Many people have to work 46 . Some people do not mind. Other people think it’s terrible.
One man thinks that working at the weekends can be 47 . He is George Smith. Mr Smith works in an office, in Brighton, England.
On Saturday, May 24, 1986, he went to the office to do some work. After he 48  the lift, it stopped between floors. Mr Smith could not get out of the lift. He began to shout, but 49  heard him. Then Mr Smith remembered that it was a holiday in England. No one was going to come to work 50 Tuesday.
There was 51    for Mr Smith to do. He had to wait until one of his workmates came to work and found him. With nothing to 52  , Mr Smith was very hungry and had to sleep most of the time.
Early on Tuesday morning, one of his workmates came into work and found the lift 53  . When the lift was opened, Mr Smith came out cold, weak, and tired. He had been in the lift for 54  hours!
Now Mr Smith says, "I only use lifts if they have 55  in them. "

小题1:	A．from Monday to Friday B．at the weekends C．on weekdays D．from morning till night

小题2:	A．dangerous B．happy C．angry D．free

小题3:	A．got off B．got into C．got out of D．got to

小题4:	A．someone B．everyone C．no one D．either

小题5:	A．on B．to C．from D．until

小题6:	A．nothing B．something C．anything D．everything

小题7:	A．read or write B．eat or drink C．cook D．know the time

小题8:	A．was not there B．was not closed C．was not working D．was working

小题9:	A．nearly 24 B．about 40 C．more than 60 D．over 94

小题10:

A．pans B．beds C．exits D．telephones

Jim Green has been in China for more than two years. He has been to many interesting    31 in Beijing, but he has not yet been to many other parts of 32 . Last week he went to Mount Emei in Sichuan with his 33    .
Many people like to travel by 34 , but the Greens think that travelling by train is the best. It is much 35 and far more enjoyable than a rushed journey by air. They had a won­derful train ride to Chengdu 36  they went on to Mount Emei by bus.
The train was quite nice and tidy, and there weren’t too many people in 37  sleeping car. The Greens could stand up and 38 around. It was a long journey, 39  none of them felt tired. They kept 40  the beautiful things out of the window. They talked, laughed and played cards. The conductor kept coming to give them hot water and 41  them newspapers. People nearby 42 with each other. A young man tried to speak English with Mr and Mrs Green. Jim thought the train was like a big moving party. He went to sleep quite 43 . He enjoyed listening to the sound of the running train and then fell asleep.
When Jim woke up the next morning, the train was already 44 Chengdu. His train ride seemed really 45 , but his memory (记忆) of the pleasant journey will last long.

小题1:	A．schools B． places C． villages D． cities

小题2:	A．England B． America C． China D． the world

小题3:	A．friends B． classmates C． father D． family

小题4:	A．air B． bus C． train D． ship

小题5:	A．cheaper B． dearer C． dirtier D． quicker

小题6:	A．before B． when C． after D． while

小题7:	A．my B． your C． our D． their

小题8:	A．sit B． walk C． run D． dance

小题9:	A．and B． so C． also D． but

小题10:

A．looking B． drawing C． watching D． getting

小题11:

A．reading B． buying C． selling D． writing

小题12:

A．talked B． spoke C． told D． said

小题13:

A．early B． late C． easily D． hard

小题14:

A．beside B． to C． past D．near

小题15:

A．quick B． slow C． short D． long

 
Hi! I’m Harry. Life used to be kind of difficult for me. The muscles(肌肉) in my arms and legs are weak. I have to be in a wheelchair all day. I can’t use my legs at all, and I’m not too great with my hands. If I drop something it stays dropped until someone picks it up for me. I can’t open doors or switch lights on and off. Carrying everything I need for school is a problem too.
Now things are easier. I have a helping hand. Pete is a golden dog that has been trained to help kids like me. Pete was at dog training school for two years to learn how to do different tasks. I had to be trained too. I had to learn how to give Pete instructions and how to take care of him.
When Pete is working he doesn’t play around. My friends know they are not to pet him or call him when he is working. He can pull my wheelchair and pick up things I drop. Pete carries my books and lunch on his back. He pushes the button on the school lift and opens some kinds of doors. He even knows how to switch lights on.
But best of all, Pete is here when I need a friend.
小题1:According to the passage, who is Harry’s helping hand?

A．Pete

B．His teacher.

C．His brother

D．His parent

小题2:Why is Harry kept in a wheelchair all day?

A．Because his legs are broken.

B．Because his leg muscles are weak.

C．Because he is too lazy.

D．Because he likes it.

小题3:According to the passage, which of the following about Pete is not true?

A．Pete can clean Harry’s room.	B．Pete can switch lights on.
C．Pete can pull Harry’s wheelchair.	D．Pete can push the button on the school lift.

小题4: What does the writer mean by saying “Pete is here when I need a friend.”?

A．Pete is only a helpful tool for him.

B．Pete is with him all the time.

C．Pete is a funny dog to make him happy.

D．Pete is not only a helping hand but also his good friend.

People know the dangers of fires. It’s good for a family to learn how to prepare for a fire. Here are sonic suggestions:
Put a smoke a1arm in the house. Smoke from a fire causes the alarm to go off The alarm makes a loud sound. The sound tells everyone to leave the house at once.
Make escape (逃脱) plans. They should know all the ways out of the house. If there is a fire, everyone follows the plan to get out. Part of the plan is to check all the windows to make sure they can be opened easily.
Buy fire extinguishers (灭火器) in the house, Everyone in the family should know how to use them.
Practise for a fire. They do fire practice because they teach children about fire safety. Everyone in. the family should know the following fire rules:
★ Don’t open a hot door! The tire can grow more quickly if you open the door.
★Stay close to the floor! Smoke can be more dangerous than fire, The best air is near the floor because smoke rises.
★What will you do if your hair or clothes start to burn? First, stop! Don’t run! The fire burns faster because of more air. Drop! Fall to the floor. Then roll! Turning over and over will make the fire go out. Put a blanket (毯子) around you to keep air away from the fire that may still be on you.
There are many possible causes for fires. A wise family is ready all the time. If there is a fire, don’t forget to call 119 for help.
小题1:What does it mean when a smoke alarm rings at home?

A．You have to get up.	B．Water is running to the floor.
C．Something is burning.	D．Someone breaks your window,

小题2:The writer advises people to do the following to prepare for a fire except that ____

A．they practise for a fire	B．they make escape plans
C．they buy fire extinguishers	D．they use electrical cookers

小题3:When a fire happens, ___ if you open the hot door.

A．the fire will grow more quickly	B．the electricity will be cut off
C．the door will soon be on fire	D．the house will fall down

小题4: What are the right steps you should take when your hair or clothes catch fire?

A．Stop, run, roll.

B．Step, drop, roll.

C．Run, drop, roll.

D．Roll, drop, stop.

小题5:What is the best title for this passage?

A．The Dangers of a Fire.	B．The Causes of a Fire.
C．Learn to Use a Fire Extinguisher.	D．Be Ready for a Fire.

One day a woman got into her car and started driving home after work. Just at that time, she saw a __26__ car behind her. The driver was a __27__. When she turned left, the yellow car turned left. When she turned __28__, the yellow car turned right, too. When she stopped at the traffic lights, the yellow car stopped __29__ her..
The woman was __30__, so she drove quickly to __31__. When she arrived, she was very __32__ to see that the yellow car stooped behind her again. But she felt __33__ because she saw a policeman standing outside the police station. She jumped out of her car at once and __34__ to the policeman. She asked the policeman to arrest（逮捕）the man in the yellow car, then the police man walked to the man.
The man didn’t run away. He just __35__ and said to the woman, “I want to give this purse back to you. I think you dropped it on the street.”
小题1:A. red                          B. yellow                     C. black
小题2:A. man                         B. woman                    C. policeman
小题3:A. left                       B. back                       C. right
小题4: A. opposite                   B. before                     C. behind
小题5: A. anxious                  B. scared                     C. pleased
小题6: A. the police station            B. her office                C. her home
小题7: A. interested                  B. excited                    C. surprised
小题8: A. sad                       B. safe                        C. dangerous
小题9:A. ran                       B. run                         C. runs
小题10:A. cried                     B. laughed                   C. smiled

One day something went wrong with a man’s bicycle chain(链条). The man could not repair it,
so he looked    16   for help. The only house nearby belonged to a woman who had
   17   there a few months earlier. The man knocked at the door, but the woman did not
answer. The door had clear glass in it, and the man    18   see that the woman was home. He
decided to knock again. Finally the woman came to the door. The man immediately explained his
   19  . “I can fix the chain,” the woman said. Later when the bike was    20   to go,
the man said, ‘Thanks. I hope I can help you some day.”“I never need help,” the woman said.
The following week the man was riding his bike    21  he noticed the woman walking
down the street. A strong wind suddenly lifted(拾起) her hat and sent it into the branches(枝) of
an old tree. The woman tried to get her hat with a stick, but she failed. She seemed    22   
because she clearly was not dressed for tree-climbing. The man hurried over, quickly climbed up
to the hat and    23   it into the woman’s waiting hands. When she put on her hat, she
   24   the man as he climbed back on his bike. ‘I think I told you I never need help,” the
woman said, “I’m glad you didn’t    25   me. Thanks.” Then they both smiled.

小题1:	A．out B．up C．down D．around

小题2:	A．left B．moved C．waited D．stopped

小题3:	A．could B．might C．couldn’t D．didn’t

小题4:	A．idea B．plan C．problem D．message

小题5:	A．hard B．ready C．slow D．unable

小题6:	A．when B．before C．after D．though

小题7:	A．bored B．relaxed C．frightened D．worried

小题8:	A．dropped B．put C．collected D．brought

小题9:	A．saved B．passed C．studied D．chose

小题10:

A．excuse B．notice C．find D．believe

When I was young,I liked to play jokes on people I knew,especially on my parents and friedns.One day my mother was   46  and I was playing with my younger brother Tony.
Suddenly I ran to my mother and said,“Tony fell from the open window!”She was very   47  and ran out of the kitchen.Then I said,“Don’t worry,I’m just   48 .”And my mother shouted at me,“If you do it   49 ,I’ll hit you.”
One day I went swimming with my   50  in the sea.I wanted to play a joke on them.In the beginning,I went swimming   51 ,and I called out,“Help!”All my friends came to help me,only to   52  that I was joking.But the next time I wasn’t joking.I was so   53  that I swam in deep water. I tried my best to call my frineds for help,but this time nobody came to help me.
  54  ,They found I was telling the truth.They came and saved my life.They took me to the hospital.This is the best   55  in my life.From then on,I haven’t joked on anyone.

小题1:	A．writing B．sleeping C．cooking D．running

小题2:	A．angry B．worried C．sorry D．excited

小题3:	A．smiling B．saying C．playing D．joking

小题4:	A．now B．then C．again D．once

小题5:	A．friends B．classmates C．brothers D．parents

小题6:	A．fast B．slowly C．well D．alone

小题7:	A．find B．understand C．say D．think

小题8:	A．careful B．careless C．fast D．slow

小题9:	A．In the end B．At first C．Since then D．At that time

小题10:

A．time B．sport C．lesson D．day

One Sunday morning, Millie and Amy went to Sunshine Park. They love to chat there. As usual, they sat ___26____a big tree. Suddenly, they heard a whistle from the bushes behind the tree. They turned around but could not see anything unusual. They were ____27______.
“Is   28  there?” Millie asked. Nobody answered. They  29 very carefully and heard the strange noise again. The two girls were very afraid. They ran away quickly. On their way, they met Andy.
“What happened?” Andy asked. “There’s a ghost in the  30 . Please help us.” Millie said. “Really? Tell me more.” Andy said. Millie told Andy everything. Andy went to the park,  31  beside the tree and listened carefully. Then he heard  32 noise! He looked behind the tree and heard another whisper. He was now sure the sound 33 from the bushes. He searched carefully.
“Oh! Here it is.” Andy said to himself. He  34 a little cat in the bushes. It was very weak. When it miaowed,   35 made a sound like a whisper.

小题1:	A．under B．on C．behind D．in

小题2:	A．excited B．frightened C．frightening D．exciting

小题3:nobody   B. everybody   C. anybody   D. somebody

小题4:	A．saw B．looked C．heard D．listened

小题5:	A．church B．school C．garden D．park

小题6:rose   B. slept   C. stood   D. lay

小题7:	A．a B．the C．an D．other

小题8:	A．came B．learned C．heard D．fell

小题9:	A．smelled B．looked C．searched D．found

小题10:

A．he B．she C．it D．that

Jia Meng used to keep a diary (日记) in Chinese. But one year ago, the 14-year-old girl from Hei Longjiang began to write her diary in English, because Jia found her mother was reading her diary secretly. She changed the language because her mother can’t read English. “It’s like killing two birds with one stone.” said Jia, “My privacy (隐私) became safe and my English improves a lot.”
Jia’s mother is not the only mom who reads her child’s diary. Recently, Renmin University of China had a national survey among over 2, 3000 parents. The results show that  40% of parents read their children’s secrets. That’s why, like Jia, many teenagers try to find ways to protect(保护) their privacy.
Wu Lei, 15, of Shanxi, keeps a diary, too. But he doesn’t write in on paper. He writes online which he thinks is perfectly safe because his parents “know nothing about the Internet.”
Lu Huan, 13, of Guangdong, said her parents always secretly listened to the talk between her friends and her on the telephone in their room. To solve this problem, Lu asked her parents to buy her a mobile phone.
“Parents want to know what is going on in their children’s lives,” said Shao Xiazhen, a teenage expert in Beijing. “ But sometimes they go about it the wrong way.” Shao suggested to teenagers that instead of hiding their secrets, talking to parents is a better solution. “If your parents know that you are safe, they’ll let you keep your secrets.”
根据短文内容，判断下列句子正误。正确的用“A”表示，不正确的用“B”表示。
小题1:Jia Meng writes her diary in English in order to improve her English.
小题2:Recently, Renmin University of China had a national survey, and the results show that 40% of parents read their children’s secrets.
小题3:Keeping a diary online is the best way to protect the privacy according to the article.
小题4: Lu Huan asked her parents to buy her a mobile phone in order to protect her privacy.
小题5: Shao Xiazhen thinks parents will let children keep their secrets if they talk to parents and parents know they are safe.

Traveling by train is usually not easy in China. It can be hard to get a ticket. When you’re traveling to the railway station you look at your watch, afraid you will miss your train.
But there is good news for people traveling between Beijing and Shanghai. Construction (建设) on the express railway (高速铁路) between the two cities started just before the Spring Festival of 2008. When it is finished by 2013, taking a train will be as easy as taking a bus.
“There will be trains every several minutes. Buying a ticket, getting through the checkpoint (检查站) and taking your seat, will take just 10 minutes,” said an engineer.
There may be high-speed trains running at 350 kilometers an hour. The travel time between the two cities will decease from 10 to about 5 hours. The trains will carry twice the present number of passengers.
The new line will be 1,318 kilometers long and go across specially built bridges. It will run along side the present line. There will be 21 stations in Hebei, Tianjin, Shandong, Anhui and Jiangsu.
“The cost of traveling by the express railway may be around 800 yuan. That will be more expensive than an ordinary train, but cheaper than by air.” Said Zhang Xiaoling, a Jiangsu government official.
According to Zhang, the higher price is caused by the large cost of the railway project. At about 200 billion yuan, the project may be even more expensive than the Three Gorges Project (三峡工程).
小题1:The express railway between Beijing and Shanghai will be finished _______.

A．at the end of this year	B．before the Spring Festival of 2008
C．after 2013	D．in about 5 years

小题2:Before taking your seat, you should _____ with your ticket.

A．buy a ticket	B．get through the checkpoint
C．pack your things	D．make some friends

小题3:The word “decrease” in the passage possibly means ______ in Chinese.
A. 延长             B. 缩短         D. 提速             D. 限速
小题4:Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Traveling by train is usually difficult in China because tickets are too expensive.
B. The high-speed trains will have 21 stations in Hebei, Tianjin, Shandong, Hunan and Jiangsu.
C. Tickets for the high-speed trains will be cheaper than those for planes.
D. The cost of the express railway project is as high as that of the Three Gorges Project.
小题5:What can be the best title of the passage?

A．An enormous project.	B．Train tickets will get more expensive
C．Specially built bridges	D．Beijing—Shanghai express railway