddin, who was a kind, clever old man and often helped people when they had troubles.
“My money has finished and my friends have gone, said the young man. What will happen to me now?”
“Don't worry , young man” answered Nasreddin. “Everything will soon be all right again. Wait ,and you will soon feel much happier.”
The young man was very glad. “Am I going to get rich again then?” He asked Nasreddin.
“No, I didn't mean that, said the old man. I meant that you would soon get used to being poor and to having no friends.”
小题1:An old man died and left his son_______.

A．nothing

B．some gold

C．much money

D．only a house

小题2:When the son was________, he went to see Nasreddin.

A．short of money	B．quite poor and sick
C．in trouble	D．quite poor and alone

小题3:The young man was very glad because Nasreddin said that________.

A．he would become rich again

B．he would soon feel much happier

C．he would become clever

D．he would have more friends

小题4:Nasreddin meant the young man______.

A．would get rich again

B．would get used to having nothing

C．would get used to being in trouble

D．would get out of poorness

小题5:What this story tells us is________.

A．that money is everything

B．that money makes the mare(鬼) go

C．to save each penny

D．that misfortune（不幸） tests the sincerity（真诚） of friends

Airline	Flight number	Destination	Departure time	Gate
Air Canada	137	Beijing	10.12a.m.	24
Japan Airlines	320	Tokyo	10.30a.m.	18
British Airways	405	Paris	11.00a.m.	20
Pan American	226	London	11.20a.m.	12
Pan American	12	Beijing	11.43a.m.	15
Air Canada	178	Tokyo	12.32p.m.	21
CAAC	289	Hong Kong	12.32p.m.	14

小题1:If you want to fly to Paris, you should take________.

A．Flight 137

B．Flight 320

C．Flight 226

D．Flight 405

小题2:Flight 289 to Hong Kong leaves at_______.

A．11.43a.m.

B．10.12a.m.

C．12.32p.m.

D．10.12a.m.

小题3:A lady wants to take Flight 12 to Beijing, she should go to Gate________.

A．14

B．15

C．12

D．18

小题4:Flight 226 to London is from _________.

A．Pan American

B．Japan Airlines

C．Air Canada

D．CAAC

小题5:A man is at Gate 18. He’s going to________.

A．Tokyo

B．Hong Kong

C．London

D．Paris

When you are next in Hawaii, be sure to stay at the Garden Hotel. Whether you come on business or on holiday, you will find everything as comfortable and as convenient as you would expect in a first-class international hotel.
Every bedroom has its own private bathroom, telephone, wall-to-wall carpeting and colorful, modern materials and furniture in the local style.
In the Mitsui Restaurant, you can choose your meals from as wide a variety of dishes, both Eastern and European, as you will find anywhere in the country. In the Beach Bar, you can drink with your family and friends in air-conditioned comfort, to the music of internationally known musicians. Or you can take your drink outside into the beautiful garden that gives the hotel its name, or to the tables that surround the swimming pool. Throughout the hotel, you will find the service is both friendly and efficient.
The Garden Hotel is right on the beach, only five minutes from Hawaii’s modern shopping center. Here you will find all that money can buy, at prices you can afford.
小题1:Every bedroom at the Garden Hotel have________.

A．a colorful, local style telephone

B．a bathroom with a carpet from wall to wall

C．local style furniture

D．comfortable and modern furniture’

小题2:The Mitsui Restaurant serve_______

A．both Eastern and Western varieties

B．food from all over the world

C．American style food

D．local style food

小题3:“Service is both friendly and efficient” means______.

A．you can get what you want quickly and pleasantly.

B．you can serve yourself, you family and your friends

C．internationally known musicians will serve you

D．you can meet your friends there in air-conditioned comfort

小题4:The Garden Hotel lies________.

A．on the beach not far from Hawaii’s excellent shops

B．on the beach where you will find all the money can buy

C．close to shops where everything is cheap and justly famous

D．just off the coast, five minutes from the shop.

小题5:You will ______at the Garden Hotel.

A．sleep well

B．eat well

C．have fun

D．all of the above

If a snake bites you, take a photo with your mobile phone! It may save your life. This is the surprising advice of a British cook.
One day Henry Jackson was working in a restaurant kitchen. He picked up a dish from the table, and suddenly a snake appeared... and bit him on the hand.
A few days earlier, the snake came to the restaurant from Asia in a box of bananas. It climbed out of the box and hid under the dish.
"I went to try to pick it up and it bit me again. I threw it across the kitchen, and it landed in the fridge. So I closed the door," Mr. Jackson said.
Anyway, Mr. Jackson stayed cool and he took a photo of the snake with his mobile phone. Soon his hand began to ache and he went to hospital. Then his chest began to hurt. Doctors couldn't say what was wrong because they didn't know what kind of snake it was.
Then Mr. Jackson remembered his mobile phone photo. The doctors sent it to London Zoo. When they knew the kind of snake, they could give Mr. Jackson the right medicine, and he left hospital the next day.
"So my advice is this: if a snake bites you, pick up your phone. Take its photo first and then show the photo to the doctors," suggests Mr. Jackson. "Oh, and if the snake doesn't smile for its photo, don't worry."
小题1:The doctor gave Mr. Jackson the right medicine when _________________.

A．the snake bit him

B．he left the hospital the next day

C．Mr. Jackson sent the photo to the hospital

D．London zoo told them what kind of snake it was

小题2:The underline word “cool” means __________ in the passage.

A．calm

B．confident

C．unfriendly

D．cold

小题3:It can be inferred(推断）from the passage that__________.

A．it is fun to take photos for snakes

B．the snake is from London Zoo

C．Jackson has a mobile phone with a camera

D．Jackson was a customer of the restaurant

小题4:What is the best title of the passage?

A．A snake in a restaurant

B．A photo saving his life

C．A photo of a snake

D．A useful mobile phone

Are you still doing the V for victory sign? It’s out. The latest popular hand gesture（手势）is to curl both of your hands and put them together to make a heart—shape. Known as “hand heart”, many young stars in the US including Justin Bieber , Blake Lively and Taylor Swift have done the move in recent photos.
“The heart — hand gesture means something between ‘I love you’ and ‘thank you’, ”said the country singer Taylor Swift,21.”It’s a sweet, simple message which you can send without saying a word.”
Taylor Swift often puts her hands above her head in the heart shape at her concerts. And she is believed to be the first to make the gesture popular.
Last month during a charity show, Justin Bieber and his superstar friends did it to help out three kids whose parents were killed in a car accident. The gesture became a real hit after that.
“It used to take longer for nonverbal（不用语言的）culture to move. But now ,with smart phones and the Internet, it’s much faster,” said Patti Wood, an American language expert.
In the Republic of Korea, the hand heart has been popular for a long time, in a different way. People there like making a “bigger heart” by putting their hands above their heads and making a heart shape with their arms. It means: “I love you.”
小题1:When we want to express ideas, we often move our hands to mean something besides language. Do you know the meaning of this gesture(手势)?

A．Good luck.	B．We’ve won.
C．Everything is all right.	D．Best wishes.

小题2:Who is the first to make the heart — hand gesture popular?

A．Justin Bieber

B．Blake Lively

C．Patti Wood

D．Taylor Swift

小题3:A charity show is a show that is put on to.

A．help the people in need	B．make a gesture popular
C．express your love or thanks	D．show your special gesture

小题4:Which of the following statements is true?

A．Smart phones and the Internet are improving fast.

B．Smart phones and the Internet used to take longer time in use.

C．It’s much easier for nonverbal culture to reach more people.

D．It takes nonverbal culture a long time to become popular.

Looking for a children’s book? Internet users can find hundreds of them. These books are from around the world. And they are free to readers. The United States has started a project called the International Children’s Digital Library. It is supported by the National Science Foundation, the Library of Congress and the institute of Museum and Library Services.
The goal of the project is to offer more than 10,000 children’s electronic books in at least 100 languages. Some of the books show the similarities and differences in ways of life around the world. They will enable children to have a better understanding of other people’s cultures. People working for this project have tried to design easy ways to search the collection and read the books. A picture of each page appears on the computer. Users can also print the pages on paper if they want to.
The project is for two main groups of users. The first group is children between the ages of three and thirteen, along with their teachers and parents. The second group is researchers of children’s literature（文学）. The books can help children understand more about the world.
小题1:The books in the project can make children better understand ________.

A．other people’s cultures

B．their own culture

C．their teachers and parents

D．researchers of children’s literature

小题2:In this project, the electronic books are ________.
A. expensive to readers                 B. from the U.S.A.
C. in different languages               D. for children only
小题3:The underlined word “goal” probably means ________ in the passage.

A．山羊

B．煤炭

C．进球得分

D．目标

小题4:The third paragraph is mainly about ________.

A．the purpose of the project

B．the users of the project

C．people working for the project

D．museums and libraries

I asked many classmates and friends, “What do you think you will be when you grow up?”   1 of them told me what they would like to be in the future,    2   others said, “I don’t know.” I’m    3   to hear that because I think it’s bad. I think having dreams or hopes about the future will help us do better at school.
As middle school students, it’s time for us to    4   what we want to be in the future. If we know it better, we will know    5   to do it better at school. For example, if you are outgoing and like to meet people, you can be a   6   in the future. Then you should practice   7  more articles. If you’re happy with children and like    8  , you can teach English as a job in the future. And then you are supposed to work harder at English. If you want to    9   many interesting places, you can be a tour guide.
Of course, all the    10   that we are learning at school will be useful in the future, so we should work hard at all of them.

小题1:	A．All B．Some C．Neither D．Any

小题2:	A．so B．because C．but D．although

小题3:	A．happy B．tired C．excited D．sorry

小题4:	A．look for B．think about C．worry about D．pay for

小题5:	A．how B．what C．when D．where

小题6:	A．worker B．farmer C．scientist D．reporter

小题7:	A．writing B．reading C．to write D．to read

小题8:	A．math B．history C．English D．geography

小题9:	A．make B．visit C．go D．draw

小题10:

A．programs B．teachers C．classmates D．subjects

My name is Mike. I have a big family. It’s Saturday morning. My grandfather is sitting on the sofa near the window. He is reading the newspaper. My grandmother is taking photos of some flowers in the garden near the house. My father is watching sports games on TV in his bedroom. Basketball games are his favorite but he can’t play basketball. Where are my two sisters? Oh, look! Lily is over there. She is listening to music. She likes music very much. Lucy is in her room. There is a computer in her room. She is surfing the Internet(上网). She is writing an e-mail to her friend. What am I doing? I am doing my homework. Do you know who is cooking?
小题1: How many people are there in Mike’s family?

A．5

B．6

C．7

D．8

小题2: What is Mike’s grandfather doing?

A．He is doing housework.

B．He is reading the newspaper.

C．He is watching TV.

D．He is taking photos.

小题3: Mike’s father likes ______ very much.

A．watching sports games	B．playing basketball
C．listening to music	D．reading newspapers

小题4: Where can we find Mike’s grandmother?

A．In her room.

B．In the house.

C．On the sofa.

D．In the garden.

小题5:Who may be cooking for the family now?

A．Mike’s sister	B．Mike’s father
C．Mike’s mother	D．Mike’s grandmother

Peter is a student. He usually goes to school on a bus. This morning, He takes a taxi with his father because he may be late for school. His mother gives him a banana when they go out. On the way, he eats the banana and then throw(扔) the banana skin (皮) out of the taxi. At that time, an old man passes there. The old man just steps (踩) on the skin and then falls off. His father and he get off the car. They find the old man lying(躺) near the taxi. The banana skin is near him. The old man looks at them and says, “Teach your child to throw the banana skin to the right place!”“I am sorry,” says his father.“Sorry, I won’t do that.” Peter says.
小题1:Where does Peter throw the banana skin?

A．Out of the taxi

B．In the taxi

C．At home

D．At school

小题2:Why does the old man lie（躺）near the taxi?

A．He doesn't feel well.

B．He steps on the banana skin.

C．He wants to relax himself.

D．He wants to get money from Peter.

小题3:What’s the Chinese meaning (意思) of “fall off”?

A．扔掉

B．离开

C．停止

D．摔倒

小题4:How does Peter feel(感觉) after old man says to them?

A．Sorry

B．Happy

C．Excited

D．Relaxed

小题5:What can you learn after reading the passage(文章)?

A．Helping old people is good.

B．Walking on the street is interesting.

C．We can’t be late for school.

D．We can’t throw the things here and there.