Basketball is still a young game. It's over a hundred years old. In the winter of 1891, a certain college was having some trouble with its boy students. The weather was bad and the students had to stay indoors. As they couldn't play outdoors, they were unhappy, and some even got into fights from time to time.
　　Some of the teachers, at the college asked Dr. Naismith to invent a game so that the students might have something to play with. It was not easy to invent such a game because it had to be played indoors , and the court (球場) was not very large.
　　Dr. Naismith thought for a few days and invented a kind of ball game. It was a fast, wonderful game with much moving and passing of the ball. It was played between two teams. To make a score , the ball had to be thrown into the basket ten feet(英尺) above the floor on the wall . At each end of the court there was such a basket. At first, Dr. Naismith wanted to throw the ball into a box. As he could not find boxes of the right size, he had to use fruit baskets instead. That is how the game got its name.
【小題1】 How long is it since basketball was invented?

A．1000 years	B．More than 100 years
C．1100 years	D．Less than 100 years

【小題2】The students felt unhappy because _______.

A．they had much homework to do

B．they often got into fights

C．they couldn't play outdoors

D．they had little time to study

【小題3】Who asked Dr. Naismith to invent a game?

A．Some students	B．Some teachers
C．Some students' parents	D．Some of his friends

【小題4】When a student ______ , he makes a score.

A．receives the ball.

B．throws the ball to another student

C．runs quickly with the ball in his hand

D．throws the ball into the basket

【小題5】 Which sentence is right?

A．Dr. Naismith had to use fruit to throw the ball.

B．It was easy to invent the game.

C．The students could go outdoors when the weather was bad.

D．The ball had to be thrown into the basket five feet above the floor.

Sarah is from France. She lives in Paris. She can speak French and English, but she can’t speak Chinese. She has a pen pal in the United States. Her name is Jane and she lives in New York. Sarah’s favorite sport is basketball and she can play the guitar, too. Jane’s favorite sport is tennis. She can’t play the guitar, but she can play the piano and sing.
【小題1】Sarah comes from _______.

A．France

B．Australia

C．the United States

D．the UK

【小題2】Jane is _______.

A．a Chinese

B．a Korean

C．an American

D．a Japanese

【小題3】What language does Sarah speak?
A.French  B.Chinese  C.English  D.A and C.
【小題4】What is Sarah’s favorite sport?

A．Tennis

B．Soccer

C．Volleyballl

D．Basketball

【小題5】Which sentence is NOT right?
A. Sarah has a pen pal in the USA.
B. Sarah can play the piano and Jane can play the guitar.
C. Sarah and Jane like different sports
D. Jane lives in New York.

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the nine o’clock Mystery Hour. Today we’ll show you two British stories. We hope you’ll enjoy them.
About 900 years ago two green children arrived in a small village in south England. Their eyes and skin were green and they spoke a strange language. They were very tired and weak, so the people of the village looked after them. The boy died a year later, but the girl grew strong and lived the rest of her life there. And her skin colour turned back to normal day by day. Scientists say that sometimes of people don’t have enough food to eat for a long time, their skin goes very pale and can even turn green.
Loch Ness is the largest lake in Scotland. It’s a very deep and cold lake. For hundreds of years, people have talked about a monster(怪物) called Nessie which lives in the lake. About seventy years ago, two people saw something moving in the lake. They said that the animal was playing and rolling around in the water. Since then many people say they have seen the monster. Their descriptions are always the same. It looks like a dinosaur, with a very long neck and a small head. It has a big bump(包，腫塊)on its back. People have tried to photograph the animal, but the pictures have not been very clear. Scientists don’t know whether there is a monster or not. Some say it may be a whale or a very large fish. Some think it’s a snake. Others say there’s nothing at all— nothing but people’s imagination. Maybe we’ll never know what’s in Loch Ness.
【小題1】What kind of story is talked about in this programme?

A．Romantic stories.

B．Mysteries.

C．Horror stories.

D．Comedies.

【小題2】Which sentence is TRUE about the two green children?

A．They both enjoyed a long and happy life.

B．The girl’s eyes and skin were green all her life.

C．At first they spoke the same language as people in the small village did.

D．Maybe they hadn’t eaten enough for long before they reached the village.

【小題3】What does Nessie look like according to some witnesses? 

【小題4】What can we learn from the second story?

A．Scientists are still not sure whether there is a monster or not in Loch Ness.

B．Loch Ness is very deep and warm lake in Scotland.

C．People have taken very clear pictures of Nessie.

D．In fact Nessie is a whale or a snake.

Many people catch a cold in the spring time and / or fall.  It makes us wonder .if scientists can send a man to the moon, why they can't find a cure for the common cold. The answer is easy. There are exactly hundreds of kinds of cold viruses there. You never know which one you will get, so there isn't a cure for each one.
When a virus attacks your body, the body works hard to get rid of it. Blood rushes to your nose and brings congestion(充血)with it .You feel terrible because you can't breathe well, but your body is actually "eating" the virus. Your temperature rises and you get a fever, but the heat of your body is killing the virus. You also have a running nose to stop the virus from getting to your cells.  You may feel miserable, but actually your wonderful body is doing everything it can to kill the cold.
Different people have different remedies（治療法）for colds. In the United States and sane other countries, for example, people might eat chicken soup to feel better. Some people take hot baths and drink warm liquids.  Other people take medicine to stop the fever, congestion, and running nose.
There is one interesting thing to note - some scientists say taking medicines when you have a cold is actually bad for you. The virus stays in you longer because your body doesn't have a way to fight it and kill it .Bodies can do an amazing job on their own.  There is a joke, however, on taking medicine when you have a cold. It goes like this:
If it takes about one week to get over a cold if you don't take medicine,  but seven days to get over a cold you take medicine.
【小題1】The scientists think   .when someone catches a cold.

A．they have many ways to cure the patients

B．it's difficult to find a good way to cure the patients

C．taking hot baths and drink warm liquids can cure the patients

D．people should eat chicken soup to cure themselves

【小題2】 Why can't you breathe we11 when you catch a cold? Because.

A．you get a fever

B．the weather is so cold

C．blood rushes to your nose and brings congestion with it

D．too much virus stays in your nose and prevent you from breathing

【小題3】The blood is _____for the virus when someone gets a cold.

A．peaceful

B．safe

C．useful

D．deathful

【小題4】Which sentence is not right according to the passage?

A．The heat in your body can kill the virus when you have a fever.

B．A running nose can prevent the virus from attacking your cells.

C．If you have a cold , you mustn’t take medicines.

D．It's not the same to cure the patients when they have a cold.

【小題5】 What does the underline sentence mean in the last paragraph?

A．感冒了需要你吃一周的藥才能治愈。

B．不吃藥你的感冒—周不能治愈。

C．吃藥一周治愈感冒對你的身體非常有害處。

D．感冒了吃不吃藥都需要一周才能恢復過來。

I am a middle school student. My name is WeiFang. I’m thirteen now. I study at No.52 Middle School. I am in Class 3, Grade 1. There are twenty boys and twenty-three girls in my class. We have four lessons in the morning and two in the afternoon. We like English very much.
【小題1】WeiFang is _______.

A．eleven

B．twelve

C．thirteen

D．fourteen

【小題2】There are ______ students in her class.

A．23

B．20

C．40

D．43

【小題3】WeiFang is in ________.

A．Class Three, Grade One	B．Class One, Grade Three
C．Grade One, Class Three	D．Grade Three, Class One

【小題4】Do they have six lessons in a day?

A．No, they aren’t	B．Yes, they do
C．No, they don’t	D．Yes, they are

【小題5】Which sentence is wrong（錯誤的）?

A．WeiFang is in No.52 Middle School.

B．WeiFang likes English very much.

C．WeiFang has six English lessons every day.

D．WeiFang is a middle school student.