Singaporean Singer Stefanie Sun (Sun Yanzi) goes to Tahoua, West Africa (西非尼日塔瓦) to visit the children who have suffered from famine(饥荒)and war. Stefanie Sun is touched by those poor kids there: “Some children are already 3 or 4 years old, but they are so skinny that you can hold them with your single（单个的）arm. You can see scare and hopelessness in their eyes. The children only wish to have food to eat, and can survive and go to school. However, these basic needs are like dreams to them.”

Stefanie Sun is deeply touched by a 4-month baby who weighs only 2.5kg! Stefanie says that the children have nothing but leaves to eat during famine. The reconstruction (重建) in that area needs enough food, education, and clean water.

1.Stefanie Sun is a singer, who is from ___________.

        A. West Africa     B. Singapore        C. China            D. Taiwan

2.The children in Tahoua, West Africa have suffered from ___________.

        A. water and food   B. illness and war  C. famine and war   D. earthquakes and typhoon

3.The 3 or 4-year-old children are so__________ that you can hold them with your single arm.

        A. thin         B. fat          C. heavy            D. light

4. “these basic needs are like dreams to them.”  Here basic needs means____________.

        A. having food to eat               B. going to school     

C. surviving                        D. all of above

5.From this passage, we can see the charity ____________ can help them.

A.          B.           C.          D.

Some children are flying kites near the river. They are very high and Peter can see them from the classroom. After lunch his aunt comes to see his mother and brings a kite to him. It looks like a bird. He wants to fly it but his mother doesn’t let him do that.

“It’s time to go to school,” says his mother, “You can fly it after dinner.”

The boy is unhappy, and says goodbye to his aunt and leaves. Now he is in the classroom but he doesn’t listen to Miss Black. He only thinks how to fly the kite. Miss Black writes something on the blackboard and then turns to the class.

“Name nine things with milk in them, Peter.” she says.

The boy doesn’t hear her and still sits there. A boy in Row 4 beats(敲打)his back and he knows it. He stands up and Miss Black asks him the question again. He thinks for some time and then says, “Yes, madam, tea, coffee, cake and …er…six cows(奶牛).”

1.There is _____ near Peter’s school.

A．a bank            B．a river            C．a lake            D．a park

2.In the classroom, Peter can see ______.

A．some children swimming in the park

B．his aunt buy a kite for him

C．some students reading beside the lake

D．some children flying kites near the river

3. _____ comes to visit his mother after lunch.

A．Peter’s teacher                       B．Peter’s friend

C．Peter’s cousin                        D．Peter’s aunt

4. Peter’s mother tells him to fly the kite ________.

A．at breakfast                            B．in the classroom

C．after dinner                           D．in school

5. In class, Peter only thinks ______.

A．his teacher’s words

B．what the kite looks like

C．how to fly the kite

D．how to answer the teacher’s question

San Francisco has many museums. You can visit one and learn something new. We have art, science, history and other special museums. Some museums are open every day. Some are only open on certain days. Many museums are expensive, and others are free. But some of the expensive ones have free days . Many museums have websites. The websites usually have information about the things you can see in the museums.

On a museum’s website you can get information about ticket prices and free days. You can also know where the museum is and when it is open. Sometimes the information is on the first page, and it’s very easy for you to find. But sometimes you have to click（点击） on the words like Visit Information, or About to find the information. That will be hard work for you.

1.San Francisco has many museums  for you visit and________.

A．learn something new                     B．play computer games

C．watch the movies                       D．click on Information

2.Some museums in San Francisco are open every day, but some are only open ________.

A．on weekdays                           B．on weekends

C．on certain days                         D．on holidays

3.Many museums have________ with information about the things you can see in them.

A．ticket prices                           B．their websites

C．open hours                            D．free days

San Francisco has many museums. You can visit one and learn s   1.    new. We have arts, science, history and other special museums. Some museums are o  2.    every day. Some are only open o  3.    certain days. Many museums are expensive, and others are f  4.  . But some of the expensive o 5.    have free days. Many museums have websites. The websites usually have information about the things you can see in the museums.

         On a museum’s website you can get i  6.   about ticket prices and free days. You can also know w   7.    the museum is and when it is open. Sometimes the information is on the first page, and it’s very e  8.   for you to find. But sometimes you have to click on (点击) the w  9.    like Visit Information, or About to find the information. That will be hard w  10.     for you.

Today people can use the phone to talk with others almost anywhere on the earth. But  31 you use the phone, you can’t see the person you are talking with. That  32  change in the future.
Now some people are using a kind of telephone called the picture phone or a vision phone(视频电话). Two people  33  are talking can see each other with it.
Picture phones can be useful when you have  34  to show the person you are calling. They may have other uses in the future. One day you may be able to ring up a   35  and ask to see a book. Then you’ll be able to   36  the book over your picture phone. Also you may be able to do shopping through your picture phone. If you see something   37  the newspaper that you want to buy, you can 38  the shop. People at the shop will show you the thing you’re   29  in over the phone. You’ll be able to shop all over the town and never even leave your room.
The picture phone is really a   40  phone. More and more people will use it.
【小题1】 A. if                         B. when                C. before  
【小题2】A. can’t                      B. must                 C. may 
【小题3】 A. whom                     B. who                  C. which  
【小题4】 A. something                  B. nothing               C. everything
【小题5】A. shop                      B. school                C. library 
【小题6】A. read                       B. see                   C. watch  
【小题7】A. in                         B. about                 C. on  
【小题8】 A. visit                       B. go                    C. call
【小题9】 A. interested                   B. bored                 C. interesting 
【小题10】 A. useless                      B. helpless               C. helpful