First Frenchman: I once heard someone shout, “Look out,” I put my head out of a window and a basin (盆) of water fell on me. It seems that “Look out” may mean “don’t look out.”
Second Frenchman: Once I was on a ship and heard the captain (船长) shout, “All hands on deck,” I put my hands on the deck and someone walked on them.
Third Frenchman: I once visited an English friend early in the morning and the maid who came to the door and said, “He’s not up yet. Come back in half an hour,” When I went again for him, she said, “He’s not down yet.”
“If he’s not up and he’s not down, where is he?” I asked.
She said, “He’s still in bed. When I say ‘He’s not up ’ I mean ‘he has not yet got up’. When I say‘He’s not down ’I mean ‘he has not yet come downstairs.”“Look out”here means “ _______”.
| A．put your head out of the window and look |
| B．Take care |
| C．I’m going to pour the water |
| D．Help me |
“All hands on deck”means “ _______ ”.
| A．All the sailors gather ( 集合 )on deck |
| B．Give your hands to me |
| C．Put your right hand and left hand on deck |
| D．Shake your hands with me |
When the third Frenchman went back, the English friend _______ .
| A．was washing his face |
| B．was having his breakfast |
| C．was still in an upstairs room |
| D．was reading a newspaper |
"Tammy! Come here, please! Mother needs your help in the kitchen." Her father called out to her.
Tammy was in her room, getting ready to do her homework. "Yes, Daddy!" she replied. "I'll be right there."
She hurried out of her bedroom and down the hallway. She was only nine years old. Her elder sister, Ella, had just moved away to go to a performing arts high school in another city. Her brother, Harry, was in middle school and always got home late. With Ella leaving home, Tammy was expected to do a lot more than she had ever done before, especially now, because her mother was ill.
Her father was in the kitchen. "Tammy, I know you usually do your homework right now, but with things being different, we all have to change a little bit. I'll help you and Harry with your homework later on, OK?"
Her father had an apron（围裙） on over his clothes, and he looked kind of funny. He was doing the dishes and he always splashed（溅出） water all over when he did that. After helping her father with the dishes, Tammy helped set the table.
After supper, her father helped her and Harry with their homework, and then they played a board game so that their mother could lie down for a while.
The next morning, Tammy got up early on her own because she wanted to help her mother with breakfast. She made orange juice and even put bread in the toaster and got out the butter so that her mother could sleep for a few more minutes.
When her mother got up half an hour later, she was very surprised and moved to see the breakfast on the dining table. She gave Tammy a big hug.
"Thank you, Tammy. You really are mother's little helper now, aren't you?"Why did Tammy's sister move out of their home?
| A．Because she hated doing housework |
| B．Because she was busy with her work. |
| C．Because her school was far away from home. |
| D．Because she disliked her family. |
From Paragraphs 3 & 4, we can learn that Tammy_______.
| A．was a middle school student |
| B．did well in all subjects |
| C．always did a lot of housework at home |
| D．was the youngest child in the family |
What can we learn about Tammy's father from the passage?
| A．He was a very serious person. |
| B．He wasn't very good at doing housework. |
| C．He liked playing board games very much. |
| D．He always helped Tammy do her homework. |
Which is the best title for this passage?
| A．Mother's Little Helper | B．The Life of Tammy's Family |
| C．A Happy Family | D．Tammy's School Life |
The Westwood Middle School has decided to hold a blood drive (献血活动), and you can help.
| Help with The Blood Drive |
| The School is holding a blood drive for teachers, parents, and town people. We need everyone’s help to make it a success. That includes you! We need to collect 50 units of blood. That means 65 people are needed to come to the drive. |
| How You Can Help |
| Pick up information brochures (小册子) in the school office. Pass them out to your parents, teachers and any person who is healthy and at least 17 years old. |
| When and Where to Go |
| The blood drive will take place on Tuesday, October 21, from 3:00 to 6:00 pm, in the school canteen. |
How many people are needed for the blood drive?
| A．50. | B．65. | C．17. | D．21. |
Students can pick up information brochures ____.
| A．in the school office | B．at the school gate |
| C．in the school canteen | D．on the school playground |
When will the blood drive take place?
| A．On September 20. | B．On September 21. |
| C．On October 20. | D．On October 21. |
Once an unhappy young man came to an old man because he was very sad. He asked how to be happy.
The old man told the unhappy young man to put a small bag of salt(盐) into a glass of water and then to drink it. “How does it taste?” the old man asked. “Terrible,” answered the young man. The old man smiled and asked the young man to take another small bag of salt and put it into the river.
They walked without any words to the river and the young man put the salt into the river. Then the old man said, “Now drink the water from the river.” The young man did so and the old man asked, “How does it taste?” “Nice!” answered the young man. “Can you taste the salt?” asked the old man. “No,” said the young man.
The old man took the young man’s hands and said, “The pain(痛苦) of life is the salt; no more, no less. It is always the same, the only thing you can do is to be a person like a river, not a glass!”Why did the young man come to see the old man?
_______________________________________________________________________What did the old man tell the young man to do first?
_______________________________________________________________________Where did they go after the young man taste the terrible water from the glass?
_______________________________________________________________________What is like salt according to(根据) the old man?
_______________________________________________________________________ What kind of person should we be?
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Lester was walking in the street with two big and heavy boxes. A stranger walked up to him and asked, “What is the time?”
Lester stopped, put down the boxes and looked at his watch. “It’s five fifteen,” he said. “Hey, what a nice watch!” said the stranger. Lester smiled a little and said, “Yes, it’s not bad. Look at this.” Then he showed the stranger the time for 86 big cities in the world.
He hit a few buttons（按钮）and it told the time in Chinese. Lester went on ,“ You can set（设置）it in English, Chinese, Japanese and so on.”
The stranger looked very interested in the watch.
“That’s not all,” said Lester. He then pushed a few more buttons and there was a small map appeared on the watch. “The map can show where we are,” said Lester.
“I want to buy this watch!” said the stranger.
“Oh, no, I’ m not selling it. I designed it myself. I spent nearly two years making it.” said Lester.
“Oh, you are the designer. I’ll give you $ 1,000 for it!” “Oh, no, I spent more than that.”
“I’ll give you $ 5,000 for it!” Lester stopped to think. The stranger quickly gave him a check（支票）and said ,“$ 5,000 . Here it is.”
Lester finally agreed to sell the watch. When the stranger was going to leave with the watch, Lester pointed to the two big boxes and said, “Hey, wait a minute. Don’ t forget your batteries(电池) .” Lester stopped in the street because ___________.
| A．the boxes were very heavy |
| B．he felt very tired |
| C．a stranger wanted to buy his watch |
| D．someone asked him about the time |
What was in the boxes?
| A．Money. | B．Batteries. |
| C．Watches. | D．Paper. |
We can know from the passage that Lester was a _________.
| A．designer | B．sportsman |
| C．teacher | D．doctor |
The stranger paid _____ for the watch.
| A．nothing | B．$ 1,000 |
| C．$ 5,000 | D．$ 4,000 |
Which of the following is NOT true about the watch?
| A．It can tell the time in different languages. |
| B．It can tell you where you are. |
| C．It is easy to wear and carry. |
| D．It can show the time for many big cities around the world. |
Can you think of a sentence? It has the word "and" five times, without any words in between? There is one at the end of this story.
There was an inn. It was called "The Horse and Cart". Many people came to have a drink and chat with each other after work. It had a sign outside it, and there was a horse, a cart and some letters in the sign. But the sign was getting old, so the owner of the inn decided to have a new one. He went to a painter and asked him to draw one and write "The Horse and Cart" on it in large letters.
A few days later, he went to see how the painter was getting on. He liked the picture of the horse and cart very much, but he did not like the writing at all. He said to the painter, "No, no! There's too much room between HORSE and AND and AND and CART!"An inn is a ___________.
| A．a small classroom |
| B．a small horse |
| C．a small place for people to stay and drink something |
| D．a kind of water for writing |
There was a _________ outside the inn.
| A．blackboard | B．house |
| C．painter | D．sign |
The owner of the inn wanted to ____________.
| A．sell his inn |
| B．buy a new sign |
| C．to paint his inn |
| D．ask a painter to paint a new picture |
The owner of the inn thought ____________.
| A．the letters on the sign were too large |
| B．the letters on the sign were bad |
| C．there were too little space between the letters on the sign |
| D．the letters on the sign were too far away from each other |
The owner liked __________ but not __________.
| A．the painter... the letters |
| B．the horse... the letters |
| C．the words… the writing |
| D．the picture.... the writing |
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