I will never forget my first English class. It is very interesting. It’s the first class in the morning. The        teacher goes into the classroom with a smile on his face. At the beginning, he makes a self-introduction(自我介紹). And he tells us that his English name is John. Then he asks all of us to think of English names  for ourselves. We are very excited(興奮的) to find a good name. Then he asks us to write our names down  on a piece of paper. I think about my English name for a long time. Then I come up with(想出) a beautiful name ---Shirley. All the students write their names down and give the paper to the teacher. When the teacher calls “Shirley” to answer his question, three girls stand up at the same time.

1. What do we do in the first English class?

A. Tell the teacher our Chinese names.    
B. Find English names for ourselves.
C. See an English film.                
D. Draw pictures.

2. What does our teacher do first?

A. He asks every student to make a self-introduction.
B. He introduces(介紹) himself to all of us.
C. He asks us many difficult questions
D. He tells us a story.

3. What’s the English name of our English teacher?

A. Jack.      
B. Shirley      
C. John.  
D. Tom.

4. Where do we write down our English names?

A. On the blackboard.          
B. On the desk.
C. On our hands.              
D. On the paper.

5. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The teacher gives every student an English name.
B. Our teacher is a young girl.
C. Three girls choose(選擇)the name “Shirley”.
D. The teacher calls our Chinese names in class.

     A friend of mine named Jim received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve
when Jim came out of his office,a street urchin(頑童) was walking around the shining car. "Is this your car, Jim?" he
asked.
     Jim answered,"Yes,my brother gave it to me for Christmas." The boy was surprised." You mean your brother gave
it to you and it didn't cost you nothing? Boy, I wish..." He hesitated(猶豫).
     Of course Jim knew what he was going to wish for. He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the
boy said surprised Jim greatly.
     "I wish," the boy went on," that I could be a brother like that." Jim looked at the boy in surprise, then he said
again, "Would you like to take a ride in my car?"
     "Oh yes,I'd love that."
     After a short ride, the boy turned and with his eyes shining, said, "Jim, would you mind driving in front of my
house?"
     Jim smiled a little. He thought he knew what the boy wanted. He wanted to show his neighbours(鄰居) that he
could ride home in a big car. But Jim was wrong again. "Will you stop where those two steps are?" the boy asked. 
     He ran up to the steps. Then in a short while Jim heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was
carrying his little crippled(殘疾) brother. He sat him down on the step and pointed to the car.
     "There she is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn't cost him
a cent. And some day I'm going to give you one just like it...

1. The street urchin was very surprised when __________.

A. Jim received an expensive car
B. Jim told him about the car
C. he saw the shining car
D. he was walking around the car

2. From the story we can see the urchin __________.

A. wished to give his brother a car
B. wanted Jim's brother to give him a car
C. wished he could have a brother like Jim's
D. wished Jim could be a brother like that

3. The urchin asked Jim to stop his car in front of his house __________.

A. to show his neighbours the big car
B. to show he had a rich friend
C. to let his brother ride in the car
D. to tell his brother about his wish

4. We can infer(推斷) from the story that __________.

A. Jim couldn't understand the urchin
B. the urchin had a deep love for his brother
C. the urchin wished to have a rich brother
D. the urchin's wish came true in the end

5. The best name of the name story is __________.

A. A Christmas Present
B. A Street Urchin
C. A Brother Like That
D. An Unforgettable Holiday Ride

     Mr Brown looks worried these days. Something is wrong with John’s
head. He took the little boy to a hospital. The doctor looked over him and
said that the boy needed an operationor he would die. John’s mother is
often ill and she can’t work. John’s two sisters are at school. Sometimes
his family has little food to eat and Mr Brown has no money to pay for the
operation. 
      “Why not go and borrow some money from Mr Green?” said Mrs
Brown. “You helped him before.”
     Mr Green has much money. But he never helps anybody. So he has few
friends in the village and nobody likes him. Mr Brown was afraid that his
friends would know about it. So he went to the man’s house at night.
       “I want to ask you for some help, but can you keep a secret for me?”
     “Of course!”
     “My son needs an operation, Mr Green.” Said Mr Brown. “Or he will
die. Will you please lend me some money?”
     “Don’t worry, Mr Brown,” said the rich man. “I will take it as if  I
didn’t hear you!”

1.What’s Mr Brown afraid of ?
He is afraid that John________ ________.
2.How many people are there in John’s family?
There ________ ________.
3.Why can’t Mr Brown pay for the operation?
Because he is ________ _______.
4.Why did Mr Brown go to Mr Green’s house in the evening?
He was afraid that his friends would see ________ ________ ________ Mr
Green’s house.
5.What did Mr Green’s words mean?
Mr Green didn’t want to _______ _______money to Mr Brown.

     A man in a very famous restaurant started to take off his jacket. As soon as he saw this, the head
waiter rushed over to his table and said, "I'm afraid I must ask you to keep your jacket on, sir, because
it is not good manners (禮貌) to do it in such a nice restaurant."
     "Now, listen," said the man. "I will let you know that the Queen (女王) of England gave me
permission (許可) to take off my jacket here."
     "The Queen of England?" said the waiter in great surprise.
     "Sure." replied the man, "When I was in England last month, a friend of mine took me to see the
Queen. It was very hot. I started taking my coat off. The Queen looked over and said, 'You may do
that in the United States, but you may not do it here!' So I got the Queen's permission, right?"
1. We can be sure that the story happened in ____.
A. America  
B. the Queen's palace    
C. England  
D. an small restaurant
2. When the head waiter asked the man not to take off his jacket, the man ____.
A. took his advice at once  
B. left the restaurant angrily
C. refused to listen to him  
D. wanted to see the manager
3. The man told the waiter that he could take off his jacket because ____.    
A. the weather was very hot  
B. the Queen of England let him do so in the USA.
C. he was very rich  
D. he was free to take off his clothes anywhere
4. What did the Queen really mean?
A. People in the USA were less polite.
B. She let him take off his jacket in America.
C. The English and the Americans enjoyed different ways of life.  
D. He shouldn't take off his coat on such a formal occasion (正式場合) in England.
5. From the story we can see that ____.
A. the man went to have dinner with his friend
B. the head waiter was afraid of the Queen.  
C. the man went to see the Queen of England with his friend.  
D. the Queen invited the man to have dinner in a restaurant