Once there lived a very clever man whose name was Aesop (伊索). One day as he was taking a walk, he came across a traveler. The traveler stopped him and asked, “Excuse me,, can you tell me how
soon I’ll get to town?”
“Go.” Aesop answered.
“I know I must go.” said the traveler, “but I want to know how soon I’ll get to town.”
“Go!~ ”Aesop said again angrily.
“This man must be mad(疯的),” the traveler thought and went on.
After the traveler had gone some distance(一段距离), Aesop shouted after him, “You’ll get to town in two hours.”
The traveler was greatly surprised. He turned back and asked, “Why didn’t you tell me that before?”
“How could I tell you that before?” Aesop answered, “I didn’t know how fast you could walk.”
【小题1】One day Aesop ____________ a traveler while he was walking.

A．stopped

B．found

C．met

D．saved

【小题2】The traveler asked Aesop______________.

A．to show him the way to town

B．how long it would take him to get to town

C．to give him some money

D．to tell him where the town was:

【小题3】Why didn’t Aesop give the traveler the answer at first? Because he__________.

A．thought the traveler a was rude man

B．didn’t know the distance

C．wanted to tell him later

D．didn’t know how fast the man could walk

【小题4】When did Aesop give the traveler the answer?

A．After the traveler got to town

B．After the traveler had walked some distance.

C．when he wasn’t angry.

D．When the traveler asked him a third time.

Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955. He grew up in Seattle, Washington in the US. He was a very clever boy. His favorite subjects at school were science and math. When he was 13, he started to play with computers. At that time, computers were large machines（机器）. Once he was very interested in a very old computer. He and some of his friends spent lots of time doing unusual things with it. In the end, they worked out a software program（软件程序） with the old machine. Bill sold it for $4,200 when he was only 17.
In 1973, Bill went to Harvard University(哈佛大学). In his third school year, he left Harvard to work for a company called Microsoft（微软）. Bill began his company（公司） in 1975 with his friend Paul Allen. They thought the computer would come into every office and every home soon. So they began developing(发展) the software for personal computers. They improved(改进) the software to make it easier for people to use computers.
【小题1】Bill Gates grew up in _______.

A．Canada

B．Australia

C．America

D．Germany

【小题2】What subjects did Bill like best at school?

A．Science and math	B．Languages and art
C．Math and languages	D．Music and P.E

【小题3】Bill’s company worked hard at _______.

A．making large machines	B．playing computer games
C．mending old machines	D．developing software

【小题4】Bill started to play with computers ______.

A．in 1955

B．in 1968

C．in 1973

D．in 1975

【小题5】The underlined word “personal” means _______.

A．个人的

B．公众的

C．大型的

D．昂贵的

Johnny Smith was a good math student at a high school. He loved his computer. He came home early every day, then he worked with it till midnight. But Johnny was not a good English student, not good at all. He got an F in his English class. One day after school Johnny joined his computer to the computer in his high school office. The school office computer had the grades of all the students: the math grades, the science grades, the grades in arts and music, and the grades in English. He found his English grade. An F! Johnny changed his English grade from an F to A. Johnny' parents looked at his report card. They were very happy.

"An A in English!" said Johnny's Dad. "You're a very clever boy, Johnny."

Johnny is a hacker（黑客）. Hackers know how to take information from other computers and put new information in. Using a modem（调制解调器）, they join their computers to other computers　secretly. School headmasters and teachers are worried about hackers. So are the police, for some people even take money from bank computer account（账户） and put it into their own ones. And they never have to leave home to do it! They are called hackers.

1.Johnny changed his English grade with the computer in _______.

A. the classroom      B. the school office

C. a bank near his house    D. his own house

2.When Johnny's parents saw the report, they were happy because _______.

A. Johnny was good at math

B. Johnny loved computers

C. Johnny could join one computer to another

D. they thought Johnny was not poor in English any longer

3.Who are worried about hackers in the story?   .

A. Johnny's parents.   

B. School headmasters, teachers and the police.

C. The police.    

D. School headmasters and teachers.

4.What should the hackers know well, do you think, after you read this story?    .

A. Information. B. Back computer accounts. C. Computers.   D. Grades.

5.The last paragraph is about _______.

A. Johnny   B. computers     C. hackers    D. modem

 

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阅读下面短文，并借助上下和插图补充所缺信息。每个空格只能填一个形式正确、与短文内容意思相符的单词。 

In Xinjiang, most people knew the stories of Avantis (阿凡提). Avantis was a very clever man. People liked him because he not only spoke for the 1. ________  but also was always ready to help them.

One day Avantis 2. ________ two men arguing with each other. A lot of peple stood around them. One of the two men was the owner of the eating house in the town and the 3. ________ was a young man. The young man just 4. ________ by the eating house. The owner of the eating house told the young man to 5. ________ him money. The young man explained that he hadn’t taken anything from the eating house., 6. ________ the owner said that the young man had taken the 7. ________ of the nice food from the eating house, and he must pay for it. So Avantis went up to the owner and said, “I’ll pay you the money. ” Avantis 8. ________ out some 9. ________ from his pocket and put them into his own bag. He shook his bag, and people heard the 10. ________ of the coins. Then Avantis said to the owner, “I have paid you the money. ”

 

 

The *Cartoon *Cats

Garfield Garfield is *from America. He is *fat . He always likes eating very much . He likes eating meat.	Hello Kitty We knows Hello Kitty. This nice cat is from *Japan. She has a sister Mimmy.
Captain Black Cat Captain Black Cat is from China. He is a very *clever cat. We like him very much.	Tom Tom is from *America. He is interesting but not clever. He often wants to *fool Jerry but always can’t.

1.How many(多少) cats can we see in the passage（文章）？

A．One.             B．Two.              C．Three.            D．Four.

2. Which cat is from China?

A．Garfield.                              B．Hello Kitty.

C．Captain Black Cat.                       D．Tom..

3.What is Garfield’s favorite food?

A．Vegetables.        B．Fruits.            C．Salad.            D．Meat.

4. From the passage, we know that ________.

A．Kitty is clever.                          B．Kitty is fat.

C．Kitty has a sister.                        D．Kitty is from America.

5. Which is TRUE（正确的）about Tom?

A．Tom is interesting.                       B．Tom is clever.

C．Tom is from Japan.                       D．Tom can fool Jerry.