The bell for class rang. All the students took out their 46 , waiting for the teacher. Our Chinese teacher, Miss Liu, had told us before that we were going to write a composition    47 class.

A minute passed, and another, 48 the teacher didn't appear. We began to wonder what was the matter with her. Was she ill? Or had she forgotten about the class? 49 could tell. Soon some students began to study other subjects, some students began to talk and even made    50 .

About ten minutes later, the door opened and Miss Liu 51 came in, smiling. She didn't say sorry to the class. We felt 52 angry. The teacher often told us never to be late for class and said it was 53 manners to be late. She also said that if we were late, we should make an apology (道歉) 54 at once or after class. But now she was late and had kept the whole class waiting for such a long time and didn't even tell us the reason. It was unfair. At this moment, Miss Liu picked up a piece of chalk(粉笔) and    55    "Teacher Is Late" on the blackboard and said that was the topic of our composition today. All of us smiled and understood what the teacher meant.

1.A. desks B. seats C. books D. chairs

2.A. at B. in C. on D. to

3.A. but B. and C. or D. so

4.A. Somebody B. Everybody C. Anybody D. Nobody

5.A. voices B. sounds C. noises D. notes

6.A. at last B. at first C. at all D. at times

7.A. little B. less C. a little D. much more

8.A. good B. bad C. nice D. fine

9.A. neither B. not only C. both D. either

10.A. read B. wrote C. spoke D. said

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

Take a class at Dulangkou School, and you’ll see lots of things different from other schools, You can see the desks are not in rows（排）and students sit in groups. They put their desks together so they’re facing each other. How can they see the blackboard? There are three blackboards on the three walls of the classroom!

The school calls the new way of learning “Tuantuanzuo”, meaning sitting in groups. Wei Liying, a Junior 3 teacher, said it was to give students more chances to communicate.

Each group has five or six students, according to Wei, and they play different roles（角色）.There is a team leader who takes care of the whole group. There is a “study leader”who makes sure that everyone finishes their homework. And there is a discipline（纪律）leader who makes sure that nobody chats in class.

Wang Lin is a team leader. The 15-year-old said that having to deal with so many things was tiring.

“I just looked after my own business before,”said Wang. “But now I have to think about my five group members.”

But Wang has got used to it and can see the benefits（好处）now.

“I used to speak too little. But being a team leader means you have to talk a lot. You could even call me an excellent speaker today.”

Zhang Qi, 16, was weak in English. She used to get about 70 in English tests. But in a recent test, Zhang got a grade of more than 80.

“I rarely（很少） asked others when I had problems with my English tests. But now I can ask the team leader or study leader. They are really helpful.”

1.What makes Dulangkou School different from others?          

A. The students desks are in rows.  

B. Students sit and study in groups.

C. There are three blackboards in the classroom. 

D. Both B and C.

2.A discipline leader is supposed to           .

A. take care of the whole group

B. make sure that everybody finishes homework

C. make sure that nobody chats in class

D. collect all the homework and hand it in to teachers

3.The new way of learning is said to give students more chances to           .

A. chat with each other       B. listen to the teacher

C. make friends               D. communicate

4.We can see from the story that some students       this new way of learning.

A. get benefits from    B. are tired of     C. cannot get used to     D. hate

5.How many leaders are there in one group?

A. Three.               B. Four.            C. Two.            D. Five or six.

A tall boy sits _______me and I can’t see the blackboard.