When the days grew long in the middle of summer，Lisa liked to go to the park and watch the clouds.
One day，Lisa saw a cloud that looked like a standing dragon.After a few minutes it became a flying dragon.Then it seemed to change direction.Another cloud moved in to mix with it，and the dragon changed into a dancing elephant.Then it became a sitting dog then a barking （吠，叫） dog，and then a tiger.
"This is better than TV!" Lisa shouted.
Mr Thomas，the music teacher at Lisa's school，was flying a kite with his son in the park.He heard Lisa's voice.He gave the kite string（线）to his son and came to Lisa.
"Hi，Mr Thomas!" Lisa said. "Look at those clouds.They keep changing!First they looked like a dragon，then an elephant，then a dog，and now a tiger!"
Mr Thomas looked up. "A tiger？" he said. "That looks like a horse to me.It's running towards the sun.That's so lively. "'
Lisa looked again.He was right! "How do clouds know how to make so many shapes？"
The clouds don't know how to make shapes.Your imagination（想象力）helps you see those shapes in the clouds， ""Mr Thomas answered as the horse changed into a chicken.
（1）What did Lisa like to do in the park in the middle of summer？
A.Train her dog.
B.Watch the clouds.
C.Feed animals.
D.Read books.
（2）Lisa found that "a barking dog" in the clouds changed into .
A.a dragon
B.an elephant
C.a tiger
D.a giraffe
（3）What was Mr Thomas doing in the park when Lisa shouted？
A.Studying plants.
B.Flying a kite.
C.Having music lessons.
D.Playing tennis.
（4）What did Mr Thomas think of the running horse in the clouds？
A.It was strong.
B.It was shy.
C.It was noisy.
D.It was lively.
（5）According to Mr Thomas，what helped Lisa see different shapes in the clouds？
A.Tradition.
B.Silence.
C.Imagination.
D.Environment.
Americans love cars. They have more than 250 million (百万) cars ---about one car for every 1.2 people. But these cars cause (引起) too much air pollution. Even children know that cars need gas (汽油) to run. If there is no gas, today's cars will become tomorrow's about the cars in the future, they usually think of hydrogen (氢气) cars, electric (电的) cars and flying cars.
Hydrogen cars might be the cars of the future. They don't cause pollution and the hydrogen turns into water after it is used. The first hydrogen car was made by Honda. It was very expensive and didn't run very far.
There are some electric cars on the market, but they can't run very far or very fast. In the future, there will be a lot of electric cars on the road. When the batteries (电池) are better and cheaper, electric cars will become more popular.
There will be another kind of car --- flying cars. They will be able to run in the air. But now there is only one company, MDI, making this kind of car.We can know from the text that there are about _ people in American.
A. 250 million B. 300 million C. 208 million Hydrogen turns into after it is used.
A. water B. air C. gasWhich of the following is TRUE about electric cars?
A. They can run fast but not very far.
B. They are very popular with people now.
C. They are still too expensive for people to buy.How many kinds of cars are mentioned in the passage?
A. Two B. Three C. Four What is the best title for the text?
A. Cars in the future.
B. Americans and cars.
C. Air pollution.
Mr Smith just opened a small restaurant. To attract （吸引）People, he put up a notice (通知) in front of the restaurant. It said, "Meals on the house for three days."
The next day, a foreign student passed by the restaurant. He didn't know much English. It was lunch time and he felt very hungry. He walked to the restaurant and saw the notice. "American people are really funny; They even have dinners on the house! But how can I get up to the top of the house?" He said to himself.
He looked around and found a ladder (梯子). But when he reached the top, he heard someone shouting at him, "Hey! What are you doing up there?"
"Doesn't your notice say 'Meals on the house for three days'? Is it just a joke?" the foreign student asked.
When people heard this, they all laughed, "Do you know what that means? It means all the food here is free these days."Mr Smith put a notice in front of the restaurant, because .
A. he wanted to make a joke on people
B. he wanted more people to have meals there
C. he wanted to make the restaurant more beautifulWhat did the foreign student think of American people?
A. Friendly. B. Funny. C. Outgoing.The foreign student climbed to the top of the house in order to .
A. make a joke B. have lunch C. use the ladderHow did the foreign student get to the top of the house?
A. He used a ladder.
B. He used the notice.
C. He jumped."Meals on the house" in the passage probably means .
A. serving meals only on the house
B. eating something special on the top of the house
C. you can eat meals but pay nothing for them
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In many English homes people eat four meals a day. They have breakfast at any time from seven to nine in the morning. They eat porridge(粥) , eggs and bread and drink tea or coffee for breakfast. Lunch comes at one o’clock. Afternoon tea is from four to five in the afternoon and dinner is at about seven thirty. First they have soup, then they have meat or fish with vegetables. After that, they eat other things, like bananas, oranges or apples. But not all English people eat like that. Some of them have their dinner in the middle of the day. Their meals are breakfast, dinner, tea and supper. And all these meals are very simple(简单).Most English people have _________for breakfast.
| A．eggs and bread | B．eggs and fish |
| C．bread, soup and meat | D．coffee and oranges |
English people have lunch ___________.
| A．at any time | B．at one |
| C．from four to five | D．at nine |
For dinner, they don’t have _____________.
| A．soup | B．fish |
| C．bananas | D．porridge |
Mr. Smith is 70 years old. Every morning he goes for a walk in the park. And he comes home at twelve thirty for lunch. But today a car stops at his house at twelve and two policemen help him get out of the car. One of them says to Mr. Smith’s daughter, “the old man can’t find his way home in the park. He asks us to help him find home.” The daughter thanks the policemen. Then she asks her father, “Dad, you go to the park every day. But today, you can’t find the way. What’s wrong with you?” The old man smiles like a child and says, “I can find my way. But I don’t want to walk home”Today Mr. Smith comes home___________.
| A．by car | B．by bike |
| C．by bus | D．on foot |
The policemen think Mr. Smith ____________ in the park.
| A．doesn’t want to walk home |
| B．can’t find his way home |
| C．knows the way |
| D．is ill |
Mr. Smith’s daughter thinks _________________________.
| A．Her father wants to go home by car |
| B．Her father wants to have lunch early |
| C．Her father doesn’t want to walk home |
| D．Something is wrong with her father |
Why does Mr. Smith come home in policemen’s car?
| A．Because he doesn’t want to walk home. |
| B．Because he likes to take a police car |
| C．Because the policemen like to send him home. |
| D．Because he is tired. |
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