—______ do you usually go to bed?

—At six.

A. What time 　　　B.How time 　　　　C.When 　　　D.A and C

—______ do you usually go to bed?
—At six.

阅读理解：

　　Bill is now in China with his parents. He goes to a Chinese school

near here. He gets up at six o'clock and then he washes his face, brushes his teeth and has his breakfast quickly. After that he goes to school. He gets to school at a quarter past eight on weekdays. He never gets to school late. In class he works hard and listens to the teacher carefully. He is very good at all his lessons but Chinese. He's a beginner of it. He finds it a bit difficult to learn Chinese. He says,“ it's not easy to learn Chinese. And it takes time. But I like it. ”He can speak quite a little Chinese now.

　　Bill does not go home for lunch. He has it at school. After lunch he has a short rest. The classes in the afternoon are over at about four o'clock. Bill does not go home before five. He enjoys sport. He usually plays football with us after school. After that he goes home. He gets home at about half past five.

　　He sometimes helps his parents do some housework before supper. After supper. he does his lessons for an hour. Sometimes he watches TV,but he does not watch TV for long. He goes to bed at about a quarter to nine at night.

　　At weekends he turns on his computer. He sends and gets e-mails to and from his friends hack in England. He also gets on the Interact(因特网)to learn about what is going on in the world. He says that the Internet can bring him the world news very quickly. Sometimes his parents take him to some places of great interest in China. He likes going out. Sometimes I ask him to come over to my home for a weekend. Myparents  say they cannot understand what we talk about because there are two languages in our talks, Chinese and English. My mother sometimes says to him,“ Bill, can you talk to my son in Chinese only?” He smiles and answers, “Not today. I'm going to speak good Chinese very soon ,I think. ”He is not very good at Chinese and I am not very good at English, you know. But we like these talks because we can learn While talking.

　　At home he is a good boy, and at school he is a good student. And he is my good friend both in and out of school!

(1) What does the writer of the passage tell us?

[　　]

A. Bill's school life in China.

B. Bill's after-school time.

C. Bill's life in China.

D. Bill's hobbies and school work.

(2) How long is Bill at school on weekdays?

[　　]

A. He is at school for more than eight hours.

B. He is at school for about seven hours.

C. He is at school for less than seven hours.

D. He does not go to school on weekdays.

(3) What does he do after school?

[　　]

A. He has sport with his classmates.

B. He goes to one of his friends' homes.

C. He begins to learn Chinese.

D. He has a short rest.

(4)Which country does Bill come from?

A. He comes from Canada.

B. He comes from Australia.

C. He comes from the USA.

D. He comes from England.

(5)What do you know about his weekends?

A. He sometimes goes to see his friends back home.

B. He sometimes gets on line to read the world news.

C. He sometimes takes his parents out to see the cities in China.

D. He sometimes practise speaking Chinese with his teachers and friends.

(6) What do you know of Bill's Chinese now ?

A. He is very good at his Chinese lessons now.

B. He is only beginning to learn it and can speak a little of it.

C. He finds it hard to learn Chinese and dislikes it.

D. He can talk to his Chinese friends in Chinese without speaking any English.

(7) What do you know of the writer from this passage?

A. The writer of this passage is a Chinese teacher.

B. She is good at English.

C. He is Bill's good friend.

D. The writer can send and get e-mails to and from Bill's foreign friends.

One summer evening as I was cooking dinner, there was a knock at the door. I opened it and saw an old man. But his voice was pleasant as he said, “Good evening. I come to see if you have a room for just one night. I live far away from here, and there's no bus till next morning. ”

I told him we would find him a bed, but it was not comfortable. I went inside and cooked dinner. When we were ready, I asked him if he would like to join us. “No, thank you. I have plenty.” When I had finished the dinner, I went out to talk with him. He told me he fished for a living to help his daughter, her five children, and her husband, who was ill and too weak to do anything.

At bedtime, we put a bed in the children's room for him. On his next trip, as a gift, he brought a big fish and some fresh vegetables. In the years he came to stay overnight with us, and there was never a time he did not bring us some fish or vegetables from his garden.

 I know it was thankful for our family to know him, from whom we learn what was to accept the bad without a complaint(抱怨) and the good with thanks.

1Why did the old man go to the writer's house?

A. To give a fish to the writer.                   B. To stay for the night.

C. To sell some fish.                             D. To ask for some money.

2 How many people were there in the old man's daughter's family?

A. Two.           B. Four.                 C. Six.           D. Seven.

3 Which of the following is true?

 A. The old man stayed for the night with the writer only once.

 B. The old man came to the writer's house to ask for some food.

 C. The old man came to stay with the writer for the night many times.

 D. The old man felt lonely because he had no son or daughter.

British people are famous for drinking tea. But brother and sister, Sarah and Bobby Green, became young millionaires(百万富翁) when they opened a chain of American-style coffee shops in the UK.

Having the idea: It started when Sarah took a weekend trip to New York to visit her brother Bobby. One evening, in a Thai restaurant, Sarah told Bobby how much she wished she could buy American-style coffee in London. Bobby suggested they started their own coffee shop. Sarah fell in love with the idea.

Doing the research: Back in London, she spent a whole day on the London subway, getting off the train at different stations to taste the coffee. “It was terrible, and I knew there was a gap (空缺) in the market.” In 1995, they opened their first Coffee Republic shop in the center of London.

Making it work: The first year was very difficult. British people were not used to the names of American coffees, like latte and macchiato. But being successful was their dream and they were not going to give up. Today, there are over 100 Coffee Republic shops all over the country and the company has ￡30 million a year.

Advice for others: Sarah has now written a best-selling book about their experience, called Anyone Can Do It! She hopes it will help other young people to start their own businesses. She says, “If you think you have the energy, then get out and follow your dream.”

4What kind of company do they run?

A. A fast-food restaurant.                                B. A tea shop.   

C. A coffee shop.                       D. A big hotel.

5 Where are their Coffee Republic shops?

A. All over the UK.                        B. All over the US.

C. In the center of London.                D. In New York.

6Which information is mentioned in the passage?

A. Sarah was not interested in Bobby’s idea.

 B. British people never drank coffee before 1995.

 C. Sarah’s best-selling book is about how to make coffee.

 D. Sarah found a business chance while doing the research.

Most people around the world are right-handed. This also seems to be true in history. In 1799, scientists studied works of art made at different times from 1,500 B. C. to the 1950s. Most of the people shown in these works are right-handed, so the scientists guessed that right-handedness has always been common through history. Today, only about 10% to 15% of the world's population is left-handed.

  Why are there more right-handed people than left-handed ones? Scientists now know that a person's two hands each have their own jobs. For most people, the hand is used to find things or hold things. The right hand is used to work with things. This is because of the different work of the two sides of the brain(脑). The right side of the brain, which makes a person's hands and eyes work together, controls(控制) the left hand. The left-side of the brain, which controls the right hand, is the centre for thinking and doing problems. These findings show that more artists should be left-handed, and studies have found that left-handedness is twice as common among artists as among people in other jobs.

No one really knows what makes a person become right-handed instead of left-handed. Scientists have found that almost 40% of the people become left-handed because their main brain is damaged(伤害) when they are born. However, this doesn't happen to everyone, so scientists guess there must be another reason why people become left-handed. One idea is that people usually get right-handed from their parents. If a person does not receive the gene(基因)for right-handedness, he/she may become either right-handed or left-handed according (根据)to the chance and the people they work or live with.

  Though right-handedness is more common than left-handedness, people no longer think left-handed people are strange or unusual. A long time ago, left-handed children were made to use their right hands like other children, but today they don't have to.

7 After studying works of art made at different times in history, the scientists

found ____________.

A. the art began from 1,500 B. C.

B. the works of art ended in the 1950s

C. most people shown in the works of art are right-handed

D. most people shown in the works of art are left-handed

8 How many people in the world are left-handed now?

A. Less than one sixth.                 B. More than a half.

C. About 40%.                             D. The passage doesn't tell us.

9 According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A. No one really knows what makes a person become right-handed.

B. Scientists think there must be some reason why people become left-handed.

C. Today children are not made to use their right hands only.

D. Left-handedness is cleverer than right-handedness.

10 What is the best title for this passage?

A. Left-handed People                           B. Scientists' New Inventions

 C. Which Hand                         D. Different Brains, Different Hands