Read and learn the phonetic. (糊涂话里学音标)

[a:] bar－car－hard－jar－park－start

酒吧，汽车，努力，大瓶子，公园，发动(汽车等)

I started the car hard with a jar. I wanted to go to the bar in the park.

我费力地用个瓶子发动汽车。我想去公园里的酒吧。

Many people like to travel（旅行）by plane, but I don’t like it because an airport（飞机场）is usually far from the city. You have to get there early and wait for(等待）hours for the plane to take off（起飞） and it is often late. You can’t open the windows. You can’t choose（选择）the food. Planes are fast, but they still take hours to go out of the airport and into the city.
I like traveling by train. I think trains are safe. Railway stations are usually in cities. When you are late（晚的）for a train, you can catch another one. You can walk around in the train and open the windows. You can see many interesting things on your way. I know it takes a little more time.
I also like cars. You can start your journey（旅行）when you want to, and you don’t need to get to a railway station or a bus stop. Also you can carry many things with you in a car. But sometimes there are too many cars on the road.
【小题1】Why do many people like to travel by plane?

A．Because it’s fast.	B．Because it’s safe.
C．Because you can walk around in the plane.	D．Because it’s cheap.

【小题2】Which is NOT the good thing about the train?

A．It is safe.	B．It takes a little more time.
C．You can open the windows.	D．You can walk around in the train.

【小题3】If you want to take a lot of things with you, what do you take to go out?

A．A bus.

B．A car.

C．A train.

D．A bike.

【小题4】What is the bad thing about the car?

A．You needn’t go to a station.

B．You can start your journey when you want to.

C．There are too many cars on the road.

D．You needn’t go to a bus stop.

【小题5】What does the writer think of the plane, train and car?

A．He thinks it takes a lot of time to go to and get out of the airport.

B．He likes to take a train because it takes a little more time.

C．He likes to take a car because he has a car.

D．He likes to take a plane because it’s fast.

Jack Brown, an office worker, lives in Washington. He inherited (继承) a million dollars when he was 23, but he wasn’t happy at all. When his college friends were looking for their jobs, he didn’t have to. Jack decided to keep living a simple life like everyone else. He gave ﹩10，000 of his money to a charity to help poor children live a happy life. Today he is 36. He still wears cheap shoes and clothes and drives a small car only, but he is very happy.
Up to now Jack has helped some children from poor countries all over the world, by sending them each ﹩200 a month. The money was used for the children’s study, food, medicine and clothing. Jack receives a report each year on the children’s progress. They can write to each other, but usually the children do not speak English.
When Jack first heard about these children, he wanted to help them. “It was nothing special,” he said. “Until I went to these countries and met the children I was helping, I didn’t know anything about their life.” Once Jack went to meet a little girl in Africa. He said that the meeting was very exciting. “When I met her, I felt very, very happy, ”he said. “And I saw that the money was used for a good cause. It brought me happiness. I want to do everything I can to go on helping those children.”
【小题1】Jack has sent them each ﹩200 a month to help some poor children ________.

A．only in Washington	B．only in England
C．only in Africa	D．around the world

【小题2】Jack learned about the children’s progress by ________.

A．visiting them each other	B．getting a report each year
C．staying with them	D．talking to them in English

【小题3】The underlined words “for a good cause” means ________ in Chinese.

A．施舍

B．行善

C．优惠

D．赏赐

【小题4】The money Jack gave the children wasn’t used for the children’s ________.

A．clothing

B．medicine

C．study

D．playing

【小题5】What’s the main idea of the story?

A．Help others, and you’ll feel happy

B．It’s necessary to write letters to poor children

C．Live a simple life., and you can give others help

D．It’s the most important to help the children in Africa

Air is a colorless, tasteless and invisible（看不见的）gas that is around us. An “empty” drinking glass and an “empty” room, in fact, are not really empty. Each is filled with air. When the glass is filled with water, the water pushes the air out of the glass.
Air, as a gas, has no definite shape, but because it is matter, it takes up space and it has weight. It is easy to prove that air is something that takes up space. Stuff a piece of dry cloth（布）into the bottom of a glass so that it will not fall out when the glass is turned upside down. Push the upside down glass, holding straight up and down, into a jar of water till the glass is completely covered. When the glass is taken out of the water, the cloth is still dry. The air inside the glass shows that it takes up space and keeps the water from coming in.
【小题1】Since air is matter, it has ________.

A．room , and weight as well	B．both room and shape
C．either room or weight	D．neither shape nor weight

【小题2】The word “Stuff” means ______ in Chinese.

A．撕

B．盖

C．取掉

D．塞

【小题3】The writer tells that the experiment（实验）___________.

A．is carried out in the space	B．must be done in the lab
C．is made in the room	D．can only be done in the open air