Sandy and Sue are going to school. They are walking along the street. "Look!" Sandy says.
     "There's a man near that gate. He's standing. Who is it?
     "It's Mr. Jones, the postman," Sue says, "He's standing in front of Mrs. Mopp's house."
      "Mrs. Mopp's house!" Sandy says. "Oh, dear!"
      Mrs. Mopp is not a nice lady. She is very tall and very ugly (丑陋的). And her house is not a nice
house. It is very big and very dark. Her gate is closed and Mr. Jones can't open it.
      "Listen!" Sandy says. "Can you hear Mrs. Mopp's dog?"
      "Yes," Sue answers. "He's barking (叫)."
      Mrs. Mopp's dog is very big. His name is Boxer. His face is ugly and his teeth are long and
sharp (尖). He is a nice dog, but he doesn't like Mr. Jones, the postman.

1. Sandy and Sue are s_____.
2. On the way to s_____ Sandy and Sue see Mr. Jones, the postman.
3. Mrs. Mopp is not at h_____ now.
4. Boxer is a d_____ name.
5. Boxer d_____ like Mr. Jones at all.

     After I have lunch in an inn (小酒吧), I look for my handbag. I put it on a chair beside the door
and now it isn't there! As I am looking for it, the inn-keeper comes in.
     "Do you have a good lunch?" he asks.
     "Yes, thank you," I answer. "But I can't pay the bill. Somebody takes away my bag."
      The inn-keeper smiles and goes out at once. In a few minutes he comes back with my bag and
gives it to me.
      "I am very sorry," he says. "My dog takes it into the garden. He often does this."

1. The woman has a good lunch, but she ____.

A. doesn't pay for it  
B. can't pay for it  
C. refuses to pay for it  
D. wants to pay for it next time

2. ____ takes the woman's bags away.

A. A thief  
B. The woman herself  
C. The inn-keeper  
D. The dog in the inn

3. The inn-keeper knows ____.

A. who takes the woman's bag away  
B. the woman doesn't want to pay for her lunch
C. the woman can give him a lot of money  
D. the dog can give the bag back

4. The dog takes the bags away because it ____.

A. wants to play with them  
B. wants to see if there is money in it  
C. wants to help the inn-keeper to get more money  
D. likes to see people looking for their bags

5. The world "bill" means ____.

A. a piece of bread  
B. a kind of drink  
C. a piece of paper, and from it you can know how much you must pay  
D. a piece of paper, and from it you can know what food they sell

     Mrs. White loves flowers very much and she has a small but beautiful garden. In summer the flowers 
are very n_____ (1). One day, the doorbell rings and she o_____ (2) the door. She goes out and s_____ (3) a boy outside. He is about seven years old and has a lot of f_____ (4) in his hands. 
     "I'm selling flowers," he says, "Do you w_____ (5) any? They are very cheap. I pick t____ (6) this 
morning."
     "My boy," Mrs. Green answers, " I have a lot of flowers in my garden. S____ (7) I needn't pay for 
them."
     "Oh, no, you don't have any flowers in your g_____ (8) now," says the boy. "They are a___(9) here
 in my h___ (10)."

           Last summer Jenny and her friends had a bus trip to New York. She felt very relaxed on the way. They visited a museum. But it's really crowded  there and the  display(展覽)  were not interesting at all.
They went to different(不同的) restaurants to have dinner. Some food was quite delicious，but Jenny
thought the fast (快的) food was awful.  When the weather was fine,  they went to the beach to swim.
The sea was beautiful and they had a good time.

1. Jenny had a bus trip to______ .

A . Japan    
B. the U. S.    
C. Australia

2. They visited______ .

A. a museum        
B. a Beijing Hutong  
C. the White House

3. They thought the display was ______ .

A. interesting        
B. boring            
C. crowded

4. They ate dinner ______ .           

A. at home          
B. in the museum            
C. in a restaurant

5. They _____ when it was fine.

A. went to swim      
B. went home            
C. visited a museum

     John is a paper boy. He delivers (送) newspapers to different houses in his street every day. He
has about 80 customers (客戶). Half of his customers only take the newspapers on weekdays, and
about half take the newspapers on weekends. Two of John's customers only take the newspapers on
Sundays.
     John has to get up at 4:30 every morning to deliver his newspapers on Sundays.
     John is saving his money to buy a new bike. He is also saving money for college. He has $500 in
the bank now.

1. John delivers _____ every day.
2. John has about _____ customers.
3. _____ of his customers only take the newspapers on Sundays.
4. John is saving his money to buy _____.
5. "Paper boy" in this story means "_____ in Chinese.

      Mr. Black, Ann's father works in a hospital. He's friendly to the patients. So he's very busy all the
time. Ann is seven and began to be at school. She often watches TV at home. Some of her friends often
go traveling abroad (國外), but her father doesn't have time. He and his wife can only take their daughter
to some cities in England.
     This summer Mr. Black has got some time. He's going to take his family to Iceland (冰島). Ann is
very excited and tells her friends about it.
     "Why are you going to travel to Iceland, Ann?" asks a girl.
      The little girl does not know how to answer. She thinks for a few minutes and says, "We're going to
see it before it melts (融化)."

1. Mr. Black _____.

A. teaches English 
B. makes machines in a factory  
C. looks after sick people  
D. helps the people and catches the thieves

2. Mr. Black can't take his family to travel abroad because _____.

A. he has little time  
B. he doesn't like them  
C. he has not any money 
D. he forgets it

3. Ann often _____.

A. goes traveling abroad without her parents  
B. stays at home instead of traveling abroad  
C. asks her father to take her to Iceland  
D. talks about the cities in England

4. The word "excited" may mean _____.

A. tired  
B. lovely  
C. happy  
D. busy

5. Ann thinks _____.

A. Iceland is an English city  
B. Iceland can soon melt  
C. they are going to see a building 
D. they are going to live there