Mark Twain was famous in his days as a public speaker. In his public speeches he always liked to tell funny stories. He also liked to listen to funny stories and play jokes on his friends.
One day one of his friends lost his wallet and asked Mark Twain to pay his train fare （車費(fèi)）for him.
“But I don’t have enough money to pay both your fare and mine, ”Mark Twain said. The friend didn’t know what to do.
“We can do this, ”said Mark Twain. “We can get on the train and when the conductor(列車員) comes to check the tickets，you can hide(藏) under my seat. ”
Later, however, when the conductor came to check the tickets, Mark Twain gave him two tickets－one for his friend and one for himself . Then he explained in a loud voice. “My friend here is a strange man. When he travels on a train, he doesn’t like to sit on the seat. He prefers （寧愿）to lie on the floor under the seat. ”O(jiān)f course everybody in the train looked at the poor friend and laughed at him loudly.
【小題1】Mark Twain told him he couldn’t buy him a ticket because ______.

A．he didn’t have enough money

B．he wanted to play a joke(玩笑) on him

C．he wanted to save some money

D．he didn’t find his wallet, either

【小題2】When the conductor came to check the tickets, the friend was ________. 

A．lying under the seat	B．sitting on the seat
C．lying on the seat	D．standing nearby

【小題3】Mark Twain spoke in a loud voice because ______.

A．the conductor was standing far away

B．his friend was deaf （聾）

C．he enjoyed doing so

D．he wanted all the people here to know there was a man under the seat

Among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the oldest one is the Great Pyramid of Giza. There are three large pyramids at Giza, outside the modern capital of Egypt, Cairo. The largest and most famous one is called the Great Pyramid. The workers built it as a tomb (墳?zāi)? for the Pharaoh Khufu (法老胡夫).
It took more than twenty years to build the Great Pyramid. When it was built, the pyramid was about 146.5 metres high. Over the years it has lost about eight metres off its top.
The pyramid is made of large stone blocks (石塊) — 2,300,000 of them! Each of these blocks weighs over 2,000 kilograms. The ancient Egyptians did not have any modern machines. How did they build the pyramid? The pyramid shows that the ancient people were intelligent and had great skills.
People once thought that the Egyptians made slaves (奴隸) do all the work on the Great Pyramid. But in fact, they used farmers.
【小題1】From the passage we can learn that _____.

A．Giza is the modern capital of Egypt

B．there are only three pyramids in Egypt

C．the Pharaoh Khufu built the Great Pyramid by himself

D．the Great Pyramid was built (被建) as a tomb for the Pharaoh Khufu

【小題2】According to the passage, the height of the Great Pyramid may be_____ metres now.

A．146.5

B．138. 5

C．154.5

D．156. 5

【小題3】What does the underlined word “intelligent” mean in Chinese?

A．聰明的

B．辛苦的

C．誠(chéng)實(shí)的

D．熱情的

【小題4】In fact, the Egyptians used ____ to build the pyramid.

A．machines

B．slaves

C．farmers

D．children

【小題5】What is the writer’s purpose in writing this passage?

A．To invite people to visit the Great Pyramid.

B．To give information about the Great Pyramid.

C．To describe his or her trip to the Great Pyramid.

D．To tell how he or she feels about the Great Pyramid.

Yao Ming is a famous basketball player in NBA. He was born on September 12^th 1980, his favourite city is Shanghai .But now he lives in Houston , USA, because he plays for Houston Rockets. Yao Ming likes to play basketball .He’s good at basketball , and he plays it almost every day . He also likes to play computer games and surf the Internet .Yao Ming is more than two meters tall . Yao Ming’s favourite colour is blue , but he wears red or white shirts when he has basketball match , and his favourite animal is dog . This year -2012 is Yao Ming’s twentieth year in NBA. We hope Yao Ming will be the best player in NBA.
【小題1】Which city is Yao Ming’s favourite ?

A．Beijing

B．Shanghai

C．NewYork

D．Houston

【小題2】What is his favourite sport ?

A．go swimming

B．play basketball

C．play football

D．play computer games

【小題3】When is his birthday ?

A．September 12th 1980	B．September 12th 1981
C．September 12th 1979	D．September 12th 1982

【小題4】How long does Yao Ming play in NBA?

A．fifteen years

B．twenty years

C．sixteen years

D．forty years

【小題5】What team does Yao Ming play for ?

A．Huanghe Football Team	B．Huanghe Basketball Team
C．Houston Rockets	D．China Basketball Team

In 1638, John Harvard donated some money and about four hundred books to a new university. This was the beginning of the library at Harvard University. The gift was so important that the university was named for John Harvard.
Thomas Bray began the first free lending library in the late 1600s. He set up more than 30 or these libraries in the American colonies. However, the idea for this kind of free library ended when Bray died in 1730. In 1731, Benjamin Franklin and some friends started the first subscription（訂閱費(fèi)） library in the United States. In a subscription library people pay money to become members, but they may borrow the books without paying again.
In the United States, every child had a free education. This idea soon led to free libraries. One of the first libraries that used tax money to buy books was a library in Peterborough, New Hampshire. This library was set up in 1833.
【小題1】The main idea of paragraph 2 is________.

A．Franklin started the first subscription library

B．in a subscription library people pay money to become members

C．Bray and Franklin were important in the history of public libraries

D．Bray died in 1730 and Franklin died in 1833

【小題2】The underlined word “borrow” means_______.

A．read and write with no help from another person

B．use for a short time and then return

C．like very much

D．lend

【小題3】The reading does not say it, but we can guess that_______.

A．there were free schools in the United States before there were free libraries

B．free schools and free libraries in the United States began at about the same time

C．the library in New Hampshire also had a free school in it

D．there were free libraries in the United States before there were free schools

【小題4】Havard University began_______.

A．in 1731	B．in 1730
C．in 1833	D．in 1638

【小題5】At the library that Franklin started, ________.

A．children could use books for no money at all

B．people paid a little money in the beginning but none after that

C．people paid a lot of money in the beginning but none after that

D．both A and B

Sophia is very happy these days. The 13-year-old girl from the UK has a lot of fun during her trip in Beijing. She eats dumplings, tries Chinese calligraphy(書法), climbs the Great Wall and speaks Chinese, all for the first time!
She even stays with a Chinese family for a week. “Beijing is very big and beautiful. And the people here are very nice!” She says. Sophia comes with her teachers and classmates from the UK. The students in Shangdi Experimental Primary School of Haidian District receive them. These two schools are “Heart to Heart” schools. There are 200 “Heart to Heart” schools in Beijing. Each of them has a partner school in a foreign country. They meet and get to know each other.
【小題1】How old is Sophia?

A．15

B．14

C．13

D．11

【小題2】How long did Sophia stay with a Chinese family?

A．Two days.

B．Seven days.

C．A year.

D．6 months.

【小題3】What did Sophia think of Beijing?
A. Big.        B. Beautiful.     C. Exciting.       D. A and B.

Where is Love? How can we find Love?
Once a little boy wanted to meet Love. He knew it was a long trip to where Love lived, so he got his things ready with some pizzas and drinks and started off. When he passed three streets, he saw an old woman sitting in the park and watching some birds. She looked very hungry. The boy gave her a pizza. She took it and smiled at him. The smile was so beautiful that he wanted to see it again, so he gave her a Coke. She smiled once again. The boy was very happy.
They sat there all the afternoon, eating and smiling, but they said nothing. When it grew dark, the boy decided to leave. But before he had gone more than a few steps, he turned around, ran back to the old woman and gave her a hug. The woman gave him her biggest smile ever.
When the boy opened the door of his house, his mother was surprised by the look of joy(快樂)on his face and asked what had made him so happy. “I had lunch with Love. She has got the most beautiful smile in the world.” At the same time, the old woman,s son was also surprised at his mother,s pleasure and asked why.
“I ate a pizza in the park with Love,” she said, “and he is much younger than I expected.”
If the world is full of love, we can enjoy a better life.
【小題1】When the little boy saw the old woman, she was   .

A．looking for a seat in the park

B．passing the street

C．looking at some birds

D．having a pizza

【小題2】The little boy gave the old woman a Coke because   .

A．the old woman still felt hungry

B．he wanted to see the smile again

C．he didn,t like the drink

D．the old woman paid him for it

【小題3】The old woman gave the little boy the biggest smile   .

A．a(chǎn)fter the little boy went home

B．before it grew dark

C．when she was drinking Coke

D．a(chǎn)fter the little boy hugged her

【小題4】The boy,s mother was surprised to see her son was very   when the door opened.

A．pleased

B．sad

C．unhappy

D．a(chǎn)ngry

【小題5】Which of the following is TRUE?_____

A．The little boy failed to find Love.

B．Both the little boy and the old woman found what they wanted at last.

C．The little boy decided never to go home.

D．The old woman gave the little boy a hug to thank him.

Almost every child in cities has the chance to go to school, but not all children in the countries are so lucky.
There is a girl called Xiao Fang. She is eight years old and lives in a small village in Guangxi. When she was young, she wanted to go to school. But she could not, because her family was too poor to afford the school fees for her, so her parents had to keep her at home. Instead of studying, Xiao Fang worked in the fields with her parents every day. Then Hope Project heard about Xiao Fang. It agreed to help Xiao Fang to go to school. Her wish of study came true, and now she is studying in a school.
Unluckily there are many thousands of children who can not go to school. You can join in Hope Project and help these children. You know all the good work needs money. Hope Project needs your help.
If you give Hope Project ￥300 each year, it can pay for one child to go to school for a whole year. With more money, Hope Project can build new schools, buy good desks, chairs, blackboards and books. let’s help the children together and give them a chance to have a good start in life.
【小題1】_____ can go to school.

A．Almost every child in the world

B．Almost every child in China

C．Almost every child in big cities

D．Almost every child in small villages

【小題2】Xiao Fang didn’t go to school when she was young because_________.

A．her family was too poor

B．she didn’t like to go to school

C．there was too much work for her to do

D．she could learn nothing at school

【小題3】With ￥300, _________.

A．one child can go to school for nine years

B．a(chǎn) new school can be built

C．many children can go to school

D．a(chǎn) child can go to school for a whole year

【小題4】Hope Project helped Xiao Fang because__________.

A．it heard about her

B．she went to ask for help

C．she knew someone working there

D．she wrote a letter to the newspaper

【小題5】Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Hope Project helps the poor children to go to school

B．Hope Project helps to build new schools

C．Hope Project helps schools to buy desks, chairs, books, etc.

D．All the above

Three travelers, Allan, Carl and Paul were sitting on the chairs in a train station. They were waiting for a train that was very late.
To pass the time, they began talking to each other.
At first, they talked about the weather and their work. Then Paul said, "Tell me—what would you most like to do if your doctor tell you that you have only three months to live?"
The other two men thought about this for a while, then Carl spoke.
“Well,” he said, “if I have only three months to live, I’ll take all my money out of the bank and go to foreign countries for holidays with my best friend, Erik. I’d like to travel to the places in the world as many as possible. And I’ll stay at the best hotels and then eat the best food. I think I’ll have a wonderful time.”
“That’s very interesting,” Paul said.
With these words, he turned to the other man, saying, “And what about you?”
“I’ll tell you a secret,” Allan said. “I always want to be a racing driver. So if I have only three months to live, the first thing I’d like to do is to sell my house. With the money I’ll buy the fastest car in the world. Maybe I can enter all the big motor races.”
Then he laughed, “I might even end up (以……而告終) world champion.”
“Now it’s your turn,” Allan went on, “If your doctor tell you the bad news, what would you most like to do?”
“Oh,” said Paul with a smile. “I’ll go and see another doctor.”
【小題1】The three men were talking ________.

A．in the post office	B．in the waiting room
C．on the train	D．on the chairs

【小題2】The man called ________ answered the question first.

A．Carl

B．Allan

C．Erik

D．Paul

【小題3】The men began to talk about the weather and the work because they ________.

A．didn’t know anything new

B．wanted to pass the time quickly

C．had nothing to do

D．were very interested in each other’s work

【小題4】“I might even end up world champion.” Here the word “champion” means _______in Chinese.

A．名人

B．賽車手

C．大款

D．冠軍

【小題5】Which sentence is right according to the passage?

A．The train didn’t arrive on time.

B．Paul wanted to buy a racing car very much.

C．Allan was the second man to answer the question.

D．Carl didn’t like traveling at all.

Mr. King is a tall and strong man. He teaches P.E. in a middle school. He has a long beard (胡子)and takes care of it.
It was Sunday yesterday. There was a big football match of the year on the playground in the centre of the city. Mr. King likes the games very much and of course he was going to watch it. With his friends’ help he got a ticket a few days ago. After breakfast he hurried to the bus stop, but a lot of people were waiting there. A bus came. There were lots of people on it and it was difficult for them to put their feet. He had to grip(抓住)the back of the chair. At the next stop a boy got on the bus. He was short and couldn’t grip anything. Suddenly the bus stopped and the boy was likely to fall off. He looked around and saw Mr. King’s beard and gripped it. The man found it at once and called out,“Go off(松開)my beard, boy!”
“Are you going to get off, sir?”asked the boy.            
【小題1】Mr. King is a _________.

A．player

B．runner

C．teacher

D．driver

【小題2】Mr. King was going to watch the match because _________.

A．he teaches P.E. in a middle school

B．he likes football very much

C．he got a ticket

D．he didn’t go to work yesterday

【小題3】It was difficult for Mr. King to stand because _________.

A．he had drunk too much

B．the bus was too small

C．he got on the bus too late

D．it was very crowded(擁擠的）on the bus

【小題4】The boy gripped Mr. King’s beard because __________.

A．he was afraid to fall again

B．he wanted to make the man angry

C．he hoped the man to find a seat for him

D．he hoped the man to get off soon

【小題5】Mr. King was afraid __________, so he shouted at him.

A．the boy would pull him down

B．the boy would hurt his beard

C．the boy could be hurt again

D．the boy would borrow his ticket

Today almost everyone knows computers and the Internet. If I ask you “what is the most important in your life?” maybe you will say “Computers and the Internet.”
The first computer was made in 1946. It was very big but it worked slowly. Today computers are getting smaller and smaller. But they work faster and faster, What can computers do? A writer has said, “People can’t live without computers today.”
The Internet came a little later than computers. It is about twenty-five years later than computers. But now it can be found almost everywhere. We can use it to read books, write letters, do shopping, play games or make friends.
Many students like the Internet very much. They often go into the Internet as soon as they are free. They make friends on the Internet and maybe they have never seen these friends. They don’t know their real names, ages, and even sex（性別）. They are so interested in making the “unreal friends “that they can’t put their hearts into study. Many of them can’t catch up with others in many subjects because of that.
We can use computers and the Internet to learn more about the world. But at the same time, we should remember that not all the things can be done by computers and the Internet.
【小題1】The Internet can not be used for______.

A． studying

B． shopping

C． thinking

D． playing

【小題2】When the computer was invented, it was______.

A． large and worked quickly

B． small and worked slowly

C． large but worked slowly

D． small but worked quickly

【小題3】The Internet was born in about______.

A．1960

B．1970

C．1980

D．1985

【小題4】Which of the following is true ?

A． Few students like going into the Internet.

B． Students use the Internet to make “unreal friends.”

C． These “unreal friends” often meet each other.

D． Students know the friends on the Internet very well.

【小題5】What does the writer think of the Internet?

A． It is wonderful.

B． It can make students study harder.

C． It is not good for students.

D． It is helpful, but we can’t do everything on it.