Mr Robinson worked in Africa . His son, John,was born there. . One winter his family went to England,. John was seven years old then. One day it snowed. The boy went into the garden, and he played in the snow. He said, "Snow is very beautiful, but cold. "Then he said, "What is this? It is a big, round piece of glass. It is beautiful, but cold, too. Who put this glass here? I am going to take it into the house." He took the ice to his father and said, "This is a beautiful piece of glass, but it is very cold and wet. It was on a bucket (桶) of water in the garden." Mr Robinson smiled and said, "Take it to the kitchen, put it in front of the stove (炉子)there, and dry it. "The boy did. He dried(弄干) his hands and then he went to the ice again. He looked at it, and then he took it to his father again. He said, "I put this glass in front of the stove, but it does not get drier. It becomes wetter and smaller."

（　 ）36. John didn't know what the ice was, because　　　　　　 .

　　　　　　　 A. he was very foolish　　　 B. he was young

　　　　　　　 C. he was born in Africa　　 D. he didn't go to school

（　 ）37. One winter Mr and Mrs Robinson went England with　　　　　 .

　　　　　　　 A. their son　　　　 B. a boy of their friends

　　　　　　　 C. their daughter　　 D. one of their friend's son

（　 ）38. One day John found 　　　　　　　 on a bucket of water.

　　　　　　　　A. a piece of glass　 B. a piece of ice　 C. some snow　 D. some water

（　 ）39. What did Mr Robinson ask John to do?　　　　　

　　　　　　 A. He asked John to take the ice out.

　　　　　　 B. He asked John to put the ice in front of the stove.

　　　　　　 C. He asked John not to play with ice.

　　　　　　 D. He asked John to dry his hands at once.

（　 ）40. After John put the ice in front of the stove, he found that it became　　　　 .

　　　　　　　A. dry　　　 B. wetter　　　 C. bigger　　 D. colder

Jeff Green can not look after(照看) his things. Look, this is his room. He doesn’t put his things away（收好） every day. Look at his desk. Many things are on it. They are notebooks, CDs, video tapes, pens, pencils. He doesn’t put his pens and pencils in his pencil case. Look, some of his sports collections are on the desk and chairs.

It’s eight o’clock in the morning, and Jeff is in bed. It’s Sunday. He doesn’t go to school. Oh, what’s under the bed? A football. He likes playing football. He can not play volleyball well. His backpack is under the bed. Why is his backpack under the bed? We don’t know. What’s that under the sofa? It is one of his socks. Where is the other（另外的） one? Sorry, we can not see it. Jeff needs to ask his parents to find it, I think.

1. Where is Jeff’s backpack?

           A. It is on his desk.               B. It is under his school things.

C. It is under his bed.             D. It’s on the sofa.

2. What sport does Jeff like?

          A. Football.      B. Basketball.     C. Volleyball         D. Baseball.

3. Where are Jeff’s socks?

         A. They are on his sofa.            

B. They are under his bed.

C. One of his socks is under the sofa, but we can not see the other one.

D. They are under the desk.

4. What time is it now?

          A. It’s 8 am.                        B. It’s 8 pm.

C. It’s time for bed.                   D. It’s time for breakfast.

5.Does Jeff put his things away every day?

          A. No, he doesn’t.                   B. Yes, he does.

C. Sorry, I don’t know.               D. He puts his school things away.