One day a boy was walking along the street. Suddenly he stopped and looked up into the sky.A young man passed by him.When he saw the boy,he felt curious and look up,too.Just then a girl came up and saw them.”Is there anything in the sky?”She thought and looked up,too. After a while there were quite some people. They were interested in the clear and blue sky.Suddenly the boy asked ,”Hey,what are you looking up at?” “that is what we are going to ask you,”said the young man.”You want to ask me ?But I wasn’t looking at anything,” the boy said.”I raised my head up because my nose bled(流血)。
Whose nose was bleeding?
A. The boy’s.
B. The young man’s .
C. The girl’s.
The underlined phrase “felt curious” may mean________in Chinese.
A. 感到恶心 B. 感到抱歉 C. 感到好奇
Was the boy looking up into the sky?
A. Yes ,he is.
B. No ,he wasn’t.
C. I don’t know.
Why did the girl look up into the sky?
A,Because she thought the young man enjoined the blue sky .
B.Because she thought there was something wrong into the sky.
C. Because she thought there was something strange in the sky.
From the story we can see______ .
A.The sky must be the most beautiful that day.
B.The boy was surprised why so many people were looking up into the sky.
C.There must be something interesting in the sky.
One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said, “Look! There’s a horseshoe. Pick it up and put it in your bag.” Thomas said, “It isn’t worth(值得) the trouble.” His father said nothing but he picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the money he bought some cherries(樱桃).
The father and the son continued their way. The sun was well up in the sky, and there wasn’t a house or even a tree where they could have a rest. Thomas felt too thirsty(口渴的) to walk on. At the moment, his father dropped a cherry on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it. After a while, his father dropped another cherry and once again, his son picked it up and put it in his mouth.
And so they went on. The old farmer dropped the cherries and the son picked them up. When Thomas had caught up all the cherries, his father said to him, “My dear son, if you had bent(弯腰) down in the beginning to pick up that horseshoe, you wouldn’t have bent so many times for the cherries. Always remember this lesson: If someone don’t worry about the little things, he will find it impossible（不可能） for him to do the great things.”Who picked up the cherries on the ground?
| A．Thomas. | B．The farmer. |
| C．Both the father and the son. | D．Nobody. |
The farmer bought some ______ with the money after he sold the horseshoe.
| A．bread | B．water |
| C．cherries | D．pennies |
When the son refused to pick up the horseshoe , the father ______.
| A．did nothing | B．said nothing |
| C．felt worried | D．got angry |
The father dropped the cherry one by one, because ______.
| A．he wanted to teach his son a lesson |
| B．he wanted his son to do more exercise |
| C．he wanted his son to eat them all |
| D．he wanted to punish his son for not picking up the horseshoe at first |
From the story, we can learn that ______.
| A．cherries are so delicious that most people like eating them |
| B．a horseshoe is so expensive that it can bring us some money |
| C．we can’t get great things if we lose little things |
| D．we can’t do something great if we don’t worry about something little |
Mr.Brown got up late this morning. He was going to be late for work. Lt was raining hard and the streets were wet. He drove so fast that he didin't see the red lights. He couldn't stop his car and hit a car. An old man got out of the car and called out angrily, "What are you doing? How can you drive so fast?"
"l'm sorry,sir," said Mr.brown, "l didn't see the lights turn red." Then he brought out a bottle of wine and gave it to the old man.
"It's cold today, sir," said Mr.Brown. "Please drink a little, and then you'll get warm."
The old man drank some wine and became happy. He asked, "l'm felling much better now. Why don't you drink any?"
"l can't drink anything now ,sir, "answered Mr. Brown ,"l'm waiting for the policeman. Only drunkards cause accidents, you kown !"When did the story happen?
| A．In the morning | B．In the afternoon |
| C．In the evening | D．At night |
Why did Mr.Brown drive so fast?
| A．He was happy that day |
| B．He was good at driving |
| C．There were few cars in the street |
| D．He was afraid to be late |
Mr.Brown hit the car because of the following EXCEPT that ____.
| A．he didn't see the red lights | B．he drove fast |
| C．he couldn't drive at all | D．it was raining hard |
Why did Mr.Brown give a bottle of wine to the old man?
| A．To make him happy | B．To make him drunk |
| C．To make him warm | D．To make friends with him |
We can know that _____ at last.
| A．Mr.Brown was not late for work |
| B．the old man Mr. Brown became good friends |
| C．Mr.Brown drank some wine |
| D．Mr. Brown fooled the old man |
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“Happy Tails” is about cats and dogs. Mark shows how to draw them and talks about how to look after them, too.
In “A Day With The Dinosaurs”, Mark visits the Museum of Boston and speaks to an expert (专家) to learn how the dinosaurs lived, what they ate and how long they lived.
In “Reach For The Stars”, Mark is also at the Museum of Boston. He speaks to another expert about the stars. I learned how far we are from the stars. I thought that the stars were just about 100 miles (英里) from us, but they are millions of (数百万的) miles from us. That’s really far!
If you love drawing, you can watch this show. You can have fun with the tips Mark gives you. The tips will help you to become an artist.What’s “Drawing with Mark”?
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What’s “Happy Tails” about?
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| C．Dinosaurs. | D．Artists. |
How does Mark learn how long the dinosaurs lived?
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Where does Mark go to learn about the stars?
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Mr Brown was going away for a week. Before he left, he said to his son, "If anyone asks for me, you can tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week, then be sure to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea."
"OK, Dad," said his son. But he was afraid his son couldn't remember this, he wrote these words down on a piece of paper and gave it to him. His son put it into his small pocket, took it out and looked at it every now and then.
Four days passed, but no one came to see his father. The boy thought that there was no man to come and that the piece of paper was of no more use for him, so he burnt it that evening.
The next afternoon, someone knocked at the door. The boy opened it. A man was standing at the door and said, "Where is your father?" The boy put his hand into his pocket at once and looked for the piece of paper. He could not find it. He suddenly remembered he had burnt it, so he shouted, "No more."
The man was very surprised. He asked, "No more? I met your father last week. When did it happen?"
"Burnt yesterday evening."Mr Brown told his son that _____.
| A．he would be away from home for four days |
| B．he would be back in seven days |
| C．he would be back in a month |
| D．he liked a cup of tea |
Mr Brown wrote the words down on ________.
| A．the wall | B．the door |
| C．a piece of paper | D．his son's pocket |
A man came to visit the boy's father on ________.
| A．the second day | B．the third day |
| C．the fourth day | D．the fifth day |
The man was very surprised because _________.
| A．he thought the child's father was dead |
| B．the child didn't ask him to sit down |
| C．the child gave him a cup of tea |
| D．he couldn't find that piece of paper |
What was burnt? ___________.
| A．The piece of paper | B．Mr Smith |
| C．The visitor | D．The boy |
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