Police in America were looking for a thirteen-year-old boy, Ben. He was a middle school student. He was lost last Friday night.
Ben’s mother went to bed early that evening because she had a bad cold. She thought Ben was spending the night with his friend. However, Ben did not appear at the family lunch the next day. She became worried and called the police.
That evening, Ben left home to play baseball with two friends. They both said Ben went home after the game. Some neighbors said to the police they saw a UFO flying over Ben’s house that night. So they thought Ben might be taken away by aliens.
The police said they would not give up until they found him.
【小题1】When was Ben lost?
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【小题2】What did Ben do with his friends that evening?
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【小题3】 What might happen to Ben according to his neighbors?
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One day a big cat was going into a forest to find something to eat. On his way he met his friend, the old owl(猫头鹰).  The owl greeted him, “Good morning, my dear friend. Where are you going?”  “I’m going to the forest to look for some birds to eat.” The cat answered. “But be careful not to catch any of my children.” The owl said to the cat. “OK,” the cat said. “But what do your children look like?” “Oh,” the owl said, “they are the most beautiful birds in the forest.”
“All right, I know that.” The cat said and walked on to the forest.
The cat entered the forest and saw many beautiful birds here and there. He remembered what the owl had told him and went away. Then after a long time, he saw some ugly birds in a nest. He sat down and ate them one by one. When the owl came back to her nest, she found it was empty.
【小题1】The cat went to the forest            .

A．to meet his friend	B．because he was hungry
C．to see the tree	D．to visit the owl

【小题2】The old owl        the cat.

A．knew

B．ate

C．didn’t like

D．didn’t see

【小题3】 When the cat saw the beautiful birds, he           .

A．didn’t eat any of them	B．ate only a few of them
C．caught some but let them go	D．ate all of them

【小题4】The old owl’s children were           .

A．beautiful

B．ugly

C．nice to the cat

D．the cat’s friends

【小题5】The owl’s nest was           .

A．near the cat’s home	B．in a small tree
C．on the ground	D．in the forest

Police in America were looking for a thirteen-year-old boy, Ben. He was a middle school student. He was lost last Friday night.
Ben’s mother went to bed early that evening because she had a bad cold. She thought Ben was spending the night with his friend. However, Ben did not appear at the family lunch the next day. She became worried and called the police.
That evening, Ben left home to play baseball with two friends. They both said Ben went home after the game. Some neighbors said to the police they saw a UFO flying over Ben’s house that night. So they thought Ben might be taken away by aliens.
The police said they would not give up until they found him.
【小题1】When was Ben lost?
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【小题2】What did Ben do with his friends that evening?
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【小题3】What might happen to Ben according to his neighbors?
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This morning I got a funny feeling. Today I had to give a report in my __1__ , and I had been doing this for a long time!

Mum came into the kitchen asking,” Are you ready,__2__ ?”

“Yes,” I answered quietly. __3__ in fact I wasn’t really ready!”

On my way __4__ school, I could feel my heart beating fast. I hated this.

I went into Mrs. Owen’s class. She is smiling, and saying __5__ to all her students as she did every morning .

“Hi, Sam,” she said to me as I walked __6__ the classroom.

“Hi,” I said and quickly sat in my __7__. I looked at the clock. The class was about to begin. Then Mrs. Owens started , “Sam, it’s time for you to give your speech.” __8__in front of everybody? Oh, no!

I got up slowly, looking __9__ the ground as I walked to the front of the classroom. Then, I looked up , and everyone was looking at me. Mrs. Owens knew I was __10__, so she came beside me, and put her hand on my back.

She said to the class, “Sam has worked very hard on his __11__ and I know it is a very interesting report.” Then she turned to me and asked, “Sam, __12__ did you like best about report on Hawaii?”

I thought about the funny things I had read about surfing , and I started to  __13__. I talked and talked __14__ the whole class, and I was not nervous at all. It was great fun. I wasn’t frightened. The class cheered as I finished and Mrs. Owens was __15__.

1.                A．class           B．house          C．party D．hometown

 

2.                A．friends         B．classmates       C．Owens   D．Sam

 

3.                A．Then           B．But            C．So   D．Or

 

4.                A．on            B．from           C．to   D．in

 

5.                A．sorry          B．hello           C．goodbye  D．thanks

 

6.                A．into           B．out of          C．away from D．far from

 

7.                A．bed           B．seat            C．dining- room   D．reading room

 

8.                A．Putting         B．Being shy       C．Stand up  D．Do well

 

9.                A．for            B．over           C．at   D．after

 

10.               A．glad           B．nervous        C．active D．happy

 

11.               A．dictionary       B．magazine       C．newspaper D．report

 

12.               A．what           B．who           C．where D．whom

 

13.               A．tell            B．say            C．talk about  D．talk

 

14.               A．in front of       B．over           C．beside    D．near

 

15.               A．playing         B．dancing        C．singing    D．smiling

 

 

On May 23, six pandas left an important panda base (基地) in Wolong, southwest China’s Sichuan Province(四川省), because of damaged (损坏的) shelters and food shortages（短缺）after the May 12 earthquake（地震）, The pandas took trucks(卡车) to Ya’an,a local official（官员） said.
Eight other pandas left the Chengdu Research Base on May 18. They will take China Southern Airlines (CSA) to Beijing. They will travel on a Boeing 747-700 plane with bamboo and water. and they will stay at the Beijing Zoo, said Wolong director Zhang Hemin.
“There is enough water now, but food is still a big problem. The pandas need bamboos and apples.” Zhang Hemin said. 
After the earthquake, the center needed lots of bamboo shoots, apples, eggs, milk powder and medicine, she said.
There are about 1,590 pandas living in the wild in China, mostly in Sichuan and the northwestern provinces of Shanxi and Gansu.
【小题1】How many pandas left for Ya’an?

A．6

B．8

C．14

D．1590

【小题2】How will eight other pandas go to Beijing Zoo from the Chengdu Research Base?

A．By plane

B．By train

C．By truck

D．By bus

【小题3】In China,what place has the most giant pandas?

A．Beijing

B．Sichuan and the northwestern provinces

C．northeastern provinces

D．Jiangsu

【小题4】Which of the following sentences is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Some pandas left an important panda base in Wolong after the earthquake.

B．Eight other pandas will stay at Beijing zoo.

C．Pandas eat bamboo shoots, apples, eggs, milk powder and so on.

D．Water is still a big problem for the pandas after the earthquake.

【小题5】This passage is probably(很可能) from ________________.

A．a novel(小说)

B．a storybook

C．a newspaper

D．a diary（日记）