My name is Jack. It was my birthday yesterday. An old lady stopped me on the street. "It's your birthday,"
she said."Let me look at your hand. Yes, you have a friend Mark, and you like ice-cream and cheese. Today
you will see fire (火) ; your mother will go away and a tiger will come to your house."
      I went to Mark's home. He and his sister made a birthday cake and lighted the candles for me.
     But I was thinking about the old lady's words. I wanted to go home, so I said goodbye to them and ran
home. Good, there was no fire, but Mum wasn't at home. Oh, no... I thought about the old lady's words again. Then Mum walked in with Mark and a box. "Here's your present. It's a lovely little dog and his name is Tiger,"
said Mum."But how about the fire and the old lady?" I asked."The fire is the candles," Mark smiled and said,
"and we hired (雇用) the old lady."

(     )1. It was Jack's birthday yesterday.
(     )2. Jack liked to have a tiger and some ice-cream for his birthday.
(     )3. Mark and his sister made a birthday cake for Jack.
(     )4. On his birthday, Jack got a little tiger as his birthday present.
(     )5. Jack's mother and his friend Mark hired the old lady.

(talk, help, read, cost, keep, change, do, visit, go, sit )
1. ________ it ________ much to live here? 　　
2. The teacher looked at the clean classroom and said we ________ a good job. 　　
3. The Smiths ________ greatly in the last two years. 　　
4. He heard her singing aloud in the next room, so he ________ in a louder voice. 　　
5. It was said that some foreigners ________ our class the next week. 　　
6. They have done what they can ________ us stop the sandstorm. 　　
7. Why are there so many people over there? Let's go and see what ________ on. 　　
8. My family ________ at table when the door bell rang. 　　
9. It's very cold in the room. Let's make a fire ________ us warm. 　　
10. What do you think ________ about at the meeting tomorrow?

(     )1. A. Look, I've bought a new watch. 　　
           B. Oh, it's still early. 　　
           C. It's a quarter to nine. 　　
(     )2. A. That's a good idea. Let's make a plan for the journey. 　　
           B. What do you think of it? 　　
           C. The Great Wall is the longest wall in the world. 　　
(     )3. A. It was all right. 　　
           B. It was cloudy. 　　
           C. It was dark. 　　
(     )4. A. It doesn't matter. 　　
           B. Don't be so serious. 　　
           C. I'm sorry. I got up late again. 　　
(     )5. A. Last week. 　　
           B. In the library. 　　
           C. Very interesting.

1. The teacher told the pupils ______.

A. to keep quiet after class 　　
B. not to draw on the wall 　　
C. not to stand against the wall

2. After the class was over, David ______.

A. went back home 　　
B. picked up a piece of chalk 　　
C. drew a sun on the wall

3. When David noticed the teacher coming, ______.

A. he covered the drawing with his back 　　
B. he cleaned the wall with his hand 　　
C. he turned around and ran away

4. What did David find on the wall after the teacher left?

A. He found a sun on the wall. 　　
B. He found a picture on the wall. 　　
C. He found nothing on the wall.

5. Where was David's drawing at last?

A. It was on the wall. 　　
B. It was on David's back. 　　
C. It was taken away by his teacher.

     During his life Dr James Naismith worked as a doctor, taught P.E and wrote several books. While he never
thought it very important, Dr Naismith is today best known for one thing. He was the inventor of basketball. 　　
     Dr James Naismith was born in Canada in 1861 and his first job was at a special sports school in the USA.
One day the school principal told James he was having a problem with the students. Because of heavy snow,
the students could not go outside. He told James that they needed a sport the boys could play indoors and gave
the teacher two weeks to think of something. 　　
     It was on the very last day that James came up with his idea. The "birth of basketball" is said to be on
December 21, 1891, when two teams from the school played the first game. It was quite different from the
basketball games of today. It had 9 players on each team and footballs were used instead of basketballs. Soon
after, the game changed to 5 players on each side, using special"basketballs" through nets. 　　
     Although Dr Naismith did not live to see basketball become the worldwide game it is today, in 1936, just
three years before his death, basketball became an Olympic sport at the games in Berlin.

1. Which of the following things did Dr James Naismith NOT do?

A. Teach P.E in school.
B. Write some books.
C. Work at hospital.
D. Take part in the Olympic Games.

2. In which season did Dr Naismith invent basketball?

A. Summer.
B. Winter.
C. Spring.
D. Autumn.

3. Why is December 21 thought to be the birthday of basketball? 　

A. It was on this day that Dr Naismith came up with his idea for basketball. 　
B. It was the day on which Dr Naismith was born. 　
C. It was the day on which Dr Naismith was asked by his boss to invent a new game. 　
D. It was on this day that the first game of basketball was played.

4. At the time of Dr Naismith's death, which of the following was true?

A. Basketball was already a worldwide game.
B. Basketball was played with 9 players on each side.
C. Basketball was an Olympic sport.
D. Basketball was still played using footballs. 

5. What would be the best title for this story?

A. History of Basketball
B. How Basketball Has Changed
C. Father of Basketball
D. Happy Birthday, Basketball