It is September first today. A new school year begins. Hu Ming gets up early. He puts on the nicest clothes. After a quick breakfast he says goodbye to his parents and leaves with a new school bag. His mother wants to take him to his school. but he doesn't let her do so.

      "The school is less than a hundred meters from here. I can walk there in two minutes. "There are a lot of people in the school this morning. Hu Ming finds Miss Wang in the teachers' office. She brings out a book and asks. "What's your name?"

      "Hu Ming. madam. "answers the boy.   

      "When were you born (出生) .

      "In 2001."

      "Where's your native place?

       "What does "native place "mean, please?

       "It means the place where you were born."

       "Oh. I see. It's the Beijing Maternity (婦產(chǎn)) Hospital.

  1. What is the date?

  2. How old is Hu Ming now?

  3. Is the school far from his home?

  4. What is Miss Wang?

  5. Does Hu Ming understand (理解) Miss Wang?

A little girl walked to and from school every day. Though it was not fine and clouds appeared in the sky that morning, the little girl made her daily trip to school as usual. When school was over, winds became stronger and it began to rain.

    The mother of the little girl felt worried that her daughter would be afraid when she walked home from school and that lightning might frighten(受驚嚇) her child. Following the bright light of lightning, the mother quickly got into her car and drove to her child's school.

    As the mother drove along the road, she saw her little girl walking alone in the rain.To her great surprise, she found that when a lightning came, her daughter stopped, looked up and smiled. Another lightning came and then another followed. With each lightning, the little girl stopped, looked up and smiled.

    Inside the car, the mother asked her daughter, "What were you doing? Why did you look up and smile when the lightning came?" The little girl answered with a smile, “Mum, you know, God was looking at me. Each time I felt a little afraid walking in the rain, God would take a picture of me. I knew he was playing a game with me.”

1.How did the little girl go to school every day?

A. By car.       B. On foot.                   C. By bus.           D. By bike.

2.What was the weather like before school was over?

A. It was rainy.         B. It was fine.                       C. It was just windy. D. It was cloudy.

3.At first, the mother felt worried because           .

A. she couldn't help her daughter

B. her daughter hadn't taken her umbrella

C. she had something more important to do

D. her daughter might be afraid of the lightning

4.According to the article, we can know that the little girl was           .

A. proud           B. shy                 C. brave                        D. nervous

5.This passage is possibly from          .

A. a menu          B. a magazine                   C. a dictionary                   D. a report

 

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A farmer went to town to sell his vegetables. It was snowing that afternoon and there were few people in the street. When his vegetables were (1) s       out, it was dark. On his way home, he saw a man (2) 1       on the snow. He put his basket on the ground and was going to help the man (3) g       up. At that time he found that the man was dead and there was much blood(血)on the ground. He was so (4) s        that he ran away quickly, (5) w       taking his basket away. The next morning, the farmer was taken to the police station. After showing the basket, an officer asked, "Is it (6) y       ？”

      "Yes, sir," the farmer answered.

      "When did you see the dead man?"     

"At about seven yesterday evening. "     

"Do you know who (7) k        him?"

      "No, sir. "

      The officer (8) b       out a knife and asked, "Have you ever seen it?"     

"No, sir. "

      The officer became angry and told a policeman to beat him up.

      That afternoon the officer went on with the trying (審問 ). (9) P       to the knife, the officer asked again, "Have you ever seen it?"

      "Yes, sir. "

      "Well," the officer became (10) e        and asked, "but when and where?"      

"I saw it here this morning, sir. "

A little girl walked to and from school every day. Though it was not fine and clouds appeared in the sky that morning, the little girl made her daily trip to school as usual. When school was over, winds became stronger and it began to rain.

       The mother of the little girl felt worried that her daughter would be afraid when she walked home from school and that lightning might frighten her child. Following the bright light of lightning, the mother quickly got into her car and drove to her child's school.

As the mother drove along the road, she saw her little girl walking alone in the rain. To her great surprise, she found that when a lightning came, her daughter stopped, looked up and smiled. Another lightning came and then another followed. With each lightning. the little girl stopped, looked up and smiled.

Inside the car, the mother asked her daughter, "What were you doing? Why did you look up and smile when the lightning came?' The little girl answered with a smile, ”Mum, you know, God was looking at me. Each time I felt a little afraid walking in the rain, God would take a picture of me. I knew he was playing a game with me.”

1  How did the little girl go to school every day?

    A. By car         B On foot.      C. By bus.           D By hike.

2  What was the weather like that day?

    A. It was rainy    B. It was fine    C It was just windy    D It was only cloudy.

3  According to the article, we can know that the little girl was____

    A. proud         B shy          C. brave             D. nervous

One evening Mr. Harris was on duty when the phone rang. He went to answer it. It was Mrs. Green.

      "Please, sir, come to my house. I had 5,000 dollars stolen. "

      Mr. Harris hurried to her house. He asked Mrs. Green, "When did you find the money missing?"

      "At seven, I put my money on the table in the living - room. Then I went to wash my hair. I came back at seven thirty and the money was gone. "

      "I see," Mr. Harris said, "Were you alone in the house?"     

"No. My sister's daughter, Nancy, was here, too."

      "Let's talk to Nancy," said Mr. Harris. They went to Nancy's room.

      Mr. Harris sat on the only chair in the room. The chair was cold. Mrs. Green and Nancy sat on the bed. Mr. Harris saw some books on the floor near the chair.

      "What have you been doing this evening?"

      "I've been studying because. I shall have a test tomorrow. I've been sitting on that chair reading all the time. I never got up and never left my room. But at about seven fifty I heard a sound, like someone closing the door. I didn't go out to have a look, for I was too busy. Maybe someone came into the house and took my aunt’s money. "

      After heating that, Mr. Harris was quite clear. He said to Mrs. Green, "Well, you won't have to be worried, and you’ll find the 5,000 dollars just in this room. "

46. In which order did the following happen?

a. Nancy went back into her room.   

b. The money was stolen.

    c. Mrs. Green washed her hair.

d. Mrs. Green put the money on the table.   

e. Mrs. Green gave Mr. Harris a phone call.   

f. Mrs. Green returned to the living- room.   

A. e. d. c. b. a, f.                 B. d. b. c. a. f. e

C. d. c, b, a. f. e.                 D. a. b. c. d. f. e.

47. The chair was cold. This suggested (暗示) that     

A. there was another chair in Nancy’s room   

B. Nancy did not tell the tree facts

C. Nancy forgot to close the windows in her room     

D. it was cold that evening

48. Mr. Harris paid attention to all the facts except the fact that      

A. Nancy and her aunt sat on the bed    

B. some books were on the floor

C. there was only one chair in the room   

D. the chair was cold

49. Which of the following is the most probably true?

   A. Mr. Harris was a policeman.

B. Mrs. Green found Nancy stole the money between 7 and 7: 30.

C. The money was hidden in Nancy's bed.

D. What Nancy said sounded reasonable.

50. Which of the following do you believe?    

A. The thief broke into the house, stole the money and left the house with the money.

B. Nancy was preparing for the test.    

C. Someone closed the door at 7: 50.    

D. Nancy stole the money.