Do you often ride a bike to school? Here’s some advice for you.

Try not to use busy roads. In some cities there are special pains for bikes only. Use them when you can, but watch out—people often walk along them. Check the road before starting and look all around. Also, when you’re with friends on bikes, it’s much safer to ride behind, not next to, each other. Where one road meets another, you should take even more care. Slow down and check both roads. Use your eyes and be careful.

Check your bike often. Do all the parts work properly? Is there enough air in your tyres(輪胎)?

If you have an accident or fall off your bike, a helmet will protect your head. It must be the right
Size, so ask for help when you buy it.

You must use lights at night, so keep them clean and check the batteries. Don’t wear dark colours; yellow and white are the easiest colours for drivers to see.

A bike isn’t a toy and there should be only one person on it. Many children have accidents when
they play still games on their bike.

Red traffic lights aren’t only for cars and buses.They’re for you too if you’re on a bike.You’re also breaking the law if you go the wrong way up a one-way street.
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A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a box by his feet．He held up a sign which read，“I am blind，please help．” There were only a few coins in the box．The boy felt sad．

A man walked by．He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the box．Then he took the sign，turned it around and wrote some words．He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words．

Soon the box was full．A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy．

That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were．The boy recognized his footsteps（聽出他的腳步聲）and asked，“Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?”

The man said，“I only wrote the truth．I said what you said but in a different way．”

What he had written was，“Today is a beautiful day and I can not see it．”

Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing? Of course both signs told people the boy was blind．But the first sign simply said the boy was blind．The second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind．

Great men say，“In the journey of life，if you want to travel without fear，yon must have the ticket of a good conscience（良心）．”

It's a beautiful thing to see a person smiling! And it's even more beautiful to know that you are the reason of a person's smiling!

1．When did the man pass by and change the blind boy's sign?

A．In the morning      B．At noon            C．In the afternoon     D．At night

2．Why did the second sign have a better effect?

A．It told the truth in a straight way．

B．It told the passing people a lie．

C．It told people to buy some tickets for the boy．

D．It told people to feel lucky for not being blind．

3．What do the first three paragraphs tell us?

A．No pains，no gains．

B．Different ways，different results．

C．The early bird catches the worm．

D．When the cat's away，the mice will play．

4．According to the last paragraph，the most beautiful thing is _________．

A．to know the reason of a person's smiling              B．to see a person smiling

C．to be the reason of a person's smiling            D．to be a person smiling

How do most students spend(花費) their free time? Do they have time to do the things they like? Let's see what some students do during their free time. Ben is eleven. He has a sister, Kate. Both of them like going to the cinema. Every Sunday morning, they go to the town by train and then they go to the cinema because they live in the country(鄉(xiāng)下) and there is no cinema there. They arrive in the town at noon. They usually have a big lunch in their favourite restaurant first, and then they buy some food in the supermarket （超市）before they go to their favourite cinema called Star Cinema. They like it because the seats there are comfortable and the films shown in the cinema are always the newest. They always have a good time on Sundays, but when the weather is bad or they are busy with their homework, they can't go.
【小題1】Ben and Kate always spend their Sundays ________.

　　Mr. Clarke lives at the foot of the mountain. He keeps the forest for a rich farmer there. The only road to the forest is just in front of his house. He can easily see the people who want to enter the forest. Sometimes he has to be on duty at night. When he hears some sound, he has to get up to see if someone cuts the trees.

　　One day he bought something in the town. He found a strong dog and bought it. He loves it very much and often gives some meat or bread to it. And when a strange man walks close to his house, it barks (吠) loudly. So he can soon know about it and goes out to find out who it is. But last week something was wrong with Mr. Clarke. He didn't feel well and couldn't fall asleep in the evening. He had to go to a hospital in the town. The doctor looked him over and then asked, “Have you got a dog, sir?”

　　“Yes, I have got one.”

　　“You have got a skin disease (皮膚病),” said the doctor. “I am sure your dog infected (傳染) it to you. You can't come in touch with it any longer.”

　　When he came out of the hospital, he met a friend and told him about it. The man asked, “What are you going to do, to sell your dog or to give it to another man?”

　　“Neither,” answered Mr. Clarke, “I have decided to see another doctor. It's much easier to find a doctor than to buy a good dog!”

1．Mr. Clarke lives at the foot of the mountain because ________.

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A．it's very quiet there

B．he has a farm there

C．his work is to keep the forest

D．he can have a good rest there

2．Mr. Clarke is afraid, so he bought a dog, because ________.

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A．someone picks the fruit

B．some animals hurt him

C．someone hurt him

D．someone may cut the trees

3．________, so Mr. Clarke loves it.

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A．The dog can help him keep the forest

B．Everyone is afraid of the dog

C．The dog can stop people coming in the room

D．He can play with the strong dog

4．The doctor told him to ________.

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A．buy another dog

B．throw the dog away

C．take the dog to the hospital

D．buy some medicine for his dog

5．Which of the following is true?

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A．Mr. Clarke thought the dog was more useful than the doctor.

B．Mr. Clarke decided to go on coming in touch with his dog.

C．Mr. Clarke wouldn't hurt his dog.

D．Mr. Clarke hoped to cure(醫(yī)好) his dog.