Mr. Lee was in bed and was trying to go to sleep when he heard the bell ring. He turned on the light and looked at his clock. It was twelve o'clock. "Who can it be at this time of night?" He thought. He decided to go and find out. So he got of bed, put on his dressing gown and went to the door. When he opened the door, there was nobody there. "That is very strange." Then he went back to his bedroom, took off his dressing gown, got back into bed, turned off the light and tried to go to sleep.
A few minutes later he heard the bell again. Mr. Lee jumped out of bed very quickly and rushed to the door. He opened it, but again he found no one there. He closed the door and tried not to feel angry. Then he saw a piece of paper on the floor. He picked it up. There were some words on it: "It is now after midnight, so it is April Fool's Day. April Fool to you!"
"Oh, it was the English boy next door!" Mr. Lee exclaimed (惊叫) and almost smiled. He went back to bed and felt asleep at once. The bell did not ring again. Mr. Lee went to bed _______.
| A．before twelve o'clock |
| B．after twelve o'clock |
| C．as soon as the bell rang |
| D．when he saw the boy |
Why did he rush to the door when he heard the bell ring the second time?
| A．He wanted to open the door for the visitor |
| B．He wanted to find out who the visitor was. |
| C．He was afraid of the ring |
| D．He was waiting for someone. |
Mr. Lee found ______on the floor at last.
| A．a letter | B．a stamp |
| C．a book | D．a piece of paper |
Mr. Lee thought the English boy _________.
| A．was a bad boy |
| B．was friendly with him |
| C．shouldn't ring the bell at midnight |
| D．did a dangerous thing |
From this passage, we learn that people can _______ on April Fool's Day.
| A．say "Hello" to each other |
| B．dance and sing at night |
| C．play jokes on each other |
| D．send presents to children |
One day a young woman walked into a hat shop.
"Good morning, madam. "Said the shop assistant with a smile. "Can I help you?"
" Yes, please. " said the young woman. "'There is a green hat with red flowers on it in the window. Would you please take it out of the window?"
Certainly. madam. "said the man happily," I shall be very glad to do that for you."Usually ladies look at a lot of hats before then finally choose one. So the shop assistant was happy because he thought he could sell that hat without much trouble. "Do you want it in a box ,madam?" he asked.
"Oh. no" said the lady. "I'm not going to buy it, I only want you to take it out of the window. I have to pass your shop every day, and I always feel sick when I see that thing. "
根据短文内容,判断正(T)误(F)One day a young lady went by a hat shop.
The hat in the window was green.
The shop assistant thought the woman wanted the hat.
The lady went to the hat shop every day.
The lady was tired of the hat.
Being a writer
Some children wish to be writers some day. They want to write stories or books for people to read. That’s good! It’s good to write something for people to read! But they should know that they need to be good readers first before they really are good writers. They should read a lot of books. And read for hours every day instead of watching TV and spending a lot of time to do the reading homework. Then you have time to read many other books for fun. Because of more fun in reading , you want to look for more books to read.
Before you decide to be a good writer, you’d better say to yourself, “I must read and read and read and read more and more!”This article mainly tells us that_______.
| A．some children wish to be writers some day. |
| B．it is good to write something for people to read. |
| C．reading can make you a good writer |
| D．writers like to read more books for fun. |
Some children want to be writers______.
| A．because they want to be good readers. |
| B．to write stories or books for people to read. |
| C．to find good work some day |
| D．to get more money to keep a family |
It’s good for children________.
| A．to do a lot of reading |
| B．to watch TV in the evening |
| C．to have wishes sometimes |
| D．to be good writers right now |
Reading can__________.
| A．help you to do a good player. |
| B．help you write well |
| C．make your work better |
| D．make you watch more TV at home |
From the passage we know that_________.
| A．all children like to be writers |
| B．people like to read for children |
| C．all writers are children |
| D．children need to read more and more books. |
阅读短文，回答问题。
A taxi hit a truck. A policeman spoke to the taxi driver and to the truck driver. He also spoke to Tom. He was a witness (目击者). This is what they said.
TRUCK DRIVER: I was driving from the airport to Newton. A car crossed the road, so I slowed down. I did not stop. A taxi hit the back of my truck. Nobody was seriously hurt but both cars were damaged（受损害）.
TAXI DRIVER: I was driving behind a truck a few kilometers from Newton. The truck stopped suddenly. The driver did not give me a warning (警告). I was driving very slowly. I could not pass the truck because there were two cars coming near from Newton. My taxi hit the truck, and some glass cut my left hand.
TOM: I was watching the traffic about a kilometer from the airport. A truck was going to Newton. It was not going very quickly. There was a taxi about two hundred meters behind the truck. It was going fast. When the truck slowed down, the taxi hit it. The taxi driver was not looking at the truck. He was looking out of the window at something. My friend saw the accident, too.
Tom's friend spoke to the policeman and agreed with Tom.How many people were mentioned (提到) in the story?
_________________________________________________________Where was the truck going ?
__________________________________________________________From the story, Who didn’t tell the truth?
__________________________________________________________Who was also a witness besides Tom.
__________________________________________________________What was the taxi driver doing when the taxi hit the truck?
___________________________________________________________
根据短文内容，填写空白。
I got an A in Maths
Mr Brown was born in a poor family .He couldn't go to school when he was young. Now he's a porter (搬运工)and works at a station. He doesn't think it's necessary to know some knowledge(知识)of science .His son, Bill, began to go to school last year. The boy only likes playing. He doesn't listen to the teachers in class and can't do his homework after class. It's the hardest thing for him do maths exercises .And he wants to drop it.
One day, Mrs Brown heard Bill crying in the next room ,while she and her husband were watching TV. She came up to him and asked,“what's the matter, Bill?”
“I can't do my maths homework,” said the boy, “I am not going to school tomorrow.”
“Oh,no ,don’t do that” Said the woman.“Maybe your father can help you.”
Then she asked her husband to help their son with his maths. Mr Brown said,“but I don't know maths, either.”
“It doesn't matter,” said his wife.“You'll only coax （哄骗）him out of crying Mr Brown had to do as his wife said. The next afternoon Bill came back and showed his exercise-book to his father. The man had a look at it and shouted to his wife,“ come here quickly ,dear ! I got an A in maths!”
改写文章：
Mr Brown is a porter. He knows little knowledge. His son, Bill only likes playing. He doesn’t do _____ in his lessons .Math is the most _____
__ for him. One day, Mrs Brown and her husband were watching TV ____
__ she heard Bill crying in the next room ,he cried because he wasn’t _____
__ to do the math homework. Mrs Brown asked her husband to make the boy not cry. He did so. The next afternoon Bill ___
____and showed his exercise-book to his father. Bill got A. His father was happy. Because he thought he could get an “A”, too.
阅读短文，选择正确答案
Today people can use the phone to talk with others almost anywhere on the earth. But when you use the phone , you don’t see the person you are talking with . That may change in the near future .
Today some people are using a kind of telephone called the picture phone or vision phone. With it , two people who are talking can see each other
Picture phones can be useful when you have something to show the person you’re calling . They may have other uses in the future. One day you may be able to ring up a library and ask to see a book. Then you’ll be able to read the book right over your picture phone. Or you may be able to go shopping through your picture phone. If you see something in the newspaper that you think you want to buy, you’ll go to your phone and call the shop . People at the shop will show you the thing you’re interested in right over the phone. You’ll be able to shop all over the town and never leave your room!Today people can use the phone to talk with others .
| A．in all the towns | B．in some places in the world |
| C．only in big cities | D．almost anywhere on the earth |
The word “it” in the passage means _______.
| A．the picture phone | B．any phone |
| C．the use | D．the change |
We can through the picture phone according to(根据) the passage .
| A．write a book | B．do some shopping |
| C．play games | D．have classes |
Picture phones are very________.
| A．useful | B．impossible | C．bad | D．badly |
Which is NOT true according to the passage ?
| A．Today some people are using a kind of telephone called the picture phone or vision phone. |
| B．With the picture phone , two people can’t see each other. |
| C．The phone is very useful . |
| D．Today people can use the phone to talk with others almost anywhere on the earth. |
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